Azalon and Kazan looked around but found no one but they could hear the cracking sounds that could only mean that whatever was creating that dream world was breaking and the candidates were waking up.

And Azalon could still feel the Energy ripples he felt before because of Kazan Hin even after he closed that vertical eye between his eye brows and retracted that mysterious power he released.

It seems that this would be the case from now on and Azalon simply accepted this fact as this was not the time to mull over these things.

But what he didn’t know, the moment he condensed that vertical eye from his consciousness, thousands of miles away, an old figure that was sitting before a small cottage in a small but beautiful garden started smiling in a very excited manner!

“Hahahaha… Lord Trinethra… Not only has he inherited the trait of Pashupathi, he even inherited one of the most powerful traits of my lord, The Trinethra!!! Hahahaha…” Eren Wheld was laughing maniacally but tears started streaming down his old eyes as he lifted his head and stared into the distant skies as if piercing through the atmosphere, the vast Cosmos itself and see a place which only he could see!!!

*Putong*

He suddenly knelt down but his eyes were still staring into the skies. But suddenly a shocking transformation started appearing on the body of Eren Wheld.

His usually fair and old face changed into a pale gray color and his skin tightened to form a face that was only about 30 years old rather than the usual 60 year old face! Popping sounds ensued as his body grew in height and mass as volumes of thick muscles started appearing on his body!!

When the transformation ended, the old but fit Eren Wheld was no where to be seen. In his place was a hulking man who stood more than 3 meters high with rippling muscles with a shockingly cold face with two blood red eyes!

But the most shocking is the vertical mark between his eyebrows that looked like a closed eye, very much like the same vertical eye that was condensed between Azalon’s eyebrows inside his mind! Right now, the vertical eye mark was pulsing slightly like a heart beat, steadily and slowly…

“I am sorry, brother Eren. That day you sacrificed your life in order to save mine. I promised to take care of your family till I can and now my destiny to reach my Lord has come. I am breaking my promise, my brother. I pray that you will forgive this foolish brother of yours. I am really sorry. But your destiny was something that even I am envious of! You had the privilege of having the Successor of my Lord be born in your bloodline! And Fate played her hand by placing me here witnessing the birth of a Legend! Indeed no one can predict what and how fate and destiny works! Ah, no, in fact those bastards can predict it! I have to be careful in order not to get caught in their sights.” The calm and soft voice of Eren Wheld was changed into a deep voice that could cause your bones to vibrate when heard.

With those words, the imposter Eren Wheld’s body swayed slightly and disappeared. Only a whisper was left behind as he disappeared. “Find your destiny, Azalon Wheld. You will meet your parents and that mouse when you grow up stronger. The Emperor and The Empress are waiting for their prince to return! Ascend to the Immortal Plane, Successor and I pray that you will accept your role and not shrink from it.” The voice contained boundless hope and faith as well as pure love, the same love he showed Azalon and Hank when they were with him. In fact he considered them to be his own grandsons and loved them such. But its a pity that he couldn’t spend more time with them or speak the truth about him or the role the both of them were about to play in the future. It is truly a pity!

From that day of the disappearance of Eren Wheld, the situation of the Wheld Family would continue to decline until one day they would return… But it was for another day ( and another chapter )…

At this moment, within the [ Crystal Flower Garden ]…

The garden was lit up brightly by the light pillars that shot upwards from the symbol arrays that were trying to restrain the candidates within the dream world, pulsing with different intensities, from various locations of the [Crystal Flower Garden]. For example, when Azalon broke out from the dream world, the symbol arrays beneath him only lit up brightly before breaking. Now Azalon could see the pillars of light and among them 2 or 3 of them were exceptionally bright. Azalon interred that the brightness of the pillar of the light was directly proportional to the candidates’ struggle within the dream world.

The more they struggle, the more the dream world will tightly bind them. The only way to break out of the dream world was to forcefully shatter the [Dream Rendering Array] with a power that was greater than the force that was maintaining the Array. But how could an Array designed by one of the Elders of the Academies who was at the Core Level and maintained by some of the top students of the Academies easily overwhelmed by the bunch of children in Azalon’s group?!

So, all of them were forced to take the second and the most difficult path to break out of the dream world. It was to completely accept the memories projected by the [Dream Rendering Array] and get over them. But it was easier said than done. Once you step into the dream world, the memories were rendered such realistically that even Azalon had forgot himself when he saw the death of Mother Lillianna!

But as the time passed the pillars of light started to break one by one making them the source of the cracking sounds that were reverberating in the peaceful garden.

Finally, the 8 pillars of light shattered into countless specks of light that rained over the beautiful garden making the already heavenly garden even more enchanting and dazzling. Azalon and Kazan who were watching this eye pleasing scene couldn’t help but marvel at the natural beauty this place possessed.

“It is really a perfect place to lay back and relax for the rest of their lives! If this was back on Earth, I would have bought this land and made it my retirement home!” Azalon thought amusedly in his heart.

8 candidates stood up from the shattered pillars and none of them were in a good shape. All of them were deathly pale without a single drop of blood on their faces and each and every one of them were trembling like they caught a severe cold. Azalon could even see some of them that were tear eyed or completely drenched in sweat.

Among the 8 were two figures that Azalon recognized. One was Sophie, his cousin and other was Hari Reran, the son of the Family Head of the Reran family from the Blue Wind City. The two of them actually managed to pass but by the looks of it they had to put up quite a fight in the dream world to break out of it.

Azalon was surprised to find out that he could even feel the cultivation levels of these two. Not only these two, he could feel the cultivation levels of everyone around him as long as he concentrated a little.

But before he could contemplate on this, Raka who was sleeping in his arms stirred and opened his eyes. He yawned with his little mouth showing off small but sharp rows of teeth. But what shocked Azalon was not this but what happened afterwards…

“Ahhhh, good nap!! This weird guy’s aura is too soothing for me and I can sleep comfortably in this guy’s presence.” A small childish voice sounded in Azalon’s head as he watched Raka lick his jaws with his red tongue.

Instantly Azalon’s ryes went wide as he gawked at this bizarre incident. Did… did he just… just hear Raka speak???

“Raka??” Azalon softly called in his mind without using the link between them. Raka suddenly stiffened in his arms and his golden eyes with the bright silver lines underneath them turned to stare up at his face.

“Did I just hear this guy’s voice in my head??” Once again Azalon heard that childish voice in his head as Raka turned towards him. He now understood that he could really hear Raka’s voice in his head!!!

“Raka… Can you hear me? Can you really hear my voice???” Azalon once again projected his voice to confirm that he was not imagining things. If not for that, how could he hear a beast speaking in his head, even if it was his Soul Spirit??

“Ahhh!!! I can really hear this weird guy’s voice!!! Just what happened when I was sleeping???” Raka rubbed his eyes with his paws in a very human like manner as he glared at Azalon who was also gawking at him with wide eyes and open mouth!

Azalon and Raka were both looking at each other with weird expressions on the faces of one human and one beast. Suddenly, something stirred within Azalon and he heard another pair of voices in his head one giddy with excitement and one filled with enthusiasm.

“Master!!! I feel that I became more close to you than before. Ah, it seems that my System is preparing for another Evolution process. Master, my system will hibernate for a while till the Evolution completes. Be careful, Master!!” LILY spoke with excitement as she felt the differences within Azalon even more clearly than Azalon. After all her system has completely fused with his consciousness and he could talk with her even before whatever happened within him that allowed to be able to listen and talk with his Spirits!

“Chi… Chi… Chi… I can hear the weird guy’s voice in my head, Chhiii Chi Chi Chi… It is just like Elder Brother has said. This guy is definitely weird. Huh? Why do I feel sleepy? I think I will just sleep…” Merup’s laughing voice drifted off as he went into slumber in the middle of talking!

Azalon’s mind was tumbling up and down and he felt dizzy with all that’s going on in his head. But there was one thing for sure… His Spirits can talk now!!!