The sky was slightly cloudy and grayish. It was early in the morning, and the dojos were mostly quiet, as every young person was eagerly sitting in their classroom currently.

However, at the current moment, right outside the Ok Family Dojo, Kiernan and Lumian were looking at the tall building.

"I am not so sure about this."

Lumian said.

He was hiding his black and red eyes behind dark sunglasses.

Kiernan said that his eyes would return to normal after a couple of days, but until then, he wasn't planning on letting anyone see these "unsightly" eyes.

Especially not Cleo and Jock.

Therefore, he wasn't going to school and wasn't going to participate in the training until his eyes turned normal.

"Will your father be here?"

Kiernan asked.

"He is there."

Lumian said.

With a nod, Kiernan crossed the street with Lumian following closely behind them, and they entered the majestic dojo building.

The cute receptionist was about to greet them but then noticed the young master, Lumian, and saw them heading straight to the elevator.

"E-Excuse me, are you here for an appointment? You can't enter the premises until you have an appointment or you are a student of the dojo!"

The receptionist shouted after them.

They ignored her cries, entered the elevator, and pressed a floor where the students of the dojo usually trained.

After going up few floors, the elevator's doors opened, and they entered a spacious floor with large windows and a beautiful view of the city.

There were couple of people training—older fellows—and they were taught by several teachers.

"What are the two of you doing here?"

At that moment, a deep-voiced man in a Qi outfit appeared, and then, he saw Lumian and recognized him even with the sunglasses.

"Lumian? Does your father know that you are here? You are forbidden from entering the premises of the dojo!"

He said angrily.

"…Nocta."

Lumian whispered the man's name and turned to his master. He said something in Kiernan's ear.

The teacher named Nocta turned angry at the lack of respect that Lumian was showing him as he dared to whisper in his presence.

In the Ok Family Dojo, to hide something from the teachers, such as talking behind their back or whispering about them, was very disrespectful.

Lumian knew this, which was why he decided on being disrespectful, as he had never respected Nocta.

He was a big bully with a large ego and an even larger temper.

"I want you to go fetch your master for me."

Kiernan said.

"Huh? Who the fuck are you to give me orders?"

Nocta stood before Kiernan. He was a head taller than Kiernan. There was also a much greater quantity of muscle on his frame.

"…You stand too tall."

Kiernan said, put his hand on Nocta's shoulder, and pushed him down to the ground forcefully.

With Nocta's knees crashing against the ground, the floor turned quiet as everyone turned their attention towards the two of them.

"Ah…?"

Nocta's eyes shook, and his anger grew, but when he tried standing back up, he couldn't move against Kiernan's hand.

"Maybe your master will come once he hears you scream."

Kiernan said, and he kneed Nocta in the face before pulling him up by the hair. He was barely conscious.

"Unbelievable… That guy is completely destroyed, teacher Nocta! Isn't he a High Stage Martial Grandmaster? What in the world!"

"W-Wait, that guy… Isn't he Kiernan Hunter? That young genius who is already at the Martial King realm!"

"Oh god!"

The middle-aged students cried out.

Lumian let out an audible gulp as he witnessed his master destroying teacher Nocta like it was nothing.

He had been thinking very highly of the teachers because they were at the realm of strength that seemed unattainable to him currently.

It was very far away, and that's why to see one of them crumble under his master's power shattered his perception of reality.

There was always someone stronger…

Seeing Nocta in trouble, the rest of the teachers jumped to help him, but Kiernan stepped past them with speed that left behind afterimages.

The teachers turned their heads around, but before they could do anything else, they all fell unconscious.

"Eek!"

"Ahh!"

The students ran to the elevator and descended down.

"…This makes us look like aggressors. What if my father… Sozen… goes to the World Martial Arts Federation and paints us as villains?"

Lumian asked.

"After today, he will leave us alone, and I'll guarantee you that."

Kiernan said and sat down on the bench by the window. He put his hands on top of his lap and crossed his legs.

Lumian was anxiously pacing back and forth.

After a short moment, the elevator dinged, and immediately a murderous aura swept through the floor like a tidal wave.

From the elevator, red-faced Sozen stepped out with close to twenty teachers trailing behind him with angered expressions.

While Sozen was Martial Emperor, there were also Martial King teachers among the group, and the pressure of their combined presence was suffocating.

"I should've expected that you couldn't do a simple fucking task, Lumian. You have always been soft."

Sozen said.

"Don't talk to my student like that. Next time you do, I must smack some sense into you,

Sozen Ok."

Kiernan said.

The teacher's eyes turned wide like saucers after hearing his arrogant words.

It didn't matter that both of them were masters. Sozen was the Martial Emperor, and Kiernan was the Martial King.

The status difference between the two of them was still massive!

"…Excuse me?"

Sozen said in surprise.

He thought for a moment that he misheard, as no one had been talking so foolishly at him for hundreds of years.

"You attacked my student yesterday. I thought about reporting that incident to the World Martial Arts Federation, but I thought we could handle this matter between the two of us.

"A talk between masters."

Kiernan said.

"…Is that so, haha!"

Sozen laughed, scratched his head, and then his lips turned back down into an angry frown.

"Let's talk then."

He said with a scoff.

"You are frighteningly ignorant about powers that you know nothing about. You wanted to make Lumian into this little monster of yours.

"How idiotic!"

Kiernan screamed, and at that moment, darkness started appearing around the rims of his eyes, slowly spreading across his sclera.

The pupil also turned crimson-red.

"You don't mess with demons!"

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