I saw something that caught my attention, i squinted to confirm my doubt and it turned out i was right, there was a guy with a tattoo "sky warrior" on his arm and it looked like he was deliberately flaunting it, he was about thirteen years or so. I didn't know if it was my alias or there or there was another skywarrior who was prabably a movie star or something so I walked up to him to ask. Hello, bro I like your tattoo, ohh! thanks, he replied, I got it from the popular "Jace the tattoo artist" he added feeling proud of his tattoo and bringing it close to my face. Alrighty, I said then I put my hands on the boys shoulder and said, so who's this sky warrior?, i had read his emotions so i knew he was planning to lie so I asked in a low and demanding voice while bringing out some cash and flaunting it right before his face because I knew humans too well, they wouldnt give out any info unless they wanted something in return and age was not a factor in that matter. I knew deep in his mind

```TRAINING TIME, COSMIC STEWARDS HQ~Emperor Sage~"Now's the time to strike, or is it?" I sat thinking about the situation that led to my friend's death. "Eternal Strength" that was his steward name; if he hadn't been banished, he would have been eons above me in terms of power. I buried my head between my palms in anguish; he had always been a good friend and a very solid shoulder to lean on. I couldn't just get his memory off my mind.I retreated from my thoughts when vMax alerted me that someone was currently at my door. When I saw his pic, I realized that it was Mark, my personal assistant. Although he doesn't really look fit, he is very efficient and, most importantly, he is tight-lipped. I permitted him in and was greeted with his usual plump and funny-looking figure."Any news?" I asked with expectancy."Yes, boss," Mark replied as he got ready to explain. "After acquiring the burnt-down house from the government two years ago, we have been scouring the whole place every day

```I looked at my mum in a new light. I never knew she was capable of such a feat. I put all my excitement aside and asked IP to show what the energy deliverer would do to help cultivate "Absorb".She took a quick glance and she nodded, seemingly impressed. Then she sat back on her invisi-chair.I took my stance as directed by the book. Then a tiny stream of energy swam out of my mum's finger. It wiggled like a snake as it approached me. I thrust my palm out in a bid to absorb it, but when it made contact with my arm, I jolted backwards because it shocked me to my core!! . I held in the pain, having cultivated my emotions. I then acted like nothing happened.This went on for a while until I started to feel resistant to the pain. Now the pain wasn't coming from contact with the energy; it was coming from storing the energy in my body. If any absorbed energy lasted more than a second, I would feel that jolting pain rocking around the bones of my body. It was excruciatingly painful. Eve

He started coming towards me, but I didn't behave like I saw him. I scanned through him and noticed that he didn't harbor any ill intent. He got right before me and Jade and stretched forth his hands for a handshake. At this point, everyone around had left what they were doing to check out what would happen next. I put my hands in my pocket and rejected him outright. Everyone around was shocked, including Jade. He retrieved his hand carefully and threw me a harmless smile, which I replicated with my characteristic smirk. I held Jade's hand and left immediately. "Hey, even if you are going to compete with him later, you shouldn't breed animosity towards him from the get-go," Jade said, uncertainty visible on her face. "You can't understand," I replied as I quickly found a place with less people and sat her down on a rock there. "Please, I need your help. Which faction is he from?" I asked, impatiently waiting for an answer. Jade pondered for a while and finally answered, "I think he

A figure came dashing out of the shadows with an astonishing speed of over 2000m/s. Like a passing light, he ran towards Jade's uncle, picked him up by the neck, and slammed him into a nearby tree. The tree shuddered vigorously.I quickly activated Body and increased my visual range to make out the figure of the expert that came dashing in. "What!!" I exclaimed with my mouth wide open. It turned out it was HOL!!"What is he even doing here?" I thought as I examined him again to be sure it was really him. I wasn't wrong, though, but there was something different about him. I ran up to them and came just in time to see HOL showing his "KING OF COMBAT ARTS" identification card.Jade's uncle became gobsmacked as he suddenly started to kowtow several times a second. He seemed not to care about the faintly blue blood dripping out of his nose from the earlier encounter. It was a really weird sight to behold: one was a matured man in his thirties with kids, while the other was a guy in his ea