《The Adventure and Battle Seeker》 1. Transport to a new world Akita World Inside the mansion, two young people are having a conversation. These two people are Eric Wallace and his friend Josh who works for the government. Josh came here to explain to his friend about the decision of the government. "Damn these old geezers how dare to do this to me." Eric says with an angry voice. He punches the table that it has on two glass of wine with power after losing his head. The glass starts to tremble, the wine spills on the table. "Calm down. They did this because they are afraid of you." Josh "Why they are afraid of me?" Eric says with a puzzled look. "In the great war, you had killed so many monsters alone." Josh explained to Eric. "So, what? I do not care about weak people even the monsters in the great war were more powerful than them." Eric says with an indifferent look, like they were ants. "The people in the government decided to ban you from battles because they want to create a world without fights." Josh takes out from his bag a black device that emits black particles. "Why do you show me the teleportation device?" Eric looks Josh with his sharp eyes. Josh felt like many swords stabbed him into all his body from the sharp gaze of Eric. He shrank back with all his body starts to sweat. "Eric, if you do not follow the order of the government, you must use this teleportation device to leave this planet otherwise they will kill you." Josh''s hand starts to tremble as he gives the device to Eric. "I should have killed them when I had the chance." Eric emits a powerful killing intent. "I-I should leave." Josh stutters from the suffocating killing intent, the only thing in his mind is to escape this hell. Eric is watching the back of Josh as he leaves the mansion without emotion. "This is how they repay me after all the help I gave them." Eric thought with a disdain expression on his face. He starts to collect the ingredients that need to activate the teleportation array. 3 HOURS LATER Outside the mansion, Eric watches with a reluctant gaze filled with sorrow the magnificent mansion for the last time. This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Eric stands like a god with a straight back like a spear. He wears a black high tech full plate armor that increases his charm together with his beautiful appearance. The unexpected gust shook his short white hair. The pure white hair like snow it was in contrast with his sharp eyes. His eyes are red like blood, they are giving a sinister attractive feeling whoever sees them. Eric goes inside the teleportation array to activate the device for the portal. The device trembles, the black particles from the area gather around the device create a mist. The wind around the area become more intense. A black light comes out from the device towards space. A small hole in front of Eric appears and getting bigger and bigger and stops to expand after it was enough to pass an adult through the portal. "Goodbye." Eric said and pass through the portal. Asteroth World In the quiet forest, the wind starts with the passing of time to become stronger. The leaves from the trees fall on the ground from the strong wind. The birds that they were chirping in the forest scatter from the powerful space fluctuation. Inside the forest, a black hole appears and it keeps expanding after a while the hole stop to expand. A hand pass from the portal before the body appears after while a figure appears and the black hole starts to close. "Finally I arrive but where am I?" Eric thought to himself. He takes from behind his back a ball and he changes the shape to see if it is damaged from the space travel. The name of the ball nano-weapon because it can take the shape and the hardness from all the weapon that Eric saw. The nano-weapon starts to emit light before it transforms into a spear. Eric hears a sound in the quiet forest that it''s coming towards himself. Eric tries to locate where the sound coming using his sharp senses and find it was a big white tiger. The fur of the tiger was white with black stripes. From the mouth drops of blood fall on the ground. "Let''s test how powerful is this monsters." Eric thought and prepared to attack with the spear. The white tiger spot Eric, it growls towards him before the attack of the tiger, Eric had already thrown the spear to kill it. The tiger watches the fast spear coming toward him terrified to move from the strong pressure of Eric gave him to avoid the attack the spear penetrate him on the head and the body falls on the ground dead. "This tiger is weak with only one move it''s dead." Eric thought. Eric goes towards the dead body to examine it. Then opens his space storage and takes an object that looks like a furnace. This object called Infuser. The Infuser was found by Eric in a tomb from a powerful expert. It can fuse the body of the monster with the nano-weapon. This will make the weapon more powerful. Eric puts the Infuser on the ground in front of him after takes the body of the tiger and the spear put them inside and turn it on. The Infuser starts to tremble, the objects that are inside starting to melt. The process of fusing finish after the trembling stop Eric opens the Infuser, take out the spear and look it. The appearance of the spear has changed to white from black. You can feel the spirit of the tiger in the spear. "My stats and skills are too powerful. I will start from the beginning otherwise the adventure here will become boring." Eric thought. Eric sees on his right hand the AI watch and pushes the button that can change his skills and stats. The skill and stats interface open and push the button "All skills delete." now let''s change the stats to a normal human. The high tech armor should change its value toughness otherwise none can penetrate this armor that was created from special liquid metal and magic AI nanobots. Let''s link my stats with armor stats when I become stronger the armor will become stronger automatically. The AI watch can devour the energy from the people or monsters that had been killed by the user and transform it into stats or skills. Eric takes the Infuser, put him in space storage again. He changes the spear to a ball and it put it in the pocket again behind his back. "Let''s leave from the forest but which way." Eric thought after a while he starts to walk towards a random direction in hope to find the exit to begin his new adventure. 2.Natalie Eurilious Eric stands out of the forest and looking back for the last time after that moves forward. Eric hears a sound from the distance. Look at the direction of the sound but he can not see clearly. He squints his eyes to see better what he saw stunned him. He saw a carriage without horses leaving behind a trail of dust. The carriage was approaching fast towards the place that he stands.Eric with fast step moves away from that place to avoid the crash with the carriage. The carriage stops in front of Eric. The appearance of the carriage is beautiful and luxurious. "How is the carriage moving?" Eric thought The door of the carriage opens as a young maiden comes out from it. The suddenness of her actions combined with an unexpectedgust, shook her long black hair free of its binding, causing it to flow onto her face. Eric couldn''t help but be in awe of the young female as she returned her hair to its ribbon, with her deep, sky-blue eyes and her skin so pale, almost as if untouched by the sun. Eric had been looking on too intently as the curious girl noticed him, returning his gaze back at him, their eyes meeting avidly. "Sorry Sir, the horses left their bindings from the carriage so I could not stop in time." Natalie. "It''s all right. I move in time." Eric. "Where are you going, sir." Natalie. "I am searching for directions towards a town or a village. Can you help me?" Eric. "I am going to a town if you want we can go together, Sir." Natalie is afraid someone will rob her if she travels alone so she decides to travel with the strange man. " Thanks but do not call me sir. You can call me Eric." Eric "I am Natalie." Natalie Both people start to walk by foot towards the near town. Natalie looks at Eric''s strange armor with curiosity. Eric felt her gaze and look at her with a questioning look. "What is that strange armor?" NatalieThis story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. "This armor was created by my friend Armin for me. The materials that created the armor are rare. " Eric "Can you tell me some information about this world?" Eric "I do not know much but I will tell you all I know. This world called Asteroth. The continent we are now called Asper Continent. Asper Continent has many Empires under them are the Kingdoms. Here is the Ruben Kingdom that belongs to Memphisto Empire. The Ruben Kingdom is small compared with other Kingdoms." Natalie "Thank you for the information." Eric "Who are the most powerful people in the Mephisto Empire?" Eric "The most powerful people are the witches, paladins or dark paladins." Natalie "Can you explain more about the witches, paladins and dark paladins." Eric "Witches are people that can create spells and cast them. Paladins are people from the church of light that hunt evil people or the witches. Dark paladins are people from the church of darkness that kill or sacrifice to their God Halden the innocent people." Natalie "I do not have other information" Natalie "Thank you." Eric I need to find more information about witches, paladins or dark paladins. "This is a world that magic exists." Eric thought. Natalie looking at Eric that was seem to ponder something, he was serious. It was captivating his looks and her cheeks have become a bit red for a moment and change back to normal. She was unaware of having this change. Eric was still in deep thought about what will do next. Both people stop in front of the city gate after a long journey. The guards of the gate inspect them before they let them inside the city. Natalie saw the nano-weapon that was in the back of Eric. "What are these round objects?" Natalie "These are nano-weapon. They can take the form and the hardness of many weapons." Eric "Awesome. Can you show me, please?" Natalie "Of course. Pay attention." Eric Eric takes the nano-weapon from behind his back. The ball starts to change the form to spear. This change stunned Natalie and she looks at Eric with sparkling eyes in hope to get one. Eric felt her gaze but he was a bit reluctant to give a weapon to her. Whoever wanted these weapons I have killed them because most of these people tried to steal them. " I can give you a weapon but it''s not now." Eric "Thank you." Natalie Natalie is so happy that Eric decides to give her one of the nano-weapon so she starts to jump around, all the people near them look at the young lady with curiosity. "Princess." A loud voice comes from the distance all the people that heard the voice look at the woman. The young woman wears the clothes of a servant but it could not hide her beautiful appearance. Her long black hair is tied with a flower pattern ribbon. After the small commotion that was created by the young woman, Natalie looks around to find Eric but she could not find him. Natalie was disappointed that Eric left but she can do nothing about it. Eric strolls around the city to find the blacksmith shop. He asked a random person about directions, he arrived in front of the shop after he goes inside. He looks around the shop to find the counter, he walks towards there. He took the nano-weapon from his back and he leaves the ball to the counter. "How much is this ball cost if I sell it?" Eric "Nothing." Counter "Nothing? Why?" Eric "It is just a piece of iron." Counter Eric takes the ball back, he changes the form to a sharp knife. The person on the counter stunned by the transformation. Eric changes it again to the ball shape, put it back to his back and turn to leave the shop. The person on the counter trying to call him to come back but Eric did not listen to him and keep moving forward toward the exit of the shop. Eric starts thinking that the person on the counter did not know about the nano-weapon. At the exit of the shop, a tall figure appeared in front of Eric to stop him. This action pulls back Eric from his thought, he looks at the other person that block him to leave. "How much do you want for this ball?" Person "Not for sale." Eric The person was mad at Eric''s words to not sell the ball. "Do you know who am I?" Person "Who are you?" Eric " I am Prince Markus Eurilious." Markus Eric looks at Markus with a look I do not care who are you as he leaves the shop. 3.Search Prince Markus keeps looking at the back of Eric as walking away. He was angry with the way Eric look at him. "How dare to look at me like that who the hell thinks he is?" Prince Markus thought. The guards look at Prince Markus but they did not say anything about this incident. "Let''s go back to the Royal Palace." Prince Markus orders the guards to leave the shop. Eric is strolling leisure in the city without knowing he had offended the Prince. Eric wanted something to eat but he has no money with him to pay for dinner. "How the adventurers make money? Maybe there is an adventure guild in this city to sell the dead monsters that I had killed in the forest." Eric thought. Eric finds a random person on the street and asks him where is the adventure guild here, the person point him towards the guild. Eric stands out of the adventure guild and looks at the building before he goes inside. The building is big without decoration from outside. "It looks shabby." Eric thought before he goes inside. Eric looks around the place, he sees many adventurers discussing between their groups or others stand in front of a big board looking to take their mission. After the pause starts walking toward the young lady that was on the counter. "Can I sell here the bodies of monsters?" Eric "Yes, you can sell here. What kind of monsters do you want to sell?" Young lady Eric takes out from the storage space 8 monsters and put them on the floor in front of the young lady. "How much can these monsters sell?" Eric "You have three white tigers, two brown bears, three gray blood wolfs. All these can sell for 35 gold coins. Do you want to sell them here?" The young lady says after she finished to observe the carcass. "Yes, I want to sell them all here." Eric "Here take your money." The young lady leaves the money on the counter. Eric counts the gold coins before put them inside the space storage. "Can I become a member of the adventure guild?" Eric "Of course. You can fill this form if you want to become an adventurer." The young lady says with a professional smile Eric takes the form from the young lady, he gives a quick glance at the form after he sees the content, he starts to fill the form. The young lady takes the form, she starts to scan with her eye the form to see if he had made a mistake after that she opens the door that was at the back of the counter. After 5 minutes the young lady comes back at the counter. "This is your adventurer card F Grade. It can give you access to all cities here on the continent." Young lady gives a metal card to Eric. "Thank you. Can you tell me about the adventurer''s grades." Eric "Yes, it is from lower to bigger grade F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS as you complete mission you can upgrade your grade. An adventurer F grade can only take F grade mission." Young ladyUnauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. "Do you know an Inn here that can serve cheap food." Eric asked because he has not eaten all day. "I know. It''s called the Black Bear Inn you can find in this direction." Young lady " Thank you, miss" Eric leaves the adventure guild. He goes towards the Black Bear Inn after 5 minutes of walking Eric arrived out of the Inn. When he arrived at the Inn, he saw someone stood at the entrance after a close look he saw a middle-aged man stood there. The middle-aged man is tall, his body is full of muscle. His bald head is full of scars, his white beard gave along with his sharp, clear eyes give him an aura of wisdom "Hello Sir, do you want to eat or rent a room here ?" Bart "I want both. Breakfast the Inn serves?" Eric "Yes, we serve. What do you want to eat?" Man "Give me your best food and a cup of wine" Eric "Alright, sit where do you want when it is ready I will bring it to you. I will bring the wine first." Bart "Thank you." Eric Eric goes towards a random table to sit after a while Bart comes to serve the wine. Inside the royal palace, four people sit around the big table and discussing. "Natalie, how was your trip today?" Queen "It was interesting mom." Natalie "Markus, I want you to learn about politics and learn about the secrets deals that happen in the Empire. I will tell someone to teach you all this. In a few years, you will ascend the throne." King has no interest in the conversation of the women so he talks to his son. "Father, I want you to help me with something." Prince Markus starts to put his plan in motion to find Eric for the nano-weapon. "How can I help you?" King "I want to borrow your spies to find a person." Prince Markus "Call the chief of royal guards here immediately." King orders the servants "Brother why do you want to find that person." Natalie looks with curiosity at her brother. All three people at the same time look at Prince Markus with a curious gaze and they want to know more. Prince Markus felt their gaze and shrank back and tries hard to find an excuse. "I want him to sell me a weapon." Prince Markus finds a random excuse. The discussion stops when the door opens the chief of royal guards comes beside the King. "Your Majesty." Chief kneels in front of the King. "Stand up." King "I want you to find me a person." King "What kind of person your Majesty." Chief The King makes a gesture at his son as he says you can continue now. "He is tall, white hair, red eyes and beautiful appearance. He has for a weapon a ball that can change shapes." Prince Markus make a short description of Eric Princess Natalie stunned when she heard the description of that person because he remembers the person with she traveled. My brother wants to harm a person again. "I will find him immediately and I will inform your Majesty, his Highness." Chief make a vow. "You can leave now." King "I will find you and bring you hell. You will hope to be dead is better than to keep living from the torture how dare you to look down on me. You are a mere commoner. I will crush you like a bug." Prince Markus thought, his face hang an evil grin. Princess Natalie is anxious about the safety of Eric because her mad brother will torture Eric with the most inhuman way. She leaves the table in haste towards her bedroom, her servant follows behind her. "Matilda, I want to save that person what can I do?" Natalie "Princess, do not worry. I will tell our spies that we have on the street to find him first." Matilda tries to calm Natalie "Thank you, Matilda, for the help." Natalie Eric was drinking his wine after finish the food. The middle age man comes to clear the table but Eric stops him. "Do you know where are monsters near here?" Eric "The monsters are in the Black Forest. You can go there from the east city gate." Man answers Eric "How much for all this? Do not forget the room" Eric points at the table. "2 silver 50 bronze coins." Man Eric pays the money before he starts going toward the Black Forest. At the entrance, a boy sees Eric so the boy starts running to his boss to inform about he found the man that they were searching. Eric saw the boy but does not pay attention and continue to move forward. After a 5-minute walk, Eric passes at the east city gate, he rents a horse to go faster to the forest. The guards on the gate go to inform their superior about that they found the man. The young kid goes to his boss because he overheard the destination of Eric. "Boss I found that person we were searching he goes to the Black Forest." Young Kid Boss runs to inform the princess about the news." I hope they can give me a big reward." Boss whispers. 4.Black Forest Boss is the leader of the spies that the Princess faction has on the streets to find information to help the Princess succeed the throne. He sent a letter about the location of Eric to the Princess Mansion. "My lady this young man goes to the Black Forest. Also, your brother knows the location so he prepares the troops to go there." Matilda reads the letter to Natalie. "Send someone from the spies that we have on the streets to inform Eric about the situation and make it fast. We must arrive there first before Eric goes inside the forest." Princess Natalie "As you wish, Princess." Matilda "When we alone call me Natalie." Natalie "Ok, Natalie." Matilda "My brother always act without thinking. He raped, killed many people of this land because he had taken fancy of the beauty or they had something he wanted. I must not let him take the throne." Natalie thought Matilda sent the letter to the boss. The boss saw the letter so he orders one of his fastest men to inform Eric about the move of the Prince. Inside the Prince Markus mansion, they are sitting two people. "I have found the man that you told us, his Highness." Chief "Where was he?" Prince Markus "He goes towards the Black Forest." Chief "Prepare a 30-person unit, let''s depart immediately. I will lead the troops." Prince Markus "Yes, your highness." Chief Outside the east city gate, a figure was moving fast towards the Black Forest. He was tasked to inform Eric. Eric has arrived in front of the forest so he takes out from behind his the nano-weapon before he goes inside. The weapon transforms into a white spear. The birds in the forest chirping when they heard a sound that is coming from deep in the forest they start flying and leave away from here. Eric frowns but he keeps a steady pace as he is going in the deeper region. "What is that sound?" Eric thought Eric sees some small animals running to the outer region of the forest and a powerful sound comes. *ROAAAR* Outside the forest, a figure hears the roar so without hesitation he goes deeper in the forest. He was the messenger that Natalie sent to inform Eric. Eric goes towards the sound at a slow pace because he did not want the tiger to notice him. He hides behind the buses as he starts to observe the tiger. The fur of the tiger is black but his feet are red. His head has two horns that make it look like a devil beast. It is surrounding by a powerful killing aura. "I find a powerful opponent, the other monsters that I fought were weak compared with this black tiger." Eric thoughtThis tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. The instinct of the tiger felt the gaze of Eric, it looks at his direction after it spots Eric, it roars. Eric leaves from his cover and points his spear to the black tiger. It felt the provocation of Eric so it runs toward him. Before the tiger come close to him, Eric attacks him towards his head. The tiger with a fast move avoids the strike as he jumps toward Eric to push him down with his body so he can bite him with his teeth. Eric moves away before the tiger catch with the fast jump. "I reacted fast to avoid this attack otherwise I would become a meal for this tiger." Eric thought "Come again kitty let''s see how powerful you are." Eric tries to enrage the tiger. Eric has become more comfortable with the agility of the tiger so most of the attacks hit the body of the tiger. The tiger has become enraged so he attacks Eric. The spear like an arrow goes towards the head of the tiger when it sees the spear come near it tries to stop the action but it was too late. Eric''s attack was faint with a fast move pull the spear back and moves sideways of the tiger, with all his power attack him. The tiger felt the danger so he tries to avoid the attack but it was too late to move the spear like a viper penetrate his neck. When Eric pulls the spear the blood gush out from his neck on the ground. Eric with a cold look watching the tiger growling on the ground as it is looking at Eric with an unwillingness in his eyes to die. Eric pulled the spear to attack the tiger on the head. Eric looks at the lifeless body of the tiger after the death from the body emits a white smoke that goes towards Eric''s AI watch. After all the white smoke disappears Eric puts the carcass inside the space storage. The white smoke is the life energy of the tiger that the AI watch can devour to increase Eric stats. The increase in the stats depends on the type of monster life energy devour. The black tiger was strength and agility type. A sound comes from the AI watch, Eric pushes the AI watch to open it. *DING* [Spear Mastery] skill added. [+5 Agility] added. [+5 Strength] added. Eric pushes the button to show all the stats and skills. Stats. Strength: 40 Defense: 35 Agility: 45 Vitality: 30 Skills. [Spear Mastery] [Knife Mastery] *Creak* The sound pulls back Eric, he looks at the direction that the sound coming. "Come out do not hide otherwise I will attack." Eric points the spear toward the bushes. "Do not attack I will come out." The messenger comes out from his hiding place. Eric looks at the young man that comes from behind the bush with his hand high. "What do you want?" Eric "I have information that can save your life." Messenger "What kind of information?" Eric "Prince Markus with his troops coming here to kill you." Messenger "I did not offend someone in the city why will he come here for me?" Eric "Because you did not sell him that weapon you have." Messenger Eric remembered a man that blocked him on the door of the blacksmith door. The young man told him to sell the nano-weapon. "I remember now. That man is the brother of Natalie." Eric "Yes, Natalie heard all so she told me to inform you." Messenger "How many people Prince Markus command?" Eric "I think 30~40 people. You must leave before he arrives." Messenger "Why will I leave when the fun comes here?" Eric The messenger looked at the excited Eric with a strange expression. "I must leave now." Messenger Eric looks at the messenger that walking towards the exit of the forest as he was thinking about how to fight all the people. Princess Natalie''s mansion a young woman sitting with an anxious look, the servant Matilda tries to console the princess but it was pointless. "I hope you come back safe." Natalie thought Near the Black Forest, the voice of Chief of Royal Guard echoes in the area. "All the troops will create a team of two people. Whoever finds him must inform." Chief of Royal Guards gives instruction to the guards. Prince Markus looking at his troops before they go inside." I must find him even if I sacrifice all my troops to monsters. Whatever want I take with force or money. I did not take with money then I will use force." Prince Markus thought All the troops enter inside the forest, the last team is Prince Markus and Chief of Royal Guard that enter the forest. Eric starts walking toward the direction the guards went. He was watching the guards as they go inside the forest with sparkling eyes. 5.Massacre Princess Natalie''s mansion. Natalie prepares to go to the Black Forest. Matilda watching her with curious eyes. "Where are you going?" Matilda "Black Forest." Natalie "It is dangerous, we can not go there. Your brother will find a chance to kill you and take the throne." Matilda "I do not care. I hate my brother and father because they only think about themselves. They killed my cousin, my aunt and a few citizens of the Kingdom because they were witches. What do you think will happen when my brother and father learn that I am also a witch?" Natalie Only Matilda knows the secret that Natalie is a witch. She will take this secret to her grave. In this continent, the witches were hunted by the church that send the paladins, the dark church, the royal guards of all the kingdoms and the citizens. When a witch caught, they do a trial and kill her with various method. The most common method that they tie them and burn them alive. "Natalie the carriage is ready." Matilda "Let''s go." Natalie They go inside the carriage and start to travel to the forest with fast speed. In the forest, only the footsteps of the soldiers heard. The soldiers are nervous and cautious because they know this forest is dangerous. Many adventurers died here from the attacks of beasts. Eric follows a team from behind with slow pace and kept a distance to not alert them. When Eric sees that the guards let their guard down, makes an evil smirk and speeds up. He takes the spear with a fast move the spear penetrate the head of the guard and pull the spear and the guard drops on the ground lifeless. The other guard stunned by the sudden action and the death of his brother before can make a move the spear already penetrate his neck. He looks at Eric with an unwillingness to die but Eric did not care twist the spear until the guards die and pull it. From the bodies raise the life energy and the AI watch start to devour the energy until the process finish he took the lifeless bodies and hide them in the bushes. *DING* [+8 Strength] added [+7 Agility] added [+2 Defence] added [+4 Vitality] added New stats unlocked [+2 Stamina] added Eric looks at the stats and walks towards the next team. Suddenly he stops moving. He sees two people coming towards him fast and behind them, there are two monsters. The guards when they see him start to call for help and running there. Eric starts running towards them and prepares to attack with the spear. The guards when they see someone come to help them stop and start to fight the monsters. Eric sees that they fight and plan to backstab them fast because all the noise of the fight will attract the other guards. Eric attacks with the spear and penetrates the heart from the guard and pull the spear and jump back before the lifeless body falls on the ground the monster attacked, cut the arm and start to eat the body after the beast see that the man in front of him do not attack him. The second guard saw that his friend died at the hands of the young man and distracted at that moment the werewolf with nails scratch his neck. Eric hears voices from distance and starts to run because he knows that the other guards coming here.Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Outside the forest, four people stand and discussing. Princess Natalie looks at these two assassins. "Try to kill all of my brother''s guards in the forest but do not touch my brother and the chief yet." Natalie "Yes." Assassins The assassins left and enter the forest with fast speed. "I hope Eric is safe." Natalie thought "Are you worry about the young man?" Matilda "Yes, I think this man can protect me and make me feel safe and happy when I am with him." Natalie Matilda looks at Natalie with a smile. Matilda is afraid that Eric will kill Natalie because she is a witch. "Why do not you go inside the forest to fight?" Matilda "I can not go because I am afraid the guards will see that I am a witch and escape. Better stay here to eliminate the people that leave from the forest." Natalie Eric stands in front of two corpses. It is another team that was killed by him. *DING* [+2 Strength] added [+2 Agility] added [+1 Defence] added [+1 Vitality] added [+2 Stamina] added Eric saw the stats and leave the area. "So far all the guards that I fought were weak and the discipline was lacking. I think the man with the golden armor that they called the chief should be the most powerful person here." Eric thought Two figures following Eric and watching him kill another team. He feels their presence and looks at the place where they were hiding. "Who are you? Why are you following me?" Eric The assassins stunned and they did not believe someone can spot them. They left their hiding place and appear in front of Eric. "We are from the Princess Natalie''s faction. We come here to help you to kill the guards." Assassin "So the Princess and Prince have their own faction?" Eric "That is correct and they fight in secret. The Prince is a vile person. He killed many citizens or raped them in secret." Assassin "There are only left two people here. Prince Markus and the chief." Assassin "Can we kill them both?" Eric "Yes, we can. It will become easier now that we are 3 people on our side." Assassin "Do you know where are they?" Eric "They are in the outer region of the forest." Assassin "I will go to inform the Princess and I will come back. We will meet near the place the chief and the pig prince live." Assassin The assassin turns and leaves with the fast speed. "Let''s go" Assassin Eric looks at the assassin and nod. "Let''s stay here to monitor them." Assassin Eric does not speak to assassin but he is watching at the two people that they are far. *5 Minutes Later* Three people arrive and two of these people look at Eric. Matilda whispers something to Natalie and she blushes. "So this is the young man that you like." Matilda Eric goes forward and stands in front of Natalie. "Hello, Princess." Eric "Do not call me Princess. You can call me Natalie." Natalie "Natalie, will you kill your brother?" Eric "Yes, I will kill him." Natalie "Why?" Eric "Because he is a vile person. Also, I want to create a kingdom that is safe for witches because I am a witch." Natalie "I can help you but you must give me information in detail about this world, the witches and all this." Eric "I will let you go to the royal library when we finish here." Natalie "Deal." Eric "What will you tell your family about the death of your brother and the chief." Matilda "I will tell them that my brother offended someone powerful." Natalie "I will fight alone with the chief of the royal guards." Eric All the people look Eric but they have not said anything. "Attack." Natalie and they run towards the two people. "Prince some people attack us you must stay behind me." Chief When Prince Markus and the Chief see the attackers they were shocked. "Sister why attack me and why are you with the man I am searching?" Prince Markus "I am sick of the vile things that you did to our citizens." Natalie "So sister you know about what I did in past." Prince Markus "I and the Queen, we know only the idiot King does not know anything." Natalie After a moment of silence, the Chief tries to attack but his attack blocked by Eric. "I am your opponent I hope you do not disappoint me." Eric The Chief looks at Eric and attacks again. The two people start changing blows between them and they are far from the others. The assassins find the chance to kill the Prince but before the attack, they hear the Princess speak a foreign language to them and see a big fireball goes fast toward the Prince. Before the fireball hit the Prince and die. "You are a. " Prince and his lifeless body drop on the ground. The chief look with horror at Natalie, Eric find the chance and attack and penetrate him on the stomach. The Spear pulled out and attack again but misses. Eric attacks and the chief defends when Eric tried to attack him to the stomach with the spear, the weapon transformed into a sword this move stunned the Chief and stop for a moment. Eric takes the opportunity and decapitates the Chief. "Natalie, you are a witch." Eric "Yes." Natalie "Do not forget the debt you owe me. If you do not pay me, I will come to the palace and take it." Eric Eric turns and leaves, he goes towards the town. All people look at him shocked. 6.Information *DING* [+5 Strength] added [+4 Agility] added [+3 Defense] added [+3 Vitality] added [+5 Stamina] added [Sword Mastery] Skill created Eric arrives at the Black Bear Inn and asks from the boss the keys from his room and tells to send him food and wine in the room. Eris sits on his bed and starts treating his minor wounds. He took so many hard blows but only some minor injuries received, my defense with the combination of the armor can save me from a powerful opponent''s killing attack. Eric opens the stats and skill panel. Stats Strength: 60 Defense: 41 Agility: 58 Vitality: 38 Stamina: 20 Skills Spear Mastery Knife Mastery Sword Mastery The door was knocked and a voice passes into the room. "Young man I have bought the food and the wine." Boss Eric stands up from the bed and opens the door, takes the food and the wine and pay the money to the shopkeeper. "Boss, what is your name?" Eric "My name is Bart." Bart Bart closes the door of the room and Eric starts to eat and drink. After a long and tired day, he falls asleep on the bed. The knocks on the door wake up Eric and start cursing that person. He opens the door, sees the woman is the person that was together with Natalie yesterday. "Good morning Eric." Matilda "Good morning miss." Eric "You can call me Matilda." Matilda "The Princess wants you to go her private mansion to discuss the deal that you made yesterday." Matilda "I want to eat breakfast first" Eric "You will eat breakfast together with at the mansion." Matilda Matilda starts walking towards the carriage and Eric follow her. She opens the door, they get on the carriage and go to the mansion. Eric and Matilda stand in front of a beautiful and luxurious mansion. She goes inside and he follows behind. They arrive in the garden and she points to Natalie. "You can go and sit with the Princess." Matilda Eric sits near Natalie and looks at her. He wants to know if she said that he kills her brother or involve in the incident. "What did you tell your parents about your brother''s death." EricStolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. "I said to them the same words that I told you yesterday. My brother offended a powerful person and he was killed by him." Natalie "Your parents believed the story?" Eric "They did not believe all story but I presented them with evidence about my brother vile deeds and they know what character he is. They want to know who is the powerful man." Natalie "Do not involve me in your family matters. Now it''s time for you to give me the reward." Eric "Alright what do you want to know?" Natalie "Tell me more about the witches." Eric "Let''s go to the library to discuss after the breakfast because this word can spread panic to the citizens and they forbid to say it." Natalie The maids serve the breakfast and the two people start eating when they finish the maids come and clean the table. Natalie goes inside the house and Eric follows her. They arrive in the library and sit. Natalie looks Matilda. "Do not allow anyone to enter inside the library." Natalie says with a serious tone. Matilda nods and stands guard in front of the door. "Before start the discussion you should take and keep this map. This is the map of Aspen continent. It can help you if you decide to travel." Natalie "Thank you." Eric Eric takes the map and put it inside his space storage. "I will tell you many secrets so do not reveal what you hear here to other people otherwise someone may try to kill you." Natalie Eric nods and let Natalie continue. "The witches are humans that can cast powerful magic because of the magic some people felt threatened and try to hunt them. The witches wander around this continent and try to stay away from others. Around the age of 16, the power of witch will be awakened, only a few females can be witches." Natalie "How they learn to cast magic?" Eric "Along with the power of the witch, they awaken the spell memories that their predecessors used." Natalie "Why the word witch is banned?" Eric "Because many people think that the witches are followers of the devil and they afraid of them. This word can spread panic and fear among people." Natalie "Who forbid to say the word witch?" Eric "The Church of Light order all the Empires to forbid that word. They control all the continent." Natalie "The Church of Light and the witches are enemies?" Eric "Yes, the church hunts and kill them because they believe that the witches are heretics. They execute the witches with the most inhumane way in public. This is the reason some witches work with the Church of Darkness" Natalie "They have a deep hatred for each other. What is the Church of Darkness? What is the relationship between them?" Eric "Both of them use each other to accomplish their goals. Most of the paladins or dark paladins are fanatics and brainwashed by their church." Natalie "The church of darkness and church of light are enemies?" Eric "Yes, they are. In Aspen Continent, most of the people believe in God of Light Ardiel. Both gods were enemies in the past." Natalie "The church of light can command the Empires and Kingdoms why they do not eliminate the church of darkness?" Eric "Because the church of darkness is hidden and no one knows the location." Natalie "Your parents know that you are a witch?" Eric "No, they do not know otherwise they will call the church." Natalie looks downcast. She remembered her aunt dragged by the guards to the execution stage by the orders of her father, the king. Her mother became sick after the death of her sister. After that incident, she vowed to create a kingdom that it is safe for the witches and can call home. Eric looks at her but he did not say anything. He thought about what will happen if he decided to stay in his previous world. Maybe I would be like the witches here hunted by the government. "Do you know anything about monsters?" Eric "No, I do not know." Natalie "It is a pity." Eric "Eric I need your help." Natalie "I need your help to take the throne and stop the opposition of the nobles." Natalie "Can women take the throne?" Eric "Yes, they can take the throne." Natalie "Why do you care about the throne?" Eric "I want to create a Kingdom that normal people and witches can live in harmony without killing, hate and prejudice. This is my goal." Natalie The answer shocked Eric for a moment before return to normal. Eric found the most important obstacle towards the goal is the church of light. "Have you thought about the consequences of your action?" Eric "Yes, I have. I do not care about the holy war that the church will start. The church of light is like a tyrant that oppress people that have a different belief from them. I do not want to see those people die because of the church decision." Natalie "You have a magnificent and difficult goal. I will help you to take the throne and oppose the nobles. After all, you care about me and my safety."Eric Eric looks Natalie and winks at her. Natalie blushes and looks away from Eric. "Who cares about a crazy person like you?" Natalie Natalie thought about it and decides to ask Eric. "Eric, what is your goal?" Natalie "My goal is to have many adventures and battle powerful people with our life on the line." Eric "Natalie, I will take my leave now. When you need my help for the throne you can come and find me." Eric Eric stands and leaves the manor. "What an interesting and mysterious man. I want to know more about him." Natalie thought and blushes. Matilda comes inside the library and sees the Princess''s face red. Eric is walking towards the Inn. "If I help the Princess win the throne, the life here will become more interesting and fun." Eric thought 7.Speed up the plan Inside the Royal Palace. The King is sitting on the throne and looking at a middle-aged man. The King looks haggard and downcast. The middle-aged man is his advisor. "Can you tell what did I wrong with my son?" King "You did nothing wrong your Majesty." Advisor "Why did my son all these vile deeds? I raised him with values and all the things wanted I gave to him." King "Your Majesty, may I speak?" Advisor "Yes, you can speak." King "The Prince was influenced by the children of the noble families and changed his personality." Advisor "What do you mean?" King "As you know your Majesty, the Prince was not smart and he was naive when you announce that he will take the throne, most of the noble families sent their children to form ties with the Prince. After that his personality begun to change." Advisor The King shocked by the information his advisor told. "So you mean when my son would become a King the nobles families would control the Kingdom because he would be under their control." King The king was enraged by the action of the nobles families. He wants to take revenge for his son but he can not do this now. "I do not know who is behind this but I believe they will appear soon. Before take action, we must find enough evidence." Advisor "Did they know how my son die?" King "From the spies, we have inside them they only know that the Prince and the guards died from a monster attack. They will change their plan now." Advisor "You mean their schemes will involve the Princess?" King "The only possible way to control the kingdom now is through marriage for them." Advisor "I must not let them succeed. Tomorrow gather all the people that can be trusted and bring them here. We must make a plan before it is too late. You can leave now." King The king stands and left the room. The advisor looking at the departure of the king and sigh. Inside a dark room in the city a meeting takes place. "Now that idiot is dead, we must change our plans. We must pressure the king to marry the Princess to one of us." Middle-aged manThe author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. "I will send a marriage proposal tomorrow to see the reaction of the king." Middle-aged woman "We will see the reaction and decide later." Masked man All the figures stand and leave the meeting room. Inside the Princess''s Mansion Two figures discussing their next step to the plan. "Matilda go tell Eric that we must speed up the plan. Tomorrow at night the plan will start. We will attack the Modano family. I will send Eric with 10 assassins. Let''s teach a lesson at the nobles families." Natalie "As you wish." Matilda Inside Black Bear Inn "Bart give me a beer and some snacks." Eric Bart nods and starts to prepare the beer and the snacks. Eric finds an empty table and sits down. Takes out of the storage space the map and put him on the table. The kingdoms border is near the Fisen Kingdom that belongs to Stellar Empire. "Bart, what is the relationship between this kingdom and the Fisen Kingdom?" Eric "Both kingdoms are hostile to each other. Every year they will start small skirmishes and steal food because their land is barren." Bart Eric put the map back to the space storage and wait for Bart to serve him. After finish Bart clean the table. Eric pays the money and goes for sleep. The morning Eric wakes up by the knock on the door. He stands up and opens the door. "Matilda, what do you want?" Eric "Natalie wants you to come to her mansion and discuss the plan." Matilda "Wait to change clothes. " Eric After done change clothes Eric follows Matilda to the carriage. Both get on the carriage. "Start the carriage." Matilda *5 Minutes Later* The carriage arrives at the entrance of Natalie''s manor. Eric gets out of the carriage and saw Natalie at the entrance. He goes to her. "Hello, Natalie." "Hello, Eric." "What do you want to discuss today?" Eric "We must go to the library to start the discussion." Natalie and Eric go inside the library. The two people sit and start the discussion. "I want to speed up the plan to take the throne." Natalie "Why?" Eric "Because some of the nobles families will make their move." Natalie "What is your plan?" Eric "My plan is to eliminate them." Natalie "That is your plan?" Eric "Yes." Natalie "Have you information about the nobles families?" Eric "Yes, I have. They hired a deacon of the dark church and corrupted my brother. The dark priest stays at Modano family. We will attack at night and catch them by surprise. I will send 10 of my personal guards with you." Natalie "Is the deacon powerful?" Eric "Yes, knights cannot win against a deacon. They can cast spells." Natalie "What is the rank of the church?" Eric "The ranks are Deacon, Archdeacon, Bishop, Cardinal and the Pope. The ranks are the same for both churches." Natalie "I will help you but I must fight alone with the deacon." Eric "Yes, you can fight him alone." Matilda opens the door and goes inside the library with an ugly expression. Natalie and Eric look at her. "Princess I bring bad news." Matilda "What is the bad news?" Natalie "The Priston family have sent a marriage proposal to the king. They want the son of the leader to marry you." Matilda "How my father responded to the marriage proposal?" Natalie "Your father rejected the marriage proposal and he said that you can decide who you want to marry in the future. Also, he announced that you will inherit his throne." Matilda Natalie shocked by the actions of her father. "I believe other families will send marriage proposals." Matilda "Do not worry Natalie, I found a way to stop sending you a marriage proposal in the future." Eric Natalie and Matilda look at Eric with a curious look. "What is it?" Natalie "It''s a secret but does not worry I will not send you a marriage proposal." Eric Both females laugh with the words of Eric and the mood lighten up a bit. "See both of you at night." Eric Eric stands up and leaves the mansion with a happy mood. "Natalie I hope you continue making fun and interesting things like the event at night. Let the party start." Eric thought and his cold face changes to an evil grin. 8.The Fall of Modano Family "What will I do until night?" Eric thought Eric was strolling in the street and he arrives at the city market. He sees many stalls and peddlers selling their products. The voices of the stalls owners make the market noisy and chaotic. A peddler sees Eric that he was alone and he goes near him. "Maybe I can swindle the young man to buy the fake ancient relic." Peddler thought "Young man do you want to buy an ancient relic?" Peddler Eric looks at the Peddler with curiosity. "What kind of relic?" Eric The peddler takes out of his pocket an amulet and he shows it at Eric. The amulet was made from wood. The amulet is beautiful with flower pattern and it gives Eric a special feeling. "An amulet." Eric frowns. The Peddler sees the young man frowns and hastily explain the origin of the amulet. "This amulet was taken out of the tomb. The tomb belongs to the Great Witch Isabella. This amulet is precious, unique and expensive." Peddler "How much does it cost?" Eric "For you young man, it cost only 10 gold coins." Peddler "I will give the amulet to Natalie to test it. Even if it is useless it can become a good gift to Natalie." Eric thought and he decides to buy the amulet. A stall owner overheard their conversation and he comes toward them. "Young man do not waste your money to buy the fake amulet." Stall owner The Peddler heard the stall owner and his face become ugly. "Why do you have to come here? I was so close to making the deal with the young man." Peddler though "Fake?" Eric The peddler looks at Eric with an anxious look and he was afraid that Eric will leave. "Young man the price I told you before it was a joke. I will sell it to you for 50 silver coins. This is my last offer." Peddler Eric takes out the money from his space storage and he gives it to the peddler. "Take the money." Eric The Peddler takes the money and leaves the place. "Young man you waste your money to buy a useless piece of wood." Stall owner "It''s alright. I bought the amulet because it has a beautiful appearance. I will gift it to someone." Eric The stall owner does not speak and he goes back to his stall to continue work. Eric continues to walk in the market. He hopes to find more things like the amulet but his luck is not good and he leaves the market. "Let''s go to Natalie''s mansion to test the amulet." Eric thought and he walks towards the direction of the mansion. Eric arrives at the entrance and the guards let him go inside. Inside the library Natalie was in deep thought about the plan and her thoughts interrupted by the knock on the door. "Come in." Natalie "Natalie, you have a guest." Matilda "Who is he?" Natalie "Eric." Matilda "Bring him here." Natalie said with a happy look. Natalie does not know that the way she looks Eric has changed. Eric was waiting in front of the door. He hears the voice of Matilda. "Natalie waits for you inside the library." Matilda Eric looks around as he goes towards the library. The decoration is very beautiful inside the mansion. It gives a peaceful feeling. Eric opens the door of the library and sees Natalie is sitting behind the desk and reading a document. "Why did you come here?" Natalie "I bought a gift for you and I want to ask you some questions about the Modano family, the deacon of the dark church and the information about time, days and seasons." Eric Natalie is shocked when she heard that Eric bought a gift for her and blushes. Eric takes out the amulet and shows it to Natalie. "It is beautiful." Natalie whispered.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. "Come here I will hang it on your neck." Eric Natalie goes towards Eric shyly with her head down. Eric hangs the amulet on her neck and looks at Natalie carefully. "Thank you." Natalie blushes "How do you feel?" Eric "I feel fine." Natalie "Damn that old man, he sold me a fake relic." Eric "Sit down to start the conversation." Eric Natalie sits down and looks at Eric. "We have 3 seasons. They are winter, spring and summer. A day is 21 hours and a year is 352 days. The Modano family was powerful but now they have become weak." Natalie "What do you want to ask about the deacon?" Natalie "Can the deacon cast curses?" Eric "Yes, he can cast." Natalie "When will we leave from here?" Eric "I a few minutes." Natalie The door of the library opened and 10 black-clothed men come in with covered faces. "You better cover your face. If someone escapes and he saw your face, you will have trouble." Eric takes the mask that Natalie gives him and wears it. "Let''s start the attack. I will come with you to help." Natalie All the people left the library and they get on the carriage. The carriage starts to go forward. "Be careful of the deacon let Eric handle him." Natalie All the assassins nod at Natalie. The two guards at the entrance gate of Modano family saw the carriage but they did not pay attention and continue talking to each other. The carriage stops in front of the guards. The door opens and a spear comes out and penetrates one of the two guards. The other guard shocked by the death before he could respond an assassin was already in front of him and cut his throat. All the people get out from the carriage and look at the mansion. "Good luck." Natalie The assassins and Eric open the gate and they disperse inside the mansion. The assassins open the rooms and kill the people on the bed. The blood splatter on the walls of the room. Eric took other direction from the assassins. He heard a sound and he saw to guards coming. He hides in the corner and he changes his spear to a knife. The guards pass the corner and they do not notice him. Eric attacks from behind he push the knife on the neck and twist it. He pulls out the knife and with one hand covers the mouth of the shocked guard and stab him on the neck 3 times. Eric continues to move forward. He stops and looks at the room on his left side. The room emits sinister energy. He opens the door of the room to look inside. He sees decapitated heads, body parts, organs and blood splatter on the ground. "What is this room?" Eric thought Inside a dark room A figure sits in the darkness and opens his sinister eyes. "Someone activate the alarm that I had in my private room. I must find and kill him before he exposes me." Deacon The Deacon stands up and left the dark room. Eric searched around the other rooms and he did not find something strange. "Why is the house so deserted? Do not tell me all the human parts inside the room were residents in this house." Eric thought Eric goes back towards the entrance. *BOOM* Eric hears the sound and goes to see. He arrives and he sees the 10 assassins to fight 3 people. "How dare you to come here and kill my family." Leader "I killed all your family except you and him even your wife is dead and your son." Assassin The leader of the Modano family and his guard start to attack without a care about their injuries on the body. "I will kill you all and hang you on the center of the city and your families together b@st@rds." Leader howls "Let me help you and your guard. Strength of Darkness." Deacon chants A black smoke envelops the leader and his guard and goes inside them. After the black smoke disappears two figures become visible again. The skin has become green and their eyes are black. "This spell can make you stronger and it will burn your life essence. If you burn all your life essence you will die." Deacon "I do not care. I want revenge." Leader "What an idiot. He thinks he can win against 10 people." Deacon whisper "You are the deacon." Eric "You must be that person that saw my private room." Deacon "All these dead people were from the Modano family?" Eric "Indeed they were. I sacrificed them to gain strength and kept them a part of their bodies as trophies." Deacon "You have a nasty hobby." Eric "Curse gloom." Deacon Eric feels his body heavy and his movements are slow. "What is this?" Eric "A curse that can slow down the speed." Deacon "Troublesome curse." Eric thought "I must kill him fast before the other two people die and the assassins come here and surround me." Deacon thought "Corrosion Spear." Deacon A dark spear appears in front of Deacon with a move of his hand the spear moves toward Eric with fast speed. Eric tries moving to avoid the spear but his movement was slow. He jumps to avoid the incoming attack, the Spear passed near him and he drops to the ground before he could stand the Deacon attacks again. "Triple Fireball." Deacon Three fireballs appear over the Deacon and the temperature in the room rise. His hand makes a sign and the fireballs move toward Eric. " I must use my secret skill to survive and it will take two months to pass the side effects and the intense muscle pain from the skill. In these two months, I can not do intense physical activities like fighting or sparring. If someone attacks me I will not able to defend myself. I must survive." Eric thought "Boost." Eric Boost enhances the physical capabilities. *BOOM* Eric uses the skill and jumps back. The fireball hit the ground and explode and the shockwave of the explosion sends Eric to collide against the wall. The impact of the collision was strong and Eric coughs blood and the body drops on the ground. "Hell Spear." Deacon The dark red spear appears the Deacon makes a hand sign, the spear moves in the direction of Eric. Eric rolls away and he avoids the attack. He stands up and runs towards the Deacon. "Playtime is over." Eric Eric starts to attack with his knife. He takes from behind his back the shape-shifting ball and changes it to a sword. The Deacon shocked by the change of the ball to the sword. "What?" Deacon Eric starts to attack but he can not pass his defense. "What is this defense?" Eric "This is the dark shield spell. It creates a shield around me and protects me from attacks in exchange it burns my life force every second." Deacon The only major drawback of the dark shield spell does not allow the caster to move otherwise the shield will dissipate. "It looks like the other fight finished." Deacon Both people look at the two dead bodies and the injured assassins. "The leader and his guard died. It''s your turn now." Eric starts to attack again. Natalie goes inside the mansion and she saw some assassins with serious injuries. She goes towards them. "Take the seriously injured assassins in the carriage and leave." Natalie The assassins take the seriously injured people and leave. Three assassins stay to guard the Princess. Natalie looks at Eric battle with the Deacon. Natalie saw the injuries of Eric and she starts to worry and become anxious about the health of Eric. Eric and the Deacon look exhausted and the Deacon starts to age faster. "I have 3 minutes until the boost energy exhaust." Eric thought After so many attacks the shield starts to crack. "Finally." Eric thought Eric speeds up the attack on the same place on the shield and creates an opening. Eric slashes the stomach of the Deacon and the organ fall on the ground. The shield dissipates because of the injury and the Deacon fall on the ground. Eric goes over the body of the Deacon with his sword stabs the heart. Eric looks around and he sees Natalie. "Beautiful lady come here to help me." Eric says with a smile Natalie comes to him and supports him. She blushes and her body trembles when she makes contact with the body of Eric. "Let''s leave here." Eric Natalie nods, they get on the carriage and they leave. "You must take responsibility and take care of me for the next two months." Eric winks at Natalie Natalie''s face becomes red and she becomes shy and looks down. 9.Panic and Schemes Natalie looks at the assassins. "You must send someone to take the body of the Deacon and throw it in the forest. Collect all the things that belong to the dark church or him and bring them to my mansion. We must not let the people know that someone from the dark church infiltrated in the capital undetected." Natalie The assassins leave the carriage and start their mission. Natalie looks at Eric with worry and she sees that his face is pale. "Why you look so pale?" Natalie "It is nothing. I pushed myself beyond my limit and the body cannot handle it." Natalie "All the members of the church have the dark shield spell?" Eric "I never heard this spell, so I do not know." Natalie "It''s a troublesome spell." Eric Natalie nods and she does not continue to speak. "How will you handle the situation?" Eric "I think the situation is in favor of us. We will spread the rumor that some of the noble families are followers of the dark church. This will buy us some time." Natalie "You will try to discredit the families to minimize the support from the citizens and divide them. The church of light may involve because of the dark church." Eric "I know. I will let my father handle them otherwise they may detect that I am a witch and arrest me." Natalie The carriage arrives at the Princess''s mansion. Both people get out of the carriage and go inside the mansion. Eric was supported by Natalie and Matilda and help him sit in the guest room. "Matilda, bring food that can help Eric with the exhaustion." Natalie Matilda nods and goes to prepare the food in the kitchen. "You will sleep here tonight. How long will you be like this?" Natalie "At the morning I will be in perfect shape." Eric "Why did you tell me to take care of you for the next two months?" Natalie "My body will be in the weak state for these months. I need protection in case someone tries to kill me. I think it is better to stay here with you." Eric Matilda opens the door and serves the food to Eric. "The food smells good. What is it?" Eric "Secret." Matilda and Natalie say at the same time. Eric looks at them and starts to eat the food. When he has finished eating his meal, Matilda takes the plate and leaves the room. "Good night Eric." Natalie "Good night Natalie." Eric Natalie leaves the room and Eric goes to sleep. Inside the library Three people are discussing with a serious tone.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. "Princess, I have brought all the things that are related to the church of darkness." The assassin "What about the Deacon?" Natalie "We threw him in the forest and left something on him that could attract the monsters." The assassin "Good work. You can leave now." Natalie The assassin bows and leaves the library. "Natalie you go to sleep. You can look at all the things with Eric tomorrow." Matilda Natalie nods and leaves the library. She goes to her bedroom to sleep. "It is too tiring to scheme and hide your true self against others." Natalie thought Inside Royal Palace A tall figure running through the corridor and arrives at the King''s throne. The king is looking at the figure with a puzzled look. "Your majesty something terrible happened this morning." Advisor "What happened?" King "In the morning some patrol guards discovered two dead people at the entrance of the Modano family. They informed their superiors and they sent people to investigate inside the mansion. They searched the mansion and they found all the people were dead." Advisor "How could they be dead?" King interrupted the Advisor. "The guards found a room that someone stored inside human body parts and the floor had blood." Advisor "Human body parts?" King shocked "Some of the remains we found inside the room they were from missing persons, others were people without a family and others were from the Modano family." Advisor "How dared they and abducted my citizens?" King "Also we found signs that they had performed many rituals symbols of the dark church." Advisor "What?" The king stands up from the throne shocked. "Did the noble families know the news about the rituals symbols and the human remains that we found?" King "No, they do not know but your majesty all the city know that all the people from the Modano family are dead." Advisor "How can they know this?" King "They saw us that we took the bodies from inside the mansion and all of them were from Madona family. Also, nobody saw a member of the family come for help." Advisor "Your majesty, all the people are afraid and start to panic. We must make a speech or make an imperial decree to avoid the terror and panic to spread." Advisor "Write a speech and someone in the center of the capital to inform the people." King "As you wish your Majesty." Advisor "You can leave now." King The advisor stands up and he leaves the king throne. Inside a dark room Around the table are four people and they are having a discussion. "Did you learn that all the people from Modano family are dead?" Middle-aged man Leader of Boreno family "Yes, I heard. Who could do such a thing?" Middle-aged man Leader of Kelkan family "The king must be responsible for the attack." Middle-aged woman Leader of Lupen family "We must investigate who is responsible for the attack when we will find the culprit then we will take revenge." Middle-aged man Leader of Taluka family. They look at each other and they nod. After they finish the secret meeting they leave the dark room. Inside the Princess''s Garden Two people are enjoying their breakfast. Matilda comes and she interrupts them. "I am sorry for the interruption but I have important news." Matilda "Tell us." Natalie "The citizens start to panic because they are afraid. The other news is from the Royal Palace. The king will send someone to make a speech about the incident to stop the fear from spreading and he will calm down the citizens. Also, your father knows about the room with the human remains and rituals symbols of the dark church. " Matilda "Is there news about the church of light or the noble families?" Natalie "There is not any news about them." Matilda "Thank you, Matilda. I think my father will keep it secret the collaboration between the dark church and the Modano family." Natalie Eric is looking at the two women that they were discussing. "Does your father know which of the nobles families planned to control the throne?" Eric "No, he does not know." Natalie "This is the reason that he wants to keep it secret." Eric The two women look at each other and they do not why the king kept secret the collaboration. "The king wants to draw out from the dark the nobles families that they are eyeing the throne. If he accuses them and he asks help from the church of light to attack them. The noble families will deny the accusations of the King and they will cooperate with paladins in the investigation. What will this look in the eyes of the citizens?" Eric "You mean the citizens will see that the King try to suppress the nobles families and they will see him as a tyrant." Natalie "Also, this can unite the noble families against a King that he is trying to suppress them." Eric Both women shocked by the explanation of Eric. "You are smart." Natalie "Where are the things that we took yesterday?" Eric "There are inside the library." Natalie "I want to see them." Eric "I will take you there. I want to study them." Natalie Natalie, Matilda and Eric go towards the library. Inside the library An object starts to emit light and all the library brighten up after a minute the darkness comes again. 10.The Great Witch Inside the library. The people are looking at a pile of items. "All these items were in Modano mansion?" Natalie "Yes." Matilda "Let''s see the items." Eric Eric starts looking at the items. He finds and picks a scroll from the pile. He opens it and he sees that the scroll is a map. He looks at Natalie and Matilda. "Come here and see the scroll." Eric Both women come around Eric and look at the scroll with curiosity. When they see the content of the scroll they were shocked. "A map?" Both women say at the same time. "Do you know where is this place?" Eric The women study the map carefully and they try to find a clue about the place. The eyes of Natalie stay at the corner of the map and she stunned. "This map points the direction towards The Great Witch tomb." Natalie "The Great Witch?" Eric "The Great Witch Isabella. She was the most powerful witch and the leader of all witches. This is the tomb and some rumors say that the tomb can help the witches to find their sacred place." Natalie "What is the sacred place?" Eric "It''s the place where the witches can live their lives peacefully without worry about the hunt from other people. This place is only for witches." Natalie "Is the map real? Does that place even exist?" Eric "I do not know. The paper that the map was drawn is old but I do not know exactly." Natalie Matilda was looking at the pile of items and she sees an item that it is similar to Natalie''s amulet. "Natalie come here and look this item." Matilda Natalie goes to Matilda, she picks the item and examines it carefully. "It is the same symbol as my amulet." Natalie "This is the symbol of the Great Witch. Why has these items?" Natalie "The Great Witch are you talking called Isabella?" Eric "Yes. How do you know?" Natalie "The person that sold me the amulet told me about it. Has every witch a symbol?" Eric "No, rumors say that Isabella created six rings 5 for the closest followers of her and one for her. The rings can locate each other. " Natalie "Let''s continue looking about other items." Eric Both women nod and continue searching.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. At the City Centre A man stands in front of the crowd with a scroll at his hand. The man is the Advisor of the King. "Citizens of the Kingdom. We will increase the number of patrols in the streets of the city. All the people of the Modano family died because they offended a powerful person. Do not worry they will not attack innocent people." Advisor finishes the speech He leaves the area and he goes towards the Royal Palace. "Your majesty I finished the speech." Advisor "You have done well." The King "What will we do about the remains of the missing persons?" Advisor "We will keep them here for three more days. We must not let people know that the missing people were killed by Modano family." King "Your majesty, I have a solution about the problem with nobles families." Advisor "What solution?" King "We will leak the information that some noble families abduct people and kill them for fun. Then I will make a speech again that we found the missing people dead inside the Modano''s mansion. This will divide the families." Advisor "Good idea. I will let you handle it." King "Thank you, your Majesty." Advisor "Do not forget to erase all evidence about the dark church in the mansion." King The advisor stands up and leaves the room. Inside the Princess''s library Natalie is reading a book with a black cover. "We finished searching through the pile of items." Matilda "The deacon found much information about the Great Witch." Eric "Why did he searched about the tomb?" Matilda Natalie closes the book and she looks at the two people. "I have the answer to this question." Natalie Natalie points at the book that she holds and both people look at her. "This book is the journal of the Deacon. He wrote many details about the witches. His mother was a witch and his father was a farmer. They lived as a happy family in a village. They were in harmony with the villagers but the situation changed when the villagers learned about his mother that she is a witch. His parents learned that their secret leaked, packed their belongings and they tried to escape from the village but their effort was pointless. His parents gave their lives to let him escape from the villagers. After the escape from the village, he started to wander and he learned more information about the witches. There is in the book his personal opinion about the sacred place of the witches." Natalie "Tell us about his personal opinion." Eric "He does not believe that the sacred place even exists. He thinks when a witch lives a happy life without a worry in a place that is her sacred place." Natalie "Why did he join the church of darkness?" Eric "He joined the church because he wanted to take revenge from the villagers that killed his parents. After two years, he went back to the village and he slaughtered all the village. After the incident about his parent''s death, he started to hate the Church of Light and he started to kill the believers of the church." Natalie "Why did he search about the tomb?" Eric "He wanted to use the power of the witch to achieve the wish of his mother but his mind was corrupted by the church." Natalie "Did he find the location of the tomb?" Eric "No, he thinks that the tomb is somewhere in the Mephisto Empire." Natalie "It''s a pity that we do not know the location or what items hid inside the tomb." Eric Inside Kelkan''s Mansion In a room, two people are sitting and discussing. "Take this poison and put it on the food or drinks of the King. I cannot wait until the investigation about the Modano family finishes. Make it look like someone from the nobles families poison the King." The leader of Kelkan family "As you wish." Servant The servant takes the poison and leaves the room. "You fools. The king already knows about our scheme to control the throne. You will take the blame about the death of the King. Do not blame me for this." Middle-aged man thought Inside Natalie''s Mansion Matilda holds a bottle and she tries to identify the black liquid inside. She opens the bottle and she tries to smell it. The smell is horrible and disgusting. Eric saw Matilda held the bottle and he goes behind her. Matilda turns to show the bottle at Natalie and she finds Eric in front of her. The sudden appearance of Eric startled Matilda and she spills the liquid. The liquid makes contact with the skin and she groans in pain. The sudden sound startled both people and they look at Matilda "Are you alright?" Eric "No, my hand is in pain." Matilda "What happened here?" Natalie "The liquid came in contact with her skin and she is in pain now. I think the potion is a poison that can cause pain." Eric Natalie holds the hand of Matilda and she looks at it. The amulet that Natalie wears starts to emit light and it engulfs the hand that the liquid made contact. Black smoke comes out of her hand and the room starts to smell horrible. "What is happening here?" Eric and Natalie are shocked by the sudden light of the amulet. 11.Poison And Revenge ¡°The hand starts to change back to white from black and it still emits black smoke. "What is this light?" Eric "I do not know." Natalie "The light is coming from the amulet. Have you heard anything like this?" Eric "I saw something about this in the journal." Natalie "What did you read?" Eric "Each amulet has different magic power and they can be used only by the five bloodlines of the Great Witch followers. This amulet can dispel the poison." Natalie "Do you know about the power from the others amulets?" Eric "I do not know. I can not believe that I can use the amulet." Natalie "Do you know how to use it?" Eric "I do not know how I can use the amulet to dispel the poison. I used it by accident." Natalie The light around the hand of Matilda disappears and the hand is back to normal. "How are you?" Eric "I am fine. The pain stopped." Matilda "We should leave from the library because I can not stand this horrible smell." Eric "You are right." Natalie and Matilda say at the same time and they leave the room. A tall and sturdy guard is running towards Natalie and he kneels. "Princess, the Kelkan family has started to move. They gathered their troops inside the mansion." Guard "Continue to observe them and inform me if something changes." Natalie "Yes, your highness." Guard The guard stands and he leaves the mansion. Inside Kelkan''s Mansion Around the table, they are sitting two people. "I gave the poison to someone that he works inside the kitchen to put it inside the wine." Servant say to a tall middle-aged man The tall middle-aged man is Darius Kelkan and he was looking at the servant with sharp eyes. "Did you tell him another person from the noble families take the blame for the death of the King." Darius "Yes, I told him. Do not worry Leader." Servant "I waited for so many years to take the throne and nobody can stop me." Darius whisper. "You can leave." Darius The servant stands and leaves the room. Inside the Royal Palace They are sitting two people. A tall and domineering figure sits at the head of the table that figure is Kirk Eurilious the King. At his right sits Jimmy the Advisor. "Did you see any movements from the noble families?" Kirk "The Kelkan family gathered their troops." Jimmy "Keep observing them." Kirk "Yes, your Majesty." Jimmy "Bring two glasses of wine." Kirk says to his servant. "Your Majesty." Jimmy "Jimmy, you know that you are my family. I want to ask you to do me a favor." Kirk "Your Majesty, I know this. You have taken care of me for many years. You took me from the streets and you raised me. I will do your favor even if I die." Jimmy "Protect my daughter until some of the noble families disappear from the city." Kirk "Your Majesty, please do not say something like this." Jimmy "Please, this is my only wish." Kirk "Your Majesty, do not worry. I will protect Natalie even if cost my life." Jimmy "Thank you." Kirk The door opens and the servant serves the wine and she leaves the room. "Let''s drink." Kirk Kirk is drinking with Jimmy and he starts to feel dizzy. The glass from his hand falls down, hits the ground and it shatters. Jimmy look at Kirk with worry and he sees the body of Kirk trembles. "Your Majesty, what happened?" Jimmy "Your promise." Kirk whispers "Do not worry your Majesty." Jimmy "Tell Martin to come here," Jimmy says at the servant. A sturdy figure opens the door and he sees Jimmy stand over the body of the King. "What happened here?" Martin "I think someone poisoned the King." Jimmy "Who is the b@st@rd that dared to poison the King? If I find him I will execute his family." Martin "The noble families are behind this. We must investigate all the new personnel from the kitchen." Jimmy "I will bring more men here and I will put them in Hall." Martin "You can handle the investigation and the interrogation. I will go to inform the Princess." Jimmy Inside Natalie''s Mansion Eric, Natalie, Matilda are sitting in the garden and they see someone coming towards them.A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. "Natalie something bad happened." Jimmy "What happened?" Natalie "Your father was poisoned." Jimmy All people are stunned by the information. "Kelkan family." Natalie "How do you know this?" Jimmy "It''s the only family that they gathered the troops. They want to put the blame to the other noble families. Start to interrogate the new people in the kitchen that made the drinks. Also, start to interrogate the new people that they came to work in the kitchen with a recommendation and search who speak with someone from the Kelkan family." Natalie "I will let Martin handle it." Jimmy "We must move fast and you must not let the news leak about the King." Natalie "Yes, your Highness." Jimmy leaves the mansion. "Let''s go to the Royal Palace and you can try to detoxify the poison with the amulet." Eric Inside the Royal Palace Eric looks around the magnificent building and the decoration is well designed. "Follow me." Jimmy "Is my father in his bedroom?" Natalie "Yes, her highness." Jimmy "Have you found the culprit?" Eric "No." Jimmy "Can you help them?" Natalie "Yes, I can." Eric goes towards Natalie and he whispers in her ear. "Try to find a way to activate the amulet." Eric Natalie nods and she goes with Matilda in the King''s bedroom. "Follow me." Jimmy Eric arrives in the Hall with Jimmy and he looks at the people that they are sitting on the ground. "Tell your men to surround these people." Eric "What will you do?" Jimmy "I will try to bait the culprit. We will tell these people that the Kelkan family and Modano family abducted innocent people and they killed them for fun." Eric "Ok, I will follow your decision." Jimmy Jimmy goes near Martin and he whispers to him. "Surround these people." Jimmy The guards move around the personnel. "Who is in contact with the Kelkan family?" Eric All the people look Eric with confusion. "Kelkan and Modano family abducted and they killed so many innocent people. Whoever is in contact with these families come forward. Do not worry, we will not kill you. We need some information about them." Eric Eric looks at the expression of the people and he observes them. "You, the fat middle-aged man come forward." Eric The middle-aged man comes forward and he looks Eric. "When did you meet someone from the Kelkan family?" Eric "I met someone and he gave something to put in the wine of the King. He said it was a potion that it can help the King to become healthy." Servant All the people in the room shocked and Jimmy is angry with the action of the servant. He goes towards the servant with a murderous look. "How dare you b@st@rd? I will kill you." Jimmy "This lowly servant does not dare. I will accept the punishment. Please let my family out of this." Servant kneels and begs Jimmy and Eric "Calm down Jimmy. We know now who is behind the incident and we can punish them." Eric "You are right. I will gather my men and I will eliminate the Kelkan family." Jimmy "Martin send the order to gather the troops outside to crusade against the Kelkan family." Jimmy "I will send the order." Martin "We must gather the soldiers fast to catch them by surprise and you send someone to observe their movements." Jimmy "I will go to Natalie." Eric says and leaves. Inside King''s bedroom "Why I can not activate the amulet?" Natalie "Natalie calm down. How did you activate the amulet when you cured me?" Matilda Natalie starts to ponder how she activated the amulet. She hears a sound and it disrupts her thought. "Have you found a solution?" Eric "Not yet. She did not know how to activate the amulet." Matilda "Maybe for the amulet to activate you must make a connection with it." Eric The women look Eric with a puzzled expression. "Try to create a link to communicate with the amulet through your thoughts." Eric Natalie starts to send her thoughts to the amulet but her effort was pointless. "I can not create the connection." Natalie "Try to use the power of the witch." Eric Natalie activates her power and she starts to send her thoughts to the amulet. The amulet starts to emit light. Eric sees around Natalie created a powerful field. "Control the light and send it to your father." Eric Natalie follows the order of Eric and engulfs her father with the light. Black smoke rises from the body of the King. Natalie sees the smoke and she becomes excited. "Do not lose focus." Eric Eric saw Natalie relax and he warns her. Natalie understands the reason and she becomes serious again. After 5 minutes of treatment, the smoke does not rise from the body of the King. Eric sees Natalie that she is covered with sweat and he goes to check the King. "You can relax now. The poison is removed." Eric Natalie looks at the King and she stops the treatment. The light disappears and the amulet turns back to normal. "If your father asks how did you treat him?" Eric "We will tell him that we gave him the altitude." Natalie "We must leave the room and let your father rest." Eric Natalie and Matilda nod and they leave the room. Outside the Royal Palace Natalie sees the soldiers that they gathered outside the gate. "Why are the troops here?" Natalie "We will attack the Kelkan family." Jimmy "Kill them all." Natalie "Yes, your Highness." Jimmy "I will go with you in this attack. Natalie and Matilda will stay here to observe the King." Eric Both women nods and they go inside the mansion. "Let''s leave." Jimmy Inside King''s bedroom "You were obedient in front of Eric." Matilda Natalie blushes and she stutters. "Do not say nonsense." Natalie "My little girl is in love." Matilda Outside Kelkan''s Mansion "Kill them all." Jimmy "Kill." The troops roar and they start to attack. An angry voice echo in the area. "Who is the b@st@rd that attack my family?" Darius "Darius you must pay for your vile deeds." Jimmy "Jimmy brought his most powerful soldiers here." Eric thought as he looks at the battle. "You must die." Jimmy says at Darius Jimmy starts to attack Darius with his sword. "Your swordsmanship is still terrible." Jimmy "Die." Darius The swords clash and the battle become more intense. Darius takes out a dagger and throws it at Jimmy. Jimmy avoids the dagger and he sees Darius comes towards him. Darius tackles Jimmy and Darius throws Jimmy on the ground. Eric sees Jimmy on the ground and runs to help him. "You are finished." Darius and he attacks Jimmy. Darius hears a sound and stops his action. He sees an object comes towards him. Jimmy sees his opponents distracted and he takes his sword. He attacks, stabs him and drags the sword to the right. He lets his hand from the sword. Jimmy stands and holds the sword and pulls it out. Jimmy points the sword to the sky and he slashes with power down towards the head of Darius. The blood from the neck of Darius splash on the ground and his head rotate on the air and drops down. "What did you throw at him?" Jimmy "A rock." Eric "I am lucky that you are with me." Jimmy "Let''s go." Jimmy Martin comes towards Jimmy and he reports about the battle. "From the 400 soldiers, we have lost 4 soldiers and 15 wounded." Martin "Let the soldiers go back and relax. Martin comes with me to see his Majesty." Jimmy Inside the Royal Palace The king wakes up and he looks around. He looks at his daughter with love. "What happened to me?" Kirk "The Kelkan family try to kill you with poison." Natalie "We must kill them." Kirk "Do not worry father, Martin and Jimmy went to kill them." Natalie Matilda opens the door and she comes inside to inform them "Your Majesty, Martin, Jimmy and Eric return to the mansion." Matilda "Bring them here." Kirk Three people come inside and two of these people kneel in front of the King. The King looks at the young man. "Who are you young man?" Kirk "Eric." Eric "Father, Eric is my friend." Natalie "First time my daughter bring a male friend home." Kirk "Father. Do not talk nonsense." Natalie blushes. Kirk looks at his daughter and he does not continue teasing her. He looks at Jimmy and Martin. "Did you eradicate them?" Kirk "Yes, your Majesty." Jimmy and Martin say at the same time. "Thank you." Kirk "We must search their mansion." Eric "Jimmy and Martin can handle it." Kirk Both men nod and leave the room. "How do you know the Kelkan family poison me?" Kirk "I have someone to observe them." Natalie "I should leave." Eric "No, stay here to have dinner with us." Kirk "Tell someone to send invitations to the noble families. I invite them here to discuss and bait them." Kirk says to the guard "Let''s go eat." Kirk Around the table sits three people. On the table has food and drinks. These people are eating and drinking. "Do you find my daughter beautiful?" Kirk "Yes, she is." Eric "Father, stop talking nonsense." Natalie blushes and she lowers her head. "Fine, I will stop talking." Kirk "I will go to bed. I am too tired today." Kirk The King leaves the room. "Eric, you can sleep here." Natalie "Thank you." Eric Natalie takes Eric to show him the room. All the noble families received the invitation from the King. Some families are nervous and afraid by the action of the King. 12. Split Between the Rebels Lockheart''s Mansion Inside the office, a golden-robed middle-aged man is looking at the invitation of the King on the desk. "Why did he send us an invitation?" Arthur says to his advisor. "I think he wants to discuss the two incidents that happened in the capital." Barry says after he thought more carefully. "We must attend this meeting. The dispute between the King and the nobles families will become more intense in the future." Arthur says with a serious tone. "Which side will we help?" Barry "The Lockheart family always supported and it will continue to support the King." Arthur says with a firm tone. "I am worried that the King will kill the young lady." Barry is worried because the young lady had awakened the power of the witch. "The King will not touch my daughter." Arthur knows the King''s secret. The King let his niece and his wife''s sister escape the execution from the church and Arthur helped him to change the prisoners with two women that they were criminals. "I will assign you as a guard for my daughter to protect her from." Arthur is worried that someone may abduct his daughter. "I will protect the young lady." Barry leaves the room. Taluka''s Mansion "Did you also receive the invitation from the King?" Kurt Taluka looks at two people. "Yes." Tim Borena and Anne Lupen say simultaneously. "Maybe the King knows that we try to dethrone him." Anne starts to worry. "Maybe I should change sides and support the King. Two from the five families that do not support the King are dead." Anne thought and this idea starts to form in her mind. "He does not know anything." Kurt says with disdain. "Will we attend the meeting?" Tim "We will attend the meeting otherwise all the capital will know that we are against the King." Kurt "The King may send people to spy on our families so we must not stay in contact." Kurt warn them "I will take my leave." Anne leaves the room "You must not let your guard around her." Kurt does not trust Anne and he warns Tim. Royal Garden Eric and Natalie arrive at the garden followed by Matilda. They see the Queen and the King relaxing as they hearing the joyful singing from the birds and the beautiful smell from the flowers. The atmosphere helps the people that are in the garden relax. The Queen stunned as she sees her daughter together with a beautiful young man coming towards them. "Who is the young man?" The Queen asks her daughter with curiosity. "Mom he is my friend Eric." Natalie "My little daughter has grown up and she brings a boyfriend at home." The Queen says with a playful smile. "Your Majesty." Eric bows towards them "Relax young man. We are one family here." The Queen gives a quick glance at her daughter. She sees her daughter blushes. "Mom stop say nonsense." Natalie shyly retorts at her mother. The expression of Eric did not change from the teasing of the Queen. The Queen observed Eric for a while but she disappointed from the lack of expression on his face. "Sit here I have something to tell you." The King changes the subject. Natalie curiously looks at her father and she sits with Eric together. "What do you want to tell me?" NatalieThe author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. "I want you and Eric to come together with me at the meeting." The King "Why?" Eric "You found the culprit who poisoned me. Maybe you can do the same at the meeting. Also, you are the boyfriend of my daughter." The King explains to Eric. "I will help to find who are the rebels." Eric smiles at the King. "Dad stop.." Before Natalie finishes the sentence Eric put his finger at her lips. He goes near her, he lowers his head, and he kisses her cheek. She stunned by the move of Eric and all her face become red. "Why did you kiss me?" Natalie says with a low voice. "Your parents say that I am your boyfriend so I must take responsibility." Eric has on his face a playful smile. The couple that saw all this, they look at each other and they smile happily. "My daughter now has a boyfriend." The Queen teases Natalie The sound of footsteps heard and all the people look at the direction. They see a middle-aged woman is running towards them. "Your Majesty, Miss Anne Lupen come here and she wants to meet with you. She says it''s important." Servant "Bring her here." The King orders the servant. The servant leaves and after a while, she comes back with a middle-aged woman. The woman looks at the people and she kneels on the ground. "Your Majesty, please punish this low woman," Anne says with a serious tone. "What did you do that you deserve to be punished?" The King "Your Majesty, I schemed against you with other 4 families to dethrone you. Please show mercy to my family, punish only me." Anne is worried about her family. All the people look at her with a complex look. "Who are those people that scheme against me?" The King Anne starts to say everything to the King. She said who is involved, she talked about the dark priest and other important things. She did not hide anything. The King look at her with a complex look and he does not know what to say. "Do not worry I will not touch you or your family." "Thank you, your Majesty." Anne starts to sob. "Go back. Do not forget to bring some guards to the meeting." The King Anne stands from the ground, she bows to the King and she leaves the garden. "Father, why did you let her alive?" Natalie did not understand the reason. "She came here and she told us everything about the other families that schemed against the royal family so it is an ally now. The Lupen family will be one of the most loyal towards the royal family. They will never forget the favor from the King." Eric explains to Natalie. All the people are stunned by the explanation of Eric. "You are right." The King says to Eric. "Your boyfriend is so smart." The Queen says to her daughter and she tries to change the subject. "My daughter in the meeting I will announce that you will become the Queen of the Kingdom." The Kings says after he leaves with the Queen from the garden. "In 2 hours the meeting will begin do not forget to come with Eric." The King "Let''s relax now." Eric hugs Natalie from behind. Natalie nods shyly and both of them let all the thought in the back of their mind. Eric stares the beautiful face of Natalie and he gives a kiss at her lips. The sudden kiss stunned Natalie. "This is my first my kiss." Natalie hits at the chest of Eric with her fist. Eric smiles at the reaction of Natalie and he does not continue to tease her. "I think it''s time to go to the meeting." Eric. Both of them leave the garden. Eric and Natalie stand in front of the door from the room that the meeting takes place. The guards at the door did not stop them when they went inside. Eric looks around the room and he sees that the atmosphere is a bit strange. He sees some people around the table have different expressions on their face and others that stand behind them. "The people around the table are the leaders from the nobles families and the others behind them are the guards." Eric thought after careful observation. The King stands from his seat and he looks around the room. "The reason I gather all of you here is to discuss a serious problem." "Before we start the discussion I have an announcement to make. I appoint my daughter as the new ruler of the Kingdom." The sudden announcement stunned all the people in the room. "Your Majesty you can not do this." Kurt stands from his seat. "Why?" The King "She is too young." Kurt sits again. "You are right, she has many things to learn when she is ready I will let her take the throne." The King "Now let''s start the discussion." "The major problem is about the massacre of the two nobles families." The King "What did you mean your majesty?" Arthur did not understand why the King wants to discuss this. "These two families schemed against the royal family." The King and Eric observe the expression from all the people in the room. "Your Majesty did you have proof about them?" Kurt looks at the King Eric goes towards the King. "He is the mastermind behind the schemes against the royal family." Eric whispers at the ear of King. "Martin arrest the people from Borena and Taluka family. If someone resists you can kill him." The King orders the guards. "Your Majesty, what is the meaning of this?" Kurt is angry by the order of the King "You are the mastermind behind all the schemes against the royal family. The punishment for treason is the massacre of the whole family." The King declares. "I should have killed you when i had the chance." Kurt screams at the King as he is dragged by the guards out of the meeting room. "Martin takes the royal guards to attack these two families." The King "As you wish your Majesty." Martin "All you can leave now." The King Arthur goes near the King. "Your Majesty I want to discuss something with you in private." "Wait for all the people to leave the room." The King The only people in the room are the King, Natalie, Eric, and Arthur. "You can speak now." King "My daughter is a witch how can I hide her power." Arthur is afraid someone will tell about his daughter to the church. The King looks at Natalie. "You can bring her tomorrow here." The King "Thank you, your Majesty." Arthur leaves the room. "Father, why will you help him after you know that his daughter is a witch?" Natalie "I know that you are also a witch." The King leaves the room. Natalie runs towards the King because she wants to know about her aunt and her cousin. Eric goes towards his room to relax. The guards arrive out of Taluka''s Mansion and Borena''s Mansion. 13.Elisabeth Lockheart Royal Palace "How do you know that I am a witch?" Natalie looks at her father with eyes full of curiosity. "Your aunt told me before she left the capital." The King "What?" Natalie is surprised. "Is my aunt alive?" She is happy that her aunt escapes the execution. "I changed the prisoners and helped them escape." The King "Where is my aunt now?" Natalie wants to meet her aunt. "I do not know." The King looks at his daughter with sorrow. Natalie sees the expression of her father and her heart pained. She vows to never let those pigs from the church harm another innocent life. "Bring Eric with you when Elisabeth comes here." The King gestures Natalie to leave. Natalie leaves and she goes towards the bedroom that Eric is. Eric stands at the windows and he looks at the garden. The garden has many medicinal herbs. "Maybe I should ask Natalie if they have herbs that can help me to remove the side effect from the Boost Skill." Eric hears the knock on the door. "You can come in." The door opens and Natalie comes inside the bedroom. He looks at Natalie but she avoids his gaze. "My dad wants you to come with me to the meeting room." Natalie says with a low voice. After the kiss the atmosphere between them is strange. "What does he want?" Eric "I do not know." Natalie "Do you have medicinal herbs?" Eric looks at Natalie with hope. "We have medicinal herbs. If you want to take, you must ask my father." Natalie does not know what kind of herbs they plant in the garden. "Where is your father?" Eric "I think he is in the meeting room." Natalie says but she is not sure. Eric stands, he takes the hand of Natalie, and drag her with him. "What are you doing?" Natalie shakes her hand to escape from Eric but her effort is pointless. Eric suddenly stops and Natalie crush onto him. "Why did you stop?" Natalie complains at Eric. "Sorry I got excited when I heard you have medicinal herbs." Eric "Do you need medicinal herbs?" Natalie looks at Eric. "Yes, I need them." Eric nods. "Are you injured?" Natalie worries about the health of Eric. "I am not injured. Are you worried about your husband?" Eric teases Natalie. She did not know what to say so she walks forwards. Eric sees the reaction of Natalie and he finds it cute.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. "Do not run." Eric follows behind Natalie. They arrive in front of the door at the meeting room and Eric knocks the door. "Come in." The voice of the King is heard so they go inside the room. Eric sees the King sitting at the head of the table and he looks at them. "Why do you come here so early?" The King asks them. "I heard from Natalie that you have medicinal herbs in the palace." Eric "Yes, we have. What kind of herbs you need?" The King did not ask the reason why he needs the herbs. "I need a herb that can help me restore my body." Eric "How did you injure?" The King ask curiously. "I used a skill that increases the physical capabilities over the limit when the skill duration finishes I cannot do training or fight." Eric tells the truth to the King. "We have a herb that can eliminate the side effects from the skill but the process is painful." The King waits for the answer of Eric. "Dad the treatment will harm Eric?" Natalie is anxious when she heard that the treatment is painful. "I do not know how to use the medicine." Eric has no medical knowledge. "I will tell the doctor to prepare for you." The King. "Dad, did you tell the guards to bring the important objects from the two families." Natalie "Yes, I told them." King The sound of someone knocks the door is heard in the room. All the people look at the door. "Come in." King The door opens as Arthur and a young woman come in. The young woman is beautiful and sexy. The red dress that she wears emphasize her slender body and it matches perfectly with her red hair. Her long red hair binds a green hairpin with a flower pattern that matches her eyes. She looks around the room with a smile on her face that can captivate the people. Every move she makes is graceful and charming. "She is my daughter." Arthur introduces his daughter. "Hello, my name is Elisabeth." Elisabeth "Natalie." Natalie "Eric." Eric After the greetings, all the people sit around the table to discuss. "Did you find a method that can hide the power of the witch." Arthur "I have not found a method." King says with a regretful look. "When did she wake the power of the witch?" Arthur looks at his daughter. "It has been a month since she awakens." "The only solution is to learn control her power." King "How can she control her power?" Arthur "My wife''s sister left a book with me on how to control the power of the witch. She left it because my daughter is also a witch and she was afraid that she can not control her power." King All the people shocked by the sudden revelation of the King. Arthur is excited that his daughter can control her power. "Have you used your power?" Natalie "No, I have not." Elisabeth Eric goes near Natalie. "She is more beautiful than you." Eric whispers at her ear. Natalie is angry by the words of Eric but she can not retort because Elisabeth has a unique aura. "Continue your conversation." The King says before he leaves the room with Arthur. "Have you used your power?" Elisabeth "I used them to heal my dad." Natalie "How did you control your power?" Elisabeth Natalie looks at Eric before she answers "with my thought." Elisabeth does not understand what Natalie means. "Can you explain it?" "Eric helped me control the power." Natalie Eric looks at the two women and he sighs. "Try to feel the power that is inside your body." Eric sees Elisabeth try to feel the power inside but her effort is without success. "Relax before you try again." Eric instructs Elisabeth Elisabeth follows the instruction and she feels hot. Eric and Natalie see around Elisabeth a red aura and the temperature in the room increase. Eric smiles and he looks at Natalie. He gives a quick kiss at her lips. "Pervert." Natalie whispers "You can stop now." Eric says at Elisabeth. Elisabeth opens her eyes and she smiles. She is happy that she can use her power. "Thank you." Elisabeth "Natalie, is Eric your boyfriend?" Elisabeth says with a mischievous smile. "No." Natalie "Can I take him for myself?" Elisabeth grasps Eric''s hand. Eric did not care about the move of Elisabeth. "What are you doing?" Natalie "I hold his hand." Elisabeth says with a smile. "You can not do this." Natalie "Why?" Elisabeth "Because this action is improper." Natalie Elisabeth sees the strange behavior of Natalie and she lets the hand of Eric. "Ladies I must find the King to give me the herb." Eric leaves the room Both women look at the back of Eric with a strange expression. 14. Treatment "Where is he going?" Elisabeth asks Natalie. Natalie shrugs her shoulders. "Let''s follow him." Elisabeth says curiously. Elisabeth takes the hand of Natalie and she drags her towards the direction that Eric went. "Wait." Natalie shouts. Eric stops and he looks back. "What do you want?" "We want to come with you." Elisabeth Eric nods. "Where is the King?" "He should be at his office." Natalie "Where is the office?" Eric "Follow me." Natalie Eric and Elisabeth follow behind Natalie. After two minutes of walking the group arrived at the office. The guards at the door respectful bow at the Princess and they open the door. The armed guards stand at the side as the group goes inside. When the group entered inside they saw the King and Arthur look at a map with a solemn expression. "Why are you here?" The King looks at the three people. "I want to give me the herb." Eric "Bring the doctor here." The King orders the guards. Natalie looks at the map on the desk curiously. "Why is the map of the Kingdom on the desk?" "We want to see where to put the troops to defend against the beast tide from the Black Forest." The King "Beast tide?" Eric, Natalie, and Elisabeth say at the same time. "Every 30 years the beasts from the forest attack the Kingdom." The King "Why the beasts come out from the forest?" Eric "I do not know. The beasts that come out from the forest emit black smoke and they have red eyes." The King The discussion is interrupted by the doctor when he opened the door. Eric looks at the man that came inside the office. The old man has a tall slim figure. He has white long hair that is bonded by a hair ribbon. From his body emits the fragrance from the medicine. "Your Majesty." Doctor bows at the King. "Bring the medicinal herb that can help restore and revitalize the muscles." The King "Your Majesty, the herb must be put inside a barrel filled with water to be effective." Doctor "When is ready inform my daughter." The King "It will take 1 hour to prepare the medicinal bath." The doctor leaves the room.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. "When the beasts will attack the Kingdom?" Natalie says the question that has in her mind. "In four days." The King "We must protect the people that leave near the Black Forest." Natalie "Do not worry I sent some guards to help them move in the capital." The King Eric walks at the desk to see the map. He looks at the map carefully. "Will you defend at the fortress that exists near the Black Forest?" He looks at the King. "Yes." The King "If the beasts change direction and attack the capital?" Eric "What do you mean?" The King "The beasts may split into groups if someone controls them." Eric All the people in the room are shocked. "I read that some beasts possess intelligence and they can order weaker beasts." Eric "I will split the guards into two groups. One group will protect the capital and the other the fortress." The King The discussion about the defense against the beast tide continues. All people say their ideas on how to protect the guards from the beasts. The discussion stops when the door of the office opens as a young man comes inside. "Your Majesty, the medicinal bath is ready." "You will continue the discussion later." The King looks at Eric. "I will take my leave." Eric "Follow me." The Servant Eric looks at the servant as he is walking away and he follows him. Eric and the servant stop before they leave the office. "We will come with you." Natalie and Elisabeth. "You can come with us." The servant continues walking. 4 minutes later Eric, Natalie, Elisabeth, and the servant stand in front of a door. The servant knocks the door and he waits. "You can come in." Doctor The servant opens the door and the people follow behind him. "Did the King inform you that the process will be painful?" Doctor "Yes." Eric "Take off your clothes and go inside the barrel." Doctor "Here?" Eric looks at the two females. "We will leave the room and wait outside. If you can not take the pain call us to take you out of the barrel." Doctor Eric nods, he starts to take off his clothes and he sees the content of the barrel before he goes inside. The water has become black. Eric sits inside the barrel and he waits for the medicinal bath to work. Eric frowns "Why does not the medicinal bath work?" Murmurs after 3 minutes. Eric feels that his body is a bit different now. He closes his eyes and he sees that his body absorb the black liquid. Suddenly all his body starts to ache. Eric grits his teeth and he clenches his fists to endure the sudden intense pain. The veins start to become visible on his body and his face become a bit red. The water inside the barrel starts to become clear. The water inside the barrel turns around Eric like a whirlpool. The pain becomes weaker until it disappears. Eric relaxes his body and he opens his eyes. He sees that the black liquid disappeared and the barrel has only clear water. Eric inspects his body to and he sees that the side effect disappears. Eric stands and he leaves the barrel. He looks around to find a towel to wipe his body. "Is anyone outside?" Eric shouts. "We are waiting for you outside." Natalie and Elisabeth say at the same time. "Bring me a towel." Eric "I have a towel with me. Can we come inside?" Natalie "Wait a moment." Eric Eric looks around to find something to hide but he does not find anything so he goes inside the barrel again. "You can come inside now." Eric The door opens all the people that they were waiting outside comes inside. The servant takes the towel from Natalie, he gives the towel to Eric. Eric looks at both females. "Turn around." Eric The females turn around and Eric leaves the barrel and he wipes the body with the towel. After he finishes he wears his clothes. "You can turn back." Eric "How you feel?" Doctor "The treatment was effective." Eric "If you need another treatment you can come to me." Doctor Eric nods and he leaves the room with the two women. "Are you sure everything is ok?" Elisabeth "Yes, my body is better. I can fight again." Eric "Let''s go back to discuss with the King about the defense." Eric A voice comes from behind them. "Do not need to go back. I am here." Eric looks back and he sees the King. "I need to go to the fortress to help with defense." "You go there with my daughter together. Before you leave here tell me to give you a letter that gives you freedom there." The King looks at his daughter. Natalie does not refute because she wants to be together with Eric. Elisabeth wants to go together with them. "Father, can I go with them?" Elisabeth "Yes, you can go but you must be careful." Arthur "We will leave now. Let''s prepare." Eric says before he goes back to his room.