《the strange world》 prologue 1: The strongest Dragons, this race is the strongest race known to everyone. Despite them few in number and solitary, other race fears them because of their excellent control in magic. Humans believes them as the orginator of different magic attribute. One of the few known dragon existed is the fire dragon, Aviurgon. A legendary dragon said to be able to destroy a country if it wants to. Now it is rumored that this ancient dragon is in its deep slumber and it will take thousand of years for it to awaken. But unbeknownst to humans. The truth is Aviurgon was killed by a single monster. Recognised as the most dangerous threat to humanity is dead in the hands of a single monster. This is the beginning of the nightmare in the world of Saerillia. The birth of the true predator!Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. prologue 2: The changes The people of Faenoris are busy as usual. The street is very crowded because of the merchants trading their items, shouting their proclaimations that it was carved from a rare beast. Customers also tried to bargain the price and this started the battle of negotiatons. Potion makers, using their tricks, would caught the attention of a person who doesn''t know the difference between a low quality and high quality potion. In the middle of the town stood a bounty board full of different images of beasts. In the center of this images, is a bounty of a black cat. In the upper part of this image placed a value of 300 golds. No one is trying to read the information of this bounty. As if the hunters will not dare to challenge this scary beast. [ Hey you!!!! ] An old woman shout was directed to a skinny boy. Shoplifting is not common in this town because of the rules they follows. The consequence of violating this rules is to be casted out from the town. People knows that once you''re not in the protection of a town, your life will be ended by the claws of the monsters. But it was different to the young boy. He did not feared the result of his actions as he ignored the pitiful old woman.Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. [ Get back here! ] Said the angry old woman but the boy did not listen. ( Old lady, please excuse me of my rude behaviour, but later I will return this after I''m done reading this book ) [ You little! ] The old woman tried to intimidate the boy but the boy had already bolted away from the book store. [ Seeya! ] Said Izgor with a grin on his face Izgor did not have a family. He was taken care by a traveling merchant since he was found in the middle of the forest. He was taught of the importants in life. But the world was cruel. Six years after that, the merchant leaved to travel again, leaving the little boy to strive alone. The boy learned how to write and read from the merchant and other things related to survival. The boy is infamous in the town due to his bad characteristic. All kids in his age are avoiding him. No one will think of selling anything to him because of his negative achievements. Maybe it was also because of his ability to trick anyone with ease. This boy reached the age of 8 without knowing how to enjoy his life. Until the day he read a book that will change his outlook in life. Especially his Fate. Chapter 1: The beginning The world is cruel. Almost everyone will eventually realize this as they continue to live. No one can escape reality even if you isolate yourself from the society. No matter what kind of meaningful life you have, in the end, you will eventually reach a fate impossible to escape. No matter what century, generation, or how modern the world is, all of us will have to meet the Grim Reaper, also known as death. Dying twice is impossible for us human being. Not unless you are a God. But there is a solution. To be able to control our fate. To achieve immortality. To become a God. All you have to do is to live in a World hundred times crueler. A fantasy world where magic is common. Year 611 of human calendar. The world have been chaotic ever since the demons envaded the human territory. Countless humans died during the envasion and only half of them remains. The land was greatly damaged that almost only a quarter of it remains liveable. Inside the forest Faetan, located east side of Maelfeur town. Inside a small hut surrounded by tall trees is a single bed placed plainly. The bed which Izgor currently laying into. Besides him are the various equipment for hunting. A worn dagger that had a trace of fresh blood and a leather sac containing unknown materials. Then a blue-covered book thick enough for an average person to read it for a whole day. Izgor only source of income is collecting ingredients for making a potion. This is the most common source of money in this town because of the various plants in the forest. ( Hmmm, I only gain this much for this day ) While thinking of a new strategy to earn money, Izgor noticed the thick book with the title-The Strange World. Finding something to earn money, Izgor was strolling around the town when he saw a book store. Books are essential for potion makers for expanding their knowledge of potion ingredients. He himself knows this much. So he immediately entered the store. Various books were what he saw when he walked in. He did know what kind of book he''s looking for but as for the name of the book, Izgor''s brain only contains on how to survive everyday. He could not asked the keeper of the bookshop because he was afraid of being cast away. As for the reason why, people in town considers him a fugitive. Without a choice he randomly picked a book. There''s alot of book he grabbed but nothing has caught his interest. He was thinking of leaving when he suddenly noticed a book lying on the floor open. The pages contains different images of different monsters with a detailed information. Without much thought he picked the book and scanned the pages. ( Mmn this book contains a lot of important informations. Why is it here? ) Izgor stopped his thoughts when he noticed someone''s presence walking toward him. [ Brat. Do you plan to buy that book? If not, then stop reading and get out of my store ] The voice was a little difficult to hear but the words were clear. He took a glance at the annoyed old woman then he looked at the price of the book and discovered the 750 gold written in the pricetag. ( Ah I dont have the money to buy this valuable book ) Daily needs like food in this world are cheap. As long as you have a single penny in your pocket you could nurture your hunger for the rest of the day. But the sad thing is, food is not the solution to survive. You need to buy necessary tools, materials, etc. For the people to continue living without being expose to danger. And the costs would amount enough for an average family to live the whole year. Sometimes money won''t be enough to be able to find someone to teach you magic or to become your bodyguard. Hundreds of people died every month because of the inability to protect themselves from the harm. Naturaly, this is the reason why everyone in the town worked hard everday but for Izgor, he is working hard everyday inorder to gain the right amount of money to enjoy himself. Not that he wouldn''t mind surviving. He just simply want to discover new. He inserted his hand in his pocket and felt the money that did not even amount to one gold. Profits from selling ingredients only earned him enough for a single day. Sad of the fact, Izgor walked out from the bookstore. He felt bad for wasting his precious time. He was ten steps away from the bookstore when he suddenly felt the urge to go back and take the book. That time, Izgor did not value the morals in life as he walked back in. [ What do you think you''re doing? ] The keeper of the bookstore is a wrinkled old woman. She keep an eye to the boy the moment he took a step in. [ Don''t you worry. I will return this ] The old woman was speechless to the words of the young boy. Back in the hut, Izgor is holding the book. This book is the one he had stole from the old woman. With having so much free time, he decided to read it. ( The title look so interesting. Its worthy of the trouble in getting this book.) He reads the title of the book. "The outside World" ( Outside? Even I never tried to wander around the restricted zone because of the monsters. I wonder what it looks like outside )The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. His face contains loneliness as he focus himself reading. The sun had already set when Izgor finished reading the book. His eyes were focused only on the content that he did not notice the time. Closing the book he stood up from his bed. His face shows excited smile. The night in the forest is so tranquil. Beautiful plants shines brightly as they bathed the radiance of the moon. Insects sounds can be heard from time to time as if an orchestra was being performed. A night like this is rare in this world full of beast. Other places like this always have a fight for survival and peace does not last long. That''s why this forest is unique. For what was the traveling merchant purpose on visiting this forest, that is uncertain. But clearly one of the reason is the beauty of this forest. Only the various insects and plants habitated the forest but despite this, people in the town still does not have the courage to explore this forest. The fireflies continue to illuminates the sorroundings as their wings dazzels a blue light. [ What?! ] But silence of the night was disturbed by the sudden shout of Izgor. [ Birds with golden feather? ] [ A mushroom that will make you grow taller when eaten. Does it exist? ] He want someone to answer him but he is the only one in the hut. Sure there is an owl above a tree looking for some prey and swarms of fireflies beautifully scattered around the forest. But a bird and insects wouldn''t be able to answer him. It would be a different story if he''s a beastmaster. A special classification to a person that has the ablity to tame and control any type of chosen beast and insects. They also has the ability to talk and understand the animals. [ Wow! I never thought that the world was so vast ] He shouted from excitement. ( There''s only one way to know if this book was telling the truth ) ( I''ve decided, I will explore this world no matter what! ) Maybe, but maybe, this would start the dreams and hopes that could change the life of the poor orphan. Meanwhile, In the far north of Maelfeur, there exist a city called Aenaris. It is three times bigger than Maelfeur. This city is surrounded by big mountains. Two things you will first notice in the city are the different races and the beautiful houses. A mansion was built in the middle of the city where most of the people will go to on this night. As for the reason why, the third princess of this kingdom will visit this city. So everyone is preparing for the arrival of the third princess. Every decoration in the mansion had made it looked grand. The time passed. A carriage with a white unicorn can be seen approaching the giant gate of Aenaris. With the sound of trumpets, this signals the long awaited arrival of the third princess. The guards opened the giant gate without Hesitation. All people present surveyed the carriage. Everyone admires the carriege and had the same thoughts that the carriage was made from a high class wood, it is obvious for them because the carriage is shining different colors like a rainbow. It is different to the average carriage. And especially the unicorn. This legendary beasts can only be use by the royalty. The carriage stopped at the front of the mansion where the mayor of the city is waiting. As soon as the third princess gracefully descended the carriage, the people stopped their breath for a moment when they saw the beautiful face of the princess. Never in their life they had saw such flawless face. Even though the princess is yet to reach the age of maturity, she possesed the beauty of a true blood royalty. The mayor was almost turn into stone. Thanks to his daughter urging him to properly greet the princess, The mayor finally managed to say his greetings. [ G-greetings to you, your highness. My name is Alfred Fregeir, mayor of this city ] [ A good night to you Sir Mayor. My name is Cecil Raeven, the third princess of this kingdom ] The power of a royality is like a God for them all. Offending them is not a good idea unless you''re tired of living. After all, they are the forces that could change the fate of all human being. Meeting someone of royality is the most impossible dream of everyone. Except for the Mayor. He seems to be thinking something else when he first saw the face of the princess. [ I am very delighted to have this kind of blessing from your visit in this small city ] The mayor fell down in one knee to show respect. Then he said some words that are in expectation of everyone. [ We will do our best to satisfy you, your highness ] [ Lets drop the formalities. Im tired from the travel. I would like to get some rest before we discuss my purpose for this visit ] Even at the age of 8, she had the pride of someone born of royality. She only took a short glance at the kneeling Mayor and didn''t even bothered to greet the daughter standing next to him. [ Of course your highness ] The mayor ignored the behaviour of the princess and escorted her to his mansion. After that, everyone left as they only came here to satisfy themselves. Later, there will be a feast to celebrate the succesful arrival of the princess. The room for the princess is the most luxurious room in the mansion. Two knights are guarding outside the room. Only the princess and her personal servant are inside. [ Carolina ] [ Yes? Is there anything you need your highness? ] A sweet voice was emmited from the pincess followed by the voice of a lady with a hint of maturity. [ Do you have something to say about my plan? ] [ Your highness, getting yourself a hunter worthy of leading your group you planned to create is without a doubt has my utmost support ] Said the lady with sincerity. [ Mmn ] The princess is gazing the bright moon while thinking something deeply. An average person has no place in royalty. From knight to gardener, all of them had atleast achievements that is impossible for a normal person to attain. But the princess did not like the idea of having someone control or restrict her. So she rejected the proposal of many individual that trying to be on her good side. It became a problem in the royalty forcing her to temporary secluded herself from them. The servant noticed the silence of her master. [ But my concern is, no one could match what you''re looking for... ] She closed her mouth as she thought of what the princess would feel if she keep persuading her. The princess only nodded as if she already expected this kind of statement. [ That is why let''s do our best tommorrow ] The princess has a resolute look in her eyes. The lady could only sigh and decided to do everything to accomplish the dream of the princess. [ As you wish, your highness ] Early in the morning. The trees in the forest Faetan are bathing in sunlight. The plants that were shining brightly last night is now emmiting gold sparkles. The glowing Aquaflies are nowhere to be seen. And if last night was a concert of insects, this time the forest is like a sanctuary because of it''s deafening silence. The boy left the hut last night as soon he finished preparing for a journey. The leaves falls. Wind blows. But not a single soul visited the lonely trees and plants. Fourth month of Year 611, The enchanted forest which forgotten as the place of beginning, is now empty once again. Chapter 2: The stranger People have different idea about magic. But they believes that magical power or mana comes from nature. And the wasted mana after the magic was dispelled will go back to nature. That is why people always uses magic everyday without problem with lack of magical power as long as they have the right size of mana chamber inside their body and the right control of their magic attribute. They can also reduce the mana used by chanting, depending on how precise the words is. But for all non human, they don''t have to chant magic because they came from nature itself. They have already an attribute when they are born depending on what nature they belong to. Just like monsters. [ Reduce to ashes. Fireball!! ] *grrrrrrr* [ he''s enraged. Everybody quickly get away from him! ] The group of hunters immediately increased their distance from the angered beast. Their face lacks confidence as they desperately run. From the moment they saw this monster, they know that fighting it could lead to them being wiped out. It has the same appearance of a bear. But a big difference is noticeable, the water surrounding its body and the blue-like gem eyes as well as the horn in its head makes it looks formidable.The monster raises its two hands. The hunters were late to react as the spherical water was formed above its head. [ He''s casting the water explosion! Run away as far as you can!! ] The leader of the group immediately gave an order. They can''t afford to block the magic. [ Damn! Damn! Damn! ] [ Retreat!! ] < Boooom > The magic has been activated. Seconds has passed and no one seems successful in retreating as the explosion was so great that all of the trees surrounding the monster are nowhere to be seen along with the hunters. Almost half of the forest has been destroyed. The only survivor is the leader of the group. While grasping for breath, he collapsed to the ground. [ We should have *hah* abandoned the hunt from the moment I saw that damn Aquarior! ] Aquarior, Ursafire, Orsolander, Thunderbear. This is the names of different monster with different attribute. They are the variant of the bear and they live in different places. A normal monster of this kind has atleast a strenght of E - class. Hunters with no reason to hunt will try to avoid it if possible. Their group also attempted to avoid the Aquarior while continuing their hunt but they underestimated the perception of an E - class monster. The face of the leader is full of regrets. * Rawwwrrr! * A fierce sound echoes around the forest. ( what?! Is someone still fighting it? ) While the Leader tries to think who was the other person that survived. A young man is currently facing the monster with a grin in his face. [ Are you the one who did this? ] A complete silence. [ ...... ] Realizing that majority of the monster does not have the ability to talk. Or maybe they do but only for monsters that have higher intelligence. He took out a book in his bag. [ Aquarior. A low rank monster. Hmm. Magic attribute is water. Weakness is lightning and thunder magic. This picture in my book look stronger than in real- ] * roaarrrrrrrrr * He no longer able to continue reading when the monster suddenly runs towards him. But the young man did not even move an inch. Only when the bear was 5 meters away from him did he stretched his left hand. < Bang > It happened so fast. The ground cracked due to the impact. But the young man is still in his previous position. Using his left hand, he keeps the horn from advancing. [ Heeh. As expected of an aquarior. Always has the bad temper ] Everyone that saw this will think that it was absurd. Then his next action was more absurd. He only side kicked the monster without warning. It was so simple yet the kick was so quick that the Aquarior did not have the time to react. He hit it accurately in the face. Dust comes flying as well as the water bear. When his left foot touched the ground the poor monster was already gone. Then the next scene was aa moment of silence. If someone saw this event they would clap their hands in amazement. * puchi * puchi * Suddenly, there was a strange sound coming from somewhere near him. He rotated his body in hope of finding the location of the sound. [ ?! ] He reflexively jumped backward as he stepped a soft thing in his left foot. Then he saw a ball covered with dark scales slowly opening its two glowing orange eyes.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. [ Huh? A wild dragon? ] Using monster as a pet is common in this world. This is the best companion of an adventurer wherever he goes. Finding some monster to be a pet is not hard. First, it must be a newly born monster or an egg. It can be bought in the pet shop and from other merchant whoever has one. The other way is luck. Adventurers seeks their pet in a forest or dungeon. Sometimes they go to a far away place and steals the eggs from a monster. And if luck was in their side, they could meet a wild monster on their way. But they can''t possibly meet a top tier race on the road. [ A dragon?!! No way!! Am I dreaming? ] The creature has the same size as the infant. Two round eyes with the color of orange. Pair of small black wings in the back and a tiny horn fixed in its forehead. The small dragon-like just stares at him. His eyes are suddenly beaming with interest. [ When did you got here little one? ] [ .... ] [ Oh you can''t talk? ] ( I thought dragons are the most wise above all races ) The small black creature begins to return to its former form as it sense threat from him. [ Hey small guy. I mean no harm ] He tries to step closer to the small black creature when suddenly. [ I wouldn''t touch it If I were you ] A beautiful voice of someone was emitted behind him interrupting his actions. Izgor looked behind him where the voice originated from. An unworldly beauty is what he saw standing beside a tree. The beauty has black long hair reaching her knee. She''s wearing white skirt and black clothing with buttons down the front and long sleeves covering her admirable snowy white skin. Izgor surveys the woman gaining the look of displeasure from her. [ Isn''t it rude to just stare on someone? ] [ And who might you be? ] The cool wind blows passed them causing the trees and plants to dance. Smokes slowly disappears around them. The sun is currently bathing them warm and the sound of birds chirping is like a song making the atmosphere of an epic scene. It was only for a short time and the beauty begins to walk towards the small creature as she did not answer him. After she''s infront of it she bends her body and picked it up. The small creature did no resist. Instead, it returned its form to normal to allow the beauty to hold it. [ Hunters do have an intolerable behaviour like a beast ready to steal anything even life, just to satisfy their hunger ] [ They are a crazy individual that I despise alot. Base on your actions just now, are you a hunter perhaps? ] While talking, she caresses the head of the small creature causing it to emmits happy sounds. [ Hey lady. Stop accusing me. I did not have the attention of stealing someone''s property ] [ Anyway, just answer my question. Who are you and when did you get here? ] After hearing Izgor, the beauty turned around. The small creature begins to shine black lights and suddenly transformed into a ball of light. It circles around the beauty and entered her body through her back and disappeared complety. She looked at his face for the first time. Izgor feels like the beauty was looking down on him. [ Is that a proper way to ask for somone''s name? Shouldn''t you state your name first? ] She said that while crossing her arms. [ You''re mistaken me for a hunter. Im just a solo adventurer and my name is- ] [ Anyway, I don''t wish to hear your name and you don''t need to hear mine ] Just as he almost stated his name, the beauty interrupted him. [ Im already here when that group of stupid hunters provoked the Aquarior. As for what Im doing here, you don''t have to know that ] Izgor doesn''t have the tolerance to deal with her arrogance anymore and immediately turned around to leave. [ Wait, you''re not injured? That explosion magic surely could kill a veteran hunter. ] He feels that the beauty doubts him as a normal passerby but he only smiled. Magic was discovered when humans tried to emitates the actions of a monster. That monster has the attribute of fire that resulted in them frequently usage of fire magic. From that moment on they believe that fire was the only attribute. Until they realized that using fire magic against sea creatures they encountered during there hunts was not effective. Instead of avoiding this kind of monsters, they risked their lives seeking knowledge and led them to the discovery of magic compatibility and resistance. Fire is weak against water and water is strong against fire. And other liquid form attributes is able to oppose water magics. ( instead for me, Shouldn''t you worry about yourself first? ) To the question of the woman, The young man looked at his left hand that doesn''t have a single scratch and he proceeds from walking. It was 9 years after Izgor left Malfeur town. He tried to enter the restricted zone but met with an obstacle. A white boar suddenly charged at him making him realized that leaving was not an easy task. So he trained his body in order to fight the white boar. After some hardwork he finally defeated it and advanced to his journey but he met an obstacle again. This time, the monster he faced was a skeleton with a rusted bastard sword. He knew that the enemy was strong and he doesn''t have a weapon that could fight the skeleton so he changed his tactics and trained until he succesfully defeated it. Just when he had thought that the skeleton was the strongest he faught, a horde of green humanoid monsters attacked him. He struggled greatly against them and almost faced death several times before he was able to escape. To pay back at them, he trained and trained everyday without stop and later resulted in a massacre of green monsters. After that, everytime he went farther away from the town he always met monsters stronger than him. He doesn''t have a choice so he trained again and again. His true purpose was adventuring but all he really did was only training. That''s why it took him 9 whole years to reached this place. Sadly, he did not encounter humans along the way until he heard a monster roar. He immediatly went to the location of the sound and discovered the fight between a group of hunters and the Aquarior. After that, it was him saving the hunters from the monster. He used his extremely sharp senses to locate the hunters but failed to know that a lady was watching the fight from the branch of a tree. From the lady''s perspective, she only saw a blur of a man and all the hunters escaping disappeard one by one. She thought that the man is an expert in using body enhancing magic or perhaps he came from a clan that excels in annihilating the target single-handedly matched with their speed. One of this clans is the assassin clan. But the more she thought about it confuses her. Why would an assassin bothered to save a bunch of normal hunters? And he looks like the same age as her. The woman patiently waited and used her magic to concealed herself. She wanted to test her presumptions so she summoned her familiar. She discovered that the young man was calm despite facing the monster alone. She thought that even if his not a member of the assassin clan, just like her, he could easily deal with the monster in this forest. So what was this kind of person doing here? The battle came to an end resulted in the total annihilation of the monster. She found out that the young man was not able to sense her familiar so she commanded it to emit a sound. He carefully observed when the young boy stepped on her familiar. After the young boy discovered the features of her familiar, she thought that he desired to own it and that was the time she revealed herself. After the exchange of words, the young man left immediately without caring why she''s here. ( A person who does not worry about a strange person is a strange person himself ) The beautiful lady thought. Chapter 3(first half): The unfriendly meeting Everyone born in this world have atleast one magic attribute. But it will be regarded as useless if the person who controls it doesn''t have the talent in magic. It is so important for them as they believes that a user with a magic attribute of two or more is destined to be a king. It is unknown of who started this practice but their bases is the bloodline of the royalty. Their childrens are possessing an immense amount of magical power and the possibility of having a unique magic attribute. If they bear a child with no special quality, they will immediately disown the child. No one will refute this since people who succeds in life using only physical strenght and brain are rare in this world. A man wearing armor entered the guard house and saluted to the middle aged man sitting on the chair. [ Captain! Sir liam and his group have returned ] The middle aged man has a beard that makes his appearance full of wisdom. He seems to be the captain of the city''s guards base on what the man had called him. Infront of him is a table and on top of it is a blank sheet. [ That''s good. Open the gate ] [ Yes ] He only said a brief order and the man wearing armor saluted and immediately left. After the door was closed, he focuses his eyes at the blank sheet. [ Reveal! ] The captain casted a spell and the blank sheet begins to show drawings of trees, rivers, mountains, roads and groups of houses. After the drawings was completed, the blank sheet magically turned into a map. [ Show me the nearest dungeon ] The map reacts to the words of the captain and the drawings begins to move like they are real. Not a second passed and a tower emerges in the center of the map. [ Just like I thought. The strange appearing of monsters is caused by this dungeon. Tch. This is not good. It will bring alot of trouble. We have to shut it down before it could get worse ] The sounds of horses galloping is approaching the gates of Antares. A total of eleven horsemen are what they have in sight. Each one of them are worn out as if they just lost their soul. [ What happened? ] Asked one of the guards. [ We were ambushed by an Aquarior ]If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. [ I will explain to you later the details. For now, please help the others with fatal injuries ] Answered by the man who seems to be the leader of the group. [ Blessed water! ] The guard casted a spell and sparkles of refreshing water droplets appears around the body of the man. [ You should have taken care of yourself more. You know that this city is relying to the whitesong guild and especially you ] [ Anyone that can use healing magic. Join me in assisting the hunters ] Magic attributes has their own healing magic or recovery magic. Holy attribute has this particularly. It was leveled from normal to advance healing. The healing magic casted by one of the guard was a normal type healing magic. Magic user of this kind of magic is needed in this kind of situation. Everyone are busy that they did not notice a young man watching them from the top of the gates. ( Where should I go first? Hmm that store looks cool. Okay. Let''s go there ] Izgor perfectly falls down from the gates. When he touches the ground, he discovered the hardness of it unlike in his town where the streets are not concreted. He begins to walk forward while observing the surroundings. The city is not crowded and there are different store lined up across the street. Izgor is eager to enter every store but he choose the most interesting one. After a brief walking, he reached a store with a sign " The Golden Anvil ". Entering the shop, he immediately noticed the dazzling weapons and armors being displayed. The inside of the store is full of sharp objects and tough looking armors. He didn''t get a closer look when a middle-age man holding a glowing hammer approaches him. [ Yes? Is there anything you need? ] A man in his prime wears an energetic smile while asking. Izgor thinks it is safe to assume that he is the store keeper as there''s no one beside him. [ No. Im just looking out of curiousity ] [ Then sir, please allow me to recommend our specialty ] [ Hmmm. Alright then ] The store keeper pointed his left hand which is holding the strange hammer at the direction of the weapons. Two weapons starts to glow golden light. The double edged sword which is hanging on the wall and what seems to be a dagger resting in the pile of weapons. [ Those two elemental weapons are self-crafted by me ] The store keeper proudly walks towards the two weapons. He picked the dagger first. While wearing a confident smile he said to Izgor. [ This great dagger was crafted by me, the best blacksmith in the city and the owner of the Golden Anvil, with pride and honor ] He tried to take a peek at the eyes of Izgor to find the look of excitement but not in his expectations, Izgor just stand there with a poker face. ( Maybe he is slowly processing my words because of shock? Hehe. Then this will wake you up ] He lifts his hand holding the dagger in the air. [I named this great dagger- The flame of Malice! ] To the disappointment of the store keeper, Izgor just walks passed him and said. [ Not interested ] As if to cease the awkward atmosphere, the door suddenly opens with a loud bang. A blonde young man entered the store. He is wearing a leather suit with a hint of being made up of high class materials. The young man has the aura of a rich noble. One glance at him and the first thing that''ll come to your mind is that he is someone''s spoiled kid. He stopped at the front of the store keeper. [ Hand me your best offer ] [ Ye-yes sir ] The store keeper immediately rush to his private room located in the corner of the store disregarding Izgor who''s currently rummaging the weapons. The blonde young man noticed him and gives him a scorn look. After a short time, the store keeper returned holding a chest box. [ Im sorry for making you wait sir Zon ] [ Bring it inside the carriage. As for the payment, just discuss it with my father ] The store keeper nodded. Finished in satisfying his curiousity, Izgor is planning to leave when suddenly, a wall of ice appeared blocking the exit. Chapter 3(final half) Guild, this is the foundation of a city or any place with civilization and the formation of groups of hunters. People rely in the guilds by giving them missions and the hunter who accepted it will be given rewards when the task was successfully done. And one of the benefits of joining a guild is the availability of members when aid is needed. Of course you could also avail informations which is impossible to attain without necessary means. The city''s most active guild is the Whitesong hunters. Their group went out of the city this morning with enthusiasm. The purpose of the expedition was gathering which is a common thing to do in a guild. Collecting of raw materials for making equipments and such. This time, the particular stuff they want to be in their hands is a rare flower. The reason they mobilized their most elite hunters was the special quality of this flower. It can make your attribute improve by a huge amount. But unfortunate luck for them. There are only eleven out of twenty members who came back alive. Including their leader, Liam Marlowe, whose name is famous in the city. [ So you''re saying that, half of your team magically appeard without you noticing? Eh? ] [ Ah. Tha-that is ] Now, a brawny man was scolding the famous leader without holding back. Lucky for him or not there are only two of them in the what seems to be a guard house. [ You know that there is a possibility you''ll be severely punish. So, think carefully before you make a statement. Ok? ] The leader silently gulped because of the pressure he felt from the brawny man. [ Watcha waiting for? Scram now and find evidence! ] [ Yes sir captain! ] Afraid of being skinned out alive by the brawny man who he just called the captain, the leader immediately jolted away from the guard house. He felt no hostility from the captain upon entering the guard house which is a good thing. But for some reason, he felt a tremendous killing intent from the captain which is a bad thing. [ Goodness! I almost die back there ] The leader can still feel his heart abnormally beating fast. He remembered the scary words of the captain. One mistake and his life would be ended without him knowing why. [ Only sir Zon can help me right now. I need to find him before someone make a false statement ] The leader took out a metal device in his pocket. He pressed the only button then a weird loud sound was emitted from the metal device. A bird like cry echoes followed by the galloping of horses. Four chain tied warhorses appeared puffing smoke from their noses like it''s ready for a battle. He hopped to a warhorse and pointed the metal device infront of him. It emitted a weird sound again when he pressed the same button and just like a signal, the warhoses begins to run.Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. "The Golden Anvil" one of the weapon stores in the city. The fancy name hides the truth making it more or less a high-class store. But the truth is, it is only one of the average store you can find in the city. Not true to its name, only cheap equipments are sold here and not made by golden materials. There''s really non expensive items beside its name. And selling other product like armors did not help it to become well known. Average profit, average tax to pay, makes it the perfect average store. Now, intense atmosphere envelops inside the store. Worsen by the cold temperature embracing the surroundings. [ You. Where''s your manners? Did you not know me? ] [ No. I don''t remember your face? ] A blonde spoke with a cold voice followed by the calm voice of a young man wearing a black cloth that is obviously made from the skin of animals. [ I see. You''re new here ] [ Sir Zon. Please be considerate and allow me to guide this youngster ] The store owner spoke with a pleading look. It is not to save the young man but in attempt to save his beloved store. He also knew from the moment he entered that the youngman is not a citizen of this city. [ To lessen your ignorance. I am Zon Fregeir. Son of the mayor of this city. Now it should be a benifit for you to know my name ] The blonde said those words with the intention of announcing his standing in this city. [ Oh what luck! I''ve met such a person. And what now? ] The young man casts the blonde a careless look. [ I don''t know where you came from but it seems they did not teach you the proper ethics ] With the words of the blonde, temperature begins to fall tremendously. Turning the things inside into a block of ice. The store owner cannot do a thing and only shudders from the cold. [ Hey aren''t you a hot-blooded one? ] He smiled thinking that they have the same temperament. Much to the dismay of the owner, it seems that an inevitable fight will break out inside his store. While he''s thinking of possible way to minimize the damage, loud galloping of horses approaches the store. [ Sir Zon! ] A voice of a man was heard calling the name of the blonde. [ Huh? Is there unlucky someone that ruined the mood of Sir Zon? ] Noticing the wall of ice blocking the entrance, the man assumes it as the magic spell of the blonde. [ Sir Zon its me! Liam ] The wall of ice begins to melt which allows the man to be able to enter the store. [ Thank you Sir ] The man bowed down to greet the blonde. [ Did you finish the errand that I have given to you?] [ No. Im sorry its a failure ] The blonde begins to show displeased face. [ Tch. A simple job and you can''t even do it right ] He walks to exit the store. [ Let''s talk this inside the carriage ] Suddenly he stopped as if he remembered something. He turned towards Izgor. [ And you. I won''t forget your foul behaviour today. ] [Hmph! let''s go ] The two exited leaving the inside of the store wet from the melt ice. Everything returned to normal nonetheless. After a short moment passed, the sound of a carriage running was heard outside. [ Heh. Arrogant kid ] Izgor did not expect to meet such person on his first day in the city. He doesn''t want to have an enemy. He disliked the thought of having someone ruined his day. An enemy means another annoyance for him. His too lazy to be bothered. But if they get in his way, he won''t have a choice but to take an action. [ What is an ethics anyway? ] He''s thinking that the reason why the blonde guy was arrogant because of his smartness. [ Heh. Having more knowledge doesn''t earn you the right to be arrogant ] He silently murmured those words while reminding himself that he didn''t need to worry about small things. Just a simple word and he will learn it later anyway. But deep inside his heart, he become curious to the word ethics which is the first time he heard such word after almost a decade of fighting in the forestland. Secretly in his mind, the things that need to be learned has increased again. After all, coriosity is the only thing that he doesn''t have the confidence to fight with. [ I''ll comeback when I need something ] After he said those words to the owner, he too exited the store.