The Sun God

[AUTHOR'S NOTE: If you skipped Chapter 25, 26, 27 and/or 28, a short summary: Ethan got Ascended. After reading this chapter, you would be fine to keep reading the novel.]

"A victory in the European and Asian continent! Our forces successfully defended the north, pushing back the Golden Army toward the North Pole!" A spacious and luxurious room, with a beautiful, adorned couch, had their wide and costly TV turned on, retransmitting the news.

This has become a common occurrence in every house in the world. Even official institutions such as hospitals and police stations had a radio or their TV turned on, afraid that today would be the last day of humanity.

Right now, a white-haired young man and a sexy middle-aged woman in luxurious clothes were in the expensive room, both seated on the red couch with golden embroidery.

"Oh my little one, what were you expecting~? You just arrived home after so much time resting on a hospital's bed." The middle-aged woman gently spoke.

The young man had a tiring and tortuous expression on his face, as if he had just finished running a marathon without having any kind of training. This was not a far-fetched comparison, since he actually tried to walk up by himself after spending months in a coma.

This young man was, of course, Ethan White. After waking up from his coma, he scared the nurse by mistake, getting a scolding from his mother, Loren White. The reality was that he did not know what happened. His mind was totally foggy the following few minutes after waking up.

The first time he tried to remember what happened, a sharp headache assaulted his senses, knocking him unconscious for the next couple of hours. After this, he could not bring himself to try again. The pain was too much for even his new Ascended Body.

'Yes! Finally I am an Ascended!' were Ethan White's thoughts all the time. From what the nurse explained to his mother, it seemed Ethan White had a purple glow in his eyes for a while after waking up from his coma. Strangely, this was during the time which Ethan White could not remember at all.

After his mother ended her conversation with the nurse, she called the Ascended Center to bring personnel to conduct an Ascended Test, and after waiting an hour, the Ascended experts confirmed that Ethan White was now an Ascended.

By the way, this all happened while Ethan White was knocked out. The poor Ethan White spent all the following week complaining to his mother about how she could do an Ascended Test to him while being unconscious, knowing how much he would like to be awake on that occasion. Seriously, Ethan White was exasperated.

Therefore, after arriving home, the first thing Ethan White tried was to go to the garden with the goal of trying his powers, which was a complete failure. Ethan White had to be brought to the garden by his bodyguard, and even there, when he tried to use his powers, he passed out.

"Mom, I know, but I am not that tired. I do not know what happened to my body, but since all this whole Ascended thing happened, I spend more time unconscious on the floor or in a bed than being actually awake." Ethan White sighed while loudly complaining to his mother.

Ethan White even began to think that his life has turned into a comedy web novel. One where he was the main character. He even had a power that he could not use, as if the universe were mocking him.

Time passed, and in the days that followed, nothing relevant happened. Every day, Ethan White tried to use his powers to no avail, and every day, he passed out after trying.

This was the norm until one night. Ethan White was lying on his bed trying to sleep while planning in what way he would try to use his power at the next day's training, when he felt a strange burning sensation in his chest.

Initially, Ethan White panicked when this feeling appeared, but he somehow returned to his peaceful state of mind after a second. For him, it was as if there was something inside himself telling him that the heat he was feeling was energy, and it belonged to him.

Ethan White closed his eyes and tried to accept the new feeling he was sensing. Pensively thinking, he reached the conclusion that if this energy belonged to him, he could use this energy as he pleased, as possibly this energy was his Ascended power.

Focusing his mind on the strange energy, Ethan White felt as if the energy was akin to water, with the difference on this energy liquid-like being very dense. The energy was revolving around his chest, estimating that the location was very close to where his heart was supposed to be, or even in the same location. After all, Ethan White did not study medicine, so he could not know the exact location of one of the most vital organs.

After some thought, Ethan White tried to move all of that energy toward his right hand, but the energy felt very heavy to move, as if he was trying to move all the water in the sea. In the end, he could only move a bit of his energy, heating his fingers.

Ethan White drew a heavy breath. After spending a few minutes and a considerable effort, finally he could move a bit of the energy. Unfortunately, after losing his focus, the energy he moved went back to his chest. But this did not demotivate him, for he finally had a clue about his newfound powers.

It was apparent to him that he needed to have a total control of the energy inside his body. This was the only way Ethan White found to know what this energy was able to do.

'I wonder if I can use this energy outside my body, and what effects it will have. It would be awesome if outside this energy is actually fire, since inside my body I feel the energy as heat. It is also fine if I could turn things on fire. I heard that the most powerful Awakened is the Fire God, someone with a Fire ability that could even defeat one of the Golden's Grand Knights. Perhaps we share the same power… Ethan White The Sun God could be my title…"

His thoughts wildly ramble while falling asleep.