You only get one chance to awaken. When it happens, you become immensely stronger, but the catch is that you never know when it will occur, what position you'll be in, or the conditions required to awaken. Depending on your power type and level, awakening will greatly enhance your abilities in every way possible.
That is true, although the upgrades in awakening may vary, some things are certain when one awakens. For one, your spiritual energy will greatly improve in quantity and quality. It also grants better control over other power types.
I looked at Vee as she yapped on and on about awakening, even though I actually didn't ask. She looked so beautiful with her brown eyes and curled hair.
I was more interested in her dreamy eyes than the conversation we were having, if I am being honest. I mean, I only asked how her day was, and she literally went on yapping about awakening as if I cared.
I honestly wanted to tell her I loved her, but now wasn't the time. Well, now hasn't been the time for six months, but I'm certain the time will come. She paused and looked at me confused, then told me to answer her question. I looked at her, even more confused. What question? So, she asked again since I wasn't paying attention the first time.
She asked if I liked Josiah. That had me even more confused. Josiah was a friend. I mean, he's more of an acquaintance, actually, but I mean, I don't hate him, but it's not like I like him either. Let's just say we know each other.
I told her I thought he was chill, but why was she asking? Then, she said the heart-wrenching words: "He's my boyfriend now."
I felt like I had just been pierced in the heart.
Vee's face of enthusiasm quickly changed into worry as the colors faded from my face. She asked if I was alright, and I told her, "Yeah, I was." I also told her I was immensely happy for her and that I hoped they had a nice time together.
I don't know why, but I got up and just began walking aimlessly and without any purpose. A few steps in, and I felt arms wrapped around me. It was Vee. She told me she was even more worried now and wanted to know what was up.
I told her it was fine and everything was okay, and as I turned to look at her, something crashed exactly where I had just turned from.
That's when I felt it: extremely evil and deadly spiritual energy. I instantly used my physical abilities to strengthen myself and kicked Vee far away from me. It is worth noting that all of this occurred within two seconds. Now, I had to be prepared. I turned around to take a peek at who or what had just landed here.
It was a man in black and gold attire. He had blonde hair and deep blue eyes. If he wasn't a man, I'd have thought he was an angel because he was simply outstandingly beautiful. My emotions shifted from fear to admiration and back again continuously.
The moment he said "hi," I was overcome with fear. I don't know why I did so, but I instantly ran. I concentrated my spiritual energy into my legs and ran, leaping as far away as I could from him.
I had gotten a distance of about fifteen kilometers from him in seconds, and just when I was feeling safe, I bumped straight into him. With a vicious smirk, he looked at me and told me it was pointless to keep distance between us because one can only do that with someone equal to or weaker than them in strength. Distance does not matter when it came to someone immensely powerful like him. I wasn't even listening to him. I just wanted to get as far away from him as possible.
I turned, and as I leapt high and far from him, he appeared right in front of me and smacked me right in the face. I poured all my spiritual energy into the point of contact. Once his hit landed, I understood—he was much stronger than me. I began bleeding from my nose, and my face felt like it had been hit with a hammer.
I used all of my spiritual energy, and this arrogant fuck of a man just watched me heal myself like he didn't care if I was at full power or not. He made me feel small and inconsequential.
That's it. I don't care if I die here. I was going to kill this bastard. As my rage built up, he asked me to look at him, and as I did, I saw him holding Vee by her neck. She was clearly unconscious. I lost my temper, and my spiritual energy began building up. He threw Vee right at me, and as I caught her, he asked me why I could not see it.
He asked why I could not see what was happening even with my eyes. My eyes should see what was going on. All this did was make me even more confused.
He told me I was unworthy of my eyes, and he would pluck them from my head as punishment for having eyes I was undeserving of. He planned to torture me before taking his precious time carefully carving out my eyes.
In a minute, everything cleared up, and that's when I woke up. I was on my knees. I touched my wet cheeks and realized that blood was oozing from my eyes. My nose and my ears also did the same thing. In front of me was the man I was supposed to be fighting.
I tried to get up, but I was way too weak. Next to me was Vee. She had bled out of her eyes and nose. As I looked at her with anger, this crazy man laughed and told me she passed out in half a millisecond. I, on the other hand, lasted a minute in his illusion. I was still confused. He then introduced himself as Lord Chad, Ruler of the Ninth Realm and possessor of the heavenly blessing Gortha.
I looked at him in horror. I had just tried to fight a Lord of a Realm.
I bowed and begged his forgiveness, and he calmly told me it was fine and that this was fun for him. He told me he had been watching me since the beginning and wanted to know just how strong I was now. I had to beg his finest pardon. What in hell did he mean by "since the beginning"?
That's when he told me that, apparently, he had known about me and my special eyes since the day I was born. He then continued by saying that one day, when my eyes were strong enough, he would come for them and make them his own. A familiar voice answered back: "You will do no such thing, Chad. Now get out of here, or one of us must surely die today." I recognized that voice—it was Lord LUCI..........