The Truth

Location: Living Room

7:30 PM : June 25, 2010

POV: Henry

As I finished destroying the Reaper Worms I returned back inside and sat down across from Alex. As we sat there in silence I started to wonder. How it was that he could be dragged into something we never wanted for him.

"Wh-What was that" asked me Alex in a scared voice. Just him asking me the question broke my heart at seeing him become so scared of something I swore I would protect him from.

"That was a Reaper Worm" I said to him in a calm tone as to not scare him anymore. "I KNOW WHAT IT IS DAD I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU JUST DID" hollered Alex in a demanding voice for an explanation to what he had just seen.

"That was a Rank-SS Sword Form called 'Drunk Demons Fury'' ' then I explained to him what 'Drunk Demon Fury' was. "The 'Drunk Demons Fury' was a Sword form developed by my master; with the drunk part coming from the fact that it is almost impossible to predict the strike pattern and moves like a drunkard. The Demons Fury was placed there as well because the attacks in the 1st form are used to just break the skin so after receiving hundreds of those little slashes the enemy will most likely collapse just from the pain receptors trying to process everything that has happened." as I was explaining this to him he started to calm down and by the end of it he had fully relaxed.

After calming down I allowed him to ask his questions. "You said 1st form does that mean that there are more forms to the 'Drunk Demon Fury'". "Yes there is 7 forms to the 'Drunk Demons Fury' the 1st you just heard of was the 'Skin Breaker Form' the 2nd Form is the 'Restless Drunk' form in which you deliver a never ending barrage of attack meant to wear the enemy down to the point of collapsing." I said.

"What about the other 5 forms" he asked again. I just stood up and told him to not move. Then I went to my bedroom and pulled a case from under the bed containing some of the treasures I had collected in the Chaos Realm and among them was the 'Drunk Demon Fury' tome. I then went back down with the case and laid it in front of Alex and handed him the 'Drunk Demons Fury' tome.

"Here are some of the treasures I collected throughout my time in the Chaos Realm" I said to Alex and he just got the 'Drunk Demons Fury' and flipped through the tome.

POV: Alex

As I was flipping through the 'Drunk Demons Fury' I realized something. "What about Joshua you said it was a dream" I told dad in a panicked tone. "Yes I know what I said". "He could still be alive right now you can save him" I replied in a hopeful tone, but was quickly shut down by dad's next words "Unfortunately the Reaper Worm that took him took him alive which means" "which means he is being used to incubate the baby's." I finished his word.

"Yes unfortunately he wouldn't have survived the first couple hours of him being taken" as I was told this I started to think about the information that I got from the Chaos Realm. "Doesn't that mean that the Reaper Worms nest is around here" "Yes, but don't worry I'll look into it later for now i'll make dinner."

30 Minutes Later

"Dinners Ready!" came from the kitchen snapping me out of looking at the treasures in the case and Inside I found a cultivation technique called 'Demons Darkness', a strange fruit that looked to be made of glass, a sword that looked like blood and a bunch of different materials.

When I got to the table and began to eat I asked dad about the treasures in the case. "Dad" "Yes" "I was wondering about the things I found in the case"

"Go ahead and ask," he replied to me.

"I wanted to know about the cultivation technique 'Demons Darkness', the fruit that looked like glass and the sword" I asked him. "The cultivation technique 'Demons Darkness' is a Rank-XXX cultivation technique that increases all of your attributes to like that of a demon. The fruit is called a 'Crystal Bead Fruit' and it gives you 'Hyalokinesis' the ability to create, shape and manipulate glass in it's hard and relatively brittle state into a molten or rubber-like state and the sword is called 'Destiny's Song, Broadsword of the Whispers' a Rank-X sword."

I was shocked as I continued to look at him and asked another question "You said Rank-XXX is that good or bad" "It is great like the 'Demons Darkness' is probably the only Rank-XXX cultivation technique left ."

As I heard him say that it was even more shocking "So what are the rankings" "The rankings from lowest to highest are F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, X, XX, XXX."" So if I cultivated the 'Demons Darkness I would be able to ascend fast up those rankings"" Yes" he said bluntly.

When we finished I had asked him if I could cultivate the 'Demons Darkness' and he told me yes along with letting me keep everything in the case including the stones in there which were actually monster cores going from Rank-C to Rank-S.

"Goodnight" I said to dad as I headed to my room to cultivate what I had just received.

When I sat down I opened 'Demons Darkness' and started reading to see what I had to do.

20 Minutes Later

After reading 'Demons Darkness' I understood what I had to do in order to cultivate.

I stood up and went over to the case and I got half of the monster cores and I put them around me. I then started to clear my mind and before I knew it Sunday had rolled around.

Location: Alex's Bedroom

7:30 AM : June 25, 2010

When I opened my eyes I could see the sunlight coming through the blinds and when I looked around me all of the monster cores were gone. Then came a knock on my door.

"Dad," I asked "Yes, can I come in" replied dad. He looked at it for a second and then spoke "It seems you've a;ready reached the Lower Rank-D" "Really" I asked. "Yes really now how do you feel" "I feel like I could run 100 marathons" "Alright kid that;s the spirit"

"Now grab your things we have to go and see a frond of mine" "Do I know them"

"No you don't but you will get to know her better in the future."