Chapter 148 - Secret

The fight continue for a long time with Clara getting more injuries on her and after fighting for some time, she made the mistake of blocking an attack from Alex which was aimed at her chest only for her to discover that it was faint but was already too late for her to defend herself as the short sword was stab into her stomach which makes her groan as she holds the sword firmly while not letting go. Seeing it as an opportunity, Jason activated the lightning boot before dashing out with the halberd in hand as he swung it toward Alex's head only for him to miss the target as Alex was holding the halberd with a smile on his face.

"You should have just gone into hiding and watched as I killed your mother instead you decided to rush in and get yourself killed" said Alex as he licked his lips like a mad man.

"You are the one who is going to end up dead" replied Jason in anger as he kicked the halberd upward which took Alex by surprise as his hand went along with the halberd creating an opening on his ribcage. Gathering spiritual energy into his hand as he executed the iron fist technique before landing the hit on him as the sound of bones breaking could be heard.

With a painful expression on his face, Alex swung the halberd on him as he was sent crashing into a slope.

Walking toward Jason who is finding it hard to get up on his feet. Throwing a punch at him to put him down in his place, Alex couldn't help but let out another punch at him which seemed to be more powerful than the previous one before picking him up after seeing that he couldn't struggle again.

"So you think that you are tough to attack me eh" said Alex before punching Jason in the stomach which caused him to let out a spit.

"What is the matter boy, where is that fire you had in you a moment ago" asked Alex as he continued to hit him on the stomach while Jason yelled in pain.

Not being able to watch her brother being beaten, Hannah came out of her hiding as she yelled for Alex to stop hitting her brother.

"Oh now the whole family are together" said Alex with a smile as he turns to look at the young girl with a tearful eye.

"Please I beg you, let my brother go" pleaded Hannah as she knelt on the ground weakly.

"I don't care if you plead from now till tomorrow, since he has the guts to hit me, he should be prepared to get killed as well" replied Alex before smacking Jason on the stomach.

What Alex didn't know was that while he was busy chatting happily, Jason was gathering energy in his hand waiting patiently for Alex to let his guard down. It didn't take much time for Alex to feel relaxed again after seeing that he had everything under his control as he turned to Hannah with an evil grin on his face as he said.

"Get ready, once I am done with him, I will be coming for you".

The grin he had on his face suddenly turned to a frown as he felt a stingy pain in his ribcage and it was exactly the spot where the boy had punched him previously.

"You annoying kid, I am going to kill you this instant" roar Alex in anger as he thrust a punch at Jason to knock him down before pulling out his sword as she raised it ready to chop it down on his head but before he could, a swoosh sound was heard and Alex just stood still before crimson red line begins to draw on his neck before he let go of the sword as he felt on top Jason dead.

The moment Alex fell upon him, begin to struggle as he tries to get Alex off him before the technique would activate since he don't want his mother to about the demonic technique he is using but unfortunately for him, the technique suddenly activated Jason as he was about to push him off him as the pain begin to go through his head not been able to hold it in due to how damage his body is, Jason let out a scream of agony as his vein begin to pop up while his body continues to absorb the energy.

Hearing Jason screaming, Clara became frightened as she went to check up on him only for her to see that Alex's body was decomposing with her son being under him. She was just about to pull him off only to see that the buckle body that was fighting with her previously had suddenly turned to a skeleton.

After the process was over, Jason pushed the skeleton to the side as he began to breathe weakly but that was when he noticed that his mother was looking at him.

"What just happened" asked Clara after some time of silence.

"I don't know mother, he just fell on me and the next thing I saw he was already burning like someone who was thrown in a volcano" replied Jason as he quickly came up with an excuse.

"Are you sure that he just burned up" asked Clara once more.

"Yes, mother. My guess is he tried to take me along with him to the afterlife but before he could complete his attack, his time was already up" replied Jason.

Deciding not to think too much about the matter since they have made it out of a tough fight. Turning back to Jason who was still laying on the ground weakly as she asked.

"Do you think you can move".

"I think I should be able to after gaining some strength" replied Jason before taking out a pill from the storage ring he was wearing before popping it in his mouth before dropping his head as he closed his head while waiting for the effect to kick in.

It didn't take long before he was able to stand on his feet before stretching his body, although he could still feel some pain but it was not as it used to be and after absorbing Alex's energy, Jason's realm quickly shot to the six stages of the foundation realm.

"I can't believe you still have one of those pills on you" said Clara after seeing Jason recover slightly from the injuries he included.

"I got them from the grand elder before our departure" replied Jason with a smile before passing some to his mother whose wounds are still bleeding and she continues to lose, it won't be long before she will lose her life. 

Not hesitating, Clara took the pills from Jason before popping them on her mouth before sitting in a meditation position with her eyes close as she waited for the pill to begin it work which didn't take long before the wound that she has sustained during the fight with Alex begin to heal but to their surprise, the deep wound that was on her stomach was not healing though it has stopped bleeding which got Hannah worried as she went close to her.

"Why isn't the wound healing".

"I don't think the pill is sufficient enough to heal me completely of my injuries" replied Clara with a smile. 

"So what are we supposed to do now that your wound is not healing" asked Jason worriedly.

"I am fine alright, if you are worried about my wound I guess the only option I have right now is to get treated and that will be when we get to the capital" replied Clara before ripping a piece of the robe she was wearing making it look short as she uses it to bandage the wound before turning to Jason with a frown as she said.

"What you did back there is really careless of you, you would have gotten us killed".

"Sorry mother, I just thought maybe you could use some help which is why I charge in to help in a way that I can" replied Jason.

"Instead of helping out, you should have taken your little sister and gotten out of this place" said Clara.

"I can never leave either of you behind so if it were to repeat itself, I will still make the same decision without hesitating" replied Jason.

Seeing that Jason would never listen to her, Clara could only let out a sigh before speaking.

"Let's just be glad that we manage to get rid of this problem. By the way I see that you were able to make another breakthrough when your life was being threatened".

All Jason could do was smile before replying.

"Now that we have dealt with him, our journey to the capital will be smooth".

"That is where you are wrong for he couldn't be the only one that was sent after us" said Clara.

"You mean there could be others who are also searching for our whereabouts" asked Jason.

"That is right so we need to be careful" replied Clara before keeping her sword away.