When the tower first selected soone to beco a Climber, they underwent a painful process which was popularly known as the 'First Awakening'.
Originally, every human, animal and insect was endowed with three essential elents at birth, naly- the body, the soul, and the mana pathway.
Upon their arrival into the world, each individual received a physical form, or body, which they soon learned to master.
This early mastery of their physical form was crucial for their survival and interaction with their imdiate environnt, however, the ti it took for various species to master their bodies varied greatly from species to species.
Parallel to the physical network of veins and capillaries within the body, there also existed a taphysical conduit known as the mana pathway or mana circuit.
Unlike the visible circulatory system, this mana pathway was a taphysical network, invisible to the naked eye yet essential for channeling the mystical energy known as mana which was essential to perform extraordinary deeds and magic.
For humans, this conduit remained sealed and inactive until maturity like a dormant channel lying in wait until the tower deed them worthy to ascend as a Climber.
Till date, the criteria for this selection by the tower remained a mystery, sparking curiosity and speculation among those who yearned to be chosen.
The act of being selected and undergoing the First Awakening was a transformative experience, as it initiated the unsealing of the mana circuit.
With the unsealing of the mana circuit, an individual encountered the world's natural mana for the very first ti, often leading to their body collapsing from shock—a process that, in severe cases, could result in the awakener's death.
The dormant mana circuits of the awakeners, never before activated, suddenly surged with mana, inundating the newcor with sensations entirely new and overwhelming, as mana flowed through their body for the first ti.
Despite the variability of experiences among individuals, a common and notable aspect of the first awakening was the intense pain accompanying the process. This pain was accompanied by the expulsion of a foul-slling, consolidated black gel-like substance from the pores, as the world's natural mana fortified and purified the climber's body.
The expulsion of more black gel signified a more thorough cleansing of the body, removing unwanted impurities and enhancing the climber's future potential.
However, this black gel was highly toxic and required expert handling by trained professionals. Contact with this substance during a climber's first awakening could nearly guarantee a serious infection for an ordinary human.
In the secondary and higher secondary schools of Earth, it was mandatory for the schools to teach all students what to do when a friend or colleague underwent their first awakening, as every kid was educated and taught that they needed to stay away from the awakener and imdiately call the climbers association at 922 for assistance.
Usually, the climbers association dispatched a healer to whatever location the awakening call ca from, however, since Rocky was within the True Elites Guild when he underwent his awakening, there was no need to call for a climber's association healer as the True Elites guild already had in-house healers who were well trained to perform this task.
"Guildmaster, I've never seen soone eject so much black goo before, it's almost never ending.
He has already ejected 2.5kgs and is showing no signs of slowing down" The True Elite healer, Cassian, said in astonishnt as even Karna looked surprised at this phenonon.
" The cleaner his mana pathways get from the start, the easier it will be for him to learn spells.
He's bound to have a bright future like his sister...." Joe said with an undertone of jealousy as he watched Rocky undergo his first awakening with envy.
" It's too early to decide his potential, also talent is not everything in this world, temperant matters equally or perhaps even more than talent " Alia the guild secretary said, as although she was a re mortal, her standing within the True Elites guild was second only to Karna and the vice guildmaster.
A few more minutes passed and Rocky ejected yet another half a kilo of black goo before finally showing signs of slowing down as the healer Cassian could finally catch his breath from constantly wiping and healing Rocky's body.
" His heart rate is stable, but I think he will be out till morning with how much weight he just lost.
Damn, the kid went from having an undefined body to a chiseled body in minutes" Cassian said, as he rubbed his cleaning cloth over Rocky's newly ford six pack abbs.
" Coon Cassian, the kid was already in pretty good shape.
Although the awakening improved his physique, you're exaggerating its importance" Alia said as she noticed Rocky transform before her very own eyes and noted that although it was a decent transformation, it wasn't as pronounced as Cassian made it to be.
" Alright, let's let the kid sleep for tonight. He has already been through a lot.
Cassian keep checking on him from ti to ti throughout the night and Alia bring him to et when he wakes up tomorrow morning" Karna said, as he dispersed the group once Rocky's awakening was completed.
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( anwhile, within Rocky's subconscious )
Rocky found himself walking in a pure white space that seed to stretch till infinity.
For as far as he could see, there was nothing but just pure white walls as he wondered if this was a dream or was it an elaborate illusion?
" Rocky Yadav...we et at last " a deep voice said from behind Rocky as he turned and found himself staring at a handso man with deep blue eyes and pure white angel wings.
The appearance of the man was a bit nostalgic for Rocky as he looked like the perfect copy of what his school books depicted as 'Shakuni', one of the most powerful gods of the tower, and one half of the most followed godly pair on Earth, the Gemini brothers.
"You look like Shakuni the Terrifying" Rocky blabbered without thinking as the man before him smiled as he said "I am Shakuni".
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