The moment Dante swallowed a drop of the diluted blood, his body immediately underwent the same thing that Cain had gone through when he received the blessing in the mountains before.
However, the difference in the intensity was huge according to the system.
"Now, let's leave it up to fate because the chance for him to succeed is low." The little creature commented while looking at Dante, who had sat cross-legged as he absorbed the energy from the diluted blood.
"Is his chance really that low? Is there still time to cancel it?" Cain asked with a worried expression.
"Yes, his chances are indeed low, and it's too late to cancel now." The little creature nodded at his question and quickly continued to explain as it felt bad when it looked at Cain's helpless expression.
"However, if his desire to become stronger is truly strong, his chances of success will increase dramatically. Ultimately, the outcome depends entirely on his will. He will either survive and elevate his strength to a new level, or his body will explode from the strain."
When Cain heard it, he instantly felt relieved as he believed in Dante.
"Anyways, let's get out since you said that the process is gonna take a while." Cain said as he waved his hand, making the same portal, and stepped into it.
…
"Sylvia, I have a surprise for you." Cain said with a smile as he patted Sylvia's head while the other hand held the rod since they were still fishing.
These past few hours, Cain and Sylvia had been chatting happily because Sylvia had a high curiosity and kept asking him about life on the outside since she had always been living in the village.
Even the farthest place she had gone outside the village was basically around the river.
"Huh? What is it?" Sylvia asked eagerly with a cute face while swinging the rod up and down as she couldn't hold her excitement.
"Okay, let's stop fishing for now and close your eyes. I want to show you something." Cain said as he ruffled her hair before setting aside the rods and guiding her slowly towards an open field nearby.
A few minutes later,
"Brother Cain, why is it taking so long? I can't stand being like this for much longer." Sylvia complained because her patience had almost run out from waiting for the surprise that he had talked about.
"Almost there!" Cain replied when he felt that the main body had almost arrived.
"Roar!"
Nix's roar could be heard from afar, and a few seconds later, Nix arrived at the location and landed on the ground.
When Sylvia heard the familiar dragon's roar, she immediately knew that it was Nix's voice and said excitedly.
"It's Nix! Nix has come back!" Sylvia wanted to open her eyes by moving his hands away from closing her eyes but was stopped by him.
"Wait, Sylvia… Just wait a little bit more time, trust me!" Cain smiled when he saw that Sylvia was really excited when she knew that Nix was coming.
The moment Nix landed on the ground, Elara instantly cried silently as she was extremely happy that she finally could see her lovely little sister.
Subsequently, Cain helped Elara to get off Nix's back and let her approach her little sister silently.
When Elara was close enough, around 10 meters away from Sylvia and his clone, Cain immediately told her to stop before turning Sylvia to face him.
"Sylvia, when you open your eyes. Don't immediately look away and focus on me first, okay?"
Cain said softly as he moved his hands away from her head so that Sylvia could adjust her vision because she had closed her eyes for quite a while.
When Sylvia opened her eyes, her vision was a little blurred and immediately became better as the seconds passed by.
"Brother Cain! Why are we doing this?!" Sylvia pouted and crossed her arms since she wasn't happy that she needed to do this thing for an obvious surprise.
"Hehehe, you can look there now." Cain smiled warmly as he pinched her cheek softly.
Sylvia then turned around and was about to run towards Nix but immediately froze on the spot as she saw that there was a beautiful young woman, crying happily without making a sound while watching her with full affection.
Sylvia blinked her eyes a few times because she didn't believe what she just saw in front of her.
She even rubbed her eyes a few times as she was in disbelief that the person in front of her was the person that she had been waiting for four years.
She then pinched her cheek hard, trying to wake her up if this was just a dream because she also had been dreaming something like this for a few times.
"Ouch!"
Looking at her silly little sister's behavior, Elara only smiled as she squatted down and opened her arms widely.
"Sylvia… Don't you miss your sister?"
Sylvia's body immediately shivered when she heard the familiar voice that she had engraved into her mind deeply and wouldn't even forget about it no matter how long she hadn't heard the voice.
She then didn't know what to do as she started crying and sobbing softly but still standing there without going forward.
"Silly girl, what are you waiting for? This is the surprise that I've prepared for you." Cain said as she pushed her a little bit.
Sylvia's thoughts that were in a mess immediately became clear when she heard Cain's voice and felt her body move forward.
Subsequently, she immediately cried loudly while running towards Elara as fast as she could.
"WAHHH!"
"I miss you."
Sylvia jumped into Elara's embrace and immediately cried out loud as she hugged her older sister tightly as if she was afraid that her sister would leave her again.
"I-I really miss you!"
"P-Please don't leave me alone anymore."
"Sylvia promises that she will behave and will not make any trouble."
"S-So, please…"
"Stay with me, okay?!"
Sylvia said consecutively because she was really afraid that her sister would leave her again and she wouldn't even have a chance to talk to her.