The Bloodline System

Author's Note: Unedited Chapter

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Endric reached out and exchanged a fist bump with Gustav.

"Maybe I should be the one calling you big brother," Gustav added after noticing the facial hair on Endric's face.

They both started chuckling almost immediately afterwards as Gustav wrapped his arm around the back of Endric's neck before pulling him in.

Moments later they sat before the fire and began catching up.

"Did you really slaughter half the population of the beasts on the Trackiowar star?" Gustav said with a look of astonishment as his senses spread across the entire star.

"They wouldn't stop coming so I had to use them as a wall," Endric answered bashfully.

From what Gustav could sense, there was a circular wall barricade around them at the moment. The barricade was made from the corpses of the beast Endric had slaughtered. 

Gustav had to jump over a side of corpses that was hundreds of feet tall before he could arrive within the barricade to meet up with Endric. The space within covered more than a twenty-thousand feet radius which went on to show just how many of these creatures he had slaughtered since he had arrived there.

On the bright side, the barricade did its job of deterring any beast from approaching. Seeing the pile of corpses was enough to tell them that this was a restricted area.

"I'm sure you must have lost count of how many came at you," Gustav shook his head in pity for the poor creatures.

However, he was inwardly proud of his little brother's progress.

"At least I was able to gather the eight Tartan hearts needed," Endric answered before pointing his finger in a particular direction.

Zing~ Zing~ Zing~ Zing~ Zing~ Zing~ Zing~ Zing~

Eight massive building-sized organs appeared in a lined-up format behind Gustav.

"Good job," Gustav nodded in approval.

"You keep praising my deeds and improvement but I pale in comparison to yours. I sensed your energy earlier… It felt like being in the presence of an alpha," Endric said with a tone of adoration.

"Meh, I may have improved a lot in strength but you still did way more than me in these last nine months," Gustav replied.

"Not at all. You got chased down by the MBO… Got caught… escaped… got chased again and this time from planets under the alliance… fought them off… kept fleeing… arrived at planet Vespa and retrieved the ancient hourglass… all while improving your strength and abilities… You did a lot, big brother," Endric listed out.

"You went to the Ha#rk point to get the third sacred item… then came all the way here to acquire eight Tartan hearts required to get information on the other dimension Angy and Falco got lost in… and not to mention the fact that you traveled past seventeen galaxies to retrieve the machine I created to read the flow of the warp demolator," Gustav also listed out the things Endric had been up to since they separated. 

"About the machine for the warp demolator…" Endric stopped Gustav before he could continue.

"Hmm? What about it?" Gustav inquired.

Zing~

A chunk of an oddly shaped item appeared in between them.

"This is what I recovered," Endric said while pointing at the head-sized device.

"Where is the rest of it?" Gustav questioned.

Endric shook his head in response, "This was all I saw. I was confused as well," 

Gustav reached out to grab the device which was obviously half of its original size and tapped on the buttons attached to the sides multiple times.

"Either something tampered with this or… the warp demolator appeared there," Gustav muttered with a suspicious look.

"Big brother, I don't understand what this warp demolator thing is supposed to be," Endric had a look of confusion on his face.

"It's a long story… I'll just insert the information into your mind," Gustav voiced while getting to his feet.

[Mental Manipulation Has Been Activated]

Gustav placed his index finger on Endric's forehead and information began to flow into his mind.

After a couple of seconds, Gustav retracted his finger and took a seat back on the ground.

"So… besides the current predicament of the one who shall not be named and Falco… there is still a situation that is currently brewing which could potentially cause havoc in the universe and nobody is aware?" Endric questioned with a dumbstruck expression.

"Scientist Zil is aware and maybe a few others but the ones in leadership don't really care. They didn't take it seriously," Gustav replied.

"This makes me question everything…. According to what you have discovered so far if Planet Humbad was never destroyed, why did the Slarkovs lie? Where did the meteors come from? The energies formed that caused the evolution of Earth, did not come from planet Humbad's destruction, so where did they come from?" Endric couldn't stop himself from yapping away.

"That's what I am trying to figure out. That's why I am looking for planet Humbad since it got moved from its original location in space. There is a place called dimension six on it that I need to locate and I only have a little over a year left to find it. I still don't know what the warp demolator is and why it has the capacity to swallow up entire orbital bodies and cough them out in an entirely different location. It is super unpredictable and stealthy since the alliance isn't aware of it," Gustav paused as he raised the device in his grasp.

"This machine would have helped me understand it a little better and predict its appearance to an extent but…" Gustav shook his head as he stared at the part of the device that had a missing piece.

"Can you rebuild it?" Endric inquired.

"It took me months to create it and the resources needed are on earth. I don't have months to spare," Gustav shook his head while recalling all of the things they needed to do.

He was also worried that things would end up the same way should he dedicate another couple of months to building it.

"The chip is gone… it would have given me the information I needed," Gustav voiced before letting go of the device.

"Who knows why the Slarkovs kept this a secret from the start… If only there was a way to question the old Slarkovs on this. They would have known something about it but it's been millennia. They're all long gone," Endric shook his head.

Silence ensued for a few seconds as Gustav tapped the incomplete device twice.

"Someone did this," He broke the silence.

"How do you know? And what would their objective be?" Endric inquired.

"I created this machine to be anti-warp demolator resistant… Even if it was swallowed up which it wasn't, the chip was built to escape. Someone did this," Gustav stated.

"How do we find them?" Endric asked.

"How long have you had this in your possession?"

Gustav inquired while raising the incomplete device.

"It's been over three months," Endric answered.

"SJ…" Gustav called out.

Zing~

A circular transparent object appeared before them. The surface of the object looked incredibly smooth like glass but one could see a large florescent glow within. This florescent glow was as large as an adult fist and had a pair of hollow eyes within.

[Yes Master?]

Wordings appeared in mid-air, right above it.

"Did you keep tabs on where I sent this?" Gustav questioned while holding up the incomplete device.

[Yes I Did] The jewel responded.

"Good… I need a playback from over three months ago. Can you show me?" Gustav requested.

[Playback from over three months ago coming up…]

Gustav and Endric watched with keen eyes as the body of the sacred jewel turned completely white as it began playing footage from a particular location in space.

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 ~Earth~

Within a large but dimly lit room, a group of four in silver-decorated MBO uniforms sat in a circle.

Three were present in holographic format so their faces were darkened to the point where they couldn't be properly seen but their uniforms were very visible. The one who seemed to be present physically seemed quite elderly and, had a diamond-like shard embedded into his forehead. 

"This is no joke. Countermeasures need to be put in place immediately," Grand Commander Shion declared urgently. 

-"Grand Commander Shion, I understand your claims but could it be that you have gotten rusty?"

-"How does a random assailant blast an Alpha-ranked mixed blood away easily?"

Two of the other four grand generals questioned.

"Rusty? Might I remind you two of who you're calling rusty?" Grand commander Shion voiced in a tone that caused the surroundings to tremble.

-"Grand Commander Kim… Grand Commander Soriah… Let us not disrespect one another. Grand Commander Shion had been at the forefront for some time handling matters that should have been distributed properly amongst the four of us," The other grand commander cautioned the rest. 

"Thank you, Grand Commander Light. That being said… when this person appeared, I felt like I was in the presence of someone almost as powerful as Jack and Mack," Grand Commander Shion revealed.

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Author's Note: Tier 1 and 2 Privilege is now available for purchase.