Chapter 5 Bad News

Damien looked at his grandfather with shock. Then his shock turned into excitement as he asked "Grandpa are you very strong?" Arnold put on a gloating expression as he answered his grandson "I am one of the strongest in the world." "Then, can I become as strong as you? asked

Damien, his excitement almost bubbled over. "Of course, you can. But you need to put in a lot of hard work to achieve that." "Then when can I start?" Damien asked. Arnold held Damien's wrist for a moment and said "Right now your body is very weak. Usually, even children who Awaken early don't start cultivation before they are 10 years. Since you Awakened at birth and your body is gaining strength at a rapid pace in comparison to a normal child, you can start cultivating when you are 5 years old." Just as Damien's expression fell Arnold said "Cultivation is not the only way to gain strength. If you have strength but cannot control it, you will remain weak no matter how strong your cultivation is. I can teach you hand-to-hand combat as I taught your father if you want to learn." Damien once again became giddy with excitement and said "Thank you, Grandpa."

4 years later

Training grounds, Chase Residence,

A young boy could be seen punching a training pole. Arnold and another old man were observing him. Arnold looked at the other old man and asked "What are you doing here, Jason? Don't you have clan affairs to take care of?" Jason put on a carefree expression and said "What clan affairs? None of them are as important as training my grandson. Even if there are any, I'm sure Robert can handle them." Jason was Ellie's father and the Family Head of the Kane family. Three years ago Ellie had taken Damien to visit her family. When Jason found out that Damien was learning hand-to-hand combat from Arnold, he got a bit jealous. He handed his duties to his son, Robert, and started teaching Damien about the way of the spear. After that, he practically lived at the Chase Residence.

Damien finished his training and went to his grandfather's and asked "Did I do well today?" "Yes, you did. And I have good news for you. You can finally begin cultivating." Damien felt all his tiredness vanish as he asked " Really?" "Yes, we will start tomorrow. Today rest well." This time, it was Jason who answered. Damien jumped with joy and went to take a bath. He quickly ate his food and went to sleep. He took both of his grandfathers' advice very seriously.

The next morning he woke up, quickly ate his breakfast, and went to his grandfathers. They were waiting for me in the energy room. It was a room with energy stones embedded in it. Energy cultivation was twice as effective there. Arnold instructed him to sit cross-legged on a mat that was placed in the center of the room and to close his eyes. He did as his grandfather instructed and closed his eyes after sitting down on the mat. He heard Arnold's voice " I want you to empty your thoughts and focus on the energy in the room. When you do so you should be able to sense some particles of light in your surroundings. I want you to try and pull these particles towards yourself and absorb them. It might take some time but don't force it." Damien did as told, he emptied all his thoughts and focused on his surroundings. As soon as he did that he saw a sight he would never forget. He saw storms made of different colors but the most prevalent were a deep red and a bright violet. He had heard before that different elements had different colors of particles. A bright violet represented lightning and thunder while deep red represented blood. He tried to absorb these particles but an accident occurred. All the particles rushed toward him as if they were moths and he a gigantic flame. Before he could even alert his grandfather, he felt pain from the depths of his soul and fainted.

30 minutes ago, Arnold's POV

I told my grandson what I had told his father when he had started to cultivate. My grandson is such a genius, he learned in 4 years what took me almost 20 years. I'm sure he is just as talented in energy cultivation. Even if he's not, it doesn't matter. He is my, Blood Emperor Arnold Chase's grandson. If somebody has a problem with him, they have a problem with me. Just then I sensed a riot in the surrounding energy as it rushed into Damien's body. At first, I thought he was just that talented but then realized that something was wrong. That's when Damien started bleeding from his seven orifices and fainted. Jason rushed toward Damien and started healing him and I called Ellie over who after arriving started helping her father. Sam arrived just a moment later and asked me "What happened Dad? Why is Damien bleeding so much?" I couldn't answer him as I didn't know what had happened. Ellie and Jason barely stopped the bleeding and Ellie carried him to his room. Jason walked up to me with a grave expression and said "He can never cultivate again or he'll experience a death so painful, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy." I was shocked but still asked what exactly had just happened. He told me that Damien is sick. It's a sickness even he hadn't seen before and it's attacking Damien's very cells. Energy is like fuel to it and it will kill Damien in an instant if he ever cultivates. He then said something that nearly made my heart stop, "Even if he never cultivates he will still die, just much later. This disease, it's like a ravenous beast that won't be satisfied until it has devoured Damien completely." Hearing this Sam fainted and I didn't blame him for it. No parent should have to hear their child's death sentence. But I won't let it happen. I will save my grandson even if it's the last thing I do.

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