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The Divine Core CH13: "THE RANKING SYSTEM"
"Urgh… Where am I?”Kai groaned as he slowly regained consciousness, his surroundings gradually coming into focus. He found himself in a room, and sitting on a stool by his bedside was Chiko.“Finally awake, huh?” Chiko greeted him with a smile. "Took you long enough."Kai blinked, trying to shake off his grogginess. "Chiko! You’re here? Where am I?""Your room, genius," Chiko replied with a hint of sarcasm.Looking around, Kai recognized the familiar setting. Kota entered the room with a meal and a glass of water."Look who's finally back from dreamland?" Kota said, a playful smile on his face."How long was I out?" Kai asked, chuckling."Just a few hours," Chiko replied."It's the next day, by the way," Kota confirmed."Well, at least it's an improvement from last time," Kai murmured."It's not the first time?" Chiko questioned, his ability to control sound allowing him to pick up on Kai's mumbled words effortlessly."Uhh… Yeah, it's not," Kai replied. "It's actually the second
The Divine Core CH14: "FRESHMAN VS SOPHOMORE"
With both sparring partners ready to go, Gaia attacked first as she divided the ground behind her and portioned them in boulders. 'I knew this ain't gonna look pretty from the start,' Kota thought. She raised the created boulders up in the air and sent them straight at Kai in the form of a rock avalanche. 'Very destructively creative, but Kai could just zoom out of the danger. His speed feats are incredible,' he said to himself. He soon observed that Kai wasn't moving away from the attack. 'Wait... that's not his plan. He wants to take on the rock avalanche head on!' he analyzed. 'As expected. You are a powerful Daemon, Gaia,' commended Kai, in his thoughts. 'But…' Kai faced the danger with a straight face. He exhaled, jumped towards the predicament and punched and blitzed through all the boulders within a span of five seconds. In addition, he created an energy wave that sent the crushed boulders right back at her. "Man…" Kai interjected. 'Still not fast enough…' Gaia halted a
The Divine Core CH15: "FRESHMAN VS SOPHOMORE(2): KAI VS HAKU"
••• ∅ ••• Haku... I feel it. The intense energy resonating from within you. You are driven by pure hate, and you're more than ready to transfer the aggression into this fight. It was fate how the two of us got ourselves as opponents. I guess talking things out with you wasn't an option. Let the battle... begin! ••• ∅ ••• Kai and Haku shared an intense brief stare-down, with the latter's energy oozing a discomforting aura. Kai, being the determined redeemer, took his stance with his Iron Claws armored. 'C'mon now... Let's see what you're all about,' Kai thought. Haku grunted and leapt with an explosive speed and raised his right hand up in the air to build momentum. He strongly gripped his fist and launched it towards Kai with all the rage it could pack. Though he supposedly landed the attack on his opponent, his attacking fist went beyond to punch and shatter the earth beneath him. 'Impossible!' he thought, grunting heavily. Kai was spotted looking down on Haku from behind him
The Divine Core CH16: "FRESHMAN VS SOPHOMORE(3): KAI VS HAKU(2)"
••• ∅ •••"For almost a minute the two of us were locked in a battle of wills that had no possible winner."••• ∅ •••Without a second to doubt, Kai and Haku already began exchanging blows. Each collision of their fists distorted the atmosphere due to the immense pressure exerted.Kai tightened the grip on his fists, raising his core energy output to new heights. Haku noticed this, responding almost instantly by modifying his body to absorb the impacts.Roaring, Kai escalated his punching speed, and Haku matched his rhythm. The venue suffered as their collisions brought destruction to the surrounding areas.Haku smartly aimed a punch to Kai’s ribs, but Kai swiftly caught his arm and sent him hurtling 200 meters away.In a swift succession, Kai slightly squatted and launched himself towards Haku, performing an amazingly executed Superman Punch.Haku zoomed out of the way and Kai landed a devastating earth-shattering punch to the ground.Taking advantage of the momentary distraction, Ha
The Divine Core CH17: "FRESHMAN VS SOPHOMORE(4): THE MALEVOLENT SOUND"
In a state of unconsciousness, Kai was fed a stream of constant delusions. He envisioned a vague memory involving two people in his presence.One of the two individuals repeatedly called out his name. The echoes of the call finally roused him up from his dreams.He woke up to find himself in a room with Haku, who was already awake and eating a meal brought by his classmates."Where are we?" he asked."The healing center," Haku replied, taking a sip of water."Hey, great match, by the way," he politely commended Haku.Haku chose to ignore the comment."Okay, we need to clear things up," Kai requested."Hey, you know what we need to do?" he sarcastically asked. "I'm going to enjoy this delicious meal, and you're going to sit there like a good little boy and shut up! Just shut the hell up!""I still don't understand why you're so angry with me. I really didn't do anything wrong," said Kai, attempting to clarify things."Stop trying to redeem yourself, kid," he interrupted."There's only
The Divine Core CH18: "FRESHMAN VS SOPHOMORE(5): THE MALEVOLENT SOUND(2)"
••• ∅ •••"When we hit our lowest points, we are open to the greatest change."••• ∅ •••••• ‡ •••Born into the great Raijin clan, I was considered a failure—an unfortunate mistake the gods had gifted, with an ability completely divergent from the talents of our forefathers.I was ridiculed and spat on by my own clan, a disgrace to them and my own family. All I could do was hear at incredibly high frequencies, devoid of any combat abilities. Cast out at the tender age of five, I was left to survive in the cruel world, a world that seemed to wish for my demise.Days turned into nights as humans ignored my presence in the streets. I could read their thoughts, the waves of sound they emitted revealing their disdain. They shoved me around, treating me as if I were invisible, hurrying on to their place of work.They littered all over me, so much that trash became my refuge, a makeshift blanket from the discarded waste. Each night, I cursed the world and questioned the purpose of Daemons p
The Divine Core CH19: "FRESHMAN VS SOPHOMORE(6): DEFYING FATE"
"Chiko!" Kai, whose mind wasn't at peace, ran off to be with his friend."Hey, wait up! You know you haven't fully recovered yet!" Kota yelled out, reminding him that he is still in the process of recovery."Don't bother, let him go," Haku advised with a sigh."Hmm..."As he ran into the tunnel leading to the exit of the battlefield, he accidentally bumped into a fellow Daemon."Sorry! In a hurry right now," he yelled, apologizing without even needing to clash eyes with the latter.'That presence…' the Daemon turned to see not even a trace of Kai. "I guess I have to wait a little longer to get to play with you, chosen one," he soliloquized, revealing himself to be Akuma."Keep on playing hard to get. It wouldn't be long till we finally play a game," he grinned.>••• { } •••Chiko was stuck in an endless abyss of his dark memories. He began to recollect the past.'I'm sorry, master. I failed you,' Chiko thought, trapped in a trance of his delusions.Mentally scarred from t
The Divine Core CH20: "FRESHMAN VS SOPHOMORE(7): DEFYING FATE(2)"
Within the deepest recesses of her mind, Hikari's feet trembled uncontrollably. Within the span of seconds, strategies flowed within her mind, thinking of possible routes to take to finally gain the upper hand, but couldn't find any.He was just that much of a formidable foe. A deluge of self-doubt washed over her as she questioned her own worth.Hikari felt like her opponent could see right through her, reading her every thought and emotion.'Every plan I think of has a counter. His abilities are too versatile,' she thought. 'There must be a way. Even if it's just a glitch in his technique, but, what is it?'She began to analyze. There must a way. Her thought process finally recognized the subtle but effective moment when Yami couldn't backfire her blizzard attack. This realization led to her breaking a smirk.'That's it! As powerful as the technique is, I believe his brain process has a limit to how many events he can react to at a time,' she theorized. 'Thus, I need to spam my tech
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