The pressure bearing down on us slowly grows stronger and stronger as we struggle to keep standing. After hours of standing in heavy pressure, I finally jump up a little. "You guys are really growing quickly." Azura says as I notice Ceraphine is gone. "What happened to Ceraphine?" I ask as Azura smirks. "Let's just say she's going to try to train 3 other individuals with the help of Ayden and Saras. You remember my brothers, right?" Azura asks as I nod. "Well the more strong fighters we have the better our odds will be against Ragnarok." I say as she smiles. Azura suddenly summons her sword. "So who is ready to have a small sparring session?" she asks as the pressure suddenly pushes down on us harder. I see Azazel take a step forward and slowly raise his fists. "I'm always up for a challenge." He says as she teleports to him and kicks him off his feet. He lands on his back and slowly starts standing back up. After a minute he gets back to his feet. "Let's make it a bit harder since you're all doing so well." Azura says as Zen speaks up for the first time in a long time. "Heads up." He grumbles as a blinding red light explodes from Azura. We all fall flat to the ground with the extreme level of pressure coming down on top of us. I have to focus a lot just to be able to breathe correctly. "This is my 3rd release." Azura says as I enter my 4th release just to stand up. I feel Eclipse's energy flowing through me. "This is crazy." I mumble as Azura smiles. "Come on Kai, this is the fastest way to get immensely stronger." She says as I barely feel anyone's energy besides her own. We all stand through her 3rd release for nearly 5 hours before I fall to one knee. "Damn, I'm starting to feel the fatigue of being in that release for a long time." I say as I hear Zen laugh. "Kai, you've just gone too long without real training." He says as I can hear the struggle in his voice. Suddenly all of Azura's energy dissipates. "Alright, let's see if this has made much of a difference yet. Let's have a small fight in base form." She says as I stand up and revert to my base form. "Fists only." She says as she brings up her hands. As I start to jump towards her, I appear in front of her. She smiles and sidesteps me as I fly past her to the tree behind her. As I hit the tree and stumble back I shake my head. I look up and jump. As I blink I see I'm hundreds of feet off the ground. I fall, looking over the forest around us. As I land I look at Azura. "Oh yea, it's definitely working." I say as I teleport to her and start to throw a punch. Suddenly her energy forces all of us to the ground. "That's a cheap counter." I mumble as I struggle to stand up. "You're not done training yet, I was just seeing how fast you're progressing." She says as I get back to my feet. "So how much longer do we have to do this?" Dialgo asks as Azura smiles. "Until you can all jump to the top of that mountain while under my pressure." Azura says as she smiles. I sigh and smile. I start bunny hopping tying to strengthen myself faster. I slowly start jumping higher and higher. After hours upon hours of it I start walking around normally. "This is good." Azura says as we all start jogging around. After a few more hours we're fully running. I smile as I climb up a tree. "Hey Azura, how about you let us 4 spar a bit to help us get stronger faster." I suggest as Azura smiles. "This'll be amusing, so sure." She says as I drop down and point at Zen. "You and me, let's do this." I say as he laughs and gets his fists up. Azazel and Dialgo step back and watch. Zen runs at me and kicks at me with his right leg. I catch it barely with my left arm and throw a punch at him with my right fist. He quickly blocks it as jumps up. Before I can react he kicks me in the chest with his left foot. We both fall to the ground and roll to our feet. After that short exchange I can already feel fatigue starting to set in. I shake it off and run to Zen and throw a kick with my left leg as hard as I can. Zen catches my kick but grits his teeth, "What? Did that hurt?" I ask, poking fun at him. He smiles and pushes me back. "No, I'm just upset by how weak that kick was." He says as I feel a small rush of energy. I teleport through the pressure to him and punch him in the stomach. As he bends over from the punch I start to knee him in the face. He quickly blocks my knee and sweeps my other leg out from under me. As I fall, I grab his arm and pull him down too. I quickly roll to my feet and smile. "So I wonder if this is how humans feel while fighting." I ask as Azazel laughs. "No, you two are hitting hard enough right now to easily kill any human. It's just our bodies have evolved so much in the time we've been here." Azazel says as I clench my fist and smirk. "Well, at least we're getting stronger." I say as Azura laughs. "If you feel stronger, how about sparing me?" she says as I smile. "Alright, hit me." I say as she appears in front of me and punches me in the stomach. A sharp pain shoots through me as I fall to my knees. "Don't forget, I'm the trainer. You aren't nearly as strong as I am. Yet." She says as suddenly the pressure grows stronger.
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Of Angels and Demons: Ragnarok
Fantasy--Book 2 of 5-- 5 years have passed since the altercation with Silvia. Kai is in college trying to finally lead a normal life, but is unaware of the threat quickly closing in.
