Somewhere in the middle of the forest surrounding the village of Rion. Two teenage boys where sitting on a log , one of them seemed to be deep in thought while facing the ground, his hand supporting his chin.
Lex was looking at Adam anxiously. He had just finished telling him everything, minus the system.He told him how he was taken to a cave to meet his father, only to find out that he was a dragon.
He then told Adam that his father used a secret technique to impart his knowledge onto Lex, and that was how he knew so much about magical beasts, and also because he was one himself. He concluded by disclosing how his hybrid status was the reason behind his strength and how he managed to kill rank two magical beasts.
Adam had been 'thinking' for close to ten minutes now and Lex was beginning to wonder what he was thinking about. He was about to ask when Adam finally raised his head with a serious expression.
"Lex i want you to answer me truthfully, are you or will you ever become a threat to the human race ? " He questioned with clear conviction in his voice.
At first Lex wanted to answer like 'of course not' but he stopped himself because even he was not sure of that. So he decided to speak from his heart.
"All i can promise you is that i will never hurt anyone who did me no wrong. However I will destroy anyone who gets in my way or hurts the ones I love, human or not. I protect those who stand behind me , help those beside me and kill those obstructing my progress."
Lex said those words with passion in his eyes, he did not know what the future held but he would be ready for whatever it will be. It was inevitable that one day his secret will be discovered and he wanted to be strong enough to protect himself and his friends when that time comes.
"Right answer " Adam said with a smile "Flame brothers forever " He added as he held out his fist to Lex.
Lex smiled as he let out a sigh of relief, he did not want his situation to create bad blood between him and Adam.
"Flame brothers forever" Lex replied while fist bumping Adam.
"Oh yeah i gotta ask man " Adam said "Can you breathe fire?" he asked with stars in his eyes.
"What the hell you talking about?, of course i can breathe fire. You can too remember"
"No dude I don't mean with your elemental 'Force' , I mean just from your lungs" Adam rephrased.
"No of course i can't, and i don't think i ever will , my father said the dragon DNA in my blood is weak. So i think the only benefits i get from being a hybrid are the extra strength and resilience." Lex explained
"Huh.... well that's boring, I just had this vision of myself, Linda and Tina flying on your back to our double wedding." Adam joked with a laugh.
"Hah.... that would be the day" Lex laughed
The villagers and team Cursed had finally arrived back at the village of Rion. The locals did not waste any time and went to their respective houses after Laura and the others confirmed that the village was void of any beast.
Laura and the team, minus the Flame brothers, where sitting around a camp fire making small talk while waiting for Lex and Adam to return. Rocky suddenly showed up and knelt on one knee in front of his village's saviours.
"I would like to express my gratitude once again. Not only did you save my people from certain death, you have also agreed to stay and protect our home , for that i am eternally grateful."
Laura had not told Rocky the exact reason why the team was staying. She just told them that they are staying for a while and that suitable accomodations should be organized for them.
"I am ashamed to ask this of you after you have already done so much for us , but ... i have a request." Rocky said
"As long as it is not too much I'm sure we can help" Laura replied
"Well there is a teenager here in my village, she is the same age as your team and since she was a baby she has been able to do things normal children can't. And just last year, she naturally awakened the thunder element and has gotten stronger ever since. Im afraid this village is no longer the right place for her." Rocky said.
At that point as if on cue , a young girl exited from one of the nearby huts. She was tall , pale white skin with short yellow hair that seemed to be crudely cut off with a knife. She whore black boots that reached up half way to her knees , tight black shorts which left little to the imagination and a black crop top, on her back where two shining black daggers that seemed to absorb the little light of the shining moon. She also wore black lipstick and coupled with all the black clothing she donned, her white skin seemed to glow.
Visible drool was coming out of Michael's mouth as he witnessed the figure of what was by far the most beautiful girl he ever saw. The girls however, cursed their luck.
Somewhere deep in the forest. In a dark cave lay a magical beast six meters tall. It was black in colour with deep red eyes. Four massive muscular legs supported its giant body , three long tails came out of its back and a single horn grew from its forehead. It unmistakably radiated the aura an earth lion in the third rank.
All of a sudden a rank two lion ran into the cave and came to kneel in front of the rank three. It's snout touched the hard ground of the cave as it bowed. The arrival of the second rank lion caused the black lion to raise its head showing off it's shining black mane.
"You better have a good reason for waking me up otherwise you will become my snack, i am feeling a bit hungry" The black lion said in human words. The rank two lion shook in fear in front of the unrivaled power of its superior.
"Humans cubs.... village....Three dead" the rank two beast spoke human words with difficulty. The stronger beast turned it's head to the side as it thought about what it's subordinate just said. After a few minutes of thinking, the rank three focused on the weaker lion again causing the poor beast to flinch.
"Send the remaining rank two beasts, all of them , and don't return unless you have the heads of all the humans cubs who interupted my plans" It ordered.
The rank three beast was annoyed, those human cubs had interupted its evolution and it wouldn't easily forgive that.
"My hunger grows" The rank three growled to a lion that was silently standing at a dark corner of the cave. The lion nodded and went behind a wall before coming out dragging the dead body of a young boy. If Tina was present, she would recognize the body as it was the same kid she saw being taken away from the city hall , it was Rocky's son.