His birthday party come early and as lonely as usual, his parent was there cutting the cake and opening the present. They had used to this kind of party, Tyler once had a friend but that friend soon moved out and he stops trying after that.
It feels too much like his last life, he wasn't a pessimistic boy who couldn't handle mere trouble but at least he wants to wait until he had ability to move outside the city, that's why he likes his family, they would never leave and if they did, they would take him with them.
They also celebrated his birthday early because his awakening ceremony would be done at the Grand's main house.
He heard the bell ringing and his grandpa was there standing right in his door was a tall man with broad shoulder, bronze skin that shines like metal and a face full of marks, Tyler realizes his grandpa always like a man who came from the battlefields instead of the main house where he was tending the garden.
"Welcome, Grandpa." He said bowing to the man and ignoring the three cousins behind him.
"Welcome Father." Mom and Dad also greet grandpa, mom hug grandpa and dad shake hand with him.
"Okay, let me sit at the table." Grandpa walks in front, right into the dining table and pick a chair randomly, he saw his parent and wave his hand.
"You don't choose this life so you don't need to hear it." Grandpa stares at his parent with clear dissatisfaction.
"Father." Mom's face was grimacing, from her face, everyone knows she had a lot to say.
"Come on." Father pull mother and went to the second floor. He took the chair facing his grandpa, Grandpa opens his mouth ready to speak then he frowns seeing his three cousins.
"Grandpa we're also warriors we've deserved to sit here."
"So what if you're Warrior, are you his teacher, his parent, do you want to invest in him or pulling him in your organization."
The cousin gape his mouth, he just wanted to sit but who thought it would make his grandpa mad, he stares at Tyler like blaming Tyler for this misfortune and walk away from the kitchen. He also notices one of them take a plate of his cookie.
"Go make me a tea." Under his grandpa command he makes tea, probably because the tea was bought in a conventional store and he uses a heater and barely had any skill in tea preparation, Grandpa looked at the tea like he was looking at soggy bread and proceed to drink the tea like water.
Tyler nod and drink his tea, it soon becomes silent a peaceful scene where two men enjoying their tea without any disturbance.
"You are the least annoying grandchild I have."
Tyler nod and said. "We only met three times."
Edward stared at this child and decided to think this troubled child later, it wasn't a compliment but a concern in his heart, what he meant was Tyler like a dog in his last years it wouldn't make a mess because its death was near.
"You have persisted alone in your training since you are a child, if you said you don't want to become warrior then I would be the blindest man on earth so tell me, why didn't you join any guild, do you think I have no money or I don't have face in those guilds."
Tyler stirs the cup, he wasn't stupid and know this fact the reason why he didn't join was that he didn't want to die as a human. It's like a person who only pursues the sake of power, he doesn't think this is the person was a human anymore.
"Grandpa, how do you think we differentiate human."
"Their face," Edward said the first thing that appears in his mind.
"But we have plastic surgery, isn't that mean that face couldn't differentiate human."
Bang, Grandpa slam the table and look at him.
"Do I look like a philosopher, just say whatever you want," Grandpa said and he feels if he says more nonsense it would be his head that would be slapped.
"I think the difference between human is their obsession, a twin could live with each other side by side for their entire life but they wouldn't have the same desire. Everyone has an obsession, everyone needs it and the only obsession I have is my bond with my parent."
Edward looked at his grandson seriously, tapping his finger into the table and said.
"Are you suicidal?"
Tyler gape at his grandpa that wasn't the answer he suspected.
"The purpose of Human being is to reproduce and survive, I value my identity as a human so no grandpa."
Edward didn't answer immediately he keeps looking at Tyler and laid back in his chair sighing, at the first glance Tyler answer seemed right but if he holds those value, would he have to say it out loud, the answer feels like a reason to convince himself instead of a legitimate answer.
"Your awakening time is near, do you want a boost." Edward decided to watch him, it's not that he doesn't care, but someone who awakens his embryo would have enhanced body, soul and mind, he was confident his grandson could solve this hurdle, he doesn't know where this problem comes from, there are no major problems that could make the boy suicidal beside his antisocial trait but becoming a warrior is opening a new world, whether friend obsession or dream, he would find it after becoming one.
Some object whether it was a food, item or special ability could enhance your embryo, apprenticeship in the guild belong to the special ability and by most favourite boost.
"I want purity, I don't join the guild so it would be better to stay pure as possible."
"Hmm, commit or don't, at least you have that quality." Edward folds his hand and looks upstairs like he was seeing through the floor and saw the face of his parent.
"I disappointed with your parent when they don't fully support, I also want to point out that you have two obsession perhaps because of how close they are you don't realize it. Why do we become warrior boy, for power, fame, no, for me, it was for those two upstairs, for your grandma, your uncle and aunt and all the little brat that called me grandpa."
"Being a warrior is an expression for mom and dad survival, the monster could kill them and I don't want to rely on someone so, no. You're wrong." He wanted to say more but he feels he would shot himself by doing that.
"I'm glad one of you inherit my attitude when I'm being told I'm wrong."
His brow ticked and kept his face straight.
"Say goodbye to your parents, we're going to the Burenby city until you have enough training."
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The apocalypse, the rising of superhuman, the new dimension means new resources opportunities that bought a lot of change to society, one family could have a forest as a house, Saber tooth tiger and venomous snake as a guard and a magical plant shop for their revenue.
Grand clan was young, so young they don't have a core power system, their house was still inside the city, a sharp and edged mountain that like to knock people who climb it with rain, the wind even a rock slide in the making the inhabitants tough and stronger.
The name of the mountain is Raja mountain, it was a natural treasure from the great founder.
There was a big gate in front of the house and there is a road straight to the foot of the mountain for guest and emergency and several small roads to the house and several natural resources of the mountains.
What particularly odd when today was, a punk was standing near the gate and glaring at him when he saw him, it was very odd too because there at least a hectare of wood that separated the city and the Raja house, the punk didn't look like he was hiding to smoke especially when he stand in front of their gate.
He knew seasoned warriors like his grandpa had stronger sense which mean he had saw the punk and probably would ignore him if he didn't start to glare at him. A cannon was exploded just beside him and he knows it was his grandpa's fist, he saw a dust cloud near the punk and he frowned wondering where the dust comes from.
Then he saw a man with tight black hair stood, protecting the punk with a green barrier.
"I heard you reputation thousand fists Edward but-" Whatever the man want to say was interrupted by another punch from his grandpa, his grandpa embryo is the ability to store energy, the booming sound was his technique creating an energy bomb launched by his fist, he had many reputations like no fist Edward, armless Edward because surprised putting an energy equal grenade in your fist could also blast your hand.
He could be a gunman having unique bullet all the time, he could be a shield that could rebound the energy or he could become a wizard or energy manipulator but no, Edward Grand wasn't that kind of man, he was a man who straps bomb in his fist and feels it wasn't enough and he needs to add the force of his fist to that equation.
It was the first time he saw his Grandpa in a serious fight, the one he sees him was when a mosquito annoys him and he uses that move but here it was relentless, full of manly explosion that hurt his ear and eye, there was a flash, explosion and unique emotion as he saw the barrier destroyed and the two guys disappeared.
"Did you see them flying?" One of his cousins ask.
"No, but I got it on record." Said the other with a phone in his hand, he glanced back and saw the cousin who was glare at him now talking with Grandpa who had walked inside the house.
"Hey, Tyler want to see the video." One of his cousins asked, Tyler flinch in his head, he forgets the name of his cousin, perhaps there are legitimate reasons he was anti-social and why he only had the company of his parent which made him much more grateful to them since he was sure he wasn't a great company.
"Sure." He said walking toward them, the phone camera was great and he saw the video was already edited it only make a clean cut both in the beginning and end but it still surprises him how quick he did it.
He heard there was a fad on chasing powerful warriors and he also realized this when some of the kids record him killing one of the monsters and spread it to the neighbourhood.
"Do you take the video often?" The brown-haired boy grinning when he heard that and his blond cousin was shaking his head like he was putting his feet in a bear trap.
"Do I? What you should ask is how many my collection is, I'm number ten in the junior archivists of modern warfare." Tyler would eat the boy bullshit if he didn't pull the warfare, the more he listens the more he realized the boy was just a storm chaser except they follow human who could destroy buildings left and right.
"Anyway grandpa had many following and hater like his tactic was valid and our modern medical care was enough to heal broken arm perfectly, it's not like he said to everyone to follow his example." The boy was scowling and his chest was raise and up like a raging bull.
"Anyway, what's up with that." He asked the blonde boy, knowing the warriors had celebrity culture wasn't really important right now.
The boy shrug and keep his eye up front, he had no strong opinion but he knew more than the brown-haired since he also moves closer to hear the news.
"Sigh, it's a new family in town posturing with us, they saw we are the weakest family and want to take some of our businesses." He said and pushing his hand to the brown head to stop him from hounding him.
"Anyway, I'm Tyler and I probably won't back home for a while." He offers his hand to the teen, they are practically sixteen, he should just be straightforward that he forget their names.
"Hmm, I kinda forget we haven't introduced each other, my name is Trevor after some scientists before the Catalyst era and the squirt was Carl." Trevor was a tall boy, a bit gangly but the boy neat shirt, tie and khaki pant hide that awkward teenage body. He had blonde hair and a thicker finger.
"Don't call me that." Said Carl slapping Trevor's hand. Karl was short but he was also a bundle of excitement, he wears a long-sleeved sweater with blue Jean that he rolled up to his knee, he was quick to smile and would lean to Trevor like a duckling to his mother.
"Anyway, you could call me K because that was much cooler than Carl and did you know mom named me after his dead brother who volunteered in war."
"That's great." At least he wouldn't be the only person who had bad social skill.
Trevor shook his head whether it was for K or him he doesn't know and they had reached the foot of the mountain, before he could curse and start to climb, Trevor takes a flute in his pocket and blow it. There is no sound from the flute and he wasn't a clueless protagonist who have to ask for everything.
Soon he saw a giant eagle in the mountain flying toward them, the only reason why he didn't take out his spear was that human in this world has certain sense in detecting monster and tamed one, it doesn't help with detecting if they are beside you but it helps to pick if they are friendly or not.
When the eagle with the size of the house fell, Tyler could feel the heat he's emitted, smell the blood and wind on the Beast body, it was majestic and seemed to know it by the gaze of its eye. Tyler looked at its metallic feather and stop himself from picking it if he wants his arm in piece.
"Morning Star, five beans for a ride."
Star the eagle pruned his body like saying 'It doesn't matter just hop.'
Tyler looked curiously at the bean, it was squarely and had more geometry shape than a normal bean, it had yellowish colour and it took him a second to realize that was Cradence pet food products, they were pretty pricey from what he had heard.
"Well come on up, I know the climbing good for us but our awakening should be today and I don't want to arrive exhausted at the ceremony." Said Trevor climbing to Star back.
There are no cradle or safety measures on Star back but they're going to be warriors, if they can't handle flying above the eagles then Warriors probably wasn't the best choice for them.
"How about the other one." He said, in fact, he had seen the scowling one in his vision, climbing the mountain without any safety measure, at least he knew the mountain only wanted to make it hard to climb never instead killing them.
"Samuel, well his parents clearly want an angel with that one, not saying he was the devil but Samuel was much more grumpy and hard to communicate."
"He had stick up his butt, and he was so stiff we could use him as an emergency pillar for the house." Trevor smacks K head once, telling him not to speak bad for his cousin.
After that boy starts chatting, it's was like what the coolest weapons in the market, what kind career had been invented and what new career would be emerged. Tyler was joining the chat while also thinking about the two men in the gate.
The world still had law and order but who knows how effective these laws, these family probably only harassing them then they would start to escalate until one family have to disappear, which is what he usually read.
Tyler wasn't a passive man, like a weeks ago where he could wait for the neighbourhood guard to kill the pterodactyl monster but he didn't because he didn't like putting his life in a stranger hand, the Grand family was his family now, the fact that some upstart wants to use them as stepping stone annoy him and he had created several plans that need to be tested, like bombing their house and whatever business they had so he didn't have to meet a punk in front of his gate.