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Chapter 23 - First Kill

At the same time Eldryn and his group returned to town, in a room at the Royal Family mansion in Silvercrest City, a old man handed a token to James Silvercrest, the 4th prince.

"Young master, this is the message we received from Chris before his death," the old man said.

James nodded, taking the token. After reading its contents, he muttered to himself, "So both Emily and Andrea have reached rank 8 as well. But they won't have it easy if they want their children to improve. If they come to the Five Academy... Heh heh."

After entering his room, Eldryn had a short 30-minute cultivation session to calm his mind. Afterwards, he turned his attention to the Chaos Book.

[The Heavenly Chaos System]

Name : Eldryn Emberheart

Age: 6

Cultivation: -2 star warrior

Cultivation techniques: Chaos Resonance (45/5000) intermediate

Skills:  Chaos Surge Assault (400/2000) intermediate , fingerstrike cleave (468/10000) Master , Faint float(676/10000) Master

Affinity: - Space-1(2.29) ,Time(40.38), Fire -2 (2.98), wood (35 .02)

After observing the changes in the Chaos Book, Eldryn nodded in satisfaction. His thoughts then drifted to the events of the day. The realization that the powerful Royal family was their enemy led him to contemplate various possibilities. Eldryn had always wanted to explore the new world he was born into, and to achieve that, he knew he would need to confront the Royal family. If sheer strength wasn't enough, he would rely on his wisdom.

Over the past 5 to 6 years, he had acted like a child, which had caused him to subconsciously forget that he was actually a 21-year-old who had been reborn. With the Royal family's decision to kill them and the restrictions imposed, Eldryn knew he needed to reassess his approach and prepare thoroughly for the challenges ahead.

Eldryn decided that within a month, he should provide his parents with the Soulforge Technique, which was thousands of times better than the technique they were currently practicing. Unsure of how long it would take them to fully grasp its essence, he spent the next 4 to 5 days studying the Soulforge Technique and recording his insights, along with a cultivation technique, in a book. This would allow his parents, uncle, and aunt to start with the cultivation technique.

The only remaining issue was how to present the technique to them. Eldryn wasn't concerned, as he planned to say he found it on Awakening Street, which would be set up in a month, if he couldn't come up with a better explanation.

The next day, Gary arrived and handed Eldryn 600 low-grade star stones. Eldryn took them and said, "Sorry to trouble you during these days, Mr. Gary."

Gary waved his hand dismissively and replied, "Young warrior, I should be the one thanking you. To be honest, I earned 63 low-grade star stones. Even with my spending of 1,000 merit points, I made a profit of 43 low-grade star stones in two weeks without risking my life."

Eldryn nodded in acknowledgment. After their cultivation session, Julia, Julian, and Gary said their goodbyes and left.

Eldryn and Nathan then went to the Mercenary Hall to submit their mission reports. Afterward, Eldryn accepted a talisman-making mission. Once that was done, they returned to their villa.

Over the next 20 days, Eldryn dedicated most of his time to cultivation, using 5 fire or wood star stones daily to enhance his realm ,skills and spending 1 to 2 hours studying talismans.

Eldryn wasn't the only one making significant progress; Nathan and Amelia were also advancing rapidly. With the rank 8 Star Petal Flower blooming just a day ago, their progress was expected to accelerate further.

During this period, they also trained on Wood Peak Mountain, but this time they faced no attacks.

The next day, Eldryn went to the Mercenary Hall, submitted his completed mission, and accepted a new mission to create talismans. After collecting his package from the reward section, he checked his bronze token balance and saw that his balance merit points were at 0, with a total merit point of 18,405.

After returning from the mercnary hall, Eldryn examined the contents of the package and found exactly 24 Space Star Stones. He had purchased these with 12,000 merit points, having earned 3,000 merit points from Gary for allowing Julia and Julian to practice near the 8th rank Oakheart and Aqua Petal plants for a year.

[The Heavenly Chaos System]

Name : Eldryn Emberheart

Age: 6

Cultivation: -2 star warrior

Cultivation techniques: Chaos Resonance (52/5000) intermediate

Skills:  Chaos Surge Assault (420/2000) intermediate , fingerstrike cleave (48/1000) Advanced , Faint float(66/1000) Advanced , Inferno shot (345/500) Advanced, Inferno fist(489/500) Advanced

Affinity: - Space-1(2.49) ,Time(40.42), Fire -2 (72.98), wood -2(14.02)

Before starting his cultivation with the Space Star Stones, Eldryn reviewed his information in the Chaos Book.

After spending more than two-thirds of the Star Stones on tempering his body and soul, Eldryn found that his affinity seed was still some distance from reaching the 3rd rank. He also understood why higher-rank warriors were not as interested in low-grade star stones; the improvement in cultivation was minimal, offering only around a 5 percent boost.

Eldryn then took the Space Star Stones and began his cultivation. Over the next three days, he used them extensively for his practice.

On the fourth day, as he emerged from his room, he saw Nathan practicing his Earth Shield Technique. Eldryn asked, "Hey Nathan, are you coming to Awakening Street?"

Nathan replied with a serious expression, "No, I need to reach advanced proficiency in the Earth Shield Technique."

"Okay, then you can continue practicing. I'll take a relaxing walk," Eldryn said, and with that, he headed towards Awakening Street.

As Eldryn strolled around Awakening Street, he sensed someone following him but couldn't identify who or why. To avoid any potential danger, he decided to leave the crowded area and move towards a less populated part of town.

When he entered an alley, a figure suddenly attacked him, aiming for his heart. Eldryn, drawing on his 2nd rank warrior cultivation, erupted with power. As the attacker attempted to retreat, Eldryn used the Space Star Power to distort the surrounding space slightly which lasted less than a second. In that brief moment, Eldryn unleashed the Chaos Surge Assault technique, striking the attacker's head.

"This is my first kill. If I had hesitated even a bit..." Eldryn muttered to himself. After calming down, he approached the corpse and retrieved a storage bag and a token from the attacker's clothes.

Seeing the token from the Assassin Hall, Eldryn was surprised, realizing that someone must have placed a bounty on him. He was even more astonished when he examined the contents of the storage bag and found three old Star Tablets inside.

He looked at the headless corpse and thanked him,reflecting on the fact that the star tablets could store valuable information.He would need to erase any contents present in the star tablet and rewrite them with the information related to soulforge technique, which would be time-consuming. With his mother and aunt set to emerge from seclusion in 9 days he needed to complete the task by then to arouse less suspicious, Eldryn hurried back to his home to begin the task.

Over the next 9 days, Eldryn worked tirelessly, erasing the information on one of the Star Tablets which contained a rank 4 battle skills. He then meticulously wrote out the details of the Soulforge Technique and his insights onto the tablet. During this time, Eldryn did not eat or sleep, dedicating every moment to completing the task. By the end of the 9 days, he had successfully finished rewriting the Soulforge Technique on the Star Tablet.

Just as Eldryn was about to sleep, he heard his mother calling him from downstairs. When he went downstairs, Emily, Andrea, Nathan, and Amelia were shocked by his appearance.

Andrea, looking worried, asked, "Eldryn, what happened to you? Why do you look like this?"

Before she could ask more questions, Eldryn explained, "Mom, here's what happened: I was attacked by a rank 2 warrior while I was at Awakening Street. After I killed him, I found a Star Tablet with a cultivation technique on it. I've been studying it for the past few days."

He handed over the Assassin Hall token and the Star Tablet. Andrea took the token and glanced at Eldryn, Nathan, and Amelia. "You don't need to worry about the Assassin Hall. They only send someone of the same realm or one realm higher than you for assassinations."

Andrea then began to read the content on the tablet. Her expression shifted from surprise to astonishment, and finally to dread. She handed the tablet to Emily, who read its contents with a similar reaction before returning it to Andrea.

Andrea looked at Eldryn and asked, "Eldryn, have you started cultivating this technique?"

Eldryn thought for a moment before nodding his head.

Andrea and Emily were astonished. From their perspective, for them it should take around 10 days to 2 weeks to begin cultivating with the techniques using the insights from the tablet, but Eldryn had accomplished it in just 9 days, indicating his comprehension was exceptionally high.

Andrea and Emily exchanged looks of shock before addressing the others. "We won't be going to Wood Peak Mountain for training for the next month or two, and we'll ask your father to return within a month."

Turning to Nathan and Amelia, Andrea said, "You two can go now."

Then, Andrea and Emily looked at Eldryn and said, "Come with us. We three will try to understand the technique together."

Eldryn smiled and followed them into Andrea's array creation room, where he began sharing the insights he had gained over the past 9 days.