Immortal:Rise

Chapter 8. Shallow

Everyone looked at the boy dressed in commoner clothes. Where did he get the guts to speak his mind infront of everyone. Did he not recognize his status? Was he too stupid or just truly arrogant? Maybe he was just naive. The commentator was the first to get back to his senses.
"Young man, may I ask what your name is and what business you have standing in front of so many people?" It was like he asked the question in everyone's mind as they all nodded in unison. The young man he was referring to stared at him as if he was a fool.
"My name Alaric, hope that explains everything," he said and dropped everything ready to awaken his elements.

The commentator gasped. Even the crowd was taken aback. Arrogance came with a price. Just who did he think he was to be arrogant in front of even first grade talents. To think they waited for fifteen minutes for an arrogant little bastard. Some scoffed and cursed. Other were just silent as they waited for the events to unfold.
" Place your right hand on the crystal and relax your body. Feel the energy enter and leave your body," the commentator said.  It was better to end things quickly before they got worse.

Every word from the small boy appeared to bring downfall. The main mistake these people made was thinking of hime as a small boy. This was a small boy who had started life at the age of five. He had been doing what even the older generation never thought of or were ready to do. He matured fast and his brain developed. At the  moment he had the faces and position of every person edged in his mind. He followed the commentator's instructions and placed his hand on the crystal.

He felt the energy from the crystal entering his body through the hand. Its warm feeling like a spark of coal through his entire body. The crystal found its way to his seal and tried to find way through it. At that moment everyone who was talking stopped. They had expected to jeer him the teach him a lesson.

The most expensive thing in Lotus city was the crystal. The whole day no one had failed to awaken an element but now... Even the heavens turned. Alaric removed his hand from the crystal to reveal the crystal which had been turned to dust. One has to understand that the crystal was made of the hardest element in existence. Even a sovereign would find it difficult to crush it by just a single touch. A cold shiver ran down each and every spine in the stadium. Something that was unexpected had happened and no one was going to realize about it until later.

The officials from the top three academies shifted in their seats. Was it that the little boy's power was immeasurable that he ended up overriding the crystal and crushing it? This feat was unheard of. Even they could not break it. Let alone the little boy who did not even attempt break it but ended up doing it. Breaking was not the word. The crystal was crushed to dust and any remnant of its power vanished in the thin air.  The mayor shivered. That was the only crystal in Lotus Region. They found it there and it was passed down by their ancestors. No one actually knew how much it cost but one thing rang in their mind. "So expensive" after that the next thought that caused many to shudder at the thought was "too powerful"

The affinity crystal was almost worth one black essence stone. The people were stuck on either appreciating the newborn talent or just make him pay. Everyone was in deep thoughts but some coughed blood upon hearing his next word.
"Failure!" He scoffed, "Still not worthy to even measure my power." Some fell on their backs. Some clenched their fists so hard that blood seeped. Others clenched their jaws so hard that their teeth would drop off. Some  gum's were you breeding.

The talents who had thought they had made an impact felt like they were on earth while he was in heaven. The commentator was the most shocked. Since start he had showed no emotion but now his jaw had dropped and his eyes threatening to pop out. Joyce who was in the crowd was not sure whether to laugh or cry. Was it that a God lost their son. Those who still had their senses intact now felt their minds fried as the little boy spoke again. No! Calling him little boy was not the word. Little monster.