Tenebirus Noctis

"Impossible! But how could he?!" Mammot noticed the tension and did as told immediately.

His voice was loud enough, carrying a bit of excitement and shock.

"What?"

"What's happening?!"

"Anything wrong?" Everyone turned around, shouting similar words, their concerns evident on their faces.

"Shhh, just be quiet and feed the formation with more mana!" Since he had no explanation, Mammot avoided the questions and addressed Edmund, prompting him to feed the formation with more mana stones.

"Can't you sense his mana core yet? Does it look like something your race is capable of?!" Once he had something in mind, Mammot looked to the side, addressing the old man sitting next to him.

"I know! Just be quiet for now." Theodore Pendragon spoke, nodding his head in agreement.

The mana he sensed was something a child couldn't have at all.

But the same child was nearing level 15 even before he was awakened, so the thing no longer seemed weird to him no matter how strange and unusual it was.

'The more mana he has the harder it will become,' Theodore Pandragon's thoughts deepened as his grandson continued the process.

Hiding mana was easy for him and anyone who practiced given it was something controllable.

But he doubted whether the boy would be capable or not given the mana was already high, contrary to the children who practiced with a much much lower amount.

'Well, I suppose his primary school could be delayed in such a case.' Having nothing to do about it, the old man shook his head, pushing his thoughts aside.

"Looks like he's almost done!" As the night approached, Mammoth spoke the moment he felt Taurus' mana stabilize.

"But can this be called mana?!" He spoke again, questioning himself as the golden aura surrounded Taurus' body while he was obviously to it.

'Maybe a side effect to what he's done?!' The titan thought as the aura subdued before fading back into his body, followed by his eyes opening a few minutes.

"Taru!!!" Amelia shouted before rushing at her brother carrying him right away before he was able to catch his breath.

"Take a look at your status and do—" Amelia continued excitedly, only for her grandfather to cut her off.

"Curb your excitement, girl. Let him have a break, He had been sitting for six hours!"

"No, I want to see what he has with this Evaluation! Besides, I don't have much time to wait before returning to the academy." The old face palmed himself upon hearing her words, as Taurus nodded his head.

"Em, but could you put me down, please?!" The boy spoke with a grumble before pushing his sister, making his discontent known. 

{Status}

[Name: Taurus Pendragon]

[Evaluation: 36 Stars]

[Level: 13 | Exp: 233/1950]

[Stats]

–Health: 18,050 /18,050 (Vitality * 15)

–Mana: 1,090/1,090 (Spirit * 10)

–Abyssal Force: 5,945/5,945 (Strength * 5)

–Max Physical Damage: 3,567 (Strength * 3)

–Max Elemental Damage: 327 (Spirit * 3)

–Max Ranged Damage: 1,848 (Dexterity * 3)

[Attributes]

—Unassigned Points: 5

Vitality: 1,190 | Spirit: 109 | Strength: 1,189 | Dexterity: 616

Once down, he did as obliged and soon enough, he spoke up once again.

"Uhm, my talent is still unreadable but my spirit's name changed."

"Good boy, but what about your current mana and spirit attribute?!" Edmund asked excitedly, wondering what the golden aura meant from before.

"Uh, my mana is 1,090 right now and my spirit is 109," Taurus spoke as the shock covered everyone's face for a moment, followed by a rain of questions a few moments later.

"Wow!"

"How?"

"Amazing!"

"What about your properties? —I mean spirit!"

"How many skills do you have?!" 

"Be easy on the child and he will naturally tell or at least show you," Mammot spoke when he felt they went too far, his words forcing them as they agreed with him to a certain extent.

A few minutes later, they skipped to his spirit as Amelia explained to him how to call it out.

"Tenebirus Noctis!" Taurus did as told and shouted his spirit's name, as his shadow extended and rose from the ground.

It stood behind him, taking a very familiar form—maybe only to him and Mammot.

It was merely a dark silhouette with two horns and smoke that surrounded it.

Its eyes were as dark as the night with two tiny gleaming, white pupils.

The darkness seemed to crawl across the spirit's armored frame, reflecting what Taurus wore in his past life.

The spirit sent chills down their spine due to its unnatural and strange appearance given it was artificially made after all.

At this moment, the titan knew Taurus lied since it was the name he gave to the spirit back in his past life.

"Command your spirit to sit down, Son." Edmund finally spoke, revealing his lingering doubts.

"Can you do as he said, please?!" Taurus nodded his head before turning around, and facing his creation.

Noctis did as told and obliged and sat obediently.

"I see, what about your skills?" Edmund spoke since Taurus lied previously, claiming he had no skills at all.

"Em! I have two skills at S-rank." Taurus spoke, with no intention of revealing everything to them.

He chose to reveal Freeze and Restrict, keeping Corrupt and Reject a secret.

"What a couple of weird skills? Is there no better explanation?!" The old man took the lead, questioning Taurus who shocked his head a moment later.

"I suppose we'll have you test them then, can you use Restrict on me?!" Edmund spoke, he knew the skill could be extremely dangerous but he believed his son wouldn't hurt him at all.

"Restrict!" Taurus nodded and stepped forward, touching his father, before shouting the skill's name.

Edmund stood frozen in place like everyone else present except for Taurus, their organs stopped working, and so did their bodily functions.

The only thing they had was their sight as they witnessed Taurus stare at them in disbelief.

"Dad?! What's wrong?!" Taurus shouted, the worries clouding his facial expressions as the colors slowly faded from their face.

As the stress fell heavily on his back, realizing he messed up by using the skill at its full power.

The time passed slowly before his eyes, and the ten seconds seemed to be an eon to him as he stood frozen, unable to figure out what to do.

Thankfully, the sudden gasp and heavy breaths around him brought him back to the reality before his eyes.

"Oh god, this was a torture!" Edmund spoke a few moments later after catching his breath and banishing the panicked state he was in.

He turned around, surprised that the rest suffered from the same effect.

"Listen, child, you won't be using this skill on anyone any time soon until you've mastered it, do you understand?!" Mammot spoke, before explaining what he and the rest went through as Taurus went around checking up on them.

"Yes, I won't!" Taurus nodded his head, making the act believable.

"You will stay here with us from now on and I shall guide you on how to control it, understood?" Mammot continued, his tone showing how strict he was.

Although it seems harsh for his family, they had to agree with the titan since such a skill could be severely devastating if left uncontrolled.