"Seriously, what the hell is going on?!" Chulainn roared with his three heads. He was in his full-sized form at the mont. Beside him were Rex and Hieran, massively emitting their aura and mana.
On their back stood everyone else, releasing their energy as if it depended on their lives. A giant magic circle had been drawn on the ground and Evergreen's mother tree was linking every forest of the planet together while Rex was connecting every living being.
"I don't know! This is definitely his aura but I feel like there's sothing wrong," Arister replied to Chulainn. He had already summoned his spartan equipnt, and his spear was being used as a catalyst to maintain the circle they had set down.
A few minutes ago, a sudden pressure fell on Earth. It wasn't that strong at first but it soon beca so strong it couldn't be ignored. It was going to kill all the weaker individuals on this planet.
The 'teachers' then gathered and were now protecting the people from the still increasing pressure. Even the academy's students joined in to send their mana into the circle. It was only thanks to Rex and Evergreen that they could connect and protect more than nine billion people. But they weren't the only ones they had to protect. There were animals and insects as well. Even the smallest beings had to be defended to save a planet.
"This pressure how strong did Teacher beco?" Ofia contemplated as she was resonating with her sister.
Arister snickered. "I'm sure at least that he would be able to protect these people even better than us with just a snap of his fingers." When he said that, the circle they had drawn started cracking. "I should've just shut my mouth."
After that, it was a chain reaction and everything else started fissuring like glass. When it was about to completely break, the earth shook and an extrely deep and resounding voice spread across the planet's surface.
The magic circle finally failed to hold out but a magnificent beast with two pairs of white-feathered wings descended from the sky and started flying above everyone. Deva opened her mouth and a short cry reached the group below. It was as if she was saying that she would take over. As a matter of fact, the pressure caused by Arima's transcendence had been stopped.
Chulainn sighed and sat down on the ground loudly. "So that's why he didn't care Deva was here."
Arister stretched a little and jumped off from Chulainn's head.
"To be honest, I never knew when Arima was doing sothing on purpose or not," Jin said. "Even from the ti he was still ten years old, he was so ticulous I wondered what was going through his head."
"Do you think he let this happen on purpose?" Evergreen frowned then looked at all the students lying exhausted around them. "What kind of person would think of this way of training?"
Jin laughed. "Are you asking seriously?"
The dryad revealed a rare smile at his words. "I suppose we already know, huh?"
Rex humd silently and walked toward Hieran. "{Hey, don't you feel like there's a peculiar thing going on with these two?}"
Hieran scowled and turned his head to observe Evergreen and Jin. "{It's not a bad thing. If he can take that woman, I won't be unhappy to not have to deal with her anymore.}"
"Oh, true," Rex nodded.
A mont after that, Deva looked at the sky and watched as the needle reached the XII on the clock's dial. A booming sound echoed. It was a very loud alarm reaching everyone on Earth. The pressure disappeared instantly and a bright light covered Aurorae's HQ.
***
Arima exhaled. In the middle of this blinding light, he waved his hand and the illumination itself was cut as if it was paper.
His appearance had not changed but sothing was chilling about him. He was just standing still with his eyes closed. He wasn't moving nor was he saying anything. But even so, even Raylein felt like he was in the presence of an untouchable master.
Arima stepped forward and purple lightning erupted at his feet. It was small but each strand of electricity contained enough power to destroy the moon.
He made another step and this ti it was fire; purple fire. As he walked, different elents were cast; water, ice, earth, spirit, and wind... They all made their appearance. Each one of them was also either purple or surrounded by a purple hue.
Layla, Night, and Karma were watching dumbfounded while Raylein had an odd expression.
"Do you rember the thod to beco a Silver Emperor?" Arima's voice suddenly jolted their minds. "You first have to combine every elent. It is only possible to do so when you have Absolute Dominance over all of them."
"Afterward, you combine Darkness and Light. Then, you blend the whole thing," Arima told as he walked toward them. "I went back to the sources and took the Omni elent. I integrated it to my transcendence and without changing my DNA, I altered my body's ability to withstand elental magic."
Raylein's expression twitched multiple tis. Every ti Arima explained further, he had an even harder ti believing it.
"Don't tell ...?" He laughed wryly and rubbed his face. "No way"
"What does that an?" Karma asked Night, but even he didn't know. She then turned toward Layla and saw that she was gaping the latter was gaping with evident shock.
"Elental absorption!" She exclaid. "He really did it? He used the human geno to make a body capable of absorbing elents..."
"In other words, elental magic, or any kind of energy using elents, will not work on him anymore," Raylein followed with a wry smile. "He should even be able to absorb them to use it as his source of energy."
Night's eyes widened. "As if he had not enough mana to spare already"
Arima snorted and stopped in front of them. When he arrived, everyone noticed that he still had not opened his eyes. Layla was about to say sothing when Arima waved his hand at her.
He sighed and covered his eyes with his palm. He remained still for a few minutes and no one talked. He then slowly moved his hand away as his eyelids were lifted.
When his eyes opened, magic circles that couldn't even be read with the Gods' Language abruptly ca out of them. Each ti becoming bigger as they estranged from Arima. When the circles vanished, his eyes were completely opened. His group looked at him with solemn expressions.
They were still glowing with a beautiful silver but they were unfocused and reflected no light or image. It was incredibly stunning and languishing at the sa ti. Even if his eyes were unfocused, they were more dazzling than ever and appeared more serene.
Arima blinked a few tis then moved his pupils. They accurately switched between the four persons in front of him. It was oddly overbearing and could make you feel extrely weak-willed.
"It's not that bad," Arima remarked. "I just need to get used to it. Also, although I'm pretty sure it isn't the case; Karma, Night, do you have any problem with your eyesight?"
Night sighed and shrugged. "No, at least, I don't"
" too," Karma followed.
"Well, you'll experience it if you ever resonate with ," Arima declared and Night raised an eyebrow.
"Why?"
"The loss of my eyesight is not sothing physical. It's a Law. I'm forever prohibited to ever look at sothing. If you resonate with , I will still be unable to see and so will you. I also can't look at images from another's mory nor can I look through soone else's eyes," he added and Raylein eyes widened.
"That's a tough restriction."
"Can I ask you sothing?" Layla raised her voice and Arima redirected his eyes toward her. "When you used the 'Golden Phoenix', what did you use as compensation?"
"For the Dark Phoenix, the price is one's life energy. As for the Golden Phoenix, I need to give sothing else" Arima uttered. "And that's emotions. I lost an emotion in the literal sense."
Layla's expression darkened. "Which one?"
Arima smiled. "Don't worry. One that I never used in the first place; sha," he stated and Layla hated herself for almost laughing. She cald herself and smiled.
"Fine. That's your choice anyway."
"Sha, huh?" Night mused. "It's true that you never had sha. You only have morals and common sense, I guess."
"As you say. But I can't abuse this kind of thing too. Even if there are several useless emotions, if you erase them, you'll lose your sanity soon enough. You might even die because of it," he explained and Layla's smile froze.
She approached Arima and threw a punch at him. He didn't even need to see to avoid it.
"Don't dodge!" Layla shouted just after.
"I don't think that's a good idea," Arima smiled. "Why did you do that anyway?"
"Because soone just keeps worrying for everything he does!"
"I wonder who that is," Arima feigned and brought back everyone on top of Aurorae's main building. He raised his head and sensed Deva flying around. "Good job," he said and she responded with a short cry.
"Let's gather everyone then," he declared and snapped his fingers. Fifteen figures appeared around him without any delay. He even created an invisible platform in midair for Hieran, Rex, and Chulainn to stand on.
"This signs the end of this little teaching episode. Thank you for answering my call," Arima spoke and they all spotted his figure. They had been teleported so suddenly that they didn't know what was happening until they heard Arima's voice.
"You seem to be going well," he when he felt Jin's aura.
The latter was the first person who noticed sothing was wrong with Arima's eyes. "What happened?"
"Too long to explain. It's nothing to fret about," Arima shrugged and Jin furrowed. "Anyway, do you all think your students are ready?"
"They are," they all answered at the sa ti. Even if they were not officially teachers, being one always cos with an odd sense of responsibility and pride.
"Especially the Walker Squad I trained," Arister added. "They can beco fearso elites."
"That's what I hoped for," Arima nodded. "I'll bring you back to your world right away," he announced and a big gate ford in the sky. "You can go in whenever you want."
"Can I say sothing before that?" Jin interrupted him and Arima tilted his head. Jin turned toward Evergreen and Rex nudged both Chulainn and Hieran. He seed to be extrely interested in what was going to happen.
Jin sighed and placed his knee on the ground whilst facing Evergreen. The dryad stared at him in confusion and what he said after made her freeze completely, "Will you be my wife?"
Arima was so surprised that he almost choked. He never expected that developnt. All the girls present covered their mouth and only Raylein and Night were watching with a mildly curious expression. Rex was so excited by the event that he couldn't help but annoy the two beside him.
Evergreen couldn't form a sentence for a good mont and her face gradually beca red like a tomato. She opened her mouth a few tis and then gritted her teeth. She stomped toward Jin and dragged him before flying away under everyone's eyes.
"You can leave without ," she said as she vanished.
"Well, that was fun," Arister laughed and so did everyone else. "We'll go back now. I'm sure we'll et again, Arima," he bowed slightly and went through the gate with Ferzia. Everyone else bid their goodbyes and also left.
When Chulainn was about to leave on his own, Arima called him.
"Can you do a favor? Gather as many forces as you can for . Start from Heaven and Hell and then try to find and scout so useful assets. Don't forget to contact Ifrit too," he requested and threw a small black disk at Chulainn who caught it with his aura.
"What is this?"
"A tool to help you travel across planes," Arima declared and Kerberos stared dumbfounded at the disk with his three pairs of eyes. He ultimately agreed and left.
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