Ascension of the Nephilim

Kyros gathered everyone outside on the outer layers of the Temple.

"As you probably know, I have been sealed in this Temple and was freed just right before I met Uncle Aron. But what I didn't tell was that I have several seals and curses like this."

"Curses like this?"

"Several?"

The group who listened, particularly the Steele family, was surprised at this declaration.

"Yes. What you haven't noticed is that this curse is quite cruel. It's doing three specific curses. The first is that it limits Force and energy flow in your body. Basically, Force energy is heavier now. You should notice that it's difficult to wield it."

"Right." Branze nodded.

"The second is that it also does the same thing to magic. So, Emberdons, it's harder to maintain magic now, right?"

"Yes. Since my body is sustained by magic, I can feel its effects." Demerus answered.

"The third one is the most problematic. You haven't noticed that the speed of your perception has decreased. By the looks of it, a staggering ten percent drop." Kyros explained.

"What? Our perception?"

"Observe." Kyros brought out his sword and dropped it on the ground.

To the perception of everyone, the sword fell with an excessive speed. Some of the knights couldn't tell the difference, but all with the strength of Champions saw it and were horrified. They knew that Kyros dropped the sword without performing any exaggerated display of Force or magic. And yet the sword fell faster!

"To summarize, you have three curses. [De-Might], [De-Magic] and [De-Spacito]."

"[De-Spacito]? The original or the one with the Beaver guy?"

"... Aunt Martha. Please control the Corruption of Calaminus."

"I... I'm sorry." Martha bowed in shame.

SLASH!

At the side, Branze tried to produce a powerful cut and could see that his force slash moved faster than he thought it would.

"This is bad..." Branze frowned.

"If my perception has decreased, it means studying, training, and even researching all about this will be greatly affected." Branze cursed.

"Really? That's your concern? Not the possible effects this can do to our fighting capabilities?" Diana shook her head.

"Erm... That's also a concern, my beautiful wife!"

"This... is... awesome!" Aron, on the other hand, was very excited.

"What?" Branze and Mezal turned curiously to Aron.

"Kyros. So you mean to tell me you've had this curse all along?"

"Well, all my life. I can't go into the exact details, but I already had this curse even before I was sealed into the Temple. Well, it's probably two times greater than this. So I thought all my life that this was reality and fought thinking that time passes this much and that I'm very slow."

"What...?" Avary was amazed.

"Monster..." Reptilia was horrified.

"Amazing!" Mechiel was shocked.

The Blood Calamity was secretly horrified as well.

When she communed with Kyros, she had already sensed the curses and couldn't believe the restraints imposed on Kyros. But now, it was clear that these curses had already weakened as Kyros grew strong.

"So this is why Kyros didn't choose to level up and reach Champion level! He couldn't! The curses would require him a massive amount of resources and energy to scale the levels to Champion! He is destroying the curses first!" The Blood Calamity understood.

Aron continued to make more tests.

"I'm so slow! It's amazing!"

"Why are you happy?" Branze was confused.

"Training, brother! You heard it from Kyros! He had this all his life! That's why he's so fast! So he kept on adjusting to the speed that by the time the curse weakened, he had already become so fast!" Aron explained.

"We know that one of Kyros's strongest strengths is his speed that could even surpass Cardinals! So if we have this, we could train to be fast! We did weight training when we were young. Now, it's a weight training of perception!" Aron exclaimed excitedly.

"That is exactly what we will be doing." Kyros smiled.

"The curse is actually a very evil one. We are weaker, have harder times maintaining our magic, and the speed of our thoughts has been affected. But the insidious part is that the speed is only decreased by a certain amount that I had to show you by dropping my sword for you to realize you were already affected by [De-Spacito]. But instead, I will be training you to think faster."

"How?"

Kyros closed his eyes, and his connection with Calaminus became stronger. Finally, Calaminus, the Temple, and Kyros synchronized their power.

"[De-Spacito]!" Kyros shouted as the Time magic spell erupted.

Everyone felt the slowing of time this time. The effects of two De-Spacito compounded each other, and they felt their perception turning sluggish.

"I can't move my body properly!" Gregory felt it.

"There. My lecture will include a fun physical activity. Now you guys are slow to the point that you can actually see it. You will feel the slowness of your body as it will take several seconds for your body to react. And then, we will be playing dodge ball. You may use Magic or Force, but only to defend and increase the speed of your throw."

A ball made of earth energy appeared on Kyros's hands. And suddenly, Kyros threw it towards Aron.

Aron quickly evaded the ball. But the curse of De-Spacito became apparent as he saw the speed of the ball moving faster. Kyros didn't throw it randomly but threw it with the intentio0n of hitting Aron.

SMASH!

The ball struck Aron by his shoulder.

"So this is my lecture. I will be teaching you how to evade these balls at such speed. And let's make this a contest. Everyone will have zero points. If they manage to hit another, their points increase by one. If they get hit, they get a minus one."

"Oh? A contest? What's the prize?"

"Well, since I don't have to hide my identity as a Nephilim and the leader of this team, how about I issue a decree? Grandfather, will you allow me and grant me authority for this? I want full authority in this matter."

"Sure. I will allow you to have whatever authority you need. It's not like I have real authority over kingdoms right now." Mezal laughed..

"Great! I decree as the Nephilim and by the authority of the Steele family that the winner can wish for anything that is within my power or the Steele family to give!" Kyros declared.

Everyone was astonished at the offer.

"Lord Kyros! If that is what you offer, then I will take it! If I win, I want you to marry me!" Scarlet suddenly declared.. The power of Charm suddenly appeared.