“No, Nooooo--.”

But just as he was starting to scream in lamentation of whatever nightmare he was in, that did not give him any rest, his entire body froze as droplets of sweat form all over him as his body and mind had an intense reaction to his forced paralysis.

[Now, now. Don't scream, it will be troublesome if someone comes here and asks you what has happened, and just so you know I want to let you understand what is going on. If you want to know how serious I am, I’ll let you know I can massacre everyone here just to prove that. I did not say earlier but I most definitely am not a good person, so if you don't want anything to happen, stay silent and accept how your life is going to be from now on, don’t worry, the benefits out weight the cons, I think.]

[And now you have him scared. How are we to create a good relationship with our disciple if he's going to fear us?]

[What do you want? This is the fastest method, look at how concentrated he is!]

[That's because you have him locked and threaten everyone he knows.]

[Don’t sweat on the details and let me begin.]

[Alright. Don't worry, disciple, nothing is going to happen. This stubborn head is just anxious to see you cultivate, no need to take his words to face value.]

[Youu, hmmm. ]

But the reassurance from the easygoing voice did not reassure him at all as he was still locked, but the muscle of his body could move as though he was encapsulated in a thick rock the shape of his body.

[You can talk! I forgot I blocked even your consciousness.]

[AAAAAAaaaaaaa, what do y-you want?]

[Do you see, he can not keep his cool!]

[Relax, little one. I got your back.]

[You want me to cultivate, I-I’ll do it, so release me.]

[The words that I wanted to hear. But I can not take the risk of you making a mess, so stay like this and listen to me first.]

[You’ll release me if I listen to you. And you won’t harm the villagers.]

[Yes I will and you actually believe me that I would be so bored as to kill ants--- you need to learn to understand people better, I will see to that at a later date. Now, cultivation, I talked about body, mind, and dantian that make the essential things a cultivator is what it is, right.

And I talked about my life's work. That is you now, a transcendent human with no blocks on the cultivation path, as your entire body acts as body, mind, and dantian in an advanced stage that I hypothesized, a perfect physique. Well now let's go on to the pros and cons of your physique.]

[Yes. Let’s go.]

But the rapid answer of little Levis was almost like a begging on his part to end this waken nightmare that he was in.

[Good, I like it, you are becoming more forthcoming.]

[Are you sure he is not more afraid?]

[Does not matter, once he understands what I have offered him he’ll have no complaints. Now, where was I? Yes, the pros and cons, for starters absorption, as low stages cultivators need to breathe in order to gain energy, what I device is total absorption with your body, this is something I observed in some peculiar beasts that breathe thru their skin, but they did not seem efficient in absorbing energy at all, that they might as well not have it. As for you, once you absorb the first amount of energy and infuse it with your body, to begin the never-ending circle, your whole body will act as a magnet for the surrounding energy, essentially making you in an unstoppable growing monster that can be said to be a lazy God devouring everything. This is an idea I took from the hungry void.---]

As the mad and scary voice continue to speak of things the little Levis did not still comprehend, a tinge of anticipation was growing in him at the hearing of the word “unstoppable”,“monster” and “god” as in his mind they all correlated with the big image of his future self that he had always dreamt of being.

[--- The second good and best thing about what I offer you is your quasi-unkillable body, obviously, you need a certain level of cultivation and understanding of how it works but that can be arrived at, rather quickly. As I have changed your being completely, by making you a complete existence, your death can only occur when your entire body, that being all of your blood, flesh, and bones are completely destroyed and completely erased, otherwise you can have the chance of resurrecting yourself from a mere drop of blood. Evidently, you’ll need to recultivate your power in that case, but critical wounds would not be enough to kill you, merely posing an inconvenience in even the most dangerous battles. This is what an immortal existence should be like, not what those bastards said--basterds.!? Hmmm, no matter. So what do you say my disciple, does your present situation sound good?]

[Y-Yes, it sounds f-ff-fantastic.]

Even though his stuttering words did not seem reassuring as even the mad voice was on to his uncertainty and fear, the growing anticipation did not diminish as it was still growing despite the stress he was in.

[Good, now the cons--, the cons are--.]

[The cons are--?]

But as though to prolong the anticipated problems of all the good sides or for some other reason as to make little Levis participate in his speech by making breaks, but the end of his phrase made all the good parts completely null while taking the boy by shock, stunt, and speechlessness.

[--- The cons are, that you can not do anything of such anytime sooner than when you are assured that this planet won't have any more enemies for you.]

[What? Then what was all about being invincible--?]

In a somewhat bad mood, little Levis erupted at the voice as it seemed to be promised to have the world but not be able to do anything with it, as though he was a rich man but unable to buy anything he desired with his money.

[Aaa-hahaha do you really think that having the ability to out-shine every expert in the world is something good, let's not talk about the fact of you being a real immortal human, just the absorption is a problem that no expert will miss. Try to imagine, that you start absorbing energy uncontrollably, what will happen? No need, I'll tell you directly, you'll be hunted and “killed”, for trying to encroach on other expert's territory, and that's the best-case scenario, if they found how you absorb energy you’ll become the most hunted being on the entire planet and it won't just be small fries it will be the old monsters that will come after you. AFTER ALL, if the orthodox way is what everyone does, that means my fruit of research is a perversion and transgression on the cultivation system of the universe itself and that is what you will be labeled as. So hm-hm-ahahahah---, if anyone is to ever know what you are, there will be two things there will happen or better said two kinds of groups after you, the righteous hypocrites that will label you as an abomination to destroy and those that will try anything to get to possess your body, as the enticement of no bottleneck is something that every cultivator can only dream of. ---And it's not like anyone has never tried to arrive at the same conclusion about the inside of the cultivation. It's just that nobody can do what I have done, search the universe for every strange creature that lives and study it and then experiment over and over for eons, all alone. CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? NO, YOU CANNOT.]

As the explanation continued and the negatives of what could happen, if someone discovered him became more dangerous. The only thing growing in little Levis's mind was the idea of how to get away from all of it as soon as possible and forget everything as the sole idea of so many important people on the “planet” that the voice had discussed, made his hair stand on end and his skin to become like that of a chicken.

[IN THAT CASE, I WILL NOT CULTIVATE, NOW LET GO OF ME AND MOVE TO SOMEBODY ELSE PLEASE, PLEASE]

As he was desperate to get away from everything and end the nightmare, he began to scream in his mind while also begging, but the mad voice spoke with him as though a devil speaking with his fallen prey that had lost the moment he had started to listen to his words that were always a trap.

[Are you sure?]

[YES.]

[In that case, let me ad just this and I’ll leave you alone, “How are you going to take your revenge on the bandits?” Well I guess your grandpa and grandma are just going to be always waiting for “SOMEONE ELSE” to “TAKE THEIR REVENGE”.]

But the words of the voice might as well have been a sword plunged through his heart as his body trembled nonstop and his consciousness seemed to be in a storm while no words were coming from him.

[I guess you’re not the great man Ato Levis and just little Levis that everyone seemed to take you for, hahaha even you yourself, Afterall, all you do is tell yourself you’ll be, while doing nothing and taking no risks as you’ll accomplish nothing.

But as the words continued so did little Levis' silence with maniac-like bloodshot eyes as he seemed on the verge of exploding, unknowing of what it might be shame or anger.

[Ahhh it seems I lost time for nothing, if that's the case I might as well leave and find a greater person than a child that can’t even be true to itself.]

But the next words surprise even the voices as even though they knew how it was going to go they had no way of preparing for the resolution behind the words, as the words came out from his unmoving mouth, that seemed to be from a monster freed from hell itself as his words did not come in the tone of a child, but as something the was not human anymore.

“Wait, I will do it. I will become your disciple.”

[This---.!?]

[He---You force your entire consciousness to resonate with your body and speak--this--haha haha, you truly are the crazy one kid hahaha do you intend to die.]

[My name is Ato as my grandfather, and as a man whose name is Ato, I will not back down from hardship and what I must-do if you will give me the power to avenge my grandpa I will become your disciple and help you with anything you need.]

But as the words continue to come from little Levis’s entire consciousness the intensity begin to subside as tiredness and fatigue took him and as the paralysis was undone, he fell while gasping heavily on the mattress.

[Good, from now on you’ll have to listen to me and follow my directions as I'll provide you with the best possibilities to cultivate and problems to resolve.]

[Yes.]

But as the words came out of little Levis’s mouth they seemed to have a certain assurance and confidence as he had made a tough decision.

[Now I don't care that you are tired, let's try and cultivate. What you’ll have to do---.]

But as the night was moving as though passing thru while little Levis was with his back on the mattress, sleeping, while taking large breaths of air and long exhales, however as the chief's wife had come once but had not received an answer, she had no choice to leave indignant at the fact that she could not scold the boy from taking the food and not coming to the dinner with everybody else.

While the life in the camp made by the guards and villagers was passing as usual, and as the night was almost over and the morning of a new day was coming in the camp as well as the valley where the stronghold of the bandits was, it was at the base of the cliff that rider after rider took off as they were moving fast and towards the encampment of the guards.