Using his healing abilities given by the power of his Authority of Water, Elric healed the unconscious Angel and the rest.
And while he was at it, he also nded the damaged parts of the house and even planted healing water essence inside the bodies of Roo and his two children. This healing water would cleanse them of any internal diseases that they have and would also help Angel recover her lost talent - it was his way of paying them back.
Knowing that trouble could be coming soon after he finished those arrogant creeps, Elric decided not to stay any longer.
He only hopes, that "they" will go after him and not this innocent family. Nevertheless, he still decided to plant a living water essence inside Angel’s body. That way, he would be able to track her and even get an update on her condition in real-ti.
If only Roo was awake, he would have panicked to make Elric stay - knowing that Elric possesses the so-called Gods Blood and could bring him unexpected riches.
"It’s been ten years in this realm huh..." Checking the date and ti, Elric did a calculation judging from the ti difference in the Human realm and Elental Realms.
Elric has one place that he longed to go for now - his ho back in the Philippines.
Normally, he would have flown straight to the Philippines using his Wings of Fire, but knowing the watchful eyes of the different powerful races in the Human realm, Elric believes it was much better to stay low for now and act as if he was just another normal human being.
Of course, he did not forget to hide his power and imitate the sa aura just like that of an ordinary human. That way, even the Elder Dragons would not be able to sniff him out nor the Guardians and Ancient Humans would uncover his disguise.
Having completed all his preparations, Elric left for the airport. He waved goodbye to the sleeping figures of Roo and his children and smiled in gratitude before calmly walking out through the door.
***
Weeks later...
Inside a small apartnt in the middle of the small town in Cebu, Lesse and Long - one of the few survivors of the Eastern Dragon race were having a heated discussion.
SLAM!!
"I can’t take this anymore! Just give back my power sister! I will make sure to destroy them all! How dare they treat us like pigs!" Long, who is Lesse’s younger brother, forcefully slamd his fist on the table.
His handso and tall figure was sitting in a table just in front of his sister. Their closed glass window lightened the room with a reddish hue from the red silk hanging on the sides.
Long was steaming in outrage after hearing about the recent happenings of their Dragon tribe.
"Calm down, Long! We can’t risk it! We will blow our cover once we do anything to catch their attention! Rember why we are here! Rember everyone’s sacrifice Long!" Lesse, who’s beauty never changed tried her best to calm him down. They both speaking in mandarin.
"Just give back my damned powers! Enough holding back! I already have enough!" Long bellowed angrily.
"Please, little brother. I beg of you to calm down. We are the last survivor of our family and I cannot risk losing you too." Lesse held her younger brother’s hand tightly in a soft and calming tone.
"Hmp! They had been hunting us for how long? Ten years! They even used and treated the blood of our brothers as an expensive modern drug! This is far beyond my patience sister. Clearly, we must do sothing! Even if I die, I will make sure to bring so of those bastards to the grave!"
SLAP!
A crispy and loud slap from Lesse can be heard inside the room.
Long, he finally realized the tears in his sister’s face and quickly cald down. His eyes moved to avoid her sobbing gaze. He felt guilty for making her do so.
"Father entrusted you to Long. Learn to respect his wishes. I am not letting them touch us even if it ans letting go of our Dragon powers." Lesse said sobbing.
"How many of us have already died trying to uphold our pride? What did they earn aside from getting their blood sucked out and getting butchered for the rich people to dine?" She added.
Long, gritted his teeth knowing the reality of the situation. His hands were clenched so tight in his frustration - the frustration of being powerless.
The catastrophic events that happened ten years ago left the Eastern Dragon race to beco the blaming bag of the other Dragon races.
According to them, the cause of death of the thousands of Dragon soldiers on all sides, including the death of the Dragon King of the West, was done by the rampaging black Dragon. However, the other Dragon races of the North, South, and West believed otherwise.
They pointed the bla to the Eastern Dragon race as it all started from one of their people - Lesse.
As a result, every single mber of the Eastern Dragon tribe had been subjected to beco their slave as paynt of their loss, not to ntion the death of the King Dragon of the west.
The Eastern Dragon refused to take all the bla and beco a slave which, as expected, led to the three versus one war against the rest of the Dragon Races.
With such power imbalance, the war ended up to the great fall of the proud Eastern Dragon race.
The mysterious human organizations and powerful politicians observing in the background also took this chance to get their hands on so of the captured Eastern Dragons. As a result, their Dragon blood and at supply bood in supply - leading to the introduction of the wonderdrug so-called "God’s Blood" to the public.
With the help of their Father, Lesse and Long managed to survive the ordeal and went into hiding in disguise as ordinary humans.
However, it did not take long for them to realize that their Dragon blood betrayed them of their hiding effort - risking them to the sensitive noses of the other disguised enemy Dragon mbers and hunters.
Changing their appearance was not enough so Lesse had had no other choice but to completely give up their Dragon privilege resulting in them becoming as fragile as a human.
Their Dragon powers are sealed inside a Dragon essence vessel in the form of a silver necklace hanging on Lesse’s neck. Knowing the impulsive manner of her brother, Lesse made sure to hold on to the key to releasing their power in the form of a ring and wore it with her all the ti.
Long stood up and walked towards the window to calm himself down. His mind wandered to the source of the problem.
"It is because of the stupid black Ancestral Dragon!" He murmured.
"No, it was my fault all along," Lesse interjected. "If only I have destroyed that human as soon as I saw him, none of this would have ever happened. Father would have been alive. And everything else would have been as it was..."
Lesse on the other side of the table looked down in guilt. She knew that everything else started because of her and that damned human she t after her last Tribulation of Light.
"I still don’t understand though." Long, murmured. "There are thousands of qualified Elder Dragons during that ti but, why would the Heavenly Ancestral Dragon choose that stupid human?"
"What was so special about him by the way?" He added, sitting down before his sister.
"That is why we are here right? To investigate about his matter. To uncover the truth about that man-" Lesse replied.
"Sister we been here for ten years and what? It was really weird not even a single one of the people around here knows the guy. Even if it was clear that he was living here and even working all along! His small house was nowhere to be found, his identity erased in the private and governnt databases, and not even any traces of him is left! It’s as if he never existed in the first place!" Long complained in frustration.
"It was the Guardians doing," Lesse replied.
"It is their task to hide any shreds of evidence that leads to the possible revelation to the existence of the Dragons. They modify witnesses’ mory, changing records and so on. It was a piece of cake for them." She added.
"Aside from the Dragon Blood that they declared as God’s Blood, any other else that pertained to us has been carefully hidden. It is safe to assu that ordinary humans will never know about our existence as long as the Guardians exist." Lesse explained as her gaze locked on to her brother.
"As for that human who obtained the Ancestral Dragon essence, I really doubt he survived the God reckoning ordeal. After all, not even his dust remained in the area after it happened and you know what that ans right..." She added with an inquisitive look.
"Whatever, you can do what you guys want and believe what you want to believe. I am going out now. I still have school to do" Long said as he grabbed his school back and left.
Lesse looked at his departing back with an anxious look. She knew how stubborn her brother is.
Leaving the house and walking on the street alone towards the nearest college school, Long started to mumble to himself.
"I know you are still alive Black Dragon. You who brought these miseries in our lives. I will make sure to hunt you down myself."
Little did he knew, three mysterious n had been following him from the distance- all with a sinister grin in their faces.
They were Dragon Hunters.
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