When Kai opened his eyes again, he found himself in the depths of a volcano. After a brief glance around, Randal appeared beside him.

"Here you will learn the power of the Dark Lightning and I will teach you how to develop it."

"Do you have any idea how the Black Lightnings are formed?" said Randal. As he stroked his snow-white beard, his green eyes sparkled with a light that belied his age.

At the question of how the Black Thunderbolts were formed, Kai paused. He picked up his sword and took a good look at it, his eyes going to it with a longing look. He knew, but it wouldn't do any good.

Randal, however, assumed that Kai didn't know because of the silence and began to explain.

"Black Lightning is not a previously heard ability. There are 6 different lightning bolts. Yellow, Blue, Green, Orange, Red, Purple. Your Purple Thunderbolts mutated and evolved with Immortal Dragon Blood and turned into Legendary Black Thunderbolts. You probably don't know. The Black Lightning Art is called Legendary even among all the Arts. It only has 7 stages. "

"I learnt the First Stage with you. Black Lightning of Heaven. We'll try to get you to do it today. "

Kai stood up and took a stance. Sirius had his eyes closed as he held his hand. Randal was behind him, telling him what to do.

"The legend of the Black Lightning is as follows;

Black Lightning was a punishment. People who broke the rules of Heaven were shot by Black Lightning. Likewise, he had all kinds of abilities. But they were all about destruction. This art is the art of destruction, Kai. You have to imagine the Black Lightning of Heaven. That's the only way you can use the First Lightning. Understand how it is formed. "

Kai held Sirius tightly in his hand and began to dream. He imagined the Black Thunderbolts falling from the heavens. Then he swung his sword, but nothing happened. Not even a spark. The sky was not like it had been that day. It was completely sunny.

"Maybe you created the Black Lightning in a different way. Can you think of anything? How did you feel at the time?"

Kai gripped his sword tightly once more. A light flashed in his eyes as he looked at him with a serious expression.

"Anger.... I was angry."

The clouds began to close in as Kai's aura changed. Randal hadn't expected such a rapid change. Kai had started too fast.

Kai moved his head closer to Sirius. As his head hit the sword with a click, his heart and mind became one. The mind was merging with the will of the sword. For the first time in billions of years of history, the will of the sword was forming. Randal could see it from where he stood and could not believe his eyes.

"A Beast...."

'At least in this era...'

As the sword will was forming, the lava in the volcano was bubbling and black clouds were gathering. As the raindrops slowly began to fall, Kai's words came out of his mouth like a whisper, and not even Randal heard them.

'Thank you... '

"Black Lightning Art!!! 1st Lightning!!! Heaven's Black Lightning!!!"

As Kai raised his Heavenly Elemental Sword to the sky, a Black Lightning Bolt split the heavens and fell on the sword. Then another gigantic Black Lightning bolt struck the sword as another one fell. The heavens trembled as lightning struck one after another.

Randal watched Kai, not even brushing a strand of wet hair from his face. He was laughing as the black lightning struck. He was alive. He lived with his sword. The sky trembled with the will of the sword and the power of the Black Lightning. Even Randal couldn't predict how soon the Scourges would strike Kai.

An incredible aura suddenly emanated from Kai's body as the lightning bolts that split the sky fell on the sword. Even Randal took a step back because of the aura. His eyes, which had been wide open with incredible astonishment before, were now wide. Randal recognised this aura.

"King of Kings.... You?"

***

600 Million Years Ago

An old man was running along a beach. His incredible speed told him that he was very skilful, but you could see in his eyes that he cursed his talent every day. When he finally finished his run, he went breathlessly to the fireside. His master was waiting for him there.

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His master had blonde hair and blue eyes. He looked to be in his late thirties. He emitted an ancient aura from his body. Just looking at him made one want to sculpt him.

At that moment, Randal walked up to his Master and saw the parchment in his hand.

"What is that?"

His master looked up from the scroll and looked at Randal. Kai would have been shocked to see Randal's master. The biggest shock he'd ever had in his life. Because he knew him. Maybe in his dreams, maybe in his memories, maybe in his past lives, but he knew him.

Randal was looking at his master.

"I don't plan to hide it from you, Randal. This is a prophecy. A very important prophecy."

"When darkness covers the sky, the King of Kings will appear and rule the world with his sparks."

"Power is in the hands of the king. The wise will want to be close to him, the ambitious will want to surpass him, and only the greatest geniuses will be able to compete with him for a summit beyond the heavens."

When Randal's master read the Prophecy, Randal's voice broke. He could not speak. Even the aura emanating from the scroll was enough to silence him. Whoever wrote this must have been incredibly powerful.

"Who made this scroll, master?"

His master looked at the scroll for a while longer and then turned back to Old Randal.

"Diana Dramer. But who she is is not important to us. Still, I must admire her talent. She saw such a future when even I could not foresee it. Amazing."

Randal stood up and walked over to his Master. He took the parchment from his Master's hand and read it himself. Seeing Randal's face open more and more as he read, his master immediately took the scroll back.

"Be careful Randal! This scroll is an ancient scroll. If you fall under its influence, it will take years to bring you back, even for me. Diana went into intensive care after predicting this. I have this scroll because I went there to heal her. I'm trying to decipher the meaning of this scroll, but I understand that the King of Kings is yet to be born. "

When Randal came round, he looked at his master. The scroll was really impressive. Randal was impressed by the scroll, even though he was a 3rd stepper.

" So master, how much did you understand? "

" will rule the world with their sparks. The meaning here is very simple. The King of Kings is first and foremost a Lightning King. I don't quite understand what he means by dark skies. I'm hoping he means purple lightning bolts, but it probably won't be what I expect. "

"If he's going to have the ability of all kings, it's very important. You know who I am, don't you, Randal? "

Randal clasped his wrinkled hands together and shook his head.

"Poseidon, god of the sea. "

Poseidon nodded and continued.

"You remember our encounter with that man, don't you? At that time, I gathered the power of the seas and formed the 3-Headed Spear and used the power of the 7 Seas. This is like that."

"The 4 Titles you know have a special ability. Every Lord, Protector, King or God has a special ability. The Seas gave me all the Potential of the 7 Seas. The King of the Seas also has the 7 Seas but with less power. This is something like that. (Like Monari's Moon Sword and the transformation of his Body into the Moon.) "

"The King of Kings can use the power of all Kings, but he rarely uses it because it would put pressure on him as it does on us, and we cannot find him that way. "

"He will be the one who will guard the Past and the Future" indicates that this event will take place in the future. Because this Scroll was made at this time. It represents the past. There will come a time when the King of Kings will come to protect the Past and the Future. This is the present time of prophecy. Future generations are the Future Time. So we don't have to worry about that right now. The sky hasn't darkened yet. Let's hope it never does, Randal. "

Randal was once again amazed at his Master's grasp of the world, but he could not make sense of his last words.

"Why, Master? Won't the King of Kings already protect the Past and the Future?"

"This is not a simple battle, Randal. There will be many casualties. Can you bear to see your friends die? Or can you bear to see them go, one by one? We must agree that this war should never have happened. If that's the case, the King of Kings will be our only recourse. "

***

Back to the Skylands.

In Red Lightning City, in the western lands of Sky Island, Alan was taking care of the newcomers' business. He had just left the meeting and there were a lot of people who didn't come, but Alan knew that most of them were dead. But in his mind there were two people he was sure were still alive.

"Summer and John."

Alan had seen them both fight. They were both young men full of secrets. Alan knew they wouldn't die so easily. Even though it had been two months since the World Tournament had started.

"Move! Move!"

Turning his head in the direction of the voices, Alan saw Emma trying to move towards him but being blocked by the warriors stationed as security. He quickly walked over and stopped the guards.

"Okay, move away. I'll handle this."

The 2 young men nodded and stepped back. Emma took a deep breath as she turned her gaze to Alan.

"A-alan...... Any news from Kai?" Emma said. She had been worried about Kai since the moment she saw that sign in the sky. She was happy to hear from Alan that Kai had won the fight, but she was even more scared when she learnt that he was seriously injured and missing. She still didn't get tired of going to Alan every day and asking about Kai.

"Emma, I'm not sending men to look for Kai anymore."

Alan's words shocked Emma. A threateningly angry aura emanated from her body as she stared at Alan. As the developers were about to move quickly to where Alan was, Alan stopped them with his hand.

"Emma, Kai must now be in the hands of an academy. Sending anyone into the forest will only get them killed. As soon as we realise who has Kai, I will personally go to rescue him."

Emma relaxed as Alan gave Emma the information. Then she turned her head and turned back. But just as she was about to walk away, she realised something

"What if they kill Kai? "

It was the most logical scenario. After all, why would they want to keep a legend alive who would come back to haunt them later?

Alan turned round. As the solemn-faced guards once again stepped between Emma and Alan, Alan spoke with unusual calmness, stepping away from Emma.

"Then there's nothing left for us to do. "