After traveling the human continent, I moved towards the second continent I have frequented quite a bit during my life on the planet.The Duramato continent.I flew high in the sky, looking down at the inhabited areas which were now filled with Orcs that worked together instead of warring against each other any time they could.The Orcs were still quite a violent bunch, but instead of fighting to the death with nearby villages, they started to have tournaments/non-lethal but pretty serious fights amongst themselves that would quench their thirst for violence.Their society was slowly taking shape, evolving slowly but surely.Seeing the orcs took me back to when I was conquering them using the domination ability, and when I fought Mandaia...One of the few severe fights I had while on the continent.I shook my head slightly as I thought about her, she was loyal to the last, and her body/skeleton was now most likely resting in the sand of the desert.I poured some energy from my body in
After everything that I experienced on my planet, it was finally time to leave it behind me.I wasn't content with what I had. I wanted more. I could live on the planet peacefully from now on, there was no one to threaten me, and I was friendly or an ally to all the important factions on the planet.However, the greed that was inside of me, the hunger, didn't let me stay here and continue my life mediocrely.Every time I slightly thought about settling down, the image of my father's head flying into the sky appeared in front of my eyes.He and my mother were content with what they had, but they were weak, they were unable to hold onto what they had, so stronger people than them took everything they had, including their lives!My mother was luckier, surviving the ordeal even though the events after that shouldn't have been easy on her.But my father died, he wasn't a religious person, so he most likely ended up becoming a small imp in the first layer of hell.Who knows what happened to
Even though Hanzo's lazy demeanor was still there, a slight frown crept up on his face as he sighed and looked at the weakened Malavai. There was a rather long freezing wound on his upper torso, which could be seen there rather clearly.At first glance, it looked like Malavai came out of the clash as the loser, but a deeper analysis made me look at Hanzo and shake my head.The man scratched his chin as he looked at the two of us and said:"Why don't you just let them come with me? Joining my sect won't interfere with their membership in your alliance, will it?"Malavai snorted lightly as he said:"It might not, but your sect doesn't fit the two of them, they are free spirits who would never follow the many rules that your sect would impose on them, they don't follow your 'dao'!"Hanzo chuckled slightly as his face turned bright red for a few seconds before it became pale as wax."I guess you might be right, but they are both so talented, I just can't part with them, you know? I have b
It didn't take us too much time to arrive at our destination, the bubble surrounding us dissipated as Malavai did a small presentation with his hands, indicating the existence of a gigantic building that floated in space, most likely due to an intricate barrier being constructed around it.The building was fully white with blue lines running to the middle and the sides of it. It had hundreds of thousands of rooms, being slightly smaller than the planet I and Shira had left behind.There were towers, classrooms, living quarters, experimentation sites, etc.It was a fully active academy as I saw students wearing their uniform which consisted of a blue blazer, white pants, black shoes, and a tie, flying inside the building, making them easily seen through the windows.The men wore pants, and the women wore skirts, but some also wore pants, so it looked like it was more of a preference thing.We were barely outside the entrance of the academy, where a few men were guarding it.They were k
Seeing we were no longer welcome, Malavai ushered us out of the principal's chambers before motioning for us to follow him toward that Fufflesnake's laboratory. Before I could ask about our new teacher, Shira beat me to it as she asked in a sweet tone of voice: "So, who is this professor anyways?" Malavai continued walking into the hallways, taking turns, opening doors that made us go through certain empty rooms, and sometimes returning the greetings of the students we met on the way. "Old Fufflesnake? He used to be a top fighter in our army, but he retired and decided to teach seedlings in the academy after gaining enough merit and the things he wanted from the Universal Catalog. He is a pretty eccentric person, but he is also quite normal at times, it's like he has two personalities that he randomly switches between. However, neither is too problematic to deal with, so you can easily learn from him whatever you need." Malavai made his way towards a particular door that had the
Waiting was boring, especially since we weren't technically allowed to do actions that might damage the surroundings too much. A small crack or breaking of a table or two was allowed, but activities beyond that range would become too visible in the barrier, so they would most likely send some law enforcers of the academy to penalize us. The small scuffle with Lisar wasn't anything to be taken note of, but if things became too big, things would become troublesome. However, there wasn't much to do besides waiting, and it was quickly getting quite boring, for some reason, my attempts at meditation failed, Shira just kept herself close to me as she moved the desk slightly closer to mine, combining them into a slightly longer desk. She didn't even care about the gaze of Lisar and the other girl (Malaria was it?) as she gave me a deep kiss on the mouth. I rose an eyebrow at her actions, we were in 'public' and we had two spectators right now, was this appropriate? I stopped her briefly
Seeing how we learned the techniques he gave us rather quickly still impressed Fufflesnake, regardless of his personal feelings toward us. And as a teacher, he needed to be unbiased, at least on the surface. He could see from our expressions and the fluctuations in our energy that we have learned the techniques. Fufflesnake nodded to himself shortly before his croaky voice was heard: "Since you two can learn these techniques so quickly, I guess we can move our classroom to the practice area, Lisar, and Malaria should also be able to learn some things from sparring with you two." Fufflesnake tapped one finger on the teacher's desk, transferring us from the room towards a huge and somewhat empty room filled with training devices, heavy weights, meditation mats, sparring rings, etc. "For starters, you two should go and practice the technique you learned while I teach some things to Lisar and Malaria, after that, you four can spar. Of course, Shira and Minato, you two will have to sea
My speed had been adjusted to their level, or else they wouldn't have been able to lay a hand on me. Lisar was almost out of the ring as he caught himself on the edge, taking two steps forward so he won't drop down. Malaria frowned as she clenched her fist and felt that she was unable to get out of my grasp. However, a small smile appeared on her face as dark purple ooze started to appear on her fist's skin, making direct contact with my palm. The ooze made sizzling sounds as it made contact with my palm, but I felt no need to do anything as I clenched my fist onto her fist even harder, making her feel that the bones in her fist were most likely going to break soon if she didn't somehow get out of my grasp. I narrowed my eyes lightly as I stepped to the side, letting go of Malaria's hand as I threw down the toxic poisonous sludge that was retained on my palm. Lisar had appeared out of my shadow once again, right now wielding a dagger made out of the pure shadow that glistened wi