Edward's eyes opened slowly. He was submerged, butt naked, in a clear liquid thirty feet into the ground. It felt warm and soothing. He could gradually feel his energy being restored. His severed limbs and lower body had regrown. He was in nirvana at this point when he heard voices."Pull him out." A female voice ordered. Thin layers of clear energy swirled around the liquid in multiple directions as they lifted both the liquid and Edward up to a ledge. It dropped him on his knees, and he let out a deep breath. He looked upwards and saw a person in a hooded cloak. Four gnomes walked with clothing."Here are human rags," they said, as they dropped them on the ground.Edward looked at the 'rags,' which were a clean turtleneck with a denim jacket and jeans. "Your energy is unstable, so this is all you have to cover up." She snapped her fingers and two giant orcs with butcher Knives walked up behind her. "Bring him to the main court in an hour." She ordered as she took her leave."Tchh.
At the headquarters, Elizabeth was filling some reports. "It's about that time huh..." She thought with a light smile. She filed the report in a cabinet below her desk. There was a knock on the door, and she responded to allow them in. The legion squad, her bodyguards with Kris in cuffs, and a confused Abubakr walked in. She looked at Kris and facepalmed while letting out a sigh. She rested her back on her chair and crossed her legs.Oumar stepped forward. "I have come to make a report on the battle at Dahab." "I heard we lost the entire town." She scowled her face as she looked at Oumar who rubbed the back of his head."My bad, but... we did retrieve the demon's core." He chuckled as Kamil gave him a box."We also have some information based on our observations and findings." Oumar retorted as his demeanour became serious while he showed Elizabeth the core."Very well then but first..." She turned to Kris, "What the hell did you think you were doing knocking out a soldier and putti
A week of training had elapsed. The training room was in a dilapidated state with holes in the walls, cracks all over the floor, scorched ground, etc. Kris and Abubakr sat on the ground facing each other and meditating. Their trousers had torn patches at the knees and sides of the lower part. They were maintaining a constant aura flow as they sat in silence."Alright, Kris. We are basically done with this crash course. Frankly, I am surprised at how quick your development is. I now understand what you meant when you said, "You pick up on things you see." Abubakr voiced out with a smile. "Told you so..." Oh man, I can't wait to get out of here and finally have a well-deserved bath! " Kris fell to his back, yawning out and stretching out his hands."Before that, there are two things that need to be done.""Two? I thought you said we were done.""I said basically, not totally""Whatever, man... same thing," Kris scoffed.Abubakr sighed as he shook his head, "Regardless, you need to know
Kris walked furiously as he headed for Elizabeth's office. He was displeased with the decision to rope him into the graduation ceremony. As he kept walking down the hallway to her office, he kept getting pissed at how far the length of the hallway stretched. "Dude, calm the fuck down. Reconsider! This is suicide!" James warned."I am calm! I am just going to have a little word with her. How dare she rope me into graduating just after my crash course! That's B.S" Kris ranted."Where is this coming from? You get to test your abilities as soon as possible. For someone that loves fighting this should be a cloud 9 opportunity for you.""Who said I love fighting?""What? What do you mean by that? Every single thing down to your very aura suggests that you love fighting. The fact that you are going to her office in this mood suggests you want a fight.""Whatever man. I am still doing it.""Ug
The day for the commencement of the graduation ceremony had arrived. A week of harsh preparations, training both physically and mentally, finally passed. Now was the time to show the fruits of their training. The cadets in their groups learnt their teammates abilities and formulated strategies based on them. All except..."I can't believe he didn't train with us for a single second! Oh my God! We are so fucked! So so fucked!" Fred wailed as he paced around."Come on. It's not going to be that bad. At least she trained a bit with you!" Su tried to comfort him."You are not any better! You only met me for sparring matches and even missed some training days while saying you were busy! We have no strategy! No backup plans! Nothing! We are so dead!" He sat on a bench and sighed. Su chuckled as she rubbed her hair."Will you shut your yapping! I can hear you all the way from the dorms." Kris hissed as he walked up to the two of them."Hey Kris" Su greeted with a smile."Sup" He responded."
The Dragonewt and Group 7 engaged in a tense stare-down. As its source energy rose, it squeezed the hilt of its sword and exhaled steam. As their aura grew stronger, the three established unique fighting positions and augmented their cloaks. It lowered its sword to the ground, its eyes gleaming."Here it comes." Su warned.The sword glowed as it dragged it across the ground before releasing a towering crescent shaped energy. Su and Fred dodged to the right while Kris dodged to the left as the energy tore deep into the wall sending out broken rocks and dust. The demon dashed towards Kris, lifted the sword overhead and struck down on him. He rolled further left letting the sword dig deep into the ground. It squeezed the hilt more, its veins popped and its eyes glowed with a sinister smile. It quickly swung its sword rightwards. Kris lifted his hands to guard and augmented his cloak but the power behind the sword sent him flying to the far end of the room."Kris!" Su yelled. The demon tu
More energy blasts kept tearing through the building. Two headed for Mr. Darwin, who was already on the floor, but Kris used his body as a shield to protect him. He carried the old man gently and rested him behind a chair. Su carried Fred and placed him beside Mr. Darwin. She was also pissed. She looked at Kris and he nodded. Kris burst out through a window to the left, while Su burst out through a window to the right. Their eyes glowed as they looked at Group 2. Raul's teammates focused their energy blasts on them. Kris ran through the blasts, tanking every single one till he got close and punched one of them in the face. The punch pressed deep into his face, and you could hear the cracking of bones before he was launched a few meters away. Kris stomped his leg into the ground and dashed past him till he was some distance behind him. He caught the guy in a bear hug while his feet dragged a bit. He squeezed the guy's bones till they cracked, making him scream out. Kris did a suplex, l
A brief moment before the beeping sound began, deep in a junkyard; there were explosions from the clashing of energy blasts. Group's 4 and 6 were in a deep clash over attaining each other's core. Francis gets kicked into a pile of car parts. He struggled to sit up. He was severely bruised, bleeding from his left hand and had his cloak rough. One of his teammates was down while the other, Beatrice, just finished off Amr's remaining teammate. She regrouped with him as Amr walked slowly towards them."Give it back and I'll not have to hurt you anymore," Amr ordered with his energy swirling."It's two against one and we have your core as well as ours. You are done Amr. Why don't you bow out quietly?" Francis responded."Two green sources want to take on a blue source? Best Joke I have heard in a while." Amr's cloak beamed as his eyes glowed. He took a boxing stance as he faced them."I guess we have no other choice." Beatrice muttered as she formed two energy spheres in each hand. She me
An obliterated area in Alexandria. Scattered traces of source energies (from red to yellow) all around burning onto the land. Explosions had occured all around which had in turn caused the ground to deteriorate even further.Laying flat at one end of the land was Salim. Totally beaten and unconscious. He had blood dripping out from the wounds on his arms and legs also from his mouth. A cold breeze blew across his body as his heart rate continued to drop. Deep in a crater was Asim, half buried with only his arms and head being exposed. Dried blood all over his mouth and neck. Explosions continued and so did clash of weapons and cracks being spread across the land.Laying beaten with his back against a boulder was Oumar. The upper body of his yellow armor was destroyed and blood flowed out from a blade wound a bit below his chest. The boulder had a large splash of blood with deep holes on it. Oumar coughed out as he lifted his eyes to look at lines of red and emerald energies clashing
Kris opened his eyes slowly in a hospital room. He felt like he had been in a long dream but couldn't remember what exactly the dream was about. He sat up then noticed that his body was perfectly fine and also energetic. "Why am I here?" He muttered as he tried to recollect his thoughts. "Yeah, the graduation ceremony. Su and I were about to start the finals?" His mind flashed quickly to he and Su exchanging blows and going hard against each other.""No. We actually started the fight. We went head on against each other. We were about to deliver the final punch when.... when..." He couldn't remember. The door to his ward opened and Fred walked in. He was wearing a T-shirt and jeans with a face cap on his head"Nice! You are awake." Fred spoke with a cheerful tone."Oh, Fred." Kris didn't know how to react. A quick flash of his battle against Fred ran through his mind. He remained silent as he watched Fred take up a seat beside him."Clam down and don't look at me that way. It is creep
"ATTACK!"The ten minutes battle began with the collision of weapons between Sadiki and Joukron. Others followed as they entered a deadlock with their counterparts. As Sadiki and Joukron pushed against each other, Joukron smiled and an orc flipped over him and struck its spear at Sadiki. His eyes glowed blue, then he formed an energy sphere to intercept it. The little shift in concentration gave Joukron the edge and he pushed Sadiki back before kicking him into a wall."This one is mine. Go and retrieve it." Joukron ordered. The orc nodded and headed for the transport room. Sadiki burst out of the wall with quick speed in an attempt to strike the orc down, but he was intercepted by Joukron."GET OUT OF MY WAY!" He roared as his Katana began to glow with blue energy. He grabbed it with his second hand and was able to push Joukron back. Joukron laughed then licked its butcher blade. Both of their energies rose and they launched at each other. The two entered a fast flurry of exchanges w
(Please note: The demons speak in a language called Tagalog. I am just writing it in English for convenience.)"WINNER! SU MING"These words resounded on the stage although everyone was in a state of confusion. Su had barely recovered from the fear she felt moments ago. "What were those eyes?" She thought to herself. The ref, signalled for the medics to come forward. He turned to Su and opened his palms to help her up."Congratulations." Louis voiced suddenly appearing behind the ref. This froze the ref but Louis tapped his shoulder to relax him. Su hadn't fully processed all that happened but she nodded at Louis based on instinct."I am sorry but further congratulations would have to wait till after the blood moon." Louis declared and the ref nodded in agreement. "What? There's a blood moon happening now?" Su spoke in shock. The Medics soon arrived and were about to begin a check up on Kris but to their surprise, all openings on his left hand were already cauterized. Louis soon felt
In the demon world:The heilimaws were getting prepared for their raid on the human world. Armies marching towards a convergence of brown source energy. The convergence began to expand slowly and formed a tiny hole in space. The more the energy converged, the darker the colour of the hole.In a small war camp, three heilimaws sat discussing their plans "It's about time." Andrago called out to Edward and the mysterious partner of THE LADY."The process and eventual training were rough but you made it possible. This power I feel, it is beyond what a green source should wield. How did you do it?" Edward clenched his fist as he smirked at the mysterious partner. A calm emerald energy enveloped his hand."Well, it wouldn't have been possible if you didn't absorb a second core. Regardless, I have done all I can for you. What's left is to see if you can live up to your worth, Azaskiel." The partner mentioned before being enveloped by red energy. He disappeared shortly. "Weird fellow," Andr
(A FEW MOMENTS EARLIER...)Su's eyes were closed and she entered a profound state of unconsciousness. She felt as though she was actively drowning in a crystal-clear sea and has no power to stop it."I am trying my best! Why isn't it working!" These words echoed around her."Where am I?" She spoke weakly."It hurts, It's frustrating," "Did I lose?""I am weak! I can't keep my promise to you.""Whose voice is that?""I can't protect anyone. I have failed you papa.""Oh, that's mine. The self-loathing. I guess I actually did lose. No matter how far I go, there will always be a wall I can't overcome. I thought I had made peace with that. I thought I was going to give my all regardless of that fact and move on with my head held high...So why do I feel this pathetic? Why do these words echo in my head?"From behind her, a faint yellow light emerged, illuminating the entire space she was falling into."I also have a goal to fulfill and I don't care how many people or demons I'll have to ta
A few moments before Kris stepped onto the stage:"One more hurdle and it will all be over." Kris spoke to James as he sat on the waiting bench, fingers interlocked with his elbows on his knees."Agreed, but you did set this final match to maximum difficulty. You are injured, she is not and you still managed to piss her off. She's going to come at you with everything she's got.""Hmnph...""Any plans?""A few makeshift strategies all dependent on how the battle flows. Plus, Captain Oumar did say, 'Everything strong about us comes from within' If I have it in me then I guess I'll win regardless of the odds.""It's shocking how you can be optimistic.""Well it doesn't matter either way. Only the flow of battle will determine the results. What's the point of beating myself down before the opponent does?" "Regardless, you have no concrete plan and you are holding on to a vague statement as a possible win condition. Considering how she beat her previous opponents... I am sure you'll do fi
The crowd, the VIP's and even Kris stared at the entrance intensely as they waited. A countdown of sixty seconds appeared on the large screens. Su had a worried expression as she watched from the final round waiting room. As the time dropped to ten seconds, Kris let out a sigh of relief. Soon after, everyone could hear footsteps coming from the entrance point. Fred limped onto the stage and people cheered for him. Su let out a sigh of relief and cheered for Fred also.ON THE STAGE"I see you've chosen death," Kris spoke with slight irritation in his voice while he dropped his folded hands."I wouldn't miss the opportunity to punch your smug face," Fred responded with a smirk. "It's the confidence for me." Kris took a boxing stance and so did Fred.FRED OLIVEIRA VS KRIS"READY!" Fred's cloak formed from his stomach till it engulfed his body while Kris' cloak formed from his fists till it engulfed his body."BEGIN!"Kris stomped his leg on the ground and burst out his energy. He point
FRANCIS POV:Survival of the fittest. The world is controlled by the will of the strong. The prey can't cross its predator, the natural set boundaries. Those who try to cross their boundaries get crushed, but that doesn't necessarily mean its unfair. Everything is a predator as much as it is a prey. We are not exactly classified into the weak and the strong, rather we are in categories of strong with weakness being the undeniable difference. For instance; A lion is strong to a cheetah, a cheetah is strong to a gazel, a gazel is strong to grasses, grasses are strong to the ground. So also a cheetah can't overcome its weakness to challenge a lion neither can a gazel overcome its weakness to challenge a cheetah in that order. Stay in your zone of strength and you'd live a long purposeful life.I didn't always belive in this. But the everyday society made it more prominent. My father was a pushover at his workplace. He basically licked the feet of his bosses. He'd smile and shriek with e