Now that Arran had gotten all the details down it became so much easier to proceed. All that was left to do now was to open the box.

All across the surface of the box, there were a series of white dotted spots that looked like jewel encrusting's. These were flowing along the lines of the river drawn along the length of the box. They represented the bone that lay in the depths of Iylls and their numbers varied.

In order to open the box then, Arran was going to have to trace the spots with a very defined amount of varying strength. Too much strength and the spots would just depress into the box without achieving anything, too little and the spots would not even budge. All this would have to be done following a special sequence.

After a little thought, Arran figured out the sequence. It was one in which he and his parents use to communicate on special occasions like when they were separated on missions in order to relay their situation to each other.

Without spending too much time mulling over things Arran went ahead to open the box. When he was done Arran hesitated for a little while. He was having this foreboding feeling, like something bad was about to happen once he opens the box.

Arran had always trusted his feeling because it was developed in a lot of life and death situations but in this case, he had no use in hesitating because this was his only chance to find out the cause of his parent's disappearance.

So clamping down on his feelings and resigning himself to the inevitable, Arran opened the box.

Immediately after he did so, an intense light burst out from the box, flooding his entire surroundings for a few kilometers.

Following the light was the heat. It was so hot that Arran felt like he was back in the Somalian desert with temperatures reaching above 40°.

This sudden burst of light spread immense panic to the sparse amount of passersby who were directly covered by it, lighting up the once dark park.

For a few miles… with Arran as the center… everywhere was covered in bright and dazzling lights that every other person ignored, taking it as another new year event. But unknown to Arran and everyone else, this phenomenon attracted more than just a few entities.

….

Elsewhere, somewhere spanning countless galaxies and dimensions across space.

This was a space that was filled with darkness.

The entire space was filled with countless dim specks of twinkling starlight blinking on and off like they were about to disappear at any time now. The ground was bare and dry with red hot flames rising to consume anything that was above the surface of the earth.

There were a few shadows of creatures making their way across the surface looking cruel and menacing and all around there were traces of conflict and intense fights going on.

Somewhere in this space in a very deep trench where no light could reach, a presence was stirring awake from his slumber and his consciousness was spreading outwards to penetrate through the layers of space to land on a particular cerulean blue planet in one of the desolates corners of the known universe.

"This intense flow of energy, it is either the birth of a supreme treasure or the uncovering of one that was lost a long time ago."

"Judging from where this energy is coming from, it is safe to say that a supreme treasure cannot be born in a place like that. So that means a lost one has been uncovered by accident".

"Hahaha, I had better make my way over there immediately before it attracts more attention from other forces and this becomes an intense competition".

Saying so the presence stepped out from his resting place and punching a hole in the fabric of space in the surrounding area.

Alongside him, the countless shadowy creature on the ground, upon sensing his presence flooded towards the open hole in space that led to another corner of the universe.

….

In another corner of the universe, in a building that closely resembles a massive tower, inside, there were various futuristic-looking devices that gave off a very intense sci-fi vibe.

There were various screens flashing with streams of data and uniformed personnel checking these packets of data. In the center of the room, there was a gigantic screen that was displaying massive amounts of text data that was being analyzed and if one were to look outside they would notice that the tower was floating outside a region of chaotic space.

Suddenly alarms started going off on all screens in the building and all the uniformed personnel started bustling about trying to find out the cause of the alarms.

A short while later, the door to the main control center where all the major operations occur slid open, and a group of people strode inside. At the lead was a tall woman who carried with her the air of a person of authority.

She was clad in a pure white uniform that bore the marks of her rank that fit tightly to her streamlined and hot body showing a provocative amount of her curves. She was walking briskly with a frown on her face that did nothing to mar her beauty.

Immediately as she made her way into the room, she made her way to the front where there was a bespectacled man of average looks who was franticly going through a set of data, and inquired in a crisp but sharp tone,

"Report, what is the cause of all this commotion".

"Reporting to the captain," the man said and continued.

"The scanners suddenly picked up an intense flood of a tremendous and powerful energy signature and it has been going haywire ever since then" the spectacled man reported.

"Do we know what is causing this and where it is being generated from?" the captain asked.

"No we do not know what is causing this but we have been able to pinpoint a general location where the energy is coming from, but it is going to take a little while more to get the exact location in that region of space".

Noticing the troubled look in the eyes of the man, the captain asked, "what's wrong. Why is it taking too long to find an exact location"? "and why exactly are the scanners causing so much commotion over this. Even the birth of a supreme grade treasure would not cause this kind of reaction, right".

The man after hearing the captains question replied,

"You're right, not even the birth of a supreme treasure will cause this level of disturbance but the most baffling thing is the direction in which the energy signature is coming from".

Pausing slightly, he continued "we are currently located on the edge of the desolate universe, but even then we are still located in one of the upper realms. The energy signature is coming from one of the lower realms and that is the truly confusing things".

"Normally this level of energy has no business being in the lower realms and should not even be felt remotely at all because the lower realms are not capable of giving birth to a treasure of this level".

"The only explanation to this is that a long lost treasure that has been lost since the age of exploration has been uncovered by the natives. Honestly speaking the only reason that we're even getting any readings is that we are close to the boundaries of the lower realms".

The captain thought for a while before saying "I understand. So do you know what it is since it is likely a lost treasure and considering the commotion, there should be records in our database, correct?"

"That we do not know currently. We will have to wait for…" before he could finish, he was interrupted by someone else.

"Professor, sorry to interrupt but the results are out." The person said in an obvious panic.

Not paying attention to the person, the professor took the report and quickly glanced through it. After a short while, his expression morphed into one of shock as he started to seriously doubt whether his eyes were playing tricks on him.

Noticing his intense reaction, the captain asked hurriedly

"What is it? What does it say?"

"I think it's better you see this for yourself." Saying so, the professor handed the report over to the captain.

Taking the report, the captain also hurriedly looked through it before showing a similar reaction to the professor.

"Is this true?" She asked with a very shaky voice.

"We are not sure but it is likely to be. "

"But I feel that it is better to be safe than sorry." The professor said.

"You are right" the captain replied.

Saying so she shouted at the top of her voice so that it reached the entire tower.

"Attention to everyone, listen up."

"We are now getting ready for an urgent operation and all relevant personnel should be on standby and prepare for immediate action."

"We are now in a state of emergency." Saying so she turned to the professor and said to him.

"Come with me, we have to report this to the higher-ups. Hopefully, we are not too late in our actions or we'll never hear the end of it."

….

Arran was unaware of in ripples he set off by opening the box and what impact it would have on the rest of his life and his future. At the moment he had other concerns.

Right now the flood of light and heat had ended and Arran was feeling intense excitement and pleasure all over his body.

It was the kind of pleasure you feel when you are enjoying a warm and relaxing bath with delicious food or when having an orgasm during sex or even from living on the edge of danger in some cases.

At this moment now, he was looking forward to knowing what was contained in the box.