[ASPECT: ???]
[ASPECT RANK: COSMIC.]
[ASPECT UNABLE TO FUSE WITH MANA CORE.]
[TWO LAYERED CORE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SUCCESSFUL FUSION.]
'What the hell? What is happening? Three aspects? And why even tell me about it if I cannot get it?' Dorian snorted.
'And how am I supposed to use the aspects? There is no information about that, all I know is the name and the rank, but that doesn't help me at all.'
He had so many questions, questions about the Aspect ranks, about the Blood of the Night, about getting two aspects, about the mysterious third aspect, about the legacy of The Original, but where was he supposed to find the answers? How much was he supposed to tell Nox? Again he felt alone and helplessness when these questions bombarded his brain.
'The Original, could that be The Linker? Didn't Nox say that Stormsky was his bloodline? Does that mean I have Linker's legacy? Then what about the third aspect? Was that related to him as well? And the mana of the Blood of the Night? That has to be my mother's bloodline right? What clan did she belong to? Which clan was strong enough to have the same Aspect rank as that of Linker's bloodline?' Dorian wondered.
'For now, I should fuse the legacy item'
[MANA CORE RING.]
[FUSE WITH MANA CORE?]
"Yes." he whispered. Instantly, he felt a stab of pain in his chest, but it was gone instantly, before he even had time to gasp.
If Dorian had the ability to visualize his core, he would see a golden ring of liquid energy revolving around it.
[MANA CORE RING FUSED WITH CORE.]
[ALL EFFECTS APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY.]
[HIDDEN EFFECT APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY.]
[MANA POINTS DOUBLED.]
[MANA POINTS: 500 (+500).]
[CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE SUCCESFULLY FUSED A LEGACY ITEM.]
[YOU HAVE RECEIVED 110 CORE POINTS.]
[CORE POINTS: 110/1000.]
'What is happening? Mana points? Core points? I truly know nothing about awakeners yet.'
Suddenly, Dorian felt his consciousness fading, the drowsiness was so overwhelming that he didn't even have time to question whether he should give in to it or not, and soon he lost consciousness.
As Dorian slowly opened his eyes, he found himself lying in a bed, a beam of sunlight entering the room through a crack in the curtains the only source of light in the otherwise dark room.
Again, he felt that his senses had gotten much sharper as he could make out every tiny detail of even the darkest corners of the room and the slightest rustling of the sheets was amplified to such a degree that he was forced to cover his ears with his hands.
Groaning, he rolled over and sat up on the bed and tried to collect his thoughts.
'So I am an Awakener now, with two Supreme ranked aspects fused with my core and one Cosmic ranked aspect waiting for me to obtain a two layered core. But I have no idea how to use them or what is the meaning of the ranks.
Also I have a legacy item which apparently makes me immune to all diseases and poisons, which sounds too food to be true.'
As he was pondering this, the door opened slowly, but even that slight noise was torture to his oversensitive ears. A dark smoke flowed into the room first, followed closely by a tall figure veiled in that mysterious dark smoke.
When Dorian's gaze fell on Nox, he remembered the agonizing torture that he went through during the forced awakening and again, he asked himself the same question. 'How much should I tell him? How much can I trust him?'
Nox entered the room and faced Dorian while standing a few feet away from the bed. After a few moments of silence, he whispered "It is quite normal for your senses to be oversensitive immediately after Awakening. Your body will get used to it in a few hours. Also, you will have to be careful with controlling your physical strength until it becomes instinctual, as you've gotten much stronger than before Awakening."
"How long was I asleep? Where is Lily?" Dorian asked.
"Just for the night. I presumed that the loud creature would be too much of a burden for your ears right now so I decided not to bring her here. Besides, you must have a lot of questions, dear prince."