The Ancient Genes

Max could feel that his energy was being continuously sucked by this place little by little. It definitely was not a suitable place to stay for long.

"We should deal with this soon.." Max spoke to himself as he continued to walk ahead and explore the place. Until now, he hadn\'t come across any creature. Except for the natural plants which were all seemingly part of the core area.

\'Can you sense it?\' Andriel\'s voice suddenly rang in Max\'s mind.

\'Sense what?\' Max asked in a little confusion. There were a lot of things that he could sense, he just didn\'t know what Andriel was talking about.

\'Concentrate on the life force, and see if you can feel it. The origin of the force which is sucking life is somewhere around this core area..\' Andriel replied.

This made Max frown a little, and he concentrated while spreading his domain as far as he could and tried to focus to the best of his abilities.

\'It\'s very chaotic..\' Max muttered with a frown. The ground below seems to have vessels which were flowing with life force in all directions, making it extremely difficult to pinpoint which direction the origin of this sucking force was at.

\'Let me help you, you are still not as good as me when it comes to control over life force..\' Andriel spoke with a smile, and then she closed her eyes while trying to sense the external environment through Max.

"Found it.."

It only took a few seconds for her, making it seem like a child\'s play.

"Well, I can never beat you on that.." Max let out a little laugh, while turning his head towards a certain direction. He certainly was eager to find out what was going on.

…

"Boom!"

An explosion erupted as a huge cloud of flames covered the sky.

Two figures could be seen rushing out of this smoke filled flames, and separated.

"You are all talk. I didn\'t even feel that.." Blinken spoke as he looked at the guy. Not willing to admit defeat at all. But, it was obvious that he had suffered a bit looking at how his body burnt at places, and even his hairs were left looking funny after being half burnt.

"Yeah..Come then..I will let you feel more.." The Village Chief on the other side was in no better condition. His body was covered in cuts, and was bleeding at places.

A few miles away from them…

"They are still fighting, Boss.." A man spoke as he looked at the leader of his team, the tattooed man.

These people were the quickest to regather, except for the one person who was still missing.

"It\'s good if they kill each other.." The other guy spoke with a little expectation.

"As if they would.." The tattooed man knew that wasn\'t going to happen. They were probably just letting out the anger.

"What are they fighting for? I am more interested to know about that.." He further added with a little curiosity. If the reason was known, it could certainly be useful. They had actually arrived at the place a little ago after hearing the commotion in the distance.

They perfectly knew that being close by would mean getting caught. Hence, they decided to climb up the rocky terrain in hopes of getting a view of what was going on in the distance. And, it sure helped.

"Hmmn.." The tattooed man suddenly frowned as he turned his head towards another direction.

"Hide!"

He spoke in an urgent voice, and the group instantly disappeared into thin air.

"Whoosh!"

A minute later, two gusts of wind passed through the place heading straight towards the center of the commotion.

…

"You still want more? You ain\'t ashamed of getting beaten?" Blinken asked as he panted for breath. He really had gone all out. But, this guy was stronger than he imagined.

"Shut up, you are the shameless one here.." The Village Chief retorted in anger.

As the two were bickering, their eyes suddenly constricted for a moment, and the next instant, the two of them immediately turned their heads when something came crashing down right in front of them.

"Bang!"

"What a flashy entrance.." Blinken muttered with a serious look on his face as he waved his hand to get the dust aside.

As the dust from the crash slowly settled, the two figures emerged from it.

It seemed to be two buffed up men with pale skin, and striking white hairs. Both of them had long ponytails, and were roughly dressed up in some animal skin clothing.

"Who are you?" The Village chief frowned looking at the two men. For some reason, he felt they seemed a little familiar. But, he definitely didn\'t seem to recall ever seeing the two of them before.

"You forgot about us, Apple Head?" One of the men spoke with a smile, and the Village Chief\'s eyes immediately widened. "U-Uncle.."

He couldn\'t believe it for a moment. He had come here looking for them, and finally. His steps involuntarily moved towards the two men, and as he got close, Blinken\'s voice suddenly rang in his ears, "Dodge!!"

The village chief immediately broke out of his thoughts as he realized a fish as huge as a hammer ramming towards him. There definitely wasn\'t enough time to dodge.

\'Damn it!\'

As he prepared to take the blow with his mind still in confusion, a strong gust of wind hit him from the side, sending him flying away and saving him from a disaster.

"Bang!"

The air pressure generated from the fist blasted a huge gaping hole in a tree a few feet away .

"Well, that certainly is a unique way to greet your family. Is this something common in your village?" Blinken still didn\'t forget to mock the Village Chief who was slowly getting up in the distance.

"Shut up! Let me process this first.." The Village Chief glared at him before shifting his gaze towards the two men with a serious look on his face.