As they got home, they came before the grandmaster, Aden put the Ashes before the grandmaster, "The job is done as you wished for, headmaster".
"Was he hard to beat?", Aden With the cold eyes answered, "It would be an insult to you and my master, if I even say he was a challenge, he was like a toy being played"
Kwen being his master, with a proud expression, "That's my boy".
Showing no mercy to your opponent nor your comrades is what delivers a real meaning to a fight, in a fight a man can go as wild as they want.
The grandmaster smiled at his response, "You may all leave with your masters and make sure to wear the right clothes for tomorrow, It will be in your rooms, That's all for today".
****
The students and their masters start to leave together, on their way out Kwen complimented Aden and Martin.
[LAUGHS & LAUGHS]
The masters got annoyed by him, even though their students did something but they don't brag about it and all of a sudden San opened his mouth, "Master Dang, why is Master Kwen so different from you, Is it because he is obsessed with being the strongest, where you are trying to be kind, because of all the captains I have observed, you are the kindest."
"Hahaha... I like what I hear...", Kwen got closer to Dang's face and asked, "answer the kid, Master Dang, he asked you a question, I am sure you don't want to leave him hanging, right soft boy".
Dang responded, "Ever since we were children Kwen had been like that, the fact that he is talking like this, it is just his personality, attitude, he not obsessed with being the strongest because our King is stronger than him".
Kwen turns around, leaving with a smile, Dang showed a stern expression, as Kwen went to his student, he looked back and with a threatening intention, "Oh I forgot something".
Kwen managed to get to Dang at a fast speed, [PUNCHED IN THE STOMACH].
"I can't believe you have become so soft, is it the kid, what a shame, I no longer will consider you my rival".
[BWAH]
[KWEN LEFT]
San reached to help Dang, he refused and stood up on his two feet, "Damn it... you will pay for this Kwen, I swear by God".
[SMILE]
*******
The Night came and the kid went to their beds, the thought that they will have to fight each other tomorrow to death was haunting them.
"What was the point of our five-year training, raised our powers to the maximum, sigh, and it was all for tomorrow", thought Hashim.
...
Aden-, Exhaling, holding his blanket hard, he got frustrated, he could not sleep, he got out of his bed and looked outside the window.
A tear dropped on the window frame, "I don't want to kill my brothers", Said Aden With a sad face.
...
Trueboy and Elisus slept like there was no problem at all, they had fallen asleep the moment they went to bed.
...
Mark-, he was sitting down, drawing a portrait, Mark was good with drawing and so Peer bought him the stuff he needed, encouraging him more, he would always start drawing after his daily training, his room was filled with portraits.
"Sigh, why has it become so hard to paint, it must be because I am nervous".
...
-San, "I have come to believe this world smiles at me from the front but laughs at me from the behind, will I live tomorrow or not, how long will I even live in this situation, we live in a country that is supposed to be the first land to have gotten the human freedom, yet I am here laying down in bed and wait for my death, tomorrow will be a bad day, the day that the world would show its true colours, I don't wish to kill my dear brothers".
...
Martin-, "Oh, Martin what have you done to yourself, Was the price really worth it, I promise to protect you my brothers, tomorrow I will save you from this hell".
Martin gets a flashback, an unpleasant memory of the past, where he is running from people, dangerous people, who wish to catch him.
[BACK TO MARK AND HIS PORTRAIT]
"Haha... I am done, now that looks drippy", Mark turned off the light and went to bed, "This will be my gift to the survivor tomorrow, I will tell them that before my death, Sighs".
As the moonlight shone at the portrait, the twelve years talented boy has drawn a portrait of him and his brother, sitting in the garden with each other, hugging and chuckling.
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[THE NEXT DAY, MORNING]
The kids woke up, only to be saddened, as the women came to take them, their expression changed, showing no sign of sadness at all.
They brought them clothes to wear, white clothes, just pure white, they eat and waited, all of their wishes were being fulfilled that day.
However, the mere thought of their death is making them uncomfortable doing anything.
[LATER THAT DAY, AFTER MIDDAY]
Peer in the largest garden in the house prepared 7 circled Altars made of stone.
The kids arrived, The masters did too, they sat on chairs, specially made for them, the kids were still standing before Peer.
"You children have come a long way and I am proud of you, for this day I have been waiting, over thousands of years".
No expressions, they only stood like statues, with death on their mind.
"Today I will show you my power, the power to alter the reality itself, something you have asked me to show you a long time ago, Oh… come on, you have waited a long time for it, why can't I see, smiles".
The silence was too loud, "Each of you, go and stand in your circles", the kids did as they were ordered.
The kids stood in their circles, they looked at each other with stern faces, the expression of I am the one who will kill you.
[PEER SMILED]
"Don't bother yourself, kids, you don't need to kill each other, this was never the plan for your training...", the kids looked at Peer, they were shocked until they heard him complete his sentence, they get terrified, "...you will all die here, today".
[FINGER SNAP]
The circles beneath them, from it, chains emerged, the kids tried to jump away from, their instincts warned them, the chains pierced through their body and dragged them back to the Altars.
[SCREAMS OF PAIN]
It was so painful, the pain could be equal to when they cut your skin, regenerate, cut again, going through this process for countless times.
Stomping his cane, he finally used the Manipulation of Reality, "Came forth, as the wishes in my mind think, on its picture and instructions, come to existence".
From the thin air, a single box of iron was generated, "what the hell is going on, I remember this iron box…", thought San, as the kids gazed upon it too, they remembered it too, the Soul of the dark king Edgar, was sealed in an iron box, that would be reincarnated in a body of those who are called, "The Perfect Vessel", a type of body that can adapt and learn any ability, in a short period.
As Martin tried to remember, a bad memory was unlocked.
[6 Years ago]
[EXHAUSTED NOISE, FROM RUNNING]
It was kid Martin, he was running from some bandits, the little boy started crying, "Help.. please… help...".
A man appeared before him, the little Martin thought, he was an Angel.
The Man asked him, "Do you need help, I will help but the child never forget, I am no man of kindness, for me, everything has a price that needs to be paid, So Touch this Box and I promise to save you".
In despair, suffering and agony, an opportunity came to him, he touched the Box without hesitation, there Martin found himself before the dark King Edgar.
...
[END OF THE FLASHBACK, BACK TO PRESENT]
Martin looked at the old man, he was standing tall and proud, coughing blood, he was on the ground, collapsed, when he looked at his chest, a sword had pierced through him.
As Martin looked at the owner of the sword, it was none other than his master, Kwen, "Maste-...", Cough Blood.
Kwen smiled & said, "You are disappointing, Martin."
Martin looked around at his brothers, who were already stabbed through their chest, they were cold dead.
In just a matter of seconds, all his childhood was erased from existence, the masters had killed all of them, the last ones remaining, were him and San.
San, a 12 years old child, the blood was coming out like a waterfall from his mouth.
He was weeping and thought to himself, "I knew something was wrong, When the Headmaster snapped, our energy was slowly taken but with great pain, it was as if my life force was being drained, to finish the process faster, we were supposed to be killed instantly but they needed the energy to revive the monster inside us".
San was aware of his master behind him, so he asked, "Master… Why, did I do something wrong to you?"
Dang laughed, … "Do not get the wrong idea kid, I never liked you, all I did was part of the plan to bring back my king, you are nothing to be worthy of, My kindness was a mere fantasy, created to control you, the man you knew never existed".
San was remembering all the good times he had with Dang.
[FLASHBACK]
"Some mistakes can be made, just don't do them again, haha".
"Master how are you so kind".
"To be honest with you even I don't believe it, but you know what I like it for some reason, it makes me feel real proud, only if this was-".
[BACK TO PRESENT, TEAR]
Martin took a deep look at San, he wanted at least save one brother, Kwen proceeded, "You are just a loser, I can't believe I trained you, if it was not for the headmaster I would not have trained a coward like you even if he begged for a thousand years".
Martin responded, "You were always strict with us but I am not a cowardly boy master, Before I leave this world, I will take everything with me, I will destroy this ritual".
Martin looked at San, "I will protect my last Brother with all that I got".
The Masters felt energy accumulating from Martin, he was about to release a crazy amount of it.
Martin called out, "Complete release".
Kwen jumped away, "You Fxcking piece of shxt, that's my student, never give up even in death, haha...".
Martin with a low voice continued, "Sali Bafrin (Ice Age)", releasing all his energy, the masters jumped away, to not get caught in the bursting ice.
Martin & his 5 brothers died, he managed to Save his Last brother San, by freezing him and all the process of the ritual, thus all the energy that was collected by the Altar became one with San, the dark King is now fully reincarnated in him, his body was fully healed in the Ice.
*******
The house was fully frozen, everything had turned to ice, the corpse of the dead kids and maids, who were caught in the Ice.
The only way San was alive, his inner body was like the Sun, thus making him hot.
For the process of reviving the king, it has become pointless now, for they can not bring out the king, with the power-level San has, a minimum of 250 thousand is required now to bring back the king, which is impossible now, that San would be against them.
The grandmaster standing before the Ice Age, was aggressive, "Well done student, you managed to piss me off, Kwen did you go so far to teach him such a valuable technique?".
"I did not teach him anything like this, but you know my students by now, after all, they are the best of the best, unrivalled."
"I see the next time, I will slice you to show you how to take better care of what is required from you, being foolish and not observing Martin, the smartest one, it was a big mistake letting him be with you".
[AGGRESSIVE EXPRESSION]
Peer touched the Ice, the reality cracked, changing the ice to water, the Corpses dropped on the ground, the iron box was useless now, all the souls that were drawn out from the kids, they have leaked out to San.
The grandmaster went to San, picked him up by the hair, dragged him, "From the moment you entered you were a problem, you are what they call the fxcking unluck, I have never in my life seen a man as fxcked up like you".
The grandmaster picked San up and put his palm, on San's face, "Just what the hell do you have in you, show me your inside, you fxcking cursed human".
Cracking the reality, Peer tried to see through San, he found himself in a dark place, "Where the hell am I, is this your consciousness, even on the inside you are empty, just how low can a man be".
The Grandmaster saw San, he was between two figures, one on his right, pure light and another one on the opposite side, pure dark.
The light figure, kept on encouraging him to become better, "Stand tall & walk to the right path, the deaths of your brothers may lead you to a great path of success, didn't you see how he sacrificed himself so just you can survive, so walk to your honoured place", pointing to an empty throne.
Gazing upon the empty throne, "What is this feeling", the empty throne was warm like the Sun, The grandmaster got the chills from its aura, "I guess if he trains to his peak, this all will be his power, his kid is dangerous, I am like a splash of water in a lake".
The Dark next to Him laughed, scaring Peer, "Why to take the long path, follow my footsteps and I will guide you to a stronger force, forces that would have aided you in this battle, if you had my powers you would have never stepped into this pathetic state of yours since you are me, I would like to offer you all I have just followed me and make I sure you don't lose more people, follow this path", The dark figure pointed to another empty throne, "This kid has two powers, they are both so strong, what the hell, of all the soul realms I have been in, none were like this, the power was easily determined but this kid can become dangerous in the future, he is too strong".
Another throne was in the middle of the two, however it was occupied, "My King", Said Peer, delightfully, it was Edgar, he looked down on San and his pathetic state.
The Dark king then said to the figures, "Why don't you all kneel before me, leave this brat to die here alone, join me and I will guide you out and grant you powers beyond your imagination".
The Dark figure of San looked at Edgar and said, "My job here is to aid San, don't get cocky sitting a little in height above us, you are not the King here, you are just a soul without a home"
Edgar The dark king- "Oh really, should I cut your tongue, you ugly creature, to teach you where my home is or you would rather watch your mouth".
The Dark figure jumped at Edgar, in his fave he said, "Edgar Magog, I have already dominated you, long time ago, don't boost your egos, I was not pointing at you, I was pointing at-"
As soon as the conversation started, the light figure guided San further to his path without being disturbed, which made the process easier.
Then the world shone, San became 1% light, the power of San.
...
The Grandmaster snapped back to the Mrov Realm (Human Realm), Screamed in hatred towards San, tried to strike the unconscious boy.
As he swung, an unknown swordsman Repelled his attack, then Peer swung once again but stronger, the Clash of the Swords that they made was enough Wind burst, to destroy the house, however with the power of Reality Peer suppressed himself, "Who are you?".
The unknown samurai answered, "Your nightmare Mr Peer", Smiled.
The end of chapter 5.