In front of the lake that had the Dragna monument, a group of people appeared out of nowhere.
It was Aeon and the others.
“This is the famous entrance to the Dragna clan?”
Luka asked as she stared at the monument in the center of the lake.
“Yup.”
Aeon then preceded to walk on the water surface. The others followed behind him.
In the last two years, they all activated the their Qi and was able to walk on multiple surfaces.
This included the twins.
Their brother was able to activate his Qi when almost 9 years old. If you add the fact that they wear their heart on their sleeves, it's natural that they can use Qi.
When they all stood in front of the monument, Aeon placed his hand on it and it lit up.
(Aeon, Gamiko(Nero) has been waiting for you.)
Gallu’s voice came from the monument, which surprised most the group.
(How many are there?)
“Eight, excluding myself.”
(I see. Then let them step up one by one so that I can register them.)
They did as Gallu said and placed their hands on the monument.
After their information was registered, a door opened up at the side.
Aeon opened the door and revealed the beautiful scenery inside.
Those like Hina and Luka who came here for the first time, had their eyes bulged out in shock.
Aeon stepped in first and took out a whistle.
He blew it and a high pitched sound resounded in the air.
Moments later, a gigantic wyvern was seen flying towards the entrance.
The wyvern stopped in front of Aeon, who jumped on it.
“Get on. We’ll use this as our ride.”
Sasha and Leon were used to these kind of stuff, so they had no problem getting on.But Hina and the others were hesitant.
This was the first time they've ever seen a real wyvern, so they were naturally cautious.
Eventually they all got on, and the wyvern flew towards Xia.
This wyvern was a bit faster that Momo’s Fenghuang Huan, so it only took a hour before they could see the walls of Xia.
On their way there they were stun by the floating islands and vast land that was before them.
They immediately knew that this dimension was basically a world by itself.
When they reached the palace, the wyvern descended and landed in the palace yard.
There was a large group of servant waiting for them.
The servants all bowed when Sasha and twins got off the wyvern. They continued to bow when Luka and the others.
Ace and Sora’s eyes shone when they saw how beautiful the maids were.
They suddenly felt like they were being rewarded for their years of hardship.
Aeon ignored them and silently went inside the palace. Everyone followed behind.
They walked down several long halls for a while until they finally reached their destination.
“Gramps is beyond this door.”
When Hina, Ace, Sora, and Luka heard that they suddenly felt nervous.
They were about to meet someone who paved the road for mortals to reach the gods.
In front of such a terrifying legend, who wouldn't be nervous.
However, when Aeon opened the door all of their nervousness was swept away by the scene in front of there eyes.
“Hahahaha! Drink! Its grand celebration! My daughter is coming home!”
“Cheers!”
“Hahaha!”
There was a grand party happening in the extremely vast throne room.
There were easily more than a thousand people partying together.
There was a Dragonman arm wrestling a Minotaur, while chugging down tall glasses of beer.
There were lamias dancing with kitsunes.
There were mermaids sitting on the horsebacks of centaurs, clapping as they watched dwarfs having drink offs with elves.
There were fairies flying around with griffins.
It was mystical and festive scene.
But of all these scenes the one that stood out the most was the scene of a beautiful teen(?) with purple and azure hair, surfing through the air half naked with a sash saying “#1 Dad” across his chest.
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He was using an insect monster as a surf board by the way.
This was of course Nero.
Everyone except Sasha, Leon and Aeon were shocked.
Sasha just placed her hand on her forehead as if she had a headache.
It was at this moment that Nero spotted the newcomers.
They saw him disappear and reappear in front of them.
“Haha!”
He suddenly lifted Sasha in the air like a child.
“P-Put me down, Daddy!”
Sasha shouted with a red face. It was obvious that she was embarrassed.
But Nero didn't seem to care.
“Hahaha! My precious little princess! The last time there was too much going on so I didn't have the time, but now I can spoil you with all my heart!”
“I said put me down!”
Sasha forced herself out of Nero's grip with a red face.
“I'm a grown woman! Do you know who embarrassing it is to be treated as a child?!”
“Grown woman? The last time I checked you're only 28. In my eyes and Dragna law, you're nowhere near an adult.”
“The old man’s right.”
At this moment, a teen with purple hair walked over.
It was Nova.
For some reason he was covered in paint and was half naked as well. It was hard to imagine what he was doing.
“No matter how old you become, you're still my little sister.”
“Hmph.”
When Sasha saw him she snorted in displeasure, and turn her head away from him.
“Guah?!”
Nova suddenly looked like he received a strong blow to the heart. A small amount of blood even leaked from his mouth.
“….I never knew being scorned could physically hurt you.”
He said as he wiped the blood from his mouth.
He then spotted the twins behind Sasha. Nero did as well.
The two of them suddenly stooped down to their height, and stared at them.
Nova then took out a camera out of nowhere and started talking pictures. The two of them moved around them and started discussing something.
“Nice. Very cute.”
Nero said.
“I agree. They rival the pictures I have of Sasha when she was younger.”
Said Nova.
“Junior, how about we build a statue of them and add it to our collection?”
“Not a bad idea. We should also create one of the current Sasha.”
“I'm way ahead of you. A golden statue of her is in the works.”
“Not bad, old man.”
As Nero and Nova discussed what else they should have made in Sasha and the twins honor, Hina and the others looked at them strangely.
“…..Is this really the Demon Dragon God, and the Chaos Emperor?”
Luka asked.
“They're not quite what I expected.”
They all agreed with Hina's words.
“But they really do look like Gamiko though.”
As Sora said that Nero and Nova stood up stared at Leon.
There eyes were like daggers to aiming at his soul. He was visibly terrified. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he could literally feel his soul leaving his body.
“Hey!”
It was then they felt two small fists pounding on their stomachs.
When they looked down, they saw that the twins were glaring at them.
“Don't bully, daddy!”
Tessa said as she continued to pound her small hands on their stomachs.
Nero smiled and placed his hand on top of her head.
“Don't worry. I'm not bullying your father. Besides, I should be thanking him for grant me such cute grandchildren.”
Tessa smiled when she heard that. Kristen on the other hand still looked a bit skeptical.
Nero and Nova said nothing to Leon and swept their eyes over Hina and the others.
“Not bad.”
Said Nova.
Their eyes then stopped on Luka.
“Ouroboros’ proxy. How nostalgic.”
Said Nero.
He then turned around and shouted.
“Friends we're going to step out for a while! Please enjoy the party!”
“OHHH!”
Everyone cheered together and resumed their fun.
He then turned back to them and said-
“Let's go, meet Miko.”
At a field miles away from Xia, Miko was facing off against a dozen shadow monsters.
*Bam!*
He covered his leg with Qi and ripped one of them in two with a kick.
Another used its claws and slash him.
“?!”
However, that was an illusion created with [Absolute Deception].
Miko appeared out of nowhere and pierced the monster’s chest with his claw.
He then rushed towards the other monsters. With every step he took, he left a copy behind him.
All of these copies attacked the monsters at the same time.
*Bam!* *Bam!* *Bam!* *Bam!*
The monsters were blown away by the multiple Mikos.
The copies weren't illusions. They were solid copies made with magic. This was something he learnt from Momo.
Some of the monsters were able to stand up and attack again.
Miko smile and didn't make a move.
And then-
*Bam!*
“?!”
The monsters’ chests were suddenly blown opened.
Behind them, several Miko clones appeared out of nowhere.
When Miko created his clones, he hid half of them with [Stealth Camouflage] and made them wait for the right opportunity to end the battle.
The monsters all disappeared when their chests exploded, leaving only Miko in the field.
“That was great, Miko.”
It was then that Kimiko and Momo appeared and applauded Miko.
“It was a great battle with you utilizing your assassination techniques to the fullest.”
Kimiko praised with an expressionless face, which betrayed her proud voice.
“Thanks for the praise, Grams. My battle with Killo and sparing sessions with Neo made my hand to hand combat skills soar to new heights.”
Kimiko nodded in agreement.
“Miko, gramps is coming.”
Momo said as she looked towards the north.
*Bam!*
A beam crashed into the earth out of nowhere, and landed near Miko.
When the dust cleared Miko could see a group of people standing where the beam had crashed.
“Miko!”
When Sasha saw Miko she immediately ran up and hugged him.
It's now been four years since her son left her without a word, so she naturally felt happiness to see him again.
*Slap!*
And anger as well.
“How could you just leave me without saw anything?! Do you know much I worried about you?!”
Sasha shouted.
“...I'm sorry. I won’t say that I won’t do it again, but I apologize for any grief I caused you.”
Miko's honest apology shocked Sasha's group.
They knew him to be the type of person that would never apologize or justify his actions. He would simply ignored the issue until you have to let it go.
But seeing him apologize so easily, caused them to realize something.
The Miko in front of them was different from the Miko they knew.
“As long as you promise not to do it again, then all is forgive.”
Sasha said after thinking for a bit.
She hugged him again.
“I’m just glad that you're alright.”
“I'm fine.”
“?!”
Sasha's body jolted when Miko suddenly hugged her back.
This action once again shocked everyone.
It was to note that Miko has never hugged or willingly shown any real affections towards any of them before.
This includes Sasha.
(This boy has changed greatly.)
Ouroboros said in Luka’s head.
“I agree. He's like a different person.”
(That's not what I meant. There's a great change in his soul. It's far more powerful. Not only that, there's a strong demonic aura coming from it.)
Ouroboros’ words startled Luka, who was watching Miko smiling with his siblings.
“Are you saying that he became a demon?”
(No, but close. There’s several different kinds of aura flowing from his soul. Right now, it's hard to distinguish which race he leans more towards. But I can say for sure that it's not human.)
Miko saw Luka looking at him and a playful smile appeared on his face. This smile caused fluctuations to appear in her heart, which surprised her.
‘...Did I just feel glad to see him?’
Luka thought to herself.
Miko then took his eyes off Luka and looked towards the trio.
He walked over to them with a smile.
“Yo, gamiko.”
Ace was the first to greet him.
“Yo. You guys sure have grown over the years.”
He then looked at Hina.
“Especially you Hina. You've gotten even more beautiful.”
A faint blush was evident on Hina's face when Miko said that.
“You've grown too, Mikky.”
She said as she looked at him from head to toes.
Seeing how much smaller Miko is than her, Hina realized the difference in their ages.
However, it didn't cause her feelings to lessen.
“Wow, so this your woman Miko?”
At this moment, Nova and Nero appeared beside Miko.
“She's quite the beauty. Good job!”
They gave Miko a thumps up.
This caused Hina's face to redden.
Miko saw this and said nothing. He didn't want to entertain Nova and Nero.
So he said-
“Okay, now that everyone's here. Let's discuss some important upcoming events.”