Robber’s Den.

Aeon, in the form of Gamiko, was walking down the streets keeping an eye on his territory.

It was then he spotted a crimson haired man in a guard’s uniform.

He smiled and approached the guard.

“Yo, Leon.”

Leon turned around and looked at Aeon and frowned.

“Aeon….Long time no see.”

“Yeah. Over ten years since I let you escape with my aunt.”

“And for that I'm grateful.”

Aeon scanned his eyes over Leon’s body.

“Impressive. Just a few months you were a [Mid B Class] and now you're already a [Lower A Class]. Could this rapid growth be the result of you honing your talents that's been going to waste for so long?”

“How should I know?”

“With this level of strength you could become a General.”

“No, thanks. I don't want to be a fraud General like the others.”

“Then does that mean you want to be a real one? If so you'll need to reach at least [SS Class].”

“I know.”

Aeon then suddenly smirked.

“You know Leon, it might be better for you if you tried to return to the Saevio Clan. That will make becoming a True General easier. The current you don't have a single backer. This is an aristocratic kingdom, backing is everything here.”

Leon shook his head.

“My Clan won't take me back.”

“Well, they're still uncertain whether you're the Demon King’s Vessel or not. So they won't just accept you like that.”

“If you knew that, then why bring it up?”

Leon said with a frown.

Aeon smiled and said-

“I was just messing with you, that's all.”

“…You're really Rihan’s kid. Your sense of humor is just as messed up.”

It was then the smile dropped from Aeon’s face.

“My father’s kid, huh. I guess you're right about that.”

He said in with odd tone.

He then stared at Leon for a while before speaking.

“Be honest with me, Leon. Are you that Demon King’s vessel?”

“And if I were? Would you kill me?”

Aeon shook his head.

“I just thought that it would be interesting to see the vessel that the Demon King spent thousands of years creating, just to be reborn.”

“Well sorry to disappoint you. I'm not his vessel that he'll use to be reborn. I just have a strong amount of his blood in me that's all.”

“….Is that so?”

Leon could see that Aeon still had his doubts, but he had no obligation to prove himself to him.

“Hm?”

It was then the expression changed on Aeon’s face.

He mumbled.

“Those two are doing worse than I expected.”

*Bam!*

Hina was sent crashing into the floor after getting hit by Aeon’s racket.

“[Black Ice Dragon’s Roar]!”

Luka jumped into the air and fired a pillar of black frost winds towards Aeon.

Aeon leisurely swung the racket and deflected the attack towards Hina.

*Boom!*

She was blown away and was heavily injured.

“Shit!”

Luka cursed.

She then rushed towards Aeon and created a giant axe made of ice and swung it down on him.

Aeon blocked it by lifting his racket over his head.

He then thrust his hand forward and punched Luka in chest.

“Guh?!”

The attack made it feel like her heart was crushed as blood sprayed out her mouth.

Aeon then used the racket and swat her away like a tennis ball.

*Boom!*

She crashed beside Hina and was unable to move.

“Sigh.”

Aeon turned his back to them and started to walk away.

“Let's take a break. Anymore and you'll end up dead.”

He then faded away like a ghost.

“……..”

The two were left battered and bruised on the floor. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they were close to death.

They laid there in silence as if they were focusing on keeping alive. After a while the one who broke the silence was Luka.

She sat up and looked at Hina.

Her body was healing at a rate that was visible to the naked eye.

“For some who isn't a Proxy and has the body of a normal human, you sure have fast regenerative abilities.”

Said Luka.

“…….”

Hina didn't respond. But Luka continued.

“Hey, why don't you use your powers? From what I've heard from Saika you can rewrite your genes and modify your body. If you used it we wouldn't have such a hard time.”

“….Its none of your business. Besides it's your attack that put me in this state.”

“I apologize for that. I didn't think that he'll deflect it with that racket. He's only been using it to hit us around, so I didn't think that it can do that as well.”

Hina sat up.

“Well, I'll admit that I didn't see it coming either.”

She then stood up.

“Are you done healing already? That's pretty amazing.”

Hearing that, Hina looked at her hand and spoke.

“During my fight with Saika I used a strange power to recreate my body. Since then my body has gotten a lot stronger and my regenerate abilities skyrocketed.”

“Hmm. That's some amazing power you have there.”

Luka also stood up.

“Could you tell me a bit more about them?”

“…..Why should I?”

“It might help me think of a way to punch that bastard in the face. You don't want to stay in here forever do you?”

Hina put on a pondering expression before agreeing.

“Alright.”

She then began to explain everything to Luka, even her traumatic past. After she finished explaining everything, Luka frown.

“What’s up with that? With powers like that, you're basically a god in training or something.”

“I told you. My powers have limits.”

“I know, but the limits seem to be adjustable. The fact that [Creation] barely takes any power anymore is proof.”

“….I guess you're right.”

“But to think that such an incident happened without my knowing. It must have been covered up to some extent since no one is talking about it anymore.”

Luka then had a complex expression.

“It must've been Darius. He's been more of a family member to you than me. Not that I think he knew that I existed.”

She then looked at Hina.

“Now that I think about it, you're my family’s murderer.”

Hina flinched when she heard that. Luka pressed on.

“I mean, Gamiko was the one who planned it, but in the end you were the one who pulled the trigger.”

Hina took a step back when saw Luka's glare.

“Do you think I'll forgive my family’s murderer to live in this world? I'm a Flameheart after all.”

She rushed forward, Hina jumped back and threw a knife.

Luka swat it away with her claws. She then swung her claws at Hina's chest. Hina bent back and dodged it.

She then used the momentum to swing her foot up.

“?!”

Luka had to stepped back to avoid the blade sticking out of Hina's shoe.

“Why are you attacking me?!”

Hina shouted.

“Its common sense to revenge a family member.”

“But you said yourself, you two weren't close!”

“So? Family is still family!”

Luka created an ice sword in her hand and rushed forward.

“Fuck!”

Hina manifested a saber sword and rushed forward as well.

*Clang!*

The swords clashed with each other and metallic sound echoed through the area.

Hina jumped back and rushed forward again.

She slashed at Luka's neck.

*Clang!*

Luka parried it with her sword and stepped forward.

She slashed Hina across the torso and cut her shirt and skin.

“Ugh!”

Hina groan and thrust her sword forward.

*Clang!*

The saber was blocked by a layer of ice. However, Hina didnt let that stop her.

She drew out a paper and a gun was created.

She fired and broke through the ice. She immediately thrust the sword at Luka's face.

*Clang!*

But her sword clashed on Luka's iron skin.

“Tch. [Armored Skin].”

She looked down and a shadow spike shot out of the ground.

She jumped to side and threw a orb.

*Flash!*

A bright light spread out and rid of all the shadows in the area.

She then threw dozens of knives in Luka's direction.

*Clang!* *Clang!* *Clang!* *Clang!* *Clang!* *Clang!* *Clang!*

Metallic sounds rang out as the knives hit Luka.

When the light faded, Luka was surrounded by knives that were deflected off her skin.

“?!”

But there was something attached to each knife.

Bombs.

*BOOOM!*

LuKa was blown away by the explosion and her iron skin cracked.

“….Looks like I underestimated her.”

She slowly got to her.

“Then let's takes this to next level! [Black Ice Dragoon]!”

Luka immediately took on her black ice armor and charged at Hina.

“Shit!”

Hina tried to fly away with her wings but Luka was too fast.

*Bam!*

“Guh?!”

She was punched in the stomach and sent crashing into the ground.

Luka jumped up and then stomp her in the ground.

*Boom!*

“Hm?”

However, Luka's foot was caught by Hina's hands.

She looked down and saw Hina's skin rapidly darken and her hair whiten.

“Get off me!”

Hina pushed Luka up in the air. She then quickly got to her feet and manifested an axe.

She rushed forward and Luka did the same.

*Bam!*

Hina's axe slammed on Luka's ice armor. Luka swung her foot and slammed it on Hina's side.

“Argh?!”

Hina was blown away. Luka quickly chased and swung down her claws; Hina threw a punch.

*Boom!*

Hina was forced back with her hand broken but it quickly repaired itself.

She held her ground and threw a punch at the charging Luka with all her strength.

*Boom!*

Luka was blown back a few meters.

Hina then rushed forward and manifested an iron glove on her hand.

She punched Luka and forced her two steps back.

Luka replied with an uppercut and then wrapped her tail around her.

She then slammed Hina on the ground, and stepped on her.

“With this level of strength you're no use to Gamiko.”

She put some force in her foot.

“Argh!”

Hina groaned.

“As it stands you'll be discarded just like Aeon said.”

Hina started punching the leg but she wasn't able to damage it at all.

The chest part of the armor opened up and Luka's face peeked out.

She had a smirk on it.

“Since you'll be discarded anyway, why don't I just crush you here and tell him that you died in a training accident? Well, not that he would care. He would probably say ‘That's a shame, but if that's the limit then she had no worth to me’.”

She started laughing.

“Don't you think that would be funny? Hahahaha!”

She put more pressure in her foot. She could even hear Hina’s bones creaking.

“You what would be even funnier?”

Hina started struggling even more desperately. Luka smiled at that and said-

“I become your replacement and stab him in the back when he least expected it.”

“[Manifestation] + [Creation]!”

*Boom!*

A burst of dark magic power forcibly separated Luka from Hina.

When she looked back at Hina, she saw holding a 6ft purple and black sword that was giving off an evil aura.

Hina was furious. She lifted the sword up.

“You bitch!”

*BOOOOM!*

When she swung it down purple and black flames that towered over 10m split the ground and rushed towards Luka.

“[Twin Black Frost Dragon Roar]!”

Luka countered with two pillars of black frost winds.

*BOOOOM!*

The fire and frost clashed and caused an enormous explosion.

“Oi, oi. Don't go destroying my palace.”

The explosion was suddenly swallowed by an invisible force and Aeon stood there.

He turned to Luka.

“I appreciate you forcing her to use her abilities, but this place is expensive you know.”

He then turned to Hina.

“And you, I know that you figured out what Luka was doing so why did you still try to kill her?”

“….Its true that I figured out what she was doing when she mentioned Mikky, but it still annoyed the hell out of me when I imagined her replacing me.”

She then kicked of the ground and swung her sword at Aeon.

He jumped back and avoided the arc of purple flames.

But he was in Luka's range.

A black ice spear struck him in the back.

However, the spear was caught before it pierced his skin.

“Hm?”

That's when he noticed that something was wrapped around his leg.

“Get over here!”

Hina dragged the chain and pulled Aeon towards her.

“Naïve!”

Aeon made the racket appear in his hand and swung it down at Hina.

“I wasn't talking to you.”

“?!”

“[Black Frost Dragon Spear]!”

*Boom!*

He felt an immense pain in his back like he was pierced.

When he turned around he saw Luka who turned into a giant black ice spear with a chain tied around her.

‘She threw two different chains at the same time! While I was distracted by the one around my leg, Luka tied the other one around her, and allowed herself to be used as a weapon!’

He thought.

*Boom!*

He suddenly felt a heavy punch hit him in the face, while he was accessing the situation.

“Here's one from me!”

The force from Hina's punch that came from the front, and the piercing force from the human spear Luka combined together and-

*Rip!*

Tore Aeon’s body in two.

The severed body halves flew into two different directions and fell to the ground before turning into mist.

Luka deactivated her [Black Ice Dragoon], and stood in front of Hina.

“Good job with the chain.”

She then turned her head away.

“….And sorry for earlier.”

*Bam!*

Luka was suddenly sent flying by a punch.

When she landed Hina stood in front of her, and stretched out her hand.

“No problem. We're even.”

Luka frowned and took the hand and got up.

“Well, what you said was true. I'm not sure if he’ll throw me away, but I want to be of help to Mikky.”

She gripped her sword.

“If these powers will help me do that, then I’ll use them.”

“That's what I've been saying.”

A new Aeon appeared out of nowhere and stood between the girls.

“Your powers are too insane not to be used.

It's at that moment that Hina's body returned to normal. But the sword didn't disappear.

“Let us out. We made you bleed enough.”

“That's true. I'll let you out as promised. But first let me explain your abilities to you.”

“Explain them? Do you know about their origins?”

Luka asked.

Aeon shook his head.

“I don't need to know their origins to understand them.”

He then lifted up four fingers.

“You have 4 abilities.”

He dropped two fingers.

“You already know about [Manifestation] and [Creation] so there’s no need to explain those two.”

He then pointed at Hina.

“From what I can tell, your eyes and wings are from the same power that recreated your body.”

“They are? Are you sure? I've always thought they're different.”

Aeon shook his head.

“They're the same. I've already confirmed it while fighting you.”

He then paused and looked like he was thinking about something, and continued.

“I believe it's the ability to modify your body to possess multiple traits of different races and monsters. I called it…”

He held his hand out and two words appear.

“[Genome Shift].”

“Kinda lame…”

Said Luka.

“Shut up.”

Said Aeon.

He then pointed at the sword.

“This sword was made the same way you created that monster 8 years ago. By combining [Manifestation] and [Creation] you created a new power. Oh, you might realize it, but that sword probably has a conscious. In other words, it's a living sword.”

“Wha?!”

Hina was shocked to hear this. It's true that she thought about creating a living weapon before, but she didn't expect to be able to do it.

As if seeing that, Aeon smiled and continued.

“This is probably the ability to manifest and create life at the same time without needing to know how it's created. You can create your original mystical beings, as well as magic weapons that are alive and have their own conscious. Theres a chance that these beings can even grow more powerful and smarter over time.”

He said.

“I call it [Fantasy Maker].”

“Another lame name.”

“Do you want to be stuck her forever?”

“I'm sorry, it's a great name.”

Luka said in an apologetic tone.

Meanwhile back at the Primus World.

Miko was fighting against five clones on the narrow ledge over the sea of lava.

*Bam!*

He kicked one away and ducked under a kick.

But he didn't rush forward to attack. He kept dodging the kicks with an intense stare.

Two clones attack him from the front and one from the back.

“Now!”

He quickly grabbed the one behind him and threw it at the other two. He then drop kick them off the ledge.

The other two clones attacked him while he was on the ground. Miko rolled out of the way and off the ledge.

The clones looked down to see him fall in the lava, but couldn’t see him.

“Over here.”

Hearing a voice behind them, the clones turned around was greeted by a kick to chest.

They both fell in the lava.

*Applause!*

“Good. You've finally learned how to walk on different surfaces.”

When Miko rolled off the ledge earlier he didn't fall. His body stuck the side of ledge like glue. He continued to roll until he was on the opposite side of ledge.

“With this you'll have an easier time using your surroundings to your advantage when you're fighting. You already have good fighting instincts, so this is a big bonus.”

Momo praised.

“And more importantly, you've learned how to use less Qi to defeat your opponents. This means that you're getting better at controlling the stability of Qi.”

Miko looked at Momo.

“Compared to everyone else, would I be consider a fast learner or slow learner?”

“Hmm….I would like to say normal, but the fact that you're already at Qi Apprentice, you're already above average when it comes to growth speed, but normal when it comes to control.”

Momo then turned around.

“Let's take a break. You've been overusing your Qi for a while, and that's not good.”

“What happens if you overuse it?”

“You won't be able to use it for a while. For how long, varies from person to person though. If you go really overboard you might burn out your soul and die.”

“Is that so?”

The two walked out of the volcano and scenery changed back to the end of the Illusionary Beast Valley.

“Oh, I forgot to tell you this.”

Momo turned around and looked at Miko.

“Your Grandmother is here.”

The Night Continent. The world's most dangerous and largest continent.

It's a continent where the sun is none existent. It's located south of the world and is said to be the dwelling place of the world's most dangerous people.

Including [Tyrants].

In such a place a man wearing a white overcoat walked with a smile on his face.

He had dark brown hair and silver eyes. He had a wild-looking face, a muscular build, and gave off a beastly aura.

This man was simply known as Kill Point. A [Tyrant] with the title [He Who Pierced The Heavens].

He walked down the black gloomy lands and stopped in front of a cave.

He smiled and thrust his hand forward.

*Boom!*

The cave exploded and rocks fell everywhere.

*Swoosh!* *Boom!*

A rock flew out of the dust cloud and hit Kill Point.

Kill Point was blown back a few steps with a smile still on his face.

He looked ahead and saw someone stepped out of the dust.

It was dragonman with an impressive built and three heads. It had dark red scales, black claws, and long black hair.

It stared Kill Point down with its terrifying eyes.

“What do you want from me, little wolf? Did you get fed up with life and came seeking your death? If so….”

The earth started to shake and crimson lightning flashed in the sky. The howling of all kinds of beasts could be heard in surroundings.

“If so then let's get started. I'm hungry so I wouldn't mind eating that grotesque body of your’s.”

Cold sweat covered Kill Point’s body as he stared at the monster’s hungry expression.

But the smile never left his face.

“Calm down, Killo. It was just a joke. We're friends, so we shouldn't fight.”

He speedily said.

“Friends? You and me? I don't remember having any friends.”

He stared at Kill Point strangely.

“I'm pretty sure I ate them all a long time ago.”

“I appreciate it if you stop joking, Killo. You starting to put me on edge here.”

A murderous light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Seeing that, Killo backed off and withdrew his bloodlust.

“Is that so?”

Kill Point sighed and finally started to relax again.

“You should really stop that. A wolf is dangerous when it's suddenly back into a corner you know.”

“Get to the point or I will really eat you. I'm hungry, you know.”

Killo said with an impatient expression on its three faces.

Seeing that, Kill Point got straight to the point.

“How would you like join a battle where you can kill and eat as much as you like?”

“Oh? I'm listening.”

This was the meeting between the [Tyrant] Kill Point and the being known as the World Eater; the three headed Demon Dragon Azi Dahaka’s Proxy, Killo.

They too were invited to the grand event.