Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

After traveling for a while, Nero and Elly soon arrived at the city's high-class residential areas, their vehicle slowing pulling up into the Balkras Manson compound, spanning a few dozen acres.

Nero looked at the scene with a bewildered expression, not thinking it would be so large, even more so when he saw the nine dozen square feet building and the pool that seemed almost like a giant lake.

A group of well-trained men and women, garbed in suits, stood at different areas, as when the car that escorted them park, another set arrived before it before bowing and speaking.

"Welcome home, Young Miss!"

Nero, who just got out of the car, stared at this in surprise as he thought to himself.

'Oh heck, talk about being crazy rich! And these guys... they're not just some simple guards.'

He thought as he could clearly feel that the strength of each guard was even stronger than himself. Not knowing his thoughts, Elly smirked as she saw Nero's reaction, her thoughts ringing through her head.

'Hehe, I've finally got your attention.'

Feeling proud of her accomplishment, she made a curious look as she asked, "Ah, Nero, what do you think? How do you like my home?"

Though Nero felt jealous of Elly, he didn't want to show any overwhelming reactions. As such, he quickly regained his calmness and replied, "It's okay, you've got a nice house, Elly."

"A nice house?" Those gathered said in unison as they stared at each other in surprise. 

On the other hand, Elly felt angered at Nero's words, she wanted to curse, but before she could do so, one of the persons in black addressed her.

"Young miss, who might this boy be?"

Elly looked at the person who spoke, noticing that it was a slender man that wore glasses and black gloves, his hair neatly tucked backward, giving him a butler-like look.

The others also stared at Nero with deep eyes, causing Nero to feel strange, but he said nothing; Elly then answered, "Ah, Anderson, this is my classmate from the new school, his name is Nero, and he's brilliant, I ask for his help to learn a few subjects."

Anderson gave Elly a good look, staring between her and Nero before he spoke, "I see, so he's the one, that's good, your mother already notified us of the details, since he came today, we will prepare a room for both of your studies. Everyone, please guide this young man to the area."

"Of course," The others said as they glanced at Nero and beckoned with their hands.

Nero couldn't help but feel strange; he noticed that the men and women looked at him oddly, but as he didn't want to offend anyone here, he didn't make any complaints and followed behind them.

Elly seeing this hesitated a bit as she spoke, "Huh? Nero, wai..."

"Young Miss... I'm sorry, but you have to follow me for now; the Madame would like to speak to you before your sessions," Anderson said as he looked at Elly, interrupting her words.

"Mother? Why?" Elly asked in confusion.

"I'm not sure, but she told me to bring you to her first at all cost, now please follow me," Anderson said as he gestured forward.

Elly sighed at this as she started in the direction Nero went before shaking her head; she then agreed, "Alright, I understand."

Without another word, Elly then followed along with Anderson, who brought her towards a different part of the compound, her eyes having a tinge of worry, but what she didn't know was that deep within Anderson's eyes was a mysterious glint.

***

Nero found that the Balkras estate was even larger than he imagined; he felt that it was large enough on its exterior, but now that he was being escorted to the study room, the sights witness was capable of startling him.

He saw statues made of gold, famous paintings, along with an assortment of trinkets, the further they brought Nero. The more his eyes widened as he saw beautiful gardens with fresh plants and fruits, the noises from various insects adding a wonderous mood to the nightly atmosphere.

Still, most peculiar weren't these sights, but the opposing fields of the compound, well-paved areas, where people gathered together in karate suits, striking their fists against the wind as they shouted in unison.

"We fight for the Balkras! We bleed for the Balkras! We die for the Balkras!"

Nero, who originally felt a pleasant mood, soon felt a bit suspicious as he saw this; he soon started to hear cries of pain as he saw sights where men and women fought in violent combat, striving to outdo the other.

'This isn't right? Weren't they taking me to the study area? This should be their clan's private training field; why would they show this to an outsider like myself?'

Nero thought with a hint of concern on his face as he heard the cry of anguish on a combatant's face, the audible sounds of his bones snapping sounding in his ear as when he looked on that training field, he saw a bulky woman sitting on top of a man with his snapped arms in her palm.

As if she sensed Nero's look, she lifted her head and glanced at him with a fierce look, causing Nero to slightly tremble as he didn't expect such a sudden scene.

'There is something, not r—' Nero was about to think something as his eyes wandered from the field to the people escorting, but the moment his pupils landed upon them, his face sunk when he saw their manner.

Initially, they had escorted him with pleasant and mostly welcoming looks on their faces. But at this time, their manner had changed entirely, their faces solemn, eyes lifeless and indifferent as if they weren't escorting a guest, but a corpse.

Nero gulped as he saw this, his heart rate increasing a bit as he took a slight step back, but who would have a thought that as his feet made such a motion, the entire escort team would halt and glance at him with sharp eyes.

Nero felt his heart jumped at this reaction, but even more so when a study and firm arm tapped his shoulder, followed by a voice.

"Esteemed guest, is there something wrong?"

When Nero heard this, he shook as he turned his head to stare at the person who spoke, but grew even more frightened as the person's face was directly in front of him, their noses a few centimeters apart, as he could clearly see the icy, emotionless hell within the depths of the man's eyes.

"Why? I... I... of course not," Nero said, a bit stuttering as he quickly turned his head forward, trying to calm his mood.

The person behind him increased the grip of his hand on Nero's shoulder as he spoke, "Oh, that's good, then no more stopping, we must hurry, the 'master' is waiting."

Nero gulped when he heard the word - master, he had a bad feeling, but as he knew he couldn't escape his predicament, he didn't bother to complain as he sighed and continued walking.

Adult Nero chuckled at this as he leaned back lazily; it seemed he enjoyed watching Nero experience this scene. Soon, Nero was escorted to the wide-open room built within a garden, the sounds of water flowing from the fountains around him, giving him a sense of peace.

Yet, this was only an illusion as the persons who escorted him stood a few meters behind him in silence, their manner still solemn as it seemed if he dared to take a stake back, he would be in for trouble.

'Just my rotten luck, maybe I shouldn't have come here to begin with...' Nero, though, slightly regrets his choice of offering to teach Elly.

Nevertheless, it was too late now, and even if he wanted to leave, the person who wanted to see him had already arrived.

With a series of heavy footsteps, the room seemed as if it were shaking, giving the impression of a giant's arrival. Nero's eyes shrunk when he turned his face in the direction of the sound, a large entrance from a different sector of the building.

Not knowing why, sweat began to roll down Nero's cheeks as his eyes shone in a green light, showing the outline of a toweringly bright soul light, one that far beyond the likes of which Nero had ever seen.

Adult Nero, who previously rested calmly at the core of his young self's mind, stared at the silhouette behind the dazzling soul lights with a calm smile as he spoke in a voice that only he could hear.

"It's been a long time, Emperor Marlo..."

His voice seems to affect as the dazzling soul lights vanished from young Nero's eyes, revealing the figure of a peak legend, one who stood at together amongst those at the forefront of the human race.