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Chapter 5 - training

I check the card Bethel gave me for directions...

"Blank! How the heck am I suppose to read a blank paper?" I toss it on the passenger seat out of frustration. The sun reflects on it, showing a map and directions leading to a house.

" wow, I'll be damned. It works with sun light"   i follow the directions on the map.

After hours of driving, I arrive at an abandoned cabin in the middle of a forest miles away from town. I see Bethel sitting at the front of the cabin like she was expecting my arrival, I park and approach her.

"You're late" she said.

"We're far from town, why here?" I asked .

"🤨This is an enchanted forest, hundreds of demonic creatures reside here and we're gonna hunt the most we can."

"We!?"

"Get some rest, your training begins in an hour."

I unpack and settle in the creepy old abandoned cabin😖 while Bethel sets up the training grounds. I fall asleep shortly after unpacking.

An hour later...

Bethel wakes me up " hey, it's time. Put this on."   she gives me an outfit suitable for training. "meet me outside"

I put them on and meet up with Bethel...

"You ready?" She asked.

"I guess so😞"

"Great, place your hand on that orb " she points to a large orb sitting on a table.

"What's that gonna do to me?🧐"

"Just do it😡"

" Ok ok" I place my hand on the orb, it turns green.

" Interesting. You're seventy percent more Angel than human and yet so weak! You allowed your human side suppress your Angel side."

"Yaayyy... Thanks for telling me😒" I said with sacarsm.

The Truth Orb is a divine tool used to foresee and reveal one's darkest secret but it can also be used to gauge Angelic DNA.

Gauging stats

White - Pure Angel DNA

Blue - 90% Angel DNA

Green - 70% Angel DNA

Orange - 50% Angel DNA

Red - 20% Angel DNA

"We're going to begin with physical training. It's gonna help your Angel side balance up and later surpass your human side" Bethel said.

"Ok? So, how does this work?" I asked.

She ties her hair then takes a combat stance " you're going to try and hit me"

"That's nigh impossible 😒" I replied.

" Give it a shot boy scout and stop whining."

"Here we go..." I charge at her. Just about taking my third step, she charges at me too fast for my eyes to follow and my body too slow to block. She grabs my neck and slams me into the ground in the blink of an eye.

"Gah! " I exclaimed in pain.

"Too slow" she said.

I roll on the ground in pain.  " argh! You could have broken my back!"

"It can't, your bones are like steel. You're only feeling pain because you want to, now get up and try again" she replied.

I get up but my body still shaking like I'm about to fall " it hurts."

"Ignore the pain. Focus on breaking through" she replied.

"Breaking through from what?"

"From your human side" she comes at me again with intense speed, she gives me a left hook then a kick under my chin.

"Huff!" I fall flat.

"Get up!"

I try to stand but my body won't move. " I need a break..."

"Fallen Angels and Demons don't give breaks. Now get up, think about your family. Think about your sister"

"Do not involve them."

"Aren't you doing this for them? Now show me you're willing to get strong enough to protect them"

"Shut up!" I said as I struggle to stand on my feet.

"Good, now show me"

"Arrgghh! " I throw a punch at her.

"Umn..." She easily weaves it then pushes me from the back , I almost fall but I regain balance.

"Is that all you have to offer? Your sister would be dead" she said mockingly.

"Shut up!"

"Her blood would be on your hands for not being able..."

I attack furiously, faster and stronger than I did earlier.

"...good, very good" she said as she consistently block all my attacks.

I aim a punch at her throat, she dodges it then lands a lower jab to my left ribs but I endure the pain and return a forceful blow to her face. She staggers back a little before gaining her balance.

Rubbing her lips " Nice hit."

I close in more furious, fuming with anger. I go for a right hook but she goes right below it, making her way to my side leaving me defenceless. She gives me an elbow strike to the back of my neck, making me almost lose consciousness.

"Urg! " I fall flat once again.

"That's enough for today. Great effort on your first trial " she said as she loosen up her hair.

A month later...

"You're stronger than when you first arrived. Ready for today's training?" Bethel asked.

"Yeah, let's get this over with" i replied.

"Actually today's going to be different. I'm gonna teach you how to spawn weapons, but first you will have to find out what weapon your Angelic force will merge with. For me, it's a spear. Some are arrows, swords, iron fist and lots more. While some are entitled to mastery of more than one"

"😀Cool. So how do I know what weapon to pick?" I asked.

She laughs " you don't pick it, it chooses you."

" That's hilarious."

" Pay attention"   she stretches her right hand sideways.  " feel your soul force. Let it guide you".  a strong white energy emits around her hand.  " let your weapon reach for you"   the white energy starts to take a spear like form.  " then grasp it"   the white energy turns into a spear.

" Sounds easy" i said.

She spins her spear around then tucks it into the ground.  " easier said than done, give it a shot."

I stretch out my hand, focusing my soul force into it. After a minute or two it doesn't still emit any energy.

"C'mon c'mon ".  I try harder but still the same outcome. " dang!" I said out of frustration.

"Nice try, took me ten years to master it" Bethel said.

"What!? I don't have ten years."

" Really? You might take more than ten years, you age really slow so it's gonna feel like ten days. Use this for now. " she gives me her spear.

"F**k this..." I said.

She spawns another spear for herself. " relax, conjuring takes patience, time and practice. If you try to force it, your soul force will get disoriented and your weapon will never reach out to you."

"Umn" i toss her spear back to her. "watch me spawn"   I close my eyes and try to force it.

"Tyson no!"

" C'mon".  my eyes turn gray.

"No..." She rushes to stop me but I collapse in her arms as I go into a coma with my eyes still glowing "Tyson!"   She tries to wake me up.  " oh no Ty!"

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I wake up in another realm, feeling weak and exhausted. I look around not knowing where I am...

" Bethel? Where am I? "

I follow a narrow path leading to a very large golden door with multiple symbols on it.

" Wow"  I feel drawn to the door.

" I wonder how I got here ".  I'm about to turn back just when the door opens up.   "Woah🤨..."

I hesitate at first but I eventually go in. It's a white room with an infinity of closed doors, each one looking different from the other.

"😯 Amazing".  I said as I go in even more. I feel drawn to all the doors.

"How may I help you?" An unfamiliar voice asked from behind.

I turn to look, I'm startled only to find a strange goat man wearing golden armor sitting behind a desk like a receptionist and the door which I came in through was no where to be found. " Sorry, I'm just trying to find my friend."

"Is that so? " The goatman asked.

"🤨Yes definitely"

"You're a long way from home..."

In a flash, the goatman vanishes from his seat.  " huhn?"   I look around but there's no trace of him.   " Where!? Where did he go??"

I suddenly feel a cold steel placed against my neck.  " one step and I will chop your head off Nephilim".  the goatman said from behind with a sword to my neck.

I stand really still.  " woah! Easy, I mean no trouble. I'm not here for trouble ".  I said as I try to not panic.

"Perhaps so. I am unaware of how you got here, only Archangels and God himself has the ability to come here."

He presses the sword even more almost injuring my neck.  " How is it that you arrived here? "

" I, I don't know..." I replied.

He sniffs me.  " unforseen. You came here through astral projection, a rare ability"   he lowers his sword.  " but I'm afraid you should not be here. Return home mortal".  He reappears to his sit.

" That's sort of the point, I don't know how to. Who are you anyways? And what is this place?" I asked curiously.

" I am Virgil, the forger of the mightiest and most powerful weapons created in the heavens. Virgil the heaven's weapon keeper" he said boastfully.

VIRGIL

"Ok Virgil, what are these doors?"

"Each door holds a weapon forged by me, every divine entity is entitled to one. Even half breeds like you.

"Um..." I move closer to Virgil " to one you say? Then why am I being drawn to all of them, I can hear whispers, voices of clinging metals in all of them like their talking."

" That's not possible. Only Archangels have the power to wield more than one and only three have been able to"

" Who are this three Archangels?"

" Archangel General Michael was the first, Archangel Lucifer Morning star the second and Archangel Messenger Gabriel the third. This was before the great holy war."

"Interesting, what does that make me? 🤔" I said to myself.

Virgil listens to the voices of the door. " i see why you have been brought here. You have been chosen by all but you're not strong enough to wield all, only one of them can fit in. Nephilim make your choice now, that is the only way to return back"

"I want to pick but which?" I said out of confusion.

" Each weapon reflects upon a person's soul, let your soul force pull you into a door"

"Ok " I close my eyes and try to concentrate.  " I don't feel anyth..." I get pulled into a door . "...iinnggg" I open my eyes.

"Wow" I look around, I see thousands of daggers made in different shape and size hanging around on the walls arranged like a library.

"Very good. You have picked dagger, you now have access to all. "

" Hold on a sec, I can still hear a voice" I follow the voice, it leads me to a dagger. " this one"

Virgil laughs profusely " Brilliant! Very magnificent, you have been chosen by the Dagger of Chaos and lost souls"

Dagger of Chaos and lost souls

"Is that a good thing?" I asked.

"This is just as strong and as sharp as the Sword of Michael. It is the most powerful dagger I have ever forged, it has the ability of a mirror"

"Wow, amazing...but what's a mirror?"

" It can redirect any attack that has any form of light energy in it, and can also take the form of any weapon it reflects upon. However, that ability doesn't work after sunset."

"Interesting..."

"It does have a negative side."

"😒Tell me"

"Very well. You will lose all access to more than one type of dagger conjuring and it will seal off your entitlement to more than one weapon. In other words, you will not be able to spawn anything other than this. It will forever be the only thing you can wield, it is a greedy weapon. Will you proceed?"

I think for a while before deciding.

" this weapon chose me, I will take it"

"That's the spirit, the Dagger of Chaos and lost souls is now yours"

" Thank you" i place my hand on it and immediately disappears with it.

" I hope to see you again someday" Virgil said with a smile.

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"Wake up! Don't die on me " Bethel said as she tries to wake me.

I wake gasping for air...

" You're back! Don't try that again!" She hits my arm.

I notice the worry on her face " nice to know you were worried about me."

"Don't bet on it😒"

"Anyways, look." I show her the Dagger in my right hand.