"Hey, wake up. Stop sleeping like a dog, you''re late!"
"Huh, it''s morning already ma? But I just slept"
"It''s 8 o''clock. You''ll late to your training"
"What it''s freaking 8 already!"
"Go take a shit, your breakfast is ready"
"No no no ma, I''m too late. I was suppose to be in the foot of mount Terra by 6, I ain''t got any time for shitting"
"At least eat up"
"An average human can survive upto 2 months without eating at all. I can survive a day atleast"
*Bamm!
"This bread is a bit soggy ma, ah it hurts. You didn''t had to hit me this hard"
"Of course it''s soggy. You were supposed to leave at 5"
*Kael wore a black oversized t-shirt with beige shorts and tracking shoes
"Best of luck Maruti"
"Don''t call me by that name" Kael replied, "I have no association with a fugitive who betrayed our Gods so I refuse to be called by the name he gave me. I hope to meet him someday in a distant planet where I can kill him, my father, by my own hands"
"Calm yourself Kael, let''s not talk about ''killing'' for now. But, you must understand that he loved you more than anyone in the Universe"
"Are you kidding me ma?"Kael replied angrily, "Have you forgotten how much we had to suffer because of him? He was a goddamn terrorist! We had to endure all those insults for being related to that man. That man is the reason I''m preparing for GAT so that I can find him and kill him with my very own hands"
"I thought you had interest in stars and that''s the reason you were preparing for GAT"
"Well ya, but killing that man is the second most important reason for GAT" Kael replied
"Ok ok, now leave before that mountain melts" Julia said
"Alright ma, I''ll leave"
*Footsteps approaching
"Bie bie dumbo, come home soon" Anika said
"Oh, you are awake sis. Good morning and bye bye everyone"
*Kael leaves for mount Terra
Fortunately for Kael, the weather is pretty good. There are few clouds in the sky, but overall it''s sunny weather. Kael takes a bus and leaves his village, Doma, for a nearby town of Terra.
This beautiful planet, Seraphis is free from all kinds of magic…mostly. All seven Gods together put a restriction magic on all the humans in Seraphis so that they can''t use their magical powers to full extent. This was done to prevent chaos among the Seraphians. Only those with power, like the rich and world leaders and their subordinates are allowed to use magic. Also some veterans from higher positions of the God''s Army are allowed to use magic. Normal civilians can just use a tiny bit of magic, for example teleporting small objects, self levitating or make other tiny objects levitate and to create small scale fires.The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.
*Kael reaches a metro station. The station is very crowded as it''s the only station in this town. Kael somehow manages to get past the crowd, takes a ticket and gets on the train where he left for mount Terra.
*After a few minutes on the train, the ticket checker arrives.
*Whistle blows
"Show me your tickets everyone. Hey boy, show me your tickets"
"Ah ya, here it is"
*While he checked for his ticket he found that his phone wasn''t in the pocket. Kael looks around and sees a guy trying to get away from the scene. Kael knew that this guy had his phone, so he lunges towards that guy pushing everyone to make the way
"Excuse me… excuse mee. There''s a thief and he stole my phone I need to catch him"
*Kael catches up to that thief and grabs him by his shirt''s back collar
"Where are you running to with my phone mister?"
That thief reacted quickly. He summoned a sapphire blue knife and rotates around and slashes Kael''s arm with it
Kael launched himself back, looking at his arm which suffered a small slash. They both are face to face now
"So you can use magic it seems" Kael says while grinning
*That thief also grins and looks at Kael with cold eyes. And without exchanging any more words they began fighting. That thief attacks with a right hook but Kael sees it coming and blocks it, knocking out that blue sapphire knife from his hands.
Many strange golden shiny threads appear from Kael''s right elbow and cover his lower arm and his fist. He then punches the thief''s solar plexus, right below his chest and it launches that thief back. While it happened, the phone dropped from his pocket. The thief slides back and looks back at Kael and grins.
"I''ll handle you later"
He then summons another blue knife, Kael thought that he was planning to throw that knife at him so he dodges but actually the thief throws the knife in the nearby window and breaks it. He then jumps through the window and escapes
"Are you hurt?" The old ticket checker asks in concern
"Ya, a slash in my arm" Kael replied
*Kael picks up his phone
"Shit, the phone''s glass is broken"
*The ticket checker brings a first aid kit and a stranger uses it to treat Kael''s wound
"These thief are increasing in Terra town, they are definitely a whole gang working cooperatively" a passenger said
"Yeah definitely. Recently there have been few extortion cases in this town as well" another passenger replied
*After 30 minutes the train reaches its destination. That is,near the foot of Mount Terra. Mount Terra is said to be created by God Gaelith. This mountain soon became a tourist attraction which helped the town financially, which was earlier suffering economically. This town then worships Gaelith. It has several temples dedicated specifically to Gaelith. And households in Terra town also worship Gaelith as the main God. Even the town''s name ''Terra'' is taken from ''Terrakon'' which is the planet assigned to Gaelith. This mountain usually stays as a tourist attraction but schools and research centres can rent it for a few months for their own purposes. This time the Lotus Senior Secondary School, the school where Kael studies, has rented the north facing part of this mountain for training.
"Ah, so finally I''m here. Let''s climb this"
*Kael drank a mini bottle of energy drink, which he bought from a store back at the station, and began the summit of this non-natural mountain created by a God
After 15 minutes of climbing Kael realises that the training had already begun for him as he was supposed to find that mysterious coach and his classmates.
Kael is very grateful in nature. During his trekking he started to look at his surroundings in appreciation. He looked at the green, lush leaves shimmering. He heard the buzz of bees, fluttering wings of birds and the look from above.
He looked down at the houses from there which got smaller and smaller as he walked forward. Then he came across a rock wall to climb. He wasn''t used to climbing but he did take precautions as he knew this would happen. He found a crack in between the rocks, he inserted his fingers in it and pushed the rock downwards. He then placed his left foot in a crack and pushed downwards. He began climbing.
"How many years has it been since we climbed it, dad?" Kael said to himself
After 15 minutes of struggle he successfully completed that rock wall climb.
"Uff, I did it. Sure it was tough"
Kael then took a rest under a tree. The sunrays peeping from between the leaves fell on Kael. He took his backpack off and rested his back against the tree.He popped open a can of energy drink and while he was about to drink….
He heard a screaming sound from not so far away.
"What was that noise? Gotta check it out first"
Kael left his backpack near that tree and left in a hurry. After a few steps he saw a distant figure of a girl walking towards while limping.
"Is she someone from our class?"
As the mysterious figure walked closer, Kael realised who she was. She was covered in bruises and cuts. She was covered in blood.
"Maria! Is that you??"