17 Blood Mountain

Maximus was in corner of the cave feeding Felix.

"This place won't do they will find us first a place to settle down then comes everything else. But it can't be a remote place, I still need to be updated on the latest news, but it also can't be to close to big city's and towns... " then Maximus found the perfect place, and it was not too far from where they were now.

It was an old abandoned mine that was not used for many years.

"Then its settled" then Maximus turned and said "William, come here!"

"Master" said William as he bowed.

"Listen, I need you to tell the other that we are leaving."

"Leaving? But where?" asked William.

"We are going to the Blood Mountain. We are leaving tonight."

"Yes Master!"

In the dead of the night Maximus and all the children left. He decided that the best thing for now was to find a quiet place to settle down, so that he could help the children with their awekening ceremony and raise Felix.

In about a week they reached their destination. The Blood Mountain. It was named like this because so many people died here when the old mines were working that then stones at the base of the mountain where blood-red.

But even so the mountain had a certain beauty to it, with the passage of time the signs of the old mines were almost gone. The mountain was like beautiful painting of plants, trees and animals everywhere.

"Is this our new home?" asked Dixie, the girl who argued with William.

"Yes" said Maximus.

"First we will, find a place in this mountain to settle down. After that I will perform the awekening ceremony.

At his words all the children became exited.

They were moving up the mountain when suddenly an arrow shoot straight to Maximus. He caught it between his fingers.

"This is our Black Tooth Tiger territory, if you come to sell slaves we don't need any, now fu*k off." shouted a middle-aged man from the top of tree.

Maximus noticed that there were more people around. He could feel a heavy blood scent coming from them. These were people who belonged to a bandit group. But all of them were extremely weak compared to him.

"Close your eyes" said Maximus to the children, then he turned to the middle-aged man who shoot at him and said.

"You, take me to your Boss, as for the other... kill each other."

Those peoples eyes turned dreamy as if they were on some kind of trance and then with a loud shout they started killing each other.

"After just a few minutes Maximus said "You can open your eyes let's go"

When they opened their eyes they were all terrified, the place that was a perfect painting of nature looked more like a painting of hell. There were about 30 or 40 corpses lying around some torn to pieces, some were burnt. They all shivered as they looked. It only took one sentence from their Master and these people were dead.

"You lead the way."

"Yes" said the middle-aged men.

On the way they ran into a few more squads, but with the middle-aged by their side they passed without difficulty.

Inside the Blood Mountain the old mines were all reused to build something like a stronghold by one of the three big bandits groups of the in the territory of Black Rock City, the Black Daggers.

Inside a big hall decorated with beautiful paintings and exotic furniture there were two people

"Congratulation Boss, now that you are a Regnator the other we will destroy the other two groups, and we will dominate this area!" said a small man in a deep voice.

"There is no rush for now, we don't want to scare them" surprisingly the voice was very pleased, like a light summer breeze, and it belonged to a beautiful young woman, with long blood hair, big green eyes, cherry lips and small cute nose.

"Yes of course but..." but before he could finish the door swung open and surprisingly big group of children with a young handsome men leading them came in. They both looked confused for a moment and then the small men shouted loudly.

"Who the fu*k are you!?! Do you want to f*cking die!!!. Where are those idiots who are supposed to be..."

"Erick that's enough" said the women in a calm tone of voice. But one could see the surprise as she looked at Maximus,

"Who is the Leader"

"The woman Master" said the middle-aged men as he came from behind Maximus.

No one even paid attention to him at first as he entered the room.

"You f*cking traitor I will kill you" bellowed Erick, as he prepared to attack the middle-aged men.

"That's enough!" said the women, her voice cold now. And Erick shrunk back, apparently afraid of her.

"Are you the leader then?" asked Maximus again.

"That's correct. My name is Ashley, the leader of the Black Daggers. And who might you be?" she asked with a smile on her face, but one could seethe cold killing intent in her eyes.

"Is there a quiet place for us to talk."

Ashley smiled and said "Come after me"

"William if someone come close to you just shout and I will come" said Maximus to William but Ashley understood the meaning.

"Erick don't do anything to them, do you understand me?"

"Yes"he responded.

After Maximus and Ashley left the hall went into an awkward silence for a while. The after a few minutes the place started trembling, a terrifying wave of energy came from the top of the mountain and lauds boom and bang could be heard. Every single person in the area of the Blood Mountain looked at the top of the mountain with a terrified expression.

"What... What... the.. hell is going one?" asked Erick inside his hearth "Could it be that young man? No it's impossible! Boss is a Regnator now" he said to himself."

After 10 or 15 minutes the sounds of fighting stopped.

"The Boss must have finesh..." but before he could finish he saw Maximus appear in the hall with his cloths torn in some place but apparently fine, and behind him "No, how is possible" Ashley with wounds all over her body slowly walked in too.

"Tell someone to take care of the kids and then treat your wounds, after that come and see me" said Maximus.

"William come with me" as he said that Maximus took William and disappeared from the hall.

"Boss what ha...?"

"Later, first take care of them, and don't mistreat any of them" said Ashley

"But Boss..."

"Do in Erick, that young man..." she paused for a moment as if chose the best words do describe Maximus "He is someone we CAN'T displease, from now one he is the new Boss. We will talk later, now go do what he said I have to treat my wounds"

Ashley left the stupefied Erick in the hall as she too left.

On top of the Blood Mountain Maximus looked and the almost disappearing sun and the two moons that were in the sky. He just there with William by his side.

The sun disappeared and the two moons shone brightly in the sky.

"Master what..."

"Do you know why I acted in such a brutal way?" but Maximus interrupted him.

William was taken aback by this question.

"Because they were bad people" he said after thinking for a while.

Maximus smiled at his reply.

"For me, William, killingis the greatest sin" said Maximus.

William was startled at his words.

"Sit, let's talk"