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Chapter 5 - Bounding task....

[In those days the spiritual and physical world were closely alined]

The students sit in a classroom as the rays of the sun bask each and every one of them. They begin by paying attention to the lecturer as he walks in and says:

"Good morning class. Hopefully, you are having a good morning. Well, today we are aiming to educate you about the creation of the world. As you all know, the creation of the world took seven days. Let's go in detail shall we?" he says while looking around at each of the students.

"I can make a clay world in 7 hours!" one of the students in the back say while laughing.

"No, you can't last time you tried it ended up as a clay disaster it was so bad that your mom forced us to clean up your mess' one of the other student's replies

"Hey, you promised not to mention that!"

The other students begin to laugh along as others are more matured, looking at the window, and even others taking notes to what the teacher is saying.

"Alright, alright calm down guys," he says while smiling.

"Yes sir!" they respond.

It is a typical classroom of children so reactions of playful manner are to be expected. Sir Eli is very understanding

You see Sir Eli is a man who deeply cares about the well-being of his students, he's kind-hearted loving and desires to best for each and every student, he's almost like a father figure. Understanding the situation he explains to them in a way they can understand, getting his point across.

"Does everyone know about how our world was made?" he asks.

"Yes, I do!"

"Uhh, I know a little bit!"

"Not really..."

Some students give multiple answers. Some say they know about it while others do not, there is a mix of responses.

"I'm from a different nation so in my hometown, we don't know about how the world was made! That's why I came to the academy to learn more about your culture!" one student says while smiling.

"As do I, my family has come from the family of Asia! We have come far and wide to understand your culture so that's why I'm here in the School of All!" another student says.

"Well, well. I know the reasoning for each of you coming here for different purposes to which I can understand. But now let's find out about the creation of this world based on our history okay?" he says while folding his arms.

"Okay, behind you there is a brown scroll so I want you to write your names on it. Open the scroll and it will say the words בראשית/Sōsei-ki."

"For those who don't understand, it means genesis. Or to say, 'In the beginning.'"

"Woahhhh"

"This is really cool!"

Some students replied.

"Okay, now everyone looks at your scrolls."

The classroom has a wonderful setting, each student is sitting in somewhat a theatre design so students have to slide across the table to enter or exit, around 4 -5 people are on each row and there about 5 rows in total. The lecture is at the bottom of the class with a large blackboard behind him. The display of the location has many Hebrew words written but also Japanese words it says

"Heaven" on the left side of the road and "Earth" on the right side of the room. The windows show the forest of Dora in the east shows the main city of New Israel.

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day" and the darkness "night."

And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.

Then God said, "Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth." And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens. God called the space "sky."

And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.

Then God said, "Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear." And that is what happened. God called the dry ground "land" and the waters "seas." And God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came." And that is what happened. The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good." he says while closing his scroll.

Some of the kids are asleep, while others are awake and others are attentive, paying full attention.

"Okay, from this reading, what have you learned?" he asks.

"God is truly powerful! He can separate light from darkness. So I guess that's why we have day and night, and why we have good people, and bad people." Europhrian replies.

"Oh shut up dummy, I know the real answer! God used the leftover sand to make your brain because you're so dumb!" Yoshua says.

Everyone in the class begins to giggle and laugh and Europhrian. He, on the other hand, is in embarrassment and looks down at his desk.

"Okay smart guy, what was your name?" Eli (The lecturer responds.)

"Yoshua," he responds.

"Okay, well what did you learn?" he asks.

"Well, I learnt that God is truly awesome! He doesn't need anything to create stuff!" Yoshua replies.

One of the girls says:

"This is truly interesting. You said the name of your God is 'I AM' correct?"

"Yes it is." the lecturer responds.

The girl who asked the question is from a foreign land. However, due to her family's success, and the loyalty shown by her family to restore New Israel, as well as her own ability and her skills shown through the entrance exam, she was able to participate in classroom four in the School of ALL.

She continues to say:

"When I was very young, I was taught that the creation of the world wasn't created by any actual entity, but it created itself," she states.

"However, from this reading, we have come to the understanding that an entity separated the light from the darkness, not actually creating light nor darkness. What have you got to say for this sir?"

"An amazing question indeed. I'm very happy you said this. Before we begin, what is your name?" he asks.

"My name is Allen. My parents come from Asia, so you can consider me a foreigner who settled in your land and came to know about your God."

"Great. So back to your question. The I AM is light himself. So when he says, 'let there be light, he's simply saying: 'Let my presence be known to the world. So darkness is simply a reference to a place without his presence. You see, Light and darkness aren't at all different from God. It's because he has power and controls both. Some may even say he is both." He says.

"As the scriptures read, light and darkness are unto him like King David said in his book. So I do agree with your statement to a certain extent. That's because God is light and he uses the day and the night as a reference to himself. As for the inhabitants of man, who is filled with the spirit of understanding, use this as a reference to come closer to him and acknowledge him as God." he says.

Many students who were asleep before were now wide awake and focused as well as being delighted by his response.

Lebanon who before wasn't paying attention was fully alert and paid full attention to both Sir Eli and Allen's conversation.

"Alright, class. It seems as though we have finished talking about this topic so I'd like to move on. Firstly, this task we are doing is going to be testing you guys in all sorts of areas. We will be testing your strength, speed, intellect and ability to assess situations- knowing what to do at certain moments or not." he says while walking around the classroom.

"As you know from what the speaker said previously, we don't take nonsense. In other words, if you fail, you'll be at the bottom of the food chain and struggle miserably in the next few years," he says while looking towards his class.

People were in utter shock and afraid of what their teacher had just said. Some stated that:

"AHH!! If I fail, my mom's gonna kill me!"

As others stated:

"This will be a piece of cake."

Now, as for Lebanon, Europhrian, Lydia and Yoshua, they didn't seem too concerned about this test. Rather, Lydia and Europhrian were already prepared. This is mainly because they had often gone out on missions with Zachzin and were more experienced than other children in the class.

"Don't wet your pants, Lydia," Europhrian says while smiling.

"Remind me who was trembling in front of the demon Beelzebub like a day ago?" she responds while smirking.

"YOU LITTLE! WE PROMISED NOT TO MENTION THAT-"

"Okay, okay. I can tell from our students here that some are excited as some aren't. Now please be mindful of others as this is also part of the test. We don't only assess your ability to fight alone or to attack demons, we also review your skills of communication and compassion for not only your team but for others as well." The teacher says while looking at Europhrian and Lydia.

"Yes sir.." they respond in a sad tone and look down towards their desks.

"Anyways, as I was saying, you all are already in your teams correct?"

"Yes sir!" the class responds.

"Good. If you don't have a partner or are alone, come to me now and I will group you with people. As for the rest, go outside and wait on the field you see at the exit of the school." the teacher says.

Going outside, the teacher approaches and tells them to walk forward. It seems as though they would need to be walking to their destination.

They approach a lake and are utterly stunned. The glistening glow of the reflective water as it is basked in the sunlight above, makes the students gaze in awe and honestly agree with the argument that creation was made by God.

Some walk to the lake and others play around in it. They begin to have water fights, throwing water at each other and enjoying the glowing weather. Europhrian splashes water everywhere to which Lydia hits him at the back of his head, as Yoshua also splashes water so he also gets knocked on the head by Lydia.

Lebanon attempts to also join in this playful manner but withdraws as a voice in his head tells him to go back. This is simply because Lydia stalks the three of them and says:

"If any of you DARE."

"Yes ma'am" they all respond.

Europhrianhas a huge bump on his head as does Yoshua. Lebanon is in the clear but is still afraid of her.

"Well, I'm sure we've all had our fun. But now it's time to begin the tasks that we need to do. Ok, each of you will receive a colour band on your arm this will be too signify the teams that you'll be allocated to get into your groups as we call your names. The team that will be holding the blue band will be Lebanon, Yoshua, Lydia, Europhrian. Please come to this site."

"Ok sir!" they all respond as they walk over to the teacher.

"Just to explain the environment, there are two assistant teachers that will help you all as per band."

They are approximately 5 metres apart from each other so the level of tension as they walk begins to rise. Some were excited as others were very eager to catch the points that they needed for them to succeed in the mission.

Meanwhile, the students are in anticipation of what's going to happen next.

"This will just be very interesting. I wonder what we'll need to do this mission" Lebanon says while looking around.

"I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that we can succeed!" Euphorian says while getting ready.

Well, whatever happens, we need to match with the word. None of us will be Hickory Dickory or messing about over anything." Lydia says.

As for Yoshua, he looked around and analyzed his opponents. Also, he gazed around the class to look for the guy who once mocked him before and has a desire to punch him in the face.

"Ryan you are red, come to this site and once you collect your band please go over to your side."

"Ishmael, you are yellow, please come over to me and collect your bands too so you can go and begin as well."

"And last but not least, Olivia comes here you will take your bands and then go and begin as well."

Each team seemed as though they were prepared and ready for what was about to begin. They all began to walk over to their sites and began for a signal which would let them know when they would begin.

Immediately, the sounds of a shot went off. All teams ran to the forest in the hopes of finding the light sources.

They all remembered what the lecturer had told them previously.

"Now, as for these light sources, I will explain what they are. They appear like fireflies but have a unique colour. The ones in our land are created by the Highest. That is, from heaven above, sent down to us. They glow yellow and they are attracted to a pure heart but run away from fear." he says.

"In essence, if you charge at these creatures with intent to harm or to capture, they will run away."

"Oh, and also you must slay a deer as that will be for sacrifices."

"S-slay?!" one boy and girl says in unison.

"Yes indeed."

"Sir we can't possibly do that we don't believe in the slaying of animals and-"

"Well, tough luck. Understand this. You are only here because the next person decided not to be. Opportunity comes like the wind. One minute it's here, but then it's gone. So when push comes to shove, you'll find that you will need to do anything to survive. The deers are a sacrifice to God. I'm pretty sure you don't want to rebel against your elders now for you?" he says while looking at them both.

They both are in shock and just accept it. They must do this to pass the test.

Back to the present, the teams begin running and looking in all sorts of areas to find this mythical creature.

The Lebanon team looks ahead and sees a little glow.

"Hey what's that light?" he asks.

"It's probably the fireflies!" Euphoria responds.

"Guess we found them first huh?" Yoshua says while looking around for any danger.

"We don't know yet. For all we know, there could be extremely good people better than us. Heads up, guys." Lydia says.

They begin to hear a melodious tune. It comes out of the firefly and they begin to rejoice.

They softly put the firefly in a jar that was given to them by the teacher earlier.

"One down I guess?" Lebanon says.

"Yes indeed." they all respond.

Meanwhile, a boy is found using an axe to hit on a tree.

"Hey, do it harder!" a lady says.

There is a group of people which round to be 3... Well, four. But the fourth member is sitting off a branch on a tree and firefly is right beside him. The team members are extremely annoyed at him as he likes to act alone instead of participating.

"When I finish cutting this tree down, you gonna be in for it!" one boy says.

"Whatever. It's gonna take you all day to cut this tree down at the rate you're going," he responds in arrogance.

"My goodness Nathaniel, you're being so annoying! Stop sitting up there on the tree!" Ryan shouts.

"I know! Stop being so selfish!" the girls said to contribute.

"Shut up, I'll do whatever I damn well want," he responds while turning over another page of his book.

The boy Nathaniel had beautiful dark skin and was complemented by the rays of the sun. On him were 3 golden bracelets. One was around his leg, while the other two were around his arms. He has crimson brown eyes and did not seem to regard that this quest was classified as 'team effort'.

"I've almost finished cutting this tree down Nathaniel!" Ryan says while relentlessly hammering the tree with all his power.

Ryan had white skin and is indeed very muscular. He appeared to be someone who would work in the field a lot and do a mass amount of exercise. He has a dark beard and is always full of energy.

"Why are you doing this?! Why is it NOW that it's a team effort you just act like a lone wolf?" Ryan continues while smacking the tree.

"So what? I mean, look here the firefly just likes me I guess not you," he responds.

"My goodness, shut up! You're just lucky that's all!" he says.

"Actually, it's not luck. Don't you remember that the teacher stated that the fireflies run away from fear? Don't you think you're being a little too scary for the firefly? Plus, if I want to be solo so what? At the end of the day, I'm doing you all a favour by getting these fireflies." he says while shaking his head and smirking.

"You little.." Ryan murmurs.

"Nathaniel, just because you have a mass amount of abilities and are extremely agile in comparison to us, that doesn't mean you can just disregard our potential as well!" Lime says while folding her arms.

"Shut up, tomboy. How about you take your hair out of that bun and start combing it regularly? Then you'd actually look pretty like the girls in my village." he says while not even batting an eye.

"HUH?!" she responds.

"H..hey I don't think that was very nice.." Leah states.

"Don't even get involved, bookworm. Your input is unnecessary. Then again, I am a bookworm myself so we're two of the same kind!" he says while laughing.

Ryan sings the axe so hard against the bark of the tree that it smashes. Although, that impact is reflected and the tree is also falling down. For Nathaniel, he isn't in a state of panic. He looks at the tree and himself falling down as though time were moving a lot slower for him. He then jumps to the nearest tree and then jumps to another separate 3 tree.

While jumping from tree to tree, the jar falls from his grasp and it begins to fall at a steady rate towards the floor. Of course, this is their only choice to catch the fireflies and another one will not be given. So to say, if this Jar breaks, they're out.

On the other hand, Nathaniel quickly uses a branch of a tree as a spring to go down to the floor. He lands on the floor then balances the jar in his hand. The firefly is also on his shoulder and for some strange reason, continues to follow him.

"My goodness, running away again are we?" Ryan shouts at Nathaniel.

"No, you just can't catch me," he says.

"Selfish little brat! I feel sorry that he's your partner Ryan!" Lime says.

"Do not be mistaken, whenever he actually cooperates we do extraordinarily well. We tend to complement each other for good works and then even in a quest of deer's, the required amount was 2… but we managed to get 5," he states.

"W-wow.." Leah mummers.

"Alright, alright. I'll cooperate with you guys," he says while putting the firefly in a jar.

"MY GOODNESS FINALLY!" Ryan says while hugging him.

"F-first of all p-please get off me! S-secondly s-stop saying my g-goodness every t-time!" Nathaniel says while struggling to breathe.

"My goodness, I'm sorry," he says.

Nathaniel facepalms.

"Alright, we got one firefly!" Ryan says enthusiastically.

"Yeah, after 10 years," Lime responds.

"Hmph." Nathaniel puffs.

"C-come to think of it.." Leah stutters.

"Yes…? Spit it out..?" Nathaniel says while patting her shoulder.

"O-ok I think that the other groups may be doing a lot better than us.."

"Isn't that obvious? Come to think of it, how do you think that team is doing?" Lime states.

"Which one?" Ryan asks.

"The one with the weird kid!" he says.

"Oh. Him?" Nathaniel says.

"Hmm... I think there's something special about him. Then again, he didn't even know what tribe he was from so that's weird." Ryan says while holding his chin.

"Yeah you're right, most people boast about what tribe they're from but he didn't even know where he was from." Leah states.

"What was his name again?" Lime asks.

"I believe it was Lelebon?" Ryan says.

"It was actually Lebanon." Leah mummers.

"What was that?" Ryan asks.

"N-nothing!" she says nervously.

Lebanon sneezes.

"Achoo!"

"Are you alright Lebanon?" Europhrian asks while running.

"I'm alright," he replies.

"No, you're not! Like you're only wearing a t-shirt you don't have anything warm!" Lydia says.

"What are you, his mom?" Yoshua asks.

"HAHAHA" Europhrian laughs idiotically.

Lydia slaps both of them then handing Lebanon a coat to wear.

"Let's keep moving I guess," Lebanon says while walking overEurophrian and Yoshua who are on the floor from Lydia's slap.

Back to the group:

"Well anyway, we gotta keep moving up so we can progress and get to the highest class!" Ryan says while hitting his fist against each other.

"Hmph, it's not really any of my business," Lime says.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Nathaniel asks.

"It simply means that I'm not here to get to the highest class, I'm here to have fun. I can understand that your puny brain can't comprehend that," she says back.

"Well I can understand that your puny brain can't understand that you're not a boy so stop acting like one," he says.

"W-What did you say!? I'm not trying to act like a boy-"

"Comb your hair and you'll look good. Easy," he says while turning another page of his book.

After their little dispute, they talk about the other teams like Lebanon's team and the strength they showed in the entrance exams and how they were assigned to classroom 1. They then return to the centre to get to stage 2.

"Congrats! Your mission now is to Hunt 3 deer's and bring 3 deerskin, catch 2 fish and slay 1 bear." the lecturer says while smiling.

"This is to test your survival skills, if you complete this task you will gain 10 points." he continues.

"Note, that only a few teams will succeed in the task because of limited resources so make sure you protect what you have because other teams may come to attack you to gather resources because of the shortage of their own goods." he finishes.

"Wow, it's going to be quite difficult huh?" Ryan says to himself while looking at the floor.

"Good luck! The equipment you will need is in this box," he says while presenting the box to them.

They open the box and see 1 fishing rod, 4 worms, 4 knives and another shield food items necessary for survival.

2 days later:

"O crap we need to find the resources fast," Ryan says while looking at their diminishing supply.

"Calm down," Nathaniel states, trying to reassure Ryan that they'll be ok.

"Shall we go into teams? We can split into two and try to discover more land. That way, we can also gain more food." Leah inquires.

"Okay! That sounds like a plan." they all agree.

Towards the north, the is a team of 3 people located and are picking flowers.

"Do you think we'll pass the exam?" one girl asks.

"I-I hope so. If we don't, we'll be expelled or something!" the other girl replies.

"Let's just keep looking for those fireflies!" the boy with orange hair states.

Above them, there is a crow that seems to fly over them. It flies down with immense speed and immediately is attacked and both the girls and the boy are extremely injured and are bathed in blood. The seems to be countless fractures and many ribs broken.

"AGH!!" the boy yells in pain.

The other two girls are also in pain and yelling but unfortunately have passed out. Although, the boy is barely awake and looks ahead to see two figures approaching them. One with a black cloak, shrouding his body and another appears to be childlike. They walk until they are at a fair distance from the children.

The man in the cloak removes his hood and spreads out his arms. There appears to be tattooed all over his arms and face. They appear to be snakes.

" We are looking for potential body users that may uphold our power, which one of you are worthy?" the man in the cloak asks.

"H..huh?" the boy responds faintly.

"I guess not."

The childlike figure who is Rako begins to laugh and says:

"He's not even worth our time! Let's go!" he says while smiling carelessly.

Although this is happening in that area, other students unaware of the situation and continue their quests.

One by one, Rako and the cloaked figure starts to attack students to see which one is worthy of being a vessel. They both have the tattoo on their arms to show they are from the clan of darkness.

The cloaked man has a tongue like a snake, and his skin appears to be unnatural and repulsive to look at. On the other hand, the teachers notice things are going wrong as it's getting late and students are not coming back yet from their quests and missions.

Meanwhile, Lebanon and the others are doing very well. They laugh and play as they are about to finish the quest. Ahead, they hear yelling and screeching and Lydia sees the previous group that was working in front of them, that is to say, Nathaniel, Ryan and the other two although are fallen and only Nathaniel almost unconscious battling against Rako and the assassin. She rushes ahead to gain a better view of what's going on.

"Where are you going?" Europhrian asks.

"I'll be right back!" she yells back.

"Are you the worthy vessel we are looking for?" The assassin asks.

"WHO ARE YOU DEMONS AND WHY ARE YOU HERE?!" Nathaniel yells.

"HAHAHA, DEMONS? Foolish one, you know nothing," he says while smiling.

They engage in battle, and Nathaniel grabs a wooden stick and throws it at Rako. He turns his head to the side and dodges the throw, but when he looks ahead Nathaniel immediately attempts to punch him in the face. The assassin grabs his hand and throws him backwards.

"HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO MY COMRADES!" Nathaniel yells in agony.

They had been ambushed by Rako and the assassin so all three except Nathaniel were unaware. The three are now unconscious on the ground, almost lifeless.

"GUAHAHA WEAKLINGS!" Rako yells while laughing once again.

"I've got to warn the others!" Lydia says to herself.

In an attempt to warn the rest, she makes a rustling noise and the assassin notices.

She leaps and runs towards the group to which they can see her:

"Oh! Your back Lydia! Let's get moving on-"

"GUYS! TROUBLE! THERE IS UNMASKED PEOPLE ATTACKING THE STUDENTS!" she yells.

"Huh?! We can't hear you properly." Lebanon yells back.

"I SAID THERE IS-"

Lydia comes to warn Lebanon and the others, but the assassin all of a sudden is in mid-air with a blade in his hand. He is extremely fast and the blade is close to her neck.

"LYDIA!!!!!! BEHIND YOU!"Europhrian yells.

"SHE GONNA DIE!" Yoshua yells.

Instantly, Lebanon's eyes go spark golden and he teleports to the side of the assassin and kicks him so powerfully towards a tree. His eyes although are covered by his hair as he looks down while kicking the assassin.

"Hoooo interesting! I'll save you for later but you, not the one we are looking for!" he yells.

The assassin teleports back to strike Lydia but he is blocked by both his sides by both Europhrian, Lebanon and Yoshua. With death stares they both say:

"I can read you every move," Lebanon says with a tone of anger.

"Make another move. I dare you." Europhrian says with rage.

"I can't guarantee that head will stay on your neck. Remember we are children of Israel. We go to wars daily. Don't play around." Yoshua finishes while they all intensely look at the man.

"HAHAHA, Very funny children. Although you are no match for us."

"Us?" Lebanon asks curiously.

In the distance, Rako comes into view and then throws Nathaniel onto the floor in front of Lebanon and the others.

"HAHAHA NOW ITS ABOUT TO GET FUN," Rako says while clenching his fists.

"A kid?!" Lydia states.

"WHO ARE YOU GUYS!?" Europhrian screams.

"You'll find out very soon." the assassin responds.

"What do you mean very soon? Tells us here and now who are you." Lebanon says with a serious tone.

Everyone is surprised as they have never seen such a serious side to Lebanon. Before he appeared to be weaker than most but now it seems as though he was hiding some hidden potential.

"He's right. You just blatantly tried to kill me just then!" Lydia says with anger.

"My name is Zac I come from a dark tribe and we are here looking for a vessel which upholds our power."

"Yes, which one of you are worthy?"

"Power? Worthy?! Get to the damn point. What's your objective here?!" Yoshua asks.

"Just shut up and become OUR VESSEL!" Rako yells while running toward Yoshua.

As Rako runs, Yoshua brings out his axe and braces for combat. Although as Yoshua sings his axe when Rako comes near him, he strikes Yoshua causing him to lean back slightly. This is followed by a right hook from Rako, then grabbing Yoshua's head with two arms and then kneeing him in the face. He also follows along with Rako placing one leg on the floor like a sumo wrestler. Meanwhile, Yoshua is falling back feeling the impact of the attack from Rako.

"YOSHUA!" Europhrian yells.

Then Rako goes around in a 360 rotation with his right leg in mid-air and creates and wind slashes effect. His foot attacks Yoshua face like a blade. Yoshua fully leaves his impact as he yells "AHHH" unable to defeat Rako by himself, Rako laughing at his weakness grabs his head, about to finish him off but Yoshua gains some inner strength and uses the end of his axe to strike Rako's belly. Rako looks at Yoshua without emotion and tosses him away as though the attack didn't faze him.

"Hey," Lebanon says quietly.

"Huh?" Rako responds.

Lebanon's eyes flash golden and then he moves so quick to the point Rako cannot visually see him. He teleports in front of his face and gains strength so potent that he punches him yards away into miles of trees.

"SUCH POWER!" The assassin states.

Lebanon slowly walks towards Rako and says:

"I'm not done yet."

Rako, who is utterly surprised and sweating by being hit by an unknown attack loom into one of Lebanon's eyes. Now, Lebanon's hair covered most of his face but only half of his golden eyes could be seen.

"YOU COULDN'T BE!" Rako yells.

Lebanon continues to walk but Rako throws a large wooden stick which appears to be a spear at Lebanon. Lebanon, without any expression, tilts his head slightly so the spear actually flies towards the assassin. The assassin dodges it of course, but he is also surprised as well as, and Europhrian even Lydia too.

Lebanon's hands glow for a brief moment before attempting to punch him again. Rako is immensely sweating is frozen in position.

"H..Hey! W... we can talk about this!" he says numerously while stuttering.

"Huh?" Lebanon responds. His voice was almost echoed. Almost as though it wasn't even Lebanon at all. More like power within him speaking.

"Know your place." Lebanon continues while still walking.

"DAMMIT! RAKO MOVE! HE'S GOING TO DIE AND OUR PLAN WILL BE RUINED!" The assassin rushes towards Rako and teleports once again to slashes Lebanon's neck.

"AGHHHH DIE! CHILD OF ADONAI!" He yells.

Europhrian blocks his attack with a blade and says:

"Wait your turn."

Lydia on the other hand attends to Yoshua treating his injuries.

Back to Lebanon, his necklace begins to glow and so does his right hand. He goes for the punch but suddenly faints. His fist reaches the bark of the tree and when Rako looks to his side, he sees holes. Yes, holes. Not in one tree, but in multiple behind that tree.

"Huh? Well, well. Looks like you can't even fully control your power yet. Guess I'm saved! HAHAHA," Rako laughs while regaining his composure.

"Lebanon!" Europhrian screams.

"Zac."

"Yes?" he responds.

"Let's leave this area. We've already accomplished our goal."

"What?! You have clearly seen that boy's potential as well as many others! We can get one of these to contain our power and-"

Rako looks at Zac intensely almost signaling him it's useless to argue.

"Even if one of these kids can contain all our, it'll be no use if we were to die in the process. We must also report this information to you know who."

"Very well."

Both figures jump the sky and land on the trees. Jumping further they state:

"We'll meet again and you, boy. We shall most definitely fight when I'm at full power!"

"YOU THINK I'LL LET YOU GET AWAY?!" Europhrian says.

"Don't follow them Europhrian !"

"WHY NOT?!" he yells back.

"LOOK AT LEBANON AND YOSHUA! THEY AREN'T EVEN CONSCIOUS! WE NEED TEACHERS HELP SO SIT YOUR ASS DOWN AND HELP ME!" She yells back.

Europhrian looks at the figures as they fly away and bites his lip. He remembers both Yoshua and Lebanon in battle and realizes he didn't do much. He whispers to himself while clenching his fist:

"I swear I'll get stronger."

He then walks to Lydia and helps her attention to their injuries. Looking at his eyes, Euphorian's eyes seem lifeless and full of pain.