Stronger

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Neo hopped hills to hills , running up the mountains and as he reach closer to the top , he felt the cold winds blowing down from the tip of the mountain.

Snow were covering the mountains upper layer and Neo found it harder to climb up now , he still couldn't manage to pull out his magic to help him.

After struggling through the blizzard for a day , he manage to get to the top of the mountain , he would of froze to death if it wasn't for the big tiger.

Neo put the corpse onto the ground and look at his hands.

I can't use my magic.. yet I can lift this tiger with ease and climb the mountain..

He flat out his right hand and pierced through the ground , he manage to finally dig a big hole , big enough for the tiger.

After covering the hole with rocks and hard dirt , he put his hands together and pray for the tiger , Neo who was wearing only his short , quickly held the cub and as he was about to jump down.

The sun rise behind him , he saw a vast ocean , the waves were furiously colliding each other onto the rocky mountains.

But It was the most beautiful scene he ever seen.

One day , I shall make my own ship and travel around the sea!

Neo and the cub in his arms , he jumps down , onto a hill on the mountain and slipped on the snow.

As he was about 1990m on the mountain , he was falling toward the forest and he couldn't cast a single spell.

With nothing to do he held tightly onto Sven and tries to position himself to land on his feet.

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Cyel-"May , have you found Neo yet?"

Cyel was in panic , she couldn't find Neo after a whole searching in the forest.

May-"No Lady Cyel..He might not be here after all.. maybe we should head back home , Lord Neo might of arrived home and is looking for us"

Ria-"Big sister Cyel.. don't worry.. I am sure Neo is fine"

Cyel-"Looks at the damage that the lightning spears caused and wasn't really convinced"

Cyel , Ria and May turn around and start walking slowly toward the gate

Cyel-"*Neo.. where are you..*"

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Leila-"I hope my dear Neo is doing fine.. I wonder where he could of gone.."

Leila was really worried about Neo but she didn't tell anyone because she thought that it would make people worry about her.

Granny Bai who was taking care of Leila knew that she was worried , she also knew that if she told Leila what happened to Neo , she would of went straight looking for him , pregnant or not.

GBai-"*The least I can do for now is not to tell her yet.. or else she would be stressed and it would be bad for the baby*"

GBai holds onto Leila arms and smiled.

GBai-"Leila dear , do you remember that night? It was about 5 or 6 years ago.. the first times I saw you.. you were dripping wet from the heavy storm with Neo and as I was about to take you in , you refused my help because you didn't want to bother me"

Leila smiled

Leila-"Yes but Neo kept waving his fingers at you hehehe"

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Neo was falling down , not knowing if he would survive.

He was angry as he helplessly fall into his death with Sven in his arms.

Sven on the contrary seem to be enjoying the fall and kept wagging his tail while looking at the scenery.

As he was about to reach the ground he closed his eyes and his blood starts to boil and he was then covered in a dark red layer.

Boooooom

The sound of a heavy rock crashed onto the forest ground.

Neo opened his eyes , landing on the ground perfectly and he didn't even feel any single pain.

Neo smirked and put Sven on his shoulder.

Neo-"Sven , Hold on tight"

Sven who liked to be on his head , he wraps paw around Neo's neck.

Zooooooooooooom

Neo quickly ran faster than the lightning spears from that night , his speed gradually got faster and faster.

Blowing the trees apart and leaving a trail , he quickly got out of the forest and abruptly stops with his feet dug into the ground.

After fully stopping , Neo was covered in dirt and dust while Sven was pure white with his blue eyes under Neo's long hair.

Sven went back on his shoulder while his upper body lays on Neo's head.

Neo looks at his hands and feet and didn't find any scratch on them.

It was the same.. I felt a slight pinch when I was digging the ice floor with my hands but I didn't get any wounds at all..

My skin were hard , yet soft and warm and my feet were the same as my hands but harder.

Neo knew something changed and his aura was a weird red color , his aura had a different tone than the bright red aura of a rank 1.

His was darker , it was closer to the color black than red.

Neo stood on the side of the road and then he notice his siblings from the left side of the gate , walking slowly with their heads down.

Neo-"Sister Cyel!! Sister Ria!! Mis..-May!!"

Neo ran normally like a child while waving his hands.

Cyel , Ria and May turned to their right and saw topless young child with black long hair.

Ria-Cyel-"NEO!!!-"

As they ran to each other , Cyel and Ria noticed something Neo's head.

Ria and Cyel lowered their bodies and held Neo tightly onto his chest.

Neo-"Uhm... I am sorry..I was exploring the forest and.. I made a new friend.."

Cyel and Ria cried and look at Neo who was covered in dirt.

Cyel-"Neo.. you always disappear in the middle of the night.. We were really worried about you.."

Ria-"Mhmm Neo.. Don't do that again ok?.. And what happened to you.."

Neo took Sven and carried him in his arms , Sven let out a tiny voice and got their attention.

Cyel-"O my god.. is that.. a real white tiger.."

Ria-"Wow... it's so adorable.."

Cyel and Ria tried to pet Sven but he tried to resist by trying to bite their fingers.

Neo explained that his mother dad and that he decided to make Sven into his little brother.

Cyel and Ria cried as May finally reached them.

May was shocked when she saw Neo's appearance and the white tiger cub.

Neo put Sven back on his shoulder and they began to walk towards the gate.

Ria-"Neo..why are you always gone during the night..?"

Cyel-"Mhmm little Neo , during night times is very dangerous you know.. some stuff lurks in the shadow at night and you have less vision of your surrounding"

Ria-"Sister Cyel is right , and we both know that you jog early in the morning.. you couldn't be .. jogging in the middle of the night right..?"

Neo-"Erm...Yes.. I don't need much sleep.. so.. I start my routine in the middle of the night... until sun rise.."

Cyel and Ria had their mouth open , they couldn't believe what this little child said.

Cyel-"Little Neo.. y..you really train every night..?"

Neo nodded

Ria-"W..why..are you training so hard..?

Neo-"I..I want to become stronger.. so.. so I can protect my sisters.. Sven .. and.. and May"

Cyel and Ria giggled and pinched Neo's cheek

Ria-"Hmmp my little brother is training hard to protect me huhuhuh"

Ria gives Neo a thumbs up and a wink.

Cyel-"Mhmm..my little Neo..is training so hard for me.. I am so happy!"

Cyel was holding her face close to Neo's while Sven was trying to kick her face with his little paw*rawr*.

May-"*Protect.. me too?*"

While May was pondering , she stares at Neo and kept smiling.

May-"Oh!"

Cyel and Ria look at her while Neo is petting Sven.

Cyel-"What is it May?"

May-"Lady Cyel , I got an idea , what if we assign a body guard or a guild member to accompany and protect Lord Neo if he wants to venture in the forest?"

Cyel-"That would be a great idea!"

Neo opened his little mouth

Neo-"Uhm..I...rather train alone.."

Ria-"Can't you train at home or atleast like other Warriors?"

Warriors usually train their muscle purely relying on their physical strength by swinging heavy swords , pushing boulders and running in circle around the field.

All of those could be found in the academy training ground but since the school is closed , no one could go inside to train.

Most of the warriors student would tag along together with their friends or family to train in the woods or mountain , while some of them waste their times sleeping in their bed.

Cyel-"That's it! Since grandpa Lest is back , we could ask him to let little Neo train!"

Ria-"Mhmm , since grandpa is kind , I am sure he will allow Neo"

May-"Hmm..Lady Cyel I don't think it would be wise to bother principal Lest during this times.. He is really busy with assigning students into their respective class and approving new students.."

Cyel and Ria looked disappointed.

Neo-"I..its okay .. sister Cyel , sister Ria.. I won't go deep into the forest and.. I will have Sven to protect me , right Sven?"

Sven tilt his head and continues to play with Neo's hair.

Cyel and Ria looked at each other and after a while

Cyel-"Hmm.. Okay little Neo.. but you must absolutely not go deep into the forest.."

Ria-"Mhmm.. And I will assign 3 soldiers to protect you.. Don't worry I will ask them to stand out of your way and make them wait at the edge of the forest so you can go in alone but not too deep!!"

Neo-"Mhmm! I won't go too deep in the forest! Thank you sister Cyel and sister Ria"

Neo went toward his sister and gave them each a hug

They finally arrived home and while Neo took his bath with Sven , Cyel , Ria and May quickly felt asleep during the day.

Inside Neo , his black round round manacore is slowly loses its form and color and began to crumble apart with Neo's blood materializing into a certain shape in the center of the crumbled core.