Chapter 25 - Six Years

After that initial showing of strength at the fight between Mary and Lucius, word of Lucius prodigious talent spread throughout the planet of Hairouna, this was due to the King family themselves leaking the information this was major news and would bring immediate benefits due to businesses feeling the need invest in the King family and Lucius before it becomes too expensive to do so. Each bloodline family on Hairouna would have a standout talent each generation The Jones, Mercury and Abbott families were the other bloodline families located on Hairouna who directly competed with the King family for supremacy, but Lucius had totally surpassed each and every one of their geniuses by becoming a Beginner tester so young.

Adam initial unexpected expectations of making Lucius an intermediate tester before he left for Mustique seemed unbelievable at the time even for him, but just this alone made him change his view of that. Since that moment though Lucius was rarely seen within the King household, he only occasionally came out to attend the elite classes but even then that only periodically and after a while he stopped attending them all together. With Lucius absence Mary was the stood out constantly she performed excellently and was only second to Lucius. But to her that didn't matter, from the moment she fought Lucius no accomplishment she made within the elite class satisfied her, this was quite natural, as a genius she had her own pride and with Lucius over shadowing her, no matter what amazing feat she accomplished it felt insignificant but one had to admit her willpower was amazing as she never gave and kept working hard to surpass him.

As 6 years slowly passed everyone was still talking about Lucius throughout the entirety of Hairouna especially the three other bloodline families who were getting even more worried at this point, considering Lucius talent they didn't he would become a demigod and when that happened the power balance on the planet and even the entire solar system would be entirely shifted, only leaving them the option of migrating or fall in line. Adam's plan of making Lucius attend the academy on Mustique was an open secret that those bloodline families knew as well as he used a slot that was only available for a bloodline family such as the King's, as only five slots were given per each demigod a family manage to gain, the usage of each slot would obviously be a major deal therefore it was no surprise they found out as well . Gregory and Lilith also had another child during this, he was born when Lucius turned five, his name was Cain, he wasn't as talented as Lucius but still he had quite exceptional qualities. When Cain was 3 he began sitting on the sessions with Adam and Lucius but it was mainly Adam keeping him away from the weapons, although Cain was intelligent for his age, he wasn't as mature as Lucius which Adam continuously lamented on, but who was Lucius an old monster who was infinitely older than Adam, even Adam himself wasn't as mature as Lucius let alone Cain who was an ordinary child. Lucius cared for Cain really and truly, he had adapted to his circumstances and although he was still cold hearted to people he didn't know he wouldn't play with the hearts of those closest to him especially his family members. It was a common misperception mortals had of him in his previous life that he was evil incarnate, although he would be the first to admit he wasn't perfect it must be said as well that neither was the other side. In all honesty it was a game being played on a wider scale beyond the scope of mortal understanding, so what they thought was never Lucius' concern anyways, but now he came to a new world he decided that it would be best to change his approach to certain situation or least he'd try his best to accomplish that. Something that remained the same within this six years period was he had been constantly working on turning the gas within brood space trying to transmute it to a liquid state and it wouldn't be long until he accomplished that probably only in a few days. "It's beginning to take shape I wonder what changes it'd have compared to the features of the gas I possess now", Lucius thought as wielded a trident that was in semi liquid, semi gaseous state. Training for six years Lucius according to Adam had reached the limit for what was achievable by someone who was a beginner tester, he even thought that it was possible for Lucius to win over intermediate testers through the use of his dual telekinetic elements and the Hands of time combat skill. Lucius for all he knew was a pioneer on the path he was currently on, obviously he wouldn't know what changes having liquid telekinetic force would bring him leaving him excited about what the future would have in store for him.