Chapter 7: Samuel’s Karna

Chapter 7: Samuel's Karna

Blessed quickly went back and joined the other boys. They all fist-bumped and cheered for him. " Rick Bachmann come forward" Captain James's voice called out. "Wish me luck guys," Rick said. " You got this man" " Don't worry everything will go smoothly," they all said words of encouragement. Rick went up the stairs and walked to the front of the realm tunnel. His black hair was the longest among his friends. He had a gloomy appearance but with a very lean body that had been trained a bit.

He had pale white skin and brown eyes and was decently tall. For this introverted young man who had mostly been friendless for the majority of his life. Meeting Samuel and the others had changed his life for the better. ' I have to get a good Karna so we can all go to Celestial Academy together' Rick thought to himself as he entered the portal. Once he entered the portal a bright glow of golden light appeared. It was brighter than all those before it. Captain James seeing this felt his heart ach ' Why this filthy bumpkin, whyyy?' He questioned in his mind.

He is a royal and has been raised to be better than all these people. Yet today alone he had seen close to 10 people awaken 6-star Karnas like him. Watching all this happen in front of him felt like torture to Captain James. Yet that was not the end of his sufferings as Rick exited the portal. Although James knew what was about to happen he hoped that the child in front of him wouldn't have a strong karna.

Sadly for him, his hopes were dashed as Rick summoned his Karna. A black staff appeared in his hands with a purple and silver colored orb on it. The staff was followed but 8 glowing stars. The whole Auditorium went into chaos. Cheers and screams were heard. " Silence!" Captain James said and his loud voice was carried by the speakers in the auditorium. The hall went silent, they could all see clear anger on the captain's face. So nobody wanted to be the target of his rage.

Captain James and Rick soon made eye contact and the captain's intense rage-filled stare landed on the poor boy. Rick felt confused and had no idea what was happening or why the Captain was so angry at him. Captain James realised that he was behaving inappropriately so he calmed himself. " Rich Bachmann please go stand by that specialised section." Captain James told Rick. The confused boy was led by other soldiers who brought him to a side away from the other students and everyone else. They defensively surrounded him as if they were bodyguards.

"Next Billy Smith please come forward" the Captain called out. "Alright time to shock the ladies," Billy said as he walked towards the realm tunnel. He was a short guy. But his decently handsome face and the way he carried himself made him stand out a little more. Considering that he has been the only guy in their friend group to have a few girlfriends while the rest were still single. He knew how to walk with confidence. He soon entered the portal and its blue surface completely turned golden. "Shatter!" the sound of something breaking could be heard as Captain James destroyed a transparent blue data panel that he was holding. Its shards flew back into his wristwatch. Such were the perks of high-quality wristwatches.

Billy soon exited the portal and a wide smile could be seen on his face. Before Captain James or anyone else even got the chance to tell him to summon his Karna( not that they would have considering how stunned they all were) Billy's body glowed with gold and silver light. His brown hair flattered in the air and his green eyes glowed with an enchanting radiance. "Swoosh!" something shot out of Billy's body. It flew around the auditorium for a few seconds. Everyone was stunned and scared that whatever it was would injure them. Some people screamed while others hid.

The unknown objects soon rush back towards Billy before slowing down. It flapped its bat-like wings and softly landed on Billy's outstretched arm. The creature resembled a lizard with four legs and a pair of bat-like wings on its back. Its eyes glinted with pride and its entire form gave off the feeling of power.

Although the creature looked and moved like it was alive. Its slightly transparent form made those who saw it understand that it was only some type of projection. Most people did not know what that creature was. But as soon as Samuel and all the other students saw it they instantly recognized it. "is that a drag…" one of the students tried asking but her friends quickly closed her mouth. The small commotion they caused went largely unnoticed.

Captain James also displayed a look of recognition as his expression morphed into that of sheer disbelief. With a shaky voice, he called out to Billy. " Yon…young man go ahead and join your fellow student with the other soldiers."

Billy was soon taken to sit with Rick their faces showing joy about their Karna. " I'm happy for them," Samuel said with genuine joy in his voice. "Yeah me too and with this, Billy will be able to help his family. Although his an idiot seeing him happy makes me happy." Blessed also added on. The 2 boys smiled at their friends in the distance. Rich and Billy also smiled back at them. Billy stood up bent his knees and stupidly waved at Samuel and Blessed. Samuel did not hesitate to return the same wave at him. Blessed and Rick covered their face in embarrassment. These two always love doing this in public.

The other students and soldiers looked at them strangely and began questioning the mental state of these 2 kids. It took a while but Captain James finally called Samuel. After taking a deep breath he walked up to the portal, the closer he got to it the faster his heart raced.

The blue glow of the portal lit up Samuel's face. He was an average-looking guy for the most part, he was far from ugly but also not as good-looking as a model or Blessed. With a determined look on his face, he walked into it. The blue spatial energy of the portal washed over Samuel making him feel a bit dizzy. Within the waves of spatial energy, a golden light appeared. Samuel saw this light and knew what was coming. They had studied about it in school and it was common knowledge. The golden light would be the energy from the unknown dimension. It would rush towards anyone that enters the portal and once their body is hit by that energy their Karna will be created within them.

Just as Samuel expected, the light rushed towards him. The moment it made contact with his body. Samuel was overwhelmed by a feeling of power. It was so intense that Samuel began feeling pain. At first, it started small but within a few seconds, it made him feel like he was burning up. "Groan!" Samuel groaned in pain. This wasn't supposed to be happening. You shouldn't be feeling pain at all when you get your Karna.

Suddenly a suction force appeared as it pulled Samuel deeper into the portal. He instantly started panicking, when someone enters a portal connected to the unknown dimension they would at most only be able to walk a few steps before they hit a wall that wouldn't let them go any further. Yet here he was being pulled further into the portal at a speed he couldn't even imagine.

"Aaaaaahhhhhh! No, no, no, no, no what the hell is happening Aah!" David said in fear and pain. " Where am I going? Is it taking me to an unknown dimension? Shiiiiiiiitttt?" little did our young protagonist know that the moment he was hit by the golden light. The whole world outside the portal stopped. Everything and everyone was stuck in place. From Earth to the very ends of their universe no time had passed while Samuel was being sucked into the unknown.

It wasn't that the time of their universe had been stopped or manipulated in any way. The reason the outside world seemed to have its time stopped was in comparison to how fast the events within the portal were occurring. The speed of time within the portal was much faster than the speed of the outside world. This was an event that had never happened before.

Back with Samuel the speed at which he was pulled kept on increasing. The previously blue wave of spatial energy was now mixed with golden light. Then suddenly, his body stopped. He felt like an unseen force had held him in place. But he barely had time to even focus on that Because right now all he could focus on was what lay before his eyes. The sight that presented itself before him left him completely awestruck.

A forest with vegetation he had never seen before and trees of all shapes and sizes, some even reaching hundreds of meters into the air. Creatures he had never seen before flew, walked and jumped all over the place. Before he could fully digest what was before him his body sped off into another direction. He felt an unknown energy wash over his body and get absorbed by his already-formed Karna.

That's right his Karna was already created its cubic shape spun crazily while it absorbed an insane amount of energy within his Myth zone. This energy gave him a feeling like nothing he had ever felt before. The best way to describe it would be that it made Samuel feel alive. He knew what this was, it was Mythos the energy from the unknown dimension. But the amount that kept Entering his body was too much. He soon found himself stopping above a location covered by endless sand in every direction. The desert-like location housed a variety of creatures. Monstrous scorpions, giant worms that swam in the sand and massive snakes. Samuel recognized one creature that looked like a sphinx. He was then pulled away again.

Over and over again he would be pulled to different crazy locations while an endless wave of Mythos kept slamming into his body. Samuel did not know that the amount of mythos being forced into his body was something that no mortal and even many deities could withstand. Just as he felt like he was about to burst he suddenly found himself in a weird place. It resembled outer space but the planets that surrounded him couldn't even be called proper planets. Some were spherical like normal while others looked like flat masses of land with waves of water falling over their edges. While others were living creatures like a massive turtle.

As Samuel felt like his mind would go blank suddenly his Karna was forcefully dragged out of his Myth zone. It floated in front of him and then a voice spoke to him. "poor little one I must apologize for the excruciating pain you are about to go through." A voice unlike anything he had ever heard sounded in his mind. It was neither feminine nor masculine, it was just a chaotic mess of infinite voices. Samuel's gaze landed on his karma. For some reason, he felt like something was inspecting it.

"This Karna of yours is beautiful. So much potential and power. Unfortunately, I will have to sacrifice most of its power for my plans." The voice said and 10 stars appeared around his karna.

Samuel didn't know why but he felt a sense of dread wash over him. He felt like he was being stared down by a being so immense that his mind was overwhelmed by a feeling of insignificance. As if to confirm his forbidding feelings one of Samuel's stars shattered and vanished.