Awakenings on hylea, unlike most would believe, has nothing or not much to do with your background or heritage…
It's not a "my family are lightening wielders so it's assured I'll awaken a blood and/or physique tied to the element lightening"…
Your parents might be lightening wielders and you end up a wood element warrior…
That too a low tier one despite your parents being exalted…
Awakenings on hylea boil down to one thing…
Achievements…
That's right..
Your achievements from the day you were born till the day you awakened..
All your success, failures, wins, losses, courageous moments, cowardly moments…
All archived and stored by the will of the world…
And it is said achievement that determines what grade of bloodline and physique the world grants you as a reward..
Now, one might ask, 'why then do great clans and the likes have higher chances of awakening high grade bloodlines'?..
It's simple really…
They have the capital to nurture monsters in unawakened human skin…
The scions of first rate clans, great clans, or ruling clans alike are all put through the most rigorous and complete routine one could find on hylea…
The more powerful the clan, the more ridiculously powerful the training, and the more powerful the training, the more powerful the candidate, and the more powerful the candidate, the more wonderful his/her achievements…
It's a cycle that sees the powerful get more powerful without fail..
As for what element or concept you'd likely be attuned too? Well just get intimate with said element from jump and voila…
But all this, is upto a point…
Where mid-grade divine bloodlines and physiques can be cultivated if the clan is powerful enough..
Anything else, from High-grade divine and beyond? You need to have started everything yourself…
If so much as a single person had any involvement in the power you had? You lose all qualifications for anything higher than mid-grade divine..
So, from the moment you are aware, it's one hellish routine after the other…
It's a process that is no secret, but how many are willing to put themselves through such torturous and deadly trials just for a chance at attaining something beyond Mid-grade divine..
Especially when mid-grade divine is already enough to cover the skies with your palm…
But!!! That's relative to the normals..
For the truly exceptional… it is a no brainer…
After all No pain, No gain..
Now, what happens when a candidate is deemed so exceptional, so spectacular, by the will of his world, so much so that the will itself felt unworthy of judging his/her potential?
What happens then?
Well simple, when the local court can't come to a close, you seek a higher authority…
And if said authority still feels inadequate? You seek supreme authority..
And in this case, a prime world like hylea, a world only a step away from becoming its own divine realm, only one ruling authority could judge its candidates potential if it deemed itself inadequate…
Cosmic Will
That's right, the will of the cosmos itself..
And it's this will that takes upon what your world already recorded, breaks it down, compares it to the others in its domain, and decided if you're worthy..
So when Zion Void stepped forward…
The moment he placed his palm on the awakening crystal..
The world shifted..
An authority unlike any the people gathered had ever felt, descended…
And then,
DONG!!!!!!!!!
A resonant, solemn chime that echoed across all heavens…
Everyone heard it..
EVERYONE!!!
Everyone felt it..
EVERYONE!!!!!
And then, a proclamation, a single proclamation, etched into the atmosphere in liquid black ink that seemed to devour the light and its surroundings came forth..
And it was simple as well as majestic..
{Zion Void…. You are worthy}
Dinggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!
The moment the words spilled forth, another chime echoed, this time announcing the birth of something grand…
Crack!!! Crack!!!
The atmosphere fissured, multiple cracks opened up, and immediately a suction force erupted from within the gaping void hole…
Sucking up and erasing chunks of the arena..
Even the barrier put up by the tier 9 guard's earlier was being devoured by the void…
Everything…
The candidates currently on scene had to be teleported out for their safety..
Well almost all of them…
And in the midst of all that chaos..
Zion Void..
His back straighter than ever, his expression solemn, as a declaration rang out..
{chosen by the void, favoured by the void, you have been chosen as a messenger of the void, you represent nothingness, your existence is the inexistence of others….}
Ding!!!
{you have received the title: messenger of the void}
Fwooosh!!!
Immediately that declaration rang out, a pitch black pilar of light surged from Zion, tearing and erasing any clouds in sight..
Behind him, a black, dark as the abyss, halo slowly rose, rotating in a slowly ominous manner, devouring all light and anything material in its surroundings…
Then came the final decree…
Ding!!!
{Zion Void.. awakening successful…
Bloodline awakened: Chaotic Voidling Bloodline (Mid- COSMIC)
Physique Awakened: Millenium Void Emperor physique (Mid- COSMIC)}
And with that, the arena settled…
The pilar of energy receded, and in its place, zion void, no longer just void in name but embodying the very concept itself..
He stood there, calm, composed, his posture radiating effortless confidence..
And what a reason to be confident…
COSMIC!!!
That's a level anyone not of the great clans hasn't even heard of….
So seeing one such thing, feeling the soul deep dread from the aura of the awakening alone, and looking at the devastation it caused…
The crowd was speechless…
Vip Area…
Silence was all that could be heard..
No one, not even Thorak and the rest of the Wildhearts could understand it..
They expected peak divine grade at best..
But this!
Cosmic?
And a mid cosmic grade at that?
"What a wonderful young man" Orion Wildheart nodded in satisfaction…
His gaze one of pleasant surprise…
The others around him, mimicked his feeling..
A cosmic bloodline prodigy is one any clan would give their all to cultivate…
Dylon Void, patriarch of the void clan, sat up a little bit straighter, his expression one of quiet pride, seeing as his son had shocked even the aloof Wildhearts…
Back on the arena…
Zion, brimming with confidence, couldn't help but cast a look at the only two people still within the arena..
Sol Wildheart..
Damon Wildheart..
They hadn't moved..
Not one inch from there standing position…
And that, for some reason, irked Zion..
So,
"I seem to have embarrassed myself, I'm sure young masters sol and damon would be far brighter" he chuckled in mock humility…
Turning his gaze upwards, towards that arrogant prick, wishing to revel in his shock..
He instead, met with a sleeping dindu…
Yes..
Sleeping..
With shafrin having somehow found her way into his embrace, curled up like a kitten…
His expression peaceful as if the area didn't almost get deleted by someone's awakening…
Before irritation could buildup within Zion and he ended up making bad life choices…
"Hmmm… Anything less would've been a disgrace either way…" a calm and gravely voice echoed..
Damon Wildheart.. regaining his posture, strode forward…
"To have been compared with us, anything less would've forfeit your life" he said, as if a mid cosmic grade bloodline was the only qualification needed for one to be placed in the conversation as he and sol…
"But, do not get cocky, curb your arrogance, there is only one In this arena whose arrogance I have acknowledged, and it is NOT you" he came to a stop before Zion, his expression unbothered by the growing pressure being exerted by Zion…
Dindu, hearing Damon's words, had a wicked grin ride up his lips, as he slowly opened his eyes..
'Finally, show me what you've got… do not disappoint me… brother'
Giving Zion a once over, Damon continued on, his expression unbothered..
Coming to a stop before the awakening crystal he spoke one last time…
"Now watch and see, you too, little brother, for the day I step out of your shadow, you who has been called unsurpassable, has arrived".. ending with these words, he stretched forth his hands, and then…
DONGGGGGG!!!!!!!
A/N: the next few chapters might be a bit longer than normal, I want to end this awakening ceremony by chapter 20, 22 at most..
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