"Don't get excited! There's a long way to go before you reach that stage." The senior gave Luke a reality check. "Come with me!"
He started moving forward as Luke followed behind.
Just then loud noises of thunder came from a distance. Luke was surprised at the sudden sound and saw black clouds and continuous lightning flashes at a distance.
There was not a single trace of sunlight in that part of land. A complete contrast to the grasslands he was on right now.
"What's that senior?"
"That's the dark side of this realm!" the senior said in a solemn voice.
"There is darkness that lurks in there! Beware of it as it may try to engulf you too!" he warned Luke though not clarifying everything.
"I understand senior!"
The senior nodded at Luke's affirmation and started moving again.
"What do you know about 'the books SAMSARA'?" the senior asked.
"Book of Samsara? What's that?" Luke asked, confused.
"It's the book that you hold! The one you used to unlock the chakra!"
"Really? So that's what it's called!"
"Wait a minute senior! You said books! Are there more than one?"
"There are seven volumes. Each with a number engraved on it! Yours has one, doesn't it?"
"Yes, its [I]!"
"There are six more and each has a form of power and knowledge sealed in them!" he said and turned towards Luke. "Yours is the 'book of Matter'!"
Luke was getting shocked with every new information. He knew nothing about the book he held and wondered how his ancestor got hold of this book.
"My ancestor gave this book to me! He said he had another one that had the information on the way to use spells with chakra. What is that book then?"
The senior was surprised that Luke got the book from his ancestor and also knew about one other book.
"Who is your ancestor?" he asked.
"He's the 1st patriarch of our household, Lord Glenn Ranatosh!"
A trace of shock passed through the senior's face. But he immediately composed himself.
"Don't use the spells from that book!" he warned Luke in a serious voice.
Luke was surprised and confused at the senior's intense reaction on the book.
"What's the matter senior? Is there something wrong!?"
"Just keep this in mind that you should never use the spells in that book! I cannot tell you anything more than that."
"Then how will I use spells? I can't cast the normal spells with my chakra!"
"That is something you have to find yourself! Telling you more will inflict Karma!" the senior said solemnly.
"You are already in the game set by the universe when you unlocked your chakra! Knowing more right now will do you more harm than good!"
"Also, you've taken a different path from the traditional Chakra cultivation! Unlocking the limiter is already disrupting the balance! Even I don't know how you'll progress in the future…and how powerful you'd become!"
Just then Luke's soul started trembling and flickering, about to vanish.
"There isn't much time! your body is waking up! I used up my prana while calling you here. I don't know when I'll be able to talk with you again!" the senior started hurrying as he left some final words.
"Remember this! when you reach the limiter realm, you have to come meet me again. I'll be waiting here."
"But what is this place? How will I find it?"
"This is called 'the arcane realm'. Find me when you are here! You have a part to play in this game!" his lips parted into a warm smile.
Luke had a million questions to ask, but he couldn't as darkness spread in front of his eyes and the grasslands vanished.
The next moment he opened his eyes and found Noah looking at him with worry on his face and behind Noah was the ceiling of the dome he was earlier in.
He realized he was lying down on the floor. He tried to get up but Noah stopped him.
"Don't! you're naked right now! wear the pant first." Noah passed him a pant given by Jordan.
"This is quite large for me!" Luke said seeing the size of the clothes.
"Be fortunate that he had some spare clothes, or else you'd be walking naked to the city!"
"Thanks Jordan!" Luke said to Jordan sitting at a distance near the tree.
Jordan nodded with a smile.
Just then Luke's eyes fell on the area behind Jordan, near the tree where the flower used to be, but now it's gone.
"Did you collect the flower?" Luke asked Noah.
A sigh escaped Noah, his expression fell immediately.
Luke looked around and all of them had the same face. No one was looking towards him. All kept their silence.
Only Adriana had a furious expression, her fists clenched tight.
Luke sensed that something very wrong had happened. He couldn't keep his calm anymore.
"What happened Noah?"
"We were robbed!"
"WHAT? But…who?"
Noah started explaining what happened after Luke got unconscious. He told how they were helpless in front of Raven and that they were waiting for them to kill the Imoogi and use up their mana.
"I'm ashamed of myself! I didn't even lift a finger to stop him. We worked so hard to get here and I…I'm sorry Luke!"
"Hahahahaha!!" Luke laughed out loud after hearing Noah.
All of them were shocked at Luke's loud laughter. They were confused seeing Luke, thinking if he had gone mad with anger.
"I'm sorry!.....I didn't laugh at you people! Hahaha!!" he apologized for laughing suddenly but couldn't control himself and kept on laughing.
"What the hell man!! what's so funny here?" Noah asked, a bit angry, he couldn't think of any reason and was confused as hell.
"It's funny because that Raven planed so thoroughly to steal the flower, but in the end…took the wrong one!"
"WHAT?" Adriana jumped up as she rushed to their side. "What do you mean they took the wrong flower?"
"That was not the noon bloom, it was midday pancy! That's just a flower with fire mana, nothing else!"
"WHAT!!??" All yelled out in shock.