Raiden finally pulled himself free from his grandmother's embrace and looked at her with puppy eyes that didn't belong anywhere on his massive frame yet looked adorable all the same..
"Did my little lightning miss me that much" she teased..
"Hmmm hmmm" he nodded vigorously…
"Did you miss me, or missed the gifts I usually bring back? Huhhh~?" She cooed..
And to this? "Hmmm, hmmmm" Raiden nodded shamelessly..
"Hehehehe" Fiore burst out laughing, her grandson was sooo cute…
"Ahem"..
A cough interrupted them…
"If you guys keep going, we'll never get through with this awakening ritual" Aaron spoke up…
No, he was being logical, there was absolutely no jealousy involved…
Yep..
None whatsoever…
"Grandpa, you promised me you'd take me on an expedition ages ago" Raiden sulked…
"Little man, let's get through your awakening first, grandpa has plans already in place" Aaron replied with a soft smile..
Hearing about plans being in place, Raiden got excited, "what plans, tell me, tell me" he urged..
"Well it involves me, you, and lots of traveling and training" he said," I heard you plan on attending imperium, so I thought, why not spend the next few years building you into the monster I know you can be, that way, you'll sweep away the competition at the academy"
Hearing his grandfather's words, Raiden's eyes sparkled with glee, so much so that he ignored the heart shattering expression that marred his lovely little maid's stunning visage..
"Okay, okay, enough of your chatter, little lightning, go place your palms on the crystal" Fiore finally cut in..
She definitely wasn't jealous of her husband getting such a reaction from her baby, definitely not!!
Feewwwwww
Taking a deep breath, Raiden agares walked steadily towards the awakening crystal at the center of the room…
Awakening crystals were ranked from low to high as,
Common
Uncommon
Rare
Legendary
Mythical..
The higher the grade of the crystal, the higher the chances of awakening, since the essence within high grade crystals had been purified enough for the mortal body to acclimate…
Legendary grade crystals boosting an 80% awakening success rate
While Mythic grade crystals boast a 100% awakening rate..
The ones used for conducting the free awakenings in the imperial capital, are mostly common and uncommon, grade crystals, so it is up to your luck and talent, tho it is generally acknowledged that those who awakened with such low crystals are truly talented…
Naturally, what Raiden was going to utilize would be a Mythical awakening crystal..
His family is filthy rich and influential, why would he inconvenience himself?
Screw the concept of humility and proving shit…
Letting the thought settle with a calm smile gracing his face, he placed his palm on the surface of the cool crystal…
Psssssss
The moment his palm came into contact with the crystal, a hissing noice rang out as an extremely clear liquid essence flowed into his body through the point of contact…
It circulated around his body, seemingly seeking a destination to reside in, after circulating his entire nervous system, it finally settled within his heart..
THUMP!!
His heart gave a deep thud…
Thump!!
And another one,
Thump!!!!
And another one!!
The thumping continued as his heart started pumping blood much faster, his internal blood circulation sped up, his skin turned a hazy red as steam seemed to be given off from his body..
Over at the raised platform, his family-father, mother, grandparents- watched closely, for tho they used a mythic grade crystal, they didn't trust in anything but themselves, so at any sign of trouble, they were ready to intervene…
******
The rhythmic thumping continued until a clear hazy flame like aura started burning within his body, around his heart….
The redness of his body stalled, his blood flow returning to normal, and his heart stopped thudding abnormally…
The moment the clear flame like aura settled around his heart, it burst out of his body, manifesting all over him like a clear mantle of authority….
"A neutral aura" his grandfather, Aaron, said with pride..
"As expected of my grand baby"his grandmother, Fiore, added with a proud smile..
"Hahahahahaha, that's my boy" his father, Micheal laughed…
Hoooo!!
Meanwhile his mother, Seraphina, just breathed out the air she was holding in, whilst giving a light squeeze to Myra who had her palms sweating from worry, she seemed to be the only one to notice the emotional distress she was experiencing…
******
The moment his aura manifested, Raiden looked around his body, raising a palm to inspect the aura awakened..
"A neutral aura, I can work with that, now show me, just what level of genius this young master is" he said with confidence…
And as if waiting for it's master's permission to shine, the aura exploded outwards, it raged silently as soon after
Shingggg!!!
A clear ring materialized around it, it was 2 inches in height and about the thickness of an arm…
It rotated with slow methodical motion…
"That's the first ring" Raiden whispered, "now let's show them just who we are" he added, almost as if speaking to his aura..
And it responded…
Booom!!!
In an explosion of brilliant white light, multiple rings started forming around the aura,
1…2..3..4..5….6
"Six, my baby has a six ringed aura, as expect——" his grandmother couldn't finish that thought, as with a flash!!!, all six rings spun in a whirlwind of speed and then,booom!
Their combined energy coalesced and birthed a 7th ring..
It was smaller than the rest of the six others, but not for long, as soon after it was formed, the six other rings supplied it with enough energy to get it back up to size, and no it didn't stop there…
Boom… an 8th ring
Boooom… a 9th ring
And with one final flourish..
Flash!!!
Booom!!!
A 10th ring was born…
And thus silence reigned supreme within the grand halls of the Agares family…
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