《GUARDIAN》 Tutorial? Chapter 1: Tutorial? ¡°Welcome to the amazing World of Syrion, Grae¡± ¡°You have chosen to become a Beast Tamer, Congratulations!¡± ¡°Beast Tamer ¨C a profession that allows the user to tame any kind of beast depending on the level of the mastery¡± ¡°Do you wish a tutorial?¡± These are the notifications popping up on my mind after I have resolved myself on choosing the profession that I have wanted to become. Apparently, beast tamers are those that tame legendary creatures like dragons, leviathan, behemoth etc. that was usually the book told me so [ Records of a Beast Tamer]. This book has told me that I will not regret choosing this profession and I will become the strongest in the whole world. I did not wish to become one but what charmed me on accepting this was my love for the idea of ¡®creature as companions¡¯ I know it sounds cringy but this was how I grow on our family of 7. I can describe my family as loving, caring, kind, helpful and all the good attributes that a family can have. We are not from a noble lineage but not too poor that we will end up stealing and doing bad stuff in order for us to live, we are somewhat in between living contently to what we have. My father works as a guard for a certain noble family, I know my father he was loyal and hardworking and that is why as a token of gratitude they let us situate on one of their lands. It was not big but it was not also small. ¡®hmmm why did it welcome me in this world? I mean I was born here¡­¡¯ ¡°I guess it is just going on formality to greet each aspiring adventurers, Yes!¡± After shrugging the thought I agreed to the offer and a blue screen pop up and floated in front of me containing a bunch of messages on the history of beast tamers, how to activate the skill in order for me to tame the targeted beast, the pros and cons everything I read all of it even it was lengthy with a wide eyes and heart full of expectations, you could say that I am one of the scholars who read a ton of books without missing minute details. I just love hearing the description of the profession I¡¯m eager to acquire. ¡°Grae! You seem to be in deep thought there, Mind telling me about it?¡± ¡°I am just reading the tutorial about my PROFESSION Toby¡± With an interjection on the word Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.??profession ¡°Oh my¡­party up with me because I know that profession is shitty and I think you need the help of a master like me!¡± He jokingly said to me. I just frowned on him. ¡°I¡¯m just joking you know me Grae hehehe¡± and he placed his left hand on my shoulders and pinch my cheeks and with my face still frowning on those words with my eyes squinting past on Toby.¡°Come on I¡¯m just kidding Grae, I¡¯m here because mother is looking for you¡± Grae seems to be mad at me, his eyes are like focusing on something with his eyebrows contracting ¡°Grae?¡± I ask him if something is wrong about me or behind me so I thought he is seeing something so I instinctively turn my head. Exactly at the middle as I was turning my head.. ¡°Dodge!¡± he shouted while holding my whole body with both of his hands on my hips and push both our bodies to the ground resulting in dirtying my newly bought shirt. I did not get mad I felt that his warning was genuine and is something was trying to attack us from behind me. ¡°Grae what¡¯s happening?¡± I nervously asked him but to my surprise I saw him holding his stomach and giggling while he is lying on the ground. ¡°hahahahahahaha I¡¯m just¡­I¡¯m jus¡­hehe I¡¯m just kidding Toby phew¡­that was a good one¡­I knew you wanted me to show that newly bought shirt of yours, you did not come here because you feel like helping mother you just wanna show that right? Hahaha¡± ¡°You..!!!¡± I angrily stared at him and I¡¯m feeling like my whole face is reddening and the tip of my ears both rising in temperature. I immediately stand up wiping the dust carefully as to not worsen the already dirty shirt and exclaimed at him ¡°Let¡¯s go home mother is looking for you!¡± ¡°You..?!¡± I muttered the word again as I saw him doing the same act now facing the woods, with squinting eyes and eyebrows contracting. This prankster is trying to deceive me again?! ¡°You¡¯re acting is not convincing me anymore once is enough for me to learn that world class acting of yours¡± I spoke at him with a defeated tone to make him believe that he got me and prank him back! But he did not budge and I saw his knees trembling and his hands grabbing the earth trying to get a hold of something and stand up. If I was not pranked earlier I might really believe him but I know it is part of his ¡®acting¡¯. ¡°Grae!¡± annoyed that he did not listen to me I shouted at him, I think I may have disturbed his eardrum but anyways¡­ ¡°To..by we¡­we..should run¡±¡­ I look at the direction he¡¯s now staring and immediately all of hairs stood up, all of my genes screaming to preserve my life and to run from the ¡®thing¡¯ that is in front of us, but my knees gave up the strength like a toddler who lost its balance after trying to stand. We look at each other with our faces which color had also departed from its place¡­ ¡°It¡¯s a Fenrir!" End of tutorial Chapter 2: End of Tutorial ¡°It¡¯s a Fenrir¡± Toby and I shouted from the top of our lungs Fenrir a wolf-like creature with massive proportions reaching 30 feet in height and 40 feet in length with paws bigger than our childish bodies and his claws are longer than our limbs. It has a silky smooth blue colored fur that sways in the air like a flowing water his under belly is white and the eyes are crystal-like so clear but so deep. This information has come to our family in a form of a book. The books now in our generation are free to be borrowed to all who want to read with duration of time unless the book is damage or destroyed or missing, reparation is obliged by the borrower. Unlike the old times as our parents told us it is not a luxury for us commoner to even hold or touch the cover of the book as it was only for the privileged the nobles. Now with the opportunity to learn, our parents don¡¯t want us, their children to become illiterate, we know now how to read and write and based on the expressions of our parents we see a vicarious achievement in their eyes. ¡®Grrrrrrr¡­.¡¯ ¡°No..no..no..no¡­¡± I cryingly muttered the words and before sanity leaves me also I snap from our current position and drag Toby as he was still sitting in the ground with his whole body shivering and discharging humungous sweats. But only few feet from our last position I bumped into an unknown wall ¡®a transparent wall?!¡¯ I tried running to the side leaving Toby to observe in a haste and sure it was a ¡®transparent wall¡¯ again I then assumed ¡®we are prey trap in the box being fed the predator several meters away from us¡¯. The thought of escaping is lost and shattered, obviously even without this ¡®wall¡¯ several meter is just like one step from a legendary fenrir. ¡°Please choose your weapon¡± ¡®huh?¡¯ Three weapons fall down from mid-air, a whip, a bow, and a sword. ¡®ah from the tutorial¡¯. It says that to increase the chance of taming a monster I must lower their health points. I can also just activate the skill by focusing my mind on the target and mutter the spell ¡®constrain¡¯.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°Constrain!¡± but to no avail. I muster all my concentration and shout from the top of my lungs ¡°CONSTRAIN!¡± ¡°You failed. Try again¡± ¡®Is it mocking me?¡¯ I thought as the notification pop-up ¡®so it wants me to use violence¡¯ ¡®Grrrrr¡­..¡¯ it just growled and did not move from its standing position as like being restrained to act or just confidently let the attacker do their best on damaging him. Without the second thought I ran towards the weapon and picked bow as it has the greater range the remaining two and immediately the two weapons disappeared just like that. ¡°You have chosen a long bow¡± As to how I learn to use bow¡­I can¡¯t reminisce properly now as my mind is in turmoil it¡¯s like arguing on why on earth I have chosen to go against it. ¡°aaahh¡± I quickly ran towards the range that my long bow is capable of leaving behind the other self of me who is afraid to muster the courage to fight. ¡®Swoosh¡¯ ¡®Swoosh¡¯ ¡®Swoosh¡¯ I fired three bows at an interval at the direction where the critical spot of every animal has ¡®the eyes¡¯ ¡°haaa¡± as I exhale from the trance of holding my breath. ¡®crack, crack, crack¡¯ Three arrows destroyed from just closing its eyes. ¡®Even its eyelids were even this sturdy?! We are definitely dead. And it moved! It raised its paws and observes like a human observing their hands and marvel that just by thinking each fingers move. It looks towards Toby who is now unconscious ¡®lucky Toby being freed from this dreadful situation¡¯ as I thought. And its head turn towards me and made a devious grin. ¡®ackk¡¯ In an instant both Toby and me released the spirit from being contained in our now dismembered body. ¡®lick, lick, lick¡¯ I have woken up because of someone or something is disturbing me ¡®so this is heaven I think, I did not even made an apology to my family from my mistakes, well I guess it¡¯s the end regrets comes in the latter huh¡¯ and then I felt and intense pain for a quick duration and it jolted me to raise my upper body and there I saw the same scenery with Toby besides me who still slumbering. ¡®What happened everything now return to its normal state, was it was an illusion?¡¯ my mind is trying to solve the puzzle¡­ ¡°You have accomplished the tutorial and face the mighty Fenrir!¡± ¡°The merit for this accomplishment is now given¡± ¡°You have acquired a common wolf¡± ¡°What a common wolf?!¡± Late Introduction Chapter 3: Late Introduction 4 days earlier The world I am living is Syrion a beautiful and majestic one. It was covered mostly by water as each lands that covered miles of distance was then box by an enigmatic ocean. The inhabitants at that time was namely humans and the creatures that crawl and fowls that soar the sky and variants of fishes swimming the waters. Then at the certain point in Syrion time the world change dramatically, new lands sprouted from deep beneath the mysterious ocean, species of plants and animals emerged like it was there the whole time and then the bipedal creatures that have different characteristics than the humans appeared. The elf that has beautiful blonde hairs with fair skin and a kind but piercing eyes along with its royal posture they truly are a prideful race. And the opposite with this are the ogres and trolls alike they don¡¯t have exemplary description of what an elf is but be careful of this individuals they possess a latent strength that is 10 times greater than a trained human and they are also huge and tall. Compared to the dwarves their height paled against that of an orc but mind you they are capable of swinging down their deadly axe and hammer with will even destroy the sturdy legs a minotaur. Speaking of Minotaur they are now a bipedal bulls but unlike bulls they are really really strong 10 orcs will be obliterated just by a single one. They are still a mysterious creature though my calculations may be wrong. Now are you excited about hearing a drag¡­ ¡°Grae! Come here help me in cleaning the dishes¡± his sister yelled ¡°Wait a sec, I¡¯m just going to finish this chapter!¡± ¡°That won¡¯t do, why don¡¯t you come and help me finish this dishes and you can have your free time!¡± ¡°Ugh..Okay¡± after agreeing to the proposal I fold the tip of the page as a marker for me and then hurriedly run towards the kitchen. ¡°Wipe these dishes and bring it to the corner and place it orderly okay?¡± she told me ¡°Sure, where is everybody?¡± ¡°Mom goes to the market to buy meat and spices for our supper and Toby and Anna followed so that they may also see the market and Dad, he brought Gerrit to his friend Norman you know the healer guy?¡± ¡°Why, what happened to him? I asked inquisitively ¡°Dad notice that Jerome has been noticeably low in spirit from the past days so he assumed that something is wrong and treatment should be done as soon as possible¡± ¡°You know, we sure are a lucky siblings to have such a doting parents around¡± whispering to my sister with a big grin on my face. ¡°Yeah that¡¯s for sure¡± She is two years older than me and she is the eldest among the five, a big sister that you can rely on, she¡¯s smart and cunning but she¡¯s kind her name is Tessa Lemmens and I¡¯m Grae Lemmens next to me is Toby lemmens followed by Anna and lastly Jerome. The Lemmens family has been living in a land surrounded by farmlands and small hills on the south and a forest area in the southeast and a road on the north side leading to the city. The nearby city can be traversed from our home for a couple of minutes using a small carriage owned by our father, he told us that the carriage was a reward from an old merchant he helped few years ago.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. ¡®tak tak tak, nieghhh¡¯ sound of the wheels of the carriage and of a horse caught our attention ¡°Are they home already?¡± I asked my sister as I wipe my wet hands with a clean cloth ¡°Nope I don¡¯t think so they were gone for just a few minutes you didn¡¯t notice because you were too focused on reading¡± ¡®Hmmm, maybe they need something because they purposely traveled here from the city because obviously our house is not situated near from the urban place and our nearest neighbors are several meters away from us¡¯ ¡°I¡¯ll check it¡± I told my sister as I escape from the chores that give my hands wrinkles because of longer exposure on water ¡®knock knock¡¯ ¡°Gerrit its me¡± a familiar voice was knocking in front of our door and I excitedly opened the door¡­ ¡°Sir Durwin!¡± brightened face is now displaying in front of the man who knocked the door ¡°a pleasant day to you sir, please come inside our house¡± ¡°Grae you sure are a very hospitable person towards me¡± ¡°Tessa sir Durwin had come to visit, can you please prepare something to drink for sir Durwin¡± My sister then hurriedly wash his hands on a clean water to remove the soapy mixture and then wiped them on a clean cloth and then she proceed on a corner and opened a small box that emitted a bluish light and a cold mist overflowed from the box, and there it contains the still fresh and ripe fruits, oranges, melon, pineapple and etc. This box preserve the food that was stored inside it using the element of ice powered by a small magic core it will operate for a duration of two years, and the core has a remaining of three months from now. ¡°You heard that sir Durwin he¡¯s not polite towards me! I¡¯m older than him¡± ¡°Hahahaha¡­You siblings sure are close aren¡¯t ya?¡± ¡°Nope it¡¯s a myth that has been told for decades, that¡¯s for sure hehe..¡± I responded to sir Durwin and then smiled at my sister who is now bringing the juice of the orange that she extracted ¡°Thank you Tessa¡±¡­.¡¯gulp, aaah¡¯ ¡°nothing beats the freshness of a fruits juice that has been preserved by the Box of Ice ¡° ¡°What brought you here sir Durwin¡± I asked cheerfully ¡°I was looking for your father because I have some business with him, I thought he was here today¡± I felt downed¡­ ¡±father went to sir Norman and he brought Jerome with him¡± ¡°Did something bad happened?¡± I can see his worried face as he asked me, ¡®our family is really blessed¡¯ I thought ¡°N-¡­¡± ¡°Jerome was feeling sick today sir so dad decided to ask sir Norman for his help¡± my sister interrupted me. ¡°Where is your escort sir, are you alone coming here?¡± she asked and I can hear that it was not in a worried tone, it may seems rude but we both know why¡­ ¡°Ah I told him to stay on the reign because I thought I can ask your father to come into our house to discuss some private matters, but I see he is not here. Tell him my regards and also to your mother and Toby, Anna and Gerrit okay?¡± ¡°You¡¯re leaving already sir¡± I asked ¡°Yes Grae, I¡¯m very sorry I can¡¯t stay for long, I really wanted to witness how you have sharpened your skills in bow but we have an urgent business to finish, can you forgive me for this one Grae?¡± ¡°No worries sir! It just means that I can have more time in sharpening my skill and maybe I might surpass what you have expected in me sir!¡± ¡°That¡¯s the spirit, Okay thank you both of you for welcoming me again in your house, I¡¯ll see you soon after I we finish this¡± ¡°haaah..¡± we both carefully let out a sigh in order to release our lungs and hearts from a pressure¡­ ¡°Sir Durwin sure is terrifying one right Tessa?, I mean not in a bad way¡± ¡°Yeah even we did not learn on how to ¡®see someone¡¯s aura¡¯, we can clearly perceive his dominating aura, I¡¯m going for bathroom Grae my stomach is hurting¡± His aura is so dense it¡¯s like he is immersed on it and it was reddish in color and He was wearing the complete set of the Domain of the Crimson King, I did not saw his weapon which was said capable of creating a hole on a mountain, the Bow of the Draconic Breath from the looks of it I presumed all of his items were mythical or even greater and are hard to obtain. He was not a noble because he was wealthy or he came from a royal bloodline, he was extremely strong and had saved the this little kingdom of Tulan many times. ¡°I admire the strong but I did not have the reason to become one I guess¡± Incoming Distress Chapter 4: ¡®ruf ruf ruf¡¯ ¡®How did this happenend?¡¯ as I thought facing the cub recalling the scenario and looking for possible explanations. Maybe it was when the notification asked me if I was to try taming a beast and that time I was about to confirm it with a yes Toby interrupted me in doing so. It waited for my answer and when Toby pinched my cheeks I thought of a prank for him and I accepted notification¡¯s proposal along with a frown. ¡®lick¡¯ ¡®This cub is looking for attention¡¯ and I focused on it and a blue screen popped up Hp: 330/330 Mp: 20/20 Stamina: 550 Physical Attack: 50 Magical Attack: 25 Name: ? Race: Wolf Rarity: Common Status: Tamed Strenght: 10 Agility:12 Intelligence: 5 Vitality: 15 Defense: 5 Critical Hit Chance: 1.2% Defense Penetration: 0.4% Hp Recovery: Recovers 10 hp after 10 minutes Mp Recovery: Recovers 5 mp after 1 and half hour Magic Resistance: 0% Poison Resistance: 0% Light Resistance: 0% Dark Resistance: 0% Critical Hit Resistance: 0% Active Skills: Pounce- upon activation the user will pounce Mp consumption: 5 Cooldown: 10 seconds Passive Skills: Quiet Step- allows the user to silently walk ¡°The stats are really for a common one huh¡± ¡®ruf?¡¯ and the cub stopped from licking me and tilted its head. I felt disappointed from this even though we¡­I faced the Mighty Fenrir that sent shivers to my spine and even mustered the courage to shot the bow knowing that it will just horribly fail and felt the glimpse of how someone would die in the hands of that legendary beast it only gives me this common wolf. ¡°It¡¯s unfair!¡± what¡¯s done is done at least it rewarded me for doing so. ¡°¡­.!¡± I realized something, maybe it was possible not fight it and just keep on trying using Constrain and maybe just maybe¡­I could have tamed it! ¡°Darn!¡± ¡®it was not moving because it really can¡¯t and somebody must have tried to give it to me in the first place ¡°Arrrrgggghhh¡± I shouted out of frustration and just resign it''s already done and my mind was in turmoil....''hayyyss'' then I decided to check my own stats. ¡°Status¡± and then the same screen that I have witnessed after I have focused on the cubThe tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Hp: 154/154 Mp: 24/24 Stamina: 330 : Physical Attack: 40 Magical Attack: 30 Name: Grae Lemmens Race: Human Profession: Beast Tamer Strenght: 8 Agility:10 Intelligence: 6 Vitality: 7 Defense: 3 Critical Hit Chance: 1% Defense Penetration: 0.35% Hp Recovery: Recovers 7 hp after 1 and half hour Mp Recovery: Recovers 5 mp after 1 and half hour Magic Resistance: 0% Poison Resistance: 0% Light Resistance: 0% Dark Resistance: 0% Critical Hit Resistance: 0% Active Skills: Constrain- upon activation the targeted beast may succesfully tame it or will fail Mp consumption: 10 Cooldown: 2 seconds ¡°Oh my!... I¡¯m so fragile than what I expected, but I¡¯m still fine though and I got what I wanted, ¡®a companion at last¡¯ ¡°ugghh..aaaaahhh¡± Toby have woken up but then was shocked at the appearance of a chubby cute little cub whose ears are pointy with smooth whitish fur. ¡°Oh Toby you have woken up, don¡¯t worry it is not Fenrir in miniature version its characteristics and even stats are worlds apart¡± ¡°Did..I¡­Was it all an illusion?¡± ¡°Not really, but I think the word suited that phenomenon¡± ¡°Aaaahhh¡­shoo, shoo..then where did this wolf came from it¡¯s a monster!¡± ¡°It¡¯s alright, he is tamed, I¡¯m- ¡°Tamed?! You¡¯re a Beast Tamer Grae! My goodness¡± Toby¡¯s eyes widened as he realized that.. ¡°Correct!¡± I proudly responded to Toby ¡°You could have chosen to become an Archer like Sir Durwin, why did you honed your skills in bow when you are not going to become like Him, what¡¯s the purpose of it?¡± ¡°I know this may sound stupid but I don¡¯t want to become strong I just practiced because it ease my mind Toby, what I really want is a companion like this ¡®holding up the chubby cub¡¯ it makes my heart in a ??bliss and Beast Tamers are easy path for that and I don¡¯t need to train the animal before it become loyal to me, just one skill and everything is solved! I¡¯m not like you who aims the top and that road is hellish¡± ¡°My oh my¡­then you have a shitty profession just like what I said earlier unlike me I¡¯m a true master!¡± ¡°Master of Scaredeness?! Hahahaha¡­just kidding Toby can I see your stats?¡± ¡°Say please¡­¡± from his expression he was a little pissed ¡®haah¡¯ I let out a sigh after hearing it¡­¡±okay¡­PLEASE TOBY¡± with a big teary eyes ¡°O..Okay..! Share Status!¡± Hp: 154/154 Mp: 60/60 Stamina: 264 Physical Attack: 25 Magical Attack: 75 Name: Toby Lemmens Race: Human Profession: Mage Strenght: 5 Agility:6 Intelligence: 15 Vitality: 7 Defense: 3 Critical Hit Chance: 0.6% Defense Penetration: 0.2% Hp Recovery: Recovers 5 hp after 1 and half hour Mp Recovery: Recovers 2 mp after 15 minutes Magic Resistance: 0% Poison Resistance: 0% Light Resistance: 0% Dark Resistance: 0% Critical Hit Resistance: 0% Active Skills: Focus Fire- after charging it will release a beam Mp consumption: 5 Cooldown: 2 seconds ¡°I¡¯m a Master right? Hahaha¡± ¡°Okay, Okay just let us go home now mother will get mad at us if were not yet back in the house¡± Apparently Toby is a mage and based on the book of Road to Becoming an Arch mage that I have read by a whim, mages have two option for revolution first Elementalist from the word itself they are the one who masters the six elements namely Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Light and lastly Dark under Elementalist are the Master of the Element which means they will pick one element and they are restricted on the other elements except the element that he choose. The mastery of one element makes them adept with it and then there comes the Awakening Stage, if the mage is an Ice User he will awaken to become an Ice King or something like that and it goes the same to other Master of the Element. And then the second option is the Force User, they bend the will of others and make this his/her minions, even the force that keep us humans staying on the land which they called Gravity and even Time! Which are divided into three Summoner, Master of Time and Master of the Force, and the each of the three also has an Awakening Stage. While me, a Beast Tamer also have two options for revolution Beast Master those who truly able to tame legendary beasts and Morphling unlike the first one who only orders their tamed beast, Morphlings allows them to fight along with their beast and transform like them but the chances of taming legendary beast are very low, it would be unfair if you fight an Ice Dragon and then suddenly another one sprung up. ¡®Swoosh¡¯ suddenly something caught my attention while we are walking going home on our west side it was like something have passed under the shadows of the growing orange trees. ¡® Maybe it was the movement of the shadow due to the sun setting down¡¯ .......................................................... ........................................ ................. ....... ¡°Boss is it time now?¡± a figure covered in black mist is kneeling in front of someone whose aura is choking a person in mid-air. Massacre Chapter 5: ¡°Boss is it time now?¡± The black figure wearing an Assassin¡¯s Tunic with his twin dagger sheathed and strapped at his back covered by an unknown type of robe is kneeling. ¡°Yes, surround the city of Tulan every life form that escape, kill them!¡± ¡°Boss, I found a house living far from the city what should we do?¡± ¡°Every life form¡­Besides ¡± the man stared at the black figure with its eyes giving off a color of a magenta The figure lowered its head¡­ ¡±It will be done by your will¡± and then his whole body immediately melted into the shadow and vanish from the room which was emitting a black aura coming from the man. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡­¡­¡­. ¡°Mom I found Grae, he was standing several meters from the forest and he-¡° ¡°Grae is this true?¡± ¡°Yes mom¡± I lowered my head as I come inside the house ¡°Toby go take a bath and wash the clothes, I already told you to not wear it casually or it will be torn immediately¡± ¡°Okay mom¡­¡± Toby then run towards the bathroom and then stick his tongue out towards me while giggling¡± ¡°Why did come near the forest little guy? I thought your father already told you that, that place is dangerous and is home to some fearsome monsters?¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°You¡¯re not going to ans-¡° ¡°ruf ruf!¡± ¡°A wolf¡­get behind me Grae..! Gerrit! Gerrit¡± mom then grabbed my hands and she immediately guard me against the ferocious beast that was behind me. ¡°What is it dear?!¡± ¡°Come down here now!¡± ¡°Mom it¡¯s alright¡± ¡°No Grae, that thing has mouth even it is small, Gerrit hurry now!¡± ¡°Mom I said it¡¯s ALRIGHT¡± I insisted my mom as father was now coming down from stairs bringing his unsheathed sword ¡°that wolf is harmless it is tamed!¡± I shouted causing my parents to stop on their ??movements and they looked at both their eyebrows contracting¡­ ¡°You tamed it?!¡± they asked in sync ¡°Yes dad and mom, I¡¯m a Beast Tamer now¡± I shyly answered my parents ¡°You have practiced using a bow since you were 5 years old and after 7 years you suddenly decide to become a beast tamer, why the change?¡± my father asked inquisitively ¡°Dad I don¡¯t want to become violent in order for me to be strong, I just admire them but it did not charmed me¡± ¡°Beast tamers also use violence in order to tame their targets, right Beatris? ¡°Yes if the skill will fail then you are going to tire them down but I planned that after my skill will fail, I¡¯ll just run away and besides I¡¯m not aiming for ferocious beasts or the mythical ones¡± I answered immediately ¡®hmmmmm¡¯ my mother hugged me and I was surprised ¡°Mom you¡¯re not mad at me?¡± ¡°It¡¯s alright as long as you don¡¯t become like your father¡± ¡®hehehe¡¯ I smiled at the words of my mother ¡°But that wolf is a race of ferocious monsters right, how did you got it from its parents? I think you have broken your goal¡± my father jokingly said ¡° It was a reward from the tutorial¡± ¡°huh?¡± my father was dumbfounded after hearing this ¡°tutorials do not reward you after you read it maybe it¡¯s a hidden quest or maybe something else..¡± ¡°¡­I don¡¯t know dad all I did was approving the proposal of taming a beast¡± I honestly did not know why¡­but maybe it really was a special one or a hidden quest but the reward was crap ¡°hmmm¡­tsk I should have accepted the tutorial and not letting my excitement overcome me when I was about to become aWarrior¡®sigh¡¯¡­ maybe that wolf is a rare one or even mythical or something special right son? ¡°Nope not even rare dad, it¡¯s a common wolf¡± and then I let them see the stats of the cub and I can see the disappointment on dad¡¯s face and mom was still smiling knowing that his son is a peace loving ???? boy ¡®Mooaaaaahhh!!¡¯ a loud roar has shaken our house and startled all of us in the midst of our conversation its quite far based on the sound of its origin but surely it came from a huge vocal cords of a ???? massive creature. ¡°Children go upstairs stay in the room and don¡¯t make a sound, now!¡± our father commanded us five and immediately our mother guided us in the room and she made a gesture in the air like drawing a ???? cube¡­ ¡°Protection of the Divine King¡± she muttered the word and suddenly a light in a form cube trapped us inside¡­ ¡°Cross of Binding, Camouflage¡± two spell at the same time and a heavy cross with adornments had fallen from mid-air and it firmly rooted itself on the floor ¡°Stay here and don¡¯t make a sound¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. ¡­¡­¡­. ¡°What was that? The black figure telepathically questioned the one following him, while they were moving from shadow to shadow ¡°It must have been the minotaur I have encountered along the way, Enu¡± ¡°From the sound of its roar, it¡¯s absolutely mad, you did something wrong Gatura? I asked him as we halted about a few meters from the target location still hiding in a nearby shadow of a tree. It was full moon and the house was not surrounded by trees or anything¡­ ¡°I killed the mother and the child and when I tried slaying the father I failed horribly, the monster was very strong and every time I slashed my Twin Manticore Hunting Dagger I received some scratches on my shoulders like I was hitting my own self with my daggers, I was surprised, and in that instant he slashed at me and barely survived using Swap the log that replaced me was smashed into pieces and I received a wound starting from my right shoulders down to my chest¡± Enu explained to me and we then both emerged from our shadow form and I stared at him verifying the wounds but it was not there anymore¡­¡®powerful healing magic huh¡¯ ¡°Why bother killing it?¡± I asked him while I turn my head to the observe the house ¡°An achievement Minotaur Slayer would give me an incredible reward and those three are the last of my quota 7/10, unfortunately I only increased it by two¡± ¡°Did you report this incident?¡± ¡°Nope I would be dead If I did, that bastard Faheem has no qualms on killing his subordinates if they get on his way, he is insanely strong, a few months ago he was just someone a little stronger than us but now it¡¯s unreachable, I don¡¯t know how he did but I am certain that he is an awakened SSS class, and besides he¡¯s busy finding someone in this city¡± ¡°hahaha you¡¯re right¡­¡± Enu is really a talkative guy and like me I can see that he is not nervous during operations, he just casually talk with me like a kid telling his adventure from a park, he is a young murderer I¡¯m just a little bit older than him but were just the same, we kill people but it did not disturbed us or haunted us it¡¯s like when you have chosen Assassin as your profession the criteria of becoming one, the brainwashing, the perilous trainings, and the experience of first time killing a human was just absorbed in our mind and body just like that and before we knew it we became killing machines. ¡®shiiiing¡¯ We were alarmed as the house emitted a light ¡°Detect Presence¡± I can see what¡¯s inside now in the house and I assumed the woman was the cause of it and there was a cross standing inside the room ¡°She activated a spell Cross of Binding from the looks of the it safest range will be in the front of the house¡±This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. ¡°That¡¯s a particularly strong spell isn¡¯t it Gatura?¡± ¡°Yes it is, I don¡¯t know who she is but pretty strong, we must take this seriously, focus your mind Enu¡­. lets go!¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­¡­ ¡°Protection of the Warrior King Boost Strength Boost Vitality Blessings of the Parrying Sword Boost Attack¡± I buffed myself with several layers of skills, I mainly rely on my Gladiator¡¯s defensive magic. At least I can endure more for my family and allow my wife and the children to escape¡­ ¡°Divine Presence Amplify Recovery¡± ¡°Beatris?, I thought you were escaping now¡± "Where would we escape Gerrit? There¡¯s a monster roaming on our east side and it¡¯s not like those two assassins are going to let us escape, and who¡¯s going to protect us if you are not around huh? My wife scolded me while my body is now absorbing the light, she is a powerful Paladin and if she just continued her profession she may have awaken into a fearsome Crusader but for some reason she stopped, she really love peace. The two assassins were detected by her magic items surrounding the house and had warned us about the intruder.it sends her the movements of the intruder and based on her, she telepathically told me that there was an assassins lurking in the shadows, such a fearsome woman even assassins did not noticed that they were detected by her. ¡®sigh¡­and here I am as the father of this family I feel powerless¡­ ¡®Clang!¡¯ My body suddenly parried the surprise attack¡­ ¡°You have been affected by poison¡± ¡®Clang Clang¡¯ Two consecutive attacks were just barely block by my sword and a I felt a little cut from my cheeks and the poison tried to invade my body and a notification popped up, suddenly light emitted my whole body in an instant and it faded. The cut was now gone and the poison in my body was exorcised and then another notification popped up ¡°Poison was nullified¡± ¡°Divine Presence huh¡­.tsk tsk¡± I heard the figure clicking its tongue Suddenly a shadow shoots from the corner of the door and it directed to my wife ¡®shiiinggg¡¯ A light enveloped the shadow and was immediately stopped from its intention on hurting my wife. ¡®Clang¡¯ I parried again the surprise the attack right after I looked at my wife ¡®This bastards¡­they really don¡¯t allowed any opportunity to slip, I can see they are experienced with these things ¡¯ ¡°Arena of the Gladiator¡± I invoke a buff that will boost my senses as well as striking fear to my foes, effective when the enemies are within the range ¡°¡­ugh¡± ¡°¡­tsk¡± I can¡¯t see the expressions on their faces but from what I heard the skill was effective. ¡®I can¡¯t miss this chance¡¯ I thought then I used dashed to move forward quickly but suddenly the two melted into shadows and both of them attacked me from behind, the attack was not as fast from the first surprise attack but still it was deadly so I parried it my sword and kick the smaller one. ¡®Crash¡¯ The strong one then exert more force to my sword and so I also pushed him back but at that moment he eases up his strength and I was carried by my force moving forward¡­ ¡®Slice¡¯ ¡°Ugggh¡­hah¡­¡± it was painful but I bit my lips and focused again the fight and I tried slicing his hips but he acrobatically jump backwards. I also back myself and I can see the severed arm lying in the floor, fortunately I was using my right hand in gripping the hilt of the sword. When I lost my balance, my increased senses noticed the incoming attack to my right hand and I tried blocking it with the edge of the sword by rotating the hilt but my left hand was open. ¡°Be careful Beatris this guy is a veteran!¡± I quickly warned my wife ¡°Divine Healing, focus on the fight Gerrit!¡± my wife retorted at me The now severed arm and the blood gushing out from my left shoulder were gone like nothing happened. Then I see the smaller one standing up from the crash and then tilted its head and I notice his eyes were surprised, and then I adjusted my arm quickly. ¡°As a reward, I¡¯ll give you a quick painful death¡± The veteran guy muttered a word and both of them lunge at me and I quickly stepped backwards near to my wife and they were hesitant to move forward. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡°Huhuhu Are they fighting someone Grae? Toby is now asking with a tearful eyes after they heard father screamed in pain my two little siblings are starting to cry. ¡°Shhhhh!¡± I silenced them. I¡¯m also suppressing my emotions, I don¡¯t want to disobey mom as I know it is for our own good. I can see Tessa is also making a nervous face she was just silent and I take the lead in calming the situation. The checked everyone¡¯s faces ¡­ ¡°Don¡¯t worry mom and dad are strong it is going to be okay¡­mom told us to be silent and we must follow it okay?¡± I assured them to ease the panic that is about to erupt from my siblings and Tessa was still silent but I can see her nodding at my words. At the corner of the ¡®cube¡¯ I can see the cub was also scared from the sounds of metals crashing and the scream of my father, I crawl near to the cub to calm it also¡­.. ¡®Boooom¡¯ suddenly an object flew into our room and hit the cross along with the barrier and we flew outside the room, blood was splashed at me ,my legs were torn off and my stomach was pierced by a wood and the cub I was holding was nailed into the ground by debris, the cub was instantly killed. I look with the blood inside my eyes and I see my siblings were torn to pieces. The three younger ones Toby, Jerome and Anna were unidentifiable, their insides were scattered around. I tried to crawl, to get near to them with my eyes tearing with mixture of water and blood ¡®tsak¡¯ I noticed something soft was throbbing in my palm and I look at it and it was a tiny heart pumping blood without its owner. And I start crying loudly ¡®why did this happened to them, why?¡¯ questions were running on my mind ¡°Tessa?¡± I can¡¯t see my sister here, I look around again and there she was in the wall, her head was hit by the huge axe and her body was pinned to it. Some of her brain tissues were splattered at the walls and some were visible from his broken skull. ¡°Tessa, Toby, Jerome, Anna!!! Huhuhuhu why¡­.no no no no no no¡­.Te¡­ssa To¡­totoby..Je..Jejerome¡­An¡­na huhuhuhuhuhu¡­.¡± I cried bitterly from the horrible fate that my siblings encountered. Then instantly after I shouted I vomited blood and look at my pierced stomach and look around again¡­everything is red and there I can see mother¡¯s horrified face she quickly ran towards ¡®us¡¯ and I fell down to the ground...¡±..uggh¡± the wood dug even deeper to my stomach, and I lay down with my body facing the ceiling, it¡¯s hard to open my eyes as the blood was starting to dry up and then..I lost my consciousness. ¡°Boom!¡± ¡°Moooaaah!!!¡± ¡°Gerrit our children huhuhuhu¡­our precious children no¡­no¡­no¡­no¡­¡± ¡°Beatris look out!¡± I warned my wife as the minotaur has suddenly crashed into our almost destroyed house. I looked at the direction my wife is staring and immediately tears drop on my cheeks and then it continuously flowed and my heart was like being gripped and twisted and then torn apart. Our children were killed!¡± ¡°AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!¡± I lunge at the minotaur with vengeful eyes ¡°Boom!¡± I was hit by its hands and I flew towards my wife and both of us crashed at the corner. My body was numb from the attack and I can see that my left arm again is broken, my wife¡¯s right shoulder was splintered and starts bleeding¡­ I gaze at the minotaur who ignored us after the attack and pick its axe and removed the object that was hit by it, the body of my daughter and throw it aside. I was furious from the sight and I tried standing up but was immediately lost my balance ¡°You have been affected by Shock¡± ¡°Noooooooo!!!¡± I shouted out of frustration and tried to stand again but to no avail, the negative effect was fairly strong and then I see its massive body moving forward to the two assassins as they tried to assess the current situation. Instantly, the veteran guy sprung up in action and sliced the monster with its dagger that is now glowing with color green and emits a corrosive aura, the minotaur blocked it and overpowered him and threw him outside the house. The smaller one was taking steps back and he shouted from the top of its lungs, cursing the monster and lunge at it. The minotaur sliced his right shoulder and then grabbed the other hand and screams were echoing the place, the minotaur then raised the guy and then it bite on its waist and a huge chunk of flesh was torn and even bones were bitten off and it made the victim scream horribly. The veteran then pounced at the monster with its corrosive dagger and it used his comrade as a meat shield, the guy¡¯s hand was sliced and there was a small cut on the right hand of the minotaur. The minotaur¡¯s right hand then starts to change color starting from the wound on his wrist then slowly climbing up to his shoulder and then after observing its hands it then decided it cut it clean ¡®Thud¡¯ a huge muscular arm dropped on the ground ¡®moofff¡­¡¯ the minotaur angrily stared at him ¡°..uggghhh..¡± the veteran guy was making a sound and his right hand was bleeding all of a sudden..and I can see his eyes confirming something¡­.I was puzzled at the phenomenon ¡°Shock was now nullified¡± alright¡­Divine Presence took a little time to removed it and after the notification the veteran guy lunge at him with a blinding speed like he is pouring everything to this strike and the minotaur accepted the challenge. The minotaur swings the axe and the assassin dodge it by jumping and with the opportunity to cut his neck the minotaur was raising its right hand was holding his torn off hand that was still gripping on the sliced hand of his comrade, ''Force Recovery!'' Iwas surprised, the skill was like healing but it sacrifices half your hp, and thenit tried to counter the assassin but suddenly¡­ ¡°Divine Binding¡± The monsters right hand was tied by a light and was held in place before it could reach the assassin ¡®Slice¡¯ ¡®Thud¡¯ Blood spurted out and the minotaur head fell to the ground, the assassin instantly drop dead ¡°Divine Presence¡± ¡°Why did you buff the monster?¡± I asked my wife dumbfounded and she was still bleeding, the wound on the minotaur''s neck started to change color and then was suppressed by a light ¡°There¡¯s no time to explain, go quickly remove its heart¡± ¡°Wh-¡­¡± ¡°Gerrit please quickly now!¡± my wife was pleading me and tears were falling on her cheeks and I immediately and surgically removed the heart like I was dismantling a beast corpse ¡°Here¡¯s the heart, why do you need it?¡± my hands were full of blood and were trembling not because I just dismembered a corpse but the horrifying death of my kids were attacking my nervous system. ¡°Carry me near Grae¡± ¡°..!¡± surprised by her statement I immediately brought her to Grae and there our son bleeding profusely, legs are missing blood covered his whole body and he had a wood struck in his stomach. I cried at my little boy who suffered from this dilemma he was just 12 years old, brilliant and kind. My wife then told me to lay Grae on the ground and remove the wood on his stomach, she then tried healing him and nothing happened and I stare at my wife with her expression that she confirmed something she then carefully took the huge heart in my hand and a notification popped in front of me ¡°Beatris the Paladin offered you to give your life, Do you accept? It was straightforward but nonetheless, I stared at my wife and I can see her resolve. She is using a forbidden skill and the payment is our lives. ¡°You have accepted the offer¡± And then my wife frowned and was thinking deeply and then yelled at me ¡°Gerrit go remove the heart of that veteran assassin now quickly!¡± I immediately run and did the same thing on the assassin and returned to my wife and give it to her, she now held two hearts on each hand we both stared at each other¡­ ...................... ¡°I love you so much Gerrit, and I will still love you in the afterlife, thank you for giving me a happy family¡± her eyes were not showing signs of any regret but the resolve to save her son ¡°I love you too Beatris, thank you also for letting me experience this blissful life with our children¡± We both are now at peace unlike from earlier. I kissed her lips and then she muttered the spell ¡°Forbidden Skill: Revival of the Dead¡± A huge magic circle appeared below us and then light envelop both our bodies I stared at our son and suddenly my wife hugged me and tears run down my face, it was not tears of sorrow but joy. ........................................................... .......................................... ....................... "Three Hearts had been successfully merged" "Revival is complete" Awakened Beings Chapter 6: Awakened Beings ¡®tak tak tak tak¡± neiiiigghh neiggghh! The horse raised its hooves and was agitated by something blocking its path. ¡®What now, bandits again?¡¯ I thought to myself as the same thing happened to us earlier from our trip from the central city of Dalen going back to Tulan. The bandits were grouped into 10 members and they told us to give our belongings to them or else they will kill us, typical bandits. I did not want master to wake up from its long exhausting journey so I indulge myself on these lowly creatures. I jumped from the reign and majestically landed in front of the bandits, 4 on the left side and 6 on the right side. I call forth my weapon Hunting Lance and it appeared on my right hand and I tapped the ground activating its sub-skill Radar and immediately after that, I found two bandits sneaking at the back of the carriage. I immediately attacked the two leaving an afterimage in front of the ten bandits, blood splattered at the road as I swiftly swung it aiming at their neck and cutting it off cleanly, thus avoiding any sudden scream near my master. Their blood then was sucked by my spear and I appeared again at the front and it only happened in two seconds. The remaining was surprised and I gave them the same fate the first two bandits experienced and I casually return to the reign and continued our journey. ¡®I can¡¯t see someone in front of us and the road was clear from any bushes or nearby trees as the road was nearing the city¡¯s gate¡¯ ¡®Whip¡¯ I forced the horse to move and it did only for a few meters and raised its hooves again. The horse was now frantically trying to retreat and come down and check the surrounding area, I summoned my lance and I can¡¯t find anything in the range of Radar. Then I touch its head to calm it. ¡®Creak¡¯ ¡°Let¡¯s leave the carriage behind Boro, the horse has detected strong magic inside the city, and I also have felt some familiar aura" ¡°Yes Master¡± My master ordered me and I complied, I can¡¯t sense something even with my skill I did not find anything odd but the horse can sense anything from hundreds of meters from its location as it was embedded with a magic core from him giving the horse the capability of Hyper Sense. The Fallen Horse was not some common type beast, it has four muscular legs at the front, a brownish skin with its silver colored mane, eyes that are pure black and it¡¯s hooves were gold in color, truly a majestic boss type monster who solitarily lives at the peak of Mt.Trederdon, my master had defeated the boss and it rewarded him with a miniature version of it, the stats are very low but its stamina was insane so the usage was obviously only for carrying the carriage, I don¡¯t know why but I think this horse is not the battle type, or maybe the miniature version was just a reward only for journey. ¡°Summon Mount: White Tiger¡± My master summoned his mount, the weather was not snowy or windy but in front of us winds were gathering along with snowflakes and then first the paw was formed then the other parts were also slowly appearing until the whole form the mount appeared. ¡®Roaarrr¡¯ It roared like a king in the forest and then walks near to master and then it lowered its body gesturing master to ride on top of him. I stared at the beast, it was my first time seeing such a wonderful creature. Hp: 19338/19338 Mp: 5544/5544 Stamina: 410088 Physical Attack: 4925 Magical Attack: 6930 Name:RahoThis story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Race: White Tiger Rarity: Mythical Status: Summoned Beast Strenght: 985 Agility:1456 Intelligence: 1386 Vitality: 879 Defense: 569 Critical Hit Chance: 14.56% Defense Penetration: 39.4% Hp Recovery: Recovers 185 hp per seconds Mp Recovery: Recovers 50 mp per seconds Magic Resistance: 8% Poison Resistance: 10% Light Resistance: 5% Dark Resistance: 5% Critical Hit Resistance: 6% Passive Skill: Sharing- the summoner will receive 90% of the stat from the mount, depends on the bond of the two Mounts are not the same with the tamed beast, from the name itself it is only available for riding not for going war, but the stats of the mount is share to its owner and this skill is available to all type of mounts, Sharing. Many people are getting crazy wanting to have a mount with them, some even tried to buy the mount with a considerable amount but some did horrible things, murdering the owner and then stealing the mount just because of this one passive skill. There are two ways to have a mount on your own, first is to buy the mount directly at the Shepherd¡¯s Guild or any retailing stores that have a license on selling mounts, the mounts varied from common to legendary, of course the same with the price. Some people even buy at the black market because of the cheap price, and these type of stores are not licensed so if your mount goes wild or if you are scammed then you can¡¯t sue the seller due to the law that states that unlicensed selling of mounts is prohibited and the accomplices, the buyer and the contractor are all eligible to the punishment required by law. There are a lot of licensed stores that sell mounts but the biggest is the Shepherd¡¯s Guild, due to the extremely powerful members, the guild is able to store extremely rare mounts thus making more interesting options which then attract more customers. The second one requires the person to have a contract with the beast directly by using Contract of the Summoner, obviously the stronger the monster the harder it is to have the contract. And my Master¡¯s mount falls on the second part, as for the saying goes ¡®the strong can decide on their own¡¯. ¡°Come ride now Boro and head to the city immediately¡± ¡°Yes Master¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. A dark figure sitting on the throne was wearing a grayish coat that has markings on the backside which symbolizes a Champion, the markings are gold in color it portray a hand gripping something and above it was a crown, at the shoulders an adornment with a crimson color, the two adornment is like a dragon head that is about to roar. He is wearing 5 rings each with an interval fitted on both of his hands. Each ring has a different color and glow. With a black pants that is marked on each sides with an unknown language paired with a black boots, surely the figure loves darkness. He lazily sat on the throne with his eyes that lost its interest while pointing a man struggling from a black aura that is choking him with his right index finger with a black colored ring glowing aggressively. ¡°Hayzz, he is nowhere to be seen and this guys seems to know nothing of his whereabouts, I thought I could end this as soon as possible¡± ¡°Please have¡­¡­mercy¡­¡­.ughk!¡± ¡°hah? I don¡¯t have that luxury on me¡± ¡°Plea¡­ple¡­.¡± ¡®Thud¡¯ ¡°So Bor-!¡± ¡°Booooom!!¡± The front of the castle was destroyed and the are were surrounded with dust and smoke and three silhouette walks towards the throne and then the other silhoutte that looked like it walked on all ??fours vanished entirely ¡®Clap clap clap clap clap¡¯ ¡°What a wonderful entrance you have prepared for me, Crimson Reaper, Durwin¡± ¡®Swish¡¯ ¡°Long time no see, Grand Mage Faheem¡± The two beings greeted each other like they were longtime friends. Faheem then stood from the throne and he looked at his hands and a pair of gloves appeared Gloves of the Tyrant Ancient Dragon and ???? he gestured his left hand splitting the air. ¡°Mischievous Dome¡± ¡°There is no need for a cage, I am not a coward, Faheem¡± ¡°I¡¯m just making sure of it, there¡¯s nothing wrong with it right?¡± ¡°Domain of the Crimson King¡± ¡®Hiiiinggg¡¯ the whole surrounding vibrated and then suddenly it was gone ¡°You need to kill me Durwin if you want to cancel that¡± ¡°Then receive this! Hunting Lance Third Form: Bullet Lance¡± the man besides durwin shouted and then throw his lance with an incredible speed, judging from the disturbance of the wind the target of the ?????projectile will be devastated certainly. Faheem raised his left hand and then the white ring emitted a light and then two portal appeared in front of him the one was in line with the projectile while the other was on the right side. The speeding ???? lance entered the portal and then it goes out from the portal and now the direction of the lance is heading towards the thrower. ¡®Booooom!!¡¯ The lance was nailed to the ground by an arrow, and it is glowing in blue flames. The lance was not pierced but somewhat pinned down by the arrow head. Durwin''s hands were glowing with gold light and the there was a symbol carved on it and it portrays an arrow and above it was a crown. ¡°Bravo!¡± ¡®clap clap clap clap clap¡¯ ¡°You truly have such a fearsome accuracy Durwin, a Champion like me, I am so hyped right now!¡± Awakened Beings II Chapter 7: Awakened Beings II ¡°Bravo!¡± ¡®clap clap clap clap clap¡¯ ¡°You truly have such a fearsome accuracy Durwin, I am so hyped right now!¡± Faheem then released an immense aura that covered the entire are of the Dome with a deep-purple color, then dead bodies levitated from the ground. Some corpse were twisted at the hips some on the neck. The unfortunate ones were torn apart and shred into pieces blood was nowhere to be seen in the entire are it was like all the people in the city of Tulan were sucked dry by a vampire. ¡°You see Durwin, these people you have protected and cherished are just some simpleton, they are good as a food for the strong, and I thank city of Tulan for giving it to me¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡± ¡°You will pay for these, you bastard!¡± Boro shouted from the top of his lungs and his body is oozing with steam, his eyes were fierce, he lost his composure and was ready to attack any seconds from now ¡°Crimson Calm¡± Boro suddenly became calm and the expression from before change into that of a stoic face ¡°I am truly sorry for my conduct master¡± he kneeled with his left leg and put his right hand on his chest and with a lowered head ¡°This is not yet your time to leave this world Boro and I can see a potential in you becoming a good king of this city and raise it again just like I did before¡± ¡°Master?¡± ¡°Leave this place at once!¡± ¡°But?!¡± ¡°No more buts Boro, I am the only one who can face Faheem right now, my last order for you is to live and raise the city of Tulan again!¡± ¡°¡­¡­.¡± Boro then raise and then immediately run on the opposite direction of his master and then he decided to leap ¡°..ugh..¡± He hit something like a wall in front of him but there was nothing ¡°Tsk, tsk this is why I make things sure Durwin, in this dome no one can leave and no one can enter except if I allow you, why not both of you fight me huh? It would be entertaining right?¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡± Durwin stared at him angrily but he did not let his emotion cloud him and he raised his hands at the level of his shoulder and then his fingers started to pierce the air and then proceeded In entering the ??portal in mid-air his hands go deeper and stopped in between of his hand and his elbow, and then he take out something from it. ¡°Boro, catch this¡± Boro caught the object the flew towards him and he inspected what it was. ¡°Master! I can-¡° ¡°Boro do you disobey my orders!¡± Durwin is now emitting a fiery red aura and still facing Faheem the two aura collided, deep red and deep purple. ¡°I will obey your orders Master, Activate Magic Item: Absolute Bail¡± ¡®Shiiiing¡¯ the light envelop Boro and in a matter of seconds he disappearedThis book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. ¡°What the¡­.why did I forgot that such item was at your disposal tsk¡­but still it¡¯s okay as long as your my opponent, I will be able to enjoy the fight and of course kill you hahaha!, but that was a limited item, the ??whole world has only 5 of it, and will appear again every 100 years¡± ¡°It is okay, you might accuse us of cheating after we beat you into pulp so instead 1v1 would be fair right? ¡°hahahahahaha, such arrogance, hahahaha-!!!¡± His laughter was interrupted because an arrow flew towards his head and he dodge it in a breadth of hair and then a second arrow flew to the direction where he has dodged the first arrow ¡°BoooBoom!!¡± consecutive explosion echoed in the whole place and it went past from many buildings and straight to the transparent wall, everything that was on its path was obliterated except the wall. Faheem dodged the two and he was on the far left side, his face was surprised but his expression shows that everything was under his plans. ¡°Falling Star¡± ¡®Fwiiiiing¡¯ Suddenly multiple numbers of arrows are in 45 degree angle and was aimed at Faheem, then all of it was released and a rain of destructive arrows come down at him. Faheems ring at his left pinky finger glowed in yellow and then a huge golem emerged it¡¯s half body from the ground and then covered Faheem from the incoming attack ¡®Boboboboboboboooooom!!!¡¯ The whole place was covered with smoke and dust but the eyes of Durwin was focused at the location where the arrows had landed, suddenly a spike emerged from the ground and then it tried to pierce Durwin but instantly the spike was destroyed and then a notification popped up in Durwin ¡°Magical Attack was nullified¡± ¡°Such a convenient skill Domain of the Crimson King, it allows me to nullify any magical attack, truly befitting to the skill of the legendary set item Domain of the Crimson King, just keep on dodging Faheem because I am the best anti for you!¡± ¡°huh! Then try this Supreme Magic: Planetary Boulder ! Then a huge magic circle appeared above them and then an extremely massive boulder was slowly descending, the whole ground shook from the incoming boulder. ¡®Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam!¡¯ The ground that was hit exploded from the impact and all the buildings were destroyed completely, leaving no traces and a huge crater was created. And then all of a sudden the debris at the center of the crater starts to tremble and gathered in one location and then it disappeared. ¡°I told you even this attack is nothing to me!¡± his voice has become cold and his eyes were filled with red, his pupils were nowhere to be seen and the full glory of his set was shining aggressively, Durwin had activated his skill Supreme Magic: Absolute Form of the Ranger ¡°Whaatt??¡± In an instant an arrow head was touching the cheeks of Faheem and he felt shivers run down on his spine and before his eyes turn to the left side, the arrow was released in point blank. ¡®Boom!¡¯ Faheem was shocked at the lightning speed attack, the arrow was pierced on his cheeks and he received a critical hit from it, he was still feeling the goosebumps that his opponent is giving off at him and before he realized it another arrow sticks on his right cheek and before his reflexes recovered the arrow was released again point blank. ¡®Boom¡¯ ¡°You have received a Critical Hit again¡± ¡°You are affected by bleeding¡± Notifications popped up in front of Faheem and two arrows were pierced on his cheeks and he was bleeding profusely. Such a fearsome opponent he was facing now, the previous attacks were extremely fast but after that he had transformed into something else his movements are lightning speed. And then he saw Durwin in front of him grinning with glowing red eyes he was like a devil, and then suddenly the same sensation was felt but this time its different, all the arrow heads were on his all critical parts of his body, the heart, throat lungs brain and spine. ¡°You are such a brutal opponent Durwin¡± he muttered a word and all the arrows were released and his whole body was shredded. Faheem resigned the thought of evading all of it and let the arrows do their job. The arrows were not floating and controlled, Durwin was attacking him at a very close range and is leaving multiple afterimages. ¡®Bobobooom!¡¯ The remaining standing was Durwin and he released his magic and he returned to his previous form and he breathed heavily due to the payment of the skill, 80% of the stamina will be consumed and the skill only last for about 10 minutes, a trump card usable only for a quick duration of time. ¡°haaaah¡­.haaaah¡­..haaaaah, Rest in peace Faheem¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡®shwaaaaaaa¡¯ ¡°Delay Magic: Return Time has activated¡± ¡°Bravo!¡± ¡®clap clap clap clap clap¡¯ ¡°You truly have such a fearsome accuracy Durwin, I am so hyped right now!¡± ¡°What?!¡± Durwin was shocked to the scenery that he is seeing, he was in front of Faheem again but Boro was not with him. New Awakened Being Chapter 8: New Awakened Being ¡°Hahahahahahaha your first expression was priceless Durwin!¡± Faheem was still sitting at the throne and his laughter were full of mockery towards Durwin. After Faheem was destroyed a Time Magic was activated and they return to the place where they first greeted, at the throne room inside the palace. ¡°How did you invoke the skill? I did not heard you muttering and I did not saw you gesturing for a Time Magic except for that Mischievous Dome ? ¡°My oh my¡­.you see the consequences of your arrogance? And the punishment for that is YOU MUST DIE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT! but maybe I can give you a mercy, hmmmmm before you die I will tell you how¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡®Shiiiiing¡¯ Light appeared in front of the carriage and Boro emerged from it and then the light faded. ¡°Master¡­..why me.. I am your shield, I can¡¯t¡­¡± I was contemplating at the words my master had delivered towards me. ¡°Absolute Bail Usage: 8/10¡± A notification appeared in front of me and I noticed that out of the ten usage 8 was remaining and he used one so it means my master ran off from something or someone more powerful than him. ¡°Who could be it to make master use this item?¡± I inspected the item to see its details Item name: Absolute Bail Rarity: Ancient Durability: Infinite Active Skill: Absolute Bail- will let the user escape from any danger no matter how strong the opponent is or how extremely powerful the trap is the skill will teleport the user to the desired location This item is really powerful, I have heard about this from my master but to really experience it was something different. ¡°Where could it be¡­.hmmmmmm here!¡± I was looking for the magic core that was hidden underneath the seat inside the carriage, the usage depends where it was embedded and this one is at the carriage seat to increase the comfort it gives to my master. ¡°crack¡± I removed it from the seat and I embedded it onto my weapon and a bright light glowed in front of me and I felt the magic core disappearing gradually, and then a few seconds I have noticed that my weapon has a red crystal embedded at the shaft. Item Name: Improved Hunting Lance Rarity: Mythical Physical Attack: 856 (+428) Magical Attack: 612 (+306) Durability: 75000/120000 Active Skill: First Form: Elongated Lance- the shaft will extend for a few meters giving the user an advantage on long range attack. Will last for 1 minute Cooldown: 60 seconds Mp Consumption: 300 Second Form: Division- the weapon is divided into two and both the lance will exert the same power. Will last for 1 minute Cooldown: 60 seconds Mp Consumption: 300 Third Form: Bullet Lance- the weapon is fired as a projectile and its destructive power is doubled base on the user¡¯s strength. Will last for 1 minute Cooldown: 60 seconds Mp Consumption: 300 Fourth Form: Hunting- the weapon and the user will become one with the nature and is able to hide its presence. Will last for 1 minute Cooldown: 60 seconds Mp Consumption: 300 Radar- allows the user to detect the surrounding area for a few distance Cooldown: 10 seconds Mp Consumption: 100 Blood Bath- the lance will suck the blood of the opponent to increase its raw power permanently, depending on the opponents blood, the stronger the foe the greater the boost and an additional effect is ????added, if the prey is bleeding he can¡¯t escape from the predator. Will last for 10 minutes Cooldown: 90 seconds Mp Consumption: 350 Magic Core Effect: Will increase the offensive output of the weapon by 50% ¡®This may be not enough but at least I can help master killing that bastard¡¯ I thought to myself as I read the new stats of my lance. ¡®swiiish¡¯ I immediately leap towards the direction of Tulan and I can see the surrounding trees are shaking, birds are escaping the place and animals and monsters ran towards the opposite direction from Tulan, it was like a calamity was occurring at this place. After a few leaps I arrived at the location and I have activated the fourth form of my lance. I remembered that entering and exiting the trap was impossible, even the powerful attacks of my master did not shattered it. After a few moments the red crystal in my lance was reacting to something! I point the lance to a different direction and the red crystal behave and then when I return it to the earlier point the crystal reacts again, but I can see nothing from here so I decided to pointed the lance at the surface and the reaction of the crystal was very strong it even sends vibration to my hands.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ¡®Tsack tsack¡¯ I dig the earth to investigate the phenomenon, ¡®thugg¡¯ my lance hit something! The object was glowing fiercely and there was some kind of vein connected to it, it starts from left then proceeds to the right, and I inspect the direction of the veins and I concluded that this object was boxing the entire dome and is supplying magic to it. ¡°This could be! How did these things planted and were hidden from us?¡± I questioned myself trying to solve the puzzle. ¡°There¡¯s no time, I need to deal with this quickly¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. ¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡°haaah, haaaah , haaah¡± Durwin¡¯s breathing is heavily labored and his Chainmail of the Crimson King is showing cracks and holes and wounds on his upper body and his shoulders were bleeding and bruises appeared at his lower body like someone tried to immobilize the owner of legs. ¡®Clap, clap, clap, clap¡­¡­.¡¯ The scenario happened again and he is facing Faheem who nonchalantly speak towards him. His Hp is now 10% but he did not feel despair, his eyes were still on fire. ¡°And because you are at death¡¯s door now, I will keep my word. This Mischievous Dome is one of my supreme skills, and can only be chant normally like normal skills everyone do, hiding its ability thus surprising the opponent, it needs a little preparation though but when it is activated, every time I die inside this transparent dome I will return to the time where I first invoked the skill and of course you will also return with me but!... my opponents status will remain, I on the other hand will be renewed. You have killed me 19 times even though I was on the upper hand and equipped this Five Rings of the Elemental World , I am truly grateful to you entertaining me on this fight, and oh a bonus tip, the skill will endure for only 20 times!¡± Durwin was shocked at the revelation and the last tip attracted him, and even though in this state there is still a possibility to win, he gripped his bow to prepare an attack but Faheem did not gave him a chance. ¡°Time Cutting Blade Slash¡± His whole body was slashed but it was not physical, he was not sliced into two pieces but he lost 3% of his remaining hp. ¡°You are affected by a curse. Your recovery has become zero¡± ¡°You are affected by a curse. You lose 10% of your stats every second¡± ¡°Current Hp Below 10%. You have now achieved the prerequisites to enter the Abyss of the Crimson King, do you wish to proceed?¡± Several notifications appeared on Durwin, but he did not bothered it as he was agonizing the pain, his body was slowly withering due to his descending stats. Durwin fired an arrow to the ground several feet away from him. ¡®Boom!¡¯ the ground exploded and it created a smoke screen ¡°Don¡¯t struggle Durwin, just let me have more fun on this, hahahahaha!¡± Faheem was maniacally laughing was moving along with the smoke screen. Durwin was still panting but his posture was still in battle mode. ¡®Swish¡¯ Faheem appeared behind Durwin and was trying to slash him again with the same skill, but Durwin had predicted this and he immediately turn hid body facing the attacker and he instantly fired an arrow ¡®Swaaang¡¯ Fire devoured the arrow and it obliterated it turning it into ashes ¡®Swoosh Swoosh¡¯ two consecutive arrows were fired again this time the arrow were envelop by a golden light. Faheem used Fire again but it had no effect so he used the white ring to summon a portal, the arrow then went back to Durwin but he was not there. At the right side of Faheem another arrow was fired and he can see the arrow head was 4 times bigger than the previous time. He cancel the white ring and two rings glowed the black ring and the yellow ring, a black golem¡¯s upper body emerged from the ground, it showed a polished black skin and was reflecting the light that was about to hit it, and then it covered Faheem. ¡®Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmm¡¯ ¡®Thag, thag¡¯ A loud explosion can be heard and the black golem was destroyed it was falling down and in the center, a blue sphere with red fluid splattered all over it was covering Faheem, on the left side, there was a crack and his left shoulder was grazed by the arrow and a huge chunk of meat was missing and he is bleeding heavily. ¡®haaaah haaaah haaah¡¯ Both of them panted ¡°Haaahh¡­uggghhh¡­ I¡¯ll still win this fight Durwin hahahaha¡­.it is over now the moment I am revived!¡± ¡®Craaccckkk craaaacccckk¡¯ the noise echoed the whole area and the transparent dome was collapsing and were disappearing gradually. ¡°What?.....no no no no¡­..!¡± Faheem was shocked at the event, he did not predicted this turn of events! ¡°Master!¡± A familiar voice was heard ¡°Boro?! Why did you return?!¡± ¡°I can¡¯t leave you behind master, I am your shield, let me finish this guy for you and I know you have used your remaining stamina for that last attack¡± ¡®Swing!¡¯ Boro leap towards Faheem and was aiming at his neck but Faheem evaded it by using the portal to teleport to a safer distance. He tried to escape using the white ring but to no avail. Something is pulling him back and he can only teleport for a several meters. ¡°Aaaaaarrrggghhhh¡± Faheem shouted in frustration and he reluctantly activated his last resort. ¡°Time Stop¡± and then the surrounding area near Faheem stopped moving he then quickly teleported near Boro and was about to sliced its head but was suddenly felt pain from his shoulders and his aim went off but he wounded Boro starting from his shoulders goin down to his waist, a critical hit! ¡®Thud¡¯ Boro fell down and his blood spurted out and his innards are showing ¡°Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!¡± Durwin shouted violently Faheem was successful on finishing Boro. The time stopped only for 5 seconds and Faheem paid 50% of his life span to invoke the skill. ¡°ha..haaah, say your last words now Durwin¡± Faheem teleported near him and his left hand formed into a black sword and is execute him ¡°You have accepted to enter in the Abyss of the Crimson King, 5% of your remaining hp is offered!¡± Suddenly the left hand of Faheem was struck by multiple red arrows and he was blown away. Faheem stood up, the arrows were gone from his injure left hand and he can see Durwin in a different form, his whole body is red his bow was gone but instead six arrows floated at his back and his hair is swaying with the air ¡°Wha¡­t is happening? Who are you?¡± Durwin did not answer but instead, he appeared in front of him and all of his body was pierced by the six arrows completely immobilizing him. He then summoned sliced all his fingers and destroyed the four rings. ¡°aaaaaaarrrrggghhhh¡­..you bastard!!¡±Faheem was shouting in agony added with the thought that all of his rings are now gone from his possession ¡®Slice¡¯ His head was cut off cleanly. Durwin then went to Boro, his body is now cold and the horrifying view could make someone puke but Durwin did not and he cut off his right hand and poured his blood onto the mouth of Boro ¡°Ancient Skill: Offering of Awakening¡± ¡°What can you offer to me mortal?¡± a ghastly voice echoed in Durwin¡¯s head ¡°My Domain of the Crimson King, Bow of Draconic Breath and my Life!¡± ¡°Your life is about to end, I am not charmed from it but I will receive the two items¡± ¡°Do you wish to proceed?¡± a different voice questioned him ¡°Yes¡± Instantly all of Durwin¡¯s items were gone instantly and light envelop Boro and his wounds are starting to heal ¡°The prerequisite Blood of the Awakened, for Awakening has been achieved!¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. Several meters away from the city a young boy was standing with a dense aura enveloping him. He was observing the surrounding area that was filled with horrifying deaths with an expressionless face. And there was a ring in front of him that glowed faintly with a pinky finger still attached to it. Tutorial Chapter 9: Tutorial ¡°I am alive?¡± He stands up casually like he just woken up from sleep and inspects his whole body, he can see no wounds instead only the torn clothes were visible, and his pierced stomach has returned to normal and his legs came back. He noticed that his skin color has become tan, and he possess a ripped body like he has trained it for several years, it is not common for his age but what bothers him more is something else. ¡°What had happened to me?¡± I still remember the deaths of my siblings it was still vivid to me!¡¯ But why! Why I am not feeling any sorrow about it! It¡¯s as if I am not a member of the family, Am I a monster?¡¯ ¡®Dugg¡¯ ¡°This heart of mine, is it still me?¡± Grae walks towards his siblings unlike before he was composed and did not panic from the sight of blood and the innards that splattered around the destroyed house. He picked all of them even the unidentifiable ones and gave them a proper burial. He was surprised that he can dig the ground faster than before when he was told to till a small land by his father. He looked for his parents but he can¡¯t find any traces of them, instead he only found three corpses inside their house, the two assassins and the minotaur. He picks up the axe that was lying near the minotaur, the moment he held the axe it emitted a light and then vanished quickly. Item Name: Taurus Pollaxe (SoulBound) Rarity: Extremely Rare Physical Attack: 3486 Magical Attack: 12 Durability: 45000/90000 Passive Skill: Taurus Strength- physical attack using Taurus Pollaxe will greatly increase by 15% ¡°You have acquired a weapon¡± ¡°Huh?¡± Grae was surprised by the sudden notification. He was not the one who killed the minotaur but somehow the loot ends up on him. He was about to panic from the thought but a surge of an unusual emotions flowed to him, and he displayed the stoic face again. His mind became clear and then he proceeded to inspect the items around him, and he found the sword from his father, it was struck on the floor. ¡®Why did I not notice it? I was easily charmed by the axe the moment after I buried my siblings it¡¯s as if it is calling me¡¯ Grae was pondering the thought. He went near the sword and he held the hilt. ¡®ksssk¡¯ A jolt of pain struck Grae ¡°Unable to acquire¡± A notification appeared, Grae then assumed that his whole family was dead and he was not the one who killed his parents. ¡°Maybe I have some awakening or something and made me kill those three assailants, did I have some devil residing in me? maybe that Fenrir from before planted something in me when I became a beast tamer!¡± ¡°Stats!¡± Grae shouted but his voice is calm and cold Hp: 200904/200904 Mp: 224/224 Stamina: 228536 Physical Attack: 6280 Magical Attack: 280 Name: Grae Lemmens Race: Hybrid Profession: None Strenght: 1256 Agility: 897 (+224) Intelligence: 56 Vitality: 7941 (+1191) Defense: 12648 Critical Hit Chance: 8.97% Defense Penetration: 50.24% Hp Recovery: Recovers 10% hp every 30 minutes Mp Recovery: Recovers 20 mp every 10 minutes Magic Resistance: 50% Poison Resistance: 80% Light Resistance: 30% Dark Resistance: 25% Critical Hit Resistance: 85% Active Skill: Item Absorption- the item becomes one with the owner and the stats are plundered by the owner¡¯s body skills are not included Passive Skill: Blessing of the Great Taurus- vitality is greatly increased by 15% Assassins Creed- agility is greatly increased by 25% Reactive Force- the 80% damage taken from physical and magical attacks will return to the attacker ¡°What the¡­¡­!¡± he was so surprised that even his expressionless face is showing some cracks ¡°How did I get these stats? What¡¯s happening? Why I have these blessings and why on earth I became hybrid? I lost my profession?!¡± Grae was puzzled by the numbers that his stats were displaying added by the change of race and he is jobless. He scratched his temple, he can¡¯t think of any possible answers and the witnesses during the event were gone others were dead.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. ¡°What is this? Huh?¡± He poked something sturdy on his temple, he searched the root and found that it starts from the back, he trace it, the ¡®thing¡¯ was not too long but not too small and the edge was a little pointy. He immediately ran to their mirror but it was shattered and there he found no water to look for his reflection, he to look at the axe but it was full of dried blood and dust. He then went to the sword of his father. ¡°The hell? Why do I have a horn all of a sudden? What the fuck is happening to me!¡± ¡®vssh¡¯ The same unusual emotion calmed him down and his mind was clear again but still he can¡¯t find the answers. ¡°Item Absorption: Taurus Pollaxe¡± The axe slowly melted and it is absorb on his right hand, it looks like his hand is some kind of a snake, and then it vanished from his grip. ¡°The item is successfully absorbed, following stats are plundered: Physical Attack: 3486 Magical Attack: 12¡± ¡°This skill is convenient, I do not need a pouch or bag to store my items but the downside is I can¡¯t pull it off as it had become one with me¡± ¡°Stats!¡± Hp: 200904/200904 Mp: 224/224 Stamina: 228536 Physical Attack: 6280(+3486) Magical Attack: 280 (+12) Name: Grae Lemmens Race: Hybrid Profession: None Strenght: 1256 Agility: 1121 Intelligence: 56 Vitality: 9132 Defense: 12648 Critical Hit Chance: 8.97% Defense Penetration: 50.24% Hp Recovery: Recovers 10% hp every 30 minutes Mp Recovery: Recovers 20 mp every 10 minutes Magic Resistance: 50% Poison Resistance: 80% Light Resistance: 30% Dark Resistance: 25% Critical Hit Resistance: 85% Active Skill: Item Absorption- the item becomes one with the owner and the stats are plundered by the owner¡¯s body skills are not included Passive Skill: Blessing of the Great Taurus- vitality is greatly increased by 15% Assassins Creed- agility is greatly increased by 25% Reactive Force- the damage taken from physical and magical attacks will return to the attacker ¡°Okay, my physical attack had improved, good¡± ¡°Choose Profession!¡± ¡°Available Profession for you race: Cleric Warrior Archer Mage Dancer¡± ¡®The beast tamer and assassin were gone from the list is it because I am a hybrid? Base on my stats, mage is out of question also with dancer those two types heavily rely on magic and I am not adept with it, cleric and archer needs a little bit of magic and stamina and warrior requires a lot of stamina and a little bit of magic. Warrior was the best type on the current me, I have become adept with archery but I did not felt that those two were near to my heart, practically speaking I should go for warrior, but the deaths of my family has horrified me last time and I have the urge deep inside my heart to protect those whom I love¡¯ he thought. ¡°Choose Profession: Cleric!¡± ¡°Welcome to the amazing World of Syrion, Grae¡± ¡°You have chosen to become a Cleric, Congratulations¡± ¡°Do you wish a tutorial?¡± The same notification colored in blue floated in front of him ¡°Yes¡± ¡°Cleric is a profession that symbolizes light and justice. You can learn how to heal yourself or learn how to guard. You don¡¯t usually have high damage but your support can turn the tides of the battle. Clerics are able to proceed in frontline also, they can receive high amount of damages and still lives! You are also able to do some damage, it is small but with infinite combo you are able to overpower your enemy!¡± ¡°Do you wish to test?¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°A Fallen Earth Golem has appeared! Try to withstand it¡¯s attacks for a longer period of time. The longer the greater the merit¡± ¡°¡­¡± Grae was not surprised anymore as it had happened to him before. ¡®Groaaaaaaaarrr¡¯ the boss type monster roared ¡°You have been affected by Fear, due to your magic resistance your defense decrease only by 5%¡± The huge golem stretched his left hand and smashed the ground, Grae jumps in the air and it was extremely high due to his absurd strength. ¡®Bang¡¯ the same transparent wall hit Grae but he just ignores it. The golem then sweeps his right hand towards the falling Grae and he curled his body to receive the damage as it can¡¯t be dodge. ¡®Boom¡¯ He was sent flying to towards left and he hit the wall. He immediately stands and he noticed that his bones were not broken from the huge arm of the golem, then he leaped forward to dodge the incoming attack from the golem, as he is sprinting under the right hand of the golem he noticed that there were a lot of cracks underneath it, the other hand of the golem sweeps the ground towards him and he simply dodge it by jumping instantly, he landed to the flattened ground and lunge towards the open are of the golem, its chest! ¡®Baaaaam, babaam!¡¯ three consecutive punches were thrown and the golem¡¯s body was pushed a little bit. Fallen Earth Golem Hp: 17431/ 20165 ¡°Wow even with my high physical attack I only gave 10% damage to him even with my defense penetration, this guy has a huge amount of defense, but killing this thing is doable¡± ¡°Hidden Quest Activated: Kill the Golem and receive great rewards¡± ¡®hmmm maybe if gave damaged to Fenrir I might have receive a hidden quest¡¯ he pondered for a moment and he look to the golem that is trying to recover from the attack even the monster is a stone the attack from a 12 year old that pushed it back is abnormal. The golem smashed his two hands and roared again, this time the notification was different ¡°The golem is enraged, golem¡¯s physical attack is increased by 25%¡± The golem with an abnormal long hands and a very short legs charge towards Grae and he did not budge from his position instead he is trying to receive the damage to test his defenses. ¡®Baaaaam¡¯ Grae was thrown again and he lost 15% of his hp this time he felt pain all over his body but it was like ¡®back pain¡¯ to him. The golem fell down head first from the sudden damage that it receive, cracks are now showing all over its body. Fallen Earth Golem Hp: 11831/ 20165 Grae did not miss the chance and leaps towards the neck of the golem and starts hammering it with his bare hands. ¡®Baaaam babababababaaaam¡¯ multiple punches were thrown. The golem tried to grab him but Grae punch the hands of the golem ¡®Baaam Baaam¡¯ the two hands was sent flying away from him ¡®Groaaaaaar¡¯ the golem was mad but Grae was relentless with his attacks. The neck of the golem was dug and its hp is slowly creeping to 20% The golem tried to stand up by pushing the ground but Grae jumps high and then landed immediately back to the neck. ¡®Baaaaaaam!¡¯ the monster was pushed to the ground even more its right hand was broken and the left hand is showing huge cracks, a few more attacks and it will fall, 10% of its hp was lost. ¡®Groaaaaaaaaar¡¯ the golem shouted in pain and then the earth tries to close the wound on its neck ¡®Baaababababababbaaaam¡¯ with an absurd stamina Grae was destroying the golem, its recovery can¡¯t outpace the damage it was receiving. ¡®Baaaaaam¡¯ ¡°You have slain the Fallen Earth Golem, Congratulations¡± ¡°You have endured the golem¡¯s attack for 4 hours, Congratulations¡± ¡°Calculating your achievements¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡°You have ascended from cleric to War Guardian¡± ¡°The prerequisite Blessing from a Zodiac for awakening is completed¡± ¡°You have ascended from War Guardian to Crusader¡± ¡°You have received Dark Kite Shield¡± ¡°You have received Oriental Mace¡± Grae was reading the notifications that simultaneously appeared, he was glad with the result. ¡°Now I have the reason to become strong¡± he muttered with a devious grin New Journey Chapter 10: New Journey Hp: 200904/200904 Mp: 224/224 Stamina: 228536 Physical Attack: 9766 (+456) Magical Attack: 292 (+10) Name: Grae Lemmens Race: Hybrid Profession: Crusader (D) Strenght: 1256 Agility: 1121 Intelligence: 56 Vitality: 9132 Defense: 12648 (+378) (+6324) Critical Hit Chance: 8.97% Defense Penetration: 50.24% Hp Recovery: Recovers 10% hp every 30 minutes Mp Recovery: Recovers 20 mp every 10 minutes Magic Resistance: 50% Poison Resistance: 80% Light Resistance: 30% Dark Resistance: 25% Critical Hit Resistance: 85% Active Skill: Item Absorption- the item becomes one with the owner and the stats are plundered by the owner¡¯s body skills are not included Elemental- increases your magic resistance by 50% in 30 minutes Cooldown- 100 seconds Mp Consumption: 100 Stamina Consumption: 15 Ascension- increases physical attack by 5% in 55 minutes Cooldown- 10 seconds Mp Consumption: 10 Stamina Consumption: 5 Stance of Faith- defense is increased by 100% in 1 minute Cooldown- 90 seconds Mp Consumption: 50 Stamina Consumption: 500 Divine Hammering- the damage taken by the enemy is doubled, the buff will last for 4 hours Cooldown- 300 seconds Mp Consumption: 10 Stamina Consumption: 2000 Guardian Force- you are able to block the attacks from the enemy. Can block up to 10 attacks Cooldown- 40 seconds Mp Consumption: 10 Stamina Consumption: 200 Justice Crash- you perform a devastating attack by leaping and then smashing the ground with your weapon Damage Absorption (Skill is not yet learned. Requirements to learn the skill [50% of your total physical attack]) Passive Skill: Class Mastery- you are able to pull out the 60% potential of your profession Hardness- your defense is increased by 5% Blessing of the Great Taurus- vitality is greatly increased by 15% Assassins Creed- agility is greatly increased by 25%Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Reactive Force- the 80% damage taken from physical and magical attacks will return to the attacker Amused by his new stats, the two weapons given during tutorial gave him boost in attack and defense, and obviously the two items were absorbed immediately. The skill tree for crusader is purely buff and it only has one attack skill but with multiple combos those buff were too useful and convenient for him. ¡°Learn Damage Absorption¡± ¡°Congratulations you have a new skill Damage Absorption¡± The skill is another buff but is under the passive skills. It allows Grae to absorb incoming damage by 60% and is converted as hp, a perfect combo for him. ¡°Wow this skill tree is awesome, thankfully I chose this profession it really suits me well. Time to absorb more items¡± he chuckled He then checks the daggers that the two assassins were using, and surprisingly the two weapons were easily acquired by him. ¡°Certainly, I killed them while I am unconscious. I do not doubt this theory anymore even the boss type enemy during my tutorial was defeated with this childish body, I am thankful with Fenrir right now, I have avenged my family¡± ¡°Item Absorption: Manticore Hunting Dagger¡± ¡°Item Absorption: Extremely Poisonous Dagger ¡°The items are successfully absorbed, following stats are plundered: Physical Attack: 789 Magical Attack: 546 Physical Attack: 2653 Magical Attack: 146 ¡°What is this?¡± Grae noticed something in the ground it was a ring with a pinky finger cut cleanly, the ring was color yellow. He tried to pick up the item but the same thing happened to him with his father¡¯s sword. ¡°Whose ring is this? Hmmmmmm..¡± he was trying to solve another mystery in front of him. Surely the place was filled with horrible deaths, guts everywhere and body pieces were scattered but this finger did not belong to his family. The assassins did not lose one also. ¡°Arrrrrr!¡± he shouted out of frustration ¡®Swoooooosh¡¯ A lance can be seen flying towards the location of the young boy, it was not flying it was thrown several meters from the origin and is reaching the target with an incredible speed. ¡®Boooooooom!¡¯ The attack made a crater, the surrounding area is devastated again. But the lance was in the grip of a childish hand he seems to be standing in the middle of the crater. The young boy did not show any sign of fear or any kind of distress that normally appear to someone if they are in harm¡¯s way. He investigated the lance and showed a wry smile as if he knows the owner. ¡®Bassshhh¡¯ someone landed to the ground ¡°Grae?¡± ¡°Yes it is me sir Boro!¡± he showed a distressed face ¡°How did you-¡­¡± ¡°I saw the lance flying towards the house and I immediately ran in the opposite direction fearing for my own life, and after the impact I investigated the place and found that it was your lance!¡± he interrupted the older guy with a sign of respect, still with a distressed face. ¡°I used the skill of the lance and found that your family were attacked by three assailants one is a monster and the two were humans, I even noticed the small body parts of your siblings and then I got your presence. I thought you were an assassin affiliated with Faheem. I am deeply sorry Grae it was my fault to lose my focus, please forgive me Grae¡± ¡°It is alright sir Boro, look I am completely fine, my father would do the same thing¡± ¡°Thank you Grae, do you know what happened?¡± ¡°My family were killed sir, two assassins attacked our parents and the monster, the minotaur killed my siblings huhuhu¡­..why did this happened to me huhuhu¡± ¡®Shssssh¡¯ The item enabled Grae to hide his form has reached its limit and was broken because it has reached zero durability. He found it at the hips of the smaller guy assassin, maybe it was use for assassination jobs. ¡°¡­.!¡± Boro was on guard he was surprised by the sudden appearance of a new monster, a child of the fallen minotaur. ¡°Display Name¡± Name: Grae Lemmens ¡°it is still me sir, I don¡¯t know what happened but after the minotaur killed my siblings I lost conscious and when I wake up I noticed that my appearance were changed¡± he hurriedly explained ¡®sigh¡¯ Boro relaxed from the sudden tension ¡°I am sorry again for your family Grae, but pardon my intrusive questions, did you receive a power from the minotaur or did the minotaur inhibits in you?¡± ¡°It is alright sir. For your question sir, I really did not know what happened¡± with voice that sounded like he is in deep sorrow accompanied by a sad tearing eyes Boro was powerless and stopped asking him again. ¡°Grae¡­Master Durwin died today¡± He boldly announced and see if this young boy with horns and a tan colored skin with a ripped body is really Grae. Boro got what he wanted to say ¡°What? No no no no no¡­..all of my loved ones were killed and now sir Durwin huhuhuhu why?!¡± tears falls down on his face ¡°Don¡¯t worry Grae, I vowed that I will rebuild the city of Tulan and I will protect it with my own life like my master did and you are the start of it¡± ¡°What do you mean sir Boro?¡± ¡°I can be your family Grae, if you allow me to of course¡± he smiled to the young boy ¡°You sure sir Boro?¡± he asked with a glee ¡°Yes, I am!¡± he then went near to Grae and removed his lance that was deeply struck in the earth ¡°Come, we will go now to the City of Dalen it is a beautiful and large busy city¡± ¡°Okay!¡± he responded with a big smile and he sighed inwardly due to the relief from trying hard to express his emotions on his expressionless face. ¡°Good that is the student of Master Durwin!¡± Boro was trying to ease the young child from the burden of the death of his family, there was no home left for him as the city of Tulan was also devastated, now it has become a desolate place. ¡®Hmmmmmm but why did I lost 10% of my hp? Hmmm maybe it was the effect of my new ascended lance¡¯ Boro then just shrugged the thought. New World Chapter 11: New World City of Dalen A young boy is walking and wandering around in the busy pavement crowded with enthusiastic merchants, displaying their items some were saying it is mythical some were legendary with an affordable price. There are also adventurers roaming around checking the items, others were also secretly appraising the armors, shields, weapons and the like. ¡®Swoooosh¡¯ a griffon flying with someone riding on its back passed the isle ¡®This place is like a fantasy world!¡¯ the young boy thought with a big smile. He is wearing a full body armor silverish in color and a sheathed sword on his right waist, some ladies might say ¡®knight in a shining armor¡¯. He is amazed by the display of mythical beasts in the streets and in the sky, the items that glows differently, the appearance of status and magic! ¡°Psssst!¡± Someone interrupted the joyous thoughts of the young boy. He look for the source of the sound but found nothing. ¡®Maybe it was for someone, haha¡¯ he chuckled ¡°You child, come here I am waving at you¡± Then he saw an old woman waving gleefully at him, she was situated near an alleyway with her table in front of her and a transparent marble in the center of it. ¡®Is she some kind of fortune teller?¡¯ he thought as he cautiously walked towards the old woman ¡°Child, I can see in your eyes that you are craving for answers, I can give it you¡± ¡°Is it for free?¡± ¡°You¡¯re first question will be free of charge my child. The price varies on the difficulty of question¡± ¡°Then what is this world?¡± ¡°Ah, very broad question 1 gold for that¡± ¡®ugh this woman!.......hayzzz¡¯ ¡°here is the payment¡± I reluctantly gave the money. ¡°This world is named Syrion it is consisted of 12 continents. One must pass the perilous sea to travel to the other continents but there are portals also, obviously these portals are paid with a sum of gold. The inhabitants of this world are differentiated by what we call ¡®race¡¯, even beasts are part of the race! In this world you can become an adventurer by choosing your profession!¡± ¡°Here..¡± I gave the woman another gold as I can see that she is withdrawing some important details, the money is not important, what I need now is information. ¡°Oh! Such a generous boy¡± ¡°I want specific details!¡± ¡°Okay..okay¡­children nowadays are impulsive.. Do you know why the beasts became a race even though they are just some monster? ¡°Why?¡± I was dumbfounded by the sudden question ¡°Because they are capable of evolution, just like us humans, elves, dwarves, demons and orcs. In the early times when I was still a little child, it was only 5 races who dominate this world. War occurred from different kingdoms, elves versus humans, humans vs demons, orcs versus dwarves etc. All five races waged war against each other. One day the whole world of Syrion were covered with thick thunderclouds and then loud thunders echoed all over the 12 continents and people were scared even the mighty armies were feeling helpless¡­.¡± She suddenly halted the story ¡®Really! Fucking old woman!¡¯ I did not say it out loud, I still need information and gave her another 1 gold. ¡°Ah yes this will keep me talking¡± the old woman grin cunningly This cycle keeps going on and on until I got the answers that I needed, and I lost 100 gold because of that cunning old hag. Centuries ago, a divine being was seen on all places around the world, it had four wings, two pairs at the shoulder level and two pairs at the hips, and all of them were carrying a scroll that was pure white in color. The sight was so divine, and then it started to speak, based on the old hag¡¯s story it stated that this world was now owned by their god Teskol, he wanted to have very strong pawn that even the divine being holding the scrolls will become insects to them, to enter the universal arena participated by different gods. So he created a ¡®system¡¯ that allows individual to grow, he created legendary skills and items even the ¡®profession system¡¯, and to increase the chances of having more and powerful pawn for his ¡®arena fighters¡¯ all the inhabitants are given the power to evolved.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. Several years later, the rabbits that were just leaping around in the grassland has now evolved into a muscular man, some were a more beautiful ladies and all of them can speak the same language that humans have, old hag almost forgotten that the god Teskol allowed universal language to exist. The evolved rabbits were hunted by humans fearing that these once weak creatures might trample them. But a warrior pleaded to the king to let this new race lived and brought up the idea that they could become their allies and manipulate them. The hunt was stopped and they offered apologies to the rabbits. After that information was traded, humans learned that they grow through what they do or what they eat, and a certain point a notification offered them to evolved into something called ¡®professions¡¯. They asked the rabbits if they were able to think for themselves when they not yet evolved and they answered that they did not, instead their instincts lead them, and the notification was only understand by the rabbit race and until they had evolved they are able to understand the language of the humans and this was the same to all different kinds of monsters. An evolved being regardless of the race with their professions are technically immortal, they continue to live and grow in age unless their hp drops to zero they will forfeit their lives. And everyone is measured not by levels but by the class, starting from bottom Class E to the top Ex Awakened SSS class. Your class level can be seen in the status viewer and is situated near your profession. She also warned me that I should be careful from the monsters that evolved, because when they lose their sanity they regress and their intelligence is like of raging beasts, they will not hesitate to kill everyone on their sight. I also asked her how does the five races evolved? She replied that we grow by following quests and hunting monsters, then I asked her again, if they are able to evolve then who can be the monsters? She just simply smiled at me and told me that, evolution does not always lead to become like us, some prideful creatures evolve to a higher existence and is still one of the monster, for example the dragons. They don¡¯t want to filthy their scales by living alongside with the humans and choose to increase their might through the power of evolution and when they do this, they are extremely strong creatures that could wipe cities with their mighty breaths. For some creatures, they are afraid to make contact with the humans and choose to grow stronger to protect their families. ¡®Do you know why you were summoned here? This kingdom wanted to increase their military forces by summoning people from the other world and told them to defeat the demon king, now my child you are manipulated for their own cause my only tip for you is that become stronger so that no one can hold you¡¯ I thought these over and over as I walked back to the palace¡¯s barracks. It was like a warning and I felt anger welled in me but the sight that made me powerless was the aura that the king emitted. He face is showing kindness but his aura displayed death, I even thought I would die due to suffocation, and that was the time all of us 10 summoned ¡®heroes¡¯ pledged to king. ¡°Kenzo!¡± an indian guy called me, the accent was still the same but it¡¯s like I am hearing him talking in Japanese language. ¡°Don¡¯t call me by my first name you idiot, I did not allowed you to!¡± I retorted him ¡°hahaha you two get along well huh?¡± a filipino guy was laughing at us and we stared at him ¡°No we are not Erik¡± I exclaimed at him ¡°okay¡­don¡¯t call me by my FIRST NAME Kato Kenzo¡­¡± ¡°You¡­.¡± ¡°hahaha just kidding, it is awkward for me to keep hearing someone says ¡®hey Lukban¡¯ so in our first introduction I want you to call me erik¡± he was smiling at me with those statements. ¡°Erik is fine for me but Shyam, I don¡¯t feel like hearing you call me by my first name!¡± ¡°hahahaha okay okay fine with me KATO¡± with an interjection on my family name The three of us were given the opportunity by the fearsome king to roam the city, the remaining 7 stayed in the barracks, sleeping or maybe having trainings. I decided to wander around alone to increase my efficiency in knowing the area, if you are in group your actions are limited. I don¡¯t know where the two roamed, maybe they found something that interests them, while me, I got answers for this world I am going to live. ¡°So what you guys found?¡± I asked them ¡°Ooooh we found centaurs, cat girls! Oooh they are so cute hmmmmm¡± Shyam was imagining while talking to me ¡°hahahaha, he really loves them, we found that this world is like an ¡®rpg¡¯ and that we must continue to grow¡± Erik was more mature than Shyam so I was not surprised that his findings were almost identical to my information but not specific like what I have learned. We were standing in a busy street filled with customers and sellers when all of a sudden, thunder clouds were starting to form in a fast forward pace and then thunders rang and grounds trembled and then a divine being with four wings and a scroll appeared. ¡®Huh, wow such divine presence, is this what the prophets in our world called Earth felt when they encountered angels?¡¯ I mumbled inwardly The divine being then spoke ¡°Good day to everyone, hear the message of the mighty god, god Toskel! He was displeased by the deaths of his two candidates that occurred within the city of Tulan due to some personal interest, thus god Toskel created a solution to avoid losing more competent beings, the appearance of ¡®safe zones¡¯. The safe zones are mainly cities that his candidates had built. If the candidate become a king then the city is automatically becomes a safe zone. Inside the safe zones, your hp does not drop to zero and buildings and walls becomes invincible recovery rate is faster inside of it. god Toskel hopes that this will encourage everyone to live harmoniously. That is the entire message¡± Then in an instant the phenomenon vanished. ¡°Such sarcasm¡± I unconsciously spoke the words from my thoughts ¡°Yeah, this will encourage people to more violent¡± the two agreed ¡®Shiiiiiiiing¡¯ a transparent barrier covered the whole city of Dalen, it was a massive city but the barrier did not have a problem filling it whole, then after it had enveloped the whole city it then shatter and a huge notification floated above ¡°City of Dalen is now one of the Safe Zones¡± ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. A few moments earlier ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­.Yes, I have completed my task on planting doubts in the heart of the ¡®hero¡¯ a seductive woman was casually walking towards the city gates of Dalen Im sorry The chapter is not yet complete and I''m just recovering from sickness i hope I can continue the story as soon as possible Thank you for the honest review and the followers and those who made this fiction their favorite Maybe this is a sign of awakening...hehehe Thank you for taking your time reading You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. [Chapter 12: Enrollment ¡°Sir Boro, thank you for keeping me safe the entire journey!¡± ¡°No it¡¯s nothing Grae, I promised to keep you safe besides I¡¯m your new family now¡± ¡°Ah yes, I have a very strong uncle now¡± I spoke cheerfully with sir Boro. Sometimes I can¡¯t prevent my stoic face on surfacing and it would freak out sir Boro but I just ignored him. On our way we encountered bandits and monsters, both died in the hands of sir Boro and their bloods were sucked by his lance. I noticed that his stronger than before, I can¡¯t see his aura but I can feel that he had become strong since that incident in Tulan, he did not also reveal what happened inside the city. I think he is not yet trusting me or maybe things happened there were confidential and I also did not bother to ask him.] Peace and Order Chapter 12: Peace and Order ¡°Sir Boro, thank you for keeping me safe the entire journey!¡± ¡°No it¡¯s nothing Grae, I promised to keep you safe besides I¡¯m your new family now¡± ¡°Ah yes, I have a very strong uncle now¡± I spoke cheerfully with sir Boro. Sometimes I can¡¯t prevent my stoic face on surfacing and it would freak out sir Boro but I just ignored him. On our way we encountered bandits and monsters, both died in the hands of sir Boro and their bloods were sucked by his lance. I noticed that his stronger than before, I can¡¯t see his aura but I can feel that he had become strong since that incident in Tulan, he did not also reveal what happened inside the city. I think he does not yet trust me or maybe things that had happened there were confidential and I also did not bother to ask him. ¡°Grae, look outside!¡± sir Boro announced gleefully on the reign where he had been driving the carriage since we have departed from Tulan. ¡®Wow!¡¯ I mumbled inwardly as I saw a marvelous display at the window of the carriage. I know my expression was like a little kid with big eyes seeing the environment for the first time but I am certain that my face is displaying the opposite. Outside, there were mythical beasts laying in the ground sleeping blissfully, different kinds of them. And there were this group of people with a banner that display a sheep and a staff. As far as I can remember groups like these are called guilds. ¡°That is the Shepherds Guild Grae¡± sir Boro answered my curiosity. ¡°Are they all Beast Tamers sir?¡± I asked him without looking at him as I was mesmerized by the display. ¡°Not all, but mainly Beast Tamers occupy the guild. Oh by the way, I heard you have chosen your profession last week¡± ¡°How did you know of it sir?¡± I asked him curiously. I got my profession the day my family were massacred and sir Durwin was not there last time so how could he possibly know something that my family only knows that time. ¡°Master Durwin gave your father a special sword. It is not only for combat but also for communication between the two of them and it was only special for them. From what I learned about it, they used codes by tapping the sword and master instructed him that if you, his disciple have chosen a profession your father would immediately report it to him and that is why my master and I hurriedly return to Tulan, but sadly it was¡­¡­.¡± ¡®hmmm¡¯ I agreed inwardly as I also noticed this when father brought the unsheathed sword, I think he taps the hilt four times. Then I keep in silence to give condolences to those people especially my family that lost their lives during that day, sir Boro was doing the same. Shortly thereafter, we have arrived at the south side entrance of the city of Dalen and there were two huge statues and both of it having greatswords and behind them was these great massive wall that covers the area infinitely. Then I felt the eyes of the statues as the carriage were nearing the entrance and then instantaneously the feeling just vanished the moment we have entered the gates, maybe I was just hallucinating from my fight of that golem. After entering the gate, we come across an outpost with 10 soldiers on it and we stopped momentarily for inspection. ¡°Good day sir Boro! Is Master Durwin going to visit the city again?¡± the leader of the soldiers in the outpost greeted sir Boro ¡°Umm¡­I can¡¯t say..can I have an audience with the king today?¡± sir Boro was reluctant to answer the question and tries to evade it as much as possible ¡°The city right now is turmoil, different adventurers were fighting against each other some even proclaimed that they want to dethrone the king¡± ¡°I guess it is because of that Message¡± ¡°I think so sir¡± the soldier firmly agreed with sir Boro ¡°Is it possible to see the king? I have an important statement for him¡± ¡°Ah certainly, Billah and Rashid escort sir Boro to the palace! Please excuse my rudeness sir, I know that sir Boro is strong and could take these newly hatched adventurers that is causing havocs inside the city but it is the standing order of the king¡± ¡°I don¡¯t mind it¡± sir Boro then gave respect to the captain -The Throne Room of the Palace- Inside the room was this glorious display of banners of different guilds that were knitted with gold and each of the banners display a different symbol of each guild and there was one banner that stands out from the rest. King¡¯s Guild The symbol in their banner was this black dragon with deep purple eyes that was in a side view and above its head was this crown goldish in color. The guild is obviously under the King of the city of Dalen and its members were surprisingly low in number. But, the lack in quantity makes it up for an extremely high quality, each member is SSS class or beyond and they are only 14 excluding the King. And there achievements were all legendary. Some people made it a book and made a huge profit of it as the people in the city of Dalen revered them so. All the members were not always seen, and people say that you are a lucky individual if you meet them in person, and there feats were only told in stories. Only guild masters have seen them and they described the elite group as a Continental Force. Legendary Guild This guild is unlike the mysterious King¡¯s Guild, they are a famous group of people who also accomplished legendary achievements and there numbers were 5000 adventurers excluding the guild master. They truly have vast number of members and the master of the guild is capable of handling them in order, they are like an army! Living Guild Now this guild is has a non-combatant members due to their professions as supports and healers. They earn their achievements differently to that of the attack force but their effect on the battle is greatly significant so different guilds would hire members from Living Guild and in this return the guild can maintain its position. Assassins Guild This group has the same homogeneous members, all of them were assassins. They accept jobs from those people that want materials but are not capable of acquiring it, and their services are in demand as they execute the tasks flawlessly and faster than a party of adventurers in a raid. They are also a mysterious guild and some even accused them assassinating other adventurers as per instruction of their employer. Hero¡¯s Guild This newly built guild was mainly for the summoned heroes and the goal was to make them stronger that could be in par with the King¡¯s Guild. Little information was still known and the members were always inside the king¡¯s castle. Some people even suspect that the 14 Pillars under the King¡¯s Guild were gone and they planned on replacing them with these summoned heroes, but those were only gossips made by the new generations of adventurers. The king made entered the room alone and he went to the throne and comfortly seat on it. He wears decent clothes but not like the expectations of those kings with luxurious dresses. There were even no advisers around and only one individual, guards the entrance of the room. You could say the security is greatly lacking and the king could be assassinated any time but centuries have passed and no even dared to touch the door knob. ¡°My king, Boro has come to visit you¡± the voice of the guard was loud and clear ¡°Let him in, Seoras¡± the king approved the consent and then a man holding a lance had entered he seems to be in his late twenties but with a matured body and his face is in distress and deep sorrow.Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. ¡°My king¡± Boro kneeled on his left knee and place his right hand on his chest and bowed deeply ¡°You seemed to be troubled Boro¡± a calm and kind voice yet filled with death echoed the room ¡°Yes I am my King, and this message that I brought to you is of private matters that concern the guild¡± ¡®Swooooosh¡¯ a dark void covered the entire room and the three of them were inside, it was a skill Bottomless Pit which does not allow light and sound to enter or escape from it. The two knew who casted it and remained calm. ¡°Please specify in details Boro¡± the king was in a 200% of attention to Boro¡¯s words ¡°Your brother Faheem and master Durwin had clashed in the city of Tulan and both of the valued member of the King¡¯s Guild had perished, I was also in the clash and I was certain of my death when I went against Faheem but master had invoke the ancient skill and made me returned back to life¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.¡± The king was in deep thoughts his eyebrows wrinkled as he put his right hand to his face ¡®Swaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh¡¯ A burst of immense aura envelops the whole void and it trembled, it¡¯s as if the surrounding area would shatter just by the presence of the deathly aura. Faheem and Seoras were almost blown away but they both kneeled hardly, and the two of them were sweating profusely, their hands and legs were trembling but they tried not to show their weakness on their king. ¡°Tell me Boro, how did my brother defeated the Crimson Reaper?¡± The voice was kind but full of murderous intent. ¡°He had the Elemental Five Rings my King¡± Boro replied nervously ¡°My brother went that far just to get revenge, what a Fool!¡± the king was frustrated. The revenge that the king was talking about was when Durwin defeated Faheem several times and King Nafari viewed the battle in the Grand Arena of the King¡¯s castle. This arena is exclusive only for the King¡¯s Guild member ¡°My king I have awaken¡± a sudden announcement halted the king¡¯s murderous aura ¡°When did you awaken Boro?¡± the king asked inquisitively ¡°Last week my king, it was when I died and master Durwin poured his blood on me and revived me thus achieving the Blood of the Awakened¡± ¡°Can I see your stats Boro?¡± ¡°Yes my king, Share Stat!¡± Hp: 69432/69432 Mp: 5808/5808 Stamina: 52788 Physical Attack: 11280 Magical Attack: 7260 Name: Boro Okonjo Race: Human Profession: Ultimate Lance (Awakened SSS Class) Strenght: 2256 Agility: 2557 Intelligence: 1452 Vitality: 3156 Defense: 5127 Critical Hit Chance: 25.57% Defense Penetration: 90.24% Hp Recovery: Recovers 5% hp every 30 minutes Mp Recovery: Recovers 5% mp every 10 minutes Magic Resistance: 20% Poison Resistance: 30% Light Resistance: 5% Dark Resistance: 5% Critical Hit Resistance: 45% Active Skill: Whirling Dance- performs a defensive stance that reduces 10% of the incoming damage using the spear as it spin Cooldown- 20 seconds Mp Consumption- 200 mp Trust of the Lance- when active the user can perform attacks even he is not using the spear and will last for one minute Cooldown- 7 minutes Mp Consumption- 850 mp Thrust- perform an attack with the spear Cooldown- 5 seconds Mp Consumption- 20 mp Overpowering Lance (Awakened Class)- when active the user is able to control the lance with 200% mastery thus greatly increasing the damage and speed by 25% and will last for 20 minutes Cooldown- 25 minutes Mp Consumption- 1200 mp Passive Skill: Class Mastery III- able to perform 20% potential of the class Hunter¡¯s Blessing- physical attack is increased by 5% Crimson Blood- if your hp goes down below 20% your attack power is greatly increased by 150% ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡± the king was analyzing the numbers and the word written beside his class. ¡°Certainly you have awakened Boro, even though your intelligence did not reach above 2000, which an awakened being should have all his basic stats reach beyond 2000 not less¡± the king spoke after he had ordered his thoughts and concluded that Boro did awaken. ¡°Thank you my King¡± Boro bowed humbly as he knew that his stats were still lacking compared to the person in front of him ¡°Boro, join the guild¡± the king offered him straight away ¡°That is one of the reason I have come to visit your kingdom my king, it would be an honor to become one of the 14 pillars and I hoped that the support of the king will help me rebuild the city of Tulan as per my master¡¯s last order¡± ¡°hahahaha! Just like Durwin huh? I will allow it, Seoras gather the remaining twelve and tell them to meet at the Grand Arena¡± ¡°Disperse¡± the King then cancels the dark void and it shattered immediately ¡°Yes my King¡± Seoras replied earnestly and leaves the room instantaneously ¡°Boro, come with me, I have to teach some adventurers about peace and order¡± ¡°Was it due to the notice of the ¡®The Messengers¡¯? ¡°Yes¡± the king smiled deviously A few moments earlier An adventurer with muscular body is shouting and attacking other people. He is leading a 20 people and was laughing maniacally as they thrashed other weak adventurers. ¡°I Jukk Antson, will deliver all of you from your weak king! You have been deceived for centuries about how great he is but not me! I will not allow suck weaklings to rule you, instead I will ascend myself and make this city a more powerful nation!¡± ¡°hihihi¡± the people following him were laughing and some of them were still choking an adventurer, no matter how many times they stab him to death his hp won¡¯t go down below zero thus making it more enjoyable for them torturing the guy. Then the group proceeds in the plaza and continued to wreak havoc. Oddly, the other guild members were not paying attention to them and only those new adventurers with sense of justice confronts the group. ¡°You see! Even the mighty guilds that you speak of were not in the vicinity because they were afraid of me hahahahahaha!¡± Suddenly people were starting to gather at the plaza that situated eastward of the city and the man shouting increasingly becoming haughtier. ¡°Hahahahaha come you people and witness the power of your new king!¡± the leader boasted again ¡°Summon: Ignis¡± he casted a skill and then there was a vortex of fire in the middle of the plaza and then it gradually formed two hands and a fearsome fiery face it has no legs. The summoned being was enveloped with bright yellow fire as it stretches its arms. ¡°Oh how great our new king is!¡± one of his followers shouted. ¡°All hail the new king!¡± then all twenty of them shouted synchronically. The people around starts to kneel after the shouts ceased. The group felt that they have conquered Dalen. They never knew it was this easy, several weeks ago they just got their profession and then this guy Jukk Antson offered them how to become stronger. They were trained and received and evolution of their professions and they felt they were invincible. They were brainwashed thoroughly. ¡®Swaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh¡¯ A guy with a particulary long hair that reaches his waist with a young looking face, a dark abyss-like robe was floating along with a guy who looked older than the first guy and is holding a lance. The long haired guy was emitting a dark aura that almost covers the entire area, and then both of them landed majestically in front of the group. The people around were still kneeling not even raising their heads to peak a little bit. ¡°Oh the weak king has arrived, good timing I can perform a more glorious show befitting of your new king!¡± he manages to utter arrogant words even his whole body is shaking violently. ¡°hiiiiii¡± the followers were also scared others tried to flee but stumbled some were starting to pee on their pants ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid for I am here, Jukk Antson!¡± he tried to calm his followers but to no avail. ¡°Arrrrggghh kill him Ignis!¡± he ordered his summoned being ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡± Ignis was also trembling. Its fire did not glowed like earlier it was like a fire that is starting to be extinguished. ¡°Useless idiot!¡± he shouted at his summon and then he charged towards the two ¡°Baaaaaaaam¡± The haughty guy was struck to the ground by the index finger of the king. The ground trembled violently and the indestructible pavement almost cracked! The hp of the guy drop zero instantly and the Safe Zone Effect tried to save the life of Jukk Antson it persistently raised its hp bar above zero percent but was overcome by an overwhelming damage. He was still alive but his skull was splattered and blood was flowing from the not moving body. The guy with the lance tried to move but halted by the king. ¡°hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii¡± the followers trembled more violently and most of them fainted from the scene. ¡°Raise your heads¡± the king ordered the people and they complied ¡°I have gathered you around here to make an example to those who destroy the peace in this city. Even your hp does not drop beyond zero, I can still turn you into a cold corpse by not allowing the recovery effect to heal you. And you would lie there and will not be able to awake again. There are some ways, I could drag you outside the city and simply kill you. Remember this, the peace and order of the city of Dalen must be preserved and if you really want to try your skills or want to have revenge then I invite you all to the Grand Arena as we will held a tournament for the aspiring adventurers. The rewards are a set of legendary item, mythical mount and the chance to become a member of my guild¡± The king finished his statements and the two leaved the vicinity. The people divided, some were honored and some were extremely scared but one thing they do know, they have a chance to acquire items that are extremely rare. Admission to the Academy Chapter 13: Admission for the Academy After the event that took place in the plaza located at District 3 of the city, King Nafari and Boro went back to the palace. The face of the king is still depressed, the insect that dared attacked him was not worthy to release the negative emotion he is feeling right now. ¡°Boro, you know I have lived for a hundred years but this is the first time I have felt so down, it may sound crazy but I regret the loss of your master and not on my little brother.¡± ¡°My king¡­.¡± Boro was surprised by the sudden words of the king, it was rare for him. ¡°Long time ago, Durwin and I would go hunting monsters, grinding for materials and equipments and we would even venture on undiscovered areas just for the thrill of adventuring, I admired him as he was a strong adventurer. There was one time he had saved my life. It was when we accidentally awaken an ancient monster, Cataclysmic Panda. We struggled to even scratch its hp, both defense and offense of the monster was extremely high and we were both SSS Class at that time. During the battle I almost fainted due to the extreme use of my mp and Durwin used the item that we received when we entered the dungeon of the ancient monster and we were teleported back in Dalen, I owed him my life.¡± ¡°¡­.is this, the item you were talking my king?¡± Boro reached on his inventory and reveal a white token in his palm ¡°Yes¡­your master does not value his own life instead he would put his own self in danger just to save someone close to him¡± the king was deeply sad with a little bit of happiness in his face ¡°It is true my king¡± Boro agreed to the statement ¡°But I can¡¯t imagine my little brother dare to go against Durwin, he knew he is in my level, even with the Five Elemental Rings it is still not enough¡± ¡°There was this one thing I noticed my king, Faheem used a skill that looks like a barrier and when I had used Absolute Bail and return to the scene, I saw four huge magic stones that was place on four different directions and is supplying magic to the barrier, I thought it was just the same barrier that will trap people inside, so I did not include it in my report, I think the name of the skill was Mischief Dome?¡± ¡°Mischievous Dome!¡± the king was surprised ¡°That is correct my king, you know of it?¡± Boro asked inquisitively ¡°It is a legendary skill that can be activated only by the use four huge magic stones, upon the activation of the skill, the user can resurrect 20 times the event will return to the time it was invoked. The user will reset its hp and mp but the opponent will not, with this skill and the rings he has the chance on defeating Durwin¡± ¡°¡­¡­.¡± Boro was surprised and bitter as he realized that if he had just arrived faster and acted instantly he could have saved his master. ¡°My IDIOT BROTHER!!!¡± the king shouted and the whole palace was shaken The door leading to the throne room opened suddenly and a young boy entered the room. ¡°Sir Boro!¡± the young boy shouted and he ran towards Boro ¡°Sir Boro what happened? I felt a strong aura in your location and I immediately ran towards you¡± ¡°I¡¯m okay Grae¡± Boro replied in relief ¡°Who is this child Boro?¡± ¡°Aaah forgive me for my rudeness my king, this child¡¯s family had a close relationship with master Durwin and he was the only survivor of the massacre in Tulan his name is Grae¡± ¡°Forgive my rudeness my king¡± the young boy bowed deeply ¡°How did you found us here, even when you said you sensed my aura, it is still hard for a young child to accurately locate the source?¡± the king asked ¡°I left the carriage and wandered inside the castle and coincidentally I sensed your aura near me and your scream was also loud my king¡± ¡°Nonsense! I did not felt your presence near us and I am able to sense even a stealthy assassin creeping inside my castle, don¡¯t lie to me child¡± ¡°Grae¡­just tell him the truth¡± Boro plead to the young boy ¡°My king I do not dare to lie in front of you, I am just little child with a very weak aura that is even lower than a weak adventurer¡± ¡°¡­..¡± the King was contemplating at the words of the young boy and was even surprised that the kid did not display any sign of fear in front of him, his words and actions were like a fake display of urgency instead he can feel the calmness of the boy. ¡°My King please forgive our rudeness¡± Boro interrupted with a meek voice ¡°It is fine Boro, I was just surprised with the sudden guest, and what do you plan for this child?¡± ¡°At first I wanted to protect Grae, but I realized that there would be a time where I would be powerless and break my promise, so I want him to become strong and I don¡¯t have the qualification of a good teacher. I hope the king would allow this young boy to enroll at the academy.¡± ¡°Even I wanted to, the academy¡¯s system is merit based, I can¡¯t promise you his admission to the center of the academy however, if he happens to fail the entrance exam I could only ask the principal to let him enter at the lower part of the academy¡± the king replied ¡°It is alright my king, we greatly appreciated it¡± Boro replied with gladness and the young boy deeply bowed.The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. ¡°Is the boy¡¯s family consist of human and minotaur?¡± the king asked ¡°Ah¡­the minotaur had caused the massacre of his family my king and this poor child maybe was used by the minotaur and experimented him. This is just my opinion my king, even Grae could not remember what had happened¡± Boro answered. ¡°¡­¡± the king look at the bowing young boy with two horns on his temple a ripped and tanned body ¡°Dalen is also filled with hybrids and monsters that had evolved, don¡¯t worry a thing my child¡± the king encourages the young boy. ¡°Thank you my King¡± Grae replied still deeply bowed in front of the king ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. Somewhere in the continent of Cayam, there were five people gathered in a shady place, three men and two women. They were sitting in a round table and were conducting a meeting. ¡°How¡¯s the experiment in Dalen, Lara?¡± the man with an intimidating voice asked ¡°It went smoothly Luther, though the subject only gathered around 20 people, it shows that this forbidden technique has a lot of potential¡± Lara replied confidently. ¡°Good and the heroes Violet?¡± Luther asked the woman whose sex appeal can attract hundreds of men in just a glance. ¡°It went well also, I hate that I have to transform into an old hag just to accomplish a simple task¡± Violet complained seductively. ¡°Just deal with it Violet¡± he retorted her ¡°Luther, I think the odds are with us, two members of the King¡¯s Guild clashed and both of them perished, I can see the victory for our group¡± a man with an eye patched on his left eye spoke with a serious tone. ¡®Nod¡¯ the man in a red robe nodded. ¡°That is because you Arvel and Morgan did your job correctly, just by giving tip to Faheem and manipulating his grudge towards Durwin both of you manage to make them fight¡± Luther encourages the two. ¡°We are honored¡± the two lowered their heads. ¡°Now, don¡¯t let this momentum go to waste, slowly, slowly we can overtake Dalen and kill King Nafari¡± Luther grinned in a menacing way. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ District 3, City of Dalen ¡®Phew, the king was a strong individual, a little mistake from my earlier actions, he could have noticed that I dashed from the carriage towards the room, by blending my presence with a sudden burst of his aura, I manage to erase my existence. I wonder how I did that, but somehow it felt like I am very familiar with this technique. Anyways, I doubt the king believed in my words but thankfully sir Boro was there¡¯ Grae sighed with these thoughts. ¡°Well with this amount of gold I can buy a beginner¡¯s armor for me¡± Earlier, sir Boro gave me a sum of gold and he told me to prepare for the entrance exam in the academy. He sent a soldier to escort me to the central market located in District 3 where mixture of merchants, blacksmith and guilds were located. ¡°Yes that is for sure, come I know a good place to buy things like that and he is good man¡± the soldier told me. Then we arrived at a store. There was a sign that display¡¯s a hammer and I can see a furnace inside with metals steaming while being soaked in water, the place was a little humid and the three workers were sweating heavily but they were not bothered by it. ¡®They seem to love their profession¡¯ I thought ¡°Grae this is Treant Blacksmith Shop¡± the soldier gladly announced. ¡°Whoa, this place is amazing!¡± I put up a fake ignorant child display ¡°That¡¯s right!¡± the soldier proudly agreed with me. ¡°Good Day cust¡­Oh Morton it¡¯s you, is that a new customer you brought for me?¡± a short muscular man with a long beard greeted us. ¡®Ah so his name was Morton, well anyways it¡¯s not that I care¡¯ I thought ¡°Yes sir! Please allow him to indulge in your marvelous works sir Egbert¡± Morton poetically spoke. ¡°Hahaha, you are such a funny guy Morton¡± ¡°Grae, I need to report to the headquarters, stay here okay? I will be back immediately after my report¡± Morton told me. ¡°Okay sir¡± and I put a wide smile and big curios eyes. ¡°Good, Sir Egbert can please take care of Grae for me for a little while, I just need to do some business, I¡¯ll be back in a flash¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay Morton, as long as he buys one of my works, hehe¡± the short muscular man brushed his beard while laughing inwardly. ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­. ¡°Come inside child, so your name is Grae?¡± he asked me. ¡°Yes Sir Egbert¡± ¡°Are you a child of a minotaur?¡± he asked me inquisitively while we entered into his shop. ¡°Yes sir¡± the same lie that was told to Morton by sir Boro. ¡°Oooh and because of that I gave you a discount of 20% on all of my works!¡± he suddenly announced. ¡°Huh? Why is that sir? I was dumbfounded. ¡°Because I am also a hybrid! I am half human and half dwarf, hahaha¡± he gladly replied. ¡°Aaahh, thank you a lot sir!¡± I did not bother to ask why because I can feel something inside me is irritated with his clingy attitude. So I went to check upon his works and I saw a set of armor. ¡°What is this sir?¡± ¡°Oh that one? It is a failed experiment of mine, I tried to sell it but to no avail. That armor has a very low defense, it was meant for assassin type adventurer but my plan on increasing its defense did not go well.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll take this sir¡± ¡°Are you sure? It is not worth it you know¡± ¡°I can only afford this one sir, and I also need to buy a shield and a mace¡± ¡°Hahaha, you are a little boy but you act like an old guy. Okay I will give this armor for free so that you can select a good shield and a mace, sounds good? Egbert told me. ¡°Oh wow! Thank you sir Egbert. Umm sir what is class mastery?¡± I asked him all of a sudden. ¡°Ah, it means how you are adept with the profession you have chosen, for example a blacksmith like me, I need to use my hammer to increase my mastery in blacksmithing. High mastery means that you are extremely aware how to perform your profession. Anyways, are you a cleric?¡± ¡°Yes sir, a cleric that will become the greatest hero!¡± I¡¯m getting used in lying and acting. ¡°Hahahaha that¡¯s the spirit my boy!¡± Egbert patted me. ¡°Ugh, why can¡¯t I lift up this staff sir? I asked him after I curiously inspect a staff that was displayed. ¡°Ah it is because your class is not associated with this kind of weapon, you are a cleric and this staff is for mage. Some items have restriction like this.¡± ¡°Then what is soulbound sir?¡± ¡°It means that the user is only entitled to use the item, from the word itself ¡®bound to your soul¡¯ If other people tries to steal is, they cannot wield it unless they killed you, the attacker will inherit the item and then it is bound to him¡± he told me while imagining something. ¡°Ahhh..¡± ¡°Why did you asked?¡± he tilted his head. ¡°I read it in the book sir and was curious about it. Is there other restrictions on items sir?¡± ¡°Umm let¡¯s see, class type, soulbound and¡­aha! The requirement of the item in order to wield it. Say for example, you have looted a shield and when you are about to equip it you saw a notification that tells you that the item required at least 20 strength or class mastery should be above E. This notification appears on those items below Extremely Rare. I don¡¯t know what notification well appear if you happen to loot a mythical or legendary item. Some says it is the same others says that the requirements is vague, sometimes written in riddles.¡± Egbert informatively told me. ¡°Ah thanks a lot sir, you are such a kind man, here is my payment for the item 10 gold¡± ¡°Hahahaha it¡¯s nothing Grae, thank you for your patronage!¡± I waited for a while and then Morton arrived and we bid farewell to Egbert. We then walked back towards the castle. ¡®Thanks to Egbert¡¯s information, I confirmed what I suspected about the vague message I received when I picked up the ring in Tulan¡¯ Born Again Chapter 14: Born Again Continent of Baliton, City of Ardber ¡°Our next match! From my left side, a warrior who has been battling in this coliseum since he was a kid and had won three championships, the crowd¡¯s favorite because of his merciless style in fighting his opponent, Rait! And on the opposite side, a new entrant in this coliseum, a young boy with strange markings on his palms, don¡¯t be fooled by his appearance this boy had defeated three opponents from his three matches his name is Valter! ¡°Whooooooo!¡± crowd cheered wildly as I walked slowly towards the stage and saw that my opponent was first to come up and waves to the mass. I prepared for 12 years for this one day event. If I could win the championship during this specific day and month, it will help me to grow faster and stronger than what I am before. ¡°Hey kid, as the first one to receive my mercy in my entire life, I¡¯ll let you surrender now, I¡¯m a good man you know¡± Rait smirked at me. ¡°You¡¯re afraid of me?¡± I smirked back at him. ¡°Hahahaha, I am afraid that your mother may not acknowledge you anymore.¡± ¡°You know weaklings tend to talk a lot, and they end up eating what they have said¡± ¡°This little bastard!¡± his face starts to turn red with just a little provocation. ¡°Contestants, are you ready?!¡± the referee asked and we nod quickly without dropping eye contact with each other. ¡°Begin!¡± ¡°Warrior¡¯s Heart!¡± Rait was the first to activate a skill, and his whole body was steaming and I can feel that the surrounding place around us becomes humid. ¡°Hey punk, you¡¯re dead! You hear me?!¡± he spoke menacingly with smoke going out from his mouth. ¡°Huh? Can¡¯t hear ya¡± ¡°Aaaaaaghhhh!¡± he lunged at me with his dual sword and he managed to close the distance between us in less than a second and tried to attacked me with his left sword and I dodged it and went to his left side. ¡°Ash¡± I used a skill and from my right hand, small amount of grey ashes was blown to Rait. ¡°Cheap tricks won¡¯t work kid!¡± And then he tried to slash me with his left sword and I jumped backwards, in my direction I saw a sword flying towards me aimed at my chest. ¡®Boom!¡¯ the sword struck the ground as I evaded it and before I can take a moment to breath I saw another sword thrown at me I evaded it again, ¡®Ugh¡¯ I hit something at my back as I stepped back. It was the first sword that was struck, I was trapped between the two swords and instantaneously Rait is charging at me he tried to punch me in my abdomen but I invoked a skill before the impact.If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°Ash Armor¡± another grey ash covered my upper body as I received the attack. ¡®Baag¡¯ I felt a little pain from the attack and I was thrown upwards for a few meters and then Rait jump towards me with two swords in his hands and he spin wildly. ¡°Ash Sphere¡± I tried to protect myself from the combo attack but the sphere did not hold and I receive minor wounds as I was sent down to stage with cracks on it. He landed back to the stage and immediately after that he charge towards me not giving me a chance to recover. ¡°Ash¡± grey washes targeted his eyes and for a moment he was distracted by it and roll far away from him. ¡°Oh running away kid?¡± he smirked. ¡°Ash Sword, nope just testing your skills¡± ¡°What you say bastard?¡± he lunges again and I parried my sword with his but mine was broken instantly and he awkwardly dive into the floor due to his momentum. ¡°Haha oopsy¡± I teased him. ¡°Whoooooooooooooooooo¡± the crowd yelled energetically as we fight. I did the same thing, dodge, use the ashes, and then protect myself. ¡°Ash Sword¡± I brought up the sword again. ¡°Bastard, your cheap tricks ends now!¡± he shouted with all his frustrations. I did the same thing, parried his sword, I felt little force from his attack but was enough to break my sword and he circled his left sword aimed at my neck but I duck and his right sword came from above aimed at the same target, my neck I evaded it with breadths hair by raising my head back but the hilt of his right sword struck my abdomen, the impact was strong and I curled up due to the pain. ¡°Uhoo!¡± I coughed blood. Rait jump towards me with a devilish grin. He struck his right sword to the ground and then grabbed me by my neck and raised my childish body. ¡°Whoooooooooo¡± the crowd cheered again. They didn¡¯t care if a child is being beaten as long as they are entertain, they will not care. ¡°Hahaha this is better!¡± his eyes was red as he stared at me. ¡°I see you¡¯re left handed¡± I spoke to him calmly. ¡°What?¡± he was dumbfounded. ¡°Forbidden Skill: Ash Reaper¡± I activated a skill and his right hand gripping my neck started to crumble, it turned into an ash. ¡°Aaaaaaaaaahhhh¡± Rait screamed frantically. ¡°¡­¡­¡­¡­..¡± the crowd fell silent. ¡°You know those ashes were not cheap tricks, they are a part of a masterpiece. The longer you are exposed to my ashes the stronger the effect. Your right hand was just a starter, slowly I will dismember you¡± I grinned menacingly at the scared Rait. ¡®Swooosh¡¯ he tried to attacked me with his left sword but I just parried it my index finger and his left sword crumbled. He was trembling as he tried to get away from me. ¡°I sur- uggghh!¡± he tried to surrender but I removed his tongue and he spat ashes. ¡°Nope! Can¡¯t let you do that¡± I moved my index finger sideways as I spoke. He tried to jump outside the stage but I immediately destroyed his two feet with a snap of my finger. ¡°Mmmmmmmm! Mmmmmm!¡± he mumbled and raised his left hand gesturing to stop. ¡°What? Can¡¯t understand ya¡± ¡°Mmmmm-¡° Those were his last words as I blew him with my mouth and his remaining body, without legs, no tongue and one hand crumbled into the ground. ¡°The¡­The boy¡­Valter had won the match!¡± ¡°Whooooooooooo!¡± the crowd cheered violently. ¡°This is not enough, I need to get strong faster, and repay those who betrayed me after we vanquished the world Boss. Those bastards threw me in a cave with three minotaurs dwelling inside I was exhausted at that time but I gave a fight unfortunately I was overwhelmed by that giant one, luckily I have reach the top as a Force User and have returned 10 years forward. Those people from Baliton and Cayam who collaborated for my death shall pay. I lost my rings but I still know how to acquire those special items. Just wait for me.¡± I mumbled as I walked back to the waiting room inside the coliseum.