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Location: Mora Family Court Yard

08:54 AM: August 9, 2010

"Good morning" said the person behind Alex.

Turning around Alex was surprised to see Mia standing behind him. Looking at Mia without any distractions Alex began to realize the beauty Mia was. Silver, straight hair hangs over a fresh, radiant face. Heavy sea-green eyes, set gracefully within their sockets.

"Hello" said Mia in curiosity. Hearing her speak Alex came out of his trance and told her "Good Morning". Happy that Alex had snapped out of his trance she asked him to come to her in the compound because her father wanted to continue speaking with Alex.

"No problem, I'll get ready as fast as I can" said Alex as he began heading into the cultivation. As Alex began to shut close the door Mia stopped him from shutting it completely. "Is something wrong" asked Alex curiously as to why Mia had prevented him from closing the door.

"Here wear this my father would appreciate it more if you would use these" said Mia while handing him a set of robes. Looking at the robes he saw them having a combination of the colors black and red. Before he reached out and grabbed the robes he looked at Mia and said "Are you sure I can use them, I don't want to be a bother".

Without wasting a beat she replied with "It won't be a bother they belonged to my big brother when he was little". Even when Alex heard her say who they belonged to he was going to protest to receiving the robes, but before he could speak again she set the robes on his outstretched hand and walked away without turning back.

Realizing that no matter how much he was against the idea of using the robes she would not stop until he gave up and used them. Walking into the cultivation room before Alex began to undress, and as he finished undressing and was in his birthday suit did he realize how much his body had changed since the beginning of summer.

Alex drew his hand across his upper body and just looked at it. He had a solid six-pack that looked like it had been carved out of marvel along with several more pounds of muscle mass that he had developed during training. But knowing what he was already capable of he recalled the words of his father telling him that Alex's body was built for speed, and he himself knew that even if his opponent could crush a car with his bear hand it would not matter if he could not put his hands on him.

He continued to look at himself for a minute and he would have continued to do so if he had not heard a woman's voice on the other side of the door. "Mr. Alex I hope you are fully clothed mistress Mia instructed me to guide you to the dining area for breakfast". Looking down at himself he began to dress himself as fast as he could.

When he finished clothing himself he admired the robe he was wearing. He began to walk towards the door and opened it slowly so as to not startle the maid. "I'm ready to lead the way," said Alex ti the Maid in a kind and appreciative tone to the maid.

Without missing a beat the Maid said to Alex "Follow me then Mr. Alex" she then began walking away from him.

As Alex followed the maid he began to ask questions about the Mora family. "Ms I was wondering why the Mora family elders dislike me so much". Hearing this the maid did not slow her pace but did say "The Mora family has always been secluded they don't all take very well to outsiders, but as you can see the city lord and his family are all different because they want to end the Mora family's seclusion but most of the remaining family are against the idea".

Before Alex could continue to ask questions the maid had told him that they had arrived at the dining area. Looking back at Alex the maid pushed the door opening them to the dining area. Wanting to show his appreciation Alex thanked the maid.

Walking into the dinning area Alex was surprised at how fancy everything looked. He continued to walk till he reached the table that Mia and her parents were on and proceeded to sit down. "Thank you for having me," said Alex to the family in an even tone.

"The pleasure is mine, you did save my daughter" replied Bruce in a calm but happy tone. "Hello Alex my name is Ava I just can't thank you enough for saving my daughter" said the just introduced Ava.

"So where are you from" asked Ava as the maid walked in and started placing food on the table.

"I live in a city called Iarora toward the north of Utah" answered Alex while digging onto his breakfast.

As breakfast continued Ava and Bruce continued to ask me questions about myself with Mia chiming in every once in a while.

As breakfast was finishing Bruce spoke again "So how strong are you Alex".

Alex replied with "I am in the middle of the C-Rank".

"That's a little underwhelming for someone of your age isn't it' said Bruce trying not to sound rude. "Yeah I know but I just started cultivating not too long ago".

"How about a demonstration?" said Bruce catching Alex off guard. "Sure, I don't see a problem with that". "Grate you can go against one of our guards".

After the conversation finished they began walking towards the courtyard where they had a 40 by 40 foot ring where guards sparred. As they walked there Mia and Alex were making small talk.

When they arrived at the courtyard Bruce called one of the maids over tot him and asked her to bring someone named Eric. Wanting to know who Eric was Alex turned to Mia and asked "Who is Eric". "Eric is the head of the guards belonging to the Mora family".

Continuing to ask Mia about Eric he didn't hear the two sets of footsteps coming toward them. "Yes Mr. Bruce you called for me". "Yes, I did you see I wanted to test this young man hear his name is Alex and I wanted him to fight someone of the Mid to High C-Rank".

"I have the perfect candidate. He has been with us for around a year I will bring him immediately Mr. Bruce" without wasting time. Eric began to walk away fast.

Alex only stood there in silence preparing himself for the spar he was about to have. He began some of the breathing exercises he had learned from his father. He continued to do the breathing exercises for about 5 minutes before Eric had arrived with the guard he was meant to spar against.

"This is Steve Mr. Bruce he is a High C-Rank and is not far from making a breakthrough" said Eric as he entered the courtyard. "It's an honor to meet you Mr. Bruce" said the now introduced Steve.

"Grate get in the ring" said Bruce in an uncaring tone. Steve managed to keep a neutral face even though he was angry with the uncaring tone Bruce had.

Heading towards the ring Steve posted himself to the left side of the the ring and once he was set Alex began to walk towards the right side of the ring. When Alex got into the ring Bruce began to state the rules to both of them "No killing blows, No crippling attacks and no outside help are these rules okay with you Alex" said Bruce completely disregarding Steve. "Yes, they are fine" replied Alex, but not so much Steve as he was fine with the rules but it angered him to know that the City Lord didn't even ask if he was okay with the rules.

In his own mind Steve took out his feelings on Alex 'Who does he think he is? I've been serving the family for a year and he worries more for nobody'. As Steve continued to rant in his head Bruce spoke out in a loud voice "BEGIN''.

Caught off guard at the sudden start Steve was almost late to blocking an Earth Spike coming towards him with a water wall. After blocking the first Earth Spike Steve sent a Water Snake hurling towards Alex.

"Dig" casted Alex making the ground below him making him fall into the hole and making the Water Snake miss him entirely. Jumping out of the hole Alex pulled out his blades and got close with Steve to prevent him from casting any attacks. When he got less than 5 feet away Steve proceeded to pull out his sword from its sheath and swung his sword to angle Alex downward strike away from himself and preventing himself from absorbing the full impact of the strike.

Nanoseconds after deflecting the downward strike Steve lost his balance giving Alex enough time to take him down. Alex dashed forward making Steve hit the ground before placing the edge of the blade at his throat. Not wanting to give in Steve used the puddles of water on the ground to send an attack from behind. As the attack connected, Alex was sent flying forward with a cry of pain towards the end of the arena. Optimizing the best counter attack Alex used a spell as he was mid-air. "Earth Pillar" as Alex casted the spell a pillar made of stone shot out from under Steve's head knocking him out instantly. allowing Alex to win the sparring match.

When Alex touched the ground Bruce began to clap and congratulated Alex for his victory. After the spar Bruce walked with Alex around the compound talking about where he had learned to fight like that.

Reaching the end of their conversation Bruce stopped in front of Mia's door and told Alex to continue training so that he could fight him someday. Looking at Bruce walking away Alex turned to Mia's door and knocked. "Coming" said the muffled voice of Mia. Opening the door Alex asked "You said that you would show me around the city". Already being changed Mia told grabbed a hold of his hand and started to drag him away to explore the city.