Zero to Hero (Prequel/prototype)

Chapter 76. City of Kirksawald

"Morning everyone! Say hi to Ryo! You all saw how awesome he was during the 1st year tournament right? He will be here for a week to hang up and play." Ken said happily as he greeted his siblings after returning home with Genesis and Emma.

"Didn't expect to see you. Are you spending the whole break at home? How close are you to holy level?" Rena asked as the fox girl greeted the young man.

"I'm going to Atlantica to train in 2 weeks and as of now, I don't see how I could reach holy level in half a year so you might have to look elsewhere for an easy life." Ken replied with a smile.

"Ugh... Should have just stayed on the Fernard angle like everyone else." Rena replied salty as Ken greeted his siblings and led Ryo into the house.

"Gwen! How was school? Did this foxy treat you well?"Ken asked.

"It's been going great. I'm pretty used to school life now and all the classes. Rena is without a doubt my best friend and we are always hanging together." Gwen replied happily as she greeted Ryo.

"The villagers are all so friendly even though I'm not a beastman." Ryo commented as the family relaxed in the living room together after spending the day showing Ryo around the village and introducing their guest to the friendly villagers.

"Only reason we managed to survive is thanks to them! Especially old man John, that grizzly bear old man is the best. Always helped us out with food whenever we struggled." Ken recalled happily as he remembered the days not even that distance in the past when he struggled to get enough food to now, able to compete against the strongest and most powerful individuals in the entire world and conjure gold out of thin air and never had to worry about going hungry ever again.

After spending a week with Ken and his family exploring Miodod, Ryo thanked everyone and returned home to Vespera while Ken also left shortly after to return to the city of Atlantica so he could train in the underwater world to improve his ability to boost while getting more private training from Indra's father, the god of the merman kingdom.

"How was your stay in Atlantica?" Genesis asked as the group regathered for the start of the final semester for Ken to reach holy level or face consequences for his declaration.

"It was good! Did a lot of training with Indra's dad and since my fight with Julius, I told god Calidon to go all out on me without holding back and I can confidently say that if we end up going there as refugees, unless the king of Yelwraek sends Zishell to kill me and declare a full out war, I don't think any other assassin will stand a chance against Indra's dad." Ken replied happily as he greeted the girls.

"So what's our plan for the future?" Clare asked.

"I will do what I can for the next month, trying to improve as much as I can. After the month, I will join Osmar in Kirksawald and see if there is any last-ditch way to make it happen. If not, we will need to spend the last 3 months of the semester looking for a place to disappear to. Maybe it's Altlantic, maybe it's somewhere else but we would need to make the plan and be gone before the semester ends." Ken replied as he laid out the plan.

"I will join you in Kirksawald. I was able to talk everyone into letting me be there with you alone." Lovetta said happily while Genesis showed much discontent.

After getting settled, the group spent the rest of the day catching up, hanging out with friends, and heading to town for a nice lavish dinner before settling back into their daily school life.

"Bye, everyone! Wish me luck in Kirksawald." Ken said as he grabbed Lovetta and the pair disappeared from Dragonspire after trying his best and not making much progress on his advancement towards holy level.