One day before the start

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United States, Mississippi, 1994

Mael: 15 years.

Sabrina: 15 years old.

Dean: 15 years.

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"Mael and Sabrina, you two are allowed to go out alone from today onwards, you are already strong enough to protect yourselves, of course, if anything goes wrong, you can call my name." Ariel dropped the bomb.

Currently Mael and Sabrina were sitting in front of Ariel, drinking tea in the living room. Sabrina put a ton of sugar in hers. It would be the first time that Mael and Sabrina could go out alone without Cain or Ariel protecting them. Finally he could start putting his plans into practice.

It's been another 3 years and Mael and Sabrina turned 15 just a few weeks ago. Since then, Sabrina has improved a lot and achieved her first victory against Ariel. Of course, she only used 50% of her power, but it's a victory... seriously, Gabriel's mother and daughter, just for that, a victory over her, even if she only uses half of her strength, is already a lot.

Mael, however, learned even more about her powers, particularly her ways of breathing. So far, he has created 5 forms of the breath of light and 7 forms of the breath of darkness.

Purely based on combat potential, no one close to him was a match for him. He did not create many new techniques, but improved existing ones

as he engraved the basics into his own being and would go further and further in training his physical body. Due to this, he could use his breathing skill for much longer, but he was still far from perfecting it and being able to use it passively.

Sabrina managed to fuse her swordsmanship and celestial power to create devastating effects. Attacks like the ones two years ago, when she cut down a large part of a forest, weren't a big deal to her anymore, especially after learning Ariel's light techniques... seriously, she's looking more and more like Mom.

"I know you all have become very strong over the past 3 years, but as your father and I have spoken more than once, you can't just rely on your personal strength when dealing with enemies and it's always good to have someone watching your back."

"We will, mom, you don't have to worry, I will protect Sabrina and I'm sure she will protect me too." Mael replied seriously. At this point, it's become second nature for him to not hold back in protecting those he loves... and I love Sabrina a lot.

Yes, he is Sabrina, they have been dating since last year, when something happened while they were watching the film. But they haven't arrived yet...

Satisfied with the answer, Ariel began to tease Mael and Sabrina about the cliché phrase he just said. Since he and Sabrina have been dating, Ariel hasn't stopped teasing Mael about how she knew from the beginning that they would end up together.

Seriously, a woman's intuition is a supernatural thing.

Since no one had anything else to talk about, everyone left to do their respective things.

Mael walked to the back of his training hut to swing his swords a bit and think about his next steps.

He took the swords he received from his parents. Even though he trained with them every day to their maximum capabilities, they didn't look worn out at all. This was probably to be expected, as it was made from some of the best materials around.

He began to scroll through the forms of his own created sword styles while thinking over the past 3 years. After Ariel taught him the basics of swordsmanship and told him to find his own path, he experimented a lot with his own ideas of using his celestial, infernal and wings energies at the same time.

The result? A way of fighting was born

still incomplete, but still overwhelming. As he advanced, he began to feel his swords were no longer a weapon, but it was as if it became a part of him. It was an extension of his range and at the same time, it felt so natural as if he had been missing it his entire life. Ariel once said that it's a feeling you experience when you reach a certain proficiency with a sword, and become familiar with your weapon to the point that you know its details, even with your eyes closed. His fighting style was completely focused on the offensive. His defense style wasn't that good, as he could evade or block an enemy's attack with his wings.

That was another thing he discovered. His wings were probably able to block his own sword. If that wasn't enough, he could always infuse his energy into them, increasing their resistance even further.

With his future path decided, his parents thought it was time for him to start paving his own path in his fighting style. Cain, however, said to wait a few years to fight him.

Being himselfo a hell knight who has lived for a few thousand years, his experience is nothing to scoff at.

Cain was peculiar in that he did not allow Mael to use any energy, and only wanted him to fight using his physical body and his swords in his fights. At first, it was a bit contradictory, considering everything he learned from Ariel. Cain was a tricky opponent who often used everything, even if it barely gave him an advantage over his opponent. After talking to him, however, it made sense. If Mael has reached a certain point of power, a few small tricks won't make any difference. His power would increase as he gained experience in battle.

After the first workout. Cain was a true genius with a sword, even though he didn't have many techniques, he knew where to hit and when to attack and defend, a true killing technique.

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Author's Note: Cain's fighting style is more similar to zaraki kenpachi. As Kenpachi himself said, it's KILL OR BE DIE.

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Cain completely overwhelmed Mael in the battle department. He hasn't won any of his fights yet. Just almost wins.

On the other hand, being close to winning always motivated him, showing his tremendous progress, both physical and spiritual.

The only real frustration was born from the fact that he didn't restrict Mael that much in the use of his breathing techniques, but the fact that he couldn't even make a real wound to Cain was something that could only be described as monstrous.

He would even give a prince of hell a run for his money in a physical fight. So far, he still couldn't beat this old man, but he was getting close. It was like his mother had said, he was growing at a shocking rate and couldn't wait to get taller.

If you have a strong will, the

Enough so there is nothing better to grow than seemingly impossible challenges and this has held true for Mael so far.

With his sword practice coming to an end, he sat down with his swords in his lap and began to calm his breathing.

Tomorrow, he would begin putting his plans into practice, and what better to start than stealing the cradle of supernatural knowledge?

Calming his body and mind after finishing his training, he snapped out of his thoughts and returned to the main cabin to prepare for the night and rest. Tomorrow will be a great day.