[: Daniel POV :]
Two months had passed by and the countdown to Apex Academy had begun.
We were one week away from departure, and the mansion buzzed with preparations and tension.
New carriages were polished, luxurious clothes laid out, weapons checked, servants briefed.
For most, it was a celebration like a new chapter filled with promise.
But for us?
It was a cage on wheels, one step closer to the lion's den.
We had been chosen to accompany Revan to the Academy.
Chosen...as if it were an honour.
It was never a choice in the first place.
House Alburn had no intention of letting Revan attend Apex without his "practice materials."
That meant me...the others for the sake of convenient.
Revan had become worse in these two months.
For some reason, he had become more violent and insecure.
The closer the ceremony drew, the more desperate he became to assert dominance, to crush us under his heel.
He was trying to nerve his thoughts that he wouldn't be superior.
Hence, the only people he could show his superiority was towards us, epecially me.
He would slam me against the walls for a crooked look, burn my arm for not answering fast enough, chain me for even the slightest gaze.
Once, he sliced my cheek and called it a 'decoration'.
But I could take it.
What I couldn't bear or what I hated more than anything was when he turned his venom towards them.
He spat at Rika's feet and called her a dog that should be put down.
He tore Kiel's book in half and mocked him, saying, "Useless demons shouldn't even dream of reading."
He slapped Marnok when the old demon simply stood too close.
But worst of all was how he treated Caelira.
The only person I considered like a mother to me.
And today Revan had crossed the line.
We were resting on a spot where the sun was still high in the sky.
We were left about 3 days but even when it should have been a resting time, Revan's torture towards me didn't stop.
"Stand there you filthy human" He commanded and the seal within my wrist forced me to obey.
And there I stood without moving a single inch force to endure Raven's flames.
By now, I was kinda numb to it.
Even though the pain was still there, it was pointless of me to cry.
"S-Stop it! Enough is enough! How much longer are you going to torture him!"
All of a sudden, Caelira burst out and she was crying.
But Revan didn't take her defiance lightly.
"H-How dare you defy me slave!" Revan exploded in rage.
And I watched how he pulled her hair and dragged her face across the mud.
She cried but it wasn't because of the pain, but rather the sadness she had for me.
"How dare a filthy elf like you dares to talk back against me!? A noble!?" Revan screamed.
At this moment, something inside me had clicked.
A rage that I had surpasses for months was bubbling up.
I could have endure everything and anything he does to me, but watching how Revan was treating Caelira like that, I could no longer hold back.
However, this wasn't the end.
"A filthy race like you should have just shout your mouth and maybe I should have done this earlier on" Revan smiled.
But it was a smile that made my heart dropped.
"What would happen if an elf like you who's known for their beauty had lost her beauty?" He smiled wickedly.
He raised his hand up and conjured a flame.
But it wasn't the kind of a flame that I know of.
It was stronger and its colour were different.
It became black and once he has conjured big enough, he let it burned onto the Melira's face.
[: 3rd POV :]
When the black flame clashed against Caelira face, she didn't scream nor did she cry.
She withstood the pain and though her face didn't melt, her beauty and face had been damaged so badly that she became unrecognisable.
"This is what you deserved for being defiant" Revan said proudly.
On the other hand, Daniel stood there froze.
He didn't blink nor did he spoke any words.
His eyes and mind were refusing what he was seeing.
However, at this moment, something deep within him was raging.
It was meant to be awaken at the right timing, however, it had refused those natural laws.
"Daniel...it's okay...I'm still fine..." Caelira noticing Daniel's condition tried to smile and assure him.
She was familiar with his condition right now, in fact, even Rika, Manork and Kiel were all familiar with it.
But never once did they spoke to Daniel about it.
Slowly a subtly, a force that exists before time was about to awaken slowly and bit by bit.
"W-What is this aura!?" Revan suddenly felt chills as the air around him became heavier and he couldn't even breathe.
Even his guards and protector bad raised their guards and gathered around him.
At this moment, the seal within Daniel wrists had lightened up and it was buzzing in runes that were hard to understand.
"How dare you..." Daniel spoke which was impossible since the seal should have prevented him for talking.
"How dare you!" He repeated once more, but this time, his eyes had changed.
His pupils changed into a slit where the colours had became purplish black like the force of chaos.
And a horn grew at the left side of his head.
The moment his eyes and horn had appeared, an aura had pressured Revan and his guards, and they weren't able to stand up.
"W-What is this!? How come a slave like you is using powers!?"
"It should have been impossible!?"
Revan had questions in his mind and the moment he stared at Daniel eyes, he felt fear.
It was kind of fear that he couldn't explain in words as it had crawled deep within his soul .
[: Your Bloodline has refused the Laws of the Universe and has response to your rage :]
[: Congratulations, due to the First Being in breaking the laws of the universe, you have received a gift! :]
At this moment, Daniel weren't able to notice the notification as his mind was consumed by rage.
A kind of rage where he wanted to cause destruction towards the one who's responsible for the pain that Caelira suffered.
[: Congratulations, due to the awakening of your bloodline, you have obtained the following skills :]
[: End of Epoch, Eyes of Calamity, True Cataclysm Form, Apocalyptical Form, Abyssal Core, Indomitable Destruction, Aura of Annihilation, Reverse Cataclysm, Cataclysmic Engine and Apotheosis of the True Cataclysm Dragon :]
"You shouldn't have done that! You shouldn't have done that to Caelira!" Daniel roar and he had subconsciously used one of his bloodline abilities.
And the effects?
It was absolutely devastating.
His roar of voice combined with his bloodline skills had caused all of the forest nearby him to disappear.
It was destroyed within a time frame where nobody in that moment were able to grasp.
All of the forest around him had been destroyed.
All of its trunks and roots had been annihilated.
"W-What just happened!?" Even Revan and his guards couldn't understand what was happening.
But now, facing with Daniel, Revan wasn't an idiot or perhaps he was, to understand that the root of cause was Daniel.
"Y-You did this? Just who are you!?" At this point, Revan's mind wasn't able to comprehend Daniel.
He didn't know what it was whether it was bloodline or skills, he had never see such kind of effect.
He became suspicious of Daniel's background because after all, it was a common believe that the descendants would often obtained a high ranking bloodline or skills from their ancestors.
Though most of the time the chances of awakening a high ranking skills is random, Revan began to suspect Daniel's background.
"Y-You shouldn't have done that! You shouldn't hurt Caelira, Manork, Rika and Karl!" Daniel roared as he took a step forward.
But the moment he took a step forward, all of the powerhouses around the world and even the ones that are hiding or in seclusion felt it.
All of them had different reactions, but they had the same question.
"What kind of energy is this...?"
They were alerted, alarmed and worried.
Because what they felt was an incredible force of destruction.
At this moment, Daniel had yet to realize but his awakening of bloodline had caused a sensation around the world.
"I should have done this from the very start! I shouldn't have hesitate or even listen to their words!"
At this moment, Daniel was consumed by rage.
For countless times before this he had almost exploded but he managed to calm down because he listened to Caelira and the others.
Saying that he should control his emotions and that he shouldn't be worried for them.
"What are you doing!?" Revan was overwhelmed by fear.
He watched how Daniel was walking towards him in a slow yet terrifying manner.
His eyes were locked on him and Daniel want nothing more than to kill him.
To let Revan taste pain that would last forever.
Killing him would just be too easy.
However, Daniel had yet to master his powers yet.
He was powerful...way too powerful, but as of now, he don't understand them yet.
"What am I doing? Something that I should have done earlier on!" Daniel declared with a wicked smile.