"Now we will assess how strong you are currently." Glynn said as he walked into a large hall.
This hall was arena like, and quite similar to Ryong's basement but, substantially smaller.
Zenil, Kairos and Natasha were following him.
While Kairos had one of his hands in pocket, while the other hand held his phone on which he was currently going through the stock market.
Zenil on the other hand was sneakingly taking peeks at Natasha.
"How are ya! Johnny." Glynn said, looking towards the burly man who was already in the hall.
"I am fine, sir. How are you?"
"Great, great," Glynn replied, "Zenil, you will have a spar with Johnny."
Hearing this Zenil gulped and slightly nodded while looking at the huge man in front of him. Tanned skin, short black hair, tall, wide structure and toned muscles. Everything about him made him looked terrifying.
"Not using dummies?" Kairos asked while still looking at his phone.
"For someone like Zenil? It won't feel right." Glynn replied.
"You are correct." Natasha commented as she looked at Zenil, "We need to do this right."
Kairos turned his phone off, and patted Zenil's back, "Go full thrust."
"So, what do I need to do?" Zenil asked.
"Nothing much, just attack me with your full strength. I will grade your strength." Johnny said as he scratched the back of his head.
***
[Zenil's POV]
I currently stood in front of a behemoth.
All I had to do was land a single hit on him.
And unlike Ayana, he will take the hit head on.
'Let's do this.'
I took the familiar stance. I closed my eyes. I felt the marma getting absorbed in my body. I took the marma which was getting absorbed by the marmic core, and redirected at all towards my right hand.
The marma surged through out my hand, strengthening it from the inside. Unlike Ryong or Ayana, I couldn't yet absorb the marma from my limbs, strengthening them from the outside, so all I could rely on right now was this internal power in my hands.
I took a deep breath and opened my eyes. With the power in my right hand, I clenched my fist, tightened my muscles and rushed towards Johnny.
He just stood their defenseless. A smirk was visible on his tanned face.
He was currently at the third chakra point and had access to the Path he had manifested. The power had gained was a defensive augmentation. So, apart from the difference in our stats, his power was also a factor at play.
"Here I come!" I screamed as he entered in my range.
, a second later I felt the contact between my punch and his abdomen.
And another second later, I found him on the floor a few meters away from the location of our clash.
Seeing this, I felt happy? No, I felt…thrilled.
***
[Narrator's POV]
A look of awe appeared on the faces of Natasha and Glynn. While Kairos had a face of clear indifference.
"Are you fine?" Zenil asked Johnny.
"Y-Yeah, I am good." Johnny groaned as he stood up from the cold ground.
"That's a relief." Zenil said, "Is the assessment done?" He asked Glynn.
"Yeah, I'll upload the data to the server and provide you with your identification card," Glynn said.
"What grade is he gonna get?" Kairos asked.
"Johnny, Zenil come with me." Glynn said, "I'll tell you in a minute," Glynn told Kairos.
The three of them left the hall together, leaving Kairos and Natasha alone.
"What kind of monster has sir Ryong gotten hold of this time?" Natasha asked Kairos who was looking at the stock market.
"A dormant one," Kairos said after looking into Natasha's brown eyes.
***
"Those bastards have taken over Bastille! Now we are open to White Atlanta as well!" Dexter told Cyrille on the phone. "Where the fuck is our rep?"
"I will get him to come there as soon as possible just don't let them come deeper into our territory," Cyrill replied.
"Do it fast!" Dexter said before quitting the call.
"Zenil where the hell are you?" Cyrille said after dialing a number, "Everything is happening as you predicted."
***
About ten minutes later, Zenil and Glynn returned to the hall. Johnny did not come with them.
Zenil held a grey-colored card in his hand and was looking at it with a perplexed expression.
[Name: Zenil]
[D.O.B: 10/03/XX]
[Affiliation: Diamond Clouds, Kayuliv]
[No. of Chakra Cores: 1]
[Grade: D]
The following information was written on the card along with other details like address.
"D? Not bad." Kairos said as he took a look at the card.
"What does this grade mean exactly?" Zenil asked.
"It shows just how powerful you are," Natasha said as she took out a card similar to Zenil's from her purse. She showed a similar card to Zenil.
[Name: Natasha Lushka]
[D.O.B: 21/01/XX]
[Affiliation: Diamond Clouds, Kayuliv]
[No. of Chakra Cores: 4]
[Grade: B+]
Zenil read the following details and nodded. "You are strong."
"Indeed, I am. But, your big bro is stronger than me." Natasha said pointing towards Kairos.
"You didn't need to say that," Kairos said with irritation in his words as he took out his wallet from his pocket.
After that, he proceeded to show his card to Zenil.
[Name: Kairos Ikazuchi Zythron ]
[D.O.B: 19/09/XX]
[Affiliation: Blazing Agni, India]
[No. of Chakra Cores: 4]
[Grade: A]
"How are you stronger than her even though you have the same amount of cores?" Zenil asked.
"I am just better," Kairos replied with a childish smirk on his face.
"You are not," Natasha said with indifference.
"I am." Kairos chuckled.
Suddenly, Zenil's phone started ringing.
"Hey, Cyrille," Zenil said after picking up the call.
"Zenil where the hell are you?" Cyrille said from the other side of the phone, "Everything is happening as you predicted."
"What happened?" Zenil asked.
"Amroh attacked Bastille, leaving us open to White Atlantica," Cyrille said.
"Did you do the thing with The Tent?" Zenil asked after a moment.
"I did," Cyrille said.
"Great, what's the situation right now?"
"After taking over Bastille, they are now coming deeper into are territory."
"Is Dexter there?"
"Yeah he is currently at the school they will attack next, Honey Plum High."
"I'll arrive there in an hour," Zenil said with a smirk on his face. He was excited. "Also, have you sent sent some people there?"
"I have," Cyrille promptly replied.
"Great!" Zenil replied.
After ending the call, Zenil and Kairos exited the building together and parted ways.
While Zenil was going to the fight, Kairos was currently talking to his dad over the phone.
"So, how did it go?" Ryong asked.
"I'd say it was satisfiable. He got D grade. I was graded C- at the first core, wasn't I?" Kairos said.
"You don't even know what kind of monster this kid is gonna be." Ryong chuckled.
"What do you mean?"
"This bastard has a Seal of Power on him. The Chikara Seal." Ryong said.
Hearing this Kairos' eyes widened as he stopped walking on the busy street. "What the hell? Who did it?"
"Wait, this explains why the orb of potential didn't react much to him, yet his pressure is beyond that of a regular first chakra holder." Kairos continued after a moment of silence.
"What now?" Kairos asked.
"What do you mean? We'll release the monster within him!" Ryong said.