Three years later...
The wind howled menacingly across plains and mountains. Trees were brutally bent and creaking sounds were occasionally heard from time to time as if, put in constant stress.
Ice cracked...
Snow grew brittled, creating snowflakes...
Then, there was a deafening sound that looked like a massive something smashed unto the ice, causing both cracking and splashing noises.
The air turned somber only for a split second and it returned back to it's calm and bliss.
However that very moment, a spatial crack appeared within the fabric of reality and four figures stepped out of it.
Tommy stared at the icy terrain for any signs of danger and then, he motioned with his fingers and these other three followed behind him.
Edward, Riele and Jayson kept scrutinizing the cold environment.
All of them were now Awakened.
Riele, recently becoming one and Edward already Midway through the Stream-entry realm.
Tommy himself still remained as a Once-return and Jayson had recently become a Perfection expert.
By now, the cold environment should not even be a problem. Granted, an Awakened's body is always improved after every breakthrough... Even the newly Awakened like Riele, their body should have at least, 20% Ice resistance...
Meaning that, this Mundane cold should not even be enough to harm her.
Still, taking safety measures... she wore a huge coat to improve her body's warmth.
Currently, they were in England...
Three years ago, the world had almost been destroyed by two Sovereigns...
Everyone could vividly remember the ashen fogs and the purplish dome.
But then, they remembered the countless destruction that exploded moments after, taking every mechanical lives under the earth.
And then, their abilities improved.
Although no one knew whom had saved the world at the last moment, Jayson knew.
That moment when the ashen fogs started to spread, he used his ability— Origin Tracer to locate Tommy...
But, what he had seen was the present Tommy, the future Tommy and then, Tommy of the past.
He remembered everything like it was a film.
* * *
Jayson screamed, while his ability— Origin Tracer illuminated an otherworldly glow.
Blood splattered out of his seven orifices.
The ashen fogs Instantly entered his nostrils and into his soul.
There was an anatomy breakdown and, his soul started to crumble, albeit slowly.
His Origin Tracer was still ignited and the moment he saw more about Tommy, the more his body was covered in blood.
He saw the man atop the mountain...
He saw an aloof Tommy.
He saw Edward, Riele and Casey...
He saw countless Tommys that must have died.
He died...
The word, 'die' broke out of his lips and he started to wonder who Tommy really is.
His soul was slowly starting to dim but that did not stop Origin Tracer from functioning properly.
He then saw where the current Tommy was.
An isolated space– almost like earth, but not earth itself.
Tied up by a Sovereigns magic.
A Sovereign?
Two Sovereigns!!
Jayson's strength was starting to plummet drastically... he did not mind.
What Jayson feared the most now is, not completely finding out who Tommy is.
Truly, his strength was insufficient to peer the depth. Only, he knew that Tommy was no ordinary person.
However, from Origin Tracer... he heard four words break out from someone's mouth... Someone from Tommy's past, present and future...
Someone who actually defined great power...
Someone who's immense strength can never be deciphered.
However after hearing the words, Jayson paled.
Dukkha... Vanity... Death Angels!
Untill now, he still couldn't figure out what this words meant.
Dukkha...
Vanity...
Death Angels...
Then, Jayson collapsed. With insufficient strength Tommy can never be figured out.
* * *
Jayson's head shook slightly having remembered those words again. He had finally realized why Tommy did not seem to like him or even care about him.
Plus he was not afraid at all.
His power spoke volumes...
Jayson had pleaded with Tommy to be allowed to Journey with them to England... After Tommy accepted, he had expected to board plane like the wealthy son of a president is supposed to act. Instead, he had the spatial coordinate of England's Iceland and he used Void Feet to travel from America to England.
How vast is the void around him?
From what Jayson had learnt about Tommy, his memory should be sealed... so is his vast power.
Someone cultivating from the scratch as an Awakened could not be able to use spatial movement to such extents...
During this journey, Jayson had been unusually quiet and Tommy noticed it. He also realized that Jayson hadn't bothered him for the last three years.
At first, he was glad about it. But now, it was starting to bug him— did he realize something?
Precisely, a part of Tommy's mission was completed so, his memories of saving the world with his unfathomable power was still with him.
Also, he wanted to come to England so that, he could catch up with Theodore for a while.
While his memories were somewhat back, most of them remained blank... For example, Edward, been his best friend and Riele, his step sister...
Tommy shook the thought away and allowed Jayson to meet up with him, while Edward and Riele walked ahead.
"What have you been thinking lately?"
Tommy paused and added.
"Sorry, my bad. What have you been thinking about three years ago? Does that sound right?"
Tommy tilted his head.
Jayson shook his head trying to dismiss Tommy's realization.
But then, those three words hammered in his head once again.
Jayson sighed and asked..
"Actually, I want to ask! What exactly do you know about..."
He hesitated.
But then, said—
"Dukkha, Vanity and Death Angels."
That very moment after Tommy heard Jayson's statement, his aura Instantly changed from its casual one to a chilling one.
A frightening amount of Mana energy surrounded him and in front of Jayson, his strength Instantly spiked.
Edward and Riele were startled by the sudden change of aura but we're shocked seeing the sudden rise in Tommy's power.
Jayson, Edward and Riele saw Tommy's power rise from an Awakened Once-return to An Ascended and then Transcendent Instantly breaking through the Sovereign rank only to continue increasing...
The trio saw Tommy's rank rise seven more times before slowing down and stopping at a certain point. By now, his aura was already suffocating that even Awakeneds were considered as ants before him.
Tommy gazed at Jayson equally confused.
This power is supposed to be sealed!
He remembered that his power is supposed to be sealed but... Why? Why was it fully unsealed...
Something had to have gone horribly wrong.