Admar wasn't the weakest student in school…
He was the most breakable.
That's what they always said.
His body was thin…His voice quiet…And his eyes carried that fear that attracted bullies like blood attracts monsters.
That evening, the last class ended.
Everyone left.
Except him.
He knew they were waiting.
Behind the school building…Where there were no cameras.
"You're late."
The voice came from behind.
Admar froze in place.
Five students.
Same faces.Same smiles.Same ending… every single time.
"Did you bring the money?"
He shook his head slowly.
No.
Silence lasted two seconds…
Then the strike began.
He didn't try to resist.
There was no point.
The first kick knocked him down.The second made his ear ring.The third… he barely felt it.
The pain became distant… as if it were happening to someone else.
He heard their laughter.
He heard one of them say:
"I swear… this kid will never become a man."
Something inside him… broke.
Not a bone.
Something deeper.
He fell to the ground, his face pressed against the cold asphalt.
The smell of dirt… and blood.
He tried to move…
But his body didn't respond.
And in that moment…
Something strange happened.
It wasn't an external voice.
It was a thought… appearing inside his head.
"You are approaching."
He didn't understand.
He tried to focus…
But darkness began creeping at the edges of his vision.
"Endurance level… acceptable."
His body shivered suddenly.
As if a cold current ran through his veins.
He opened his eyes with difficulty…
And the world looked slightly different.
Sounds were muffled.Movement slowed.
He felt something in his chest…
A pulse…
But not his heartbeat.
Another pulse.
Deeper.Heavier.
One of the students grabbed his hair and lifted his head.
"Look at me… will you cry?"
Admar stared at him.
For a single second…
The fear vanished.
Instead…
Emptiness.
Calm.
Dark.
Then everything disappeared.
The pain returned.The weakness returned.Reality returned.
The student threw him to the ground.
"You're hopeless."
They laughed… and left.
Leaving him alone.
Lying on the ground.
The sky tilted orange.
Sunset.
He breathed with difficulty…
And suddenly…
He felt that pulse again.
Stronger this time.
Inside his chest.
As if something… was waking up slowly.
A sentence appeared in his mind… for no reason.
"Stage One: Has not begun yet."
Then he lost consciousness.
🔥 End of Chapter 1