Chapter 115: The Ind of the Giants


    I entered the doors rather skeptical. One thing I found out during my stay in Avalon Isles was that to never take everything as it is and trust your instincts. All the time. Its usually right.


    Now I wasnt feeling any danger once I stepped inside the door, no, I just found it a little, strange. Especially with the man glowing gold in the middle of the room. In my experience, those that are glowing were neither good nor bad, but its not a bad idea to walk on eggshells around them.


    I never really met the man in my godhood days. I was told he had always liked his peace, watching over whoever and whatever it is he usually watched over. He likedpany once in a while but he did not want anyone disturbing him whenever he had his closed-door training.


    -I shouldnt have agreed to this.


    But I was already there and the door opened on its own ord, which meant Buddha was weing me and was not disturbing his meditation.


    -Or hes inviting you inside to obliterate you.


    I shook my head at such thought and approached the glowing man who was sitting cross legged in the center of the cavern.


    Mr. Buddha sir? I was sent here by some people from your pantheon and asked me to wake you up. I said. I chose to say those exact words so I wouldnt be the only one med for disturbing his peace.


    I waited for a response, but nothing came. A minute passed, then two, until half an hour passed and I still got no reply.


    Mr. Buddha?


    -How can anybody be that still for a long period of time? Has he been in that position for a hundred years? Doesnt he get bored? Does he get cramps?


    I watched as the unmoving man did not make a single move (pun intended). If that was me, Id probably be going nuts already.


    I was used to being silent and observant of what was happening around me. I wouldnt intervene in something unless I was directly involved. But despite that, my mind was always racing with lots and lots of stuff inside it. And since I was a warrior, I was used to moving around all the time. The maximum time I was unable to move around would be about an hour max.


    I tried to get his attention but I still got no response. I wondered what was keeping him from waking up and moving to either as me what I wanted or shoo me out of the cavern.


    Since I received no reply, I opted to look around. The cavern was quite bare. It had no furniture or any source of entertainment that would otherwise entertain whoever was inside. A small hole was in the ceiling to serve as indication whether it was night or day and the entire ce was lit up with torches zing in orange mes.


    I suddenly noticed a mat at one of the corners of the cavern. It looked a lot like the one Mr. Buddha was sitting on.


    -At least I found something I can sit on.


    I ced the mat three meters away from the glowing man and sat crossed legged like him.


    An idea suddenly popped up inside my head.


    I was trying to learn meditation from Xiwangmu and her people due to the simrities of their cultivation to my mystic arts. Instead of teaching me, they sent me to get Buddha for reasons they never really told me. So I thought;


    -What if theyre showing me an example of how to meditate? And the best example is Mr. Buddha here?


    I started copying his form; back straight, legs folded, hands resting on his thighs palms up and eyes closed. I took a deep breath using my nose and exhaled using my mouth. I then cleared my mind, focused on sensing what was around me without using my skill to detect what was around me. I was more focused on detecting the energy around me which suddenly became denser probably due to the presence of the glowing man.


    I felt rather at ease and at peace as I entered into a meditative state. In my opinion, Buddha was a great teacher despite not saying anything at all.


    I spent quite some time inside Buddhas cavern and I probably wouldnt have stopped until Xiwangmu herself did note to check what happened to me. After that experience, I became more attuned in controlling both my internal and external energies, using them like it was second nature unlike before where I had to concentrate on them. External energy was still quite a challenge to control since I was not the one who generated them but nheless, it had be easier. I had also figured out many ways to apply my energy manipting skill on many techniques other than converting them to elements and using them to enhance my body in a fight.


    Sad to say, that despite my almost three month stay with Mr. Buddha, I never saw the glowing man awake.


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    Fast forward to nine monthster, Hermes brought me to an ind below Avalon Isles. It was called the Ind of the Giants but the locals called it ins uriasilor. Hermes told me it was Romanian (which I had no idea what it was) and that the first residents of the ind were giants from their world. Throughout time, those giants died out and mortals from their universe upied the ind and started calling it ins uriasilor.


    But lets call it the Ind of the Giants for the sake of our tongues, shall we? he suggested in which I immediately agreed.


    The ind, though it was called that, was quite big. I wouldnt be surprised if it had its own small ind nation, just cut off from the rest of Afasia. I personally had never heard of such a ce. It was located northeast of the Central Continent and because of that, its northern part was always cold and was always snowing.


    Its my favorite hangout ce! Throughout the years, not just people from our worlde here but also those from Afasia. Were not sure why but most of the times those people juste here to settle down. OF course, the current residents are both good and bad. And with proper knowledge, you can avoid the shady ones.


    And what are we doing here, exactly? I asked the mischievous as wended near the edge of some forest. Vyfal, whom I was riding to descend from Avalon Isles, transformed to her usual fox guise and shrunk to the regr size of one.


    <Im going to go hunting! See youter!> was what she said after transforming.


    I waved a hand to say bye and she was gone. She was probably really excited at the prospect of being back on the mortal realm after quite some time.


    I want to check on the residents. These past few years the vige near the sea has been upied by pirates. Some half-human children of my people reside here so I check on them once in a while you know.


    And I suppose this is one of your regr check-ups? Hermes nodded and we made our way to the nearest vige.


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    A/N:


    Sorry for thete update. I know my update schedules had been irregrtely, but I''ll try to rectify that soon. Enjoy reading!