After many days had passed, Jop regained his consciousness.
I opened my eyes to see a sister taking care of me. In a small room inside a church
(Jop) Where am I? What's even more important, where is my friend? Is he alive ! I don't know who you are, but please let me know!
I looked at her and she smiled
(Teri) Don't worry you in the main church of the village of Atla and I'm Teri the main sister here. As for Max's condition, why won't he tell you yourself? When Max walked into the room, I saw a miracle he hadn't even scratched. I was shocked.
(Jop) Max, you're alive, how come your injuries are gone? You didn't transform into a Phoenix so how is that possible?
Max smiled and face palm.
(Max) Did you forget my words when we were locked up? I told you I'm fine thanks to my hybrid form. I have Phoenix healing powers without transforming but the healing may take a while to kick in.
(Jop) Oh that's right, through the pain and stress I completely forgot about it all. Therefore, are you practically immortal?
(Max) Yes as long as my head is connected to my body or my brain aint dead but I still feel pain so let's not do this again alr. However, I am glad you're ok and I am happy for you to unlock your transformation. You saved us man good job.
I looked at my hands and I was happy that I could finally fight on my own and also aspire to become a knight like Max and Yen.
(Jop) Yea i heard a voice in my head when everything became dark and it told me to wake up and i just transformed into grim reaper i feel strong but not strong enough i don't even have hybrid form how do i unlock it btw.
Sister Teri did bring me soup to eat since I didn't eat for days. I was so happy she gave it to me and while I was eating she answered my questions.
(Teri) Let me tell you exactly what happened. 1 you are a late bloomer as you know most people have the transformation from birth but some can only unlock it through a certain requirement.
(Max) That's right I also unlocked my transformation at age 8 when I burned myself. Now that I think about it I also heard a voice telling me to wake up.
(Teri) Yes that voice is the true god. He tells the late bloomers to unlock it. So your Phoenix requirement was to get burnt and feel the fire and your Jop you said was dark ?
(Jop) Yes, my heart was racing like crazy then it hurt and everything became dark.
At that moment, I realized what my requirements were.
(Jop) I had a heart attack and died!!!
(Max) Damn so that means that if you were to die from an old age you would come back alive and could transform that crazy but i'm happy you died so soon since you won't be fighting old men
Max smirked at me and patted me on the shoulder.
I laughed a bit too. It was still a scary thing to die.
(Jop) Yea as weird as it sounds yea, I'm glad to.
(Teri) As for unlocking your hybrid form there are some ways but the most effective one is to meditate and feel your own transformation power so i would say if you want i give you a quiet dark room so that you meditate daily as of when your power awakens that remains to be seen.
(Jop) got it thank you, I would like to do it. But we still need to find Yen and Canji
(Max) if they are still alive ofc
(Jop) Cmon have some faith. I know they are good, they have to be.
At that moment another person walked in.
(Aquador) Well considering the threat of the predator race, I would say you train first then look for your friends.
If you want, I can even get you to meet Prince Persi, my ruler. I reported you to him and he said he would like to speak to both of you if you wish to.
Max and I looked at each other and we agreed that it is true that we need to become stronger and then look for Yen and Canji. We also accepted the invitation to meet the prince
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To be Continue