Adrian Bloodson: Rise of the Dragon Knight Reborn

CHAPTER 6

Percival slowly circled the both of them like a predator taunting it's prey. His fierce eyes settled on Adrian, assessing him.

“Do you know why I have come to you today, Adrian?” Percival questioned Adrian who shrugged his shoulders

“Enlightened me,” Adrian replied casually.

Percival’s eyes flashed with anger as he stopped walking.

“How dare you speak to me in such manner! Do you have a death wish?” He yelled at Adrian who just sighed.

“This better be important. I can't believe I may have to teach you punks some lessons too,” Adrian said impatiently, and the soldiers laughed.

But not Percival.

“Boss, not only is he a loser, he is also insane,”

“Should we even waste time with an ass wipe like this? He's obviously lost it,”

The soldiers mocked Adrian. But he kept quiet.

“Your ex-wife did say there was something different about you. Now I know. You cannot handle the news of her dumping you, can you?” Percival said and smiled.

“Is that what she told you?” Adrian laughed. To save face, he expected Ciara to lie. And he was not surprised.

“That is the truth, is it not? Or am I to believe a trash bag like you could dump a woman like Ciara? She's an excellent healer and you're just… a servant,”

“Former servant, sir. The loser lost his fucking job this morning,”

A soldier corrected him and the rest burst into laughter. Even Percival chuckled.

“You are unfortunate, aren't you? Everything just crashed down on you at the same time,” he said to Adrian who kept a pokerface.

“Lieutenant Percival, why are you here? Did we do anything wrong?” Macy asked Percival.

His eyes roamed to her with lust.

“Such a delicate creature… I wonder how you'll taste in bed,” he whispered, the distraction seeping into him

Then his composure returned and he frowned at Adrian.

“Ciara reported that you beat up her father. You may be useless but I didn't think you'd be a brute too. And that must not go unpunished,” he said to Adrian.

Adrian held Macy tighter. He knew where this was going.

“But… I can forgive you, and pretend like this didn't happen… if you fall down on your knees before me… and give me your sister to become my bitch!” Percival said and smiled.

“I have a better idea.” Adrian started,

“Why don't you go fuck yourself?” Adrian shot at him and everyone gasped.

The alley fell silent as Percival processed the insult.

“Brother! Don't talk to him that way. He will kill us!” Macy quickly intervened.

“Please lieutenant Percival, he didn't mean that. You can take me, but please don't hurt us,” Macy quickly chipped in and begged.

“Even the bitch wants Percival's cock!”

“Every bitch wants Percival! He's amazing!”

The soldiers sang percival's praise but Adrian remained indifferent. And Percival noticed the defiance.

“Kneel. Now.” Percival stated, his hands clenching into a fist.

“No.” Adrian replied.

“Bring him to his knees,” Percival commanded his men who chuckled and drew their weapons.

Looking around, Adrian gently placed Macy on the ground.

“Brother, please… don't do this… they will kill you…” she begged him. But Adrian smiled.

“Close your eyes, Macy,” he told her and she sniffled

She shut her eyes and covered her ears with her hands.

Adrian took a deep breath.

The energy that has been raging inside him begged to come out. He could feel the energy spreading across his body, filling up every cell, every tissue.

[Activating combat mode]

[Welcome, Adrian Bloodson, Dragon Knight; first of his kind]

[Current status: S-class magical; Energy level: computing; unlimited potentia]

[New mission alert: Defeat Percival's men]

[Reward: Access to mind magik!]

His tattoos glowed red, his veins gave off a red streaking as his skin became paler.

The soldiers saw this and paused, casting glances at each other.

“What sort of magik is this?”

“Is this even magik?”

They whispered as the energy built and and with a charge, Adrian released it.

The blast swept the soldiers off their feet and slammed them onto the ground, knocking some totally unconscious while the others snapped their necks in the process.

Adrian opened his red eyes, fixing them on Percival who, at that time, jerked back in fear.

“You have magik? That's impossible!” He said to Adrian who gently approached him.

With each step, Adrian's power surged.

Percival shuddered as Adrian kept walking toward him. Realizing he had nothing in him to compete with what Adrian was carrying, percival faked a final glare.

“This isn't over, Bloodson!” He snapped and disappeared into the shadows.

[Reward granted]

The energy gently dissipated. Adrian felt a chill come upon him.

He returned to Macy who still shut her eyes and ears. When he touched her, she screamed.

“It's me, Macy. It's me…” Adrian said to her. Macy opened her eyes and quickly hugged him, sniffling.

“I thought you'd be dead! How did you survive?” She asked him when she saw she soldiers lying on the ground.

But Adrian smiled at her. “Let's go,” he told her.

He still didn't understand his magic, but they had to leave.

When he raised her up, Adrian sensed a presence behind him.

Adrian immediately swung around and grabbed the person standing behind him and slammed them on the wall.

But when he saw that it was a woman, Adrian quickly let go of her.

“He said you'd be rough. But I did not expect this much,” she said to him while he stepped back.

“Who are you?” Adrian asked her. The lady glanced at the soldiers on the ground before her green eyes fell on Adrian again.

“Did you do this?” She asked him, but Adrian said nothing.

He gazed at her uniform: the ornate designs that dazzled under the evening sun, the expensive fabric that looked kike it could feed him for days, and the crest of a dragon and a knight- the official sigil of Scilicia.

There was no mistaking it.

“You're a mage,” Adrian stated with fact. The lady smiled.

“My name is Jade. My master sent me to bring you to him,” she said to Adrian.

“Who is your master?” He asked her.

“Draco. The most powerful telepath of the Grand Palace. He has been looking for you, Adrian,” she said to him.

Adrian thought it was bluff. There's no way such an important man would see him worthy enough for an audience.

“I have no business with your master,” he told Jade.

“But he wishes to reward you. For a good deed in the past. Fortune has favored you, Adrian. Please come with me,” she told him.

Adrian thought about the words. When did he ever cross paths with Draco? He couldn't remember.

But then he looked at his sister. She needed proper rest at least.

“Fine. Take me to your master,” he told Jade who smiled again.

Adrian picked Macy up, and walked into the unknown.