Meanwhile, at the platoon where Kendra and the others are assigned, it is also being stormed by demons from all over their district. This platoon is also having a hard time, but they still can’t help but worry on what the situation is in the western borders where a hole is wide open. There are 3 students there, and the others assigned there are pure useless as they have given up all hope. The 3 students are the main force there. Jason is in the eastern borders where he was just delivering some documents, when the attack happened. He now regrets on letting the 3 students get separated and putting the other 2 at the first vanguard of the hole, which means, Sylvester and Tray are literally just 200 meters away from outside the walls. He can’t go anywhere with this kind of storm of demons, that is why, he is just wishing the safety of the three as it is the only thing that he can do right now, pray for their safety, and trust their strength. Because based on what he saw last week, the thr
t has been a week and a half since the deployment happened, and things are going smoothly for the others, except for Kendrick who is still at the entrance of the hole and is just guarding this part as he is not allowed to go inside because of his punishment that he has to suffer. But as he stays here for a week and a half, he has gotten along with the other swordsmen and women around the camp. They are teaching Kendrick everything they know so they could at least boost his experience. There are also some attacks from inside demons at the camp, and Kendrick is training with them as usual. Kendrick pities them all, even though they want to go home and come back to their families if they still have one, they can’t. Because helicopters can’t get closer to the ground, which makes it hard to go away. And even if they walked their way, the whole town central, which is the only way out by foot is crawling with demons and is serving as their nesting area. That is why they chose to stay even t
A world where magic strives and blooms. A world where anything can be possible. A world where you can be anything you want and be as free as you can be. This is the world I aspire, a world that is impossible to come to life. This is just a fantasy story; do you still want to read my story? A story of mine is not a pleasant one. There are terrible things, and you might drop this if I ever tell you. But anyway! If you are still here and reading, then I take this as a pleasure. This is my story. This is how I became an apprentice. And it is time to turn your world upside down. Player ready in 3...2...1...0.Hey! It's me, Finlay. A man with not so much in his possession. My life has been miserable lately...well, it is always like this to begin with. Something like this isn't for the faint of heart."Mister! 1 leftover meat for me, as usual!" I said with a smile on my face."Oh, Fin! Thank goodness you're here! Come inside, I have a favor to ask you, and you are the only one who can do it!
It was 14 years ago when the incident happened. Despite his young age when that incident happened, he can still remember everything, vividly. It was this massive fire that engulfed an entire neighborhood. The firefighters took about a half of a day to extinguish the fire, the damage it caused was massive that international organizations have stepped in and helped the victims. But the most devastating thing is that the fire has reportedly claimed 3,000 lives, leaving a lot of children and families behind. But to him, it is different. He was in the room where the fire started,"We have to get him out of here!" yelled a panicking woman's voice,"Go! Take him with you! I'll stay behind and cover for you!" a man's voice replied.Crackling of fire can be heard everywhere, and the heat and smoke were just everywhere and is covering the whole place,"We can't escape them! We have to trust him. This is our fate." The man spoke again and this time, his voice was calm and has seemed to have acce
Since he is all alone now with no one to take care of, Alphonso then went out of the house and locked it as he is now going to the forge where he is working. He arrived at the forge earlier than expected since there was no traffic in the street,"Boss!" Alphonso greeted as he entered the forge."Alfie! Thank goodness you're here! The orders, they are needed tomorrow. I need you to finish it all until midnight. We will lose a valuable customer if we are late, understand?" the bearded boss ordered."Right, I am just going to change and put on my gloves." Alphonso replied.Alphonso then went into the locker room to change to his smithing clothes and then put on his gloves and he just went to work like that. He started heating up some metal to create knives from it, 200 of them,"By the way, I heard about your aunt and her family leaving you for good since they hit the lotto." The plump boss says."Yeah, but don't worry about me. It doesn't affect me at all, I'm already old enough to take
The tour began with Alfie having his questions still unanswered. However, seeing the villa while being toured was something that distracted him. The fact that this place is literally a replica of Manila was mind blowing. It even has its own malls, cinemas and other shops that one will look for to pass some time. As the two walks down what Finn calls as the Snack Street, they stopped in front of food stall that sells candy apples,"2 please. Oh, and the normal order for me!" Finn told the stall keeper.Alfie who was busy looking around finally looked at the seller. He was shocked, but not that shocked since nothing can really make him feel very surprised anymore. However, the girl that is selling candy apples have long green hair with pointy ears. She was beautiful and all, not to mention the fact that she looks good in her store uniform. But the thing that Alfie noticed is that her skin was so pale, like she has some sort of sickness,"Here's your candy apple!" the girl smiled and the
"I'm really a son of an Olympian." Is the first thing that came inside of Alfie's head.The fact that he is now standing in front of a God was something he can't really explain. He has mixed emotions. He was shocked, confused and angry at the same time, he can't really tell."I know you're shocked but hear me out. I, Hephaestus, God of fire and the forge is your father. It's a surprise, I know, since you grew up believing that Richard was your father. However, this is the truth, I am your father, and you are a demigod. Now, what is your first question? Remember that we only have a few minutes to talk." The God says.And with a wave of his hand, a stone bench appeared behind them. Hephaestus then walked towards the bench with him dragging his right leg with him. Alfie then remembered the tragic story of Hephaestus. He is the son of Hera, but when the queen saw the ugliness of him, she threw him out of Olympus, causing his right leg to deform and will never turn back to normal again. He
After the marking ceremony, there was a huge feast. Since this is the first marking ceremony in years, Jack wants to celebrate it as much as possible. However, before they can go and eat, everyone took a portion of their food and dropped it in a fire placed in front of the entrance of the Temple."Offering to the gods," Finn says as he put three apples in the fire.After the offering, everyone went to have some fun. Before anything else, Alfie first approached his siblings from Hephaestus. There were 6 of them and are all from different countries,"Welcome to the circus! I'm John, by the way. The eldest among all of us, I think. I'm 23!"John Berg was the oldest among all of the children of Hephaestus, and he is currently the leader of their family. Their family is smaller compared to the rest, but John assured that their family is not the only one who has less members. In any case, John advised Alfie to enjoy everything while he still can, since his training will probably start tomor
Plague rose to his feet and then spat out blood as his wound on his chest started to smoke and heal,“That bastard. He covered his hostility so well that I didn’t even feel it until the last second. We have been had! Shit! Know where that bastard is going!” Plague yelled as the atmosphere in the area starts to intensify.Plague then went to his brother’s assistance as his right arm has been cut, and Plague then healed it, but unfortunately, he can’t regenerate it. It is because the attack was different, it has the intensity of a devil and the holiness of an angel. That is something that has never happened before. Both worlds colliding to create a powerful attack like that is not some kind of joke and this is the first time everyone has seen it. Which makes this upcoming battle more exciting. They have all seen a man wielding hundreds of blades before, but he himself holds a single type of blade. But not this guy,“Kendrick Griffin. You have carved your name in my mind. I promise to ki
Kendrick is now awake, and he is now preparing for another night in this vast and dangerous place. As he rose to his feet, the presence of vicious demons around them was the first thing he felt. It was an unpleasant feeling as he just woke up after a long fight last night, and now, it seems that nothing is over yet and nothing is sure as long as they stay in this place.“You guys, what have you—oh my! What the fuck happened?!” Kendrick snapped.He then looked around, as he made another mistake. Erika, Johnny, and Janella are now gone, and he doesn’t know where they went. He then tried to grab on the string that he attached to each and every one of them, but it was no use, the string has been severed, and he is the only attached to it.“Fuck!” Kendrick cursed as he thrashed around the camp in frustration.He blamed himself for what is happening, as if he didn’t sleep, the three might still be here. Kendrick felt lost and confused and frustrated. He sat on the ground just sighing hard a
After the decimation of the demons all over the city, except for the mutants, Kendrick and Johnny just stood there in disbelief. Kendrick and Tsukuyomi were still shaking for some reason,“There is no time to doze off! I’ll handle the mutants, Johnny, please go to Erika!” Kendrick ordered as he then ran towards the charging mutants.Johnny doesn’t want to get ordered by an 18-year-old kid, but since Kendrick has a point and the one who will help him get back to his village, he will let everything slide for now as he then went to run to Erika who is now collapsed on the store’s floor.“Hey! You, okay?!” Johnny rushed towards her and just laid her nicely so she can relax.“Y-Yeah. Just a bit *cough* exhausted. I have never released that much energy before, so, yeah, I am just fine.” Erika replied as she breathes heavily and then coughs.After a few minutes, Kendrick arrived with green goo dripping down his holy sword. He entered the store and immediately told them to get ready to go as
Johnny continued his story, and then eventually told Kendrick and Erika that he needs to go back to his village, but he does not have the ability to do so as he is not strong enough to defend himself from hordes of demons that are much stronger than him, and another is that he is definitely outnumbered. Kendrick, who was listening put the fire out after cooking their dinner as the whole store is being filled with some and it will get hard to breathe if they continue this fire. As they ate, Kendrick asked him,“Why do you want to go back anyway?” Kendrick asked as he sipped on his corn and crab soup.“I have something to recover. Something the village elder told us to get once the village is annihilated, and I think that thing is important if the elder insisted to us like that.” Johnny replied as he then continued to eat.Erika was just wolfing down her food and was never butting in in the conversation as she has got nothing to say in this.“So, I am here to ask for help—”“No!” Kendri
After the decimation of the demons all over the city, except for the mutants, Kendrick and Johnny just stood there in disbelief. Kendrick and Tsukuyomi were still shaking for some reason,“There is no time to doze off! I’ll handle the mutants, Johnny, please go to Erika!” Kendrick ordered as he then ran towards the charging mutants.Johnny doesn’t want to get ordered by an 18-year-old kid, but since Kendrick has a point and the one who will help him get back to his village, he will let everything slide for now as he then went to run to Erika who is now collapsed on the store’s floor.“Hey! You, okay?!” Johnny rushed towards her and just laid her nicely so she can relax.“Y-Yeah. Just a bit *cough* exhausted. I have never released that much energy before, so, yeah, I am just fine.” Erika replied as she breathes heavily and then coughs.After a few minutes, Kendrick arrived with green goo dripping down his holy sword. He entered the store and immediately told them to get ready to go as
Johnny continued his story, and then eventually told Kendrick and Erika that he needs to go back to his village, but he does not have the ability to do so as he is not strong enough to defend himself from hordes of demons that are much stronger than him, and another is that he is definitely outnumbered. Kendrick, who was listening put the fire out after cooking their dinner as the whole store is being filled with some and it will get hard to breathe if they continue this fire. As they ate, Kendrick asked him,“Why do you want to go back anyway?” Kendrick asked as he sipped on his corn and crab soup.“I have something to recover. Something the village elder told us to get once the village is annihilated, and I think that thing is important if the elder insisted to us like that.” Johnny replied as he then continued to eat.Erika was just wolfing down her food and was never butting in in the conversation as she has got nothing to say in this.“So, I am here to ask for help—”“No!” Kendri
The battle, which was already intense earlier, got much more nerve-racking. The clash between the two was faster than earlier, and it was just incredible and terrifying at the same. Because the fact that a student is doing these kinds of things and having a full form of an angel is not something to see every day. Normally, swordsmen and women would have to take at least decades to perfect their forms. And not everyone can activate this kind of form as it only works for the chosen ones. The swords community is now watching the battle from afar. Since a lot of them have injuries and won’t make it in time to reach the camp, they decided to stay in this position for a while and tend to the wounded. And they are also here to make sure that Kendrick will have reinforcements once he asks for it. As they watch, one of the swordsmen then approached Jason and the commander,“Sir, Ma’am. I got something.” The man says.He then took out his camera that is connected to every public screen througho
Not wanting to hurt his family even though they are fake, has left Kendrick crawling around the church’s floor, begging his family to stop. He has every ability and strength to defeat all of them, especially the demon that are controlling them. However, he is not to use that power against his family. It has been a month and a half since this one-sided fight started, and Kendrick can feel that he would die in this. He can’t handle it. Amaterasu was right, this is the most brutal and gruesome stage of the entire 100 years of training. The pain, the agony and grief cannot be described in this. Kendrick is even wondering that how can they call this a training when it is meant to leave physical and mental trauma to those who undergoes it.“What is the matter, Ken? Don’t you rather join us, than to avenge us?” all of them said at once.Kendrick stood up and faced them,“I do want to join you guys. Because without vengeance, I would serve no purpose. But I refuse to die in the hands of some
5 more years have passed, and Kendrick’s skin is starting to turn gray as the water is starting to become little blades. Kendrick, who can now project a physically able umbrella made from energy. Amaterasu knows that it won’t be long until Kendrick forms a fully and complete one. Kendrick on the other hand is now feeling the pain, the chills and exhaustion. He never knew that he would hold out this long, but he is long before completing this first stage of his training. His beard grew more, and he doesn’t even know how long he has been sitting here and was meditating. As far as he knows, he has been here much longer than he is expecting. However, even though he has fortified his mind and is not letting doubts, hesitations and fears get in him, his body, his human flesh, is weak. His mind is not giving up, but his body is worn out and is wanting to quit this suffering and just die. But his determination and sheer willpower alone is not letting him. Because in his mind, no matter what a