6 Secrets (1/2)
Koren looked at Hope, who was staring at him wide eyed. ”Um, Big sis, could you please go outside, I need to change.” Said Koren with a light blush.
”Oh come on Kid, I'm a part of you now, I'm inside you, this is just a projection. Stop being shy, and change.” Said Hope with a wicked smile.
”Please, big sis, can't you just close your eyes.” Koren insisted.
”Ah, OK. You know Koren, you will be a big charmer when you grow up.” Said Hope as she turned into mist and disappeared.
Koren breathed a sigh of relief before starting to change his clothes, as he took off the shawl, he noticed the state of his body. All the burn marks had already disappeared, and although he was a little thin, he didn't feel all that bad, in fact he had grown a little taller. He quickly put on the clothing left by the earth spiritualist named Sappa. The clothes were a little big for him, but were comfortable. Koren looked around and found his old tattered robe in the corner. He picked it up, folded it, and then started to cry. This robe was made by his mother, she gave it to him the day he went to train with Grandpa Kafai, the day of the attack.
”Don't be sad Koren, life and death is part of the circle of existence, no one can avoid it, not even me.” Said Hope as she sensed Koren's sorrow and appeared behind him.
”I know Big sis, I know” mumbled Koren as he looked back.
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Ken was in severe pain, his wrists and ankles were chained together as he was being whipped to continue walking by the soldier behind him. He looked around to see others from the village he once called home, shackled, and being led to an unknown destination. Two days ago, he was a proud father and a loving husband. Now, he was nothing but another slave for the Draco Kingdom.
'Koren, are you safe, are you healthy. Are you… alive?' thought Ken as he looked south.
Ken was home when they came. The main battalion didn't attack, instead it was just 3 men. The village scouts and gatekeepers were the first ones to die. By the time Ken realized what had happened, they were already approaching the chiefs house.
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Ken was able to get there fast since he lived close and that's when he saw it. Lady Mari, the village healer and his mother-in-law, standing in front of the attackers, one of her arms chopped off.
Even though Lady Mari was also an earth spiritualist, she was only level 3 with a harmonization of 1.
After Ken joined the battle, he was able to help his mother-in-law and killed one of the attackers.
Over the years, Ken had increased his level to 9, coupled with his harmonization of 2, he could fight up to level 18.
The Draconian soldier was a fire spiritualist of level 15, and mostly relied on his strong physical body. Draconian's, even the once born with spiritualist abilities, mainly practice their bodies.
Usually their spiritualist rank is always lower than their martial rank. In the case of the soldier attacking Ken and Lady Mari, his martial rank was level 30.
On solid ground, Ken didn't stand a chance, but they were fighting in the desert, and Ken was a master in the sand.
After Seeing Ken fight, the one in charge, called Uther, personally came forward. He never attacked with his physical body, and instead let his dark flames roll over the sand and burn everything, that's when the chief returned with Koren in toe. But instead of being of help, he was too busy protecting Koren from the dark flames, which were turning the village into an infernal hell.
Ken pushed himself to the limit that day, even detonating his spiritual core. The Detonation increased his spiritual affinity to the earth element, causing his harmonization level to reach 10, and he was able to give the chief enough time to escape. He knew he was dead the moment he started the detonation process, but the draconian's wanted something from him, and kept him alive using healing panacea's.
Ken tried to concentrate into his mind, he could see the tattered remains of what was once his spiritual core, the gathering place of all his earth element spiritual energy. With its current state, Ken only had the Spiritual energy equivalent of 1, there was no way Ken would be able to fight again. At least that's what his captors thought.
Although his spiritual core was in ruins, his harmonization didn't actually decrease at all, instead it was still at 10. Through some miracle, he managed to keep the increased spiritual affinity.
Harmonization is the process where the elemental spirits acknowledge a spiritualist and fuse with them, becoming a part of their spiritual core. Every spiritual core has a different capacity, Ken previously could only have 2, but during the detonation process his core cracked and expanded, forcibly integrating nearby earth spirits.
Ken looked around at all the villagers, there were less than 70 left alive, mostly women and children. His wife was also among them, however all the warriors were dead. Lady Mari, his mother-in-law was already gone, he personally saw Uther torture her to death.
'This is my secret, no one can know, not yet' thought Ken as he started to breath heavily.
'Don't worry Amara, I will save you. Somehow, I know I will.' thought Ken as he looked at the direction of his wife.
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Haruki was bored, he didn't like it when the chief forced him to train. He was already 14, and in the desert, that was already old enough to take a wife. Yet the chief treated him like a child, always pushing him around. But things were looking good for the future, as another spiritualist had been born in the village, and this one was only 8 years old.