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"I am the hope of the universe. I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace. I am the protector of the innocent. I am the light in the darkness. I am the truth. Ally to good! Nightmare to you!"
- YMIR, (ATTACK ON TITAN)
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"So may I ask where we are going and why I am not training with Nyssa like usual today?" I asked as I followed after Ducra deeper into the cave wondering where exactly we were going.
"She needs more ti to master her powers and her chi. But you don't have the sa privilege that she has. For you, it's either do or die. And that's why I am 'upping the ante' in your training so to speak. The speed at which you are improving won't be enough. You need to be able to do more than just jump high and punch hard. That's why we are going into the real Chamber of All." She revealed with a chuckle as I couldn't help but groan.
I had recently learned as much about chi and mystical martial arts as possible from the few of the All-caste monks who were still alive and even though I haven't yet made a breakthrough in unlocking sothing like nen or hamon, I have however learned how to augnt and manipulate my chi to an absurd level, a level where even the invisible energy of life becos so concentrated that it actually gains visibility in the form of a slightly shining colored aura.
But the reason why Ducra was poking fun at was that despite having practiced so much and even being labeled as a 'fucking genius' by Essence, I still instead of learning every mystical martial art move in their libraries, had only concentrated on perfecting two. One was the mystical punch which by the way needed a better na. The move was really similar to Iron Fist's dragon chi-empowered punch and was mainly useful to knock people's teeth out even if the ones in question are intangible spirits or untouchable demons.
My second move however was a little more unique than the first one. The second move was basically using enough of my qi in a specific manner to jump up in mid-air using the chi's energy as a boost and by constructing a mini platform made purely and entirely of chi making it possible for to jump around in thin air like so sort of video ga character.
"Maybe, if you had tried to train better and showed all the techniques you know, then we wouldn't have been facing this situation right now, would we? Perhaps, you are not the wise and amazing mystic art teacher that you think you are." I grumbled at the short Ancient One copycat, annoyed by her savage comnts.
"Maybe. But again, as I have said before, everyone has their own part to play in the grand sche of life. You do too and regrettably, it's not being an expert martial arts monk. So, it doesn't matter how much of this you learn because, at the end of the day, this is going to be only a small part of your actual destiny." She replied calmly, not showing any anger towards my comnts at all.
After this, we didn't talk much as we both descended deeper and deeper into the cave in comfortable silence until we ca across a huge door with inscribed runes all over it deep into the ancient cave.
"Welco Bruce, to the true Chamber of all, where good ets evil, where life ets death, and where creation unites with destruction," Ducra announced in a voice filled with wonder like an expert professional tour guide giving a tour of the main attraction of the place.
"... was that supposed to wow or sothing?"
"Maybe. Anyway, you are supposed to enter the chamber alone now that is if you aren't afraid of course. Inside you will find everything you would need in this war against the Untitled as well as everything you need to know. All you have to do is just keep your heart and mind clear and embrace the truth." She advised.
"Fine. I'll enter the chamber just like you want to but I have a very important question before I do that." I said as I examined the huge door.
"Yes?"
"How the hell do I open the door?" I asked, laughing nervously as I looked at the huge pair of doors which looked like they were the heaviest and most unmovable things in the world. Also, they looked like forcing open the doors might bring this whole place down.
"Don't worry about damaging the entrance. People much stronger than you have used their full strength on them and yet have failed to move them even a single inch. Moving them depends on how strong your will is not your muscles."
'So, it asures the power of will. Interestingly, I always wondered how strong my willpower is. I an I don't intend to ever wear a normal green lantern ring since I don't want to work for so intergalactic army or any weird short know-it-all group of ancient aliens but this should give a rough idea of how strong my willpower is in reality...'
I didn't spend any more ti in useless monologuing and just pushed the door with both of my hands. But what happened after the very next mont shocked to my core.
"This... this isn't possible," I mumbled aloud to myself.
"Huh, What?" Even Ducra appeared sowhat surprised being affected by my own astonishnt and shock.
"The door opened with the slightest push, there was no resistance at all. Does it an that I have infinite willpower of the highest quality or maybe am I the very incarnation of the entity of will?" I asked as I looked at my own hands in wonder.
"..." Ducra didn't say anything and instead just continued staring at with a straight face waiting for to go inside.
"Okay, okay, don't guilt trip , old woman. I am going inside." I said as I walked into the room.
"Oh and try not to insult him. He is as childish and dangerous as he is playful. He can be really moody and grudgeful at tis." Ducra cryptically warned just before the door closed on its own behind with a heavy *bam* sound.
"Great another cryptic advice." I thought aloud with a sigh.
The room didn't look anything special at all. It was large no doubt but it didn't look magical or anything. However, one thing unique inside was the small pool of water in the middle of the chamber which was an ominous dark green in color. I wanted to get close to the pool but the water was continuously releasing small amounts sort of green mist which felt toxic as soon as it ca in contact with my enhanced super skin, so I made sure to keep my distance from it.
The entire room looked like so sort of treasure room with gold, silver, and diamonds lying on the floor like useless trash. Books were scattered like cheap magazines. There were even a few high-tech futuristic-looking blasters and guns lying around proving the fact that this place was weirder than I thought it was.
"So you are the chosen one huh? Hmm, you don't look that special to . I wonder what's so special about you. Your sense of style maybe?" A childish voice surprised prompting my eyes to quickly begin to search for where the voice ca from.
After looking around more carefully, I finally saw what had been evading my senses. It was a boy in his mid-teens who was the sa age as sitting on a giant golden throne like he owned the place.
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