Leo The Dragon Heir

Chapter 10

It had been four months since Leo had gone to Heio and discovered that he had a seal in his body. He had begun training with Darwin and Varrick to ensure that he broke the remaining two seals on him.

It had taken two months for Leo to reach the intermediate sword master level and it was not easy for him but there was no way he would be seen as a normal warrior after what he and Darwin had been through the last four months.

Both of them were sparring outside, the air was filled with the sound of their clashing blades. It was a hell of a spar, Leo had improved to the extent that he could push Darwin back to the wall.

“You're getting better at wielding your sword Leo, I know in three months you will be a full-on sword warrior and nothing is going to be stopping you,” Darwin said as he tried to land a blow on Leo, but with everything he tried, Leo would react with a faster and stronger defence.

“You keep saying that to boost my freaking ego, knowing it might be working. I will get to your level in no time and I will make sure that I surpass you!” Leo tried to land a blow on Darwin, his sword hit Darwin but it was a metallic clack that was heard.

Darwin blocked his blow, Darwin had a smile on his face. He looked at Leo, he was emitting an aura that seemed a bit scary.

“Do you forget that I am deep in the Crimson core while you just stepped into the Dark Blue Core? I would tell you that there is a fine line between those two things,” Darwin pulled his sword covering it with flames, he smiled as he was about to strike Leo with a deadly blow.

“But a demonstration would be better than words!” Darwin struck Leo, and the impact from the sword sent Leo back. It was enough to kill him but Darwin purposely did it knowing that the boy would not die from the hit.

Leo lay down there, he wasn't going to get up just yet. “Crimson Core my ass! You know that there is nothing I can't do if I set my eyes on it, so you might think that there is something that would always be beyond me. I will crush it all one day!” Leo said with a grin on his face, he wasn't going to be letting anything make him feel down.

Darwin looked at the lad, he had a smile on his face and all he could do was smile back. “You have one of the best dreams out there. But you do know that becoming the warrior of legends requires you to make sure that you unlock your element affinity. That way, you will be much stronger than anyone out there, no one will be on your level.”

Darwin was looking at Leo as he tried to stand up, he didn't need to tell the boy much more to make him keep trying to unlock his affinity. He was very determined to achieve all he was meant to be.

Leo had been trying for the past few months, but he wasn't able to reach it or even tap into the little part of the core.

Leo trained trying to break the last two seals on him but nothing was pushing them to break anytime soon, making it hard for Leo to even improve his core.

“We have tried everything, even training you to the extent that you are now on a sword king level.” Darwin looked at Leo, he knew that there was little or nothing they could do to reach the other two seals.

Darwin looked at Leo, he saw the defeated look on the boy’s face. “You know, this is not the end of the world, you have to keep your head high and make sure that nothing is going to make you feel down or sad.”

Leo looked at Darwin, he saw a smile on the warrior’s face. Darwin sat down beside Leo. “You have come far from where you were. You have become a warrior who can handle dungeons that other warriors even think twice before entering. A feat like that is something that most men pray for when they begin training, and you have already surpassed it.”

Darwin's words made Leo smile a bit, he was happy that Darwin was trying to make him see that there was nothing that would be able to hold him down.

Leo sat up to look at Darwin, he bowed his head to greet and thank him. “Thank you, Master Darwin, I will make sure that I make you proud and there is nothing that will make you regret training me!”

Darwin smiled, he got up, picking up all the gear he had worn for training, he began walking back to their treehouse.

"Come on, we are going to keep Varrick waiting,” Darwin said, signalling Leo to follow him. A smile could be seen on Leo's face as he sprung up to follow Darwin.

“Coming Master!” Leo raced for Darwin, and both of them were happy and cheerful. Within the last four months, they had bonded tightly.

While everything was going well for the residents of the forest Heio, a dark cloud was over it. There were beings on the outskirts of Heio and two of them were dressed in cloaks.

It was the Fangs Of Chaos, they had felt the surge of power four months back and they knew it was none other than Leo.

“Are you certain that we will find the boy here, Mera?” One of them growled, he had a deep and scary voice.

“My senses have never been wrong Commander Labo, the dragon's offspring is here in Heio and it feels like he is not alone.” The one called Mera spoke, she had a nice but crackling voice.

They were on a mission to make sure that they brought Leo back to their headquarters.

Labo grunted as he looked around, they were not going to lose Leo and he would make sure that nothing kept them from their goals.

“Find him, we have to make sure that he is captured and the age of chaos shall commence.”