Kai was no longer thinking clearly. His blood was fire, his heart an earthquake, every breath he took a loaded gun. Rage didn’t even begin to cover it, this was vengeance soaked in betrayal.He wanted Caleb to suffer.Not just die.No, that would be too merciful. Kai wanted to break him. Shatter him. Tear him apart piece by piece, rebuild him, and then destroy him all over again. Kill him, revive him, and kill him again. Over and over until the concept of life itself begged for release. He wanted to hear Caleb scream his name in agony. Wanted him to understand what it meant to trust and be betrayed, to build loyalty only for it to be spit on.Every moment they trained together… every smile… every stupid lesson… every false encouragement…It was all fake.“I'm going to make you regret ever touching my life,” Kai growled, voice low and thick with venom, his fingers twitching as if his body itself wanted to lunge.But Caleb? Caleb just laughed.The kind of laugh that had no fear, no sham

Kai was no longer fighting, he was enduring.Bruised, bleeding, bent and his body slumped halfway inside a crater, his arms twitching weakly under him as if they still wanted to fight, even though his bones disagreed. His once-clean shirt was a torn mess hanging from his shoulders, his pants scuffed with dried blood and ripped at the knees. Every breath came like fire in his throat, and dust coated his skin.His hair stuck to his forehead, his nose looked off and his lips were split. Still… he was on his knees, breathing but barely.Abigail stood a little distance away, hands clasped tightly over her chest, eyes wide in horror. Her lips trembled. “Zora… shouldn’t we...?”“Nope,” Zora said flatly, popping another meat into her mouth. “He’s still breathing. That means he’s still got more to learn.”“But he...he’s going to die at this rate!”Zora didn’t even blink. “Mmm, yeah. Maybe. But maybe that’s the point.”Abigail turned to her, utterly confused.Meanwhile, Caleb was standing tall

Caleb staggered backwards, crashing into the floor with a grunt as if someone had yanked the ground from beneath him.Abigail stood there, frozen, her chest heaving, she hadn’t expected that, not even remotely. Her hands trembled, fingers curled into fists that had somehow just sent a man flying.What… What just happened?Caleb groaned, then pushed himself up, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His eyes blazed with fury. “You little piece of..!”He didn’t even finish as he lunged towards Abigail who moved too.This time, not with panic or flailing limbs but with speed, and precision. Her arms lifted and blocked his incoming punch. Her foot pivoted on instinct, and her other hand slammed into his ribs, then another strike to his shoulder, then a spinning kick, so fast it blurred and cracked across his jaw.Caleb flew again, tumbling across the dirt like a broken toy and Zora, seated lazily on a rock nearby with one leg draped over the other, popped a snack into her mouth and

The air around them split apart as Kai moved, and in that instant, a suffocating bloodlust rolled off him, heavy and sharp enough to choke anyone with a weaker spine. Zora, who had been lounging comfortably with Abigail in her arms, narrowed her eyes the moment that killing intent flared.Her usual smirk slipped for just a second, her brow furrowing slightly. It wasn’t the raw power that bothered her, it was the madness dripping from it, the unrestrained hunger for destruction that made it clear Kai was no longer fighting as a man but as something older, and dangerous. Still, she didn’t say anything, she simply tilted her head, stroked Abigail’s hair idly, and continued to watch like a queen in her private theater.Caleb, however, wasn’t cowed by that wave of hatred. No, instead he laughed. His own aura spiked violently, his body vibrating with power as he unleashed everything he had, the ground beneath his feet shattering from the surge. For every ounce of Kai’s rage, Caleb countere

Kai stood still for a moment, staring at the fading space where Caleb had vanished. His hands were clenched so tight his knuckles cracked, and his jaw trembled with restrained rage. Caleb had run, that idiot ran away!Coward.Kai’s chest rose and fell as he battled the fury that surged inside him, every breath burned. Every heartbeat screamed for blood. And worst of all, he could see the faint distortion in space, the lingering echo of Caleb’s energy.His third eye, glowing faintly above his brows, pulsed once more, revealing a clear path. A precise location, Caleb’s exact hiding spot, laid bare before him like a marked target waiting to be hunted.He didn’t even hesitate. He raised his hand, fingers slicing through the air to tear a hole through reality and met him there and finished what he started. His divine aura swirled around him as the space began to split open...“Let him be,” Zora’s voice came calmly, almost too calm.His body froze mid-step and he turned to her, barely think