- - Grey (sits on a bench, observing the people) “Where is Mr. A…?” (wonders)
- - Mr. A (dressed in a midnight-blue suit, approached, bearing an ice cream cone and a cup of coffee): There you are, I bought you an ice cream... (said, handing the ice cream)
- - Grey (smiles): Thank you, Mr. A…
- - Mr. A (sits next to him): How are your parents? (asked)
- - Grey (licked the ice cream thoughtfully): My mother’s more pregnant than yesterday, my father... I don't know...
- - Mr. A (sipped his coffee): Hmmm interesting, shall we continue the story?
- - Grey (smile widens): Absolutely …
- - Mr. A (leaned closer): You're not very excited, but okay...
Arthur and his friend and subordinate, Tristan, went to the black caves of China, on the Asu continent, where Arthur found various riddles, maps and martial arts written in caves, and treasures of Emperor Pendragon, he soon realized that what was written on the walls were not just illustrations of techniques, but phrases, messages…
As there was no money in their pockets, they had to hunt to eat, and they took advantage of taking the animals' cores, skin, to sell them, they saved money to be able to have the bounty hunter license. It was crazy to go to the hunters' headquarters , while they wanted to kill Tristan, but Arthur had already predicted that, and gave Tristan a mask.
Already in the United Kingdom, more precisely in Camelot, at the hunters' headquarters, while waiting to be called to take the tests, they were approached by a group of hunters. Arthur was very similar to a lost friend of theirs, Andromeda they said, married to Heinrich, Tristan was amazed at so much coincidence, and Arthur remembered what he read in his grandmother's book, when his mother was still a teenager, she really liked leaving the hidden island, her mother hated that, but suddenly Zeus showed interest in Andromeda, she already was a very gorgeous young lady, and he wanted to take her as his wife, but Cassandra, afraid of losing her daughter, decided to invent an argument, and expel her from the island, so that Zeus would'nt touch her, she took away all her privileges, and the princess title.
Zeus was furious, but at that time he had just killed his late wife, Hera, and his children wanted to kill him, so he ignored it. Andromeda was the least of his problems. And she begged to stay on the island, her mother rejected and expelled her, with a heavy heart, making her disappear from Zeus' map. The mother sent spies to watch her daughter, discovered that she met the crown prince of the United Kingdom, they fell in love, and the two undercover became bounty hunters, she made friends, but never knew that her mother kicked her out for her own good …
More questions arose…
- - Grey (sighs): Let me guess, why are they so afraid of Zeus...?
- - Mr. A (smiles): Yes…
He revealed to the group that they are his parents, Andromeda and Heinrich, and it was revealed that they are old friends of the current queen. The 8 hunters, Creed of Shadows. After so many surprises, smiles and nostalgia, they said that the last time they saw Arthur he was 5 years old, now he was 16 years old, and when asked about his mother, he got upset. They told the kid that things are much uglier since his father's death, the kingdom is even more destroyed, taxes have increased, the king's assassins mistreat the people. The king only stayed in his palace, making children without stopping, and causing people’s death...
Streets full of thieves, garbage scattered everywhere, people begging, poorly maintained houses, corpses left in the streets, there are no guards patrolling, and with all this Arthur said he cares little about the state of his people, but the group scolded him, which Arthur ignored.
He went with Tristan to take the test, where he saw Jin, Hera's cousin. Luckily for them, Jin didn't see them. They also saw Auryon and Theron Aca, the usurper's sons, with his father's wives, who did not need to take the tests to receive the license because they were the children of who they are. He also discovered that the daughters of the Blake and Glayder houses had already cheated his father a long time ago, and they gave the kingdom in Aca’s hands.
Jin, Experienced Master, was called to take the test, after a humiliating struggle for the inspector, he passed, and received his license, and one of the Creed of Shadows revealed that no one knows the real name of Jin's father, brother of Zeus. He is known for many things, but what is certain is that he is the strongest man on the continent. Arthur, Experienced Master, and divergent, was called to take his test, and after displaying his mastery in Qi manipulation, he passed, Tristan showed his unparalleled speed and Arthur became a 8th rank hunter, and Tristan, 5th.
- - Mr. A (looks at Grey): I know, I'll explain later...
On the island, the queen in depression, missing her son, leaving everyone worried. Her daughter, Allana, throwing tantrums because of her brother's absence. Hera trying to comfort the queen as she tried to overcome her own traumas. Alexia trying to learn English, and being pressured by the queen to get married...
- - Grey (with his hand on his chin): Traumas to overcome?
- - Mr. A (sighs): Her father tortured her, subjected her to dangerous procedures, was mistreated by everyone in the palace of Athens, I’ll still tell you the story of Olympus…
Alexia began to have visions, showing her abilities, and got even closer to Hera, forming a strong friendship. Returning to Arthur, in England, he encountered Lancelot Chamberlain, son of the Chamberlain patriarch, a hunter, very good cook, and a very singular person. And they also met a rather peculiar young man, with a surprising name.
Perceival Treadway, patriarch of the Treadway house, everyone was surprised, except Arthur of course, revealed that he is not part of the heirs to the throne, that is why he was not killed, and could walk freely. Arthur revealed to him that he is the Arthur Treadway that everyone thinks is dead. Upon learning of this, Perceival wanted to kneel, but Arthur rejected it. He was Arthur's cousin, the son of his father's sister, princess Diana. The talk of taking the throne returned, Arthur left their side, and decided to train to clear his mind, train the Divine Solar Emperor Art, an art too powerful for him, which would only kill him if he continued...
One night, already in his tent, talking to Tristan, Arthur discovered that queen Andromeda programmed Alfred not to reveal the matter of the amazons and Zeus to Arthur, and already furious. Tristan, being from the Ashura family, holders of ancient knowledge, revealed that the amazons were created to be servants of Olympus, concubines of the kings of Greece, king Chaos, ancestor of Zeus, kidnapped and killed men, women and children, caused wars just to be able to take captives for his experiments, and unfortunately for all of us, king Chaos discovered that it was possible to extract a person's Qi and core to be absorbed by another person, or to manufacture the famous Qi balls.
Some time later he realized that the men couldn't handle the experiments and died, but the women did. The tests, the torture, the cellular modifications, and the experiments, had an effect on them, they became stronger, faster, more agile, they became long-lived, practically indestructible, and Chaos was pleased with this, he appointed the strongest and most beautiful amazon to be their queen, he ordered the amazons to reproduce the way they did until today, and in the middle of this reproduction process they bring the cores of these men.
After that, he placed the amazons on a remote island, and this marked the darkest era in human history. Zeus' family created the amazons, if they stopped reproducing they would be confronting Zeus, they had no choice…
But Arthur, enraged, realized everything, why his grandmother pre-feel a war, why his grandmother trained him, she wanted him prepared to face Zeus, he became even more angry against his mother, because she lied about the origin of the amazons, and Arthur already knew what he wanted, he wanted to kill Zeus, and everyone who got in his way…
The next day, they went to the Pendragon monument, still in Camelot, where they had recorded all of Pendragon's knowledge, written on golden pillars, and on the walls using swords, and on the giant pillar that was in the center of the monument, was the known prophecy like the Pendragon testament, and behind the pillar, sword marks, which after an analysis, Alfred informed that it was the Art of a Thousand Armies, a forbidden art considered lost, returning to the testament, it said...
- - Mr. A (gesturing): I am the first Dominus Electus, but another will come, another with my aura, if he has the king’s force, he will be my successor, he will be greater than me, and will have the title of Lord Ultimate!
Arthur was amazed by the fact that all this was written using a sword, but not just any sword, the king's sword, the lost sword of Emperor king Pendragon, that sword had many names, Muramasa, Kogarasu Maru, Excalibur, dragon sword, but it's true name was never revealed.
Writings in which Pendragon revealed that there were enemies who almost defeated him even though he had the Essence of Light, enemies above the Legendary Supreme Grand Master level, in a quest to overcome them he tried to create other arts, one of these enemies had the name of Lord of a Thousand Armies, he used a black art, forbidden, and Pendragon trying to create an art that surpassed all created the Divine Solar Emperor Art, but he considered the Art flawed and incomplete, which left Arthur amazed because is one of the most powerful that ever existed.
No one knew who the Lord of a Thousand Armies was, king Pendragon never specified, but it is known that he almost killed the Emperor King, he said he would return. Pendragon was very worried about what he said, knowing that this man was too powerful, he began to study martial arts, looking for the greatest of all, later the man returned, and they had a confrontation where they tore mountains, left marks on the nature, and in their bodies, and the Lord of a Thousand Armies repeated, I will return, and until then, I had not yet returned...
For more information about Pendragon and his family, Arthur had to enter the royal palace. Next, Persival took them to the old Treadway mansion, where he met his cousin Morgan Treadway, Persival's sister. Arthur was welcomed as the true patriarch of the Treadways, and was invited to dinner, reluctantly accepted...
Aca is from Indrith, brother of the king of Indrith, king Augustus Aca, but wanting to get out of his brother's beard, he dominated the united kingdom, Arthur's presence in Camelot was kept secret, to avoid a confrontation. Arthur felt he needed to end Aca, stop this wave of murderers following him, he discovered that the old regime of the houses was maintained.
12 main houses, and the heads of these 12 are the patriarchs, who are part of the council of elders, he also discovered that his father had not suddenly changed as said at the beginning of the story.
One night a mysterious enemy appeared, named Chian Lou-Bah, extremely strong, left the king on the verge of death, but the worst part wasn't that, he used the Qi reversal technique on the king's head, the king went crazy, lost his memory, changed, and the Ashura patriarch, father of Tristan ordered this secret to be kept, and what we already know happened. They explained to him about the Pendragon Law, how to invoke it, and that the king is not above the law, but it was time to go. Arthur ordered Percival to remain as patriarch of the Treadways until he returned...
- - Grey (thoughtfully): How was the situation on the island?
- - Mr. A (sighs): The depressed queen, trying to fulfill Arthur's wish of putting the island on air, without talking to anyone and without eating...
King Aca, planning to kill Arthur at all costs, but had limitations, his only advantage is that Arthur didn't know he had no military power.
In the forge kingdom, Arthur, Tristan, Lancelot and the Creed of Shadows, hunted criminals, and took the opportunity to go to the weapons forge, where they met Eitri, Brokk and their cousin Hephaestus, but they didn't even have money to buy, much less to make a sword, so they were snubbed by the 3, so they decided to go to Indrith to hunt bandits, and accumulate money quickly, then they would return.
Days of travel later, they arrived on the Apelika continent, in Indrith, a depraved kingdom full of prostitution, criminals, and many other things, and some of them were furious at being there, in a kingdom where clothes are not used very well. Soon, they heard the sound of someone shouting, it was a thief, they didn't know it was a trap, the thief had lured them to a bar that was a den of thieves, after an endless bar fight, they captured several wanted criminals...
On the island, Alexia continued to change, and the queen said that she had to talk to her mother, and find out who her father really was. Allana started training.
Alexia started training for the first time in her life, with the General, who kept teasing her, and talking about her marriage with Arthur, and the uncomfortable young woman didn't want to train, but amid the provocations she got bored and without knowing what she was doing she destroyed the entire training room, leaving the General, Hera and Allana seriously injured, the queen was furious, she didn't even want to listen, she didn't want to talk to Alexia who felt guilty about all of this, but they soon understood each other…
In Apelika, Arthur managed to feel the strength of the Qi blast that the girl released.
Crossing the capital of Greece, in a conversation, king Yer is mentioned, a crazy, megalomaniac and genocidal philosopher, he killed thousands, invaded kingdoms just to kill, he took nothing, he didn't dominate, he didn't take slaves, he simply killed everything and came back to his palace, rumors said that he and his army fed on these dead, several tried to stop him, but ended up dead... He even killed his own family, his own wife, and daughter, and the entire old capital of his kingdom, just because they called him crazy...
Meanwhile, on the continent of Alcana, in Alcântra, king Yer ordered his daughter to kill the candidates for the king’s force…
- - Mr. A (looks at Grey, sees that he is sleeping, smiles): The lack of excitement was because you were tired...
- - Mr. A (carries the boy, smiles): Let’s go home…
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