Chapter 128 - Some ascenders like me

We rounded the corner to see a group of 10 holy guards surrounding a group of 3 man the holy guards had there weapons drown and was yelling at these man to surrender but the 3 man was back to backed with rapiers in there hands fighting off the holy guards attacks as they yelled in French one man who was about 6 foot with a long cut going up his face yelled putain, qui sont ces gens, est-ce qu'ils attaquent Porthos and he defended a strike that was aimed at the man next to him which was 6'2 black man who had on a purple bandana on that man then looked to the last figure yelling, fais attention Artemis, tu vois une issue the last figure blocked a attack and looked around this man was the smallest out of the three he was maybe 5'10 he had a very nice beard and he had a fancy feathered hat on his head out of them all this man was definitely the best looking to but that man shook his head saying non, nous sommes piégés mais attendez, nous avons plus de gens qui arrivent I of course under stood what they was saying but I was stunned seeing the blue rob over there armor these was Musketeers I thought Zarock protect the 3 man I gralled as I grabbed the holy guards caption my the back of the neck he yelled at me saying who dares touch me yelp the moment he turned around to me he yelped his face going pale as he mumbled o sir hound I didn't know but I cut him off graing take your man and fuck off he nodded yelling retreat everyone retreat and like that the holy knights ran away like a bunch of chickens I smiled turning around walking forward but I chuckled when I seen the 3 man point there weapons at my squad that surrounded them but not a one of my squad members had a weapon out nor did they need to have one any one of them could easily squash these three man without even trying but it was funny to see the center man scream reviens je dis que tu reviens ou tu mourras which basically means back back I say back or you will die I laughed as my squad members parted for me as I yelled back in French that ant no way to treat your saver's ones more that ant no way to treat a fellow ascender that center man looked at me with wariness and he confusedly asked in French you speak French ones more what do you mean by a fellow ascender we have not ascended have we I stopped a few steps away from them as I nodded responding back in French yes I speak this language along with many others and yes you have ascended welcome to Eden Porthos, Artemis and you must be Athos the three Musketeers or the three inseparables the one called Porthos the black man pulled a pistol of his belt as he pointed at me yelling in French how do you know us and where is D'Artagnan what did you do with him yell us know but I simply looked at him with my cold smile saying go ahead pull that trigger it wont boom Porthos pulled the trigger as his flint lock pistol want off a cloud of smoke came from his barral as a musket ball flew towards me but I side what the hell Porthos yelled seeing the pistol ball stop right in front of my head I brought one hand from behind my back as the still red hot ball dropped into my hand but I didn't flinch feel any pain from the ball hell not even a hissing noise came from my skin it was almost like this ball wasnt red hot I rolled the ball in my hand before I simply smashed it with to fingers throwing the know lead disk back to Porthos saying mate you may try again and or you can listen but if you want answers you wont do that again Artemis lowered his sword as he stepped forward asking good sir I can see you dont mean to harm us if you did you would have done so already seeing your power we are nothing but ants to you but I have to ask y did you help us I shrugged y shouldn't I help three fellow ascenders but you are right Artemis I do have alternative reasons then just that for example I don't want you to end in the hands of this kingdoms bastard king nor any of the other sects except for mine I know of each of you I know with proper resources and backing you three will be a great addition to my squad Porthos snarled asking so you wish to enslave us in your army I laughed shaking my head heavens no y would I do such a thing every one of the members you see in front of you are free man and woman who chose to follow me but they are all part of my sect the lion barbarians so you don't have to join my squad you could simply join my sect and I would be happy Athos squinted at me as asking how do we know we can trust you I shrugged you ultimately can't but I can at least try and ease your worries you Porthos asked where your friends D'Artagnan is I don't know he didn't ascend with the three of you but and I closed my eyes extending my mind through the barrier between the two plans at the holy spirit stage was when you could peer into the second layer but only those in hi spirit stage or higher could descend I scanned through France looking for there friend and I found him he was weeping on a battlefield there was three craders around him I noticed the kid was about to ascend himself in a few months to a year mmm nice and I marked his soul to make it easier to both find him and to know when he ascends I opened my eyes looking at Porthos saying your friend is fine he just wasn't at the proper strength to ascend yet but it's only a matter of time at best he will ascend in a few months at worst it will take him a year and that's if he wants to ascend or doesn't die in the process I then looked to Athos saying I marked his soul so if he does ascend I will both know when and where he will appear is this good enough for you Athos stared into my eyes but I didn't even blink after a few seconds he nodded saying yes that's fine thank you and he sheathed his sword Artemis followed but Porthos hesitated but in the end he did as well I nodded smiling Athos stepped forward and held out his hand saying as you guessed I am Athos, that's Artemis and that's Porthos I shook his hand saying its a pleasure Yall people call me the demonic death Hound but my friends just call me Hound so feel free to call me that Athos nodded Artemis stepped forward tipping his hat saying death hound whats that all about I laughed shrugging if you stick with my sect you will find out Porthos side and stepped forward and held out his hand mumbling sorry about the hole shooting at you thing I laughed as a bottle of meed appeared in my hand dont worry about it mate whats a few bullets and death threats between two new acquaintances and I took the quirk off and took a drink before offering it to him saying have a drink all of your this is a drink of my own make it will allow you to understand and speak common which is the man language people speak Porthos happily took the glass smiling that's what I am talking about some good old magic booze between two new meeting people I like you sir and he took a swig from it and passed it down Athos and Artemis did as well all three of there faces lit up at the taste Artemis passed it back to me saying that is some of the best tasting booze I have ever thump like that the three of them collapsed but before they could fully drop I waved my hand there bodies floating up Zarock walked next to me asking did we find some new friends I grinned at him shrugging we will see mount up I yelled and landing behind me was the figure of Red who was ten times as bigger then she was all those years back she rubbed her huge head against mine and there wrapped around her horns was Quin she two was also a lot bigger she was know the side of a boa constrictor and a big one at that but this was her small form when she took her true form she was longer then Rex and came half way up on Rex to say there forms was huge would be an understatement that reminds me it has been 50 years Satan better be getting my other monster bodies or we will have to have a talk hell I still had 5 more favorite from him he kept on paying me with favors or that was up till I used some to have him help me go against a few of the other sins and to also scout out and send my way any promising people he didn't like that so he still had been paying me with favors but these favors had rules on what I couldn't wish for Azzy laughed at his miss fortune this remind me and I jumped onto Rex head as Artemis, Porthos and Athos bodies got set next to me but landing all around us were hundreds of flying beasts from wyverns, peacocks to even one eastern dragon and even some pegasus and griffin's Grave move out I yelled and with that Rex took off the others following behind us we started heading towards brusha a some time passed when the three bodies started to steer I chuckled looking over to them chuckling well good morning sleeping beaties did you have a nice sleep Artemis, Porthos and Athod looked at each other with confusion Porthos asking umm the hell Hound did you drug us I laughed heavens no you all just couldn't handle the booze so you passed out Athos nodded rubbing the sides of his temples grumbling that would explain y I feel like I have a hand over but hold on and he looked up to me confusion on his face I can understand you even though you ant speaking French not only that I am speaking this language what the hell I chuckled grinning at them shrugging that is a very common drink people give to there newborn children in this world its just a simple medical drink like couch syrup but to you three who ant even in the first copper moral stage that drink would be a very, very strong drink Porthos face want pale asking are you telling us Hound that the children in this world are stronger then we are right now I nodded yes and no unlike the children who was born in the second layer not all of them awaken but all of the children born in Eden awaken every single one of them and not just that there stronger this is do to one thing and one thing only in the second layer you would know it as ki energy but here in Eden we call it the mana particles some races have a different name for it but this is what many call it so basically every single one of the children who are born in this world are born in the first copper mortal stage unlike the three of you I seen Porthos down look so I continued but dont fret yall people like us who are ascenders we have opportunities that those in this world didn't get and that's the simple fact is we can cultivate in all three cultivation paths way easier then those who was born in Eden plus we have knowledge of technology that people in this world has never seen before take guns for example your guns couldn't scratch anyone above the copper mortal stage but anyone in the copper stage you could kill with your guns let alone one of my guns and I pulled one Azreal from my back and showed it to them all three of there eyes want wide from both shock and a bit of fear sense they could sense how powerful Azreal was I holstered it smiling plus we also have the able to chose any cultivation technique that we want to or well that we are skilled in anyway for example and I looked to Porthos who I could see proficient in fire and lightning laws how I knew that was simple his mana cores plus his mana veins that glowed red and yellow you my friend could chose any spirit technique as long as it used the fire and lightning laws unlike the people in this world who would normally be only proficient with there's families techniques and even if they wanted to try and us another technique it would be extremely hard to cultivate this is y many common people want to join a sect so they would have mentors to guide them wall all we need is the technique the will power and if needed the resources to train in a technique makes sense they nodded Athos side saying thank you Hound we know practically anything about this world do to the church I side angrily damn church I gralled no matter we got time I will educate you on this world and like that I started we want from cultivation stages to the history then to the different kingdoms then lastly about the people and cultures even how people interact but the sun was going down and the brusha was in sight I just got done talking when a peacock dive bombed Rex but Rex simply rolled to the side Artemis and Athos screamed wall Porthos smiled as they all held on to Red and flying next to Rex was a familiar female who had on a certain suit of armor and weapon yes you guessed it this was Mercury in her mothers armor and using her mothers weapons she looked to be only in her yearly 20 and not in her 50 to 60 but she was a cultivator and one that had a rare heavenly beasts at that little Mercury my dear you about gave these boys a scare I said laughing Mercury scoffed maybe its a bad idea to recruit such pussys into are ranks from what I see big brother only one of them has the spark to be one of us perhaps leave the little pussys behind hahahaha with that her peacock flapped its wings and spun over us before flying father forward in front of us Athos gralled who was that bitch but I gralled watch your tongue that was my daughter best you mind them words hoss Porthos lookked confused daughter but she called you big brother he asked I side nodding yes I was just getting to this topic so listen up in this world when someone says they want to be your brother or sister its not just a meer thang you through around if two people call each other brothers or sister it means they respect each other as equals plus its a sign to prove to others that your have a strong bond a bond as strong as steel but if someone calls someone big brother of big sister it means that person fully respects and normally trains under there big siblings but this also means there big siblings will protect and give them resources as for when some calls you little brother or sister it means that person is looking down on you and thinks you need to be protected and trained for example if any of you called me little brother it would be a great insult since I am not only way stronger then you but also I am second in command of a powerful sect but if I called you little siblings I would be trying to establish kinship with you so it just all depends as for Mercury she calls me big brother cuz I am her garden and the person who raised her from age 8 these things bring people closer together forming stronger bonds make sense they all nodded well Porthos and Athos did but Artemis was staring towards Mercury with wide stunned eyes and I heard him mumble beautiful I chuckled it would seem lover boy over there gots a crush Artemis looked to me a bit red faced but didn't back down from y stare no I just think she was stunning I haven't met a woman as stunning as her my grin got bigger nor have you met one so dangerous I will tell you this only ones Artemis every man and woman who has tried to cort my daughter has ended up a beaten bloody mess she doesn't need a weak husband ones more I will not allow her to marry anyone that I don't approve of and that person better be a damn good worrier and have nervous of steal to not only impress me but impress my two wifes Artemis side and looked back to Mercury with longing eyes but I could win her heart he said I laughed no you couldn't princes nobles and even some kings have tried to take her hand in marriage and they was not only way stronger then you but they offered way more then you could this is the harsh truth you three and I leaned forward as a huge demonic beastly grin spread across my face  you three are nothing but ants fuck I wouldn't even need to blink to kill you instantly this world is run by only one rule and that's the law of the jungle the weak are trampled upon and the strong rule so I don't know y you all wanted to ascend but in this world your nothing a blank page of you will all you have to do is walk a path sure that path will lead to your death but death comes for us all so its not if but when so do not fear walking a path we are all going to die so y stress about it but don't worry I will give yall some choices you can either one and I held up one finger leave the moment we get to brusha and go explore the world but with how weak yall are you will definitely die two and I held up another finger you can stay at brusha and become nameless cultivar doing jobs for any of the sects and the kingdom this will give you freedom but very slow resources plus no party would want to take yall do to how weak you are at best you becomes someone's pack mule aka someone bitch three and I held up a third finger you join a sect and work your way up through the ranks which I am sure with yalls experience you would be fine but you will have to earn your resources and work your access off four and I held up another finger you join my sect and go through the training to become a lion barbarian you will not only be given the resources to get stronger but you can take jobs for the sect to get coin and resources on the side but the training to become a lion barbarian is very hard and will be even hard for you and lastly number five and I held up my last finger you join my squad where you will not only get the resources and training from the lion barbarians but you will get even more resources and training from yours truly but the downsides are great you will go through hell to become a member of my family a member of grave we are the strongest squad in the sect not anyone can join are ranks not everyone can join my family yes my family if you join me you will have my backing alongside all of your brother and sisters your enemies our are enemies and vice versa if you are attacked we are attacked if your captured we free you cuz Grave takes care of its own so what will it be what path will you take Athos and Artemis looked to each other worriedly but Porthos smiled asking will I become strong if I join you I grinned nodding waving to everyone in my squad saying you see them I trained every single one of them you will become as strong as them either you become stronger after that is souly up to you Porthos nodded his hand clenched on his rapier saying then I Porthos swear to the heavens and on my honor as a Musketeer my loyalty to you Hound may we have a many victories together and like that the thunder shook the air Athos was stunned looking to Porthos saying what have you done Porthos you have gone against your outh to the king and country but Porthos simply looked to him shrugging so we are no longer there we have ascended Athos there is no way for us to go back or at least not for a while and how long will have passed down there huh besides we have protected both king and country with are lives for a long time and it has almost killed us a many a time so its time to step back and let the new generation take over down there we are, free man, now brother and I see a great future if I follow this man Athos was stunned hearing his friends words but soon he would be even more stunned Artemis who was still looking towards Mercury finally turned and looked at me saying I swear to the heavens and on my honor as a Musketeers my loyalty is yours hound and maybe one day I will have the right to call you father in law and like that thunderstruck Athos looked to him stubbed asking Artemis did you just give your loyalty so you could have a chance for a girl Porthos laughed saying yep and that's just like him Athos side shaking his head I could tell Athos was conflicted but I simply waited not pushing him till Athos side saying damn it you two I guess I can't leave you two fucks behind what would you do without me after all Artemis shrugged maybe get some restful sleep then Porthos then spoke or maybe we would drink in peace Athos chuckled yea yea fuck you to ass holes he then looked to me saying I swear to the heavens abd on my honor as a musketeer you have may loyalty Hound may we drink together as brothers celebrating are great victory together and like that the third thunder strike shook the air I smiled throwing them 3 spiders saying channel into soul energy into these they did so and soon the earbug was in and the spider was around there wrist testing one two can you hear me they nodded good the yelling Grave welcome welcome are three new members and like that all of grave let out a three cheers Jake then spoke over the earbud saying lads get ready to go through hell brother Hounds training is brutal so be ready to bleed hahahaha Athos, Artemis and Pothos faces want pale healing that all three wondering what sort of crazy organization did they join and soon we landed and I got the three new requires squared away but this brings me to the brusha kingdom which had changed greatly before there was multiple sections for all the sects in here but all those sections was gone and all the sects which were only 6 happily shared the city the sect members mingled and talked with the other sect members this built a stronger sense of unity between the sects but that didn't mean there wasn't any healthy rivalry between the sects and there members cuz there was but most of the time it was healthy rivalry as for my home it was literally the same exact replica of the old hound's house it was like I picked up the old house and dropped it here and that's exactly what I did it took some strength to do so but I had enough of that besides Fjord did the same with his gem house technically we stole these houses but we owned them so I wasn't sure it it was stealing ir not we owned the house just not the land around the house so technically we did steal them but no matter I walked in and slumped onto the couch like this one more year passed with me and Zarock training the new recruits for the sect wall Athos, Artemis and Porthos at the end of the normal training got to experience hell at my hand but at the end of the year all three of them was lion barbarians and members of grave this was the day my fox clone assassinated Azreal it was a mission from Lucifer himself and the rewards was just to sweat for me to pass besides I was being paid to kill the bastard that raped Lotus and Reapers mothers so I couldn't be happier to kill him the required which was Lucifer would welcome us into his kingdom like family plus I could get even more of his and Liliths blood but I did ask for the payment a head of time he happily agreed and sent it over I was ecstatic getting this blood I still had the drops of blood from when I was in the second layer I hadn't taken that blood yet cuz when I do is when I will show more demonic features normally I wouldn't mind but it would be a pain in the ass so I waited for the right moment but Azreal was a bit harder to kill then any of the others I have tried to kill he had so many life saving talisman that it would make any person turn red with anger that a lot of many just for things that may or may not save you life but I am the only person at the moment who had a weapon that moved so fast the talismans couldn't activate in time or well me and the few that was in my sect but none of the ones in the sect could ever compare with bad news especially when I channel my death and fire laws into it but it took me 3 days to even get a shot at him sense he loved to stay in his house in seclusion but on the 4 day I got my chance and I smiled seeing the person with him Michael and Azreal was having a intence conversation and wasnt paying attention I shook my eyes on the clock tower I put the iron sights on Azreal and in a mocking voice I whispered diddle, diddle you are so little and on that last word I squeezed both triggers thomp, thomp the two tungsten spikes shot forward the back of it glowing bright orange and the tip was as black as midnight Azreal just stopped and looked to Michael he smiled ruffling Michael hair that's when the tungsten spikes sank into his heart he coughed up blood and looked down to see the two tungsten spikes sticking out of his chest where his heart is fear and disbelief spread across his face his eyes glowing with anger then overwhelming fear the fear of death Nd the next moment the light in his eyes faded and his body collapsed Michael was stunned the moment he seen the two holes where my spikes would be he screamed for help he crouched down and tried to heal Azreal but he was already dead that's when Michael seen something resting around Azreal neck it was a necklace that had a grinning fox charm on it and on its back it read the fox was here Michael roared up to the skies seeing this charm I Fox me quickly got up and left the clock tower it was already being guarded enough I bet more guards will be stationed there or maybe they would even take it down but little did I know things was about to get fun.