"Listen, young one. You stand at the crossroads of fate, where shadows converge and destinies intertwine. The veil between worlds is thin, and you, my dear child, are the fulcrum upon which balance teeters. Long have I slumbered in the obsidian depths, my scales absorbing the echoes of forgotten ages. I am the keeper of secrets, the embodiment of ancient wisdom. My name whispered in the wind, carried by the night itself. Destiny, my fledgling, is not a linear path. It is a tapestry woven with choice, sacrifice, and revelation threads. Your power lies dormant, waiting for the spark of realization. You are more than flesh and bone; you are stardust and shadow."
"More than flesh and bone"? huh. Now, what does that mean? But before that, where am I? "Don't worry, Rudra. It's alright. You fainted on the spot, so we did some tests on you and it's nothing serious." Yumiko was there in the room, along with Lisa? Why is she here? What is this place? " It's the research facility where we run some research on the spirits and wraiths. We are always trying to learn new about them, especially on how to increase the bond between spirit and holder." Wait a sec, you told me that to increase the power level, I have to train. You didn't tell me about this." It's because it was never done before." What do you mean not done before? we are the ones with the powers. you are saying that as in there were... Don't tell me there were others before us. What else are you hiding? "Not hiding, just simply not telling you, for now. When the time is right, I will tell you everything."
I can't trust that pretty face, can I? She is definitely hiding more than that. I shouldn't be angry, As I also keep a secret. But it's for the powers if I become more powerful, maybe I will be more useful to the team. Why am I concerned about them? I should be focused on my family and should be planning how to find that wraith who slashed my dad. But how will I be able to do that if that stupid spirit doesn't help me? Lord Shiva, what am I going to do? Please show me the way. I prayed for 5 minutes and went to the mesh for dinner.
After that, I went to my room. Still haven't used to having this large room for myself. Maybe I should talk to it. Who knows, maybe our bond will increase that way. It wouldn't hurt to try, would it? I closed my eyes and tried to calm myself. I heard a voice," Child of twilight, you wield power like a blade untested. But power, my dear one, is both boon and burden." But I don't have any powers. How will I wield it if I don't have it to begin with? " You have it deep inside and you will know when the time is right". Saying that a large dark shadow engulfed me. I was not able to breathe. It was like being buried alive and then I woke up.
Without a second thought, I got up, got ready for my classes, and like that on my way to the math lesson. Without any problem, both math and history lessons were over, and when I was about to leave for the chemistry, a very loud voice echoed in my head " Run". The pain was unbearable but what was that? Then I heard a scream which said ghost. I turned and saw that one of the facility workers picked the woman by one hand and threw her to the window. When he faced me I saw a horrible wraith inside him. I ran across the building but it seemed to like me as he was following me like a mad dog. I was running out of stamina and that person was getting closed. I prayed and heard a loud explosion sound from my back. I turned and the whole ceiling had collapsed. Lisa had used her powers to save me. I thought maybe it was the time to be friendly with her but that wraith crawled himself out of the bricks. How the hell it is alive? Is it some kind of cockroach? I began to run as it seemed it was only interested in me and completely ignored Lisa. Others also were with Lisa and they tried to stop that thing but more than that it seemed that they were trying to stop me. Every attack they threw, it just simply avoided it, and as I was running ahead of it, those attacks came at me. Somehow I managed to dodge all of them but Lisa was not giving up and I was like please have mercy on me. All of them attacked at the same time and it hit him. It flew, breaking 4 walls, and landed straight in the training room.
I was behind them and Kairos asked me if I was hurt. I wanted to explode on them for those attacks but I said I was fine. Then all of a sudden, the wraith changed form and was as large as the ceiling. its claws were as sharp as a sword and we seemed like a bunch of papers, waiting to be pierced. Lisa encouraged the team but I stepped back as I was the only one without powers for now. They attacked and were in perfect sync. Lisa and Caelum provided cover while Lysandra and Kairos attacked the wraith. And at a moment Seri with her Big hammer dropped a powerful attack that smashed the wraith like a boiled potato. But it was still alive and jumped at me. I blacked out and when I opened my eyes the wraith was a grilled sandwich, and everyone looked at me the same way I blocked that fireball.
The wraith was dead and there were no casualties. I was happy that thing was dead. But remains the question, why did it only attack me? Lord Shiva, please grant me strength to endure future attacks. or wait, please make sure that there are no future attacks.