Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 834

Chapter 834 Danger

The underground world beneath the eternal canopy was utterly silent.

It was a vast region, spanning many kilometers in every direction. The people of the Starhaven family who failed to bond with the spirits were going about their daily lives, dedicating their time to finding a way to finally bond with the spirits.

It was a depressing task. Living every day of their lives knowing that the rest of their family had branded them as trash, defects who needed to be discarded. Many in the underground world had come here against their will. The way unbonded Starhavens were treated in the sector was worse than the way animals were treated.

However, as terribly sad as their situation was, today was the day that would intensify it manifold.

As the people observed the ethereal spirits floating through the air, the underground world turned silent.

It was strange.

In the first place, it had never been a place that was usually noisy. Silence was the norm. However, there was something about this silence. It was hard to explain. It was the sort of silence that descended when something catastrophic was about to happen.

Then, the people felt something else.

Tension.

It was so intense that it sent a slight chill across the people in the underground world.

The humans froze. The spirits stopped moving. And all eyes turned towards the direction of the spiritual lake in the distance, where an intense coldness was emanating from.

Something was coming.

Meanwhile, at the spiritual lake where all the tension was emanating from, Veylor, the leader of the Crimson Vows, had his gaze narrowed in slight shock.

It was an odd scene. There was no single person in the whole of Sector 8 who didn't know who Veylor was. He had carried out many public executions, spreading the ideals of the Crimson Vows all over the sector. And he had never been known to lose his calm.

However, now, gazing at this boy standing by the lake, his expression crumbled.

'How?'

The process of synchronizing your mana with spiritual energy was a daunting task. One that required your body to work many times harder than usual.

This was a process that every member of the Starhaven family underwent when they first bonded with a spirit at a very young age.

At that time, the mana and spiritual energy in their bodies weren't that significant, making the process more bearable.

The higher the amount of mana and spiritual energy one had, the more strain it put on the body. However, one fact remained unchanged: at the end of the process, the body would be left utterly overwhelmed and exhausted.

Atticus had an insane amount of mana. And considering the spiritual energy around him, it was obvious that it was staggering as well.

Atticus had just finished the synchronization process, so why, just why, was his aura so profound?

It wasn't only Veylor. Even Elder Lorthan and Kaelan had their eyes almost bulging out of their sockets. The latter had bonded with a tier-6 spirit, and his spiritual energy had been high when he went through this process.