1 The energies

Ew! I spat out. This meat tastes like rotten rats. But what did this Deer swallow, I was indignant. But I think about it, I'm already late. I'd better go, I said. By air, it's much faster, I said.

I crouched down slightly, closed my eyes and took a deep breath. With a quick, smooth leap I was two meters above the ground above the large tree branches. My body instinctively leapt into the void.As adrenaline coursed through every part of my body, the breezes caressed my face nonstop. In the space of a dozen breaths I had covered thirty rubber trees. The rubber trees sometimes reached ten cubits in height.

In the distance, the City of Light could be seen in all its splendor and majesty. I swung three times in the air before landing on my two feet, to launch myself into a final sprint over a hundred cubits. Dust! That's all people would see in the distance," I said inwardly, grinning with satisfaction at my performance. "I'm the best, give way," I shouted.

As my voice echoed across the savannah, two tall figures loomed in the distance. They were positioned in front of the entrance to the City. The first one looked bigger than the second one and was armed with a giant sword. A kind of thick brute!

The kind that had nothing in his head, you know what they say: "Everything in the muscles and nothing in the head". The second one, thinner, was armed with a spear about two cubits long. I was beginning to slow down my ardor, when one of them shouted guard.

-" Who goes there!" the thick brute dropped in a determined voice.

-" It's me! It's me! Please put the gun away!", I said, slowing down completely and catching my breath.

-" You again, Bola, when did you get out of the City?", the one with the spear asked me.

-I'm fine! I'm fine! Let's calm down. I was just out for a walk in the forest. Nothing serious. There is no death...", I had hardly had time to finish, that the big brute interrupted me.

-" Shut up, you little runt. And don't let me catch you again, or I'll tell Lord Gao and you'll be banished from the city. Is that clear?" he spat in my face with a superior air.

-" Yes!" I answered timidly. But in truth, I was boiling with rage inside.

-" Get the hell out of here before we change our minds, you little punk!

I turned away from them without saying a word. But out of the corner of my eye, I continued to watch them laughing at me.

Life inside the city is governed by a caste system headed by the Hooros. It is the nobility. They have the right of life or death on everything that moves in the city. Then came the close guard of Lord Gao: the Nyax. According to some rumors in the City, if you were to meet a single member of this army, you could forget about your life. So rumors or not, I would not like to meet them. To return to what I was saying, completely down the sphere is the Komos.

I was in my thoughts proudly walking the streets of the city when a tasty smell invaded my odora and made my mouth water. What's that, wild boar?'' I asked myself in a loud voice, all excited. At the same time, the alley that I borrowed was flooded of traders then. And then zut I do not have any more a single grain of salt to exchange! I hurriedly took steps to reach the place where the gathering should be held. The contrast with our huts became more pronounced as I climbed the steps. The floor was made of a strange texture whose name and origin I did not know. A sweet scent of jasmine topped it all off. The quietness of the place was the opposite of all the noise that could be observed downstairs. It was even worrying. I hurriedly took steps to reach the place where the gathering should be held. The contrast with our huts became more pronounced as I climbed the steps. The floor was made of a strange texture whose name and origin I did not know. A sweet scent of jasmine topped it all off. The quietness of the place was the opposite of all the noise that could be observed downstairs. It was even disturbing.

On the second level I saw a group of people sitting on the ground. This must be it, I said inwardly. I approached silently and took a seat behind. There were a few girls and boys about my age in front of me. Standing in the center of the circle was a seemingly old man, dressed in white and with long white hair that reached almost to the middle of his back. With both eyes completely closed and his two hands intertwined behind him, he spoke in a weak voice.

-" Do you know how to fight?" the old wise man snapped. Everyone was surprised by the question, and I was the first. We each began to stare at each other.

-" Of course we know how to fight, Grandpa, if not, why would we have been selected?", replied a guy next to me with insolence. I took a quick look at him to see what he looked like. He was well built indeed from where he was bringing it, I nodded.

-" Will you show me how you do it?" the old man replied, turning in our direction.

-" If you want, but who do I have to fight, Grandpa?" the guy said as he stood up proudly and pretended to wipe himself.

-" Against me! Come and join me in the middle, don't be shy," answered the old man with a smile on his face. It seemed at that moment that a light breeze had blown.

-" Hahaha are you sure of yourself grandpa? Afterwards, you shouldn't come and whine. Are you a witness, people?" laughed the guy. As an answer to his question, murmurs began to be heard in the crowd. On the other side, the wise old man was still keeping his unruffled calm.

The guy then made his way through the crowd and came face to face with the old man in the arena.

-" Are you going to fight with your eyes closed, Grandpa? It's a good thing I can send you to the kingdom of the dead, you Hooros! We will put your death on the blow of the training!", he spits while taking position of fight and tightening very hard points.

The guy then made his way through the crowd and came face to face with the old man in the arena.

A silence of graveyard reigned now. It is true that this hatred between Hooros and Komos does not date from today. They are entitled to everything and on everything. So maybe... A ruddy red texture splashed on my face in a split second, preceded by a deafening noise. I took my hand to quickly wipe it off before realizing that it was blood? Blood? What the hell just happened? A vision of horror came to me as I looked to my left. Small intestine on a girl's face. A shrill scream startled me out of my shock. Within the arena a pool of blood, and the old man covered everywhere. But no trace of the other one. He was shattered?! My eyes didn't see anything, but how is that possible? My head froze the moment the other one finished talking.

-" Do you know how to fight?", the old man started again! What the hell kind of suicide plan is that? I'll get the hell out of here.

I put myself on all fours hoping to crawl at least a few meters before taking my legs to my neck. During this time it was the general panic. The smell of the organ mush was stinking and the girls of the lot had started to scream. It was the ideal moment to run away but...

-" Don't make any more moves and shut up or you'll all suffer the same fate," said the old psychopath. Is he a mind reader or what?

-" In the beginning was the original Ki. It divided about two billion years ago. Ki is the spiritual energy in everything. To awaken it would require intensive and rigorous training. However, some people can awaken without training," said the old psychopath in one breath. Wait a minute! Do we agree that someone just died here?! This is not the time for a lecture.

-" It is for my family members," added a guy of extreme beauty.

-" Don't make any more moves and shut up or you'll all suffer the same fate," said the old psychopath. Is he a mind reader or what?

-" It is for my family members," added a guy of extreme beauty. Obviously he was not splashed with blood but how did he do it? The pale green eyes and a well drawn face he was different from the others in his finery and his manners much more refined. I have a feeling that he and I are not going to be buddies.

-" What do they call you?" the old man asked, seeming for the first time to be interested in someone other than himself.

-" My name is Nola Sonrhai, son of Lord Gao!", he said.

-" My respects to the prince! I take this opportunity to introduce myself to everyone. I won't say it twice, so listen carefully. I am Kara, trainer of the future Nyax. As you can see, your training has already begun. You will be paid to carry out missions that include protecting the city and its Lord. You will have noticed that we are a people possessing only the divine ki.

With this, you will be able to easily use one of the four elements that are earth, water, fire and air. You have one week to awaken your ki or you will be sent away," said the old Kara. Dismissed!? One week? No, I'll never make it," I shouted.

To be continued

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