Journey Of A Legend

"Your... Your father did what?", asked Greg immediately with shock.

"My father killed my mother. He sent her right into her demise and didn't care about it at all."

"..."

When Greg heard this he wanted to say something but realized he couldn't.

Listening to something like this, was truly shocking. Living under the same roof with the one who was both your father and the one who killed your mother, was quite stunning.

Greg could somehow relate to all this because his parents were killed too, but that was another matter.

This was simply outrageous! If it were Greg, he wouldn't have cared at all and murdered his father doing something like this.

"Why didn't you told me this sooner?! This is not normal at all! Or even if you didn't want to say it, why didn't you do something against it!?"

Feeling the anger swelling up inside of him, Greg stood up slowly while looking down at Joe with a clenched fist.

Raising his head up, Joe looked terrifyingly calm and said quietly, "Do you think I wouldn't have done something if I could?"

"Huh?"

Not understanding what that should mean, Greg wanted to ask, but before he would have had the chance to do so, Joe continued to talk.

"My mother was a strong woman and had everything to become a great cultivator. Strength, fame, beauty, willpower, she had everything! And even though my father knew this, he still sent my mother on a 'weak' mission."

"A weak mission?", asked Greg, quite confused about what Joe said.

If his mother truly died during a so-called weak mission, then Greg now truly didn't know why Joe blamed his father.

Dying in missions was normal, especially if the mission was a dangerous one. But Joe said it was a weak one, so he did not understand it.

Knowing what Greg was thinking, Joe shook his head gently and said, "I know it is confusing, I was confused too when I heard the sad news. My mother, a genius, died during a task that should have been a stroll for her. It was not only strange but also impossible to believe."

"Then how did she die?", asked Greg curiously.

Glancing at Greg, Joe replied instantly, "She was ambushed by our Dia Family's most proficient assassin, Shadow."

"?!"

Seeing Greg's perplexed expression, Joe nodded and started to explain.

"Shadow was assigned to murder my mother. The reason? My father was promised to get a huge amount of resources and strength if he killed my mother, his own wife!"

"This is madness!", said Greg, feeling the instant rage boiling inside his chest like a volcano.

"I know. When I found it out, I was just as angry as you now. But I couldn't do anything about it. Anyone who found out the truth got silenced by my father. No exception."

"And even after knowing just how wicked your father was, you decided to stay on his side? Why? If I would have been you I would have long ago thrown that badge into his face and walked away from that family!"

"Then you would have been killed just as mercilessly as my mother.", said Joe calmly.

"Huh? Don't tell me..."

"Yes. My father would have killed me too if he found out that I know the truth."

"He... He is out of his mind!", said Greg with a stunned expression and asked, "So the reason why you have waited until now was because of..."

"Was because I needed to become strong. If I would have tried to attack him back then I would have been killed without question. But now things have changed. After fighting against someone as powerful as Nick, I finally realized that I have what it takes to destroy my father and get my revenge!"

"The only thing I need now is a place where I can build my own Clan and collect loyal friends who can help me. From these two things, I have already got the latter one, so only the former one remains to be solved."

When Greg heard this, he smiled slightly and nodded. Just like Joe anytime in the past, he should help him no matter what happens. They have already gone through so many hardships together that backing up each other's back when a sudden problem arose, was only natural.

Maybe this time things were a bit unique and strange, but Greg will make sure to support Joe entirely.

As he thought about this, Greg suddenly turned a bit worried and asked, "And what about your sister and everyone else who does not know about the whole matter? What will you do about them?"

Joe knew what Greg thought and replied instantly, "They have nothing to do with this whole matter. The only one responsible for all of this is my father. As for what others will think about me, they will surely understand why I did what I did when they find out the truth."

"I... See...", said Greg slowly and glanced toward the lake on the side.

After staying still and looking at the lake in silence for a small while, Greg stood up and said, "Then show me where do you want to create that Clan of yours."

Standing up, Joe nodded then slowly started to shake his head.

"No, it's not yours, instead of it's ours!"

"?"

As Greg listened to this, he instantly turned confused, which made Joe smile slightly and start to explain things.

"When you joined our Family, if things would have turned out that I inherit the Dia Family, we wouldn't have been able to stay equal, no matter what. At the very end of the day, only my voice would have mattered and not yours. However, now that we are able to create our Clan, we can avoid this problem completely."

Pointing at Greg, Joe smiled slightly and said with determination.

"You and me, we will be the very first two people who will create a Clan which has not one but two leaders!"

"..."

"Eh?"

***

Families and Clans. Two similar groups of people filled with experts and geniuses, yet at the same time they were completely different.

While in the Federation there were almost a thousand of Families, until then, there were very few Clans.

Also, while Families were famous for the fact that they ruled over one or several cities in different regions of the Federation, Clans were living together with nature itself.

Using what nature gave them, they were living inside forests, under the ocean or seas, behind river falls, or on the mountains.

Clans formed and created their very own "cities" there and would remain neutral from the outside world no matter what.

However, humans were not the ones who were famous for their friendliness, but instead of their greed.

Because Clans' territory was built or placed occasionally around rare resources, Families had started to attack several other Clans.

However, just because of the resources, one Clan's strength was almost on par with a Family who was amongst the Great Families.

Yet, when one faced absolute domination, there would be only one outcome. Death.

Those Clans who faced several Family's power at the same time in the past, had no choice at all but to surrender.

Over the years, as more and more Families obtained strength by killing and getting their hands on the rare resources, only a very few Clan remained in the Federation while more Families emerged from the nothingness.

Yet, even knowing all of this, Joe was standing proudly before a huge mountain, with Greg on his side.

"Umm... What is this place?", asked Greg as he looked at the massive, yet ordinary-looking mountain before him.

"It is called Skyfall Mountain, and I have found this mountain's data in one of my father's secret files accidentally. It was stated in there that this mountain holds great and priceless treasures."

"So why did we come here if your father knows about this place?", asked Greg with a deep frown.

"Because he won't look for us here. In the documents, it was stated that he tried to find the treasures but failed, so ended up putting the whole matter into the trash can. He long ago forgot about this place's existence."

"I see, but still... Don't you think if we start to build things here, people sooner or later will find out that we are here?", asked Greg after thinking for a while.

"Who said we will build outside?", smiled Joe and touched the mountain's side gently.

And as he did...

*TREMBLEE!!*

With a crazy tremor, the mountain's bottom started to split into two, and slowly, it started to reveal a huge path that led all the way into the mountain's interior.

"Woah! Amazing!"

After the entrance has fully opened, Joe glanced back at Greg, and with a slight smile, he said, "Let's go. I want to show you something even cooler."

Instantly as he said that Joe turned around and with steady steps, he started to walk inside, making Greg to follow him closely from behind.