Lenny, an orphan from the Sector 41 slums, suddenly finds himself in possession of a rare and unknown affinity. It allows him to upgrade himself, using energy acquired from spirit beasts. But will he gain enough power to defend himself against those with every advantage he has never known?

Explore the Western Alliance, where the Four Pillars rule supreme, and all vie for the title of the strongest faction. But when those sworn to protect the people fight amongst themselves, who will save them from the biggest threat they've ever known? And can one young boy, with no family and a handful of friends, survive all that chaos?

Unlike the usual sparring which took place on Saturdays, today's session was a little different. While they would usually train explicitly with those from their specific discipline, with matches decided on in advance, the Open Sparring sessions once a month allowed cross discipline fights arranged by the students themselves. One could simply walk up to someone and challenge them, never having met before, and potentially take their place in the rankings. This freedom to choose fights was a little more chaotic but meant that the regular ranking system was less important, and some even would choose to fight someone several ranks above them if they thought their skills would match up well, in a high-risk, high-reward strategy.


Chapter 60 - Open Sparring – Preliminaries