As soon as Teddy reached out his hand, the gauntlets immediately equipped themselves to his hands.
The fingers of the gauntlets came to a point almost like dragon claws. And they stretched being just shy of his elbows.
The mask shrunk to half its size and attached itself to his belt.
Then the spirit explained what these two artifacts were. The mask was called the Mask of Apollo and the gauntlets were the White Lion Gauntlets.
The Mask of Apollo increased the wearers spiritual awareness of his surroundings while the White Lion Gauntlets were extremely tough and great for close quarters combat. The gauntlets also allowed for more effective use of spiritual energy when using abilities.
All four items that Teddy now has is part of a set known as the Titan set.
Teddy also found out that the metal used in the armor was called Mythrel Iron. Mythrel Iron is stronger than any type of metal known to man.
Mythrel Iron is very rare and impossible to find. One must know how to refine it in order to get some. The reason why it is so hard to find is because most people would rather use Mythrel Iron to refine artifacts then sell it.
Then the cultivation world there are many prized ingredients for crafting various artifacts. The more valuable the ingredients the less likely someone is willing to sell it.
The spirit explained a few more things to Teddy. Once this was all done Petty felt like he had a good understanding of the cultivation world.
Then a pendant appeared around Teddy's neck. The spirit then explained why this pendant appeared.
"Cultivator, this pendant is where my spirit will be for the time being. As promised, you'll take me with you. I need closer so please take this pendant to my final resting place. Once there I'll be at peace finally."
Teddy nodded his head in understanding then everything went black for Teddy. When he woke up, Teddy found himself at the bottom of a cliff.
Teddy somewhat remembers this place. It is the cliff that he was thrown off of all those years ago.
As he walked towards the town of Smithfield located outside New York City, memories rushed into his mind. He was eight then and was unaware of how much had changed.
Not only was he unaware of how things changed, he was only eight so he wasn't aware of how silly he looked. It was in the middle of the day so many people were out an about.
People were murmuring about this guy that showed up out of the blue. Some thought he was crazy while others thought he was just plain weird.
Some people even asked others if they knew who this guy was. He didn't seem to belong. It was like he was plucked right out of a video game.
He finally arrived at his family's old home. It appears to be abandoned. The porch was even partially caved in.
One of the neighbors stared at Teddy. Something about Teddy seem familiar to them. Then the neighbors eye flew wide open.
She pulled out her phone and went on the missing persons website. She scrolled until she finally came to a profile. It was a picture and a sketch.
The picture was of an eight year old boy. The sketch was of what he might look like as of four months ago. The sketch looked to be almost exactly what this man looks like.
Now these sketches weren't expected to me one hundred percent accurate. However they were a very good reference to go back to.
The neighbor called out, "Is your name Theodore Wilson?"
Teddy turned to look at the woman. She seems to be about his age.
"I am but my friends calle Teddy."
The woman immediately became excited. She was jumping up and down and screaming with excitement.
"Teddy! Teddy! Teddy! You're back!"
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Meanwhile, while all this is going on, two individuals dressed in brown robes walk to the bottom of a cliff.
They felt around and looked at each other knowingly. A blonde headed woman spoke first.
"Sister this seems to be the place."
A beautiful brunette woman responded saying, "This does seem to be the place that the sonic boom originated from. And yet there is no signs of any cultivators nearby."
These two women were sent to investigate the sonic boom created from a cultivator breaking through. Their mission clear, find who it was and recruit them.
The two women circulated their cultivation techniques. They were able sense the direction that the residual energy left behind by this cultivator had gone in.
By breaking through to the ascended stage of cultivation, Teddy had left behind a very small amount of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy was only able to be picked up when he had reemerged into the earthly realm.
While he was in that cave, the realm he was in concealed his cultivation energy. Now the spiritual energy from his cultivation will leave a small residual presence from the breakthrough.
It will take about a week for this residual energy to dissipate. In the meantime it's going to follow Teddy everywhere he goes. Certain cultivation techniques allows for the tracking of this energy.
These two women just so happened to practice such a technique. If they're sect can recruit this new cultivator, it would make their sect the most powerful human sect of cultivators on Earth.
Now that they know which direction Teddy walked in, they walked off in the same direction.
Teddy is unaware that he's being tracked. He has after all been isolated from everyone including cultivators in this world.
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His neighbor runs off her porch and gives him a huge hug. She is overjoyed to see him.
Why you ask? It is because when he and she were little they used to hang out all the time. They were best of friends.
This woman is only a year younger than Teddy and her name is Elena.
Teddy look puzzled and Elena could see it. That's when she realized it has been fifteen years since they seen each other last. Of course he would not now what she looked like now.
She said, "It's me, your best friend Elena."
Teddy was shocked. She hadn't seen this girl since he was 8 years old. Right before he was thrown off that cliff. In fact they had just rode their bikes together earlier that day.
Now she has grown into a beautiful woman. She had perfect curves, long red hair, and green eyes. Teddy didn't know what he was feeling. He had what he could only describe as butterflies in his stomach.
"Elena good to see you. How have you been?"
Elena's face turn red. How could this man act so casual? Especially after being missing for so long.
"What do you mean how have I been? You have been missing for fifteen years and you want to ask how have I been? Worse yet, your parents have been looking for you and you haven't even shown up to see them. You should feel ashamed."
Teddy just bowed his head. He knew he's been gone for quite a while. But didn't make things any easier for him. He had missed his family but what could he do?
"Look Elena, I'm sorry I've been gone for so long. It really isn't my fault. Some man threw me over a cliff and if it wasn't for luck I'd be dead."
Elena became shocked. She couldn't speak for a good minute. When she finally did speak her voice was slightly shaky.
"You were thrown off a cliff?"
Teddy nodded but didn't say anything. Elena became even more infuriated. But this time her anger was not directed towards Teddy but towards whoever could have thrown and eight-year-old child off of a cliff.
"So the fact that you've been missing for so long you had to fight for survival."
Teddy didn't know how to explain his circumstances so she would understand. But he did the best he could.
"Yeah kinda. It felt more like a hundred years for me though. And I understand that my parents would have missed me. That's actually why I came here but it looks like they are long gone."
A knowing smile crept up on Elena's face.
"Your parents just simply moved. But they are not too far away. If you let me I can give them a call and tell them you're safe and you're here. I know they'll rush right over."
Teddy nodded his head and followed Elena into the house. All kinds of memories rushed back into his head. He had many regrets but nothing he can do about now.
"Teddy are you okay?"
Elena had turned around and saw that Teddy was crying. She was certain it had something to do with their past. She wanted to comfort him.
Teddy nodded his head but didn't say anything. What could he say? Too much time had passed and he had missed out on too much.