Yes, a new element was in his hands, and yes, the room was a mess.


    But here it was, the absurd reality.


    Kamala looked at her living room, a face of pure shock.


    ''He was reading! Why did this happen?''


    Karteira and Amelia knew what she was thinking. Looking at Orion, they both spoke at the same time.


    "You will get used to it."


    She looked at them, blinking a few times from confusion.


    "..."


    Nothing came out of her mouth. Kamala was looking like a goldfish right know.


    They all stared at Orion, who had the brightest smile ever seen since finding his father''s ring.


    He was staring at the sphere.


    Something felt great about it, as if he always knew how to use it. Knowledge on how to use some of it''s power flashed in his mind.


    A voice he hasn''t heard for quite some times echoed inside his head.


    ''Congratulations, you''ve managed to unlock the Fourth Magic Lock, #*?# Magic?''


    Amelia heard it too, but did not bring it up, all of these unlocks were a secrets to her and Orion alone.


    Orion did not understand what the name of the magic was.


    ''What did you say? I just heard a weird sound coming from you, Ego.''


    A small silence fell in his mind, until Ego spoke again.


    ''You haven''t named it yet, so its existence hasn''t fully taken shape yet. Even I do not know what it''s name is, until you give it one. All I know is that you unlocked it.''


    Ego continued.


    ''I explained before, but I am able to understand what your power will transform into from your actions. I have a general idea of what you will create, but not the details.''


    Orion thought something was weird.


    ''Then how did you knew about the sixth unlock?''


    He heard a sigh in his mind.


    ''I am not so stupid to not understand what a ''multi-weapon'' ability is.''


    A quick chuckle came from his right. He look at the one who tried to hide it.


    ''Damn you Ego, what did you do this time? Why is Amelia able to hear u- Oh...''


    Orion looked at the sphere floating between his hands. It was incredibly silent. There was no perturbations in its round shape.


    ''Yes, most likely. Perhaps you have an idea what that new element does around you?''


    Amelia stared at the sphere, while the women next to her glanced at her with a look that said ''Did she finally lose it?''


    ''I do have an idea. Maybe because I read that book, I understand how to use it.''


    He clenched both fist, and opened them. He repeated that a few times.


    At one point, the sphere began to change form, and the sphere slowly moved down, perfectly in-between his hands.


    He opened his hands, a loudly clapped his hands together, squishing the new element.


    The room got darker for an instant, displaying stars around his hands that pulsed a fraction of second and disappeared.


    A thin layers, almost invisible formed around his hands.


    ''It worked. Stay calm, don''t lose this feeling. Alright.''


    Amelia gulped. She was able to understand his thoughts, but it seemed that her own thoughts weren''t shared to him.


    Orion looked at his hands. He chose to use his left hand to test the new element''s magic.


    He slowly brought his palm in front of him, as if he was about to push someone. His hand touched an invisible matter.


    Pushing against it strongly, a crack formed in front of him. He continued to press on the crack.


    ''Slowly.''


    *Crack*


    The space in front of him kept cracking, until a large noise, resembling a muffled sound of vase breaking was heard.


    ''I made it...''


    Orion looked at the human sized cracked opening in front of him. Like his new element, stars were all other it, pulsing before disappearing, replaced by a new light right after vanishing.


    He crouched and picked up the red book that was laying next to him. He stared at it for a second, and to everyone''s surprise, he threw it inside the crack.


    "What is happening? Am I going crazy? In reality, I am dead aren''t I?"


    Kamala''s eyes were spinning. What was in front of her was everything but normal.


    "Orion... what in the world."


    Karteira approached him, curious about the effect of the magic.


    "Interested?"


    "Somewhat."


    Karteira nodded, while approaching her face near the space. She touched it, and realized her finger could go inside.


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    She removed it, scared that her finger would have disappeared, but it was still here, to her relief.


    "Let''s go in? Amelia, could you check the time before entering, please?"


    Orion nonchalantly walked inside the portal.


    "Orion?! What the-"


    "Amelia, what do we do?!"


    They began to panic. Karteira was the one to decide for both of them.


    "We follow!"


    She finished her sentence and jumped inside the portal.


    Amelia looked at this with a blank look.


    ''I can''t believe she just chose to follow him before I could even think about it. She''s either crazy, or she believes in him way too much.''


    She walked toward the window, and looked at the position of the sun. It was around 3PM right now.


    She nodded after confirming it, and walked in front of the starry night curtain. She closed her eyes, and walked forward.


    "Here goes nothing!"


    Amelia was instantly swallowed by the portal, leaving Kamala alone in her house, with a portal leading to who knows where in the middle of her living room.


    *sigh*


    ''I need a break.''


    She sighed loudly.


    ''What calamitous being did I bring into my house?''


    She walked to a chair that was pushed further away, and sat on it.


    "Timothy, could you make some coffee for me?"


    Kamala''s aid, Timothy, bent forward before leaving for the kitchen area behind him. He saw everything from the staircase, and was as shocked as his Lord.


    ''Dealing with this man is exhausting.''


    Kamala placed her elbows on her thighs and placed her face between her hands.


    ~


    "It''s way brighter than I expected."


    Orion was inside the space he had created. The red book he previously threw in here was at his feet. He picked it up just before Karteira entered, following him.


    "Oh, you are the first one to enter?"


    She stopped next to Orion, looking around.


    "There''s absolutely nothing in here beside that starry sky."


    She blinked a few times.


    Ten seconds later, Amelia entered the space.


    *click*


    The moment Amelia walked in, the portal froze. It closed itself, sealing them inside. The only one that knew was Orion.


    "It''s so bright! It''s completely different from what I expected!"


    Orion laughed.


    "I said the same thing."


    He waited for the girls to get accustomed to the light.


    While waiting, he looked around.


    "This is a small space. I''d say around a kilometer wide on all side."


    "That''s quite a lot of space."


    Karteira was the first to get accustomed to the bright room. Amelia not long after.


    "So, we have a bright room, a white floor, and a starry sky. What do we do with this?"


    Orion thought out loud for the girls. He already had a few plans for it, but having another input is always welcomed.


    "I already know you plan on training in there."


    He looked at Amelia with a smile.


    "You don''t have proof do you?"


    She walked in front of him and stared at in his eyes.


    "Do I need proof?"


    A cheeky smile appeared on her face. Karteira, hearing this, couldn''t contain her joy.


    "We can fight in here? It''s going to be so different from the rough terrain we are used to!"


    Her mood was peaking toward happiness. She didn''t like the heat of the desert, or having to clean her shoes and clothes each time she stepped in mud.


    No risk of rain, no weather conditions. There was a breeze flowing in this space that kept the air cool enough not to make them shiver.


    "Well, we can only try. Amelia, can you unlock the Arm Overdrive?"


    Silence.


    "Please?"


    "Fine."


    Orion internally celebrated. He really liked the feeling of power it gave him.


    Amelia closed her eyes, and let the Key''s power flow in Orion.


    His strength became exponentially powered up.


    "You haven''t seen it up close if I remember, right Karteira."


    Alcyone appeared in his hands, an arrow already ready to be fired in its groove.


    "I saw it from afar."


    He nodded, bringing the crossbow closer to his face.


    "Then enjoy."


    Power accumulated inside the crossbow after absorbing energy flowing in Orion''s arm.


    *click*


    The light arrow flew away at tremendous speed. In the past, Orion used a wooden crossbow that send bolts at a speed of eighty five meters per second (280 feet).


    After obtaining the ability to fire light arrows, the speed changed to a hundred and ten meters per second (360 feet).


    The speed now was almost double that. In four seconds, the arrow touched the border of the room.


    His arrows flew at two hundred meters per second (656 feet) when he used the Arm Overdrive.


    "Huh? Nothing?"


    Disappointments showed on his face. There was no explosion like in the past.


    Amelia laughed at that.


    "I can''t believe your own element is eating your magic. With that, I can let you use it more often."


    Orion looked at her with a hard face, but let it go.


    "You''re right, I shouldn''t complain. Sorry Karteira, no explosion."


    She turned her face to look at him, sweat pouring from her face.


    "That''s your full strength, right? Tell me that''s it."


    He nodded.


    "For now."


    Something broke inside her.


    ''How does he not understand that this is not ''normal''? Even mother would have a hard time dealing with such an attack.''


    ''What kind of reaction speed do you need to stop this? And what power do you have to possess to stop a projectile with so much velocity?''


    She learned velocity when Orion talked about physics before Dramia and Drania left on their errand.


    "Orion, I don''t want to say it, but please, never shoot that at me. I don''t think my plates would endure it. My arms wouldn''t at the very least."


    He shook his head.


    "This is not something I will train on someone else. Compared to close quarters and blade fights, the only thing I can improve is the number of time I can shoot an arrow before my arm breaks. Currently, I can only fire one time."


    Alcyone vanished. Orion grabbed his arm and immediately healed it.


    "The recoil is way too strong."


    He smiled dryly.


    ''Even now, I can only use five minutes of Second Gear and speed enhancement combined. There is no progression on that either.''


    Karteira breathed a sighed of relief. There was some things she hoped to never face in her life, and Orion''s arrows were one of them.


    Orion kept healing his arm for five minutes, until the pain disappeared.


    "Alright, other ideas for this place?"


    Karteira moved closer, her hand raised below her neck.


    "I do have an idea. Why don''t we use it to store our things, and even sleep in here if necessary?"


    Orion and Amelia looked at each other, surprised.


    "No good?"


    She made a terribly disappointed face. In fact, it was cute.


    "Karteira, that is a great idea."


    Amelia grabbed her hands.


    "Yes, now we can travel without our bags constantly behind us, or thrown somewhere before we fight. It''s such a pain to retrieve them after everything is done."


    Orion sighed. That was one of his biggest problem actually.


    "True!"


    They all laughed.


    "Alright, we will use this place to store our bags, and whatever important we come across."


    Orion agreed to Karteira''s idea.


    "Then, related to Karteira''s idea, I have one of my own."


    They both looked at her, waiting for her to speak again.


    "Why don''t we build a house in here?"


    "..."


    Their brain froze for a second.


    "You''ve finally lost it Amelia? You''ve been laughing by yourself earlier, and now that?"


    Amelia turned her face to Karteira with a deadly stare directed at her.


    "That''s rude. I haven''t lost my mind you know."


    She argued with Karteira.


    "I''ve supported your idea before, why don''t you support mine?!"


    Orion was in deep thoughts.


    ''Building a house. Now that I think about it, if I cancel the portal, whatever is in it might disappear. I have no idea if what happens to this place at that point.''


    ''I need a way to maintain it.''


    He brought his right hand to his face.


    "Hmm?"


    Something caught his attention.


    "Of course!"


    Both girls jumped from the sudden shout.


    Orion removed the ring on his finger.


    "Amelia, you''re going to have to learn Magic Diffusion too."


    ''What kind of nonsense did he think about this time?''


    Karteira was not shocked this time. She really was getting used to his crazy ideas.


    "Why?"


    Amelia moved a step backward, while Orion walked a step forward.


    "You want to build a house right? How are you going to make it?"


    "With magic?"


    "And how do you maintain the house''s shape if you don''t feed the elements?"


    "..."


    "Yes. You can''t maintain it. That''s why, if you learn Magic Diffusion, you will imbue half of the ring''s magic storage with your magic."


    "And the other half?"


    "I''ll put that new element inside to stabilize this space. I don''t know how the inside will react if I cancel the portal."


    Amelia thought.


    "I don''t have a choice it seems."


    She shrugged.


    Karteira walked next to Orion, who had moved further away chasing Amelia.


    "You haven''t given your new element a name yet?"


    "No, I haven''t."


    A really tiny pebble sized sphere of new element formed in his left hand. Since most of it was used on this space, there was not much left to use.


    ''A name. Starry space... the vastness of space... nothing.''


    He thought rapidly. In less than a minute, Orion came up with a name.


    "I know. This is the void element, capable of breaking space, and time."


    At this moment, the world registered a new element, something that did not happened in three millenium.