In the mansion...Akube was sitting on the rooftop, analyzing something.
"I can't realm-create like Dranexx..."
He stared at the miniature world floating above his palm.
"My own pocket dimension... right now, I don't think mine is wide enough to contain a planet"
For the past month, Akube had been trying to recreate something similar to Dranexx's No-Realm using his own skill and knowledge.
Surprisingly...
He succeeded.
Well, partially,His pocket dimension wasn't nearly as large as Dranexx's, but it was stable enough to exist on its own
At best, it could contain a planet.
Honestly, that was already impressive,Trying to recreate Dranexx's style was insane to begin with.
Yet somehow...Akube had managed to pull it off
A little grin appeared on his face.
"I now have a pocket dimension of my own... cool"
He clenched his fist.
"Now I'm getting stronger"
His eyes sharpened.
"I swear, Dranexx... I will close the gap between us"
The grin on his face widened.
"I promise I'll grow stronger"
With that, he stood up and headed downstairs.
A few moments later, he found Scorpy lounging around as usual.
"You, Scorpy... shall we go train now?"
Scorpy immediately looked up
"Finally finished whatever you were doing? What is it that made you wait this long?!"
"We'll talk about that later... let's go"
"Alright"
Scorpy stretched before calling out toward the others
"Hey Lisa! Big Mommy Soral! We'll be back. We're going to train a little"
Soral waved casually.
"Oh sure thing, guys... just don't go overboard, okay?!"
"Oh no, we won't. I promise"
"Easy, man"
Scorpy looked at Akube.
"So where do we train?"
Akube smirked.
"That project I've been working on... I finally finished it"
Scorpy blinked.
"You did? So where's the project and tell me why it concerns me?"
"Seriously, man? Come on. I thought you'd at least be happy"
"Yeeeeh... so where is it?"
Akube folded his arms.
"Well, ever since I found out Dranexx created his own pocket dimension, I've been recreating my own"
Scorpy froze.
"Seriously?"
His eyes widened.
"So... did you finish it? How big is it?"
Akube scratched his cheek.
"Well... let's say planetary size at best"
Scorpy immediately frowned.
"Seriously...? Not even galaxy-level size?"
"I tried, man"
Akube sighed.
"It consumes a ridiculous amount of energy. I wonder how Dranexx keeps maintaining his own"
Scorpy stared at him before shaking his head
"Idiot... you should know better than comparing yourself to that guy"
Akube rolled his eyes.
"Here we go again"
"No, seriously"
Scorpy pointed at him
"I know he's your best friend, but accept it. He's way out of your league"
He crossed his arms.
"He outclassed and outscaled all of us. That guy literally dominated us like babies"
Akube fell silent.
"Yeah..."
Then he smiled.
"But that won't stop me from reaching the level he's at"
Scorpy immediately facepalmed.
"Wake up to reality, buddy"
He sighed dramatically.
"You will never and when I say never, I mean NEVER reach his level"
"That's harsh"
"I'm being realistic"
Scorpy shrugged.
"That guy is already on some god-class nonsense"
He pointed toward the sky.
"So forget about reaching his level and focus on reaching your own"
Then he smirked.
"And even if you somehow caught up, do you seriously think he'd stay where he is now?"
Akube's eyebrow twitched.
"Oh shut up"
He grabbed Scorpy by the collar.
"Let's go train, dummy"
"Kuhahaha! See? You know I'm right"
"Move"
"Yeah, yeah"
Despite his blunt words, Scorpy followed without resistance.
He wasn't trying to discourage Akube.
He was simply being honest.
Brutally honest.
He wanted Akube to understand exactly where he stood compared to Dranexx.
But Akube couldn't care less.
His goal hadn't changed.
Not even slightly.
With a wave of his hand, space distorted.
A portal appeared.
The two stepped inside the Pocket Dimension
Scorpy looked around before bursting into laughter.
"So this is your pocket dimension, eh?"
He spread his arms dramatically.
"Your little tiny world"
"Kuhahahahahahahahaha!"
A vein appeared on Akube's forehead.
"Laugh all you want"
He folded his arms
"At least I did something impressive. What did you do?"
"This isn't mockery"
Scorpy wiped a tear from his eye.
"I genuinely find it funny"
He looked around once more.
"Though honestly... it's pretty impressive"
Akube smirked proudly
"Damn right"
"Well anyways..."
Scorpy's expression suddenly changed.
The playful look vanished.
"Let's get started with training, shall we?"
Akube nodded.
"Alright"
The jokes disappeared.
The laughter stopped.
Both of them immediately became serious Dranexx meant something different to each of them...To Akube, he was a rival and a goal
To Scorpy, he was an overwhelming monster who shattered common sense
But despite their different views...One thing remained the same they both needed to become stronger than they were now.