13 13. Me and the Boys
"Whahahahaha! Surprise?"
"Of course!"
He couldn't believe that the lion he thought that he would dare to ambush when its guard was down would have been a beast man!
"Oh, and these guys too."
The same wind began to coil around the lions and which they had also turned into muscular men with hairy bodies.
When they transformed into beastmen, they had already shifted an attire of ragged jeans and naked upper body showing their bulky muscular figure.
"And here I thought you were all just furballs."
"Eehhh? What was that punk?"
Thinking they were insulted, they showed their claws and made an intimidating look while one of them smuggled at Jin.
"Aahhh... it was just a jo-"
"Pfft! Hahahaha!"
"Hahaha! Nice one Harold!"
"Heh, thanks!"
'That was not funny at all.'
"It's okay, it's okay. Let me introduce you to these guys."
Scar introduced Jin to the lions. The first one was Harold, a tall man and looked very punky due to his mohawk. The second one, Pete, the only muscular figure who was wearing glasses, the next one, Dan, a beast-man with a dad bode and a furry beard. Lastly, Carter, almost the height of Scar, he is the tallest of the 4 of them and also the strongest among them. He looked similar to Scar in masculinity and the only difference is the color of their skin which he was tanned white while Scar is more of clay red and Carter had an X marked on his chest.
After finishing with the greetings, the 4 guys carried the corpse of the bulls. Unlike outside, inside dungeons, the monsters didn't turn into ashes when killed but dies just like a normal creature, decays as time passes.
Not all of the bulls were brought. Jin had poisoned some of the bulls so they couldn't bring one of them and the bulls who had been half burnt since it wouldn't taste good.
"Tonight! We will have a feast for my brother, Jin!"
"Yeah!"
Cheering in unison, Jin had to play his part if he didn't want the lions especially Scar to found out that he was lying.
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Arriving at the place, it was what you would think a lion would live on. It was not a cave nor a den but it was a cabin in the middle of nowhere.
(Their house is similar to the house in Courage, the cowardly dog)
"So this is your place?"
"Surprised?"
"Who wouldn't!"
Both of them entered the cabin. Walking inside the house, it looked spacious from the inside more than the outside. They had their own living room, 5 rooms for each of them, a giant bathroom, a kitchen and the living room that looked like a training hall for all of them as dumbbells, punching bags, and a ring.
"Come, sit here."
Scar brought Jin on the only sofa in their house which the only place Jin could find relaxing a comfort.
The 4 other guys had gone in the back of the cabin to cook the bulls considering that the time was nearing dawn. The only person in the house was Jin and Scar and after touring Jin all over the cabin, they returned back in the living room.
"Can I see your sword again?"
"Uh, s-sure"
Without any hesitation, Jin retrieve Dainsleif and gave it to Scar.
"Hmmm....it truly is Dainsleif, no doubt about it. Jin do you know what this sword is?"
"It is a magical sword made from the fang of the legendary dragon."
"Yes, but "What" is it?"
"I don't know."
Jin had small knowledge of Dainsleif and what truly it was. He only knew of the informations from the gossips and rumors of the people.
Scar looked like he knew much of the sword and it might even be possible that he knew how the sword was made.
"This sword is a demonic blade. When master Gred forge the 8 swords, he had to make each one special. We traveled in different places to find unique ingredients and one ingredient that had been placed on Dainsleif is a soul of a great demon."
"So does it mean, you went to the underworld to get that ingredient?"
"What? No, we got its soul after the great demon began to rampage in a town. Gred defeated the demon and extract its soul and which he use to make Dainsleif."
"So, a soul of a great demon is trapped in that sword?"
"Exactly, but it will only awaken once the wielder has met the conditions."
"I see... I'll take note of that."
"I'm not finished yet. If you ever awaken the great demon inside Dainsleif, you must defeat it and overcome its powers and if you can't do that, the demon will consume your soul and control your body. If you successfully defeat the great demon, you will be able to show the true potential of Dainsleif."
"No shit?"
"Here, catch."
Scar threw back Dainsleif to Jin a showed a long sword to him. The sword was as tall as Jin and the blade was brimming in ember and when Scar held it tightly, burning flames began to appear on the blades.
"This is also one of the 8 swords that master Gred made. This one is called Blazing Rapier and the unique ingredient it has is the tears of the mythical Phoenix which is the reason that it can endlessly burn without dying out. Pretty cool right!"
"Yeah! Can I hold it for a sec?"
"Sure kid."
Scarlet Jin holds the Blazing Rapier. A window interface showed up in front of Jin and seeing the interface, Jin was dumbstruck by the sword's information.
Ting!
Burning Rapier
Rank: Legendary
Type: Long Sword
+10,000 DMG
+5,000 Burn Damage
+70% Critical damage
+40% Cooldown
Unique:
Skills deal additional 60% fire damage.
If the target is burned, health will decrease by 1%-10% every second.
Every damage dealt on the target will inflict [Phoenix's Cry] that slows them by 10% and decreases the effectivity of all types of defenses by 6%. (Stacks up by 8).
Item skill:
<Hidden>
"What the hell is this sword! It's too overpowered!"
"You could say that again, hahaha!"
•••••••
Jin and Scar continued to talk to pass the time. When dinner was ready, they went to the backyard where the boys could be seen bringing the dishes and foods on a large table.
They enjoyed the night happily, eating heavy amounts of food, drinking booze and watch the stars. It was Jin's first time that anyone had ever invited him to a feast, he had enjoyed this moment as long as it lasts since Jin has never felt something like this in his life. All of the times of despair had eventually disappeared from this moment as he had finally found an actual family that he could declare as his brothers.
His plan on killing them was now canceled not that he could accomplish it but he felt a sense of pity if he was to betray them.
"This is the best day ever!"
"You could say that again!"
"Hahaha!"
"Jin, as your brother I need to help you.",
"Oh really? What will you do?"
"I'll teach you how to use the sword!"
"You'll do that for me?"
"Of course! We're brothers right?"
"W-when will we start?"
To his joy, Jin couldn't wait anymore. He didn't drink any booze at all since he was still underage but the others were now drunk so he wasn't sure if Scar was thinking straight or not.
"That's a promise okay!"
"Yes, it's a promise but for now let's enjoy this night!"
Time inside the dungeon was slowed by multiple folds. 1 day inside the dungeon was equivalent to an hour outside so it means, Jin had 4 weeks to be trained here and that time would be enough for him to master his swordsmanship.
