Chains Of Heaven

The display of Enkidu this day was even more shocking than before. If anything his display was more impressive than what anyone thought a person in his cultivation realm had any right to be.

"It is almost like someone from one of the two ruined empires is back." One of the sec masters commented.

"What do you mean by that, Sect Master." One of his disciples, one who lost in the second stage of the tournament, asked in wonder.

"Sigh, I guess you spent far too much time focused in only martial arts and not on the history of the continent. Very well, I will explain it to you." The sect master said. "For one thousand years the continent had two superpowers. The two were the strongest organizations in the continent, until about 800 years ago when a fight broke out between these two powers, they were the Empire of Might and the Empire of Steel. The two were said to have the inheritances of two God Races, the Dwarfs and the Giants, and they had great power in Metal and Earth Laws.

"The fight was terrifying, many sects and old families went instinct or near instinct by the end of the fighting, like the Nature Spirit race and the Fairy race who now are so few it is not even funny. All as simple aftereffects of the fighting between these two powers. The end result was that the two empires weakened one another until the point where they were attacked and destroyed by a third party, the Three Great Evil Sects, that ended up destroying what was left of the sect. The Three Great Evil Sects would have tried to control the continent but the Master Teacher Association with what was left of the sects from the continent joined together and defeated the Three Great Evil Sects. All over the ruins of those two great empires. Obviously, the final winners tried to ravage what was left of the empire to rebuild the continent but none could enter either capital, it is believed that the Giant Godking and Dwarf Godking spirits closed both capitals and only if someone has a high enough perception to Earth can one enter the Empire of Might capital to see the Giant God and for Metal to enter its counterpart.

"To this day the legends about those two empires are well known, the Empire of Might Royal Family who inherited some of the Giant God bloodlines could move the earth around them and had unparalleled strength. The Empire of Steel Royal Family and it's the absolute dominance of the best weaponry in the entire world was well known, they always had many profound artifacts and they also had the most durable bodies and near unbreakable bodies which could withstand even the heaviest of blows as if nothing.

"There have been many who tried to investigate either capital, but even the few who could enter could not pass the test for the inheritances of the two Gods there and could only get some meager gain even if they were to survive." The sect master said and noticed his disciple's eyes shining making him chuckle a bit. "Forget it, you do not have the necessary talent to either Earth or Metal to enter those places. Besides, those two locations have many bandits around anyway, they are far too dangerous as, even if someone succeeds in getting something inside, there is every chance he will be robbed when he manages to get out."

As this conversation continued there was another place where a group of elders was looking at the last fight with a serious face.

"It will be tough." One of them admitted reluctantly.

"Yes, but the result will still be the victory of Fugui." Another said before turning to the boy. "Isn't that right, Fugui?"

The boy turned to speak when another elder spoke for him.

"Yes, of course, it will be fine. Fugui is the pride and hope of our sect, he will succeed no matter what." The elder said and the others nodded. Fugui, by his part, simply lowered his head, returning to a state of not thinking anymore. He just continued to focus on his blade, the only thing he knew and was allowed to know.

In the area where Yun Gu was you could see the old Medical Saint stiff as he looked at his disciple, a complicated expression in his face as he looked at him.

He had long since realized that Enkidu was different, he was special in many ways. His heart was just as pure, if not more, than his own. His d.e.s.i.r.e to help all was even more all-encompassing than his own. And, the scariest of all, he had talent.

Too much talent.

He had long since learned all that Yun Gu could teach him. Not only that, Yun Gu was quite sure that Enkidu would be better off going by himself from this point forward, he needs to explore the world and be able to do his own choices. Yun Gu, however, felt a bit lonely at this. Like if he was already missing the emotion of teaching and carrying for another.

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I returned home, I had to take care of Cai'er's condition after all. I feel bad for teacher who is having to take care of Medusa. Levy, Ji Ji, and Da Ming, but I need to see her state and to rest for tomorrow. I didn't really spent that much energy today but I feel that the opponent next time will not be quite as easy to deal with.

Opening the house I see that Cai'er was laying on the ground, not knowing what to do exactly.

I move to beside her and begin checking if her bandages are okay and changing what needs to be changed.

"... How did it go?" She asks, a bit interested.

"I won." I said easily enough.

"I see, it must be nice. Going out and winning just like that." She said self-depreciatingly. I had explained to her what happened to her in some notes, telling her what I know so as to let her know what happened to her. But, seeing her reaction to my words, I put my hands on her cheeks.

And pulled.

"Ouch!" She said as she tried to pull her face away only for me to not let her. Instead I began shaking her head around.

After a moment of this I spoke.

"Win, losing, all that matters is living." I told her. "Think of it this way, if you are alive then there is always hope for the next day. So don't go acting all depressed like that, if you have no memories then I will just help you make better memories. If anything, just think of this point on as a new start for your life."

She looks with big eyes at me before speaking.

"Is, is it really okay to just let it all go?"

"Who cares if it is okay or not?" I asked. "If you want my opinion, you just need to focus on doing what you can. Overthinking what cannot be helped is not good at all. And, If there is a part of you that thinks you deserved to suffer because of a single loss, just a single failure, then please concentrate on that stupidity, take that little voice on your head that says that you deserve to suffer, focus very well on it, and then shot it. Right in it's stupid, stupid head."

She looks at me with a weird look.

"You are weird, you don't even know me so why to do so much?"

"Your name is Cai'er. Your blood type is AB+; your measurements are 1,65 meters high and from top to bottom is 93-65-89. You have 16 years old according to what I could see from your bones. Your last menstruation was t-"

"THAT IS ENOUGH." She said loudly, cutting me off.

Seeing her flush and pout slightly I begin to laugh.

"What? You want to mock me?" She says.

"... A bit." I admit to which she uses her leg to kick me for my words.

We looked at one another for a moment before we both began to laugh at the absurdity of it all.

After calming down I then create a wheelchair from stone, it was not hard at all to do such a thing, and I put her into it.

"Hey, where you think you are touching?!" She asks with a small glare when I moved her since I ended up touching her body a bit on the transfer, a fact that I promptly ignore.

I then open the door of the house.

"You have been inside this house for too long, I think seeing the world a bit wouldn't be a bad idea at all. Especially if you are to create new memories," I said and I begin moving forward. We were moving slowly and leisurely, no need for hurry.

I started telling her all sorts of things, from anecdotes and funny things I had to deal with from Da Mind and Ji Ji (like when Da Ming, when still a baby, could not control his time to defecate or when Ji Ji made me spend over an hour in front of a lake for her to clean and make herself prettier, all on top of my head) to things like my ideas, the places I have visited, the people I've met.

After a while I began a little game with her, we would look at the people on the crowd and try to imagine a story for them. It was all for fun so we, or at least I, really went all out to create the most outlandish of ideas. To all this she listened and before long she began asking me for details and more.

In the end, she was laughing with me, or at me sometimes, and the light in her eyes that I've seen on her grew much greater now. A victory in my books, one much more sweat than any I've had in this tournament in my eyes.