Nyxir opened his eyes only to see an endless darkness that stretched on into the horizon, a familiar feeling suddenly hit him and he tried to move his body only to discover he had no control over his body.
' This again? What the hell is happening now? '
He felt his heart must have been pounding hard but he could not even detect any beating at his chest.
' Did I die? '
' This is the same place I first saw when I reincarnated over '
' Am I dying again '
He closed and opened his eyes wide again but all he could see was endless darkness that stretched on and on and his inability to move caused him to be even more frightened.
' the feelings I had from back then are not present and I can't move '
' is this me observing through another person just like with Nyxir? '
He gradually calmed himself and looked around via rolling his eyes which is the only part of his body that responds to him. He saw nothing except darkness swarming everywhere, it looks like it is the abyss itself without the hellish sight as told in tale or probably just too dark to see.
' where is this place? And how does this happen to me again?'
' is this really a devil's abyssal soul? '
Many more questions bombarded his mind without an answer and after a while, he felt his body start crumbling into light specks and vanishing from view.
It happened so fast that he could not even respond but still, the sight of light specks scattering around ingrained itself in his head like a familiar sight.
Nyxir opened his eyes and looked around him, a shimmering lake spread towards the horizon glimmering under the artificial sun.
" Am back at the celestial lake. What caused the reaction I had now?"
" Did I just zone off again?"
" This cannot be consider a coincidence really"
" What could have triggered it?'
"Who was that person"
"Where was that ?"
Nyxir could not help muttering to himself loudly, if there had been people there who saw him in such a state, they would have thought he had gone mad and restrained him immediately but what could he do? He just experienced a scary daylight mare which would have driven any normal person insane and with him still standing and not calling for help telskjs a lot about his mental fortitude.
After pondering for some time, he finally calmed down and exhaled slowly.
' this is even more complicated than I thought, but for now let's assume I am standing on thin ice that could break any time so I have to constantly be on my guard '
" How tiresome"
' I wonder if I succeeded '
Nyxir closed his eyes and felt the connection between him and his soul. Slowly, an intangible bridge manifested and he moved his consciousness past the bridge towards the other end.
A small apparition floating in a vast dark empty space appeared in his view, the apparition is slightly larger than an arm length and it appeared to be meditating quietly floating,
Inside the ethereal figure are specks of warm soft light shimmering in and out of existence.
The light specks are scattered throughout the ethereal figure and are numerous like a starry sky, they appear to sense Nyxir's gaze and start flickering even faster as if they are acknowledging his presence.
" This... Is?"
' Gedeng ' Nyxir's heart skipped a bit, they are the same specks of light that the body he was observing through just now crumbled into!
"How the hell did they get here?" Nyxir felt like he wanted to cry.
" What happened to a divine seal?"
" Didn't I desire enough?"
It is no coincidence that his entire family from his previous life has been sealers, they usually have a way around awakening a divine seal. They just have to desire it immensely at least that was what he was told and it had always worked so far it is light that is the dominant class and their bloodline splayed a huge role as well, this is because they have a powerful ancestor who was able to inguse his aspect into his bloodline for his descendants. That is what makes a legacy clan.
That was also the reason he told Olivia that she would likely unlock an angel's aspect because she really desired it and had told her to quell her anxiety so she won't waver although it might really not be the case.
But reality can be cruel all he manages to awaken was twinkling lights and they seem to be taunting him whenever they sensed his gaze.
" When did divinity possess self awareness and are able to taunt others?"
His eyebrow twitched as he withdrew his consciousness from his bod with half amusing expression and a frustrated look. He was already frustrated over not awakening a divine seal as if that was not enough,the twinkling lights are still mocking him on top of that.
"Maybe it is a unique aspect and might not be that bad?"
He has not heard of such an aspect before and rare things tend to be either legendary or trash although, he was hoping for the former.
" I wonder what Olivia would unlock" Nyxir muttered under his breath.
He did not especially feel really close to Old Lu and Olivia like family but he felt he always had a strange feeling of protectiveness which he assumed might be the will of the previous host lingering in his body so sometimes, he could not help but think about their well-being as well as safety.
As someone who has seen some of the terrible things the mystical world had to offer, he always wished they were in a better situation at least they should be able to protect themselves.
"I can feel some energy coursing through me, the legendary divine energy"
As a sealer, he only used spiritual power and had not experienced having a divine energy so having it for the first time piqued his curiosity.
"Time to finish up" Nyxir submerged himself inside the waters again released his divine energy causing slight ripples to spread outward from his location.
"Hmmm? " Nyxir tried again only managing to cause ripples but nothing else happened.
"What is the array not teleporting me out?"
" Is it?" His face showed a grave expression.
" It's impossible it's impossible" he continued until he felt drained, he had exhausted his divine energy and needed to rest to recover it back.
While he was still brooding, the space warped and he found himself back at the double door, there were also people already waiting there all of them happily chatting amongst themselves.
The discussion was more heated than when they were entertering the celestial lake. It could be seen that they were happily discussing their aspects but there were also some who appears silent among them.
It could be that they were disheartened at not aquirrring a aspect or just decided to keep a low profile or maybe it is just their personality like the golden haired Caelia but whatever the case is there will be a lot of surprises during the assessment later.
"Nyx guess what" a delighted voice rang out from behind him prompting him to turn back sharply and raised his hand in a cross in front of himself.
"I will not bite you okay?" Olivia pouted before easing her overexcited expression.
"That's more like it" Nyxir chuckled staring at her with a teasing look. "You unlocked angel's aspect right?"
" How did you know? Are you psychic?" Olivia widened her eyes and pointed at Nyxir with a slight disbelief.
"You could say that.... If your reaction isn't telling everyone about your aspect" Nyxir smiled faintly.
"Oh I must have been embarrassing" Olivia's face blushed and she quickly lowered her head.
"Not at all, there's nothing wrong with being excited"
Before Nyxir could reply, another voice chipped in.
Nyxir turned and discovered Ivarin walking towards them, he had a sullen expression but there is still a faint glimmer in his eyes which indicates he is not satisfied with his aspect.
" What is the matter with you ?" Nyxir threw a question at the approaching youth.
" Unfortunately, I unlocked a sealing aspect " Ivarin replied felling a bit downcast.
" What?" Nyxir's eyebrows twitched.
' you unlocked the sealing aspect and you are acting as if it is a disease, you even have to use the word ' unfortunately ' when describing it. Vermin! This must be a joke ! A reeaaalllyy bad one!'
" Is it not good ?" Nyxir threw a sidelong glance at Ivarin before quickly appearing normal.
" I mean I want a fighter aspect like Hunter or Saint " Ivarin replied before brightening up a little.
" What aspect did you unlock? " He faced Nyxir and inquired.
" What aspect.... We will find out during the assessment" Nyxir turned away and caught sight of a lone figure from the corner of his eyes.
He instinctively turned his head and stared at the figure which seemed to possess a barrier that detter people from entering five meters radius from her.
' it's Caelia '
She suddenly turned to face him and their eyes met, Nyxir felt her dark brown eyes become a black vortex trying to suck him in. His heartbeat accelerated and he quickly turn his head away trying his best to appear normal and ignoring the cold sweat that has formed on his back.
' terrifying, what the hell is wrong with her?'
' Olivia and Ivarin felt normal looking at her and will probably be the same for the rest of the people '
' what could be the problem then?'
Just as he was still calming his beating heart Ivarin leaned towards him and whispered into his ears.
" Caelia is heading towards us and she seems to be staring at you.'
" What?" He felt his heart tremble lightly.