Chapter 15: True Inheritor (3)
"I think it's about to open, Chief." Said a man in black uniform to the stoic middle aged man at the front.
Chief Brown took out a comb, fixing his neat haircut, "Listen up everyone, our people have discovered this ancient trial site 4 years ago and now it's finally about to open. Everyone here is an elite summoner and the future pillars of USA. You will get a shot at the inheritance. You all know what's at stake here, so give your best!" Shouted the Chief Brown to the group of youths behind him. All of them were wearing the same black uniforms with determined expressions on their faces.
Chief Brown could see the greed, hope and curiosity in their eyes and smiled, turning around to the closed gates of the majestic palace in front of them.
All of them felt the Flux inside the palace surging and the gates suddenly made loud noises.
Their gazes were fixated on the gates that began to open, when a golden light blinded them.
Chief Brown's heart began to beat faster seeing that, 'We will gain a huge advantage over the other countries If we can secure the inheritance with the first batch of candidates!'
Everyone waited patiently until the golden light subsided, only to see someone slowly walking out from the entrance.
All of them looked at the scene in disbelief and confusion, some stared at Chief Brown.
'Didn't you say that we are the first one to arrive?'
'Didn't you say that the government kept this place top secret?'
'Didn't you say that it would only open now?'
Chief Brown could feel the gazes directed at him and he grew irritated and angrier with every second.
He looked at the unknown man walking out from the palace, 'How is it possible? Who is he? No, that doesn't matter, he isn't one of us and we can't rule out that he managed to get his hands on the inheritance!'
George's bad mood soured even further when he saw a group of people blocking his way. He was happy in the beginning after binding the Sun Ring to himself and checking the content inside its huge space. It was almost empty, only a few things and the last message from Solaxio were inside and that message wasn't good news for him.
Solaxio explained to him that he spent one year inside the trial ground but because the time there runs differently there, 10 years had passed in the outside world. That was necessary because the trial ground wouldn't last long enough to find inheritors otherwise because of the high cost to sustaining it. All the treasures that the Sun Titans left behind, were being used to keep the trial ground working...
He also explained that all the skills that were lesser than his new bloodline would be erased because of its tyrannical nature. George didn't believe it at first but cursed when he noticed that [Inferno Scales] and [Toxic Dragonfire] had vanished from his mind and he couldn't use them anymore. Only [Eyes of Sin] was left.
The only good thing that Solaxio left behind in his message was that he was able to use the portal inside the Sol Tower to travel back to Earth and that the Sun Ring was able to teleport him back to Star City whenever he wanted. What annoyed him too was that he wasn't able to use Star City at all until he improved his strength.
George looked at the middle aged man with neat brown hair and full beard, he sensed his killing intent but ignored it.
"Which year is it?" Asked George slowly.
Chief Brown frowned, 'What kind of question is that?' He decided to ignore it, "I don't know which organisation you serve or how you managed to enter the ancient trial site but this place is owned by the US Government!"
George lifted an eyebrow, "Owned by the US Government? This place doesn't belong to humans, answer me, which year do we have?"
Chief Brown gave George a sinister smile, "It seems that you have obtained the inheritance but you don't even know how to hide your Flux. I can tell that you are only a Starter Tier Summoner..." He didn't continue as a wave of Flux erupted beside him when a youth with blond hair rushed forward.
Red flames began to burn on his black gloves and the blond youth punched the air in George's direction. Roaring flames flew towards him like a tide.
George looked at the flames under his hood with indifference. He was wearing a black hoodie with a golden sun emblem at the back, black cargo pants with black all star sneakers. He got these clothes from the space inside the Sun Ring and they could change into anything he wanted as long he infused his Flux into them.
He held out his palm. The flames engulfed his figure and the blond youth sneered.
It took half a minute until the flames died out, revealing George standing at the same spot like nothing happened.
'I guess I will get the answers once I'm back on Earth...'
"You like playing with flames?" Asked George amused.
The group saw the space beside him ripple, a massive head emerging from it, surprising most of them.
"Isn't that an Inferno Dragon?" Asked one of the youths behind Chief Brown.
"Burn them Hades!" Ordered George.
His once weak Inferno Dragon had grown now to a height of 4 meters and was over 9 meters long. It looked like it came straight out from hell with its metallic black scales. It was so excited that it was finally able to leave the Astral Space.
A heat wave spread out from Hades when it roared brutally at the group.
Hot flames, darker and fiercer than the flames from the blond youth used, flew towards the youth.
Chief Brown's figure blurred, appearing a second later in front of the youth. He waved his arms, creating a wall of blue fire in front of them that barely withstood the flames.
Hades scruinted its red draconic eyes, intensifying its dark-red flames.
Chief Brown dashed backwards while dragging the blond youth with him, waving his free arm a few times. Four more blue firewalls appeared, completely blocking off the flames.
George rubbed his chin, 'Hades is still a Starter Tier Inferno Dragon but that guy blocked his [Inferno Breath] pretty easily...' He decided to use them as testing dummies to see how strong Hades was.
Chief Brown looked at Hades like it was a treasure hove, "A Starter Tier Inferno Dragon, I don't need to explain how precious it is, who wants it?"
A small youth with a smug smile stepped forward, "I will claim its head." He stretched out his hand, summoning a flashy looking silver blade from the empty air. The small youth wasn't as fast as Chief Brown but his body turned into a blur too.
He arrived quickly beside Hades, George shook his head when he saw that. The youth was fast but not fast enough for Hades. A powerful claw hit the small youth with such a speed that it didn't leave him any moment to react. The small youth with spiky brown hair was flung away like a toy.
George noticed that none of the group showed any reaction, it was as if they were expecting it to happen.
Suddenly a silver slash came out of nowhere from his left side, aiming for his neck.
The small youth had a smug expression, 'Idiot, why would I kill such a rare dragon if we can capture it alive by getting rid of its summoner first!'
"It never gets old seeing Jason using his Gear Skills." Commented a youth with envy.
'[Doppelganger] with [Doppel Step], magnificent!' Praised Chief Brown Jason mentally.
Jason's smug face vanished the moment he slashed across George's neck, 'It didn't feel right...'
His eyes widened in slow motion when he met George's black eyes under his hood, what Jason slashed was an afterimage. George was crouching down while his left palm moved fast towards Jason's defenseless chest.
George unleashed some of the Flux inside his body through his palm. Jason felt the soft touch from George's palm on his chest but had no time to react before a burning pain spread across his whole body.
Chief Brown and the other youths widened their eyes in utter shock. They saw a small shockwave hit Jason, sending him flying a couple of meters. What really shocked them was Jason's flashy silver sword shattered while black smoke came out from his body.
They all knew what it meant if a Gear shatters, it meant that its summoner had died!
All of them looked from the shattered pieces of the silver sword towards Jason's body which was now revealed that it had become a charred corpse...
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