I tell my parents about the changes that has happened in me. They look at me worried as they have known people who have got the 2nd awakening and gotten worse than their previous self. There are some people who has achieved great things after it happened, but they are less than 15% of the people who have failed.
I will have to buy new weapon and armor as I lost my weapon in the one sided fight against those 2 masked people and my armor has gone beyond repair. So I have no other option, but to get new ones.
I go to the Hunter's Guild and update my Ice element there so I will be able to get new skills for it. I again get the Ice Armor skill that will help me to increase the defense.
I ask uncle Jon about the features of my new element as I can only sense the power level of anyone who is within 20 meters from me. He said that the 2nd awakening happens when my original element merges with a new element. Which means I have the Water element because it has merged with the Air element I had to create Ice.
He also said that the attributes are no longer applicable to me and will have to focus on increasing the constitution which will increase my power and increase the speed of my development.
I also check on the skills not in my stats and he said the skill will no longer appear on the stats as it is upgraded, and I will have to concentrate on them to activate it, which is another drawback for me.
I know about the 2nd awakening as it is not that rare, but knowing these details are new to me. I have no way to check how powerful I have become as the new upgraded stats doesn't show me my attributes and I will have to focus on my skills while I fight the animals and people who come to fight me.
These are little drawbacks I can see, but if I can find a way to increase my battle power, I will be able to become more powerful and will be able to protect the people I love and care. I leave the Hunter's Guild with this though and 1 more question in my mind.
Am I going to accept the offer from Mr. Cooper and join Hammerand? Looks like my parents want me to join, but I am still unsure how it will help me. I know I will be assigned to a team with a leader who will help me to know my limits before I am told to go on missions.
But it will mean, I am loosing my freedom to do what I wish and when I wish to do them. But it will help me to grow easily by understanding what my limits are and how I can use my element to it's full potential.
I want to buy a weapon soon, but I will wait for another few days as I need to think how I am going to go from here before I can buy a weapon. As far as I know, I can buy my own weapon if I want to or they will be giving me a weapon of my choice along with the company armor and uniform, if I join them not having a weapon.
I read about the Ice Armor the minute I enter the house. I am able to understand the concept of the Ice Armor very easily as I have already used an element armor before. I tried to cover myself with Ice Armor and noticed my Ice element is in Blue color instead of the common colorless feature of Ice.
When I checked it's temperature I can see it is way colder than other Ice element. It might be because my Water element is merged with the Air element when I had my 2nd awakening. I am unable to control the Ice in the armor I have created making me look like a man who is frozen in ice.
I tried to control it, but I couldn't. I noticed the energy consumption is more than before. I wish I can find how long I can use my Ice Armor, but this is not the right place or time to do it. I have already made few freezing marks in the garden and I don't want to anger my mother as she is the 1 who takes care of the garden.
After the day's training, I went back to the living room to see my parents and Zaana waiting for me along with Dawn. I am surprised to see Dawn here as I know she is leaving to a city for training tomorrow and should be getting ready to leave.
She comes to me and asks "How are you feeling my love?" This really surprised me and I have to think twice as I am not sure if I have heard it clearly. Did she just say 'My love?' Or, is it my imagination.
She looks at my confused face and hugs me with a slight blush on her face. "GIRL.." I hear my mother's stern voice and Dawn moves back 2 steps with a blushing smile. I look at my mother who is starring daggers at Dawn, Zaana trying to control her smile by closing her mouth with both hands and my father just smiling at me.
I don't know what just happened, but I know Zaana is being as mischievous as she can be. I look at Dawn and say with a stern voice "Don't call me 'My love' again, because I am not." Everyone is surprised to see me talking with such a stern voice which I have never done before.
I could see my mother is also surprised as I have never raised my voice or spoke like this in front of my family. My father with equally surprise even moves a little sitting in the corner of the sofa.
I ignore everything as if nothing has happened, look at my parents and say "I have made my decision, I am going to join the Hammerand tomorrow."