The System Awakens: Rise of the Champion

[Dungeon Mission: Complete]

[Rewards:

+9 All Elemental Stones

+1 Book Of Thaerris

+1 Thaerris Transportation Card (Unique-Grade)]

[You may leave the Realm whenever you wish.]

Damian looked at the system notification and sighed, deep in thought.

"A Unique-Grade Transportation Card for this world?" Damian raised an eyebrow in surprise.

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[Item: Thaerris Transportation Card]

[Grade: Unique]

[This is a Unique-Grade Transportation Card that allows travel to Thaerris, the World of Spirits. It can only be used by the registered Awakener (You), and you can bring up to five people with you at a time. There are no usage limits, allowing for unlimited travel.]

"Nice item," Damian nodded in approval before turning his attention to the rewards he had gained from completing the elemental dungeon mission.

In reality, calling it a dungeon mission wasn’t entirely accurate.

The [Elemental Dungeon Card] had sent him not into a dungeon but into an entire world filled with all sorts of spirits, including his personal favorites, the fairies.

There were two main types of rewards he had obtained: [Elemental Essence Cores] and the nine [All-Elemental Stones].

To complete the mission, he had needed to collect Elemental Essence Cores from all nine natural elements: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Ice, Wood, Light, and Darkness.

He had managed to gather far more than the required amount for all of them, except for the [Light Essence Cores], which had proven to be somewhat more difficult to obtain.

Damian looked at the nine All-Elemental Stones in front of him.

Each one was slightly larger than a basketball, radiating a mixture of warmth and cold along with a mesmerizing array of colors from across the spectrum.

He stared at them for a few minutes before shaking his head.

"Let’s just do it."

He extended his hand and activated his unique innate ability.

[Extraction: Unique Ability Activated]

A dark blue vortex of spiraling energy manifested from his palm.

The nine All-Elemental Stones were pulled into the vortex, disappearing completely as they were absorbed into his body.

[Your Fire Essence Increased: +90]

[Your Water Essence Increased: +90]

[Your Wood Essence Increased: +90]

[Your Earth Essence Increased: +90]

[Your Wind Essence Increased: +90]

[Your Ice Essence Increased: +90]

[Your Lightning Essence Increased: +90]

[Two new kinds of energy have entered your energy stream]

[Your Talent [World Tree’s Blessing] is taking effect]

[Your Constitution [Unyielding Warrior’s Physique] is taking effect]

[To maximize the effects of the [Light Essence] and [Darkness Essence], your constitution is being altered, and new constitutions are being created.]

[Your Talent [Limitless Harmony] is taking effect]

[You have achieved perfect harmony with [Light Essence] and [Darkness Essence], as well as with all the energies within you.]

[You have attained attunement with the energy known as [Light Essence] and [Darkness Essence].]

[You have awakened the constitution: [Eternal Light Guardian Physique].]

[You have formed the [Light Essence Core].]

[Your Light Essence Increased: +40]

[You have awakened the constitution: [Eternal Darkness Guardian Physique].]

[You have formed the [Darkness Essence Core].]

[Your Darkness Essence Increased: +40]

Damian closed his eyes, feeling the changes taking place within his body.

However, despite these transformations, there were no immediately noticeable physical effects.

The [Light Essence] and [Darkness Essence] didn’t seem to manifest in any tangible way, but he did feel lighter, his mind clearer, and his vision sharper than before.

There was also something else, a faint sensation, a quiet whisper in the back of his mind telling him that he was close to a major breakthrough, one that would significantly increase his strength.

This was the real reason he had come here in the first place, but he still hadn’t found any clues about it.

Even so, he was confident that he could figure it out on his own.

[Time Remaining Until War Begins: 05(D):17(H):59 (M):59(S)]

Damian turned his gaze to the countdown timer.

There were still more than five days left until the war between his faction, the [Circle of Ouroboros], and the opposing faction, [The House of Blood].

[Constitution: Eternal Light Guardian Physique]

Effects:

-Grants the ability to generate [Light Essence] from any part of the body

-Grants the ability to manipulate light and form solid constructs from it

-Enhances movement speed and reaction time by 100%

-Grants the ability to perceive all spectrums of light

-Grants heightened perception, allowing the user to see energy flows, auras, and hidden entities.

-Greatly enhances eyesight, allowing vision through high-intensity light, illusions, and high-speed movements

-Increases resistance to mental attacks by 50%Increases Will Power passively

-Passively strengthens the mind and spirit, making the user immune to fear and mind-breaking effects

-Boosts stamina and energy regeneration

-Increases all healing capabilities by 100%

-Grants You the Form: [Spirit Of Light]

[Constitution: Eternal Darkness Guardian Physique]

Effects:

-Grants the ability to generate [Darkness Essence] from any part of the body

-Grants the ability to manipulate shadows and form solid constructs from darkness

-Enhances stealth, perception in darkness, and silent movement by 100%

-Grants the ability to erase presence, making detection by normal means nearly impossible in a dark environment

-Grants night vision and the ability to see through the darkness, illusions, and deceptive energies

-Increases resistance to mental manipulation, illusions, and light-based attacks by 50%

-Passively strengthens the mind and spirit, making the user immune to fear and mind-breaking effects

-Grants the ability to absorb ambient energy and conceal one’s aura, making energy detection difficult

-Boosts stamina and energy regeneration when in shadows or darkness

-Grants the ability to corrode and decay non-living matter over time by infusing it with Darkness Essence

-Grants You the Form: [Spirit Of Darkness]

Damian raised his hands, circulating [Light Essence] in one and [Darkness Essence] in the other.

A ball of light and a ball of darkness manifested in his palms.

As he poured more and more [Light Essence] into the ball of light, it grew increasingly intense and hot, radiating an insanely bright glow.

However, it didn’t affect Damian’s eyes since he had complete immunity to any kind of intense light.

The ball of darkness, on the other hand, became even darker, exuding a chilling coldness that seemed to hold an endless abyss.

It gave the unsettling impression that anything falling into it would keep falling forever, never reaching an end.

Watching it sent a slight shiver down Damian’s spine.

He pointed the ball of light forward, and the moment he let go, it transformed into a laser that tore through the trees, burning everything in its path at an almost instantaneous speed. @@novelbin@@

The attack lasted only a few seconds before disappearing completely.

As for the ball of darkness, the moment he released it, it exploded, covering everything it touched in darkness, an absolute void, as if the world had been painted black.

But this darkness wasn’t just any black; it was an emptiness, like a gateway to the abyss.

After a few seconds, it too vanished.

"Looks like these could be used tactically in a fight, but they take a lot of energy to activate and even more to maintain their effects," Damian muttered.

He felt a faint increase in his understanding of his suspected breakthrough, progressing at an agonizingly slow pace.

Yet he could feel it in his very skin.

Something was shifting within his inner world.

The elemental cores inside him vibrated ever so slightly, a movement so subtle he wouldn’t have noticed it without intense focus.

"Maybe it would be better if I did something about the elemental essences," Damian thought, glancing at his dwindling energy reserves.

{{Energy Reserves}}

[Mana: 220 | Qi: 70 | Fire Essence: 335

Wood Essence: 225 | Water Essence: 208

Earth Essence: 212 | Wind Essence: 110

Ice Essence: 110 | Lightning Essence: 110

Light Essence: 40 | Darkness Essence: 40

Holy Essence: 55 ]

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The fairies led him to a place at the top of a mountain that seemed to stretch for hundreds of kilometers, far away from where he had been.

Only the fairies were present here, and he could see all types of elemental fairies.

There were also other beings that looked like wild monsters, but they didn’t seem aggressive like those he had encountered in the elemental territories.

For example, there was a giant snake coiled around a banyan-like tree.

When it saw Damian, it didn’t attack; it simply observed him for a few minutes as if studying him before going back to sleep.

The elemental fairies also didn’t seem concerned about these wild-looking spirits.

In fact, the fairies appeared to be quite friendly with them.

It seemed like this place was some sort of temple to the spirits, where the most intelligent and peaceful of them, including the fairies, gathered.

As Damian ventured deeper into the forest-covered mountain, he came across a temple, not just any temple but one that appeared to represent all the elements in a single place.

The fairies led him inside the temple’s hall, and as soon as he entered, he felt his mind clear.

A profound sense of comfort washed over him, more soothing than anything he had ever experienced.

...

There were two figures hidden from everything in the world of spirits.

They stood a kilometer away from where Damian was, watching his every move.

"He is the one," said the green-haired woman, the same woman Damian had met when he first appeared in this world, the one who had simply disappeared after asking who he was. "I see why you sent him here..."

"God, it’s refreshing to finally see someone understand what I do with minimal words," Eden said, also known to those aware of her true identity as the System Administrator.

"Head of the household?" The green-haired woman raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah... she’s been pretty intense for the past few weeks," Eden sighed.

"...How did she find him when even I couldn’t sense him? Theoretically, I should have a stronger connection to him than her, right?" The green-haired woman asked, slightly irritated that the household head had found him before she did.

"That surprised me too. I don’t know how, but she sensed him. In fact, I should also have a stronger connection to him than her, but I didn’t sense him, and neither did you. Yet the household head did. Maybe she possesses some sort of even more special connection, similar to the one he has with the All Mother?" Eden mused, rubbing her cheek.

"...I haven’t heard anything from the All Mother either, and considering who she is, she probably wouldn’t have informed us that he began to ascend. Well, at least I found him before our sisters," the green-haired woman sighed.

"Well, it’s more like I let you find him. I sent him here, remember?" Eden smiled proudly.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Anyway, from what I can sense, he’s finally reaching the true goal of his existence, huh? What’s different this time?" she asked, looking at Eden.

"I don’t know. But I guess it’s probably related to his starting point... Maybe that’s why?" Eden shrugged.

"Seriously..?"

"I don’t know. I won’t know for sure until I observe more," Eden replied.

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"Oh, Mother..." The green-haired woman sighed and turned her attention back to what Damian was doing. "Oh, look, even the spirits recognize him as someone of their own! My fairies are very introverted, but look at them now. They’re dancing on his head and even brought him to the Temple of Unity."

"I don’t know how, but he somehow figured out how to create his own path," Eden said, watching. "And your spirits seem to be guiding him along it."

"Do you think he’ll succeed? Last time he attempted this, you know what happened," the green-haired woman asked, doubt evident in her voice.

"That was because he hadn’t unlocked his true nature. But this time, he’s already unlocked a lot of his true essence. If he succeeds in this, then that means everything is finally going exactly as he predicted. The time for our ascension is near."