Ability Wielders - Chapter 127 Insane Power Spike

“Naturally.” Noah remained uninterested of Soaring Bird. He shot a rebellious stare at Soaring Bird. “I’m Level 3 now.”

“Good. Good.” Soaring Bird spread his arms whilst smiling widely at Noah. He hugged Noah tightly. “I thank the heavens you are safe.”

Noah was surprised of this turn of events. An individual tear trickled down his left eye. Gradually, he embraced his father. “Dad…”

“I have removed our homophobic culture for you.” Soaring Bird released Noah. He ruffled his hair. “You’re still the best summoning talent that this clan has seen for centuries.”

“I’m sorry, father.” Noah bowed apologetically. “I cannot succeed the throne. As long as I’m this weak.”

“I see that you’ve been made aware of how weak you are.” Soaring Bird laughed aloud, much to the consternation of Noah. “You are worthy now. Worthy of the throne. And worthy of an artifact.”

The crowd gasped, alongside Scarlet. She exclaimed, “By artifact, you mean…?”

“Yes, indeed, Scarlet.” Soaring Bird smiled at Scarlet as well. “Of course, I haven’t forgotten you. My agents were watching your progress, and your improvement in skill the past few months have been immense. You have also become better in expressing yourself. You will also be granted an artifact.”

The crowd was put in a dazed state. Sounds of protest from three of the people standing on the left side of the red carpet came gushing out. “Sir Soaring Bird! They’re kids!”

“Silence. This is my decision.” The air around Soaring Bird intensified in a matter of milliseconds. “Everybody will heed this decision. If you have any complaints, you will have to do the traditional Gintong-Langit of settling disputes.”

The domineering aura of Soaring Bird was augmented by the killing intent that he was releasing. Turning around, he scanned everybody. Nobody dared meet his gaze. Specifically, the one on the left side of the carpet. Contrarily, the ones on the right side were indistinctly sneering.

…..

Back in the Seven Pathways Room, which is actually its dull name, Hayden and Starakt was there. This time, they entered the first entrance on the far left.

For another time, they walked an excruciatingly long path. On the other side of the path, there was…. Another path. On the right side, there was a door. Probably to the circular glass spheres for the observation of the Source Heart.

On the left side, there were statues of varying sizes and in various clothing. Hayden could sense something malicious from the statues. “I see that you can sense the malevolent aura from the statues? That’s because they’re not regular statues.”

“Don’t worry, they won’t.” Starakt chuckled. “They know I’m here. Also, they can sense that you don’t have any kind of plan on seizing the Source Heart. They’re emitting that aura to signal for you to back off and to put the thought that you shouldn’t be here. If you had a sudden change of heart and truly desire to do something to the Source Heart, they’ll move and kill you. This is the duty of the Warpoxi. Each can rival a Level 4 wielder.”

“And there are at least 72 here?” Hayden questioned in his shock. “Cautious. I like your style, Ro-Starakt.”

“Please, call me Te-Starakt.” Starakt waved his hands. “Do you want me to teach you the ways of forging these Warpoxi once you reach Level 4?”

“I’ll be in your care once I reach Level 4, Te-Starakt.” Hayden nodded faintly.

Walking on, they descended the spiraling-downwards corridor. Reaching the end of the corridor, they were in front of a wall. An absurdly thick wall.

Pointing his right hand to the wall, a ray of white light escaped from his hands. The wall lit up in a strange pattern. After five seconds passed, a light ran down along the middle. The wall split open.

And there it was on the other end of the wall. The foggy marsh of the Source Heart. Meanwhile, Hayden’s circulation has reached 10 times.

“Please make yourself at home. I’ll be waiting out here.” Starakt bowed. Hayden nodded. He walked inside the room of the Source Heart. Every step, Hayden’s circulation power increased slimly.

Reaching the fog, Hayden examined his circulation power. It was at 11 times! If this continues, he will be able to advance to Level 3 in 68 hours!

“Sit down in a lotus stance.” Gaia materialized in front of him and instructed. “Close your eyes. I will entertain your answers later. For the meantime, let me read the Innate Gifts within you.”

Hayden did as he was directed to. Gaia moved behind him and placed both of her hands on the middle of Hayden’s back.

Green light shone from the hands of Gaia. Information on the subject of Hayden’s Innate Gifts surged in her. Her eyes enlarged in disbelief. “W-what is this? Okay, I’m done.”

Hayden stood back up and faced Gaia. “What did you see?”

“I have perused your soul.” Gaia maintained her calm. “In the present, you have an unprecedented amount of six Innate Gifts. One of which is completely sealed. Two are partially unsealed. One is nearly fully awakened already. One is flawed. And one is something that I cannot inspect at all.”

“Six? That’s…” Hayden couldn’t believe Gaia’s words. “That’s impossible, right? Six Innate Gifts are…”

“That’s what I have scanned from your soul.” Gaia shook her head. “In six hours, I will be able to completely open three of your Innate Gifts, the nearly fully awakened one, and the two partially unlocked ones.”

“What are my Innate Gifts first.” Hayden narrowed his eyes in his bewilderment. “Or does it not have a name?”

“There are names. It follows the concept of Abilities.” Gaia expounded. “The completely sealed one is an Innate Gift called Void Sealing. The two partially sealed ones are Supreme King and Empyrean Power. The nearly fully awakened is Danger Sense. The flawed one is the Friend of Nature. And there is one that is unnamed without any type of information at all.”

“Oho, Danger Sense is indeed there.” Hayden bobbed his head. He was a bit surprised of Friend of Nature, but that was the extent. “What are the other three?”

“Well, Supreme King is quite common for people with the potential to attain extreme power, so that can be counted off.” Hayden could tell that Gaia was similarly perplexed of this. “As for Friend of Nature, I’ve read that you are an extremely distant descendant of a Varongar in her Tiroga. The rest on the other hand…”

“They are incredibly rare or is unique, aren’t they?” Hayden verbalized his guess. ‘Can’t believe I’m a distant Foris though…’

“Yes.” Gaia nodded. “Danger Sense is an Innate Gift that is endangered. So far, there are seven remaining wielders of the hundreds of millions of wielders on Earth. You’re the eighth. As for Empyrean Power and Void Sealing… I haven’t seen it in the over a hundred million years I’ve been alive. Not at all.”

“Empyrean Power is partially open, right?” Hayden asked. “What does it do?”

“Apparently, this is the source of your incredible learning speed on everything.” Gaia said. “It grants you innate talent on everything. It was unraveled to this degree at your birth, and was boosted further when you awakened.”

“Huh, I was simply too lazy to do anything…” Hayden snorted. “I did notice that I seem to learn tasks with ease as long as it interested me…”

Such as math. Pre-awakening, during elementary school, Hayden was considered one of the extreme geniuses in the field of mathematics. As aforementioned, when he stepped in Makati Scholar Academy, he lost sight of his own resolve and became negligent in his studies.

Yet, in spite of his negligence, Hayden was able to get by as an average student. In fact, it was a cinch for him to pass his classes with minimal effort and being a sloth.

“I will first start with the nearest one to full development.” Gaia spoke. “Go back to your lotus stance.”

For the second time, Hayden followed it. Gaia put both of her hands the middle of Hayden’s back. Her hand emanated green light. A few seconds later, the sound of glass shattering originated from Hayden’s body.

“Your Danger Sense is now totally unsealed.” Gaia informed Hayden. “Don’t move anymore. Let me tell you its capabilities.”

Gaia enlightened Hayden of his Danger Sense. Danger Sense is an extrasensory Innate Gift, much like the Innate Gift of the Tybius Family, Understanding. This means that Hayden can get information through outside of the five senses. Through instincts.

With the total undoing of the seal on Danger Sense, Hayden can mainly use it for three things: First, he can detect any form of hostile intent towards him, including deception, lying to him with malicious intent, and many more.

Second, Hayden instinctively knows the power of an attack and where the attack would land on his body whether he knows he is going to be attacked or not. This will give him an edge in combat and surprise attacks.

Third, Hayden instinctively knows how dangerous a wielder, person, or a cognizant is with one glance. As these are all instincts, it is accurate, yet can only be vaguely explained. Basically, these three applications are gut feelings.

Thereafter, for the next three hours, Gaia unlocked Hayden’s Supreme King. Supreme King, as mentioned earlier, was an Innate Gift that is possessed by those who have high potentials.

Irrespective of being relatively common, it is scarce. It only manifests in a single wielder for every million wielders.

Actually, Hayden has utilized Supreme King unconsciously in the past whenever he activates any of his Abilities. Supreme King is the cause of Hayden’s unbelievably swift rate of refinement of killing intent and the source of Hayden’s kingly aura.

As you may have construed by now, Supreme King is an aura. This aura can be a product of a wielder’s personality or the nature of their Ability. Or in Hayden’s case, Abilities.

With its unsealing, Supreme King can now be activated consciously, and is stronger than its sealed state. However, bits and pieces will still leak out whenever Hayden is plunged in an emotional turmoil, typically when he’s enraged, annoyed, or any of the sort.

Now, Hayden will be able to overwhelm weaker people with Supreme King alone. In addition, he has two kinds of auras due to his dual wielder status.

The aura stemming from his Divine Perception is that of a celestial and unquestionable king that possesses boundless strength. A divine king. The effect of this aura is that the targets will feel suffocated and want to kneel in front of Hayden.

In contrast, Indestructible Devil is that of a tyrannical demon king that you wouldn’t want to stand against at all. This will be mistaken for killing intent, albeit, much more sinister than what the most refined killing intent can ever hope to achieve.

Subsequently, Gaia unlocked Hayden’s Empyrean Power, an Innate Gift that has an unknown origin. Gaia worked hard to wholly expose Empyrean Power’s potential. She was speechless of its effect when she did so.

“This…” Gaia couldn’t utter a single word. “Where the hell did you get this Innate Gift?”

“Why? What does it do?” Hayden eagerly inquired.

Gaia gulped before speaking. Empyrean Power mainly focuses on the enhancement of Hayden’s entire being, possessing two powers. One, it can be consciously activated to bolster Hayden’s entire being by 50%. This multiplicatively stacks with Indestructible Devil and Divine Perception, as Hayden has tested.

Two, when Hayden experiences rage, irk, or any kind of powerful emotion, even joy, Hayden’s entire being is strengthened. This activates even while Empyrean Power’s main power is off. This effect has a maximum boost of 50%.

“That is…” Hayden blinked at Gaia. “What? Is that true?”

“Yes.” Gaia hasn’t recovered from her shocked state yet. “That’s what I have learned from your soul.”

Hayden gulped. He was in cultivation the entire six hours, thus, his state was never better. His strength has reached over 600 kilograms, his speed reaching 105 kilometers per hour already, and his toughness at around 2,000 psi already.

Even without the use of his Indestructible Devil, Hayden can almost surpass the limit of a Level 2 wielder! What’s more, this can be activated while his Origin Limiter is activated! What if he undergoes an emotional chaos?

As for his maximum powers, with everything thrown into it… He is capable of lifting a maximum of 25.2 tons, his full sprint at a staggering 4,410 kilometers per hour, and his toughness at 84,000 psi!

He’s basically nigh-indestructible. If anybody wanted to kill Hayden, they’d have to drop at least 138 kilograms of TNT on his head.

Add to that the fact that Hayden’s wings also grow with his strength. In the present, Hayden can fly at 7,500 kilometers per hour if he slaps on his Empyrean Power and if he was in a hurry due to anxiety, fear, rage, or something.

‘What will happen to my power once I reach Level 3?’ Hayden mused himself in his curiosity. ‘What’s the upper limit for a Level 4’s physiology anyway…?’

Moreover, if his interpretation of the Reza Hixilia’s body cleansing was correct… By the end of the Annual Youth Pride week, he’ll have an even more insane power spike than this!

Hayden cultivated for another hour prior to returning to his hotel room. Through the window of course. It was 12:00 AM. As for asking questions, that can wait. Hayden chose time with Eun-ha and Sayuri first.

Inside, Sayuri and Eun-ha were sitting on the bed, watching TV. On their laps were Dusk and Dawn, sleeping.

“You’re… Back?” Eun-ha slowed down amidst her sentence, feeling something was different with Hayden. “What… happened to you…?”

“I’m sorry that I cannot notify you in the present.” Hayden bowed respectfully. He didn’t like keeping secrets to his girlfriends. The least he can do is confirm that there is something different with Hayden. “If you’re worried, do not be. I am not in any kind of danger. If anything, I am in a situation that can only benefit me. Also…”

Shadow emerged from the darkness. She eyed Eun-ha and Sayuri. Receiving the message that Eun-ha was likewise his ‘mate,’ Shadow sat and meowed amicably at them, as if introducing herself.

“Another contracted cognizant?” Eun-ha said. “A Level 3 this time?”

“That’s the one I’ve been sensing when you came back!” Sayuri was enlightened. “She can merge with the shadows?”

“Yes, amazing, huh?” Hayden giggled. Eun-ha and Sayuri found this cute. Precipitously, Dusk and Dawn approached Shadow. They… Communicated. “You guys can understand each other?”

The two looked at him and nodded simultaneously. They then telepathically declared that they will be in the closet to give Hayden and his girlfriends some space.

“Hey, uh…” Sayuri’s eyes juggled between Hayden’s wrist cuff, sneakers, and scarf. “Why can I sense an aura from those…”

“Halichi, Shabilo, Rilias, show yourselves.” Hayden interrupted Sayuri. Halichi, Shabilo, and Rilias all materialized behind him at the same time.

Hayden was ordered to not reveal the existence of Foriast or the Overseers. Anything else, Hayden could reveal. Or so he was told by Gaia and Starakt. They naturally knew of Hayden’s girlfriends.

“These are my new weapons’ consciousness.” Hayden explicated. “They are here to assist me.”

“Whoa, you acquired three World Items?” Sayuri and Eun-ha gawked at Hayden. “Those are incredibly rare.”

“So you call them World Items, huh?” Hayden didn’t mention anything pertaining to the word ‘Xirixian’ at all. “If you’re going to ask information of their origins… That, I cannot inform you.”

“You have to keep this a secret, honey.” Eun-ha approached Hayden and kissed him. Sayuri did the same. “In Korea, both North and the South, there are only three World Items. One is in the possession of Kim Taehyung-ssi. One is in the possession of the largest North Korean Higher Council organization, the Red Moon. And another is in the hands of Bulgasari. The opposing party of Lunar Assembly. If they learn of you being in possession of three World Items…”

“I know.” Hayden nodded. Halichi, Shabilo, and Rilias all dissipated. He hugged the two tightly. “I don’t intend to reveal it to anybody. I simply didn’t desire to lie nor keep secrets to the two of you.”

“Be careful, baby.” Sayuri’s voice was full of apprehension. “I don’t want our relationship to be this short.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll live on.” Hayden chuckled, pecking the two on the forehead. ‘I literally have three lives… How can I die…’

Subsequent to this, Hayden was smothered by the two in their embrace in bed. Hayden was too energetic and excited of every power he acquired to be able to sleep a wink.

Consequently… Hayden had to attend the official opening ceremony of Annual Youth Pride without any sleep at all…

…..

Alighting the minibus, Hayden rubbed his eyes. He donned the Philippine jersey jacket with a white-blue-yellow color scheme. He wore it open, exposing his white shirt. He had on a jogging pants with an analogous color scheme with his jacket. Needless to say, Hayden sported Halichi, Shabilo, and Rilias.

All around, people of his age has similar attires with different color schemes. Hayden’s Danger Sense was keeping him awake. He pinpointed one feeling in particular to be the starting five of the Chinese team blocking their way, facing them. Well, most of them anyways. Long Jinhai wasn’t present.

The four loomed in on them ‘menacingly.’ All of them were tall, the tallest at 200 centimeters, and the shortest at 191 centimeters.

“Hehe, you stand no chance against us at all.” A handsome teen, with a semi-bald cut, and sly features spouted his mouth off in Chinese Mandarin. He was the one with the most ‘dangerous’ intent emitted out of all of them. “Prepare yourself, Hayden-”

He was petrified when the air around Hayden became suffocating. Nothing changed from his physical appearance at all, yet… His intimidation was off the charts. ‘This aura… It’s the same as Long Jinhai’s…’

“Move.” Hayden commanded in Chinese Mandarin. He had no sleep at all. He was in no mood to deal with anybody in his current state. In fact, he didn’t activate his Supreme King at all. It activated by itself because he deemed this an unnecessary bother. “If you don’t move I will show no mercy on you guys in the basketball court.”

Typically, anybody would view this as a provocation and wouldn’t back down. However, the four people were compelled to back down by the imposing aura of Hayden. They had the sensation that Hayden wasn’t joking at all.

“I apologize for my teammates.” Behind the four people, a voice rang out. The four all turned their heads to see Long Jinhai.

Long Jinhai was at a towering height of 195 centimeters. He had the identical red and yellow color scheme attire of the Chinese Annual Youth Pride team. He was lanky and handsome, the perfect face akin to a handsome Chinese actor’s. As for his hair, it was black and was parted in the middle.

“They do this all the time.” Long Jinhai’s four teammates gave way for him. He was smiling at Hayden. “Howbeit, isn’t it too arrogant for you to mutter those words, or has the title of ‘Heavenly Emperor’ got into your head?”