1 The Blessed and The Cursed

"Mom wake up please! You're all I have, please don't leave me."

Inside a mansion, a woman who looked to be in her early forties was in the bed with her eyes closed, we could say she had kicked the bucket. Beside her was a lad who was between the age of fourteen to fifteen years old.

It was raining heavily outside.....

"I see she's dead. Now we have the chance to mold the boy into one of us." In one of the rooms in the mansion, two individuals could be seen debating about what to do about the kid's situation.

The duo kept going back and forth in their conversation, and when they seemed to have made a final decision, a female voice sounded out." Dad, are you sure about this? She warned us not to bother him."

One of them was Clifford, while the other was his daughter..... Despite, the death of the woman who gave birth to his children, Clifford didn't seem to be bothered about it in the slightest.

And to some point, he played a vital role in what happened to her. 

Clifford Reid is one of the most powerful men in Harmony city, with just a flick of a finger he could destroy anything that comes in his way. The man was just so powerful. Clifford was blessed with two children, which he refers to, one as the blessed child and the other as the cursed child.

Blessed children were those who came from powerful families and were capable of absorbing celestial energy through their ancestral lineage.

In the mortal world, Clifford was considered to be the 31st strongest human with a powerful ancestral lineage. In truth, that was only based on the power, he revealed to the public. No one knew how strong he really was. Those who had seen it were already long dead.

Though the mortal world was void of both energy, it didn't mean they weren't powerful people in there. Big families and organization had their way since they knew about the existence of the underground and Demon World.

At this moment, in the mansion, a man cladded in black walked in on the lad who was still moaning to the death of his mother, "Devon, your mother is gone, get up and act like a man." The man, cold voice sounded.

The man seemed to have no emotions whatsoever about the death of his wife. It was as if they weren't related at all.

"Mom was perfectly alright yesterday, how can she die just like that, did you kill her, or did you send your men to do it for you?" Devon glared at his father, he couldn't think of anyone who would be able to pull out a stunt like that.

This was Reid's mansion, the security in here was so tight that even the most powerful force or expert in the world would think twice before trying to attack the gate of the mansion. The 

So, it had to be someone from the family, and the person must also be a core member, as he or she was able to pierce a sword into Luna's chest, without anyone knowing until the next day.

With the power Clifford possessed, Devon, eyed him.

In a world ruled by strength, status, and power. The Reid Family was also referred to as the House of Sinners, this name was not known to the public, only families involved in the underground world business knew about this and called them the House of Sinners.

It was said that a look at Clifford's eye could kill someone, those who had spared with him said that they have never experienced that kind of feeling before, as he was the most dangerous person they had ever met. Powerful assassins who were ranked from 1 to 10 were sent to kill Clifford, none of them returned. It was known to families in the underground world that one can offend the world government organization president, but don't offend Clifford Reid.

Clifford looked at his youngest son and shook his head, he was supposed to be like his sister who was cold and heartless. To Clifford, that is how a child should behave.

"I killed your mother, Devon, what do you want to do about it!" Clifford said.

Luna Reid, Devon, and Elyse's Mother, and Clifford's Wife. Luna had a sculpted figure which was twine thin, a pair of arched eyebrows, her eyelashes were velvety, sea-nymph ears, a shiny halo of white teeth, she had rapture blue eyes, her hair was molten red, she was extremely pleasing to the eye.

According to some reports, Clifford married her because of her beauty, and others said it was an arranged marriage. Sadly, Luna's power level remained at level 23 for over 20 years, some said she was punished by the gods, others said she gave up her power for her beauty.

The matter that celestial energy existed in the mortal world was deeply hidden from those who didn't possess the energy. Mortals weren't aware of it, as the world government organizations made sure they didn't.

While for those who had it, they would choose to either go to the underground world or remain in the mortal world.

Those families with powerful ancestral lineage would also decide, even though it wasn't really necessary for them.

"I'm going to make you pay for this, father, I promise you that," Devon said as he stared at his father.

Devon was no longer a kid, according to his father. As the heir, he started training at the age of five years old. His senses are incredible, but his body was not. Even though he trained so hard, he was not fast enough to avoid that kick.

He saw the kicking coming and knew who it was that kicked him, But he was unable to react quickly, and he was sent flying away with just a single kick from the man in black.

"You were always weak and pampered by her. And you dare say you'll make me pay. That is the biggest joke I have ever heard in my entire life." The man said.

Before he could get up, he got hit again, this time in his belly. Clifford never showed mercy even to his family, well, except his daughter who is his favorite.

"You're a disappointment, I feel ashamed to call you my son, not to mention calling you my successor." Clifford stared at Devon with disgust evident in his eyes.

Devon couldn't help but think his father didn't think rationally. He tried getting up, but he got hit badly why will someone that powerful hit his son with that kind of force?

"Idiot boy! You can't even get up, I didn't even use up to one percent of my power.

What a waste!" Despite, seeing the situation which his son was in, the man didn't seem to care about it in the slightest and continued to hit the kid.

There were several ways to acquire celestial energy in the underground world and the demon world, but in the mortal world, things were very, very different.

However, after multiple research, humans in the mortal world discovered that there were only two ways to obtain this energy. The first is that one must come from a big family with a good ancestral lineage.

The second way was to be a Demon, some Demons were once human but the power or energy they absorbed was different. Humans absorbed celestial energy, while the demons absorbed Cosmic energy.

Unlike the celestial energy where you absorb energy from the atmosphere, cosmic energy one as to absorb a living being except you were a demon from birth.

Humans and demons were always at war. The human viewed them as a bane to the world as they stole from one of their own.

"Dad, don't waste your time on him, he doesn't deserve it." A voice sounded out of the room and after a brief moment the person who spoke walked in