Training

Raven dodged the incoming attack. His body was moving faster than usual. No, it was his instinct.

Raven bent forward narrowly dodging the kick. He dashed forward Logen to tackle him into the ground. Logen noticed the change in Raven and smirked. ' He is slowly adapting to my fighting style. '

Logen gave his knees to the incoming Raven's head. As the knee connected with the head, the weaker one exploded into pieces. The weaker one was Raven.

Logen laughed. They had been playing for a long time. Raven lost the bet and he had to eat his words.

Although dying a hundred times was painful, Raven quickly got used to it. He even learned how to apply his instinct. Before the curse on his body lifted, he was always afraid of someone killing him in an instant.

Even after lifting the curse, he only had normal human speed and precision. It was annoying since he was in the world of the supernatural.

" Satisfied?" Raven asked.

Logen nodded. Raven looked at his arms and legs. All of them felt different, the energy he felt during the killing and now was very distinct. He wanted to experience that again.

" Feeling unusual? " Logen checked.

Raven nodded. " I feel awesome. " He threw a quick punch to the air. It was an ordinary punch. " Now, that awesomeness was gone. I want to grab that. I want that to be mine. "

Logen chuckled. "That will be your alone if you told as I said. "

" What is that power? It is nothing like mana. Well, I never used mana before but mana was supposed to make you feel at ease. " Raven looked at his hands and smiled.

A look of insane twisted along with an excited expression, the smile was terrifying. But to Logen, it was the smile of power.

" Cause this power is different from all that cheap stuff. " Logen said.

" How so? Stronger than Ether as well? "

" Ether are the energy make from nature. There are everywhere and everyone with the Core can use those. " Logen explained. Raven already knew all that stuff but he listened silently.

" But there is the downside of Ether. " Logen said.

To which, Raven frowned. " But you can control time and space with Ether right? That's why I'm head bent onto Ether Core. "

"Yeah, but that is only for gifted people. The one who was loved by Ether. Not just any folk can control space and time. Only a selected number of people can use that. Their core developed faster because of their talent, which they were bored with. Not because of their work. " Logen explained.

" But this power is different. No, it was more than different. Everyone can use this. " Logen laughed. His voice overwhelmed the field.

" What power? "

" Spiritual energy. " Logen said. " You can call it what you wanted but I prefer the name simple, Willpower. "

Raven was bewildered. " What can it do? "

Logen pointed the tip of his finger into the sky. The space around the finger cracked, massive black hole emerged from it. Before the black hole went crazy, Logen dismantled with a snap.

"Ability to bend the very nature itself. " Logen smirked. " With enough Will, you are the ruler of nature. "

" Control Ether? " Raven murmured.

" No, Force Ether into your own rule. That is why using power is different from mana and the like of Ether. It gave you the feeling of the ruler. " Logen explained.

" I want to use that power old man. " Raven said.

" Why? " Logen asked. This time the friendly atmosphere from him vanished.

" I want to be the greatest. There are many strong people here. I want to step on them and show them who I am. " Raven said without hesitation.

" So you want fame and power. "

" If you boil that down then yes. I want that. " Raven replied.

Logen shook his head. " You need more than that. Power is not born from desire. You need the need for it. The need to use power. "

Raven scratched his head. "I don't understand. "

Logen smiled. " Willpower is not suited for training. It was more meant to be used in life or death. But you can sharpen your mind by meditating. "

Raven nodded.

" Come. Let's eat. " Logen said.

" Sorry, can you wait for me a bit? " Raven asked.

" I'm going to kill Grace. Her life is meaningless. "

Logen nodded. " Good. I was about to tell you after eating lunch. "

Raven entered the house and picked up the sleeping Grace. He saw Logen digging a hole.

Raven carried her. He placed her on the metal table, Logen created.

Logen gave him a small dagger. Raven took it and placed it on her neck.

Swiftly, he slashed the veins. Blood coming from her neck, flowing on the mental table. Raven smiled. He didn't feel anything.

No regret about killing her or her family. She was innocent in his eyes but that innocent was useless in the face of evil.

He always heard the screaming of the souls. But today there was a very loud pain from the depth of millions of souls. The pain of her family.

Raven was already additive to this. He can't stop. Logen didn't say a word. Although he didn't enjoy taking a human life, what can he do?

Logen was also a sinner like Raven. Or maybe even worse than him in some regard. The world is filled with wicked people and he was the wicked one as well.

Seeing the blood of the young girl, Logen remembered his golden age. The age where he had slayed Gods and humans. That time was precious to him.

Logen lifted the dead girl and threw her at the depth of the hole he just dug. And light her fire.

***

Around the height of a thousand feet from the sky, there was a land vast enough to call its continent. The land was filled with sky creatures and the cloud was strong enough to withstand the weight of a building.

A lone man, no, a demon was walking in this land. Lucifer holding his umbrella as usual.

Travelling in the Skyland but there was another name attached to it. The land of hope.

The land where Hope was the strongest emotion. Dreams do come true. Lucifer was struggling to move.

Every step, it was like walking on the sticky land of glue. He can't lift his legs. His Chaos was dropping.

His breath was cold inside of hot. He was a demon, they are meant to be hot. The hot-blooded emotion-driven races.

Lucifer dropped down. He didn't have the energy to move. His vision was disturbed by some force. Soon, he lost consciousness.

The rain dropped the Slyland. It was a rare sight. Since there were above the clouds. So the source must be from the Gods.

The people on this land prayed. A blessing. That is what their belief is.

A prophet came forward from the castle. His clothes were messy, and he barely held his staff. But his face was full of joy and excitement.

He yelled at the citizens. " The Gods had chosen his avatar. The chosen man lived on this land. That's why the Gods gave the blessing. "

He was overjoyed. The God's avatar the most powerful being the one who used God's powers as he pleased. This man is on their side.

The Chaos were everywhere. The Kingdom celebrated at the unknown Avatar.

Lucifer who was on the Far land from the kingdom woke up. He was filled with power. He smiled.

" They are using me. Interesting. ". He became a slave.

He laughed. " That is great. "

He grabbed the space and shattered it into millions of pieces.

The status scream popped up.

Name-Lucifer Morningstar

Age-23

Title- Chosen One for All Gods.

Talent- All things are beneath me

Skill - Space (0℅), Time(0℅)

The one who escaped.

Now all the players in the war of the best were beginning to train. They all got the pieces to build strength.