Chapter 183 - Spirit Registration Sphere (1/2)

”Before I started, I wanted to thank you guys, Leon, He Fen, and Lang, for helping with the today match. Even if nothing happened, the danger you ran was still there.” Hei said to his companions that he had gathered in his room.

Leon, He Fen, Lang, Fenrir, Haruno, Mareo, Lilian, and Mia. The comrades and friends he, Lian, Ye, and Xing had managed to find despite coming from a distant place. When he was in the Flower Sect, he and his family had led a solitary lifestyle, far from the other sect disciples. Therefore, even if he looked favorably on the sect companions who had fought with him in the Secret Dimension, the relationship between them couldn't be called friendship.

Now, however, this was different. In the months spent together facing the hard lessons of the academy, Hei, Lian, Ye, and Xing had deeply linked with these eight companions that fate had wanted them to meet. Although he had revealed nothing of their origins, Hei decided to share the contents of the Spirit Registration Sphere with them, which he never thought he would have done in the past.

”You don't need to thank us, you know,” Leon replied, slightly embarrassed. The young man no longer had the dark and disconsolate expression of a few days ago. Instead, he was full of determination and desire to live. Since the cause of his change lay in Hei, there was no need for Leon to receive thanks. He had already sworn to help Hei for all his life.

The other two, He Fen and Lang, nodded to agree with Leon's statement. Although they didn't know of the promise between Hei and Leon, they had learned from the latter about the Spirit Metal donated by Hei. Therefore, their already good opinion of the young man from the Forgotten Ocean improved dramatically. And even though they didn't need Spirit Metal, it was comforting to know that there was a friend who was willing to go so far to help them.

”Come on, tell us that Long Tian gave you!” Lilian intervened, destroying the silence in the room.

”Damn it, woman! You never know how long to keep your mouth shut. Can't you read the situation?” Mareo complained. He had remained respectfully silent because he had noticed a certain heaviness in the atmosphere.

”Why? Don't tell me you're not curious about the reward Hei received from Long Tian. And then, if Hei called us, it's because he wants to share it with us, right?” Lilian then turned to Hei.

Seeing this interaction, Hei laughed. It was a spontaneous laugh, like those he hadn't done for a long time. Lately, he felt more and more comfortable with his other companions, and not only Lian and his little sisters.

When Hei started to laugh heartily, Lilian observed in amazement. The others were also quite surprised because they did n'6 expect such a reaction. Lian smiled since Hei was happy. A few tens of seconds passed, but for the observers, it seemed that minutes had passed.

”Sorry. Anyway, yes. Lilian is right. I called you here to share what Long Tian gave me. It is a Spirit Registration Sphere, and from what he told me, inside there is a recording of the final battle that took place a hundred thousand years ago between humans and demons, in which also the spirit beasts led by the divine beasts appeared.”

Thud!

As if a boulder had crashed into their bodies, Hei's eight companions widened their eyes as if they couldn't believe what they had just heard. A record of the final battle between demons, humans, and spirit beasts? All they knew of that event came from information passed out verbally, often contaminated by untruthful facts. They didn't know there was any tangible evidence of that day, or rather, they didn't think it could exist. Yet, now, before their eyes, there was the possibility of observing that legendary event in history, not only of humans, or demons, or spirit beasts but of the whole world.

Between all eight Hei's companions, Lang and Fenrir had the most restless heart. Their heads had stopped thinking to make room only for the sphere contained in Hei's hand. As members of one of the Beast Families who fought a hundred thousand years ago alongside the spirit beasts, that battle had a special meaning for them. It was the living proof of those families' resolution who decided to turn their backs on their respective races rather than turn their backs on their spirit beasts companions.

Hei noted their reactions, especially that of Lang and Fenrir. Since they had common circ.u.mstances, he could understand what the couple of beast tamer and spirit beast was feeling.

”I want to say one thing first, though. Long Tian told me that each of the people who view the contents of this recording has different reactions to each other. There have been some who have been emotionally traumatized because they thought they didn't have the talent to reach that level. I don't know what kind of reaction you will have, and honestly speaking, I would be sorry to ruin your future because of something I have shown you. I have faith in you, though, so I decided to call all of you here. But it's your decision. If you accept the risk, then I will show you the content. If you don't feel like it, then leave the room. Whatever your decision, our relationship will not change.”

Hei's words were sincere. Everyone present there could see the concern in his voice. However, none of them decided to leave. In their hearts, despite what Hei had said, they all felt that if they were to go now, they would regret it for the rest of their lives.

Seeing that none of them had left, Hei smiled and sat on the ground, putting the sphere in the center. Everyone else followed suit and put their hands on the sphere together. Hei, therefore, activated the recording contained inside.

Fuzz! Fuzz! Fuzz!

The walls of the room began to distort as a kind of buzzing entered their ears. This sensation lasted for a short time and ended as soon as the surrounding environment stabilized.

Whoosh! Boom! Clang!

When Hei and the others returned to display things correctly, all of them were greeted by an explosion of noises and colors. Blades were colliding with each other, bursts of flames and other elements, blood, and corpses that were scattered all over the battlefield. The number of fighters easily exceeded any possible imagination, and Hei calculated at first sight that the number could amount to hundreds of thousands, if not millions.

As for the Spirit Registration Spheres, unlike the books that told their content through words and ill.u.s.trations, the spheres instead carried the users' consciousness inside them, projecting the registration in the users' minds. In a way, it was like being transported to a different reality, only that it was done with the mind rather than the body.

Therefore, all twelve who were watching that recording could perceive every single detail, from the sound of battle and the sickening smell of blood to the suffocating pressure of spirit power dwelling on the battlefield.

”Insane. I can't believe my eyes.” Haruno exclaimed, looking in amazement at the furious clash that was happening before his eyes. Humans and demons were fighting with all they had, without sparing even a single drop of their energy. All they wanted was to kill their enemy.

Peng! Peng!

Suddenly, the attention of all twelve went to a point near them. A crystal ball floated in mid-air while a golden formation protected it. A little further on the sphere stood a fascinating-looking human man who conveyed a feeling of wisdom. On his hand, he had a sword that sent flashes of yellow light with some shades of black.

Before the man, there was a male demon. The demon had a pair of horns sticking out from the sides of the head. Unlike the human, the demon had a wild appearance and transmitted ferocity and pure power, totally different from the sensation of majesty from the male human.

”Chong Zemin! Haha, who thought my opponent would be you. Being a bookworm, you are not so bad. How about keeping me up until a more tempting opponent breaks free?” the demon chuckled as he hurled himself against the human called Chong Zemin.