Alena had a lot of things that he never had. Most important of them were powerful parents that would protect her from harm. Not only that, she wasn't living in New London. She was living on another continent entirely. This way, he wouldn't be able to reach her easily to kill her, even if he had the power to.
"I bet I can hire some villains to do it for me. But it will require money, and I don't have money. Besides, it will be expensive since she has the protection of her parents."
"It seems I need money and a lot of it. Maybe I should start taking some villainy jobs. It will give me money and publicity that will make me stronger. But it is risky business. I wonder if..."
He was distracted by something he saw on the phone. He wasn't the only one who was distracted by this news article. Apparently it was surging all over the internet.
The headline read, "Rampaging Demigods."
He clicked on the link to check it out. There was a video available on the page. It showed two indistinct collosal figures fighting. The video was blurry, so he couldn't see them clearly. All he saw were two figures like large mountains smashing into each other.
He whistled appreciatively as he watched. While the video was problematic, the audio was clear. He could hear explosions and thunderclaps. It sounded like a roar of weapons and a raging storm at the same time.
The person taking the video panned away to show cracks spreading across the ground towards them. The cracks expanded rapidly while the earth shook. It was clear that there were three fighters in the fight, and the third one was taking a beating from the other two.
The video went up to the sky next, where a large bird was flying straight at the camera. It revealed itself to be a flying boulder before it slammed into the camera. The video went dark then.
"Oof!" he exclaimed. "That couldn't have felt good."
There was an article written below the video. It was mostly conjectures about the identities of the demigods and what they were fighting for.
Not much is known about demigods. Not only because they are rare, but because they are too powerful for mortal creatures to be around. Apparently, the radiation from their bodies would kill normal humans , so they rarely associate with humans.
Still, the article was informative. Kelvin learned that the reason the video couldn't show what they looked like clearly was because of the radiation they were producing.
He wondered aloud, "What could make these powerful figures fight each other?"
He didn't have an answer to that question, so he returned his attention to his earthly woes. Mainly, how to eliminate his archenemy easily and how to acquire money.
But he was distracted again. Something caught his attention on the table in the center of the room. It was a ring. It was a golden ring. It was a very beautiful ring.
His eyes were fixated on the ring for an unknown amount of time. He didn't know how long he was staring, and he didn't wonder why he had never noticed the ring until now. All of those details were not important in front of the most beautiful ring he had ever seen.
"It must be the most beautiful ring ever," he said with eyes of worship and adoration. "No, it must be the most beautiful thing in all of existence."
His awe soon turned to greed. He muttered dreamily, "I must have it."
He wasted no time in taking action. He moved towards the ring, and as he did so, the ring seemed to glow in his vision. It grew brighter, such that it was the only thing he could see. It was the only thing in the world that mattered.
His fingers touched it, but he had to take back his hand because of the spark of electricity that rebuffed him. But that didn't dissuade him.
He said with steely determination, "I must have it. It must be mine. It will mine."
So he reached for it again. There were sparks again, but he didn't give up. He forced himself to hold it even as his fingers began to char from the electricity and his fingers shook with the shocks.
Unfortunately, despite his impressive display of determination, he couldn't lift it from the table. It was as heavy as a mountain. He struggled against the weight, but it wouldn't come up.
He heard a voice in his head. It was like a whisper from deep within his mind. It asked him, "Do you want me?"
He replied quickly, "Yes."
"Do you want power?"
"Yes."
"Do you want to be the Paragon?"
He agreed even though he didn't know what it meant.
"Then you must swear to kill Raijin."
He didn't ask who Raijin was. He didn't care about why he should kill this Raijin. He didn't even consider where the voice came from. He would have agreed to anything, including giving out half of the organs in his body. His brain included. So he agreed without missing a beat.
"I will kill Raijin."
"Swear it."
"I swear that I will do everything to kill Raijin."
The ring came off the table immediately, after he swore to it. His hands had become darkened bones, but he didn't care. He placed the ring over his finger with joy and relish.
His whole body tingled immediately. It wasn't like the shocks of electricity he felt earlier. It was a pleasant shock that relaxed him.
But then his body began to heat up. He didn't notice this, of course. He was too enamoured with the ring to care about anything else in the world. His eyes were fixed on the golden ring on his finger with all the attention he could muster.
His body heated up until it began to steam. Maybe the pain would have jolted him out of his reverie, but he couldn't feel pain, so he was unaware of it.
He didn't need to worry, though. He was only awakening for a second time. It is not a normal occurrence, so it is normal that there would be abnormal manifestations and phenomena.