Revenge. How far can I go to achieve revenge? Is it worth it? None of these questions mattered to Ken as he practiced an entire week without break.

Severely fatigued Ken could barely walk, he trained all week trying to master the spears, it required a lot of control to be able to aim them properly and changing the velocity mid air.

[Spears Of Reckoning Stage 2 - Unlocked]

Those were the words Ken worked hard for, the fruit of his labour was so very sweet. He opened the menu and had a look at the action he was required to do. The action was similar to stage 1 but rather to use the stage 2 he would have to pull ou three fingers rather than one.

Before finding out how the newly Unlocked skill worked Ken went into the house and pulled out a small mattress from one of the sliding corridor. The house had a very antique look, it was furnished with hardwood and had marble walls. Ken, Mia and Arthur each had their own rooms which they stayed in. Ken placed the mattress on the floor next to a lamp and went to sleep.

"Is he okay? I'm worried for him" Ken heard these words as he was asleep. He woke up and looked around him to see Arthur and Mia standing next to eachother with sweat covering their bodies. "Ah you're finally awake" said Arthur, "Mia was just talking about you! She was worried because you slept for 3 days straight, Honestly I was very suprised about the fact that a human can actually sleep that long"

"THREE DAYS!?" Shouted Ken in disbelief.

"You were training all week with no Brea so I expected this much" said Mia while pouting.

Ken had not informed Arthur or Mia about the system and the levels of powers, they only simply knew that he had awakened. "I need to talk to you both" said Ken in a serious tone.

"The day I awakened I also received a certain 'power system' which allows me to use various powers."

Arthur said "Yeah I know."

"How do you know? I never told you."

"It's about time I tell you huh"

"What?"

Arthur sat Ken down and told him about his first mentee.

"Long ago I came across a boy, he had ran away from home because his parents abused him. His entire life he just wanted loving parents and friends but he never had any of that. He tried his best in school and even did chores daily yet he was hated by all. The reason for the was because his eyes were black.

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Everyone who ever met him saw a devil in him, no one empathized with him. I brought him home with me because I thought the boy was very interesting"

"Black eye huh. Did he get consumed?" Interrupted Ken.

"I'll get to that. Before I tell you that I need to tell you about him, when I brought him home the first thing he told me was that he wanted power." I laughed at his eagerness for power and asked him why he wanted to become powerful. Without batting an eye he simply said he wanted to kill everyone.

"What? I get that he got bullied but isn't killing everyone a bit extreme?" Mia said.

"It was. So I took him in and taught him the teachings of god, I wanted to remove the notion of killing out of his mind. I spent 10 years teaching him the ways of god and how to fight. I simply wanted him to become stronger and use his power for good, I was wrong. Instead of raising a hero I raised a demon."

"What do you mean master?"

"That boy who held the power of the devil was your father."

Ken was in disbelief, he thought of the whole situation as a joke. Why didn't master tell me earlier? Why did he hide it from me all this time. This is the only thing that went through Ken's mind at that time. "M-my father?".

"Yes"

"Where is he now."

"He's leading null."

Ken laughed at the entire situation. As soon as he heard that his father whom he had never met was leading the group that destroyed his home his eyes teared up, he couldn't keep his emotions in check. Mia tried cheering him up but even she realised he needed some time alone with his thoughts.

"Are you still going to get your revenge?" Said Arthur.

"I'll kill any bastard that took part in blowing up my home!"

Meanwhile at Kami islands null was getting ready to start their scouting for new members at their organisation. Every year 5 people out of the entirety of dato islands are selected to become a prestigious member of the null organization. The members are decided using a tournament method and it is telecasted worldwide. Everyone watches this tournament of selection called 'The Selections'.

Ken worked hard enough to unlock stage 3 of his spears and also unlock a new skill called 'Divine Shield'. Stage 3 of Spears Of Reckoning gave Ken 100 more spears and allowed him to shoot his spears at 1000mph, the action now instead of three fingers required all five fingers to be pulled out. There was a catch to using it though, everytime he used this skill his body would be restricted from moving at all for 15 minutes so using this in a fight would be very reckless. His new skill Divine Shield which was at stage 1 gave him permission to cover his body with a white and purple shield which took 20% of the damage dealed to him.

The action to use his shield was simple, all he had to do was cross his arms with his fists closed and legs a little apart from eachother.

Ken tried using a combo of the shield and spears where he first activated his shield and then used stage 2 of his spears. He tried endlessly to do this without gaining much fatigue.

In only a month Ken had conditioned his body to handle the pain that came with the combo. He sparred with Arthur where he uses this combo. He first pulled out the shield and then used stage 2 of his spears. Arthur dodged a few of the spears while he protected himself using the others, he took out his long wooden sword and slashed Ken. It suprisingly did not hurt him alot, he held the sword and pulled it towards him he went for a punch but Arthur blocked it with his palms.

"Enough for today, you've gotten a lot stronger. I fear what will become of you when you unlock the pure bla- i mean white eye." We need to figure out how to get you in that tournament without anyone knowing about your eyes."

"Since my skill uses spears can't I just tell them I have green eyes? My shield is only visible to me so no one will suspect anything."

"That's the problem, People with green eyes can summon anything they want but they can't summon 500 spears out of nowhere!"

"I don't need 500. I'll make do with just the 1."

"It's good to be confident but the people at this tournament aren't a joke. They are the top of the top. Here I'll show you some matches from last year's tournament."

"IS HE ALIVE OR IS HE DEAD? THAT PUNCH NEARLY RIPPED HIS FACE APART" Shouted the commentators of the match, Ken watched many matches from last year's tournament and knew he needed to train alot harder in close combat. There was one guy that caught his eye, a purple eyed man who used his Invisibility along with a cloth covered with what looked like opium. He didn't make it but he will definitely come back this tournament.

A week passed, then 2 more months passed and the only thing Ken focused on was getting better in close range situations. He sparred everyday with Mia and Arthur. When he wasn't sparring with them, he was focusing on summoning his spears alot faster. He got to the point where he could summon the stage 1 spear within .5 seconds.

Finally the day had arrived. The day of The Selection.