' Monarch Chronicle of Aether the bright side '
"The name of this Chronicle sounds ominous and domineering. What could this mean? "
"How did I end up with a Monarch's Chronicle? A reincarnation perks?" Nyxir remained seated, his mind focused on the information that just surfaced. he sometimes grinned and sometimes frowned, but his expression still had a shade of confusion.
There are chronicles and soul weapons that are born naturally during awakening. These chronicles or soul weapons grow alongside their host, and till they rank up to sequence 2, which is termed " mornach," their soul weapon can never be termed monarch chronicle or weapon. The domineering sound came from the monarch while the ominous sound came from the bright side.
" If there is a bright side, is there also a dark side?"
"I'm getting more and more confused as well as intrigued. What does this do then?"
He stretched out his hand casually and willed out the chronicle which weaved out of golden specks and condensed into a small golden book comfortably fitting into his palm. He opened the small golden Chronicle, but there was nothing in its pages except for shimmering specks which appeared every now and then; it was blank, just like a new note where nothing had been written.
To use a chronicle, you have to weave a spell inside using your spirituality; this spell will be kept as a record inside the chronicle and can then be used multiple times and instantaneously with a smaller amount of spirituality than weaving from scratch. This is also why a chronicle is desired, even though it is flawed, as it could instantaneously deploy a spell, which could be what is needed to save oneself.
"How do I weave a spell?"
"I don't even know any spells since I did not receive any knowledge, but I can ask Olivia about how she does her spell, maybe I can learn something from her."
" Or I could just tell her to teach me."
Weaving a spell is just like writing a law which then will be activated by spirituality before being deployed, only that Weaving a spell is done by spirituality.
Weaving a spell also depends on the strength and the level of spiritual power of the diviner, which means a diviner with a low level of spiritual power cannot weave a more powerful spell than himself, as the spell will continuously collapse and might backfire and injure the diviner. Also, a diviner with a low-level spiritual power cannot activate a more powerful spell even if it has already been woven into a chronicle because their spiritual power is not strong enough to deploy it, they will only exhaust themselves trying to do so, and worse, get themselves injured.
Chronicles, as well, have their limit, which depends on the diviner's strength. A weaker chronicle cannot contain high leveled spell due to the limit of the weilder's spirituality but a Chronicle termed monarch is the apex of chronicles powerful enough to contain any spell in this world as monarch are at the apex of the world, strong enough to shake the entire world with a stomp of their feet. More importantly, a Chronicle at the level of a monarch already has a will, which means it can deploy a spell on its own and a spell as strong as one at the level of a monarch; that is why it is impossible to capture another monarch's Chronicle.
"I don't know any spell yet, I can only keep it for now and find its use later."
Nyxir suppressed his thrills and dismissed the chronicle, which dispersed into golden specks before fading off, and then walked up to his bed. This time, he was determined to enter the dark world without falling asleep. He wanted to see if it was possible and what would happen if he managed to enter by himself while still conscious.
He lay on the bed facing the window and closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep in case anyone decided to show up for appraisal.
He soon cleared his mind of distracting thoughts and entered a meditating state trying to sense his surroundings.
"Aghhh! This is harder than I thought" he grumbled in disappointment after failing again and again to sense any pull.
"Can I not go there myself without falling asleep?"
"If that is the case it will be very disturbing "
He shook his head slightly before burying it deeper into the soft bed trying his hardest to concentrate on his surroundings.
" I was trying to sense my surroundings while I'm awake, but that will not happen whenever I'm asleep right? I am not really a light sleeper so every fibre of my consciousness is gone whenever I'm asleep."
" What could it be then?"
" Maybe I have been doing it wrong and I just have to concentrate my consciousness on my soul sea since I'm not conscious of my surroundings whenever I sleep. "
An idea struck him and he hurriedly dived into his soul sea.
Inside his soul sea, he saw a golden scepter floating quietly in the distance and his soul hovered quietly by the side at the center of which numerous golden specks twinkle into dark specks and back into golden specks again and again in their usual manner and as expected, their activity increased the moment they sense his consciousness.
' I should try to concentrate on the surroundings here '
Ignoring the provocative lights shimmering inside his soul, Nyxir gradually cleared his mind and focused on the surroundings, trying to find the familiar pull. Not long after, his eyes lit up.
"That's it"
He concentrated on the pull, and he felt his entire body drifting slowly like he was floating in the air. Slightly confused, he raised his head up and saw sparks of golden light dancing around him, twinkling rapidly.
"Humm?" Nyxir looked down at himself and his eyes widened.
"What happened?___ AARRRGH!"
He had barely processed the situation when he felt a strong suction pull before the twinkling golden specks all transformed into dark specks all together and formed a swirling vortex which sucked him in rapidly like the mouth of an abyss.
Everything happened so fast that there was not even time to process it.
....
' I'm ....falling... falling fast! '
Nyxir jerked as he plunged downward at a very high speed, he could literally feel his entire body splatter if he landed with such speed.
'The same thing that happened when I woke up this morning, is it the entrance to the dark world? '
He knew he might be unharmed, but still held on to the possible worst outcome, and he could not help but feel his entire body going limp from too much fear that had paralyzed his body.
"Whossh"
A flash, and he saw himself back in the dark, empty world with nothingness extending far towards the horizon.
"It really is the way to enter the dark world, this is really scary I think I prefer waking up here after falling asleep than all this scary fall."
"You are not a coward, but who could be calm falling under such a descent speed, no matter if they know the outcome?"
" But it's okay now that I'm fine."
Nyxir tried to calm himself and slowly recovered from his numb feeling.
His brows furrowed as he slowly recalled and analyzed what had happened when he fell into the dark world.
"I saw golden specks coming out of my body and then they turned into dark specks that whirled into a vortex and sucked me in" Nyxir mumbled to himself and with each sentence the creases in his forehead cleared up and his eyes lit up.
" I became my soul, or rather my consciousness, shifts inside my soul, that was why I woke up to seeing specks of light coming out of my body, there really is such a thing. "
" This means what is here now is my soul which makes my body.... EMPTY!!! " His eyes suddenly narrowed before reverting to normal once again.
" Isn't this supposed to be a devil's ability related to an abyssal soul?"
" How would I have a light aspect awakened and also have an abyssal soul?"
" This gets more interesting as well as dangerous, I need to be cautious of what I show"
Having a light aspect awakened means the darkness is fully suppressed and is powerless, and vice versa. It is impossible to have both light and dark aspects awakened; this is a very sensitive case that could change the viewpoint of people, but he is not ready to be a test specimen.
Angel's chronicle is an example of a light aspect, and so is it for a devil's abyssal soul, being a dark aspect; it has never been heard of as light and darkness are direct opposition to each other.
"What a really rare aspect, nearly impossible aspect really" Nyxir had a slight grin and a worried look on his face.
It isn't that he is unhappy about his appearance, but he feared what would happen to him if the world knew about it.
"I must be very low profiled. Low profile" he muttered under his breath. " The first rule of bravery is survival."
"But still, I'm very satisfied with these two wonderful aspects, one for casting spells and the other for escaping. I have been entangled with the devil's case since I reincarnated over, who knew I would awaken an abyssal soul?"
" If only I can awaken a sealing aspect as well"
Nyxir suddenly paused.
" I never had a chronicle, it just happened after I touched Olivia's Chronicle. As for the abyssal soul, I saw it while I was in the celestial lake, a man turned to golden specks which somehow found their way into my soul."
" Does that mean I can replicate people's aspect if I touch them?"
" Who was the person I saw in the dark space and how did all these relate to him?"
" Are any of these events even a coincidence?"
A flurry of questions flooded his mind making him pause momentarily.