"I accept the invitation, God Merlin," Kayden couldn’t believe how lucky he was. It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance; he could accelerate his cultivation and learning concepts thousands of times. Triz’s emotions fell to their lowest point at that moment.
Merlin had no repercussions from the threads of destiny in his action, as Kayden was already destined to enter this room within 6 months, and Merlin had already managed to predict that. Besides him, some other mages from the ninth realm must have also noticed it.
"Triz, it is your job, from now on, to protect and guide Kayden on this planet. Feel grateful to stay with your life," Merlin disappeared, leaving the two on the floor free from his pressure.
For a few minutes, no one said anything as the situation entered everyone’s mind. Triz was sad, her mood at its lowest level in centuries. This was his chance to ascend to a kingdom and compete with the true owners of power in this solar system.
Marco was trying to understand how ridiculous this was. A mere action of his, which he did thousands of times in his life, caused his sister to miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The time room opens once every thousand years and costs a ridiculous amount of mana.
Kayden was as emotionless as before and didn’t care about the other two’s thoughts. He was about to sit down to cultivate again when Triz spoke to him.
"I’m not mentally stable right now, can we talk another time?" Kayden nodded and returned to cultivating, leaving the two alone with their thoughts.
Triz disappeared from the room. She needed to tell her father this. Not that he could do anything about the situation; she didn’t dare to try to convince Kayden to choose something else. They could even give the boy a planet, but if Merlin found out about this, and he most certainly would, she would be dead.
Merlin had killed other God Defiers before; he even eliminated one of his planets that wasn’t going according to his ideals. There were trillions of lives just on a whim on his part.
Marco was the next to leave and was completely lost in thoughts of self-blame, meanwhile, Kayden continued cultivating peacefully. Quickly, the days passed, and he was able to reach his breaking point.
Author: I know it may seem like a lack of desire on my part to write Kayden leveling up, but I feel bad that you guys would pay to read an entire chapter just of him leveling up a single level. I hope you understand.
Without any surprise, Kayden reached the third level. He no longer had any difficulty advancing levels; its body and base were shaped by seven rays. He had enough quality to stop cultivating today and would still be pushed to the next realm by time.
His maxed-out level meant that he was able to be much stronger than he would have been previously just by advancing levels normally. It was a small amount again, but it would make a difference later when they all added up.
"Ana, what’s new?" Kayden asked his slave as soon as he left. The woman now seemed extremely nervous and ready to accept any of Kayden’s requests with all the strength in her body.
"Master!... I mean, Kayden, Challenger Triz asked you to come to her so you could talk once you left. She said she would be in the palace of the elven race," Kayden just asked for directions and left without wasting any time.
The palace of the elven race took its name thanks to the number of kings and queens of elven kingdoms who had access to it. Only residents of the eighth realm or direct descendants could access it.
After a few hundred kilometers in the opposite direction to the capital, Kayden began to see the structure of the palace and... a structure floated above a mountain without making the slightest shadow below.
On the mountain, there were several buildings and houses of different styles, but they all shared the characteristic of being extremely luxurious. The structure upstairs was made of white stone and light gold stone, creating a feeling of lightness and grandeur.
Unlike the places Kayden went to in this world, here the structures were smaller and only big enough to house a few people. Probably because the number of people qualified to enter these environments was minimal.
Kayden was stopped by a strong mana pressure that prevented any movement from him a few kilometers away from the city. He didn’t have time to react before he was brutally scanned and then a voice appeared in his mind.
"What are you doing here, Kayden Heart?" She had no gender, and her intonation was neutral.
"Challenger Triz invited me," Kayden said quietly.
"Wait a few minutes." Kayden just floated in the air for a few minutes, and an Elf wearing classic butler clothes appeared floating in the air. Kayden could feel that the level of the person in front of him was quite high and was hidden by layers of spells.
"Lord Kayden, come with me, and I will take you to Master Triz," Kayden nodded, and the two began to float towards the palace. The closer Kayden got, the more impressive the building became.
The palace had several gardens floating around it and was mainly made up of scattered towers, each with a different height. The one in the center was the highest and reached more than 1 kilometer in height.
"The towers demonstrate the degree of importance of the person in the circle of the royal family. That one is Master Triz’s," Kayden looked to where the butler was directing his mana. It was a tower that was only second in height to a few in this palace of towers.
It was entirely made of red and black, with large transparent windows, but which did not show anything inside. Furthermore, some parts were open, and some floating gardens appeared in the tower.
In one of them was Triz, calmly reading a book and drinking something from a steaming cup. Its beauty was even more apparent with the soft vegetation around it.
"My master is waiting for you. Can you go to her, please, Mister Kayden," on the man’s cue, Kayden just floated towards Triz and reached her. The woman hadn’t shown any reaction as Kayden sat in one of the chairs.
Neither of them spoke a word. Triz hadn’t even shown any reaction to Kayden’s arrival yet. The boy didn’t care and calmly began to cultivate. Each of them was focused on something and did not notice the passage of time. At least until a foreign mana comes into contact with both of them.
"Master Triz, it’s time for dinner," the voice of the butler and his mana woke them both up.
"Very well... Kayden?" When she was about to go to the butler, she noticed that Kayden was sitting next to her.
"Hello, Triz Challenger," Kayden greeted her and waited.
"Since when have you been there?"
"About 8 hours, master."
"Why didn’t you wake me up when you arrived, Challenger Kayden?"
"I’m not familiar with you, I had no idea how to get her out of your focus, so I just chose to wait," Kayden just forgot to say that he got lost cultivating too.
"Serve dinner for two," with the woman’s words, two plates appeared on the table. Each of them had a fried fish that was more than 1 meter wide. The golden color of the frying was impressive and would make anyone’s mouth salivate.
"Sign a soul oath with me not to disclose anything you see here. Whatever you hear is okay," Kayden found the request strange but took the oath without any hesitation. Then he understood why.
"You look like an Orc eating it," Kayden couldn’t help but comment as he saw the woman in front of him lift the entire fish in her hands and eat it with her mouth open in several bites.
"Shut up, worm!" His cheeks turned red with embarrassment. No one dared to say those words in front of him.
"It’s cute," Kayden commented and went straight to his fish. This meant he didn’t notice another blush on Triz’s cheeks. As soon as he put the first piece of fish in his mouth, he was amazed.
His thoughts stopped for a few seconds as he enjoyed the taste of the most delicious food he had ever put in his mouth. All the foods in his life seemed like junk compared to this.
"It’s a fish from our sixth kingdom planet, one of our best delicacies," Kayden was amazed to learn where this meat came from. It was from a beast ridiculously superior to him and yet the elves only raised it to eat.
Mana exploded within him as if he had eaten a fifth realm seed. Kayden didn’t have any problem with it and just directed it away from his body with each bite. His control allowed this easily.