The morning was set and the trio was in the training ground waiting for Patt.
"The old man is late today" Goan sigh
"We are early idiot" Shalon interrupted "Raizon was so excited about it all that he woke us with him".
"I'm not suprised about that though" Goan smirked.
Patt arrived at the training grounds. The first thing he did after entering in was to pray to god about his fine day. The next thing he did was to bow down in front of the ground suggesting it was his another home. It was one of the thing he was most thankful about. And that's when the girl came in too. Keeping the large jar around the usual corner she came to Raizon
"Thank you for yesterday" she said "By the way my name is Salina".
"Salina" that's all Raizon could say shaking the extended hand. There was a minute of silence in the room and that's when the girl gave a little kiss on Raizon's cheeks. Shy and nervous about Raizon's response she ran back to the quarters.
That's when the Goan shuttered "wh..wha....what the actual fuck was that"
"Nothing, it was nothing" Raizon was flattered. He wasn't even looking at anyone else and was just busy in mesmerising the feeling he got during the kiss. He was trying to recollect the feeling and the pleasure.
Shalon too was completely shocked and numbed by the sudden turn of events. He was like a pale leaf that shredded out from a tree.
With the inauguration ceremony the practice started. Shalon and Goan were asked to strengthen their cores. Shalon had a attacking beast spectra, on the other hand Goan had defensive. And that's why they were best competitors for Spar. On the other hand Raizon was up for the biggest challenge. He had to use the fusion of his little beast spectra with the internal spectra in order to break through Patt's attack.
The attacks summoned by Patt were not only strong, but were even faster than ever. A single blow and Raizon would be lying unconscious. Jumping back to defend himself Raizon blasted a punch on the ground completing eradicating it. Everyone who saw the sight was shocked with the outstanding control of Raizon. He didn't had a single ounce of earthly spectra and could still pull of such move with the help of internal spectra. Within the many praises Patt was disappointed
"Wrong move Raizon" Patt buzzed in "what is my spectral core?"
"It's dark" Raizon answered.
"Correct. Now here's a important thing. Dark and ghostly cores should never get out of your sight no matter what. In the future such spectral users will try to get out of your sight cause that makes them stronger than you. Never ever reduce your vision over them, you understand?" The explanation was clear.
"Yes sir" Raizon replied and the practice began again.
The surrounding was peaceful and silent. The birds were chirping their little songs and the people were out for their works. Grocery shops were opened and the farmers were working in their fields. Vegetable vendors were in their van, moving from house to house for selling their vegetables. Few other students came to the training grounds from some other cities. Everything was quite heart warming for everyone.
Salina as usual was busy in washing the dishes along with the other workers. Her dad was a little sick today so he had taken a day off. Salina on the other hand had to compensate for the work. But as usual she wasn't tensed about it, infact she was happy that her father would get to rest for a while. The dishes were over and it was time for the rooms to be cleaned. Today few more beds were going to be reserved. So preparing them was another new task in the list. Right before she could grab the mop from the store room she heared quite a large blast.
"Isn't it from village" she claimed and rushed outside to see the matter herself.
The smoke was already covering the sky around village. The fire had already taken its heat and pace, and it seemed that the village was under attack. Tampen
It wasn't just some random attack, infact it was a Counterattack.
Patt who was still teaching Raizon suddenly stopped.
Raizon who noticed something was wrong dashed in to catch the stumbling feets. Everybody leaving their session just rushed to the scene.
"Something seems odd" Patt explained "I never felt this weak before".
Raizon who was shouldering Patt took him to the bench. Resting his back to the wall Patt seemed to come back to normal.
"Everybody back to the session" he shouted "don't worry I'm okay".
Raizon was looking for a topic to help Patt so he began with a question he was concerned about a while ago "Sir, why were you so concerned about this spectra".
"Seems like you noticed" Patt replied "well the boy I told you about was my son"
"Ohh
.. sorry" Raizon replied instantly thinking he opened up a more sensitive issue.
"No don't worry. I always feels his absence but I'm not that weak by the heart to die crying for it" Patt explained "you know what Raizon? He had your eyes. Determined about what he wants to do in his life. That day he exceeded the limit of extracted spectra. And that is why the accident occurred. But still I was concerned about you. I thought what if something happens to you as well?"
"Actually, you telling me that changes alot of things Sir" Raizon said turning his gaze towards the floor.
"Don't worry boy, you just trust your beast. It has a long history of merciless background. Maybe the warmth it is searching for will help you to conquer it" Patt came up with a probability "I don't know why, but you have taken my hopes high kid".
That was quite flattering for Raizon. His broken sadness was suddenly blossomed with hopes. Patt himself praising was something he would have never thought about. Before Raizon could stutter something a large shout intervened the scenario.
"Patt, hey warrior boy" a mysterious voice buzzed from the outside "intruders...."
Patt at once got up and rushed to the doors followed by Raizon. Everybody stopped their drills and were trying to cope up with the change. A man in his mid 40's who tend to be from the village was running towards the training ground shouting "Tampen came back". In that instance a direct laser just teared the neck apart from the lower body. The head swung away with the body taking few steps and finally falling on its knees.
"Every body it's a Counterattack" Patt commanded and every single spectral user in the training grounds was ready to go back to action.
A large group of Tampen man were around the training grounds. Few floating in the air while some spying through the roof top, few were bold enough to look directly into the abyss. The village was clearly on the verge of destruction as the smoke and fire was visible miles apart. It was just the beginning of what was lying ahead. The destruction had started with the destroyer playing key role in it.