Laying flat down on the volcanic floor…

Ernaut got up, and he saw unholy angels that represented the colors of the wind. Apparently they were on the verge of destroying the Knights of the Roundtable. Ernaut was just a average boy; he didn't have any abilities, and in fact, the Spirit of Heaven wasn't even with him. He was all alone. All he could do is watch the dark angel spirits fight off knight after knight to their deaths. In fact, Ernaut never even had any experience with combat at all. Thinking for a bit, he looked at his hands, and they glowed. Was he, blessed by the Spirit of Heaven?

"I must have the capabilities already. I'll show them what I've got!" Ernaut thought to himself. He tried blowing out some punches to test himself. Apparently, the Spirit of Heaven was throwing out crystal punches from behind his neck. He wasn't himself anymore, he would try to test the limits. Unleashing blast after blast at the angels, they were dispelled by the power of the magic fists. He knew there was more; he summoned an second tool to try out, the magic orb. The magic orb would shoot spirit needles towards enemies to smite them. Ernaut saw three marching angels towards him, and he charged up three shots locked onto them, and they were all blasted by the spirit needles.

"This isn't enough right now, what else do I have as my arsenal?" Ernaut searched for something better. He then summoned a balmung sword that was around 3.6 yards long, and the hilt was more like a chain. Ernaut spun around and charged a blast that knocked down the angels. Sure, it was slower than his fists or the needles, but at least it had longer range!

"Ugh!" Ernaut panicked, and was grabbed by larger angels, and was thrown down the volcano to his death, where he would be melted by the lava within.

Ernaut woke up. The clock read 5:30 am, two hours before Ernaut's alarm clock would even ring. Ernaut looked at his hands once again, and realized that this dream wasn't any ordinary anymore, it was more of a test to foresee the future but what his new powers would mean to him; battle, faith, and courage. His hands glowed purple; the same way in his vision. Was he, blessed for real, and the vision actually was the test of abilities and a foreseer of the future?

The Spirit of Heaven had already given Ernaut that the blessing he wanted. After all, Ernaut was chosen to be the Tear of Heaven's next entity to serve and deal. Speaking of Ernaut's power; he'd imagine to have higher sight, and even the ability to use heavenly powers. The Spirit of Heaven was the entity that was born from purification of the Tear from the Guardian Moon, but speaking of the Guardian Moon, the Spirit didn't fully tell Ernaut about his creation, and how the Guardian Moon was even found after all. The Tear of Heaven was blackened out, because the blessing also sacrificed the Tear as well by transferring its power over to Ernauts' heart.

"Oh, well, you've given my blessing alright, but I honestly feel like I need a little bit more rest. That was quite the nightmare that I had." Ernaut thought to himself over the dream itself. What would be like for him to experience that in real life? That didn't matter in the meantime, but what did matter is what he was actually being blessed with in the real life. What new powers has Ernaut has unlocked from the Spirit of Heaven?

Ernaut put himself via the stasis that would allow him to access the capabilities of the Spirit of Heaven. The bubble map looked like a evolution chart of what skills could be unleashed via possessing the Spirit of Heaven. The one bubble in the center represented the Spirit Guide, where the Spirit of Heaven would take place inside of Ernaut and guide him through the objectives he wants. He wanted to see the rest of the skills, but they are all locked, meaning he wasn't powerful enough to possess the new skills yet. Of course, this was the only the beginning of things, and Ernaut has yet to train the full potential with the Spirit of Heaven if he wants to unlock all the powers that the Spirit of Heaven would give to him.

"Welcome to the Spirit of Heaven, how may I help you?" the spirit said. Apparently, this spirit cast in a way that only Ernaut, the chosen one can see or even hear the Spirit. The Spirit's physical presence resembled a purple wisp.

"Not right now, I'm tired right now, I want to go take a nap. It's probably too early to get up and do something right now. I want to put you to stasis right now." Ernaut let out a snap.

"Call me Karin, this is my alias for you. Oh, you snapped, what you want to do with that snap?"

"If I snap while you're active, you'll go into stasis mode where you'll be idle, and a snap while you're in stasis would wake you up. That way, I can head on out to the real world, but I have to keep you a secret from the people of the Nexus; they'll think I am related to the Comet Caller because of the Tear of Heaven."

"Your request is accepted. Entering stasis." Karin said, leaving the presence from Ernaut's outside body to inside him, which would rest the spirit and only come out when requested or in any sense of danger.

It was 6:03 am. Ernaut had already been blessed with the Tear of Heaven's power thanks to Karin. He worked quietly with Karin to config her and be ready for his new adventure to begin. He wanted a break from discussion, so he took a bit of rest time for now.

The tavern of Castlemore had some discussion going on. There were people at the tables everywhere Ernaut can tell due to signs of communications and talking everywhere, and some strong guy with thick muscles that was standing outside the tavern.

"Hey, what's your name?" Ernaut said. "You look really strong, and possibly one of the popular in Castlemore."

"They call me Shion, the famous hunter! I work hard to fight and hunt any monsters that get in my way. With my trusty sword and my own bow and arrow. I am very smart, clever, and skillful. They recognize me for courage, bravery, dignity, and honor within me. I grew up as a lad that wanted to seek to be the bravest of the brave, and through strong challenges that revolve around what it means to take a risk, that's what I am, a hunter." Shion said, introducing himself to Ernaut.

"Alright then. What's the biggest challenge that you have had in your life?" Ernaut asked.

"My biggest challenge? Aha, that was the point. I had undergone many challenges, such as taking down large enemies such as beasts that would try to threaten Castlemore or even the whole Nexus. Ultimately, that's one of the major dreams that I had; becoming a great hunter that would aim to take the spotlight via providing my bravery. What is your dream that you have then?" Shion said.

"My own dream is to explore outside the Nexus, and head east to defeat the Comet Caller at her game!" Ernaut asked.

"Really? Do you really think we would even call about that Comet Caller or that comet sight that we wouldn't be able to see? Besides, east is way too far to even travel. Some folks at the tavern even told you about that wise woman that told us knowledge and facts yet no one even cares about, at all! Would you even think we care about you and that woman new knowledge that seems meaningless to us?." Shion said.

"Shion, listen. Keep in mind, we have to work hard in the Nexus, and work hard in Castlemore. We are important workers and important businessmen. This is no time for unfaithfulness towards the outer lands. We may have to travel east if they prove an physical threat, but unless you're basically saying true stuff, I'll start to care for you. As for Ernaut, you are in fact a good person, but I have a task for you. Can you investigate the cellar of the Town Hall? Rats seem to have infested the area. No, not just ordinary rats, plague rats that we well indeed fear. Maybe you could think of a strategy on how to kill rats." Wally said, talking to both Ernaut and Shion.

"Sure, I'm up to the job. In fact, I'm a great adventurer that's willing to seize the day. Keep in mind, this will soon be one of my first action-based adventures that will soon enter me into the real world. "Ernaut said.

The cellar that was under Wally's town wall consisted of a wooden basement, but with a brick based wall, similar to how the town hall was built with bricks like that. With the cellar being infested with rats with no proper way to attack. Ernaut, needing the assistance of Karin, snapped his fingers to make her call.

"You call for me?" Karin said.

"Okay, scan these mice around here. That way, I can know the level of toxicity so I can see what's threatening about them." Ernaut asked.

Karin ran a laser scan of the rats, and analyzed the toxins that the mice were carrying.

"Okay, this is venomous toxin, one of the higher levels of the toxins. Because of how swift and effective they are, it's not recommended for you to fight them." Karin said.

"What? I said to mayor Wally that I would undertake exterminating those mice? If I can't attack safely, what can I do then? Oh, I understand, maybe if I can think of that dream, I can reflect on what I can do thanks to you…" Ernaut replied.

"Now imagine a needle that would fly out and seek the prey like stingers…" Karin said, asking Ernaut to mediate along to her. Karin had a plan she had to reflect upon.

Karin, the spirit lifted several orbs that resembled to be magic needles…

"It's working! Keep it up!" Karin cheered, as the meditation Ernaut was undertaking was getting close to unlocking a new power.

"Alright, you've unlocked the Spirit Needle, where you can shooting homing magic missiles towards evils at all costs! Now, go forth, and blast those mice!" Karin said, having unlocked the Holy Needle that Ernaut can now summon now.

With the large mice getting close to him, Ernaut fired needle after needle which would spirit-break the mice to pieces, but to hide any traces, Karin extracts all purple crystal pieces to re-use them as mana for Ernaut. After a bit of investigation, Ernaut found a little hole on the brick wall which could've lead to a backdoor for the venomous mice.

"Karin, how far does this hole go?" Ernaut asked.

"Okay, since you're too small to even see what's inside of this hole. Aha! This is it. This hole is one of those dens of evil that we are unaware off. This hole is a lair of venomous mice, so the best thing we can do is close this hole until there is no light left of it to the outside.

"We need a plan to probably close this hole. We don't have something like clay or whatever can fill this hole without anyone noticing. Oh, wait, it would've been wiser to tell Wally first because he would probably refuse me if I close the hole first, because I don't think he even noticed in the first place."

"Shall we propose a plan?"

"Not now, I have to talk to Wally first." Ernaut snapped his fingers again, initiating Karin to go into stasis.

"Umm, Wally, I took care of the rat problem, but there's like a hole in the cellar wall that seems to be likely the source of the rats. I think you should check it out." Ernaut to Wally, knowing that sealing the rat hole would deem to him a hoax, and something he won't in fact believe in him.

"Alright, I'll go investigate that myself, so I can understand where you are going with this." Wally said.

Wally went in and investigated the hole in the cellar's wall. Ernaut was right about the hole, but could that really be where the mice came from?

"Ah yes! That hole in the wall, must've been where the mice came from! I'll soon have this fixed in a jiffy!" Wally said, coming to an helpful conclusion about the mice problem. "Right now what I need is someone to help fill in this hole, I need some clay to fill it up, which I'll be good to go if anyone has one. Mmm… doesn't seem like anyone has one. Oh well, I'll deal with this later, but I'll put up an help wanted sign if anyone is willing to care about it. You seem to bring up a good point about us; caring about others."

"What does it feel like to you, to actually see each other as notable impacts to life?" Ernaut asked.

"Of course, that's what I am seeking. You seem to be very talented and very willing to help out others in need, unlike that Shion guy who seems to care about hunting the biggest game and enemies for popularity. You, on the other hand seem to help out others to seek good samaritan. That's what makes you an average volunteer." Wally replied.

"You know what? Fine, I'll be trying my best, in order to retain my popularity. The way you're giving Ernaut the tasks seems like it's making me jealous, you're stealing my thunder right now. In fact, I could've gotten those mice easier than you with my strength and bravery!" Shion said, in a jealous like manner. "In fact, you are just a small guy who doesn't know good at anything, you're just an average kid who likes to mess around and tell about information yet no one cares about! Heh heh heh hee hee hee."

"Fine, I'll be going now. I need to think over something, what do I mean, and what do I serve." Ernaut left the tavern where Wally and Shion were talking with him. Ernaut walked back home in order to get some rest after a bit of arrogance with Shion and exterminating the mice.

Night fell in the Nexus, and Ernaut was just meditating, however this time a wolf howl which alerted Karin out of her stasis likely due to a threat presence. Ernaut was nearly startled by the awakening sound of Karin everytime he would call out Karin for her needs.

"What is it? I didn't ask you to come out." Ernaut said.

"There's apparently a monster known as a night howler out there. They are special werewolves that hunt during the night and hide during the day. If we don't stop it, there's a likely choice that these would devour humans." Karin replied.

"You know I'll get caught if I were to run out at midnight!" Ernaut said, knowing that this might be a bad idea for Ernaut's standards.

"I can help with that." I have the ability to augment you in a way that you'll be 100% quiet by the use of my movement powers. That way when you get to your destination and back, no one would even hear you.

Coming out from the window in the upper floor of his house without ever making a noise via the use of Karin's maneuverability, Ernaut went to the forest north of Castlemore where the night howler was located. There it is, as indicated by Karin's light, was the wolf. Ernaut fired a few needles but the wolf dodged each of them via the use of reflexes and bouncing between trees.

"Ugh… this guy's too fast. We need more firepower." Ernaut said.

"I have a plan, let's go for a more charged shot. I have to also teach you this, the Spirit Needle can also fire multiple shots at enemies. Let's go for a more charged approach so the wolf can't have any room to approach. As for the environment, the spirit needles are arcane-based, and avoid contact with the environment itself, only life forms such as animals, monsters, or even humans." Karin said.

The wolf ran toward Ernaut while he was still charging the needles. Karin, tapped him on the shoulder to alert him that the wolf's running up to him. Ernaut began to concentrate on the wolf's biting attack.

Flip! Ernaut did a backflip as soon as the wolf did his biting strike toward him, evading the bite and then charging the needle attack toward him and exploding him out of crystal.

"Mission accomplished, and I just need to escape." Ernaut said. Karin, in her response decided to recall Ernaut to his own bedroom using the same techniques to avoid getting detected. Ernaut closed the window, let out a sight, and snapped again to put Karin back in stasis mode. Ernaut didn't anyone to know to believe that he is associated with Aruku herself, or even the Comet Caller as most people still call her under that title. Ernaut was already tired after the fight, and he wanted to get some sleep.