Path to Transcendence Chapter 226 Tier 3 Achievement

Casidus POV

Spying wasn't the most noble of things he had done in his life, but he was known for his curiosity, even as a young boy. Just ask his mother.

He knew that it wasn't proper and that his parents would have disapproved of his actions. But he couldn't help himself. The fact that the boy had been inside the chamber for a really long ti made it even more tempting.

His friend was already done and officially Tier 3. She was currently impatient for Julius to be done as well. During her wait, she had been spending a lot of ti with Cory to his young grandson's delight. However, it also seed like she wasn't that surprised that Julius was taking so long. In fact, it appeared like she had been expecting sothing like this.

Speaking of Grace, he did not doubt that she was so daughter of so highly ranked noble or powerful family. Her deanor was well-practiced and her knowledge about the Challenge Rift was a big indicator.

However, he didn't feel like she or Julius would be a problem for them. His instincts were telling him that cultivating a relationship with these two would only bring his House benefits.

Old Man Han thought so as well, otherwise there wasn't a reason why he would send them his way.

Casidus believed that he was supposed to help these two in so way.

This was the reason he had already made the executive decision to give them access to the rift.

While so of the elders might have problems with that, he was hoping that after so ti they would co to understand his decision. Furthermore, he was able to do this because of one simple reason.

He was the Patriarch. Which ant his words held quite a lot of weight.

It was almost three weeks after Julius entered the chamber, which was already a very long ti by anyone's standards.

Although Casidus has personally seen an advancent from a friend reaching Tier 4, that had taken longer than a year to complete. However, their case was a bit of a special one. They had a Ti Concept which made things much more complicated.

Julius's was only to Tier 3, so anything over a week was an anomaly.

But he wanted to see the boy's advancent with his own eyes. Well, not exactly with his eyes, but since he managed many of the enchantnts of the estate, he was able to use them to get a good idea of what was happening inside the chamber.

At first, he was nervous because, around the two-week mark, the boy went silent. If he didn't sense the tiniest sliver of life from the boy, he would have thought he had died.

But it was still worriso when several days went by like that. Despite this, he made sure to keep an eye out for any new developnts.

It wasn't until around the three-week mark that he felt sothing change.

He had been in the middle of a eting but had allocated so of his attention to paying attention to the chamber where the boy was just in case.

Casidus had felt a powerful surge of mana co from the boy's previously innate body. Monts later a massive wave of flas flooded the room and turned the furniture to ash. Leaving only the boy in the center of the room, completely naked.

He had no idea what had happened and had never seen an advancent that explosive before. The one thing that really caught his eye was the wave of Concepts that were released in that explosion. He already knew the boy had more than one Concept, but he had no idea how strong each Concept was.

It wasn't unusual to see people with many Concepts, but many tis they weren't that extraordinary.

His were.

Casidus was beginning to see why Old Han was interested.

He also made sure to remind himself that he needed to give Julius sothing a little extra for his indiscretion and for spying on his advancent. Maybe so personal training or so other type of reward would be enough to rectify his discretion.

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Julius POV

He awkwardly looked around at the destruction and put on a new set of clothes. His previous plain black clothes were gone, never to be seen or worn again.

However, he was a bit confused at the fact that he didn't have any impurities around him. He had been expecting so sort of discharge of his built-up impurities since that was normal after advancing to Tier 3.

Of course, it was possible that he had and the explosion which had turned the furniture and comfortable chair to dust had also turned the impurities to dust.

The first thing he did was take out Drasil from his core.

Actually, I don't have a core anymore. So where does Drasil go now? He realized sothing important.

Fortunately, he was able to follow the connection that was still there between them and found the little life spirit tucked away in his soul space.

The little guy was seemingly napping happily, but Julius removed Drasil and gently held him in his palm.

The green fellow didn't wake up but he rolled over and yawned before scratching his stomach.

Julius put the spirit up close to his eyes and tried to investigate if anything was different about the little guy, but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

He seed like the sa spirit he had been just the other day.

Instead of placing Drasil back, he took out his cushion and placed the spirit on top of it, allowing Drasil to continue his nap in peace.

He also created a table and chair where the two of them could relax for a mont. Julius even took out a massive sub-style sandwich from his storage ring to eat.

He had no idea how long he had been in the chamber for, but he was positively starving. He also left a dense orb of Phoenix-infused mana right next to Drasil for when he woke up.

Just when he had created the orb, he had imdiately felt the difference in how his mana responded to him. It was so much quicker and more receptive to Julius's will. A huge improvent even at first glance.

While he was enjoying the sandwich he noticed the notification he had received and opened it up.

Congratulations, you have earned an Achievent.

For advancing to Tier 3 with three previously acquired Concepts, you have obtained a Special Emblem on your soul for your rare accomplishnt.

Your Emblem is sothing wholly unique to you and will grow alongside you as you progress through the ranks. In ti it will be a pillar of your strength and a testant to your dedication to your path.

Notice: You will not be able to share this information with anyone who doesn't have an Emblem themselves.

Julius had to reread the notification multiple tis to begin to understand what had just happened.

He had never heard of such a thing before and didn't know what it ant.

It wasn't the first ti that he had earned a reward from the Words of the World. The last ti he did was when he managed to gain another skill slot. He had been half hoping that this notification had been another similar reward.

However, it seed he had co across sothing entirely new.

What caught his eye was that it ntioned that this 'Special Emblem' would grow alongside him as he progressed through the tiers. Did that an it would get stronger along with him? If so then was it pretty weak at the mont and its value would only co to fruition after so ti?

He also was interested as it explained that it would beco a pillar of his strength. It didn't say it would be 'the' pillar of his strength, but it heavily implied that it would be important for him.

He was confused about the importance of it being a testant to his dedication to his path as well. What kind of significance did that an? Was it like so sort of badge of honor that others could see or was it so kind of requirent for future developnts?

He had more questions than ever.

The fact that he couldn't share any of this information with anyone who didn't have an Emblem was a bit of a problem too. That was probably why he had never heard of it before, but it was still annoying. He wanted to know more.

However, he realized sothing after he read it a seventh ti.

It said that he couldn't share it with anyone who didn't have an 'Emblem', but was that any different from the Special Emblem that he got?

A regular Emblem might have required only a single Concept when advancing while his Special Emblem was because he had three.

Hehe, I might be special, he smirked to himself jokingly.

Perhaps, Reinera would get a similar Emblem because she had a Concept of her own. That would an he might be able to ask her about it.

Though, if the notice was anything to go by, she probably didn't know much about it either. Since she didn't have one beforehand, people wouldn't have been able to share it with her.

He did wonder how the Words of the World managed that though. Like how would it be able to prevent him from telling people about his Emblem or about how to get one? He was sure many people had tried to skirt around the warning.

He did make the quick decision and decided not to tell anyone about his Special Emblem though. Even if he found soone who he could talk to, he would simply state that he had a regular Emblem. He didn't see the need to make himself out as more interesting than he already was.

With that being said, he was enjoying the fact that he got a special reward more than he was expecting. It felt good to be recognized by the world for his hard work.

He just had zero idea what that would an for him and what kind of benefit he could get from it.

However, that was an issue for another ti. His current issue at the mont was getting more food out of his storage ring because his previous one was already gone and it felt like he hadn't eaten in weeks.