— Pay attention Grey! I'll only tell you only once, Arthur was born... He was born in the former United Kingdom, before the second great union, the son of the king and queen, the legitimate heir, the first son of the sovereigns... — I growled to the young cub sited in the chair beside me.
Son of a couple who loved each other very much, he was the result of pure love, pure intimacy, but... One day, when Arthur was still a child, the heart of the king, his father, changed, and was no longer the same. From a young, just and wise king, he became violent, arrogant, aggressive and perverse. He slaughtered for no reason, married several women, princesses, nobles, daughters of elders, and families prospered with these unions.
Despite the king's wrongdoings, the Treadway family remained the most powerful, and prestigious family, becoming more powerful with each child born from the other wives. The queen did her best so that the boy did not witness these behaviors, but you can't take a child away from his father, can you?
In the same period, something strange happened, the queen realized that while the king was concerned with having fun, and satisfying his perverse desires, the kingdom was being watched by spies and, all allies tried to alert the king, but he did not want to listen, consequently the kingdom was invaded, the king was killed and the queen had to flee being eight months pregnant, with a six-year-old son, and a faithful butler, Windsor.
It was a terrible night for the kingdom, the invaders let the women live but killed the other sons of the deceased king. The invader was looking for the queen, he wanted her to consolidate his throne, and also, she was very beautiful to look at. Knowing this, the queen in her cunning fled before they reached the palace, towards the forests of the cold lands of Alfmosis.
The gray-haired child fixed his big greenish eyes on me. — Oh, right... So, it was like this. I remembered a little... — he said, placing his finger on his chin in a reflective stance.
This is Drake Gray, son of the Archduke and wealthy merchant, Damian Lion Gray and the wise and beautiful Yuna Xaya Gray. Beautiful young couple, with beautiful children... This infant is an idiot, but he's young... I beg God he changes...
Looking at Grey with a vein pulsing on my face. — Silence child! Let me tell you the story. And in that forest, the boy discovered by the mouth of the butler, that his mother was not human, but an amazon, a modified species, of only women, who went through changes that made them reach the maximum of their physical and psychological abilities. The furious queen almost killed the butler for revealing this. Amazons had twice the hormones that human women had, many qualities and many defects too.
The butler explained that this was why the kid was different, he was half amazon and human. Faster, stronger, more agile and sharper reflexes than a normal human being.
Sometime later, in the forest, in one of the searches for firewood, the boy found a caravan of kidnappers about to rape a child, and slaughtered the four kidnappers, and saved not only the girl's life, but her dignity. He discovered that she was a princess, Hera II, adopted daughter of the great Zeus, known as the god king. They became friends immediately.
They continued their journey, leaving the princess near Athena, the capital of the Greek empire, and the three followed to the south of the continent Asu, waiting for the moment when the tide allows them to reach the amazon island.
And when the time came, they ran towards the beach, but the usurper's assassins caught up with them and while the fallen queen organized the boat for them, the elder, a Supreme Master, fought five Grand Masters alone. The fallen queen succeeded, but not in time to prevent the elder from being injured, fortunately he managed to defeat them all, and they got into the boat, and went towards the island...
Swinging his legs with his head on the table, he sighed. — Yes, I remember that, now speak faster, the most interesting parts, tell it, go on...
With my arms crossed, I felt a deep desire urge from the depths of my soul "I'm tempted to beat this brat..." I muttered. — Okay, sur... Many questions arose along the journey, "What were the amazons like?" "Would they accept men on the island?" "Where is the island?" "What's it like to be an amazon?"
I squeaked, looking at him from the corner of my eyes. — Shut up kid, I won't answer you now, organize the questions, I'll answer when I'm done, understood?
And my job was to teach this child... That 'thing', was an imbecile... Yes, he was a child, but... let's continue...
The boy nodded excitedly. — Yes Mr. A...
When they arrived on the island, they had a warm welcome, with bows and arrows, spears, swords and shields, they were about to be killed by a squad of women armed to the teeth, but a woman different from the others appeared, with a crown, jewels and luxurious clothes.
Andromeda greeted her mother, Queen Cassandra.
Both moved, hugged each other, and the queen of the amazons, Arthur's grandmother, was very happy with her daughter's return.
The next day, when they were all rested, the butler with the proper medical care. They were taken to the throne room, and the amazons expressed their obvious dissatisfaction with the presence of men on the island, it was ordered that the butler had to leave, he had only 36 hours to do so, otherwise he would die, Andromeda, mother of the protagonist, was well received and her titles of princess returned to her, as well as her prestige.
The newborn daughter, Allana, was received and accepted as a princess, but the boy was rejected. He had to leave, but the queen didn't like that, she preferred to keep the boy on the island under one condition, he had to fight for his stay, fight in the Supreme Championship, the biggest and most lucrative championship at that time, where everyone could see who the strongest amazon was, and where the champion of the gods was chosen.
The kid accepted without choice. He and his grandmother didn't get along at first, the boy refused to submit to the queen, his grandmother.
A new stage in their lives began, now the killers did not know where they were, for the time being, at least. And having agreed on the terms, the butler left the island.
Arthur began his training with his mother, and to study with her at night, as he could not leave his room much, because of the hatred the amazons had towards him. His mother was his teacher, and he learned from her, until the queen began to train him.
Three years passed. And at the age of nine, already at the Foundation Realm, the Supreme Championship began.
With great difficulty he achieved the first victory, meanwhile, one of the queen's advisors conspired against the boy to kill him. In the Championship, he was brave enough to defeat Zeus' daughters, leaving them seriously injured. He then faced his friend, Hera II, and at that fight he showed that he was The One, the Prophesized King...
The Ultimate Lord, the one who would possess the Invincible Golden Aura, the Anointed One, but that's for another time.
The child showed a resplendent oppressive and domineering aura, of someone who has fought in many battles, has won many wars, something surprising to Hera, his adversary, and for those watching. The amazons did not believe that a child could make princess Hera II surrender. Hera, the goddess who was seen as an unparalleled martial artist, who had a physical strength equal to giants, and a beauty much rarer than that of Aphrodite, was subdued. The amazons were furious, but they could not deny that Arthur was strong.
And days after that, Zeus was notified that one of his daughters was in a coma and another gave up a fight. Furious, he decided to go to the island.
There, the god king tried to kill Arthur with his bare hands, but couldn't. The boy had a protector...
The amazons had been servants of the Olympian gods since the time of Emperor king Pendragon, but Arthur didn't know it yet, he only knew that Zeus was very feared for being one of the strongest of the world, and for the stories around him, going to bed with his daughters, murdering his own wife, slaughter without needing a reason, slavery, and many other things.
After all that, Arthur's next opponent was Athena, who was a god. Under normal conditions, they could not fight because they were of different cultivation levels, but Zeus convinced, or killed someone...
Speaking for minutes... I drank a glass of water, then sighed. — I need my medicines, Terra! — I roared; my voice heavy with the weight of old age.
Terra, my housekeeper, approached with a dark robe, circular eyeglasses and loose purple hair. She had the always radiant expression with her big and gentle brown eyes, pink lips forming an innocent smile, and her fair skin. A daughter to me.
She bowed and raising her hands, handed me a few pills. — I'm here boss, I brought your medicine, it's about time... And I brought a piece of cake for young master Gray... — she whispered, raising her eyes towards the little duke with soft giggles.
A servant, besides Terra, with a silver tray in her hand, placed a slice of cake, a packet of juice and a glass on the table. She immediately bowed, then left.
— Bon appetite Gray, and boss, your lunch is almost ready... — Terra announced with her hands stretched in her back.
I looked at her with a smile. — Thank you, daughter...
She smiled brightly, then turned her back and left.
I took some pills while the boy devoured the cake. — I'll keep going while you eat, and don't forget to go home. — I said, swallowing my Qi medicine.
Chewing, the 'thing', looked at me with his cheeks full of cake. — Okay, Mr. A.
I sighed, leaning against my chair. — Where did I stop...? Oh yes, Athena was the strongest daughter of Zeus, one of the strongest gods on the world, feared even by her own father...
Trained by gods, monks, samurais, ninjas from the highest mountains in the world, martial artists of all kinds, brilliant minds. She was the goddess of war indeed, a genius, versed in brain and brawn, a mixture of beauty and violence. She was the one Arthur, a nine years-old, would face, while still being at the Foundation Realm.
On the day of the fight, which happened to be the Championship final, Zeus ordered his daughter to kill the boy. But the always indifferent Athena did not care, he was a simple mortal cub in her eyes.
The clash began, Athena massacred Arthur with an indifferent face, but again, a nanotechnology's self-defense system inside Arthur was activated, and he broke Athena' arms and legs.
Everyone could see the fear on the goddess's face, her agony, the incredulity of the audience, the fury of Zeus, and the sigh of relief of queen Cassandra, her grandmother, princess Andromeda, her mother, and princess Hera, her friend, and the contempt of princess Aphrodite, daughter and lover of Zeus.
The next day, Zeus left the island, humiliated, with his daughter traumatized, Aphrodite complaining about everything, and Zeus, furiously expelled Hera and made clear that he would have his revenge. The kid was a champion, but the queen was afraid.
The queen adopted Hera as her daughter and told Arthur that because of this Zeus would not let it go, in addition to king Aca, Zeus wanted the child dead.
Months later, some spies sent by Andromeda, returned. They informed that the United Kingdom was in decline. Aca enslaved the population, and unfortunately all of Arthur's half-brothers were dead, and the daughters of some of the main elders married the king.
Arthur continued his life with ease, cultivating and looking for answers to his questions in the books, discovering that the period in which the amazons disappear is the period of reproduction, and when he asked someone about it, they ran away from the subject in fear, but an amazon ended up saying that reproduction has to do with the electricity used on the island, and the electricity sold by Zeus, and with the power of the god king...
Arthur and Hera began their training with swords, being instructed by the queen.
With cake on his cheeks and nose, Gray stood up. — Mr. A, I'm going to lunch. I'll see you later, okay? Don't die, okay Mister A? — he chuckled, wrapping his tiny hands around my waist, the turning towards my garden's exit.
I looked at the cake on my shirt with grunt scaping my throat. "This kid..." I thought, trying to fight against the smile that forced its way on my lips.
Interesting that this imbecile resembled Arthur Lionheart Pendragon, The One...