It took Axel few minutes to regain his composure. He stopped himself from angry, and decided to find out what in the world happened here first. Once he figures out who did this...well...let's just say that painless death would be the best outcome.

"Are those two dead?"

Naturally, Axel paid attention to the two figures who had the guts to lie in his house without his permission. It's important to note the Egil's figure can't actually by seen, since he's covered with piles of huge rocks and wood trunks, but Axel was able to tell that another figure other than Aylin was there due to his sensitive nose.

"Let's see, the one under these rocks must be a phoenix, seeing his aura still strong, seems like he's still alive...just what in the world brought this brat here? and this one..."

Axel tried to observe the aura of the unconscious girl to figure out her beast race.

"hmm? No aura?"

Axel found this truly odd, since he never encountered nor heard of a creature in this region to not have any aura, since having it's common knowledge that no [Aura] means no [Ether] (magical energy), and having no ether is basically the same as being dead.

Still, Axel saw that the girl was breathing slowly, as if she was just sleeping, but the wounds on her body indicated she was hurt. He glanced back at the pile of rocks and wood the phoenix boy was under.

"Those two...were they fighting? Did this girl manage to defeat a member of the phoenix clan?...with no aura?!...just how?"

Growing curious, Axel went towards the pile of rocks, to see get the phoenix out and examine how he was defeated. Although Axel have internally mocked the Walnut Woods Clan for liking fighting too much, he couldn't deny that he was the same. It's the beasts instinct after all.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrWmQip1cV

He tried to remove a rock that is right in front of him, but...it didn't budge at all.

He paused for few seconds, then tried again.

"Looks like I need to exert a bit more effort" he snorted with a haughty attitude as he ran his hands through his hair.

His eyes became sharper and he used more force to move the rock.

It didn't budge a single bit.

"hahaha...looks like I'm going too easy on you, fine! Let me show the strength of a Hollow Beast!"621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobhs4mIwDS

Axel used his full strength, enforced with his ether aura. It gathered around him in the form of blue electrical lightning as he tried pushing the rock.

He kept doing that for around 10 minutes until he finally realized...that he lost to a rock.

"impossible! how am I unable to remove something insignificant as a rock?! It must be abnormal!"

Axel felt frustrated and kicked the rock to vent, but it only backfired, as it hurt his foot. A lot.

"Damn Rock! Am I supposed to just leave this trash here?! How the hell am I going to live in a place full of garbage?! These two brats must have caused this somehow!! I'll make them compensate for me! Work them to dea-"

It was then when Axel noticed something shining in his field of vision. He looked carefully, and noticed it was the edge of the rock, where he kicked. He got closer to the rock and noticed a small blue area sparkling. Suddenly, an almost-impossible prediction came to his mind.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDOaqDiKDQ

"I-It can't be that...right?"

If it was true, then...how great would that be?!! His emotions changed quickly as his anxiety to confirm his thoughts increased. His anger vanished, and replaced with anticipation. He absorbed the ether around him, and formed his [Black Ice] aura, then he was able to activate his ability, [Instant Freeze]. He instantly froze the rock in front of him, and waited for few minutes. Then he used his [Steel kick], where his leg was enforced by hardened ether, as strong as steel to kick the frozen rock as hard as possible. The Ice shattered, and the rock remained budged, except that it didn't look like a rock anymore.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBx9vFaHBqZ

Axel was shocked beyond belief. He never thought that his prediction was correct. It was like a dream.

A shining blue ether crystal was standing tall right in front of him!!!621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Lc0TAVQPj

The ultimate treasure for any creature in this world, and the fastest path towards the peak of strength. Getting one was like winning millions in lottery!621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPKlhxaZUQ

Looking at the big pile of rocks in his cave, all had a similar shape of the one he kicked, his anger faded completely.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoW55hqz68p

Such great fortune left him in joy, awe and confusion.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPS5ZHxrKQ