"H-H-How did you bond with Earth? When did this happen and even though the planet was the one selecting survivors why did we hear your voice?" Avon asked in confusion. His mind was chaotic right now. The person before him was the master of the entire planet!
Laia then spoke "What will you do to us from now and what is this mana you are talking about? What will happen to Earth from now?"
Reveria looked at them and said, " Calm down both of you. I am not your enemy. Your planet for some reason was surrounded by a barrier which prevented mana from reaching it. This barrier also made it so that your planet's existence was never found by others, isolating it from the universe. The barrier broke 3 days ago, on noticing that I rushed over immediately to check up on this planet and realized that it was at the awakening stage."
" So you're an alien?"." So you're not from Earth?"
Avon and Laia questioned simultaneously.
"yes" Reveria answered. " After seeing that your planet was awakening I decided to bond with it. . As for why you could hear my voice, well, simply because I am the master of the planet so I knew what would happen next. Of course I did not design the selection process. There are other circumstances behind me bonding with your planet too, but let's keep them aside for now" Reveria said seriously, her eyes saying as though 'Don't ask about this'.
'I don't wanna keep it aside though! An alien literally became our master! I'll keep silent cause she looks very serious and scary right now' thought Avon.
Reveria continued "I know you must be worried about your families and friends. I will take you to your homes soon and you can find out if they survived or not. Finally, about your future...you two have been chosen because only you two have the right mindset currently. The answer to the second question, only you two gave the right one."
Avon and Laia looked at each other with complex looks on their faces.
"I want you two to become my disciples. I will train you so that you can reach the peak of cultivation, arts of various kinds, warfare and much more. Your world is now going to change. To be safe and be able to protect your loved ones, you must be strong. It will be a cruel change. You have already witnessed a part of it today. So become my disciples and I will make you capable of withstanding anything and everything and even dominate. Do you two agree?"
Avon and Laia looked at each other again.
Laia said" I think we should trust her....it is just a gut feeling....I can't explain". Avon understood what she meant, he too never felt and ill intentions from Reveria's side. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Let's trust her."
They both looked at Reveria and nodded in approvement.
Reveria smiled and said " Then you will address me as master from now on and follow everything I say, got it?"
"Yes!" they answered in unison.
" Good. Now I will take you to where your families are, just think about the place and then I will extract the location from your mind and take you there."
Avon and Laia did so, Reveria touched their foreheads with her palm and then pulled a small circular fist-sized artifact out of thin air and then pointed the artifact at empty space. Soon a portal opened up, Avon and Laia were very amused, their master then entered the portal and they followed behind.
On entering the portal Avon could feel the energy swirling around him but it didn't affect his health. After exiting the portal Avon saw an unfamiliar sight. There was a house which seemed as though the earthquake didn't affect it and it wasn't Avon's house. He realized it was Laia's. She immediately ran towards the house shouting "Mom! Dad! are you safe? it's me Laia!."
Soon her parents came out and they immediately hugged their daughter. The relief was clear in their eyes. Laia's father started tearing up "All our neighbors died. Nobody's lifting the phone, even your aunt is not....we were very worried for you". Avon felt happy looking at this reunion. He still wondered about the house being intact. He was also now anxious to see his family, hoping they survived.
Reveria then told Laia "Bring your parents along, let's go to Avon's house now." Laia's parents' attention now shifted towards Avon and Reveria. They were visibly confused about these strangers' identities but Laia assured them and then Reveria opened another portal with the artifact. This surprised Laia's parents even more but nonetheless, trusting their daughter, they followed along.
Avon anxiously exited the portal, his heart beat extremely fast. He was sweating buckets. He then looked at the place where his house should be and it was there! Avon smiled immediately and ran towards his house and rang the bell and screamed "Mom! Dad! I'm home!" and to his fortune his parents opened the door. "Avon, you're alive!" his mom exclaimed. His parents embraced into a warm family hug. Avon was relieved now. Even after confirming that his parents were safe, Avon's gaze still lingered on his house, especially towards his room. Noticing this his father said " Don't worry, your guitar and your figurines both are safe." Now Avon was completely relieved. 'No losses' he thought.
"ahem" everyone's attention then diverted to Reveria. Now Avon's parents looked for the first at the strange visitors. Avon told them not to worry. Then she spoke "Avon's parents and Laia's parents, first of all let me congratulate you for surviving and thank you for raising your children in this manner. There is a great deal that is to be disclosed to you now, so please let me explain."
Then Reveria explained everything to Avon and Laia's families. After the explanation was completed Reveria said again "Now, as I have informed you, I have accepted Avon and Laia as my disciples, so I will train them for a month. So I hope you will allow them"
Avon and Laia had already decided they would listen to Reveria so they assured their parents that it is the best thing to do. Both the families then agreed.
Reveria immediately said "Training begins now. After a month let's come meet your families again. Now follow me." "Now?" Avon and Laia questioned simultaneously. "Now." said Reveria. First they dropped Laia's parents back at their house and then set off on their training.