Cyrus was immediately summoned by Godfather Zayn as soon as he hit his bed and sat cross legged to cultivate. With furrowed brows, he ran to his lobby in the Holy Haven. He had been there a couple of times already but he always couldn't help but let his gaze wander around. "So this is how the principals enjoy luxury?" He asked no one in particular, the wonders of the place always did a good job to mesmerize anyone lucky enough to be summoned there.
This was where Godfather Zayn lived. It was an understatement to say it was a paradise. The scenery was just fascinating, and being in that environment, also caused a chain reaction where people feel as if cultivating would yield far better results than on the regular campus.
The lake was also a bummer, it was crystal clear and right down to its sandy bed, the entirety of the lake could be seen clearly to the very bottom. "What?! Ain't that a water fairy?" Cyrus exclaimed as a gentle force cocooned him and floated him gently above the water to the elegant treehouse stationed on an island in the middle of the lake.
Birds flew high above him, cawing and chirping loudly. "Hey! Focus and hurry!" He heard Godfather Zayn's impatient voice from the distance and it knocked him back to his senses. He then focused his soulish energy on the cocoon and it gradually picked up speed, shooting towards the island like a meteor.
He arrived not long after and Godfather Zayn immediately whisked him away into his chamber, a pavilion meeting was in session, seeing all the one hundred plus elders and young instructors in one big hall was enough to make Cyrus start sweating bullets.
Each and every single one of those people there were people you would never meet on a regular basis, he felt so intimidated that he couldn't breathe, he knew one wrong speech would make him die a thousand times over with just a disapproving look from any of them.
All eyes were fixated on him as he entered, his steps faltered. After what seemed like forever, he took his place on the only empty seat in the room, by Godfather's side.
"Okay everyone..." Godfather Zayn began in an authoritative voice. "...we are in desperate times and desperate times they say calls for desperate measures master Ricky Cage's soul remnant had a conversation with me yesterday that the Doomsday Party were planning a large scale war against mankind just like the one in which Lord Zeus was killed, even worse is that it has been scheduled for a timeframe within ten to fifteen years.
As much as I hate to say it, we are powerless against these people no matter how powerful our combined might is as they have collaborated with the nine thousand lives beasts of doom, these creatures as we know are practically invincible. No matter how brutally you murder them, they always stand back up, hence the name nine thousand lives beast of doom, I learnt trey live on a planet called the devil's lair. What I'm trying to insinuate is the only glimmer of hope, the only light at the end of the tunnel is barely able to stand up and walk.
Yes! That's how grim our situation is, Master Ricky told me that the Lord Zeus has been reincarnated in New York City as they say is from the someplace called earth. I've sent Cyrus to the family to protect the kid till birth, i don't know who did spread the news but the Doomsday Party heard the news too and decided to kill the child, they sent Lone Wolf first, whom is widely known as Flynn Rogers, to assassinate the father and make the child more helpless against them.
Luckily Cyrus here was there in time and saved the day, it continued peacefully afterward while he stayed with the family to keep watch and sound an alarm as soon as things got out of hand, during those times for some unknown reason, they didn't strike. It was only at the eleventh hour when the child had been born fresh and the mother was extremely tired and was doubtlessly in no position to help did they send Dark Fairy to kill the baby, as usual Cyrus was there but was overwhelmed, things looked hopeless but the child proved himself and sent her running with her tail between her legs.
We have no time, the child might be able to protect himself from time to time but it will only be a matter of time..." Before he could finish what he was talking about, green has enveloped the whole room and everybody was high alert, their auras burst out of their bodies in an instant, fluctuating wildly as they entered full combat mode. The green gas then formed a flickering silhouette that stood before Godfather Zayn. "...stand down elders, that's Master Ricky's soul remnant, looks like he has something for us." With that, all the raging auras of the elders receded and calm returned to the room. "Listen you all, the child must be brought here now! Cyrus!" Cyrus jerked after hearing his name from the Master's booming voice. "You didn't notice that, the babysitter Julius hired was Dark Fairy?" In utter shock, Cyrus and Godfather Zayn disappeared from the spot, flashing away in silver light.
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"This is my chance!" Looking at Stoneson sleeping soundly in his cradle, the babysitter was overjoyed, she pulled out her poisoned dagger and was ready to shove it deep inside of the little boy's chest.
"It's been three weeks since she was hired and she was able to worm and wiggle her way into the very cores of the couple's hearts, making them leave the child with her sometimes all day and not even for once did they suspect that she was the very person whose only goal was to send him to an early grave."
They hadn't even noticed when she put an unfathomable volume of opium in his milk! But it turned out he was immune to it, as he even looked more robust after taking it for a few days. Not getting the results she desired, Dark Fairy had given up the idea and decided to go brutal, that was when she slipped out of the house unnoticed and went for the viper tooth dagger, a highly poisoned combat tool made from the fangs of the koi mountain viper.
Standing akimbo, Dark Fairy had the dagger in a grim clutch between her two hands as the tip gleamed dangerously, she grinned from ear to ear as she knew without a shadow of doubt that she would succeed. Thinking of the reward that she was sure to get from Deathly Touch, her master, she got distracted, drooling in imagination of the heroine's welcome she would be given once she got this task done! She therefore failed to notice that the baby's chest had turned a translucent blue color until the last moment. She wasn't going to to back off though her goal was so tangible now that she could grab it with glee so just because the baby had some funny weird changes going on in his body wouldn't let her rescind her decision, she was going to blitz through any obstacles.
She stabbed the dagger into his chest. She immediately realized something was wrong, the dagger hadn't even gone deep, in fact the tip was still struggling to pierce his skin, her palms began to sweat as she channeled all her power into her hands, it began going through little by little, making her the more happier, by now, the top had entered by a centimeter.
Her face was gleaming in delight as she thought she was very close to achieving her goal. Just then, "ding!" A crisp sound of metal clashing against metal was heard, the dagger stopped short. Not willing to budge anymore, it wouldn't go further no matter how hard she tried.
Her eyes widened in shock as she realized that, her hands were stuck to the dagger, she couldn't pull it out, neither could she let go. "This is bad!" She thought helplessly as the glow on the boy enveloped his whole body, with a mind numbing sound. "Zzzzzzzzzz!" The dagger did a good job in sharing the unfathomable amounts of lightning going through it to her hands, she was zapped so ruthlessly that her hair stood erect like a cactus plant's spikes! "Please! Throw me!" She bit her lips to prevent herself from screaming as blood began dribbling out of her seven orifices. She was still held in place and could do nothing more than endure it.
After what seemed like eternity, she was flung toward the wall on the other side of the room. While she shot towards the wall like a cannonball, her brain cycled through a myriad of plausible actions to cushion her fall in order not to alert the sleeping beauty upstairs, Julius on the other hand was nowhere near home.
"Nothing plausible." She thought regrettably as she knew this would be a nasty fall for sure, at the very least, slamming her back would shift her spine into her stomach and her occipital bone would be pushed to her forehead! It might sound overrated but was still within the realms of possibility. "Three...two...one." She closed her eyes as she ended her countdown. She opened one eye when she felt something wrap around the back of her neck, stabilizing her. "Phew!" She heaved a sigh and quickly remembered that there should be no one else in the room, she tried to wiggle out of the iron grip but her body wouldn't budge.
She was dropped to the floor with a thud and sat on her butt, she turned and noticed two pairs of what looked like eyes, giving her an unwelcoming glare. "You overstepped your boundaries this time. And as such, you'll pay. Cyrus, go get the boy."
Godfather Zayn spoke with an air of elegance. Cyrus went to the cradle and noticed the wound on his chest, "Godfather, we have a problem, the child is not breathing!" Godfather Zayn turned to Dark Fairy, "we'll settle this later." He told her and all led in quick strides towards the cradle, Cyrus seemed to notice something as he run like the wind towards Dark Fairy but it was too late, she popped a bottle and downed a glass of elixir disappearing from sight.
Godfather Zayn took little Stoneson who looked as frail as glass in his arms and tore a pice of glowing scroll in two parts, disappearing from the room with Cyrus and the baby.
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They appeared in the conference hall mere moments after, everyone was still seated with impatience written all over their faces, if their own silver lining in this situation was killed, that would speed doom for mankind for sure, this was something none of them wanted to happen of course.
They exhaled deeply when they saw Godfather Zayn and Cyrus arrive again without a hitch, however, a sneak peak on the little bundle in Godfather's arms was all it took to change their expressions drastically, the boy was on the verge of losing his life! He had burnt part of his soul's essence to parry that attack earlier so what was left now was just a half dead being. The green puff of smoke enveloped the room again, as the ghostly silhouette of Master Ricky Cage came into view, "the only way we can save his life is through the time curse and soul essence deposit ritual!" Everyone was shocked, were things that grim? "Lotus, try healing him!" An elder with a bald head and long grey beard reaching his stomach stood up abruptly after hearing the order, he closed his eyes and performed a pulling gesture with his hands, a gentle force pulled the child towards him and enveloped him in a cocoon of gentle white t light.
Everyone could see that it wasn't working, the poison from the dagger was spreading across the boy's chest.
His body glowed the same translucent color in a bid to fight against the deadly venom spreading and ravaging his innards. Slowly and slowly, his breathing returned, willpower and resilience! Everybody was overjoyed, the boy was capable of suppressing the venom on his own!
"We have to perform the time curse and soul deposit practice!" Godfather Zayn shouted. Edward, an elder vehemently disagreed, "no! You can't waste the time lord's blessing on this puny kid, what if he couldn't handle the soul deposit, that's an excruciating process!"
"You think he can't handle it? How else are you planning on allaying the impending doom? Unless..." Godfather Zayn spoke with scorn, he trailed off at the latter part of his speech but everyone knew what he meant.
"Yes! Unless you are not on humanity's side?" Elder Edward went green with rage as his aura immediately burst out of his body in a bid to save himself some face. "Stand down you fool, you have a battle ahead of you and all you could do was fight your own brothers in arms? Shame!" Master Ricky was blunt.
"Go and inform the parents about the need for the practice, and let them know what they have been keeping in their house all this while! Don't forget to mention the fact that he is in safe hands now."
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"That's absurd! Time what and soul what!? He won't die, I reckon he should stay with you guys, you know what's best for him but make sure not even a hair of his is singed next time I set eyes on him, and make sure he visits from time to time!"
The couple had been unwilling at first but after hearing that the babysitter they hired was their worst enemy and the number of times she had attempted to kill their son, they thought it better to allow him to be under their wing for the time being.
And so, the time was scheduled for the time curse and soul deposit practice-right away!