Ken smacked the face of the knife guy with his right fist.

  “Uh, I think I might have just used my core a little more,” Ken thought.

  “He won’t be following us, let’s go,” he muttered.

  “Thank you for saving me, Ken,” the blonde-haired thanked.

  When the knife guy was following them, he thought about Ken for 5 minutes. So, when Ken turned right, he had the option to use his powers, and he did use them while hiding behind the car at the entrance.

  He read the mind of the knife guy from him running towards the blonde-haired to getting beaten by him.

  Once he read the mind, he flipped his coin to decide.

  “Where are you going now?” Ken asked.

  “I am obviously going home,” Lorien replied.

  “To Theron village?” Ken asked.

  “Yes, I have already told you, right?” Lorien said.

  “Should I go along with him?” Ken had a thought on his mind.

  “I told them that I would join,” he remembered the words he told Andrew.

  “Why did he try to kill me?” Lorien asked.

  “I don’t know, I would like to visit your village, but I have other plans too,” Ken muttered.

  “I would come when I am free,” he added.

  “Sure, I would be there, not a lot of people come there,” Lorien said.

  “Then, I am leaving,” Ken waved and started to walk.

  “He is so strong,” Lorien thought.

  “Why did this guy try attacking me?” he wondered.

  Ken called Andrew while walking.

  “Where are you now?” Ken asked.

  “I am nearing my house,” Andrew replied.

  “He is exhausted; it would also take me more than 30 minutes to go there,” Ken calculated the time it would take.

  “We would meet later,” Ken muttered.

  “Ok,” Andrew said and hung up the call.

  “I am going to take a full rest today,” he said while walking towards his home.

  “I should take a rest, I am tired, my head hurts too,” Ken said while walking towards his home.

  “I need to tell Andrew about this later,” he thought.

  Ken returned home at 12:40 pm. He ate his lunch and went to bed to get some rest.

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  The next day, Ken went to college, and he was shocked to see Andrew not present.

  “Maybe he is too tired; it is indeed a long distance, too,” he thought.

  During the break, he spoke with Harkey.

  “Did you know about Theron village?” he asked Harkey.

  “Yes, I know everything about that village,” Harkey replied.

  “I was born there,” he added.

  Ken was surprised as he hadn’t expected that.

  “Why are you suddenly asking about my village?” Harkey asked Ken.

  “Nothing big, I just happened to hear it from someone, so I thought about it,” Ken answered.

  “If anything, tell me, Ken,” Harkey told him.

  Their conversation went for a few minutes before they eventually returned to class.

  Ken thought about the village during the day as he couldn’t concentrate on other things. Even while walking home, he was thinking about it.

  Then, after a while, he left home for training.

  “Should I tell Roger about this?” he wondered.

  “Galen should know about this, but—” he thought while walking towards Roger’s house.

  He reached Roger’s house at 4:50 pm.

  “Why didn’t you come in the morning?” Roger asked Ken.

  “I was a bit tired, so I decided to take a rest and come fresh in the evening,” Ken replied.

  Then he proceeded to train.

  Ken was able to control his core power much better now, and he is finally learning the different techniques for using them.

  His body is used to the amount of practice he does, and he also takes some breaks to keep it fresh.

  His attack using Core Ignis is strong, but his defense is still susceptible; he is training hard to develop stable defense.

  He also comes with new moves, which he can implement when needed, like Ignis Fist.

  “He is certainly enjoying this one,” Roger thought after seeing Ken’s training.

  Ken returned home at 7:20 pm.

  The next morning, he woke up early and left for training.

  When he reached Roger’s house, he was surprised to see Andrew already doing his training.

  “I thought you were going to take a break today,” he said.

  “No, I still have a lot to catch up. I hope it won’t take long,” Andrew replied.

  “He came early, half an hour early today,” Roger told Ken.

  “Whoa,” Ken could see the determination in Andrew.

  “Ken, you continue your training, I am going to teach him from the basics,” Roger muttered.

  “Fine,” Ken responded.

  Roger ordered Andrew to come forward and attack him.

  “Sure,” Andrew ran towards Roger to hit him.

  BLOCK!!

  “Blocking is an important move that enables the attack,” he said, holding Andrew’s right hand.

  “He is doing the same thing that he did with me,” Ken said, seeing Roger.

  “Feel the ground,” Roger muttered as he was ready to attack.

  PUSH!

  He pushed Andrew just like he had with Ken, and he fell a distance apart.

  After a few seconds,

  “What happened?” Andrew shook his head after getting up.

  “How did that push send me this far? It felt like a shock, too,” he wondered.

  “Feel the air before blocking, and feel the ground when you are going to attack,” Roger muttered.

  “Feel?” Andrew couldn’t understand it clearly.

  Roger then explained the pulse he used.

  He then proceeded to place 2 rocks, one on top of the other, just like he had done for Ken.

  “Push it right here, and break it apart,” Roger pointed out the exact point where he wanted to push.

  “How can I break by pushing?” Andrew had a thought.

  After a few seconds,

  “I think I have to feel the Ignis first,” he said, closing his eyes.

  He felt the blood flow, the pulse, his heart beat just like Ken.

  Beat! Beat!

  He can clearly hear his heartbeat, and his surroundings seem to make no noise.

  He was focused; his body felt light all of a sudden.

  His blood flow increased.

  SPARK!!!

  He felt something different in his body.

  He opened his eyes and saw the point that Roger had told him.

  He decided to hit it with his right hand.

  “Why is he looking exactly like Ken that day?” Roger thought after seeing Andrew’s eyes.

  “What is up with these guys?” he thought surprised by their looks.

  ,

  PUSH!!

  He used a lot of force compared to Ken, but his precision was accurate.

  As a result, 2 rocks broke apart. Andrew was stunned and excited at the same time.

  Both Roger and Ken were shocked.

  After a few seconds,

  “So, he also did it in his first attempt. This is insane,” Roger couldn’t believe his eyes.

  “Amazing, you have done it perfectly,” Ken told Andrew.

  “Yeah, it felt great,” Andrew replied.

  “I could feel something in my body,” he added.

  Then, Roger asked Andrew to take a break and continue in the evening.

  “But why?” Andrew asked.

  “You could feel the pain later on, because of the amount of energy you have used,” he answered.

  After some time, both Ken and Andrew left.

  “Andrew, what did you do on that day after I left?” Ken asked.

  “I had an ice cream with Haili, it was her idea,” he replied, blushing.

  “You seem a lot closer to her,” Ken told him.

  “Is it? I don’t know, maybe I am,” Andrew replied. He was happy with the start of the day.

  “I have something important to tell you,” Ken muttered.

  “What?” he asked.

  Ken started explaining the events that had happened, from dealing with the knife guy to Lorien, and also about Theron village.

  Andrew looked stunned after hearing what Ken said.