''Arihan,Lord Arihan!''A shout echoed in the eternal darkness,waking up Lord Arihan from his sweet slumber.''What is it?''He asked with a irritated tone.It was clear he was enjoying his time before Grim disturbed him.Grim looked very impatient as he said''Do you remember the technique you mentioned?''Arihan sent a ripple to read Grim's thoughts,which made him quite suprised.

''Well,i said you can't train with it in here.This is a spiritual plane after all.Your body won't improve.''Arihan mentioned him again.Grim could practice anything in here as much as he wanted but his body state wouldn't improve.He was not teleporting him to here after all.Only pulling his soul,or his family would have found out the strange situation.Well,his family members' strength was like an ant compared to him,he could create illusions that even Auber couldn't understand in 500 years,but it was a real pain to do it,so he never attempted to do.

But he could make an exception for his sucessor''Do you want me to teleport your body in here?''Arihan told these matters to Grim before,so he naturally understood it.''No,i still need to work on creation in here,so i will practice it at my room.I feel like i will need different types of weapons as well,so i need to work hard.''Arihan approved his hardworking mentality,though it worried him a little.Working like this for a whole year could change his personality greatly.He didn't want him to be like that elves,only studying magic for all of their lives and doing nothing.Especially last elven prince,who irritated him so much that he imprisoned prince in his eternal darkness for 30 years.

''Don't get too full of yourself.Everything has a order.At least spare some time for yourself.''Arihan said.But when he read the mind of Grim,his face turned furious.''You didn't spare any time for your minors?!Damn brat!''Grim trembled a little at the pressure,which made Arihan calm down instantly.But Grim's next thought made him get crazy.

''TAKE THESE AND GO OUT!''He said and sent 2 balls of light which merged with Grim's soul then cut the connection,not like the normal one,In a painful way.His blue scales were now a bit red,his horns radiating a crimson aura.''He dares to say Moody Hag TO me!?Let's see if he can get any spare time this year,Damn brat!''Whenever he thought how good this child was,it was just destroyed in a instant.He never liked it when Grim said something about his personality.He was his master,Why was he so unappreciative?He was so angry that he couldn't even sleep.

So,he reached out to his only companion''Ramla.''He said,which was replied by a buzzy voice,a hint of laughter hidden within.''Looks like some old man is enraged.''Arihan's face fell''Not you too,DAMN!''As Ramla's laughter echoed in the head of Arihan,he only slammed his tail back and forth with rage and a tinge of relief.

...

''Why did he get so angry?Ouch!''He held his head in pain.''There was no need to cut connection forcefully!I can't understand what happened to the kind and doting Arihan.''He sighed,once more.''I'm sighing too much these days,it's unhealthy to have too much troubles.''After thinking and complaining a bit more,he sensed the image in his wheel.Now there stood 2 new balls among the other 2.All of these balls were skills,spells or techniques he got from Arihan.

First ball was where all magics from low grade to emperor grade was contained.But he had to master all low rank spells before reaching middle,then grand and so forth.Arihan wanted him to have a strong foundation,so he didn't complained anymore.He understood his point.His talent may improved a little after forging the spirit weapon,but it was still low.He couldn't come closer to the stella,let alone Deroc or his brother.

Second ball was containing several memories he got from Arihan.Of course,they didn't belong Arihan,they were memories of his ancestors.He asked Arihan on many occasions how he managed to do it.After all,souls would be parted to 3 in death and every part would go to their respective places.Heaven,Hell,Endless Oblivion.While one could destroy a soul completely,laws of the universe could restore them again right at the heaven.Hell was,obviously,where negative emotions and memories was sent.

Only Endless Oblivion was a mystery.Everyone knew it's existence but no one knew what it was holding or how one could go there.There were even legends that told Arachne race was residents of Endless Oblivion,who migrated Chaos world after a great war.Of course,Grim liked to read legends and stories of heroes so he asked Arihan about it.He still didn't understand the power of Arihan fully,but he knew Arihan was way much stronger than his father.By a very large amount.

But Arihan's response left him speechless.''I'm planning to send you there after you reach Hero realm,so work hard.''This was the moment he started to realize Arihan was a entity that he couldn't understand fully.Whole history had no records of Him,he was even more mysterious than Gods.While he was not intelligent,he was no fool either.He knew Arihan wasn't helping him with no reason.But he choose to trust him.Not because he desired more power or he thought he could break free from his control.Because he really enjoyed when being with him.Just like when he was with his brother.

When his brother came to his mind,he just sighed.He had to apologize to him truly,no matter what.Even if their thoughts clashed,he was still the same brother who tired and worked himself out for him.After thinking about some trivial things,he focused his attention on the 3rd ball.

Sending some mana inside,huge amounts of knowledge flooded into his mind.His mind felt like it was spinning while he felt like vomiting,but kept it inside his stomach.After a minute,whole process was done.This was a technique Arihan suggested for him to train at Academy.Sadly,he only stayed for a week before leaving,and he thought it would be useless to spend more time on body tempering.After all,he didn't have any talent at both of these fields.But when he reviewed the details,he was shocked.

Technique's name was very simple''Chaotic Phsyique''It was a very strange technique with immense benefits.But requirements were harsh.First,one had to advance to the 7th rank with no affinity.Second,You had to have a strong bloodline,because technique drawed the main energy of bloodline to improve.Third and the last,You had to have a great willpower.Because whole process was very painful.

Chaotic Physique used one's own bloodline to draw their power and transform it into Blood energy.This Blood energy was infused to organs,bones,flesh and skin to strengthen them.As power was drawed from Bloodline itself,flowing blood would also be affected.But process was very painful when infusing the energy.From what technique told,at the start pain was like poking needles while near to the end would be like thousands of cuts.

As this was a popular technique from Chaos era,where war was constantly happening and death was a normal occurence,it had a harsh requirement on willpower.Grim couldn't consider himself a man with strong mentality.If he focused on something he loved,no one could interrupt him.But he was not a masochist as well.There was no way he would train this in pleasure.So he was going to suffer a lot.

Technique was serperated to 3 parts.Giant,Dragon,God.Despite the humble name of the technique,stages were quite overbearing.Each part was serperated to Lower and upper tier,a whole system of 6 ranks.Technique could aid in not only body tempering,it could also raise one's talent.But it was very little.He asked Arihan about it directly.Arihan said it was really too little,probably won't even affect absorb speed let alone refining speed.So he was a bit disappointed.

After throwing away the happy yet regretful dreams of increasing his talent,he sat on his bed and started to practice.Just like the name,process was very simple.Drawing the power of bloodline was very simple for him,but he suddenly stopped.Didn't he have 2 equal bloodlines?What would happen if he drawed upon the energy of both of them?Would it have a miraculous effect?With this thought,he got a bit carried away and tried it.

Result?His eyes started to bleed while he threw 3 mouthfuls of blood.''Why my dreams won't come true at least once?''He complained in frustration.He sighed again,then complained once more about how unhealthy sighing was for him.Then asked Arihan about which one to draw upon.

''Oh?You already tried it don't you?''Arihan said.He didn't add what to do,simply because Grim made him furious.But seeing his sorry state,his anger faded away and told the truth.''Your Dryflame bloodline is special because of your family's signature,Dry flames of Destruction.If you use it,it can help you at your minor destruction as well as condensing Dry flame.As for your other bloodline,it's called 'Sky' Bloodline.I was actually suprised when your mother carried the bloodline of the Sky Lord,as his descendants live at the other side of continent.''

''Looks like Sky Lord left some seeds in here as well.It's still suprising though,for your mother to have a bloodline this pure.''Arihan said.After learning a bit about his mother's origin,Grim only got more and more confused.''You can ask to your father after going back,let me tell about Sky bloodline's aspect.''

Grim nodded,he still had plenty of things to prepare,so he threw the matter to the back of his mind.''If you use Sky bloodline,it can help you at minor wind enchanting,differing from all encompassing dryflame,but it's advantage comes from the name itself.You can create a serperate sky for yourself,but it has no uses as you choose creation.This time,i can't let you choose by yourself.''Arihan said.''It may seem a great thing to create another sky for yourself and be the lord of it but this was also the reason Sky Lord fell.''

''To create another sky,you have to use a dimension core to support it,but this also signifies the lifespan of your own sky.When core spends all of it's life span,you can't change it with another one or could stop it.Even i can't completely supress laws of universe,let alone you.And without creating your own sky,bloodline is particularly near to useless.''

Grim nodded calmly.Even if Arihan didn't explain the things,he wanted to choose Dryflame.It was not because of a particular reason.But it was instinct.He had a feeling that if he choose Dryflame,he could make something unbelievable.But he couldn't figure out if it's bad or right.And instincts were not like thoughts.Arihan couldn't understand what could they imply,so Grim didn't ask him.

''Chit-chat is enough.I'm waiting for your progress''Arihan said and cut the connection.''It's time to start then?''With another deep sigh,Grim started his 13 months of training at dragon country,which he wrote as 'Visiting hell for a year' in his diary.

...

''Come on Grim!It's a big day and you still don't sleep!You won't grow healthy if you don't sleep!''Said 'little' Gin with a stern look.But inside he was feeling very proud of himself,because this was the only topic he could teach about.With dark slits under his eyes,his skin looking like it was pinched countless times and his eyes bright like a blue sun,Grim only nodded.''It's good you understand!Now follow me!''Gin said while lifting his little hand and marched towards downstairs.Despite his weak look,Grim followed him like a energetic child.

He was feeling very excited.Not only he improved the general quality of his sword by %5 this month,he also reached lower tier at the Giant stage.His body was now comparable to 6th rank humans,a huge improvement for him.Arihan was a bit dissatisfied though,but didn't make any remark.He also said that if Grim could enter top 3 in whole trials,he would gift him something precious.Grim's blood was boiling at the thought of something even Arihan would consider precious.So he increased his training intensity once more,so much that he didn't even got out of his room.

Gin was also staying at his home,preparing for the trials.Cai and Fei were already over 2000 old so they were not participating.They also learnt about Grim's attending so they didn't disturbed him in this month.While Demi was enjoying peace,Maira was also preparing herself for trial.She was near to 1400 years old,so this could be her last chance for trials.While everyone had their own thoughts,Madam Deathcrier could be called very happy.Not only Grim fully dedicated himself to the training,her sly and lazy daughter also started to work harder.

This was one of the best century of her life,probably.After Gin and Grim appeared,everyone was gathered.At the head stood Madam Deathcarrier with her exquisite looks.At her left stoo Maira,with a short black hair and bright purple eyes,her beatiful look radiating an aura of nobility.Demi choose to stay,as she didn't want to observe the trial.With Gin and Grim's arrival,Madam Deathcarrier directly nodded towards them with approval and,once again,satisfiction.''Let's go''She said and transformed to her dragon form.

With a jump,all of them got on her back.Then with a flap of her wings,they disappeared from the sight of the nearby dragons.

...

''Since everyone is gathered,we can announce the rules''Said a young man with spiky white hair.His body was also pure white,his face slightly resembling Cai.He was the current head of White Dragons,Avenger.He was quite young for dragons,only nearing 50 thousand,as his age showed how great his achievments was.Even so,he couldn't disrespect Madam Deathcarrier.No matter how talented or strong he was,Madam could crush him easily.

''Alright''Madam Deathcarrier nodded calmly.Her eyes darting towards Grim and Maira who were standing with other 20 people.Total number of participant were 22,all of them younger than 1500 and older than 1000.Only Gin and Griim was under 1000 years old.This suprised many of the other competitors,as they didn't know who was joining with them.And Grim's appearence gave them a deep impression,why?Becasue he was too brave.But Grim didn't know the reason nor their astonishment.

''This dimension is called Battlefield Of Ghost King.It's habitated by a strange race resembling ghosts but they greatly differ from them.They can be damaged by physical means so don't worry.Your mission is to get at least 5 soldier token from them.You can get them by killing simple soldiers,but they are very powerful so be careful.The more token you earn,more you will get rewarded and rise in ranks.There will be rewards to the first 3 of the each trial.After all trials ends,overall first 3 will get another big reward.''

''Now,Ghost King is a merciless invidual.As we trapped him and his race in here,he is quite angry.''Grim's mouth twitched a little at the remark.But didn't say anything or made any strange move.He was not only a guest,everyone had their own ideals and morals as well.He couldn't question them.They were working for their own race after all.

''From the each soldier you kill you will also get tracing marks.So the more you kill the more Ghost king will want you dead.And let me warn you,don't be too excessive as it will bring you your doom.Soldiers are 6th rank,with very few at 7th.Any captain under him is 5th rank while his generals are 4th rank.Ghost king is a 3rd rank invidual,though even he doesn't dare to act himself.''

''Mission time is one day.Now,you can create parties up to the 3 person,or can go solo if you want.And there is one last thing.''Avenger said.Everyone perked their ears up as he didn't speak for several second to gather attention.After seeing everyone was listening to him,he spoke with a blood freezing voice.

''Killing is free.''

All competitors stood there dazed for a second or two,then came back to their senses.All of their eyes sparkled brightly and bloodlust appeared,even at the eyes of 'little'Gin.Grim looked back and forth among the crowd,his eyes widened,heart beating at a crazy rate.

At his side,a soft hand pinched his shoulder.As he turned around,he saw a beatiful face with short black hair and purple eyes.On Maira's face was a playful smile,which made her look more beatiful.But Grim was only feeling frustrated at her smile.He understood,this day,he couldn't get his revenge on this wicked woman.