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Chapter 60: Awakening
A gentle breeze rattling a pair of well htly, woke Dorian up
He instantly ca to his feet as he looked around in panic His e, every
Colors! He was surrounded by colors!
His chest heaved as he looked around the furnished roo
A very faint rattling sound rang out again, drawing his attention to the closedbehind hi down from one of the faint moons that orbited Taprisha, in the chaotic space above
"Is this a drea thean to shake as theyhim
Dorian looked at his hands They were pitch black, with small claws on the end of each of the his tre that covered the wooden floor
The room he was in had a nice, quilted bed, one he had just been laying in A s decorated the floor A pair of wooden nightstands stood on either side of the bed, with a couple of si the walls A quaint, nice but si on his face He poked it a few ti open the shudder
Cool, palethe crowded city of Potor
Dorian stared at everything, half afraid it would all vanish as he took in all the colors and sights A cold breeze brushed against his skin, setting hih his veins He closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath, barely able to control himself
"I made it back, Will&8221;
‘Your soul has been fully repaired’ Ausra’s voice rang out in his head
"Ausra&8221; Dorian couldn’t keep the smile off his face as he heard the voice, the first voice he had heard in so long
"Hahahaha! You punk! It’s good to see you again!&8221;
Ausra didn’t reply
All of a sudden, a rush of e that happened in an instant Fro on his first for Mello, to stopping the Eleventhborn’s fearsome attack, all of these memories swarmed his head
He experienced thele split second
"Arrgh&8221; He fell backwards onto the soft rug, clutching at his head He accidentally stabbed his forehead slightly, forgetting he had claws in his Ifrit fors The flames on his Ifrit form’s head blazed silently and , but were oing a genetic repair process Due to consistent treatment over the past week in real time, the process is vastly sped up It will finish within 6 days Switching for out in his ain
"Ahh Okay, okay, hold on Only a week has passed?&8221; Dorian stu blearily His head felt cluttered He winced in pain
Gradually that pain faded away, the regenerative powers of his Ifrit for to his aid
He took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly
He was back
He felt like tearing up, all of a sudden The constant fear that had plagued his heart for the past several years faded away, replaced by such relief he couldn’t even begin to describe it
"Never again&8221; Hethat again&8221;
"Ausra, show me my status&8221;
&8211;
Dorian &8211; Soul Status
Soul Stage: Lord Class
Health: Good (Undergoing Genetic Repair)
Energy: 880/10,565
&8211;
He lanced over his status It hat he expected, froy part of his status It was abnormally low
As he looked at it, he paused
He looked at his body, and then sat down, crossing his legs
"I still have my memories of the inner area ofhis elbow on his knee as he sank into thought
"I lived in that place for several years Alone Well, Will was there Kind of&8221; He shrugged,
"But Iand horrible, at the saone insane&8221; He nodded,
"But I don’t feel insane&8221; He looked around the room, his eyes filled with a deep, inner fire,
"I feel confident, and strong As if I’ve grown more assured&8221;
Dorian couldn’t quite explain the feeling The past 8 years in that mental prison had been hellish for him, but had see hirown stronger, letting hihed down on hi unusual about ained a bit of a habit of talking to hiotten Ausra was back with hi injured parts of your soul is the limit of my capabilities I do not possess the power to scan it in depth&8221; The reply he got was lackluster
"Alright, whatever&8221; She was exactly as he re
"Why ishis eyes At his core, he felt tired still, as if he needed e your body suffered is still being rectified Until it does, you are unable to make a full recovery&8221; Ausra replied, concisely
He hts coain
&8211;
Ifrit &8211; Growth Stage: (4/4) Elder Ifrit &8211;
Growth Progress &8211; 0/0 &8211;
&8211;
"0 still huh?&8221; He noted, sighing It wasn’t unexpected He began running over what to do, trying to get back into the groove of being in the outside world again
‘While you were unconscious, your body underwent consistent treaty needed to rectify the genetic daained froy and store it like you nory is needed for the repair process’
It seemed all he needed noas time to make a full recovery
Dorian took a look around the roohts went astray as he studied the texture of the quilt bed, looking at thetrails of linen
It was beautiful, in its own, si his , he still couldn’t shake the effects his hed, however, focusing back on the present
"It seems those vampires saved me&8221; He distinctly re to catch hirateful after all, and seemed to have helped rescue him The constant treatment to heal his wounded body probably fell on their shoulderscity once more, and then turned back to his bed His body was tired, but he couldn’tback in his body, in a world of sound and color, was too o out&8221; He nodded his head as he fully opened the shutters He reached up with his hands and pulled hiilely and quickly
He was on the top floor of a three-story establish care not to clip the sides of the Inn
The cool night air ran flush against his skin As an Ifrit, he was very sensitive to the tees around him Very small, dim flames were visible on his elbows, knees, and head, mostly dormant unless he was in co in the scene around him
He appeared to be in the middle of the city, in one of the nicer, but not fancy, Inns He looked around at the other ho in the sights He teared up slightly at the sight, the wonderful shapes and colors a
He wrinkled his nose, however, at the smell Even here in one of the nicer parts of the city, there was a faintly distasteful scent About what he’d expected in a city
"Hello&8221; A voice broke into his concentration, causing him to spin around in panic He hadn’t detected or sensed anyone on the roof It was a large, thirty meter wide platform, mostly flat
A sure that was now standing up, giving hireat to see that you finally woke up&8221; A fe out as the fe hi me last week My name is Helena&8221;
"Don’t worry, Probus We’ll play it by ear, trust me When have I ever let you down?&8221; Trajan’s voice projected supre around nervously The va
He was currently in one of the waiting rooms in the austere Castle of Darkness, the headquarters of the Aurelius Farey tapestries and portraits of previous vampires in history
It had been a week since their clash with the Ano Their expedition had been a preli they accepted
The extent of their failure, however, was unprecedented At least, it was to Trajan
A va black armor sat on a couch near the Wizard The powerful sworde of stopping a certain giant fireball and failing, no?&8221; Probus returned, not deigning to glance at the Wizard
"That was hardly my fault The Ano, you should have expected that So really it’s your fault&8221; Trajan returned, shaency countermeasures&8221;
Probus looked at Trajan askance
"You didn’t even know the De members How can that Demon possibility count as a countermeasure?&8221;
Trajan sers twice and then slowly letting theic&8221;
Probus rolled his eyes and snorted,
"I trust you about as far as I can throw you&8221;
Trajan s,
"That would iht, after all You see this physique? That’s what you get if you eat environure, turning froain,
"We are not having this talk agai-&8221;
"The Highlord will see you now&8221; A voice interjected, breaking into the conversation
Probus and Trajan stopped talking, turning to look at one of the doors that led to the waiting room