《The Forgotten Shield and The World Heroes (Remake).》 Chapter 0: a normal day. It was a sunny morning, the rays of the sun illuminated the face of a young man with black hair. Still being half asleep, the boy began to open his eyes little by little, after a few seconds processing his awakening, he decided to get out of his bed, took his glasses and began to dress. - "Monday Again... ugh, I''m so thrilled about it" affirmed the teen with such a fake happy tone, while he was putting on his school uniform''s trousers. Only the thought of having to be in that place, made him feel weak. He knew that in that place, the price he had to pay for being who he was, was loneliness, grief, and humiliation, but despite all that, he kept going, because it was something he needed to face. after a few minutes, and completely dressed and arranged, he took his backpack to go to school. - "I''m going" said the young man before leaving the house, not even waiting for a response he knew would never come, the reason... He was alone. 1 hour later. It was already 10 minutes before classes started. The young man with glasses walked slowly down the halls of the school towards his classroom. Everything was so noisy, so annoying... Students running from one side to the other, some laughing, others screaming, gossiping, but certainly the most annoying thing, some were mocking others. It was a daily thing for the young man, to heard and notice how the other students interacted with each other, from fake smiles to hurtful comments, this was the way of teenagers and humans in general, it wasn''t all just that though, he knew and saw others who were helpful, filled with joy and motivated, friendly people who walked side by side their peers, yet, he couldn''t really get to be on either side, not very good at dealing with other humans, even the friendly ones weren''t exactly very fond of him, while the other ones... he wasn''t exactly in good terms with them due to him not liking their attitude, especially when he, himself, has been also the focus of mockery from some of the people around him. - "fuuu... how does the song say?... hmm... I walk a lonely road, isn''t?..." said the boy with a deep sigh coming out of his mouth. He was already outside his classroom, ready to go in and spend another day around his classmates, but, when he was about to enter, he receives a kick in the back, making him fall to the ground. - "Hahahaha... so early and you''re already dirtying the floor, why don''t you get up, "stray dog"? or maybe you''re too afraid to get up". The people around, instead of helping him, just laughed at the sight of him hitting the floor by "the boss" of the school bullies. A guy mocked him, as usual, calling him "stray dog", a nickname that was given to him so many years ago already, but that did not matter, he was used to it by now, so he was very unfazed by the act. he knew that his real name was "Feran", the name he received from his beloved grandfather. With his head up, the young man rose from the ground, then looked for a few seconds to the shorter boy who had kicked him, the little "Ryu", and once again tried to enter the room, but... Just as he was opening the classroom door, he received a powerful blow from the biggest and most muscular of the bullies, "Tora", because of this he was sent flying a few meters across the hall and dropped his glasses. - "Hahaha, seriously? did you think that we would let you in so easy? you''re just garbage that nobody wants, so why don''t you just go away instead" spoke Ryu again while the others only continued to laugh. - "Come on, it''s not his fault to be so unwanted, it''s just...Unfortunate" said the black-green haired bully, "Hayato", talking to Ryu, as he watched Feran looking for his glasses. - "You are too soft sometimes, the truth is that someone as pitiful as he shouldn''t even be here, I suppose that the old man of his grandfather was lucky to die before seeing his grandson turned into this disaster" by Just saying that, Ryu gets a hit on the face, to everyone''s surprise. Hayato was shocked to see his friend falling back by the blow of the "stray dog", that guy has done the only thing that could destroy the little calm that Feran had, he dared to speak of his grandfather, mocking his death. Feran eyes blazed in flames, and he had a look of fury, his veins were marked on his neck and forehead, and his teeth gnashed, he clenched his fist so hard that even got some blood. An uncommon image for most students, but not so unknown to the bullies. Hayato recognized that reaction from Feran, he had that same reaction a few days ago in the schoolyard when they annoyed him, the same thing happened, when they talked about his grandfather, this one got angry, and before they could fight, the professors came to stop the fight. Only a few seconds after receiving the punch had passed and Ryu recovered, wiped his face with his sleeve and noticed that he had some blood on his lips, there was silence in the hallway, a silence of those who had never seen in schools, this was because the boss of the bullies was angry, and for the first time, "stray dog" was angry. they only looked angrily at each other for a few seconds and then both approached carefully to the other, being face to face for just a few centimeters apart, both attacked at the same time but ended up blocking each other hits, and then just ended up colliding their foreheads hard. - "How dare you?... how dare you to make me bleed?" Said the shorter boy angrily, now just wanting to kill the person in front of him, yet the anger moment was reciprocated. - "take it... back... take it back!" said Feran while clenching his teeth and pushing Ryu with all his might. The other students only could watch how the anger of both students seemed to grow each passing second. - "... what the fuck?" said Ryu out loud due to the confusion of what was happening, he couldn''t understand how a "wimp" was making him give a step back. - "you said my grandfather was lucky to die... take that back! or I''ll make you" Suddenly, with tears in his eyes, he gave a very strong cry surprising everyone around, then he moved his head back just to take momentum and then gave Ryu a headbutt on his forehead, making him recoil. Just as Feran was about to throw another punch at Ryu, "Uriel" who heard the scream outside the classroom, left the room and stopped Feran''s arm. Surprised to see who stopped him, she, the only one that he believed to be different, the only one who hasn''t been mean to him and who has never rejected him, but at the same time the same woman that would confuse him, the girl he thought he was in love with. She left the room without knowing what to expect, just to meet the quietest person she has ever known, the one who never hurts anyone, he was being held by her, with a bleeding hand, her eyes full of tears, she only could worry at the sight. They met a few years ago, she knew all about his grandfather and how other kids bullied him, but she had never seen him like this, although she imagined that someday he could not bear it anymore, she did not expect to find him this furious, sad, on the brink of an abyss of which he may never be able to return. - "Oh my god, are you alright?" she asked him while grabbing his face and getting him closer to her so she could inspect him. unknown to the girl, her actions only made him nervous, not used to being touched by other people, unless it was for violent purposes, Feran swallowed loudly and moved his hands, grabbing the arms of the girl carefully, and slowly moving away from her hold, all that without breaking eye contact. While looking at each other, it seemed as if they had spent several minutes, but in reality, it was only a few seconds that had passed, which for the unlucky Feran, give time to his bullies to get out of the shock of the previous events and act. He didn''t even have time to react when he felt another hit. - "you piece of shit!" he heard before receiving a punch from Hayato, and then a quick kick from Tora, the young man flew out, while Uriel looked at him with surprise and concern. - "Nobody... hits... my brother..." said the big guy with anger in his voice and a scowl on his face. Hayato and Tora prepared themselves to go again against Feran, however, they were stopped by a pissed off Uriel, who stood just in between the bullies and in front of Feran. - "Get out of the way, that damned bastard hit Ryu, so now, we will beat him up" Hayato indicated while pointing a finger to Feran, but his words only annoyed Uriel even more. - "Are you serious? you know very well that Ryu began to bother him, you always do it, and let me tell you something, if you all are really willing to fight, then you must be willing to receive hits too, that''s how the real world and a real fight works" said the girl with such a serious and defying expression. Hayato was very angry, yet he wasn''t as violent as Ryu or Tora, besides, Uriel was certainly someone he wouldn''t want to hit, even so, he was having a hard time calming down, so when he was about to speak, suddenly he felt a hand grabbing his neck from behind.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. - "If you dare to put even one finger on Uriel, I will break your neck" the voice that came from behind belonged to "Trish", she was Uriel''s best friend, and at the moment she seemed very angry. For everyone it was normal to see Trish happy, she was like that, especially with her friends, she could be serious when needed, but usually she would just be smiling and having a good time with her friends, that is, of course, as long as no one messed with her friends, especially Uriel. Everyone knew that if it was strength, Trish was without a doubt a very strong woman with a terrible temperament when it came to rule-breaking or mocking her friends, especially when it came to Uriel, she is a member of the Discipline Committee and also practiced fights with his father, who is a policeman, she trains and self-discipline herself with the desire to protect and help her best friend, that kind of girl was Trish, not even Hayato would dare to try to fight with her, not like he wanted to anyway, however, Tora was different. Without someone noticing Tora, he throws a blow to the back of Trish, but the hit was easily blocked by Ryu. - "Calm down Tora, you should not attack a woman, not even we are that level of trashes..." said Ryu with a smile after having some time to recover, then he simply walks separating Trish from Hayato and approaching Uriel. - "I''ll never understand why you keep defending the "stray dog", However, I must clarify that I''m not a coward who can''t keep up with a fight or that need help in a 1 on 1, and this fight is mine and mine alone, so if its fairer to you, we will fight after school, just he and I" Ryu indicated while he was in front of Uriel, but he watched Feran who was just now standing up. - "... Fuuu... alright! seriously though, I will never understand the need of people to hurt others, just because they are different, or because of their living conditions... there are things that we simply do not choose, like the people who have conceived us, or the situations in which we find ourselves, everyone tries to give the best of themselves to enjoy their lives, but then there are some people that always seem to seek to crush the ones who seem the most vulnerable. Ryu, you are strong, that''s why you should protect others, instead of hurting them" Uriel state in a calm voice, but at the same time firm on her words, it was something that she truly believed, Ryu observed her only for a few seconds before sighing and heading into the classroom. - "I don''t have time to worry about others, nor am I good enough to help others, I simply love to fight, I don''t care how strong or weak my enemy is, I will confront them all, and that includes him, and this will continue until he can stop me... if he even dares to" Ryu said severely while in front of the door. - "I don''t care about that..." the voice of Feran came to the ears of the people present in the hall, he was already standing, while putting his glasses on, and he looked dead serious, not looking at anyone else than Ryu. - "what?" asked Ryu with some confusion but an irritated tone. - "I don''t care about you or anyone else mocking me, I''m used to that anyway, and I consider it nothing more than a little nuisance made by the tantrum of a cocky brat, so no, I don''t care about that... what I care about is that you dared to talk about my grandfather, no one can talk lightly of him, especially on my presence" Feran walked once again closer to Ryu, both staring at each other with defiance. Hayato and Tora were about to give a step forward when the hand of Ryu stopped them, and he looked at them and then back at Feran with a smile. - "don''t worry about the death ones, they are already gone and don''t care about our "tantrum", worry about the living, those are the ones that are suffering or will make you suffer... don''t be stupid, "stray dog", until you step up and face the ones that mess with you, you won''t be able to live in peace" finally Ryu stated with a cocky smile before getting inside the classroom closely followed by his friends Hayato and Tora. Feran stayed standing there a few seconds before Uriel touch him on the shoulder. - "are you okay?". - "yes... thank you for stopping me previously..." once he said that, he carefully took her hand off his shoulder, feeling too much contact, he gave her a little sad smile and enters the room. - "Fuuu... why don''t you just let us in?" asked the girl more to herself than anyone else, she was worried about the boy and her thoughts couldn''t stop going on that direction. - "don''t worry, he will get out of his shell, eventually... I hope so... let''s head to class" said Trish at first with a little sad smile, that quickly changes to a full-on smile, she then side hugged her friend, and with a little smile of Uriel, both also enter the classroom. A few hours later. A few hours had passed since the classes began and now it was lunchtime, because of it the students had spread through the school. Ryu and his friends were quietly eating in a corner of the roof. - "Do you really plan to fight that guy once classes are over?" Hayato asked quietly looking at his friend. - "That''s right, I just have to wait a few more hours, Uriel can''t scold me for fighting him out of school hours, after all, I told him head-on in the morning, now I can''t step back on my word" he replied. - "I see, I guess it''s normal to be so patient when the girl you like scolds you for fighting, isn''t it?" Hayato indicated with a smile, on his side, Ryu was surprised for a moment, his face got red, and he began to move his head nervously. - "How is it that you know that I... Wait, I do not like Uriel, I just do not want to have to argue with her, and less for such a little thing as that guy, so don''t talk nonsense" Ryu refused nervously, although it was very obvious that he really felt something for the redhead. His 2 friends could not help laughing slightly when they saw the attitude of their "leader". After a few seconds of eating and chatting, 2 shadows approached them. - "you seem to be having a fun time here, let us join you" were the words of a tall brown-skinned guy, who was behind a handsome young blonde of standard height. The young people who were having lunch, observed with a serious expression to the two students who had just arrived, "Markus" and "Alexander", they were definitely not the kind of people Ryu and his friends wanted as enemies, but also they don''t want them as friends. - "Leave the stupid act of politeness, what do you want?" as he listened to Ryu''s words, Markus''s expression changed to one of irritation, Alexander on his part simply gave a slight glimpse to the people in front of him without changing his expression. - "I heard you will participate in a fight at the end of the classes" indicated Alexander with a bored tone. Ryu just lifted an eyebrow as a reaction. - "So? what are you going to do if it is true?" said the young man in a defiant tone, at that reply, Markus stepped forward while Alexander simply looked annoyed at the answer. - "Be more respectful when speaking, little bully. We hear you''ll have a fight against Feran at the end of the school day, and we are here just to warn you, don''t you dare to lose, it wouldn''t be good for you to lose". - "Tch, you are not our bosses or something like that, so don''t come to threaten me... Besides, there''s no way I''m losing to that guy" Ryu said with obvious annoyance as he clenched his teeth tightly. - "I will remind you that you can do whatever you want in this place just because I allow it, so don''t be so arrogant, as for Feran, give him a beating, if he ends up in the hospital I don''t care, we''ll cover you so you don''t get expelled" those were Alexander word before turning around and walking away. During the whole exchange Hayato and Tora had remained silent, however, they didn''t like the way Markus and Alexander acted with them, so that at the time when Alexander turns around, Tora tries to beat him, knowing that he could not defeat him face to face, however, before the hit connected, Markus hit Tora with much more speed and force knocking him down in one single blow. - "Control your pet, Ryu" were Markus''s last words with a mocking smile before walking following Alexander. - "Tch... someday I''ll kill those bastards" whispered Ryu with a vein marked in his head, while Hayato was next to his fallen friend, checking that he did not receive further damage, however, he also had a murderous look with which he sent glances to the retreating figures of Markus and Alexander. While Alexander and Ryu were on the roof, Feran was quietly on his desk trying to sleep and have a moment of peace. Feran, of course, was not the only one in the classroom, because in the place were also other students, including 4 ladies who were having a cheerful talk. - "I still can''t believe you had to stop those fools, fuuu..." said Trish with a sigh. Next to her were two young ladies, one had long black hair, a serious look, and was just a little shorter than Trish, her name was Seiras. - "I don''t like bullies, good thing that we have Alexander to help, not long ago I heard that he would talk to the boys" a young girl stated, she had short pink hair, and a nice smile, her name was Julienne but was better known as Julie. Uriel, meanwhile, was in her seat without much interest in the conversation, she only read a book quietly, suddenly looking to the side and seeing the figure of Feran lying on his desk, she couldn''t help to smile, Feran felt someone watching him and raised his head, he noticed the smiling figure of Uriel, which made him somewhat nervous. - "Are you enjoying the book?" he asked at the sight of the book he had lent to the young woman a few days ago, this was one of his grandfather''s books that he had not even read yet. - "Yes, I have enjoyed it so far, although the title is still somewhat weird... "The Forgotten Shield"... The author was certainly not very thoughtful for the title of his book" said The Girl with a smile, which also made Feran smile at her while both looked at each other. Trish just watched Feran and Uriel smiling and not looking away. Before anything else could be done or said, Suddenly, they heard a lot of noise coming from the outside, which draws the attention of the people inside the room to the window. By looking out of the window they managed to see how a strange energy emerged from the ground to the sky like a huge pillar, the earth begins to tremble more and more strongly, Uriel rushes to leave the room and go to the yard where everything was happening, her friends and Feran followed her after a few seconds. - "What the hell is going on here?" Ryu was stunned, he did not understand what was happening, only knew that a kind of giant "door" was in the yard. - "What should we do?" asked Hayato, however, Ryu didn''t know what to answer. In the meantime, Markus and Alexander were already in the yard, keeping a calm demeanor even in the face of this surprising situation. - "I wonder what that giant door will be..." Markus thought aloud. - "I don''t know, but I think we''re about to find out" Alexander looked to the side and saw how Uriel hurried to approach the door followed by her friends, while Feran was behind the crowd watching the door. The door suddenly begins to open slowly, a blinding glow came out of the door, it was so brilliant that several students had to cover their eyes, in that, Feran realizes, that his body begins to shine, he''s surprised but doesn''t say anything, just watching his hands, and after a few seconds he begins to observe the other students and notices something, no one else is shining, just him, or so he thought for a moment, suddenly another glow appeared in the crowd, and another light, more lights began to appear that came from other students, and when he looked up to the school''s ceiling, 3 more lights were there. A total of 10 lights counting himself, once he realizes this, a blinding light illuminates all that can be seen, a light that lasts several seconds, before becoming deep darkness. Chapter 1: A New World. It was a beautiful day, the sky was clear, and everything was very quiet, you could hear the breeze move the branches of the trees, and the flow of the water in a river. Very close to the river, a young man with a slender body, blue hair, glasses, and feline ears, was walking quietly towards the nearest town. Everything was fine until he sees on the floor a person wearing strange black clothes, the young man at first didn''t pay much attention, but the more he moved away the more worried he was getting. After thinking for a few seconds he decided to verify whether the person in question was alive or not, he walked back slowly, then bent to see the person on the ground. To his surprise, the unconscious person was a young man with black hair, beautiful facial features, and lenses. This mysterious person wasn''t hurt and didn''t even have dirt in his body or his clothes. - "Eyes of Truth?", this child must be a magician" The young man thought aloud, then continued to observe the subject on the ground. - "Hmm... How strange, I cannot see any hint of a quarrel or any wound" taking his decision, he got closer to the body so he could see better and then began to touch the person''s clothes, without noticing anything else, soon the young man on the ground began to react as he was feeling that he was being touched, and little by little began to open his eyes. - "such weird clothes, I wonder where this guy comes from..." the blue-haired guy suddenly realized that the subject on the floor was awake and looking straight into his eyes. The young man still touching his body, got a little nervous and took his hands away. - "I''m sorry, my curiosity won and I couldn''t resist touching you... huh... I mean, touching your clothes" he said quite nervously, however, the young man who had just woken up didn''t answer, only continued to look at him. - "Hmm... is there something wrong?" he said nervously, at that moment he noticed that the young man hands rise a little and mover in his direction. Not knowing what to do, he just stays still, he thought he would be beaten for touching someone''s unconscious body, but instead, he started stroking his ears. - "Are these cat ears? they feel just like the ears of a cat" indicated the young man quietly while still lying down. The face of the blue-haired boy got a Little Red, and his body slightly trembled. - "These... are not... cat ears! they are lion ears! how dare you compare me to a simple cat?" rising quickly, quite exalted. The young man who was still on the ground, rose quietly, began to tap his clothes to wipe off the dust, and he just said. - "It''s a shame, I really like cats" putting a slightly weak smile. The blue-haired man looked at him with some surprise for the answer. - "Idiot..." he said quietly, then gave him a second glance. - "He''s taller than me..." murmured to himself the blue-haired guy, while the black-haired young man only looked everywhere, unable to recognize anything. - "Excuse me, could you tell me where I am? I think I''m lost" he said quite calmly, but the other boy was surprised by the question. - "We are in a river, near "Shield-town", in the country of "Liberteas", why do you ask?". - "Hmm... yeah, I''m definitely lost..." said the black-haired guy with a nervous smile, however, the other boy just looked at him with a stunned expression, he didn''t know if the person in front of him had hit his head or something, but he certainly didn''t seem normal. - "Perhaps he misused a teleportation spell..." murmured the blue-haired guy. - "Well since you''re well, there''s no reason to stay here any longer, so I''ll keep going" he said before turning around and starting to leave, but the black-haired boy stopped him. - "Wait! where is the town you named before?". - "Just walk in the same direction I''m going now, you will be able to see it later". - "Thank you very much, I hope we see again, my name is Feran by the way" Feran approached the young man and stretched his hand, the young man simply looks at Feran''s hand for a few seconds and then shook his hand. - "My name is "Liger", and I really hope I never see you again" said with an innocent smile, Feran just smiled. -"hahaha, well, in that case, I won''t stop you here anymore, goodbye" Liger just nodded and proceeded to leave. Feran observed while Liger was leaving. after waiting for Liger to be far enough, he turned towards the river and proceeded to give a big cry. - "AAAAAAAH!!!" - "Idiot" was everything Liger said as he managed to hear it the scream at a great distance. Feran on his side was trying to think of everything. - "What the hell happened? How did I even get here? Come on, think..." he said while tapping his head slightly, at that moment he remembers how a strange giant "door" appeared in his schoolyard, and how several of his classmates began to shine and finally the blinding light. - "Obviously I am no longer on earth, this must be another world... seriously? fuuu...I must have arrived here because of that "door". I remember at least 9 people other than me who were shining, perhaps... they ended up here too? Although I can''t see anyone else in the surroundings¡­ hmm¡­" he was trying to organize his ideas, then he looked up and that is when he saw some people flying and some giant kind of bird fleeing away from them. - "What kind of place is this?" He said to himself. - "I must go to town. If any of my classmates happened to have appeared nearby, surely they went to the town" and with that thought, he started moving in the direction of the "Shield-town". Meanwhile in a huge castle. Alexander was on the ground, he slowly began to regain consciousness and opened his eyes, then got up slowly, observing everything around him, he was in a huge courtyard in the middle of a castle, surrounded by soldiers, "he has blond hair, that means he is a hero" muttered one of the soldiers, "great is his majesty who has invoked a powerful hero", "think that if this is just one of the heroes, how will the rest be?" Those were just some of the comments that Alexander could hear. Alexander did not like the murmurs of the soldiers at all. - "Silence! if you have something to say about me, say it face to face, but do not waste your breath murmuring about me" even in such a situation, Alexander kept that aura that made him look so different from normal people as if he were royalty. Then an old man, tall enough, with black hair and blond tips, light armor, and clothes filled with gold and diamonds, slowly approached Alexander. Alexander seeing the old man, felt an aura quite similar to his grandfather, an air of greatness, power, wisdom, for Alexander it was obvious to say that this man was the king of the place where he was. - "Welcome to my humble castle young hero" said the old man with a smile. - "Thank you very much, Your Majesty" he said quietly, impressing the king. - "hahaha, you seem to be quite polite, on the other hand, wouldn''t it be normal to ask where you are first?". - "I don''t think it¡¯s necessary, after all, if they were really hostile I would already be in trouble, but since that doesn¡¯t seem to be the case, I suspect that you or one of your men would inform me of the situation in which I find myself" affirmed Alexander quite confident. - "Hahaha, I really like you boy, you have guts" replied the king after watching Alexander for a few seconds. - "Soldiers, greet the young hero in front of you" all the soldiers bowed to Alexander, the only people who didn¡¯t were the knights of higher ranks and the children of the king who watched the scene from behind. - "Quick, prepare a large amount of food, today the young hero will have dinner with me and my family" said the old man. Some servants who were nearby bowed their heads and retired to prepare everything for dinner. - "It is an honor, your majesty, I suppose at dinner I will be made aware of my situation" the king just nodded and began to walk in the direction of his children and some knights. - "You will also accompany us" the old man told 3 knights who were close to the children of the king, the knights only nodded. As the king retired, a servant approached Alexander, bowed and said. - "Please follow me, young hero, we have prepared your room for you to see while waiting for dinner time" Alexander took a last look around, nodded and followed the servant. At the same time in another place. In a huge room of wood, in a huge bed, there was a beautiful woman with red hair, which was regaining consciousness, at his side, a woman with long silver hair and some red hair. - "I''m glad you woke up, are you okay?" Asked the mysterious woman. The young woman, somewhat confused, began to look around her, altered due to the situation.Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. - "where am I?". - "Do not worry, you are safe here, you are in "Seed-city", I am "Elemeria", everything will be fine now" the woman looked into the eyes of the girl in bed, with a warm smile, while she gently touched her face. - "What is your name?". - "Uriel, my name is Uriel" she said quietly, the girl did not know why, but the presence of Elemeria made her feel calm, at peace, safe. After a few seconds just looking into each other eyes with Elemeria, Uriel remembered the events before his awakening. - "Wait a moment, where is the rest? Where are Trish, Seiras, and Julie?" she asks with obvious concern. - "I''m sorry, but I''m afraid you were the only one to be teleported to this place, your friends surely appeared in other areas of this country". - "Teleported? What exactly happened? What was that giant "door"? Why am I here?" she asks this time with a determined look, after a few seconds observing her, Elemeria just sighed and began to explain. - "Well, first of all, that giant "door" you''re talking about, I''m sure it was "The Divine Gate" used to summon "the world heroes" and the reason you''re here, and for which you and your friends were summoned in this world, was to fulfill the ambition of the human king" Uriel remained serious while listening to the words of Elemeria. After listening to what she said, she thought a little and decided to speak. - "You are not human?". - "Neither I nor anyone in this city is human, we are "the guardians of life and nature", ancient warriors who are connected to the earth, and we have been blessed by the gods with long life and prosperity" Uriel just nodded. - "What about the human king? What did you mean by his ambition?" she asked seriously. - "the king of humans is currently in a war against other species, although at the moment the war is in a ceasefire, yet very soon the war could be resumed, so the king used this opportunity to invoke you, the world heroes, the ones who can fight for him and his ambition, however, this war is only the beginning, once the war is over, it is most likely that the king will use you for a "preventive war" against the demons, a race almost as old as the world itself. normally the level of power of humans is much lower than that of the "demons", that is why he invoked you... and I mean his ambition, because the king knows that if humans manage to defeat the "demons", then they will have control not only over the largest extension of the continent but their power will be enough to spread to other countries". Uriel was somewhat worried, although she didn¡¯t know anything about this new world, she was able to understand the situation that Elemeria talked about, of course, her biggest concern was her companions, and the decisions they would take. Back at the castle. Alexander had been touring the castle for several minutes although he had been instructed to stay in the room, Alexander usually didn¡¯t obey anyone, besides he had grown bored of waiting in the room. After walking for several minutes, without realizing it, he returned right to the huge courtyard in which he was when he arrived at this "new world". The first time he was in the courtyard, the place was full of soldiers, so he could not fully observe the place. After taking a second look, much more meticulous, he realized that in that same courtyard, there was a huge fountain, he thought it was a simple fountain for birds, but at the moment he was about to touch the fountain, someone else arrives at the place. - "I see you could not avoid leaving your room" the person who had come to the courtyard was the king, who seemed to know that Alexander was there. - "I''m sorry, I''m usually a patient person, however, this place is not exactly familiar to me, is it?" He said with a serious tone, which presented no challenge, but neither did it seem docile. - "Hahaha, I see, it''s true, you do not know this place nor its people, it''s normal to be on guard in a situation like this, especially because I have not yet explained what is happening" the old man just caressed his Beard carefully, as he approached Alexander. - "I think it''s time to tell me what is happening, why am I here?" Alexander said, looking into the eyes of the king, while a smile appeared on the old man''s face. - "Of course, first of all, you must know that you have not been summoned to this world with an insignificant purpose, your reason to be here is to save this world..." said the old man seriously, but Alexander didn''t even flinch in the slightest at the words of the old man. - "You seem quite calm, others in your place would have lost their heads". - "others are not me" just that was Alexander''s response, the king had a big smile on his face, he didn''t understand why, but Alexander''s way of being was quite interesting to him, the young man in front of him, had a certain aura that reminded him of the times of his youth, someone strong, someone with his head held high, who knew his place in the world. -"Is there anything you want to know?" - "You only told me that I came here to save the world, I hope you explain... how did I get here? and what do I have to save you from? " - "hmm... you have arrived here because we teleported you through" The Divine Gate", which is an ¡°arcane dimensional magic¡± left in this world by ¡°God¡± itself. we use this magic intending to invoke "the world heroes" in times of crisis, and we need your help with our endless battle, against the "Beastiale" and the demons". - "I see... if you say "the world heroes", then there must be more like me who were transported, however, I was alone when I opened my eyes and I have not seen anyone else, if I take into consideration the fact that before appearing here I was in my world among a crowd of students, and when my body began to shine, I managed to see a few more that shone as I did, with that I can assume that those who shine near this "Gate" were the ones teleported here, and since I am the only one here, surely we all appeared in different places" the king was somewhat impressed by Alexander''s quick reasoning. - "That''s right, in fact, this fountain can be used to search for the "heroes" in this world, we just need to use location magic in the fountain, and it locates the 10 "heroes" that have been summoned" at that moment, the king snaps his fingers, and the water of the fountain begins to show the country of "Liberteas" from above, and 10 bright spots. - "As you can see, we use this fountain to locate the "heroes" when they arrive in this world, and then we gather them, the only problem is that we can not know the exact location or what kind of things they are doing, but at least we are capable to see the approximate area in which they are located, for example here you are, this is your location" indicated the old man while pointing to the area of the world where there was a bright light, which was located in the center of a huge city. - "And what about these points that are in motion?" Pointing to 5 bright spots shown in the fountain. - "those points are the chosen ones that have already been found by the soldiers and are being brought to this place, I am sure that at least 2 of them will arrive here for the time of dinner" said the king just before turning around and leaving the courtyard, while Alexander kept watching the fountain, and likewise, observing "the new world". Meanwhile in a nearby town. In the plaza of a town, there was a great scandal. Hayato was moving stealthily among the crowd, he was wearing a huge cloak which covered his face. Hayato had been awake for a couple of hours, and now he was exploring the area and gathering information. - "What do you think you¡¯re doing? You trash" Hayato heard a very familiar voice, which came from the place where the crowd was gathered. as Hayato approached carefully, he is surprised to see that the crowd is looking at a group of 4 people, 3 of them were quite tall and armed with a sword, a spear, and a bow respectively, and the last person was no other than his friend Ryu. - "Listen to me you little bastard, you better apologize for dirtying my clothes, or else, you will be punished..." said the young man with the bow with an arrogant tone. - "tch... as if I would apologize to an idiot like you. You hit me first and started to bother me for the clothes I''m wearing, I just pushed you because you are a bothersome piece of trash" said Ryu quite calmly, all the people watching them seemed somewhat frightened and at the same time surprised, while the 3 guys in front of Ryu were quite upset. Hayato only laughed lightly when he heard the words of his friend. - "How dare you to speak to Sir Andr¨¦ like that? Don''t you know that he is the son of a prestigious military family? His father and brothers are lieutenants of the "Liberteas" army, and his grandfather used to be a colonel of the army" said a young guy with his sword pointed at Ryu - "tch... as if I would care about his family. I don''t care who they are, what they have done, or where do they come from, I only care for your strength and willpower, you arrogant bastards, do not get in my way if you don''t have the strength to do it" said Ryu with conviction, meanwhile Andr¨¦ looked at him with confusion and annoyance. That was it, at that moment Hayato knew, that it was time to fight, and just the idea of it brought a smile to his face. The tension in the place was rising, Ryu only stayed calm in front of 3 hostile people, while Hayato was getting ready to interfere and help his friend. - ¡°so you don¡¯t have anything to say, huh? well, I¡¯m not even surprised, you weak trash¡± Ryu now had a mocking smile on his face, which only served to increase the anger of the people in front of him. - "Shut up you miserable bastard!!!" This time the scream came from the young man with the spear, who then rushed against Ryu, who, in turn, took a combat stance, ready to evade the attack, however, when the Spear was only 3 steps away from touching Ryu, Hayato gave him a quick kick in the head of the young man with the spear, to the surprise of everyone, especially Ryu. - "It seems like you can''t be alone even for 5 minutes without getting into trouble, isn¡¯t? Ryu..." Hayato looked at Ryu with a smile, which was reciprocal. - "Hahaha, you bastard, you are just in time to beat up these trash" Ryu started showing even more confidence and a defiant gaze. - "How dare you attack one of my men?" Andr¨¦ is about to shoot an arrow at Hayato but he disappears. - "Hayato? Where are you?" Everyone was shocked to see the young man disappear, especially Ryu. - "Boss, that''s the "stealth" skill of the "thieves", that young man must be at least level 15 if he is already capable of using it" the young man with the sword indicated with a scared tone, while the young man with the spear was getting up. - "Boss, we should go, for now, we are only level 12 and you are only level 15, from the "base stage", if this guy who is disarmed is even level 20, then we have no chance of winning" said the guy with the spear, while keeping his guard up and looking everywhere. - "You shouldn''t lose your focus!" Ryu said before giving a very fast blow to the guy with the spear, a blow that he gave from about a meter away, to his surprise and that of the others. - "Wh... what? Is this little bastard a "brawler"? damn it!" Andr¨¦ said in a trembling voice, which indicated that he was scared of Ryu, Andr¨¦ even prepared to retreat little by little. - "Boss, that skill is "accurate fist", it¡¯s a level 25 skill..." said the guy with the sword while trembling with fear. Andr¨¦ could not believe what he was hearing, after one last look at Ryu, Andr¨¦ turned around and proceeded to try to escape, however, someone kicked him, throwing him back and down to the ground. - "I will not let you escape" said Hayato who had appeared behind Andr¨¦. Just as the sword guy tried to attack Hayato desperately, Ryu quickly jumped up and, just like before, his "accurate fist" let him hit the back of the head of his enemy from the distance while Hayato proceeded to give a quick kick in the area of his legs, causing the young man with the sword to lose his balance and fell with his face straight to the ground, leaving him unconscious. - "Wait! sorry!!! I didn''t know that both of you were of such high levels, if you let me go, I will give you money to buy equipment or something to eat, even disappear from the village if you wish it" Andr¨¦ said on the floor, hoping that the two young guys would forgive him this time, right now he was scared and very nervous. For Ryu this young man was pathetic, and Hayato, who is normally calm, was angry with him, how is it that someone without the necessary strength or even courage to fight had dared to bother them? - "don''t believe you will get rid of this so easily, you dared to bother my "brother", so the beating will be the last thing you should worry about" said Hayato preparing his fists. - "On the other hand, it wasn''t as if from the beginning I didn''t intend to take your money, as you said, I can use it to buy something to eat, and at this moment, I''m very hungry" Ryu gave a dark smile to the guy, he really had been irritated by Andr¨¦''s behavior. Andr¨¦, on the other hand, retreated little by little, looking with fear at the 2 boys who approached him slowly to hit him, then he gave a slight look with tearful eyes to the people around them, however, the people were very scared to do something, not to mention all of the people that Andr¨¦ had bothered previously. Ryu and Hayato had no intention of killing him, killing wasn''t a known concept for them after all, but Andr¨¦ did not know it, so finally, Ryu and Hayato hit him. That day, Andr¨¦ and his friends learned an important lesson about messing with random people, on the other hand, the people of the city have never seen such brutal punishment giving to Andr¨¦ before, some felt bad for him and believed that the punishment was too much, while others enjoyed watching the mysterious kids punish the brat that was always bothering them, in any case, they saw something that they would never forget. Chapter 2: The Death of a Hero. Meanwhile in Shield-town. Feran had just arrived at Shield-town, the young man was quite impressed with the town, he thought it had a resemblance to medieval villages, but cleaner, it wasn''t very big, but it looked quite calm and comfortable, Feran began to inspect the place, and the more he looked around, the more impressed he was. - "Be careful boy" Feran did not know what to answer, the moment he lost focus he collided with a... lizard?... he was speechless, just looking at the scaly face of a kind of snake man, snake face, green, 2 large Arms, no legs, just a long tail, and it was wearing an armor, with a spear in hand. - "I''m so sorry, I was just looking at the town, I''ve never come here before" he said still surprised by the creature. - "Well, next time try not to be distracted and watch where you are going, it would have been very bad for you if you had met another "Beastiale" like a "Lycae", they are quite temperamental, or even some other "Serper", we aren''t exactly the nicest either, especially considering that you are a human, even if this town is neutral you still must be careful". - "Yes, thank you very much" Feran slightly bowed to thank the "Serper". At first Feran thought that the town just looked medieval style and that was what had impressed him, but after entering the town and realizing that there were many strange creatures, he felt even more impressed and excited, they were some kind of mutant animal species, Feran supposed that "Beastiale" was the name of them in general, and "Serper" was that of those who looked like snakes. Then Feran decided to continue walking a little more, after a few seconds he realizes that there was a lot of noise in a certain area, which seems to be the town square. - "Give us your stuff, damn hybrid" as he approaches the crowd, Feran sees a group of about 5 "Beastiale", 2 of them looked like wolves, were "Lycae" one seemed to be a snake, a "Serper", and the last 2 were very similar to giant insects, one was a kind of beetle, and the other looked like a bee, both were "Insirea". - "come on, disgusting cat, do what you''re told" This time the one speaking was one of the "Lycae". As he heard the word cat, Feran decided to get a little closer and then is when he noticed the young man he met when he arrived in this world, that was who they were threatening. - "I''m sorry, but I can''t give you my things, I need them..." said somewhat nervous, before noticing, the blue-haired boy receives a blow from one of the "Lycae". - "Shut up and do what we tell you!" the Serper said seriously, despite that, Liger gets up. - "I''m sorry, but I can''t do it" this time the "Insirea" that looks like a beetle took Liger from the head and gave it a few hits. The "Insirea" was huge, with great musculature, and simply hit Liger like he was nothing. Feran, on the other hand, clenched his hands, getting quite upset by what he saw, the people around were all scared, they didn''t dare to approach the "Beastiale" to stop them, and the rest of the "Beastiale" in the town didn''t help Liger either, it was obvious that nobody cared, everyone just looked to the side to this abuse, no one would help. - "Well, if you won''t give us your things for good, we will take them using the bad way" the "Insirea" who looked like a bee replied, his partner threw Liger to the ground, and the bee prepared his spear. - "die, damn hybrid!" Shouted the "bee" and then attacked Liger, however, at the sight of the current situation, the body of Feran reacted, so he rushed to protect Liger, the only problem was the distance between them. - "I must save him, I must help him" that was his thought at that moment. - "what?... what the fuck?" Everyone was surprised, especially Liger, because, somehow, Feran who was recently several meters away, appeared right in front of Liger and was pierced by the spear. - "What the hell are you doing? Idiot! "Liger shouted, he was very surprised to see Feran protecting him, meanwhile the "Insirea" tried to pull his spear from Feran''s body, however, it did not come out. - "It will not be... easy" Feran''s voice reached everyone''s ears, and when they saw him, the young man kept a strong grip on the spear with both hands and a defiant smile on his bloody face. The Insirea was losing his patience, and again pulled off his spear, but Feran kept it in his body, before clenching his teeth and with all his strength began to lift the Insirea thanks to the strong grip he kept on the spear, but before Feran can do something else, one of the Lycae hit him with great force, making him release his grip on the spear and at the same time, causing the spear to leave his body. Liger immediately approached the body of Feran that was now on the ground, it did not stop bleeding, and Liger began to press on the wound, quite worried. - "Why did you do that? idiot, we don¡¯t even know each other, we''ve barely met once, did you think you were immune to physical blows or something like that?". - "hahaha... I''m sorry, I just... ugh... wanted to help you, I... really didn''t think much... about it... ugh!..." he said with blood in his mouth and a smile. - "Tch, such a stupid human, protecting a simple hybrid, you deserve death for it" preparing his spear to pierce the body of Feran again. - "Wait! I will give you my things, I have a bracelet to keep them, inside it are all my things, including some money, I will give it to you, but please help him" said the young man somewhat desperate, taking out his bracelet, however, the "Serper" just snatched it out of his hands. - "Hahaha, I have a better idea, we take your stuff and we go, we will not bother you anymore, but leave the town fast, go away" said the bee-shaped Insirea. - "But... what will happen to him? can''t you see that he is dying!?" said the young man with cat ears rather annoyed. - "That''s not our problem, boy, there are no healers in the town, and the healing potions are expensive, he also moved himself to receive the spear, none of this would have happened if you had been obedient from the beginning" he only said that and then he and his companions left. - "They are fucking pieces of shit!" said the young Liger in a low voice, clenching his teeth, he detested those types of beings, selfish and abusive who treated him badly just for being different. - "I... I''m sorry, I wanted to... help, but... I couldn¡¯t." - "Don¡¯t say that... it was all my fault, I''m sorry, I didn''t want anything to happen to you" His eyes were filled with guilt, but he still didn''t give up. Even though he wanted to save Feran, only a few seconds later Feran closes his eyes and stops breathing, all his strength leaving his body¡­ Liger just holding a lifeless body in his arms, Feran has died. Several minutes later, in another town. After their short encounter with Andr¨¦ and his men, Ryu and Hayato were in a bar, talking about the situation they were in. - "So... you said you''ve been gathering information about this strange world..." Ryu said watching his friend sitting in front of him. - "That''s right, in fact, I have managed to discover a few things about this place, first of all, we are in a country called "Liberteas" or something like that, right now we are in "Linkel-town", the closest town to the capital "Centrerean-city", and that is just to start...". - "Hmm... that it''s a lot of information..." he said scratching his head. - "Fuuu... what else do you have? Can we do something? about our situation I mean". - "Hmm... well, I''m not really sure, but, to begin with, not long ago I heard some soldiers of the castle who were here looking for "visitors from another world"... that means us" he said with a smile. - "Oh? I see, then the answers we seek must be in the capital city" Ryu said with a growing smirk. - "That''s right, in the king''s castle to be more precise" both were looking at each other with an amused look as if they both wanted to make trouble. - "and... what else do you know about this place?" Ryu asked his friend with curiosity, already knowing that Hayato would most likely know much more than just that. - "I also know that, at least from what I could hear, in this world, there are demons and other creatures of the sort... " said the young boy very seriously. Hayato was smart enough to foresee what kinds of dangers could be encountered if they remained for a long time in that world. - "Seriously? damn it!... what kind of place did we end up in?" Ryu felt somewhat annoyed and fearful at the same time, although he did not fear human beings, demons and monsters are very different things to deal with. - "The good thing is that it''s not very common to see them in these towns because this country is mostly populated by humans, with only a few towns or cities of "Beastiale" and demons, in addition to the neutral towns where the "Beastiale" can be in contact with humans" Hayato calmly explained to his friend, although he still had a certain tone of concern.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. - "Beastiale? What the hell is that?" Ryu asked with obvious confusion. - "apparently, humanoid creatures with animal features or something like that...". - "and... you''re telling me there''s a place where humans are in contact with them?" asked the young boy with doubt on his tone. - "that¡¯s what I heard¡­ it seems that they aren''t like normal monsters, these creatures have intelligence, culture, traditions... they are like humans, except they are not" Hayato replied with some uncertainty as well. before anything else could be discussed, the sound of a commotion was coming from outside the bar, and both friends decide to go see what was happening. Once outside the bar both noticed a group of soldiers who seemed to be having problems, it was a group of about 7 soldiers who were next to a carriage, trying to make a person go in. - "please young man, you must calm down, our orders are to take you to the king''s castle, so that our majesty can explain the situation to you..." said one of the soldiers quite nervously, he didn''t know what to do since it seems like the person with whom he was speaking couldn''t be reasoned with. - "I will not move from this place..." only that said a tall young man, were few words, but his voice was easily recognizable to both young people. Both guys decide to get a little closer to see what happened, and just as they thought, the person that the soldiers couldn''t control was Tora. - "Even if you are a hero, I have the orders to take you to the castle, and even if I must do it by force, I will accomplish my m..." while the soldier spoke, Tora put his hand on the soldier''s face, and without any warning, only moving his hand a little, he sent the soldier flying. - "it''s impressive, that was the passive skill "increased strength" of the "barbarians", just what to be expected of a hero...hmm... it seems like we have no other option, soldiers, prepare to attack" one of the soldiers gave the order, it was the only who carried an ax. The soldiers immediately formed a circle around Tora, one prepared his bow, 2 of them prepared their swords and shields, 3 of them prepared their spears and shields, and the last one who was face to face with Tora was the soldier with the ax. - "We must help Tora..." Hayato said with an alarmed tone. - "let''s go". - "Attack the hero with all your power" with the order given, the soldiers from all directions attacked Tora, however, Tora using only his bare hands takes 2 spears and raises the soldiers, hitting other soldiers who were nearby, knocking down a total of 4 soldiers. - "Tora!" Ryu shouted, appearing behind one of the soldiers with a sword, hitting him directly in the back of the neck, knocking him out instantly. - "Brother!" said Tora surprised to see Ryu arrive, suddenly, he felt a presence and sees an arrow go in his direction, however, this was deflected by a kick of Hayato, who appeared out of nowhere. - "It seems like you''ve been causing troubles without us..." Hayato said with a smile. Tora, seeing again his friends and "brothers", smiled placidly and at the same time full of emotion, the 3 together again, it meant time to make some troubles. While Tora and Hayato gave each other a short greeting, Ryu made sure to knock down the bow soldier. - "Only one is left..." Tora said with an excited face, watching the ax soldier. - "Wait, please! I don''t know who do you think you are, but I have orders to take this young man to the king himself". - "Hahaha, then, in that case, you should take us too, because this one here is our brother, and nobody messes with my brothers" Ryu said with a big smile while preparing his fists. - "His... brothers? then... you are also "world heroes"..." the soldier asked with both shock and excitement. - "We wouldn''t call ourselves heroes, but we do come from another world" said Hayato, quite calm in comparison to his friend. - "In that case, I apologize for the rudeness we had before, however, you need to understand that the young man didn''t want to accompany us, and the orders of the king are absolute" said the soldier kneeling and somewhat nervous. - "Yeah, yeah, whatever... You don¡¯t need to be so pitiful... are you a rookie soldier?" Ryu said quietly, the soldier just nodded. - "I see, you look quite old to be a rookie... well, it''s none of my business" Ryu said calmly. - "wake up the rest of the soldiers, we will go with you. We were planning to have a talk with the king personally anyways" Ryu spoke again, this time with a placid smile, challenging and showing power. - "yes... yes! Immediately!" after saying that, the soldier got up quickly and approached the soldiers who were on the ground, and proceeded to try to wake them up - "By the way Tora, why didn''t you want to go with the soldiers to the king''s castle?" Asked Hayato, quite intrigued. - "Not without my brothers..." said Tora quite calm, now that he was with his "brothers" he was pretty quiet. Hayato and Ryu meanwhile only smiled, even when his friend was big and strong, he was very close to them, and he would never try to do something without them, except for fighting. - "Hahaha, well, now that we are together, what if we make a little trouble in this place?" Ryu said with a smile that was reciprocated by his friends. Meanwhile in the king''s castle. Ryu and his friends waited until all the soldiers were once again awake, and then they were taken to the carriage to head to the king''s castle. On the other hand, Alexander was having a quiet calm with the king in the great hall when suddenly a very excited soldier came running in their direction. - "Your majesty, 2 of the carriages that bring the heroes have arrived, 1 brings a young man and the other one a young lady" Said the soldier while bowing in front of the king. - "I see. Alexander, what do you say if we go to greet the other heroes?" the king asked with a wide smile, Alexander only nodded his head and then both headed to greet the heroes. After walking for a little, both got to the entry of the castle and from there they saw the 2 carriages in which some of Alexander classmates were in. - "Lady heroine, it''s safe to get out of the carriage now, we have arrived at the king''s castle" indicated a soldier as polite as possible to the girl inside the carriage. - "We have arrived at the castle, Sir hero" another soldier indicated in the other carriage. - "Finally! This thing was really slow, fuuu... I feel my body aching" the girl that just got to the castle was Trish. Her presence was a surprise to Alexander, yet, his expression remained as neutral as possible, - "Oh! Welcome Miss heroine, it is my utmost pleasure to finally meet you and having you here in my humble castle" the king received Trish with a wide smile and excitement in his voice. - "Huh? Hmm... it''s a pleasure to meet you Sir" Trish was rather nervous at the sight of the king, and she even slightly bowed in front of him, to the amusement of the king. - "and... Alexander? I can''t believe you are here..." said Trish with a serious look at the sight of her classmate. - "I''m even more surprised by your presence than you can imagine, however, if you are here, then... maybe someone else also made it too..." Alexander started with a very serious expression slightly confusing Trish. While they were talking, although he took some time to get down from the carriage, his presence brought a little smile to Alexander''s face, after all, the next hero was non-other than his loyal friend and right hand, Markus. - "hahaha, the world can be quite interesting sometimes" that''s all Alexander said at the sight of his friend, even showing him a little smile. - "Alexander! it''s so good to see that you''re alright!" Markus said with an excited and relieved smile while slightly bowing to his friend. This fact surprised the king. - "oh? It seems like the heroes know each other..." the king said with a kind smile, hiding his curiosity the best he could. - "Markus here is my friend and right hand, there''s no one I trust more than him, Trish on the other hand, she''s the best friend and protector of a friend of mine" Alexander replied with a calm voice. Alexander¡¯s answer made Markus felt flattered and a little proud of himself, while the king felt a little intrigued about Markus¡¯s behavior in front of Alexander, which reminded him about the way his most trusted knights and generals act with him. - "Hmm... I''m sorry but I would like to know what is going on here, where are we? And, how did we get here in the first place?" Trish asked with her furrowed brows and a serious tone. The truth was that Trish was feeling rather uncomfortable with the recent events, everything since appearing in a weird unknown place, to later be found for a few soldiers who wanted to take her to a king, who was already with Alexander. - "Ah, right! You don''t have to worry Miss heroine, all your questions will be answered in their due time. Very soon dinner will be ready, and since you 3 are the only heroes that have gotten here so far, you will have dinner with us" the king gave Trish a kind smile. Suddenly, a young kid who didn''t seem to be more than 3 or 4 years younger than the teenagers in front of the king, ran as fast as he could in their direction followed by a few soldiers. The kid was a little shorter than Ryu, with fine clothing, pale skin, dark air with a few golden hairs. - "Father! Something terrible has just happened!" shouted the kid quite alarmed. - "What''s the matter my son?" the king asked with obvious worry, looking at the soldiers and his son. - "The lights of the heroes... one of them just... it died out... the light of one of the heroes just died out!" the words of the kid hit the king hard, he remained silent for a few seconds before running to the courtyard where the fountain was. The behavior of the king got the attention of Trish and Markus, on his part, Alexander was already aware what the kid was talking about, he was already explained about the lights and their meaning, so he had an idea what it meant that one of the lights would die out. - "let''s go too, you 2 need to listen to this" he stated in a serious tone before walking to the fountain, Markus followed Alexander despite his confusion while Trish reluctantly followed as well. The moment the group reached the courtyard with the fountain, they noticed the king just in front of the fountain looking at it with a serious expression. Alexander walked to the side of the king, while Markus and Trish got beside Alexander to look inside the fountain, to their surprise, the water of the fountain was showing them what seemed to be a world, and several lights moving in that world. - "Wow!... what is this?" Trish asked while almost lost looking at the fountain. - "This... this fountain, it can show us the location of the world heroes, the ones who were summoned to this world... each light, it represents each one of the 10 heroes" the king stated without looking away from the fountain. - "I... I don''t really understand what you mean by that¡­" replied the girl clearly confused by the answer. - "every light represents a person from our world that was summoned to this world, look right here... can you see this castle with 3 lights? Those lights represent us, 3 heroes" Alexander answered as calm as possible. - "Hmm... I see I think I got it now. Eh?... hey! didn''t the King say there were 10 heroes? But... there are only 9 lights shining in this fountain...". - "... that''s right, 10 heroes are the ones summoned..." this time the tone of the king was kind of dark, yet he seemed to be trying to keep it together, he turned around and started to walk back to the inside of the castle, slowly, closely followed by his son and the soldiers. Trish was confused by the words of the king and his attitude, it was a complete change of how he was when he received them, decided to understand what was happening, she tried having a closer look at the fountain. After a few seconds, Markus finally reacts, he makes a low sound of surprised and his expression completely changes, to one a little darker, seeing his reaction and giving a last look to the fountain is how she finally gets what happened. - "It can''t be... so, that means... someone from our world has died?" Trish stated in a low and fearful tone, her body was starting to tremble, and she only could look at Alexander for confirmation. - "that''s right, although I''m honestly not surprised, I don''t know who was the student or its capabilities, however, the location was itself dangerous, the light that just extinguished was located at the farthest side of us, close to the border between this country and the neighbor country, that border is infested by monsters, demons, and all kinds of creatures" those were the words of Alexander before heading to the inside of the castle, as always being followed by Markus, and leaving Trish behind, just standing there seemingly lost just looking at the fountain. Chapter 3: The Heroes Reunite (Part 1). Several minutes later, great hall. After some time, the youngsters were in the great hall in a huge table where it was served an incredible feast, at the head of the table was the king, to his right side, the king¡¯s children and his generals. The situation of the "world heroes", at least in its superficial level, was already explained to them, Trish was the most surprised about it, she was unable to mutter a word during several minutes, while Markus already got the idea of following whatever Alexander chooses to do, even if said decision was to fight in a war of an unknown land in what apparently was another world. - "I see you still have a lot to think about, I perfectly understand that this might not be an easy situation for you" the king stated while giving a kind smile to Trish. - "Hmm... I firmly believe we don''t need their help" stated a young man, probably on his early 20s, short black messy hair, he was using a full armor that seemed to be rather light, dark blue, and he had a serious expression on his face. - "my son, why do you say that? Have the heroes do something to make you distrust them?" asked the king feeling a little uncomfortable. - "Well, to begin with, one of the so-called "heroes" just died, isn''t it? it''s supposed that the heroes are humans with great power, however, we already lost one, I believe it would be better to just send them back". At listening to the words of the prince, Trish started to tremble a little, she was a brave kind of girl, but staying in such a dangerous and unknown place, how could anyone remain calm in this situation? - "... fuuu... well, even if we wanted to, it took us a lot of time to prepare for the summoning ritual. The spell is just too powerful and complex, it would take us at least the same amount of time to get everything ready to send them back, which would be at least one year, I''m afraid that''s too much time" replied the king with a sigh. - "That''s right! On the other hand, I think you are mistaken, brother, although it''s true that one of the heroes has died, that was only due to the zone he appeared into, a place so dangerous and far away from our castle and our soldiers, it won''t be the same if we are able to reunite the remaining heroes and prepare them properly" The one to speak was the princess, a 17-year-old girl who was dressed in white and blue, with long black hair, and a few golden streaks. - "even if we do reunite the remaining "heroes" and properly train them, what makes you think they will actually help us? Or even that they can fight in a war? I can see it just with a glance to their eyes, they come from a place where there''s peace, these youngsters don''t know the face of war" the prince was rather calm and his expression unchangeable while talking. - "Your majesty, I need to indicate that I agreed with the prince, even if they were summoned to help with the war, that doesn''t mean they have to accept it, and even if they do, we would need to make them level up as soon as possible, considering that the ceasefire could end in any given minute, and I seriously doubt they will be able to get ready in time" the man who spoke this time was a 25 years old man, long and blue hair, beautiful facial features, who was wearing a little armor and a red tunic, and what seemed to be glasses, his name was Torrent. The king only gave a look to one of his generals and his oldest son who seemed to agree with each other. - "not only that but... as I told you before, I don''t agree with the idea of bringing innocent people to this war" stated the prince after a few seconds of silence. - " what about our innocent people? Far too many innocents have been killed by the Beastiale and the demons, isn''t the whole point of the summoning of the ¡°world heroes¡± to bring the help of powerful and good-hearted humans? I trust the heroes to help us stop those monsters, besides I trust Sir Alexander, he seems to be blessed with golden hair after all" the young princess stated while standing up so everyone could focus on her. - "the color of your hair is not everything, sister..." the prince replied with a serious expression on his face while looking at his sister. - "this time I have to agree with the young princess" the one who talked this time was one of the generals that have an armor quite similar to that of the prince, yet the color was all black and with a slightly different form, the general had orange messy hair a little up, his name was Blaze. - "Thanks for your support Blaze". - "you''re welcome, your highness" replied the man with an amused smile. - "are you really disagreeing with the prince?" Torrent asked Blaze with a defying tone. - "I have a different opinion to that of you, besides... I find it hard to trust in the person who is trying to make peace agreements with the ones who are killing his own people" Blaze gave a confident and defying look to the prince and the general Torrent while smirking at them. Suddenly a strong pressure could be felt on the air, and before anyone could say anything the earth and the castle began to shake. - "SILENCE!!! it''s enough with all these stupid arguments in front of our guests, if someone will get to decide whether the heroes will help us or not, it will be they" the king spoke while a great aura of power and an extreme pressure was being released by him, of course, this pressure... this power, it was directed to his children and his generals, however, the power was such that even the "heroes" could feel it. After a few seconds that it took to the king to calm down, the place was extremely quiet, no one wanted to talk, some due to their fear of the king, others just didn''t know what to say, and surprisingly, the one who talked first was Trish. - "Hmm... I''m sorry, could I ask you something?" she asked quite nervous. - "of course Lady heroine" the voice that answered came from the last general of the king, he was a tall guy, maybe 3 meters tall, with a huge gray and brown armor, his hair was short dark brown, a beard and mustache of the same color, he was certainly the oldest of the 3 generals, his name was Land. - "Hmm... well, is about the hair color... the princess previously said that she trusted in Alexander due to his hair color, what did she mean by that?". At Trish''s simple question, the king, his younger children, and the generals, everyone seemed confused by Trish question, they didn''t understand why she would make such an obvious question, the only one who remained calm and only watched Trish without confusion on his eyes was the oldest prince. - "Lady heroine, how does hair color works in your world?" asked the youngest child of the king with curiosity in his voice. - "well... is natural to have different hair colors like black, brown, blonde, even redheads are kind of normal, still, there are colors like blue or green that aren''t natural colors, but people still use them for their hair, but beyond everyone likes or dislikes towards hair color or hairstyle, it doesn''t really have a deeper meaning, at least from where we are from". - "Oh! I see... so that''s a difference between our worlds" stated the king with a little smile. - "You see, Lady heroine, in this world, hair color holds an important meaning for the people... having black or brown hair is rather normal for a human, for example, my older brother and general Land" said the little prince while he pointed to his brother and the big guy. - "that''s right! On the other hand, people with certain hair colors like blue, green, gray or orange, they are people who have received a special kind of ¡°blessing¡±, something like the colors of nature, blue is a blessing for water, green for wind, gray for earth, and orange for fire" this time the king talked. - "you also need to know that certain colors are not really... accepted, they mean trouble and oncoming darkness, those hair colors have dark meanings, like gray, violet, and silver..." Land said. - "I''m sorry, but... didn''t the king say that gray represents a blessing of nature? If that''s the case, then... why is not really accepted?" this time the one asking the question was Markus who stayed silent most of the time. - "Well, the reason is quite simple actually, you see, the natural hair color of most Beastiale and even some monsters are gray and light brown, that''s why, despite also being the color of a blessing, is not that accepted by other people, also, violet is a very special color, this is due to an old belief that only those who have made a pact with demons possess that hair color, it''s widely known as the hair of the damned... not even Beastiale would openly accept someone like that". - "and don''t forget silver hair, silver is the natural hair color of demons, that and black hair, however, most human also have black hair, that''s why is not usual to judge someone by it, on the other hand, silver color is common in high-level demons, the ones with the highest ranks" The king stated with a serious expression and tone while looking at the youngsters. - "and, of course, for us, the most important hair colors are golden, red and white, each one of them represents a divine blessing..." the princess replied with a wide smile directed at Alexander. - "Golden hair color is the one of the heroes and "Superior Stage Humans", humans born to be special. Red hair represents the heir or incarnation of a divine being, like angels walking on earth. And the white color is the natural color of most divine beings, it represents their purity" the princess talked once again. - "I see... the hair color is truly important for you" Trish said somewhat surprised, then she smiled at the thought of her best friend Uriel. - "then the king and his children, besides Trish, they are all blessed" Markus indicated with some expectation, after all, the words of the princess made him realize that in this world Alexander was way more special due to his blonde hair. - "Well... yes and no, opposite to Sir Alexander, our hair is only partially golden, the more golden is your hair the stronger is the blessing" the king replied with a nervous smile.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. - "that means that Alexander is quite special" Markus stated with a proud smile. - "that''s right, that''s why I said that I trust him, among the people in this room, Alexander has the strongest blessing, followed by my father, then me and finally my little brother" the princess replied with a prideful tone and confident smile. - "oh? And what about the prince?" Trish asked with curiosity when she realized that the oldest child of the king has full black hair. - "sadly my oldest son didn''t receive any blessing, however, that never stopped him to earn a place as one of my strongest generals, the strongest members of the army of Liberteas" the king stated proudly making his oldest son smile a little. - "yeah... it''s such a shame that our older brother won''t be able to take the throne since he wasn''t blessed, it would be hard for him to be accepted in such a position, especially since he is quite... peculiar... " the princess said with some sadness in her voice while looking slightly down. - "Hmm... I see, so it''s necessary to have a blessing to be able to reign in this world" Alexander said with a calm expression. - "Well, is not really as if it was a requirement... it''s just... the people would be way more confident and safe if the one who takes the throne is someone who is blessed" Torrent replied while giving a sad look to the prince at his side. - "actually, kings or queens don''t necessarily inherit their position, so a royal family won''t necessarily stay in the power for several generations, the current king is the best example of that, when he was a young boy, due to his tremendous power, and his hair color, he was chosen by the people and even the previous king in person to take his place in the throne" Blaze said with a wide smile. - "Wow, really? I''ve never heard of something like that?" Trish asked with a nervous smile. - "Yeah, if that didn''t happen, then who knows, I might have been king by now, hahahaha" Blaze started to laugh out loud. - "... oh, you mean due to your blessing" Trish replied. Blaze only gave the heroes a look, before smiling at the current prince. The look and smirk that Blaze sent to the prince and the scowl on the prince''s face only made Trish feel a little nervous. - "No, Blaze says so because he''s the son of the previous king" the prince answered while giving Blaze a serious look. The prince words surprised both Trish and Markus, for what they have seen so far, it was hard to think of this guy Blaze as the son of the previous king, his attitude and the one of the current prince are just too different. - "after passing his position and the throne, the previous king and his oldest son decided to join the army as high ranked members, they served this country as some of the strongest members for several years, that was until one day Blaze¡¯s older brother got lost during one of the many battles we fought during the war, after his disappearance, the previous king decided to go on a journey to find his son, but he never came back..." the king tone was one of sadness, even a little of pain, he needed to take a moment to breathe and calm down before continuing. - "... fuuu... sometime later, Blaze showed up, by then he was just a little kid, with incredible potential, and through an essence test, we learned he was the children of the previous king, then he decided to join the army to find his lost brother and father". Once the king finished telling the story, everyone was quiet, there was no sound, Land met the previous king when he was just a kid, he even fought side by side when he was still just a soldier, he also knew that for the current king, the memories of the things the previous king teach him were rather important. After a few seconds, a soldier enters in a hurry and in a firm but respectful he got closer to the king. - "your majesty, a carriage that brings 2 more heroes is about to get here" stated the soldier. - "really? That was indeed fast, we weren''t expecting them for at least one more hour" the king said with a surprised expression while getting up. - "Us all should go to greet the new heroes" the king said while pointing to Alexander and the rest. Trish was probably the one who seemed the most excited to see who it could be. Outside of the castle, there was a carriage that was just getting there, inside the carriage 2 young girls were having difficulties to deal with what was happening. - "what do you think will happen to us? What if they brought us here to do us something?" the shorter girl, Julie, asked with a worried tone, she was pretty alarmed by the situation. - "Hey! don''t worry, okay? You know I would never let anything happen to you... come here" the dark-haired girl said before hugging the pink-haired girl tightly trying to make her feel better. After a few seconds, they heard a sound coming from outside, then the door gets opened. - "We have arrived at his highness castle, you can come out now misses heroines, the king is waiting for you" the soldier said with a kind smile and polite tone. - "thank you..." Seiras replied with a serious tone while helping Julie to get down from the carriage. - "welcome misses heroines, I am the king of this castle, we have been waiting for you" the king, as always, showed a pleased smile to the "heroines", at the eyes of the girls, the old man seemed to be a kind person, this helped Julie to calm a little but she didn''t let Seiras hand go. The king noticed this and found it slightly weird, he seemed a little confused by the girls in front of him, while the girls, especially Seiras, knew they couldn''t let their guards down in front of this old man only because he seemed to be nice, yet, they get a big surprise when they saw some of their classmates walking in their direction. - "Al... Alexander? What are you doing here?" Seiras asked with a tone of disbelief. - "I was the first to get here, and actually, I appeared in this same castle, opposite to all of you..." he replied with a calm demeanor. Suddenly and at great speed, Trish appeared from behind Alexander and she throws herself to tightly hug her friends. - "Girls! I''m so happy to see that you are both safe" Trish gave them a huge smile and a few tears rolled down her face. - "Trish? What are you doing here?" asked Julie while still holding her friend. - "I got here about an hour ago or so, but that''s not important, the good thing is that they found you and now you are safe here in the castle" Trish seemed the most cheerful since she got here, all thanks to seeing her friends. - "... safe from what? Can someone please explain what is going on?" Seiras asked with a serious tone and a hard expression on her face while looking straight to her classmates. All the youngsters looked at Alexander and the king, both only nodded their heads and decided to head back inside the castle to explain the situation to the girls. The next day, Seed-city. It was a peaceful day in Seed-city, Uriel decided to spend the night in the city by recommendation of Elemeria. Everything seemed to go alright when suddenly one of the scout "Diane" showed herself to Elemeria, who was eating accompanied by Uriel. - "My lady, a big group of humans are at the entrance of our city" said the woman with a worried and a little irritated tone. - "humans?" Elemeria and Uriel answered at the same time, although both with very different tones, while Uriel was completely surprised to hear the news, Elemeria had a scowl on her face and a tone that indicated that she was feeling rather annoyed by human presence, even if her eyes said she was actually expecting their visit. - "Uriel, wait here, I''ll go have a chat with the humans" said Elemeria in a serious and hard tone, different to the one she has been using with Uriel since she got there. - "Is everything alright? Is there anything I can do?" asked Uriel with a worried face, Elemeria only gave her a reassuring smile and shake her head. - "don''t worry, it is not like I wasn''t expecting them" once she said that, she stood up and walked followed by the scout Diane. As Elemeria walked out of her house, the main house of the City, she could see her sisters preparing their bows, whips, and swords. - "That''s the main house of the Diane, let''s go soldiers, keep the pace!" there was a high-level knight leading the human group that was formed mostly by soldiers and knights, not exactly a strong team, but their number was a total of 20, way more than the groups that were looking for the other heroes. After a little walk, the soldiers stopped just in front of the main building, there were a total of 5 Diane, all women with long hair, heights between 1,70 and 1,80, excellently built bodies, and several different weapons, besides, each one of the 5 Diane in front of the soldiers had a different blessing, one with green hair, blue hair, gray hair, orange hair, and finally, at the front of everyone, Elemeria who had silver and red hair. - "... humans, what is the meaning of so many of you getting into our sacred city?" asked Elemeria in a powerful tone. - "I bring a message from our majesty, the Great King and ruler of Liberteas, to the Diane... "Diane, as you are a very special kind of Beastiale, the ones whose duty is to take care of the balance of our world, and due to you being the most common ones at having scarlet red hair, which shows your lineage as descendants of the gods, you will be given a chance. I know you''re keeping one of the world heroes in your city, if you let the hero come to me to fulfill its mission then no harm will come to your people, however, in case you deny this petition, or in case even one of the soldiers and knights sent were to get hurt, or in the worst-case scenario, killed, you would leave me no choice but to attack your city and your people, for getting in the way of the well-being and future of our loved country" those are the words of our majesty" arrogantly stated one of the soldiers while giving the Diane in front of him a smirk. The looks of hate and anger didn''t wait to be sent to humans, how dare they to get in their city to defy them and threaten them in such an arrogant way? However, probably the one who was the angriest was Elemeria. - "How dare you? You arrogant bastards!" the Diane with green hair in front of the soldiers was about to lunge forward, she was using a spear and was getting ready to kill each one of them, but she was stopped by Elemeria''s hand. - "don''t lose your calm so easily, even though this group is nothing but worm food, it would be problematic if the 4 generals of the king itself come to our city" Elemeria, even with her eyes filled with hatred, still kept as calm as possible in the situation. - "but... Lady Elemeria, is it really okay to let them take the human girl?" this time the one to talk was a blue-haired Diane with a white staff and a green gem. - "you should listen to the demonic Diane you''ve got as your leader, little witch..." said one of the knights with a mocking tone. It was obvious for all of the Diane that most of the humans were giving Elemeria a look of disgust, only because she had some demonic powers, this, of course, made the anger of the Diane to rise. - "so? Will you give us the hero? Do it quickly, we don''t have all day!" said this time the knight in charge of the group, although he was obviously arrogant like his companions, he was the only one who actually looked on guard and who was serious during the whole exchange of words. He and Elemeria looked at each other in the eyes challenging each other with just a look. - "as if I would let the ones like you to get a hold of Uriel..." Elemeria was already preparing her weapon, as well as the other Diane when another figure came from behind them. - "WAIT!!!" Uriel got out of the building, and her voice got the attention of everyone. For one moment, both the Diane and the human soldiers hold their breaths, it was just, the sight of Uriel in front of them, her beautiful facial features, her body, the way the sunlight poured over her making her glow, and those eyes. The humans couldn''t do anything but getting on their knees and bow their heads at the sight of her, confusing the human girl, she couldn''t understand how the perception of those humans made her look on their eyes, but it wasn''t just the humans though. The Diane, just as the humans, could see beauty in the girl, grace, a magnificent aura, there was a glow in her eyes that could charm even the last one member of their race, just a glimpse of the girl let them see the obvious connection the girl had with their race, but, opposite to the humans who bowed their head in her presence, the Diane only stayed still, admiring the beauty of the human girl. - "Elemeria is not necessary to start a fight over me, although I want to stay here, searching for my friends and classmates is my priority, so... I''ll go with them, to make sure everything is okay, and don''t worry, I won''t let anything happen to this place" Uriel said with a determined smile, while putting her hand on Elemeria''s shoulder, after a second of hesitation, she gives Elemeria a tight hug, which was both sad and happy but didn''t understand why. Finally, they separate and Uriel walks in the direction of the soldiers, she raises her hand to wave goodbye to the rest of the Diane, and then she makes a respectful bow to Elemeria. - "... are you sure? Uriel, you don''t have to..." Elemeria asked once she saw Uriel beside a carriage. Uriel just smiled and then nodded her head before entering the carriage. The moment the girl enters the carriage the human soldiers start to prepare everything to go. - "I promise you, all of you, one day I''ll be back... goodbye, Elemeria" said the girl with a big reassuring smile. - "Goodbye, Uriel... come back soon" replied the Diane with a sad smile. - "We''re leaving, Lady heroine" one of the knights said with a nervous and shy voice. Then they parted away from Seed-city right to the king''s castle. Chapter 4: Awake and Alive. Unknown location. There was some kind of white unlimited room, seemingly infinite, with nothing but white, absolutely empty, except for one person, a young man who was exploring the area. - "... ugh!!! I''m done with walking! It seems like it doesn''t matter for how long I walk or what way I go, I won''t get anywhere..." shouted the young man before falling to the... floor? Ground? It was hard to tell for the young man, especially when it seemed to be soft, even more than a bed of feathers. - "Hard, isn''t?" suddenly a mysterious voice came to Feran ears. The boy due to the surprised, immediately raised his head and started to look around frenetically, yet, he saw no one. - "... hahahaha, this is it, I either lost my mind or... it seems like I wasn''t as lonely as I thought" Feran said with a little smirk. - "you''re wrong, you are indeed alone in this place... there''s no one except you". - "really? So that means that you either are on my mind or... you are not in this place and yet somehow you can communicate with me, so which is it?" Feran this time talked with a mocking tone. - "hahahaha, wouldn''t you like to know? Although I can see it, you still don''t understand my nature... but, you are not far from getting it, hahahaha" the voice as well as the laugh came from every direction in the mysterious place. - "fuuu... I''ll take your answer as none of the options. Hmm... then what''s left?". - "you shouldn''t waste your time asking the wrong questions" the voice stated in a solemn tone. - "so, not where you are... but rather... who are you? Or should I ask, what are you? What kind of existence are you?". - "hahaha, that''s a better question. Well, I''m just an existence in this and any other world, I can''t be determined, my nature is beyond comprehension for the likes of you, even if you knew how I came to exist, you still wouldn''t really understand the depths of me, what I am, and why I am..." at that answer, Feran remained silent for a few seconds before snorting a little. - "Tch... you are not funny at all, you make me change my questions and then you answer with a lot of words that don''t make sense" Feran shrug his shoulders while faked anger, not like he was actually angry, after all, although the answer was a little irritating, at least know he had something to talk to. - "Hey! By any chance do you have any idea where am I?... and please just answer the question this time" the young man asked with a tired expression. - "you are inside your soul, this space is just a tiny little fraction of a higher realm where souls connect, we could say that this is your room, your soul... I''m here just to give you some company" the voice talked this time with a peaceful and harmonious tone, yet, it wasn''t enough to calm Feran down. - "... what? My... my soul? How could it be?" Feran was confused by the words of the mysterious voice, luckily, or unluckily depending on how you see it, it took him just a few seconds to remember his own death, that guy Liger, the Beastiale, the spear piercing through his body while he got in front of it to protect the young man Liger, he even remembered the last seconds of his life. - "so... I''m finally dead... fuuu... so many years struggling with being alive, even considering death, and it finally reached me" Feran said with a sad smile while sitting down and holding his knees to his chest. - "No! You are still alive! True, you were killed and stayed dead for some time, however, you are no longer dead" the voice said with a calm yet firm tone that got Feran''s attention. - "What is that supposed to mean?". - "can''t you guess? You are a smart boy, aren''t you?". - "Hmm... eh? Wait! Maybe... maybe I was brought back to life? But that''s impossible, it can''t be". - "a giant door opens in your world, next thing you know, you appeared in a world where even your wildest fantasies might come true... how could be bringing someone back to life impossible?" at the voice reply, Feran eyes got wide open and his mouth hanging. - "how do you know about that? And who brought me back? Was it Liger? Did he bring me to this place? I mean, he is the only one I "know" in this weird world...". - "... I can''t tell you how I know what I know, at least for now, but... I can tell you this, he indeed did something to save you from death, yet, he didn''t bring you here, this place is part of your transition, you did die after all, and everyone who dies as to come here, to their souls". At that moment everything just seemed so weird, Feran was really feeling a headache starting to get to him. So... he died, he can remember that, but the voice says he was actually alive now, but at the moment he was inside his own soul, how was he supposed to react to all that? - "Tch... so, now what? Oh, so great mysterious voice inside my soul... is this some kind of scenarios like in books and TV shows or video games in which after entering your soul or whatever, you learn or acquire some sort of superpower that will help me fight and survive in this new world, will I become some kind of overpowered character in a story..." Feran said with a playful, yet tired tone, the headache has definitely got to him, he was confused and irritated, everything seemed like a bad joke to him at this point. - "hahahaha, of course not, I mean, this is certainly not a video game, also, it could be but is not like that, being here won''t help you to get anything... at least not this time. I just decided to give you some company while you are recovering" the voice stated with such a happy and excited tone that its laughter resounded in the whole place. - "I see..." Feran said while covering his ears due to the strong voice. It takes him a few seconds before he realized something. - "wait... hold on for a minute! Wait! You know about video games?" the boy asked with curiosity, it was very unlikely that this new world would have video games, so... how did this existence know about video games? - "of course I do, I''m an existence that lives and exist in all the universes, all the worlds, I''ve been keeping an eye on certain things related to certain matters that I can''t reveal, but I can say that I learned a lot about many of the things those worlds have created, that includes video games" that answer only served to confuse Feran a little more, he could understand what the voice said, it was just kind of weird and hard to imagine. - "I see... hey, you said you came to keep me company... why?". - "it just... I can move and exist through more worlds that you could ever imagine, I''ve seen many things, planets literally burn to dust, and other planets be reborn from the ashes like a phoenix, and yet, when I felt your life force leave your body, I didn''t think it was correct to just let you die alone, however, by the time I reached you, your friend was already bringing you back". - "... huh?" it''s the only thing Feran can muster. he seemed to either get irritated, confused, or curious the longer he spoke with this existence. Feran and the mysterious voice didn''t say anything during a second, Feran didn''t really know what to say, he was just unable to think of something to keep the chat going. - "Hmm... I think it''s time, I have to go, however, I wish you luck in your journey, and just a little piece of advice, the rules of this "new world" are not so hard with you, hahahaha... good luck, son..." with those last words and one last laugh, the voice was gone, and for some reason, the air seemed heavier now, with was considerably quieter, yet, it wasn''t a pleasing feeling for Feran. - "Eh? No, wait! I just..." he said, but the words left his mouth just a little too late. - "Damn it! For a moment I didn''t know what to say and now the voice is gone and I''m alone once again... ugh!" Feran was certainly tired and frustrated, it took him only a few seconds before he finally fell once again to the ground and started to feel like floating, and little by little, he started to hear the sound of the exterior. - "Eh? Might I be recovering my conscience?" he said while his eyes were slowly closing and the white surrounding him started to become darkness little by little. Meanwhile, In a town at the border of the country. In a very big bedroom, there were 3 beings, 2 of them were carefully observing the young man who was sleeping in the bed of the room, suddenly the boy started to move slowly. - "huh? I believe he''s about to wake up" stated a young girl with light green skin, pink hair that reached her shoulders, flowers growing on her head, and shining yellow eyes, with a yellow dress and a tunic with images of flowers. The guy in the bed stirred a little before he slowly began to sit up. - "... huh? Where am I?" Feran asked while slowly rubbing his head and watching his surroundings. - "fuuu... so good you have finally wake up, you got us pretty worried, you know?" the one talking was a Serper who was sitting beside the window of the room. - "Hmm... oh? You are the snake man that told me to be careful in Shield-town" the boy indicated with a smile. - "I''m a Serper, and yes, I''m the same one, although it seems like you didn''t follow my advice since you were killed no long after we talked... fuuu... honestly, you are lucky someone was there that had a way to bring you back, otherwise you would be dead for real by now" the Serper stated with a tired tone while looking the casual smile in the face of Feran. On her side, the girl with green skin seemed to be rather impatient, so she just went straight to Feran and started to examine him.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. - "Please don''t move too much! Now tell me! Are you dizzy? Does something hurt? Is there something bothering you? Did your death affect your psychological state and/or health? Are you taller or shorter than before your death? Maybe thinner? Can you see correctly with both of your eyes? Can you breathe without problems? Tell me!¡± The girl asked a lot of things while inspecting Feran''s body, touching everywhere she could, taking his temperature, checking his eyes and mouth, she seemed quite excited. Her continuous touching was making him feel uncomfortable so he started to slowly get away from her reach. - "I''m fine, don''t worry so much about it, I''m just... a little confused". - "fuuu... I''m sorry for her behavior, but this young lady over here is a healer, so for her is quite obvious to be worried about someone who is injured" the Serper replied in a kind tone. - "I''m sorry, I never had the duty to take care of a dead person before" the girl give Feran an innocent and wide smile, Feran on his side had a tired expression and just could sigh. - "well, as you can see, I''m not really dead" the boy calmly stated before getting out of the bed. At the sight of him fully up, the girl covered her eyes while her face turned red, she turned around immediately. Feran noticed it and looked down, finding himself completely naked. - "eh?... where are my clothes?" he asks quite calm to the surprise of the Serper, who after listening to the boy words, took Feran clothes that were in a wardrobe and give them to him. - "you should seriously get dress quickly or the little girl will get traumatized for life" the Serper had a nervous smile, while the girl still didn''t look in Feran''s direction, the boy on his side just gave both a confused look. - "I have no idea what you are talking about, however, I''ll dress up quickly, I don''t really like to be naked" the boy stated calmly while getting dressed. The Serper only gave the young man a look while waiting for him to be ready, while looking at the boy, the Serper couldn''t stop from thinking "is this guy really a human?... for what I saw he doesn''t seem one", that thought made him get too into his own mind, that was until he heard the snap of someone''s fingers. - "I''m ready! Now, can someone explain what is going on here? First of all, How did I get here?" the boy asked while sitting down on the bed. Now that Feran was fully dressed, the girl looked back and then moved beside Feran in a second. - "first of all, we''ll introduce ourselves, My name is "Sakura", I''m a Beastiale from the "Herber" race, and you are no longer in Shield-town, this is "Path-City¡±, you were brought here after being revived" the girl said with a happy voice. - "... right, I died trying to protect Liger, I wonder if he''s okay..." Feran looks at the Serper for an answer. - "that''s right, the young hybrid is alright, however, you are the one who actually impressed me kid, not many creatures, especially humans, would protect other species" the Serper indicated with a little admiration towards the young man. At the words of the Serper, Feran only snorted a little and his expression became somewhat dark, it was as if his eyes lost their shine, and he slowly gave a serious look to the Serper. - "of course they wouldn''t, it''s just natural, you know, the whole "it''s not my problem" thing, or even to put yourself first and not worry for others... fuuu, I suppose I need to be fair though, it''s natural to be selfish, to survive, to win, we need to choose our fights, yet, finding a human who is actually willing to do something is quite rare... it''s in our nature, to predate others... especially for our own gain... don''t you think?" the calm yet hard words of Feran surprised the Serper, the boy seemed so serious, and yet, a dark smile appeared in his face. Both Beastiale were confused and a little uncomfortable, for the Serper it was due to the sudden change in the way the boy showed himself, way much less to see a human with such a vision about its own species, it seemed more like the way Beastiale refer to humans than anything else. Sakura, on the other hand, by being beside Feran, felt chills just by seeing the change of attitude of the young man, but most important of all, she was afraid of what could happen. - "Please don''t say something like that, the master might hear you" Sakura stated with a little fear. Just as Feran turn to see the young girl, the floor and the whole building started to shake, then the door flies open and Feran was thrown away through the window by a mysterious force. - "hehe, to think you would be either brave or stupid enough to insult your own species in my presence, as the master of an "Open Guild" where we accept every species, I can''t leave this go so easily" the voice came from a huge shadow, about 2 meters 10 centimeters tall, that was now standing by the door while releasing a stupidly high amount of pressure. - "Master, you released too much power, you sent the hurt boy through the window" the little girl chastised the shadow before pointing at the place where it used to be a window. It takes some time for Feran to react, and when he finally did, he noticed that he was flying through the air, he just got out of a big 3 floors building, from his position in the air he sees the little girl getting closer to where there used to be a window. - "oh? Hahahaha, I didn''t notice" the voice of the big shadow replied with a nonchalant tone. - "Master! He was still recovering, you can''t just show up and throw him through the window" after saying that, the girl once again looked in the direction Feran was falling, she then started to focus and stretched her hands directing them in the direction where the boy was going to fall, then green and yellow energy was released from her hands. - "Protective Petals" the girl shouted with confidence. Just as Feran was about to hit the ground, an incredible amount of flowers got out of the ground and their petals formed some kind of protective shield that softened and then stops the guy''s fall. - "... what is this? Magic?" the guy said to himself while looking the direction in which Sakura was, he saw her sigh in relief as he was alright, then is when he also noticed a huge shadow behind her. Feran was able to see the man clearly after a few seconds, it seemed to be an old man for his facial features, he seemed tall, like slightly taller than 2 meters, his body was incredibly muscular, tan skin, long gray hair fixed up in a ponytail that made his hair fall a little over his waist, a prominent but carefully done beard, the man was only wearing a pair of pants and big boots, and over his waist he was basically only wearing a pair of wrist gauntlets with weird symbols. - "Hmm... what a shame, I wanted to see just how strong you are, I supposed... I will need to throw you farther away this time" the old man had a wide smile and a defiant look on his eyes. - "Hmm... you look human, even though you are a monster, that''s interesting..." Feran said with a defiant tone as well. Before anything else could be said, to Feran surprise, the old man that was more than 10 meters away from him suddenly appeared just right in front of him, it took Feran from the head with just one hand and raised his body. - "do you think this is funny? You have no idea how much I hate people who talk shit about others especially their own species" the pure pressure that the presence of the old man released was enough to have Feran barely breathing correctly, soon blood started to pour out of his mouth and his whole body felt like breaking. - "was I... was I... wrong? Did I... lie... about... anything?" the young man did what he could just to answer back to the old man, that fact surprised and impressed the man a little, so he released the boy from his deathly grip, and at the same time stopping to release such a distinctive and powerful pressure. Feran''s body fell to the ground, he was breathing erratically, his body aching as never before, spitting blood that didn''t stop coming out of his mouth. - "we... humans... the ones with power... they will always end up... hurting the weak... they do it for many reasons... including pleasure... selfishness... pride... and don''t care about us... weak and lonely... I''m free to say what I think... what I feel... I just say... what I''ve seen... what I''ve lived..." Feran said with difficulty while trying to get up. - "... it''s just the rule of nature, boy... the only one thing that judges us all... the survival of the fittest..." the old man replied seriously. - "... Fuuu... haha... believe me... I know... but... humans always see themselves... over... nature itself... animals... or others... so tell me why... the ones with power... intelligence... resources... don''t use to guide others... weak will always exist... but... it doesn''t mean we can''t improve ourselves... isn''t?" his body was still shaking from the effort, he was barely standing, with his body inclined. The old man was both surprised and interested in this young boy, his words and the way he kept trying to get up were sort of fascinating for the old man, it reminded him of himself in his times of youth, after a few seconds observing the boy, this one finally manages to fully stand up. - "oh? Well... if you are brave enough to talk so much, why don''t you try to hit me, boy..." the old man said while using his finger to challenge the young man. Before the man could realize what just happened, Feran was already in front of him, no fear in his eyes, looking straight at him, with those eyes full of a strong resolve, is then when the boy punches the old man in the face, yet, the hand and arms of the boy completely broke just at the impact while the old man received no damage at all. - "AAAAAGH!!!" the boy scream due to the pain, however, he prepared himself to hit the man once again. The man looked at the kid, and just one question came to his mind. - "do you hate humans?" he said, slightly surprising the boy who for one moment seemed too confused to react. - "... I... I don''t really know... yet... I''ve seen something they do, so many things actually... some of the worst things they can do... believe me... I don''t think I hate them, but... I don''t like them either... as far as I''m concern... as far as I''ve known... just a few people... were actually worth it... to me... and... the rest have just shown me... that I''ve only got me..." after listening to his words, the old man finally accepted the kid. The boy was obviously a little hurt, but despite that he seemed to still have some hope, even if he felt alone, the man could understand, there was a time in which he also saw it, that side of humanity, but not only in humans, he has seen some of the worst of this world, that''s why he could accept this kid, his thoughts, but most of all, his resolve, one that used correctly, could bring so much good. Then, the man give the young man another look, his eyes had a certain fire burning in them, he had obviously quite the peculiar spirit, is state was trashy to say at least, barely standing, full of blood, broken arm, and yet he was still there, not stepping back, not letting himself fall down, looking at him straight to the eyes, no fear, no arrogance, and a certain glow that the man hasn''t seen in a long time. - "hehe... hahaha... HAHAHAHA!!!... I like you kid, you are quite the brave one to stand up in front of me and defy me with those eyes and that way of talking, even though I don''t like when people talk bad about their own race, especially mine, I get your words and understand it, and you''re right, I can''t really stop you from speaking the truth, but I still have hope kid, don''t ever forget to have hope, kid..." the man now showed himself as very kind and had a wide non-threatening smile on his face. Feran stayed quiet for a while, not saying anything, just looking at the old man in front of him, after some time, he relaxed a little and give the man a wide smile as well. The man was excited to see that the boy now was more relaxed so he decided to slightly pat his back, yet he was far too strong and too excited to measure his own strength correctly and ended up making the boy fall face-first to the ground. - "... huh... I''m sorry, sometimes I can''t restrain my own strength, hahaha!" the old man once again laughed and helped Feran to stand up. - "... eh? Old man! What are you doing with that human? I told you he died because of me, what did you do to him?" Feran and the old man turned around just to see Liger was carrying a huge bag full of things. - "Hi!" Feran said with a casual and friendly smile that only irritated Liger. - "don''t say "Hi" so casually, you idiot! Do you have any idea how worried I was? you were sleeping for several hours" Liger walked to Feran and give him a few light hits on the head. - "... hehe... I think I''m going to pass out..." the young man replied barely able to talk correctly. - "hahaha, we better take him to the tavern, Sakura will deal with his wounds in there" the old man then lifted Feran''s body as if it was just a feather, and proceed to walk to the building. - "This is unbelievable, how is it that I bring you someone unconscious, and it ends full of blood with a broken arm and almost dead?... did you test him? You test him, didn''t you?" Liger gave a nasty glare to the master of the guild, yet the old man just let it be without worrying. - "hahaha, you know that the initiation test is very important, even if this is an "Open Guild" that doesn''t mean that we can trust everyone, besides, this kid definitely passed the test, he''s a little dark and maybe messed up, but it has an incredible spirit and his mind is not lost yet" the old man had a wide smile while opening the front door of the building. - "I''m... right here... you know?" the voice of Feran was barely above a whisper, yet he was heard by the old man and the blue-haired boy. - "huh? What about it?" asked the man without much interest, Feran only sigh at his answer. - "forget... about it... you said Open guild, what... what is that?" Feran voice sounded a little better, a little louder, a little stronger, although he still had some problems to breathe correctly. - "Stop talking, you big idiot! You have to wait until we heal your wounds" scolded Liger with an angry tone while the old man just started to laugh out loud. Chapter 5: The Shieldman and The Old Man. Once inside the building, Feran noticed that the place was huge on the inside, after entering the building there were 3 short hallways, each one of them lead to a different direction, they took the hallway of the middle and then moved to some kind of huge tavern, it was full of different kinds of creatures, a few humans, although most of the ones inside were Beastiale. - "Sakura, come here, hurry up! The human is broken, we need you to heal him" once he said it, the old man took Feran''s body and put it on a close chair. - "Hello master, do you need my assistance in anything?" asked a man a little taller than Liger and Feran, he had green skin like the one of Sakura, just a little bit darker, and instead of hair it had green vines with thorns coming out of his head, he was wearing a purple tunic, and black clothes under the tunic. The new guy was a Herber without a doubt, one slightly different from Sakura. - "don''t worry "Veno", for now, we will only need Sakura''s assistance, however, maybe you could take the things Liger brought to the library" the young man nodded and gave a quick glance to Feran before taking the bag and walking away. Not long after, Sakura came rushing down from upstairs at the other side of the tavern, the moment she saw the young Feran, she was more than surprised and run straight to him. - "Master! How could you do such a test to this poor boy? he had just woken up and you already leave it this bad" said the girl while inspecting the boy''s body very carefully. - "hahahaha, sorry, sorry, I just got a little too excited" the old man only scratched the back of his head while laughing out loud. - "fuuu... at least there''s no life-threatening damage, you also didn''t break anything in his body, that''s worth something... I suppose... at least this will make it easier to heal you" the girl gave a relieved and tired sigh at the same time, then proceed to use her healing magic. The other 3, on the other hand, just gave the girl a confused look. - "Hmm... I''m pretty sure this old man broke this guy''s arm" Liger stated. - "actually... I tried to hit him in the face, well... I actually hit him in the face and my arm and hand broke instead" the young boy said in a tired tone. - "... what? Wait, Hold on! You... you hit this old man?" the blue-haired boy couldn''t stop himself from giving an impressed look to the black-haired boy. Feran couldn''t stop himself from looking at the people in front of him, an old man who as far as he knew, the man was probably quite the muscle head, and definitely weird, a little girl with green skin that didn''t stop touching his body, and the guy who brought him back from death, who seemed to have quite a short temper... that''s the kind of people who would be on his life from now on, even if he didn''t know at the moment. Feran just looked at the people in front of him while the girl was checking him and inspecting his body, and the others were loudly talking. - "did this guy really hit you?" asked Liger with a doubtful tone. - "hahahaha, yeah, that''s right! He gave me a good old punch in the face, although I didn''t feel any damage, but I was really surprised the way he just appeared in front of me and how he hit me, he even was getting ready to attack again with one already broken arm, if that''s not having guts, then I don''t know what to call it". - "being an idiot, that''s what you should call it". - "Huh... hey... do you know that his arm is not broken, right?". At listening to her reply, both Liger and the old man got closer and had a better look at Feran''s body, especially his arm. Feran, without noticing, started to slowly move his hand and his arm, although the sound of cracking bones could be heard, it wasn''t like broken bones but more like bones getting together, and the boy didn''t even feel any pain. - "... it can''t be! I''m sure his arm was broken before" Liger shouted in surprise with a nervous voice. Feran also noticed how his arm seemed to be fine, so he tried to stand up from the chair, even though he couldn''t feel pain any longer, his body was kind of heavy and he still had a little problems to breath, but apart from that, his body seemed to be way better than it should. - "... Amazing! Your body seems to be healing itself" the old man said with an excited smile, while his words surprised both Liger and Sakura. - "no, can''t be, auto-healing abilities aren''t just really rare to have, but I''m sure they are extinct in the human race... isn''t it?" Liger started first absolutely sure about his words, but after giving Feran a second look, doubts started filling his mind and voice, making him giving the old man a look in search of an answer. The old man, on the other hand, started to look at the boy with dark clothes in front of him, glasses, he looked a little out of place, clothes like the old man as never seen before, there was something in the eyes of the kid as well that was different from the people he has met so far... after looking and thinking, there was one possibility that came to his mind, and just the idea made him crack a smile. - "... maybe, if it''s this kid, then maybe he can show us something interesting, like having an auto-regenerative skill, after all... he''s not normal human, not like the ones from this place, isn''t it true? You kid from another world, hahahaha!" although the old man talked barely above a whisper at first, he couldn''t stop himself from laughing out loud after he said those last words, the same words that left Sakura, Liger, and especially Feran, speechless. - "Wh... what? How do you know?" Feran asked in a low voice with a surprised tone and his eyes wide open. The old man only gave a smile to Feran. - "hahaha, come on! Follow me, we are going to have a private chat in the library. Sakura, we won''t need your healing services for now, but I do need for you to look for the book of "natural laws" that is somewhere in the library" the girl only nodded and then ran to the library as fast as she could. Liger was more than surprised by the sudden but subtle change of attitude of the "Master", yet he decided to not say anything and just follow the old man and the black-haired boy to the library. - "so... what do you have to talk to him about?" Liger asked with curiosity, however, there was no answer but a smile from the old man. Once inside the library, Feran was lost of words, the place was really wide and so full of all kinds of books in huge bookcases, after a few seconds just looking around, the boy noticed that he was being left behind by the old man and the blue-haired boy, so he ran to them. - "hahaha, we are here!" stated the man just as he stopped walking. Feran got at the side of the man and noticed a pair of... couches made of wood and what seemed to be animal skin, it looked very comfortable to Feran, also, in between both couches, there was a wooden table not too short or too big, although quite large. - "This is my special place to think, this zone of the library lets me have private reunions and conversations with anything or anyone I may need or want to. This specific part of the library is protected by an incredibly strong magic seal that would stop any kind of spy or even a random person without my consent to get too close or hear anything that is said here... this place is also close to the training field in the backyard of the guild, and the best part of all, this place is really quiet and comfortable to spend some time reading. My special place! HAHAHAHA" the man explained with a wide smile and a proud tone about the place he was showing to the guys, even raising his thumb to the boys in a signal of approval. Feran, at noticing the attitude of the old man in front of him, only could think of his grandfather, the man in front of him reminded him of the person who raised him, especially this image in front of him, just like the same pride his own grandfather felt when talking about his private library, which was way smaller than this place. Feran gave a big smile to the old man while Liger only looked embarrassed, with his face slightly red and looking away from Feran. - "don''t be shy kids, come here, take a seat, just make sure of not sitting on my spot, or I will kill you" the old man once again raised his thumbs and smiled like a little child. - "got it! Follow me if you want to live..." said Liger before grabbing Feran''s arm and making him sit down in a specific place of the couch. - "... so?... what do you think? Do you like it?" asked the man with growing excitement, which made him look even more childish in the eyes of Feran. - "Hmm... yes! This is quite comfortable, especially this skin and the fur is really soft, who made it?" replied the boy with obvious amazement in his face, this looked pretty similar to the couches of his own world, only more rustic. - "hahaha, I made them myself with my own hands, of course, although in all honesty, this is like the fifth pair I made, the previous ones were all broken, HAHAHA" the man was certainly happy that his work was appreciated. - "Do you want to know how they were broken? This crazy old man used them to beat both Beastiale and humans in the tavern, one time there''s a small argument between adventurers, next thing they know is that a couch was thrown by the master and ended up getting broken after hitting the head of some poor bastard" the cat-eared boy explained with a tired tone while covering half of his face with one hand, Feran only could smile awkwardly at the image that his mind formed of this huge old man throwing those things to some poor man. - "Master! I found the book!" the voice of Sakura came from a few meters away, they turned around only to see the girl running to them being closely followed by the guy from before, Veno if Feran remembers correctly. - "Oh! Good job little one, now Veno, if it''s possible, I would like you to take this "Eyes of Truth" of the human kid, and tell that decrepit old man of the "Magic Enchanter" that this thing needs at least an "unlimited durability" enchant, a "high damage-resistant" enchant, and a "vision of truth" enchant, and tell him to do it as fast as possible, this is the highest priority" the man said taking Feran glasses and handing them to Veno, this one only nodded and then walked away with Sakura. - "... hmm... why did he take my glasses? And, what exactly is a Magic Enchanter?" asked the boy a little confused by what just happened.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. - "glasses? That how your people call the Eyes of Truth?" Liger asked with curiosity, after all, he heard what the master said about this boy being from another world, but he couldn''t really completely believe it, yet, he was curious. - "well... yeah..." Feran said despite not being completely sure what to say. - "and what are they for? Do they work like the ones from here?". - "I don''t even know how the ones here work, the only objective of glasses is to help people who have problems to see correctly, or in my case, it protects my sight, I have a problem in my eyes which makes the light to hurt them more than it should, so the reason why I need to use them is to protect my eyes from too much light... it''s complicated". - "oh? I see...". - "... anyway, you never answered my question, why did they take my glasses? And, what is a Magic Enchanter?" the boy looked at Liger and the older man in front of them. - "calm down, kid, everything will be revealed at its proper time, but first of all, let me ask you a question... do you have any idea who you are?" the man asked with a smirk. Feran mouth opened, yet no words came out, how was he supposed to answer that question? What was the meaning and purpose of that question to begin with? - "... the old man said you are a person from another world, is that true?" asked Liger with a serious tone. - "Yeah, it''s true... when you found me, that''s the first memory I have from this place, before that I was in my world, in my classroom resting a little..." Feran said with a calm voice while remembering the events previous to this moment, events that happened apparently a few hours ago if he wasn''t wrong. - "Hmm... master, does that mean that he is one of them?" asked Liger this time with a worried look to the master. - "I''m afraid so, this boy is a "world hero", and... if a "world hero" was called to this world... that only means that the king is getting ready for war... fuuu..." the man first replied with a smile that soon became a tired and sad expression. - "... wait! You are telling me that... I was called here in some kind of... mission?" the boy said with a half-smile and tone of disbelief, yet, that expression dissipated once he noticed the dark expression in both the old man and the cat-eared boy. The people in the place stayed silent for a few seconds, Feran stays quiet before taking a deep breath and releasing a sigh of irritation and tiredness. The whole situation was even more ridiculous than before, if that was possible, so apparently he was summoned to another world in some kind of mission that involved a war, something he really didn''t want to be a part of, even though he enjoyed reading this kind of stories, things are quite different when they really happen to you. - "... master, I don''t understand, I thought that the whole "world heroes" story was nothing more than that, a story, something that was made up to scare other beings..." Liger said trying to keep it cool but talking a little too loud. - "of course you believe that, most of the younger generations believe the same thing, after all, they haven''t lived enough to see what this world is really made of, that''s why I asked Sakura to bring this book" the man pointed to a book over the table, and then move it slightly towards Feran. Feran took the book and started to read it. After a few minutes of silence in which Feran and Liger were both reading the book, the expression of Feran went through several changes, being the most common one¡¯s excitement and surprise, that book explained several things of the world he was currently in, things related to culture, history, believes, even some basic rules of the world and there was a few pages exclusively dedicated to the summoning ritual of "the world heroes", yet the book didn''t give information related to the spell to perform the summoning or the requirements, it still gives a lot of information about the ritual, after reading some of the pages. It was more than clear to Feran that this world was quite similar to a video game, which was absolutely crazy and a little terrifying at the eyes of Feran. - "... stats? Titles? Stages? Levels? Even skills! All these different races, countries, and how they are organized, everything is in this book... oh my god, what kind of craziness is this?" Feran said out loud without noticing, he was just too overwhelmed by what he was seeing in the book. - "Oh, don''t let the information inside the book trick you, it doesn''t really have all the information about this world, there are a lot of other books with more details, although those books all talk about specific topics, this book is a little more general about the whole concept and perception of our world, yet, as it has lots of general information, it doesn''t really have any deep details related to, well, anything..." the one who explained that was Liger. - "I also feel like saying that what you call craziness is quite natural for us and this world, obviously, by your reactions, our worlds are quite different, however, for some reason both are connected, reason why the king was able to summon you here" the old man spoke with a very serious tone. - "I see... huh?... hybrids... so, is this why you were attacked in Shield-town?" he asked Liger with a sad look, Liger on his side didn''t give much attention to Feran. - "Don''t pay much attention to it. Just as the books say, several years ago, a war began between Beastiale and humans, due to this event, Humans and Beastiale perception of each other got quite corrupted which of course create great tension between both species... for those reasons, creatures like me, hybrids born from human and Beastiale, are considered abominations and looked down, even hated, for both races equally... it''s not a big deal, I learned to live with it" although he kept a calm demeanor and his voice didn''t waver, Feran noticed how one of Liger¡¯s hands was clenching and slightly trembling, yet he didn''t comment on it. - "Tch... quite a stupidity if you ask me" the old man stated with a frustrated tone. - "it doesn''t matter, even if I wasn''t a hybrid, I''m still an adventurer, so whether I was human or Beastiale, one way or the other I would be hated or looked down, just that tense is the situation between most humans and Beastiale in this place" Liger said with a dismissive tone before getting up and walking slowly outside the library. Feran looked the retreating back of Liger, while the old man did the same but with pain in his face. - "fuuu... he''s quite the strong kid. I met both of his parents, all those years ago when I was one of the generals of the Liberteas army, and Liger''s father, "Furi¨®n", was a powerful Beastiale from the enemy army, he was known as "the war king" among the Felion and beastiale in general, and he was my rival for so long, so many years and so many battles against each other... I remember that... in one of our many fights, a human school received a hit and the place received so much damage that it started to crumble... inside that school, there were kids hiding from the war... once Furi¨®n noticed the presence of kids on the crumbling school, he stops fighting and without a second thought he just threw himself to save the kids, he didn''t care if they were humans or Beastiale, the fact that they were innocents was what made him save them... I remember that once he got the kids out of the building, just before this one completely crumbled down, another person of the army appeared in front of him and the kids, it was a member of the supporting magic team, that woman who saw how selfless, kind, and honorable Furi¨®n actually was, that woman was Liger''s mom..." the man spoke with a melancholic expression and tone, making Feran a little uncomfortable. - "Hmm... why are you telling me this?" he asked quite confused. - "Oh! Sorry about that, it''s just that... your eyes are like the ones of that kid, the eyes of someone who lost a loved one. I suppose that since you are here and you aren''t like others who mess with Liger just because he''s a hybrid, and due to the look on your eyes, I just couldn''t stop myself of talking about Liger parents... even if that man, Liger''s father, was my enemy during war, he was one of the bravest, kindest, and most honorable beings I''ve ever met, and Liger''s mother, she was just so pure, and kind, so full of beauty, if all good traits could exist in a person she was certainly the incarnation of all those positive traits...". - "... I get it... you think that because the way I don''t see anything wrong with him, and apparently, due to both of us having to experience the loss of someone important to us, we might connect in a way... right?" the old man only could nod. - "I don''t know how things work in your world, but here, only a few people would jump in front of a spear to protect someone they barely know, way less an unknown creature... it''s obvious to me that you are not the kind of people who enjoy watching others being treated badly..." at those words Feran looked away from a few seconds before taking a deep breath by his nose. - "what about you? What is your story with him? You two seem pretty close". - "well... long story short, I retired from the army a few decades ago, by then Furi¨®n and I were friends more than anything else, we still would fight or compete against each other, but it was just how we were, I also helped him to see the woman he fell for... sadly, about 19 years ago, sometime after Liger''s birth, Furi¨®n left the army as well to spent more time with his new family, but, of course, someone discovered the birth of Liger and how 2 members of opposite armies were the parents... one day while Furi¨®n was away from home, a group of humans found their house, and they burn it down. Once Furi¨®n felt danger in the direction of his home, he ran there with all his strength and killed the people who attacked his home, but it was too late, the house was in ruins, yet, he searched frenetically among what was remaining of the house, and then is when he found the dying body of his mate, the woman he loved, he realized that she used almost all her power to keep their son protected, she even gave the baby her "Divine feather ring", and then died in the arms of Furi¨®n while giving her last breathe on keeping her child safe... after that Furi¨®n once again joined the army to take vengeance on the race that killed his mate and lover, that''s when I entered the scene, since he got back to the army, he needed someone to take care of his child, so he asked me and I accepted... fuuu... and then, 9 years later, he came back from a particularly terrible fight, yet he smiled to his child, who ran to received his father... it was after the hug that the body of Furi¨®n finally couldn''t continue working anymore, he fell to the ground and asked me to take care of his precious son, and then gave Liger one last gift from him and Liger''s mother... I''ve been taking care of that kid as if he was my own kid since then..." the old man told the story with a sad smile and a tone of melancholy, it was kind of painful to listen to the story, or at least that''s what Feran felt. - "I see..." that was the only thing that Feran could say, because, at the memories of the loved ones we lost, no amount of words could describe the pain, and no words could really make it less painful, yet, the presence, just the presence and to listen, could help a lost person to have some peace, even if for one moment. - "... Hey, kid... I don''t want to pressure you or anything, but... remember the ring I mentioned before... that ring can do a lot of things, yet, its main purpose is to save a life, or should I say, to take the place of someone else in death..." Feran at first didn''t understand the sudden mention of a ring, that was until he heard the last part. - "are you telling me that... he used his mother''s ring to save my life?" Feran was at lost of words while the old man only nodded his head. - "... why?". - "Why did you jump in front of a spear for a stranger?... I said this early but here that''s not common, by doing what you did, you might have given him a little of hope, I mean, of course, people here are open and accepting with each other and Liger is among the strongest adventurers of the guild, so here he''s quite respected, but that''s here, outside this building, outside this territory, the world is his enemy... but... you showed him that maybe there''s more than just that out there, besides... he might have felt guilty that you died protecting him, he has quite a sense of duty after all and responsibility after all, and he''s used to being mostly alone when in problems, so..." Feran was at first surprised by the man''s words, and then he felt guilty, he wanted to help, and even if he didn''t know it at the moment, but his imprudent act just cost Liger a ring that belonged to his mother, a memory of someone who loved him so much that it sacrificed her own life for him. - "don''t feel bad about it... to be completely frank with you, it was both Liger and mine¡¯s fault, I just asked him not to get himself in troubles, which is why he didn''t fight those stupids Beastiale that attacked him and killed you, and at the end he fought them anyway to recover his things after he saved you, he''s a magician after all and a hybrid, those low-level Beastiale didn''t have a chance since the beginning" the man had a scowl on his face and an irritated tone. - "fuuu... alright, I understand... so it was your fault". - "Huh? Why are you only blaming me? Liger could have used his head a little more, I only told him not to get in trouble, I never said not to fight back in a case something happened" the man tried to defend himself to Feran accusation. - "Oh? Even though you are the obvious oldest and the master of the guild, you really expected him not to follow your orders? orders that you admit you weren''t specific about, how could he know what to do? How could he have guessed what you truly meant if you didn''t say anything? Do you see? that''s why its important to be specific..." the man was at a loss of words, he was constantly opening his mouth but no reply came, and it wasn''t until he noticed how Feran was fighting a smile that he noticed the boy in front of him was just playing around to improve the mood a little, such a jerk that made the man smile. Chapter 6: The Shieldman. The old man had a big smile on his face while Feran was trying to suppress his own, that¡¯s when a little girl walks to them. - ¡°Master! I brought the Eyes of Truth you asked for, also, the master Magic Enchanter said that next time either you give him a challenge or just don¡¯t bother him¡­¡± the little girl indicated with an innocent smile. The old man looked at Sakura for a few seconds before taking Feran¡¯s glasses, put them on the table, and standing up with an irritated expression. - ¡°That decrepit old man! How dare he tell me to not bother him? He works for me for God¡¯s sake, at least he should show some respect!¡± the master shouted, he showed himself as angry but in the eyes of the 2 youngsters watching him, it was just funny. - ¡°do you need anything else master?¡± asked the little one. The old man only smiled at her and patted her head. - ¡°Just wait here, okay?¡­ by the way, where¡¯s Veno?¡± asked the old man while taking the glasses from the table. - ¡°eh? Oh, sorry master, but¡­ Veno doesn¡¯t really like humans, remember?¡± said the little girl with a nervous tone and sending an apologetic look to Feran. - ¡°fuuu¡­ I suppose all Beastiale hate humans, although Sakura doesn¡¯t seem to have a problem with them¡± the boy gave the little girl a soft smile. - ¡°¡­ actually, the situation of Veno and Sakura is just slightly different from other Beastiale, both are Herber, a race of peaceful Beastiale who live and take care of nature, and since they have this kind of harmony and peace with nature, they don¡¯t really hate on humans, at least not normally, however, humans did destroy Sakura and Veno home, their town, and these 2 are the only survivors...¡± explained the man with a sad tone. - ¡°yes¡­ but luckily the master found us and he brought us here, he gave us a new home and something to do¡± the girl at first seemed a little sad, but she rapidly changes to have a big smile and a look of joy. Feran only could smile to the girl, but he felt terrible for the things that she had to go through, and the more stories he heard of the humans of this world, he started to like them even less than before. Just as Feran was engrossed in his mind, the old man put the glasses back to Feran¡¯s face surprising him. - ¡°a few minutes ago you asked why we took your glasses and what was a Magic Enchanter, right? Now it is time for the answer. You see, Magic Enchanter is an ¡°Elite Stage Title¡± with the particular power to increase the power of objects, other people, and give bonuses to equipment among other things, it a ¡°Title¡± mainly focus on utility and support, but, due to his incredible magic power and High-Level skills, plus all the possible enchants of its own equipment, they are quite powerful and quite rare as well¡­ and your glasses, well, this little thing would have broken in no time in this kind of world, besides, you needed to see it, the difference between Eyes of Truth and the glasses from your world, that¡¯s what we did to your glasses¡­ let¡¯s call it an obvious improvement, HAHAHAHA!¡±. - ¡°Hmm¡­ I still don¡¯t understand¡­¡±. - ¡°well, is quite simple, you see, on this world, certain objects like rings, necklace, wristbands, or ¡°glasses¡± as you call them, have something we call, Vision of Truth, a special kind of ¡°skill¡±, if we can consider it like that, that only objects can use, and the objects that have the Vision of Truth allow us to see our stats, information, Title, equipment, and skills, sometimes even the information of friends or allies¡­ it¡¯s key for us, humans of this world, to survive since it let us measure our powers and work with them the best as possible¡± Feran only nodded at the explanation of the old man. - ¡°now that your glasses have been enchanted to possess the Vision of Truth, which you will need to survive on this world, you need to start thinking about what you¡¯re going to do from now on¡­ also, consider that you will need at least basic knowledge of this world and equipment to live in this world¡± the old man said with a half-smile while Feran got completely serious. - ¡°Hmm¡­ previously, you said that I was summoned to this world by the king, right? For war or something¡­ is it possible that other people also were summoned?¡± the old man was taken aback by the sudden change of topic. - ¡°eh¡­ well, yeah, I mean, the ritual summons the ¡°world heroes¡±, not one but many, not much people know the exact amount, is not in the books I give you before either, but I know for a fact that the spell and ritual summon a total of 10 world heroes, or should I say, 10 youngsters of another world¡± the man answered this time way more seriously. Feran closed his eyes and tried to remember what he saw moments prior to him appearing in this world, that¡¯s when he remembered his shinning body, and how some of his classmates also seemed to shine, in his mind he counted each one of them, trying to also remember the people itself, who they were, and after a short moment, he counts 10 people in his head, including himself, just that makes him sigh in defeat. - ¡°¡­ fuuu¡­ as I assumed, I know the other 9 that were summoned to this place¡­ I will take my chance and guess that the king is looking for them¡±. - ¡°most likely he is, the world heroes appear in random places, but never too far away from the place the summoning ritual was done, considering everything, the ritual was done in his castle, it just makes sense¡­ honestly, you appearing in the border of the country is either a big coincidence or really bad luck since you died not long after you got here¡­¡± the man said with a little chuckle while Feran snorted at the thought. - ¡°hmm¡­ I should probably look for them, but¡­ I can¡¯t really make them do anything, so if somehow they are convinced by the king to take part in the war you talked about, then I can¡¯t really force them out of it, and as far as I know, most of them don¡¯t even like me¡­ ugh¡­¡± the boy started to scratch his head due to the frustration while the man only gave him a serious look. - ¡°I don¡¯t know about the other kids, but knowing the current king, he will somehow end up making them participate in whatever he¡¯s planning, besides, if they find you, they will take you with them whether you want it or not, even if you don¡¯t cooperate with them, they can¡¯t have a world hero out of their reach¡­¡± the man explained with a serious tone and expression that made Feran tense up. - ¡°¡­ if I have to consider that, then there¡¯s no way I can let them find me...¡±. - ¡°Although we could say that you are no longer a world hero, just your existence is quite troublesome¡± Feran reacted at that giving the man a silent question. - ¡°eh? You see¡­ since you died, you probably died as well as a world hero, this doesn¡¯t mean that you don¡¯t have the powers you received as a world hero, but that you are no longer considered one¡­ however, you are still a person from another world, and you were brought here as a world hero, so as far as I know, not only the Liberteas king but any other country and royalty or powerful being that discovers about your existence might want to take you¡­ as I said, your existence is quite problematic¡­¡± Feran only could groan in annoyance after listening the words of the old man, although he didn¡¯t understand completely, apparently, he needed to hide who he was and where he came from, not like it was something you openly say to people, but it meant that he needed to be on guard and be careful with who he trusted. - ¡°what do I do now?¡± the young man said with frustration. - ¡°well¡­ if you want, I can give you one week, during that week you will have a place to sleep, one of the rooms of the upper floors, you will receive food, and some equipment, all free but only for that week, after that week you will need to start paying for everything you receive here, like a room to sleep, the food, and other things to survive, deal?¡­¡± the man asked to the boy in front of him. The boy immediately accepted with a nod and a smile. - ¡°in that case, I better start to learn everything I can as fast as I can¡± Feran said with an excited smile. - ¡°kid, just to be clear, what you do is not of my concern, even though you are an interesting kid, you are not my responsibility, but since you come from another world, and not exactly willingly, I will help you with a few things I can, I will even grant you access to the library and the training field, but the rest is all you, it¡¯s your responsibility to get stronger and get to survive on this world, do you understand?¡± explained the old man while lazily cleaning his ear with his little finger. - ¡°I understand, which means that I better start now to prepare myself¡± Said the boy with a confident and serious tone while standing up and checking his status for the very first time.
Status.
Name: Feran. Level: 1. (0/100)
Race: Human. Title: Shieldman.
- Vitality: 52 - Magic E: 10 - Strength: 17 - Magic P: 5 - Defense: 25 - Magic D: 20 - Speed: 15 - critical: 0%
Feran looked his own stats, not sure whether they were good or not, he noticed he was still level 1, which was obvious considering he just got to this world not that long ago. - ¡°Hmm¡­ Shieldman level 1? my strength is not so high, I suppose just by the name of this that fighting by myself will be problematic¡­¡± the boy looked at his stats with an unsure expression on his face. - ¡°hahaha, just as I thought, you really are a ¡°Shieldman¡±, HAHAHAHA!!!¡± the old man couldn¡¯t hold his laugh, while Feran only have a tired expression on his face, by the old man¡¯s reaction it was quite obvious that whatever Shieldman was, wasn¡¯t really something good or useful, just this realization made him feel like at the end of a bad joke. - ¡°haha, very funny¡­ so, what¡¯s the deal with this title?¡± the boy only gave the man a blank look and then asked in a monotone voice. - ¡°oh, don¡¯t feel bad, I wasn¡¯t really laughing about your title, or at least not exactly because of that, I¡¯m just laughing because over 50 years ago, the new king immediately eliminated the title Shieldman, this was done, because it was one of the most common titles to exist, a title that the king himself and I used to have in some point of our lives, the problem is that offensive skills for the Shieldman were basically non-existent, if I remember correctly, we had a Queen in some point in our history that was actually a powerful ¡°Shieldman¡±, but she was the only one, anyway, the king didn¡¯t like the title so he reunited a huge amount of magician of different kingdoms and they worked together to seal the title and change it for ¡°Soldier¡± which was at the time the second most common title¡­ so, in a few words, you¡¯re currently the only Shieldman in this world¡­ at least as far as we know¡± the man said with a wide smile. Feran gives a quick glance to the man before once again looking at his status ¡°window¡±. - ¡°Hmm¡­ so this title, what it is supposed to do? You said offensive skills are basically non-existent, right?¡±. - ¡°yeah, I¡¯m afraid that Shieldman is a title exclusively focused on the protection of allies, which makes it a defensive and supportive title, which also means that unless you train with someone else to work together then increasing your level will be quite the challenge¡± the boy in front of the man was serious for a second before a smile came to his face which surprised a little to the old man.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. - ¡°¡­ well, in my experience there¡¯s nothing useless, only things not used correctly¡­ so I¡¯ll accept this challenge¡± Feran smile grew, he was feeling excited at the idea of the ¡°challenge¡± that will give him to improve with this title. - ¡°HAHAHA!!! I really like your spirit, kid. Now, tell me, how are your stats?¡± the old man asked with an expectant smile that confused the young man. - ¡°can¡¯t you see my status?¡±. - ¡°that¡¯s not how it works, kid¡­ to be able to see your stats, we need to be considered friends, allies or be considered master and pupil. To see the information a few requirements are needed, either that or to have certain skills that allow you to do so, but in my case, I don¡¯t have any of those, so I can¡¯t be sure about your information and progress¡± the man replied calmly. Feran thought for a moment about what they could do, of course, he could just tell him the numbers in his stats, but if they get away to check his progress without the need to be constantly saying the numbers, it would be easier to do things, for now, and maybe the future. - ¡°I see¡­ how much do you know about the Shieldman title? And besides that, is there any advantage to have a master?¡± asked the boy with a serious face. - ¡°I understand the idea, and as I said before I used to have the Shieldman title, however, I didn¡¯t become powerful until I became a knight, and I took the first chance I had to become one, so I don¡¯t really have much to teach you as a Shieldman, but, on the other hand, if I become your master then I might be able to teach you a few skills that otherwise you wouldn¡¯t be able to get, I would be aware of your progress, and you would receive an experience bonus of a 10%¡± the Man said with an energetic tone and an excited smile, Feran on his side couldn¡¯t help but smile as well, it seemed that he could gain a lot from having a master and pupil agreement with this crazy old man. It took them a second before both nodded at the same time and shared a tight handshake. After shaking hands, the master gives Feran and the little Sakura a signal to follow him, then they walked to a door at the far end of the library, and once they reach outside, Feran notices a huge backyard with some kind of fence. - ¡°Alright, kid, first of all, this place will be your training place, this is the training field of the guild, although most members don¡¯t use it so you will have plenty of space to use it. You better use this place as much as possible, because you need to level up soon and get stronger as fast as possible, I will help with whatever I can, of course, as your new master is just the less I could do, just make sure not to disappoint me, kid¡± the man smiled to the boy. - ¡°hahaha, I say the same, master, don¡¯t disappoint me...¡± Feran replied in a playful tone while giving the man a defiant look, which only served to make the man laugh at the daring attitude of the boy. - ¡°Alright then¡­ Sakura, I need you to go back to the library and then to the equipment zone, if you don¡¯t know how to go there or can¡¯t open the door, ask Veno for help, I need you to bring the ¡°Alpha Shield¡±, a ¡°Defender¡¯s Ring¡±, and a pair of ¡°Shieldman Wrist Gauntlets¡±, also, make sure to bring either a ¡°Storage Ring¡± or a ¡°Storage Necklace¡±, did you understand?¡± the little girl just nodded her head and with a serious face turned around and ran inside the building. - ¡°what¡¯s all that for?¡± the boy was curious at the names he heard. - ¡°those objects will be your main equipment, for now at least, I mean, they are quite special so I really shouldn¡¯t give them to you, consider them borrowed¡±. - ¡°¡­ special you say? Is it okay to let me borrow them then?¡± asked the young man unsure of what to do about it. - ¡°well¡­ for starters, those equipment are almost useless, even though they are special in a way, they belong to the ¡°Shieldman Title Chain¡± which mean that only Shieldman or similar titles can use them, so, apart from you, at least in this place, no one can really use them...¡± the man said with a serious face while Feran only looked at him with a little of irritation. - ¡°but¡­ if no one beside me can use them, then¡­ why don¡¯t you just give them to me?¡±. - ¡°HAHAHAHA!!! there¡¯s no way I would do something like that, maybe I could give you the ¡°Defender Ring¡± or the ¡°Shieldman Wrist Gauntlets¡±, but the ¡°Alpha Shield¡± is a ¡°Mystical Quality Equipment¡± only inferior to ¡°Legendary Quality Equipment¡± and ¡°Divine Quality Equipment¡±, there¡¯s no way I would let you have it for free¡­ unless¡­ you can convince me otherwise, but as you are right now, I see that difficult, HAHAHAHA¡­¡± Feran only could sigh at the words of the man who was laughing out loud. - ¡°Alright! I understand. By the way, what did you mean with the ¡°Shieldman Title Chain¡± thing? You said I was the only one here that could use the objects, is that thing related to the title chain thing?¡±. - ¡°oh, absolutely, you see, each title as a predetermined set or specific equipment they can use¡­ for example, you as a Shieldman can use a shield and other defensive equipment, but you can¡¯t use any form of weapon, no swords, or spears, or even a bow, nothing considered a weapon can be used by you. On the other hand, a ¡°Title Chain¡± refers to what titles you can ¡°improve¡± or ¡°evolve¡± your current title to. Shieldman is a ¡°Base Stage Title¡± which are the weakest titles, but by fulfilling certain requirements, they can ¡°Stage up¡± or ¡°Rank up¡± or whatever you want to call them, to the next level ¡°Advance Stage Title¡± which are more powerful than your current title but weaker than mine, also, equipment slightly changes for users, for example, when I was a Shieldman I couldn¡¯t use weapons to fight alone, yet, when I improved my title from Shieldman to Knight, I was able to use swords and spears, and if I wanted I could even have trained to use other kinds of weapons like axes, a bow and arrows, and even a halberd...¡±. - ¡°¡­ got it, basically like a video game, honestly, I don¡¯t know why I thought it would be any different¡­¡± Feran started to rub his temple while talking in a tired tone, the old man only looked at him with an unreadable expression. - ¡°what¡¯s a video game?¡± asked the man with curiosity. - ¡°Nothing important. Hey, old man, what about the thing about Mystical Quality equipment?¡± Feran dismissed the old man¡¯s question about video games, before asking another question. At the question of the boy, the man only smiled and stretched his hand a little, not long after, out of nowhere, an impressive halberd appeared in his hands. - ¡°¡­ Amazing!¡± stated the boy while looking at the big halberd in the man¡¯s hand, it looked like a long ¡°Guan Dao Halberd¡± that Feran as seen on the internet, the ¡°Handle¡± had a brown-reddish color, the edge was pitch black and the whole things had dragon-like decorations. - ¡°let¡¯s take this object as an example, this is my ¡°Earth Dragon Emperor Halberd¡±, a ¡°Legendary Quality Equipment¡±, now, types of equipment are divided by their ¡°Quality¡± which is considered depending of the bonus they give their users, the ¡°Qualities¡± of equipment are: ¡°Normal¡±, ¡°Improved¡±, ¡°Advanced¡±, ¡°Perfect¡±, ¡°Mystical¡±, ¡°Legendary¡±, ¡°Divine¡±, and ¡°Superior¡±. the last 2 kinds of equipment, however, are basically non-existent, no one as ever seen the last one, and the Divine kind is only known off by words, they are practically stuff of stories from the past¡­¡± Feran didn¡¯t say anything, he just kept paying attention to the man. - ¡°Obviously, the better ¡°Quality¡± these types of equipment are, the better bonuses they will give, sometimes not only bonuses of stats, but also skills or other things¡­ oh! And one important thing you need to know is where to get them, like normal equipment, even common beasts can give you one, they are everywhere¡­ improved equipment is the same as normal ones, only these ones are slightly stronger thanks to objects or materials, Advanced ones are created or reforged by the use of improved equipment and monsters materials, Perfect weapons are special weapons created by Blacksmiths, they are quite special thanks to the materials and techniques used on their forge, finally the last 3, Mystical, Legendary, and Divine, they are quite powerful and special, only can be created by using materials of the highest level creatures, monsters that complete teams of adventurers would have difficulties to kill, and some of these types of equipment are even created by these monsters themselves, or other creatures, legends say that some of the most powerful equipment is actually made by the Gods who put a little of their power in them and then send them to our world in an effort to give different creatures a chance again great disasters and Apocalyptic monsters too strong to fight using our mortal weapons, isn¡¯t great?¡± the master started to release some fighting spirit the longer he talked about the equipment, and especially when talking about powerful monsters. - ¡°you are a complete battle junkie, aren¡¯t you?¡± the young man asked with a nervous smile. - ¡°What is that?¡±. - ¡°It means you love fighting and are kind of addicted to It¡±. - ¡°Hmm¡­ damn right I am!¡± the man smile widened when he answered, which made the boy to awkwardly scratch the back of his head while nervously laughing. The old man had a big smile on his face after being called a battle junkie while Feran only could laugh nervously and scratch the back of his head to the old man¡¯s attitude. - ¡°Alright! So I kind of get the equipment thing and the title chain thing, anything else?¡± asked the boy trying to keep the conversation going. - ¡°hmm¡­ let me think¡­ well, you can learn the rest later, but I would say you got the basics of what you need to know¡±. - ¡°Okay, then, what about my stats?¡±. - ¡°hehe, let¡¯s check them¡± as the man said that, the boy only nodded his head and proceeded to check his stats once again.
Status.
Name: Feran. Level: 1. (0/100)
Race: Human. Title: Shieldman.
- Vitality: 52 - Magic E: 10 - Strength: 17 - Magic P: 5 - Defense: 25 - Magic D: 20 - Speed: 15 - critical: 0%
- ¡°¡­ eh?¡± the man was silent for a moment before making a confused sound. Feran looked at the man with an expectant expression but the man still didn¡¯t say anything else. - ¡°so?¡­ what do you say about my stats?¡± asked the guy with curiosity. - ¡°hmm¡­ I suppose I shouldn¡¯t really be surprised by these crazy stats, you came from another world after all¡­ fuuu¡± the man sighs tiredly before giving the boy a kind smile. - ¡°¡­ crazy stats?¡­ what¡¯s that supposed to mean?¡±. - ¡°well¡­ how do I explain this?¡­ in this world, we, normal humans, have a total base power quite low in comparison with most living creatures, even some normal animals have more power than us. By just seeing your stats, I can say that your total power is close to being 3 times the usual power of a human¡± explained the old man with a serious expression. Feran on his side wasn¡¯t really understanding much. - ¡°Okay, hold on! first thing first, what do you mean by total base power? How can I see that?¡± the boy asked with obvious curiosity since he didn¡¯t know what the old man was talking about or how to check it on his stats. - ¡°is quite simple actually, to determine the total base power of a creature, whether a monster, Beastiale, or human, we just check the stats of a living creature in level 1, and then by calculating the total sum of stats we know the total base power of a living creature¡­ for example, the sum of all your stats is equal to 144 stats points, which translates to a total base power of 144, however, a normal human from this world only has in average a total base power of 50¡± Feran was out of words, it was indeed quite simple, yet surprising. - ¡°really? what¡¯s up with that measurement method to know how strong someone is?¡± a scowl appeared in the face of the boy while talking in a tired tone. - ¡°I don¡¯t know, the method has been revised and changed a few times over the years, I¡¯m just telling you the one we are using in the current times, and, well... that¡¯s how we calculate the ¡°total base power¡±, but later we have to calculate the ¡°total raw power¡±, ¡°full power¡±, and ¡°growth power¡±... anyway, as I said before, your stats are crazy for a human¡± the man first shrugs his shoulders before holding his thumb up and smiling at the young man. The boy scratched the back of his head with a small smile on his face. - ¡°I see, so I¡¯m strong by your standards¡­ just out of curiosity, how strong am I right now? In comparison to normal humans of this world I mean¡­¡± once the boy asked, the man stroked his beard with a thoughtful expression. - ¡°let me think¡­ hmm¡­ I think it¡¯s fair to say that your current ¡°power¡± is equal to that of an average human of this world in level 19 or 20¡­ that¡¯s quite high considering you are only level 1¡­ also, compared to a beast, we could compare you to an ¡°F- rank beast¡± level 5¡­ and compared to a Beastiale, you would be¡­ a B ranked level 1? B- or C+ if any of those existed¡± the man answered after a few minutes, which leave a thoughtful expression on Feran¡¯s face. - ¡°I see¡­ the difference between a human, a beast and a Beastiale is quite big, for what you told me anyway...¡± the boy gave the man a serious look. - ¡°It is, especially if we think that I¡¯m only comparing your total base power... if we also compare your growths then the distance between humans and other creatures is even more noticeable¡±. - ¡°How is possible that humans aren¡¯t extinct by now? With such a difference in power, shouldn¡¯t humans be less of the population or at least be about to be extinct? to say at least¡­¡±. - ¡°well, even if is true that we are weaker than other creatures, we can do things other creatures can¡¯t¡­ maybe later I will explain them to you, but for now, don¡¯t worry too much about it, okay?¡± Feran only nodded at the words of the old man. - ¡°Alright! Now check your skills!¡± the man shouted now with excitement making the boy laugh a little before focusing on his skills.
Skills list.
Passives. Actives.
- passive skill ¡°Revitalization¡±. - level 0: activates after resting for at least 20 seconds. The user recovers +5 Vitality points every 15 seconds. There¡¯s no cost of ME. - active skill ¡°Cover¡±. - level 0: lets the user choose and ¡°objective¡± at a distance of 5 meters max, then the user gets transported there immediately. Each use costs 2 ME.
Chapter 7: The Training Begins, Reaching Level 2. Feran and the old man were checking his ¡°skills¡±. The boy was excited at the sight of what seemed to be his regeneration ability that the old man mentioned before, on the side of the man, he was just speechless at the sight of such skills. - ¡°wow, so that¡¯s my auto-healing skill¡­ and I also have another skill, which I suppose is the one that let me get in front of Liger the day we met, that¡¯s how I was able to appear in front of him in an instant¡± the boy was just thinking out loud while checking his skills, but after a few seconds of silence, he looked at the old man who had a surprised and impressed look on his face at the sight of his skills. - ¡°¡­ impressive! Even though you are just a level 1 with a basic stage title, you already have 2 skills¡± the man said with excitement but still a little of surprise in his tone. - ¡°¡­ isn¡¯t normal?¡±. - ¡°not at all, usually people start with either one skill or no skills at all, it depends of your title really, although some people claim that the real reason is the talent that people is born with, so if you are a talented person, in theory, you get 1 skill by level 1, and although a level 0 skill is not that strong, it¡¯s way better than having no skills at all. On the other hand, as one of the ¡°world heroes¡± and for being summoned to this world, you should receive 1 skill just for that¡­ hmm¡­ also, ¡°Cover¡± is actually a skill you get once you reach level 15, and about your passive ability, I don¡¯t really know which level it belongs to, since is an auto-healing ability, it might be obtained around level 50 of a Shieldman or higher, although I¡¯m not completely sure about it¡­ honestly, I¡¯ve never heard of this passive skill, but I know from a book a passive skill called ¡°Improved Regeneration¡± which now I think about it, it¡¯s probably the ¡°evolved¡± or ¡°stronger¡± version of this same skill¡± the old man was explaining with a serious expression while Feran nodded his head with the same expression. - ¡°hmm... I suppose I can consider myself lucky then since I have 2 skills to start¡± the boy then answered with a slight smile. - ¡°hehe, you can say that again, kid. Honestly, so far you have been quite the interesting guy¡±. - ¡°Thanks¡­ I think. Hey! I just noticed that skills have levels as well¡­ how do they work?¡±. - ¡°oh, they work by uses¡± simply answered the man without the intention to continue explaining. - ¡°uses? What do you mean? Can you explain in more detail?¡± asked the boy with a tired tone and a chastising look. - ¡°¡­ fuuu¡­ it¡¯s simple, just use your skills, the more you use it the stronger it grows, it¡¯s actually pretty easy to level up your skill the first few levels, well, most of them since passive skills actually need certain requirements to activate on their own, unless is one of those passives that¡¯s always working, those are easier to level up, however, you need to consider that once you reached a skill to the level 3, it will get incredibly complicated to keep leveling it up, also, take in consideration that for it to work skills must be used successfully, so if you use a skill and this one is blocked or interrupted, then your skill won¡¯t be improved¡± the man explained simply yet carefully so Feran could understand the idea. The boy immediately understood, having already seen a similar system in video games from his world, it wasn¡¯t as hard to grasp. - ¡°so, for example, if I use a skill 100 times, I could level it up¡±. - ¡°exactly, but you need to consider that some people need years before successfully increase one of their skills to level 5, which is the top skill level. Actually, skill usually are around level 2 or even 3, 4 at most, the reason behind this is that you can obtain more skills by leveling up, and sometimes people forget to use certain skills or just stop using them by choice, maybe due to them being too weak or because they got a stronger skill with a similar effect, but the funny thing about skills, is that if for some reason you are able to level up a skill to level 5 before reaching level 100 of any stage, then when reaching certain levels your skill will evolve. Now, evolving a skill is not easy, not only because is quite hard to get a level 5 skill, but because almost no one gets to level 100 with a base stage title, I myself never reached it with my main title, and also, strictly speaking you could still obtain certain skills without the need to evolve another one, of course, their effect would get reduced¡­¡± the old man this time spoke with excitement filling his voice. For the old man, skills were an interesting topic, and he was able to evolve a few skills of his own, yet it was quite difficult even for him. - ¡°fuuu¡­ I get it. Alright! I have decided to train my skills first and only later focus on my level¡± the boy replied with a decisive tone. - ¡°hahahaha, I think is a good plan, I mean, as I said before, the first few levels aren¡¯t that hard to level up, and people usually take their time before leveling up their skills because they focus too much on their own level but strictly speaking, leveling up your skills at least to level 2 would make leveling up your title way easier¡± a wide smile appeared in the man¡¯s face. - ¡°hmm¡­ if I had to recommend you a training method, I would tell you to start with the ¡°Basic combat training¡±, it¡¯s a kind of training that I could give you as your master, it will give you only 1% of experience per combat, and the good part is that it doesn¡¯t really matter if you lose or win, you will still get the experience¡±. - ¡°so¡­ for example, if I need 100 experience to level up, then I will receive 1 experience point, right?¡± the man only nodded his head. - ¡°and the best part is that since you don¡¯t need to win to earn the experience, even though you are a Shieldman, you will still have chances of leveling up even on your own, I mean, after all, Shieldman can¡¯t really fight on their own, unless they fight with their bare hands but that¡¯s not recommendable¡± Feran just smiled at the old man words. - ¡°no problem, it only makes things more interesting¡­ besides, my grandfather trained me in different kinds of fighting styles, so I¡¯m kind of confident about what I can do¡± stated the boy with a confident smirk that only makes the old man smile with excitement. Just at that moment, little Sakura came out from the Guild building to the training field. - ¡°master! I found the objects you asked for¡± the girl indicated with a kind smile while being followed by Veno who was helping her to move the things. Once they reached the master and Feran, they give the young man a pair of black and silver wrist gauntlets, a round silver shield only big enough to cover, for example, Feran¡¯s head and nothing else, the shield had some kind of cross in the center and a star inside it with some kind of white gem, and finally, Feran also received a bluish ring with the image of a rhombus shield and a circle in the middle of it. - ¡°hahaha, perfect! Now, equip all these objects¡± indicated the man to Feran who just complied and started to check to objects before equipping them.
Equipment.
Alpha Shield: +50 V. / +25D. / +25MD. Exp: 100% Growth: 2 extra stat points.
Shieldman Wrist Gauntlets: +25 St. / +15 Sp.
Defender Ring (Sealed): +20 D. Growth: 1 extra stat point.
- ¡°hmm¡­ hey, old man¡­ I think there¡¯s a problem here, you see, the stats that the Alpha Shield gives me is too low, I mean, it¡¯s higher compared to my other 2 objects, but¡­ isn¡¯t this supposed to be a Mystical Quality Equipment?¡± the old man only watched Feran for a few seconds before giving him a quick hit on the head. - ¡°AAAGH! What was that for?¡± asked the kid while rubbing his head. - ¡°do you have any idea how good those stats actually are? Not only in the Alpha Shield, but every object you received, for example, those Shieldman Wrist Gauntlets gave you a total of 40 extra stats, even tough is considered a ¡°Normal Quality Equipment¡±, it still gave you stats that will help you practically for most of the levels you will spend as a Shieldman, on the other hand, the Defender Ring only can show its true power once you become a ¡°Defender¡± and even then, for someone with your level and in the base stage title, 20 extra stats points and an increase in your growth even if only by 1 point is quite valuable, and don¡¯t even make me start with the Alpha Shield which stat bonus will increase each time you level up, plus the other bonus effects it has like receiving 100% extra experience and even more growth¡± replied the man with a serious and a little irritated tone due to Feran¡¯s comment. Once the man stopped talking Feran kick the old man crotch with all his might yet he only got to break his own leg. - ¡°ugh¡­ how was I¡­ suppose to know that? I¡¯m still learning¡­ tch¡­ and you didn¡¯t tell me about how the equipment bonus work¡± Feran fave a glare to the old man while firmly gripping his broken leg which started to heal after a few seconds. - ¡°¡­ oh, that¡¯s right! I forgot about it for a moment¡± the old man calmly replied as if nothing happened, he, of course, earned killer instinct from Feran, yet for someone as strong as the old man, Feran¡¯s killer instinct was nothing more than a breeze. - ¡°Alright! let¡¯s get serious for a moment. Now that you are equipped, it¡¯s time to fight. I think that you should face Sakura for this training, although she¡¯s so little, she¡¯s already a Beastiale level 17, but, since she¡¯s a Beastiale, right now she¡¯s approximately 4 times stronger than you, and considering that in your current state you are already stronger than a human level 17, you can guess just how powerful this little one really is¡± the old man said while rubbing the little girl¡¯s head, she had a smile at the praise about her strength. - ¡°¡­ master! If you could accept it, I would like to take miss Sakura place in the training¡± Veno said while slightly bowing to the old man. - ¡°hmm¡­ well, is not really a bad idea, I could let you if you want, but¡­ right now your level is 32, and as a Beastiale that means that your power is at least 5 times the one of this kid, with your current power, fighting someone of the Advance Stage Title is not impossible¡­¡± the old man indicated with surprise and a little of hesitation in his tone. - ¡°don¡¯t worry old man, the stronger the better! A pleasure to work with you!¡± Feran smiled with excitement before stretching his hand to Veno, however, Veno¡¯s hand reached Feran chest, and with just the tiniest of movements, he was able to send Feran flying across the training field. - ¡°you need to be always on guard, human¡­ in a real fight, the enemy won¡¯t show mercy, so be thankful that I¡¯m actually holding back this much¡± Veno indicated with a serious expression before he disappeared in a blur. Feran body hit the floor, which sent pain on his whole body, yet, after a few seconds, he tried to stand up, just to see the figure of Veno right at his side, and then a hand who took his face and slammed it against the ground while releasing a powerful killing instinct. Several minutes later. Feran¡¯s body was flying through the air, he has been Veno¡¯s hitting bag for the last several minutes. Veno, even with his bare hands, was incredibly strong in comparison to Feran which was why he needed to control himself so much during training so he wouldn¡¯t kill the boy. - ¡°what¡¯s wrong human? Is this little too much for you?¡± asked Veno while he breaks the ground by hitting the young man face against it with one punch¡­ again. - ¡°¡­ not¡­ yet¡­ I¡­ I still can¡­ UGH!¡± Feran barely could talk properly. Veno waited a few seconds, just enough for the boy¡¯s passive skill to recover his Vitality, and then Veno proceeded to continue to wildly hitting him.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. - ¡°hmm¡­ master? I think we should stop this training, we can¡¯t let Veno use that boy as his toy¡­ isn¡¯t it?¡± the little Sakura had a worried expression while watching the other Herber beat the human boy continuously. The old man didn¡¯t say anything to her words, he just stayed there watching everything happen. The girl didn¡¯t know what to do, and after a little hesitation, she moved forward to stop the fight, yet a hand reached her shoulder stopping her from moving. - ¡°don¡¯t worry about the kid. That kid is happy with this kind of training, it may sound weird, but because the training is this hard, his fighting spirit hasn¡¯t diminished in the slightest this whole time, if anything it seems to increase¡± the man said while pointing at the boy, who was struggling to stand up, with erratic breathing, but even in that situation, he had a huge smile on his face and a defiant look. The boy finally completely stands up, he sends a challenging look to Veno, before spitting some blood, and proceeded to indicate Veno to continue. The little girl only realized Feran smile and defying eyes after the old man pointed them out, he definitely looked as if he was enjoying what was happening. As the fight continued, Veno once again disappeared, and the boy then moved to the right, there¡¯s where Veno appeared punching Feran straight to his face. - ¡°did you get it now? I noticed it once I saw his stats, and even more after watching him being beaten down by Veno, this boy does have fighting instincts and training, which is helping him to detect and predict where will he be attacked from and to get used to Veno attack patterns¡± the man indicated with an excited smile, he was expectant of how things would develop from here on. Feran was once again thrown through the air, and then he was falling, Veno appeared just below him, ready to hit him one more time, however, Feran disappeared by using his skill ¡°Cover¡± and then appeared behind Veno. Feran move surprised everyone, and then the boy tried to kick Veno¡¯s stomach, but the hit was too weak to make any kind of damage, which gave Veno the chance to take Feran by the leg and then he started to viciously slam the young human¡¯s body against the ground repeatedly. - ¡°aaagh¡­ damn¡­ it¡­ he¡¯s¡­ ugh¡­ too¡­ strong¡­ UGH!¡± he thought out loud while being constantly slammed against the ground, once he stops talking, Veno threw him once again through the air. - ¡°hahahaha! that boy has been flying across the airway more than he has been touching the field¡­ on the other hand, I¡¯m impressed, to use the skill ¡°Cover¡± to ¡°evade¡± and enemy attack and create the opportunity to fight back, what a shame the difference between both is so big, in case both of them had similar levels, that movement would have absolutely work¡­ interesting!¡± the man said out loud while stroking his beard. He was certainly enjoying this fight. While Feran was training with Veno, Liger was just getting back from a mission. The moment Liger gets to the training field, he sees how Feran was once again hit by Veno and his body flew across the air falling at the other end of the field, while the old man and Sakura were just watching the scene. - ¡°you can¡¯t survive in this world with just that strength, human¡­ in your current state, you will definitely die!¡± then Veno threw a punch to the boy¡¯s face, yet a fireball was thrown on his direction making him jump back to dodge the attack. - ¡°what the hell do you think you are doing?¡± the angry voice of Liger reached the ears of the ones present in the field. Liger stepped forward and got himself in front of Feran who was now on the ground struggling to get up. Liger was releasing an incredibly powerful aura, and his eyes started to glow yellow while looking almost feline and wild, even his fangs grew slightly in comparison to his normal look, yet, that presence didn¡¯t even affect Veno. - ¡°move out of my way, Liger, I have a job to do with that human, a job given to me by the master¡­ move¡­¡± Veno stated with a serious expression while getting ready to keep ¡°fighting¡±. - ¡°really? Well, not like it matter, I won¡¯t let you continue hurting this human¡± Liger replied with a challenging look while giving a glare with his bright yellow eyes and showing his fangs. Liger¡¯s body started to slowly grow and his hair color started to change from blue to gray, as well as growing longer. Before Veno can even move, Liger made appeared a huge orange-scarlet broadsword, and then with just a slight swing of the sword, it releases a huge amount of power towards Veno. - ¡°don¡¯t do it!!! Liger!¡± the old man yelled at the sight, then he moved in the blink of an eye, getting in front of Veno and making his halberd appear, a simple move of it eliminates Liger attack. - ¡°what do you think you are doing? Stupid lion!¡± the man in an instant gets beside Liger and starts to pull his feline ears, this makes Liger get back to is normal form. - ¡°aaagh¡­ I was just¡­ trying to stop Veno from attacking Feran¡­ ugh, that hurts¡­¡± the young blue-haired guy said with wet eyes while the old man continues to pull his feline ears. - ¡°tch, problematic cat, didn¡¯t you hear when Veno told you that he was doing it by my orders? Or did you just dismissed what he said? Besides, is that any excuse to use your ¡°Beastiale form¡±? Even if you are not as strong as Veno even with that form, you can use a legendary sword and you still have Fire elements attacks, you could have made quite the damage to Veno¡± the man chastised the boy, now not pulling his ears anymore, but his cheeks. - ¡°plea¡­ please, stop it¡­¡± the young man said with obvious embarrassment. - ¡°hey, old man, don¡¯t worry about it, he was just looking out for me, just don¡¯t be too harsh on him¡± Feran said to the old man with a smile on his face. The old man looked over the guy who talked to him, and he saw that Feran was already better, all thanks to the interruption that gave his passive skill time to activate and fully recover his Vitality. The young human walked to the hybrid and put his arm around the other boy¡¯s neck, and then wink his eye to him. Liger, at the sight of Feran attitude towards him, got nervous but also irritated for some reason, so he released himself and then hit Feran in the back of the head, knocking him down face first hitting the ground. - ¡°don¡¯t be so arrogant and touchy, you idiot. I wasn¡¯t worried about you, not even in the slightest, but I¡¯m still responsible for your death, besides, if you die because Veno doesn¡¯t hold back enough, then my efforts to keep you alive would go to waste. Fuuu¡­ I¡¯m out of here, I¡¯m too tired after transforming, besides, if a magician like me can knock you down so easily with such weak physique, it means you seriously need some training¡± and with those last words, Liger turned around and walked away from the place with a serious and frustrated expression on his face. - ¡°¡­ hahahaha! Even though I knew that Veno is way more sociable than Liger, I¡¯ve never seen Liger behave in that way, usually he¡¯s either quiet or just plain insolent, but this is way funnier, HAHAHAHA!!!¡± at the words of the old man, Feran only could send a slight glare to the man, but he was just too tired to even try to put some real anger on his glare. - ¡°I don¡¯t get that guy¡­ anyway, old man! What was all that? Is Liger stronger than Veno? He did seem pretty powerful¡±. - ¡°well, technically Veno is stronger than Liger, it doesn¡¯t matter if Liger transforms or not, Veno still is stronger than him, but¡­ when Liger transforms, he¡¯s able to use swords and other equipment that regular magicians can¡¯t, and one of those is a legendary sword that his father left him, it doesn¡¯t matter how strong Veno is, facing a legendary sword is still too much for someone of that low level, also, Liger has fire magic, if he used it he could have hurt Veno pretty badly since Herber are usually weak against fire, most of them at least¡±. - ¡°hmm¡­ and about that ¡°transformation¡±, what it is exactly?¡±. - ¡°oh, that¡¯s quite simple. you see, some hybrids, mainly the half Beastiale half human ones, have the weird capacity to transform, when they do this, their shape, size, and power changes, their stats go up, they can use some new skills in some cases, and also new equipment, but only for as long as they are transformed. Now, this is not a specific characteristic of hybrid half beastiale half-human, some half beast half human also can transform, but depends of the kind of beast gene they have, of course, hybrids half human half beast is way more difficult to be born¡± that information was rather interesting and left Feran both curious and excited. - ¡°I see, and¡­ how stronger can they get after transforming?¡± asked the boy with a new light in his eyes, a light that the old man noticed and he also had. - ¡°oh, that¡¯s not exact for every creature, for example, in his current state, when Liger transforms he can get over 3 times more powerful than his total power, however, that could change with time¡±. - ¡°Awesome!¡± the eyes of Feran shine with interest and excitement. - ¡°yeah! it¡¯s really awesome, and take it from the man who has been taking care and training that boy since he was a kid, I¡¯ve seen him do pretty incredible stuff when he transforms, sadly, he still can¡¯t control his transformation, which can create a lot of troubles in case he loses control or push himself too much to use his transformation¡± the smile in the old¡¯s man face change to a serious expression with a little scowl. Feran saw the change in the expression of the old man and only stayed silent, thinking about how difficult it must be for the other guy. - ¡°hey human! We need to continue the training, you have already rested more than enough¡± Veno indicated in a calm tone while walking to the human boy. Feran nods his head with a smile, and suddenly, Veno becomes just a blur before once again getting beside Feran. Just as Veno was about to grab Feran by the neck, the boy catches Veno¡¯s hand, to the surprise of the old man, Sakura, and Veno. - ¡°is that¡­ is that the skill ¡°interception¡± from Shieldman and Soldiers? It can¡¯t be¡­ that¡¯s a skill to be learned at level 25¡­ and even though it can be learned by a master, I don¡¯t recall showing him or teaching him that skill¡­ could it be he did it by instinct? Or maybe he knew it before getting to this world?¡­ tch, what kind of person trained this kid before he came to this world?¡± the old man had his eyes wide open and was frozen in place, only watching both kids in front of him. Feran releases Veno from his grip, and as the Herber gives a jump back to gain some distance with his eyes still locked on the human boy, the body of Feran suddenly disappears from Veno¡¯s view. The old man was more than surprised by the black-haired kid sudden disappearance, and was even more shocked when Feran appeared behind Veno, with his body slightly inclined forward, letting his body collide with Veno¡¯s lower body, whose body was still flying back due to his previous jump, making the Herber lost balance and making him fall to the ground. - ¡°hehe¡­ hahahaha, this kid is just too interesting, a level 1 knocking down a Herber level 32? AWESOME!!! HAHAHAHA!!!¡± the man started to laugh out loud at the sight in front of him, something he hasn¡¯t ever seen before, it was quite obvious that in his current state, this kid Feran would never beat Veno in a full fight, but maybe, just maybe, if their levels weren¡¯t that far apart, Feran might have a chance against Veno in case both had the same level, even if one was a human and the other a Beastiale. Veno on his side was still laying on the ground, a confused expression on his face, everything just happened so fast, in a few seconds, he couldn¡¯t understand how, how did a level 1 human knock him down? And just like that, Veno stayed looking up at the sky for a few seconds while trapped in his thoughts. After a few seconds, 2 shadows came closer to the body of the Herber still laying there, one shadow belonged to Feran, who stretched his hand to help Veno to stand up, and the other one was Sakura, who was giggling at the sight of Veno. - ¡°come on Veno! don¡¯t give up yet, get up!¡± the little girl said in a cheerful tone trying to make the other Herber get up already. - ¡°what¡¯s the matter? You fell once and you gave up already? Tch¡­ I¡¯m getting disappointed with you, you know? Come on, get up and let¡¯s keep training, you have already rested more than enough¡± Feran said with a mocking tone and his hand still stretched to help Veno. Veno reacted to the mocking tone of Feran, then he looked the human guy eyes, full of challenge and excitement, this was more than enough to ignite a deep fire inside of Veno, changing his eyes from confusion to ones full of energy, a smile appeared on his face and then he accepted the hand of Feran, getting up to continue training. Several hours later. It was already late, the sky was dark, only illuminated by the moon and the stars. Feran and the old man were in the library, having a chat about today¡¯s improvement. - ¡°HAHAHAHA!!! you seemed so tough during training, and look at you now, barely breathing while sitting on a couch¡± the old man mocked the boy who was sat down in front of him, breathing erratically and looking up. Feran tried to send a glare to the man but he was too tired to even do it correctly. - ¡°UGH!!!¡­ I¡¯m really tired, I¡¯m really hungry and today I barely improved at all¡­ ugh¡­ I¡¯m done for the day¡± the youngster whined while stretching his hurt body. - ¡°even if you say that you did good today boy, most people wouldn¡¯t have lasted that much, especially against someone far superior, I mean, you did face a Beastiale in your training, and Veno is not exactly weak¡±. - ¡°Hmm... that seems about right, still, I feel like I could have done more¡±. - ¡°HAHAHAHA, Why don¡¯t we check your stats?¡±.
Status.
Name: Feran. Level: 2. (22.85/150)
Race: Human. Title: Shieldman.
- Vitality: 54 (+52) - Magic E: 11 - Strength: 18 (+25) - Magic P: 5 - Defense: 27 (+46) - Magic D: 21 (+26) - Speed: 16 (+15) - critical: 0%
The old guild master looked at the stats of the boy and couldn¡¯t help to feel a little frustrated, he also thought about Feran as a little greedy, after all, his stats are already way higher than an average level 2. - ¡°Fuuu... this is all I got today¡± the boy said lamenting himself for what he thought was poor growth. - ¡°Fuuu¡­ you stupid kid, don¡¯t talk nonsense. Maybe this seems like little to you, but you actually grew a lot. 48 fights... thanks to the experience bonus from the Alpha Shield and the bonus of the ¡°Master-Discipline agreement¡±, it took you 48 to level up instead of the 100 that usually take to level up with the method we used, then you only fought 7 more times, but that is a great start for someone in your level using this training method, best case scenario it would take 100 fights a day to level up one level per day to anyone trying this training method the first few levels, yet, because you are practically receiving 210% of the original experience, you only need about half of the normal for the day, so at this rate, if you manage to do over 50 fights each day, you will reach level 5 in about 3 days or so¡­ the only ones who level up faster than that are the people who join teams and start hunting and making mission with stronger teammates, but that is still way more dangerous than this method¡± the guild master stated with a tired tone, and a little irritated at the same time, while Feran started to calm down and relax watching the old man talk. Chapter 8: The Heroes Reunite (Part 2). After listening to the words of the old man, Feran started to think about his words and consider his new stats as a success for the day, even though he was still reluctant as he felt like he could go on and do more. - ¡°¡­ alright! I get it, but still¡­ Veno kicked my ass in those 55 fights, besides, you said it yourself, this training method only works until level 5¡­¡±. - ¡°hmm¡­ it might be true, but considering your high stats compared to your level, once you reach level 5 it shouldn¡¯t be a problem to just do a mission for level 20 adventurers and over. By the way, thanks to the other bonus of your objects, you also get 3 extra stat points each time you level up¡­ a normal person only grows a total of 5 stats points per level, yet you get 3 extra stat points, so while an average person only levels up 2 times and gets a total of 10 stat points, in 2 levels you get a total of 16, that¡¯s practically the same that leveling up 3 times instead of 2¡­ do you get it?¡± asked the man with a serious expression and furrowed eyebrows. Feran also got serious and thought a little before looking at the man again. - ¡°That means that if an average person and I level up 4 times each, instead of getting a total of 20 stat points, I get 32, which would be compared to leveling up 6 times¡­ and in case an average person and I level up 5 times, I would get a total of 40 instead of 25, which would be like leveling up 8 times¡­ right?¡± the boy asked with a little uncertainty, but hiding his excitement. - ¡°exactly! Now you get just how ridiculously strong you truly are, I mean, just by being a ¡°World Hero¡± your stats are already high enough, but with the extra bonus of stats of those objects, you will always be even more powerful than others, some even with your same levels or higher¡­ hmm¡­ who knows? Maybe by the time you reach level 40 or 50 you will be already able to defeat enemies 20 levels over you¡± when the man said the last words, he couldn¡¯t help but send Feran a challenging look filled with fire and fighting spirit, obviously the idea of someone able to fight enemies several levels higher was quite interesting for the old man. Feran chuckled at the man¡¯s antics. - ¡°Alright, alright¡­ I get it¡­ now, let¡¯s see my equipment¡± thought the boy out loud.
Equipment.
Alpha Shield: +52 V. / +26D. / +26 MD. Exp: 100% Growth: 2 extra stat points.
Shieldman Wrist Gauntlets: +25 St. / +15 Sp.
Defender Ring (Sealed): +20 D. Growth: 1 extra stat point.
- ¡°hmm¡­ do you notice how the stats that your Alpha shield gave you slightly increased?¡± indicated the man, the boy looked closer to the stats of the equipment and his eyes opened in surprise. - ¡°it¡¯s true, it¡¯s not much, but is something¡± said the guy with a half-smile. - ¡°Just wait a few dozens levels, and those stats will increase even more¡­ hmm¡­ if I recall correctly, by the moment you reach level 100, the Alpha shield should give you a total of +500 in stats¡±. - ¡°really? That much! it¡¯s incredible!¡± the boy was really surprised and excited by those words. - ¡°tch¡­ that¡¯s nothing kid, legendary equipment and over can give you a total of stats that exceeds the thousand¡± the man said that with a wide grin while watching how the eyes of the boy started to shine just by imagining such high stats given by one single object. - ¡°alright kid! Now let¡¯s see the progress of your skills¡­¡± Feran eagerly nodded before checking his skills.
Skills list.
Passives. Actives.
- passive skill ¡°Revitalization¡±. - level 2: activates after resting for at least 10 seconds. The user recovers +15 Vitality points every 7 seconds. There¡¯s no cost of ME. - active skill ¡°Cover¡±. - level 1: lets the user choose and ¡°objective¡± at a distance of 7 meters max, then the user gets transported there immediately. Each use costs 2 ME.
- active skill ¡°Interception¡±. - level 0: lets the user ¡°stop¡± an ¡°action¡± of the enemy at a distance of 1 meter max, only close combat basic attacks. Each use costs 2 ME.
- "Wow, look at that, I managed to raise my passive to level 2! the best thing about that is that since I''m only a level 2 with a level 2 ability, I guess I''m relatively strong" he said quite cheerfully seeing the level of his ability. - "it''s true, your current health is only ¡°54¡± but you also receive a bonus of ¡°+52¡± vitality thanks to your shield, you are already over the 100s in health, and your restoration is ¡°+15¡± health points every 7 seconds, that means if you''re weak, it will take you exactly 59 seconds, counting with the initial waiting time of course¡­ however, in a fight that''s a long time, if the enemy is strong, in a matter of 5 seconds it will kill you" the old man stated with obvious worry. - "I understand" Feran replied, already thinking that he needed to improve even more. - "on the other hand, using ¡°cover¡± is not so easy on someone at a level far higher than yours, let alone talking about someone with a higher ¡°stage¡±, so you should also improve it soon, besides that, I don''t know if you noticed but you learned for yourself a skill called ¡°interception¡± that allows you to block and even completely deny an enemy action" the man indicated earnestly. - "Now that you mention it¡­ it¡¯s true! it''s an active skill" the boy just looked at his new skill in wonder and excitement as he didn¡¯t realize about the skill before while he was too focus on the fight. - "You should know, I have no idea how you got that skill, there are some skills that can be learned even without the required level, but only if a master teaches them to you, and I¡¯ve never taught this one to you, especially because it''s level 25 Shieldman skill" Feran remained quite Calm while the old man explained. - "Well, the description looks like a martial arts movement taught to me by my grandfather, although I learned it when I was very young, so I hardly ever use it, even in my world" the young man stated without giving it too much relevance, but for the old man this was important, he knows nothing about the world Feran comes from, but it seems that you can also learn high-level techniques if a master teaches them, that means there shouldn''t be many differences between how to develop a person''s ¡°skills¡±. - "Well, I think I''ll go exercise and then go to sleep..." Feran said in a tired tone while getting up from the couch. - "what do you want to exercise for? if you do some kind of exercise to strengthen yourself, you should perform a minimum of 100 times the same action to increase your statistic by just 1 point, and although it is safer than leveling up by hunting, it is also quite annoying and exhausting, especially for low-level people, as when leveling up they increase their stats much more, plus leveling up increases most of their stats and not one by one as regular exercise does" said the old man quite intrigued by Feran motives. - "No problem, in my world I used to train every afternoon and nights before bed, it was an activity I was constantly doing with my grandfather" the boy just said with a smile which was reciprocated by the old man. - "I understand, in that case, be careful while you exercise, and don''t take too long, in this place we get up very early, so if you''re too tired it will be worse for you" he said with a smile to annoy Feran. - "Okay, oh, I almost forgot, I still haven¡¯t asked you your name. Since I can''t tell you old man forever, it would be best if you would tell it to me, isn¡¯t?" said Feran with a defiant smile though it was only to annoy the old man. - "Hahaha, my name is Samuel, the ¡°Bastion¡± and ¡°Berserker¡± Samuel, also known as the beaming old man" the man said with a bright smile as he pointed his thumb at his chest with pride, on his side, Feran only looked at him for a few seconds and then left the library laughing. - "eh, what an interesting lad, I would have loved to meet the person who raised such a monster" Samuel said to himself as he tried to imagine what Feran''s grandfather would look like. Meanwhile, in the castle of the Liberteas king. 2 carriages had just arrived. Ryu, Tora, and Hayato came out from one of them, and Uriel came out from the other one. - "The king will be here in a moment" said one soldier. - "It''s not necessary, we''ll go in ourselves" Ryu stated pretty confidently.You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. - "I agree with Ryu" Uriel then talked. Ryu and his friends hadn¡¯t noticed Uriel''s presence until she spoke, so they were quite surprised by her sudden appearance. Ryu was a little nervous, so he only could start walking followed by his friends and Uriel closely behind. - "Guys! it¡¯s a relief to see that you¡¯re okay, I was worried that something had happened to you and the others" she said with a smile. - "worried? I bet you didn''t even notice that we were the ones who were transported here?" said Ryu a little nervously, trying to sound intimidating but failing. - "¡­ actually, I remember everyone who was brought here" the girl stated confidently with a serious tone earning a look from the others. - "I believe her, after all, she is intelligent and cares about others, if there is anyone who would notice those who got here, surely it would be her" Hayato indicated with a slight smile, looking at his friends. After walking only a few seconds inside the castle, in the corridor, they meet the rest of their companions, the king and the generals of the king. - "Trish! Seiras! Julie!" Uriel immediately ran to hug her friends in relief and happiness. Alexander was glad to see her, the king and the generals were shocked by the shape of Uriel, not only by her hair but all that was her, just like Alexander, she gave a much superior kind of presence. - "I''m glad nothing happened to you, Uriel" Trish said with tears in her eyes, as she was hugging her friend. - "I can''t believe it''s really you, I''m so happy you''re alive" little Julie and Seiras just nodded. Uriel, after giving a small greeting to all, and a bow to the king and his generals began to observe her surroundings. -"Hmm... Excuse me, but where is Feran?" her classmates were surprised by her question, all except for Ryu who already suspected that Feran might have been one of the world''s heroes. - "What do you mean by Feran? why are you asking for him?" asked Seiras somewhat confused. - "Well, I remember perfectly the 10 people who were glowing when that giant door appeared, and one of them was Feran, who is the only one who is not here" the young woman calmly said without knowing why the sudden faces of surprise and pity. - "So it was him after all" said Trish with his head down. - "What''s the matter? why does everyone act so weird?" Uriel asks with obvious worry at the sudden reaction of everyone. Seiras and Julie only looked at each other, they already knew the situation so they felt bad, Trish only looking at the ground, the quieter were Alexander and Markus. - "¡­ Miss Heroine, there''s something I must confess to you..." the king approached the girl, feeling anxious about her reaction, however before he could speak, Alexander approached Uriel and looked her straight in the eye. - "Feran is dead" he spoke quite calmly as if it was nothing, the newcomers were all shocked by the news. - "What do you mean? What happened?" she said at first with surprise, but then with a face that denoted some anger and seriousness. - "I''m afraid we were all transported to different places, and Feran was transported very close to the boundaries of the country, in a place where it¡¯s full of monsters¡± Trish said looking into her friend''s eyes. - "¡­ damn it, unlucky bastard..." Ryu thought for himself as he clenched his teeth. After a few seconds when Uriel''s face looked somewhat lost, she reacted and approached the king. - "Bring him back to life¡­ bring him back¡­" she said with a serious, determined look, seeing the young woman''s eyes it was obvious to the king that she would not be easy to handle. - "I apologize a lot for the death of your companion, but I''m afraid I can''t bring him back to life, the magic of resurrection can only be performed by specialists in the art of magic or for ancient objects" the king said somewhat embarrassed. The king''s son decided to get next to his father and continue explaining the situation. - "not only that, but it also has certain requirements, even if we can find someone capable of using that magic, or an object to bring him back, we would still need his body or the remains of these. In addition, there¡¯s also something we know as the rule of 3, which dictates that when a person ¡°dies¡±, you have 3 minutes to save someone or their death becomes complete, after that, in case a death was completed, you have 3 days after the death to revive them otherwise the person''s soul completely leaves this world" the oldest prince states in all seriousness. - "Do I look like I care about those things? we just got there, so we should be able to find his body" the girl talked with a quite hard yet low voice. - "I think you don''t understand, Miss, in this world there are many dangerous creatures that would not only easily kill humans, but also eat them, the longer it goes by, a resurrection becomes increasingly difficult, in the worst of the cases, people, many people, would have to be sacrificed just to bring one back" the prince spoke again. - "You brought us here! so I would expect you to take responsibility for it, or do you want me to just accept his death?" she said looking into the eyes of the prince, the king, and his generals, even Uriel''s companions were surprised by her attitude. Alexander for his part made his way to Uriel and put his hand over her shoulder. - "Uriel, think logically, even if it¡¯s true that they should take responsibility for bringing us here, the place where we are transported is completely random, they didn¡¯t know that one of us would appear in such a dangerous place" he spoke calmly trying to get her to see reason. - "yes, but..." the girl tried to debate with Alexander but was interrupted by him. -"Also, at this point you should be grateful that most of us survived, including your best friend, we can take Feran''s death as a learning experience, we must become strong if we want to survive in this place" Alexander''s words in some way suppressed Uriel''s anger, she wasn¡¯t feeling good yet, but she knew he was right about most of them surviving and needing to be stronger to survive in this mysterious land. Once Uriel calmed down, Alexander backed up a little, and walked in the direction of the king, followed by Markus, took a few steps and then stopped dry. - "On the other hand, we all have families to go back to, we all have a life and a future that awaits us, but Feran was alone in our world, and he didn¡¯t have a future or something, someone, waiting for him, so we could say that out of all of us, he was definitely the one who had to die, that would calm his suffering to remain alive" as he was turning his back on his companions no one except Markus could see his face with a slight smile on him and a victorious look. His voice seemed calm, even if you didn''t look him in the face you might think he was even a little sad, yet only 3 people noticed the truth. In a quick movement that hardly anyone could notice, Ryu ran at high speed and prepared to attack Alexander from behind, using his ¡°skill¡±, however, before his skill was even activated, Alexander moved in front of him and with a single punch, he threw Ryu across the hallway. - ¡°Ryu? What are you doing?" Uriel asked while getting closer to the boy with a worried expression. Alexander, on his side, had an annoyed expression on his face as he looked at Ryu who now was standing up. - ¡°What do you think you''re doing? did you forget your place, Ryu?" Alexander''s gaze was fulminating. Ryu finally stood up and send Alexander a glare, he was trying to harden his expression but by flinching once he gave a step forward it was that the others noticed he was in pain, this realization made his friends got to him in an instant. - ¡°Don''t fuck with me!¡­ "that will calm his suffering to remain alive"¡­ you damn well know that it¡¯s not that easy¡­ tch, you must be the happiest about that fool dying. I''m sure of that, I know, if he was here, you wouldn''t be brave enough to say half the things you''ve said" Ryu said a little annoyed. - ¡°And you''re supposed to tell me that I''m happy with the death of our companion? the boy that bullied him and beat him practically every day. Just because this is a different world doesn¡¯t mean you can become a hero, Ryu" the blond replied with a murderous aura, his eyes focused on Ryu, and then a quick look to his friends, it was a dare for Ryu and his friends, a dare to keep saying those things. - ¡°That''s true! how can you even accuse Alexander that he is happy with the death of one of our companions? especially if we consider your past with Feran, I think the only happy about his death would be you and your friends!" said Markus quite annoyed, still mad that Ryu could even dare to attack Alexander. - ¡°Guys! It¡¯s enough! This is not the time to fight with each other" said Seiras somewhat nervous, things weren¡¯t exactly good so they didn¡¯t need more problems at the moment. - ¡°¡­ Maybe you''re right, out of all of us here, I''m definitely the one who always bothered Feran, but I''ll tell you something, Alexander¡­ you can be sure that the bastard is alive, there''s no way that that stray dog died so easily, especially considering how stubborn he is, with his stupid attachment to life and his inability to stay down or lower his head to others¡­" Ryu said with a smile, and a look that made Alexander understand how that last comment was a reminder to Alexander that Feran never looks to him the way the others did, the reason why Alexander has never liked Feran and would ask Ryu and his group to beat him up every now and then. Ryu''s words surprised everyone in a certain way¡­ for Uriel, Ryu¡¯s words made her think that despite how much Ryu and his friends would treat Feran badly, they might have some kind of respect for the boy, and by looking at their faces, it even seemed like they were worried about it, such a weird and unexpected thing to see and understand. - ¡°¡­ I recommend you to accept reality once and for all, since you just got here you don''t know this but in this castle there is a special fountain, which by using the right spell, allows you to detect the humans who were transported here, and a few hours ago Feran''s light was extinguished, that means he is dead, accept it now and it will be easier for you¡­" with those final words, Alexander retired to his room, closely followed by Markus. - ¡°Tch¡­ that dick¡­¡± Ryu couldn¡¯t help to murmur in anger while clenching his teeth. Seiras and Julie were highly concerned after watching that scene, so they decided to leave back to their rooms, Trish, on her side, only observed the back of her friend Uriel and the 3 friends that were quite serious looking at the back of Alexander as he was retiring. - ¡°Miss Trish, would you be kind enough to tell your friends where their rooms are?" asked the still stunned king, Trish nodded and the king left followed by his generals. - ¡°No matter the world, that arrogant guy doesn''t change" Hayato said, looking at his hurt friend. - ¡°Fight" Tora indicated with few words as usual. - ¡°Not yet Tora, first we''ll get stronger, then we''ll kick his ass" Ryu stated seriously. - ¡°Thank you very much" Uriel said, surprising the young boys who didn''t realize she was behind them. - ¡°what are you Thanking us for?" Ryu asked feeling rather nervous and confused at the same time. - ¡°¡­ for believing so much in Feran, somehow your words encouraged me, it''s obvious that you care about him more than you make us believe" she said with a smile, taking Ryu''s hands on her own, making him feel more nervous and embarrassed than he was already. - ¡°Ha! As if that were possible, I only said what I said to annoy Alexander, besides, after so long fighting with that ¡°dog¡±, I''ve already learned a little bit about him, and I know he wouldn''t die so easily, he''s a strange guy who clings to life no matter what happens, isn''t he, guys¡­" the boys asked his friends while getting his hands away from the girls grasp due to his embarrassment. As the boy looked at his friends, he noticed how they were about to explode in laughter. - ¡°Hahaha! that''s right, in the time we have ¡°known¡± him, we''ve never seen him give up, I think we can easily not like each other, and still have some respect or admiration for each other" Hayato words somehow made Uriel smile. - ¡°Hey, speak for yourself, I don''t admire that guy" Ryu said somewhat annoyed. - ¡°He''s tough¡­ he always gets up" Tora also gave his opinion about Feran. - ¡°Hahaha, thank you, guys! you''re nicer than I thought" Uriel really looked dazzling as she laughed, it wasn''t good for Ryu. - ¡°Tch, of course not! we''re going to sleep, we''re tired¡­" he said as he prepared to walk quickly out of the place where he was, followed by his always trustworthy friends. Trish, on her side, approached Uriel from behind and stopped beside her. - ¡°I''m sorry Uriel, I know you liked Feran. Although they didn''t talk much, they have already explained us a few things about what¡¯s going on, and as far as we know, even if they start now, it would take about a year to prepare another teleportation ¡°spell¡± to take us back home¡­" said the teenage girl somewhat embarrassed and with tears in her eyes. Uriel just looked at her friend with a smile before hugging her, trying to comfort her. - ¡°Don''t worry, I''ll make sure we''re all okay. We can hold on for a year. Also¡­ I had planned to stay and fight¡­ I think there''s something wrong here, and I''m not going to leave innocent people to die" she said with a smile and eyes full of courage, as she looked at her friend and wiped her tears with one hand. - ¡°Are¡­ are you sure? This place seems to be really dangerous¡± Trish now asked with fear in her expression at the idea of her best friend fighting in a war. - ¡°I¡¯m sure! Besides, I believe in what Ryu said, in the time I¡¯ve known Feran, I have never seen him surrender, someone like him would not die so easily, it would be easier for Alexander''s ego to vanish, hahaha¡­" as she said those last words both girls began to laugh loudly before looking at each other, nodding their heads and going to their rooms. Chapter 9: The Adventure of The Heroes Begins (Part 1). The next morning. The next day, in the kitchen of a certain ¡°Open Guild¡± in ¡°Path-City¡±, 5 people were eating in a long table. - ¡°Could you eat slower? you are making me lose my appetite, you idiot!" shouted Liger to Feran who was sitting right next to him. - ¡°I''m sorry, I''m just very hungry, I didn''t eat anything last night, and this is very delicious" said the young boy with a pleased smile as he continued to eat. - ¡°I''m glad you like it Feran! this food was specially made by me and by Veno, although it''s still not as good as the master''s food" the young Sakura replied quite happy to see someone enjoying her food so much. - ¡°I didn''t know Samuel could cook" the boy casually commented. - ¡°Ha, of course, I know how to cook! my mother taught me how to cook long before I even got to first stage level 10, at that time I was just a kid" the old man said with a big smile as he was remembering the good old times of his childhood. - ¡°Great, do you think that you could teach me how to cook? the truth is that I had to learn by myself, so I¡¯m not that good at cooking" the boy said as he scratched his head in shame. - ¡°Hmm... Feran, did your mother never taught you how to cook?" asked the curious little Sakura. - ¡°Oh, I don''t have a mother. My grandfather used to cook for me, but after his death I had to learn to cook on my own" Feran words were so casual, and he replied without even stopping enjoying the food, leaving the rest stunned as they directed their gazes to him, even in this world, not having a mother, or someone dying is really sad, but Feran seemed to be handling it quite well. - ¡°What do you mean you don''t have a mother?" asked Liger, somewhat sad and gloomy. - ¡°Liger, that''s personal..." said the old man with a serious tone. - ¡°... it¡¯s not a problem, you know? You can ask whatever you want... hmm... and to answer Liger¡¯s question, well, I¡¯m an unwanted child, my biological parents abandoned me, my biological father abandoned my mother sometime after my birth, and mother had never wanted to have a child, so she wanted to abandon me, Luckily his father, my grandfather, he couldn''t accept that, so he decided to sent his daughter to study to another country and then he raised me on his own" he replied with a light smile, for someone like Liger, it was obvious to know that Feran was still dealing with that fact in his life, but that somehow he could handle it. On the other hand, the rest of the people at the table were a little nervous because they didn''t know what to do or say. - ¡°Ha, in that case, I will teach you to cook, kid. Do not worry, I am an expert in the art of food, I can even make dishes of special food that increase certain statistics" said the old man with a smile and raising his chest in pride. - ¡°Wow! Really? can you increase the statistics by just eating?" Feran asked with a certain gleam in his eyes, to which the old man only nodded. - ¡°That reminds me, master, what will happen with today''s training?" Sakura asked that with curiosity, and upon hearing the word training, Liger''s feline ears automatically reacted. - ¡°Master, I can take care of Feran¡¯s training for today, I know it''s only been a day, but I think he could practice better with me to prepare against enemies who use long-range attacks" Liger immediately stated while rising from the table. - ¡°Huh? I think you are right, for today it won¡¯t be necessary for Veno to help with the training, or at least not for a couple of hours. Today you will face a magician in your training, are you ready, Feran?" Feran''s eyes lit up, with a smile in his mouth, looking at Liger with confidence before winking at him. - ¡°... this idiot..." Liger whispered to himself feeling a little embarrassed. After finishing eating, Sakura and Veno went to attend the beastiale and humans that arrived at the guild, while the old Samuel, along with Liger and Feran, went to the training yard. - ¡°Alright! first of all, let''s check your statistics once again, shall we?¡± and with that Feran only smiled with confidence about to show them the result of his night training. With a proud grin, Feran showed his stats to Liger and the master.
Status.
Name: Feran. Level: 2. (22.85/150)
Race: Human. Title: Shieldman.
- Vitality: 56 (+52) - Magic E: 11.5 - Strength: 18.5 (+25) - Magic P: 5.5 - Defense: 28 (+46) - Magic D: 22 (+26) - Speed: 17 (+15) - critical: 0%
- ¡°Hmm... huh? This stats... aren¡¯t they slightly higher than yesterday?¡± the old man asked with curiosity as he was quite sure that there was something weird with the stats. - ¡°what are you talking about?¡± asked Liger not knowing the previous stats of Feran. The human boy on his side only could smile as he was expecting them to ask. - ¡°Do you remember that yesterday night, I told you I would train as I used to do so in my world... well, apparently my training went better than expected, as my stats actually increased a bit!¡± Liger, who couldn¡¯t see the stats was confused, that was until Feran looked at him with a smile and suddenly the feline eared boy was able to see the stats of the boy. - ¡°... ¡°.5¡± in stats? I¡¯ve never seen stats like that!¡± the magician was in shock at the sight of such stats. - ¡°Hmm... yeah, they aren¡¯t common. As you might know, Liger, increasing just stats instead of the level is actually possible, but it¡¯s rarely done as it has its limitations and it¡¯s not as ¡°rewarding¡± as just leveling up... yet... 6.5 increase in your stats... isn¡¯t? It will be hard, but if you can pull it off, your stats might increase a lot, it¡¯s said that for a person in the basic stage, a proper training could even make them twice as strong, but as I said, it¡¯s actually weird that someone actually does it, even I haven¡¯t done it before... my training always raised my level but not purely my stats... this is quite interesting¡± said the old man as he kept looking at the stats of the young human. - ¡°well, in my world we don¡¯t have ¡°your¡± leveling up system nor skills, so it ain¡¯t uncommon for people to exercise or train to increase their ¡°stats¡±, not everyone does it of course, but practicing at least a sport can help with their physical capacities¡±. - ¡°oh? So even without knowing your stats or levels you still train, how do you measure your statistics then?¡± asked the old man with curiosity while Liger was very attentive about the answer. - ¡°Hmm... competitions? Participating in activities?... we don¡¯t really have the same system to measure our ¡°stats¡± as you do, but we have certain... tests or objectives that we can use to compare our mental and physical capacities, we train until we can reach or surpass an objective, whether this is to run for a certain amount of time without blacking out, or to run a certain distance as fast as possible, or to lift a certain weight, to remember certain things, analysis, calculations, you know? Many different things to measure our capacities... I don¡¯t know if I¡¯m able to explain myself correctly...¡± although Feran wasn¡¯t sure if what he was saying made any sense for the people standing in front of him, yet it seemed like both the old man and the other youngster were able to imagine what he meant. - ¡°I see... what about fighting? Without stats and levels, how do you fight?¡± asked this time the young feline eared boy. - ¡°We don¡¯t have ¡°stages¡± or ¡°titles¡± or at least not like the ones here... we do have different ¡°fighting styles¡± and martial arts, I¡¯ve been practicing martial arts almost my whole life, after my grandfather passed away I kind of stopped, but still trained every once in a while, I suppose that now would be a good moment to restart...¡±. - ¡°styles you say?... that sounds interesting! Hahahaha¡± the old man was excited at the words of the boy while the magician could only roll his eyes even though he was also interested in those ¡°styles¡± Feran just mentioned. - ¡°Anyway, enough talk! let¡¯s train!¡± Feran now said with burning passion on his eyes, obviously excited about the prospect of training against magic. - ¡°That¡¯s right! okay, just like yesterday, you faced Veno fighting using only basic attacks, so Liger should do the same, however, you should know that since Liger is a magician, he has a passive skill that lets him do distance attacks with magic power" Feran looked at Liger who just nodded and started taking distance from him. - ¡°Hmm... how does that work? Liger¡¯s passive skill I mean...¡± the boy asked in curiosity. - ¡°Liger is a magician, and all magicians possess a passive that is acquired at level 5, this skill is called "magical use". This is the thing, as you should know, there are basic or normal attacks, which only make use of statistics, for example, if your ¡°strength stat¡± is 25 and your enemy¡¯s defense is 20, the 5 points of difference becomes the total damage... do you understand?" Feran only nodded. - ¡°Well...for the offensive skills that deal damage, they have a specific damage, which is added to the power of statistics, for example, if I use a skill that deals a specific damage of 50, that is added to the 30 of statistics force, making it a total damage of 80 points, which is then calculated as a difference with the 70 defense that the enemy has, and generate a damage of 10..." Feran nods once again. - ¡°Now, Liger''s passive works like a normal basic attack, but it has a trick, if Liger attacks from close range trying to make a melee attack, then the stat to consider would be ¡°Strength¡±, on the other hand, if Liger wants to use magic and focuses on that, especially from distance, then he uses magic attacks that consider his ¡°Magic Power¡± for the basic attack... in other words, thanks to Liger¡¯s passive he can make physical and magical attacks and is also able to fight in different distances" said the old man with a smile. - ¡°of course, most magicians just take their distance, our strength stat, as well as most of our physical stats, are usually pretty weak so we prefer to remain safe, which is also why most of the time we need someone to cover the vanguard...¡± Liger explains from the distance. - ¡°I see, now I''m ready to fight!" the young human indicated with excitement. After Feran got in position, the old man raised his hand, indicating the beginning of their training and the fight began. Liger started to quickly attack Feran with small magic spheres that were appearing around him, his attacks had a fairly long range. - ¡°Just so you know Feran, I haven''t stopped using my passive, which means that it''s a level 4 skill, so the distance I can fight is greater, the speed is also greater, and if I touch a target, I can turn it into stronger magic, generating 10% specific damage from some spell as direct damage" upon hearing this Feran was impressed, and at the moment he blocks with his shield one of Liger''s magical spheres, this sphere grew and became a flame that exploded, throwing Feran away, leaving him very weakened. A few hours later, in the king''s castle. A couple of hours had passed since everyone had woken up, finished eating, and now they were in the inner courtyard. The nine young men were all lined up in front of the king, his children, and generals, at the sides of the king. - ¡°Very well young people, today you will begin your training, independent of whether you want to help us in our war or not, training and leveling up is absolutely necessary to be able to survive at least until we can send you back. If you have any question feel free to ask" the king observed the young heroes who only nodded but didn¡¯t ask any questions. - ¡°Very well, in that case, the first thing will be to give you all the necessary objects so that you can see the most basic information you will need, such as title, statistics, and level" the old man indicated with a smile. Julie decided to raise her hand. As the people from Liberteas noticed that, they thought it was weird that she would do that, so the king gave her a signal to speak. - ¡°I have a question, what do you mean by title, statistics, and level?" the girl asked with a puzzled expression. - ¡°Hmm... well, to put it simply, in this world everyone has a title, this title determines our abilities, our strengths and weaknesses, and what we can be in the future, among other things, is one of the foundations of our world, and statistics are a numerical form in which the physical abilities of people are measured, these abilities and their development depends a lot on the type of title you have, the higher the level the stronger the person is" the king replied with a calm tone. - ¡°And how exactly does a title work?" this time Seiras was the one to ask. - ¡°Well, there are 5 kinds of titles, basic stage titles are the weakest, advance stage titles are the most common ones as most humans in this world have this titles, elite stage title are the strongest, and there are only a few people in each country who has reached these titles. On the other hand, there are some ¡°special¡± titles, which determine the rank of a person and in some instances give bonuses, for example, I have an elite stage title and a special title which would be ¡°king¡±..." said the elder. The prince suddenly takes a step forward. - ¡°I would be another good example, my special title is ¡°general¡±, this determines my rank as a member of the Liberteas army, but my real title is the elite stage title known as ¡°Paladin¡±..." the oldest prince spoke proudly.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. - ¡°There are also the ¡°top 3 titles¡± or ¡°Superior Stage Titles¡±... ¡°Hero", "Champion" and "Legend"... these titles possess even more power than the elite stage titles, so they are the best of the best, and according to the stories, only those who come from other worlds can have one of these titles¡±. As the explanation was finished, Seiras and Julie nodded their heads to indicate their understanding of their words. - ¡°Well, now that everything has been explained, I think we can proceed... first of all, each one of the young heroes will be provided with an especially forged and enchanted object to enable them not only to see their information, but it will also serve as a containing object, that is to say they will be able to keep their money, equipment and other objects they want inside it". With those words, a group of soldiers arrived with 4 pendants and 5 rings, the rings were given to the young men, and the pendants to the young women, once all of them had an object in their hands, they proceeded to wear them. The king was filled with excitement and expectations, so he, his children, and his generals, all were carrying an object to see the statistics of the heroes. The first to check his statistics was Alexander.
Status.
Name: Alexander. Level: 1. (0/10.000)
Race: Human. Title: Hero.
- Vitality: 70 (+50*) - Magic E: 20 (+50*) - Strength: 58 (+50*) - Magic P: 12 (+50*) - Defense: 24 (+50*) - Magic D: 24 (+50*) - Speed: 42 (+50*) - critical: 10%
The moment Alexander checked his stats, everyone took a deep breath in surprise... since they were all companions everyone could see Alexander''s statistics, while the king and his people could only see the stats by the use of objects. Alexander¡¯s classmates seemed surprised, but the expression of delight and excitement was more notorious on the side of the king and his people. - ¡°Congratulations, Sir Alexander! It seems that you received the superior title ¡°Hero¡±, one of the 3 superior titles of our world. The total growth of this title is +150per level, the only bad thing of this title is that due to it¡¯s great power It requires so much more experience to level up, and once the level is over 50, the experience required to continue climbing will be monstrous" the king couldn¡¯t hide his joy at the sight of such title, this was because he knew a method for Alexander to level up much faster than originally would, and also because a ¡°Hero¡± has joined his forces. - ¡°Well done Sir Alexander! just what I expected of you, not only you have one of the 3 strongest titles, but it seems that you started with many passive bonuses" the princess was applauding at the boy, action that was followed by the generals and the other people in the room, this brought great satisfaction to Alexander. After a few seconds and a few rolls of their eyes, the next ones to review their respective statistics were the 3 friends, Ryu, Hayato, and Tora.
Status.
Name: Ryu. Level: 14. (0/750)
Race: Human. Title: Brawler.
- Vitality: 37 - Magic E: 10 - Strength: 68 - Magic P: 5 - Defense: 33 - Magic D: 5 - Speed: 35 - critical: 0%
Ryu was the first of the 3 friends to check his stats. The moment his stats appeared for the others to see, an audible gasp came from his classmates, yet he didn''t even care the reaction of the people in the room or what his title was, the only thing it mattered to him was that despite being apparently level 14, he was still obviously inferior to Alexander in terms of stats.
Status.
Name: Hayato. Level: 14. (0/750)
Race: Human. Title: Thief.
- Vitality: 38 - Magic E: 10 - Strength: 35 - Magic P: 5 - Defense: 28 - Magic D: 5 - Speed: 71 - critical: 1%
The next one was Hayato, who was quite surprised to see his statistics, and how different they were to those of his friend Ryu, also noticing that he was already level 14 just like Ryu, he assumed it was because of the fights they had before arriving at the castle.
Status.
Name: Tora. Level: 11. (250/600)
Race: Human. Title: Barbarian.
- Vitality: 32 - Magic E: 10 - Strength: 77 (+10*) - Magic P: 5 - Defense: 25 - Magic D: 5 - Speed: 20 - critical: 0%
Finally, Tora made his statistics to appear, however, he didn¡¯t even pay attention to them, for him his statistics didn¡¯t have any value, at the time of fighting he would finish all his enemies with his raw power, or that was what he thought. - ¡°Wow! the guys are already over level 10, how did they do it?" asked Trish in awe and disbelief. Hayato looked at Trish with a smile and stared at her. - ¡°We beat up some people before coming to the castle" the answer generated some laughter, Ryu, Tora, and even the youngest prince laughed at Hayato¡¯s answer, the funniest thing is that it was true. Trish and Seiras only could put a hand on their forehead and sight in defeat. - ¡°I don''t know why I asked when the answer was so obvious, of course, you 3 would start fighting the moment you got here" she said with clear exhaustion and giving them a scolding look. - ¡°Hmm... it was 6 of our soldiers that you ¡°beat up¡± before coming here, it is no laughing matter¡± The princess stated firmly while sending a glare to Ryu and his friends, receiving back an angry look from Ryu. - ¡°let¡¯s leave that for the moment, our soldiers weren¡¯t the most capable, so they took it as an experience and opportunity to grow, besides, no one got really hurt, so it¡¯s better if we don¡¯t make a big deal of it... right?¡± The king interrupted the glares the princess and Ryu were sending each other, trying to calm them down, but by the look he sent Ryu and the others, he obviously didn¡¯t like the fact either, and he probably didn¡¯t like them, as it was usual, they weren¡¯t popular with other people. - ¡°Why don¡¯t we continue checking the stats of the heroes? other matters can be attended later. Now, can I point out how... interesting are these lads..." the one who talked was Blaze, who seemed quite interested in Ryu''s group, obviously they were problematic, but they seemed to have great potential, of course, the group also caught the attention of the prince and the general Land. - ¡°Yeah, it¡¯s for the best...¡± is all that the princess replied before making her face as stoic as possible, and the king got a tired smile on his face. The next ones to see their statistics were Seiras and Julie, Julie on her side was very nervous about her results, but Seiras kept her calm demeanor and her head held high.
Status.
Name: Julienne. Level: 1. (0/100)
Race: Human. Title: Healer.
- Vitality: 28 - Magic E: 25 - Strength: 5 - Magic P: 47 - Defense: 10 - Magic D: 25 - Speed: 18 - critical: 0%
Status.
Name: Seiras. Level: 1. (0/100)
Race: Human. Title: Magician.
- Vitality: 28 - Magic E: 25 - Strength: 5 - Magic P: 49 - Defense: 10 - Magic D: 20 - Speed: 21 - critical: 0%
Unknown to the girl, their titles were perfect for them. The moment the titles were visible, everyone seemed excited, especially the king and the princess, both girls had magic-related titles, one focused on healing and support, while the other was responsible for attacking at a distance, both also possessed very good statistics, that sight brought a smile to the people beside the king. - ¡°Oh! A healer? They aren¡¯t that common in comparison to other titles, it¡¯s quite a pleasant surprise to see it, you must be really blessed Lady Julie, on the other hand, Lady Seiras is a magician, they aren¡¯t as rare as healers but they are still very valuable, it was to be expected of the heroes¡± The princess smiled in satisfaction as she praised the girls titles. - ¡°Also, it is quite interesting that you 2 who seem to be so close to each other have these titles that also work as a team, a healer and a magician, offensive and defensive, the titles, just like you, fit perfectly" this time the one to talk was the general with blue hair, Torrent. - ¡°Good to know that we fit so well, even in this place" Julie said with a smile, hugging Seiras, Seiras just smiled and stroked her head. - ¡°I think now only Lady Uriel, Lady Trish, and Sir Markus are left to check their stats" said the king with an expectant look directed to the remaining kids. Markus and Trish were next to review their information.
Status.
Name: Trish. Level: 1. (0/100)
Race: Human. Title: Soldier.
- Vitality: 44 - Magic E: 10 - Strength: 17 - Magic P: 5 - Defense: 40 - Magic D: 17 - Speed: 15 - critical: 0%
Status.
Name: Markus. Level: 1. (0/100)
Race: Human. Title: Soldier.
- Vitality: 42 - Magic E: 10 - Strength: 40 - Magic P: 5 - Defense: 20 - Magic D: 14 - Speed: 17 - critical: 0%
- ¡°Hmm... I didn''t expect this" the king looked quite surprised at Markus and Trish. The oldest prince, on his side, couldn¡¯t help but slightly smile when he saw this, he already had 5 people in his sights, 5 people that he considered a real potential for war. Chapter 10: The Adventure of The Heroes Begins (part 2). As they were checking their stats, now everyone was focused on Trish and Markus. - ¡°Huh? Curious, they are both soldiers, but their statistics are very different from each other, Lady Trish has better defensive statistics, while Sir Markus has better offensive statistics, if both train correctly, and if they improve their titles to advance stage or even to elite stage, they could be the duo with the best physical defense and the best physical attack" the prince gave a small signal to his partner Torrent who nodded back with satisfaction. - ¡°It seems like you are the last one, Uriel. I hope that no matter the result, you lend us your power" Alexander spoke softly while looking at Uriel, she gave him a tiny smile before nodding and looking at the rest of her classmates. - ¡°It seems that you''ve already decided to fight... don''t worry, I''ve decided that I''ll fight too" the girl replied to Alexander with a serious expression, making him smile at her response, a satisfied and approving nod was his answer.
Status.
Name: Uriel. Level: 1. (0/100)
Race: Human. Title: Amazon.
- Vitality: 45 (+7*) - Magic E: 20 - Strength: 47 (+7*) - Magic P: 10 - Defense: 24 (+7*) - Magic D: 10 - Speed: 41 (+7*) - critical: 0%
At the sight of Uriel''s statistics, both the king and his generals were surprised, the princess was even frightened for a moment to the point she let out a shriek while some soldiers stepped forward unsheathing their swords and preparing their spears. At the action of the soldiers, the king immediately stopped them by raising his hand. - ¡°Everybody calm down! Soldiers! Give a step back on this instant, I¡¯m sure there¡¯s a perfectly reasonable explanation for this... situation¡± at the serious tone of the king and his dark expression directed to the people around him, the soldiers immediately gave a step back in fear but at the same time obviously uncertain. - ¡°What''s going on? Is there something wrong?" asked Uriel with surprise while Alexander got on guard waiting for any attack, looking around carefully, the rest was fully aware of their surroundings and looking nervously. - ¡°Hmm... Lady Uriel, I have to ask, do you know about your title? Do you have any idea what it means? How do you have it?¡± the king asked with uncertainty and confusion, but Uriel was even more confused than him so she only could shake her head indicating that she had no idea what was happening. Alexander, Ryu, and Hayato were still tense and fully prepared for a fight if it were to happen, while the rest was rather nervous about what was going on. Alexander and Ryu were focused on Uriel, on protecting her and make sure she was alright, Hayato on his side was observing his surroundings, trying to grasp their situation and what they could do in case they might need it. - ¡°... I¡¯m sorry but I don¡¯t know what is going on, this is my first time watching my stats and honestly, I still don¡¯t fully know what a title is or how they work, so...¡± Uriel replied as calm as possible, using a firm but soft tone, with that and the way her eyes didn¡¯t waver while talking and looking the king straight to his eyes, it was obvious for the man she was honest, with that he sighs in relief before letting his shoulders fall and making a signal so everyone else could relax. - ¡°Fuuu... In that case, I will once again ask everyone to calm down, I think I should explain this to the young heroes so they could understand the general reaction of my people. We previously gave you an explanation and examples about titles, we didn¡¯t go into details but the basic was pretty much explained, in any case, something we failed to explain to you is that not only humans have titles, but Beastiale have titles too, their titles aren¡¯t like ours of course, but thanks to their titles we could have a grasp of their power, it¡¯s not 100% exact, but we can have an idea of their power... One of the key differences between humans and Beastiale is that we have titles that we level up... they, on the other hand, focus on ¡°types¡± instead of titles per se, for example, the title ¡°Amazon¡± is usually a ¡°Diane¡± title used by ¡°basic stage warrior types Diane¡±... fuuu... that¡¯s why my people got tense and on guard, because you, Lady Uriel, have a title that doesn¡¯t belong to the human race, but to the Diane, a Beastiale" this surprised and left stunned the young heroes, especially Alexander and Uriel. - ¡°... What does that mean for Uriel?" Alexander said, looking at the young woman and then at the king. - ¡°The truth is that... as far as I know, this has never happened before. Since she is a human and not a hybrid, it¡¯s hard to know... there has never been a human with a beastiale title, maybe the ability of monsters or even Beastiale, but never title..." the king replied nervously while wondering what to do. - ¡°Hmm... Father, I understand that the Diane are a special race among the beastiale... they are descendants of the gods, and that is why they are more prone to red hair, the young Uriel has red hair, is it possible that perhaps because of that she has a beastiale title and even appeared in the city of the Diane? Is it possible that this is the will of the gods?" the princess tried to calm the situation by putting that info on the table. - ¡°Hmm... I agree with my sister, this young woman was transported from another world after all, so it is very possible that for that she received a beastiale title, this will be of great help, since her stats seem to be even above her companions except for Alexander, she could be someone very strong, besides, in the best of cases her growths will also be that of a beastiale, and as we know, the base power and growth of a beastiale is far greater than that of a human" said the prince looking calmly at the king. Listening to his children, the king could clear up and recovered his smile. - ¡°You are right! I¡¯m sorry for the previous behavior of my people, and also my own, I hope you understand that because of the current war, it is not very pleasant for me or my soldiers to see a beastiale title...¡± said the king giving a slight inclination which was followed by the soldiers and even the princess. - ¡°Don''t worry, it''s not a problem" the redhead girl started giving back a small bow and then smiling at the king and the soldiers, illuminating the whole room, upon seeing her smile the king was finally able to calm down completely. - ¡°Very well, now that everyone knows their conditions and statistics, it''s time to provide you with basic weapons, unfortunately, at the moment we do not have much equipment that could be useful for the heroes, in our current situation most of the higher quality equipment is at the hands of our troops that are in stand by... so, in the meantime, while you begin your training, we will provide you with basic equipment of normal level" said General Land with an apologetic smile. - ¡°For now we have only one weapon of legendary level, which is the "Hero¡¯s Sword", a weapon we are more than sure is perfect for Alexander as he possesses the title ¡°Hero¡±... bring it!" said the oldest prince as a few soldiers stepped forward with a rectangular box that they opened in front of Alexander before the king would take it and personally handed it to Alexander. - ¡°Here, Sir Alexander, ¡°The Hero¡¯s Sword¡±, the definitive weapon to defeat evil and protect humanity... it¡¯s yours now!¡± with a big grin the old man gives the sword to Alexander who takes it after bowing respectfully to the king. The moment Alexander touches the sword¡¯s handle, this starts to glow and a surge of power could be felt in the place.
Equipment.
Hero¡¯s Sword (Legendary Quality): +100 V. / +50 ME. / +70 St. / +40 MP. / +40 D. / +25 MD. / +70 Sp. Exp: 100% Passive Skill: ¡°Second Breath¡± (Level 5).
After checking the stats of the sword, Alexander raises it letting its glow shine over the others, everyone gasping at the beauty and power surging from the sword that was now in the hands of Alexander. - ¡°... so this is what a legendary sword feels like¡± although Alexander spoke as calm as he could, the ghost of a smile, the reflection of the sword on his eyes, and the tone of his voice made it clear that his mind was now completely drawn to the weapon. - ¡°such a magnificent view... Sadly that¡¯s the only Legendary weapon in our power that you can access at the moment, for the rest of you heroes, since you have only ¡°basic stage titles¡±, it will take some time before we can get you better equipment, so, as general Land previously said, in the meantime please use the next equipment for practice and preparing yourselves¡± at the words of the king the four generals of the king stood in front of the heroes, while the soldiers handed them some weapons and equipment.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. - ¡°Very well young people, from now on the training begins. Prepare yourselves to face life and death at every moment of the day, only then you will survive in this world" the prince stated with a hard tone while giving a look at the youngster in front of him who were receiving their new weapons. The looked at each other and nodded their heads, some determined to survive until the day they can go back home, while others ready for whatever might come on their way in this world. At the training field of the Open Guild. Several minutes have passed and Feran was still fighting against Liger. At that time Feran was running around trying to avoid Liger''s attack. - ¡°Don''t run like that, you idiot! You must get used to facing long-range enemies!" Liger said a little annoyed when he saw Feran running practically in circles. - ¡°Don''t fuck with me! if I don''t dodge like that, I''ll get hit, and those things really hurt!" the boy replied, pretending to be a fool while he kept on running. - ¡°Hmm... that''s because unlike specific damage and damage based on statistics, the direct damage works differently, which means that no matter your defense or resistance, the damage will affect you and your vitality going through your defenses. Direct damage is especially useful against Shieldman or any defensive based titles, that''s why it''s perfect against you" the old man said out loud so Feran could hear him. Even though he heard the old man, Feran kept running around the courtyard like a fool, which made Liger even angrier. - ¡°STOP!" shouted the young lion, and at that moment Feran stops only to get into a comfortable position, and threw his shield in the direction of Liger, Liger was able to dodge Feran''s attack. - ¡°What do you think you''re doing? You, idiot! Don''t you see you''re unprotected now?" Liger shouted somewhat annoyed, yet Feran simply smiled, ran forward and snapped his fingers. At that moment, to the surprise of the old man as well as Liger, the shield that had been thrown was returning right to Feran, managing to hit Liger lightly during its return. - ¡°Aaagh! But... what the hell?" said Liger massaging his head. Once Feran took back his shield, Liger began attacking Feran again, but before any skill could touch Feran, he appeared out of nowhere in front of Liger and began hitting him using only his hands, and the shield. - ¡°OOOH! impressive, so all that running around the courtyard in circles was just to mislead Liger, though I wonder, how did he get his shield back into his hand?" said the impressed old man with an excited and curious tone. Feran kept hitting Liger, and after a few seconds, he stopped. - ¡°Don''t think you can beat me, I''m level 22, you idiot!" when he says that he hits Feran''s head with his hands, and then begins to attack fully with his passive magic use, constantly exploding Feran''s body. - ¡°You are not giving him enough time to recover! If you keep going like this you will kill him!" shouted the old man, making Liger react. - ¡°damn it! I forget it completely" suddenly Liger felt a murderous aura, and a shadow appeared from behind. - ¡°You almost killed me, you idiot!" Feran said, punching Liger''s head, causing him to bend his head slightly, Feran was looking at Liger''s side with an annoying look. - ¡°How dare you to hit me?" Liger shouted in annoyance and raising his head, but Feran hits him again keeping his head down. - ¡°Stay looking down for a while and think about what you''ve done" Feran said in a commanding voice. - ¡°But..." Liger tried to protest and to raise his head once again, but Feran hit him this time smashing Liger¡¯s head on the ground. - ¡°Consider this punishment! I don''t care if you''re level 20 or 90, don''t think I''ll forgive you so easy for almost killing me!" Feran said with a macabre smile and a dark aura coming from him, he was somehow frightening Liger. - ¡°He, HAHAHAHAHA, what¡¯s the matter Liger? it seems that finally, someone has managed to calm you down, HAHAHAHA" the old man laughed like a child, but Feran was not in the mood and gave him a look full of anger, one that even the old man could not ignore. - ¡°I''m sorry" the old man awkwardly apologized before clearing his throat. When he heard the old man apologize, the young Liger began to laugh while his head was still near the ground, but it didn''t last long as Feran hit his head again crushing the ground. - ¡°Don''t laugh, you''re still grounded!" he said seriously with a commanding tone. The old man approached the young man and decided to ask the question which had brought him so many doubts for a while. - ¡°Hey, Feran! what the hell was that? when you threw your shield and it came back to you... I¡¯ve never seen that before, or at least not something like that done by anyone in the basic stage..." asked the old man curiously. - ¡°Oh! about that, yesterday when I was exercising, for some reason I remembered that there was a game in my world in which a disc is thrown, and it turned out that this shield is very similar to the size and shape of the disc... well, it¡¯s actually considerably bigger but is quite light, almost like a feather, so I thought, why not throw the shield as an attack..." the teen said with a relaxed smile, while the old man looked at him somewhat confused. - ¡°You are such a weird lad. Even if we had such a game in this world, I would never have thought of throwing away the shield... it was interesting though" Feran just shrug his shoulder with a smile. - ¡°Yeah... I must be honest though, I started throwing my shield around for a while last night, and after several attempts, something very strange happened... I was a few yards away from the shield, and I was stretching my hand to reach it, so the shield began to move by itself, after realizing this, I decided to try stretching my hand to see how it worked, and after a few attempts, the shield came back to my hands on its own" he said with a smile as he scratched his head slightly. - ¡°Hmm... I see. It probably happened because it was a mystical quality object, some object of the mystical quality and over can be called by their owners, although I¡¯m surprised your shield was one of the objects with that capacity, I had no idea..." said the old man seriously. - ¡°Maybe that''s the reason... but... after watching the shield coming back to me, I decided to keep trying to use the shield to attack, and finally, I managed to create a new technique, it''s called "Spinning Shield"... with this technique I can throw a shield to attack the enemy, and then the shield comes back to me, or that¡¯s what it said in the description¡± Feran had a look of satisfaction as he gave the news about his new skill, on the other hand, the old man and Liger were surprised by the words of Feran. - ¡°It''s really impressive! I never expected you to create your own skill, and what''s more, an offensive skill for the shieldman title, I guess all the techniques must start somehow" at that moment the old man looked closely at Feran, to see his skills.
Skills list.
Passives. Actives.
- passive skill ¡°Revitalization¡±. - level 2: activates after resting for at least 10 seconds. The user recovers +15 Vitality points every 7 seconds. There¡¯s no cost of ME. - active skill ¡°Cover¡±. - level 1: lets the user choose and ¡°objective¡± at a distance of 7 meters max, then the user gets transported there immediately. Each use costs 2 ME.
- active skill ¡°Interception¡±. - level 0: lets the user ¡°stop¡± an ¡°action¡± of the enemy at a distance of 1 meters max, only close combat basic attacks. Each use costs 2 ME.
- active skill ¡°Spinning Shield¡±. - level 2: the user can attack with a shield to a top distance of 5 meters, it deals damage +75 +St. and it can make a second attack. Each use costs 2 ME.
- ¡°Wow! you created your skill yesterday and you already have it in level 2, not only that, your specific damage is 75 and you can do a second attack, that''s a total of 150 specific damage, plus your Strength stat, quite the powerful skill you¡¯ve got there, CONGRATULATIONS!!!" shouted the old man in excitement at the sight of such wonderful skill of his ¡°discipline¡±, the skill and the way Feran kept surprising him made him grin like a maniac (which he actually was). - ¡°The master is right, that''s a very powerful skill, especially for someone of your level... you know? this is more than enough for you to start training by killing monsters, even if your strength stat is not high enough, the specific damage of this skill alone is enough to defeat low-level monsters, plus it would be very useful when facing someone else if you do missions or face bandits" said Liger looking at Feran''s skills. Feran on his side just gave the lion boy a slight glare. After a few seconds, the old man began to retreat little by little, and Liger finally realized what was happening, Feran approached him slowly, looking him dead in the eyes, took him lightly by the neck, raising Liger''s gaze. - ¡°didn¡¯t I say you were punished for trying to kill me?¡± He said, looking straight into his eyes, Liger was trembling, he had some fear, but Feran was very close so he was really nervous, he felt weak and very unprotected, with Feran''s hand on his neck. - ¡°I''m... sorry" that''s all Liger could say, as he could barely speak well, he swallowed hard and loud while getting embarrassed. - ¡°... Hahaha! don''t worry, I forgive you!" Feran said with a smile as he stroked Liger''s head, Liger just blushed and started hitting Feran to stop. - ¡°What do you think you''re doing? you idiot! I''m not a child, I''m older than you, in age and level, so don''t get so arrogant!" he said, turning around not to see Feran as he was now a little angry. At the same time, just far away enough to not listening to their chat, the old man only saw them acting like a couple of children and sighed deeply. - ¡°Fuuu... these 2 will end up destroying my guild if they keep acting like that, I can see it, not too long in the future, they will be the ones destroying the place just to have some fun, hahahaha crazy lads" said the old man, looking at the young people with a relaxed look and kind of happy look. - ¡°Well, I think it''s time we got back to training!" Feran stated with an excited smile. Just at that moment Veno comes and stands next to the old man, so the old man with a placid smile has an idea. - ¡°Hey, Feran! I have an idea to strengthen your training, this time it will be much faster, and much harder, do you think that you can keep up?" Feran just nodded, while the old man''s eyes glowed as he released an evil aura as if he were about to show them hell itself. Now all the heroes were starting their training, getting ready for the future battles to come, and a fantastic adventure in this new world. Chapter 11: A Lively Morning. 5 days later, Open Guild. It¡¯s been already 5 days since Feran had his practice match with Liger, time in which he has been training diligently every day and hunting monsters every now and then. Now, everyone was in the kitchen, Feran and the old man were checking Feran''s progress of the last few days while the rest ate quietly.
Status.
Name: Feran. Level: 12. (20/650)
Race: Human. Title: Shieldman.
- Vitality: 94 (+72) - Magic E: 26 - Strength: 33 (+25) - Magic P: 10 - Defense: 57 (+56) - Magic D: 41 (+36) - Speed: 36 (+15) - critical: 0%
- ¡°Hahaha, your growth in this past 5 days has been nothing short to incredible. It seems that I¡¯m a better master than I thought, HAHAHAHA!!!¡± the proud tone and laugh of the old man earned him a look from the other people in the table. - ¡°Eh, I can¡¯t deny you the credit of my progress, if it wasn¡¯t for your training plan and the experience and growth bonuses that are given to me by our ¡°Master-Discipline agreement¡± and the objects you gave to me, I might have not gotten as far as I¡¯m now¡± Feran gave a grateful smile to the old man, raising his thumb in approval which was reciprocated by the old man. Liger who was calmly drinking tea only watched the exchange between the old man and the young boy while thinking... ¡°They shouldn¡¯t spend so much time together, they are getting more alike by the minute¡±. - ¡°Tch, such a shame that your night training only raised your stats by so much, still, +65 total stat points is quite an incredible growth for a basic stage title, if any regular human would have used that training method, then their base power would have been more than doubled, in fact, your growth with that training is the equivalent to the growth of 13 levels up for a basic stage title¡± the old man started to murmur to Feran while eating his food. - ¡°Oh? Is that so?¡±. - ¡°Yeah, that kind of growth is nothing to take lightly... you are certainly a very diligent lad to have done that training, I¡¯ve mentioned this before, but most people wouldn¡¯t keep up with that kind of training, they would prefer to just level up which would increase their stats +5 for each level than training to increase their stats one by one¡± at that the old man patted the back of Feran which made the boy smile before drinking some of his tea. - ¡°Master! What rank do you think Feran is right now?¡± asked suddenly the little Sakura with an expectant smile. - ¡°... rank?¡± asked the boy who has heard the word before but didn¡¯t know exactly what they meant by that. - ¡°Huh? You don¡¯t know what rank is, do you?¡± asked Liger at the confused expression of Feran, the human boy shakes his head in response. - ¡°not really, I¡¯ve heard it, but I¡¯m not sure what it means...¡±. - ¡°I must have forgotten to mention it before...¡± murmured to himself the old man while stroking his beard. - ¡°I remember you said something about my title ranking up or something, and about monsters and Beastiale having ranks, but I didn¡¯t exactly ask about it since I was focused on other things¡± at the reply of the boy, the man thought for a few seconds before remembering. - ¡°Oh! that¡¯s right, I only mentioned it once or twice, well... how should I explain this?¡±. - ¡°is it something complicated?¡± asked the boy suspiciously as he sees the face of the man. - ¡°not really, is just that ranks are different for a monster, Beastiale, and humans...¡± replied the man instantly. - ¡°I see... then... why don¡¯t we start with humans?¡± replied the boy which earn him a nod from the man. Just when the man was about to answer, the one who started to talk was Liger. - ¡°for humans, ranks are just a way to form hierarchies or measure your power, in fact, adventurers are ranked depending on their total power. for example... If your total power is less than 100, which means that you are more likely around level 11 or less, you are ranked as ¡°F-¡±, those are basically new adventurers, practically kids, who just started as adventurers. In case of teams, a team with 3 members, 2 of them ranked ¡°F-¡± and one ranked ¡°E-¡±, would most likely be ranked ¡°F+¡± if they are fairly good for their levels, or ¡°F¡± if they are just regular or weak people. There are also people ranked as ¡°Generals¡± who don¡¯t have the ¡°Elite Stage Title General¡±, those are ¡°generals¡± only in rank and it¡¯s considered a ¡°special title¡± that is given to them if they join an army or something, it basically grants them influence and in some weird cases, it gives some stat bonus to people... that¡¯s basically it for humans...¡± once Liger finished the explanation, he went back to drink his tea and eat some food. The man gave a signal to Veno who only nodded before starting to talk. - ¡°Hmm... for us Beastiale, ranks aren¡¯t assigned to an individual like the case of humans, but we are cataloged in a certain rank depending on our race. We, ¡°Herber¡±, are an ¡°A Rank Beastiale¡± species... from the weakest to the strongest of us, we are all ¡°A Rank¡± but we differentiate each other by our ¡°Types¡±, all Herber has the same base power, 200, but our growth differs depending on our type... anyway, the easiest way to determine the rank of a Beastiale is checking their race and base power... by the way, opposite to humans or monsters, Beastiale don¡¯t have the ranks ¡°F¡± and ¡°E¡±, the weakest Beastiale species are ranked ¡°D¡±...¡± Feran was really interested while listening to Veno, and then the last comment caught his attention. - ¡°Really? And why is that?¡± asked the boy truly curious about it. - ¡°Hmm... I¡¯m not sure, I suppose it¡¯s due to our growth, even the weakest Beastiale which have the same base power as humans, 50, have better growths than them, and the growths also depend on the type, so the weakest among ¡°D Rank Beastiale¡± have twice the growth of humans, while the stronger ones in ¡°D Rank¡± have 5 times the growth of a human, and that¡¯s in the case they are in their basic stage, if they evolve then the difference is like comparing a simple ant to a mighty dragon...¡± such serious voice left the Herber, his last words made Feran smile and contain a laugh, yet he knew that by Veno¡¯s tone, he was sure of his words as if they were the absolute truth. Feran was about to ask a question but then the old man started to talk. - ¡°In the case of monsters, ¡°Rank¡± is for them what a ¡°Title¡± is for us, it determines their growth and power, the difference is that since monsters have unlimited levels, they ¡°Rank up¡± way easier than us, of course, even if I say that it¡¯s way easier for them to rank up, the truth is that low-level monsters stay as low-level monsters for the rest of their life, usually only monster with already high ranks can keep ranking up, and even so it¡¯s actually quite difficult for them in the long run... in comparison to humans, you have to consider that while a ¡°rank F-¡± adventurer is around level 11 when they have a power close to 100, a ¡°rank F-¡± monster has that power already at level 1¡±. - ¡°Wait! So... the rank of a monster is determined by their power in level 1?¡±. - ¡°Not exactly, but it¡¯s a good indicator to know which monsters are more likely to rank up and which ones won¡¯t. If you think about it, humans base power is around ¡°50¡± in almost all the cases, only those who were trained before getting their first title, those who have some kind of special blessing, or world heroes like you, have a base power over the 50s or even the 100s, yet, even the weakest of monsters have a power that is close to 100 in level 1, from then on there are the monsters who ranked up with time, and those who were born with a certain rank. Finally, the more a monster ¡°ranks up¡± the more it ¡°evolves¡± which affects their power and growth tremendously, in comparison, for a human to rank up only gives you certain influence and prestige in the guilds and communities, but your power is still lacking and you don¡¯t get much from ranking up except for some privileges, as I said before, for monsters, ¡°Rank¡± is what ¡°Titles¡± are for us...¡± the man explained with a serious expression. - ¡°Hmm... there¡¯s also the thing about multi ranks. As an Adventurer you have a rank, Let¡¯s say you are ranked ¡°D¡±, that¡¯s your individual rank, then there¡¯s your team rank which might be higher or lower than your individual rank depending on the power of the members, and then there¡¯s the ¡°referential rank¡±, which is used to compare the rank of an adventurer and the one of a monster and that way know the difference in power and/or the kind of missions that you could do...¡± Liger answered after the man stopped talking. As Liger stops to eat some more, the old man continues. - ¡°Some adventurers don¡¯t pay attention to the ¡°referential rank¡± so they get too cocky about their capacities. I already told you that there¡¯s a difference between the power of ranks between monsters and humans, but that difference in power only grows in later ranks... for example, a ¡°Rank A¡± adventurer has a power around 2000, that kind of power you can only get with an ¡°Elite Stage Title¡± or 2 ¡°Advance Stage Titles¡±, yet, a ¡°Rank A¡± monster has a power around 2900, those 900 of difference between a ¡°Rank A¡± adventurer and monster are everything, it would require a ¡°Rank S¡± or ¡°Rank SS¡± adventure to fight a ¡°Rank A¡± monster by yourself and even then the fight would be nothing short to a bloodbath not to mention that it would still be unlikely that the adventurer survived or killed the monster...¡± now the old man had a dark expression on his face, as a master of a guild, he obviously had seen those kinds of situations of cocky adventurers trying to kill by themselves monsters of their ¡°same rank¡± not understanding the difference in power. - ¡°I see...¡±. - ¡°Those people are idiots, there¡¯s a reason adventurers usually work in teams of at least 3 to 4 members, they earn less experience but they have more chances at surviving...¡± Liger once again talked, but this time he was interrupted by Feran. - ¡°Wait! What do you mean that they earn less experience?¡± asked the boy curious and a little surprised. - ¡°well, it¡¯s obvious that the experience will be divided among the members of a team, isn¡¯t it? that¡¯s one of the reasons so many people want to do missions and fight monsters alone, because by doing so they will earn more experience, but their chances at surviving decrease, a lot, they won¡¯t be able to fight against big numbers of enemies after all, not to mention the lack of diversity on their abilities. The only people who can actually do solo missions are the adventurers of the highest ranks, like ¡°A Rank¡± adventurers and over, and even they have teams in case they need it¡± after listening to that, Feran couldn¡¯t help but take a deep breath and then sigh in exhaustion. - ¡°such a complicated thing...¡± he said before continue eating, now having heard the whole explanation and some comments about ¡°ranks¡±. - ¡°Hey! No one answered my question! What rank do you think Feran is?¡± asked Sakura still with an expectant expression. - ¡°Huh? Well... Hmm... I would say... I would give him at least ¡°E+ Rank¡±... maybe ¡°Rank D-¡± as he¡¯s actually quite a capable fighter, but that would be without considering equipment... if I consider everything including equipment, then your rank would most likely be... ¡°C-¡±?... yeah, probably ¡°Rank C-¡±...¡± at the answer of the old man, Feran and the other had a look of surprise while the little girl had shinning eyes. - ¡°do people also consider equipment when giving a ¡°Rank¡±?¡± asked the human boy slightly confused by it, at the question the old man just smiled. - ¡°Not always, it depends on the kind of equipment and the adventurer who uses them. I¡¯ve seen you with the equipment I gave you, I¡¯ve noticed how capable you are at taking the most advantage of what you have, especially the alpha shield, so I can use those as a reference to determine whether I should rank you higher or not... sometimes, we guild masters also consider skills when ranking an adventurer but that only in cases in which the adventurers have really strong skills or their synergy with them is good enough... so far you haven¡¯t disappointed me in any aspect of what makes an adventurer, and you haven¡¯t yet even started to do missions, so I already have an idea of which Rank I should grant you¡± with those words, Feran and the old man bump their fists with a placid smile.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. - ¡°Thanks for having such a good view of me, old man... by the way, compared to a monster, Which rank of monster would I be?¡± asked the boy after a few seconds. - ¡°Hmm... in a regular situation, probably ¡°F+¡±, but considering you aren¡¯t exactly normal... I would say that in your current level you could fight by yourself an ¡°E¡± rank monster... though it still would probably be quite a challenge¡± replied the man with uncertainty. - ¡°I see!¡± said the boy with a serious yet excited expression. - ¡°Hmm... as I thought! Feran is really, really strong. I would say he¡¯s one of the strongest adventurers on the guild, even stronger than Liger¡± the little Sakura started talking all excited, about Feran power. At the words of Sakura, Liger couldn¡¯t stop himself from spitting his drink. - ¡°Stronger than me? Of course not! I¡¯m far stronger!¡± Liger shouted in irritation with a red face. - ¡°is that so?... then show us your stats, Liger¡± Veno gave Liger a look and a ghost of a mocking smile appeared on his face, making Liger clench his teeth in irritation. - ¡°Yeah! Show us, show us!¡± Sakura¡¯s eyes were shining at the prospect of checking the stats of her friend. - ¡°... Alright! But if any of you laugh I will kill you!¡± said the feline eared boy in frustration and shame before showing his stats.
Status.
Name: Liger. Level: 23. (140/1200)
Race: Hybrid. Title: Magician. Rank: ¡°D¡±.
- Vitality: 32 (+72) - Magic E: 32 (+162) - Strength: 7 - Magic P: 54 (+102) - Defense: 10 (+42) - Magic D: 10 (+122) - Speed: 23 (+100) - critical: 0%
At the sight of such stats, Sakura and Veno started to laugh, of course, Sakura was laughing really loudly while Veno had a more controlled laugh, Feran on his side just gave a look of pity to Liger. - ¡°Hmm... this is not so bad, I mean... you do have pretty great stats thanks to your equipment...¡± Feran was trying to make Liger feel better, but his comment only served for furthering Liger¡¯s embarrassment. Just at that moment the old man raised his hand and smiled at the others interrupting the way they were laughing at Liger. - ¡°Even though for you Liger stats might seem low, they are actually pretty good for a human of his level, also, he has a great equipment that he can use at a more than decent level, which is why I gave him ¡°D Rank¡± among adventurers of the guild, and not only that but his true stats, the ones when he fights seriously, are considerably higher than the ones he just showed you, remember that he¡¯s a hybrid and has the capacity to transform into a Beastiale... in fact, I think he can show us how is stats would look if he transforms, right?¡± the serious tone that the old man used to talk indicated to every one of not making fun of Liger, while also making Liger feel better and more confident. After a few seconds of hesitation, Liger finally shows them the stats he has when he transforms.
Status.
Name: Liger (Beastiale Form). Level: 23. (140/1200)
Race: Hybrid (Royal Type). Title: Magician (+Warrior). Rank: ¡°D¡± (¡°C+¡±).
- Vitality: 96 (+72) - Magic E: 59 (+162) - Strength: 98 - Magic P: 81 (+102) - Defense: 69 (+42) - Magic D: 42 (+122) - Speed: 87 (+100) - critical: 0%
- ¡°What? aren¡¯t those stats at least 3 times what he used to have, not only that but his rank also grew...¡± Feran couldn¡¯t help to shout in surprise. Liger slightly blushed at the words. - ¡°Hahaha, yeah, this is Liger using his maximum power, yet he can¡¯t control his transformation that good, which is why even with those high stats and his equipment he still is ranked ¡°C+¡± when transformed... pretty impressive, don¡¯t you think?¡± The man said while patting the head of the lion boy, who only had an indifferent expression not looking at anyone. - ¡°Awesome!¡± said Sakura and Feran at the same time. - ¡°Hmm... such weakling¡± Veno commented in a dismissing and patronizing tone, although he actually did it just to irritate Liger and have a laugh. - ¡°not all of us have monstrous growth like you, bastard!¡± Feran had to hold back Liger who was talking while trying to attack Veno. - ¡°Hey, calm down! If you need to increase your stats, why don¡¯t you train with me? Not because I¡¯ve stopped growing from my night training means that it won¡¯t work on you, right?¡± at Feran words, Liger stopped moving and look at the human boy before looking to the sides way calmer than before. - ¡°Fuuu... I suppose is not a bad idea, anything to make me stronger¡± Liger said dismissively before taking a seat once again. -¡°Perfect! Oh, almost forgot, I wanted to ask you to show me your equipment!¡± Feran said expectantly earning a look and raised an eyebrow from the people around him, Liger in particular slightly blushed before, nervously, showing his equipment to Feran.
Equipment.
Cane of Elemental Support (Improved Quality): +40 ME. / +55 MP. / +25 MD. Damage Bonus: 1% in Elemental Magic attribute.
Tunic of the Water Heir (Mystical Quality): +72 V. / +92 ME. / +47 MP. / +77 MD. / + 42 D. Absorbs: Element Water Magic.
Magic Apprentice Ring (Normal Quality): +30 ME. / +20 MD.
Flight Boots (Improved Quality): +100 Sp. Bonus: fly.
- ¡°This is incredible, that tunic really gives you a lot of stats, besides that, the damage bonus looks interesting" the boy said looking seriously at his lion eared friend. - ¡°It''s the tunic that my mother used to wear, it''s Mystical Quality Equipment, just like your Alpha Shield... anyway, besides the tunic, I also keep my mom¡¯s staff, although it requires a lot of levels to be used and it''s not that strong" replied the blue-haired guy in a low and soft tone. - ¡°Hahaha, it''s true! Actually, comparing the staff with the cane that Liger currently has, if we could find the right ingredients, we could turn the cane into a better item than his mother''s staff, the only bad thing is the damage bonus, it really doesn''t do much good, for starters 1% is not very useful specially in early levels. On the other hand, water absorption is much better, and the flying ability is quite useful" said the old man quite enthusiastic about Feran''s reactions. - ¡°Oh, that''s right, those are his equip bonuses..." he said, looking at the rest of the objects. - ¡°With ¡°fly¡±, just as the name indicates it, I can fly a certain distance for a few minutes, it is very useful for long-distance battles and also for long journeys, while absorption allows me to absorb water magic, that means that the damage I was going to receive by any water magic or water-related skill becomes health that restores me...¡± Feran''s eyes really shone when hearing from all the good items Liger has. - ¡°That¡¯s incredible! So, does that mean you are a mage focused on water or something?¡± at that question Liger and the rest of the people in the place could only chuckle or laugh. ¡°You know? Curiously I¡¯m not really a magician who focuses on water magic, even though I have the ¡°Tunic of the Water Heir¡± and I have a water blessing, in reality I¡¯m more of a fire mage so far, I don¡¯t really have any predilection over one magic attribute and since I only have about 3 magic skills so far, including my passive, I basically only use the fire one to eliminate my enemies, although, If I had to chose 1 magic attribute to focus on, I would prefer electric magic and not water magic, in terms of power and utility is one of the best attributes¡± answered the boy with an amused expression. - ¡°really? that¡¯s... interesting... do anyone focus on something specific here?¡± asked the human boy before looking around the room. - ¡°Hmm... I can¡¯t really use magic, or... well, it is not that I can¡¯t use magic at all, It is just that I¡¯m better suited for physical skills and I don¡¯t have a title with magic as a focus. Veno and Sakura, on the other hand, are from the Herber species which is well known for their incredible magic capacities, even Veno who¡¯s mostly a physical fighter is quite proficient in magic, isn¡¯t it?¡± the old man explained before looking at the 2 Beastiale who only nodded their heads. - ¡°Yeah! Master is right, I¡¯m mostly focused on supporting magic and healing, although if I had to say an elemental attribute for my magic, it would be earth, so would be in the case of Veno and most of the Herber race, but the way we use it is different, as Veno is, as the master said, mainly a physical fighter, his magic mostly focuses on restraining or weakening the enemy so he can kill them faster¡± the little one had such an innocent smile while talking about killing that it was a little uncomfortable for Liger and Feran. - ¡°... I see... that¡¯s impressive...¡± Feran said awkwardly while giving the girl a smile. After that everyone was back to eating their breakfast, with just a little comfortable chatter, and Feran focusing on checking his stats once again, he stayed like that for a few minutes before the master suddenly makes a sound and then taps Feran on the shoulder. - ¡°Hey, boy! I almost forgot this but from tomorrow you start paying rent so you better find a mission or something to do" the old man remembered Feran with a smile, however, the boy just froze for a moment. - ¡°Huh? Samuel, what do you mean that from tomorrow I have to pay rent?" a confused and frightened question leaves the human boy¡¯s mouth. - ¡°Remember boy, the day you arrived, I warned you that I would only give you one week to stay here, however you are already level 12, and you have already fought with beasts during these days, it means that the week is over and it is time for you to earn the bed you sleep in and the food you eat!" the man said with a mocking smile as he looked at the boy. - ¡°Wait! So, wouldn''t I have to start paying from the day after tomorrow? - ¡°Of course not, the day you were revived and cared for in my guild also counts, that day you also ate and slept here" his words were serious, but without taking away his smile, Feran on his part was more than stunned. - ¡°Hey, I''m going on a mission in a few more hours, the pay won''t be much, but if you accompany me we''ll finish it faster, and you''ll earn enough to pay for 3 full days of stay" said Liger a little nervous and flushed, not even looking Feran in the eye. Feran, who was still frozen, turned his face in the direction of Liger, and after a few seconds, a smile formed on his face and his eyes shone with an air of victory. - ¡°Fuuu... thank you, Liger. You just saved me again, hahahaha¡± while Feran was laughing Liger only rolled his eyes at the boy. - ¡°Whatever...¡±. - ¡°I suppose we are partners now, right?¡± with that Feran put his arm around Liger¡¯s neck, surprising the feline-eared boy, who after a few seconds of being stunned, blushes slightly and clenched his teeth in anger and then moved to hit Feran in the head. - ¡°I never said we''d be partners, you idiot! I¡¯m just making you a favor, don¡¯t make me regret it" the hybrid seemed rather annoyed. Suddenly, the laugh of the master filled the room, making the boys look in his direction. - ¡°Hahaha, these kids today are really energetic, they fight all the time, in my times a fight meant someone ended up dead, usually someone who wasn¡¯t me" the man expressed with a smile recalling his good old days, earning a glance from the young people at the table, some nervous chuckles and rolled eyes.