Divinity

--- [Lett’s perspective]

“Why are you doing this?” – Lett

“Let’s be honest… Does it really matter? We’re obviously not gonna stop no matter what our motivation may be, and you aren’t either, so in the end it doesn’t matter. Let’s just skip all off this and get on with the fighting already.” – ???

Outside of exams, this will be my first fight against another human…

There are no referees to stop the match, there are no healers to take care of our injuries.

This is an actual life or death fight…

It’s not against some mindless monster, but a real person…

She’ll try to kill me, and I’ll have to…

No…

I’ll try not to go that far.

“I guess I’ll tell you my name before I crush you. I’m Cinder, the sin of lust.” – Cinder

“The sin of lust?” – Lett

“… You’ll find out soon enough. Assuming you’re not weak that is.” – Cinder

These people have given themselves titles…?

Okay…

That’s a bit strange…

“Anyways, enough of the chit-chat. Let’s hope you don’t break too quickly.” – Cinder

She dashes right at me with speed that easily surpasses my own.

I can’t block or dodge in time, so I have to teleport away.

As I teleport, I snap my fingers.

I didn’t want to have to reveal my specialty this early, but I had no choice.

I wasn’t prepared for her to be that fast.

I yet again snap my fingers as I teleport behind her and kick her in the side of the head.

She gets knocked away but manages to stay on her feet.

“Ooh, that’s an interesting ability you got there. If it wasn’t for the fact that you were fighting me, you might have had a shot at winning.” – Cinder

“Don’t underestimate me.” – Lett

“Oh, I would never! It’s just that when I activate my specialty, it won’t matter anymore. The moment I activate it, you lose. It’s as simple as that.” – Cinder

“Do it then.” – Lett

“Nah… I want to have some fun before I win. If I can’t beat you without it, then I’ll use it. But only then.” – Cinder

“I’ll make you regret not having used it earlier.” – Lett

Instead of responding, she just chuckles and smiles at me.

She has full confidence in her ability.

What could it possibly be?

--- [Alex’s perspective]

I’ve been running through these halls for a minute, but I can’t seem to find anyone; let alone Shin and Illian.

How big is this place…?

But almost as if the world itself was listening to my thought, a boy peeks out from around the corner.

He sees that I noticed him, and quickly pulls back.

“Hey! You! Tell me where the fuck my friends are!” – Alex

“Oh no! He noticed me! What do we do Miki? He seems really pissed off!” – ???

“Don’t worry Shiki, I’ll handle him! YAHAHAHA!” – Miki

A young girl hops out from around the corner.

She looks no older than 10 years old.

“I’ll take you on! YAHAHAHA!” – Miki

The boy peeks again.

Now that I get a second look, he doesn’t look much older than 10 either.

“What are you kids doing here? Get out.” – Alex

“Ugh! Another dumb adult that underestimates us just because of our age!” – Miki

“Yeah! Don’t underestimate her just because of her age!” – Shiki

“Us! Don’t underestimate US!” – Miki

“Right. Us!” – Shiki

“Right… Anyways, could you tell me where my friends are being kept?” – Alex

“How rude! He just did it again!” – Miki

“Yeah! How rude!” – Shiki

“Listen dummy, we’re a part of this just like the others. If you keep underestimating us, you’ll regret it!” – Miki

“Yeah!” – Shiki

“Now then, prepare to die! YAHAHAHA!” – Miki

She runs towards me with a clenched fist.

“Hey! I really don’t want to fight kids, stop it!” – Alex

I wave at her to get her to stop, but she just keeps on running.

By that point, it was already too late to dodge.

Oh crap!

She hits me with all her might right in my stomach.

But…

Huh?

I could barely even feel it…

“Teehee! Scared ‘ya there didn’t I? YAHAHAHA!” – Miki

She takes a step back while continuing to laugh her ass off.

“I’m actually super weak! YAHAHAHA!” – Miki

“Right… Anyways, if you’re not going to tell me where they are, I’ll go look for them myself.” – Alex

She lifts her arm and blocks my path.

“Like I said, we’re not letting you go.” – Miki

She looks me straight in the eyes with a serious look on her face.

Where’s this coming from?

“Look, you just admitted you’re weak, you’re no match for me.” – Alex

“And yet we’ll still beat you.” – Miki

She’s serious.

She won’t let me go, but there’s no reason for me to fight a couple of kids.

I’ve wasted enough time with them.

Let’s just ignore them and run past them.

I start walking past her, and she kicks me in the shin.

Just like earlier, her attack was incredibly weak.

I continue to walk past her, then the other kid goes for a punch.

He’s probably just as weak as h-

“GUAH!!” – Alex

His punch lands right in my stomach and it makes me hunch over in pain.

“I told you you’d regret it if you underestimated us…” – Miki

She’s right…

Normally, I could take a punch like that without it hurting me too much, but I didn’t expect him to be that much stronger, so I let my guard down.

These kids might be bigger trouble than I had initially thought…

Especially that one…

I have no doubt that I could beat him if I really tried, but he’s just a kid…

I can’t just beat up a kid…

But…

I can’t just ignore him either.

He’s too strong for that.

What do I do…?

“I think it’s time to get serious, Miki.” – Shiki

“You’re absolutely right. Let’s show him what we’ve got! YAHAHAHA!” – Miki

He runs his hand through the wall like it’s butter, grabbing a large piece.

He then…

Eats it?

What?

He just ate a piece of the wall…

The moment he swallowed he suddenly grew a little bigger.

“I’m Miki, the sin of pride.” – Miki

“And I’m Shiki, the sin of Gluttony.” – Shiki

“You’ll soon learn why you shouldn’t have looked down on us.” – Miki