The next day, after completing their morning cultivation, they celebrated Eldryn's birthday with drinks and fruits during the breakfast .
"Happy Birthday, Eldryn, for turning 6!" Nathan said, hugging Eldryn.
"Happy Birthday, brother," Amelia also said, giving him a hug.
"Thank you, guys," Eldryn replied. After their breakfast, Eldryn took 2 low-grade metal and 2 low-grade earth star stones and handed them to Nathan and Amelia."This is my treat for you guys"
"Good, good! Eldryn, you are a great brother. With these two earth star stones, if I refine my body and soul, I should be able to awaken my affinity. Once I become a rank 8 mercenary, I'll get a chance to use an affinity crystal," Nathan replied with excitement.
He currently had 4,700 merit points. After completing the talisman paper creation task, he would have 5,200 points, making him a rank 8 mercenary. At the Mercenary Hall, each rank improvement provided an opportunity to use an affinity crystal. Nathan was confident he would awaken his affinity for another element once he reached 5,000 merit points.
"Thank you, brother. With these, I'll become a rank 1 warrior in a month," Amelia said with a smile.
Eldryn nodded with a smile. "Okay, then all the best to you guys in advance."
"Thank you, brother," Amelia replied.
After entering his room, Eldryn calmed his mind and looked at the affinity column of his information in the Chaos Book.
Affinity: - Space-1(2.05) ,Time(40.23), Fire -1 (38.09)
After that, Eldryn began cultivating using the Chaos Resonance technique and the fire star stone. His cultivation session lasted about 3 hours and 30 minutes, until the fire star stone turned to dust. Eldryn exhaled deeply and slowly opened his eyes. He then examined the changes in the affinity column of his information.
Affinity: - Space-1(2.05) ,Time(40.23), Fire -1 (52.73)
Seeing nearly a 15 percent increase in his fire affinity progress, Eldryn continued his cultivation with another fire star stone. He kept cultivating until 11 PM, using three more fire star stones during the session.
Affinity: - Space-1(2.05) ,Time(40.23), Fire -1 (96.91)
After finishing his cultivation, Eldryn checked the affinity column. Seeing the progress, he nodded in satisfaction.
Eldryn looked at the remaining 7 fire star stones and thought to himself, "It's better to temper my body and soul with these fire star stones. During the morning cultivation session near the Blaze Petal, I can focus on nourishing the fire affinity seed. This way, reaching rank 2 warrior is a certainty."
Over the next few days, Eldryn relentlessly created rank 9 talismans. His proficiency improved significantly, leading to a minimum of 45 successful talismans produced each day.
It had been 7 days since his birthday. Eldryn was cultivating near the Blaze Petal flowers, circulating the Chaos Resonance technique. As the fire star power around the Blaze Petal greedily entered his body, a cracking sound echoed from within. A new pair of leaves formed on the red plant in his dantian. Eldryn continued his cultivation for another 30 minutes before checking the Chaos Book.
[The Heavenly Chaos System]
Name : Eldryn Emberheart
Age: 6
Cultivation: -2 star warrior
Cultivation techniques: Chaos Resonance (43/5000) intermediate
Skills: Chaos Surge Assault (149/2000) intermediate , fingerstrike cleave (811/1000) Expert , Faint float(481/1000) Expert
Affinity: - Space-1(2.05) ,Time(40.23), Fire -2 (0.04)(can awaken new affinity)
Eldryn glanced at the skills column and frowned slightly. Despite not having had the chance to fight other warriors, he knew that skills were as crucial as star power. Over the past two months, there had been little progress in his skills.
"Let's concentrate more on skills from next month," he decided.
His expression brightened as he looked at the affinity column. He had finally reached rank 2 warrior and could now awaken a new affinity.
Hesitating for a moment, Eldryn went to his room and flipped through the Chaos Book. When he reached the 4th page, the 5th page began to turn green. Eldryn experienced a moment of blankness as the 5th page fully transformed into green.
With an excited smile, Eldryn examined his affinity column.
"Wood! It's a wood element affinity seed. I've awakened a wood element affinity as my fourth affinity seed." Eldryn's joy was evident; he could now take care of the 8th and 9th petal flowers more efficiently with the wood star power.
Affinity: - Space-1(2.05) ,Time(40.23), Fire -2 (0.04), wood (0.00).
After that, Eldryn went to the Mercenary Hall, selected a new task for creating talismans, and submitted the previous task. After confirming his total merit points as 12,405 and his balance merit points as 3,000, Eldryn returned to his villa to wait for Gary, as Julia and Julian would soon arrive for their cultivation session.
After waiting for about 20 to 30 minutes, Gary arrived with his children. He was surprised to see Eldryn waiting near the training area.
Seeing Gary, Eldryn smiled and said, "Mr. Gary, I need to trouble you to travel to Blue Rock City in 25 days."
Gary understood immediately and responded, "Don't worry, I will apply for an escort at the Merchant Hall."
Eldryn nodded with a smile and went inside the villa to his room to continue making talismans.
For the next four weeks, Eldryn's life was consumed by the monotonous task of making talismans. He created around 1,200 talismans. After completing this, he handed 1,000 talismans to Gary for exchange into low-grade star stones. Eldryn then spent an additional two days making talismans to finish his mission task.
After completing his talisman-making tasks, Eldryn focused on practicing his skills for the week. Meanwhile, as Eldryn cultivated, Amelia was in her room working on her own cultivation. Suddenly, a slight stir of star power appeared around her. She opened her eyes and saw a small yellow sapling on her dantain. Excitement surged within her as she realized, "I have broken through to rank 1 warrior!"
As it was still noon, Amelia resumed her cultivation. Over the past three months, the trio had been following a strict routine: morning cultivation near the petals and rigorous training for the rest of the day. Eldryn focused on training hard to gain the power necessary to explore deeper mysteries. Nathan, driven by a desire to surpass Eldryn, pushed himself to become stronger as an elder brother. Amelia, determined not to fall behind, also dedicated herself to advancing her power.
The next day, while having breakfast, Amelia beamed at Nathan and Eldryn, saying, "Brother, I have become a rank 1 warrior."
"Congratulations, sister!" Nathan replied, looking at her with a smile. "You've reached rank 1 warrior around five months after awakening your affinity. You're truly talented."
"Congratulations, Amelia, for becoming a rank 1 warrior," Eldryn said with a smile. He then turned to Nathan and asked, "Nathan, when is your date set for awakening?"
"It will be the day when Mom comes out of seclusion," Nathan responded. "I hope everything goes well with my awakening; otherwise, those 500 merit points will go up in smoke."
After completing his morning cultivation session, Eldryn reviewed his progress in the Chaos Book. Over the past two days, he had practiced his skills intensively, achieving mastery in two 7th rank skills.
[The Heavenly Chaos System]
Name : Eldryn Emberheart
Age: 6
Cultivation: -1 star warrior
Cultivation techniques: Chaos Resonance (44/5000) intermediate
Skills: Chaos Surge Assault (379/2000) intermediate , fingerstrike cleave (81/10000) Master , Faint float(46/10000) Master
Affinity: - Space-1(2.18) ,Time(40.30), Fire -2 (1.31), wood (7.13)
When Eldryn entered the villa from the training ground, Emily and Amelia were already seated at the table. Nathan arrived shortly after, and together they had their breakfast.
After breakfast, Emily smiled at the three of them. "Since Amelia has reached rank 1 warrior, next week we'll take you outside for training over three days. Use this week to prepare and refine your skills."
Hearing this, they nodded with smiles, excited about their first journey outside the town.
Seeing their enthusiasm, Emily added with a smile, "You can also select a task from the mercenary hall if you think you can complete it. Let's head out now and cheer for Nathan as he attempts to awaken his second affinity."
Once they entered the mercenary hall, Nathan approached a receptionist. After showing his token, an attendant led him into the inner hall.
After about five minutes, Nathan emerged with a smile on his face and announced to Emily, "Mom, I've awakened my Fire affinity seed!"
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"'Congratulations, Nathan!" Emily, Eldryn, and Amelia all exclaimed, congratulating him.
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"'Thank you all,' Nathan said. 'Eldryn, how about we—' Before he could continue, Emily cut him off. "You guys should prepare for next week's training, so take on some missions from the mission board.'"Emily then turned to Eldryn. "Eldryn, don't always give gifts to Nathan and Amelia. They should learn to earn their resources themselves."
Eldryn nodded in agreement, and Nathan and Amelia felt a bit wronged by the comment."
After reaching their villa, everyone began practicing their skills. This would be their first fight against a Star Beast, which was said to be much stronger than a Star Warrior of the same realm.