The dead Crystalvores laid on the ground motionless as the man threw the large chunk of limb to the ground as he leapt down from the pile quickly rushing head first into Denwen beginning to scan him up close his rough dark hair hitting Denwen's face causing him to use his hands to push him away from him.
"Hey, too close" he said as he placed his strength pushing him away.
"Ah, you're definitely human, hahahaha" he said placing his large hands on the shoulders of the boy.
"Do you know how lonely it has been inside these dungeon walls, I was really skeptical when I saw you fall through a spatial crack and pass out in an essence vein of all places, do you have an idea of how dangerous that can be, Essence Drift would be the least of your problems. I was shocked to see you survived that" he said speaking really loudly causing Denwen to hold his ears.
"Are you always this loud old man" he said looking unto the flying eye by his side when it suddenly clicked, the weird man hadn't noticed the presence of the construct yet or he had noticed it and chose to ignore.
He was about to answer when the eye spoke first:
"Don't make yourself look more retarded than you already are" it said only making him look at the flying eye in more confusion "And you go on to do just that, he can't see obviously, only other hosts can see other constructs" it replied flying away to look around corpses.
"Are you good kid, you keep on look around like there's someone else here" the man said bringing Denwen back to reality.
"Uhm, I'm just confused, where are we?" Denwen asked looking around shifting the topic.
"Ah, well for starters you can call me Kop, and currently you are in a rank 5 Crystalvore dungeon" he said picking up a Crystalvore to emphasize his point.
"It is a special dungeon that opens and closes in random locations, each time it does, there is always and outbreak and you can be aware what sort of disaster these ones could bring to a town, let alone a village."
"Luckily for the village nearby, the gate opened up two days ago while I was passing by so I decided to nip it in the bud. I have been searching for the boss since then but it seems really hidden, even ignoring the devil crystal I brought that can cause disasters to go into rage to attack a particular location" he mentioned pointing towards the corpses.
"Ah, that's why there are a lot of corpses here…" he said when he took a good look at the corpses once more.
'Wait the corpses here are not weak if anything I don't see any corpse below peak rank 4' he thought carefully reevaluating the man in front of him.
"Obviously, the human called Kop is way stronger than you think" the Eye replied nonchalantly as he began to bop around excitedly like he had discovered something.
"That reminds me, how old are you kid" Kop suddenly asked.
"Uhm, 16" he replied with a bit of confusion.
"That is really surprising, as there are not that many 16 year olds who are peak rank 1, but here you are a peak rank 2 in a rank 5 dungeon. I need to find out what family or bloodline you're from…" he was cut short as Denwen shook his head.
"I think you are mistaken old man, I am not a rank 2 the last time I checked and most definitely not a peak rank 2" he said shaking his head.
"Oh, come on you don't need to be too modest; your strength is your pride. Ah, how nice it is to see a young one not consumed by pride for once" Kop said raising his eyes in appreciation.
"I am serious, I think that you are mistakes…" he was still talking when he scanned himself as he felt his core, it was way stronger than before, it didn't have the usual green essence flowing through him, but instead a very dark blue essence flowing within him.
The essence flowing within it felt strong, felt alive, felt endless as he was stumped in utter surprise.
"Wait, are you shocked I discovered your little secret. Come on, I can easily take care of rank 5 disasters do you really think you could hide it from me" Kop responded with a loud laughter.
"No, I am serious…" Denwen replied with a stammer as he didn't understand what was going on.
"How long was I passed out for if I may ask" he questioned in confusion, the eye turning back to him before figuratively shaking its head returning back to the corpses.
"Well, I think a few hours there about, after I discovered your body sinking into the essence vein, I reached out and pulled you out before you could get essence drift, took out your uniform and the covered you up hoping you'd survive with minimal problems" he said explaining what he did after the fall through the tear.
"It's been only a few hours and I can tell you for real that I was a mid-rank one during the dungeon evaluation…" he went on to narrate the events of what was happening causing Kop to shake his head.
"Emberfall, is a virus that has plagued our world for a very long time and we are still too weak to stop the infestation" he muttered, his gaze turning serious before slowly nodding his head:
"I think I have a theory of what might have happened to you, you know with every misfortune comes a chance for blessing, and in most cases, the greater the misfortune, the greater the positives" he said nodding his head looking wise like an old sage.
"Oy old man, speak in clear terms" Denwen said with a bland face unimpressed by the show of wisdom.
"Tsk, tough crowd" Kop said with a pained face as he continued his explanation.
"What, I am trying say is that, you falling into the essence pool might have been a huge blessing to you. Think about essence cores of disasters and the pure and raw amount of essence available in there, as if you consume them, or even forcefully try to absorb them, you would get essence drift which would most definitely mark your end" he said with Denwen nodding remembering Kael's lectures.
"Now, an Essence Vein is pure unrefined essence that has been liquified, almost similar to what you faced when you awakened, as if you enter it unprotected, you would most definitely experience a terrible exit of life, but in some rare cases, people that enter high end dungeons and encounters an essence vein, instead of dying most of them experiences elevating changes"
"Some reawaken, some get outrageous innate abilities etc, maybe just maybe that is what happened to you." He said as Denwen's eyes began to open wide in slow realization as he turned to look at the Eye who turned to give him a knowing look before returning to the corpses.
"Well, now I am really excited to see the kind of future you hold young lad, what is your name?" Kop asked with a wide smile.
"Denwen" he mentioned.
"Hmmm, strong name, but I like it. Denwen, your future has just changed forever, Hahahahahaha" he said with a resounding laughter that echoed around.