The Earth After Rebirth

"Oh, he's done it. The real work begins now Hubris." He whispered looking at him proudly.

He didn't need to hear him to know that. He understood very well the difficulties of trying to harness and subdue Kaos. It was fighting him more than it had fought against Kiro or the others.

It was as if, it were out to get him specifically. While Kiro just had his mental eaten, Hubris was also experiencing hallucinations. Making everything more real and harder to handle.

It knew his weaknesses as if it were a living supreme being and it used that to get his mind to collapse completely.

"I'll leave you because you have been a terrible mount Hubris. You have been dragging me down since we met. I've been trying to find an excuse to leave you behind forever." A hallucinated Kiro said.

It spewed all sorts of terrible things that would create a dent on Hubris' pride. It was hard hearing all these things, especially when they were coming from someone who he admired the most.

But he wouldn't be an ancient beast if he succumbed to such taunts. It wasn't easy, but he knew that, those were just words of self doubt. He was the one doubting himself, not his master.

He'd be lying if he said it didn't get to him, it did, but not enough for him to be swallowed completely by Kaos. He kept it just at bay, a safe enough distance away from his mental.

Even his father appeared. Telling him how ashamed he was, that he was his son. That he was a mass murderer, who killed his own kin just to get the throne.

'How ruthless.' He commented.

He knew he did what needed to be done. At the end, he did give them an ultimatum, which they refused. There was nothing he could've done, he couldn't force them to be loyal to him, not in a hundred years.

Training in the world Kiro created helped him too. The Crystal also helped fortify his mental. He didn't think he'd make it on his own without these power boosts. He didn't know that his experience was different, but he commanded his master who was able to make the Kaos his without these power ups.

Little by little, the energy was seeping through his body. It first tried to devour magic, but when it realised that, the magic wasn't even fighting back, it stopped and considered it a boring endeavour.

A yin and yang circle created itself at the pits of Hubris' stomach. One side was light blue with magic, the other was reddish with Kaos. The energy finally settled down, he was only absorbing it in his body now.

He understood why he had a different container, and not pathways like the rest. He had 2 energies after all, he couldn't wait to try them out. But he was heavily reminded of his King duties, he couldn't very well go out just to hunt monsters like he did with his master.

But he wouldn't let that deter him, he'd eventually find a way, an excuse to do what he loved the most, hunting. If he had to, he'd make it an Underworld sport.

The Kaos side of his core was full. He opened his eyes slightly to his master jumping around.

"What are you doing?"

"Huh?" He turned while in the air, which distracted him seeing Hubris' eyes glinting with a crimson colour.

He used whirlwind to cushion his fall. "Don't scare me like that!"

"Well, you were doing something strange, trying to catch the sun?" He mocked trying to get up but because he had been sitting for weeks his limbs failed him.

"Something like that." He answered embarrassed. He was just trying to see how far he can jump with the skill but it was much more complicated than he anticipated.

"I did it master, I did it, it was extremely hard. It's amazing how you were able to do it all on your own without power ups." He looked at him with eyes of admiration.

Kiro's ego was stroked by this comment. He swelled his shoulders, "well, I'm your master after all."

During Hubris' training, Kiro had already met up with Achyls' comrades. Observed their different powers with the help of the spectres and grouped them accordingly.

Some spectres joined the squads too. More of them joined the Intel squad, that's what they excelled at anyway.

Some refused to, they didn't want to be a stereotype, so they went to other squads that offer them a challenge, Kiro didn't stop their ambition. Some assassins, some shadows that protected the King from his shadow, some soldiers that the people would usually see.

Three of them didn't think they were suited to be in such squads so Kiro temporarily took them under his wing. The three were Ren, Gin and V. It was hard but he managed to name them all.

Hubris finally managed to get off the stone floor. He felt an overwhelming surge of energy sweep over him but he stood his ground. The core had successfully created itself, he didn't even mean to create it.

But both the energies were in harmony, they were opposites but they behaved well within his body. He wondered how it would work. So he made himself incorporeal, the change was more smooth. It didn't feel like a skill he had to activate but just an extension of his self.

The energy gave off a violet-like colour, with the amount of docile and violent balanced. Surprisingly the energies worked together, that meant Hubris would have a long way before his magic was completely depleted.

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"Master, thank you! If it were not for you, I seriously wouldn't have considered learning Kaos."

"I know better after all, I can see your situation is a little different. I don't see pathways."

"Ah yes, I'm using both magic and kaos, I reckon the energies decided on something that would make them separated."

"Makes sense."

Just then, a hound appeared out of thin air, coming out of Hubris' shadow.

"Sire, a leader from another Kingdom has come." He informed him like it was the most general thing to know.

"There are other Kingdoms?"