Lysara wasn't feeling anything good right now. The only difference was her silver eyes shining with intense brightness, while her whole body felt like it was on fire.
They both screamed, but this place was far enough away that no one could hear them, not to mention those who could listen were inside a room where sound was prohibited.
Both of them fell to the ground and started squirming in pain. If they could see their bodies right now, they would have been terrified. All their veins were visible. In Vaelen's case, they were completely black, covering almost all his skin, making him look entirely black in contrast to his fair skin.
Lysara was covered in veins that were shining, every inch of her body filled with those veins.
This process went on for at least 15 minutes before stopping. Both Vaelen and Lysara were already unconscious.
After 30 minutes, Vaelen's eyes fluttered, and he woke up.
He looked a little confused at first but immediately his eyes widened, and he pushed himself up. He checked his whole body, it didn't feel like he was hurt anywhere. In fact, right now he felt a little too light.
He was sure that something was definitely different from before, but he couldn't put his thoughts on it.
He looked around and found that Lysara still hadn't woken up. He just hoped that she was fine too.
He went over and saw that she wasn't hurt either. He sighed in relief, she was a guest of the Tenebran family right now, and her safety was of utmost importance to him.
He looked around and saw that the pieces of fish were on the ground. They hadn't been able to eat them. Oh well, forget it.
He decided to wait for ten minutes. If Lysara woke up by then, it would be good, otherwise, he would have to wake her himself.
Not much time had passed, judging by the sun's position, so no one would be worried about her right now.
Ten minutes passed, and she still didn't wake up. He sighed and went near her. The way she looked right now, it felt like she was sleeping soundly.
He released a small breath in annoyance. How could her internal clock let her sleep so easily in this situation?
"Would you wake up already?"
His voice was quite loud, and as expected, Lysara woke up immediately.
"Eh! What happened... am I dead?"
She looked around immediately.
Vaelen really felt like bonking her head right now. He held back just because she was his guest.
"Yes, you are dead. Clean that dirt sticking to your clothes and go inside the house to greet the god, he has called you."
Lysara was already perfectly awake, and when she heard his sentence, which was clearly intended to mock her but still sounded genuine because of his way of speaking, she was speechless.
"Whatever."
She stood up, cleaned her dress, although there were still some stains, and no doubt her mother was going to ask her about it. She would have to come up with a good excuse.
"What the hell happened to us?"
Vaelen already had a good enough guess right now. The explosive strength he was feeling was more than enough indication for him. The agitation he felt from her was still there.
"Can't you feel it?"
Lysara thought for a second before standing immediately. She felt the increase in strength at once.
"Is this really what I'm thinking right now?"
"There's no other explanation for it anyway. Yup, we both are awakened right now."
"Isn't it impossible?"
True, it did seem impossible. Awakening is a process that happens between the ages of 16 and 18.
So awakening at the age of 14 was an impossible notion.
"Don't tell anyone else other than your parents. If you want, you can hide it from them too, but seeing how clumsy you are, it's better to tell them. Just don't mention my case."
"What do you mean clumsy?"
"I mean exactly what I said."
"Whatever. I'm going back, and if I'm clumsy, then you are... ehm... you are stupid, yes, stupid," she pouted, sticking out her tongue while starting to run back.
Vaelen just watched her, dumbfounded. Did that even make sense, or did she just use any word to come back at him?
Whatever. His thoughts couldn't help but turn toward the prospect of his awakening and the history of this world.
It is said Earth has seven continents. All these continents were under human control, but things changed dramatically when monsters began to appear.
These monsters didn't come from space but evolved from the animals existing in the world at that time.
This didn't happen for no reason. The solar system was said to be covered in a layer of obstruction. No one knew who did it or why it was done until they found a slate.
A slate described some information regarding it.
It mentioned that whenever new planets are formed, they are obstructed by the universe itself.
This obstruction is done to prevent Essence from reaching planets with the potential to have life.
Essence is a basic energy that enhances people to have supernatural powers, similar to mana and other hypotheses humans had fantasized about in historical times.
The reason the universal law creates this obstruction was to let evolution create races according to desired conditions, because if Essence was allowed from the very beginning, the race that evolved first and became the strongest would suppress others from even reaching a point of sufficient evolution.
Only when enough evolution cycles have passed and multiple races have formed an equilibrium would this obstruction, which is in three layers, be removed.
The reason monsters appeared from the animals was because the first layer was removed some 200 years ago.
And since, unlike humans who diverted themselves from the original evolution path of nature, beasts that were evolving naturally were more prone to awaken first.
And this is what happened, and because of this, humans were forced to use their strongest means to fight. But how many animals were there? Far more than imaginable.
Lives were lost, continents were destroyed, before some hidden lineages came forward.
These were the lineages that had awakened even before the awakening of beasts.
It wasn't luck that they awakened, but rather, before the first layer was removed, the universal law had sent nine meteors to Earth. These meteors landed in different parts of the world.
Nine people got their hands on them. Now it is believed that this was done by the universal law to leave a surviving chance for humans.
These nine meteors were nine Essence stones, which created nine awakened
These awakened didn't come forward to show their powers to the world.
Instead, they created families known as the nine Hidden Lineages of this world.
The general public might not know the reason, but since he was from one of the nine lineages of this world, he knew the reason for this.
Since the universal law gave them power even before the first layer was broken, how could it let humans dominate using them?
So those who picked up these nine stones were also given a curse that they couldn't use their powers. They could only procreate and create families. Only after the first layer was broken would they be able to use their abilities.
But how much could only nine families do? So they were forced to create just one nation on a particular continent, protecting whatever they could, and this was punishment for diverting from the original evolution line.
Members of the nine families died in those battles, so right now only a few members are left, but it was worth the sacrifice.
Humans don't know whether they should be angry at the universal law or grateful that it had left them a survival chance.
Well, the universal law didn't care for their opinion, so it wouldn't matter either way.
Now 200 years have passed, with only a small upper part of the Asian continent in the hands of humans, which had also changed a lot due to the entry of Essence.
Trees are far bigger than what used to be in historical books. The size of Earth itself has grown a lot. No one was able to go into space now, and all the previous satellites have already fallen, so how big Earth has become, no one knows, as Essence has maintained the gravity effect similarly.
Electricity and elements became too unruly to be contained by mere normal metals of the Earth.
So this world is without electricity, but after 200 years of research, humans have found a way to use Essence itself as a replacement for a stable energy source, which is far better than electricity.
As for the slate, it was also found 200 years ago. Maybe it was predestined too.
It had even more information, like what elements anyone can awaken, and similarly, it was again nine elements.
Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Ice, Thunder, Nature, Light, and Dark.
But awakening an element doesn't mean that you have become strong.
Affinity with the awakened element also matters.
Those who have 50 percent or above affinity are only capable of using them in battles.
Till now, many humans have awakened, but not a single human has reached an affinity above 95 percent in any element.
But it didn't matter, as having an affinity above 90 percent is termed a supreme talent.
From 80 to 90 percent is termed highly talented, and from 65 to 80 percent is termed talented.