Chapter 6: Gift from Earth

    The second major point the document mentioned was the working of the academy.

    He went through it several times and committed the important points to his memory before finally going to sleep.

    When he woke up in the morning, his parents were quietly eating their breakfast while engaging in small talk.

    With a smile, he served himself breakfast and joined them.

    "Mom. Dad. I was thinking about our talk from the hospital.

    "I realize I still love you both despite half of my memories being false.

    "The other ten years of my life were still true and you both played a massive part in how I came to value, cherish and enjoy my life."

    He engaged in a bit of small talk with them, and finally left after finishing his breakfast.

    He had no idea what to carry so he only took a bunch of clothes and other essentials in his bag before heading towards the office.

    It took him around fifteen minutes to reach the office.

    It was a huge twenty floor building. Eryndor entered the lobby and gave the receptionist his name, who quickly escorted him to the fifteenth floor.

    When he arrived, he realized there were three more people in the room.

    There was a young man and two young women.

    The young man was quick to introduce himself and the others with a genuine smile.

    "Hello, I am Drakarion Sylen." He put his hands on his chest.

    "And these are Valentina Iztek and Paulina Lockheart."

    He pointed to the blonde and brunette respectively.

    "I hope we can keep each other company when we join the Academy since we all come from New Hope city."

    "It took us a hundred years to steal the first ever practice technique. It was the cultivation technique, also what the majority of them got started in since it was the only one we had.

    "It also brought us despair, in a way. That cultivation scripture spoke about three levels, and according to it, the person we killed was only at level one.

    "It meant there were two more levels about it which were restricted by the Cosmic Limit. Our subsequent clashes proved that they had more levels above three, not sure how many.

    "We put that thought aside and levelled up one after another.

    "Since then it became easier to steal the other practice techniques, finally completing our collection fifty years ago."

    Jared was a big man, and it felt especially disheartening and discouraging when he made the face he was making as he continued.

    "The Cosmic Limit which increased two months ago has begun expanding the Earth. It isn''t instant, but a gradual process.

    "The distance between cities might increase drastically in the near future, which will make the task of defending Humanity more difficult.

    "We can already no longer find where the main bases of the Eight Outer Domains went. Our satellites have begun malfunctioning one after another, we think it''s the work of cyborgs.

    "We suspect that the infusion of four energies two hundred years ago strengthened up the Earth for its eventual expansion, which is now, at the second increase of Cosmic Limit.

    "We don''t know when the Cosmic Limit will increase again, but please, we can only pin our hopes on the younger generation.

    "The abilities youngsters awaken might be the gift of Earth to resist the outsiders, as not once in two hundred years have we come across individuals from Eight Outer Domains possessing innate abilities."

    The big professor took a deep breath and leaned back into his seat.

    "We, the older generation, will hold the fort as much as possible so you guys can grow.

    "Yes, I am putting pressure on you. Don''t let us down."

    Eryndor looked outside the window with a heavy heart, noticing a plane as the bus stopped just near its entrance.

    "It''s time for the final stretch, c''mon.

    "Once we disembark near the Academy, you''re on your own. I hope you guys have decided on the path you want to take."