Ascension: Demon Monarch System

98 In Preparation for the Unknown
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'"Are you ready for your first steps into the future?" Cynthia asked both Apollo and Aaron

placing her hand on their cheeks. Her loving and reassuring gaze settled the turbulent emotions seething within them from the prior spectacle. Releasing small sighs of relief

they both nodded.'

'"Yes. I look forward to seeing what this wide world has to offer

" Apollo answered. His eyes turned towards the distance. He wondered what beasts resided out there stronger than the Wyvern.'

'"We are heading into unknown waters but… the thought of that excites me

" Aaron smiled with a fiery intent circulating in his eyes. One could never forgo the excitement that came with journeying into the unknown. Although he wasn't the strongest out there

that didn't stop his desire to seek the hidden.'

'Apollo glanced to his side

taking in the emotions evident in Aaron's eyes. 'It feels as if something about him has gone through a faint change. Is this the aftereffect of what you have done?''