Saga of Atlantis

_Crip...crip._

In the early morning, the songs of birds filled the atmosphere as the morning hue of the sun lit the world.

As I stood in the middle of an empty field in the forest near our house,

In front of me stood my mother in comfortable clothes, lightly stretching her body.

At the side, Sarah stood with a towel in her hand and her gaze fixed on me.

While I stood opposite my mother, stretching my body.

Her silver hair was tied in a high ponytail, while her face, even without any makeup, looked beautiful.

In her comfortable clothes, she exuded the aura of a charming woman who knows how to carry herself.

"So, how would you like to spar?" My mother asked as she looked at me.

"Anything is fine with me," I replied, shrugging my shoulders, knowing that no matter which way we choose, I was bound to lose.

She is on a whole different level than me, and as of right now, I can’t defeat her.

"Then let’s go with simple mana manipulation. We will see who can have better control over mana and how they can use it and you can use Aura as well," she stated, standing there without a hint of worry.

"Okay," I replied as I looked at her, and before I knew it, my body moved.

Covering my body with Aura, I launched myself at her.

Within a second, I stood in front of her and threw a punch at her stomach.

"Ohh~ aren’t you desperate to win, son," she replied as she easily blocked my fist.

Without replying, I threw a round kick aiming at her sides.

Again, her hand moved with a speed that I couldn’t see as it blocked my attack.

"But you have to do more than that to even lay a scratch on me," tightly gripping my extended leg, she said, spinning and throwing me away.

_Thud._

Balancing my body in mid-air, I carefully landed on the ground with a thud.

"What’s next?" Without bothering to take advantage, she folded her arms as she asked.

Conjuring a huge ball of fire, I threw it at her.

_Smack._

And with a simple slap, she deflected the ball away.

"....."

"Argh, fuck." Cursing softly, I stood up, as I plan to on using something that I hadn’t used in quite a while.

{Elemental Aura: Fire.}

The color of my Aura changed to fiery red, making my body grow stronger.

My mother raised her brows in surprise, but she didn’t stop me.

With my body covered, I launched at her again, this time the strength of my body was twice as before.

_Thud._

But the result was the same as my mother firmly grabbed my hand with a thin layer of mana coating over it.

"That’s something new," she said as her hand turned into a fist, directly throwing a punch at my guts.

{Elemental Aura: Wind}

Again the colour of my Aura changed as it turned green as my speed increase allowing me narrowly dodging her fist.

"Suprise son~" grabbing both my hand with hers she smiled at me before headbutting me with a lot of strength.

And I mean it, a lot of strength.

"Argh..." I let out a low groan as I felt my head spinning and my vision blurred a little.

As soon as my mother loosened her grip on my wrist, I stepped back and massaged my temples.

"What was that for?" I complained as I looked at her.

"Get up, Eden. I haven’t even attacked yet," she said without replying to my question.

Quickly, I stood up, noticing she had been passive all this time.

"My turn," she said, and before I knew it, her swift kick was already aimed at my face.

{Elemental Aura: Earth}

The color of my Aura changed to brown, increasing my endurance as I made an ’X’ with my hand, trying to block her kick.

_Boom!_

The ground beneath me shattered as I felt the full force of her kick.

Cracks spread like lightning on the ground as small shards of rock and stones flew in all directions, and I hardly stopped myself from getting on my knees.

"Urgh..." I groaned again as my mother moved back, giving me some time to take a breath.

I lowered my body, clenching my teeth as I launched at her again, throwing arrows made of fire at her.

With just a slight shift of her head, she dodged all of them without moving her body, which worked for me as I held her hand.

"Huh?" Ignoring her startled voice, I tried to slam her to the ground.

"Huh?" This time, I was the one who let out a startled voice as I wasn’t able to move her, as if my muscles betrayed me, I couldn’t even move them the slightest bit.

"You have a lot to learn, my son~" She said, and I immediately understood my stupidity.

"Touching someone who can manipulate lightning is a big mistake," she said again as she moved, and I felt I could use my body again.

"What was that?" Even though I knew how she did it, I couldn’t help but ask.

"I just sent small parts of lightning to your muscles, and because you were in physical contact with me, it was unnoticeable to you," she replied as she looked at me.

"Urgh..." groaning, I stood up, feeling a tingling sensation in my muscles.

"Do you want to try something else?" she asked curiously.

{Space Wrap.}

Instead of replying, I brought out the big guns and used {Star Sense}, connecting with the node just beside her.

The space around me twisted, and my vision blurred as I found myself just beside her.

"Hm?" Despite taking her by surprise, she was still able to dodge my attack, albeit narrowly.

"And that’s pretty good, son," she said, smiling.

But I wasn’t in the mood for that because it was the first time someone had ever been able to sense my presence when I used Star Energy.

"That was cool. Now let me show you something cool as well," she said, and just as she finished, her whole body turned blue.

I narrowed my eyes as her silver hairs turned into sparkling blue, her silver eyes transformed into sapphire blue like mine, while her whole body emitted sparks that were getting absorbed by the ground.

"How do I look?" She asked with a small smile.

"Beautiful," I replied with a smile as well, sitting down on the ground.

"You did well, Eden," she returned to her original form, rubbing my hair gently and patting it in the middle.

"I didn’t," I replied, shaking my head. "Why are you so strong?"

"Why don’t you like a strong mommy?" She asked, messing up my hair before moving back.

"Master."

I looked at Sarah, who arrived beside me and started to clean the sweat off my body without my permission.

"How did you detect that I was about to surprise attack?" I asked my mother as I let Sarah be for now.

"Everyone in Ascension Level has an inherited domain that they can instinctively open when they sense danger, and remember, Eden, within their own domains, they are invincible," she said, reminding me to be careful not to do it again.

"And why are you not surprised by what I pulled?" I asked, narrowing my eyes suspiciously.

"Hmm~ I wonder why~" she replied in a mischievous tone.

"Get ready, Eden. We have to meet with the queen today," she instructed as she took a towel from Sarah, even though she wasn’t sweating a bit.

"But still, why was the meeting set in the church?" I asked, recalling the news I got this morning.

"We needed a neutral place to talk, and your aunt Olivia is that person," she replied, reminding me about her, who was a common friend of both my mother and Queen Isabella.

"Hmm," I hummed in reply, but my mind was elsewhere. Her not asking about my space affinity is quite suspicious.

And what was even more suspicious was her attitude towards Duke Morton. Her indifferent behavior towards him doesn’t make sense to me.

I looked at her with conflicted emotions, my father’s words still lingered in my mind.

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Aphrodite’s bloodline:

Heartstring Harmonics: Innate ability to perceive and influence emotions within a defined radius.

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Even though there is slim to no chance of this happening, I still decided to use Nadya’s bloodline.

I haven’t used it since the last time when I used it on Grace.

It always messes up my emotions as I feel the emotions that the person in front of me feels.

"Mother."

Taking a deep breath, I called her as I simultaneously used Aphrodite’s bloodline, looking at her.

"Yes?" She looked at me with confusion.

"Huff...."

My breathing became shallow, my body grew cold, and my pupils dilated, while my whole body trembled, and even my heartbeat dropped with the emotions that I felt from her.