When Leo was about to open the door home, someone suddenly opened it for him. When Leo saw who it was, he stopped like his whole life depended on it.
It was a female human, her eyes were as blue as ice and her hair was as red as pale roses. She sort of resembled Raven from a certain fantasy-farming game. However, unlike the bashful maiden, she was more developed and mature.
She was Leo's mother and she had told him not to leave home after ten o'clock. Leo thought that he got caught and was about to apologize, but his mom spoke first.
She looked worried as she said, "Leo, your Dad is in the hospital."
At that moment, a silver-white car with blue stripes arrived in front of their house. The word, "Rover" was boldly written in blue on the hood. Its streamlined body was gorgeous to say the least, but for this era the car was rather mediocre in style.
When she noticed the car, she hurriedly grabbed Leo by the wrist and entered.
Apparently, Gerard—his father's energy center was broken which crippled his cultivation. Now he was weaker than an adult human. After all, every single adult human had at least reached the Leaping Dragon State.
Fortunately, although he had lost his cultivation base, his body was still as strong as before since he was an enhancer. If he was an elementalist, he would have been in an even worse situation.
Humans will naturally reach Leaping Dragon State at the age of 20, even if they did not cultivate. Although advancing from that realm is another matter. Another thing to take note of was that their cultivation will not be as refined and as stable as someone who actually did cultivation at an earlier age.
Energy Cultivation had four states as a whole, in ascending order they were; Leaping Dragon State, Energy Condensation State, Elemental Core State, and lastly Elemental Transformation State. Each state was further separated into ten levels.
That night, Leo's father went on a mission with his team. Four of them were at the Energy Condensation State, while one was at the Elemental Core State.
While they were on the mission, a pack of wind wolves ambushed them. Each wolf was at the Energy Condensation State, except for one which was the alpha.
The alpha wolf had a cultivation base that reached Elemental Core State and it was at a higher level than his father's Captain.
What was more horrifying was that the pack of wolves numbered up to twenty, but his father only had a team of five.
Leo pondered aloud, "Then how did Dad reach the City?"
Cynthy—Leo's mom, answered, "That is something we should ask your father ourselves."
Once they reached the hospital, the mother and son duo went to Gerard's room.
The hospital had an obvious resemblance to a modern hospital, save for the fact that the apparatuses they used were quite strange. Instead of monitors they had holograms which floated beside his bed, there were numbers and lines on them depicted in a variety of colors but most were in green indicating that he was in good condition.
The teen noticed that his dad was asleep, so they just stood beside the bed as they examined his condition.
Gerard had ruffled and long hair which were as red as pale roses. As for his eyes, well, they were closed. His face was chiseled and handsome, while his body was slim yet quite muscular.
His eyebrows furrowed and he groaned, "No... not again..."
When Cynthy saw this, she sat down and gently held his hands. Leo asked, with a hint of worry on his face, "Mom, is Dad going to be okay?"
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Frozen Flame
ActionIn a single night, Leo's life changed for the better or worse. He encountered a demon, who asks him to become his successor. His father, who was once the pillar of his family, was now crippled and depressed. So Leo relit his childhood dreams, one wh...
