Not Alone

"Before we start, Aster I want to tell you that we are not from this realm that you currently live in. We are from the Lycia continent. We are trapped here until someone opens the realm gate from another site. I and my friends will also leave this realm after 5 years and start our faction to bring changes to the world."

Aster was shocked but still listened and didn't say or ask anything. Aster knew that Dan was not native to this world of hers. She also knew many other things which Dan told them about his purpose.

Dante started his lecture with the most important thing that anyone could do. Yes, it was about Aura and what it represents for Aurars who use Aura energies for overpowering normal humans.

"Aura is the derivative of world Echo or voice of the world. The Echo is a power of creation that the world can control at its will. The world as we know of is not sentient. Goddess of light and Darkness are real and are part of governing authority of Worlds Core."

All of the people listening were shocked.

"Was it not a goddess who made the world? What does world core mean?" Sarah was beyond shocked.

"My mother told me that world is made by Echo and there is no such thing as a goddess or anything else." Aster was also sharing her knowledge.

Dante looked at them seriously while raising his hand towards them in palm form.

"Well, you guys are wrong. The world core is just a system of maintaining life but the consciousness of it is the goddess of Light. She is currently in slumber for who knows how many years. Most ancient Aurars know about it. The continent is basically disconnected to this knowledge or upper people in power have hidden this knowledge."

All of them were now lost in thoughts.

"Let's move on. As we know Aurars can use Aura inside their cores. Cores are made by establishing a certain technique. These techniques are called Core techniques. They have grades from 1 to 4 in the continent. While all of them are divided into low, high, and Perfect sub-grades. Grades 5 to 9 are lost techniques. They are no longer accessible to people on the continent."

All of them learned something new about the Aurar society from Dante.

Dante released his Core from his body and it was 2 centimeters in size and shining in blue light like a star.

"This is my core. I created it using the Star Core technique that is a gift from an ancient Aurar of rank above Overlords on Continent."

Sarah and others were now beyond shocked. No, they were scared. Sarah, Elsa, and Aster knew that Core size is barely 10 mm for normal Aurars under rank 1. Even Rank 1 Aurars had a core size of only 50 mm.

"This is not possible. How is your core 2cm in diameter? Even my mother is only 40mm and she is an Official Warrior or Aurar." Aster exclaimed while looking at the miracle.

"That is simple. I am using a higher-grade core technique. My Aura is purer and more efficient than your mother's or any auras present outside in the current world."

Elsa was the first one to come out of shock and asked. "Master, what is the grade of your core technique?" Everyone wanted to know this and looked at Dante. Dante smiled and said slowly.

"Grade 9 Eternal." Obviously Dante lied, his core technique didn't have a grade and it was above any mortal ranking that people in this world gave it. The core technology that the system rewarded him for his companions was also above Grade 9.

Everyone opened their mouths. It should be noted that the highest grade available was the Perfect Grade 4 Core technique.

Grades to technique decided their efficiency, purity, and complexity. Higher grades also decided how close the technique was to the world's perfection. Higher grade technique also decided who will win between 2 similar rank Aurar's.

"Alright, no need to be so shocked. The grade doesn't represent the upper limit or potential of a person. It just makes meditation and winning battles easier than others." Dante decided to bring the situation down.

He then begins explaining about meridians and their properties. The meridians in the body at max could be 22.

"There are grades of quality for meridians as well. The grades are from 1 to 9. Currently, Grade 5 is the highest anyone can achieve within the continent. Higher than 3rd Grade Meridian quality makes you a genius in the continent. Grade 5 Meridians are termed as Heavenly genius and only my sister has High Grade 5 Meridian quality. Grade 6 is termed as Legendary Genius and only Heroic Characters have these meridians quality within all of history of the continent." Dante stopped talking and took a sip from the bunny blood that he had collected.

Everyone was still contemplating and digesting all knowledge given to them. They were also shocked to learn that Dante's sister was such a genius.

"Dan Dan is your sister a genius just like those heroes in past," Bella asked with great interest in his sister.

"Well, my sister is a cute and stubborn girl. She is very talented and always looked up to by many other children of our kingdom. It is sad really that I won't be able to see her again for a decade or so." Dante stated with lazy behavior.

All of them were puzzled by the latter answer of Dante because they would be out of this realm in 5 years. So why does he say decades to see her?

"What do you mean by decades master? We will be leaving in 5 years when the realm opens right?" Elsa was also wondering why her master said such a thing.

Dan looked with shock at all of them and was now enlightened to the situation that he didn't share his plans with his cute followers.

He slapped his head in frustration regarding his short-sightedness and stupidity. He hadn't told them his plan.

So he decided to clear some future plans with his followers right now.

"All of you listen up. I know that we are currently trapped in the realm. This is a dangerous situation. A more dangerous situation will be outside when we leave this realm. My family has too many enemies and growing up in such an environment is not ideal. So I have decided to not go home in the future." Dante dropped a bomb on all his friends.

"What does this mean? Will we be going somewhere else if not for your mansion which you told us about? What about your family then?" Razor was trying to understand why Dan was doing this.

"I am going to fake my death. Simple as that. I care about my family but they can't protect me or you. Look around yourselves, do you see any protection? The family will only get in our way. Unless we reach the top, we should stay away from family." Dantes's words were very cruel and selfish.

"I believe in you Dante but don't you think your family would be sad if they think you are dead." Sarah was sad and looking with pity.

"It is alright. They will move on. We need to worry about ourselves. I took you all in because I need help in changing the world and making it a better place. I can not do it without your help and my family is broken and will cause only troubles." Dante tried to present as good a reason as possible because he wanted all of them to rely only on him.

"Won't you feel lonely without your family, Dan?" Snow looked sad as well.

"I will show myself when I have reached at least Aura Master Rank in the future. Only strength matters in this world, besides I am not alone."

Dante looked with a wide and beautiful smile at all his friends beside him.

"I have you all present here with me, as my friends and family."

Everyone smiled alongside Dante by listening to his answer.