The ride was entirely quiet until his mother said, " How are you feeling ", " Good " he whispered with his arms crossed looking out of the window, she heard him," You are the strongest amongst my child and let no one call you a curse. " she said.
" Didn't you see what happened, how am I the strongest " he replied not taking his attention from the window, " You brother uses Ki and is a purple rank, your sister uses mana and is a purple rank but you use an ancient energy said to only be possessed by Gods ".
" It's called Qi a superior combination of mana and ki, you are also a gold rank which are only six in the entire world, your potential is limitless " she added, after that nothing was said by both of them.
Scarlet stared at her son and compared him with both of her older children which were curious, playful and noisy but he was an exception, intelligent, strange and extremely quiet, he could be in a place and not be noticed.
He was always full of surprises, this is someone who sees with his eyes closed and blindfolded on top it, she just wished he could live a normal peaceful life which was something the strong didn't have.
They got home and passed the information to the remaining family members which brought a glummy mood for the day but to cheer Damian up his father showed him his weapon collection and told him to pick a weapon.
" That one " He said pointing to a great sword that hung on the wall about three and half feet long which was the current size of Damian, " Okay when you reach sixteen I will give it to you " his father assured him, " But can you get me a weaker version of the sword so I could train with it " Damian suggested.
" Sure no problem " His dad replied as he was happy his son wanted to become a swordsman like him and one day take care of his wealth and empire.
A week later Damian received the great sword and a magical training dummy, meanwhile he had already been training with his system which proved a bit stressful as he was still very clumsy.
But at least he got an elemental ability which gave him hope and he had successfully unlocked all his techniques and was yet to use the information about them, he started going out on his own but faced a little problem because other children ridiculed him for being a curse.
So he diverted to the forest mountain with which was close to his village and his house, trees and wild beasts were abundant, it wasn't far from Damian's house so everyday he jogged there everyday after school and climbed the shallow parts of the forest mountain.
It was so high that it passed the clouds, had many cliffs with level land and dangerous creatures, he only climbed into a small cave which he stayed to train, For days Damian trained passed his limit doing things his age normally wouldn't do like punching and kicking trees and rocks while practicing his swordsman stance.
He also had a wooden sword which he made himself, sharping it so it could tear through flesh just in case he one day ran into a beast and some times after training he went hunting for some weak animals like weak rodents.
* BOOM *
Damian punched a tree with all his might after infusing it will Qi to strengthen it "Ouch my fist it's bleeding" He said examining the extent of the injury, just then he some strange noise coming from the forest.
Normally their was always tranquility within the outskirts of the forest, the blood on his fist began to reseal the injury, he got his wooden sword out of his sheath and walked into the first outer parts of the forest, the sound kept getting louder and louder as he advanced further.
[ Ding! ]
[ Emergency Mission ]
[ A strong predatory gaze has been inflicted on the host exterminate this pest ]
[ Reward : 30 Exp ]
Damian had spotted that growl was coming from a insect like creature it looked like a giant praying mantis, it had sharp metal spikes on its head down to its back, it had two sharp blade like claws and had four legs which it used for walking, it's red eyes stared at Damian who has already unsheathed his wooden sword and taking a fighting stance.
VOOM VOOM VOOM!!!
Three metal spikes were flying towards Damian who easy doged the spikes ' It's slow that's my advantage ' he said and charged towards the spiked praying mantis and went for a slash at it's leg aiming to demobilize it
But the mantis disappeared from his view and appeared out of nowhere before slash downwards at Damian who was forced to retract and stopped his attack.
The mantis blade hand sank into the ground and got stuck, then Damian went offensive and struck it on it's blade hand with his sword after fusing it was Qi, a crack was formed on it's blade hand.
Then it pulled out it's hand out of the ground and tried to slice him into half, but Damian doged again and quickly chopped off one of it's leg with a quick stride, it wasn't metallic so it went of easily plus the Qi infusion.
The mantis before losing composure slashed it's blade hand into Damian's shoulder before flinging him to a nearby tree , * GNASH * Damian gnashed his teeth containing the pain as he muttered, 'Primordial Demon technique…, BLOOD MANIPULATION '.
The blood seeping out of his injury started float mid air before joining and solidifying into seven bloodcicles which shot at the mantis piercing it in several places, Damian dashed towards the mantis and slashed at it's cracked spot his sword blazing with a reddish glow.
With one slash it hand shattered like glass, Damian rushed backwards and stood besides a tree, at that same time the mantle rushed forward and crashed it's remaining hand at the thick tree trunk and it went in deep and got stuck.
Using the opportunity Damian swung his sword and cut off all the mantis legs one by one, black blood splattered everywhere and on his clothes and the shrieking of the mantis filled Damian's ears then he jumped up in the air and slash of the mantis head.
Damian cut open the mantis body and shoved his hand into the insect body and yanked out it's bloody heart, he usually brings water with him so he washed the heart and remove it's core.
"I will sell it and use it to buy a shield to prepare for the knight academy" he said holding the core in his hands but something he found quite intriguing happened he heard a mechanical voice ring in his head and he saw some words floating in the air
[ Ding! ]
[ Mission Accomplished ]
[ Reward has been received ]
[ You leveled up 3 points have been added to strength, five points free to distribute ]
When he was going home he saw some boys about his age come on the same path, so he changed the footpath and continued heading home to avoid any problems but things don't always go the way you hope.
"Hey cursed idiot come over here" Shouted one of the boys which he assumed was their leader due to his stance and posture, but he walked on, he was not afraid of them but he knows that if they get in a fight, he might injure some and it will cause some problems for him.
So as Damian walked on ignoring them completely, pissed off from been ignored they started throwing stones at him, but Damian smiled as he predicted every place the projectiles would land without facing the boys.
He left them and jogged home a little piqued at their actions but this wasn't the time to fight back, he got home and was welcomed by the servants, he scurried to his room hiding his injury.
Checking the time it was one pm sharp which meant he came back a bit late he was going to follow his brother to the village were they would buy somethings for their mother although they had a lot of servants they still did some things themselves as the house they lived in wasn't a small one.
He got into the bathroom and washed his wound and applied some spirits on it before using blood manipulation to regenerate it and it was soon closed up as if he never got injured in the first place, and now he was ready to leave.