Metallic Rogue

Cultivation

Jayden satisfied with the result, left the place he was hiding to wait for Draven outside.

Draven soon arrived with the unrecognizable body of the spider. In the light of the day, Jayden was able to fully see the bruised boy of Draven, those two attacks had really done a number on him.

Another thing that had made Jayden surprised was Draven's healing speed, he had two large cuts on either side of his head, but they had clotted by now and looked like they were made some weeks ago. His healing speed was terrific and in some hours he would be at his peak again.

Jayden pretended to be surprised at Draven returning with those wounds and immediately rushed to him. He crouched low to check on his wounds when a prompt suddenly popped up.

[Would you like to heal Rogue Surbodinate -Dark Coal Panther-]

[YES] or [NO]

Jayden looked at the message with surprise. "You can do that?" He asked

[Only to your Rogue Subordinates]

"That's dope. Now I can send them to mutiple battles without fear for their lives." Jayden said without any emotions behind his voice.

Draven seemd to have sensed this and backed away from Jayden, Jayden was brought back to his senses when the prompt disappeared from his vision due to him losing contact with Draven.

He reached out and touched Draven before mentally clicking yes.

A faint warming light flowed through his chest to his hands before entering Draven. Draven visibly relaxed and layed down on the ground to let Jayden fully heal him.

After five minutes of staying in the same position, Draven's natural healing coupled with Jaydens help had helped Draven fully heal all internal and external wounds he had.

"Now for the next beast, that would be an Evolved Tier beast of the High Stage." Jayden ticked a mental note.

It was time to increase his own combat prowress but first.

"Nahshon, show me how to cultivate the Creation Orbs Energy."

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In a dark cave sat a black haired boy with dull black eyes in a lotus position, his eyes moved as if he was reading something which he indeed was.

He read the words that floated before him that only he could see. The Rogue System gave a descent explanation of the processes to take when cultivating the Creation Orbs Energy.

[Free your mind of everything]

[Don't think about anything and just relax your body]

Jayden closed his eyes and let Nahshon speak to him instead of reading the message being passed across.

He breathed in and out deeply just like the system said, and tried to not think of anything. But it was harder than he could even think, strange and weird thoughts jumped into his mind and made his thinking become a mess. At first they came randomly, but he soon found himself pondering on those thoughts and trying to grasp their answers.

'Why are grasses green? Why is the sky blue? Why aren't there dogs that are blue? Do I exist or am I just someone's imaginations? What existed before time, does time have an ending? Who created time? Who created space? Who created gravity? Who created matter? That's probably the gods? But where are the gods? Do they even exist? Who was the first god? Is he still alive? Can the gods die? Oh shit. Empty your mind!!stop thinking of this useless things!!.'

Jayden tried but couldn't stop the flow of the useless thoughts.

"Why can't I empty my mind?" Jayden said as he laid back on his back. All those thoughts had flashed through his mind in just five seconds, but they had taking a huge toll on his mental strength.

"This is harder than I imagined it to be." Jayden sat up with renewed vigor and closed his eyes again. 'But that wouldn't stop me'

Some hours later Jayden sat without moving an inch, he was as still as a statue, only the rhythmical breathing proved that he was a living being.

He succeeded after several attempts to make his mind calm and void of thoughts, he found it peaceful and didn't want to leave that state, but he had to if he wanted to progress to the next stage.

[New Skill Learnt]

[Peaceful Mind]

[Skills Description -The user is able to enter the state of thoughtless thoughts that boosts all recovery by twenty percent and helps the user harness and control energy to a better and finer degree.]

[Mental Recovery+20%]

[Physical Recovery+20%]

[Energy Recovery+20%]

Jayden was impervious to the notifications appearing in his vision. He stayed in that state for close to ten minutes before the system forcefully pulled him out.

[Now that you have unlocked that skill]

[It is time for the next step]

Jayden's eyes remained closed as he listened to the system.

[Try to feel the warm energy permitting your chest]

[When you feel it tug at it and pull it to your hands]

Jayden listened intently and did as Nahshon said, he easily pinpointed the direction in which the warm energy would come from, the Creation Orb.

He released all thoughts from his mind once again and focused all his attention on his chest, everything slowed down in his perception.

The sound of water dripping from the stalactites above him, Draven's slow breathing, the sound of tiny insects scuttling in the sacks above him. And last of all, his heart beat.

Everything slowly turned mute and he began to fell something in his chest. It was warm and made him feel safe, its warmth was like the hug of a mother after being drenched in a turbulent rain.

Jayden marveled at the feeling before slowly pulling at it, he thought it was going to be an easy task only for his hopes to be shattered like a fragile glass. It felt like he was try to take water from a bucket with his hands and his fingers spread apart. They simply flowed through the wide gaps without any problem.

He tried to pull at it again with each time the 'fingers' where being pushed together.

He tried until the 'fingers' were tightly pressed together, then he pulled.

A strand of Energy the size of a needle was drawn out from the Creation Orb with much stress, this was Jayden's first victory after much work to get the little strand of energy so he had all rights to be happy.

"Yes!! I did it!!" Jayden beamed with joy at his eventual success but that tiny distraction was all it took for all his work to be reversed instantly.

The strand of energy fell back into its rightful place. The Creation Orb.