Chapter: 12. TimeSkip (a bit too much)
"So this year's standards were this low, only a single Transcendent Aspect was enough to make him a top ranker." Noir muttered to himself.
He decided not to dwell much on it and after finishing his breakfast he decided on who would take which lessons. In his plan Aura will take the 'Wilderness Survival' class, Jin will take 'Combat' class and lastly Noir himself will take classes related to aspect and other ability related classes.
In the wilderness Survival class Aura got along with Sunny and Teacher Julius. She learned almost everything pretty quickly. In the 4 weeks' time she perfectly mastered the Rune language, to the point she was better than Even the teacher. And since Noir and his copies of Knowledge were linked he also mastered the rune language without doing much.
Jin on the other hand performed just as well as Aura. He mastered all the weapons there were available, and in every weapon he was even unmatched to his teachers which led to him leaving an impression on Nephis and Caster. He also didn't miss the chance to copy their abilities. Using Nephis dormant ability he realized his soul flame was rainbow colored and he could change it so he gave Aura crimson, Jin Purple, and himself Raven-black colored soul flames.
After all he didn't like that One Mentally ILL Community in his old world. He himself might not have any humanity left but at least he knew what he was and what he liked, unlike them.
And Noir also confirmed many things about his purchasing ability which he got in advance. He could [Travel] to teleport to anywhere have visited before as long he at least remember being there. [Manifest] was just like Sunny's ascended ability but with much higher possibilities. And he was already aware of his dormant and Transcendent abilities.
And in those 4 weeks Noir made sure to have some of his Incarnations have good relation with the Main casts. Currently, Aura and Noir have pretty good relations with Cassia and Sunny while Jin has good relations with Nephis. Which surprisingly wasn't hard, all he needed to do was make sure he wasn't associated with any of the great clans.
And just like that the 4 week Academy Arc was already at the end.
4 weeks later.
On the day of the winter solstice, along with noir all of the sleepers felt Tired and drowsy, even though Noir was never dependent on the Spell, he did need it to interact with the main plot.
In the grand hall, along with many sleepers Noir was sitting with Sunny, Cassia and Aura. As the time for their entry to the Dream Realm neared, they heard Cassia saying "Happy Birthday" to sunny.
Hearing this, Noir and Aura acted shocked and said "Todays your birthday?" and both of them simultaneously Wished him "happy birthday."
After the introduction with Hollows, they were led to their personal rooms and were preparing to enter the sleeping pod.
All the other sleepers were nervous, scared. Except Noir and his 17 Clones, instead all of them were pretty excited to finally create the one Invincible Force that might be the strongest in the history of all 6 Realms.
All of them didn't hesitate to climb into the pod.
In the vast echoing darkness, he heard:
[Welcome to the Dream Realm, Noir!]
Noir and his clones were transported into the Dark Sea, of the forgotten shore. Noir and Jin were the only ones transported close to the Hollow Mountains. Anyone, even the saints might find themselves utterly frightened being close to one of the Death Zones, anyone below the transcendent rank might not even escape, if they're not fated at least.
But Unknown to everyone Noir was simply thrilled to have action right after entering the Dream Realm, And with Jin nonetheless. Jin simply had an army as his starter pack, at noir's command he only summoned the Insect army from the shadow realm. Currently he didn't have the shadow heart which could provide him with more than enough Essence to summon all the high rank armies from the shadow army.
Since he was lacking in essence Noir didn't hesitate to create the remaining six soulcores within Jin's body. even if noir had unlimited essence he couldn't give it to the others. While he was creating the soulcores the ten out of thousands of insects were keeping an eye for any missed creatures which the soldiers might have missed. All the insect soldiers were hunting everywhere they went, leaving nothing but bones.
The shadow army could also increase their ranks by simply killing and devouring the nightmare creatures. Currently the strongest insect shadows were the ten who were protecting them. In this world, the ten shadows protecting them were Ascended Beasts, while the remaining thousands of insects were only Awakened Beasts.
After making Jin a Titan, Jin could now summon the entire insect army for about a day if he included Beru, the insect general, who was currently a Transcended Tyrant.
At this moment the Spell was continuously yapping in his ears about the echoes and memories he received by the insect army.
[You have received…]
[You have received…]
[You have received…]
[You have received…]
He didn't bother with the echoes, currently all he cared about were Memory's. Currently he needed a large number of weapon and armor type memories for his Main objective for coming to the Dream realm.
"Okay Jin, here is what you have to do. I will isolate myself in one of the bee cocoons while you protect me and just do what you're supposed to do." Jin nodded at him knowing full well about their main missions.
As said, Noir entered the cocoon. He wasn't aware that he would transmigrate in this world, so his plans for here were incomplete. Noir simply slept there and started recalling the novel, trying to create the best plan possible.
Outside the cocoon, Jin looked at the Hollows within the Hollow Mountains for a while before turning to the side where countless abominations were lurking under the vast sea of pure darkness. He had a mischievous smile on his lips as he muttered "Time to Begin".
After a few days, Jin was walking through the Hollows in the Hollow Mountain. "F*ck, why can't I find it?" Sometimes Jin simply can't help but think about [Fated], if only he had that he would've landed right in the face of the thing he was looking for.
A few hours later Jin finally found that creature, in front of him was a nightmare creature of the Death Zone. His memory was too precious to remember this creature; the only thing he cared about was its rank, a Corrupted Titan.
Why? Because that is the requirement to receive his Shadow Heart. And how can he kill a Corrupted Titan? Simple, Jin canceled his summon to his insect army, and summoned the Shadow General Beru. Beru, in this world, was a Supreme Tyrant. For him killing a corrupted titan wasn't a big deal.
"Beru, I don't have enough essence so be quick to kill that thing."
"Yes, My Lord" Beru replied and approached the abomination.
About half an hour later, the spell spoke in his ears.
[You have killed a Corrupted Titan…]
[You have received a Memory…]
[You have received an Echo…]
After that the spell spoke again.
[You have received an Aspect Legacy: Shadow Heart]
Jin felt his heart changing, and the heavy feeling he had after summoning Beru was quickly washed away. He quickly tried to summon the whole shadow army, after that a giant purple portal covered the sky of the Hollow Mountains, and many creatures in black and purple descended from it. Bellion, Igris, and Beru came and knelt in front of Jin. Behind them all the shadows also knelt and said in unison.
"We Greet Our Lord."
Jin was excited but it wasn't the time for him to celebrate. He signed them to raise their heads and said in a casual voice that every one of his shadows could hear.
"I won't waste time explaining things since everyone already knows that we are in a different world, and here, your strength isn't enough for you to accompany me in my battles. Every one of you knows how to raise your rank, so, scatter around the entire Dream Realm and increase your Rank and strength." He took a breath and continued.
"Except Bellion who is a Sacred Demon, all of you have to go away and return when the normal soldiers are Transcendent Titan, high ranking soldiers Supreme Titans and the generals are at least Sacred Demon." He had a smile when he noticed the Dragons in his army including the 3 Kamish. He then said "And about the Dragons, they are only allowed to go to the unexplored areas in the Dream Realm, and only one of Kamish will go with them, the other two will accompany me."
He then raised his voice and asked "Understood?"
All the shadows replied at once "Yes, My Lord." With that everyone scattered in all directions. Igris and Beru were reluctant to leave but they knew they're not as strong as Bellion to protect their lord, so they reluctantly left.
Jin handed Noir's cocoon to one of the Kamish who was a Sacred Beast to protect and said "Protect him until he wakes up, and when he does, just follow his command. He should be awake within half a month. And be sure to stay inside the Forgotten Shore." Kamish nodded his head and took the cocoon and attached it to his skin under his scales and left.
Bellion went inside his shadow waiting for his command. Jin climbed the back of Kamish number 3 and said "Let's Go".
END