Conquer

Chapter 10:Bloodlines

Waking up, the boys shouted simultaneously.

"Wait! Boss Berse, what does that mean,"

"Aunty, why did you disappear?"

"With you, My dad said I shouldn't accept charity,"

Looking at each other confusingly, the boys watched each other's expressions for a full thirty seconds Demios broke the silence and said," So I'm guessing we all had the same dream, Miko can go first, then Hyde, and then I will tell you about mine."

"Sure," replied Miko.

Hyde nodded his head in approval, put a thump up and winked at his brothers, who watched him in confusion.

After a moment, Miko took a deep breath, "My dream went like this, there was this pretty aunty with pointy ears, and she made me watch her life...."

" Ahh, me too. I had to watch this boring uncles life," Hyde added before getting kicked in the head by Demios, who looked at him with daggers in his eyes.

"Keep quiet,"

Sighing for a moment, Demios continued," Continue Miko and Hyde... Please, for the love of God, don't speak, and I promise I will steal you some food from Uncle blacks storage."

"Well, after she had made me watch her life, she said that I should never let my negative emotions overwhelm me when I awaken my lightning attribute and... and didn't show me her huge fight, but she was very scary as well", Miko stammered.

"Anything else," Demios asked.

"Maybe her pointy ears," Miko replied, scratching his head in thought.

"Poin-" Hyde help his lips after sensing the glare from Demios's direction.

"Fantasy novels," Demios thought before speaking, " Go ahead, Hyde, it's your turn,"

"Ok," Hyde stared at Demios cautiously.

"There was a black sword that had a metallic glow and a gold design on it; I'm telling you guys it was the greatest sword I've ever seen in my life."

Clenching the pillow beside him, Demios took a deep breath " Tell me the boring parts, and you can tell us about the sword after,"

"You don't want to hear the boring parts it's all about," Hyde froze for a second.

Understanding the message Miko was telling him through his eyes, he glanced at the vein in Demios's forehead before continuing.

"Well, Minger, the blue-haired guy, showed me how he had created this Orb that had a milky white thing that he used to heal people, but he never really fought against anyone. He also kept saying how he had control over his three elements. Oh, and he loved people praising him as well," Hyde explained.

"I'm guessing you didn't listen or notice anything else, "Demios asked.

"He had this ring that made him go from an old man to someone that's Dads age," Hyde added.

"Now unto the sword, once I laid my eyes on it, I knew the battles me and it would be facing...

Internally, Demios was feeling a myriad of emotions about his brother's stories as he realised that his life in this world wasn't going to be smooth. And those feelings left him conflicted. Moreover, he couldn't help but feel agitated that his brothers never had to go through motion sickness in the dreams.

" To be honest, with the fact we are on the run, the random tattoos on our body and our mother disowning us, I don't think we will be able to get to ten at this rate," he cried.

" Demios, Demios! Tell us your dream," Hyde yelled.

"Demios, was your dream scary as well?" Miko said nervously after seeing his brothers tears.

"It would be better if it were scary", Hyde added excitedly.

"No, please don't tell us if it's scary," said Miko.

"Can you be quiet? Damn, my dream was the same, but the man I saw in my dream gave me a riddle," Demios wiped his tears in annoyance.

"That's not fair, Demios. We told you ours," they both yelled in unison.

However, Demios just stayed quiet, contemplating the riddle he was given while breaking down the meanings of Mikos and Hyde's stories which caused Miko and Hyde to press him down and rub his hair in an attempt to grab his attention.

"Have you had your pointless meeting already? Geez, so noisy, get ready for breakfast and morning training already!" Grey shouted from downstairs in their makeshift kitchen.

"Stop! All right, stop! Let's talk about this with Uncle Frey because we know how the old man is like when it comes to these things." Demios screamed who was being sat on by Miko and getting his hair rubbed aggressively by Hyde

After hearing his plea, the two got up and sprinted to the bathroom to clean themselves before making their way downstairs.

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In front of a giant tree that had its roots come out to the surface, a circular ring was meticulously made with regular-sized trees on the side. The brothers stood standby side facing off against their father, who stood as a giant to them. Their uncles are watching from the branches with popcorn in their hands; it created a tense atmosphere around them.

"Alright, same rules as always I can't go outside the ring, no Orbis, and I can only use my hands," Grey smiled.

*Bang*Bang*

Watching his brothers fly out of the ring instantaneously, Demios shouted, "Why are you trying harder? We were barely able to fight you yesterday,"

"Stop complaining; you know you got used to it near the end. So stop trying to act smart, now be thinking reeds and come at me," Grey replied, growing impatient.

Coming from the bushes, the brothers nodded their heads. The brothers turned and formed a huddle to discuss their plans.

"I say we use the new one Miko drew up yesterday," Hyde added.

" Hmm, that's the one where Miko and I use the down strategy, right?" Demios asked, holding the back of his head.

" Yeah, that's the one," replied Miko.

Finalising their plans, the boys turned to Grey with smirks on their faces like they had figured their father out. Dusting off the dirt on the clothes, they stepped back into the ring.

"Ok, in three two one...one...one...one. One" Black trolled, till Frey tossed a stone at 50 miles per hour at him.

" Fight," he yelled, swiftly tilting his head in the process as he grabbed another handful of popcorn.

Leaping off onto different trees, Miko and Demios were analysing their father, searching for any weak points that they could exploit. Hyde started kicking up dust in the process to block Grey's field of vision, although internally, he knew that it would not affect their father.

But it was to serve as a distraction for what was to come as simultaneously Demios, and Miko leapt off the trees they were holding off to and darted towards their father's legs. Miko put his hands close together in a prayer-like stance in a very different fashion to Demios, who put a lot of force on his foot's right, creating a discernable kicking sound.

Before he reached Grey's leg, he spans his body one hundred and eighty degrees while sliding with his left leg to force Grey to lose balance.

"Swish!*

However, as though he had read their minds, Grey jumped up just in time to dodge their attacks.

Instead of being disheartened for being read, Miko head-butted Greys right knee, and Demios chopped Grey's left fibula (the part between foot and knee), causing Grey to feel numb on his left leg.

Hyde then threw a dozen stones he grabbed whilst his father dealt with his brother's attacks, targeting Grey's funny bones and his eyes. But Grey casually moved his arms which were only a few centimetres away from the stones.

Front flipping to the front edge of the ring.

Grey regained his footing and turned around only to see his three sons capitalising on him being at the edge of the ring. Hyde ran with his body low to the ground in preparation for any changes in his father's position while Miko and Demios sprinted at him with all they had to reach their father within two blinks of an eye.

Smiling in contention of his son's combat awareness, Grey watched Hyde perform a handstand to reach him before his brothers and launch a flying kick at his chest causing him to put his left leg out of the ring.

Although the boys did not seem happy with their win, as Demios complained," Old man, you held back now! I know you did; why in the world did you use so much strength in our first fight."

"Yeah, Dad, you didn't even let my strategy come into full effect," Miko added.

"That was boring," Hyde said, looking annoyed.

Looking at his son's expressions after their victory, Grey thought, " These little monsters create new techniques, win and are still not happy. I love it,"

"Dad lets go twenty more rounds or just turn it up to 15% of your physical strength," Hyde said, unsatisfied.

"No, that's all for this training session; go and do your mountain climbs with the new breastplates and be ready for Uncle Frey's lesson," Grey replied

Grunting in annoyance, the boys put on their new breastplates and began to descend the mountain.