Zero to Hero (Prequel/prototype)

Chapter 77. Instinct

"Morning Osmar! Morning Mrs. Fleming!" Ken said happily as he greeted the pair early the next morning in the dining room, eager to get his training started.

"Morning you two! Lovetta, you will be joining the training correct? It will be harsh but it will also help you out greatly if you are looking to get stronger." Osmar offered as Lovetta agreed instantly to the training.

After wolfing down as much food as they could, the pair joined Osmar and his wife and arrived at his spacious private training facility.

"Before we get started, since you recently had a match against Julius, I wanted to know how you felt during the match and how strong you think he is compared to everyone else." Osmar asked.

"Well, prior to fighting him, I have trained and at least sparred with 7 of the heroes, and while each one was formidable. I was never under the impression that they were unbeatable and I was confident in due time, I would overtake them.

The fight with Julius was completely different. I went full out from the very start and I was never in control or even close. It was the first time I got frustrated after a fight because I just couldn't understand how someone could be that much stronger." Ken replied as Osmar nodded in agreement with a smile.

"Don't feel bad. Until someone experiences a fight against Zishell or Julius they won't understand the hopelessness you are experiencing. If we want to scale their power against everyone else.

Hopeful kids like you and Fernard are probably around a 5 or 6. The lower-ranked heroes, retired heroes, and some other powerful individuals around a 7.

Old man Sylvester and I around a 9 and the retired top heroes from the human and elf kingdoms a 10. Then we have the current top 2. Even for me, their power is beyond my ability to comprehend compared to those before them so I will put Julius at a 99 and Zishell the perfect 100." Osmar added.

"You were basing it on a scale of 100? How is it possible for the pair of them to be so much stronger? Retired top heroes? I haven't heard anything about them either!" Ken replied, unable to fathom just how much stronger he would need to get to eventually get on the same level as Zishell and Julius.

"Absolute talent and potential. Both of them are just so gifted in every area and started training at such a young age it's hard for anyone else to comprehend. To have the potential to even reach holy level in a single area, you will be at the top of the top in potential just based on how few get accepted into Dragonspire each year.

To have the potential to reach a level higher than holy in every area one day, having a fine-tuned body to boost it far beyond that, and to have the experience from fighting in every combat situation.

Zishell and Julius together in the same era so they could train and fight against each other as rivals is probably how they managed to get that strong.

One couldn't have gotten to that level without the other since they would simply had no reason or motivation or even the idea of achieving the level they are currently at and continuing to grow.

How is it possible? We live in a world that was single-handedly created by an individual who managed to merge the souls and bodies of every human or elf with animals, elements, and who knows what else.

While I can at least fathom how Zishell and Julius reached where they are currently, I could never grasp how much power this hero had 10,000 years ago to turn the world into what it is today." Osmar replied with a chuckle as Ken completely forgot about the training and just wanted to listen to the hero talk about the bigger world at large.

"I guess that's true. With the Great Reset 10,000 years ago, can anyone else even be considered gifted when someone had that much power existed in the past?