"They finally did it!" a voice said. "In a thousands years they finally killed me. Where did they get her? She is so strong."Â
In one place, "Miss, push harder." a woman said, all dressed in ragged nurse's outfit. "It's almost out." she added. She was helping another woman give birth.
"I can't take it any more," the other woman cried, "Is it out yet?" She was lying on a mat and groaning in pain sweat running down her body.
After long painful groans the baby was out, "It's out!" the nurse shouted rapping the baby in a towel. The groaning had stopped and the newly become mother was lying on the bed with a face of relief. 'I did it!'Â she thought tears running down her cheeks. she had long straight black hair pink small lips blue eyes and he body figure was slim and portable. She looked like a woman in her twenties.Â
The nurse handed the baby to his mother. Pale light brown skinned boy was born his eyes still closed was crying on top of his lungs but then deep in the baby's mind, 'I can't believe it!' the voice said, ' I'm back.' It was rejoicing with happiness after being given a second chance in life. 'I'm alive!' It said, ' But wait if I'm back to life, who brought me back?' It asked itself but it was again interrupted by a sudden loud aggressive knock at the door. Everyone in the room pause for awhile but then they all calmed down for the person at the door did sound threatening.
"Scarlet it's me Ladwick." The person said in a whisper. "Open up the soldiers are here."Â
"It's okay nurse we can let him in he's my husband." The other woman said.Â
"He can't harm us." She added. The nurse moved slowly again opened the door slowly.
When Ladwick finally got into the room, he had a big smile on his face and at the same time tears ran down his face.
"We finally had our first child." he sobbed " We actually have a son now." He said out loud now with happiness.Â
"Come on don't over cry Ladwick, do you want your boy to see you like that?"Â Scarlet told him.Â
"You can relax, the baby is fine,"Â nurse told him.Â
"She's right Ladwick, our little boy is fine," Scarlet got the baby from the nurse. Ladwick moved closer and got the baby from Scarlet.
"Who dares to hold me like this?" The voice again asked. "Who dares to put me in these ugly hands?"
Ladwick and the others couldn't hear it but it kept complaining. "I'm the greatest demonic cult, they can't hold me like that." With all the complaining, the baby's eyes opened.
"I'm a baby" the voice said."This can't be, I can't be a baby."
"Oh, look his eyes have opened," Ladwick said, It's eyes were round and golden.
"That's strange" Scarlet moved closer, "It's too early for it to see."
"Guess he is full of wonders, let's name him Lian,"Ladwick complemented.
"My name is Raz, I don't need that idiotic name," said the voice.
Seven years later.....
Lian had turned five and by that age Ladwick thought Lian was able to learn some his skills. Unfortunately, Lian's body couldn't handle all the skills at once.
"Lian can't learn any of the skills I teach him," Ladwick explained to Scarlet."He's just five, I think his body is not ready yet," she said. "But if your not satisfied with that, you can take him for an energy test."
Ladwick and Scarlet lived in a town sorryonded by a large forest and many hills. They were respected and honoured by everyone. No one dared to touch them but the fact that Lian was a kid and couldn't learn any skill. Ladwick would lose the respect and honour since it would be disgraceful for a man as strong as him to have a powerless child. In their world, their was a way of attaining unique and strange attributes through cultivation. There were eight levels of cultivation; Demonic cult,Emperor cult, King cult, Bishop cult, Judge cult, Knight cult,Advanced cult and Light cult respectively. Ladwick and Scarlet were knight cults, the only ones in their towns so every one would bring gifts and offerings to them for protecting them. Of course Ladwick didn't want to lose that esteem.
"Don't give up on him, he's your only Child." Scarlet pleaded. Without his parents noticing him, Lian overheard most of their conversation. "Why did I come back a weakling. Now I can't learn any skill. I'm no better than a dead person," he murmured. "But still,I need my revenge but I can't do that like this." He moved outside to continue training. Ladwick later came out to train him.
"Hey Lian, we are going to change your training," Ladwick told him, "We shall start with simple swordsmanship skills."
"It's okay, I'll go with whatever you propose."
Swordsmanship was the weakest skill in their world but Lian agreed to it because he couldn't practise other and his former self barely used swords.
"We will practise skills from these books." said Ladwick as he held out three books to him."They are all of different cult levels from Light to cult. Practise starts tomorrow."
Next morning.....
Ladwick woke Lian up early,the sun hadn't risen yet.
"Wake up. It's time for training."
They moved to the large compound which was was spacious enough for them to train.
"Choose a weapon among these," said Ladwick pointing to a table full of many kinds of swords.
"I don't need heavy items, they are very uncomfortable," he murmured as he moved across the table to pick up a dagger.
"Your choice is a strange one," said Ladwick still bothered by Lian' choice of weapon.
He pulled out his sword. It was a long, thin double sided blade.
"We are gonna learn the fist skill," he instructed as he pointed his sword at Lian."Attack me, c'mon."
Lian did not hesitate and attacked immediately aiming the short at ladwick's chest but Ladwick was faster and more skilled so he proved Lian's attacks slowly and unskilful.
Lian kept pushing on forcing his young weak body to perform complex skills and Ladwick could see this but he let it be trying to test Lian's limits. Eventually Lian stopped attacking and fell down on one knee breathing heavily and sweat running down his cheeks and neck.Â
"Impressive I will attack you then." Ladwick said. Before Lian knew a sword was heading his way. He raised up quickly putting his dagger to block the sword.Â
'He nearly killed.' Lian complained in his mind. 'I thought this was training.'Â
"Your reflexs are not bad." Ladwick told him. "But you have to get even faster."
He charged in again attacking at an even greater speed only hitting Lian with the flat edge of the sword but the power in it was too much for Lian to bear and every time he tried blocking he would be pushed back. Lian was frustrated. He pushed away Ladwick's sword with the little strngth he had. Ladwick pulled back leaving a gap between the two.
'Did I over do it?' Ladwick thought. 'I better let him rest for now.'
"Okay lets stop there for today. That's all we learn for today."
Twoyears later...
Ladwick had taught Lian most swordsmanship skills and Lian had mastered them but then Ladwick had to leave for one of his wondering trips leaving Lian to practise on his own.Scarlet had helped him in some situations but it never helped much. Instead of increase in training, Lian grew a strong bond btween him and Scarlet but either way he still kept some restrictions.He had to take his revenge on all humans.
' I will have to destroy her too one day.' he thought.Â
So he kept his feelings intact, he didn't any thing to intervene in his plans.
"lian dear would you like to go to the market place with me?" Scarlet inquired. It was awkward that she Lian's mother had to first inquire from his before taking him anywhere. At such a tender age Lian sure had strange devastating aura around him.
After hearing Scarlet's inquiry, the latter posed for a bit but then had to answer politely back. Lian of course in his previous life didn't use any polite words. He just commanded people so he was trying hard to get rid of the superioritive tongue. This brought him to a stummerish accent.
"I-I'll go with you." he said after clearing out some offensive words.
"So then go get your cloak and let's head out."
Due to Lian's indifference on his body compared to other children in town, he had to put on a cloak. From his birth, Lian had had some unique features on him. Despite the fact that he was a cute little boy and so handsome compared to the others, he had his indifference and people soon ignored the cute side of his and focused on the so called bad sid e of his. For Lian he was slim smooth skin round face but of all his body features two stood out most and those were his eyes and hair. For every had different hair colour but some had a unique hair colour and Lian was one of them. He had spiky dark purple hair and shiny golden eyes.
Lian reluctantly put on the long black cloak which covered his hair and partially his eyes if he didn't lift up his that was.