《Aatrox, A God King in a Modern World.》


 1 - Sleepying Beauty

    "Ahh!" Aatrox shocked, jumped out of his bed. The memories of what happened keeping him in an alarmed state.


    ''Where am I?'' He wondered as he looked around at his new surroundings. ''The recollection of his assassination still hung at the front of his mind. After Aatrox killed the God-Emperor, he rested to recuperate his health. Little did he know that an assassin was waiting for their fight to finish to reap their rewards.''


    From a lowly commoner, Aatrox fought his way to the top of the cultivating world. What took God-Kings at least 100 millennia took Aatrox just 5. The blood of cultivators covered his path to godhood and blood of his enemies further improved his cultivation and gave him the title "God of War". When Aatrox took his first step on the summit of the cultivation world, only a couple of God-Kings could stand against him on the battlefield. After millennia of not finding a worthy opponent, Aatrox and the God-Emperor had a quarrel which led to a grand battle. The aftermath led to thousand of galaxies being grounded into dust and sucked dry of life. And only after a tireful battle did Aatrox finally succeed in slayingChronos and ending his reign of the universe. However, while recuperating after the battle,Lynch The Shadow Assassin and a fellow Decay like Aatrox, stepped out of the shadows and slew Aatrox with the Decay scythe Ghasth.


    Now, looking around, he sees a white room with some weird contraptions he has never seen before attached to it. Before Aatrox can even get these strange devices out of him, he hears a noise from one of the devices and the door opens as a woman walks in with a worried look on her face.


    Looking at Aatrox lying in bed, the woman dressed in pink is startled and smiles with happiness. As she approached she began to say a few words in a language Aatrox didn''t understand. After her, other people dressed just as she entered the room followed by a man in a white coat holding a clipboard.


    ''How strange, in the infinite cosmos there was never even one language that a God-King didn''t know, but now these people are speaking in a language i''ve never heard of.'' Aatrox thought as he tried to use his energy to translate it.


    It was fruitless, even trying hard Aatrox had failed to use even 0.000...001% of his original strength.Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author.


    ''Did I die and reincarnate?'' Aatrox thought to himself as he looked at these strange people curiously. Since Aatrox began his cultivation, he has never been surrounded by so many people other than his enemies. Like the God-King of War, Aatrox was a thousand times more likely to make a good enemy to fight than a good friend to drink.


    But strangely, after waking up in this strange place, Aatrox could not feel his thirst for battle. So while people were fiddling with their machines, Aatrox kept looking curiously to try to understand their language.


    As Aatrox looked at people, they fiddled with various machines while the extremely smiling white-coated man tried to talk to Aatrox.


    Suddenly, Aatrox who only felt true pain during his fight against the God-EmperorChronos Sol felt an unbearable pain in his head before passing out.


    ...


    On a beach in Brazil, a family was resting during their December vacation.


    An American man with black hair and green eyes was sitting in a beach chair while watching his Brazilian wife play with her twin sons on the beach.


    ''It would be perfect if Benjamin were here ...'' Alex thinks of his son who had an accident three years ago.


    His son Benjamin was a very shy boy, always isolated from everyone, never had many friends, much of his time was spent on online games. But even with these problems, Alex felt that his son loved his family, was just ashamed to show.


    His wife Amanda missed her son very much, but in the three years he was in a coma, he showed no sign of waking up.


    His twin sons were 1 year old when he had the accident, so his only memories of him are during our hospital visits.


    "??? "


    While Alex was lost in thought, his phone rang. Looking at the caller, his face lost its color.


    "Hello?" Alex said in a worried voice afraid the worst had happened.


    But contrary to his expectations, the voice on the phone was very lively. "Alex, your son woke up !!!"


    "Wh-whaaat? What did you say?!?" Unbelieving what his friend had said, Alex shouts, drawing the attention of everyone around him as tears stream down his face.


    Seeing this, Amanda feels her heart tighten and runs back with the children to Alex''s side.


    "Yes Alex !! Benji woke up a minute ago, he was about 20 seconds awake but that could mean he can wake up again anytime." The caller of this while laughing on the other end of the line feeling happy for his friend.


    Hearing this Alex drops his cell phone and rushes to hug his wife and children to tell them the good news.


    Amanda falls to her knees and begins to cry with happiness as the children worry about their mother for not understanding what is happening.


    "A knight kissed our brother to rid him of the curse?" Said Bruna while looking at her brother who also thought that his brother was like Sleeping Beauty.


    ...

 2 - He will like us?

    As Aatrox felt his head throb in pain, a flood of information filled his mind. He was seeing the memories of the life of a mortal, It seemed that from a young age this mortal suffered something called "Bullying" by his colleagues in a place called "School" because of his feminine characteristics.


    Even though he was bullied almost every day, this mortal did not tell any of his family about it so he would not worry them.


    Aatrox thought that this mortal was stupid. ''If it were me I would kill them and let my sword dine on their flesh and blood...'' But even without saying or thinking of it, he respected his attitude of not telling his family not to worry them.


    Aatrox never had any family, even in the tens of thousands of years in which he lived, he never had anyone to call ''friend'' or ''family'' beside his sword. The only thing he cared about was when his next battle was going to happen.


    As Aatrox watched this mortal''s life flash by in his head, he felt things he had never felt before. Affection, care, love, compassion, concern, He had never felt any of this in his heart before now. Aatrox didn''t know how to feel.


    ''These mortals are very strange ...'' was what Aatrox thought.


    ...


    Inside a plane heading to the USA, Alex and his family were very excited. After receiving the news, they canceled all their plans in Brazil and took the first flight home to find their son.


    "Daddy, why does the big brother always sleep?" A little girl says as she plays with her doll.


    "Your brother had an accident while coming home from school Bruna, he was sleeping to rest, now that he''s better he''s waking up." A man says to as he puts his hand on his daughter''s head.


    "But does big brother like us? Every time we see him, he never even woke up to talk to us. When Bruna talks to me I wake up to talk to her." A little boy says as he puts his little hand on his chin.


    "It''s because he was so hurt that he couldn''t wake up even if he wanted to until now Bryan, However, now he is done resting so he can wake up and we are headed to see him. Even if you don''t remember before he went to sleep, he was very fond of you." A woman says as she squeezes Bryan''s cheeks that make a face at it.


    ...


    After a while, Aatrox learns that this information is the memory of this body he assumed.


    ''So I am on a planet called Earth, from the memories of this body there seems to be no publicly known cultivator.'' Aatrox thinks.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    ''The qi I can absorb on this planet is very scarce. If I just depend on it to reach the level of God King again I will probably take hundreds of thousands of years, but I believe before that I can get enough power to go somewhere with more qi available. Well ... this may be for later, I''m curious to know how this Reincarnation has influenced me. ''


    As Aatrox opens his eyes again, he sees that there is now only one woman in the room, according to his memories this woman is a "Nurse" who is here to take care of his health.


    Talking about his health, few people know, but his supposed "accident" was not really an accident, after a series of events, a teenager caught some local gangster to hit Benjamin and make It seem like an accident, but as these gangsters had no special training, they hit more than they should and the boy fell into a coma.


    ''Don''t worry boy, now that I''ve taken over your body and your memories, I''ll take revenge on everyone who hurt you and your family. I will teach these mortals because I was crowned as the God-King of War, not the God-King of Goodwill. '' Aatrox swore an oath in his mind to Benjamin.


    After this oath, Aatrox felt that the rest of Benjamin''s soul that still resided in the body merged with his soul. Aatrox''s Soul is strong enough to absorb the soul of this entire planet without wavering, but he would not do so willingly. Along with people''s souls would come their desires, thoughts and various things to influence Aatrox, that might not kill Aatrox at its peak, but now that his body was so weak, this kind of thing that a Demi-God would easily avoid was deadly, for him.


    He only accepted Benjamin''s soul as a thank you for giving his body over to Aatrox.


    Seeing that the boy was awake, the nurse was surprised to see him looking at her.


    This boy was in hospital like before she was even hired. As he was living on whey he was always very thin. His already long hair grew longer than hers. Long black hair, a face that, besides being thin, had beautiful facial features.


    When she looked into his green eyes that stared at her she was lost. Those eyes were like a magical northern light that could see through everything.


    The eye contact didn''t last more than five seconds before the nurse looked away, her face flushed with embarrassment.


    "Can you hear me?" she asked as she approached Aatrox.


    "Hell- ..." As Aatrox was about to answer her, he felt that his throat was stabbed with blades. Three years without drinking anything liquid had caused it.


    Realizing what happened, the nurse takes a glass of warm water and helps Aatrox drink.


    ''I never thought I would become so weak I would need help drinking a simple glass of water.'' Aatrox thinks as he laughs internally.


    As he drank his glass of water, the nurse tries to look away from the green eyes that never stopped looking at her.


    "I can hear her loud and clear." Aatrox responds with a slight smile.


    ''Wait ... Did I smile? This ... maybe it''s Benjamin''s influence? This must be a consequence of reincarnation, definitely! '' Aatrox stated in his mind.


    Who knows the God-King of War Aatrox would never imagine that he knew how to smile not when he was killing, but here he was, a God-King who killed a God-Emperor just because of a slight argument smiling at a person he didn''t know.


    As the nurse''s heart clenched in her chest at the boy''s smile inches from her, she saw his slight smile close and return to a distant look.


    ''Did I do something that upset you?'' She wondered worriedly.


    Before she could say anything to the boy, the bedroom door opened and there were five people, two crying adults and two curious children followed by a man with a tag that said, Dr. Octavius.

 3 - I couldn鈥檛 control myself

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    The bedroom door was closed, Alex looked at Amanda while Amanda looked back. As they took a deep breath, they watched the nurse say something.


    "Can you hear me?" She said.


    Confused Alex looked through the door glass and saw Benjamin with his eyes open. He felt the grip of his hand tighten. Glancing sideways he saw Amanda crying again. He had already lost count of how many times they had begun to cry at the thought of his son who could wake up at any moment.


    The kids didn''t understand what was going on, but by their parents'' smile it seemed like a good thing.


    They were trying to hold on so as not to scare their son who had just woken up at the sight of them crying, but before they could do anything, Bruna and Bryan opened the door to look at what was happening.


    When the door opened, Benjamin looked at them. All the fear, frustration, worry all went away when they saw their son looking at them curiously.


    ...


    Aatrox looked at the crying couple in the doorway and remembered Benjamin''s parents he saw in their memories.


    Unbeknownst to him, a single tear trickled from his left eye.


    "Dad, mom ..." He said softly.


    These words seemed distant and yet so close. Aatrox lived millennia alone but in those 14 years of memory he saw made him closer to these people than he has ever been to anyone else. Just for the feeling ...


    Aatrox said very quietly, but the room was so quiet that his parents listened.


    "Son!" They said as his mother ran to hug him and his father had been holding the children''s hands.


    Aatrox, The God-King of War, the only contact on his body he felt was blades and blows from his opponents. Feeling his mother''s hug on his weak chest was painful but extremely comforting.


    "Watch out Amanda, his body is still very weak." Dr. Octavius told her with concern.


    Hearing this, Amanda let go of her hug and began to look for any injuries she might have caused to Benjamin. Thank God his body was weak but intact.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.


    "I''m sorry I couldn''t control myself." She said with a guilty laugh.


    "Hello." Aatrox said with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.


    "Hi son, we miss you so much." Alex said with a smile.


    Aatrox looked at his father and saw two frightened heads behind him. The memories in his head went on like a movie where he only remembers the essentials. Even though he had a much more potent Eidetic memory than mortals, he received the information through his soul. Benjamin didn''t remember many details, especially after spending 3 years in a coma, so Aatrox only remembered the things that Benjamin lived with. Unfortunately after the children were born, Benjamin had already distanced himself because of bullying, his memory of his siblings is very vague.


    A God-King who never had parents, never even dreamed of having brothers, looking at the little mortals behind Alex, Aatrox felt curious.


    Seeing Benjamin''s gaze on them, Bruna and Bryan hid behind Alex''s legs.


    Seeing this, Alex laughed and said. "See kids, didn''t I say your brother would be awake? Why don''t you say hi?"


    Bruna looked at Bryan with a little fear, seeing her confirmation as they both step out from behind Alex''s legs and tell her brother. "Hi brother." With their red cheeks and low voice.


    "Hahaha ..." Seeing this Aatrox finds their cuteness funny and laughs. He didn''t know how to act around children, so he just answered the basics. "Hi children."


    Seeing Benjamin chuckling, Bruna and Bryan are embarrassed, but hearing him answer them they are happy and come closer to the bed.


    As they got closer, they started asking several questions, things like "Are you like Sleeping Beauty?" "How come you slept so much?" "..."


    After a flood of questions, Aatrox managed to let go more. He still couldn''t play games and some questions he had no idea of the answer. He didn''t even know who Sleeping Beauty was, but he did his best not to disappoint these two little mortals bound to him by blood.


    When Aatrox was feeling his eyes heavy, he heard the man in the white coat say. "Alright guys, let''s leave some time for Benji to rest. He''s already been awake for a few minutes, his body must be asking for a rest."


    ''I need to get this body back and cultivate again. According to Benjamin''s memoirs, there are no cultivators in this world, but he was just a boy of 14 years before the accident. You never know what a society''s underworld looks like, no matter what galaxy it is in. '' Aatrox thought just before bed.


    Seeing Benjamin sleep, Alex and Amanda were a little worried, but seeing Dr. Octavius''s face they were calm. "It''s okay, over the next few days he''ll be adjusting his body so he can stay up more hours every day until he becomes his normal self again".


    Hearing this they were very happy. After talking to Dr. Octavius for a while, the couple went to a nearby hotel. The hospital that was far from the city they live in. To ensure the best for their child, they sought the best national hospital and left him hospitalized for 3 years. The money spent in this hospital could support an average family for at least 6 years, even though they had some financial difficulties in those years, Alex and Amanda never questioned getting their child out of the hospital, it shows how much they loved him.


    ...


    The next day Aatrox woke up and found himself alone in the bedroom looking out the window, it seemed to be morning.


    ''Now that I am alone I can study the path I will follow on cultivation.'' Aatrox thought as he searched for his techniques in his memory.

 4 - God-Killer

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    In his old world, Aatrox had begun his cultivation as a normal person, working diligently, meditating, inhaling the energy of the universe, like every cultivator.


    One day Aatrox entered a tomb where he accidentally found the map. The tomb was completely unlike any he had ever seen before. The walls, the floor, the ceiling, everything was made of blood. At first, he was scared, but he remembered that "There are no buckets of profits that were never filled with gallons of risk."


    Keeping this saying in mind, Aatrox moved on. In the middle of an altar, he saw a sword that was beating like a heart.


    When Aatrox realized, his hand was three inches from the sword. His instincts told him to go ahead and get it. When Aatrox caught it, his body fell to the ground and he began to convulse in pain. All the blood in the tomb was being absorbed by the blade and Aatrox himself. His once white skin had turned red.


    Looking around after waking, Aatrox felt he had a third arm. Not literally, he felt that the blade now in his hands was like a new member in his body, that he could not live without.


    In the next decade, a legend began to spread across Runeterra, a being made purely of blood had emerged. He and his vampire blade killed everything they saw ahead, and the more blood his blade absorbed, the more powerful he became.


    Several groups of cultivators came together to try to kill the self, but with each group, the self grew stronger and stronger.


    Five millennia later, the name of this being was worshiped by many and feared even more. God-King of War, Aatrox.


    In the tens of millennia, Aatrox cultivated his most effective cultivation method was to use his Decay Blade. The more blood she absorbed, the stronger the two became, but that doesn''t mean that in these millennia he had learned no other cultivation method, it was just that cultivating with his Decay Blade was more effective.


    But now that Aatrox no longer had his blade, he saw that instead of dominating his blade, his blade had dominated him. He remembered God-King Lynch, he had found the Decay Scythe, but instead of being controlled by the scythe, he will control it and became several times more powerful.


    In this life, even if Aatrox finds his Decay Blade, he will not be controlled by it again, this time he will control it!Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    Searching in his memory for an effective and compatible method of cultivation, he remembered a method that a being had created. He called himself God-Killer, his cultivation had never reached the God-King Realm, yet he managed to kill dozens of God-Kings. After a few millennia of being a God-King, Aatrox had found him. His blade sizzled with happiness.


    Even though God-Killer was weaker than Aatrox he managed to cut off one of his wings.


    The battle lasted 1 month. Aatrox used his blade to drain the blood of God-King. One of the properties of your blade is to regain useful knowledge.


    Hence Aatrox learned the God-Killer cultivation technique. From his blade, Aatrox learned that the God-Killer had not just reached the rank of God-King because before starting to cultivate, his father had crippled half of his Energy core. Knowing this, Aatrox became concerned, even though he had only lost one wing, Aatrox knows that if God-Killer were a little stronger the fight could go on for years. He didn''t even dare to imagine what would happen if God-Killer had reached the God-King Realm.


    But Aatrox had already reached the God-King Realm, there was no way he could go back to cultivating with the God-Killer method.


    Now, lying in a hospital bed on a planet called Earth, in a galaxy he has never heard of, Aatrox saw his chance to cultivate the only technique he, the God-King who once killed a God-Emperor, was afraid of.


    And the best of this technique, he had seen in his memory that the God-Killer technique didn''t need him to kill anyone. The being who created the technique had created it only based on the love he felt for his daughter who was killed by a God-Duke and one day swore revenge. The love he felt for his daughter gave motivation and strength to the technique.


    In this life, Aatrox or Benjamin has someone to love. Someone who doesn''t fear him.


    Closing his eyes, Aatrox uses his senses to suck part of the Energy in the air around himself. Little by little the Energy is entering Aatrox''s body and shaping his body. Knowing from his memories that his place is a hospital, Aatrox only rotates the God-Killer technique on his body so that during exams no one suspects anything.


    His once lean body with dry skin now has a bit more muscle and his skin has gotten a little smoother. This is just a small fraction of what the technique can do to your body.


    With a satisfied smile, Aatrox raises his arms and stretches thinking. ''Who would say that I would smile so much in just two days without the Decay blade.''


    While Aatrox is with his arms raised, the bedroom door is opened and the same nurse comes in carrying a small tray with some food.


    Looking at the tray, Aatrox''s belly growls with hunger and he is a little embarrassed by looking like this in front of a mortal.


    "Good morning Benjamin, looks like you got a good morning." She says with a smile.


    "Good morning, I guarantee you, I haven''t slept well in millennia." He says pleased. The nurse looks at him in amazement and laughs thinking it''s a joke.


    "Here, your parents left with us, in case you woke up before they arrived you wouldn''t be bored." She said handing over a small object with a glass screen. Looking into his memories, Aatrox discovered that this object is called a cell phone.

 5 - Memory

    Looking at the strange object in his hand, Aatrox was curious.


    Some universes Aatrox visited had technologies thousands of times more advanced than this, but Aatrox always focused on war.


    Now, on this planet and with a weak body, Aatrox has begun to study this "cellphone".


    As Aatrox put his finger to the screen, a sign appeared for him to drag something. Dragging his finger on the screen it shifted. It had an image of a galaxy he had never visited.


    He accidentally clicked on a camera icon. Glancing at the screen he saw a handsome, thin young man. His long black hair covered part of his face as his green eyes reflected the light from the screen.


    The nurse was mesmerized looking at Benjamin curiously fiddling with his cell phone. His normally neutral face showed a hint of curiosity as he fiddled with the phone.


    ''He was 3 years disconnected from the world, it should be a surprise for him to see how much technology has advanced.'' She thought.


    While he was playing on the phone, Dr. Octavius came into the room for an exam. Seeing that Benjamin was awake he was pleased.


    "Good morning Benji, do you remember me?" He says in a quiet voice.


    Aatrox took his eyes off his cell phone and looked at the doctor in the lab coat. Searching for Benjamin''s memory traces, Aatrox only identified his face as known, but no information beyond that was found. "I''m sorry doctor, I know I know you, but I don''t remember where." Aatrox says of course.


    "Well, that''s normal. We''ve met a few times. I''m friends with your father, Alex. You used to play with my son, Henry." Said the doctor while filling something in a clipboard and watching Aatrox.


    Looking for Henry in Benjamin''s memory, Aatrox found a face, but some things were blurred and he couldn''t quite remember.


    After a series of questions from Dr. Octavius, he left with a smile and went to talk to Alex and Amanda who had just arrived.


    "Alex, Amanda, good morning. Benji seems to have lost some of his memories. This is considered normal for people who have been in a coma for a few years. We believe that with certain stimuli your memory, at least the important things will come back over time." Octavius tells the couple outside the room.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    "Well Otto, just waking him up is already extremely happy, don''t worry. We''ll help him remember everything he needs." Alex said with a smile as he hugged his wife Amanda.


    "Now about your physique, I''ll say I was more impressed than anything." Said Otto.


    "As well?" Amanda question worried.


    "When Benji first woke up, his body was extremely weak, he could not hold a glass of water by himself. Today when we took his exams, we saw that he had a 100% improvement in his old state. If was before, he could only exert 10% of the strength of a normal person, today his body can handle about 20%. He is still very weak, but if he keeps up with this steady rate of improvement, I think he could be discharged this week. " Said Otto with a smile.


    "That''s great! He must have inherited my genes for that kind of thing, you remember how good I was in high school soccer!" Alex says with a proud laugh.


    Amanda and Otto look at him remembering that the only game he was not a reserve on the varsity team was a friendly match in which the team only used the reserves.


    "Yes, yes, you were great, honey. Come on in, I''m crazy to talk to Benji." Said Amanda.


    Entering the room she saw a handsome teenager lying on the bed. With one hand he held the cell phone they brought to him while with the other he took spoons from a hospital porridge.


    Seeing more people entering the room Aatrox was curious and turned to look at them. Seeing that they were ''his parents'', Aatrox forces a small smile without knowing how to react.


    In the two days before Aatrox woke up, he had no time to stop and talk to his parents for a long time. He never had parents in his life, so it was a new feeling for him.


    He felt two sets of eyes watching him but couldn''t feel even a shred of hostile intent coming from them.


    "Are you ok Benji?" Amanda asked after sitting beside him on the bed.


    "Yes, I am, mother some things are still confusing to me. But I think it will be all right." Aatrox said an excuse not to remember much.


    "It''s okay, Otto told us this is normal. He said if you keep improving so fast maybe this week you could be discharged from the hospital." Amanda said as she held Benjamin''s hands.


    "That''s great!" He says with a slight smile.


    "Maybe you can even go back to school ..." Amanda said softly but loud enough for Aatrox to hear.


    Hearing what she said, Aatrox felt a small part of his soul that he absorbed from Benjamin''s despair. ''Don''t worry boy, this time will be different!'' Aatrox said mentally.


    This time it will be Aatrox, the God-king facing these weak mortals. Even if I only restore a fraction of my power by then, I will make these mortals pay dearly for it.


    If this world respects the rich, no problem, I will become richer than anyone in this country. If I, a God-King, cannot use my millennia of knowledge to subdue some mere mortals, I do not deserve my crown.


    "Yes mom, I''m looking forward to it." Said Aatrox with a smile.

 6 - Do these mortals knows me?

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    So a week has passed. Doctors were very surprised by Aatrox''s recovery rate. In that one week, he went from a person who only had 10% the strength of a normal person to a person with the strength of a weak normal person.


    They tried several tests to see if they would find anything different about him, but his body was normal.


    His parents visited him every day accompanied by his siblings. The thing Aatrox liked the most was this cell phone. This little device in his hand contained information about anything he wanted.


    He tried to research cultivators but the only thing he found was some books that people called "novels". These books portrayed cultivation as something mystical and just fictional.


    Aatrox found it funny and left to look for it later.


    Every night Aatrox only rotated the God-Killer cultivation in his body. He will stop cultivating more after leaving the hospital, where no one will notice his progress with these machines.


    Today, Aatrox was standing by his bed wearing a set of clothes that his parents had brought him the day before. A black shirt and jeans with white sneakers and his long hair were tied. His face that was once thin enough to see some of his bones was now thin but healthy.


    When Aatrox finished dressing, he put his cell phone in his pocket and left the room to meet his parents.


    After saying goodbye to Dr. Octavius, they went to the airport and returned home.


    During the flight, his parents and siblings continued talking a lot with Aatrox. During this week, they were amazed at their child''s personality. The old Benji, the shy boy who had no friends, after waking up seemed to become much more mature. Now he exuded an aura of confidence and all this time the only emotions he showed were confidence and happiness.


    His parents were very happy to see this change in their child. They were afraid of how he would feel when he went back to school if all his friends had grown older and he still had the old mindset, but now they were calmer.


    Already Aatrox was thinking of something completely different. He always flew using his mana as fuel but seeing that the mortals on this planet developed such a large machine that could carry so many people over the clouds amazed him.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    ''The knowledge these mortals have developed is very interesting. Maybe I can learn something here that can be useful in my cultivation? '' Aatrox thought as he looked out the airplane window.


    After landing, the family took two taxis. As they were 5, they wouldn''t fit in just a taxi.


    When the car stopped, looking out, Aatrox found this family residence. Benji''s memories filled him with some things that happened during the boy''s childhood.


    "Children, why don''t you show your brother home again for him to remember?" Amanda suggested to the twins.


    "Yes !! Come on brother!" Bryan said as he grabbed Aatrox''s hand and dragged him inside.


    Bruna took his other hand and they both led him inside.


    Looking around, Aatrox began to assimilate some of the information, but because this body did not have a very good memory, besides the coma, Aatrox only remembered the things that Benjamin considered extremely important.


    After the children showed all the rooms, they stopped in front of a door and looked at Aatrox with expectant eyes.


    "What''s it?" Aatrox asked curiously.


    "Mom said we could only come into your room when you woke up." Said Bruna.


    "Open the door brother!" Said Bryan enthusiastically.


    Looking into their eyes, Aatrox brought his left hand to the doorknob and opened the door. Looking inside he was impressed. An immortal who only cared about his sword and wars, Aatrox never paid attention to mortal things.


    The room in front of him had several things that had left him. Some underdressed dolls, posters about some designs of these underdressed dolls, and in the corner of the room was a machine with a screen, his memory said it was something called a computer. ''Does it really give you the amount of fun the memories say?'' Thought Aatrox.


    While his brothers marveled at the Action Figures, Aatrox went to the computer and turned it on.


    [Welcome Benji!] Appeared written on the computer screen.


    Sitting in his chair, Aatrox began to look at the table and tried to remember how to use this machine.


    His instincts were that he should put his right hand on the small piece of plastic with a thread. When his arm touched the mouse, his body moved by itself and he did everything Aatrox thought, only with muscle memory.


    Looking for what''s so fun about this computer, Aatrox has entered a very famous red video site.


    Watching the videos, one, in particular, drew his foreboding.


    [How to play the Aatrox jungler on God''s Arena!]


    "Uh??? Aatrox???? Do these mortals know me!?!?" Aatrox spoke with amazement in his voice.


    Opening the video he heard a mortal speak, but looking at the screen he could not pay attention. On this small screen, Aatrox saw a Mini Aatrox apparently being controlled by the mortal who had posted the video.


    And worst of all, this Mini Aatrox was exactly like him after becoming a God-King ...


    "As well?????" Looking around the screen for information, Aatrox saw several other God-Kings he met in his other life being controlled by these players.


    "Lynch ?? Foxy the bitch ?? Wait, how are Thresh and Lucian helping each other ?? WHAT''S HAPPENING ??" Aatrox wondered as he pulled his hair in despair.

 7 - Knight

    After researching it, Aatrox found that this game had most of the God-Kings of its ancient universe. And oddly enough, the stories of these characters were very similar to those of the true God-Kings.


    ''Maybe a cultivator wrote about the characters in this game?'' Aatrox wondered.


    After pondering for a while, Aatrox searched the computer and saw that the game was already downloaded.


    Browsing his memory, Aatrox remembered his login and password and was able to log in. The account name is Zhan Ye, probably Benjamin tried to name a novel he had read.


    Looking at the character list, he saw his name there, Aatrox. Clicking on his character, he saw a list of skins. Looking at this number of variants Aatrox started to laugh, he never imagined himself to be a giant robot or even a fish.


    "Benji, dinner is ready! Bring the kids." Before he could play, Aatrox heard his mother calling him to dinner.


    "We are going!" Shouted Aatrox back as he took the children playing with their action figures.


    If old Benjamin saw this, he would be furious, but for Aatrox, it was just a few pieces of plastic.


    At his dinner table, his parents asked him, "Son, next week school starts, we can talk to the principals this week, and he said that for you to go back to school, you need to take a test to measure your knowledge and know-how." which series are you going to be okay? " Amanda said.


    "It''s okay yes, I''ll take this time to read a little on the internet and give a reminder of the content." Said Aatrox.


    ''I don''t believe that mortal knowledge can be somehow difficult to learn from the eidetic memory I have thanks to cultivation.'' Thought Aatrox.


    After dinner, going up to his room, Aatrox turned off the computer and decided to leave to play only after memorizing all the knowledge necessary to not be attracted to school, after all the people who made Benjamin in a coma for three years are from there, and they will pay dearly for it.


    Looking through his memory, Aatrox remembered a site that Benjamin regularly used to download school books. Downloading the PDF from the books, Aatrox began reading them on his computer. Some knowledge simply came back to hir as memories of Benjamin, the rest with just a simple reading was decorated by Aatrox.


    It took about four hours for Aatrox to read content from elementary to junior high school math content. Feeling tired, Aatrox sat on the bed and began to cultivate. Now that there were no doctors to measure your body, Aatrox could cultivate freely.


    In their ancient world, classifications of power were like titles of nobility. Beginning with Knight, Baron and Viscount, from Count, the titles were accompanied by "God", being God-Earl, God-Marquiss, God-Duke, God-King and God-Emperor. God was added to the name because, from Earl, the cultivators already had a power that mortals considered them as gods.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    Aatrox''s body currently had only the power of a weak mortal. Sitting on his bed, Aatrox began cultivating the God-Killer technique. Thinking of his new family, a fire inside him burned to protect them, for himself and Benji. This fire fueled the technique and the energy cycle within itself began to spin faster.


    Hearing his bedroom door open, Aatrox opened his eyes and looked at his father who was staring at him in astonishment.


    Seeing the light illuminating the room, Aatrox assumed it was already 8:00 am. ''I probably cultivated all night ... I feel that in one more cultivation session I can reach the rank of Knight.'' Thought Aatrox.


    "What are you doing Benji?" Alex asked, looking at Aatrox suspiciously.


    "I studied late into the night, on some website saying that meditating after waking up helps retain knowledge, I decided to test." Said Aatrox.


    "Hmm, that makes sense. I came here to talk to you about exactly that." Alex said as he sat next to Aatrox on the bed.


    "Your mother and I talk, and don''t worry, even if you have to go back to eighth grade, we don''t care, we just want to see you happy," Alex said while smiling.


    Seeing that his father was worried that Aatrox would feel bad for not being able to study in the same grade he always had, Aatrox felt warm inside. The fire to cultivate the God-Killer technique became stronger. "It''s okay dad, I''ll just do my best and I won''t care about the result, can you?" Aatrox asked with a calm face.


    "Uff, I''m glad to see you like that. We were worried about you feeling bad, but now I saw that it was in vain. You can count on our support son." Alex said as he got up to leave.


    ''I said I would do my best, not that this one gets low.'' Aatrox thought confidently.


    Rising from the bed and stretching, Aatrox set his body much stronger. Once his weak muscles that couldn''t hold Bruna in his lap now can hold both children at the same time easily.


    Looking at his arm, Aatrox felt he was twice as strong as a normal person. His body that was once thin with apparent bones now had a slight layer of muscle over it. The advantage of the God-Killer technique is that it wouldn''t create an extremely muscular body, but rather a lean body with tightly packed muscles to be able to give high speed as well.


    After taking a shower, Aatrox goes down to the kitchen and finds his family together.


    "Good Morning." He says.


    "Good morning son, we were planning to go for a family walk in the park today." Amanda said after hugging him with a smile on her face, thinking how nice it was to see her son at home again.


    "I think it is a great idea." Said Aatrox returning the hug and smiling.


    After everyone had breakfast, Aatrox went up and went to look at his wardrobe. His clothes were too small ... He was still wearing the clothes his parents bought for himself while he was in the hospital, but now he found it funny looking at his old clothes.


    "Dad, my clothes don''t fit me anymore, do you have any sportswear to lend me?" Aatrox asked entering his parents'' room.


    "Jeez, we forgot about that. Maybe my clothes get a little big on you but I think you can wear it without problems." Alex said as he grabbed a set of clothes to lend to Aatrox. "We''ll buy you new clothes later." He said.


    When Alex went to look at Aatrox to see if the clothes fit, he became suspicious. "Son, did you happen to grow up tonight?" He asked, seeing that Aatrox no longer looked so thin now, and maybe even a little muscled.


    Aatrox pretended to be surprised and looked at his own body. "I think it was the meals here at home, I was very skinny from eating nothing at the hospital during that time. Maybe even meditation helped." Said Aatrox with a nervous laugh.


    "I think that makes sense." Alex laughed back as he passed the clothes to Aatrox.

 8 - Bet

    Arriving at the park with his family, Aatrox looked around and found the place interesting. Several families of mortals were here to pass the time, some with baskets full of food, some playing ball, some just breathing in the fresh air.


    This kind of relaxing place made Aatrox feel peaceful. His family set up a picnic spot.


    "I''m going for a walk." Aatrox said as he started to leave.


    Seeing him leave, Amanda looked at Alex with a worried look. After all, her son hadn''t yet recovered the memories, she thought something might happen.


    Alex looked at Amanda and signaled her to be calm. "He needs this." He said.


    Walking through the park, Aatrox stepped into the trees and began to appreciate the surroundings. When he was a God-King, they never had that kind of tranquility. His Darkin Blade kept always saying in his head to kill and war.


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    Aatrox heard a noise of something moving at great speed. Following where the sound came from, Aatrox found a group of people dressed in wrestler''s clothes making a circle around two people who were fighting.


    Interested to know what was going on, Aatrox climbed a nearby tree and sat on a branch to watch.


    Looking down, Aatrox saw that the two people who were fighting were having a sword duel. By their garments, they looked without the same sect.


    As they fought, Aatrox observed his technique and sword handling and couldn''t help but shake his head in disappointment. They didn''t hold the sword efficiently, it used too much force, hindering its handling.


    After the spar was over, Aatrox was preparing to leave when he heard a voice from the old man who seemed to be their master.


    "I wonder why you disapprove, bystander." Said the old man as he looked at Aatrox getting ready to get off the tree.


    Surprised that someone noticed him, after all, living thousands of years as a struggling God-King, his body developed habits that unconsciously erased his presence.


    Aatrox looked at the old man and was surprised, his internal energy was much stronger than that of a normal human. ''I believe that at my current strength level I can beat him in technique, but in strength he is superior. How interesting ... ''he thought.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    "The technique they use is very flawed. Their position in a real fight would create so many openings before they could even think of fighting a real expert, they would already be dead." Said Aatrox with disinterest.


    These two were his two youngest students, of course, they have the most flawed technique. But even though they were the youngest, at the last state tournament they had made it to the quarterfinals. This year they would probably reach the semi or even the end of their age.


    The technique he teaches was taught to him by his father, who in turn was taught to him by his grandfather. His martial arts school was one of the most respected in the city of Red River, he wouldn''t accept a 15-year-old boy coming to talk badly about his technique. This is worse than slapping your face.


    "Good, good ... So if you''re that good, why don''t you come and show my students how you do?" Asked the old man. Before Aatrox could answer he said. "Xayane, lend your sword to him and Jimmy, you will be his opponent, I want to see if your actions can support your words." Said the old man while watching Aatrox.


    Seeing what was unfolding, Aatrox didn''t worry. He understands how important martial arts are to those who practice them, but that doesn''t change the fact that he thinks they are bad.


    "I never refused a fight, today won''t be the first time." Said Aatrox as if this was nothing to him as he took the sword from Xayane girl.


    Even being angry at the boy who offended his technique while handing him the sword, Xayane whispered in his ear. "Watch out, Jimmy is one of the master''s direct disciplines."


    Aatrox was surprised by her warning and showed him a grateful smile. "Don''t worry, I don''t believe anyone but that old man can hurt me here." He said back to her quite naturally.


    Xayane interpreted this as arrogance and regretted warning him. ''I hope he takes a beating and regrets his actions. I have never seen him in municipal championships, let alone in state championships. It must be just a toad at the bottom. '' She thought as she snorted at him.


    Aatrox realized that she didn''t understand him, but also didn''t bother to explain, he was more excited than he thought he would be after all is his first fight in this world.


    Meanwhile, other disciples commented. "Do you think he will win?" Asked a chubby man.


    "Of course not, look at him, he may be handsome, but his body is very thin, Jimmy is known to be one of the strongest brutes only." Said another disciple.


    "Hehe, I think Jimmy can beat this guy just by using his sword foible." Said another boy.


    "Too bad, he''s very cute. I hope he doesn''t lose too much ugly." Said a short girl.


    "Let''s make a bet! I bet $ 5 that this boy won''t last a minute against Jimmy." Said a boy with glasses.


    "I bet it won''t last even thirty seconds!" Said another boy.


    "I bet..."


    Seeing these people betting and thinking he was going to lose made Aatrox''s blood run faster. Unbeknownst to him, a smile escaped his face.


    Looking at the smile on the boy''s face, the old man was a little suspicious, but his confidence in his subject is greater than his distrust of the boy.


    "Jimmy, be careful." The old man can''t help but say.


    "I don''t need this against someone weak like him." Jimmy said with a smug look on his face.

 9 - Ants and Spiders Against the Elephant

    The spectators formed a circle around Jimmy and Aatrox. Jimmy held a smug on his face imagining his victory before it happened, while Aatrox held a stoic face while the corner of his lips started to arch upwards into a foreboding grin.


    Analyzing the sword he grasped in his hand, Aatrox rubbed his index finger over the blunt edge of the blade. It has been a long time since Aatrox had sparred with another person. When Aatrox wielded the Darkin Blade he could only follow the blades hunger for blood and slay his enemies to quench its thirst. Now, holding this training weapon he felt a freedom he didn''t before. Even though this training sword couldn''t match to his Darkin Blade, he had full control over its use. Aatrox could easily fracture someone''s bones just by beating the blunt blade into their skin.


    "I will grant you the honor of knowing who you lost to today. I am Jimmy Smith, currently the fourth-best under-18 duelist in the state. With your weak body, I only need to use half of my strength to beat you. " Proclaimed the muscular blond-haired boy Jimmy Smith. He turned his face towards the audience with the grin still on his face, expecting them to be applauding his speech in infatuation and compliment him on his awesomeness.


    The audience answered his expectations with a string of compliments being thrown towards him.


    "Maybe the boy can last longer than 30 seconds since Jimmy isn''t using his full strength." Yelled a boy in the audience.


    "Even if Jimmy only used a tenth of his strength, this boy wouldn''t last 30 seconds." Said another boy.


    Listening to the blasphemy spouting out of the audience''s mouths Aatrox began to lose his temper. ''Mere mortals daring to mock a God-King. If we were in my old world, such blasphemous words would get you hanged. Not even gods would dare to say such words in front of me. '' Aatrox cursed in his head.


    For someone who killed beings at the peak of the cultivation world and the God-Emperor himself. The mocking of mere mortals sounded like the irritating whaling chirps of a murder of crows belittling the pride of a mighty dragon that didn''t even fly on the same air as such meager creatures. Such an act ignited Aatrox''s pride that he forged in the endless battlefields he littered with corpses.


    "Let''s see if you''ll be able to maintain that arrogance after our fight." Aatrox pledged as he hid his boiling emotions behind his poker face.


    The old man went between them and started the battle.


    Jimmy who was ready to go up suddenly froze on the spot. He looked at Aatrox in front of him, who grasped his sword with both hands at the side of his body, as if ready to lunge. At first, he found his stance ridiculous, but only when Jimmy went looking for some opening to attack did he get surprised. No matter where he looked, there were no openings at all.


    A minute passed and neither of them moved. Aatrox still kept his face neutral and didn''t look like someone partaking in a fight. Jimmy, however, was feeling restless. If he was wearing skin-tight clothing, the audience would see the sweat dripping down his back as he faced a predicament he''d never been in before.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    At first, the other disciplines thought it was just Jimmy giving Aatrox a chance, but seeing the frown on Jimmy''s face deepen as Aatrox''s face remained unfazed, they realized something was wrong.


    ''Fuck, his weird stance doesn''t have any openings.'' Jimmy thought as he rashly advanced to attack.


    Jimmy''s sword slashes flew towards him from multiple directions, looking for any loophole in Aatrox''s defenses to exploit. As they came within the range of his sword Aatrox effortlessness parried them to the side before suddenly arcing his sword past the short distance towards Jimmy before slamming the blunt sword onto his dominant arm, forcing him to drop his sword onto the ground.


    "Jimmy !!!" The disciples shouted as they worriedly ran towards his kneeling body. Their concern towards their fellow injured student turned into anger that was directed towards Aatrox.


    Everyone was bad-mouthing Aatrox since he injured Jimmy. Except for Xayane, who when everyone was talking bad about Aatrox she pitied him since he alone was being harassed by 20 people. But seeing the strength he showed, she realized he wasn''t being arrogant with her earlier, he was just telling the truth.


    The old man who was refereeing the duel was surprised that Aatrox could easily control the movement of his disciple sword with only the tip of his own. He knew that the tip of the blade is the hardest part to accurately manipulate on a sword. But while he was shocked, he suddenly heard a loud thud and a clanging sound as one of the swords fell on the ground. Quickly, he ran to his student, carefully picking up his arm to see if it was fine.


    Looking at Jimmy''s arm, the old man flushed with anger. From the loud noise made when the sword hit his disciples arm, the odd angle Jimmy''s arm was bent at and the rapid speed that the arm swelled at, the old man believed Aatrox had intentionally broken Jimmy''s arm.


    "That was just a friendly duel. Tell me one logical reason for you to use all your strength in one attack to cripple my disciple." Said the old man with a dominating tone as he looked at Aatrox demonstrating that if he did not give him a compelling reason he would attack him here and now.


    Seeing the old man''s anger, Aatrox understood why the disciples were so disrespectful. ''No snake egg will be born a chicken.'' He thought.


    "I''m sick off hearing such bullshit, from his flaunting earlier I didn''t think he was going to be so weak." Aatrox said as he looked at the old man with a face that said "So, what are you going to do to me?"


    "Master, allow me to teach a lesson to this worm who doesn''t know his place!" Said a tall boy among the disciples.


    "Yes master, if it''s senior brother John he can avenge senior brother Jimmy." Said a ''plump'' disciple who looked like he hadn''t done any exercise since he left his mothers womb.


    "Senior Brother John, teach this idiot a lesson!". The group of disciples shouted together.


    "Show him that Bahamut Dueling School cannot be taken lightly!"


    ...


    Hearing this Aatrox no longer felt angry. He realized that they were just a colony of ants that relied on their superiors to fight their fight for them.


    Hearing that their Dueling School''s name was Bahamut made Aatrox almost burst out laughing. That huge dragon-like being could destroy this planet with just one sneeze, while these mortals are comparing themselves to him, what a joke.


    "Do you dare accept the challenge boy?" Said the old man.


    "You already sent an ant and it lost an arm. Don''t send a spider and end up crying when it loses its'' arms." taunted Aatrox lazily as he no longer wanted to argue with these mortals.


    The students did not understand the analogy, but the old man and the boy who challenged him understood and were enraged.


    "Let''s see if you dare call me a spider after this duel boy." John said.

 10 - You have lucky

    John continued his infuriated gaze as Aatrox who stared indifferently back at him. Jimmy was one of John''s favorite disciples, he was always very funny and respectful to his seniors. Jimmy was slightly predigest against people who were not part of Bahamut Dueling School, but since John was a member himself, he didn''t care.


    The old man once again went between them and started the duel. As soon as the duel started, John dashed towards Aatrox adamant on avenging his fellow disciple. John wanted to show that you couldn''t beat one of his fellow students and get away with it. Images of dread on Aatrox''s face after being crippled ran through his head, he couldn''t wait to get his revenge. He didn''t care at all if it was against the law, John was born into a wealthy family, even if the boy''s family called the police, he could just call his father and he would solve the problem for him.


    John''s sword swung towards Aatrox, its dull blade seeking vengeance for his enemies crimes. As the sword was nearing its mark, Aatrox deflected it effortlessly with the tip of his blade, making it aimlessly carry on its path leaving it''s wielder defenseless. Aatrox finished his swords'' swing, perfectly arcing the blade from the position it once was, and cutting towards john sword-wielding hand. John felt an intense pain in his right wrist. He didn''t even see how Aatrox dodged his attack and gripped his wrist instinctively.


    Aatrox watched him gripping his wrist in pain as he laughed inwardly. ''How predictable, just because I hurt your junior in a fair duel, you seek revenge by trying to cripple me. How ironic that it was you who left with your hand crippled instead''.


    Before the old man could run to help his favorite disciple, he saw another blur pass in his vision as Aatrox swung his sword once more to hit John''s other wrist.


    "Since I introduced myself I only received mockery and negative intentions, now in a" friendly" duel your disciple tried to cripple me. What do you have to say about that, old man? " Aatrox remarked while standing next to the kneeling John as he faced the old man.


    Looking at the injuries on John''s two wrists, the old man could already deduce that John''s career in martial arts was finished. These wounds would take a few months to heal, at which time his favorite student was no better than a cripple.


    "The younger generation really needs to be taught a lesson." The old man claimed as his face was flushed with anger, the veins on his forehead convulsing like a beating heart. "Today you messed with someone you shouldn''t have, you will no longer have a peaceful nights sleep within this city."


    Aatrox was preparing to teach this old man a lesson when he felt two familiar presences approaching. Glancing in the direction, he saw two small heads looking around for something.


    "You''re lucky old man, you should hope I never see you again," Aatrox said as he threw his sword to the ground and walked toward his siblings who were looking for him.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    In his past life, Aatrox had never cared about anyone. And in turn, no one had ever cared about him. Now that he has a family that loved him, he didn''t mind sparing a few mortals in order to not stain his siblings'' minds. Aatrox quickly stepped out of their sight and called his siblings from behind. " Bruna! Bryan! Over here!" They were startled, but when they looked back and saw that he was calling them, they were happy as they rushed to hug him.


    "Mom sent us to get you, the food is ready, let''s go!" Said Bryan as he pulled Aatrox''s hand away.


    "After lunch, Mom said we can ask you to play with us, will you play with us big brother?" Bruna asked, her eyes glittered in expectation.


    Seeing those innocent faces that longed for his company, Aatrox threw the previous incident to the back of his mind and nodded his head.


    ...


    After Aatrox threatened him and left, the old man stopped his disciples who wanted to follow him and began to smile contentedly thinking that the boy had run away in fear of him.


    "Don''t worry boys, you''ll still have time to get revenge." The old man said to John and Jimmy with an evil smile on his face.


    "Yes, master!" The two answered in unison with a similar smile.


    Seeing the oppressive aura that was forming around them, the only person who didn''t feel well in this environment was Xayane. Because of her family, she had to enter this dueling school to defend herself in the event of an unforeseen event. She tried to convince her mother to hire a personal trainer for her, but her mother insisted that she needed to meet more people and make more friends, so she enrolled her in one of the city''s most prestigious martial art schools, Bahamut, so she could learn to socialize.


    Seeing all the people around her with an evil smile as they thought of ways to get their revenge, Xayane couldn''t take it anymore and sneak out.


    Arriving at the park entrance, Xayane spotted her driver propped up in a black Audi car while waiting for her.


    "Miss, is class over early?" He asked.


    "No Eliot, they challenged a boy to a duel, but contrary to what they expected, the boy beat Jimmy and John. Not being able to take the defeat, they are now seeking vengeance and plotting against him. I couldn''t take it anymore and I left, I don''t want to see them again, " Xayane said as she sat in the seat of the car irritated.


    "If I had known they would be like this I would have tried to persuade Madame to hire a private instructor for you, Miss." Eliot said angrily at knowing that people were using his martial arts to intimidate the weak.


    Arriving home, Xayane told her mother about the incident and her mother immediately called the old man to say that her daughter would no longer attend his classes.


    After hanging up the phone, the old man got very angry. John''s and Xayane''s families were his main sponsors, he knew that John was the son of a wealthy businessman while Xayane''s family funded his dojo and she always arrived in an expensive car with a personal chauffeur who drove her to and from lessons. But in one day, he had lost both of his major sponsors.


    Now that one of his students, who would help him if something bad happened, has been crippled and will most likely leave, the old man was infuriated. Moreover, Xayane left the same day of the duel, most likely because she considered the dojo to be weak since they lost humiliatingly to a random boy in a park. The old man''s thirst for vengeance towards Aatrox increased yet again.


    ...


    Meanwhile, Aatrox was playfully running through the park with the two kids who wanted to play with him.

 11 - Double Kill

    "Is everything really okay?" Amanda asked looking at Aatrox.


    "It''s okay mom, the way home is short, I can handle it until we get there," said Aatrox happily as he kept his balance.


    Seeing her eldest son who just woke up from a three-year coma carrying his two younger siblings on each arm made Amanda and Alex worried.


    "Big bro is super strong!" Said Bryan as he raised an arm in imitation of a superhero.


    Bruna said nothing, but lifted her chin proudly, subtly flaunting her respect for her elder brother.


    Arriving home, Amanda took the kids to wash while Aatrox went to bathe in his room. After the shower, Aatrox sat in the computer chair with his hair still slightly damp and logged into his God''s Arena''s account.


    Looking at the virtual version of himself, Aatrox was left doubtful. The characters in the game are very similar to the God-Kings he once fought, for some cultivator to have at least seen his appearance, they would need to be at least a God-Earl. Aatrox realized that he had underestimated the inhabitants of the planet and decided to investigate this further in the future.


    Deciding to give the game a try, Aatrox searched his memory for basic game concepts and decided to play a game. Benjamin, the former owner of his body, played only ranked, so Aatrox considered it normal and went to play his first match in ranked mode.


    The account he owns is in Silver 3, on a server with nearly 2 million players playing ranked games, Benjamin was roughly in the top 1 million ranking. With over 400 matches, he never made it out of Silver and was stuck in ELO hell, but that''s Benjamin''s story.


    Now that Aatrox has found a match he is excited to try something new. The game has 5 roles, a top laner which Aatrox is usually played as, the jungler, the mid laner, the ADC [attack damage carry] and the support. Aatrox was to playing as the mid laner this match. Aatrox selected the character Aatrox and waited for the match to begin.


    The opponents midlaner chose Foxy, the Nine-Tailed Fox. His team had, besides himself, three Silver players and one Bronze player. When the match began, Aatrox was so mesmerized by the experience that he forgot to buy the starter items.


    Arriving at the middle lane, when the minnions arrived, Aatrox remembered that he needed to get the last hit on the minions to earn money. With his instincts and reflex that already surpassed a normal human, in the first three waves, Aatrox didn''t lose any farm. [Farmimg: Getting money and experience from last hitting a minion or monster ]You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.


    Aatrox was farming minions when suddenly the enemy team''s Foxy threw her Charm ability at Aatrox. Simultaneously, the enemy team''s jungler Shin Fan, the Blind-Monk, threw a sonic wave in the same trajectory as Foxy''s charm. Aatrox with his superior reflexes used his Dash ability to dodged both skills at the same time.


    Seeing that Aatrox managed to dodge both abilities, the opponents did not give up. Foxy threw her energy Orb at Aatrox while Shin Fan jumped on a ward he placed beside Aatrox and prepared to hit him. But while the two were using their abilities, Aatrox retreating closer to his tower while making a vertical cut with his Darkin Blade, [using this ability, any enemy struck by the tip of his sword will be knocked up into the air for 1/4 of a second and will receive 50% bonus damage. ] Knocking up Foxy who was farther away and hitting Shin Fan who was next to him.


    Not giving time for them to plan their actions, Aatrox walked diagonally to align himself and used his ability again, [The second casts range decreases but the area increases . ] this time, Shin Fan that was closer to Aatrox was also knocked up into the air along with Foxy who was thrown once again.


    Looking at his summoner spells [The player is called the summoner in the game, each player can choose 2 different spells before the match begins to use throughout the game.] Aatrox saw that his |Ignite| was available and used it on Foxy who had already received increased damage from his ability twice. When Foxy saw that she had been ignited, she tried to retreat, however, Aatrox already predicted that she would do that so he used his last unused ability on her, his |Infernal Chains|. [Infernal Chains: Aatrox smashes the ground in the target direction, creating a chain that stops on the first enemy hit slowing them by 25% for 1.5 seconds, If the chained enemy is still in the impact area after a few seconds, he is dragged to the center and suffers the same damage again. ] Being struck by the chains, Foxy was slowed letting Aatrox comes close to her and sticks his Blade into her back using his passive to steal her blood and heal.


    Shin Fan used his |Flash| summoner spell to try and protect Foxy. But before Shin Fan could use any ability, the ''Infernal Chain'' pulled Foxy to the center of the ability and Aatrox uses the last cast of his Darkin Blade ability. In his last spell, Aatrox slashed his blade from above his head to the ground throwing all opponents near the impact area into the air and dealt bonus damage to Foxy who was in the center of the impact zone.


    Aatrox''s last ability depleted Foxy of her remaining health points, her body fell to the ground lifelessly while the passive of one of his runes |triumph| heals 12% of Aatrox''s health after killing an opponent.


    Now with nearly all his health back, Aatrox turned to Shin Fan who is trying to escape with less than half his health left. But with his |flash| on cooldown Aatrox easily finished him off, causing the matches narrator to yell << Double Kill >> to Aatrox.


    "Good job!" Said his jungler.


    "Finally my team''s mid lanner knows how to play \ ^_^ /" said his support Traum.


    Listening to his team''s compliments, Aatrox was glad to see that his teammates were thankful for what he had done, unlike the cultivators in his previous life who only treated him with caution and fear since he was very strong.

 12 - Hearth Attack

    By the end of the game, Aatrox had killed 17 players and died only 2 times, both times because he didn''t know what the enemy characters'' abilities did. His four teammates voted for Aatrox as the most honored teammate. While the players of the enemy team accused him of Elo boosting.


    Aatrox did not understand what Elo boosting meant and searched it up on the internet, when he read what it was he got frustrated and confused. Elo boosting was nothing more than hiring a person to play for you and increase your rank. Knowing that he was playing on his account and not Elo boosting, Aatrox was angry that he was being accused of doing something illegal. Aatrox wasn''t afraid to break any laws in the cultivation world, let alone in the mortal one, however, him not caring didn''t mean that he would allow others to falsely accuse him of doing so.


    Searching online for a way to prove his innocence, Aatrox found a video where a person said that the best way to prove that you aren''t Elo boosting was to live stream yourself playing the game. Not only could you prove your innocence, but you could also make a living if you were good enough. After finishing watching the video, Aatrox found another one on how to live stream and thought it might be interesting to test and he decided to see what it was like.


    After downloading OBS [Open Broadcasting Service], a streaming program, and making an account on a streaming service, Aatrox turned off the computer monitors and sat on the bed to finish cultivating so he could reach the Knight level. Even though the games were fun to play, Aatrox still has his priority which is to return to his original strength and then to reach the rank of God-Emperor.


    Eyes closed, Aatrox began to think of his new family again. After playing with the children today in the park, Aatrox felt that he was able to bridge the distance between them. Their closeness made the cultivation of the God- Killer technique advance even faster. This time, before the sun could rise, Aatrox felt as though a barrier blocking his path had broken increasing his cultivation and making his body feel lighter and more unrestrained.


    Stepping of the bed, Aatrox grabbed the foot of the bed and lifted it as easily as lifting a feather. Circulating his energy through his body, Aatrox managed to form a spiritual crown in between his hands, which was the proof that he had reached the Knight rank. Each power level has a different crown that corresponded to the level, Knight''s crown is the most basic level with a crown so small that it couldn''t be placed properly on his head.


    After putting his spiritual crown back into his body, Aatrox sat at the computer and saw that it was 5:00 am already. Aatrox decided to go over the rest of the school curriculum that he missed when he was in a coma before it began tomorrow. As Aatrox quickly read the contents, the sun rose and the other people in the house woke up. Seeing that his son was studying, Amanda and Alex didn''t bother him.


    When breakfast was ready it was already 8:00 am, in those three hours, Aatrox who became accustomed to the languages of Earth managed to increase his reading speed and when his siblings came into his room to call him for breakfast, Aatrox had just finished reading the last book he needed to know for school.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.


    After breakfast, Amanda told Aatrox to get ready to leave as they would go out to buy him some clothes since his old clothes were too small.


    Putting on one of the sets of clothes his parents had bought for him while he was still in the hospital, Aatrox tied his long hair and looked in the mirror. His tight shirt showed the six-pack on his waist. The daily cultivation caused his muscles to became more toned making the shirt that was once baggy for his very thin frame to now become too tight. His torn black jeans and white sneakers, coupled with his long black hair made Aatrox look really attractive. Even in the immortal world where everyone was extremely beautiful, Aatrox would still stand out.


    As he left the room, Aatrox saw his family looking at him strangely. "Is something wrong?" He asked.


    "Nothing, it''s just that we were surprised, you were handsome before the accident, but now you''re on another level, you definitely pulled my side of the family!" Said Amanda with a proud face.


    "I miss being young when it was easy to get a six-pack..." Alex said looking at his own belly that was already turning around from drinking too much beer.


    "My brother is a prince ..." said Bruna with a red face of shame while gazing at her brother.


    Only Bryan didn''t understand why everyone was acting so strangely because of his brother.


    "Here son, we bought you new glasses, since yours were lost in the accident," Amanda said as she handed Aatrox a glasses case.


    Opening it, Aatrox saw a pair of glasses with thin round frames. After putting them on, Aatrox''s vison blurred making him feel uncomfortable, after all when he rose to the knight rank his basic imperfections were healed, including his myopia. But he couldn''t explain that to his parents and so he put his glasses on his head as if nothing was wrong.


    " Wow ..." was the only thing Amanda could say when she saw her son wearing the pair of glasses on his face, they look like they were made specifically for him, perfectly complementing his style, a stoic expression that made him look distant and mysterious. Those who looked at him would feel curious and attracted to his confidence.


    "Shall we go?" Asked Aatrox waking his parents from their daze.


    "Let''s go !!" said Bryan who in turn still didn''t understand why everyone was acting weird.


    Arriving at the mall, they went to an ice cream parlor and bought a few milkshakes for everyone. When they arrived at the clothing store, the saleswoman who attended them was consuming Aatrox with her gaze.


    [Elizabeth POV]


    ''Today was a very ordinary day, some customers just came to do some window shopping, some bought clothes and so on. That was until a family came in. First were a pair of twin toddlers who I found very cute, and a very handsome couple for their age, most likely the toddlers'' parents. But when I looked at the teenager who was with them my heart stopped for a split second.''


    " We-Welcome !!!" I said almost choked on my tongue while greeting the boy, who looked around my age, and his family.


    ''He could definitely be a supermodel ... or a famous actor ... my god ... is my makeup all right?'' I thought as I instinctively straightened my back and hair.


    He looked at me with his cold face and my heart skipped a beat. His piercing eyes poking at my soul and like a knife striking a flint stone, it ignited my deepest desires.


    "My son needs some sets of clothes, would you mind helping us choose?" When I heard the question of the beautiful woman and looked at her face I almost died of embarrassment, I could see by her eyes that she knew what I was thinking about her son.


    "Yes, I can ..." I answered quietly trying to hide my shame, which probably only made it more apparent.

 13 - What is Smurfing?

    Leaving the store two hours after entering, Aatrox and Alex had their hands full of bags while the former, even with his cultivation reaching Knight''s stage, felt very tired.


    After entering the store, their mother befriended the saleswoman. The two began discussing what clothes would suit Aatrox. Hearing the discussion, more and more saleswomen in the store approached them and gave their opinions on what would suit him. In the end, they had decided that with Aatrox''s body and looks, any style of clothing would look good on him, so they had the brilliant idea of making him a test dummy and so Aatrox spent two hours changing into many different sets of clothes that they had prepared for him and watched as they argued over what grade the garment deserved.


    Even though he had reached Knight''s level, where his body could exert strength and stamina a few times that of a normal adult, Aatrox couldn''t help but get tired. Changing clothes every 30 seconds got repetitive very quickly. So it didn''t take long for him to get bored.


    Outside the store, after they had finished, Aatrox was confusingly looking at his iPhone. The saleswomen Elizabeth had typed in her contact number in his phone, but Aatrox didn''t know what to do with it. He lived for millennia, but the only thing that went on in his head in these millennia was fighting and killing. He never even interacted with a woman other than with his sword.


    Seeing her son''s doubtful gaze looking at the number on the phone, Amanda asks. "Is everything okay son? Didn''t you like her? "


    "I found her ... nice. But I don''t understand why she gave me her phone number. Maybe that was because she thought I was handsome? "He asked.


    Looking at her six-foot-tall son, long hair, clear, smooth skin and toned body, Amanda couldn''t help but shake her head. "Well son, when you had the accident, you were 14 years old. I think because you were in a coma, you didn''t get to go on any dates while growing up, but now that you''re 17, girls your age already have. Elizabeth giving you your phone number means that she liked you and would be happy if you called her some time to go on a date or something."


    "No !!!" shouted Bruna holding a handful of Aatrox bags.


    "What''s wrong honey?" Alex asked as he looked at her curiously.


    "Brother just woke up, he can''t leave us and go live with that women." Bruna said with a determined look.


    The two adults couldn''t help but laugh. "It''s okay daughter, your brother will still stay with us, I won''t let anyone take him either." Amanda said with a strange smile on her face.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    Aatrox doesn''t understand what his mother meant ''When I get home I will research a little about this love.'' He thought.


    As they walked through the mall, Aatrox attracted the attention of many passing girls, some even felt like going to give him his phone number, but seeing that he was with his family and had a small girl holding his hand tightly, they gave up.


    After having some fun at the mall, the family returned home. After storing the clothes from the various bags in his closet, Aatrox went back to his computer and finished setting up OBS to run his live stream.


    His Twitch accounts username was "God Aatrox", he didn''t think it was necessary to add anything further, after linking his twitch account with OBS, Aatrox opened the game and hit the ''Start Broadcast'' button. Looking at the name of the Live Stream, Aatrox wasn''t sure what to put it as. After a few minutes of thinking, he decided to put it as "Aatrox Main ". He had read that this meant Aatrox was the character he played the most.


    Seeing that he had enough RP [Rito Points] on his God''s Arena'' account to change his name, Aatrox quickly changed his nickname to "God Aatrox" to match his twitch username.


    After finding a match, Aatrox was given the jungle role. He didn''t care and picked Aatrox anyway.


    ...


    In a house in the US, a person was looking for something to watch on their favorite live stream site, Twitch.


    None of their favorite streamers were currently online, so they decided to look for some new channels to watch. While they were looking for new streamers they saw stream titles like "Watching Iron 4 Games!", "Master 150 LP High Elo Gameplay" among others similar titles, but what caught their attention was the simple title "Aatrox Main".


    Opening the broadcast, they saw that it was a player in Silver 3 who wasn''t talking during the stream. As they were preparing to close the live stream, they saw a move that made their jaw drop. The player without saying anything, in a 4-on-4 team fight, landed all their moves, and if that wasn''t abnormal enough, they didn''t once used their sword-cut ability without hitting at least two people. resulting in a clean << Triple Kill >> on the screen.


    With one looked at his KDA, they were amazed. The streamer had 15/0/4 in 16 minutes of play, almost a kill per minute, not counting his 4 assists. Getting interested, the person opened the chat and typed.


    [Pandamonium: ru smurfing ?]


    Pandamonium waited for the answer and heard none. During the team fight, Pandemonium could hear the noise of the keyboard being pressed only once per skill, which surprised them greatly, as players usually spam the keys when the skill was ready, but this player only pressed the key once the ability was ready. It showed that his microphone was on, but he probably just hadn''t seen the message.


    After a few minutes, Pandamonium heard something from the microphone in the live stream. "What is it? ''are you smurfing ?'' "This God Aatrox asked himself.


    "I don''t know where that message came from, but if whoever sent it is watching, I don''t know what smurfing is." said God Aatrox in a magnetic voice.


    ''What do you mean he plays League and doesn''t know what a Smurf is. Maybe he is a novice player?? But that''s not possible with his level of gameplay. '' Thought Pandamonium.

 14 - Black Mustang

    [Pandamonium: You''re kidding, right?]


    ''With his game mechanics, he''s either smurfing or he''s played another MOBA.'' Thought Pandamonium.


    After a while, Aatrox saw that another message arrived and replied. "I really don''t know what that is."


    Until the end of the game, Aatrox continued talking to the mysterious person in his twitch chat. Apparently, throughout the whole match, only this one person converses with Aatrox in the chat.


    In the next match, Aatrox kept talking to Pandamonium and when his enemies said that he was Elo boosting, he just sent them his live stream link.


    The person who was really surprised at that time was Pandamonium. Throughout their conversation, they realized that Aatrox was just a novice. The only skills he had were his crazy game mechanics. He didn''t even know what the other champions skills did. ''Definitely a rough diamond, I wonder how far he will go ...'' they thought.


    ...


    After playing a few more matches, Aatrox turned off his Live Stream. He thought playing God''s Arena was really fun, but playing while talking to someone was even more so.


    He didn''t know why anyone would want to watch him, but he found the feeling of someone watching him play exciting.


    After Aatrox finished streaming, the bedroom door opened and his father entered.


    "How are you doing, son?"


    "I''m fine, why?" He asked confused.


    "We''re going to the school tomorrow to see the director, if all goes well you will take the assessment test tomorrow to see if you can advance to 12th Grade or back to 9th Grade." Said Alex worriedly.


    "Ahh yes, I read the textbooks and I''m pretty confident on passing the test." Aatrox said.


    "Son, learning the content of a single year is already a challenge, learning the content of three years in two days is almost impossible, but don''t worry, even if you can''t pass the test, we''ll hire a private tutor to teach you here at home. " Aatrox could see the concern in Alex''s gaze.


    Seeing that the only thing going on in his father''s mind was that he was all right, Aatrox thought it best not to argue and let him be surprised tomorrow. "Fine dad, but let''s discuss this after the test, okay?"


    Now, Alex looking at his son''s unperturbed face, he thought there might be a chance he might pass. ''No, but that''s impossible, he studied only two days, unless ...'' He looked at Aatrox with a surprised face. ''Alright son, after the test we''ll see if there will be a need for a tutor. Mom is waiting downstairs with the kids. They were even fighting over who was going to sit next to you. They never did that for me. " He said with a tearful face.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.


    "Hahaha, okay dad, come on." Said Aatrox with a smile on his face.


    Going down the stairs, Aatrox could see that there was an empty seat between two booster seats. Aatrox quietly sat on the empty passenger seat.


    The children who were playing in their chairs saw their brother sit away from them. First, they were surprised and looked at each other until their eyes started to tear up and they opened their mouths to cry.


    Seeing them begin to cry, Aatrox stood up quickly and sat between them hugging the two giving a kiss on each of their cheeks.


    Feeling the kiss on their cheeks, Bruna and Bryan looked at Aatrox and stopped crying with a small innocent smile on their lips.


    "We thought you got tired of us brother ..." said Bruna in a sad voice as Bryan nodded supportively.


    "I was just kidding you guys, dad had already told me that you wanted to sit next to me, there''s no way I can get tired of such cute siblings." Said Aatrox laughing at the two of them pouting.


    After having their delicious dinner, the three siblings were playing together the whole afternoon and were getting closer and closer. Aatrox even considered teaching them cultivation so that nothing bad would happen to them, but on second thought he thought they were too young.


    Tonight, Aatrox did not cultivate to increase his strength but to stabilize it. During the day of shopping and playing, Aatrox saw very significant improvements in his senses, especially while playing GoA. His reflexes, that once saw the characters move a little slowly now saw them going much slower, giving him more time to react. To other people, it seemed that when someone used a skill towards Aatrox, he moved to a random direction, but in fact, when the character ability animation appeared, Aatrox could easily see it and dodged as best he could. The problem itself was that Aatrox didn''t know the abilities of each character, so even with the reaction time he had, it was no use if he didn''t know what the skills would be.


    Spending most of the night meditating to stabilize his newly gained strength, Aatrox only slept for 2 hours before he had to go to the meeting at his school.


    His mother had gone with his siblings to Aatrox''s grandmother''s house. They didn''t start their lessons until the following week.


    Inside his father''s car, Aatrox was quite curious how this thing called a car, worked. Seeing his son''s interest, Alex remembered that he was old enough to drive. "Want to try driving to school son? I''ll teach you on the way."


    Hearing this, Aatrox''s eyes twinkled. "I want to!"


    Before Benjamin went into a coma, his family had a good but not luxurious life. In the years that he was in a coma, his parents were motivated to further their careers to be able to afford his medical bills and comfort their son when he awoke from his coma. Now that he''s back, Alex''s once small business was making a lot more profit than before. His father who previously had an SUV now drove a 2012 Ford Mustang Gloss Black. With less than 5,000 km driven, the car was basically brand new.


    Sitting in the driver''s seat, Aatrox followed his father''s instructions. "Take your foot off the clutch slowly until the car starts shaking, at which point you can start accelerating, but as this car has over 300 horsepower, you have to accelerate carefully, even a slight touch will make it move forward.


    Aatrox felt excited, the car accelerated quickly but with his agility and reaction time he could easily keep on accelerating a few times faster than a normal person. After a few minutes of driving, he quickly got the hang of it.


    Outside the school, some students saw a boy in a red shirt with long black hair and a handsome face driving a Black Mustang with his icy gaze. Some girls looked at him with interest while some guys looked at him with envy.

 15 - Scientific Calculator

    As Aatrox and his father headed toward the principal''s office, the students around them kept looking at him. Some girls even waved towards him to get his attention, while some guys were clenching their fists in envy, wishing they had the same attention like him. Alex was grinning from ear to ear as if he was the one receiving the attention.


    "So you are Mr. Gray? Nice to meet you, I''m Director Nikolas Anderson." A tall black man with a sympathetic smile rose from his chair to greet them.


    "Hello Mr. Anderson, call me Alex, this is my son Benjamin." Alex said as he smiled and shook the headmaster''s hand.


    "Hi Benjamin, I heard about your story, your father told me that you are interested in taking the test to skip your grade. I''ll let you know, the test is harder than the schools'' end of year tests, so the test is not abused. Your luck will greatly influence the result since as long as a question on what you''ve revised comes up, you would do relatively well. The score you''ll have to reach on each test to pass will be 7/10, are you okay with that? "he asked seriously.


    "I''m fine, sir. I believe what I studied will be enough to pass the test," said Aatrox confidently. Every word he read was stored in his memory, even more so now that he rose his cultivation to the Knight rank, his memory became even more potent.


    Alex had a doubtful smile on his face, he did not know if his son could pass the test, after all, he had only studied two days, but if the doubt he had in his mind were true, he would be more than happy for his son to pass.


    Principal Nikolas set the test papers on the table, then he handed Aatrox a pen and a calculator.


    "There will be 7 tests measuring your basic knowledge of each subject. You will have 6 hours to complete the 7 tests. Don''t worry about the order, as long as you reach 7/10 on each test you will pass." Said the director.


    "I''ll be back in the afternoon to pick you up if anything happens you can call me with your cell phone, good luck." Alex said as he left.


    Aatrox started reading through the questions in the tests. After skimming through them there were none that surprised him. After making sure there were no trick questions, Aatrox began to answer the questions at an abnormal speed. Aatrox planned to write only a little faster than a normal person, but he forgot all about it when he got engrossed in the questions. Aatrox ended up writing non-stop for 3 hours, he placed his pen on the desk keeping his usual stoic expression.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.


    Seeing how confident Aatrox was acting before the test, Nikolas started taking the boy seriously, however seeing that he wasn''t even thinking before answering the questions, all his credibility was gone. He thought the boy didn''t understand any of the questions, so he just answered them randomly. But since he had promised that he would give the boy 6 hours, he would not stop him before the time was over. After observing Aatrox for some time, Nikolas began to realize that all of the answers used the maximum space available for the question. If he was just writing random answers, then he wouldn''t fill in all the space for the question since doing so on so many questions on this test was very difficult.


    Nikolas stopped to read an answer of one of the questions and was impressed. His answer was completely perfect. When he realized this, his eyes opened in shock. ''Maybe these questions are too easy for him? But didn''t his father say that he was in a coma for three years? How could he possibly be able to answer the questions?'' At this point, Nikolas quickly got on the Internet and took some college-level questions and printed them out. Seeing that Aatrox had finished answering his questions and was looking at him, Nikolas put those questions in front of the boy and collected the tests that Aatrox had already completed.


    "These questions are for extra points. You can choose not to do them if you don''t want to." Nikolas said as he carried the completed test papers to his desk.


    "I also have nothing to do, I might as well complete these questions." Aatrox said while reading the questions of the new test papers.


    The director began to mark the test papers. After a few questions, cold sweat began to drip from his forehead. These questions measure only the basic knowledge of each subject, but the boy''s answers in front of him were anything but basic. Each answer contained a depth that made Nikolas stop to ponder over after reading the boy''s answer.


    When he finished correcting the tests, Nikolas relaxed. Aatrox had scored full marks on all the test papers. Looking at the boy still trying to answer college questions, Nikolas was waiting in anticipation, not everyone can solve college questions like that in high school.


    When Nikolas was about to comfort the boy by saying that he didn''t need to answer all the questions, the boy placed his pen down and looked towards him. "You finished?" Nikolas asked.


    "Yes, Director." Aatrox responded.


    When Nikolas took Aatrox''s questions and went to mark them, his cold sweat intensified. When he printed the questions, the printer printed incorrectly and instead of printing 0.56, the ink smudged and looked like 0.55. This small printer error significantly increased the difficulty of the question. On the test paper, there were no empty spaces, it was completely filled with calculations. Even the space left after solving the other questions was used to arrive at the outcome of the question.


    Looking at this, Nikolas was unable to solve the question as it was to difficult. Asking Aatrox for a minute, Nikolas left his office and went to the teachers'' room. There he found the math teacher and handed him the test paper and asked him to check if the answer was correct.


    The teacher was surprised by the question, but after 5 minutes of getting nowhere, he gave up trying to solve the question and got his scientific calculator. The result that came out surprised them.

 16 - Can I help you?

    Aatrox found the last question interesting. Since he had read all the content he needed to know to pass the tests, the tests were very boring for him, but these last questions were content he had not studied before, so he had to think seriously about each question. Linking what he already knew to what the question asked for, Aatrox came up with the answers to the questions.


    But this last question was very difficult, with his super-human vision, Aatrox could see that number 5 was supposed to be a 6, but resolving as a number 6 would be difficult but not as much as 5. As the result of this test would not influence his score to enter high school, Aatrox tried to solve it as 0.55.


    To solve the question with 0.55, Aatrox had to the formulas that he already knew and use other formulas that he learned that was not needed in high school.


    While Aatrox was reviewing the answer he gave to the question in his memory, the door was opened and the director came in with a brown-haired, clean shaved white man, his hair hanging down to the nape of his neck. The man had a curious look on his face as he entered the room.


    "Sorry for the delay Benjamin. This is Professor Daniels. He is a friend of mine who teaches math class to masters at Yale University. This semester our math teacher had some problems and we couldn''t find anyone to replace him. so I had to ask a favor that he owed me hahaha. "laughed Nikolas.


    "Pleased to meet you Ben, I read the last question you solved and I believe Nick did not inform you that it was an academic level test paper. But due to the misprint, the last question has reached a master level. But for us on the university level "The scientific calculator is almost like a third arm. What surprised me is that you solved this issue with only a pen and paper. Many of my students would not be able to solve it. I came to congratulate the person who solved the question." Daniels said with a smile as he reached his arm towards Aatrox to offer a handshake.


    "I am honored with your visit, Professor."Aatrox said as he accepted the handshake. In his old world, the only thing that mattered to him was strength, seeing these people who without cultivating could make something fly by using their intelligence made Aatrox respect them.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.


    "Here''s my number, if you have any questions you can call or text me. I expect great things from you Ben." Professor Daniels said as he handed Aatrox a card with his contact information.


    Nikolas seeing this was surprised. He knew how hard it was to receive a card from Daniels. Many students tried very hard to flatter him for one, but in the end, they failed miserably. Knowing Daniels didn''t want the boy to know, he didn''t point it out.


    After Daniels left, Nikolas explained to Aatrox that he had passed the test and that he could look around the school to get familiar with it.


    After everything was finished, Aatrox said goodbye and left to look around the school. Nikolas had offered to give him a tour, but knowing how much of his time he had taken up already for the tests, Aatrox didn''t want to bother him anymore and said that he wanted to go alone.


    Walking through the halls while the lessons were still going on, some students noticed and drew the attention to other students in the room, some female students were even distracted from their lessons because they were mesmerized by his appearance.


    Leaving the indoor area, Aatrox saw a field with some tall trees towering over them. Sitting in the shade, Aatrox felt the cool breeze wash over him until his eyes closed and he fell asleep propped against a tree.


    ...


    As he slept, Aatrox felt something approaching his face. He quickly moved his hand grabbing something thin and very delicate. Opening his eyes, Aatrox saw that he was holding the finger of a girl with long red hair holding a pair of books while blushing.


    "May I help you?" Aatrox asked with his stoic expression, his hair was now ruffled by the wind while he was sleeping.


    The girl looked at her finger clutched in amazement. She didn''t expect him to feel her finger approaching him as he was sleeping. She sat at this tree after class to study since the start of school. But today, after finishing her lesson, she headed toward her quiet place of study and she saw that someone was already sitting there.


    He was a thin boy with long hair and a prettier face than the celebrities she saw on TV. As she approached, by his rhythmic breathing and his shut eyelids, she deduced that he was fast asleep. Since she had never seen him, she deduced that he was a new student who had just transferred to the school. Since he didn''t know she studied here, she couldn''t blame him. So she just sat next to him and studied as if he wasn''t there.


    As she studied, she felt the temperature starts to fall. It had been a sunny day earlier, but now grey rain-clouds were covering the sky and apparently within a few minutes it would start to rain. She got up and was preparing to go to the library so her books wouldn''t get wet when she remembered the boy who was sleeping next to her. When she was going to poke him so he would wake up, he grabbed her finger scaring her.


    "May I help you?" He asked in a monotone voice, causing the girl''s heart to race as she was flustered by his response.

 17 - 15000 RP

    "I was going to warn you about the rain." She said pointing to the dark clouds in the sky with her other hand.


    Looking up at the sky, Aatrox releases her finger and realizes that his instincts are still as sharp as they were in his old universe. "I''m sorry, I appreciate your good intentions." He said.


    "It''s okay, I have an uncle who''s the same way. By the way, my name is Annie, are you new here?" She asked.


    Hearing her name, Aatrox raises an eyebrow in amazement. "My name is Ben, I was accepted today, while waiting for my father to pick me up I ended up falling asleep." He said.


    Annie noticed his reaction upon hearing her name and asked. "Do you play GoA? Usually, anyone who is surprised by my name does."


    "Actually I do, I didn''t play for a few years for personal reasons but now I''m back. Your name reminded me of Annie in the game." He says as he flashed a small smile.


    Being very observant, Annie noticed that smile, however small, and her heart sped up. "Give me your nickname, when I get home I''ll add you. Because of my name, the first champion I played was Annie. After playing as her for so long I reached Platinum 4 as an Annie Main, how about you?" She asked approaching him as he got up to straighten his hair.


    "I main Aatrox since I started playing again this weekend. My rank is Silver 2." Aatrox said while realizing that she was getting closer to him.


    As the two were talking, students passing by were amazed. Annie was known for being polite to everyone but not being interested in anyone. But now she was trying to get close to a boy. Worst of all, he was very handsome.


    The male students were jealous of Aatrox and wanted to trade places with him, the female students were curious about the boy and after seeing how handsome he was, they were jealous that they hadn''t made a move before Annie.


    The news spread throughout the school in a heartbeat, reaching an angry Thomaz who tried the whole first semester to catch Annie''s attention but she never even glanced at him and always treated him indifferently. She was only interested in studying and nothing more. But now she''s was interested in the new kid. After finding out, he got angry at both of them.


    Rallying up some of his high school soccer teammates, Thomaz went in the direction that he heard they were at. Entering the courtyard, he saw a distant table, Annie was talking to a person, only his long black hair was visible from Thomaz''s current position.


    If he didn''t hear that Annie was talking with a boy, Thomaz would have thought that Annie was talking to another girl. The boy had a thin body and his hair was prettier than most girls in the school.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    "Look who''s here, hello Annie, what a coincidence." He said with a smile while walking toward her ignoring Aatrox''s presence.


    "Hello, Thomaz." She responded uninterestedly.


    "I put RP in my account and there is a lot leftover, are you in the mood to play tonight? You can help me choose which skin to buy and I''ll take it and give you one as a gift." He says with a proud smile. (RP: GoA''s cash used to buy skins, chests or champions)


    "I''m sorry Thomaz, but I already set up a team with some friends to play with and the vacancy we had available was filled by Ben." She replied.


    "That''s easy to solve, kick him out of the group and I''ll take his place." He said still ignoring the presence of Aatrox.


    "No Thomaz, I asked him and I will play with him, you can play with your friends." She says starting to get annoyed.


    "Hahaha, and why can such a loser play with you? Who is he?" He says as he puts his hand threateningly on Aatrox''s shoulder.


    "I''m Silver 2 and if you don''t take your hand off my shoulder in three seconds I''ll make you need to use your left hand when you''re joking around as Tryndamere [Tryndameres joke: "My right arm is a lot stronger than my left arm!"]." Aatrox said in his usual cold voice.


    Annie blushed when she understood what Aatrox meant.


    "I want to see what you are going to do." Said Thomaz with a smug look on his face.


    "3, 2, 1 ..." Before Aatrox said zero, Thomaz felt a chill run through his body for a split second and instinctively took his hand off Aatrox''s shoulder.


    "You''re Silver, crap, why don''t we fix this on a 1v1 at lol huh? If I win you get out of the group and I play." Thomaz said.


    "1v1? Easy, but the spot in the group is already mine, when I win what will you give me?" Aatrox asked in his usual cold voice.


    "Hahahaha, did you hear that, guys ?? This Silver thinks he can beat me, only in his dreams, if you beat me, tomorrow I''ll give you a 15,000 RP card." Boasted Thomaz with his friends thinking that victory was already guaranteed.


    "Are you sure Ben? Thomaz went up to Diamond 4 yesterday, his game mechanics are very good." Annie approached Aatrox and asked worriedly.


    "It''s okay, he is far from beaten me." Aatrox answered calmly but was worried, after all, he never played against someone diamond.


    "Kurt, write my username on a piece of paper and give it to him. Send me a friend request and at 8 pm I''ll send a match request for our 1v1 match, then I''ll beat you and I''ll join Annie''s premade team." Thomaz says as he laughed.


    The thinnest boy in the group took a piece of paper, wrote Thomaz''s username and handed it to Aatrox before running after the group.


    As he watched them leave, Aatrox received his father''s message that he was parked outside waiting for him.


    "Well Annie, my dad is waiting for me outside." Aatrox said showing the message he received to her.


    Annie glanced at the clock and saw that it was almost time for her father to arrive. "My dad is almost here too, let''s go outside together." She requested smiling.


    Arriving outside, Aatrox spotted his father''s car, he said goodbye to Annie and walked toward his father''s car.


    When Aatrox got closer, his father stepped out of the car to get into the passenger seat. Alex was very surprised when he saw Benjamin learn to drive so fast. If he didn''t know that his son was in a coma, he would swear that his son was a street racer.


    Annie who was accompanying Aatrox, saw him heading towards a Black Mustang. She was surprised as she knew someone who had a car just like it. When she saw who got out of the driver''s seat, she was even more surprised.


    Alex who had gotten out of the car, saw Annie looking his way. Noticed her looking at him, he had a mischievous smile.


    When Annie saw Alex waving at her, with a smile she waved back at Alex.


    Alex sat in the passenger seat and didn''t talk about seeing Annie and started talking about the tests with Aatrox while they were going home.

 18 - A Single Ping

    "Guess who got full marks on all the tests!?" Alex shouted when he arrived home with Aatrox.


    "Really!? Congratulations son!!" Amanda screamed with joy and ran to hug Aatrox while crying.


    "Yes." Aatrox said awkwardly while enjoying his mother''s hug.


    "I knew that older brother was super smart!" Bruna said with a smug look on her face as if she were the one who had passed the tests.


    "My brother is just like me." Bryan said bragging about how he also got full marks in his tests.


    Aatrox smiles and ruffled the hair of his two siblings.


    "Ben, did you already learn the content for High School before your coma?" Alex asked while trying to get rid of the doubt he had since yesterday.


    "Why?" Aatrox asked confused.


    "You''ve always had good grades in school, but to be able to learn the content of several years in just one weekend is practically impossible. Principal Anderson told me about the master level question you answered at the end of the exam. Did you happen to study the content in advance before the accident? "Alex asks seriously.


    "What? Did my son answer a Master level question?" Amanda asked in shock.


    "Yes, mom. Actually, I''ve always had a good memory, since I was young I could remember everything I studied, so this weekend I just remembered what I had already studied and the answers flowed like water in my head while I was taking the test, "replied Aatrox. He felt very bad about having to lie to his parents, but he could not say that after the accident, Benjamin had merged with a being over 10,000 years old and acquired photographic memory after cultivating for a couple of days.


    "Not only is my son unreasonably handsome, but he''s a genius too!" Amanda said thrilled as she hugged Aatrox.


    "Like father like son." Alex said, happy to find out that his son was a genius while also clearing the doubt in his mind.


    Aatrox told his parents about the tests and then went up to his room and turned on his computer.


    After changing clothes, Aatrox opened God''s Arena and OBS to start his live stream. Aatrox enjoyed talking with other people while playing the last time he streamed, so he decided to do the same today.


    Aatrox looked at his watch and saw that it was 5 pm. There were still 3 hours left before the 1v1 match with Thomas.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road.


    After logging into GoA, Aatrox was setting up OBS. While doing so he heard a notification sound on GoA so he went back on, seeing a new message notification. He clicked on it and it opened up the chat room.


    [Pandamonium: Hey God Aatrox, how are you?]


    "Hello Pandamonium, I''m fine. Today a guy challenged me to a 1v1. I think it''ll be nice to stream it." Answered Aatrox. He was very comfortable when he was called by his real name, Aatrox. Even though he now also felt like Benjamin, as all of his memories have morphed with those of Aatrox, he had not forgotten his real identity.


    [Pandamonium: Ohh, a 1v1? This is going to be interesting. From what I''ve seen you play, I believe that unless the other player is Diamond, he has no chance of beating you. Players who are in Diamond begin to know how to control minion waves well, they know which items are best against their enemy champions, it''s as different as water from wine.]


    "He is Diamond." Aatrox answered in his usual cold voice.


    [Pandamonium: Ohh ... Well, I hope this 1v1''s stakes aren''t high.]


    "The bet doesn''t matter, I won''t lose to a mortal." Said Aatrox with his pride of God-King.


    Pandamonium in their house remembered hearing Aatrox say this a few times. ''Maybe he has an eighth-grade syndrome?'' they thought.


    While they were talking, Aatrox received a friend request.


    ~ Player ''Annie is my name'' sent you a friend request, would you like to accept it? ~


    After Aatrox accepted the friend request, several messages arrived one after another.


    [Annie is my name: What''s with this username? Apparently, I''m not the only one who only plays as one character.]


    [God Aatrox: You have no idea how long I''ve been as Aatrox.]


    The two talked for a while until Annie created a normal match lobby and invited him. Since their difference in Elo was so high, Annie being Platinum and Aatrox being Silver, it was not possible for the two to play ranked matches together.


    Aatrox was Jungler again while Annie was the Midlaner. The start of the game was pretty quiet until the enemy Blofang tried to gank Annie.


    Annie was so focused on farming her minions that she only Pinged once on the floor, warning her team-mates that the enemy Jungler was near. With no hope that Aatrox, who was just a silver one, would come and help her. Annie started backing away from enemy''s Midlaner, Le Franci.


    Seeing Annie''s ping for help on the map with his enhanced vision, Aatrox who was killing the wolves in his Jungle stopped instantly and went towards the midlaner to help her.


    Seeing that Blofang had jumped on Annie, Aatrox took advantage of Blofang''s leap ability beeing in cooldown and threw his chains at him, slowing and dragging Blofang closer to him.


    While Blofang was trying to run away from Aatrox''s chains, Annie had already used both of her remaining skills to get her stun and used it on Blofang. Now that he couldn''t move because of Annie, Aatrox''s chains pulled him Blofang to him and he was instantly knocked up by the slash of Aatrox''s Darkin blade.


    << First Blood >>


    "Wow, weren''t you killing the wolves? How did you get here so fast? I didn''t even say anything." Annie said impressed and happy to get the First Blood.


    "I have very good eyesight and hearing. When I heard the Ping''s sound, my eye quickly moved to the map and I saw what was going on." Aatrox said as if it was something normal.


    "Jeez, I usually have to ping several times before my teammates in Platinum realize, but you who''s a Silver saw it straight away." She said.


    Watching this Pandamonium thought ''He has really good map awareness. With a little training maybe...''


    [Ping: A button that you press on your mouse/keyboard that makes a simples visual and sound alert to your team to warn them that you need help/is on the way/ enemy is missing.]

 19 - Counter Pick

    Annie said her uncle had arrived and she needs to leave but would be back before the 1v1 match started. Before playing with Aatrox she was worried that he would get slaughtered by Thomaz who was a Diamond ranked player, but after seeing how well Aatrox did during their two games, she realized that he had a chance to win.


    After Annie left, Aatrox continued playing while chatting with Pandamonium. During his matches, other people joined the live stream and started chatting in the chat as well, but no one spoke as much as Pandamonium.


    Time quickly passed, Aatrox had now risen from Silver 2 to Silver 1. At this rate, he would soon reach Gold. Looking at the paper he was given earlier today, Aatrox copied Thomaz''s username and sent him a friend request while chatting with the people watching his stream.


    [HereWeGoAgain: But it''s not possible God Aatrox, I''ve seen a lot of videos on the Internet but no one has landed 6 auto attacks during their Aatrox combo more than twice in a row. But seeing use Aatrox, it seems like the character was designed to be played that way.]


    [Pandamonium: I said! I have lost count of how many times I tried to do this combo but I only managed to do it once by a stroke of luck. I have no idea how you make the combo while attacking someone every time like it''s nothing.]


    "I don''t know what you''re talking about. I only use the most efficient method while attacking. You only have to use the sword cut every 0.3721 seconds. If you use the current between the first cut with a range of 0.96 seconds the combo completes itself. " Aatrox said as if what he said was the easiest thing in the world.


    [HereWeGoAgain: HOW THE HELL WOULD I KNOW THE MILLISECONDS FOR EACH MOVE WHILE I''M IN A TEAM FIGHT?!?]


    [Pandamonium: @HereWeGoAgain, I urge you not to try to understand the mind of God Aatrox. In the few days that I have been following him, it seems that my horizons have expanded, or I''m just talking to a robot and making a fool of myself ?_? ]


    "I just tried to do the combo one day, just keep practicing for one hour and you''ll start doing it without realizing it." Aatrox advises them from experience when remembering how he trained his sixth sense. In the beginning, he needed to concentrate fully to get the combo''s right, now Aatrox no longer remembers what it was like not to use it.


    Before the viewers could respond, Aatrox saw that Annie and Thomaz were both online. Instantly an invitation to a custom match arrived.


    As Aatrox entered the voice room, his brow furrowed. The first thing he heard was "Hahaha, let''s see this silver trash lose against Thomaz."If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.


    Glancing at the people in the room, Aatrox saw that the lowest-ranked person was the guy who had just spoken who was Gold 4. There was only one rank difference between him and Aatrox but he acted as if he was several times better.


    Ignoring this ignorant person, Aatrox asked: "Did we come here to chat or to play?"


    "Are you in a hurry to lose to Thomaz, You stinky Silver?" Said the boy again. his username was ''XvideosIsOff''.


    "Show him who''s boss XIO." Said another random boy who probably didn''t like to say the boy''s full username.


    "Stop this bullshit, he''s here to have a 1v1. state the rules right away." Annie said as she just entered the room.


    "Well, the rules will be street 1v1. No 100 farm or who takes the tower first. No time limit, no bans. Here the one who wins is the one who gets first blood. " Said Thomaz on his ''IHateNoobs'' account.


    "Alright, let''s go." Said Aatrox already starting to get impatient. He was excited to play someone more skillfully than the players of his rank, but the attitude of these mortals annoyed him the most.


    For the match, Aatrox clearly chose Aatrox while Thomaz chose Fae. Leaving the voice chat room, Aatrox waited for the match to begin.


    [Pandamonium: Be careful God Aatrox, Fae is considered to be one of the strongest characters against Aatrox. Probably he chose it because he saw your username and assumed you would pick Aatrox.]


    When the match started, there was nothing unusual, but at level 3 Thomaz, who had unlocked all of his basic skills, walked towards Aatrox with his Fae.


    Aatrox wasted no time and knocked Fae up using his ability [Decay Blade] first move. Using the combo he always used, Aatrox auto-attack Fae and knocked her up again with his [Decay Blade]''s second move, but when Aatrox threw two chains at Fae to finish his combo, Thomaz didn''t try deflecting it. Aatrox saw an opportunity and used [Decay Blade]''s the third sword cut on the area his chains would pull Fae too. However, that did not happen. When his chains would normally pull Fae towards him, Thomaz used Fae''s ability [Riposte] that countered the chain''s ability by making Fae invulnerable and immune to crowd control for 0.75s.


    Aatrox missed his third strike of [Decay Blade] and before he had a chance to dodge, Fae''s blade made Fae invulnerable to the pull of Aatrox''s chains transferred the impact with a sword strike back to him. Aatrox was immobilized and Fae used Lunge to hit Aatrox''s weak point, causing him more damage.


    At this point, both Champions had just over 20% of their health remaining. Whoever landed their next combo would be the victor of the match. Having learned from the last trade, Aatrox waited for his weak point to be on his back and pretended to walk in the wrong direction. Seeing an opportunity, Thomaz instantly used his [Lunge] ability to approach Aatrox, but by the time he realized that he was tricked, it was too late.


    Aatrox used [Umbral Dash] to dodge Fae''s [Lunge] and hit her with the first move of his [Decay Blade]. Being far enough away, Aatrox managed to knock up Fae. Before she fell back to the ground, Aatrox had already approached and given her 2 auto attacks, Fae had only 3% health left, if she suffered one more auto-attack she would die. Without thinking twice Thomaz used [Riposte] making Fae became invulnerable. Aatrox had expected this and didn''t use any crowd control abilities.


    With no abilities to deflect, Fae failed to stun Aatrox. Now unprotected, Aatrox just gave another auto-attack and ended the match.


    << First Blood >>

 20 - Disciple

    [Pandemonium: My God, God Aatrox. I thought you had a chance against him, but by the time he picked Fae I had already accepted your defeat, but who would think that you would learn so fast and bait him to his death hahaha!]


    [15Pasties: I just entered this live stream and what do I come across but an Aatrox doing a 6 auto-attack combo and teaching a lesson to this Fae? God Aatrox, please accept me as your disciple! I''m Gold 3 but I have a lot of potential!]


    "But I''m Silver 1." Said Aatrox softly.


    [15Pasteis: What?!? What do you mean a high-end Aatrox is still in Silver?]


    Going to the end game lobby, Aatrox only found silence. "Good game." He said in his usual cold voice.


    "I must admit, I didn''t expect a Silver to play so well. 15,000 RP is nothing, tomorrow Kurt will hand it over to you at school. But don''t think you''re better than me, I wasn''t even using my main. I''m sure if I had gone with my Main I would have won! " Said Thomas clearly trying to justify his loss.


    "Congratulations God Aatrox!" Said Annie very excited as she left the chatroom and invited him to a lobby. "Even if you lost I would still play with you. But seeing that you were excited about the match I didn''t want to disturb you." She said in a low voice with a little embarrassment.


    Aatrox remembers watching her raise her hand to try and stop him and Thomas from arguing at school, now he understood why she gave up. And seeing her remember to not call him by name since he was live streaming, left him touched by the consideration she had.


    "Now that my friends are already online I will call them to play with us." Annie said happily as she invited some of her friends into the lobby.


    The people who entered had their rank ranging from Gold 2 to Diamond 2. When hearing them talk, Aatrox realized why Thomas wanted his place on the team. Everyone she called had one thing in common, they were all girls.


    It made no difference to him, Aatrox just wanted to play. But for Thomas, finding a girl-only group was something he could only wish for.


    "Hello? Annie? Who is your friend?" Said a girl with a slightly worried voice.


    "Hi girls, don''t worry, he''s not one of them." Said Annie.Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author.


    "Phew, I was getting worried." Said the same girl now more relaxed.


    "One of them? What do you mean?" Aatrox asked curiously.


    "So it''s usually that when we meet a boy in GoA, he''s almost always a has ulterior motives. During our conversation today I was surprised that I couldn''t feel any hint of ulterior motives coming from you." Said Annie a little embarrassed.


    "That''s true, there are some who want to buy us skins and stuff. I definitely hate them!" Said a girl with a voice that sounded very cute and looked younger than the others.


    "The problem is that there are many self-serving girls who accept this kind of person, in the end, the minority tarnishes the reputation of the majority." Said another girl in the group.


    "Well, let me introduce you all. Girls, this is God Aatrox, a boy I met at my school." Said Annie.


    "Hmm, Annie who ignores all the boys at school called a boy to play? Suspicious ..." Said the girl in a cute voice. "I am Fire Fairy, a pleasure to meet you God Aatrox."


    "We''ll investigate this later Hehe." Said the Diamond 2 girl. "Anyway, I''m Shiny Berry, nice to meet you God Aatrox."


    "I''m Kami ..." Said the Gold 2 girl who apparently is very shy.


    "I''m God Aatrox, but you can call me Aatrox." Said Aatrox.


    The group played until midnight, at first the girls were afraid of Aatrox, but seeing that he said little and did not want to draw attention as the other guys who played with them made them happy.


    When Aatrox left the group saying they had to do something, the girls immediately started bombarding Annie with questions.


    "Annie !!! Well tell us the truth, why did you invite him? Is our Annie in love?" Said Shiny Berry.


    "In-In Love ??" Kami asked, her face dyed red of shame.


    "Calm down! I met him today, I just thought he was cool. No big deal." Said Annie softly.


    "Hmm, is he handsome?" Asked Fire Fairy.


    "Definitely mean, until he''s cute." Said Annie


    "Hmm, you have to bring him to visit us later!" Said Fire Fairy excited.


    "Alright, I''ll ask him later." Said Annie half defeated, but happy to see the girls willing to see other people. Only Annie really knew what her friends were like since her friends didn''t hang out with other people often.


    ...


    Aatrox had closed his live stream and was sitting on his bed getting ready to cultivate. Now that Aatrox had reached the rank of a Knight, it was easier for him to feel the mana in the environment.


    If he could do that simply at the Knight level, maybe there really are other cultivators in this world? But maybe they don''t cultivate like him ... Aatrox read in some books that in England there was a person called merlin who used magic with a wand. I don''t know if this is just fiction, but maybe in the future, I will find out.


    Sensing the energy entering his body at a rapid rate, Aatrox could also feel his body improving just as quickly. He had not yet tested his strength by picking up something extremely heavy, maybe he would do it later. But looking at his body, Aatrox was sure he was at least four times as strong as a normal human, but he was not yet the strongest person in the world, even among mortals, after all, there were mortals who could pull trucks. or airplanes, he definitely couldn''t do that yet.


    As Aatrox cultivated, A little crown appeared above his head, glowing and growing larger.


    Soon the sun would rise and Aatrox would go to his first day of school.

 21 - Stellar Lung Technique

    Amanda knocked on the door to wake Aatrox and slightly opened the door to peek inside, but when she saw him sitting on his bed was surprised. "Already awake Ben?"


    "I woke up a little while ago, I started to meditate to clear my mind to start the day." Aatrox said as he opened his green eyes. He had not slept at all last night, but while he cultivates, his body became energized after each circulation of mana around his body than with an hour of sleep.


    "Your father told me you were meditating but I thought it was just a joke. Does that really help you?" She asked curiously as she sat next to Aatrox on the bed.


    "It helps a lot, do you want me to teach you? I watched some videos on the Internet and started practicing." He said since he could not tell her that he was cultivating.


    "Hmm, okay! Let''s try it, what should I do?" Amanda said as she crossed her long white legs on the bed.


    Aatrox had already selected a breathing technique for his relatives. Since he would not teach them how to cultivate for now, at least with a breathing technique they would unknowingly increase their longevity. "Close your eyes and focus on the movement I make." He said as he stood behind his mother and ran his fingers at some points on her back.


    "Did you feel these places that I press? On the first try, I will help you, take a deep breath calmly and I will help you guide the nutrients through the points I showed you." Said Aatrox quietly.


    When Amanda took a deep breath, she felt that along with the air that entered her body, something else was coming in too. She guided the feeling to where her son''s finger was passing. "It''s working !! What is this I''m ingesting with the air, Benji?"


    "When you learn to control the air that enters your body, the nutrients that are normally wasted start to be absorbed in the points I showed you. What those nutrients are not important for now, what you need to do is learn to control them every time you breathe, "said Aatrox while giving his mother a slight smile. What he didn''t say was that what he was teaching her was one of the most powerful mortal breathing techniques he had encountered in his past life.


    The stellar lung technique. This technique took the energy that was dispersed into the environment and absorbed it at specific points in the body. Once absorbed, this energy will be distributed to the organs of the person cleaning up all their impurities. In the short term it will make the cultivator feel more energized throughout the day, but after some time using it, their organs become so pure that their health significantly increases and they no longer get ill. For someone who has practiced the stellar lung technique for decades, their lifespan may have been extended by a few extra decades.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Ok Benji, you can leave it to me! Just give it a try once I feel more energetic than if I had a bottle of coffee!" Said Amanda motivated.


    Seeing her act like this, Aatrox found her cute. ''Apparently, I inherited most of my charisma points from my mother.'' Aatrox thought, remembering some girls who became interested in him.


    "We''ll have breakfast, for now, soon your dad will take you to school." Amanda said as she got off the bed.


    Aatrox headed toward the bathroom and took a hot shower. After the shower, he put on one of the clothes they had bought at the mall over the weekend. A white closed sweatshirt with a small sword symbol on his left chest, black jeans, and white sneakers. On a normal person, it would look just like a normal set of clothes, but on Aatrox it has become a fashionable masterpiece. The sword marks were called ''Kross'', apparently one of the most popular brands at the moment.


    His hair, which was a little dry when he woke up, was now silky and shiny after cultivation, his parched skin had been cleansed from all impurities and was soft like a baby''s skin.


    After having breakfast with his family, Aatrox grabbed his new backpack, a simple black backpack, and slung it over his shoulder as he followed his father to the car.


    "Bye, brother!" Bruna and Bryan said as they ran and hugged each of Aatrox''s legs.


    "When I get back we''ll play a lot." Aatrox said, smiling and returning the hug of his siblings.


    "You promise?" They looked at him with expectant eyes.


    "I promise." Aatrox said as he laced his pinky fingers with theirs. This was something he learned from them during the time they visited him at the hospital. They were very afraid when he said that he was feeling sleepy and thought that Aatrox would not wake up again and would sleep for several more years. After trying to convince them, the only way that worked was to pinky promise that he would wake up tomorrow. According to them, when someone makes a pinky promise, the finger of those who didn''t keep their promise would fall off.


    After ruffling their hair and earning a few laughs from the twins, Aatrox headed for the garage and saw his father was sitting in the passenger seat.


    Glad to be able to drive again, Aatrox smiles as he sits in his father''s Mustang driver''s seat.


    "Since you are so fond of driving, when you get to school try to find out how to get your driver''s license there. When you have a driver''s license, you can drive without me having to go with you." Alex said after seeing his son excited to drive.


    "Okay." Aatrox answered as he started the car and enjoyed the roar of the engine. He could probably go millions of times faster than this car while flying in his past life, but even so, the feeling of driving a car is totally unique. Being able to control a machine this size the way you wanted gave Aatrox an addictive adrenaline rush.


    Leaving the garage they headed toward the school. This time the entrance was several times more crowded. There were teenagers everywhere. When they heard the rumble of a Mustang''s engine, several students turned to look. Following the sound they found a flawless Black Mustang, behind the wheel was a long-haired teenager with a very delicate and handsome face. The wind from the window made his long black hair flutter in the wind as some strands curled around the thin, circular glasses resting over his ears.


    ''Damn, why don''t my glasses look as good as his on me.'' was the thought that went through the minds of many students with glasses. While ''I need to get some glasses.'' was the thought that went through the minds of some people who didn''t need to wear glasses.

 22 - Familiar Faces

    Walking through the schools'' corridors after saying goodbye to his father, Aatrox got lost while searching for his room.


    "Are you lost?" A boy asked Aatrox.


    "Yes, I don''t know where 12th-grade room A is." Aatrox said as he answered the boy in front of him.


    The boy had short red hair, a freckled face. His muscles were apparently flabby and his height was around 170cm [5ft 7 inches].


    "Are you in class 12A?" Asked the surprised boy.


    "Yes, why?" Aatrox asked back.


    "Don''t you know what they say about class 12A? They say that to get in there you must either be very rich, or very smart. It''s like the elite 12th-grade class." Said the boy while apparently examining Aatrox to find out which of the two types he fit.


    "My family may not be poor, but we''re not rich either. I think I fit the second option." Said Aatrox in his usual cold voice.


    "I see, by the way, my name is Gregory, but you can call me Greg. Classroom 12A is on the third floor, come on." Greg said as he walked toward the third floor.


    "My name is Benjamin, but you can call me Ben." Said Aatrox. Even though his voice sounded cold and distant, he liked Greg, he didn''t seem to be the kind of person who plotted against other people Aatrox thought after observed him during their conversation.


    "Alright Ben, have you picked your elective subjects yet?" Asked Greg.


    "Elective subjects?" Aatrox asked as he went through Benjamin''s memories to remember what that meant. "Which electives can I choose from?" He asked after remembering that these are subjects the student can choose to do.


    "Basketball, Soccer, Computer Programming, Band, Orchestra, Theater ... The school has a lot of subjects to choose from hahaha." Greg said.


    "Some of the subjects sound interesting." Aatrox said thoughtfully. "I think ill choose some to do."Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.


    Before long the two arrived at room 12A. Apparently it was just like any other classroom. Some students were sitting down while studying, others were grouped up and talking, what Aatrox didn''t expect was to find some familiar faces in his class.


    "This is room 12A. I hope you''re not disappointed. Professor Daniels is coming, we should go in before he arrives." Greg said before entering room 12A and sitting in his chair.


    Aatrox was surprised, he didn''t expect Greg to be from 12A. ''Which of the two categories does he fall into?'' Aatrox thought as he remembered the two types of students in class 12A Greg told him about a while ago.


    "Welcome Ben." Professor Daniels said as he put a hand on Aatrox''s shoulder.


    "Thank you, Professor Daniels. The principal told me to come to the class and you would introduce me to the class." Aatrox said.


    "Nick warned me a few minutes ago, don''t worry. Come on." Professor Daniels said as he opened the classroom door and entered.


    "Hello class, today we will have a new student. His name is Benjamin, come in Ben." Daniels said as he called in Aatrox to stand at the front of the classroom.


    When he appeared, different people had different reactions. The first to respond was Annie, smiling happily as Aatrox was in her class.


    The second to react was Thomas who was still upset that he lost the 1v1 match the day before.


    What Aatrox didn''t expect was that Jimmy would be in his class too. The one Aatrox had dueled in the park. Seeing that the new student in his class was Aatrox, Jimmy instinctively looked down at his still bandaged arm and felt his anger flare up as he remembered the humiliation he felt after the duel they had.


    The guys in the room felt a little sad that a handsome guy joined their class, while the girls were happy when they looked at the new student.


    "You can introduce yourself, Ben." Professor Daniels said as he signaled him to go to the front of the room.


    "Hello everyone. So uh, I''m Ben. I''m a transcendental being trapped inside a human body... What''s your deal?" Said Aatrox in his usual cold and distant voice. [Quote from Aatrox in League: "So uh, I''m Aatrox. I''m a transcendental being trapped inside cutlery... What''s your deal?"]


    "Very well Ben, you can sit behind Gregory by the window." Professor Daniels said pointing to a vacant spot behind Greg.


    While introducing himself Aatrox could feel some hostility coming from some people in the classroom. Amazingly, Thomas wasn''t as upset as Aatrox thought he would be. Already Jimmy had an aura of anger around him, Aatrox could only feel it because of his thousands of years in battle. He could even feel a hint of anger from a cultivated man who trained not to emit anything, let alone a mortal child who doesn''t even know a breathing technique.


    Annie waved her small hand at Aatrox. He returned a nod in return shocking many people in the room, as Annie usually didn''t react and often even ignored the boys who tried to talk to her. This sparked some girls'' curiosity about the new boy who even Annie acknowledged.


    Sitting in his seat, Aatrox grabbed his backpack and opened it to get his Algebra textbook. Then he opened his textbook to the page number that was written on the board, Mr. Daniels started teaching the lesson. The lesson was going very well, after all, they were being taught by one of the best teachers in the state, even boring content would become interesting with the comments and views that Mr. Daniels gave during his explanations.


    When Mr. Daniels asked a question to a student in the room, Greg turned around and spoke to Aatrox. "By the reaction of some people, apparently you know some of the celebrities in our room." Said Greg smiling.


    "More interestingly is that you''re a member of 12A and didn''t tell me which of the two categories you fit into?" Asked Aatrox.


    "You didn''t ask me if I studied here. But about the categories, which one do you think I fit in?" Greg asked curiously, wondering what Aatrox would say.


    "I''d say you''re smart, because of your clothes, without wearing any luxury items, you probably didn''t come from a rich family." Said Aatrox in his cold, distant voice.


    "Bingo! You''re talking to the Top 4 academic students in the year." Greg said with a proud look. After all, the class had the smartest students in grade 12.


    "And what did you mean by celebrities in the room?" Aatrox asked.

 23 - Symmetry

    "And what did you mean by celebrities in the room?" Aatrox asked.


    "Well, our room is different from the rest. First of all, we have Thomas, the star of the Soccer team. Known for being handsome, athletic and amazingly good at League of Legends." Greg explained.


    Hoping to hear more from his explanation, Aatrox didn''t interrupt him and continued to listen to his monologue.


    "Next we have Jimmy, the star of our school''s Martial Arts team. He recently had his arm injured in a duel but everyone knows how much he is loved by the school''s Martial Arts team, despite him being extremely arrogant. So almost nobody likes him besides his team. "Greg explained.


    "Lastly, our celebrity who you apparently are already familiar with is Annie, the goddess of many male students. Unlike most of the class, she fits both categories of students being both rich and smart. Any mother''s dream is to being called her mother-in-law by her. Smart, studious, Platinum in the League and the star of the theater club. "said Greg before catching a breath to finish


    "We still have a few more celebrities, but those three stood out for apparently already knowing you." Greg said as he reached for his water bottle to moisturize his already dry throat after finishing his monologue.


    "Hmm, interesting. And you apparently you are the most informed in the room?" Aatrox asked curious to know how the boy knew so much.


    "I don''t think I can be considered a celebrity, but I have a bit of a reputation at school for knowing the right people and getting the right information. If you weren''t the smart type, I would offer you the test papers before the test day. Of course at a reasonable price." Greg said with a smug look on his face.


    While the two talked, Professor Daniels warned the class that their solving time was up and went around the classroom to collect the answers.


    At lunchtime, Aatrox was surprised. Within seconds his desk was surrounded by students, mostly girls, curious about him. About to feel helpless, Aatrox felt a small hand tug at his wrist, trying to free him from his appending doom. Seeing who, a look of thanks formed on his face as he followed the person who saved him.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.


    "Hello God Aatrox, I didn''t think you would be a member of my class, and worst of all would become the center of attention just after your first lesson." Annie said trying tease Aatrox by calling him by his League username but frustrated to see that it did not affect him.


    "Hello, Goddess. Thanks for saving me from the mob of students, I was also surprised when I saw you in the classroom. A happy surprise of course." He said with a slight smile on his lips.


    Hearing Aatrox call her a Goddess, Annie flushed with embarrassment and hearing the end of Aatrox''s sentence, her already red face turned redder as she tried to hide her face behind her hands.


    "My dad asked if I could take my driving test here. Can you take me to the office so I can find out?" Aatrox asked, changing the subject.


    Seeing he wasn''t insisting on it, Annie let out a sigh of relief and smiled. "Sure, come on," she said as she walked away, with Aatrox following behind her.


    After Aatrox scheduled his driving lessons, he and Annie headed for the cafeteria, but a flat voice disturbed them halfway.


    "Why, it looks like the idiot is in my school." Said a voice Aatrox recognized.


    "Hmm, is your name Timmy? Or Kimmy, I really don''t remember. And to be honest, I don''t care." Said Aatrox in his cold voice looking at Jimmy''s bandaged arm.


    "Don''t think I forgave you for what you did, you''ll see. Neither my master nor I will let it go, you''ll pay dearly when my arm is back to normal." Said Jimmy staring angrily at Aatrox.


    "Want me to make your arms symmetrical?" Aatrox asked with a sadistic smile on his face.


    Seeing that smile, Jimmy felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly walked away.


    "Do you know him?" Annie asked in surprise.


    "We had a small disagreement a few days ago." Aatrox said frankly.


    "You have to be careful, he may be weak from his injured arm now, but don''t mess with him when he recovers. Even though I don''t like his personality, I have to admit that his sword ability is one of the best. " Annie said worriedly.


    Aatrox laughed and said nothing, after all, he was the person who injured Jimmy''s arm. He would have no problem doing so again.


    After eating together, the two returned to the classroom. Thomas didn''t even look at Aatrox. Aatrox was happy since he didn''t have to deal with another potential headache like Jimmy. The next class was easier and more boring than Algebra. Aatrox almost fell asleep, but out of respect for the Professor, Aatrox just started doodling in his notebook.


    After class, Aatrox talked to Greg about the electives he could choose from. In the end, Aatrox thought it would be beneficial to choose some and see how interesting they are.


    Since his first driving lesson would be tomorrow, at the end of the day, Aatrox went with Annie to the theater club. She was surprised to learn that he was interested in a theater so she gladly took him with her. But what Aatrox didn''t expect was that he would find it to be so interesting.


    At first, Aatrox sat in the audience''s seats and watched the theater group''s training following Professor Roberta''s directions. Roberta was a beautiful woman in her 30''s. She had graduated in theater at Columbia University. The methods she used to direct the play were very interesting.


    Seeing that there was a handsome boy in the audience, Roberta was curious to know why he was there. When she went to talk to him, she was surprised, he held a very calm expression and he had a very athletic body. Feeling that not using him in her play would be a waste, Roberta handed him a short manuscript to Aatrox to practice. In this play, Aatrox would be a wandering swordsman while Annie would be a waitress at an inn.

 24 - First Episode

    In a secluded inn, a pretty red-haired young woman was cleaning the tables while talking to some regular customers.


    Suddenly, the inn door opened. A group of men came in, talking and laughing out loud. After sitting at a table, the men looked around and saw the waitress clearing the table. Their eyes lit up.


    "Hey cutie, why don''t you come here and have a drink with us. I''ll pay your daily wage and even give you a bonus if your mouth satisfies me." one of the men gruffly said as his friends laughed, hearing what he said.


    "I''m sorry, but I''m not interested, dear customers." The pretty red-haired waitress said.


    During the conversation, a swordsman, with long black hair and a straw hat covering his face, entered the inn. His hand glued to his sword the entire time, the swordsman used his remaining hand and pulled a seat at the counter to sit down.


    Seeing the man enter the inn, the waitress was a little surprised but quickly resumed her work.


    "Dude''s, look at that guy''s sword. I think it will make a really good replacement in place of my old sword, what do you think?" Said one of the troublemakers.


    "I think so too dude, let''s ask him ''nicely''. Then we can take this waitress and take her to our base on the mountain." Laughed a little fat man.


    That said the group of four stood up and headed for the swordsman sitting at the counter who was drinking his sake.


    "Hey buddy, my brother here really liked your sword, why don''t you sell it to us for two bronze coins?" Said a man with a smug look on his face, thinking the man would be intimidated and give up his sword for two bronze coins.


    "Not interested." The swordsman said as he continued drinking his sake without even turning to look at the men.


    "That was not a request." Said one of the men as he put his hand on the swordsman''s shoulder.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it.


    "You have three seconds to get that dirty hand off my shoulder." The swordsman gripped his sword''s scabbard, preparing to move.


    "What are you going to do if I don''t take it off?" Asked the man who was squeezing the swordsman''s shoulder.


    After three seconds the swordsman turned around and without taking his sword out of its scabbard, hit the man''s head. The movement was so fast that none of the four were able to react.


    Grabbing the man who collapsed on the floor, the three men ran outside of the inn, vowing that they would get their revenge.


    As the swordsman turned to drink his sake again, he felt a cold blade a few millimeters from his throat. Looking at who was holding the dagger, he saw the waitress.


    "Who sent you here?" Someone asked as held the dagger to the swordsman''s neck.


    Feeling the cold feeling in his neck, the swordsman turned to see who could approach him with a blade before his senses warned him. To his surprise, the young waitress was emitting a cold aura and a small intention to kill while holding her dagger.


    "I''m your father''s friend, I came to help." Said the swordsman.


    "Aaaand cuuuut !! That was perfect !!" Roberta said as she went on stage and looked at the students who were acting. "You guys were amazing! I had written this story a while ago and never had a chance to see it being acted out. You captured exactly what I was imagining." Said Roberta.


    Annie, who was still holding the rubber blade at Aatrox''s neck, moved it away.


    "Have you acted before?". She asked as she looked at him.


    Hearing Annie''s question, Roberta also looked at Aatrox curiously. These students acting skills were so amazing that they could be called perfect. If she wasn''t the one who wrote the script, she would have thought that he really was a swordsman.


    "I never studied theater or anything similar before." Aatrox answered the perplexed girl, while he felt happy that he found something else fun to do in this world.


    What they didn''t know was that Aatrox really had lived and seen such situations before when he was reaching the top in his old world.


    "What will she do with the recording?" Aatrox asked curiously. Before they started acting, Roberta had instructed one of the students to record the scene.


    "She usually posts them on youtube and asks the school to put the video on the site as well to attract more students who might be interested in theater at school." Annie said as she shrugged as if it were a common occurrence.


    "This time it''s going to be different Annie. This play is a series, today was just the first episode. I expect to see you when we record the next episodes, Ben." Mrs. Roberta said as she came towards the duo.


    Hearing this, Annie looked at Aatrox with a look of wonder as she waited to see a response.


    "I thought it was fun, I wouldn''t mind doing it again." Said Aatrox showing a rare little smile.


    Seeing his small smile, the two women were stunned for a second and smiled instinctively shortly thereafter.


    Glancing at his watch, Aatrox was surprised by the time and saw that everyone was packing their things to leave.


    After changing his clothes and grabbing his backpack, Aatrox waited for Annie and the pair were leaving when they were interrupted by Kurt, the boy who was talking sh*t to him the day before, during his match with Thomas.


    "What do you want, Kurt?" Annie asked, looking suspiciously at the Thomas follower.


    "Thomas asked me to give you this," he said after handing Aatrox an envelope and leaving without saying anything else.


    Looking curiously at the envelope, Aatrox recalled their bet on the 1v1 match. After opening the envelope he confirmed there was really a 15,000RP card inside.


    "At least he kept his promise." Thought Aatrox.


    What Aatrox and Annie didn''t expect is that the video they just recorded, would explode on YouTube.

 25 - Proud

    "Big Brother has arrived !!" Bryan shouted as he ran to hug Aatrox followed by Bruna.


    Seeing his siblings, Aatrox unconsciously put a smile on his face. Seeing the happiness on their faces, he was sure he would do his all to protect them.


    "Hey kids, do you want to learn something cool?" Aatrox said while stroking Bruna''s hair.


    Hearing what Aatrox said, they both looked at him with a curious look. "What is it, big brother?" Bruna asked while enjoying the affection that she was getting on her head.


    "It''s called a breathing technique. It gathers the energy in the air to make you stronger." Aatrox explained.


    "Brother, are you a ninja-like Naruto? I saw in an episode when Naruto was training his jutsus, he had to gather chakra from the air, after gathering a lot of chakras he used a lot of jutsus and it was super cool!" Said Bryan clearly excited.


    Thinking of his brother''s analogy, Aatrox was surprised. That was basically the concept of cultivating, you gathered energy and used it in your techniques. "That''s right Bryan, but I will only teach you how to gather the energy. If you get good at it, I can teach you some jutsus. But this one will be our secret, okay? " Aatrox said thoughtfully.


    ''They''re still young and have a lot of potential. If they get really good at cultivating the Star Lung Technique I wouldn''t mind teaching them some tricks or low-level techniques.''


    Hearing that they could use jutsus, the twins'' eyes glittered like stars. They were clearly shocked and excited, wanting to use jutsus like the ninjas in Naruto.


    ...


    Today was a very boring day for Bruna. When she woke up her older brother had already gone to school, at home were only her, Bryan and her mother Amanda.


    Every time she visited her brother at the hospital, he was always sleeping. Only last week did her parents tell her and Bryan that her brother had woken up. When Bruna found out, she didn''t know what to feel. She felt curious about her brother who always slept. But she felt more afraid since she didn''t know if he would be mean to her and Bryan.


    When she arrived at the hospital, she saw that her once sleeping brother was now awake. Looking at his thin and weak body, the fear she felt was replaced with worry. Even though she was only 4 years old, Bruna knew it wasn''t healthy to be as thin as he was.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    When her brother spoke to her and Bryan, Bruna felt happy. She was also curious why he slept so much.


    After a few days of spending a lot of time with him, Bruna now loved him as much as she loves Bryan and her parents. Because he was older, she felt very safe with him. Everything he said was interesting. From time to time he would even tell some stories about a mystical world where people could fly and use magic. Hearing that she thought her brother must have seen it on TV, but today she thought something different.


    When she was playing with Bryan in the living room, the front door opened and when she looked up her face immediately lit up. Walking through the door was her older brother Ben. Even though he left this morning, she already missed him so much, as if he had been gone for days.


    As they talked, her brother put his hands on the top of her head and stroked her hair. She liked the feeling very much.


    She was enjoying the warm sensation of her brother''s hand flowing through her hair when he said something about learning how to gather the energy in the air. It reminded her of the stories he told about cultivators. ''Can I be like them?'' She thought.


    ''Brother seems to know a lot, maybe if I''m good at his technique I can see these cool things and play with these amazing things too?'' Bruna thought as she saw her two brothers talking.


    Resolutely deciding, Bruna told her older brother that she really wanted to try and was very happy when she saw the smile appear on his face after hearing her answer.


    "Alright, let''s go to my room." He said as he picked her and Bryan up carrying them as he climbed the stairs toward his room.


    Once there, he put them both on the bed and asked them to cross their legs and close their eyes. The siblings quickly did as he said.


    Bruna closed her eyes and unknowingly, her brother was holding back from squeezing her cheeks because she looked really cute when she acted seriously.


    Taking a deep breath, Bruna felt her brother''s finger on her small back as she pulled something from her lungs and moved it towards the directions that his finger was pointing to.


    After a few minutes, her brother Ben said, "Okay, now you know how it feels and which way the energy should go, now you should do it alone."


    Seeing his gaze, Bruna wanted to show him that she could do it all by herself to make him proud of her.


    Taking a deep breath, Bruna saw that it was much harder to feel the energy in the air without Ben''s help. After a few tries, she felt a small, barely noticeable stream of energy coming in along with the air in her breath. Not wanting to waste the opportunity, Bruna began guiding the energy to the first point her brother showed her, trying not to dissipate the energy while doing so. Feeling sad that she couldn''t carry the energy all the way, Bruna turned to look at Ben.


    The look he had on his face surprised her. Bruna thought she would see a look of disappointment, but instead, it was a look of surprise.


    "Have you managed to guide the energy to the first point?" Asked her brother, looking like he was trying to confirm something.


    "Yes, I could only guide a little energy to the first point, then it dissipated." She said with a downcast look, but seeing her brother''s gaze, her expression brightened.


    "Hoho, I''m proud of you. I didn''t think you could guide the energy to the first point today." He said with a smile on his face as he stroked Bruna''s hair, which yielded a satisfied smile on her face.


    Seeing them both, Bryan decided to take the training more seriously and tried it again. He also wanted to make his brother proud and be praised by him.


    As Aatrox praised Bruna, he felt some energy coming from his younger brother. Looking at Bryan, Aatrox can see a look of surprise and happiness on his face.


    Aatrox can''t help but be proud, his siblings being able to guide the energy on their first day was a tremendous testament to their talent. In the cultivating world, there were several people who tried for days to guide the energy with a breathing technique and could not, even though the world was more abundant with energy in the air.


    Unbeknownst to Aatrox, as he praised Bryan, the twins stared at each other and there arose a small competition between the two over who would be praised by him more. Even if Aatrox knew, he wouldn''t stop it. Having a rival would always propel them to achieve greater results in their cultivation. He would only worry that the competition might disrupt their relationship.

 26 - Visit (part 01)

    "Kids, we''ve been invited to dinner at a friend of ours. Come with me to get ready to go." Said Amanda at her children, happy to see her three treasures playing together.


    "All right mom." Said Aatrox helping his siblings get up. They then went with their mother to get ready.


    Being left alone, Aatrox turned on his computer and opened GoA to add the 15,000RP. but upon logging in, a new page popped up before him.


    [Come and join Clash with 4 or more friends and feel what it''s like to play professionally.]


    Reading more about it, Aatrox found that it was a tournament held by the game developers so players could experience what it''s like to be in a professional game.


    Aatrox was curious and wanted to try to see what it was like, but he didn''t have a team yet and besides Annie, he had no one to invite.


    Throwing this information to the back of his mind, Aatrox redeemed the code and now his account had 15065RP. After looking at Aatrox''s available skins, he bought them all as there weren''t many. A so-called "Mech Aatrox" skin, where as the name implied, it was Aatrox as a giant robot. Another skin called "Blood Moon Aatrox", where it resembled him the most and looked like he did in his ancient universe. Finally, he bought a so-called "Justicar Aatrox" skin. this one was special because it reminded him of a being he once fought.


    [All skins can be viewed on "is.gd/AatroxSkins".]


    Knowing he had no time to play any games, Aatrox turned off his computer and went to take a shower. For him who practiced the God-Killer technique, his body was constantly releasing impurities. It was essential that he showered several times a day so that his body did not smell bad.


    After the shower, he looking for something to wear. Aatrox chose a black shirt his mother had chosen with the various saleswomen when he wore it as a model. To match his shirt, Aatrox chose black jeans and a silver belt.


    During the trip, his father had bought him a black watch too, finishing his look. Fully dressed and looking in the mirror, Aatrox realized that he definitely didn''t miss his red skin. His serious face, with his long loose black hair combined with his black clothes, gave him a different look. Anyone talking to him would feel like he was talking to a hot and sexy devil.


    Leaving his bedroom he saw Bruna in a black dress sitting on their parents'' bed watching a cartoon on the bedroom television. Bryan was wearing a black shirt too while Amanda combed his hair.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    Seeing the surprised look on her son''s face, Amanda couldn''t help but sigh. "They said they wanted to dress in black to look just like you. Worse, they didn''t even know what you were wearing, but they knew it would be black."


    Hearing this Aatrox can''t help but laugh at her helpless look and the proud smile on the twins'' faces.


    Alex opened the door and saw his family getting ready. He couldn''t help but have a happy smile when seeing everyone gathered together. After greeting everyone, he went to take a shower to get ready as well.


    * Ding *


    Hearing the phone notification, Aatrox picked it up and saw it was a message from Annie.


    [Annie: Hey! Did you see the message on GoA?]


    [Benjamin: Yes, I thought it was cool but I don''t have a team to play with.]


    [Annie: What are you going to do today?]


    [Benjamin: I''m going to some friends of my parents'' house. Why?]


    [Annie: So keep quiet, we''ll talk later.]


    Aatrox was confused but quickly ignored it. When everyone was ready, the family of five went to Amanda''s car which was larger than Alex''s and would be more comfortable for their journey.


    On the car radio on the way, was a song that caught Aatrox''s attention.


    "But you didn''t have to cut me off


    Make it out like it never happened and that we were nothing


    And I don''t even need your love


    But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough


    No, you didn''t have to stoop so low


    Have your friends collect your records and then change your number


    I guess that I don''t need that though


    Now you''re just somebody that I used to know. "


    Listening to this rhythm accompanied by the lyrics, Aatrox thought he better understood the human emotion called love that his mother once mentioned.


    In his old world, many people cultivated for millennia, making their own path in the cultivation world. A small group of them used instruments. Using the mana that they absorbed from the air, they would increase the vibrations coming out of their instruments and affect the people who could hear it. The vibrations had many effects. They could resonate with the blood of the ally''s and increase their metabolism, making them heal faster. Or they could resonate the vibrations with their enemies skeleton, causing them to fracture and cause damage.


    People from all over the world and even other planets came to listen to the music the gods played.


    One of these gods was a goddess who was mute. With only her harp she could prevent wars. People who listened to her music felt the emotions she wanted them too. If the goddess wanted people to feel in love, people would feel that way after hearing her music. If she wanted them to feel mad with rage, then they would.


    It was a pity that he had never seen any of the Gods who specializes in instruments. Maybe he did in a battle, but he killed them before they had a chance to use their instruments.


    Aatrox never practiced an instrument, much less reaching the same level as these gods only with an instrument. But hearing the music on the radio aroused a curiosity in him. ''Is playing an instrument fun?''


    In this life, Aatrox wanted to have fun and enjoying his time with his family. ''Maybe learning an instrument is fun, after all, for Gods to spend tens of thousands of years practicing nonstop, it shouldn''t be boring, should it?. I''ll think about it later. '' Aatrox thought, wondering if it would be difficult to get an instrument.


    Looking out of the window, Aatrox can saw the car driving into the driveway of a large house. But after passing through the gate, Aatrox saw something unexpected.

 27 - Visit (part 02)

    Annie had just arrived home. Her mother was about to arrive and her father was working. As always, she headed toward her room to play the computer. Her friends were not online and to her disappointment, the ''God Aatrox'' account was not online either.


    But out of nowhere a notification appeared and caught her eye.


    [Come join Clash, Join 4 more friends and feel what it''s like to play professionally.]


    That message piqued Annie''s interest. Reading that she would need four friends she instantly thought of her three friends and the new boy in her class at school.


    A GoA match was pretty boring depending on who was on your team, and that was a common occurrence when some guy played with her and her friends, but with Ben, they didn''t feel it. He treated them like people, and that''s exactly what they wanted. No privileges or advantages, just being treated normally and having fun together.


    While thinking about what the matches would look like, Annie texted Ben on his cell phone to see if he would be interested in playing on her team. But before the conversation could develop, her father came home and warned everyone that his friend would be coming with his family to visit them. Hearing this Annie was upset, but soon after she remembered seeing a friend of her father going to get Ben from high school and a small hope appeared in her heart that he will be the person to come today.


    Often her father would call some business friends to come to dinner at their house, but he was almost always a boring man with a boring family and sometimes a son who kept trying to get her attention because of the beauty of the young redhead.


    Annie was hoping the person visiting her was her friend, otherwise, it would be another boring night.


    At least her father spoiled her a lot and when he saw that the guest''s son was pestering her he made some lame excuse to end the meeting.


    Today her father was hoping to be different. The friend he called was from the time he joined the army. The two met at the military camp and since young people always went out together to drink.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site.


    After the two formed their families, they had moved away from each other but two years ago he had found him again in a hospital in another city. According to his friend, his son had been in an accident and was in a coma. At first, he tried to cheer up his friend but seeing how much he loved his son, he wondered if something like this happened to his daughter, how would he react.


    But to everyone''s happiness, this weekend his friend had returned from the hospital and to his surprise with his eldest son. Anthony, Annie''s father was very happy with the news and told his friend to bring his family to his house where they would have a celebration dinner for the boy''s recovery.


    In his imagination, he thought the boy would still be weak after being in a coma for three years, but contrary to his expectations, from the backseat of his friend''s car, one of the cutest young men he ever saw came out. Glancing sideways, Anthony saw the surprise in his wife''s gaze just as he was.


    But what surprised Anthony most was the look on his daughter''s face. Anthony knew how much Annie hated the meetings he scheduled because of the son of his business partners. Today he was hoping his friend''s son wouldn''t screw it up and that Annie wouldn''t be mad at the boy.


    But seeing the boy who got out of the car, who most likely could have been stamped on a magazine cover and seeing Annie''s gaze in his direction. Anthony felt a sense of danger. For the first time in his life, Anthony really felt worried as a father. He knew his daughter was very pretty and would win the heart of any ordinary teenager easily but she never cared about anyone of the opposite sex, so he let his guard down. But today Anthony remembered a father''s greatest fear as he looked into his daughter''s bright eyes.


    Unbeknownst to anyone, Anthony decided to test this young son of his friend. After seeing the appearance of the boy with the long black hair, Anthony even forgot that he had been in a coma for three years.


    ...


    Aatrox who was in the car watching the house was a little surprised but not so much. After all in his thousands of years of existence, he had visited countless palaces that would make this house look like a doghouse. But since every time he''d come to these palaces just to fight and kill, Aatrox didn''t pay much attention to them. That is why this house of a mortal family caused him a slight surprise.


    But what really surprised him was the people waiting at the door.


    There was a black-haired man with a shaved beard and a bright smile waiting in front. Accompanied by a red-haired woman with beautiful facial features apparently his mother''s age. And finally a face he was getting used to seeing, the high school goddess, Annie.


    As Aatrox got out of the car, he helped his little siblings out and when he turned around, he could see different looks on the face of the family he was visiting.


    Bruna standing beside him, seeing Annie instinctively squeezed Aatrox''s hand harder as if trying to protect him from danger even though she really likes Annie.


    Bryan thought people were beautiful but didn''t have a second thought about it. He was only interested in knowing where he would play and if his older brother could play with them.


    But one thing caught Aatrox''s eye. He could feel the sharp aura leaking from the man''s body beside Annie. This man was definitely a fighter, but the strange thing was that sometime after he got out of the car while helping his little brothers, the man''s leaking aura had become stronger and is clearly being directed at him.


    ''What is happening?'' Aatrox wondered as he felt the aura in the room.

 28 - Visit (part 03)

    Sensing the oppressive aura coming from the man, Aatrox instinctively stayed alert. Aatrox faced him and tried to understand why he was doing this. A look of surprise appears on the man''s face.


    Anthony had instinctively sent the aura to the boy without realizing it. When the boy stared at him, he realized that the boy could sense his aura. Anthony quickly stopped sending out his aura. He was really surprised that a boy so young, who had just awoken from a coma, could sense his aura.


    The number of people who would react when Anthony revealed his aura could be counted on his fingers. And now, to his surprise, a young boy his daughter''s age could do so without getting affected. His provoking stare seemed to demand an explanation.


    ''For him not to be afraid and still dare to be aggressive ... Either this boy has some skills or he''s an idiot.'' Anthony thought.


    "Hello, Tony!" Alex said smiling as he reached out a hand to his friend. "I see you''ve noticed our little man."


    "Hey Alex, I really noticed him. Looks like his looks came from Amanda''s side of the family." Anthony laughed as he praised his friend''s son.


    "Apparently at least you got that." Amanda said laughing with a victorious look directed at Alex.


    "Good thing Annie didn''t get many of your features. Luckily she got them from Amelia''s family." Alex said as he pretended to be relieved.


    "You ..." Anthony pretended to be angry.


    "You never change, right?" Annie said as she was by her father''s side.


    "Hello Uncle Lex, Aunt Amanda, hi kids and hi Ben." She said smiling.


    "Hi, big sis Annie." The children screamed as they rushed to hug her. Bruna felt a little apprehensive but in the end, could not resist and run to Annie. They had known each other for a long time, Bruna trusted Annie a little to not steal her brother.


    "Hello, Annie." Aatrox said, keeping his surprise under control. He didn''t realize his and Annie''s family were so close. And apparently, Annie already knew.The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    "Hello Benjamin, we haven''t had the pleasure of meeting yet." Amelia said with a smile on her face.


    Amelia is a very pretty red-haired woman, watching both of them, Aatrox could imagine Annie looking like her when she was older. Even though, just like Amanda, Amelia looked a lot younger than her actual age.


    "My pleasure, Aunt Amelia." Aatrox responded politely, mimicking the way Annie called his parents.


    "I see he also pulled his mother''s good behavior, Alex. Are you sure the son is yours?" Anthony teased his friend.


    "You ... Of course he is." Alex answered.


    "Alright, let''s go inside, it''s cold out here." Anthony said as he invited everyone inside.


    The children stood between Aatrox and Annie. Listening to their conversation and occasionally joining in, making the conversation very enjoyable.


    Sitting in the living room, Annie asked Aatrox, "Were you surprised?"


    "I definitely didn''t expect your father to be close friends of my dad. Did you know already?" He asked.


    "The day we met I saw Uncle Alex waiting for you in his car. At first, I was confused but remembered my father saying he had a son around my age, so I thought it was you. But seeing you looking so healthy, I wasn''t sure if my hypothesis was correct. You look very good for someone who just came out of a coma. " She said.


    - "I think it''s my daily exercise and good genetics that make me look so healthy." Aatrox said.


    "What exercises if I may ask?" Anthony had taken an interest in the conversation after witnessing Ben resist his aura.


    "I do meditation exercises, Uncle Tony. I learned some exercises on the Internet and started practicing them. Even if it wasn''t very remarkable, it still helped me a lot." Said Aatrox.


    "Hmm, I also do some meditation exercises. Maybe later we should exchange tips." Anthony said clearing his doubts.


    Anthony started cultivating during his teens following the teachings of his Kung Fu master. Young boys like Ben didn''t normally meditate, So it could only mean that after waking from his coma he found a cultivation technique.


    Finding a cultivation technique at such a young age can only be considered his fortune. Especially after coming out of a coma. Ben clearly displayed the effects that cultivation has on the body of a weak person.


    After talking about various topics, the two families went to the dinner table. After dinner, Annie asked Aatrox about the topic she had at the back of her mind. "Do you already have a team to play Clash with?"


    "I received the notification today but didn''t receive any invitations." Said Aatrox in his usual neutral voice.


    "You want to play with me and the girls? We need a Jungler and everyone enjoyed playing with you last time. Not to mention that your skills are far superior to your rank." Annie asked expectantly.


    "That would be great. Better to play with friends than with strangers, right?" He asked with a slight smile. Saying "friends" felt weird to him, after all, he didn''t have any in his past life.


    "Yes!" Annie answered excitedly. "Let''s play together for practice. I''ll tell the girls and let you know." She said.


    * Ding, Dong *


    Listening to the bell, Annie only thought of one person that would be here at this time.


    "Perfect timing!" She exclaimed.


    Aatrox was curious to know who it was, as he sat on the couch waiting for her to come back.


    Aatrox heard Annie laughing from the doorway accompanied by another female voice that sounded quite familiar.


    "You!" Shouted the girl who came into the room behind Annie.


    "Hmm?" Aatrox felt her face was familiar, but he couldn''t remember who it was. (To save valuable space in his brain to store amazing killing techniques. Aatrox learned to erase the memory of existence that was not important to him. After all, it would be wasteful to store the memory of all the billions of people he slaughters on the battlefields.)


    "Do you know each other?" Annie asked in surprise.


    "Yes, it was because of him that I quit my martial arts classes." Said the girl.


    "Ahh! You were the apprentice of that old man who advised me." Aatrox finally remembered who she was.


    "Xayane, this is Ben you met as God Aatrox. Ben, this is Xayane you met as Shiny Berry." Annie said with a smile.


    "What?!?" Shouted Xayane in astonishment.

 29 - Visit (Final part)

    "So you mean he''s the guy who played with us?" Xayane asked.


    "Yes, Xay." Annie answered.


    "Are you really Diamond 2?" Asked Aatrox.


    Xayane is still very puzzled about the boy, after all, he had easily won the match against Jimmy and John. But hearing his question about her ranking, Xayane was proud and puffed out her chest as she answered, "Yes, I''m Diamond 2 almost Master."


    "Hmm." Aatrox responded as he compared the gameplay he saw of her when they played with his own.


    "But what did you come here for this time, Xay?" Annie asked intrigued.


    "Ahh yes! I was at home quietly browsing YouTube and suddenly saw a video that was on the ''Trending'' tab, when I went to see out of curiosity, guess what I saw?" Xayane answered.


    "What?" Annie asked curiously as Aatrox raised his eyebrow.


    "Wait a minute ..." Before Xayane answered, she looked at Aatrox and was amazed again. "My God, it was you !!!" She said as she stood and pointed at him.


    "What was me?" Asked Aatrox.


    "In the video, wait, let me call on the television." Xayane said as she put the video on the television''s YouTube.


    Before the video started, Annie was surprised. This video already had 1 million views within hours of its release. But when she saw the title she understood and was surprised just as Xayane did when she first saw it.


    The title was: [The Legend of the Sword and Dagger, Episode 1.]


    When the video began, the adults who were talking in the dining room next door were curious and turned to see what the video was about.


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    Seeing Annie clearing the table in the video like a waitress, her eyebrows rose, but when they saw the long-haired swordsman entering the scene, even without seeing his face, they already deduced who it was by looking at the young man sitting comfortably in the living room while stroking his sister''s hair that had just come running to watch the video.


    "For some reason, I liked this swordsman! Haha." Aatrox laughed.


    Annie and the others were surprised. Ben was always very serious and right now had he made a joke?


    When Aatrox saw the look of wonder on the faces of others he realized that he had done something he still did not believe. Little by little, coming into this world was changing him.


    "This is too much?" Aatrox asked as he saw the number of views and trying to change the subject.


    "A lot? That''s extremely a lot! Usually, the giant YouTubers take 24 hours to reach 1 million views and your video took just a few hours to reach that mark." Xayane answered.


    Aatrox really had no idea how many people. In his old world, killing hundreds of millions of people in one day was considered little depending on the war, who will say only one million people watch a video.


    "Did you record this at school, kids?" Amelia asked.


    "Yes, Professor Roberta has recorded to post and attract students to school." Annie answered.


    "Hmm, when I was younger, I used to be part of a theater group as a hobby. I can rightly say that you have talent in that." Amelia said with a smile on her face. "For high school students to make us forget that they are following a script, few can."


    "Thanks, Mom!" Annie received the compliment with a smile. She had been in the theater group since last year but none of the previous plays had been successful, so she had not dared to show her parents.


    "Look at the comments!" Xayane commented.


    [PoorBrother: Wow, I never enjoyed watching anything at the theater other than stand-up comedy, watching this video made me want to see it live. Even though it''s very short.]


    [moreMORE: When is the next episode coming out ??? I NEED MORE.]


    [Pandamonium: I know that voice from somewhere.]


    [IDragonXYZ: Where is this play performed? ??]


    [HateSystems: It''s a Red River School play. Maybe at the school festival they will perform.]


    "Wow, there are a lot of complimenting comments !!" Annie was excited.


    ''Yeah ... Why is it so good to see other people enjoying something I did?'' Aatrox thought.


    * Trim, trim *


    Xayane''s cell phone notified.


    "What a coincidence, my boyfriend just sent me this video asking me to watch." Xayane said as she showed the link her boyfriend had sent her.


    "Ohh, how is Rakin doing?" Annie asked.


    "He''s fine, it looks like there''s something going on in the Vatican and he had to go see it." Said Xayane.


    "Is he still working with the church?" Annie asked.


    "Yes, not in the roles, but because of his family, it has to be that way." Xayane replied a little dejected.


    Aatrox listened to what she said and thought it best not to intrude. In his ancient world, Aatrox was considered a Demon King by many churches around the universe. ''This church wouldn''t know my old self, right? Maybe a little research won''t hurt. '' He thought.


    "Changing the subject, Xay, do you want to join Clash with us?" Asked Annie.


    "Clash? Yuup!" Looking at Aatrox she understood that the last person left to complete their team had appeared.


    "Great! We''ll talk to the other girls later and convince them to participate. I think the only problem will be convincing Kami." Said Annie.


    "We''re still in 2013, maybe someday we can participate in the World Cup," Annie said dreaming.


    "Who knows." Xayane replied dreaming too.


    "World?" Asked Aatrox.


    "Oh yes, before your accident there was no World Cup yet. Every year, the best teams in each region come together to participate in the World Championship. The winner takes the prize of $ 1,000,000.00. Not to mention that each player can choose a skin to be made of your team to be made for a character, "Annie replied with stars in her eyes.


    Aatrox''s sense of competitiveness has been enhanced. ''One day I will win this championship!'' He thought.

 30 - Monsters

    "Is everything really alright?" Amanda asked worried Aatrox in the car as they drove home.


    "Yes, Mom. It''s going to be friendly." Aatrox answered to lessen her concern.


    "But son, he was an army lieutenant and now has one of the largest security companies in the state." Amanda said worriedly.


    "My brother is super strong, Mom." Bryan said as he propped his little head on one of Aatrox''s thighs.


    Seeing her brother lying on his older brother''s leg, Bruna also wanted to and took Aatrox''s other thigh.


    Stroking the twins'' heads, Aatrox answered Amanda. "Mom, since I got to their house I also felt like having a spar with him, so why not?"


    "Because you just woke up from the accident, son. I don''t want anything bad to happen to you again." Amanda said sadly.


    Feeling bad to see his mother like that, Aatrox gives up and agrees. "Alright mom, you can come and if anything happens you can stop it, okay?"


    Eyes shining, Amanda responds. "Ok son! You will hear your mother."


    Over dinner, Anthony had suggested that he give Aatrox some self - defense lessons, but before that, they would need to have a spar for Anthony to test Aatrox''s level.


    Aatrox knew the aura that he was sending when they arrived, it was just an excuse. At first, Aatrox wanted to reject the idea, but in thinking that he might get in touch with someone who might be one, or know about cultivators, Aatrox accepted the invitation and scheduled the class for next Saturday.


    Amanda had been very worried to see her son at risk of injury, insisted Aatrox let her go to the spar. Aatrox didn''t want to let her know about the cultivating world anytime soon, so by then, he will have to find some way forward.


    Arriving home, Aatrox took the sleepy twins and led them to their bedroom. Since they were still very young, Amanda and Alex thought it best to let them sleep together, to keep each other company at night.


    When Aatrox put Bruna to bed, he felt a twinge of fear coming from his younger sister''s gaze. "Is everything okay, my princess?" Aatrox asked.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    "Can you stay here with us, brother? We are afraid that some monsters will appear when we go to sleep too late. "Bruna said in a fearful and worried voice.


    "Are you afraid of some monster scaring you?" Aatrox asked with a raised eyebrow. Since he had begun to cultivate with the cursed blade, Aatrox had never been afraid of anything, but seeing his sister''s gaze and looking to the side, seeing his brother''s gaze, Aatrox couldn''t help but worry.


    "Yeah, every once in a while we hear some noises and think it''s some monster." Bryan responds a little shy about being scared, even though he''s a little man.


    "Alright, I can stay with you or teach you my secret to never be afraid of monsters again. What do you want? "Aatrox asks with a plan forming in his mind.


    "Never?? We want to know the secret, brother! "Bruna said excitedly.


    "My secret never to be afraid of monsters is to be the monster!" Aatrox said with a proud smile.


    "What do you mean?" Bryan said with a confused look. Seeing the cute look of confusion in the children''s eyes, Aatrox had to hold back not to squeeze their fluffy cheeks.


    "Remember the technique I taught you? So I didn''t say that you can become very strong practicing that technique? That is the secret, you will practice just before bedtime and the more you practice, the stronger you will become. If you get too strong, the monsters will be afraid of you instead of you being afraid of them. "Aatrox said with a warm smile on his face.


    Bryan and Bruna turned to face each other and saw stars in each other''s eyes. If what their brother said was true (which they would never doubt), they could become super strong and hit any monster that comes at night. "We''ll do it, brother! Let''s get too strong to hit any monster and not let any of them hurt either mommy or daddy! "Bruna said with a resolute look.


    "Fine, I''m proud of you." Aatrox said as he gave a slight smile on his face and kissed the twins'' foreheads.


    The next day, the classes were quiet. After realizing that he knew all the content the teachers were explaining, Aatrox began to get bored in class and stop to think about other things. Some teachers caught him off guard to ask questions, but none of them were answered with an incorrect answer. So the teachers were pleased and went back to teaching.


    After class, instead of going to the drama club, Aatrox left after saying goodbye to Annie. Arriving home, Aatrox played with the kids and asked the question he wanted Amanda. "Mom, I''m wanting to learn to play some instrument. Where can I get one? "


    Hearing her son''s question, Amanda began to think and remembered Alex. "Your father had a guitar when we started dating, I think it''s somewhere in the basement. Come on, let''s see if we can find it. "She said with a smile as she headed toward the basement.


    The children, curious to know what was there, went together. Amanda never let them in there alone and when Alex came in to get something they never saw so they could go together.


    Bruna held one hand of Aatrox while Bryan held the other. Seeing the reaction of the children, Aatrox felt curious. As they descended the stairs, some noises could be heard. To Aatrox it was just a random noise of something old, but feeling the pair of grips in his hands, Aatrox felt the children were getting scared.


    Taking advantage that the children had already begun to cultivate the stellar lung technique, Aatrox spent some of his energy on the little hands he was holding.


    The children who were afraid, feeling the warm, comfortable energy coming from their older brother''s hand, felt much safer. The determination that they had to become strong to give pride to Aatrox now become one the determination to become strong enough to manage to protect and move safely to other people, such as older brother was doing.


    Bryan and Bruna stared at each other for a second and nodded at each other. Simultaneously the twins let go of Aatrox''s hands and became determined to pass through this frightening place with their own strength and courage.


    Observing this development, Aatrox was surprised but very happy at the same time. He protected his siblings because he knew they were still very young and he could not see them suffer. But he knew very well that to become a powerful cultivator, one had to be independent and self-assured. So that the inner demons would not take over their body and mind during some difficult stage of cultivation.


    Seeing all this, Aatrox knew that the cultivation session last night had been worth it.

 31 - Backstreet Aatrox

    "Here, I think it''s out of tune and the strings must be old, but it''s still usable," Amanda said as she held the black guitar she had found in the basement.


    Aatrox looked at the instrument and held it curiously. It was a black guitar, his eyesight improved, cracks in the strings could be seen, but none had broken. Strumming the strings Aatrox''s curiosity peaked, He just wanted to fight in his old life, but now he wanted to do other things, and playing this instrument seems like a lot of fun.


    "Son, since you got interested in the guitar, how about I recommend you a song for you to try to learn to play?" Amanda saw an opportunity to teach him about love and couldn''t pass up.


    "Sure, let''s go to my room, you show me which song is on the computer." Aatrox said absently as he watched the fascinating guitar.


    "Hear, I listened to this song a lot when you were your siblings'' age," Amanda said as she put a song to play on youtube.


    An acoustic guitar riff played in the background while what appeared to be a band took turns singing.


    " Now I can see that we''ve fallen apart


    From the way that it used to be, Yeah


    No matter the distance


    I want you to know


    That deep down inside of me


    You are my fire


    The one desire


    You are


    You are, You are, You are ...


    Don''t wanna hear you


    (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, y-and-eah )


    Ain''t nothin '' but a heartache


    Ain''t nothin '' but a mistake


    ( Don''t wanna hear you say )


    I never wanna hear you say


    I want it that way


    Yeah-eah-eah. "


    Aatrox listened to Backstreet Boys and found it interesting. It was very different from the song he had heard in the car yesterday. Closing his eyes, Aatrox began to pay attention to the sound of the guitar playing in the background and with the little, he learned on his way over the guitar strings as he went upstairs, Aatrox began trying to strum the music on the guitar.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    At first, only strange and nonsense sounds were coming out, Amanda seeing her son trying to play the music was fun, but said nothing, even though she knew it would be almost impossible for him to play the music the first time he heard it. But as the music progressed, the noises that were coming out were making more and more sense. When the song ended, the noises produced by the guitar remained bad, but not as unbearable as in the beginning.


    Knowing this was the first time Benjamin had ever played guitar, Amanda was amazed. She knew very well that not even Alex could learn to play a song that way after so many years without playing, much less her son who had never tried.


    ''Maybe he has talent?'' Amanda thought excitedly.


    "Brother, this is very strange." Bryan said with a frown.


    "Yes, I still need to improve. But in a few days, I''ll play a really cool song for you, okay? "Aatrox said a little embarrassed to play so badly.


    "OK!! You''re going to play a lot of songs for us to sing with you, brother! "Said Bruna excitedly.


    "Since your brother is so busy, let''s let him practice some kids. How about we go to buy some new strings for him? "Amanda said with a smile as she led the kids into the living room leaving Aatrox alone in the room.


    "We will! Maybe brother will play guitar better with the new strings we buy, "said Bryan excitedly.


    Being left alone in the room, Aatrox played Play again and strummed the guitar again.


    ...


    Entering home after work, Alex heard the sound of a guitar being played in one of the rooms and was curious to check after finding no one at home.


    Arriving in the bedroom, Alex saw his son, Benjamin sitting in concentration holding the old guitar he used to play. ''Amanda must have given it to him.'' He thought.


    Alex didn''t knock and stood listening to Benjamin''s ring. Sounding like some Backstreet Boys song, Alex paid attention to the Riff and saw that although some notes were a little wrong, overall it was doing well, maybe a layperson didn''t even realize the mistakes. Alex realized that Benjamin was not singing while playing. ''Maybe he doesn''t like to sing? Hm, how about I encourage you? '' Alex smiled after having an idea.


    When Benjamin started playing the song again, Alex entered the room and began singing along with the song.


    "Yeah


    You are my fire


    The one desire


    Believe when I say


    I want it that way..."


    Benjamin looked at him in surprise and Alex hinted at his son accompanying him while singing the song. Benjamin remembered the lyrics and began singing along with his father.


    "...But we are two worlds apart


    Can''t reach to your heart


    When you say


    That I want it that way


    Tell me why


    Ain''t nothin'' but a heartache


    Tell me why


    Ain''t nothin'' but a mistake


    Tell me why


    I never want to hear you say


    I want it that way


    Am I, your fire?


    Your one, desire


    Yes I know, it''s too late


    But I want it that way..."


    Unbeknownst to both of them, shortly before Alex came into the room to sing with Aatrox, Amanda had arrived and started recording with her cell phone, since Aatrox started playing until the end of the song where they both sang together with a smile on their face, everything was recorded by Amanda.


    "Very good! Have you been learning to play the guitar since you woke up from the accident, son? "Alex asked with a satisfied smile.


    "No, I started learning today a few hours ago." Aatrox said.


    "What?! Did you start learning today?!?!?!" Alex asked, startled. When he had begun to learn to play the guitar, to finally play a song well, it took several weeks. To sing and play at the same time were a few more weeks of training.


    "True, he said he wanted to experiment with what it is like to play an instrument and I gave him your guitar to try. We even went out to buy new strings. "Amanda said as she raised her hand holding the bundle of new strings to change on the guitar. "Although I know he had talent, I didn''t think he was going to learn just in those few hours I went out with the kids."


    "My brother is amazing!" Bryan said with bright eyes.


    "Yes! No one is smarter than my brother. "Bruna said as she ran to hug Aatrox.


    "I took the opportunity to record you singing, why don''t you put it on youtube for me, Benjamin? That way I''ll be able to send the link for my friends to see. "Amanda said with a smile as she watched Alex''s slightly embarrassed face.


    "Alright, give me your cell phone." Aatrox replied thinking it normal. He had not yet learned to use mana while playing but was pleased with the current progress.


    What Aatrox didn''t expect was that some people would relate voice and hair to a certain swordsman who was on trending topics because of a certain play.

 32 - Comments

    In a certain house in the Philippines, Jusz was lying on the couch looking for something interesting to watch. After watching a play about a swordsman and a murderous waitress on youtube, he wasn''t finding any videos that piqued his interest. Beside him was his younger sister Birrbi, fiddling with his phone, with the same bored expression on her face.


    Suddenly Birrbi screamed in amazement. "Brother, look at this video!"


    Jusz was startled by the scream but went to watch the video. On the mobile screen, he saw a boy covering an old band with his father, when Jusz was about to ask what was so special about the video, he remembered the video of the play he had seen earlier. "This voice and this hair ... he is ..." Before Jusz could finish the sentence, Birrbi finished for him with an emotional voice.


    "Yes! I''m sure it''s him, I wouldn''t mistake that hair for anything." Birrbi said with a slight flush on her face. After watching the video of the play Jusz had shown her, Birrbi had been very curious about who the actor was, even after asking her friends, none knew who it was. The mystery was only piquing her curiosity until this video appeared on her timeline. Because she liked Backstreet Boys, Birrbi decided to see if the cover was good, but what surprised her was that the doubt that was killing her with curiosity was partially satisfied. Now she only needed to be on the show when he showed his face if he really was the same person.


    Looking at the comments, Jusz was surprised.


    [ Mistilteinn117 : Is this¡­ is this person really who I think it is?]


    [Weirdo: Previous post, I also think he''s the swordsman!]


    [shadowgodking: Thanks .]


    [Mrdude: Please sir, can I have some more]


    [Eonia: I''ve been looking for him for so long! I didn''t know my swordsman also sang so well!]


    ...


    Aatrox, who had posted the video a few hours ago, was amazed at how many notifications were arriving on his phone. All of the comments from his video singing with Alex. At first he got lost in what to do, but when Alex saw what was happening, the dream of being a rockstar had come back to him.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    Amanda saw what her husband was thinking and quickly picked up her cell phone to show that all the comments were just praising Benjamin, not him. As Alex drew circles of sadness on the floor in the corner of the room. Amanda told Aatrox, "Son, they are commenting because they liked you. Thank some of them and ignore the bad comments. "


    Listening to his mother''s advice, Aatrox began responding to the video''s comments by thanking those who were praising and ignoring questions about the play and the bad comments. The reason for ignoring the bad comments is obvious, but he chose to ignore the comments about the play so as not to disturb what Roberta had planned.


    After a series of thanks, Aatrox was happy. So many people had said that they liked the two videos he had shown, he felt quite sweet. ''Maybe if I can do something for these mortals in the future I''ll do it.'' Aatrox thought happily.


    The video had 8,000 views, too many it may seem little, if they were enemies, Aatrox would feel they were just cannon fodder preparing to be killed for a wave of the hand, but as the vast majority were praising and treating him so well. , Aatrox felt that there were too many people. The weight of so many people believing in him was much heavier than the weight of 10x more people wanting him dead.


    After dinner, Aatrox went up to the bedroom and sat down to cultivate. Closing his eyes, Aatrox felt that the energy around him was much thicker. Trying to absorb the energy of the environment, the amount it absorbed per second was much larger than before. It startled him.


    ''Maybe because I want to protect more people, my God- Killer technique has become more effective? I know that affects how much energy I can absorb, but I''m still not sure how it works. ''Aatrox thought about the opportunity and felt excited. If he did more things that made him happy and at the same time pleasing others, might his cultivation become faster?


    Throwing these thoughts deep into his mind, Aatrox cultivated until midnight and then went to sleep. The next day, Aatrox arrived at school and some people were commenting on him.


    Yesterday some who had seen the video of the play was commenting, but it seemed that only a minority of students had seen it. But after the video was so successful, one student told the others and now everyone knew. Some even saw his singing video and showed it to others. The girls who already had some admiration for him were now even more interested, since besides being handsome, and a good actor, he also played guitar and could sing.


    Arriving in the room, Aatrox saw Annie talking to some girls, but when she saw him, Annie rushed toward him and started asking about his cover. "Did you know how to play the guitar?"


    "I started learning yesterday," he said.


    "Yesterday?!?!" She asked in surprise.


    "Yes, I was wondering what it was like, but I still need to improve a lot, "he said after comparing himself to the music gods.


    "Well, you keep surprising me," Annie said after a sigh. "By the way, Professor Roberta asked you to go to the theater today to talk to you."


    Hearing this Aatrox''s interest was piqued. "Alright, after class I''ll go there."

 33 - Group Work

    "As I expected, apparently I''ll have to add you to the list of celebrities in the room." Greg said while turning to talk to Aatrox.


    Aatrox looked at him with a little astonishment but answered. "Has my popularity grown that much?"


    "You have no idea. Yesterday you were just something interesting to a small minority, but after your singing video today, the whole school knows about you. "Greg said rolling his eyes.


    The two had grown closer. Aatrox didn''t open up much to strangers, so their friendship still had a certain distance. But Greg had a lot of information about the school, realizing that, Aatrox thought it would be useful and interesting to have him around.


    "Silence!" The teacher caught the students'' attention. "Today we will have a group work."


    "Ohhh nooo!" The crowd grunted. None of the students liked to do group work, as there would always be a person who would do nothing or a person who would do something wrong and make the whole group lose points.


    "No complaining. The groups will be randomly selected through a draw." The teacher said as he took a glass with several papers with different numbers. According to the number on the student call, you would be selected for a group.


    Aatrox saw the group he had been selected for and raised an eyebrow in surprise. One person in the group might not be happy with this organization.


    [Group 2: Benjamin, Carter, Riley, Thomaz, and Violet.]


    Aatrox turned to look at Thomaz to see him also staring back with a curious look. Aatrox thought he would see him with a look of anger, hatred or something, but apparently Thomaz was looking at Aatrox with the same look Aatrox was looking at him.


    They kept their eyes fixed on each other until the teacher drew the class''s attention again, to explain how the work would be done, so they both stopped staring at each other.


    Basically, for this assignment, each group would have to make some kind of creative presentation about some historical moments in the world. The presentation could be done in the traditional way, a play, a song, or a video. The more creative the presentation, the more points the group would earn.


    "Is it okay to do a group with Thomaz? Looks like there''s a bad vibe going on between you." Greg asked after the teacher finished explaining.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    "I believe so." Aatrox answered disinterestedly.


    The groups had risen to decide how they would do the assignment, on the way to the corner of his group, Annie came to ask if it would be all right for Aatrox and he answered without worrying just as he answered Greg.


    "H- Hi ..." Carter said softly with a little embarrassment, joining the group. He wore round glasses with thick frames. If Aatrox''s glasses could be considered the stereotype of stylish, Carter''s would be considered the stereotype of Nerd.


    "Hello everyone," Thomaz said in a confident tone. If Carter were considered the Nerd stereotype, Thomaz would be the complete opposite, the Cool Guy stereotype.


    " Hi." Aatrox said in the usual cool tone he used for people he had no intimacy with.


    " Hello!" Riley said in an excited tone, as her cheeks turned a little red a few seconds after staring at Aatrox. Riley was a small, lively girl with short shoulder-length hair that made her look younger.


    " Yo." Violet said. She was a tall girl and apparently a little shy.


    "Do any of you have anything scheduled for tonight?" Thomaz asked. "We can do the work at my house. My parents will be out anyway."


    "T- That''s ok for me." Carter said softly.


    "No problem for me either." The girls answered.


    Aatrox hearing Thomaz''s suggestion was a little surprised but saw no reason to refuse.


    "So it''s settled, I''ll hand you a paper with my home address, we''ll meet you around 6:00 pm." Thomaz said while the others nodded.


    The group discussed about things they could bring to use during the preparation and finally, everyone said goodbye.


    Aatrox met Annie and they went to the theater.


    " Benajmin!!" Roberta shouted with happiness as she ran towards him.


    Aatrox instinctively stepped aside for her so nothing strange happened. "Hello." he said.


    "The video has already reached 2 million views! This was the first video I made that received so much attraction. The school principal even called me to congratulate me and decided to increase our budget." Roberta said with a smile from ear to ear.


    "Good." Aatrox replied with a little astonishment. Now that he had seen his singing video views and comments, he realized that 2 million views were a lot, and that was a video he had contributed.


    "Yes! I just finished writing Episode 2, do you have time for us to record this?" Roberta asked hopefully.


    "Today I have a group assignment presentation to do at 06:00 pm, we can do a practice for now and record tomorrow." Aatrox said.


    "That''s great for me! It will give me time to finish writing without haste and adjust the rest of the preparations. When I''m done I''ll email you the manuscript." she said.


    "Alright, where''s the story of Episode 2?" Aatrox asked as he looked around. She handed him the draft and he started reading. Aatrox was a little excited about tomorrow''s recording. His character would have some interesting scenes, maybe that would even help him with the problem his mother said he has. "Shall we practice?" He asked Annie.


    "Did you already read and memorize it?" Annie asked incredulously, she was still reading half of her script.


    "Hm? Yes." Aatrox answered.


    "Wait a minute, let me memorize my lines and we will practice." She replied.


    ...


    "Alright, so see you tomorrow." Aatrox said goodbye after practicing the script he received with Annie. As he left, Aatrox glanced at his watch and saw that he would have time to go home and take a shower before going to Thomaz''s.

 34 - World War Song

    Aatrox checked the paper with the address he was holding and confirmed it was in the right place. Looking up, Aatrox saw a building of at least 30 floors. It was nothing compared to the immortal palaces he had already destroyed, but compared to the residences of this world, it seemed quite luxurious.


    "Good evening sir, may I know where you are going?" The doorman asked in a polite tone.


    "Apartment 2601." Aatrox replied in his neutral and distant tone.


    "Oh yes, Thomaz already warned me that some of his colleagues would arrive. You can go up. "The doorman warned him as he pointed to the elevator.


    Aatrox went in the direction the doorman pointed and looked at the elevator curiously. According to the memories of Benjamin, this thing would go to the floor you picked, but Aatrox did not understand how it worked. As Aatrox compared the object to the laws of physics he had studied, the elevator door opened and Aatrox awoke from amazement.


    A beautiful woman, who seemed to be in a hurry, was preparing to rush out of the elevator when she looked at Aatrox. Startled, the woman stopped for a few seconds and quickly remembered her commitment again.


    Not to waste any more time and opportunities, the woman took a card and handed it to Aatrox. "Boy, I''m in a little bit of a hurry, but you can find my information on the card. Contact me if you are interested. "The woman said after handing him a card with some writing on it and walking away.


    Aatrox looked at the card and just read her name, "Maggie Mode," as the elevator door began to close. Not to be left behind, Aatrox quickly put the card away and entered the elevator.


    Hitting number 26, Aatrox waited for the object to work. In a few seconds the doors closed and Aatrox felt that he was being pulled up along with this thing. For him who had already flown with his own powers, knowing that he was climbing a few feet per second was not surprising.


    With every close contact, Aatrox had with mortal technologies, the more he was fascinated. It piqued his interest. In his old life, Aatrox had witnessed several more technologically advanced civilizations, but because of the Decay blade, Aatrox didn''t care about any of it. ''Can I remember some technologies of that time?'' Aatrox wondered.


    When the elevator door opened, he found himself in a living room. Apparently, the elevator had him in the living room of Thomaz''s house.


    "Ah, you''re here, newbie." Thomaz said as he came from the kitchen followed by Carter, Riley, and Violet. Everyone, but Thomaz who was holding two, was holding a soda can in their hand. Approaching Aatrox, he reached out and offered Aatrox the soda.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings.


    Aatrox was surprised by the hospitality. He really didn''t expect Thomaz to treat him well. In the old world of Aatrox, after something bad happened between two people, the normal thing to do was get angry and only stop when the whole family on the other side was completely dead.


    ''It seems that in this modern world things work differently.'' Aatrox thought until he remembered Jimmy''s old teacher. ''Or maybe there are still some bad seeds.''


    "Thank you." Aatrox replied as he received Thomaz''s can.


    "You''re welcome, you arrived on time. We were brainstorming about what to do for the job. Carter suggested making a text like a newspaper, but we rejected it because we thought it would be very boring. "Thomaz said.


    "Yeah, we wouldn''t have much to do." Riley said with a bored look.


    "How about we make a song?" Violet said as she looked at Aatrox.


    "Truth! We have a musician in our group, we can''t waste it. "Riley said excitedly.


    "That is okay with me, do you play any instruments?" Aatrox asked curiously.


    "I play the piano," Carter said softly.


    "I play double bass or guitar, " Riley said.


    "I play drums," Violet said.


    "I play the electric guitar," Thomaz said.


    "I play the acoustic guitar," Aatrox said. "So apparently we can form a band. Carter playing the keyboard, Riley playing the double bass, Violet on the drums, Thomaz on the electric guitar and me on the acoustic guitar. "


    "Yeah, what a coincidence that each of us plays an instrument." Riley said in surprise.


    "How do we do the music?" Thomaz asked, agreeing with the planning.


    "First we have to choose a theme. How about World War II? "While Aatrox was studying the contents of High School, this was what he found most interesting.


    "I think it''s perfect, there are some comics I read that have the same theme," said Carter excited for the first time.


    "Okay, let''s gather the most important facts and try to put it together musically." Aatrox said.


    "Let''s go to the table, there we can write more comfortably." Thomaz said a little excited. It seemed like writing the song was going to be fun.


    After several attempts, they were able to put together the first stanza using the Friends'' theme song as their base.


    " Fascist Mussolini controlling Italy


    Japan, it plans to spread with its military


    Hitler and the Nazis want Lebensraum


    And appeasement''s preferred policy of Neville Chamberlain ... "


    "It''s getting very good! Who will sing? "Riley said excitedly.


    "I don''t want to," Carter said a little embarrassed as he remembered that he would have to present to the entire class.


    "As a rock band, we can let the guitarist sing. Aatrox or Thomaz, who will sing? "Violet suggested.


    "Whatever for me." Aatrox said without caring.


    "Maybe we can do this together?" Thomaz said, surprising Aatrox once again.


    ''Maybe I really misjudged him.'' Aatrox thought.


    "I think that will be good." Aatrox said, agreeing with Thomaz.


    "Well, since it''s getting late, we can meet again to do the rest of the song. To practice how to play, we can practice on our own instruments at home by following the music of Friends and when we meet again we''ll just have to fit it all in. "Thomaz said.


    "Okay, my mom just texted me asking if we were done yet," Riley said.


    When everyone had said goodbye, Thomaz told Aatrox. "Can you wait for a little? I want to talk to you about something. "

 35 - Best Singer

    When everyone had said goodbye, Thomaz told Aatrox. "Can you wait for a little bit? I want to talk to you about something."


    Aatrox turned to face Thomaz. He still felt a little suspicious of Thomaz, but that suspicion was now much smaller than before.


    "What is it?" Aatrox asked.


    "I sing better than you." Thomaz said with a smug look. That look reminded Aatrox of the first time they had met.


    "So what?" Aatrox asked with narrowed eyes.


    "As I sing better, naturally the best parts of the song will be mine. I''ll be the first voice and have some solos beyond the chorus." Thomaz told Aatrox with a look as if he were the keeper of the truth.


    Aatrox remembered the "Young Masters" he encountered in his ancient world. Every guard Aatrox had lowered came back higher. He realized that Thomaz had done all this in front of his colleagues to convey the idea of being a good boy. "What if I don''t agree?" Aatrox asked as he stared at him.


    "You will be required to agree. If you do not agree, I will talk to the other group members to see who sings best and in the end, you will be humiliated in front of them. You should thank me for just saying this while we''re alone." Thomaz said with a victorious smile with his chin up.


    "So let''s do this. If there is one thing that I have never run away from, or will ever run away from, in my life is a fight or an excuse. I''ll humiliate you the same way I humiliated you in our 1v1." Aatrox said with a look as if he was looking at a clown.


    Thomaz saw the look he was receiving from Aatrox and was offended, especially after Aatrox cited their 1v1 match. "Good, good, so let''s do this. I will humiliate you in front of our entire group and if that''s not enough, I will humiliate you in front of the whole class." Thomaz said as he clenched his fists in anger.


    Aatrox didn''t care anymore about Thomaz and turned his back to go home. Since he had come into this world, Aatrox had never found any real motivation for improvement, he had no real challenge. But now, Aatrox was excited again, he would go home and practice his singing before the next group meeting to preform better than Thomaz.


    Aatrox came home and saw the twins with a sad look on his face while Alex facepalmed. "What happened?" Aatrox asked curious and concerned about the children.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    Hearing Aatrox''s voice, the twins immediately had huge smiles and rushed forward to hug him while Alex showed a helpless face and answered his eldest son. "When they learned that you were only coming back late at night, they were both sulking and unwilling to do anything. They haven''t even eaten dinner yet."


    "So you mean neither of you had dinner?" Aatrox asked with a suspicious look at the twins.


    "Ehh... it''s just that brother, we love you so much that I couldn''t eat because I couldn''t stop thinking about you." Bruna thought quickly and answered sincerely before her older brother got angry. She knew he cared a lot about them and that he would be angry if they didn''t take care of themselves.


    Hearing Bruna''s explanation, Bryan quickly nodded repeatedly.


    "Hmm, I''m not convinced. I think I''ll have to punish them." When Aatrox finished saying that, the twins tried to run from Aatrox at a speed a little faster than normal kids. Normal people would not realize it, but Aatrox with such trained eyes would not let it pass. But even surprised, Aatrox didn''t forget to punish them both.


    Grabbing Bruna''s small wrist that took longer to react, Aatrox caught her and began tickling her until she began to catch her breath from laughing. Seeing the little princess lying on the floor wiping her tears of laughter, Aatrox turned to look for the other miscreant.


    Glancing sideways, Aatrox could only see Alex with a proud smile on his face as he saw his children get along as Amanda looked at them with a smile on her face as she sat on the couch.


    Looking better, Aatrox saw little feet under the curtain. Laughing inwardly, Aatrox moved toward the curtain and saw that it was moving very little. Bryan was probably controlling his breathing with the stellar lung technique so that Aatrox could not see him.


    "Hmm, I can''t find anyone. Where is Bryan at?" Aatrox said in a lousy and purposeful act.


    Bryan almost started laughing thinking he was too smart to choose the best place to hide. But in the end, he controlled his laughter so as not to let his breath out.


    "Maybe I should feel the energy in the air and see where it is being absorbed?" Aatrox said out loud. Bryan hearing this felt desperate. If his brother really could feel the energy in the air, it would deliver where he was.


    Thinking quickly, Bryan quickly tried to adjust the technique to absorb as little energy as possible without stopping his performance of the technique so that his brother wouldn''t find him in the curtain because of his breathing.


    Aatrox, watching the energy in the air become less and less absorbed, felt more surprised and happy. To have such good control of the technique in such a short time, no word but pride would better describe what Aatrox was feeling about his younger brother. You have to know that the star lung technique that Aatrox taught his family is anything but simple.


    Even if Aatrox had not found the Decay sword that helped him cultivate, if he had access to the star lung technique when he began, he would reach the same heights, even if it took a little longer.


    Cultivators would kill just to get a chance to see someone cultivating the star lung technique while Aatrox was teaching two young children. Aatrox cannot help but imagine the future of the two imps.


    "Haha!" Aatrox said as he caught Bryan off guard behind the curtain. Even while filled with astonishment, Aatrox would not forget to punish them both.


    "Son, what did you mean by the energy in the air?" Alex asked.

 36 - Should I Record?

    "So this means that while you searched for meditation techniques on the internet you found a technique that could help you absorb energy from the atmosphere and use it as your own to make your body stronger and after learning you taught your mother to your siblings? "Alex asked as he held his head to try to organize his thoughts.


    "That''s basically it," Aatrox said. "I planned to teach you when you had some free time, it turns out today is the perfect day. What do you think you learn too, Dad? "Aatrox asked.


    Alex pondered. He had always dreamed from a young age when watching some superhero cartoons, now the chance to have something related to superheroes was in front of him, he couldn''t refuse. "I want to, son." Alex said with a resolute look.


    "Then take off your shirt, I''ll help you on your first try. If you had to do it without anyone''s help, just trying to guide the energy by yourself, I don''t think you could even feel the energy in the air. "Aatrox said, as he realized that very few humans knew about that energy.


    ...


    "As I''ve taught Mom, she can help you with any questions you have. If you have any questions that you couldn''t solve on your own about cultivation, you can ask me. "Aatrox said with a slight smile on his normally cold face.


    "How advanced are you already in this technique?" Alex asked.


    "Well, let''s say I''m stronger than a guy who knit there a few years." Aatrox said. He thought it best to keep his strength a secret for now, as he awoke from his coma a short time ago, so perhaps it is better to preserve the shock his parents might receive from knowing the current strength he can exert.


    After having dinner with the children, Aatrox took them to his room to see just how much they improved. He had realized during the game that children could now run, even slightly, faster than normal children. In addition to Bryan demonstrating that he had already gained a little control over the stellar lung technique.


    "So now tell me how many points you can make the energy reach within you." Aatrox asked the twins with a warm smile on his face.


    Bryan saw that he had a chance of being complimented by his older brother and responded quickly without giving Bruna a chance to say it first. "Brother, I can already reach four points with the energy I absorb." He said with a smug smile, puffing out his chest expecting Aatrox''s compliment as he looked at Bruna expecting to see her angry.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.


    But before Aatrox could say anything, Bruna said quickly with an even more smug smile on her face surprising Bryan. "Brother, today I managed to reach five points in my body with the technique you taught us." She said as she approached Aatrox with her little head waiting to be caressed and praised.


    Aatrox did not disappoint them and then stroked their heads as he said. "I am very proud of you, I can see that both of you are devoting a lot to the technique I taught you." He said with a smile from ear to ear.


    It is noteworthy that the Star Lung Technique is the closest to perfect breathing technique Aatrox has found. When he compared the other techniques to the Star Lung Technique, they looked like fake techniques. People who cultivate normal old-world Aatrox techniques would probably need at least a year of hard cultivation to be able to at least feel the energy in the air, let alone control that energy at the body''s energy points. Aatrox had not yet come into contact with any breathing technique or even any cultivation technique in this world, but he is 99.99% sure that the techniques here are far inferior to his old world techniques, otherwise, there would be so much lack of cultivators in this world.


    After praising and answering the children''s questions, Aatrox turned on the computer and went looking for some singing lesson video. If Thomaz had the courage to say openly that his singing was better than Aatrox''s, it is because the difference is so great. Probably he took several singing lessons and after watching Aatrox''s video singing become a little viral, Thomaz wanted to show that he sang better than him.


    Opening youtube, Aatrox found a channel from a singing teacher. At first, she starts to say about exercising the voice, many basic concepts, which were new to Aatrox, but what was most effective for him, were the more technical tips, tips like controlling how loud, how sharp or serious a Note should go, this kind of tip helped Aatrox a lot.


    Aatrox searched for some interesting music and one, in particular, caught his eye. " Here Without You " was another romantic music, listening and singing these songs, Aatrox felt he could more easily understand this thing called ''love''.


    Opening the cipher and lyrics, Aatrox picked up the guitar and began to play and sing softly applying the techniques he learned in the singing lesson videos he watched. Aatrox could clearly see that the quality of his singing improved a lot.


    Normally, normal people can''t apply what they learn in singing lessons instantly or even on the first try, but unlike normal people, Aatrox has much higher control over his body. He can control his vocal cords much better than a normal person, so that they do not fail on a higher note, or become inaudible on any lower note.


    ''Maybe I should record myself singing?'' Aatrox thought when he saw the cell phone standing in the corner of the desk.


    Picking up his phone and reading his new video comments singing ''I Want That Way'', Aatrox was excited to do it again.


    ''I Want That Way'' had already reached 50,000 views. For Aatrox it was too big for something he did artistically. Even more, after reading the more than a thousand comments, Aatrox''s animation to post another had been raised again.


    [Rec ...]

 37 - Instagram

    "A hundred days have made me older


    Since the last time that I saw your pretty face.


    A thousand lies have made me colder


    And I don''t think I can look at this the same.


    All the miles that separate


    Disappear now when I''m dreaming ''of your face.


    I''m here without you baby


    But you''re still on my lonely mind.


    I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.


    I''m here without you baby


    But you''re still with me in my dreams


    Tonight girl, it''s only you and me."?


    Aatrox stopped recording and then opened it, to see how it came out, and the first video. When comparing the two videos, now that he had more knowledge of singing, he realized that the overall quality of the video had increased. Since his technique had gotten so much better.


    He posted the second video to post and started noticing his YouTube channel. The name was ''Benjamin Gray'', as it was the name he had put in the email, and the channel had no photos.


    Aatrox had noticed that the most famous channels are using legal profile pictures, but despite his appearance, taking pictures was still a novelty. He opened the phone''s camera and took some pictures. Nowhere was he smiling, as he only smiled spontaneously and sometimes when he was with his family.


    Curiously, Aatrox searched for photos and saw an app that was popular for posting photos. Its name was Instagram. He downloaded it out of curiosity and created an account "@ThatBenjaminGrey" (I enjoyed how well it worked for my other book, so I''m doing it for this one too. I created an Instagram with this "@" to post things about the book if anyone is interested, just search social media!)


    Choosing one of the photos he had taken that he liked the most, Aatrox posted it and also used it as his YouTube profile picture. Now his channel was finally complete.


    "Benjamin Gray.


    Subscribers : 1,579This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    Total Views : 51,025"


    Looking at the new face of his channel, Aatrox felt satisfied. After enjoying some comments that people made on his first video, Aatrox sat on the bed to look at his body.


    Aatrox''s body was very different from how it was when he had come into this world. His muscles, which were once only slightly outlined by his clothing, were now clearly visible. He wasn''t big as a bodybuilder, as it would reduce his agility, but the God- Killer technique compressed his muscles as much as possible. Maybe now Aatrox would have problems if he has to get blood drawn, or if he does something with needles in the future, as it will probably be difficult to penetrate the needle into his skin.


    Aatrox summoned his little Knight''s crown and observed it. The crown now had a diameter of an adult''s shin, different from the diameter of a wrist it had before. It shows how much he has improved. In Aatrox''s experience, when the crown becomes large enough that he can wear it on his head, it will be when he will be promoted to Baron.


    The strength of a newly promoted Baron compared to the strength of a Knight at its peak is almost five times greater.


    Now about the Star Lung Technique, a person who practices this technique for a few months will become a little stronger than a normal person, while a person who has practiced for years may have the strength two to three times that of a normal person. But the most amazing thing about this technique is not the improvement it gives to short-term practitioners, but the potential it unlocks.


    When someone who has never cultivated, uses the technique, it becomes a person''s instinct to always control the energy through the body. Aatrox has cultivated for thousands of years, so controlling the energy in his body was more natural than breathing, since when the cultivator reaches the cultivation of a ''God'', he no longer needs to eat, sleep or breathe.


    But for his family, this technique is indispensable, more important than the God- Killer technique itself.


    The next day, when Aatrox arrived at high school, he met Annie and they talked about the play they were performing today until Thomaz showed up.


    The once peaceful weather had now turned cold. They began to stare at each other until Annie called Aatrox to try to divert his attention. It worked because Aatrox threw the thought of Thomaz in the back of his mind and spoke quietly with Annie again.


    During the break, Aatrox''s group met to set up the next meeting.


    "So the meeting can be at my house again, what do you guys think?" Thomaz asked.


    "That''s fine with me." Riley replied accompanied by Violet and Carter''s nod. Aatrox just nodded, it really made no difference to him where the next meeting would be.


    "Benjamin and I discussed what it would be like to improve to be the lead singer of our band and in the end, we decided we were going to audition to see who sings better. Whoever sings better has the right to choose which parts to sing and who will be the first voice. What do you think as the judges?" Thomaz asked.


    Riley readily agreed thinking it would be fun, Violet closed her eyes and watched them both before nodding in agreement. She probably realized there was something more to the mood than the two boys were showing.


    As everyone agreed, Carter, who was very shy, had no courage to be left out and accepted it too.


    "So it''s decided. Tomorrow at my house we can hold this contest. Today I have soccer team training. We won''t be able to meet each other tonight." Thomaz said, emphasizing the part of ''soccer'' as if it were the greatest honor to join the team.


    Aatrox has a little interest in sports, but it is a small interest in knowing how it is and if it is fun. He doesn''t know if his cultivation would take the game off, as it could be very easy to compete with ordinary people.

 38 - Why did you atacked me?

    After arguing with people in the group about work, Aatrox was walking alone when he felt something familiar. Energy! Someone was using energy somewhere around here.


    Curious, Aatrox began to feel where the energy was coming from and started walking toward the basketball courts. Arriving there he saw a group of students playing. Looking at the way they played and their uniforms, it seemed that all the students were from the basketball club, plus a single student who was wearing the usual high school uniform with no sweat falling off him.


    It was exactly him that Aatrox was feeling the energy leaking from. Observing the student''s speed, strength, and control over the ball, Aatrox immediately understood why the student was exuding so much energy. He was also a cultivator. Aatrox could feel that the boy was at least Knight''s level.


    After the game was over, Aatrox heard the players talking.


    "James, why don''t you join our basketball team?" A student asked in the varsity uniform.


    "Yes! If you joined us, surely our team would be the national champion." Said another student.


    "Look, we''re dying of tiredness and you didn''t even start to sweat," said another student.


    "Hahaha, actually I already play on a basketball team, but we only play between ourselves. But don''t worry, I can come train with you from time to time." James responded.


    Aatrox hearing that found it interesting. For a cultivator, playing with mortals was like an adult playing with a child, the difference in strength is too great to have a fair game. But what did James say about him already having a team playing against each other... ''Maybe they are other cultivators?'' Aatrox thought.


    The only person Aatrox has known so far who has contact with the cultivating world is Annie''s father, and Aatrox is not even sure if he really is a cultivator or just a well-trained mortal.


    After James said goodbye to the basketball players, Aatrox approached him and even in his usual cold, tried to look a little friendly. "Hello." Aatrox greeted with his hand extended for a squeeze.


    James was startled but thought it was a random student who had seen him play and was fascinated. But when James looked to see who it was, he was amazed. As all the other high school students, James knew who Benjamin Gray was. The novice student who still in the first week of school but managed to record one of the biggest advertisements the college has ever had, and also known as the Frosty King since all the students who ever tried to talk to him were caught talking to themselves. As mere commoners in the presence of a true King of blue blood.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    James had never tried to talk to him, he thought he was just an ordinary person a little talented, but seeing Aatrox''s hand raised waiting for the squeeze, James was surprised and began to have a cold sweat. From an early age, James was trained for battle. He has been through various types of training, and even a special forces agent did not give the same feeling he was getting from Benjamin.


    James couldn''t find an opening in the stance of the handsome student with long black hair in front of him. Looking into the student''s face, James saw that he was not worried, this open-minded stance was probably his usual already. James knew from his elders that after going through several battles, a person''s body will begin to become a fortress of its own accord, only by instinct would he protect himself from injury.


    A cultivator''s mind worked much faster than that of a normal human. In the time James was thinking and noticing each of these details, not even a second had actually passed.


    "Hello, how may I help you?" James asked as he shook Aatrox''s hand.


    All the emotions that floated across James'' face in that split second didn''t go unnoticed by Aatrox. First Aatrox saw a slight pride, followed by a slight shock, and then yes when he had quickly observed Aatrox from head to toe, a great shock, followed by caution. As a cultivator, Aatrox could understand what James was feeling. If Aatrox met an opponent who showed him no opening, if that opponent was of the same strength or even stronger than him, Aatrox would also be concerned and prepare to lose a limb or two to kill him. Not to mention that Aatrox had not even shown that he was also a cultivator, for James, Aatrox was just a normal human with a well-trained body and instincts.


    When their hands were connected, Aatrox answered. "I think we''d better say that in a more private place," he said as he sent some energy through James''s hand.


    James, who was already on the alert when he felt the energy coming from his hand, prepared to attack. Aatrox thought the amount of energy was low, but that was little to him who cultivated the God-Killer technique, possibly the most powerful technique in the universe. For James, the amount of energy that came into his hand was as powerful as an attack. Possibly even all the energy used during the basketball game with the players for a few minutes, James had used barely the same amount of energy. Now the student in front of him had poured that same amount of energy in just a fraction of a second.


    James released Aatrox''s hand, wrapped his wrist in a great deal of energy, preparing to punch Aatrox as he spoke. "If you want to talk, why did you attack me?"


    Aatrox seeing this felt surprised but quickly understood. He had never interacted amicably with another cultivator in his old world, so he lacks basic sense about it. To lessen James Aatrox''s suspicions he raised his hands in a supposed act of surrender, but James couldn''t care less and continued with the punch toward Aatrox.

 39 - What is your Class?

    Aatrox wouldn''t let himself be hit by James''s punch, so before the punch connected with his face, Aatrox charged his arm muscles with a little more energy and quickly grabbed James''s hand to counteract the attack.


    James was surprised that Aatrox had held a relatively strong attack from him and before sending a second attack, he observed Aatrox again. Seeing that Aatrox had no intention of retaliating, James backed off a little and diminished his battle intent, after all, they were still in the high school. He could lie when someone witnessed him punching Aatrox, but if someone saw him attacking with something else that caused more damage, he might not be able to get away with it, as Aatrox could so easily block his attack.


    "What do you want? Why did you attack me?" James asked.


    "I just wanted to talk, and now that you''ve seen what I want to talk about, I suggest we go somewhere more secluded." Aatrox said while still maintaining his usual calm attitude.


    James understood that talking about cultivation in a public place could cause some disasters to occur. James then led Aatrox to a secluded corner of the schoolyard. Since they were both cultivators, they could feel if someone approached.


    "Are you a fighter too? You don''t look like a wizard." James asked before Aatrox could say anything.


    "Fighter? Mage? I don''t know what you''re talking about." Aatrox answered genuinely confused.


    James looked at Aatrox''s confused expression and was also surprised. There was no way that an American grower didn''t know the classes ... unless he wasn''t an American. "Where did you learn your technique?" James asked.


    "You didn''t answer my question." Aatrox didn''t answer and went back to the question he''d asked earlier.


    "Okay, here in America, we divide our cultivation methods into different classes. Each class has a different type of skills to learn. In England they already developed some magic with wands, there are even some schools of magic there. As for Asia, we only hear that there are some cultivators who train something different, but I don''t know the details. Some other places train in different ways and have different systems." James answered as if it were public knowledge.


    Aatrox hearing this thought it seemed interesting. Apparently in America people trained like in an RPG, in England Aatrox had read something about wand magic that had piqued his interest, but what really caught his eye was when James talked about Asia.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    In the ancient world of Aatrox, it was common for people from different places to use the same energy in different ways. An example of this is cultivators who used instruments as weapons, cultivators who used technologies mixed with Energy, each using a different method of the same energy. For him, it was normal that on earth people also used different methods to use energy. What struck him was that from what James said, there may be more cultivators than he expected.


    As Aatrox thought, James also watched Aatrox''s actions. From what he was demonstrating, he was completely oblivious to the basic knowledge of the Magic world. From the way he used the energy in their previous trade, James supposed Aatrox was a Fighter, like him. Since he had used Energy to make his hand more powerful. If he were a wizard, he could have conjured a fireball or something.


    Realizing that Aatrox did not answer his question about where he had learned his technique from, James did not insist on the subject, since people usually have secrets. "So why did you come to talk to me?"


    Aatrox realized that he had fallen into deep thought trying to understand the structure of this world and was ignoring James. With an apologetic look, Aatrox answered him. "In fact, you''re the first outsider I meet who also cultivates. I thought it wouldn''t hurt to befriend others like me." Aatrox said, surprised to take the initiative to make friends with someone.


    James did not expect that answer. From what Aatrox had said, he probably only had contact with his teacher and perhaps other students, without contact with other unknown cultivators. A little quieter, but still with his guard raised, James grinned and reached out to Aatrox. To demonstrate that this time a real handshake was what was going to happen.


    Aatrox saw his hand outstretched and reached out, grasping it. "I was curious about what you said to basketball players," Aatrox said.


    James remembered to comment and replied. "In fact, I believe you guessed correctly. I play magic basketball with some friends, who are also cultivators, and by some predefined rules we play basketball between ourselves using our powers at will." James replied with a proud smile. He believes that there is no other place in the world where young and talented cultivators like them use a sport to practice and have fun. Since the society of cultivators and wizards has always been a tiny group even in England.


    "And what would that be like?" Aatrox asked curiously since the only game he has played so far is God''s Arena.


    "We have some rules so you don''t turn into a rampant mess, but any day I can call you to play with us, since one of my friends is always traveling or secluded in cultivation, you can plug some hole in the team," James replied a little proud and more open-minded, seeing that Aatrox became interested in the game he and his friends ''invented''.


    "Okay, let''s exchange contact on our phones. Soon the break will be over, after class I''ll have a piece to record, we can talk after that." Aatrox answered while taking his phone from his pocket.


    "Oh yeah, I forgot that you are now the star, and probably the high school poster boy. Anything I come up with during the theater recording, as I''m also curious about what Episode 2 will look like." James laughed as he added Aatrox to his own phone.


    Aatrox heard what he said and rolled his eyes. After the two said goodbye, Aatrox attended classes normally and was heading toward the theater preparing to record Episode 2, but when he opened the door of the Theater, what he saw surprised him.

 40 - Second Episode

    "Who sent you here?" Someone asked as they held the dagger to the swordsman''s neck.


    Feeling the cold feeling in his neck, the swordsman turned to see who could approach him with a blade before his senses warned him. To his surprise, the young waitress was emitting a cold aura and a small killing intent toward him while holding her dagger.


    "I''m your father''s friend, I came to help." Said the swordsman.


    Hearing this, the waitress pressed the dagger a little into the swordsman''s throat and asked. "How do I know you''re telling the truth?"


    The swordsman who, knowing the situation beforehand, waited for such a response, and slowly beckoned her to lift his left arm sleeve. Getting a nod of acknowledgment from the girl, the swordsman lifted his sleeve and what the waitress saw made her immediately remove the dagger from his neck.


    On the swordsman''s arm were tattooed countless little lines. For a normal person, it may seem like just any tattoo with a strange design, but to the waitress, who lived with her father all her life, every line was like a soul that would torment her at night.


    "I''m sorry for what I did, I hope you don''t tell my dad that I dared to put a dagger to your neck Mr. S." The waitress said hurriedly in an apologetic tone.


    "If your father told you the whole story, first you know that even if you wanted to, it would be almost impossible to kill me, and I would never dare touch a single hair of my brother''s little daughter." his face was covered by a huge straw hat, now he had taken it off and was showing an extremely warm smile on his face, making the waitress blush and be very happy to see him.


    She''d never seen him, but it couldn''t have been a week since her father talked about this man. What surprised her was that he probably should have been several years older than her, but apparently, he didn''t seem to age even a year after he and her father went their separate ways.


    After apologizing to the customers and closing the inn, the young waitress guided him through the inn until he arrived at a room and waited by the door without daring to make a single noise to disturb the man lying inside.


    The swordsman opened the door and what he saw inside made his heart, which never moved throughout any of the deaths he had caused, to destabilize a little. "Too bad I cannot save this time to show to those brats." The swordsman said with a slight laugh.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.


    The man lying in bed reading a book raised his head and stared in the direction of the swordsman. When he confirmed who it was, he burst out laughing immediately. "Hahahah, I bet they''d be happier than teenagers spying on the ladies'' room," said the man lying down.


    "How are things going? I saw your daughter grew up very well," said the swordsman.


    Knowing his old friends'' antics, the man lying in bed almost got up to punch the swordsman. "Don''t you dare try anything with my daughter, you dog. If I know you tried something, I''ll rip your little brother out of your pants," said the man with his eyes bloodshot.


    "Hahaha, I''m just kidding. I knew a crazy old man like you wouldn''t change even after bed." Laughed the swordsman at his friend''s anger.


    Realizing that he was being played by the swordsman, the man in the bed lets out a sigh and a muffled laugh. "I''ve missed you brother, since the accident with Susan you disappeared. Have you at least managed to break up with them?" Asked the man a little downcast and hopeful.


    "You know the bastards who killed my wife had to pay. In the past 20 years, I''ve managed to eliminate at least 90% of their operations here in the crash. Now the other 10% I was going to let you break up with me, after all Susan, besides my wife, was your sister," said the swordsman.


    "As you can see, I''m a little disabled. But during all these years at this inn, some idiots wanted to mess with my daughter, Sue. So, as a good father, I decided to teach her a little that I knew from our time working together. Amazingly she learned as fast as you did back in our day. If you can take her somewhere safe, even if you don''t avenge me ... I think my mission here on earth will be over," said the man.


    "But Jack, do you think she''ll want to?" Asked the swordsman.


    Before the man in the bed named Jack could answer, the bedroom door was suddenly opened and the young redhead came in with tears in her eyes and answered immediately. "Dad, I know you don''t have much time left with me but let me continue your legacy and avenge you by going against those who did this to you and Aunt Susan."


    Hearing his daughter say such a thing, Jack can''t help but sigh. When he saw how fast Sue was learning the killing techniques he was teaching her, Jack knew that eventually she would want to experience the outside world, no matter how hard he tried to protect her, she would still be just a bird, now she wanted to go. It''s time for her to spread her wings and fly. "Alright ... Protect her, Nick." The man lying on the bed replied, his eyes slowly closing, as the tears of young Sue and Nick began to roll down their faces as if a dam had burst. The two without a word covered Jack and left the room.


    "Clap, clap, clap, clap ..." The audience watching the play got up from their seats and clapped their hands. Most were high school students, but still, there were some outsiders who became interested after watching the video on the internet. Almost the entire audience thought it would be a good experience to watch in person, even if they had never been to a theater before. But that''s when they were surprised, watching an online video and watching a live play gave a completely different feeling, it was very different from watching a movie at home and watching a movie at the movies.


    Aatrox looked at the standing and cheering audience, and remembered the fright he got when he entered the theater ...

 41 - Thats Really Him!

    When Aatrox had first entered the theater, he had been startled. The last time he came to record, the audience was completely empty. This time it was the other way around. The school theater could fit about 200 people. Looking over, Aatrox could see that at least half were busy. For the theater group, the astonishment was even greater, as they only performed for this amount of people at festivals, and often the audience paid no attention to them and waited for the talent show to begin. This time everyone could see that the audience was really interested and eager for what was to come.


    When Aatrox arrived backstage, he was amused to see the face of his stage mates. Annie was apparently ok, but the other actor who would be a major in this episode was very nervous. He was 17, just like Aatrox and Annie, but his beard made him look older. When Roberta was planning the script, she realized that this student would fit perfectly into the role she was thinking for the female leader''s father, Jack.


    Aatrox was excited by the time they were going to stage. Today he would have a funny dialogue with ''Jack'', plus some romantic cues. Since they only received the script of what they would have to record after recording the previous chapter, Aatrox was also curious as to how the story would develop.


    ...


    After the recording, Aatrox and the other actors thanked the audience for their applause and returned to the backstage. During the thanks, Aatrox saw James among the audience cheering him on his feet. From the smile on his face, he probably liked the play.


    [Random Spectator 1: My God, the experience of watching in person is very good!]


    [Random Spectator 2: Yeah! I''ve never been to a theater before other than Stand Up Comedy shows, but my God, if everyone is good like this, I''ll have to give up a little time to watch more.]


    [Random Spectator 3: I don''t believe it, did you see when the swordsman smiled? I couldn''t think of anything else after that smile of his. My heart sped up a few dozen BPM.]


    [Random Spectator 4: I know! I can''t even remember his name. The only thing I could think of was that smile. I finally confirmed that he was Benjamin Gray from the videos singing on youtube.]


    [Random Spectator 3: I think Jack had called him Nick. I don''t believe the same person who sings those songs in such a beautiful way, looking so good also performed so well. Also, did you see the new song he released?]Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    [Random Spectator 4: Has he released another song? I need to listen.]


    [Random Spectator 3: You won''t regret it, I don''t know what he did, but he sang much better than in the other song. He looks like he''s gone from an amateur to a person who sings for years in just one video.]


    ...


    "The play was amazing! You rocked as usual! "Roberta came complimenting them from afar as she hugged each actor. She had already thanked the technical team, now only the actors were missing.


    "I still can''t believe you''ve never studied theater before, Ben." Annie said sighing still dressed in the waitress outfit.


    "I really didn''t do it, but I could have done it, it really is a lot of fun to act." Aatrox said with a rare smile in public, pleased.


    "Benjamin, did you record another song?!?!" Asked Roberta shouting excited after receiving a message on her cell phone.


    "How do you know?" He asked with a surprised look.


    "What would be weird is if I didn''t know. During your performance, I kept getting messages and listened to people in the audience commenting on you and asking if you are the Swordsman. "She said.


    Aatrox hearing this was curious to see if the song he posted yesterday was succeeding. Opening the youtube application on his mobile phone, Aatrox went to look at the views of both his videos.


    The first video, where he sang the cover of ''I Want It That Way'' hit 60,000 views. Aatrox was very pleased, after all, it was the first song he had ever sung. The second video grew larger than expected, even though it was published yesterday, the video where he sang ''Here Without You'' had reached the 40,000 view mark.


    Even though the video has fewer views than the first, the number of views it received on the first day was several times higher than ''I Want it That Way''. Aatrox didn''t stop to read the comments, as he was still in the theater.


    The people who attended said goodbye and Aatrox returned home. Arriving home he had not found anyone. Walking further inside, Aatrox saw his mother in the kitchen talking on the phone, after waving to her he went up looking for the twins.


    Aatrox looked in their room and saw no one, looked in his parents'' room and also found no one, looking in his own room he saw a scene that made him have to hold back his laughter.


    He doesn''t know how they got it, but the two twins were sitting, sharing Aatrox''s computer chair while watching a video trying to repeat what they learned from their little hands.


    In the video, a teenage girl taught viewers how to make hand signals from an anime Jutsu they watched. Aatrox stood behind them and watched. The hand signals she taught were basically useless, if the kids could make a fireball from this Jutsu Astrox would be surprised with them.


    But against all expectations, after Bryan made a series of hand signals at a speed difficult for the average person to see as he put his hand around his mouth and blew, a small spark came out of his mouth, startling the three of them that were in the room.

 42 - Fire Style! Fireball Jutsu!

    Today Bryan and Bruna were having their usual competition to see who would improve the most in the training that their older brother had shown them.


    When Bryan saw that Bruna was more advanced than he was in cultivation, he began to devote even more time to catch up to her.


    They had both woken up together and instantly sat in the position that their brother had told them would be best to practice, with their legs crossed, their spines straight, and focused on their own cultivation.


    They kept cultivating for an hour until they felt that the energy that was circulating within them was no longer improving.


    For two small children, just 4 years old, focusing on something for an hour nonstop shows how much they got into it.


    At first, they just did it to impress their brother, but now the twins realized how stronger and faster they could become and began to cultivate to feed the desire they were having to become stronger.


    After daily practice, the two looked at each other and smiled happily because they felt stronger.


    "Are you growing again?" Amanda said as she opened the bedroom door and saw their posture as she sighed. Since Benjamin had taught the twins to cultivate, they never stopped, all they talked about was cultivation, the games were about cultivation, they were really doing that a lot.


    "Yes mom, we''re getting better to help our big brother." Bruna replied with a huge smile on her face.


    "Just don''t overdo it, let''s have breakfast." Amanda said as she gave up on these two. At least she knew this was doing well for them. She hadn''t grown much since she didn''t have much time. She was a translator for a major American publisher. By knowing how to speak English, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese, Amanda was able to do book translations for many countries, making her very busy, even while working from home.


    But even with all the work, what Amanda valued most, above work was her family, especially after "losing" Benjamin. Now that he was back, she didn''t let work influence the time they could spend together.


    Listening to Amanda call them for breakfast, the two of them ran to brush their teeth in the bathroom and then to the dining room to eat. At the early stages of cultivation, rather than inhibiting the body''s basic needs, it further increased how much one needed to eat to be satisfied. Since the body was undergoing such a dramatic transformation, the children needed to ingest the same amount as an adult, even when they were only 4 years old.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    After breakfast, Bryan took his tablet and opened the Crunchyroll. His mother had signed so they could see the Asian cartoons when they got sick of the television cartoons. Bryan and Bruna were very fond of a cartoon about a boy who wore an orange sweatshirt and had blond hair. This boy was very weak when he was little and could not do a simple Jutsu, but after training hard, he was becoming one of the strongest ninjas of his age.


    Bryan was very fond of all the characters, but what he liked best was the cartoonist''s best friend, who wore a blue t-shirt, because he felt they were the same. When he was little, his brother was gone after doing something very bad. Bryan knew that his brother Ben had done nothing bad, but he felt that he was similar to the character''s older brother.


    Bruna liked the character that had pink hair more, she was very strong and cute.


    The two always watched the episodes that released with English voice acting, since they still could not read.


    When Bryan asked his brother if he could do jutsu like the anime character and his brother said yes, Bryan thought that might not be true. But as he began cultivating, he realized that he was becoming better than the other kids in physical activity. Even though he was 4 years old, he realized that it had to do with cultivation and began to dedicate himself even more to launching jutsus just like the characters he likes.


    Today Bryan came up with the idea of trying to do some jutsu after seeing the blue-shirted character launch a giant fireball. Seeing Bryan''s excitement, Bruna asked him what he was thinking of doing and when she heard what he wanted to do, she became even more excited than him.


    Since they couldn''t write, the twins asked their mother to look for how to make anime jutsus on the computer, since the screen was bigger, and they didn''t want to miss any details.


    Amanda was a little surprised, but after watching the video they wanted to see, she didn''t care and left them both watching the video looping on Benjamin''s computer.


    The kids were at least an hour watching the same video. With cultivation, their speed of learning was improving without their knowledge, so something that would take an average person several hours to learn, took the twins just an hour of total dedication.


    Their little hands were moving at a very high speed, most likely because of their improved muscles thanks to cultivation.


    In one attempt, Bryan was very focused on the video and the hand stamps he was making at the fastest speed he could that didn''t notice their brother sneaking up from behind.


    After repeating the hand seals, Bryan used all the will he could muster and trying his best to use the energy he had gained in cultivation he tried to get the fireball out of his mouth.


    "Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger, Fire Style! Fireball Jutsu!" Bryan said as he made the hand seals and put his hand over his mouth. To his surprise, for a thousandth of a second, all the energy in his body was drained and he felt a warm sensation as if a small fire had passed through his mouth and left.


    Before he could see the surprised look in Bruna''s and Benjamin''s eyes behind him, Bryan passed out.

 43 - Second Call

    Aatrox was watching the children copy the hand seals from the video, but when he felt the energy rushing through Bryan''s body and release a small spark in his mouth, he shivered and quickly gripped his brothers now weak body.


    While stopping his body from falling, Aatrox related what happened to Bryan to what happened in different universes. Energy is something universal and anyone can use, the problem is that without a perfect technique, the amount of effort just needed to feel the energy is colossal. Now with a high-level technique, feeling the energy in the air is as simple as feeling a coastal breeze while walking on the beach. What differs beyond technique is the way cultivators use energy. Just as some gods used instruments to use energy, there were different people who used energy in different ways. Aatrox once fought a general who used energy with words drawn on paper. For Aatrox it was one of the most frustrating fights, as he could not cut the general before breaking the words that turned to energy and came to attack him.


    What probably happened to Bryan was that he put so much faith in these hand signals that they became his instrument for using the energy he had acquired. The hand signals to Aatrox would do absolutely nothing, but for Bryan, who related magic to jutsu, it became the easiest way to understand what energy was.


    Aatrox could let his younger brother continue using the hand signals if it helped him, but he couldn''t let those hand signals become Bryan''s crutch so he could use the energy without having to make the hand seals either. In some situations, he might have his arms disabled.


    ...


    Bruna looked at Bryan in astonishment and a motivated look came to her small face. She knew that this time she had lost their dispute. Bryan had managed to use the energy out of his body before her, but she wouldn''t let it stop her, eventually she would pass him, she told herself to stay motivated.


    Aatrox picked up little Bryan and placed him on his bed, which was next to the computer.


    Amanda had ended the call downstairs and when she went up to see her son, she saw Bryan passed out in the bed by Benjamin. As a mother, the first thing she did was run to the side of the bed to see if all was well with him and then she quickly looked at Benjamin with a questioning gaze. She had a feeling it had something to do with cultivation.This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.


    Aatrox feeling his mother''s gaze knew what she wanted to know. Before she could ask or create misunderstandings, he answered her. "He went to try to do magic on his own and his body didn''t have enough magic and passed out to recover after he was exhausted," Aatrox said.


    Hearing this, Amanda''s brow furrowed to know she had put the video the kids were watching, unaware it would be dangerous. As she was starting to blame herself, she heard the voice of her eldest son. "Don''t worry, in a few minutes he will wake up, in fact, it is highly recommended that everyone who cultivates, at least once in a while, deplete the energy in their bodies so they can store more energy. It will do more good than bad for him." He said as he took her shoulders that had tensed with worry.


    Seeing that Amanda had become more relaxed after knowing it would do Bryan well, Aatrox turned to Bruna. He saw that she had a doubtful look on her face and guessed what it could be. "Do you also want to drain your energy to improve?" Aatrox asked.


    Bruna, seeing that she had been discovered, had her face blush, but quickly nodded yes, she also wanted to deplete the energy in her body so that in the future she could store more energy inside her.


    "It''s fine, now that I''m here you don''t have to worry. Let''s do the following, you will sit comfortably in bed and follow my instructions to release the energy you have within you. This method I will teach you is much safer than forcibly depleting energy as Bryan did. But remember, you can only do this when I am present. When you run out of energy in your body, you become very vulnerable and any kind of unwanted eventualities can occur, so only do so when I''m with you to protect you." Aatrox said with a serious look to show her that he wasn''t joking.


    Bruna saw that he was serious and would probably be very upset with her if she didn''t do what he said. "I promise I''ll only do this when you are around brother." Bruna said with her serious little face as she sat on the bed and waited for his instructions.


    After helping them, Aatrox heard Amanda talking to him in an excited tone. "Son, you won''t guess who just called me."


    He heard that and felt a little curious. For her to be saying this, the connection probably had something to do with him or his family, since he had already seen that his love for his family was because of his parents, who loved their family to the same degree. "Who called you?" He asked.


    "My sister Soraya called first to say that she had seen your video singing while in Brazil and that her daughter''s girlfriends kept complimenting how beautiful you were and that when we went to Brazil again to warn you that they wanted to meet you." Amanda said with a smile, covering her ulterior motives, as she waited to laugh at her son''s reaction.


    Aatrox did not disappoint her and turned red with embarrassment. Now that he was getting more in touch with other girls and the play, he began to better understand what love was, and the romantic relationships mortals had. "If she called first, who called after?" He asked trying to change the subject and quell his curiosity about who would have called his mother to be so excited about it.

 44 - Where did you learned it?

    "If she called first, who called after?" He asked trying to change the subject and quell his curiosity about who would have called his mother for her to be so excited.


    Amanda kept up the suspense while enjoying one of the rare moments her eldest son was excited. Usually, he was always calm about everything and almost nothing shook him, but now that she had found something that could make him agitated, she wanted to take some more of it.


    "Remember when I said your dad and I listened to a lot of ''I Want It That Way'' on a local radio station?" Amanda asked trying to hold as much as possible.


    "Yes, what does that have to do with anything?" Aatrox asked.


    "Well, after talking to Soraya, the phone rang again shortly thereafter. I thought it was her again because she''d forgotten to tell me something, but the voice that came from the other end surprised me." She said with a smug smile on her face as she held back her laughter.


    "For the love of a God-King, who called?" Aatrox was growing impatient, his mother was very successful when she tried to stoke his hype.


    "Hahaha." Seeing him like that, Amanda couldn''t stand it and started laughing. "Fine, I''ll tell you. The one who called me was a producer on the same radio that we listened to our songs." She finally answered with a huge smile on her face.


    Aatrox was surprised when he heard that. For a radio producer to call them, maybe she wanted him to go there? "And what did they want?" Aatrox asked.


    "She told me that tomorrow they will do a program with some local internet stars. They had already invited the other participants, but because their videos were so successful, whether it was the songs or even the swordsman episodes, they thought you would be a perfect addition to the show. What do you think?" Amanda said excited and proud of her son.


    He was happy with that if more people could hear him it would be more fun. Not to mention that the more people like it, the more practical it will be to cultivate the God-Killer technique. But before that, he remembered that he had an appointment the next day. "What time will the interview be?" He asked, worried that he couldn''t go, as a God-King of War would never cancel a battle.


    "She told me the interview will be at 03:00 pm. Will you have anything going on at that time?" Amanda asked worriedly, as she knew that if he didn''t go, he could probably be misunderstood as arrogant.


    "I''m free at that time, but at 06:00 pm I''ll have to go to a colleague''s house, the one I went to yesterday to finish that job." Aatrox said with relief.


    "So, it''s all right, the show will be from 03:00 pm until 04:30 pm." Amanda smiled again.The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    "Hmm..." Bruna grunted as she woke up. Because she had Aatrox''s help, even though she had run out of energy after Bryan, it was more effective, making her wake up before him.


    "Good morning my little princess." Aatrox said as he helped her to her feet.


    "Good Morning?? I slept that much, brother?" Bruna asked a little scared.


    "Nah, you slept for just a few minutes, but for me, any time you wake up is a good morning, no matter what time it is." He said as he stroked her hair to untangle it.


    "Hmm..." Now Bryan moaned waking up. When he noticed everyone around him, he felt a little guilty. "Sorry brother..." He said first of all.


    "Glad you know what you did was not right. I know you were excited to use magic, but on the path of cultivation, you should take it one step at a time. If you try to hurry, only disasters will occur. When you are trying to do something that you think maybe dangerous, you must first ask me. Understood?" Aatrox said with a solemn glance at the twins. He had already witnessed several cultivators who tried new things during the battle and ended up killing each other before Aatrox could do anything just for their inability. He didn''t want his siblings to do something like this.


    "We understand brother..." The two said in unison as they bowed their heads.


    "Alright, I felt the sincerity in you, I won''t be mad." He said with a smile as he stroked their heads. "Now tell me, why do you want to learn how to make these Jutsus so much?" Aatrox asked curiously.


    "Brother, we really liked the anime characters and wanted to be strong like them, so we could surprise and help you." Bryan said excitedly.


    "Yes brother, I want to learn to heal just like the pink-haired anime character. So, I can always heal you, Bryan, Mom and Dad when you get hurt," Bruna said with a determined and concerned look on her face.


    Aatrox seeing this has become curious, he knows that to be able to use an instrument in cultivation, one must have a lot of knowledge and relate very well to that to become true. For Bryan to be able to unleash even the slightest bit of fire through his mouth, this anime seems at least a little logical and interesting. "And what is this anime about?" Aatrox asked curiously.


    "It''s very cool, brother!! The main character is an orphan who cultivates his Chakra to become stronger, just as we cultivate with the technique you taught us." Bryan said excitedly.


    "Yes brother, and the anime is so much fun. Let''s watch it together? We can start over to see from the beginning with you, maybe you like it and can watch with us every day!" Bruna said very excitedly.


    Listening to his little sister''s proposal, Aatrox could not refuse so, he accepted. "Alright, since you guys did a lot of exercises and I just got home from school, let''s take some showers first and then we can watch, how about that?" Aatrox suggested.


    "All right! Come on, let''s take a quick shower so we can watch soon." Bruna said as she left the room dragging Amanda and Bryan by the hands so they could take a quick shower.


    Aatrox quickly took his shower, when he left the room drying his long black hair with a towel, Alex arrived and took the opportunity to ask him something he wanted to ask for some time.


    "Son, when you told me about cultivation, I couldn''t believe it, but when I could feel the energy for myself, I was ecstatic and didn''t ask you something that I had some doubts about. I want you to answer me honestly," Alex said seriously.


    "Alright Dad, you can ask whatever you want." Aatrox knew that his excuse for finding cultivation on the internet wouldn''t last long.


    "I know that if this cultivation technique were available on the internet, the world would be full of superheroes. Tell me, where did you really learn that?" Alex asked as he stared at Aatrox.

 45 - Hugs and Tears

    "Dad, can you call mom, I need to tell you both something." Aatrox said in the most serious voice he had used ever since he came into this world.


    In the early days he had come into this world, he still felt like just an intruder who had dominated the body of a teenager. But now, after absorbing some of Benjamin''s memories, Aatrox has begun to love his family and has begun to feel part of this world, just like Benjamin.


    Amanda left the children playing in the tub while she was worried to know what had happened and was so important that the two most important men in her life were so serious. After Alex told her what he had asked Benjamin, Amanda understood and also turned serious.


    "So¡­ I don''t really know where to start, it may seem like a lot of nonsense, but basically, since I''ve been in a coma, it''s like I''ve lived another life. No knowledge of this one here. In this life, I was overwhelmed by a bloodthirsty sword, where I learned to cultivate and grew stronger and stronger. After becoming the strongest being in that universe, I was killed while I was at my weakest moment and woke up here." Aatrox said as he kept his head down in fear of their reaction.


    "So... Have you lived in another world with no one beside you?" Amanda asked in a low voice.


    "Yes... I only had my sword as my companion." Aatrox answered in a low tone a little worried.


    "And did you get hurt a lot there? Alex asked as he approached.


    "Sometimes I had a few limbs cut off, but I managed to recover. Unfortunately last time I couldn''t protect myself and died without even knowing it. Aatrox responded while tightening his fists.


    But what he expected did not happen. Amanda and Alex hugged him on either side and held him tight in their tight embrace. Neither of the three said anything for five minutes until Aatrox asked. "Why? Why are you treating me so well? I''ve lived somewhere so long, and you still accept me, love me?" He asked confused.


    "Son, that word I''ve just said has a power that you can''t imagine. If you told us this before you taught us about magic, we probably wouldn''t believe it, but now that you have shown us this world, we can only imagine the dangers you have experienced during that time. Imagining that you died makes my heartache. No matter what you went through, you will still be our son and we will love you as we always love you, even if you have experienced this adventure, you will still be our son." Amanda said with tears in her eyes as she hugged Aatrox even tighter.


    Alex said nothing, but the tears welling up in his eyes as he tightened his hold on her, too, showed Aatrox how much he cared.


    Aatrox unconsciously began to cry. Crying for real, but for happiness. He lived for so many years and no one ever cared if he was alive if he was fine, but his parents, while not quite sure what happened, showed such concern that Aatrox couldn''t hold back the tears of such happiness.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    "I love you." Aatrox said as he hugged them tightly as well.


    "We love you too, son." Alex said with a smile returning the hug.


    "From now on I want you to avoid these dangerous things. I want my child to have a normal life again." Amanda said as she tried to control herself.


    "Mother... I don''t think I''ll ever be able to have a normal life again, but I''ll do anything to keep myself safe for you. Aatrox said with regret. He knew that when someone started on the path of cultivation, there was no turning back.


    After a few minutes just enjoying the moment, Amanda heard the children calling her out of the bath as they were too excited to watch anime with their brother. Amanda quickly wiped the tears from her face and went to help the children finish.


    Alex and Aatrox went to the kitchen and shared a glass of juice just enjoying each other''s presence.


    When they finished the glass of juice, Aatrox saw Bryan and Bruna running with a tablet in hand so they could watch the anime together.


    "Come on brother! Let''s start on episode one, I''ll bet you''ll love it." Bryan said excitedly.


    "Alright, let''s watch." Aatrox said smiling as he went with the kids to his room and turned on the tablet on the television so they could watch together lying on his bed.


    "What are they so excited about?" Alex asked as he held Amanda in his arms.


    "The kids want Aatrox to watch that blond boy anime, " Amanda replied as she snuggled into her husband''s arms.


    "Hmm, I hope Benjamin likes it since we can''t keep watching with the kids," Alex said after sighing.


    ...


    Upstairs, Aatrox had just turned on his tablet on the television and was lying under a large deck, with Bruna lying on one side and Bryan lying on the other side of him, clearly very excited.


    "Twelve years ago, a nine-tailed fox suddenly appeared,


    The movements of its tails crushed mountains, causing tidal waves that destroyed the coast. The ninjas came together to defend their village. A shinobi faced the nine-tailed fox in deadly combat. He sacrificed his life to capture the beast and seal his spirit within a human body.


    This ninja was known as the YONDAIME HOKAGE ..."


    Aatrox observed the first scenes of the first episode and found it interesting. He had seen a huge red fox with nine tails preparing to destroy an entire village until a man riding a giant frog arrived to stop it. He had only seen a minute of the show, but his interest had been piqued.


    In one part, all the students were judging how bad a blond boy was at Jutsu, and the next minute the boy had turned into a mature woman with no clothes on. To Aatrox''s curiosity, he had looked at the twins lying beside him to see what their reaction would be and he saw them dying with laughter at seeing the angry teacher reprimand the blond boy for deceiving him even though they didn''t understand the Jutsu the blonde had done.


    He kept watching and in the scene where the students were all together while the blonde was sitting alone on the dark bench, Aatrox couldn''t help but feel sorry for the boy and relate to him.


    At the end of the episode, when the blond boy and the teacher finally got along, Aatrox felt hot inside and longed to know how the story would go on.


    What none of them knew was that at that moment Aatrox''s life had changed, he had finally been introduced to the anime. And one of the things he hated most would be the authors who ended the episodes with Cliffhanger.


    "I hope I never meet an author who ends the episodes like this¡­" Aatrox would think one day.

 46 - Social Growth

    After watching several episodes of the anime, Aatrox picked up the sleeping children on his lap and carried them to their bed.


    He had really liked this anime guy. It was a totally different way of using the energy he had never thought of. He would probably never use these techniques shown in the series, as they are rather primitive and very useless in actual fighting compared to the techniques he had acquired in his old life.


    After leaving the children in the room, Aatrox had returned to his room, closed the door so as not to disturb anyone, and began to train his singing more for his radio performance tomorrow.


    He had felt that his singing level was rising too fast, mentally he had set a goal that when he reached perfection in singing, he would try to implement the energy. To be able to make the most of the energy without waste and not accommodate singing training.


    ...


    The next day, Aatrox woke up and before breakfast, he went to watch his YouTube channel to see how he was doing.


    "Benjamin Gray.


    Subscribers: 4,817


    Total Views: 96,430 "


    Seeing the sudden growth of his channel, Aatrox can''t help but be surprised. The day before yesterday he still had only 1,500 subscribers, in just two days his number of subscribers had tripled. Reading the comments on the video, Aatrox couldn''t help but smile.


    [Spectator: I finally found out that he really is the swordsman!]


    [LaelsonZX: How did you find that out? It has not been confirmed anywhere.]


    [Spectator: I was lucky enough to live in his hometown, today they recorded the second episode and I could watch it live, as the entrance was free. I won''t spoil what happened, but I can confirm to you that he really is the swordsman.]


    [ LaelsonZX: Ohhhh dude, you have to tell me what happened. When I watched episode 1, I didn''t stop looking for episode 2 to satisfy me, now you tell me you saw it live and you won''t say what happens?? TT-TT]


    [ OceanOfEmotions: This song ... Dude, I always remember a girlfriend I had during High school. The song was so well sung that I miss that time. She and I broke up for a silly reason and recently got back to talking. It may not mean much to you but know that I''m going to listen to this song with her tonight so we can remember how bad it was to live without each other.]If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    [29kiki: Thanks for the song. I''ve been following you since your first cover and I can assure you have a future; I hope you don''t stop halfway.]


    Aatrox answered some comments and others gave a Like to show that he had read. This kind of comment always motivated him a lot.


    ''Reading some comments from people who have changed their lives or have had good emotions from just listening to music ... I need to learn to use energy along with the music soon, I want to write my own music and bring good feelings to those who listen too.'' Aatrox thought as he went to breakfast with his family.


    The class today had been very quiet. The group had confirmed that they would meet tonight at Thomaz''s house again for the singing contest to decide who would be the lead singer. Everyone was very excited.


    After class, Aatrox returns home to get ready for the radio. Since this was his first live performance, Aatrox can''t help but get excited about how people would react to hearing him sing.


    Aatrox put on a long-sleeved white wool shirt, dark blue jeans, and white sneakers. Even though he had told his parents that he was a cultivator, he still wore the glasses he had earned, as he found them very handsome.


    With his long hair down, Aatrox can''t help but pick up his phone and take a picture to post on Instagram. He found it quite entertaining and practical as he could access the photos on any computer and the people he knew could view and comment on his photos. Like in class today, when Annie commented on the photo he had posted on Instagram. He wanted to know how she found his Instagram, but she laughed and showed him how many followers he had there.


    "Benjamin Gray.


    Followers: 9,174"


    He was amazed that he couldn''t understand why he had so many followers, but as he read the comments on the photo, he posted he understood. People watching Episode 1 may not have listened to his songs for a variety of reasons, but when they saw his picture on Instagram trending topics, they instantly recognized it. Most of the comments were about girls who had seen the video and wanted to see what it looked like.


    Posting the photo, Aatrox saw that the number of likes and comments on the photo was rising much faster than he expected. In less than 5 minutes the photo had over 800 likes.


    Aatrox smiled with satisfaction and was happy to see people liking the photo. He took the opportunity to answer some comments as well and put the phone away.


    "Are you ready?" Amanda asked her son to know how he was feeling before they went to the radio.


    "Yes, I''m a little excited, but I think it will be fun." He said as he put the guitar in the cover and hung it on his back.


    Bryan and Bruna had already showered and were prepared to go with them to see their older brother on the radio. It wasn''t very special to them, as you couldn''t see it on television, but it might still be fun, at least to hear their brother play guitar and sing along with other people.


    As Aatrox was getting out of the car he saw a group of beautiful people talking and figured that maybe it was the other digital influencers who would be participating.

 47 - Radio

    Aatrox and his family got to the radio station''s office and headed for the receptionist. "Good afternoon, my son has been called for the show that starts in a little while."


    The receptionist watched them and when she looked at the handsome boy with long black hair, she smiled. "Good afternoon. I guess you''re Benjamin Grey, right? We were already waiting for you. The other guests are talking outside, but they''re coming. Please accompany me, I''ll take you to the dressing room, I don''t think you''ll need any makeup, but even so, they''ll instruct you on the program''s guidelines, so you won''t get lost." She said as she led them to the dressing room.


    "Makeup, but isn''t this a radio show?" Bruna asked while holding Aatrox''s hand.


    "Many people have this doubt, it is because our station broadcasts the program in the form of video on our YouTube channel at the same time." The receptionist answered while looking at little Bruna.


    While the children ate some fruit in the dressing room, the director came to talk to Aatrox. "Good afternoon, Benjamin, are you feeling comfortable?" He asked.


    "I''m very well, thank you." Aatrox answered.


    "For our program today, we plan..." They talked until it was almost time for the show to start.


    Aatrox went with the director to the studio to record. When he came in, the other influencers were also there. Already sitting together preparing for the show.


    Aatrox was organized to sit next to them on the benches that were reserved for the guests on the bench.


    Seeing Aatrox arrive, the other digital influencers looked at him from head to toe and evaluated him. The first to react was a tall, blond, green-eyed young man. "Hi, you must be Benjamin Grey. I''m Jackson Allan, I watched your videos this week and I liked them a lot." He said as he stretched out his hand to Aatrox to shake.


    "Hi, I''m glad you enjoyed it." Aatrox answered, even though he had no idea who he was.


    "How many subscribers do you have?" A short boy with red hair and a slightly feminine face asked Aatrox.


    Aatrox was surprised that he asked, but he didn''t mind and answered. "If I''m not mistaken, I have 5,000 on YouTube and 10,000 on Instagram."


    "Pff, you only have 5 thousand on YouTube? Pathetic." The boy with red hair stopped paying attention to Aatrox when he found out that he only had 5,000 registered.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.


    Aatrox didn''t understand, since for him 5,000 was already a lot of people.


    When Jackson saw the confused look on Aatrox''s face, he understood he probably didn''t know why Willy was acting like this. Getting close to him, he whispered. "Don''t worry, Willy has 100,000 registered and thinks no one with less than 50,000 is worthy of his attention. Actually, even we can''t handle it normally."


    Hearing this, Aatrox instantly understood that Willy was like a rich young master of his old world and stopped paying attention to him as well. Since for Aatrox, people like that were irrelevant.


    Looking at the other two influencers. One of them was a girl with very beautiful Asian characteristics, but she seemed a little shy. The girl who was talking to her seemed to be a natural redhead, also very pretty. The two looked at him at the same time, the Asian woman waved at him with her red face dying of shame as the redhead opened a big smile and waved to him greeting him.


    Aatrox opened a slight smile and waved back. If people treated him well, he''d treat them well too.


    Anchor went into the studio and everyone sat down to start the show.


    "Hello, everyone tuned in to Young Pan! I''m your Anchor Emilio Sanders and welcome to our 3:00 pm show, today we have the illustrious presence of..." He stopped to read the paper to find out who today''s guests were. Reading who the guests were, his face showed a little displeasure that went unnoticed by everyone besides Aatrox. "We have the presence of Jackson Allan, Willy Wonder, Black Kimmy, Naomi Griffin and Benjamin Grey... All are digital influencers of YouTube. Good afternoon, everyone. "He said.


    Before anyone could do anything, Willy quickly responded. "Good afternoon Emilio, good afternoon to the listeners, it''s a great honor to be here at Young Pan."


    The next one to answer was the redhead, Black Kimmy. "Good afternoon to the listeners, Emilio, and the staff."


    Naomi said quietly by the microphone. "Good afternoon, everyone."


    Jackson took advantage and answered. "Good afternoon, everybody."


    Aatrox realized it was his turn and said by the microphone. "Good afternoon." With his usual distant voice.


    As each one introduced himself, Emilio watched everyone to see if he recognized any and when he looked at Aatrox, the surprise appeared on his face. When everyone had finished introducing themselves, he looked at Aatrox and asked the first question. "I didn''t expect to find a face I knew here. Benjamin Grey, can I call you Ben?"


    "No problem." Aatrox answered without caring.


    "Okay, Ben. This week, together with your school you posted a theater video that surprised the internet. The video is less than a week old and already in the millions of views. What do you have to say about that since you''re the protagonist, the Swordsman?" He asked the only participant he knew.


    Seeing that the first question was being directed to the cute guy from the small channel, Willy couldn''t help being angry, but he held on, since they were live.


    "Well, I''m very happy to be able to perform as the Swordsman and even happier to receive the support that the public is giving us all." Aatrox responded with a rare smile in public that made the women in the room, and those who were watching the broadcast gasp.


    [Pebble_God: My God, I didn''t know Swordsman would be on today''s show!]


    [HorizonCrown: Neither did I! I just thought they''d call some random youtubers from our city, I was just excited to see my Jackson on the radio, who knew I''d find my Swordsman there.]


    [LordTouchMe: Does anyone know if the swordsman has a channel on YouTube?]


    [Markv: I''ll look now!]


    [Espectador: Me too!]

 48 - Comments War

    "Well, many people were surprised by his performance and his appearance. But watching you now, it seems that you also have this calm atmosphere around you, like the swordsman himself. Do you think that''s you being the Swordsman, or the Swordsman being you?" Emilio asked curiously. One day, after work, he came home and saw his daughter watching an episode of a series on YouTube. He had always worked with radio and television, he thought that these YouTube series were only for children with a bad performance. But when he started paying attention to his daughter''s tablet, Emilio couldn''t help but be surprised. It sounded very interesting. Now that he had realized that the actor of the protagonist of the series was on his show, he couldn''t let the opportunity pass him by.


    "Actually, some people have already asked me that, but anyone who knew me before I acted like the Swordsman knows that I am like that. It turned out that when the school theater teacher saw me, she thought I would fit in perfectly with what she imagined of the Swordsman and here we are haha." Aatrox answered with a slight laugh. He enjoyed talking to someone who liked his work.


    "Ahem..." Willy interrupted their conversation because he thought he hadn''t been given much face and was sick of the Anchor just paying attention to the guy with the small channel.


    Emilio didn''t like being interrupted when the conversation was starting to get interesting, but since he was live, Emilio decided to give a little face to the other guests and started asking questions to the others. But he decided to leave Willy last.


    "Well, Jackson Allen, one of the largest channels in the country, how many subscribers do you have currently?" Emilio asked.


    "Don''t talk like that, Emilio, there are still many channels bigger than mine out there. The last time I looked at my channel I had 1.2 million subscribers." Jackson replied as if it were something natural.


    Aatrox heard that and was surprised. By the humility Jackson showed, he didn''t think his channel was that big. Looking at Willy, Aatrox couldn''t help but let a little laugh of debauchery slip away.


    Listening to that little laugh Willy looked at him and understood why Aatrox had that little laugh. He was angry, but he still ignored Aatrox.


    Emilio talked to Jackson and even though the boy was humble and good people, he could not compare to Aatrox, as Jackson recorded video of Vlogs, which Emilio found very uninteresting, he could not keep many conversations with him so he started to talk to the other guests.


    Black Kimmy recorded videos playing games, and Naomi Griffin recorded a music video, where she usually sang covers of popular songs.The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    Aatrox listening to this became curious, as he also recorded videos like this, maybe they could record something together, just for fun.


    When it was Willy''s turn, Emilio retracted his smile and asked rudely. "And you, Willy, do what?"


    Willy pretended not to notice the treatment he was receiving and responded normally. "Thanks for asking Emilio, I record videos about my life. About the things I buy, the cars I drive, that sort of thing. Its all about expensive things."


    When Aatrox and Emilio who did not know him heard this, they could not help but show a face of repulsion. This kid probably just knew how to spend money and wanted attention.


    Emilio didn''t pay much attention to him and called for a break. The break would last 2 minutes, which the participants would use to drink water or talk about something that could not be said live.


    Willy looked angrily at Aatrox and continued sitting in place as he moved his cell phone answering some fans.


    Aatrox got up and went to see Naomi. When she saw him coming towards her, Naomi, who was already shy, couldn''t help but blush with shame. "H-Hi Swordsman... I mean, Benjamin." She blushed, even more, when she called him as his character was known.


    Aatrox hearing this can''t help but smile. "Hey, Naomi. I heard that you also record covers of songs." He said.


    "Y-Yes, I like singing a lot, when I sing, I feel all my embarrassment disappear." She says it very quietly.


    "That''s good! I also recorded some covers, what do you think about us talking more later?" Aatrox asked.


    "S-Sure, think we can do something together... sure, if you''re interested." She asked.


    Aatrox readily agreed.


    "Can I participate?" Black Kimmy asked.


    "Of course! The more people, the better." Aatrox answered her without worrying.


    Jackson who was close to them hearing Kimmy ask can''t help but ask. "Can I participate too?"


    Aatrox was surprised that he wanted to participate, since he had such a big channel, but because he was a quiet guy, Aatrox didn''t refuse him.


    Naomi was grateful to Kimmy participate with her, since she would probably faint of shame if she were alone, but now that her friend would also participate in the conversation after the program, she was more relaxed.


    Willy was looking at them talking and also wanted to participate, so he could advertise his channel on the others'' channel. But seeing that everyone was asking Benjamin, he wouldn''t leave pride aside to ask him to participate as well.


    When the program went back on air, the camera quickly showed as the 4 influencers laughed a little before separating to sit each in their seats.


    When the spectators saw that, they couldn''t help but comment.


    [Havenson: Wait a second, is it just me or was the Swordsman laughing with Naomi?]


    [ClaudioDouglas: Didn''t you see his channel? He also records covers of songs, just like Naomi. Maybe they''re planning to record together?]


    [Rellik_Snoe: But Jackson and Kimmy were laughing with them, too. It would be nice if the four of them would record something together.]


    [daoistlone: Yeess! I''d also love to see Swordsman in a video with Naomi, Jackson and Kimmy.]


    [ClayRayne: Willy can stay out, we don''t care. LOL]


    [Rellik_Snoe: No, I hope they don''t even talk to Willy.]


    [TarIk: Who are you to criticize my Willy for this stranger? He only recorded one successful video and you already think he''s better than Willy? NEVER!]


    [hopelessdude: Pathetic, you like this poor guy who only looks like him. He can only dream of one day being as good as my Willy.]


    [TriggeredEmperor: Shut up, you Willy garbage fanboys.]


    ...

 49 - Born to Die

    While the war was going on in the comments, the program was going very well. Although Willy''s intrusions were quite unpleasant, the program flowed well with Emilio talking to the other four.


    When the show was at the hour mark, Emilio discovered that Naomi had a music channel on YouTube and asked her to sing a live song, since they were on a radio.


    Naomi was dying of embarrassment, but when she accepted to come to the radio station, she already imagined that she would be invited to sing. So, she readily accepted.


    "Do you happen to play an instrument? I don''t think anybody''s prepared a background check." Emilio said a little embarrassed that his team was so useless.


    "I don''t play anything..." Naomi said quietly.


    "I brought my guitar, if you want, I can play to accompany you." Aatrox said surprising everyone. They didn''t think he''d bring a guitar with him.


    "Very good Ben, we''ll have to bother you to get your guitar. After all, we can''t miss the opportunity to hear Naomi sing at our station. While you two are getting ready, let''s take a little break." Emilio said relieved and excited, he didn''t know Aatrox played too.


    After he picked up the guitar, he looked at Naomi and asked. "I learned to play the guitar a short time ago, so I''ll have to look up the cipher online, what song do you want?"


    Naomi answered. "I want to sing Born to Die by Lana Del Rey. Do you think you can play?"


    Aatrox took his phone out and opened the cipher to see if he could play it and thought it was somewhat easy. The music was slow and there wasn''t anything difficult. "It''s okay with me, we can go with that one. But is it all right for you to sing? You seem to be very nervous." He asked Naomi concerned.


    "It''s okay. When I start singing, my confidence comes out!" She responded with a determined look.


    "We''re coming back here at Young Pan! For you who just tuned in to our radio, today we have several personalities from the Internet, among them we have a famous Vlogger with over a million followers, Jackson Allen, a famous gameplayer with over four hundred thousand followers, Black Kimmy, we also have Willy Wonder, the famous Internet singer with over 800 thousand followers, Naomi Griffin, and last but not least, the guest you probably know as the swordsman, Benjamin Grey." Emilio resumed the animated commercials to attract the public to the presentation of Naomi and Benjamin. "Today, especially for Young Pan, Naomi will sing Lana Del Rey''s Born to Die. She''s being accompanied by our swordsman, Benjamin Grey playing the guitar."Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work!


    Listening to the cue, Aatrox started playing the guitar following the figure he found on the internet and observed Naomi worried and surprised at the same time. He didn''t know she had over 800,000 registered on YouTube.


    "Why?


    Who, me?


    Why?


    Feet, don''t fail me now


    Take me to the finish line


    Oh, my heart, it breaks every step that I take


    But I''m hoping at the gates, they''ll tell me that you''re mine"


    When Naomi started singing, Aatrox can''t help but open his mouth in amazement. The shy little girl he saw a few seconds ago had been replaced by a confident singer with an angelic voice. He can''t help but feel the urge to sing with her. He knew he could learn a lot.


    "Walking through the city streets


    Is it by mistake or design?


    I feel so alone on a Friday night


    Can you make it feel like home if I tell you''re mine?


    It''s like I told you, honey


    Don''t make me sad, don''t make me cry


    Sometimes love is not enough, and the road gets tough, I don''t know why


    Keep making me laugh


    Let''s go get high


    The road is long, we carry on, try to have fun in the meantime


    Come and take a walk on the wild side


    Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain


    You like your girls insane


    Choose your last words, this is the last time


    ''Cause you and I, we were born to die¡­"


    Aatrox had never heard this song before, but now listening to Naomi singing, he liked it very much. That would be the kind of music that, with just a little energy-infused, would be able to make anyone cry.


    When the song was over, the studio participants couldn''t help but applaud.


    "You sing very well, Naomi. It makes me want to sing." Aatrox said unconsciously while enjoying her still in her confident state.


    But when she heard his compliment, her face turned red like a tomato instantly and she became the shy girl again.


    "Very good! If you''re enjoying it, be sure to comment on our live broadcast and our Twitter on what you''re thinking." Emilio didn''t miss an opportunity to interact with the public.


    "Naomi, you sang very well, congratulations!" Jackson praised it. He had already watched several videos of her singing, but it was nothing compared to seeing her in person.


    "My Naomi always doing damage." Kimmy commented as she watched Naomi die of embarrassment.


    Willy who still felt out of place felt even worse, after so long watching Aatrox interact with the YouTubers who were to be paying attention to him and to his money. He came here just to get more people to advertise his channel and now who amiss was benefiting from this was the unknown.


    "Y-You said you also wanted to sing and even brought a guitar, will you sing some music, Benjamin?" Naomi asked, controlling her nervousness.


    "Do you sing too? What a perfect opportunity! Now we''ll have one more singer to brighten up our morning. Benjamin Grey, the swordsman of the online series will be singing a song for us. What song have you prepared for us, Ben?" Emilio asked excitedly. From his computer screen, he could see that the audience was rising a lot. In the comments, there were only people praising Naomi and now curious to know how the swordsman would preform.


    [If you want to know how Naomi sang, look for "Born to Die - Lana Del Rey (Cover) by Alice Kristiansen" on YouTube.]

 50 - Duet

    "Well, before I came here, I was looking for a song to sing when my little sister came into the room and asked what I was doing. When I told her, she told me I had to sing Boyfriend from Justin Bieber. Since I''m the older brother, I can''t let her down." Aatrox said while he was fixing himself in the chair with the guitar.


    "Very good, we look forward to your presentation, Ben." Emilio said.


    Aatrox wasted no time and started playing the song, but what he didn''t expect was the damage it would do to the female audience.


    "If I was your boyfriend, I''d never let you go


    I can take you places you ain''t never been before


    Baby take a chance or you''ll never ever know


    I got money in my hands that I''d really like to blow


    Swag swag swag, on you


    Chillin'' by the fire while we eating fondue


    I don''t know about me but I know about you


    So say hello to falsetto in three, two, swag


    I''d like to be everything you want


    Hey girl, let me talk to you


    If I was your boyfriend, never let you go


    Keep you on my arm girl, you''d never be alone


    I can be a gentleman, anything you want


    If I was your boyfriend, I''d never let you go, I''d never let you go..."


    With the rhythm he sang the song it was much livelier than the original song. Mixed with his voice, the music was very good. When the camera picked up Naomi, you could see that her face was even redder than her natural one, probably wondering what it would be like if he sang it to her. On the other hand, Kimmy, who normally didn''t feel ashamed easily, also had her cheeks slightly flushed.


    In the comments, on the other hand, there was a mess.


    [Spectator 1: I don''t believe it, that''s not fair, how can he be so beautiful and sing so well?]


    [Spectator 2: I know! How I wanted my boyfriend to be just like him. TT^TT]


    [Spectator 3: I hope my girlfriend isn''t watching this program now. D:]


    [Spectator 4: I wonder if he would have sung that song for me, I''d be the happiest girl in the world.]


    [Spectator 5: You must be a pig; no man will want you.]


    [Spectator 4: F**k you! You''re a pig, your family''s a pig, you''re all pigs.]


    ...


    "# If I was your boyfriend, never let you go


    Keep you on my arm girl, you''d never be alone


    I can be a gentleman, anything you wantThe story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    If I was your boyfriend, I''d never let you go, never let you go


    Na na na, na na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.


    Yeah girl


    If I was your boyfriend


    Na na na na, na na, na, na, na, yeah


    Na na na na, na na na, na, ey


    If I was your boyfriend."


    Benjamin finished singing and was pleased with his presentation. His improvement in terms of singing and playing the guitar were very noticeable to him. Seeing the girls'' reaction to his preformance, Aatrox couldn''t help but sweat. ''Maybe that wasn''t a good idea.'' He thought as he imagined the online consequences that were probably happening.


    "I can''t believe you sing that well, besides acting. Dude, how am I supposed to compete with you like that?" Jackson asked in a playful tone pretending to be sad.


    "Hump, he only sings a little above average." Willy said quietly, but without him noticing, he had said it near the microphone. Another explosion occurred in the comments now cursing Willy for speaking ill of Benjamin.


    "What a multi-talented man. If I had at least half your talent in my youth...ah how unfair the world is..." Emilio sighed.


    After the presentation of Aatrox, the audience that had already risen a lot because of Naomi, had now beaten the peak that the program received throughout the semester. There was no better news for Emilio.


    "Finally, let''s have a duet of you two, what do you think?" Emilio asked excitedly to see if the audience would rise even higher.


    Aatrox thought it would be interesting and turned to turn Naomi with an expectant look on his face.


    "I believe it''s all right, we''ll just need a song." Aatrox responded while Naomi nodded her head positively.


    Emilio couldn''t let the chance pass and quickly took advantage of it to ask the public. "So, we''ll let you preform at the end of the show, we''ll look at Twitter and the song you ask for the most with Hashtag #YoutuberOnYoungPan will be the song they''ll sing."


    After Emilio said that, Hashtag went to the trending topics with people suggesting songs, many didn''t know what was happening and went to the live broadcast of Young Pan to understand, when they saw that the swordsman was there, they were curious and started to suggest even more songs.


    When the show was over, Emilio looked at how many people were watching them online and was left with an open mouth of amazement. He had underestimated the power of digital influencers on his own website. After accounting for the station''s audience today, Emilio knew he''d get a fat bonus on his salary.


    "The song chosen for you was Marvin Gaye of Charlie Puth. Is that all right?" Emilio asked.


    Aatrox saw Naomi blushing in a way that had not yet blushed and he was curious to know the reason, but still accepted, since the audience who chose the music.


    "All right, we''re going to take a short break to get them ready and we''ll be right back." Emilio said with a big smile on his face as he looked at Benjamin and Naomi. He knew the two of them were responsible for the big increase in the hearing today.


    When Aatrox read the lyrics, he couldn''t help but blush a little. He could be a God King with thousands of years of experience in battle, but it all came down to only that, battle. He had no contact with anything but battle, when it came to feelings, he did not understand why his heart accelerated so fast and his white face blushed.


    When they came back from break, Aatrox looked at Naomi and she was already starting to become confident, even with her cheeks totally red.


    "Let''s Marvin Gaye and get it on


    You got the healing that I want


    Just like they say it in the song


    Until the dawn, let''s Marvin Gaye and get it on


    We got this king size to ourselves


    Don''t have to share with no one else


    Don''t keep your secrets to yourself


    Its karma sutra show and tell


    Woah, there''s loving in your eyes


    That pulls me closer


    It''s so subtle, I''m in trouble


    But I''d love to be in trouble with you


    Let''s Marvin Gaye and get it on


    You got the healing that I want


    Just like they say it in the song


    Until the dawn, let''s Marvin Gaye and get it on


    You got to give it up to me


    I''m screaming mercy, mercy please


    Just like they say it in the song


    Until the dawn, let''s Marvin Gaye and get it on


    And when you leave me all alone


    I''m like a stray without a home


    I''m like a dog without a bone


    I just want you for my own


    I got to have you babe


    Woah, there''s loving in your eyes


    That pulls me closer


    It''s so subtle, I''m in trouble


    But I''d rather to be in trouble with you..."


    If you want to know how Aatrox sang Boyfriend, look for "Boyfriend - Justin Bieber (Tyler Ward Cover)" on YouTube.


    To find out how they sang the duet, look up "Marvin Gaye - Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor by Andy Scalise" on YouTube.]

 51 - Aatrox Vs Thomaz

    After the show, besides Willy, who took the opportunity to leave fast, the other 4 youtubers stopped to talk.


    "Guys, besides Kimmy, who I already knew, I really enjoyed meeting you both in person. How about we shoot a video together? I think the audience will like it very much." Jackson came up with the idea.


    Hearing that, Kimmy''s eyes sparkled. It would be a lot of fun to record with everyone, besides making everyone''s channel grow so she readily accepted.


    Naomi when she saw Kimmy accept, she also accepted, since she would probably have a lot of fun.


    Aatrox, who would probably benefit most from this collaboration, also did not refuse. After exchanging contacts and their Instagram, they all separated.


    The others already had a lot of followers on Instagram, so they didn''t notice the increase, but Aatrox, which had only 10,000 followers, noticed instantly. He had quadrupled the number of his followers in just that hour and a half of the program. Most of the comments in his pictures were about him singing Boyfriend. He could see that the vast majority were girls who apparently liked him, but he did not know what to do.


    Before Aatrox could find a solution, he was hugged by a pair of little hands on his leg and opened a smile. "Hi, my princess, did you like the music I sang to you?" Aatrox asked.


    "Yeeeessssss!!! I liked it a lot, brother! You''re going to have to sing a lot of songs for me now, since I don''t like to hear anyone else sing." She said with a smug look on her face.


    "I''ll sing as much as you want my angel." Aatrox said while kissing her cheek.


    Amanda arrived holding Bryan''s hand. After talking for a while, they went home.


    Aatrox, on the way home from the radio station, responded to comments or gave a like, so people knew he had read them.


    As he had a short time before the group discussion at Thomaz''s house, Aatrox only rested for 30 minutes before heading over.


    Arriving there, Aatrox saw that Carter had not yet arrived. Approaching the three who were talking at the entrance and still haven''t seen him approaching, Aatrox heard the conversation, even if he didn''t mean to.


    "You had to see Violet, he was singing along with Naomi Griffin, you heard, Naomi Griffin!! I doubt he didn''t become even more famous after this show today." Riley said with a very apparent enthusiasm.


    "I was training at home, damn it. If I''d known, I''d have stopped by to watch. I heard even Jackson Allen was there." Violet answered with a pout.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    Thomaz was trying to keep a poker face, but by his tight-fisted fists, it was noticeable that he was dying of rage. ''Just wait, I''ll show you that I sing better than him. Even though I haven''t heard him sing today, I''m sure he''s still as bad as that first video he posted. "Pathetic." He thought while trying to control his anger.


    "Hello." Aatrox said in his usual cold tone.


    "Well, if it isn''t the man we were just talking about!" Riley said excited. "How was singing with Naomi? Why didn''t you tell us you were going? Did you take a picture with them? I read that they''re following you on Instagram now, is that true?" Riley started bombing Aatrox with questions.


    "Easy, singing with her was nice. I found out I was going yesterday. No, I didn''t take a picture. Yeah, the three of them are following me on Instagram." Aatrox answered her questions calmly.


    "Why isn''t Willy following you? He seemed angry with you." Riley asked.


    "He did not want to talk to me because I did not have many followers, but it turned out that nobody wanted to talk to him, so he remained isolated." Aatrox said disinterested.


    "All right look Carter''s over there. Let''s get ready for the competition since everyone''s here. I''m tired of hearing you guys talk about it." Thomaz came out angry.


    Violet and Riley faced each other and exchanged a small smile with each other, confirming something they were suspicious of.


    Carter, who usually didn''t talk much, came by Aatrox and asked for something. "Benjamin, please, if you meet Black Kimmy again, can you get her autograph for me? I watch all her videos playing GoA." He said with his eyes glowing.


    Aatrox didn''t expect that, but since it wouldn''t cost anything, he didn''t care. "All right, I''ll talk to her next time."


    When everyone was ready, they decided on the rules. Basically, they''d sing two songs, each one choosing one. If there was a tie, they''d take a random song to tie.


    The first song, Thomaz, was chosen. "Makes me Wonder - Maroon 5"


    "I still don''t have the reason


    And you don''t have the time


    And it really makes me wonder


    If I ever gave a fuck about you


    Give me something to believe in


    ''Cause I don''t believe in you


    Anymore, anymore


    I wonder if it even makes a difference to try


    Yeah, so this is goodbye."


    Aatrox heard Thomaz sing and was surprised. He had very good control over his voice. Probably if Aatrox hadn''t trained for the competition, he might have lost. Seeing that the battle would be fierce, flames of competitiveness lit in his eyes and he waited for his turn.


    When Aatrox sang he went out of tone a few times, because he only heard the song once, and ended up missing the first round.


    Thomaz had a smile on his face and began to look at Aatrox with a presumptuous look.


    For the second song, Aatrox chose What I''ve Done - Linkin Park. That was a song that when he heard it, it caught his attention a lot. Because it a song that was hard to sing and sounded good musically.


    "In this farewell


    There''s no blood, there''s no alibi


    ''Cause I''ve drawn regret


    From the truth of a thousand lies


    So let mercy come and wash away


    What I''ve done


    I''ll face myself to cross out what I''ve become


    Erase myself


    And let go of what I''ve done."


    When Aatrox finished singing, besides Thomaz, everyone was stunned. They knew that Aatrox sang well, but after the past song, they lost a little faith in him. But now that they''ve seen him sing this song, they''ve come back to have faith in him and think he could win.


    Thomaz was surprised to see that he had improved a lot, but he still didn''t give up. Unfortunately for him, during the chorus, he missed a note and Aatrox won the second round.


    Then they''d take a random online generator to see what song they''d sing to tie.


    [Zhanye: I''m tired of writing about them singing, someone helps me ...---...]

 52 - He is a Cultivator?

    Seeing the song that the automatic generator chose, Thomaz was worried. The screen showed "Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen". This was one of the more difficult songs the generator could give for them to sing.


    Aatrox who didn''t know the song, heard it on his cell phone to know how to sing and was also worried. This song would make use of almost every aspect that he had held in the online singing classes that he had to do.


    This time, Thomaz started singing first.


    "Mama, just killed a man


    Put a gun against his head


    Pulled my trigger, now he''s dead


    Mama, life had just begun


    But now I''ve gone and thrown it all away


    Mama, ooh


    Didn''t mean to make you cry


    If I''m not back again this time tomorrow


    Carry on, carry on


    As if nothing really matters¡­"


    Hearing Thomaz sing "ooh", the three judges were worried and looked at Aatrox. He can''t help but smile, if he''d gone first, maybe he could lose. But now that Thomaz had gone first, Aatrox had time to see how he would sing and sing better trying to fix the mistakes Thomaz made during the song.


    When Aatrox started singing, Thomaz became incredulous and discouraged. He knew he''d lost. Aatrox was singing all the parts he missed with great mastery. He couldn''t believe that Aatrox had improved so much this week, the only explanation is that he had intentionally sung badly to look like he had improved.


    The more Thomaz thought about it, the braver he got. For him, Aatrox was just making fun of him and trying to make him play the fool. But what Thomaz didn''t think was that he himself had initiated all this.


    "Very good!! I guess we already have a winner, right?" Riley said excited looking at the other two judges.


    "Y-Yes, I think when it comes to technique, Benjamin managed to overcome Thomaz, even if only in the details." Carter said.


    "All right, Benjamin sang better." Violet simply replied.


    Hearing this, Thomaz became very angry. He was supposed to win, for them to be praising him, for him to be the lead singer, for the attention of the class during the performance to be focused on him. But now everyone was focused only on Benjamin.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.


    "All right, are we gonna do the music again?" Aatrox suggested. Since today was Friday and they had to deliver the job the next week...


    Now that everyone was going to do what had been decided, the work went very well. The lyrics of the song were made with more practicality, what delayed the most was when they tried to set the rhythm and play the instruments together.


    When everyone left, Thomaz was still in a bad mood. As he sat alone in the living room, he started planning something to make Benjamin feel ashamed of during the performance.


    ...


    Meanwhile, Aatrox had just arrived home. He was very tired of studying in the morning, attending the interview in the afternoon and using his evening to do the group work.


    But as tomorrow will already be Saturday, even the tired Aatrox wanted to cultivate a little to be prepared during the spar with Annie''s father that they had scheduled. On the day he scored the spar, Aatrox had been worried that Amanda would find out about cultivation and he didn''t want to have to lie to her. Now that she knew and had also started cultivating, Aatrox thought it would be a good experience for her and the children to at least watch.


    Aatrox sat on the bed and closed his eyes. With his eyes closed, he could feel all the energy that surrounded him in the environment. To his surprise, a small part of the energy was being sucked into the children''s room. ''They are working hard.'' Aatrox thought proud.


    Calling the small knight''s crown in his hand, Aatrox began to observe it while absorbing the ambient energy. The crown had expanded almost to its maximum size, probably within a few days it would reach its peak and Aatrox could rise to the Baron ranking.


    Aatrox remembered the techniques he had seen in the anime that the twins had shown him and thought it was funny. Those techniques could be beautiful, but they were very impractical. The only ones that caught his attention were the techniques that a certain clan that had been massacred practiced. It seems that when someone close to them dies, their eyes transform and leave the bearer with a very powerful ocular ability.


    The countless techniques Aatrox learned involved only body training, aura, and skills during battle. The very few ocular techniques he had ever witnessed were useless in the presence of a far superior force. But from what he heard the kids commenting, this eye technique seemed useful even against stronger people, even if it got less effective.


    It sounds interesting, I''ll pay attention to that technique when I watch it again. Maybe it''ll give me inspiration to do my own technique. Aatrox thought.


    He cultivated for a few hours before going to bed to rest before the test with Anthony tomorrow. He was also curious to know what the strength of a possible cultivator on earth was like. He knew how strong a Knight was in his old universe, but here, where the techniques were probably much inferior, maybe they were weaker.


    When Aatrox woke up the next morning, his cell phone was crashing from so many notifications he received during the night from Instagram and YouTube. With no patience to answer each notification, Aatrox just closed all and went to bathe.


    When Aatrox arrived in the kitchen, the children were still eating breakfast in their pajamas while Amanda helped them. Alex was sitting at the corner table working on his notebook.


    "Good morning." Aatrox said.


    "Good morning, brother." The twins also said with their little face very sleepy.


    "Good morning, son. Are you ready for Anthony''s test today? They say he''s very strict, although you cultivate, you should be careful." Amanda said.


    "I didn''t tell you at the time, but I think Anthony''s a cultivator too." Aatrox said selflessly.


    But for Amanda and Alex, it was like a bomb was dropped in the kitchen. "We''ve always known a cultivator and didn''t know?"

 53 - Why he is here?

    "Well, to be honest, I''m still not sure if he''s really a cultivator." Aatrox answered while picking up some toast and enjoying the taste.


    "What do you mean you''re not sure?" Alex asked.


    "Well, when we went to visit them, I felt him releasing an aura. I don''t know if the aura was cultivation or anything else. But when he realized that I resisted his aura, I noticed that he had reacted in an unnatural way." Aatrox said as he continued to eat his toast and filled a cup with coffee. This food from the land was something he hadn''t gotten used to yet. Everything was very tasty, even the bread with a little butter and then toasted was delicious.


    "Hmm, if you say so, the chance of him also cultivating could be high. What do you intend to do?" Amanda asked.


    "I know we had agreed that you would accompany me so that nothing bad would happen, but now that you understand the reason for our spar, I hope you''ll let me go alone." Aatrox said quietly while watching his mother''s reaction.


    Amanda heard this and became worried again, but after everything her son had already shown her, she felt she had to show a little confidence in him. "All right, I''ll go out with the kids after your father finishes his work." Amanda said.


    When the children heard this, they were a little disappointed that they couldn''t spend time with their brother, but by the tone they were using in the conversation, they felt it was something serious and just accepted it.


    After breakfast, Aatrox took Alex''s car and went to Anthony''s house. Arriving there, Aatrox saw Anthony open the door for him and with a smile greet him. "Hey, Ben, how are you?"


    "I''m fine, I didn''t sleep much last night, but nothing a good cup of coffee wouldn''t fix." Aatrox responded, causing a little conflict in Anthony.


    ''Is he complaining that he slept very little at night on purpose? Or is he really not a cultivator? When we reach a certain level, we don''t need to sleep as much anymore... Unless he has a very weak cultivation. Anthony thought while accompanying Aatrox inside.


    When Aatrox was accompanying Anthony, the door to a room opened and Annie appeared sleepy while still wearing pajamas. She wore a very thin light pink sweater apparently without a bra while the underside wore a tiny thin short of the same color.This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there.


    She looked at him with a natural look and rubbed her eyes, when she looked at him again after rubbing, her face went from white to red like her hair as her eyes widened and she ran back to her room.


    [Annie POV]


    Yesterday I had been playing GoA late with my friends, I was surprised that it''s been a while since Benjamin has connected. Although this week was a busy one, every day he apparently had some commitment. I didn''t believe it when the girls sent me the Young Pan live stream link where he was participating with other youtubers.


    I always wanted to meet Black Kimmy, since I always saw her videos playing GoA, but with the number of followers she had, it was impossible for me to play with her. When I saw that Ben was there with her, I was super excited that maybe I could play with her through him.


    Yesterday I waited for him to connect, even if it was too late for us to play, to see if I could convince him to introduce me to her, but he didn''t show up. So, I was just playing with my friends.


    Today I woke up a little tired from playing late, but I had to get up as I heard that my father was talking to someone. Yesterday he told me he''d call someone, but he wouldn''t tell me who he was. I assumed I would be his business partner so, after brushing my teeth and not even changing clothes, I left the room, since his business partners come over sometimes.


    The problem was when I opened the door, I looked at my father, and he was talking to Benjamin! I thought it was just a hallucination, and tried to clear my eyes, to see his partner, but when I looked again, Ben was still there. When I looked at my clothes, I was dying of shame.


    My hair was all messed up, so as not to squeeze my breasts, I sleep without a bra, which was very noticeable when I looked at my shirt. I hope he didn''t see anything... I hope he didn''t see anything... When I looked at my legs, my shame increased even more. My shorts were so short that it looked like I was just in my panties, my legs were completely on display.


    Dying of shame, I closed the door in a hurry and returned to my room without daring to look back at him. What can I do now? Why is he here? What am I gonna wear? Why didn''t my father say it was him? What does my father want with him? Did my father find out that I like him?


    When Annie thought of that last possibility, a cold sweat ran down her back. The last time her father found out that she liked only a little bit of a boy, her father had called the boy to practice self-defense with him and after that endurance training, the boy never looked at me again because of his fear for my father... God, I can''t let my dad do this to Benjamin, what am I gonna do if he never wants to talk to me again? What if he never looks at me again? What am I gonna do?


    Annie got desperate and searched quickly for a dress to try to convince his father not to scare Ben, she liked very much their friendship, the way he treated her, not only as a pretty girl but as an interesting person. If her father frightened him, she''d be very upset with him.

 54 - He didnt tell you?

    Aatrox was surprised at the way Annie appeared, but before he could express any reaction, a giant-killing intent was directed at him from the man next to him. Aatrox looked at Anthony and didn''t have any change in facial expression, he kept his face neutral and inexpressive as he turned to him.


    Anthony had a very ugly expression on his face, but he knew he couldn''t blame the boy for seeing his daughter that way. Anthony quickly retracted killing intent but was surprised when he saw that it hadn''t affected the boy again. With an accent of approval, Anthony continued to move towards the back garden.


    The two of them kept walking without saying anything on the way. Aatrox didn''t mind, but he swore internally to make Anthony suffer a little during their sparring. Directing that intent to him once Aatrox may accept, since he was the father of his friend and friend of his own father, but directing it twice without an apology Aatrox would not willingly accept.


    When they arrived in the garden, Amelia was preparing a jug of coffee for them to drink on the outside table. Looking at Aatrox, she opened a warm smile and greeted him. "Hey, Ben, how''s your mom? I thought she would come with you."


    "Hello Amelia, my mother is very well. Today she had promised to take the children to play, so she couldn''t come, unfortunately." Aatrox answered.


    "I see, this week was the last week of the twins'' vacation, right? They must want to enjoy this weekend." She answered with elegance as always.


    While they were talking, Annie came back worried to see how they were doing. To her surprise, her father was sitting quietly next to her mother while the two were talking to Benjamin. From what she knew of her father, he would definitely do something to the boy if he saw her like that, but surprisingly he didn''t do anything.


    Logically she wouldn''t complain, so pretending nothing happened, Annie sat with them at the table and greeted Aatrox. "Good morning, Ben, why didn''t you tell me you were coming?"


    "I thought your father had warned you since he invited me." Aatrox responded by enjoying the taste of Amelia''s coffee.


    Annie hearing this turned to look with her eyes closed to Anthony. He in turn started drinking the coffee and turned to enjoy the view pretending not to realize what his daughter was doing.


    Annie sighed, knowing her father, it was like him to do that. "I figured... but since he didn''t say so, can you explain to me the reason for the visit? Not that I thought it was bad, far from it, I''m just curious as to why he called you."This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    "I''ll teach him some self-defense techniques, don''t worry, it''ll all work out." Anthony answered with a proud smile.


    Listening to him, Amelia, who already knew, can''t let go of his face. She was worried about young Ben, since she knew what her husband was capable of and wondered what he would do with the boy.


    Annie was already horrified to hear what her father had said, what she most wanted to prevent from happening was happening right under her eyes. She needed to find a way to stop Aatrox from taking the class with her father.


    "Ehhh... So, Dad, we''re going to have a championship to play in tomorrow''s game, I don''t think you''ll be able to teach him, will you, Ben?" Annie said clearly insinuating with her eyes for Aatrox to agree with her.


    But to her disappointment, Aatrox said, "Are you talking about Clash? It''s okay, we''re not gonna play until tomorrow, right?" Since he also wanted the sparring session with Anthony.


    Hearing that, Anthony didn''t miss the chance. "Yes, if the championship is tomorrow, there is no problem Annie, the class I''m giving him will not take long. And on top of that, it will be useful for him to take care of himself in the future."


    Annie hearing this couldn''t help but get a pale face. Now she could only hope Benjamin didn''t get angry and stop talking to her later.


    "It''s time to start Ben." Anthony said as he stood up and headed for a little dojo in his backyard.


    When Amelia saw that Annie was wanting to go along, she quickly invented an excuse. "Annie, let the men take care of their things, I''m going to need your help inside."


    Annie who was heading towards the dojo stopped and looked at her mother. Thinking about it for a while, she didn''t disobey her mother and went into the house. Cheering for everything to work out in the dojo.


    Now that they were just Aatrox and Anthony alone, Anthony released some of his aura to test Aatrox. As he expected, Aatrox didn''t react.


    Before they started talking about cultivation, Anthony decided to ask something that had been in his mind for some time. "Boy, what are your intentions with my daughter?"


    Aatrox hearing this replied unconsciously. "She''s one of my closest friends. I intend to remain her friend."


    Anthony didn''t feel a bit of a lie coming from him and calmed down a bit, but still asked. "Beyond friendship, you don''t think of anything else, do you?"


    Aatrox was surprised. According to what he had learned, to go further in a friendship would be to have some romantic relationship. Unconsciously Aatrox remembered the scene where he saw Annie in pajamas today and was left with doubts in his heart. If he said he didn''t like the scene he witnessed, he''d be lying. Even for a fraction of a second, his heart raced a few BPM higher. But he didn''t really know why. "To be honest with you, I don''t know. I like our friendship very much, but I have no experience with anything related to this romantic area. For the time being, I intend only to have her as a friend."


    Hearing that, Anthony didn''t know how to feel. He was happy because the boy didn''t lie about anything and it was noticeable that he wanted the best for his daughter, not to mention that the boy was the son of his best friend. The problem is that Anthony had noticed Annie''s feelings for the boy through her look at him, if she was going to try something, she would probably have difficulty accessing his heart. "Well boy, the best way I know to meet someone is with fists, let''s get to know each other better with a friendly sparring."

 55 - So you aint normal either, boy.

    The two entered a battle posture and began to face each other. Anthony was surprised the boy had such a good stance. He tried to look for any opening that Benjamin might have left but couldn''t find one.


    Aatrox was pleased to see Anthony''s posture too. Even if he didn''t have much power in his body, Aatrox at least knew that he knew battle techniques well. His posture had some flaws which gave some openings for Aatrox, but he only found them due to his countless years of battle experience, which helped him develope a battle sense without equal, enabling him to kill God-Emperor.


    The two faced each other until finally Anthony was satisfied seeing that the boy had patience and decided to attack him first to test his other attributes. Anthony started using the strength of a normal person, so that if the boy wasn''t a cultivator, he wouldn''t suffer an instant defeat.


    Aatrox saw him approaching and got excited. Anthony punched Aatrox''s left rib, but before Anthony''s hand could connect with the boy''s rib, Aatrox had quickly defended Anthony''s hand with his left hand and attacked the same point on it.


    Seeing his attack be defended, Anthony was surprised, but quickly tried to defend himself from the boy''s punch with his forearm. As he was a cultivator, his skin and muscles were much more resistant than those of a normal person. But when Aatrox''s hand connected to Anthony''s forearm, the pain he thought would be minimal eventually made him show a face of pain.


    When Anthony looked at the forearm he used to defend from the boy''s punch, the area where his fist touched was beginning to swell. Finally, I''ll take this sparring more seriously. Anthony increased the speed to that of a novice cultivator to try to stay on the same level as the boy.


    Aatrox hadn''t punched him as hard as he could. He didn''t want Anthony to fully raise his guard so that he could hit him a little bit more to get revenge for the killing intent that he had directed at Aatrox.


    Anthony now using the strength and speed of a low-level cultivator, approached Aatrox faster and tried to punch Aatrox in the stomach.


    Aatrox saw him making the punch movement, but with his vision enhanced and battle senses elevated, Aatrox saw that Anthony''s arm muscles were not flexed the way a normal person would flex to get that position right. So, he pretended to defend himself from the punch in the stomach.This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    Anthony thought Aatrox had fallen for his fake and used his other arm to punch the boy in the chest. But when he saw that Aatrox''s other hand was already waiting for him to punch him in the chest, he realized that the boy had seen the fake before even Anthony could start attacking his chest. ''This boy is a monster... At his age, I couldn''t even feel the energy in the environment, but his battle sense is already so sharp, I''ll raise the level again.


    As Anthony began to use the strength of a somewhat more powerful cultivator, Aatrox did not let the opportunity pass and returned the punch to Anthony''s fist as well. Anthony was distracted for a fraction of a second when he took the punch in the chest and ended up coughing and spitting on the floor.


    Aatrox still kept his face unexpressed as he watched Anthony recover. When Anthony saw that the boy hadn''t even spilled a drop of sweat, he decided to attack with everything he had to teach him a lesson.


    Aatrox seeing that Anthony''s speed had increased a lot, had to take the fight more seriously.


    Anthony with a superhuman speed came towards Aatrox and gave a quick and strong jab that was too much for a normal person to react. But for Aatrox, it was just a normal kick. Taking advantage of the fact that Anthony had only one leg on the ground, Aatrox quickly punched Anthony in his chest. When the punch connected, Anthony felt a pain he hadn''t felt in a while and lost his balance because he was neutralized before the attack could connect and fell to the ground.


    "You''re not a normal kid." Anthony said as he stood up from the ground, his eyes shining for a good battle.


    "You could say so, what level of power are you at?" Aatrox asked.


    "I am a Brawler of the Baron level. What class are you?" Anthony replied, now having a better attitude towards Aatrox, after having approved his strength.


    "Class... that''s the second time I''ve been asked that, but I have no class." Aatrox answered.


    "You don''t have class? Unless you''ve been trained with an overseas method, you need to have a class..." Anthony said thoughtful.


    "That''s the point, I can''t tell from where, but my method isn''t American." Aatrox responded with his usual inexpressive face.


    Anthony knew that each cultivator had his own secrets and did not insist on this anymore. Anthony had already forgotten the little anger he had for the boy and was getting more and more excited with the battle they were having. As a cultivator, he knew what was better than cultivating for days, and that was a battle with someone of similar strength. Unconsciously, Anthony already considered Aatrox a great match to be his son-in-law. Since he had discovered a little of the boy''s character in front of him during the battle, he wasn''t disappointed with him at all. Not to mention that with such a strong cultivator accompanying his daughter, her safety would be much better than some normal security guards.


    As they were getting ready to continue the fight, the dojo door was opened and a man like Anthony came in and saw the bruises on Anthony and was worried. Facing his opponent, the man was surprised, but still asked. "Who would this fellow cultivator be, brother?"

 56 - Do you have an appointment today?

    Anthony was a little unhappy to have the sparring interrupted, but seeing that it was his brother, he didn''t complain. "Hey, brother. Do you remember that I mentioned a friend came to visit us this week with his family and he had a strange son? Here''s the guy hahaha." Anthony answered with a laugh.


    Hearing that, August lowered his guard. He had just arrived from a meeting and was worried that someone had sent a cultivator to inspect their family. "Hey, kid, I''m August, Anthony''s brother. Seeing the state that you left my younger brother, you probably have considerable strength for your age. May I ask who your master is?"


    Aatrox listening to the question thought for a while. Apparently, this brother of Anthony is also a cultivator, and because he is older than him, consequently his strength must also be greater. Aatrox was not surprised that Anthony was a higher ranking than him and had still lost. Aatrox was cultivating using the God-Killer technique, he had no doubt that this technique was much better than some random technique of some mortals.


    "Hello August, I''m Benjamin, and about my master, I can only say he was known as Decay." Aatrox responded by thinking of his sword. Even if Aatrox didn''t like it, his sword was the one who trained him and made him stronger.


    Hearing him say that his master "was" known as Decay, the two thought he was dead and did not insist on it anymore.


    "Well, I''d be happy for both of us to have a friendly sparring, but unfortunately we don''t have time now." August said with a heavy voice and turned to Anthony. "Brother, the council has decided that the Annual American Meeting this year will be tonight... I''ve got three vacancies, since I came alone this year, I don''t have anyone in mind. Do you happen to have someone you can call to meet you this year? If not, we can ask the young fellow here." He said that last part looking at Aatrox.


    Hearing that, Anthony''s eyes glowed. He had been waiting for this meeting all year round, now that they had decided that it would be in Red River today, he can''t help but get excited. "I have no one to call, brother. Do you have an appointment for tonight, Ben?"


    Aatrox listening to what they were saying was curious and answered. "I don''t have anything for today, but what''s this annual American meeting about?"


    August asked him incredulously. "Do you really not know about the Annual American Meeting? Did you happen to live under a rock? With your level of strength, it''s impossible that you or your master have never been invited by anyone."


    Aatrox was a bit clumsy but didn''t say he had woken up from a coma just two weeks ago. "Well... let''s say that my master was very reclusive and did not like interruption."This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    Listening to the explanation, August thought it made sense. "Well, for him to train a boy at your age to such a high level of power, he probably had considerable strength. I believe he didn''t really like to be interrupted by worldly affairs." He said as he held his chin with his hand in a thoughtful way, "Anyway, basically the Annual American Meeting is the place were cultivators from the lower or middle of the ranking come together to exchange tips, scrolls, skills, and other things related to cultivation. Cultivators from all over the country come to some city decided by the council for the meeting."


    Aatrox heard that and became interested. He knew that having this sparring with Anthony would be beneficial for him to know more about the world of cultivation. "And a lot of people go to that meeting?" He asked trying to get a sense of how many cultivators there were in the country.


    "To the best of our knowledge, about 0.01% of the U.S. population are cultivators. Fewer still have the right to participate in the Annual Meeting, not to mention the powerful who normally do not appear in this event. I find it difficult to reach even a thousand participants this year." August answered. "Since you have no commitment for today and we have an extra ticket, how about you go with us?" August asked.


    Aatrox readily agreed. "Sure. What time will it be?"


    "The meeting will start at 8:00, but it will be good if we meet at 7:00." August answered.


    "Then it''s settled." Aatrox confirmed it.


    "Great, I''ll have to go out with my brother to solve some little problems before we go. Then we''ll meet here at 7:00." August said as he was going out with Anthony.


    Before leaving, Anthony told Aatrox: "Our sparring hasn''t finished yet, kid, let''s finish it another day, but this time using our full strength." He said confident. "In the meantime, don''t let anything happen to my daughter."


    Aatrox already intended to take care of Annie, since they were friends, but listening to Anthony''s warning, he can''t help but hear a voice deep in his mind saying that maybe this warning had another hidden meaning.


    When Aatrox left the dojo, he met Amelia who had already spoken to Anthony and understood the situation. When she saw Aatrox, she quickly came up to him and whispered, "Ben, as you can see, we haven''t told Annie about this world yet. We thought it would be better to tell her only when she turned 18. Please don''t tell her anything, the less she knows, the less risk she will suffer."


    "Well, I disagree. I think if she knew and could prepare for that, she''d be safer. But since you''re her parents, I''ll take your advice. You can count on me if something happens while you''re not near her." He said.


    For Aatrox, it was better for the person to have the knowledge and prepare, than for them to be left in the dark and not know what to do if something happens.


    Take his sibling for example, who at the age of 4 are already stronger than some 5-year-olds only after training for a week. Once they have more time, Aatrox would be sorry if some deadly thief tries to do some harm to the children. Maybe he''ll come out burned by some Bryan fireball or a powerful Bruna punch.


    But hearing Amelia''s warning reminded Aatrox to warn his family not to tell anyone outside about their cultivation, and to remind the children to act like children with normal strength when they aren''t at home, now that they would return to school. He doesn''t want other cultivators to find them and use them for something.

 57 - Avoid his food in the future.

    Aatrox was on his way to leave to prepare for the event that would take place at night. But on the way to the door, he found Annie worrying about something deeply.


    "Yo, are you okay?" Aatrox asked.


    Annie looked at him and was surprised. She strongly believed that he would no longer want to talk to her after training with her father. So much so that when her uncle arrived, she begged him to convince her father to take it easy with her friend. But to her surprise, when her father came with her uncle, she was able to identify some injuries in him.


    In all those 17 years she''s lived, she''s never seen her father hurt before. Not even a little knife cut, nothing. But today she had seen his hair a little shaggy and his forearm a little swollen, even if he had tried to hide it.


    In her head, she could only assume that her uncle had done this to her father. Probably because he had been excessive with her friend and that maybe Benjamin came out of the dojo very hurt. But what surprised her was that the boy in question was perfectly fine, if she didn''t know, she could have imagined that he had just gotten ready after a bath. She wasn''t even able to see a small bruise on his body.


    ''It''s not possible that he did that to my dad, right?'' Annie thought internally as she got up from the couch and stared at him, looking for something abnormal. "How was the training with my father?" She asked, trying to understand what had happened.


    As Aatrox promised Amelia he wouldn''t say anything about cultivation to Annie, Aatrox simply replied. "It was good. Your father knows a lot about self-defense techniques, it was so useful for both of us that we decided we should schedule a second session again in the future." He answered with a carefree face.


    "Really?" She looked at him with a dubious look. Her father had a security company, and he personally trained most of the security guards. She couldn''t find any possible way for Benjamin to get out of that dojo unharmed, let alone cause an injury to her father.


    "Uh-huh." Aatrox answered.


    Annie was a little relieved, since he was treating her normally. At least she wouldn''t have to worry about him getting scared of her father and never talking to her again.


    The two talked superficially about some issues until Aatrox said he had to leave to prepare for an evening commitment. Annie was curious about what that commitment would be, but he didn''t say anything.Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.


    When Aatrox got home, it was just him and Alex. His father was finishing saving some files and turning off the computer, he had probably just finished working.


    "Hey, son, how did it go over there?" Alex asked with excitement when he saw Aatrox coming in. He was Anthony''s friend for a long time and finding out that his friend was also a cultivator aroused a lot of interest in him.


    "I was right, he''s a cultivator and so is his brother. I don''t know if Amelia is too, but she knows they both are, and she asked me not to tell Annie." Aatrox answered.


    "His brother, you mean August? And you fought?" Alex asked after reflecting for a while.


    "Yes, August is also a cultivator. I couldn''t figure out his strength, but I know he was stronger than Anthony, who in turn is weaker than me." Aatrox responded while looking to see if there were any breakfast toast leftover.


    As Alex reflected on what he had just heard, Aatrox was dissatisfied to discover that there was no toast leftover. Being at the top of the Knight ranking, Aatrox felt hunger less than a normal person, as part of the nutrients he needed to live could be achieved through the energy he absorbed during cultivation. But he can''t help but feel the urge to eat after tasting these planets food.


    Looking at the stove, Aatrox thought, ''This machine is used to make food, why don''t I make some for myself?''


    Thinking it would be a great idea, Aatrox took the phone and looked for some simple recipe. On the internet, he found an omelet recipe. On the recipe website, it said it was something simple to cook, so he thought it would be easy to prepare.


    Aatrox took two eggs and beat them by hand. After beating the eggs very well, Aatrox turned the frying pan on and put some butter on the stove to spread.


    [Alex POV]


    As I reflected on what Ben had told me, I realized he was no longer here. When I went to the kitchen, I saw him looking for something to eat. Lately, he''s been eating a lot, it must be because of the cultivation.


    When I saw that he didn''t find anything to eat, I was going to tell him that today we were going to eat in a restaurant, just the two of us, since Amanda and the kids left early. But when I saw that he took the phone, I was curious.


    Apparently, he was looking for a recipe to prepare. Since he showed great mastery for everything he tries to do on his own, perhaps today I will experience the best omelet in my life?


    At first, I saw him preparing and confirming it internally. Even the part where he greased the frying pan was all right. But then he did something that left me with my chin down.


    An omelet is one of the most practical and easy recipes to make in the world, even though making a perfect omelet is not easy, but making an edible omelet is something that anyone does, especially when accompanying a recipe.


    But after Ben threw the eggs in the frying pan, I can''t explain what happened in the simple process, but in less than 15 seconds, the kitchen was so smoky that it was hard to see more than two palms ahead. Quickly I went to check to see if he was okay, but by the frown on his face, I don''t think that was the result he was expecting.


    Even if I don''t know what he did to turn the omelet into this smoke bomb, I need to leave a mental note to avoid his food in the future.

 58 - Event (Part 01)

    Aatrox looked incredulously at the pot that held a black piece of something that should have been an omelet. He couldn''t understand where he went wrong while making it. In all the sites and comments people said that this was one of the easiest dishes to make, and he had almost set the house on fire while trying to make it.


    "I won''t stop here. There is still something I''m not the best at, but one day I''ll be the best chef this world has ever seen." Aatrox said with low conviction as he tried to wave the smoke out of the kitchen to get it out the windows.


    ''If Benjamin really wants to become the best chef in the world, who will have to taste his food?'' Alex thought worriedly.


    "Son, forget it. We''ll go out for lunch together in some restaurant, then you can focus on cooking later. Your mother cooks very well, you can try to learn from her," Alex said. He was trying to push responsibility to Amanda, and he was unaware that he was going to be used as a guinea pig for his son''s food.


    Aatrox threw the idea of being the best chef to the back of his head for now and went to lunch with his father. During lunch, the father and son enjoyed one of the few moments alone to talk about everything.


    During this conversation, Aatrox warned his father not to show anyone about the cultivation and remind the rest of the family not to divulge too, since he learned from Anthony that this could be dangerous. He warned about the event he was going to attend today, and lunch passed quickly.


    When Amanda and the kids came back, Aatrox was dressing up to meet Anthony. They had agreed to meet at Anthony''s house, so Aatrox had to leave early.


    For this event, Aatrox had worn a black Adidas shirt that was a little tight, which revealed a little of his muscular body. A silver watch on one wrist while on the other he was wearing a collection of bracelets that his mother made him buy. Accompanied by long black hair and round glasses, Aatrox liked the way he looked.


    Opening Instagram, Aatrox saw some posts of the influencers he met on the radio yesterday and liked some photos.


    After taking a picture of himself, Aatrox opened his own profile and had a slight surprise. After so many scares with his social networks growing, he began to be less amazed. His Instagram was with 60,000 followers. A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.


    After posting the photo, Aatrox took his father''s car and went to Anthony''s house. Before entering the house, he saw Anthony and August waving at him outside the gate. When he got there to see what was going on, they told him it was so Annie wouldn''t see him coming.


    They talked for a while and finally went towards the event.


    The event would be held in a private club. This club was owned by a powerful local cultivator, so nobody would cause unnecessary problems there, and not to seek problems with the owner of the place.


    Looking around, Aatrox approved of the environment. The club was very luxurious and all the people who arrived were wearing expensive and well-made clothes. He was accompanying Anthony and August while they greeted other cultivators. Every time they tried to present Aatrox together, but most of the cultivators thought they were doing it just to present some useless relative and they didn''t care.


    They were used to the younger generation doing a lot of nonsense, so for them, Aatrox would be just another youth that would cause a lot of trouble.


    Aatrox got bored. This place was full of cultivators, some weaker and some stronger than Aatrox, but apparently no one was willing to have a fight. They probably didn''t want to divulge the cards up their sleeves, but Aatrox couldn''t care less. The techniques he had were too high for a bunch of low-class cultivators to copy.


    Aatrox warned the two men that he was bored and would take a walk. While he was walking through the club gardens, he saw a familiar face that he didn''t expect to find here. Walking towards the person, Aatrox began to observe the people who accompanied his acquaintance. It was two more tallboys, apparently the same age.


    When Aatrox began to get close, James realized that someone was approaching and to his surprise, it was the boy he had met a few days ago at school.


    "Well, I didn''t expect to find you here, swordsman." James said the last word in a playful tone.


    When his friends heard him call the person a swordsman, they soon recognized who was approaching by remembering a video they had seen this week that had become viral.


    "If it isn''t James, I didn''t expect to find you here either." Aatrox replied without caring that he was called a swordsman.


    "Guys, remember I told you that while you were in Red River, I''d find someone else to play with before you went back to your cities? That''s the guy I found, I can assure you he''s got the same or greater strength as mine." James said with a smile.


    Listening to James praise the guy so much in front of them, made their impression of Aatrox rise a fair amount. After all, for James to praise someone was an extremely rare occasion. As one of the most eminent prodigies of the younger generation in their state, he was one of the strongest young men of his age. If he said that this boy''s strength was equal to or greater than his own, it means that the boy was also among the strongest of the younger generation.


    They had a little doubt since they had never heard of this guy, but since James said he was very strong, George decided to test this guy to see if he was really up to the praise.


    "Hello fellow cultivator, why don''t we compare some notes?" George asked Aatrox.

 59 - Event (Part 02)

    Aatrox saw one of James'' friends come towards him and started watching the boy. Probably 1.85 meters (6 feet), his hair shaved military style, a very tight social blue shirt, which highlighted his well-toned muscles. By his size, Aatrox assumed he practiced while focusing on strength.


    "Hello fellow cultivator, my name is Benjamin. I accept your offer for an exchange of notes. I don''t know this place very well, where do you suggest we have our exchange?" Aatrox asked after seeing the number of sculptures around the area. In their exchange, something could probably get broken.


    Listening to his question, James and his friends raised their eyebrows and seemed to understand something. "My name is Dylan, from what I can tell, you''ve never been to an event like this before, right?"


    Watching Aatrox wave in agreement, Dylan continued. "In these events, organizers always prepare an arena for cultivators to exchange notes, or have a fight for any reason. Even life-and-death duels have happened there."


    Aatrox listening to this became interested, as he could watch the matches in this arena to more or less understand the strength of the cultivators of this world. Aatrox started talking to everyone as they headed towards the arena. He discovered that the "leader" of the group was James, in addition to being one of the strongest cultivators of the younger generation in the state. The kid with the military haircut, Dylan, wasn''t from that town. His parents and James'' parents were friends, so consequently, the two ended up becoming friends from an early age, always training together. Last but not least was Jude, a tall boy, probably 2 meters in height (6.5 feet). He was a little quieter than both of them, but he also talked, apparently, he was more strategic, and always arranging the square glasses on his face.


    Along the way, Aatrox discovered that the basketball team that James had talked about at school was made with Dylan, Jude and another friend, who was cultivating behind closed doors. They played with the rules of street basketball, 4v4. To have a fair game, the two teams would need to be cultivators, there were very few in each state, and that the eight players of the game could not have a cultivation level very different from each other, so a team would not win by only depending on a player who had a high cultivation.


    "We have a match against another team tomorrow, as many cultivators have gathered for this event today, but our fourth player couldn''t make it, you to play for him, Ben?


    "It might be fun, I''ll do it." Aatrox answered.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.


    "But before that, I have to see if you have the strength necessary for that, in our little exchange of notes." Dylan said in a playful tone. He liked the personality of this friend of James'', he didn''t talk about much and was not arrogant. If he were really strong like James said, he''d be a great guy to play with.


    When they entered a hall, near the main hall, where the people gathered, Aatrox saw that many people were gathered in something like a grandstand of Greek theaters. The arena downstairs while the crowd was up.


    Jude told them that the arena would probably be busy by the time they arrived and that they would probably have to wait in a queue to use, as cultivators from all over the country could not let the opportunity pass to exchange notes with other cultivators during the Annual Meeting.


    Aatrox looked into the arena and there were two men fighting. They were in their 30s, but their fight was very ugly. They had very poor techniques, crooked punches, and many openings, Aatrox felt that such a fight was not worth watching.


    When he turned to see the boys'' reaction, they all had the same expression of disinterest on their faces. Aatrox was relieved to see that at least the level of cultivation in the world was not so low, otherwise, he would die of boredom.


    Jude had gone to put their names in line while the three of them were talking about random things without paying attention to what was happening in the arena.


    ...


    As they were talking, the other cultivators began to notice their presence around the arena and began to whisper among themselves.


    "Dude, look there." A short guy said pointing in the direction of the three teenagers talking. "James and Dylan are talking to someone else who''s not in their little group. I wonder what''s going on."


    The chubby guy that the little guy was talking to was curious and looked to know what was going on. Seeing that they were really talking to someone who was not part of their group, he had his eyes open in amazement. "Something''s wrong, they never pay attention to anyone who''s not part of their group... or who''s not strong enough..." The chubby man said to himself, but since the other surroundings were also cultivators, they heard a lot and had their curiosity aroused.


    "If he is strong enough to be with them, perhaps the most powerful group of the younger generation will change." A random cultivator said.


    "Powerful cultivators don''t grow on trees, they''re near the arena, this cultivator probably pissed off one of them and now they''re going to teach him a lesson." Another random cultivator said.


    "That makes sense, they''re all Baron level in their respective classes. If this skinny guy with hair that looks like a woman''s is also a Baron, I''ll stop cultivating." Said a cultivator with a muscular body.


    "Hahahaha, I want to see how this weak body of his is gonna look after someone in James'' group kicks his ass." Somebody did.


    "I bet this weak guy won''t last even five minutes." A man said, starting a wave of betting.


    ...


    None of this was past the ears of Aatrox and the boys he was talking to, but to them, it was just a bunch of unimportant mobs talking. Their turn in line to use the arena was coming and they would finally see what each other''s strength was like.

 60 - Event (Part 03)

    Jude came back and told them that there was only one more fight before it was their turn to use the arena.


    While they were talking, the boring fight was over. For the next fight, according to the judge, there were two disciples, of the same master, who had sworn that only one of the two would leave the arena alive. Apparently one of them had killed their master and the other swore revenge, when they met at this event, the disciple who wanted to take revenge almost attacked him where he stood, but knowing that if someone fought outside the arena would lead to unimaginable consequences, he forced the other disciple to go with him into the arena for them to solve themselves.


    Hearing about the story of these two reminded Aatrox of two ninjas he had fought against in his old life. The story was quite similar, but the difference in strength between the two ninjas and the two cultivators that Aatrox was seeing could not even be compared.


    The battle began with the cultivator who wanted revenge (let''s call him S) going after the killer cultivator (let''s call him Z) while drawing his sword.


    While S drew his sword, Z drew the small knives he always kept up his sleeves. While Z was trying to hold the sword of S for a fraction of a second, he threw the other knife into S''s chest to try to hurt him. S realized Z''s intentions and quickly retreated a little, just enough to deviate from the knife.


    To Aatrox''s surprise, for the first time he saw a spell, when Z used a large amount of energy to increase his speed by using the shadows to decrease friction with the air. S was prepared for this, since he knew most of Z''s abilities and also using a lot of energy, he decreased the weight of his sword, making it half ethereal. With the fastest sword, S diverted Z''s knife a little, but Z took another knife from his sleeves and used it to make a cut in S.


    Seeing the wound on his arm he became angry, for he remembered the wounds he had found on his master and for a fraction of a second he lost his rationality. Z did not miss this opportunity and took the moment of inattention to make another cut in S with his knife.


    Z hadn''t said a single word since the beginning of the battle opened his mouth to say. "...brother, our master''s path was fruitless and weak. Not even you, his son, could follow in his footsteps and use the blade he possessed to seek revenge... I see nothing but hypocrisy...".


    After saying these words, Z used half the remaining energy he had to further increase his speed with the shadows and knock out S. Without anyone stopping him, Z walked out of the arena being watched by everyone.


    Aatrox found the battle very interesting. He had seen that they had wasted a lot of energy during the battle. Those kinds of skills they used were a little useful, but nothing more. They would probably not be able to use these skills in a prolonged struggle or they would run out of energy enough to protect themselves when it was over. But despite all that, Aatrox thought it was an interesting fight. The blade techniques and control they had was levels above those presented in the previous fight.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    Now that the fight was over, Aatrox turned to look at the companions he had made and became interested in the reaction they were presenting. James was thinking deeply about the struggle with a determined eye on his face, probably wondering if he could fight these two cultivators.


    Already Dylan had his fists clenched tightly, showing a face of extreme determination. Suddenly he turned to Aatrox and showed a smile. He was dying to fight with someone, and that someone was standing right next to him. "Shall we go?" He asked.


    "Of course, that fight only served to increase my thirst for battle." Aatrox replied with his inexpressive face, but in the background, one could feel a slight trace of anticipation.


    When the two climbed into the arena, the judge read the role he had received from the organizers of the arena and was surprised by the name that was presented there: "Now we will have Dylan Hall, one of the most powerful cultivators of the same age group in our state, coming from the city of Hill Valley just to attend our Annual Meeting, will fight against the swordsman." He said with a confused look on his face.


    Aatrox hearing this facepalmed as he turned to Jude who smiled at him making a V-sign with his fingers. The audience who thought he was a little familiar now had their mouths open. They never imagined that the person who was talking to James'' group was the swordsman of the online series that they had seen.


    Some did not understand the reference, because they did not watch Episode 1, and were asking the others who showed curious reaction to know who it was, but they did not get any satisfactory answer due to the shock that people received. They could only keep doubting themselves for now and wonder why they were calling him a swordsman if he hadn''t even brought a sword.


    Dylan who was holding the laughter finally calmed down and formed a fighting pose. Aatrox seeing this also became serious and began to observe his opponent while looking for some opening he could use during the battle while waiting for the judge to declare the battle to begin.


    "If you have a gun, you''d better take it." Aatrox said with his usual distant face.


    "I won''t need that." Dylan responded with confidence in his own strength.


    "Let the battle begin!" the judge said as he stepped out of the way, not to get caught in an instant onslaught, since he knew Dylan''s power level.


    But to the audience''s surprise, neither of them moved. The two were looking for an opening, but among them, Aatrox was the first to find an opening. In order not to waste the opportunity, Aatrox ran towards Dylan while he seemed to be holding an invisible sword.


    ...


    Jude looked at the battle with curiosity. He knew Dylan''s strength very well and knew that if they fought each other seriously, the battle would probably end with the two exhausted, or even crippled. Their strength was very close, so to be able to open up an advantage without external factors, they would have to use the most powerful techniques they had in the arsenal.


    Jude turned to look at James, who had already witnessed Benjamin''s strength and asked him. "What do you think will happen in this battle?"


    James turned to Jude seriously and answered. "I think Dylan will lose horribly."


    Jude looked unbelieving at James, he thought James would say the battle was going to be very close or something, but to his surprise, James said that Dylan, one of the strongest of this generation would lose. "What makes you believe that?"


    "We''ve both fought before." James, who was already waiting for that reaction, answered.


    "You guys have had a fight? How was it?" Jude asked curiously.


    "None of us took the fight seriously, but because of the small difference we had, he had a complete advantage. If Dylan uses his secret weapons, he may have a chance to win, but since this is a friendly fight, I believe Dylan will lose badly if no outside intervention happens." James responded by surprising Jude.

 61 - Event (Part 04)

    "Let the battle begin!"


    After the judge said that sentence, Aatrox found an opening in Dylan''s posture.


    Having a large constitution, Dylan was probably either a Nodachi user (swords large enough to be held with two hands) or a shield user. From the scars on his body, Aatrox figured he''d wear a shield.


    When he did not accept Aatrox''s suggestion to pick up a gun, Aatrox thought he would have to give him another warning, as this was just a friendly battle.


    After finding the opening in Dylan''s posture, Aatrox used a skill he had acquired in his old life, [Spiritual Sword], that skill was learned by virtually all high-level sword users. It was a skill that allowed the user to invoke a spiritual sword to act as a true sword when the user was not in possession of any weapon. The sword was usually very fragile, when compared to a sword of divine level, but compared to these mortal weapons, it was as if it were made of Adamantium, a metal that Aatrox had seen portrayed as very durable on the internet.


    Although for Aatrox being only on the Knight level he could not exercise the full power of this sword, he believed that it would be enough to deal with Dylan. For normal people, it would seem that Aatrox was holding an invisible sword, but for cultivators, it was as if he was holding a mass of almost invisible energy in the shape of a sword. The bigger the person''s cultivation, the sharper the sword Aatrox was holding.


    When Dylan saw Aatrox coming towards him holding something in the shape of a sword made of energy, he quickly heard the warning he had received at the beginning of the battle and picked up his shield, which was transformed into a ring, while also picking up the war mace, which was transformed into a wrist bracelet, and tried to defend against the sword of Aatrox which had gotten very close to him.


    He only had time to do that during the battle, because Aatrox made it possible. He didn''t want to fight with fists, since he had already fought with Anthony earlier and didn''t want to hurt Dylan before he could get his weapons, so that the fight didn''t get uninteresting.


    When Dylan felt the weight of the sword hitting the shield that was attached to his wrist, he finally took the battle seriously. Just this strike had put a lot of pressure on him, pressure that he only felt when he was fighting with his older brother.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.


    After this strike, Aatrox retreated and looked at Dylan with an inexpressive look.


    Dylan seeing it opened his mouth and said. "Thank you for not hindering things, sorry for underestimating you, let''s start the real battle." He said it while his eyes radiated intention of battle.


    Aatrox seeing those eyes can''t help but get excited and a small smile appeared on his face. The female cultivators who were watching the battle with their eyes glowing could not help panting after seeing that smile on the swordsman''s face.


    Aatrox without showing mercy started attacking Dylan. In the beginning Dylan was managing to defend himself with ease, but when he realized that Benjamin was increasing his speed and he hadn''t even started to sweat a little, he started to worry if he would win this battle.


    Aatrox was increasing his speed more and more as he was attacking. For those who had a weak cultivation, it looked like Aatrox was dancing while attacking Dylan, as his sword was barely visible. With his long black hair shaking from side to side, it was a scene that many there would never forget in their lives.


    Dylan might not have forgotten that battle either, but not for the same reasons. When he was thinking of taking advantage of some opening to counterattack, Benjamin''s speed had reached a level he could no longer process, he was defending himself while only following the instincts he had acquired during all the battles he had fought with his older brother and father.


    But even though he was desperate about the number of strikes per second, Dylan was happy, he knew that this battle would greatly increase his strength. That kind of training couldn''t be provided by anyone he knew. Not even his brother had such an absurd speed. For a moment, he had even forgotten that he was fighting against someone his own age.


    If Dylan was happy, Aatrox was in Cloud 9. He had stayed so long in this world and finally he could draw a sword and attack with the contents of his heart. The more speed he could exert, the happier he was. The feeling of having a sword in his hands while swinging it was better than almost everything Aatrox had experienced in his life. It only lost to the feeling he received when he felt the love of his family.


    Aatrox had become so excited that he didn''t realize that the speed he was attacking had crossed Dylan''s limits. In one of his attacks, Dylan could not react in time, and the sword was traveling faster than the eyes of some of the cultivators in the stands. If his sword hit true, he''d probably cut off his arm.


    James, Jude and some of the more advanced cultivators who were watching the battle were horrified. If Dylan''s arm was severed, a war would probably occur, the Hall family would not accept any injury that their youngest son suffered, even if it was in a formal duel.


    But to their relief, Aatrox realized this would hit him and quickly held his arm and cut off the power supply to the sword, trying to prevent the blade from hitting his shoulder.


    With his eyes wide open, Dylan saw the blade make a superficial cut on his shoulder only a few thousandths of an inch deep before it disappeared. When he realized what might have happened, Dylan fell on the floor exhausted as he said, "I lost."

 62 - Event (Part 05)

    "I lost." Dylan said as he knelt on the floor panting in exhaustion.


    Aatrox saw that he had not given him any serious injuries, but still bent down beside him and asked. "Are you okay?"


    Dylan looked at the little cut on his arm and sighed. "Man, couldn''t you take it easy?" He said before he let out a little laugh.


    Aatrox, listening to his little laughter, relaxed and stretched out his hand to help him get up as he responded. "I''m sorry, it''s been a long time since I''ve had so much fun in a battle that I ended up forgetting and started to fight following only my heart."


    Dylan hearing that felt a little proud. Through his battle, he had seen that Benjamin was very skillful, for him to make a guy like that fight by just following his heart, it was something worthy of being happy. "It''s okay, I''m kidding." He said as he held the hand Aatrox had stretched out to him.


    James and Jude who were coming towards them worried, relaxed after seeing them hand in hand with a smile on their faces. At least no one was mad at anyone. "What a battle, guys. It''s been a long time since I''ve seen such a beautiful show." James said with a smile as he passed his arms around Dylan''s shoulder.


    "Really. Just watching your battle made my blood run so fast that I need to battle with someone else too. What do you think, James?" Jude looked at James as he stretched out.


    "I''m always ready." James responded with his eyes on fire, dying to battle too.


    But to their disappointment, a voice came to interrupt. "Well guys, I guess you can leave this battle to another time since we''ll have something to solve now, which to my surprise involves your new friend." A man apparently in his 50s said with a smile coming toward the boys, accompanied by three other men who appeared to be the same age.


    One of these men was an acquaintance of Aatrox. When Aatrox was going to ask August what it was about, James, Jude, and Dylan said in unison. "I pay my respects to the patriarch."


    When Aatrox heard them calling these men that, he couldn''t help but raise an eyebrow. It seems that within the world of cultivation, people still preserve the tradition of always greeting the patriarch of the family. "Hello, August." Aatrox responded back to his usual distant face.


    "Hey, Ben. I was coming to call you to meet some of my friends, but when we saw that you were about to start a battle, we could not fail to watch. It really was a spectacle." August said with a smile while clearly showing his surprise.


    "Hello boy, you know how to make an old man''s heart race. During your battle, I swore that my son would lose an arm after that last attack, but to my surprise, you managed to cancel that beautiful sword skill of yours in just a few fractions of a second. Very good." A man with a toned body over 2 meters (6.5 feet) tall told Aatrox with a worried look at Dylan.This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    "I''m still too weak, I don''t deserve those compliments." Aatrox said it was natural. The boys felt a little bad because he considered himself weak. Since if he who was stronger than them, was weak, what were they, who was weaker than him? But no one could complain since he was being humble.


    "Hahaha, you spoke well, August. This kid has got something special. Even possessing this strength at such a tender age, he does not have an inflated ego. Very good, pleasure meeting you boy, I am the father of Jude, Jaden Flores, patriarch of the Flores family." The man with the most scholarly gaze said as he stretched out his hand to Aatrox to shake.


    Aatrox realizing that these were probably the parents of his new friends, he smiled with a nice little smile and answered as he shook his outstretched hand. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Flores."


    Since Aatrox came to this world, he began to lose the arrogance he had. He would not yet accept that no one should do or wish him harm, but he would also not treat those who treated him well badly. You should never hit a smiling face. It was a phrase he had heard in his old world, but thanks to the Decay sword, Aatrox didn''t care about the meaning and beat everyone without discrimination.


    The men who were accompanying August were Jaden Flores, Jude''s father, Martin Halls, Dylan''s father, and lastly Eric Ward, James'' father. All were patriarchs of powerful families in their own regions. ''For him to be close to so many powerful patriarchs, what will be his strength or influence?'' He thought.


    "So, guys, now that the performances have been done, let''s go, we still have something to work out." Eric said as he went out with his friends since their goal of probing the boy August had said had been completed.


    When no one else could see where they were, the four of them stopped and started talking.


    "What did you think?" Jaden asked as he crossed his arms.


    "After seeing that battle, I can say that the boy has immense potential. He might even be able to hit the Weaver family boy head-on." Martin said as he crossed his arms and looked at the other men.


    "Do you really think he can hit that kid head-on?" Eric said with a serious look on his face.


    "I see my son fighting with his brother almost every week and I can assure you, he has never received as much pressure in a battle against his brother as he did in this battle. And the power difference between Dylan and Dustin is enormous." Martin said after thinking for a while.


    "The boy is probably on the Baron level, even if I can only feel a Knight energy coming from him, it''s practically impossible for any Knight to exert as much force and speed as he did in that battle." Jaden said while fixing his glasses.


    "My son had told me about this boy this week, I didn''t think it was anything special, but seeing him now, I''m going to have to ask him when we get home." Eric said.


    "And you, August, what do you think of him? Since you''re the one who brought him in." Martin asked.


    "I brought the boy just because my apprentice couldn''t come and I had a ticket available. I didn''t expect him to be so powerful either. When I met him, he had won a friendly battle against my younger brother, Tony, but since he''s just a Knight, I thought the boy was just a little above average." August said as he sighed. But inside he was happy since the boy had come with him, August could develop a closer relationship with the boy. Talented people were always appreciated wherever they went.