Guardian Of The End

Once Jason had fallen asleep, he had felt his body being extremely light as though he was flying. However, the strange thing was that Jason wasn't inside any sort of dream.

He was floating around in nothing or at least that's what Jason guessed.

His mind wasn't even aware of what was happening until he had been pulled into the open meadow a few minutes later.

"I need to learn how to control this place." Jason muttered as he looked around the meadow with curiosity.

He remembered how both Erebus and Hestia's present had changed the appearance of the meadow. Nothing in his dream world looked different now.

Someone had taken an environment from Earth or Clover and had copy pasted it into his dream world.

Since it was his own dream world, Jason wanted to change the appearance of the world too. Gods weren't going to pay him frequent visit just to change the look of his dream world.

The first thing he tried was to make a tree appear inside his dream world.

'Summon tree.'

'Place tree.'

'Purchase tree.'

'Make a tree grow.'

'How does this sht work?'

Jason tried using a few known methods of summoning trees yet of course, none of them worked. He clicked his tongue in disappointment before sitting down on the ground.

Jason crossed his legs and tried to think of a way he could change th appearance of his dream world. He dove into his knowledge of games and cultivation as well as personal experience before coming at a conclusion.

'What if I think of it similar to what I did while creating objects from dark element.' Jason wondered before raising his hand forward.

He thought of some mana leaving his body and taking the form of a tree in the distance.

Suddenly, an oak tree appeared in the spot as Jason grinned. He tried using the same process a few times until the meadow had been converted into a spot of greenery.

"Now, I wonder what power did those divinities hold." Jason wondered aloud as he thought about the purple pen and ring he had been handed at the bar of gods.

Both divinities had had a divine aura around them when Jason had seen them but after being born in Duphia, he hadn't seen them or felt their power.

'I had forgotten about them…' he admitted mentally before looking at the sky.

"Maybe I should try thinking of them and summon them here." Jason muttered before raising his hand forward.

He thought of the purple pen Sancus had handed him and imagined it appearing right in front of him.

Jason was left disappointed as nothing happened for a few minutes but he had been too quick to judge.

Suddenly, a wave of power went throughout Jason's dream realm which pushed him down on the ground.

An enormous amount of pressure was exerted on the area in front of him as the ground started cracking.

The purple pen appeared right above that spot as it was covered with a golden aura.

[ I might have forgotten to mention that a dream world is also directly connected to your soul. You can think of it as a Soul world or Soul realm from the Chinese cultivation novels. ] Erebus's voice suddenly echoed inside Jason's head.

The latter's jaw twitched when he heard that but his attention was soon shifted towards Sancus's divinity.

Jason stood up and stared at the pen with caution. He decided to go see it up close but no sooner had he taken a step that he felt an enormous pressure weighing down on him.

"Ugh…" Jason fell to his knees as he started feeling nauseous.

How was it even possible to feel nauseous in a dream in the first place?! Such things didn't make sense.

'Ere, would something happen if I reach that divinity?' Jason couldn't help but ask as he took a step back and heaved himself up.

[ If you reach that divinity and touch it, something will happen. ] Erebus replied as Jason's jaw twitched again.

'What will happen?!'

[ I don't know! My divinity never worked that way and I'm not familiar with this new system of divinities. It isn't as simple as eating a fruit and becoming super powerful. ]

'I would've loved it if things were simple.' Jason grumbled before trying to reach the divinity again.

Surprisingly, he managed to take one step forward without facing any problem. Jason took another step forward before lifting his left foot forward.

'I can't go ahead.' Jason sighed while putting his foot back down.

His foot had been trying to push against a great amount of pressure dead set on sending him backwards.

The reason for this was unknown and Jason didn't expect Erebus to know the answer to it.

[ Oi! I at least know that it has something to do with your life. ] Erebus protested.

'As if I couldn't have figured that out myself.' Jason sneered before  stepping back and looking at his dream world one last time.

'I should go back. Who knows how much time has passed since I stepped into my dream world.' Jason admitted before thinking of exiting the dream world and waking up in the real world.

His thoughts seemed to work as Jason was suddenly pulled out of his dream world. His eyes opened in the real world just to hear the system's panicked voice echoing inside his mind.

[ WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOU?! ] The system shouted immediately as Jason immediately sat up.

'Woah, calm down. I just woke up and there is no need for you to scream at me.' Jason replied only to hear the system shout again.

[ You didn't respond to me for two hours! ]

'…' Jason blinked in confusion after hearing the system's words. He hadn't been responding to the system for two hours? That seemed impossible.

'Did my mind automatically skip your voice and alarms due to being too tired?' Jason suggested.

[ No, that's not possible. You can do that with an alarm but my voice is literally connected to your mind so its impossible for you to not hear me, especially when I am shouting. ]

'Then maybe I can't talk to you while being in the dream world. That's the only reasonable explanation I have got.' Jason shrugged.

[ We talked easily before. What's an unreasonable explanation you have? ]

'A glitch happened in your coding and someone invaded through that connection, thus potentially cutting you from me while I am sleeping.' Jason grinned as he heard the system sigh exasperatedly.

[ Maybe I shouldn't have asked for such a theory… ]

'Good.'

Jason was then about to stand up when the door to his room suddenly opened.

"Here I thought that you were going to sleep for a few more hours." Issac's voice entered the room as he himself walked inside a few minutes later.

"I was planning on doing that but instead decided to wake up." Jason replied truthfully as Issac nodded proudly.

"Thats good. However, you have to get ready to attend the last day of the ceremony now." Issac informed as Jason stood up from the bed.

"What will happen today though? The tournament and selections have already been completed."

"At the end of the Crystal ceremony, a special event is held to honor the Ash Phoenix. The Phoenix is the guardian of the Vancouver kingdom and the citizens honor it to hope for a good for their young ones." Issac explained before sighing.

"If we miss this, we are going to hear a lot of criticism. Its better to just go and return to Duphia tomorrow."

"We will be going back using the carriage?" Jason inquired grimly as he remembered how his last carriage experience had went.

"No, we will be using a teleportation magic circle. I am ready to pay some money to make a professional create one for us but I am not risking the use of a carriage." Issac replied firmly.

"That's good."

"It is," Issac agreed before turning around to leave the room. "Anyways, get ready for the day. I will see you in fifteen minutes.

"Okay." Jason replied as he dashed to the bathroom while Issac walked away.

Jason quickly got ready for the day before moving out of his room to see Risa and Issac standing in the hallway.

"Good morning," Jason greeted Risa.

"Good morning to you, too." She greeted him back before the three of them made their way to the dining hall.

Jason found out that all those residing in the mansion currently were present in the dining hall in different groups, everyone discussing something and eating breakfast.

Jason noticed Amber and Andrew walking behind a man around Ray's age. He decided to go meet up with them to pass the morning.

"Hey, Amber and Andrew." Jason said as he picked up some food and stood near the twins to eat.

""Hey."" The twins greeted in unison as the man looked at Jason.

"Its nice to meet you in person, Jason Nightshade." The man muttered as Jason looked up with surprised eyes.

It was quite obvious that most people now knew his name yet it was still weird to hear it from strangers.

"He is our dad," Amber whispered.

"He told us about what happened in the forest yesterday. Thank you for saving me." Andrew thanked him while bowing slightly.

"Uh, your welcome." Jason replied.

"Thank you for saving my son. I owe you one for that." The twins father suddenly said as Jason nodded.

'I didn't do anything to save him though. I was the reason his life was put in danger in the first place.' Jason thought mentally as the twins father was suddenly called by Ray.

Both of them scurried away and left the three children alone.

"So, what academies did you chose?" Jason inquired once the three of them had found a few seats to sit and calmly eat their food.

"I wasn't allowed to chose. I am going to the royal academy." Amber sighed as Jason nodded his head in acknowledgment.

"I am going there too. What about you, Andrew?"

"I am going to Wisteria academy." The latter replied with a sad expression. "The two of us will be going separate ways now."

"Don't worry, Andrew. I will come meet you on a monthly basis." Amber reassured her twin yet Jason could tell that both of them were equally sad about this.

After all, both of them had been extremely close since the moment they had been born.

"Well, all of us should be seeing each other in the future." Jason pointed out as the twins nodded.

"Well then, let's just enjoy the time we have before going to the academy." Amber cheered as the three of them started eating without any care.

After all, they were still innocent children who hadn't truly experienced what would be awaiting them in the future.