Avon felt the atmosphere around him change. He could feel cool winds against his skin and smell the damp air, the kind when it rains.
There was also a fragrance in the air, seemed to belong to some flowers. He could hear the rustling of the leaves.
His other senses had sharpened because he couldn't see anymore.
"Tell me...what do you feel right now"
He heard the voice of Silea.
"I feel the cold wind against my skin and....sad."
"Sad...why do you feel sad."
"Because I can't see anymore, and soon whatever I remember seeing, I won't remember it much longer...."
"But you can still hear, smell, taste and touch. Not to mention your intuition is still with you..is it not enough?"
Avon sighed..
"No."
There was no hesitation and no uncertainty about his answer.
"Is that so...so you want all your senses to work perfectly?"
She asked with a tone that said she was amused.
"Yes"
Again no uncertainty in his answer.
"Hmm...tell me your name boy"
"Avon Starlight"
"Avon...from now on call me master Silea."
"Yes master...but please let me ask this, why pick me?"
"Hmm... because you have the stubbornness I wanted"
This left Avon confused.
'Stubbornness?'
Then he felt a hand touch his forehead.
"Interesting"
He heard her say.
Avon didn't understand what happened but immediately remembered about how Reveria had extracted his house's location from his memories using the same method.
"Did you just read some of my memories?"
He asked.
"Wrong, I read all of them"
This alerted Avon, he wasn't supposed to let anyone know about Reveria...
"Don't worry, I am your master, so I must help my disciple if he is in trouble, no?"
She spoke in a slightly playful tone.
Then in a serious tone she continued.
"Your suspicions about the knight are correct. The current knight is an imposter. I did not expect you to be Reveria's disciple too."
"You know her?"
"Yes, anyways. So you need to recover your vision first"
"But the doctor said it is impossible.."
Then she spoke in an authoritative tone,
"Listen to me, I am your master. I will teach a cultivation technique and help you make new eyes.
Understood?"
"Yes.."
Avon was gaining new hope.
"Since you are short on time, I will keep the plans I had for you aside for now."
Saying so, she began teaching him how to direct the absorbed mana to different parts of his body. Since his body just noticed the absence of his eyes, itbhad helped his body notice the presence of other organs it would have otherwise not really been alert of.
Using this he was able to slowly direct mana to different parts. It took days to do this.
Then slowly she taught him to direct the mana to all nerve endings, so that the ones that ended abruptly at his eyes could be slowly remade.
It was a long process which took days again until he could finally send the absorbed energy directly to the never endings near his eyes.
"Okay, now go back to your dorm and practice this until you've perfected it. Then we will have to remove the current eyes and help you buil new ones from scratch. I will also teach you materialisation...but for now just practice."
"Thank you master. I can never repay this debt..."
Avon spoke, his tone had gotten slightly excited since he arrived because he had hope now.
"There is no debt. Now then, go practice. Meet me in my chamber after a week."
"Yes master, thank you"
Then he teleported out of the realm she had taken him to. The time flow in the realm was different and so only a day had passed outside.
As soon as he arrived in the chamber, he called for someone and a person arrived, he asked the man to call Zia. Then a request was sent for Zia through Avon's token to which she responded lightning quick.
She was in the chamber within minutes .
"Little brother, I was worried about you..."
"Everything is good elder sister...I have some hope now"
She noticed his somewhat bright face and tone and was relieved. Then she took him out for a stroll,
"The investigation of our complaint has reached its end."
Avon was surprised,
"They're quick"
"Ofcourse they are little brother, after all a forbidden item was used and on a sect disciple nonetheless. Ofcourse at that time you weren't one officially but the fact that you had a place in the top hundred meant you would undoubtedly be a disciple."
"I see..did they find who did it, probably Surang right?"
"Yes, it was him. I was informed of it just an hour ago. Right now they are probably apprehending him and they will punish him for it."
"But isn't he from an influential family?"
"Influence means nothing inside the sect. Otherwise many talented people would've been killed and never made it to the top. In the sect only your strength decides your influence. "
Avon was calmed now.
It was almost night again, so he went to sleep in his dorm. The next morning again Zia came to get him. Luckily, he was somewhat able to bath alone, otherwise it would've been very humiliating.
Whenever they had meals she would feed him and tell him about how her master gave her a new cultivation method.
After a few days, Avon was in his dorm when he heard someone knock the door,
He opened it and spoke,
"Sister Zia, what happened?"
But he heard no answer, rather he was suddenly pulled out of his room and then he felt a strong impact from behind to his head.
It pained excruciatingly and he lost his consciousness.
After sometime he gained his consciousness and screamed,
"WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME!"
but he heard no answer. He was being dragged somewhere, he tried to resist but was kicked in the face.
It hurt.
Then he was thrown and he felt his body hit something solid and *crack* his bones broke.
Then he heard a voice,
"You fucking bitch, you got me suspended! YOU DARE DO THAT TO ME!"
"Surang?"
Avon questioned,
"Yes it's me. I blinded you but to think you used the liquid as evidence and they tracked it back to me....
Because of you I am going to lose my spot here!"
Avon spit out the blood that was accumulating in his mouth and spoke,
"Shouldn't theybhave apprehended you? How are you here?"
"My brother is a part of the disciplinary division, so ofcourse he let go. I blinded you because I saw how you used your sharp eyes during our match to catch my movements, but it seems you wanted more. You guys, burn him! Then pluck his eyes out. After that tear his ears from the sides!
If he is still conscious then call me, else just leave him to die. Nobody will find him here, afterall a beast will eat him before sunrise."
Avon panicked hearing that, before he could do anything, he was hit hard on the face and then he felt his surroundings grow hotter.
He was being burned!
"Aarrghhh!"
He screamed out on the top of his lungs...but it seemed that no one has heard him.
His clothes were melting into his skin, the heat was unbearable. He was feeling every cell being charred away.
Soon, it stopped, but his body was damaged too much. He couldn't think straight anymore.
Then he felt someone hold his ear and pull it out with brute force.
"Aaarrghhhhh! Aargh!ughh!"
He screamed more as his ear was simply being torn off. Then it was done again from the other side...
He didn't have anymore energy to go on..
He was barely holding his breath when he felt a strong kick to his stomach and fainted.
Once his ears were out, looking at how he was still barely conscious, Surang was called and he looked at the pitiful Avon,
"You can't hear nor see me can you? You son of a bitch, look at this pitiful state. Only if you obeyed me."
Then he kicked Avon hard in his gut and left.