UGH This is so stupid Delilah whispered and knocked the back of her head against the grass covered ground She knew that Dozer would push her to let go of her anger but it was hard Especially when after being beaten up the prior day she had spent all night preparing to get her revenge She had designed several specialty weapons that she carefully inscribed But of course when the Ghosthound brought her away to this place the moss spirits didnÆt follow
Without the moss spirits her special weapons were useless So she was just beaten up again without any ability to resist The other kids had simply watched It was infuriating It was embarrassing
In DelilahÆs mind there were two types of people that she encountered on a daily basis Those who were older than her and more powerful and people that she had eventually surpassed because her potential caught up to them In her heart Delilah had always believed that the first group would slowly morph into the second group It wasnÆt that other people didnÆt try to train they did it just wasnÆt enough to keep up with DelilahÆs growth Because she was special
Even her mom agreed with that
Even Randidly Ghosthound the man who even now made Delilah shudder in fear was only powerful because of how long he had spent training One day she would surpass him She would develop her own image and crush him for how cruel he was during their games of hide and seek It was one of her main goals
Yet with this Annon Delilah hesitated She saw how hard he worked He was only a few years older than her yet his power appeared just as overwhelming as the GhosthoundÆs Logically she knew that Annon was weaker than the Ghosthound but the fact that he had been able to grow to his current strength placed a lot more pressure on Delilah mentally than anyone else ever had
After being beaten yesterday she had studied him like a hawk for the remainder of the day And as though beating Delilah up meant nothing to him Annon had returned to the same dull and boring work that Tim now struggled with It was so dumb
Delilah had watched his eyes most of all It was there in the steady focus that he displayed that Delilah found what she feared That look she saw on AnnonÆs face seemed to announce to the world that he would never compromise He would continue pushing forward at any cost He would never stop growing
Can I keep up with that Delilah bit her lip Then she slammed her fists back down to the ground and began to roll back and forth
Having fun destroying the flowers like that
Delilah pressed a hand to the ground and then flipped up to her feet She raised her hands ready and willing to take out her frustration on this stranger who dared interrupt her But as she looked around there was no one in the surrounding area Even the air was still there wasnÆt the slightest breeze
The voice continued to speak IÆve done similar things in the past Fields of flowers they remind me of something IÆd prefer not to remember So sometimes I level them and turn them to ash
What are you Delilah demanded
The voice laughed Just someone with a lot of regrets But I can probably help you How about it little girl do you want some help becoming strong I can give you a Path
At the recommendation of Derek Moss Randidly proceeded forward through the heavy iron doors and proceeded down from the surface into the large training facilities that surrounded the engine of Kharon This was where the lionÆs share of the people currently trying to earn citizenship in Kharon spent their day
It wasnÆt the most enjoyable existence but most of the people who were in the image adjustment process were willing to put up with the dim lighting and strenuous workouts in order to become an official citizen of Kharon This was their chance
Plus the people who were applying for citizenship werenÆt even kept in the underground chambers they were simply required to finish a certain amount of training hours each day From the most recent report the number was set at eight Which gave these people plenty of time to experience what living in Kharon was really like They could even get some part time work
But for eight hours a day they would accept being sharpened and honed Both physically and mentally
You could clear the physical and image based training courses arranged by the Order Ducis and free yourself for days at a time but there had basically been no one thus far that had been able to do so Very few extremely powerful people were willing to endure this treatment This was the path for the desperate or the determined
After watching several sweating individuals struggle to roll several hundred pound tiresÆ forward through mud Randidly turned away and walked along the periphery of the physical testing area to the training pavilion Randidly could tell immediately that the Order Ducis members here recognized him immediately by the way their heads perked up and whipped toward him but the applicants were too caught up in their own struggle to notice
And here I thought I was doing better at hiding my image Randidly mused Well perhaps its because of the connection they have with me Tatiana does always have an insane sixth sense regarding where I am and what IÆm doing Perhaps this is a lesser version of that IÆll have to ask Naffur about it sometime
It was something of a relief to be able to stroll quietly through the dark hall with the reverberating grunts of exertion and shouts bouncing off the metal walls form the ambiance of a gym Randidly walked into the training pavilion with a strange sense of contentment As he did so a woman who had been slouching against the table in front of her immediately sat bolt upright and used her hands to press herself into standing M m m mr Ghosthound I didnÆt realize err I what are you doing
Randidly opened his mouth to answer when the table that the woman was leaning against collapsed underneath the force of the womanÆs hands In a rather ungainly pile of limbs the woman fell forward and slammed her head against the ground RandidlyÆs mouth twitch Just stopping by You must be Hydie Mordath right The Hexwitch
Ah heh yea Rubbing her forehead Hydie stood She furtively glanced at Randidly and then adjusted her glasses She stood up straight too looking more at the ceiling than at Randidly directly You why are you here to see me
Randidly took a glance at Hydie It was only for a brief second but RandidlyÆs training in regards to both images and Nether had been proceeding very steadily over the past several days Combined with his already high base image the amount of weight that he could create with a casual look equivalent to some current Earthlings full strength image
For a brief moment that weight was on Hydie and she flinched
Now why would you assume that I am here for you Randidly thought idly He had seen NaffurÆs report regarding the suspicious points regarding this woman but he had ultimately left the decision over how to address it in NaffurÆs hands But having her so obviously draw his attention right now Randidly let a flicker of purple black revelation energy swirl around his left eye Considering this behavior you really arenÆt suited to be a spy
But considering that an Order Ducis member died due to a strange accident canÆt hurt to check
The threads of causality spun outward from HydieÆs back dragging her past along behind her as she existed in the current moment With the information Randidly had been given it was enough to peer backward in time Those same threads also rolled forward and Randidly watched as they grew increasingly entangled with the fate of Kharon A frown emerged on his face
Congratulations Your Skill Revelation of the Atramentous Threshold has grown to Level 303
But then Randidly looked away and the weight was gone The energy vanished from around his eye He had peered as well as he could with the inferences available to him and it didnÆt appear that Hydie was responsible for that death Because Randidly also knew of the preparations that Tatiana had been making recently in regards to problems like this he wouldnÆt bother to pry into this womanÆs backer as of yet