Antares saw the screen appear in front of him and he was very excited to us his other ability but he put that aside and focused on the two guards kneeling before him, Levi and Eli.
"If my memory serves me right my father took you guys in the inner nest to raise you to become my personal guards even before my birth,right?" Antares asked while crossing his legs and looking at twins kneeling before him.
There was a brief moment of silence before Levi, the oldest answered."It is as you have said my lord"
Then Eli continued "Our mother had died during winter when we were still babies and our father perished at the frontlines during the invasion of the goblins of the Iron Fang clan."
"After repelling the goblins your father, Lord Alexis came back and found us scavenging for food at the trash deposit of the tribe and he took us in raised us to be your personal guards."
"A good guy just as I remember him." Antares said this in his head as he replayed the memories of his now dead father. In the old world before reincarnating Antares had no family.
He never knew what happened to his biological parent, all he knew was that he was found in a park on a cold day of winter and then raised in an orphanage. When he legally became an adult, he was given a one-bedroom apartment and that's how his life went on.
"It must've been tough for you two, I am sorry for the loss of your parents and thank you for the service of your father in the ant king's army." Antares said with a hint of sadness to his voice, he never liked sad stories abandonment related mostly because it reminded him of the things he had gone through.
Eli and Levi were that surprised by the words that came out of their lord's mouth because since they had started guarding him, he had always been quarantined because of his mana pollution and when he would occasionally wake up from his coma, he would only ask for food, eat then go back to sleep.
"Thank you, lord Antares," answered Levi and Eli.
"For now, I have only my words but let me first ask you two something" Antares said then he continued
"Would you follow me if I told you that I wanted to conquer this continent and whatever that is beyond it.... I believe it is time for some change in the standing of the ant tribe and I need all capable individuals to stand with me."
Levi and Eli looked at each other before answering at the same time. "Even if it meant following our lord to the gates of hell, we vow to exterminate all your enemies, until our last breath we will follow his highness." They answered with their lord with excitement.
"Good then receive this little gift from me." Antares said.
After a faint red aura enveloped him then he muttered "receive the blessing of the Ant God"
Swoosh!
A blinding crimson light started emitting from Levi and Eli,this light was so strong that it lit Antares' entire room.
If anyone was to see this light that was coming out of Levi and Eli, would definitely be blinded but Antares was seeing just fine.
[Ding.... you have upgraded your personal guards Eli and Levi to reach the early senior knight strength using 2000 essence points.]
[Would you like to use a 500 essence points on each to open their aura chambers in their heart hence making them rank 1 aura practitioners?]
[YES/NO]
Antares looked at the notification and was really surprised,it took a 1000 essence point on each to make them advance to the next stage of their knight force but what intrigued him the most was the aura, if his ambition was to conquer the continent then he would need a strong army for that together with all the all the talented individuals he could find.
So adding Aura to Levi and Eli's arsenal was a must.
"YES" Antares spoke out loud
After a few seconds, the light faded, two men could be seen kneeling down in front of Antares their lord.
"Arise." His voice calm and commanding, Antares told his two guards so he could observe their changes.
Levi stood up first, Antares looked at him and he noticed that he had grown a bit taller and his muscles became more defined while Eli
was cracking his neck to relieve his body from the stress it had just gone through, Antares saw that even him had gone through the same changes as his brother but the only difference was that his dreads had become longer while his brother 'short hair stayed the same.
He also noticed that their equipment remained the same, their armor and weapons had not gone through any significant changes.
"Is it possible to upgrade their equipment as well?" Antares asked the robotic voice that he had been hearing for a while now
[Ding.... It would take more essence points to bless their equipment but it is definitely doable.]
"Are you the voice that I was hearing in my inner plane or whatever." Antares asked thinking it was the voice that he was talking to in the inner plane.
[NO, I am just a System Lord Antarion created to help you use your powers in the most efficient way possible Host.]
"Hmmm, I see, well I guess the equipment upgrade can wait." Antares said while waving his hand, he dismissed the system and looked back at his upgraded guards.
"Hope you like it." Antares asked, his voice steady but his eyes could not hide his excitement.
Eli and Levi could clearly feel the changes that had occurred in their bodies, first their bones, muscles and their overall strength had improved drastically.
It important to note that when someone broke through to higher level of power, he or she would become 10 times or even more stronger than the previous rank. For example, when a knight or warrior went from trainee to apprentice, he would become ten times stronger the later but this did not mean that it made them unbeatable, they could still be killed by people of higher ranks and even be overwhelmed by numbers.
Eli and Levi also noticed that there was a new feature in their hearts and this was their aura chamber, they could notice this because the rank they had reached had sharpened their sense so much that they could notice every little change in their bodies and their surroundings to a certain level.
They kneeled again and said" We thank the lord for his blessing and we vow to protect him." They did not know how Antares had managed to perform such a thing but they did not want to ask their lord unnecessary question that might annoy him.
"Alright, go and test your new power but do not harm anyone, and call for me Zarah, I have a task for her." Antares said.
Directly Levi and Eli left to carry out Antares' orders but, on their faces, Antares could see their smiles, they were excited to use their new strength given to them by their lord.
After they left Antares threw himself on his bed and stretched his body.
"Now it's time to make some changes around here…. now I'm excited." he laughed while looking at the ceiling.