Almond pressed the button and found himself back in the small room.
“…”
He was a bit speechless that he returned here instead of like a hall or some other place of the academy.
“Yo, when am I leaving this place? At least open the door.”
Almond had already tried to open the only door in the room many days ago, and he couldn’t open it.
*Poof*
Suddenly, a sparkling smoke manifested from which a cat emerged.
“Big D. I won. I not only placed top 10, but first rank,” Almond grinned. “Now, you gotta fulfill your promise.”
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Big D walked slowly in the air towards Almond while its eyes flickered, showing a screen that showed Lily and others in the Garden of Peace of his castle.
“Lily!” Almond blinked, his fist clenched. “What is happening on Earth? She looks so…less cheery than before.”
Suddenly, he saw a cat perching on her shoulders and was taken aback. “You are there already, Big D?”
“Indeed. That’s my clone. Madam Ruby’s clone is also there, but she can’t multi-task and handle multiple avatars like me, so she has decided to put her focus on the clone to aid your world.”
“Aid my world? What happened there?” Almond frowned.
“Well, we prevented one tragedy, but that was just the beginning. For starters, your planet is losing in the second event, and one of your top powerhouses was killed by the Arcane Champion of Empyradrake Planet.”
“Top powerhouse killed? Who?!” Almond’s eyes shook.
“Shiro-sen,” Big D said, his eyes showing pity. “He was scouring the real battlefield ahead with his rather refined skills. He would have progressed well and powerfully if he managed to ascend here, alas…”
“While looking, he discovered a black dragon who was eating people of a village. Feeling disturbed, that dragon killed Shiro-sen with a death curse.”
Big D sighed and continued, “That dragon needs multiple of your top powerhouses to even stand a chance. Unless you are there, nobody can handle the other three Arcane Champions. Aside from that, Hollowstar is coming. We prevented their first plan, but their next one will be more solid, or rather, their first plan was just probing, and their main force will be coming soon.”
“Main force? You mean they will send fucking armies on my planet?!” Almond’s nails dug into his palm as he clenched his fists tightly.
“Indeed. Someone as powerful if not more powerful than that alien in your memories you banished will arrive to lead them, and their sole goal is the destruction of your world.”
“How long until they arrive?”
“One month? Two months? They will be traveling through space, so it’ll take time, but it’d be wise to assume they’d take one month and no more than two months.”
“Then what am I doing here?!” Almond slammed his fist on the table, feeling frustrated. “Give me the clone ability, please.”
Big D walked forward and slapped Almond’s face with his tail, causing dizziness to him and making him feel wobbly.
“Take this ring and check out its contents. You will know things about Prana Art, Soul Art, the clone ability, and how to progress from now.”
Almond grabbed the ring and nodded.
“The door in this room will open the next time you try to open it, and you will arrive in the Academy’s Central Lobby, where you’ll get all the information and directions about places and facilities. Go there after checking out the ring.”
Big D stared at Almond, his voice severe. “Almond, you don’t have much time, so work hard. Harder than ever.”
After saying that, Big D vanished.
Almond sat down and checked out the ring.
There were scrolls of different types inside.
He grabbed the scroll that had Prana Art Foundation written on it and opened it.
After quickly reading it, Almond was surprised.
‘So Prana Art is used for those things well…’
At the end, there was a line written by Big D.
[ I am not giving you a Prana Art, so all you have to do is to go to Phantom Library and pick a Prana Art suitable to you. ]
Almond wanted to go there right away and pick a Prana Art, but he continued reading as he picked up the next scroll.
Basic Soul Art: Soul Surge Art
‘So that’s how I can increase my soul constitution…but since he gave me this Soul Surge Art, it means I won’t be able to get a better one so soon…’
Putting away the scroll, Almond then checked out the scroll that was way different from the rest, with a more mystical vibe to it and had exotic black, gold, and white patterns.
[Complete Animated Parallel Clone Sequence]
However, the requirement to learn this was written right on the top, just below the name, and it made Almond speechless to the point of giving him a surge of frustration, anger, and confusion.
The requirement was rather straightforward.
1000 value in Body, Mental, Soul, and Arcane Constitution.
‘What the fuck?! When will I reach those fucking numbers?!’
‘He said work hard, harder than ever…’ Almond felt like destroying everything in the room, but he calmed down and read the final scroll.
[Vitalis Crucible Tower will help you increase your Body Constitution depending on your hard work in there and manifest your Bloodline.]
[Choose a Prana Art wisely and very carefully because compatibility will increase your speed of progression.]
[Explore the academy and facilities and learn more about how to get stronger. Ideally, you only have one month to learn the clone ability, so reach the stat requirement with the help of the Academy.]
Almond took a deep breath and put the scrolls away except for the Soul Surge Art scroll.
He sat down cross-legged and began establishing his Soul Refinement Well.
Every Soul Art had different methods of increasing one’s Soul Sea.
Soul Surge Art had Soul Refinement Well, which had five levels. In simple words, it was about refining his soul avatar in the well with the mechanism of the Soul Refinement Well so that it grows stronger. But everyone had different speeds of refinement despite having the same Soul Art because this process was painful and difficult, both making it heavily dependent on one’s endurance and willpower.
Without further ado, Almond began forming Soul Refinement Well.
He had to use Prana and Soul energy both for it after understanding the asset and sequence provided in the scroll to create Soul Refinement Well.