Chapter one: Betrayal

In the middle of what seems like a street a man could be seen standing erect while facing a group of people, he was in black attire which would have sold for quite a lot as it looked expensive if not for the tears now surrounding it.

The man stood and if one looked closely they will see tear drops falling from his eyes, his name was Joshua and he had worked his entire life for those who were now trying to kill him. Around them were dead bodies littered on the floor, some split in two some without heads and some just riddled with holes, they consist of both human and beast alike.

One may wonder how it got to this, it all started 2 decades ago. The Drogo clan was one of the many clans in this vast world, and just like most other clans theirs consisted of bloodline users.

In one of the courtyards a young boy the age of 10 years could be seen punching and striking at the air with all his might it could be observed that he was well above his age as he was only 8 years old. His name was Joshua and he was one of the younger generation of the Drogo family and he was likely going to participate in the bloodline awakening.

The bloodline awakening consist of young children going through some ritual for most families while for the Drogo family, theirs was just to withstand the pressure of a young Dragon. The family had the bloodline of fire dragons which were known to be one of the fiercest dragons their ever were.

At the age of 9 the children will be brought into the dragon lair and as they progressed further into the cave the pressure will slowly increase till they can no longer withstand anymore and with this, there is a chance for a dormant bloodline to awake.

Joshua as well as the other children of his kind has been training since the age of 5 and by the age of 9 his birthday would be just the day after and he didn't want to disappoint his father. His father was the only family member he had and he wanted to make him proud just like most kid of his age.

At midnight a heavy downpour came down and it was accompanied by lightning and thunder. The young boy stood near the window and thought deeply about why his father was not yet back. He waited and waited and eventually slept off.

The next morning the boy got up as his stomach growled and asked for food yet he can't satisfy his body needs as he didn't even know the basic cooking skills. He decided to prepare for the bloodline awakening as he had already been notified about him been giving a chance to participate. He had waited to tell his father about the good news yet his father never came back last night. So he decided to go for the bloodline awakening and impress his dad.

On his way many people were looking at him with eyes of pity and remorse but he was ignorant and oblivious of what was happening around him, he got to the elders and he bowed towards them he was directed to the front of a cave where kids just like him stood and from where they are standing they could feel the pressure it was emitting and the entrance gave off the feeling of the mouth of a huge beast trying to swallow them whole.

All the children grew pale and they subconsciously took a step back. Soon they were complete and told to go in yet nobody moved not until one of the elders harrumphed were they pushed inside gently.

Not even up to a minute some could be seen running back with sweat on their body and screaming their lungs out, others simply stood still and were wet below and the rest were bravely moving forward and Joshua was among this ones. Though he was hungry he persevered on even as he starts to feel dizzy.

Minutes passed and when it was close to an hour most of the children had either passed out or where bravely charging ahead. Joshua was the one at the far end crawling as he could no longer move forward like before, all his strength was used up walking towards the depth of the cave.

The cave seemed endless and the only thought keeping him from falling or giving up was his dad. Taking a deep breath, he continued up front. Suddenly one of the children running was covered in yellow light which gradually continued until a deep dragon roar was heard.

As if a switch was switched on the children moving ahead and some of those lying on the floor was covered in light, soon the whole cave was lit with different colot on each children except for one. Who was none other than Joshua.

Outside the cave the elders were surprised, it seems this generation of green horn are filled with talents. He then spoke into the cave "if u have already awakened get out" hearing this the children then left the cave, yet one remain and with tears and exhaustion he strive forward, even though his tummy rumbled he continued, even with him coughing out blood he continued.

Just when it seems that he was destined not to awaken the sleeping dragon in the cave shot one look towards him and breathed towards him after the breath got to him he was thrown backwards and he was accompanied with a deep red light.

The Elders wore different looks on their faces, some shocked, some in disbelief.

After he fell out of the cave he fainted. One of the elders moved towards him and fed him a pill, soon all his injuries were starting to heal but with the nutrient not there the pill couldn't work in his highest efficiency. His blood was then used in substitute and he was soon healed, but with a side effect of him looking more of a skeleton than human.

With that done the elders tasked the servants to drop each child at home and deliberately pointed towards Joshua and say "Feed him when he wakes then tell him the truth". Shaking their heads the elders left each disappearing from view.

The servants did their task and left soon Joshua woke up and the servant was elated, he quickly fed him prepared a new set of cloth for him and after he was sure the boy had calmed down, he told him "sorry to tell you this Young master but last night your father was killed in an escort mission" with his task done he scurried away.

The boy didn't react until 5 minutes later then he gave out a heart wrenching cry filled with anguish and sorrow. His neighbors couldn't help but shake their heads while feeling pity for him, he cried and cried till he slept.

In the middle of the night he woke up continued crying and slept. In the morning he ran to the patriarch house. " it is a lie right?" he asked the patriarch and he knelt on the ground asking the patriarch to tell him it's a lie. He cried till the sun rose and fell, just when it seems the patriarch wasn't home he came out looked towards him and said "am sorry little one but it is indeed true. Your father was on a mission to escort some important goods for the clan, but they encountered bandits and in the end he stayed behind to make sure the goods were brought back". " He did a great job worthy of someone from our clan so I and the elders have decided to add you with the elite soldiers of our clan".

The boy then asked if he could see his fathers corpse but was old that his corpse was never found. He went home and cried again. Then he decided that he was going to have revenge for his dad.

He was enlisted the next day and for the next couple of years he worked tirelessly for the clan and also at the same time he started his research on his father's death.

Then one day while he was digging for information he found out that all what he was told was a lie . He grew angry the more when he got to know that his dad was not ambushed by bandits but was killed by the son of the patriarch.

With a deep roar he charged towards the patriarch building, he knew he couldn't gain much from this since the old patriarch was dead and it was now his other son who was the new patriarch. Charging forward he fought every warriors and guards on the way till he was riddled with injuries.

Finally he got to the house and saw the patriarch and elders surrounding him and with their sword drawn. He opened his mouth to ask a question yet he was instantly beheaded.