Sky Fall Legend 37 Peak Freshman Rank 1

"Peak Freshman rank! The absolute peak at that! Not bad, kid," Sylvester sounded drowsy, as he slowly descended towards the grimoire. He left one last line before vanis.h.i.+ng within the grimoire's second page, "Don't stop training while I'm gone, kiddo. Don't waste our potential."

Jodye Trill nodded. With a flash of purple light, Sylvester disappeared into the second page of the [Cosmos Revolving Grimoire]. Jodye wondered what his current compatibility rating with Sylvester was, and the answer appeared in his mind instantly.

[Guardian 1: Cosmos Devouring Sky Wolf, compatibility rating: 47%]

"Holy c.r.a.p… down a full 13%? Wow, how much strain does this cause him exactly?"

Jodye shook his head, then withdrew his consciousness from the host s.p.a.ce. Opening his eyes and glancing above, he boisterously laughed out loud.

"Hahaha, Peak Freshman rank, and now I have 9 bp! I'm one step closer to ranking up! I wonder what level that little brother of mine had reached in this time," Jodye was suddenly concerned about his young half brother Jumoke Trilleck. What level had he reached? Advanced Freshman rank? Maybe the Peak? Jodye felt that he likely didn't have more than 8 bp even if he attained Peak Freshman rank. Jodye wouldn't even feel threatened if the kid broke through to the Soph.o.m.ore rank.

Though the force of 9 bp was insignificant to the current Jodye Trill, he knew his mother's training would be centered around either the Saint or Sage path of cultivation. Plus, it was always good to hide a few cards. If possible, there was no need to display his physical strength or astral might, it was better to stay low profile. He couldn't be sure which path he would learn, as his mother cultivated in both. He was unaware of how strong she was on either path.

Standing up to stretch, Jodye Trill almost gagged! His body was covered in filth, and he smelled abhorrent. Frowning, Jodye decided to first take another bath with his mother's maidservants. In his mother's absence, the maidservants always washed him entirely in the nude, giggling and playing in the water among themselves. This was naturally because their defenses against him were nonexistent. After all, he was only five years old. Should they be wary?

In reality, this was indeed an enjoyable time for Jodye. His mother's maidservants weren't on a level that would bring ruin and destruction to a country, but they were all gorgeous with magnificent bodies.

'Cosmo'

After enjoying a bath full of spring scenery, Jodye Trill released his source artifact, the [Cosmos Revolving Grimoire], and tried to summon Eureka again.

"Summon Twilight Sphinx!" the Cosmos Revolving Grimoire flipped open to the fourth page and release and blinding purple violet light, and a kitten jumped out of the page and into Jodye's embrace. The kitten had fur that look like pure gold, and a little tuft of three-colored fire on top of its head, burning in purple, silver, and golden radiance.

To his surprise, summoning his Twilight Sphinx this time cost him a mere 35% of his body's total origin energy, while maintaining the [Cosmos Revolving Grimoire] was only taking up 1% of energy every 5 seconds. This was about 30% lower than the first time he summoned the sphinx kitten, making it far more practical to do. As opposed to before, when it's utility was purely for novelty.

"Trippy," Jodye was surprised to see that Eureka seemed slightly bigger. Though she was still small enough to fit in both his hands, she could no longer fit in one. Suddenly, a thought occurred to Jodye, "Could it be that you grow up as I grow in strength?"

"Ding ding! We've got a winner folks, show him what he's won." Xavier commented via telepathy.

"Responding to host: This Twilight Sphinx is spirit bound. The growth of your soul directly affects the growth of the beasts and vice versa," said Trippy, although Jodye wasn't actually speaking to the artifact spirit.

Jodye Trill exited the tent with Eureka on his head and was greeted with hundreds of excited or scared eyes staring directly at him. They looked as if they were a mob waiting to see bigfoot, who had finally arrived. Before Jodye had a second to think the crowd erupted in deafening cheers!

"Young master Joseph that's amazing! Congratulations on your breakthrough!"

"Did the young master really only awaken a few months or so ago? He's already of the top of his rank!"

"They say the fourth young master is a natural cultivation pro, what does that make the third young master? A cultivation maniac? This is too outrageous!"

"Young master, my sister works as the Mistress' maidservant. How old are you this year, young master, seven years old? Eight? Say…do you happen to like girls yet?"

"Long live the young master of the mist! Long live Frozen Mist! Long live the Frozen Night!"

"Long live the Frozen Night!"

"Long live the Frozen Night!"

...…

Jodye Trill was slightly overwhelmed with all this attention. Clearing his throat lightly he asked, "Ahem, excuse me. Make way for me please, I have to meet with my mother."

As soon as Jodye Trill said the word "mother," the temperature in the surroundings begin to decline. Instantly the faces of all the warriors present became solemn, as they stepped to two opposite sides and turned to stand at attention. This revealed a straight path immediately in front of where Jodye Trill was standing. Jodye found himself rather impressed. His mother was a seasoned general, it seemed. These movements were smooth and uniform, so crisp, so clean!

Sure enough, sashaying slowly down the newly opened path, was a woman with man-slaying beauty. She wore soft black armor that showed off her incredibly curvaceous body, walking with steps that seemed more like skates slowly gliding across the ice until she arrived at the front. Every time her hips moved, her ample, perked, and round derriere made the men surrounding them want to die for her.

"Advancing to Peak Freshman from Advanced Freshman in less than 10 hours. Fortifying your foundation this past month seems to have worked in your favor. You barely qualify to be my disciple, I suppose," came the cold bell-like voice of Isis Trilleck. "Still not bowing?"

"Master!" exclaimed Jodye Trill while dropping and kowtowing three times. He was already used to his mother's change in personality. When she was with her legion, she was none other than the Frozen Night Master! Her demeanor was aloof, and her voice was like an iceberg, there was far more coldness underneath the surface.

Jodye believed that this was probably his mother's real face. Isis Trilleck's spiritual sense swept over her son, making him feel totally naked as if all his secrets were laid bare in front of his mother's gaze.

Glancing at her humbled son, a slight smirk appeared on Isis Trilleck's face, before disappearing altogether. Who knew that all she had to do to make this child willingly be obedient was take him seriously as a warrior? However, she was ultimately his mother first. In spite of herself, she grew a little upset while watching him dirty his clothes, "Enough Jodye, you can stop. Well, hurry up off the ground my heart, hurry. Do you have a serenity crystal or not? Your mother, I, does not have all night to play with you."

Jodye Trill moved his left hand over the s.p.a.ce ring on his right index finger and retrieved the serenity crystal that emitted a pink, purple, and gold rainbow hue. Isis Trilleck's eyes became wide as saucers when she saw the diamond, and many of the warrior's jaws dropped, as they stared in awe. This was a serenity diamond, a top quality serenity crystal!

A clamor quickly broke out among the surrounding warriors. At this moment, Jodye became aware that he had caused another commotion. Merely, he was already becoming accustomed to this. 'It seems stars truly do continue to s.h.i.+ne in the distance after they die…'

"Is this one okay ma?" Jodye Trill simply pretended to not notice the astounded faces surrounding him, as he asked a question he knew the answer to.

"Baby…" Isis Trilleck picked up the fist-sized pink, purple, and golden serenity diamond, her hands trembling, "Baby where…on earth did you find this!? Quickly tell mommy where she can get more of these!"

Jodye Trill was previously an a.s.sa.s.sin for the powers that governed his previous world. While some might prefer to call him a spy, he was usually only given missions where it would be impossible to avoid killing others. So earlier, when they were ambushed by that group of spying a.s.sa.s.sins, it awakened the cautious nature that he had developed in his previous life through various life or death experiences. If the enemies were as capable and reliable as his mother had said, then there should be spies or traitors among them at this very moment.

In fact, Jodye may have only been presuming this to be true, but he was completely correct. Not even Isis Trilleck knew for sure who all the spies were in her camp. After thinking deeply for a brief instant, Jodye held up Eureka to his mother and responded, "Mom, I found a Moonlight Sphinx cub and tamed it! The crystal came from that cave!"

This may have been a lie, but it was also a partial truth.

Isis Trilleck's eyes flashed with the light of excitement. She glanced to her right, and a squadron of warriors in violet armor immediately saluted while shouting, "Yes, Mistress! We hear and obey!"

"Hughes, you have healed already, yes? If so, please accompany them," commanded Isis Trilleck to what seemed like no one in particular. However, to Jodye's shock, before he could try and figure who Hughes was in the crowd, a silhouette appeared directly behind his mother.

Shocking still was the way this guy looked! Standing stout behind his mother, like a man-shaped mountain, stood an excessively tall and incredibly handsome man. Man? No, this being was a celestial demi-G.o.d descended from the sky. He was far too good looking. This strange creature in Jodye's eyes towered over them at nearly three meters tall. This was the largest person Jodye had ever seen outside of his inherited memories!

Of course, in comparison to a member of the t.i.tan clan, this guy was far too puny. He had pointed ears, crystal clear green eyes, and long golden blonde hair draped over his shoulder as he knelt before Jodye's mother. In truth, this guy Hughes looked pretty enough to be a woman. However, the broad contours of his muscular physique gave his face a sculpted metal-type masculine look. The impression this man gave Jodye Trill could be summed up with one word.

Fierce!

"Ma, watch out there's some creepy looking huge girly face guy! Trippy!" shouted Jodye Trill jumping in front of his mother with his arms out, as [Pharaoh's Law] materialized in the air before it glided onto Jodye's head and wrapped itself into a striped head-cloth crown, like those worn by the pharaohs in ancient Egypt. It covered Jodye's whole cranium, the back of his head, and halfway down his back. It had two large flaps which hung down behind Jodye's ears and in front of both of his shoulders.

Isis Trilleck was initially caught off guard by her son's reaction, but after spending so much time with the boy, she felt she could guess his thoughts. How cute, he was territorial. She couldn't be upset at all, for she almost killed his va.s.sal for the exact same reason. Could she be upset with her child for being too similar to herself? This was impossible, instead, Isis found herself more fond of this child of hers. A soft look full of gentle warmth appeared in her eyes for half a second before disappearing.

This look did not go unnoticed by the crowd who felt stunned. They had never seen the lady of the mist make many facial expressions at all.

"Honored mother, do not be fooled! No man could look like this creature, it is a guise!"

Pfft. Lady Isis could no longer hold it in as she let out a small series of giggles while covering her mouth.

All the guards and warriors in the area had a look of schadenfreude at the sight of this. Hughes' face darkened in what he thought would be an imperceptible manner. How could he swallow such insult from a brat?! Unfortunately, this brat was his young master. Unfortunate still, the wrath in his eyes was destined to not go unnoticed.

After all, since Hughes was so tall and Jodye was so small, in spite of kneeling down, Hughes was currently looking directly down deep into the eyes of the kid. Just like his mother when she summoned her source artifact, the piercingly beautiful blue eyes of this child had vertical irises and threatened to swallow any who looked on for too long. A formless might was radiating from the kid, and it gave Hughes' soul some mild intimidation.

Hughes was dumbstruck at this discovery! He used to disdain the rumors circulating around the estate and even the upper circles of Saint Anubis City about this boy, but in this last month, he too had become a believer! They followed this brat all over the Outer Wilds as he embarked on random trouble-making adventures. Remembering this past week, Hughes couldn't help but smirk a bit. This was the kid who sneaked into the cave of a level 2 Trickster, and escaped with a contract beast he had claimed as his own! This young master Joseph had the guts, that was for sure.

He couldn't bring himself to dislike such a young master.

"Do not be rude Joseph, this is my Left-Hand. Hughes is a renegade White Elf from Rodinia," Isis Trilleck placed her arms around her son's neck dotingly from behind, causing Jodye to look up at her face. When Isis Trilleck looked back at Hughes, there was a strange glint that briefly pa.s.sed through her beautiful blue eyes. Hesitating briefly she said, "Forgive the boy Hughes, he is protective. He has never seen someone from another race before."

Hearing the lady Isis, Hughes nodded in understanding. He could definitely understand if it was like this. Besides, Hughes was ready to jump at the chance to avoid any potential offense caused to this young phenomenon by quipping with him. As Hughes glanced at lady Isis, his eyes rapidly swept past her body before he looked away. Isis Trilleck made no comment of this, nor did she react at all.

Jodye Trill, of course, took note of all of this. He had seen his mother freeze guards for doing the same. Some were even still frozen...

"I will bring no harm to the mistress, little man," said Hughes with a smile, in a powerful and heavy ba.s.s filled voice. Jodye was ultra annoyed. Who the h.e.l.l did this pretty boy b.a.s.t.a.r.d think he was anyway?

"Audacious! Who gave you the permission to address your young master, I, like this?" berated Jodye Trill, as he stabbed his index finger into the tip of Hughes' nose.

"I…wait…young master please for…" Hughes stammered as he was caught off guard. Who knew the kid was so sensitive to the protocol? He honestly shouldn't have addressed the young master so casually, and he was worried that the Mistress would be upset. After all, she had already been married for so many years, he could no longer treat as casually as in the past. However, Isis was just calmly watching her son, with a loving and gentle look in her eyes.

"Less of that, who said this young master was afraid of you hurting my mother? Are you even worthy? No, you are not, so it is your motive itself which is questionable! What are you anyway, a science experiment? Such big pointy ears, it is weird. Why are your ears pointed? Also, are men supposed to be this pretty? It's gross. What the heck did you eat growing up? Is that make-up you're wearing? Do you have secret hobbies we should know about? Questionable, very questionable," Jodye Trill tapped his index finger on his forehead as if he was trying to think while muttering a series of questions.

"Behave, little Joe," said Isis Trilleck flatly.

"Yes, master," said Jodye Trill obediently, returning to his mother's embrace. What he would not risk was his training session. Jodye needed to learn about serenity force!

"Hughes, please excuse my brat. He has never come in contact with your race, much less your clan. You must be very strange to him, and you are indeed a bit too unbridled," explained Isis Trilleck in an apologetic manner. Hughes paled upon understanding the hidden meaning in her words.

"My apologies, young master. Allow me to introduce myself," Hughes stood straight up and spoke imposingly. He was clearly trying to intimidate and awe the youngster. "I am Hughes Song, the Left-Hand of the Frozen Night Master."

Unfortunately, Jodye was currently paying absolutely no attention to the Left-Hand of his mother, as he told her about his day. "…and you know what was there, ma? Star gra.s.s! It was even the rare blue star gra.s.s that you told me only grew in particular areas, and finding one was something that only happened by luck! Does this not make me super lucky ma? Oh, oh, but then, as soon as I picked up the blue star gra.s.s, I saw the level 2 Vicious Wing Falcon beast dive down to attack me!"

Hughes stood there in silence, as straw blew in the wind. The warriors behind him struggled to not laugh.