opening his eye again he noticed he was in an unfamiliar room with his body wrapped with bandages, extreme pain and fatigue assorted him. feeling the pain he let out a whimper.
"you've waking up, you are one reckless and strong headed kid you know, I couldn't believed you pull it off, lucky for you, you are alive but in an unpleasant state, you worked you body to a breaking point kid, a little further and you would have been crippled"
"but am not and am alive, that sound like a perfect victory for me. how long have I been out?"
"three days, its a miracle you woke up this early, we speculated two to three months but you beat us to it one more time, guess normality cant be ascribe to you anymore"
"any information I mist while at sleep?"
"nothing much, you are already a core disciple of grand elder, your residents has also change and you now carry the title successor of Greenleaf sect"
"successor of Greenleaf sect?"
"yes, you got that when you defeated the existing successor. that title comes with a responsible and benefits too, you are also now the leader of the factions in the sect and under the sect jurisdiction. you are only answerable to the sect leader and grand elder"
"what. how is that even possible?"
"you will know more about that when you met with you teacher, he ask you to meet him once your awake, but your body is not suitable for that now so just rest and let the pill and herb do it work."
"thank you elder."
"Adolf, my name is Adolf. just rest for now, lest I forget your friends always come over to check on you, they might be Here any moment, should I tell them off or let them in"
"you can let them in"
"OK, am off for now to report to the higher up, rest well." The elder left Dio to rest up, its obvious he need a lot of it
"successor" seems like I got more than I anticipated, all the way its still good, blood how are you?
(you almost got me killed kid, have been reconsolidating ever since that battle, my cultivation didn't drop but my fighting prowess did)
"am sorry putting you through that"
(just find a way to pay this daddy, I don't need your apology without a gift)
At that moment an excited voice he knew too well disrupt his conversation with blood
"bro you are amazing, am your fan, I couldn't believed you teach that arrogant bastard some lesson" Amos echoed immediately he enter the room.
"will you shut that big mouth of yours or you want me to do it for you, 'sigh' but you do have a point there"
"you guys are at it again" Lara and jenny giggle, Alex didn't say anything but just walk up to Dio and knelt down.
"Dio I know we have not know each other for long and you owe us no favour or have a reason to agree but please take me in as your subordinate"
"everyone was surprised"
"stand up Alex you don't have to kneel for me, am n...$
before he could finished is words Amos was also down on his kneels close to his brother.
"why are you doing this, I didn't do anything that require your loyalty"
"bro we have been orp....." he couldn't finish his words before voice lost strength and tears stream down his eyes.
"what my brother want to say is that we are not what other see us as,"
Dio, Daniel, Lara, Jenny> "-"
"we were born into a noble family by a maid, she was punished and maltreated for getting pregnant, sent out of the mansion, she brace through hardship just to birth us" Alex couldn't hold it in anymore and let it flow, Amos patted is shoulder while he continue from there.
"when we were delivered, seeing we are male children, the noble decided not to leave there blood outside and took us back in, but as mere servant. we were torture in every way possible by the true blood nobles. my mother suffered even more from the mistress of the house. one day I couldn't take how my mother was been treated so I opposed my father wife, she reported me to the patriarch who pass a death sentence on me, my mother who couldn't watch her son get killed took my place. before she was executed, she made us promise her to live on and grow strong and if we ever find someone with potentials that defiles logic, and tread the right path we should pledge loyalty to follow that person."
Lara and jenny where already in tears while Daniel tries so suppress his.
"why do you think am in the right path?"
"before we awaken, we learnt a bitter truth, there is no right or wrong, it only strength, how can we even tell what is wrong or right when we don't have the strength to back our words. the strong can state any rule as right or wrong as long as they have the power to hold it up" Alex replied
"thinking for a while Dio turn back to them and ask them, he could feel the determination he had when he was been bullied by Reynard wick and his lackey"
"Amos, Alex I've heard all you said but I want to ask you a question?"
"what is it you want to ask, we will answer to the best of our ability"
"how much are you ready to give to fulfill your mothers wish?" Dio ask with seriousness
looking at each other they both declared
"My everything!"
lifting his hands he ask them one more time, "pledging loyal to me is unbreakable, only death can set you free do you still dare"
before they could answer Daniel step forward.
"am ready to pledge my loyal to you too, but promise us one things"
"which is?"
as if reading mind Lara and Jenny gave the answer while stepping forward.
"that you will take us along with you to the pinnacle of power. you make us your family and we take you as ours."
Dio was lost for words, he couldn't just go around promising, if he promise then he must fulfill it.
'blood you are the first and only family I have after grandma ni left, what do you think?'
(they can be this daddy brother and sister, i don't mind, but the promise is huge and is demanding, if you feel like you can trust them, than am in support of your decision)
'thanks blood, then I will accept their request and start a family that will rival the heavens together with.'
(what will you call the family then, every family have a name)
thinking it through, I got one, bringing his attention back to the group he stare at them once more, lifting his hands up towards them he spoke
"I am ready, I will fulfill the request of talking you to the pinnacle of power with me as a family, if you are ready too than hold my hand as a symbol of pledging your loyalty to me."
Amos, Alex, Daniel, Lara and Jenny took one last look at each other before stretching their hands forward to hold Dio's.
when all their hand top of Dio hand, Dio hand light up while he pronounced
"from today onward we all are the DARE DEVILS FAMILY."
a grim reaper tattoo appeared in their soul and right shoulder of their body.
recollecting themselves, they check for the strange feeling they are having, first they notice the tattoo on their right shoulder, and they felt like their soul are now Linked.
"you guys are now my family, the dare devils family, we will wage war against the earth and battle the heavens, anything that stands on our way shall be crushed to dust. that is who we are now" declaring this the tattoo on them light up on its own and they felt resonance with each other.