Family Secrets II

"Ughhhhhh!!!"

I fell into the blood covered ground and crashed into it at extreme speeds.

"Ughh!"

"Cassian?!"

My father looked back to find me dropped and bleeding in a crater caused by my fall.

"What did you do?! y-y-your chest!"

My father held me up as I regained my consciousness.

"*Cough* i'm okay, it hit me before I could reach the sword but I managed to break the chain!"

"NO NO NO!! I told you not to mess with it! Look at your chest!"

I had four claw marks left on my chest

"Such deep wounds! You almost died, what were you thinking?!" my father shouted as he poured a healing potion over the wounds.

"I just took a risk"

"Status Tab!"

A panel with my information appeared:

NAME:Alistair Cassian Fellsword(John Avery)

MAGIC:4th-Circle (Enlightenment Required to progress)

SWORDSMANSHIP:Expert(Enlightenment required to progress).

DEMONIC ARTS:1st-Ring (Capped).

STATS(Capped):

Physique-999

Energy-999

PASSIVES:

[Lone Warrior God's Physique(1%)]

I tapped on the [Lonely Warrior God's Physique].

[Lonely Warrior God's Physique:The ?????????? And????????? Body Of A G?? Of ?????????. Awakening currently at 1%]

"How interesting!"

My father shook me as if to snap me out of a hallucination.

"Cassian, Cassian! Snap out of it!"

"Yes, Father, what's going on?"

"Follow me out of here. That demon's too dangerous!"

I followed my father out as he carried the ancestor's body.

BACK IN THE OFFICE.

My father placed the strangely well preserved corpse of our ancestor on the table.

"You did good, my son but don't risk your life like that ever again."

"Yes, father."

"Though we've gotten him out, we still can't give him the proper burial he deserves."

"Huh? Why not?"

"He belongs buried among the 11 founders and the emperor but for that we need to regain our status by returning with the sword."

"I'm sorry I couldn't get it father."

"It's okay."

"I might be able to devour the demon if I can find the Ancestor's journal."

My father looked through the ancestor's torn blue robe pockets and found 3 things inside.

"A Book, a Ring, and a letter? You can have these, Cassian, you brought him down after all."

"Oh, thank you father, this might be a big help!"

"You can go now, I'll preserve the ancestor's body in a crystal coffin until we can retrieve the sword."

"By the way, father, are you recovering well?"

"I'm almost there, I'd say a month and I'll be back to the Pseudo-Sword Sainte Rank."

"Alright, i'll try my best to figure something out while your recover!"

I returned to my room with the ancestor's belongings.

[Side-Quest [Past Glory's Return] Completed! Rewards Will Be Stored Due To Cap!]

[Main-Quest Changed!]

[A 2nd Main-Quest [Way Of The Ancestors] Created!]

[Main-Quest]-[Way of The Ancestors]:Master the way of your forgotten ancestors and return your family to their rightful place!.

Reward:+50 to every stat,+Demon-Devouring Skill.

"I was going to do that anyways."

I placed the items in front of me and stored them into the inventory.

"Let's read through the descriptions."

[B-Rank [Ancient Ring]:Serves As A Key For Something.]

[Letter To ?????????:A Letter with the following written inside: 'it might be today or tomorrow or a hundred years in the future! But we will reclaim our birthright from your dark hands!']

[SS-Rank [A Record Of Cassian Fellsword& And The Ancient Arts]: A book recording the arts, life and ways of Cassian Fellsword.]

"The ring is vague so i'll leave it for now, nothing comes to mind from the letter either, so i'll just read the book and see what I can learn from it."

I retrieved the book and began reading through it.

4 HOURS LATER.

I was halfway through the book when a man and woman suddenly pushed the door open.

"Who do you think you are to barge into my room?" I asked with a cold expression.

The blonde haired man had blue mage robes on and a rectangular iron necklace with 8-circles lit on it and the brown haired woman had on light iron armor and a ring with golden inscriptions that showed her qualification as a sword master. She had on leather armor along with 2 swords hanging from her waist.

The woman spoke first.

"Excuse us, Young Master but we've been here a month and a half and we can't delay your appraisal any longer!"

"So you're the appraisers sent by the king?"

"Yes, i'm Sword Master Gwen Fald, and this is 8th-Circle mage Jacob Corner. We'd like to immediately start the assessment!"

"I agree with gwen, we've been gone from our positions for too long and we can't delay any longer!"

I decided to get it over with.

"*Sigh* i'm only halfway through this book but I feel bad for making you wait so long. Follow me."

I left the room as they followed behind me, they whispered but I could still hear them.

"Is he really only 16?! How does he tower over me, a grown man, at that age?"

"Not only that but he has wide shoulders, a thick back, and a large chest, not to mention that his legs aren't lacking and are balanced with his upper body! He's not only blessed with genius talent but an incredible body for the sword as well!." the sword master said.

I ignored them and after a short walk we reached the training area in the backyard.

"Let us begin, who's first?"

"I'll go first."

The mage entered the hay circle.

"Alright, how do you want to do this?"

"This way," he replied and walked up close to me and handed me a scroll.

"Read through that and memorize it, then I'll transfer my knowledge of it to you so you can use it without the months of required learning."

I read through the scroll.

"No need. Galvum Sovan Gilkag Savant Galk Ji-" I verbally chanted to not reveal my ability to cast chantless magic,

"As expected of a genius!" he exclaimed.

Five giant orbs of mana appeared in front of me but I was unable to spout the sixth word due to my lack of Mana.

The mage's eyes widened, his eyebrows flew up, and a cold sweat covered him. Using his fingers he seemed to be counting the orbs of mana.