"At least you are coming clear," Ray muttered as he took a seat and grabbed the steaming cup of coffee that had appeared right in front of him. He took a big sip. The coffee went down his throat as he felt his nerves calm down.
Ray felt a bit more relaxed as he readied himself to hear the bomb that Aurora was going to drop over him.
"Ray, I know that you are confused and that a lot of things aren't making any sense at all. So calm down and at least hear what I have to say," Aurora spoke as she also took a seat. Followed by Mag'ladroth and FengFeng as both of the mythical deities were more or less in the same position as Aurora.
They knew about the things but kept shut over the pretense of not hurrying Ray or worrying him too much but from how things were at the moment, coming clear to him would have been the best of them all.
"So what is it? The bloodline, the assimilation and above all that, goals. When did I have the goal to conquer the world or be a hero? That is the last thing I want," Ray barely muttered as shivers ran down the soon as even the prospect of such action scared him to death.
After all, they weren't his goals or ambitions and with him unconsciously following these ambitions, Ray found himself losing grip over his own thoughts.
He didn't want that and would never succumb to it. Even if he was promised all the power in the whole universe, it was useless if it took away his freedom and control over his ambitions.
"Aurora, I need answers and definite ones at that. I don't want you running around the topic and straying away from the question I asked," He said so sternly as Ray had turned truly serious. As he did, his consciousness shook as his thoughts and emotions directly affected his soul sea.
"Okay, you will get your answers but I will recommend you to listen to the whole story. Though, it's a long story," She said and motioned him to make himself comfortable.
As Ray sat in a more comfortable posture to listen to the whole thing, his mother and the others face a predicament of their own.
Red lights blared through the hallways as the mansion underwent a huge transformation. The walls changed as a strange reinforced alloy covered them while the gates outside shut close.
'Boooomm!!'
A huge explosion occurred as the hallways shook. In the main hall, everyone huddled together as they tried to find their footing and stay standing.
"Sirius! What is happening?" Aella asked.
"Nothing much. You stay here and control them along with Kashish, I will go on and see the issue," Sirius ordered as the shadows around him covered his body from head to toe. His body flickered within the shadows as Sirius disappeared right after.
Sirius had used his ability,
[Shadow Conduit],
It allowed him to use shadows to his convenience and one of the most useful function was its resourcefulness. Sirius could use the ability to not only control shadows but also travel through them.
Therefore, Sirius merely covered himself in shadows as he turned into one of them and travelled forward without any issue. As Sirius disappeared from sight, Aella turned as she looked a Ray who lay on the bed.
His whole body was pale but better than before. The strange crunching sounds still came from his body as they indicated that whatever was happening inside him hadn't stopped and probably kept worsening.
Just that Ray's body had adapted to the changes. In short, Ray's body was adapting and healing to the condition faster than it damaged his body.
She turned as she looked at Kashish. The new girl had the same worry in her eyes as she had. In fact, Kashish seemed to be a bit more worried for him. After all, she didn't know much about the overall condition of Ray so whatever she speculated must have got her worried.
Aella didn't help the girl either. She let her be as she thought, "She can worry all she wants. Ray is my first and I will always be his first,"
It was safe to say that Aella was surely jealous of how other women eyed her man but there was nothing she could do. She knew that her man was destined to achieve more than anyone and would have women all around him. So it would be her who would have to stay with hint through thick and thin and value what she had with him.
Meanwhile,
At the gates of the mansion, a huge barrier erupted from the ground as it covered the whole periphery of the mansion. It went up in the sky and the strange halo around it clearly implied the strength of the barrier.
"Why do I feel the barrier influencing my strength?" Muttered Tim in confusion as he felt a slight pricing sensation on his skin. The sensation wasn't painful or disturbing in the slightest but rather opposite of it. It felt calm and strengthening.
"That is an empowering halo. It strengthens everyone who bathe in it while the enemies will be weakened for the same amount if they come in contact," Replied Ray's mother. Her words were detached as she concentrated completely on the cause of the commotion.
She looked ahead in the woods as the desolate plane that surrounded the property summed to be undergoing huge changes.
The ground was shifting as strange structures started to protrude out of the ground.
"What is that?" She thought to herself as within minutes, a huge pagoda had erupted from the ground.
From the distance it seemed nothing extraordinary but Ray's mother knew better than to underestimate such things.
However this was just the start as within a few more minutes, several more pagodas erupted from the ground. The highest one seemed to reach the skies while the normal ones were as big as several floor buildings.
"What is happening?" Sirius appeared out of the shadows as he asked.
"We are under attack," Ray's mother said as she raised both of her hands. A console appeared in her hands as she fiddled through the console and pressed a few buttons.
Just as she did, another barrier appeared as it covered the whole base. From what Ray's mother knew, such pagodas usually had several thousands of beasts and were controlled by lords and masters who were just as intelligent as humans.
Therefore, she had to be careful not to give them a chance as even a single opening would lead to the destruction of the whole place.
She sighed and thought, "Well, we were lucky all over. To think that they built all this white far away from us, things could have gone even worse,"
As she thought, she turned and looked at everyone present. Ray's team along with Nia and the head nurse stood I've there as they waited for her response.
Ray's mother closed her eyes for a second as she calmed herself down. Her emotions had to be stable and she didn't need to panic. She had to tackle it all with a calm head.
A strange glint shone in her eyes as she opened them. She looked at everyone and said,
"We prepare for the worst," That was all she said but her enthusiasm and aura clearly influenced others as everyone standing along with her got worked up.
Their spirits were lifted up as the same glint shone in their eyes. They also wanted to give it all to save their foothold in this world and wanted to rip apart the monsters who wanted to conquer their home.
Everyone nodded as they turned around and went their way. They had to prepare themselves and gather their strength, as much as they could before the decisions were made.
It was discussed that a meeting would convene the next day to discuss on how they would tackle the current situation and what measures would be taken to ensure everyone's safety.
Until then, everyone wished for Ray to recover as fast as possible. After all, it was only him who could take out the full potential of the mansion and given his exceptional leadership skills, they had absolute trust in Ray.
It was safe to say that the recent events in the academy had boosted Ray's reputation as not only did he rescue everyone with little to no casualties but lead from the front and served as an example.
Also, he was the strongest amongst them after the head nurse and his mother, so he was really needed there.
As everyone waited for him to wake up, a whole story convened in his consciousness. Aurora used multiple ways to tell the whole story to Ray as he himself experienced everything his predecessor suffered.
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