"What a coincidence, kid," Shang's tone sounded almost like he was trying to hide sothing. The man hurriedly dried the boy, Kayden should learn this type of magic, it could be very useful.
"That wasn't a coincidence, was it?" Kayden was sure that the blonde must have been waiting for him at so eting point and, when Shang didn't show up, he was tied to a tree.
"Of course not, Kayden, stop being so suspicious," the man hid the bottle of drink behind his back.
"You forgot, didn't you? Did you get too lazy to wait, did you co here to spend so ti and forget?", Kayden got it right by Shang's embarrassed look, but it would be easier to get milk out of a stone than to make that shaless person admit sothing.
"Of course not, Kayden, it's just a coincidence of fate, now get out of the entrance, you're disturbing the custors", there weren't even 5 people in that place and hardly anyone would arrive in the rain.
'Shaless,' Kayden cursed in his mind as he was pulled to a random table.
"Give another shot of this joke here," Shang pointed to his bottle, "and bring...what do you want, Kayden? I'll pay this ti," that was the furthest he would get from an apology from Shang.
The man probably used the club's bathroom to avoid having to pay for water use in his own ho.
'Stingy', Kayden spread a macabre smile on his face. Shang didn't like that smile.
"I want 3 portions of the most expensive item on the nu and 2 snacks with everything included", Shang almost didn't get up to take the order sheet from the waiter's hand and stick it in the boy's dick.
But he controlled himself, sotis sacrifices were necessary for the greater good. Conjuring a bubble of mana, the blonde turned to the boy.
"And then? How it was? You were only there for 5 days", 5 days? Kayden looked like he had spent weeks down there, every ti the guide turned him off he felt brand new, almost like he woke up to a new day.
"It was good, I managed to lose my fear of killing and even reached the 5th rank", the boy was unable to continue speaking when he was interrupted by Shang.
"5th Rank!? What the fuck is this?!" Shang was sure that the boy was still a long way from advancing on stage the last ti they t. 8 years old and 5th rank, this talent was at the level of the top geniuses in the kingdom.
But that wasn't the big problem. Rank was sothing easy to climb when you had talent. That's right, talent. But Kayden was a re level 1 natural talent. The math didn't add up.
"I had an epiphany that helped breakthrough," now it made sense to Shang, an epiphany was sothing truly magical. Often, people were able to understand in hours or days things that would take years and years.
"I see, any more gains? How was your combat performance?" Shang seed to know a lot about the test.
"I did well, I learned a lot, it opened my mind on how to use my spells to maximize their effect with my fighting style", Kayden began to explain so of his changes while they waited for the dishes.
"I see, what about your psychological evaluation?" Kayden took a mont to respond as the plates were placed on the table.
"Broken", Kayden didn't know how to put into words the result given by the guide, broken was what best sumd it up. Shang was silent for a few seconds before starting to respond.
"I did the sa training when I was 10 years old," Kayden was surprised, it was difficult to tell the right age of people at that ti, increasing realms granted a lot of longevity. "My test was healthy," a cynical smile appeared on his face.
The two continued their al calmly and when the rain passed, Shang offered to accompany Kayden to the train station. The boy knew the last question was about to co. In the end, the training had only one purpose.
"I almost died in the first fight I had, but it was an opponent far below my rank at the ti, it took a long ti to forgive myself, there were hours and hours of conversation", the blonde seed to be imrsed in mories. "I killed 6 people," the man let out a sigh.
6 peoples? Kayden was surprised. That was low, he killed 15 people himself. As soon as he thought about it, the boy realized. 15 murders, he was practically a serial killer. Maybe he went a little overboard.
"How many people have you killed, boy?" There was the question of millions, Kayden didn't know what to answer. Should he tell the truth? He already told Shang the result, his number couldn't be low.
"9 people, Shang," Kayden decided to play it safe, he didn't want Shang to think of him as a psychopath. "I'm not going to fight at the club for a while, I need to digest everything I've learned", the boy tried to change the subject.
"Relax, when you get back..." Shang didn't find the right words to delicately ask what he wanted.
"Yes, I will participate in life or death fights", Kayden knew what the blonde wanted. The two continued their way in silence.
Kayden was fully aware that at so point or another, he would have to participate in this sport. It was inevitable on the path to power. The path to the top could not support the weak and to be strong he must push himself to the limit again and again.
As they said goodbye, Shang left one last warning for Kayden.
"Co find when you are ready, I need to pass on so teachings before you participate in life-and-death fights," Kayden nodded.
....
2 months later, a boy could be seen on a mountain peak. The peak was a projection outward from the mountain; it was a piece of land suspended in the air. The winds were strong and violent.
But that was no big deal, the strange thing was that well... there was a huge storm in place. The rain fell nonstop on the ground. Tirelessly, as if his goal was to tear down the mountain through his insistence.
Lightning should be seen in a storm of this magnitude, but there was a large tal rod, rising at least 10 ters into the air. This was not the work of nature.
BOOM!!
The shrill sound of lightning was heard. The tal rod absorbed all the energy coming from the lightning and distributed it onto the mountain floor. Kayden didn't even sway at the loud sound.
His clothes were soaked and his bones were practically frozen, but it didn't matter, the boy was getting closer and closer to understanding sothing essential. A few minutes and a few dozen more lightning strikes later, the storm stopped.
'Failure,' Kayden sighed. But what was he doing there? To do this we have to go back to a small fragnt of mory.
...
Kayden t with Heir as soon as he arrived from his daily training. The boy didn't notice anything different about Kayden, but as the two used to eat in the living room, the old man found them.
"Kayden? 5th rank? I'm crazy?" For a second, the old man couldn't believe his eyes. Heir stood frozen for a mont before jumping at the boy.
"TELL KAYDEN, WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE?" This was the only plausible explanation for the boy's level to rise so much in such a short ti. Jesus, it hadn't even been 6 months since his last progression.
"Very well," the boy let out a sigh, his expression was serious, making the old man and Heir pay attention to him. "This is sothing I developed with a lot of effort with David, I'm only going to tell you two because you're my family."
The atmosphere beca quiet, the two did not expect the boy to bring up such a delicate topic out of nowhere.
"Father, please erect a barrier, this secret is capable of causing a civil war," his tone was serious, causing Han to erect the barrier without asking any further questions.
"Kayden, you don't need to tell your secrets, everyone has theirs", Heir started to feel a little bad, it seed like he had pressured Kayden into this.
"It's okay, Heir, I've wanted to do this for a while," Kayden sighed. "First you must simulate the lightning in your hands", he demonstrated the process, and the three did it together.
Kayden showed a few more steps where he circulated his mana and held the lightning in his hands. It seed like completely random steps to both of them, but they continued without asking questions.
"Very well", the three were already sweating, the boy made them spend a lot of focus on their concentration. "Now the final step, raise the beam to its maximum power without it killing a human being and... each place their beam in the other's leg."
The two did so without hesitation. Before they started struggling, they could see the wide smile on Kayden's face. A few seconds later, the two woke up.
They found themselves sprawled out on the floor covered in drool.
"It looks like we failed the last step, how about we do it again?" The miscreant's voice can be heard waking them both up from their stupor. Heir was the first to compose himself and stand up.
AN: hello readers, I got original works to feature, so I'll be releasing two Chapters today, thanks for the support
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