The Earth After Rebirth
Chapter 146 - 146: Left Behind

This went on for over 2 hours. Kiro wasn't slacking either, he wanted to catch anyone who succumbed to the energy's cunning.

He dedicated his 100% concentration for over 2 hours, overseeing everything. But of course his astral body was active with something else within his mental, but that didn't deter his concentration.

The sky was an amazing sight to see. Every colour known and unknown to Kiro occasionally flashed out in a strange orderly fashion. The ripples seemed like they would crack the world into two equal halves but nothing of that sort happened.

Kaos energy was just going haywire up there. Seeing so many beings grab at it at the same time, made it the more vicious. Nothing of this sort has ever happened before to it, it was a surprising first and it didn't quite like it. It wanted to cause damage as much as it could.

And because of that, out of the 100 that followed Kiro back here, about 30 were already unconscious. He knocked them out before the energy could claim their sanity for itself. It was a game of cat and mouse between Kiro and the stubborn energy.

Of course, his most talented student was still at it. He was almost entirely done creating his pathways, while some of the others were lagging behind, they were also doing the same.

Some were not doing so great, as the most they could muster was just holding onto the essence Kaos was attempting to rip from their bodies. They couldn't do anything else, but fight to keep themselves intact.

"Master, I don't think they can be done in an hour." Hubris said with a tinge of jealously.

"Leave us and we will catchup." Kiro said, not taking his eyes off them.

"I-I can't, how could you even ask me that."

"Hubris, we can't be delayed. Take the army and leave us, we will get there eventually. What's happening in front of me is a beautiful thing that cannot be stopped, it would be a crime if I cut them short." He told him still not taking his eyes off them.

Hubris scoffed, "fine, we will do it your way master." He turned on his heels to leave.

Kiro shook his head as he saw that he was sulking. He was doing this for him after all, the more powerful his soldiers are, the higher the chances of winning against his uncle.

He knew Hubris understood that much, but because winning would lead to their inevitable separation, he was most likely hesitant. So, Kiro had to show him, he had to make him follow through with his convictions.

'Can you guys communicate from afar?' He asked the spectres.

'Good, all of you go with my mount except for him, I know I know he's clumsy, but he's better off with me. Without him there won't be the possibility of getting found out. Now go.'

They dispersed immediately, awakening a bit of dust as they went.

"Hey, Hubris." He shouted after him.

"Yes Master?" He answered hopefully.

"Leave with these unconscious bodies, they'll be a burden when we want to catch up to you."

He turned fast and walked away without a word. He informed his army what needed to be done, why they were leaving them behind and everything. Then 30 of them could be seen going out of their way to pick up those who were unconscious.

Kiro could only hope that they would make it, that they wouldn't stay in the vegetative state for too long. He wasn't a master either when it came to this energy, he was just doing what he could to boost their battle strength.

Hubris left, but with great skepticism. He wasn't quite sure he could do well without Kiro by his side, but if he showed such weak hesitation, none of these followers would respect him for that. So he held his head high and walked forward, leading them to the unknown.

4 hours passed and Kiro was still overseeing them, since then only 2 had lost consciousness. Kiro took that as a huge win. None of the rest showed any signs of succumbing to the Kaos.

'68 over a 100, that's a pass in my books. It's not great, but it's not nothing.' He said internally, he was scared to even make a sound, scared that would rob them of their concentration.

Just then, the atmosphere around the kid that excelled calmed down a bit. Kiro was so proud, he wanted to pummel them into nothingness. He understood they couldn't quite grasp Kaos, but if only they tried, even just a little, they could've done it.

He watched as his body cooled and naturally absorbed the energy. It was impressive. The ripples also calmed down a little, the fact that they acknowledged the fact that he was done, spoke a lot about how great he was amongst his peers.

He opened his eyes slowly, and for a second, they glinted purple. He breathed out, which cause a bit of mist.

"Congratulations. You've succeeded." Kiro said in a whisper.

The kid looked around, when he saw that nobody else was done and some were unconscious, he grinned.

"Hahaha, I knew it, I'm kind of special." He said happily jumping in their air.

Kiro couldn't help but laugh. The kid was arrogant, but it was an innocent kind, not the overbearing kind. He liked him, he liked him a lot.

"Kid, what's your name?"

He turned so fast, he didn't know that someone was behind him. Even the whispered congratulations didn't reach his ears, he was too excited.

"Oh, ah, excuse my rudeness sire." He bowed so low, but not all his limbs were down which caused for his behind to be in the air.

Kiro chuckled at this. 'What a clumsy kid. He's full of happy energy though, so I guess that's good. He won't betray Hubris.'

He heard the sound and saw that Kiro was laughing at him. He noticed that it was the way he showed respect, and quickly fixed his posture.

"I'm so sorry Sire for my insolence, please have my head." He said, embarrassed to the core.