The Earth After Rebirth

Belial reminded him that, although he could investigate and screen each and every applicant, he stamp of approval still needed to be signed off by the King.

With work being more than he could handle alone, Belial had already asked Hubris to allow his team to be part of his administration. Which he allowed, with a warning.

"If they betray us, you'll be in the hot seat."

So Belial couldn't just take anyone, with his own brother betraying them it was a difficult decision for him but he had no choice. The only people he trusted the most were within his group of friends, so he hired them for such minial tasks.

Belial also advised Hubris to at least 5 soldiers in the palace. Against his advice and better judgement, Hubris refused. That's why he built them houses outside the palace.

The only person he trusted the most was Kiro, he also wanted to make the palace a home for himself not something that was riddled with work related issues.

Hubris was walking around the palace, he needed to know every inch of it. They even built a secret tunnel for when there's a rebellion and the King needed to be escorted to safety.

"Ha, useless." Hubris scoffed.

If there was a rebellion he wouldn't run, he would squash it before it even reached the capital. He noticed Kiro up ahead, doing the same exact thing he was doing.

"Master, where have you been? I haven't seen you in days. I was about to ask my personal guard to go find you."

"Around." He smirked. "This castle is huge, I can't believe they built it within a week. Hiro would have a tight competition here."

"Sir Hiro is definitely more talented, there's nothing he can't do. I don't reckon I'll need more potions, but I do think I need to keep some, incase." He said, hoping to know what was on his master's mind.

Kiro didn't say anything. His mind was hot, thinking of everything at once. His main priority now, was going back. He was still trying to decipher the crystals information, as his mind was much slower.

"Master, what will happen when you go back? With Kaos and all, will you not be able to use it anymore?"

"That would be a serious downgrade, I'm used to this chaotic energy now. Magic is good, but it's not better than this. I have reality warping after all, I'll figure something out." He shrugged.

They were outside now, walking in the garden.

"Hubris, you should learn Kaos. Imagine an ancient beast with Kaos, that would be something."

"But I already have magic?"

"Sure. But who said you can't learn another energy ontop of that one?"

"That's, a really good point."

He grinned, "well of course it is, I'm smarter than you sometimes."

Hubris chuckled at how competitive his master was, "so then, when do we start?"

"How about now, let's go the courtyard, the sooner, the better."

Hubris was sitting in the courtyard, eyes closed shut. As instructed by Kiro.

"Now, you have to find the Kaos in the atmosphere, concentrate like your life depends on it. It's subtle but it's there, it's just waiting for you to find it."

He explained the best he could. Of course he could do what he did then and inject it, but he wanted to see if Hubris could find it on his own first.

Just then, Achyls entered the courtyard and bowed. "Sire, we've been hunting for the past days as instructed. Hunting spectres wasn't easy, but it sharpened our senses. I'm happy to report that 5 of us were successful."

"Great, those 5 will be leaders of their own squads. Each squad will have it's own speciality, I'm busy with your King right now, I'll contact you later."

"Sire!" With that he left.

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Hubris was so concentrated he didn't even hear the disturbance. He could actually see particles and everything else in the air, but no Kaos. It was as if it were playing hide and seek with him, and it was hidden very well.

He kept removing layers of where it may be hiding but he still couldn't feel it. He persisted, he didn't want to fail this one, as it may be the last mission Kiro ever gives him.

He sat there for days and Kiro didn't interrupt him, he had information he still needed deciphering so he was doing his own kind of training while Hubris was still trying to complete this mission.

He didn't understand why it was so hard for them, they were residents of this world and the energy was everywhere here. While it took him months to finally subdue it, it didn't take him this long to feel the energy.

'Wait, Jump? The information I have been trying to get to was just, jump? What a useless ability this is. If I want to jump I can just use whirlwind or my staff!' He shouted internally.

He noticed a character he wasn't used to next to the familiar word jump he didn't know what it meant so he moved on to the next piece of information, he hoped this was better than the last.

It took him just as long to understand what the next piece said. He was excited for this one, it was clear as day. It read that, he could maintain a metaphysical relationship with realms he had visited.

"Now you're talking crystal! That's the kind of power you be giving me!" He yelled out loud in his excitement.

He quickly shushed himself and looked over at Hubris, he was glowing with a reddish colour.