"Hey, Bryan come bundle this body up. Lets toss him into that cave over there".
Bruce said looking down at Blake's body whose eyes were still opened although he could not move due to the side effect of the core he used few minutes ago.
"Nah i'mma have a go at him". Bryan said
"But he's paralyzed..it won't really be fair now would it?" Bruce responded.
"Since when did you...no, We ever care about fairness..tch*" scoffing, Bryan went along to sit Blake up against a wall. If Blake had the option to even talk,he would have complained the instant his back made contact with the wall.
With a rough texture and with sharp bits and pieces here and there, saying that only a minor injury could be gotten, would be a grave miscalculation on your part.
However,Blake had no choice but to comply. He couldn't even talk lest move.
"Well..well..Blake Turner..you shouted on me and told me to 'Shut up' right?"
"ANSWER ME!"
Bryan suddenly shouted.Delivering a punch to Blake in quick succession.
"hahaha look at you so weak and useless at this point.you may have all the money in the world but one thing remains constant. POWER!".
"With power you can do anything.change anything and have the rich at your fingers....and that Blake,Is the difference between you and me".
Finishings off this statement,Bruce got on his knees pushing Blake back down on the floor and began punching and kicking at Blake's limp body. An Awakened fighting a defenceless human? Preposterous!. Many would frown at this even though the victim in question was at fault.
"hahahah..this feels so good!!"Bryan was feeling excited ..no he was feeling bliss.pure sweet bliss at the moment. He was so engrossed in the beating he was giving Blake that he didn't notice the look on his friends face.
Sure a kick and a punch here and there,that would be no problem. Not a full scale beating..!
"Hey..hey enough"Bruce said in his usual calm voice. Unlike the other two Bruce used thoughts first and action later that was how he was effectively take out Blake without even having to touch him.
"I SAID ENOUGH!"Bruce said once again thus time his tone higher than it was the last time.
'THIS GUY IS A FU*KING SADIST' Bruce thought.
Looking like he came out from a daze, with the look and smile of a crazy person, Bryan looked back and picked himself up wiping the blood stains on his hands.
At this point,one couldn't even recognize Blake's face even if they tried. His face was all battered up and bruised even his body was not spared.it was nothing short of a miracle that he was still breathing even though he was knocked out cold.
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In A Dark looking cave nearby,an object could be seen between debris and rocks.it looked like an artifact.no....an ancient relic.Though to the common eye,it looked useless perhaps that was the reason it was discarded in the first place.
However,right at that moment,that object began glowing green.
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"Bundle him up. and throw him into that cave over there"Bruce repeated his statement again for the second time something he rarely did.
Following his orders,like the good boys they were,the pulled out ropes from their storage rings and began to tie Blake's hands and legs.
Quickly finishing that,Chris grabbed Blake's body and began moving to the cave towards the far left of the dungeon core.with Bryan and Bruce following quickly behind.
One would expect that keeping an unconscious person in a cave,wasn't so ideal in the first place...there could be beasts there,but the trio didn't care,this place had been abandoned for a long time.even if the beasts wanted to,they still couldn't get here without passing through at least a hundred humans along the way and they would most likely be killed before ever reaching the dungeon core.
*THUD*
"All done.lets get out of here we have spent too long in this place".
Chris said already moving towards the cave entrance.
"Eh? done? who said we're done"Bruce said.
"Block the entrance with a few boulders by the side there.lets give our little friend a nice surprise when he wakes up" Bruce said walking to Blake and pouring a healing potion into his mouth.
In less than 5 minutes,all was set and now in place of the entrance a huge rock was set in such a way that you had to push through to move out of the cave.
Satisfied with their plan,the trio walked off having giving Blake a well deserved beating.
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_4 Hours Later_
'what is this feeling'
'its feels so familiar, yet so strange at the same time'
'This feeling...wait!'
'Ahhh!'
A wave of pain was felt in all of Blake's inside as soon as he woke up from his deep slumber.
'huh?'
My body is healed I can't feel any cut and bruises Blake thought getting up from the ground.
'damn it! why is it so dark in here'
'where am I?'
'Am I even at the dungeon core anymore?'
Blake couldn't help but ask himself all these questions while he stretched forth his hand to try and get in contact with a wall or anything solid.
Finally feeling something with a rough exterior.Blake began making his way although he didn't know where he was or where he was going to.
What Blake didn't know was he was going in the opposite direction to the entrance of the cave he was currently trapped in. He was less than twenty steps away from the entrance now he was increasing the gap without even knowing.
Blake continued moving without even know how far or how much time had passed since he had woken up. However just as he was preparing to take a break and rest to replenish his energy a bit,he saw something glowing in the distance up ahead.
'huh?'
'what could that possibly be?'
'how can something be here in this dark place' Blake thought as he mustered courage to approach the object nearby,ignoring the feeling of tiredness.
As Blake reached the spot where the object was, he could see a green glow around that spot.
Kneeling down,he began removing every debris and rock at that spot until he saw a crystal like object glowing brighter now that all it's obstructions had been removed.
'why would anybody throw something so precious away'Blake thought as he saw the unique structure of the crystal'.
Reaching out Blake grabbed the crystal even though it was discarded he was going to keep it. He liked the glow anyway.
But, something happened that Blake didn't expect..as soon as he touched the crystal a bright radiance erupted from the crystal as it began radiating a bright yellow.
Shocking Blake as it's colour had changed. Shinning so bright that Blake had to close his eyes. Funny enough,Blake couldn't throw away the Crystal after the shock he just received. It was as if it was stuck to him..no,it appeared to be bounded to him at that point in time.
As Blake finally managed to open his eyes,he saw the crystal breaking apart and entering his skin. It was as if it was getting absorbed and his body was greedily taking it all in.
After this process,Blake began feeling dizzy and sure enough he passed out....for the third time that day.
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In the heavenly realm,the Heavenly Emperor was taking his usual stroll when a bright light flashed in the sky. It was momentary and brief but that was enough to keep the Emperor shocked with his mouth opened wide.
Seemingly finding his tongue,a bright smile flashed on his face.
"Finally.....an heir has been found".
He said as a tear trickled down his face.