The Talentless Boy Who Challenged the Devil
Kael was born without a talent in a world where power determines everything.
In Vexmora, strength decides who gets protection, earns respect, and lives in peace.
Those with the F-rank talent are treated as burdens, and Kael's family has suffered for years because he cannot awaken even the weakest ability.
At eighteen, Kael receives an unexpected invitation to Veylcrest Academy, an institution reserved for those who can defend humanity against supernatural creatures.
He believes that discovering his talent is the only way to save his family from humiliation.
But his admission hides a secret. Someone powerful wanted him inside the academy long before he understood what he had within himself.
As Kael struggles to survive its brutal ranking system, he encounters strange creatures, impossible abilities, and clues suggesting that his supposed weakness is something no one can classify. He also finds companionship in unexpected places.
Yet not everyone standing beside Kael is his friend.
When Kael's sealed power finally awakens, the truth threatens to divide the world. Three extraordinary beings dwell within him, and the soul of a long-dead god is connected to his existence.
The devil who engineered his admission has waited for this moment, intending to take Kael's powers and become the most powerful ruler in existence.
As light and darkness divide the academy, betrayals unfold, loved ones fall, and an ancient conflict threatens the world, Kael must discover who he truly is before his enemies take everything from him.
To defeat the devil, he must do more than master the power inside him and build a world where no one is condemned for being weak.
But when the truth about his mother's death finally comes to light, will Kael have the strength to defeat the devil without losing himself to the darkness he swore to destroy?
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWELVE: THE WOUND THAT WAS NEVER THEREThen the entity disappeared again as if he had never been there, and silence returned.Inside, Healer Umi unwound the bandage one turn at a time, humming under her breath the way she had hummed over every bleeding student since the term began.But suddenly she stopped humming at the last layer.Lael noticed the change on her face immediately. Colour drained from her face. Then, her fingers, which had set broken bones and stitched open wounds without a tremor, began to shake, causing the linen to rattle against the metal tray.“Is it that bad?” His voice came out weaker than he intended.Umi did not answer.Kael lowered his gaze.He watched where they had told him a blade had pierced his chest with shock, because now, there was nothing. No torn flesh, no blood, not even a scar. Only a thin golden line stretched across his skin, fine as a strand of hair caught in lamplight.It pulsed once.Kael leaned forward.The line shimmered beneath his skin, its faint glow spreading like sunlight b
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Chapter: CHAPTER ELEVEN: ARRIVAL OF THE ENTITY*A Day Before(The attack)*For several moments, nothing moved.Then the air became heavy, and the enslaved had to cover their eyes because of the sand that came with it. Some of them had fainted during the fight when they could not bear the cruelty that came with the way Kael had handled them. Then, a sudden faint golden light started spreading across the courtyard.It began beneath Kael's body, travelling through the cracks in the stone and reaching the wounded students scattered around him.The light touched the first fallen student, causing his own fingers to twitch.And wound across his chest began closing, and the torn flesh started knitting together until only bloodstained clothing remained.Nearby, an instructor who had been motionless for several minutes suddenly drew a breath, and his eyes opened.He coughed, then slowly pushed himself upright.One after another, the wounded began to stir.Broken bones repaired themselves. Deep cuts closed. The blood covering the ground faded
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Chapter: CHAPTER TEN:THE AWAKENINGThe blade sank deeper.The attacker withdrew his weapon, thrust it deep into him again and watched Kael's body collapse.Another student screamed somewhere behind him, but the sound grew distant. The battle, the explosions, and the cries of the wounded slowly faded into silence.Suddenly, Kael's eyes remained open for a moment.He tried to breathe, but his chest felt cold; his limbs refused to move, and the world above him blurred into darkness.In that darkness, everything stopped, but deep within him, something stirred.A low rumble travelled through the darkness, and he swore he heard the voice clearly in his head."Is he dead?"He felt another voice answer, calm and gentle."His body is failing, and the wound is too severe.""Then what are we waiting for?" the first voice snapped. "Get up! If he dies here, we remain trapped inside him forever!!""Thorne, shouting will not change his condition.""And your calmness will not save him, Madden!"A brief silence followed."Miguel," Madd
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Chapter: CHAPTER NINE: LIMP BODY OF KAELKael had learned three things since arriving at Veylcrest Academy.The first was that talent determined a student's worth.The second was that wealth could turn even the cruelest behavior into an acceptable offense.The third was that nobody cared when the weak were mistreated, provided the person mistreating them was strong enough.He discovered the third lesson that morning in the western training courtyard.Yesterday's examination had ended like all the others. No awakened talent. No explanation for his strange reactions. Nothing to prove he was anything more than a talentless student who had somehow earned a place at Veylcrest.The memory followed him through his morning duties, souring his mood with every passing minute. He carried practice weapons toward the equipment hall, gripping them so tightly that the wooden handles pressed into his palms.A sharp crash interrupted his thoughts.A broken training sword lay scattered across the stone path. Beside it, a first-year student h
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Chapter: CHAPTER EIGHT: THE TRUTHA thin line of blue light appeared inside it.Another followed.Then another.The symbols rotating around the crystal began moving faster, their orderly pattern breaking apart as unfamiliar markings flashed across the surface.The examiner stood abruptly."What is that?"Kael stared at the crystal.If only the instructor knew he had no answers, too.A deep pulse passed through the instrument.For a fraction of a second, the entire room filled with blue light.Kael felt something stir beneath his skin.It was not the same as the sensation he had experienced near the Frostfang. This felt distant, as though something buried deep inside him had shifted in its sleep.The crystal flashed again.Then everything went dark.The examiner stumbled backward.A sharp crack travelled through the metal frame, and the crystal's surface became cloudy.Kael pulled his hand away."What happened?"The examiner did not answer immediately.He leaned over the instrument, checking its runes and examining the
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Chapter: CHAPTER SEVEN: PERHAPS THERE'S A TALENT?Across the training grounds, a barrier surrounding one of the larger enclosures flickered violently.And blue runes flashed along the stone pillars before several went dark at once.A deep roar shook the trees.The enormous creature Kael had heard earlier slammed its body against the enclosure.And that particular barrier fractured."Everyone back!" an instructor shouted.A second impact sent magical energy rippling across the ground. Students struggled to stand, but they kept stumbling as the protective field buckled, and a violent surge of power burst from the damaged pillars.Then the barrier collapsed.And immediately, the creature surged through the opening.It was a Frostfang just like the other time, a beast with the body of an enormous wolf, scaled shoulders, pale blue markings along its flanks, and two curved horns that swept backward from its skull. It stood nearly as tall as a horse, and its claws tore deep furrows into the earth as it charged.The nearest instructors rea
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