Present day…

Their blades clashed repeatedly as K dodged, parried, and blocked every attack Skye and Davis threw at him. Davis pushed with all his might, knowing this was the longest battle he and K had ever endured.

With each slash, Davis could feel K’s strength waning. Sensing an opportunity, Skye unleashed two wind blades toward K. Unable to evade in time, K shifted his body, minimizing the injuries. The attack struck, slicing into K's shoulder and stomach.

Davis aimed his blade for the kill. Realizing he couldn’t avoid it, K smiled and twisted his body just in time to catch Davis’s blade with his other shoulder. Davis felt K’s palm against his stomach. Before he could react, a powerful blast of energy sent him hurtling backward. Both fighters collapsed to the ground. For the first time in their training, they had managed to bring K down.

Skye rushed to Davis's side, growling as she prepared to attack K again. Entering his battle form, Skye grew as big as an adult bear. Both Davis and K got back up, their wounds healing in a flash.

"You've managed to get your first kill… so what's the score? A thousand to one?" K snickered, dusting off the spot where Davis had attacked.

Davis smirked at K. "Don't worry, it will only go up from here."

Skye, ever the supporter, barked and wagged his tail. "Yeah, yeah, Dad's going to win more and more!"

K laughed at their newfound confidence. "Is that so? Then I won't hold back from now on." He raised his sword until the tip hovered just below his line of sight.

Davis got ready, entering the fighting stance that K had taught him. His eyes never left K's distant figure, and all he could hear was Skye's growling and the rustling grass.

In a blink, K's blade was descending towards him. Davis's instincts kicked in, and he jumped away just in time. He felt the disruption in the air and deduced that K had somehow teleported in front of him.

Spatial Magic: Void walker*

"Well done, my friend. Your instincts are quick to react," K complimented calmly, though Davis's heart was racing. "In the real world, your enemy wouldn't tell you when they're going to attack. For that, both your mind and body must be ready at all times!"

"Understood," Davis replied stoically, rushing at K with a powerful swing, only to be deflected. But K couldn't go in for the kill as Skye jumped in and bit his blade...

Seeing K's sword stuck and leaving him wide open, Davis used the momentum of his blade to spin around and go for an upward slash from the side. K saw this and let go of his blade, using his left leg to kick Davis's hand away.

Skye, still biting on the blade handle, used it to slash at K. But K dodged every swing Skye made, fluidly moving along with Skye's movements until he slipped beneath her and launched a lightning-infused punch into Skye’s belly, causing her to drop his sword.

Grabbing his sword, K dashed away as Skye fell to the ground. "I'm sorry, Skye, but Uncle's going to need you to stay down for a while."

Lightning God’s sword technique, First form: Sky Piecer*

He was ready to shoot the built-up energy at Skye until he felt another power building up. Turning around, K saw Davis using the same skill in his direction. Changing his plan, K released his powerful attack.

Both black and blue lightning collided, causing the space to shake once more. The sky cracked open like a broken mirror, revealing the training room behind it. The crack spread further, and the horizon slowly disappeared.

The space they were in was breaking. Davis dashed through the smoke caused by the explosion and attacked K. His attack was parried, and his arm holding the sword was sent upward leaving him wide open.

K brought his sword close and went for a stab, but Skye kicked him to the side. Rolling on the ground, K used his left arm to stop himself. He looked up to see Skye jumping at him, forcing him to leap to the side only to meet Davis's sword coming for his neck, K successfully dodge it and fall back, he knew he was struggling to keep up with their combined attacks.

After maintaining the stability of their space for so long, his power was dwindling fast, just as he wanted. However, his stamina and strength were also waning, as he was just a soul. Losing power was equivalent to losing strength.

K went back to attacked Davis, making their swords clash and bounce back, before K could do anything further he was forced to jumped up to avoid Skye's claws coming for him. Landing on Skye's head, K tried to stab her but failed as Davis leaped into the sky.

Lightning God’s sword technique, Second form: Sweeping storm*

His attack missed K but managed pushed K away from Skye. Distracted by Davis’s slash passing above his head, Skye was able to swat him using her paw. although, K managed to block her attack using his blade, he was sent him flying by the force behind it.

Lightning God’s sword technique, First form: Sky Piecer*

Davis used this chance to shoot a powerful blast at K. Unable to dodge, K used himself to block the attack, suffering severe injuries as he fell back to the ground.

K struggled to get back up, his body burned and bleeding, his movements shaky and weak. Despite this, he managed to rise to his feet and turned to face Davis. "The injuries..." He thought to himself, his hand clutching his burned stomach. "I've taken too much damage."

Davis observed K, weakly getting back up. Davis thought hard, contemplating his next move and after a few moment of silent he muttered to himself, "Of course, he wouldn't go down that easily," raising his sword into defensive stance.

K noticed the readiness and death stare in Davis's eye, like a wolf determined to hunt its prey. He chuckled painfully. "Look at you all riled up!" Blood seeping from his lips. "Well, I can't let my first-ever student down." He closed his eyes and organized his power.

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"One last fight." He used all his remaining Chaos energy to heal his wounds and got back on his feet, his eyes glowing crimson as lightning erupted around him. "I guess my effort wasn't wasted." He murmured softly.

The space around them became unstable and crumbled bit by bit without K supplying it with his power. K appeared in front of Davis, his sword aiming for Davis's neck, only to miss as Davis tilted his body backward.

Skye lunged to bite him, but K kicked her mouth away, causing her to tumble to the side. Feeling a sword pointing at him, K moved his body to the side to avoid Davis's stab. Calmly, he swung his sword and the impact of K's reinforced blade broke Davis's sword.

He kicked Davis away and without looking he switched to a reverse grip and stabbed Skye's right paw that tried to slash at him from the, holding her paw in place despite her violently trashing around trying to break free. K returned to his normal grip and kick Skye's paw freeing his sword he performed a slash onto Skye's left paw.

Skye felt the pain and tried to bite down on him but K used his elbow to knocked Skye's mouth shut. Hearing her scream and didn’t want to hurt Skye any further, K used a powerful palm attack into her belly that sent her falling to the ground with a thud and revert back into her wolf form. K quickly healed Skye using his Chaos energy afterward, using the chaos energy on his blade to do so.

In his distraction, Davis showed up and delivered a punch to K's right cheek. In his daze, Davis kicked K's sword away and followed up with a jab. Unfortunately, K saw it coming and pushed his body into Davis, catching his hand. Using his weight, K tried to throw Davis to the ground, but Davis smartly channeled his aura into his leg and kicked the ground, propelling himself further than K intended, toward K’s sword.

Davis quickly adjusted his body mid-air to avoid impact and ran back at K. On his way, he grabbed K's sword, and the battle continued. Davis aggressively attacks with K's sword but missed every swing. K subtly dodged his attacks, just enough to prevent Davis from fully utilizing his weapon.

Both of them moved together, one attacking while the other dodge. Their eye never lose contact as they fought with thrilling expression.

For Davis, it was the feeling of fighting someone on the same level and the possibility of winning or losing depending on his skill. As for K, it was the thrill of struggling against an opponent. Due to his lack of Chaos energy, he couldn't determine whether he would win or lose, making the outcome even more exciting to see.

Davis swung at K but missed. K used this opportunity to counter-attack, hoping Davis would drop his weapon. However, Davis gripped it tightly and refused to let go. Charging up, Davis dashed at K with a stab, but K calmly moved his body a few inches to the side, completely dodging the attack.

K grabbed Davis's wrist with his left hand and using his right palm he strike Davis's elbow, his attack effectively broke Davis's arm.

Quickly pulling Davis’s broken arm in, K then attacked Davis's neck with his elbow, injuring his windpipe, the pain was instant for Davis. And without giving Davis any time to react, K followed up with a punch to his stomach and a spin kick to the side of Davis’s ear.

K walked leisurely and picked up the sword, looking around to examine the imaginary space around them. "It was a fun game, but I’ll be adding this win to the scoreboard." He stood above Davis, raising his blade as if ready to deliver the coup de grâce.

Davis struggled to breathe even as he laughed at K. "No," he said with a smirk, "This is my win."

K raised his brow curiously but before he could figure out what Davis meant, he was impaled from behind by three spears made of ice. With no chaos energy left to heal himself, he fell to his knees. Davis healed himself with his last remaining mana and stood, grabbing the blade that fell from his teacher's hand.

"Just like you taught me," Davis said with a n enthusiastic smile. "Just because a fisherman wields a spear doesn't mean he's no longer a fisherman." Hearing this K snickered and shook his head at his student. Davis continued, "Just because I wield a sword doesn't mean I'm no longer a magician."

K nodded, genuinely surprised and impressed by Davis's tactic. "Well played, my friend. Well played."

The space around them completely disappeared, and they found themselves back in the academy training room. "Great work, my friend. You're ready for the journey ahead," K said with dramatic flair, pretending to cough dramatically.

"What journey?" Davis asked, his voice full of surprise. K remained silent, then he quickly opened his eyes wide in surprise. "I didn't tell you?" Davis shook his head. "Oh... um," K hesitated, unsure of how to proceed, as they stared at each other.

"Aha, ah, oh no, I'm dying," K theatrically acted with an unconvincing tone, trying to evade the question, but Davis clenched his fist and his eye twitched. "WHAT JOURNEY?" Davis demanded with a serious tone.

With another few seconds of awkward silence, K urgently said, "Oh dear lord, would you look at the time? You must be hungry after such a long training session." K acted with an unsettling innocence that unnerved Davis. "Grab Skye and go get something to eat. I've got work to do... Bye." With that, he turned into a crow and flew off, leaving Davis in the room with the still-sleeping Skye, feeling confused.

"What journey?" Davis shouted after K as he disappeared into the distance. "Annoying bastard," Davis cursed before picking up Skye and leaving.

As Davis walked through the corridor, K’s voice rang inside his mind. "Now, now, children, the adult only left for one minute. How could you swear like that?"

Davis startled, looked left and right. "You’re here? "

K laughed joyously. "No, " K continued to joke. "I might never have existed in the first place, oooo." Davis rolled his eyes and sighed. "I’m just a figment of your imagination." K continued his charade.

Davis replied with an annoyed look on his face. "Are you done?" to which K responded in a disappointed tone. "Ahh, you’re no fun whatsoever."

Davis jokingly huffed at K. "So, care to let me in on this... journey of mine?"

K chortled at his question. "I'll tell you when I get back tomorrow. Go back and pack everything up. We're leaving in a day or two."

Davis sighed reluctantly and didn't press further. "So, where are you going?"

K giggled. "To get a new body!"

His answer shocked Davis, and he shouted, "What did you say? What do you mean by a new body?" Davis stood alone in the hall, shouting at the empty air.

K laughed at his distress. "Oh, relax. I'm not possessing another person or leaving you for another host. I'm just going to possess a special puppet that I'm going to make. Byee!"

With that K went silent as Davis frantically called out for him but got no answer.

That night, K once again arrived at Vincent’s room. "Are all the preparations ready?" K asked with an authoritative yet friendly tone.

"Yes, Master. All the preparations are complete," Vincent replied respectfully, gesturing towards the backroom.

He opened the door, revealing a male corpse placed at the center of a demonic circle in the emptied room. As K entered, the walls, engraved with Enochian letters, glowed from light blue to black, then finally crimson.

Vincent bowed before leaving the room, closing the door, and standing guard outside. K smiled and complimented Vincent for his diligent work. With a ring in hand, he placed a massive pile of dragon scales, Fenrir flesh, herbs, medicine he had bought long ago, and a dragon heart around the corpse.

"Let's get started..." K murmured as his eyes glowed crimson, resonating with the engravings on the room's walls.