Vengeance of the Returner

As usual, Nix was in the embrace of Cinzia. As he woke up, he found her staring down at him. It seemed like she was waiting for him to wake up without interrupting his nap. He just smiled reminiscing about what happened yesterday. She blushed and kissed his cheeks.

"Good morning Nix"

With a smile, he tightly hugged her and suckled her lips for a few seconds while she took it enthusiastically by tightly enfolding his body.

"Ah, You feel tasty Cinzia... Good morning."

"uhmm... " She was flustered by his action, yet she was feeling delighted that he liked her.

It was still early in the morning, the early sunrise and the refreshing air were more than stimulating enough for him to start his workout and training session.

He descended the treehouse. Followed by him, she also descended with him. As soon as he reached down he started flexing his muscles and warmed up to start his training. From what he read from the Ways of Empyrean. He grasped a few facts

First, he can raise his stats by pushing himself to the limit by training meticulously with severe tenacity until the stat rises and surpasses its previous number. The second thing is one can learn abilities by various methods and one of them is bringing them out on his own with continuous practice. There was a lot more information but he chose to do the basics for now.

Cinzia furrowed her brows.

"You gotta start your training after a few days. It's still early for you to start running around."

NIx shifted his gaze towards her while taking his push up and responded with a smile.

"I can't waste any more time. I will help you with the hunting and things you need from today. I don't have a general ability nor special or unique abilities to use."

Cinzia began to speak with an annoyed expression on her face.

" What? but, you did use attributes and many abilities during the battle. Why can't you rest for some more days?"

'Hmm, Surviving alone is quite hard but, if I have a comrade I must be strong enough to protect them at least fight along with them.'

He basically wanted to become strong. Killing Feroz khan would be an indulgent job by using buff abilities but, the excruciating pain he has to go through is something that is not worth looking forward to. So, He decided to train. Depending on nova manifestation would be a terrible mistake since it invokes randomly and it is not guaranteed safety.

He replied with a smile.

" I can't, I said that I will help you to destroy Zerast. Then this is my first step."

Cinzia sighed.

"hah, It can't be helped then. I have already stocked up the foods needed for today and tomorrow. So, there is no need for hunting. I am going to take a rest today. Mind if I tag along?"

He Frowned at her.

" Nah, It's fine."

Cinzia's face was dejected hearing his words.

"uhh, Fine whatever but don't strain yourself. I have to train too, I will train separately."

He nodded and walked towards the river. Cinzia stood at her place while staring at the silhouette of Nix fading away in the distance.

'I don't want to trouble her anymore. I know she is an experienced woman and I can grow stronger with her guidance but, I can't come up to trouble her anymore.' With those thoughts running inside his head. He continued walking towards the river.

As soon as he reached the riverside, he opened his inventory and took out the Chains of resentment.

'When I was bored yesterday I found out that I can keep it in my inventory since it was attached to Me. I guess...It accepted my personal space, so there is no problem with it for now I assume.' He muttered inwardly

He stared at the chains which encompassed his arm and sneered.

"I am glad I am free from these damned chains now."

The chains glowed in orange color and shook.

"Wong Wong"

He sighed.

"Hah, I am sorry. I survived because of you back then, so thank you."

The chain turned into a faint pink reddish in color.

"Wong wong"

He was agitated by the change.

'What the fuck? Is this damned chain blushing now?'

From what he knew the chain contains the souls of draconians which means it is a separate entity that is alive. The trouble is he couldn't figure out if it is now a whole single entity or it contains multiple lives. He was not able to experiment much with it this entire time because of the multiple occurrences.

But one thing is for sure. This chain turned out into something entirely different from what he expected from the contract but, he was glad he gained a weapon solely for him.

He stared and smiled at the chain.

"So, You are now a single person? or are you a single item with multiple personalities?"

"Wong wong"

"What? I can't understand you... Anyway thanks for helping me. I am sorry I forced you people or you into becoming like this."

" "

The chain didn't shake or reply to him.

He looked at the clear blue sky which was filled with soft white clouds floating in it.

"Well, thanks to my past self and the chain. I was able to survive all this. But, seriously what was I doing back then? Would it be possible that I am suffering like this now because of my past self? "

He muttered those words and grew anxious after thinking about those thoughts.

From the Ways of Empyrean book, he learned that every energy and mana has a certain type of signal or frequency to it. The Nova energy which resides inside him would have given out its unique signal or he was turned into an outcast because the gods were able to see the future that was about to befall them. Everything was trivial to him at present but, He chose to become stronger to oppose what was about to happen and get the answers later.

"Hah, I need to concentrate on my current self. I can't gloom about what's about to happen!"

He resolved his mind and decided to first concentrate and create abilities of his own for wielding Chains of resentment. He didn't even draw fifty percent of its potential yet. So he was hooked up and obsessed with training with it.

The souls chose to take their form on their own to become the very chains they were suffering. People would think his choice of weapon is twisted since no one with the right mind would choose to use slave restraining chains as a choice of weapon.

Maybe the weapon took its shape based on his personality? or did it take that form to signify the draconians sufferings and resentment? It was quite questionable and mysterious as well. Why didn't it take other forms? What is the concept of souls? How do soul contracts work? It was all questions that were to be answered.

"Ha, Let me try to shape this into an Aruva type sword."

Aruva is a type of sword popular in the southern part of India which was used for killing, fighting, and various other tasks. It possesses a curvy edge bending from the upper side of the sword and it looks broad at the center.

When he closed his eyes and tried to concentrate on the internal energy of the chains. He was able to feel a certain flow in it. But, Whenever he tried to bend it by his will, it refused his mana and rejected his try and flowed on its own. It was always the same from the time he tried to train shape-shifting but he used to force the flow just like how he used to do before.

Every time he tried to make a new type of weapon it was too troublesome and immensely hard. He used a sword-type weapon previously but he tried to make something cool with the mental image in his mind which disappointed him.

"Is it ready?" He muttered and slowly opened his eyes with high expectation of his newly made sword.

When he opened his eyes his anticipation was completely shattered. It was distorted and deformed and It was entirely different from what he tried to do. He was enraged by the shape it took.

He scowled at the Chain which took the form of a deformed long rod.

"What the fuck is with you? Are you freaking looking down on me huh?"

The chain turned orange in color and began to shake.

"Wong Wong"

"What the fuck? You shit! Are you laughing at me?" He yelled and began to hit it on the ground with immense force continuously.

He was enraged because he spent almost three hours making it shape up and fight against its flow and it turned out to be an insignificant metal rod. He was furious as he continued to hit it.

There was a woman with long glossy black hair standing behind a tree who was watching the scene secretly.

The silhouette of the woman began to clear up as she walked towards him. She began talking with a smile on her face.

" I am sorry Nix. I was just observing your training from a distance."

"It was you huh? Cinzia... " He questioned.

She clicked her tongue.

"Tch, Firstly try to train yourself to become calm!"

He stared at her angrily. Cinzia smirked as he continued to gaze at her in fury.

"what? I didn't say anything wrong," She shrugged.

'What she is telling is right. I can't get engulfed by anger anymore I have to think rationally and be calculating but, How the hell Can I erase a fucking trait?'

With a thought in his mind, he began speaking.

"Hmm, I agree...I do feel like I should control my emotion."

Cinzia began contemplating.

"I am glad that you are understanding. I think in your case... your particularity is short-tempered or something similar to that. Am I right?"

Nix was surprised by her prediction. Obviously, she was able to predict it because she is one of the Top rising Outsiders in Empyrean among the other people from the earth.

She smiled at Nix's flabbergasted expression.

"So am I exactly right on point?... Sorry, Nix it can't be helped then. Getting a Particularity manifest is quite troublesome but excluding a Particularity is too difficult."

"I see but, It is not totally impossible right?" He questioned her.

She began to explain.

"Yup, But I haven't seen someone that was able to control their Particularity. it's like you are fated with those since your birth or they manifest on their own as you grow up. My traits also manifested on their own after some occurrences. Don't take it into your mind though. Everybody has their own flaws and advantages. I heard rumors that some people's traits have been erased though."

He nodded his head and said.

"Okay, I can pretty much understand it. It's basically engraved on you... Bla Bla... Who cares? I am hungry, can we go eat now?"

"Hmm, Alright let's go. But, honestly, I feel like you are wasting time and just pretending to be training. I thought you would work hard after hearing your speech but, I am disappointed." She said and walked towards the treehouse.

He furrowed his brows.

'What am I wasting my time? Pretending to be training?'

He stood there in a daze unable to concede what she said. Her words pierced straight through him quite badly. He heaved out a sigh and followed her towards the treehouse.