We looked at each other, Jake waved his hand and beckoned at me to come, I sped towards him and aimed my fist at his face, he dodged, which I was not surprised at, then he punched my stomach, I used my other hand to deflect the punch, then we both jumped back , I smiled then he came at me, he was hauling punches at me and I kept dodging, while moving back, I jumped far away, used the energy from my fall to propel myself towards Jake with great speed I did a feint punch to then I kicked him on the side after I gained my footing, he saw through it and he held my foot, he lifted me up and threw me away.
After a series of punches, Jake won. I was on the floor panting, we were exhausted, but Jake was still able to stand, due to him being of a higher rank than him, despite his win he was still as expressionless as always, such a bore I thought.
Jake; I can't believe he has improved this much, I could take him down easily just a month ago, despite him being unranked, I need to improve quickly or else he might catch up to me and leave me in the dust, i looked ahead in determination.
Uncle garry walked towards them, well done Lucius, your rate of improvement is shocking , you are able to battle against Jake to this extent, not bad, to be honest, you should be able to beat most rank 1 lower and middle grade, despite you still being unranked. I smiled, but uncle they have unlocked their first skill, while I've not. You just have to beat them before they get a chance to use it.
Jake you have to improve more, yes master, don't be disheartened, compared to other elites you will be at the top, yes master.
Me and Jake, sat down in front of uncle garrick, Lucius about your second soul orb, I looked at him, it's not a darkness soul orb it's a devil soul orb, it's that a good thing or a bad thing I asked.
You might not know this, but devils with bloodline have a soul orb, it's commonly referred to as a devil's soul orb, that's one of the reasons bloodline devils are stronger than normal devils, but unlike us their soul orb doesn't give them skills at every rank. The soul orb makes their bloodline stronger and it absorbs the essence of other devils, their skills come from their bloodline.
I was surprised at the revelation, even Jake looked surprised, I felt confused, does that make me a devil, I asked in a hoarse voice.
I can assure you that devils and humans can't reproduce together, no one knows the reason why but it's a fact that they can never be a hybrid, so it must mean you must be special.
That didn't lighten my mood one bit, uncle garrick can I have a break today, he understood, you may have a break but remember no one must know about the devil orb, I shall teach how to control your orb so it won't come out again when you kill a devil, unless you will it, training resumes tomorrow, he said,then I left.
Uncle garrick, Jake you may also have a break today, no master I wish to train more, okay I understand. Then I left.
In a room, in the house, Mira are you sure we should keep it from him, it's better for him not to know, besides it will do him more harm than good if he knows now. She replied.
I can't believe I have a devil's orb, does that make me a devil though, but master said it's not possible, then how do I have a devils soul orb, I took in a deep breath, it doesn't matter now, I already have it, I just need to get stronger so I can know more about myself, the man on a throne that's in my body will know the answer to all my questions, but he won't tell me until I get stronger, I didn't tell mum Mira about the man on the throne, not because I don't trust her, but because it wasn't important for her to know, and it'd be odd if they knew a man resides in my body, a mystery man for that matter, my main goal is to get stronger, so even when I show the world my devil orb they won't be able to do anything, his eyes was bright with determination.
Two weeks later
In the courtyard, master has taught me how to control and use my soul orb, he also taught me how to meditate, it turns out although everyone has a soul orb, some people talent are so bad that they had take an entire year to reach rank 1 when talented ones do it in one month, geniuses break through in less than a month, I could feel a breakthrough coming, I could have broken through earlier but master insisted I take it slow, I'm about to enter rank 1, I felt good.
In the night, I was meditating, I could feel a breakthrough, after a few seconds I felt something break in my body, and a surge of energy burst out of my body, my two soul orbs came out of my body, a black vertical line appeared on the light element soul orb, it entered my body back, a word appeared in my mind, which would be the name of my first skill, before I could dwell in that, on my black soul orb a white line appeared, the same process occurred, I was confused, I thought devils orb didn't give skills, then I felt the world spin, I appeared in the mysterious space in my body, I looked below, I could see the first orb beginning to shake, the chains on it were breaking, a while later the chain broke off, the huge orb compressed into a small size then flew inside my body, then it fused with my light element soul orb, before I could comprehend what was happening, I felt the world spin again and I was back in my room. Everything happened so fast that I could barely keep up, they was an additional information in my head. I sat down to process everything.
It turns out that the chained large orb that fused with my soul orb gave me the ability. Angel wings, the skills can't last long currently, maybe about 3-5 minutes, due to the fact that my rank is low, the skill will continue to grow alongside my rank. My light element soul orb gave me the ability halo, let's see what it can do, I went out to the courtyard then I used my skill a white ring about the size of a fist floated above me, I felt my body get stronger, just like on the day of my awakening, but I felt stronger than that day, my body was glowing white a little bit, but since it was night time It was a lot brighter.
Then I checked my devil orb, I got the skill absorbtion, I'm able to absorb essence from living things then convert it into my own, I realized that after testing it on a plant, but I can't use the skill on a being that's stronger than me, this ability is different from the other ability of the devils orb, that one only absorbs devil essence, but with this I can absorb the essence of other living things. I felt satisfied with my skills.
The next day I told uncle garrick, Jake and mum Mira about my breakthrough, they congratulated me on my success, unsurprisingly Jake wanted to fight but master stopped him and told me to make sure my rank is stable before any fight.
A week later I had entered rank 1 middle grade, Jake was about to break through rank 1 upper grade anytime soon.
Me and Jake were standing opposite each other again, we are finally going to have a good fight, remember if you lose Jake you'll tell me the reason you said you wanted to fight me due to my white hair, I said I'll tell you if you defeat me, he retorted, uncle garrick signaled the start of the competition.
We first fought without using our soul orb, after two minutes, I was getting an advantage over Jake, he moved back and summoned his soul orb, the line on his soul orb began to glow, I did the same also, my halo ring appeared, then Jake said, the name of my skill is space hole, then he moved, he punched the air or so I thought, because he was not near me, then I saw a hole appear his hand was in the hole, I felt something at my back, I turned around to see a fist coming at me, due to my fast reflex I was able to block it, but the force was still there, I was pushed back a bit, my hands were numb, but after a second the numbing sensation was gone, Jake hauled numerous punches I was able to dodge some, and block most of them.
I was getting annoyed, I wanted to end this, as if sensing my thoughts, my halo shoned then a stream of energy entered my body, I got stronger again, he couldn't hit me anymore, then I used that chance to beat him.
Jake; I can't believe I lost, I was on the floor looking at the sky, then he walked to me and looked at me, I saw that face that made me feel threatened, I always felt like I was the strongest, but he made me think otherwise, at that moment, a fighting spirit lit up in me. Nice one Jake that was a good battle, right wasn't it, he said, he lied down beside me and looked at the sky.
Now will you tell me about the white hair, I felt Jake's body freeze.