Chapter 188: 185. Gracia (1)
General Dian sat on his chair in a room, looking out the window in deep thought. His eyes were on his daughter, Hannah, who was downstairs playing with some kids.
"I didn't want your life to be like this, I'm sorry," he mumbled as he heaved a sigh and continued looking at her.
His focus was soon broken by the sound of the door opening and he turned back to see Quan, Lin Bai, and Natasha walking in.
"What's the report?" The general asked as he spun his chair to look in their direction.
"Well, good news is that there are no signs of the white dragons in New York city," Lin Bai said with a smirk and then Quan stepped forward.
"It's either thay're good at hiding or they're not in New York at all." Quan said with a tired look.
"There is one more surviving camp in New York but there seems to be no traces of them there either," Quan said with a tired sigh and went to sit down on a couch.
"We have to be cautious. Your father would soon be here with the army, and then we can finally defeat the white dragons once and for all," the general said and brought out a cigarette from his pocket and looked out of the window to see that his daughter was no longer there and he sighed.
"Oh and, there's this guy called Dexter." Quan's voice reached his ears and he got nervous.
'Ah, he found out? I might be killed soon.' The general swallowed but his tranquil expression remained the same.
"The guy is not normal. I fought with him, and then I later found out that he crossed the ocean all the way from Nigeria without any lost limbs." Quan looked extremely shocked and confused.
"Hm. Hannah told me that he flew them here after they were attacked in the ocean."
"I was quite surprised as well as to why they would even dare to do so but then I heard that Nigeria is fallen, destroyed. It seems the boy is more than what the eyes see," Hannah's dad said as he frowned, thinking of a solution to his problem.
"He's not a problem. Remember not to use your abilities or shaoeshift no matter what, we can't risk letting the white dragons know that you're here," Dian said as he looked towards Quan and then Quan sighed as he stood up.
"I'm going to meditate,"Quan said as he walked out of the room.
He hopped on top of the building after he got out and then he sat down and looked at the surroundings.
The sun was shining upon him and he felt even more comfortable as he smiled and dived into deep thoughts.
'There's no way I'm ready to face indra.' He thought as he clenched his fists.
'After the full moon, dad will be here with the army. Things are just moving too quickly.' Quan fell flat on his back after that thought and then he shut his eyes.
'I didn't know I will have to do this as a dragon prince, this is... Stressful.' Quan thought before he sat up and then crossed his legs to meditate.
...
Inside one of the bigger buildings where women stay Dexter was inside a kitchen with his mother beside him.
She moved to the stove behind her and Dexter was just staring at the onion in front of him, seemingly in a trance.
"Pass me the pepper," Jane said as she stretched her hand backwards and Dexter snapped out of his daze.
"Oh, ugh... Here." He stretched his hand and grabbed a small container of pepper before handing it over to his mom.
"Something wrong?" Jane asked with a yawn as she saw Dexter's unfocused gaze.
"Nothing, just remembering something," Dexter said with a smile and he remembered he and his brothers together in the kitchen cooking on a holiday.
He sighed and they proceeded to cook the noodles and he left Jane in the kitchen to finish up while he went outside.
"Brother! Brother! Brother!" Lily came running towards him with a smile and then she stood in front of him.
"Huh? You grew taller so quickly?" Dexter said as he noticed that Lily's head was now reaching his chest.
"Yes, yes, yes, come show me some advanced moves," she pleased with a cute look and then Dexter sighed and they went behind the building.
...
"I will show you this one, but it's not easy, I don't use it very much either. It's called the 540 roundhouse kick, watch closely," Dexter said and he took a deep breath.
He jumped forward, his body slanted as he spun, his legs looking like a helicopter blade, spinning and heading downwards.
Lily heard a light sound of wind cutting as Dexter's legs crossed the air and she was fascinated at the move.
"That was cool, why don't you use it very much?" Lily asked as she walked in front of him to try and replicate what he did.
"Monsters are too dumb to defend against basic strikes and can only dodge as they are fast. I still train my taekwondo but I'm more of a spear guy now since I'm facing off against giant monsters most of the time, it's not like my hands or legs can stab deep." Dexter mumbled as he watched Lily the worst 540 kick he has ever seen.
"At least you're flexible. First of all you have to know how to do a flip." Dexter proceeded to teach her the first thing she needed to know to perform the technique.
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After more than an hour of practicing, Lily punched the wall in frustration.
"Grrrr! Why can't I get it right?!"
Dexter only chuckled as he saw her expression and frustration.
"You won't get it the first time, you get better as you keep practicing." Dexter smiled at her and then proceeded to go back inside to meet his mom as the food will probably be cold by now.
All of a sudden, his attention was taken to the entrance of the camp where people started to gather and rejoice around the entrance and then a weird looking armoured car came in with a few other people behind and people were all happy.
"They've returned!" Jane's voice came from behind and he looked at the truck to see someone he totally forgot about.