If Kayden had already had a number, he could have given up. But since he wasn’t yet numbered, this battle had no retreat—it was a fight to the death, and Pedro was beginning to panic.
"Pathetic," Kayden muttered, watching as the mage prepared to flee. In a millisecond, Pedro covered an absurd distance, but... the universe responded to Kayden’s will, bending space to place Pedro directly in front of him again.
**SWISH!**
The aura slash that the universe conjured split Pedro’s head in two and continued down, dividing his entire body. It wasn’t even a battle—Kayden suppressed him directly, down to his soul.
In a way, Kayden felt disappointed. He had truly hoped for a fight that would push him to his limits, but it seemed that any use of soul-based attacks instantly ended the battle in his favor. No one in this world knew how to manipulate the soul, much less defend against such attacks, leaving their minds alone to resist Kayden’s power. And Pedro... Pedro was just a mage who had reached his level through sheer luck and abundant resources.
"My name is Kayden Heart, and I claim the rank of 73," his voice echoed throughout the surroundings. No one quite understood what had just happened.
This wasn’t a fight—not even a one-sided slaughter. It was an execution, plain and simple. No one there could even comprehend what had occurred. Pedro’s body hit the ground with a dull thud.
"Kevin, if you ever wish to abandon this mediocrity, seek me out. Being special among sheep has gone to your head. Acknowledge your insignificance before coming to find me," Kayden left this last statement hanging in the air before speeding off into the distance.
No one could react. It took several minutes before they began to burn the patriarch’s body for a hasty burial. Those who understood how the world worked were fleeing the Ventus family. Reaching the top without enemies was a complete illusion. Most of them had offended one or two families, who would now hunt them down without Pedro’s protection. This city was destined to fall and be destroyed.
"We need to get the Harmony Gem!" Kevin’s father, a sixth-realm mage, was among the first to think of it. Unfortunately, no one could find it, and soon they turned on each other.
Another battle began, but Kevin had already fled by that point. He was one of the main targets for enemy families due to his incredible talent.
In the days that followed, Kayden’s fame reached the highest levels across the entire empire. He was a fourth-realm mage capable of confronting a seventh-realm mage as if it were nothing. Fear began to creep into the hearts of all the seventh-realm mages in the world. The balance had been completely shattered, and when Kayden ascended to higher realms, he would easily dominate and bring the world to its knees.
However, a select group of five individuals celebrated like never before. Their decision to align with Kayden had saved them and their organizations. They now had absolute certainty of this.
Kayden earned a title across the planet. Calling him strong was wrong. Calling him a monster didn’t suffice either. There wasn’t a single title that could accurately describe the sheer absurdity of his actions, leading people to call him "the Untitled." His strength was unprecedented, making him the greatest mage to have ever walked the planet. His name began to spread as a legend, and millions of people started naming their children Kayden.
Jonas had always known Kayden was strong, but after receiving first-hand reports of his power, he realized that all this time, Kayden had been merely polite when negotiating with him.
Every organization began searching for Kayden to recruit him. He was now the only seven-ray mage without an established affiliation, and everyone wanted that strength, especially after he became a two-digit-ranked mage.
Unfortunately, no one could find Kayden. He had vanished from the map without a public appearance for years, training his new wave of disciples in secret.
Marcus was an old carpenter whose village had been sacked, his freedom stolen by slave traders. He had watched his wife be raped and murdered in front of him, and even his daughters hadn’t escaped that fate. He had spent decades as a slave, waiting for his chance at revenge.
Jordan was a farmer caught in a noble war. His estate was destroyed, most of his family was killed, and to make matters worse, he was taken as a slave with no hope of negotiation.
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Maria had been the fiancée of a baron but had angered a duke. It didn’t take much to understand that her actions led to her downfall. The girl was sold to the underworld brothels, spending years being used as an object.
Harlan was... just an ordinary teenager who had been taken in a random raid on a village at the edge of the world. He had nothing special about him, except for his incredibly resilient mind. He was the first to complete Kayden’s challenge.
These four were Kayden’s new disciples, carefully handpicked. All had immense mental resilience and were subtly influenced to accept his call. Pelvan, meanwhile, was still strong and capable of learning.
Pelvan had now purified 35% of his soul, gaining immense power in the fifth realm. At this point, Konan could no longer rival him in any situation—Kayden had truly created a monster.
"Pelvan," Kayden called him aside one day, seemingly at random. "You are no longer able to continue training. You’ve failed. You are free to go live your life."
These were the words Pelvan had feared every day since he saw one of Kayden’s disciples dismissed. He knew his time would come, and his personality had become somewhat twisted as a result.
"Why master? Where did I fail?" Pelvan asked with a completely different mindset of resentment.
"Your mind is showing flaws, your personality is no longer solid, if you find any solution you can look for me again" after that Pelvan flew off in a random direction.