《A Hero's Wish》


 Prologue 1: The Remaining Heroes

    Times Square, New York¡ªA warzone.


    The year was 20XX. Buildings destroyed, historical monuments shattered in an instant by the product of this war. Countless bodies can be seen on the ground, civilians, soldiers and even heroes. All of which where the product of an invasion. This wasn¡¯t a terrorist invasion nor an intergalactic one, this one was much worse. Demons. They literally sprout out of the earth, creating havoc and chaos all around the world. There were a lot of theories about why this happened- Ragnarok, Judgement Day, etc. There was even one that says that Hell was so full that they decided to that the surface world for a ¡°room expansion¡±.


    But people didn¡¯t lost hope. Because they were lead by people who had powers that defies human logic, people who have amazing strength, agility and intelligence, people who were called Superheroes. They led the human race against the demon invasion and won battles across the world. But each battle had a cost, whether it was the cost of sacrificing countless of life from heroes and soldiers or having to destroy a country just to stop the demon¡¯s advances. Loved ones and families were killed because of this. But their sacrifices were not in vain because they¡¯ve destroyed every base and demons across the world, all except one.


    And this was in New York, were the so called Seven Prince of Darkness resides. The Heroes led an all out attack to end this genocide once and for all. They have defeated five of the seven princes, but the remaining two princes, injured, fled to Manhattan to defend the Spirit Crystal, which has the power to destroy Earth and make it a new for the Demons or it can also create life which can heal Earth and make it the same before the nightmare came.


    This was the mission- to defeat the demons and heal the world. A total of 52 of the remaining heroes that can fight and about three squadrons of the best soldiers were either dead or incapacitated in the battle against the 5 Prince. Only 4 heroes were left and continued the mission in order to take the advantage of the injured demons.


    ¡°Be careful, they may be injured but they are still the head of these demons...¡±- Alpheus


    Brock Roswell, aka Alpheus, is the head and one of the fore founders of the Guardians, an assemblage of Superheroes all around the world. Donning a full silver spandex-like costume that has the image of the sun branded on his chest, the symbol of his family¡¯s crest. A human being from an alternate world, where superpowers are normal. He was a graduate from Grand, an academy for the super powered people which will teach them on how to use their power. Due to circumstances, he was teleported to this world. Super strength, super speed, and invulnerability- which made him as the symbol of hope and is most suited to fight against these demons. Aside from his powers, he only relies on his fist and nothing else.


    ¡°I can feel their presence, but I can¡¯t pinpoint where they are. Motion detector sensor isn¡¯t picking up anything either.¡±- A.I. 12


    Akira Ichigo aka A.I. 12, a battle android developed by the Ichigo Enterprise for the Self Defence of Japan against foreign threat. Akira Ichigo was the head of this project development, the A.I. soldiers, for the battle android number 12, but an accident happened when he tried to upgrade the A.I. interface of the android. The circuits fried him up but his consciousness synthesize with the android. Now equipped with brains and the latest weapons, he is now part of the Guardians. You might mistaken her as an ordinary female who¡¯s just talking a stroll with just a casual attire, but don¡¯t be fooled because all of her weapons are literally hidden inside her body.


    ¡°The presence of corrupted mana is up ahead. Get ready, they might be watching us so that they can ambush us any moment¡±- Magnus


    Titus Fornwel aka Magnus is the survivor of Light Eye, a secret organization of mages of the Arthurian times. Fornwel was the right hand of Merlin and was supposed to be the next Grand Magnus when Merlin will die. But Fornwel¡¯s friend was jealous and conspires with the Dark Lord. A war of Magic, Light against Dark, was going on for a year which destroyed all the Light Eye and Dark Forces. On his dying breath, the Dark Lord cursed Fornwel to walk on earth for all eternity. Now wearing Merlin¡¯s Grand Magnus Robe, which has all the knowledge of the Arthurian Magic and the Cloak of Pandora, which has the ability to quickly cast a spell uninterrupted, Titus studied all Mysticism on earth to battle against mystic beings and to find a way to lift up his curse.


    ¡°... Satan is in the near the Crystal, clearly waiting for us. While Lucifer... I also can¡¯t find him, but be on guard. He will strike when we least expected.¡±- Riot


    Marcus Salazar, aka Riot, was the most mysterious hero of them all. Unlike the other three who wore their ¡°Superhero Suit¡±, he only wore a black long-sleeved shirt, under the bullet-proofed vest which he ¡°borrowed¡± from the army; a dark camo pants with a matching combat boots and lastly, a dark fingerless military issued tactical combat gloves. Only few knew his identity and only speak when needed. Little was known of his background, and had a dark aura which had the other heroes a tough time to talk to him. Unlike the other Superheroes, he has no superpowers and has no super weapons against threats like demons. He only did minor crime fighting like thieves, kidnappers, etc. But what he lacked was compensated for his bravery and his wits. He was also trained in all known forms martial arts all over the world to compensate for his so called weakness. But for this war against the demons, he equipped himself with a crimson bladed butterfly knife which he hides under his belt; loads of flash bombs and high-explosive grenades strapped from his shoulder to the opposite side of the hip; and lastly a pair of Military upgraded CZ Scorpion EVO3 S1 Pistol which both are hanging from his shoulders.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.


    ¡°How did you know that Satan is there? I can¡¯t find any readings there¡±- A.I. 12


    ¡°Call it intuition. Also Satan is the embodiment of Rage meaning he wants a spectacular field where he can fight us all out. The only probable area is Time Square where the Crystal is.¡±-Riot


    ¡°He¡¯s right; I can feel the rage and a concentrated corrupt mana there.¡±- Magnus


    A.I. 12 was sceptic when Riot deducted the whereabouts the demons but Magnus also sense the demon on that place. A.I. and Riot always didn¡¯t get along or better yet, it was only A.I. who didn¡¯t get along with Riot. She cannot comprehend how Riot always trust his gut feeling and followed it, which always cause her to scold him and in return Riot just ignore him which further angers her. But when it comes to combat, these two is of the best duo you can find. A.I. can fire her weapons without any worry because Riot can adapt to her tactics very easily and can guard her from any enemies that will attack her.


    They then stealthily went to a building before the square to plan a quick assault on Satan. Magnus was regaining his lost mana while Riot was scouting the area. Alpheus and A.I. was discussing the tactics on how to deal with Satan and Lucifer.


    ¡°We have four vermillion daggers left, so we have for chances to stab it through their sigils on their body.¡±- Alpheus


    ¡°From the previous battle, I saw Satan¡¯s sigil glow on his left eye. So while you guys distract Satan, I¡¯ll fire a dagger from here using my rail gun as the medium when he¡¯ll use his demonic magic.¡± - A.I.


    ¡°Can you hit him from here? I mean won¡¯t the dagger be obliterated before it reaches him? You¡¯re using your rail gun as a medium meaning that the only bullet that can handle it is either metal or anything that does not break easily. And as we know, the dagger is made of glass so....?¡± ¨C Alpheus


    The sigil of the seven princes of darkness. A sigil is the signature of ademonand their symbol of dominion over the other demons. Their magic, chaos magic, as the name implies conjure magic unimaginable that can level a mountain in a blink of an eye. With their sigil, they are said to be the strongest demon and fit to lead their armies. Their sigils will light up every time they use their godlike magic, but it is also at that moment when they¡¯re vulnerable which led to the demise of the five princes. With the power of the vermillion dagger, that was said to have the blood of Michael the Protector, they can destroy their sigils and send the demons back to hell permanently.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry; I¡¯ve already calibrated my rail gun so that the dagger can handle the stress from firing. And Magnus already reinforced it with magic so our only worry is how to force Satan to use his Magic.¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°Yeah, as Riot said Satan is the representation of Rage. He¡¯ll mostly rely on his brute strength rather than his magic. So Alpheus, you must beat him to the point he¡¯ll use his magic to counter you.¡± ¨C Magnus


    ¡°Oh, you¡¯ve already replenished your mana? And the way you said it... are you planning on letting me face that demon alone?¡± ¨C Alpheus


    ¡°Actually what Magnus said is correct. It is best that you face him alone so that Riot and Magnus can find Lucifer and distract him. Once we beat Satan, you¡¯ll swap with them and fight with Lucifer so that Riot can look for his sigil while Magnus can send back Satan to hell.¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°Wah.... you guys are demons... I think they still have some vacant seats for their demon generals¡± ¨C Alpheus


    ¡°Hahaha... I¡¯m just kidding although A.I. is serious, I think. You know that we got your back right? Rather I think Riot would be the fore front of the assault. You know how he is.¡± ¨C Magnus


    Magnus smiled wryly while saying that. Of course the rest knew what he meant. Riot would always take the lead whenever they would encounter powerful enemies, much more if it¡¯s a demon. His companions would always ask why he would do that but he would only say that he wants to be the first to punch the enemy. But his close friends knew that he wants to protect his companions whether they were civilians or heroes. The weakest hero protects the other strong heroes, but even then he protects them without fail. But even if he has no powers, the other heroes can never beat him whenever they spar. The other even relied on their powers and weapons but still can¡¯t beat him, that¡¯s why he was called the ¡°Strongest Weakest¡±.


    While they were making plans, Riot came running back. They were baffled as to why Riot was bleeding badly all over his body when he was only scouting the perimeter. Magnus and Alpheus quickly went to Riot to help him.


    ¡°We¡¯ve been spotted. They knew that we were here all along. Lucifer attacked me from behind while I was looking for Satan. I was careless... they¡¯re already coming here.¡± ¨C Riot


    Cold sweats run down from the faces of Magnus and Alpheus. They didn¡¯t expect that the demons would attack first. A.I. went to the front of the entrance and equipped her rail gun looking for any anomaly.


    ¡°I can¡¯t find them... my radars aren¡¯t responding. Magnus come here, maybe you can sense them.¡± ¨C A.I.


    Magnus then left Riot to Alpheus so that he can find the demons. Riot was groaning from pain and Alpheus was tending to his wounds. A.I. was finding a way on how to beat them now that Riot was out for the count. She didn¡¯t know that losing Riot for the big fight would lower the chance of their winning against the demons. She was the brains of the Guardians, leading them to victory. But when faced with an unstoppable enemy which she calculated that they have no chance of winning, Riot would always do the impossible and would always create a chance for their victory. Riot was always an enigma on her calculations. So losing him now paves their path to defeat on this final fight.


    ¡°Magnus cast a 50 meter barrier around this building that can sense those demons. Alpheus tend to Riot¡¯s wound quickly then go collect those big heavy objects so that you can barricade the 2<sup>nd</sup> floor so that they cannot attack us from behind.¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°Roger¡± ¨C Alpheus


    ¡°Ok. Etearc Cinomed Ecneserp Reirrab.¡± ¨C Magnus


    While Magnus was casting the barrier, there was a presence detected on A.I.¡¯s radar. She readied herself for a fight but when she saw the figure that was coming to her field of vision; she knew she made a mistake. After Magnus created the barrier he went pale because he also knew the reason. Both A.I. and Magnus look at each other and understand their predicament.


    Because what A.I. saw outside was Riot barrelling towards them and Magnus detected the demon. The demon was currently being tended by Alpheus.


    ¡°Yloh Thgil¡± - Magnus


    Magnus was silently casting his spell and nodded his head to A.I. as a signal that he was ready. All they needed to do was turn and fight him while they had the upper hand against the demon. But before they could take action, as if the demon read their intensions, it cast an explosion spell destroying the building with them.


    ¡°GloRY tO his mAjesTY!!¡± ¨C Demon


    BOOM!!!


    ¡°NO!!!¡± ¨C Riot

 Prologue 2: The Last Battle

    An hour prior to the explosion...


    ¡°Okay. Riot, I want you to scout the perimeter and find were the remaining princes are while be wary of their minions and if possible kill them without raising some rackets that can suspect them that we are here.¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°...okay...¡± ¨C Riot


    The four heroes entered the city without raising any alarm that can trigger them to be spotted by the enemies. They were very vigilant of their surroundings because if they were caught, all the demons on the city would attack them. The quickest way to defeat them was to defeat their leaders. Once you defeat a prince, all the minions of the prince would also go back to hell. That¡¯s why their mission was to defeat the princes quickly before their minions can gang up on them.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± ¨C Magnus


    But with how they were progressing through the city, Riot was felt something was wrong. Even now, they haven¡¯t encountered a demon. It was as if every demon were gone. But that would be impossible as this was their last castle, not to mention that the Spirit Crystal is implanted here. They knew that the princes are here but what riot could not understand was that where are the other demons hiding?


    ¡°It¡¯s just that... Aside from the sounds of fire burning some meats, it¡¯s very quite. We haven¡¯t found a single demon, it¡¯s like we are walking into a trap... I don¡¯t like this....¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°You¡¯re right. A.I., look for a less conspicuous place that we can hide for a moment. Riot, I¡¯m sorry but recon the area and find out what¡¯s going on.¡± ¨C Alpheus


    ¡°Okay¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Found a place, two blocks from here is a small store that sells watches. With its clanking sound, they would have a hard finding us.¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°Using their hearing perception against them... nice. Wonder who taught you that.¡± ¨C Magnus


    Magnus smirk while looking at Riot, because everybody knows that Riot exploits the weakness of his enemies and use it against them. People would say that it is an underhanded method but it is the most effective way to suppress them. A.I. first hated how Riot would handle his enemies like using the daughter of his enemy as a threat to stop his drug network. Their ideals always clashes but now, with this war, every method is needed to win this.


    Riot just ignored Magnus and separated from them to start his reconnaissance. He started to look inside the buildings one by one to look for clues. Unfortunately, he hasn¡¯t discovered any clues regarding with the demons, but only found bones piled up like a mountain. He can even see bones from children mixed up with it which only made him more vexed.


    ¡®They don¡¯t even spare the little ones huh...¡¯


    Riot was going out of the building but suddenly stopped. Something caught his eye; it was shining dimly as if the light was dying. Riot went to the source and lifted up the wreckage and was surprised.


    ¡®An Angel?¡¯


    It looks like an angel, but unlike the images that can be found from the churches, its wings are pure black. It was as if light was being sucked to its wings.


    ¡®No, it is sucking light.¡¯


    It was sucking the light from Riot¡¯s flashlight. Aside from its wing, its clothes were tattered and were wet with gold.


    ¡®Gold? Is it Ichors? It¡¯s a god?¡¯


    That was the only explanation that can be deduced from it. Riot quickly pulled it outside from the debris that crushed it and quickly tended it. He saw the face of the god and found that its face is a bull. It has golden horns that pointed upwards to the sky and can clearly impale a human being with a flick from his head. The god was still alive but was out cold. Riot quickly mended the wounds from his body, the god was barely hanging but Riot knew that this god was the key for their victory. He needed the god¡¯s help to win this war; he was mending the god¡¯s wrecked arm when he found the source of light that he saw earlier. The god was holding it tightly as if it was more important than his life. Riot slowly pulled it out and investigated it.


    ¡®A glowing stone? Why would a god protect this stone more than its life? Or better yet, who can do damage to the point of dying to this one?¡¯


    As Riot was concentrating ogling the stone, the god suddenly woke up and grabbed Riot¡¯s arm. Riot hadn¡¯t reacted properly due to his investigation and the inhuman speed of the god. The god pulled Riot¡¯s hand and faced him.


    ¡°Human, I thank you for helping me. I am the heaven¡¯s gatekeeper, Tao¡¯gul. I know you have a lot of questions but I need to have the gem in your hand. I don¡¯t have a lot of time to explain but I am asking you to trust me¡±


    The god¡¯s mouth wasn¡¯t moving, it seems to be speaking telepathically. He seems to be talking about the rock that Riot was holding. Riot was unable to speak due to the god¡¯s eye that seems to looking through his soul. But Riot trusted his gut and handed the rock to the god.


    ¡°Good. Looks like we have the same mission Riot, don¡¯t look at me like that. I¡¯m still a god you know. I can see a person¡¯s life through his soul. And from what I can see in your past, you¡¯re no different from the demons that you have fought, but you have been trying your best to correct the wrong .Unlike your brothers, you have a moral - a code, and that¡¯s what have brought you back from humanity.¡±


    Riot was read like an open book. He was angry because he was trying his best to hide his past, his mistakes and had been repenting. He knew that it was not the god¡¯s fault but he has no one to blame on except what was right in front of him.


    ¡°What the fuc----!!! The Spirit Crystal!¡± ¨C Riot


    What the god was holding was not a rock, but the Spirit Crystal. It was covered in thick crust so it looked like a rock. But what Riot was perplexed about isn¡¯t that it was covered in crust, but its size. The Spirit Crystal he saw on the briefing was as big as a cell phone, but what was in front of him was as small as a pebble.


    ¡°You have good eyes little one, this is the true Spirit Crystal. The Spirit Crystal in Earth was a decoy or better yet a bomb. It would take time to explain so allow me to do this...¡±


    The god put his finger on Riot¡¯s forehead and various images where being put inside his head.


    <hr>


    He saw that the god, Tao¡¯gul, was leading the Heaven¡¯s Gate Army to Hell. His mission was to take back the real Spirit Crystal and if possible to defeat the God of hell. The war between the Heaven¡¯s Army against the Hell¡¯s Army was bloody and Brutal. Angels were massacred, impaled or was drag to the hell fire where they would be born for all eternity. The demons were purged but would be quickly replaced by other demons. The Heaven¡¯s army were clearly losing until Tao¡¯gul cast a spell where all the demons from hundreds of miles away were turned to ashes.


    ¡°Rupture!¡± ¨C Tao¡¯gul


    The surviving Angels quickly retrieve the Spirit Crystal and were supposed to retreat but the Hell¡¯s exit was block by single man. It was the god of Hell. Nobody knows his name but he was even stronger and crueller than his sons.


    *Snap*


    ¡°Gyaaaa!!!!!!¡±


    ¡°Mercyyyyy!!!!¡±


    The Angels rushed forward to attack him but in the blink of an eye, they were bind with thorns. The thorns were moving fast forward as if it was a chainsaw. The screams of the Angels were heartbreaking, the god of hell knew that the thorns won¡¯t kill or decapitate them but it was enough to make them scream for mercy. The god of hell smiled, he was clearly pleased to see the agonizing faces of his enemy. He was walking slowly to Tao¡¯gul as if he was walking in the park and enjoying the view. Tao¡¯gul was trying to find a way to get out from the binds, but clearly had nothing.


    ¡°GIVE ME THE STONE GUARDIAN, THIS FIGHT BORES ME... GUBE ME THE STONE AND I SWEAR TO LET YOU AND YOUR ARMY LEAVE¡±


    His voice was loud but had power, clearly a primordial being. His voice alone can make the Heaven¡¯s Army cower in fear. Beads of sweats were dripping from Tao¡¯gul¡¯s body as he was clearly afraid. He cannot control his body as if it was someone else¡¯s body. His hand was slowly handing the stone to the God of Hell. He was resisting until the bitter end but clearly it was a fool¡¯s hope. As he was giving up his hope, his adjutant tore out his hands from the thorn and quickly cast a spell.


    ¡°1<sup>st</sup> trumpet of Michael, Innocent¡¯s Light!¡±


    ROAR!!!!!


    There was suddenly a light that flashed from the adjutant¡¯s body that blinded the god and burned the thorns away. It was a strong spell that can even hurt a primordial being but was a forbidden spell. Because the cost of it was that the spirit of the caster would burn, ergo cannot be revived or be reincarnated, it was the extinction of the being. The Adjutant¡¯s body disintegrated and because of his sacrifice the angels can escape.


    ¡°Run!¡± ¨C Tao¡¯gul


    But it was as if their candle of hope was poured by a bucket of water, the Demon God was already recovered and was again in front of them. He was clearly pissed of the spell and was killing them one by one.


    FOOLS! I WILL KILL TORTURE YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY FOR WHAT YOU¡¯VE DONE!


    He raised his right hand and shadows were moving towards it. The demon god was clearly enraged because he was hurt. He was letting anger control him that he didn¡¯t notice that the angels were preparing spell to counter him.


    ¡°Captain! He¡¯s preparing for a spell! Return with the Crystal, we¡¯ll hold him off until you can escape!¡±


    ¡°1<sup>st</sup> trumpet of Michael, Innocent¡¯s Light!¡± ¨C Angel 1


    ¡°1<sup>st</sup> trumpet of Michael, Innocent¡¯s Light!¡± ¨C Angel 2


    ROAR!!!!!!


    The soldier sacrificed their lives so that Tao¡¯gul can escape. Seeing their convictions, Tao¡¯gul just nodded and bolted out of Hell.


    ¡°1<sup>st</sup> trumpet of Michael, Innocent¡¯s Light!¡± ¨C Angel 3


    ROAR!!! COME BACK HERE COWARD!


    The hand of the demon god quickly stretches towards Tao¡¯gul. It almost reached him but his other adjutant blocks it way and was impaled in the stomach. The hand was still stretching but his adjutant holds it off.


    ¡°Guh... Captain, we won... 1<sup>st</sup> trumpet of Michael, Innocent¡¯s Light!¡± ¨C Adjutant 2


    RAA!!!


    The demons god¡¯s arm was burned to a crisp. He was badly hurt because all the angels performed the forbidden spell. With the sacrifice of his friends, he escaped hell and flew off to heaven. But due to his injuries and loss of blood, he fainted just before the Gates of Heaven and fell to this mall.


    <hr>


    ¡°So that¡¯s why no angel came to help us... we thought we were abandoned by you guys. Clearly we were mistaken.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°No worries little one. We, divines, can¡¯t be involved with the affairs of the mortals. But from your experiences, you¡¯ve already battled the so called gods and some cosmic beings. As you see, they tend to rule with an iron fist ¨C a tyrant if you may. That¡¯s why we from heavens are bound not to involve ourselves with the mortals. But from time to time, we guide from the correct paths.¡±


    As the god was explaining, Riot felt some presences and urged the god to be quite. He quickly went to the source and found out that some demons were marching towards a place that made his spine cold. It was towards his companions...


    ¡°Be quick you fools! Lucifer is already there! I want some of the actions before he ends it¡± - ?


    Riot saw the figure who was speaking. It was as a four meter tall red demon. It had the body of a steroid bull and his legs clearly imitated the legs of a goat. It also had broken bat wings that acted as though it was his cape. And was holding a giant slab of metal that cannot be called a sword. But Riot knew it was a sword, he saw dozens of heroes and soldiers mowed down with it. He had four horns that were curling like a mountain goat, but one of his horns was broken due to recent events. It was the representative of rage, war and anger. It was Satan.


    ¡°I hope that bastard is still alive, I would make him my pet and let him watch as the world burn. He broke my horn, I¡¯ll break his world. Hahahaha!!!¡± ¨C Satan


    Satan laughs maniacally as he remembered the embarrassment that he felt when he was forced to retreat and watched a figure that was holding his horn up to the sky as if it was a trophy. The horns which was the pride of the demons, was being displayed as an achievement of the humans. It would become human¡¯s symbol of hope and faith that they can beat the evil forces. His horn would be the symbol, what a shame was brought to his kin. He will never forgive him, the one who wore a riot gasmask while holding his horn.


    ¡®Damn. He¡¯s still sour about that huh...¡¯


    Yes, it was none other than Riot who humiliated Satan. He shot an AP shell to him while he was being distracted by the other heroes he fought. You could say that it was a lucky shot. He was aiming for Satan¡¯s body to assist the others, but the shell diverted and hit his horn.


    The demons are converging to where his companions are. He needs to warn them about the ambush, but he hesitated.


    It was because Satan is right under his nose, completely unaware that he was there. He has his butterfly knife which was made from the metal from a dying sun and was also tempered with the blood of Michael the Protector. He also had flash grenades that can temporarily blind them and lastly, a god. This was a perfect condition to ambush and defeat Satan.


    But he needs to have the cooperation of the god first. The god clearly said that he won¡¯t involve on this war. Riot needs to find a loophole on this dilemma. This is a good opportunity to beat a demon without any lives being sacrificed.


    ¡°Tao¡¯gul I need your help, my friends will be killed if we can¡¯t beat that demon over there.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°I told you little one that I will not involve myself with this one. I need to send this stone to Heaven and cleanse the world back to from this evil aura that¡¯s eating its core. Even if I do help you, as you can see, I¡¯m battered and bruised. I can¡¯t fight on equal grounds with him. All I can do is pinning him down for a couple of seconds.¡±


    The god clearly won¡¯t help him. Riot was clearly frustrated with this god, as the god would only follow his prior mission without batting an eye with the people who needs its help the most.


    As the god was slowly standing, Riot came up with a plan to make the god fight with him. He knows this was a long shot, but this was the only thing he can come up with in this short amount of time. He breathes deeply and faced the god.


    ¡®Here goes nothing¡¯


    ¡°Tao¡¯gul. You think you can escape from Earth that easily?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°You dare? I will cru-¡°


    ¡°Now now... I wasn¡¯t implying that I will hinder you. We have a common enemy, the demons, mind you. But what I was implying is that the Demon God would contact them, the remaining princes, shortly and would instead target you for the crystal. And as you told me earlier, you can¡¯t even fight them with you present state. As we can see here, Satan is still targeting us heroes meaning that the Demon God is still being distracted with the remnants of your army. If we can beat Satan before he can comprehend what¡¯s happening, you can easily go back to Heaven while we, heroes, will distract Lucifer and his Army... I give you my word.¡± ¨C Riot


    The god looked deeply in Riot¡¯s eyes. He saw faith, hope and conviction that these would succeed. He saw that he will not betray him and would keep his promise even if he dies trying. He was amused that a mortal would make a deal with a god, demanding him to fight, without cowering back from him.


    ¡°Hmmm... very well, I will help you with this endeavour. But how, might I ask, will you beat him?¡±


    ¡°All I need is the right timing. Just one spell from him, to light up his sigil, I will destroy it with this blade that has Michael¡¯s blood.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Just his blood? That would only send them back to hell. Let me see all you weapons.¡±


    The god was amused on how Riot would defeat Satan proudly. It was like a child that was telling his parents that he gave food to a beggar, cute but that won¡¯t solve the problem.


    Riot was confused, but he did what the god told him and laid his entire arsenal on the floor; his knife, the grenades, and the guns. The god looked at it for a moment then looked back to Riot.


    ¡°Judging from your memories, this would be the perfect weapons for you in the past. But when you changed, didn¡¯t you use your fist and a stick? What was its name hmm...¡±


    ¡°Eskrima Sticks? As you can see, we¡¯re battling demons that are impervious to bullets unless you use an armour piercing bullet that can pierce a tank. So what good would a stick do against them?¡± ¨C Riot


    What Riot said was true. Demons had a very hard skins, it took a whole magazine of a dessert eagle just enough to make a scratch. The only way to pierce them is by using an AP rounds which they upgraded the weapons of the military so that they can fight back.


    ¡°Is that so? Well don¡¯t worry I will give you some ¡°blessings¡± and have an edge against them.¡±


    ~Fhar Urnot Chro Khef Yasu Oti Uhrn!~


    Tao¡¯gul cast his spell to the weapons then white light particles appeared from his hands and are slowly approaching to Riot¡¯s weapons. It was like looking at snowflakes falling to the ground, it¡¯s has warm feeling when you look at it. The light particles did not stop at the weapons; it also went and swarms Riot. Not only Riot was surprised at this but also the god who casted the spell.


    ¡°Houh... never had I seen that Blessings of the Spirit Armament took a liking to an organic being. It would only ignore us, organic, and attach themselves to weapons. The stronger the weapon, the more of them attached to it. To think it would attach itself to you, a human... a first for everything, they say. Well, this was truly unexpected, but with this, we can beat them for sure¡±


    Riot did not understand what the god was talking about; he was still distracted by the lights that are currently buzzing around him. When the lights dimmed out and disappeared, he saw that not only his arsenals are gone but also his clothes. He was totally naked. Perplexed, he glared at the god but the god did not mind him. The god was looking at him like he was a new species that was just discovered.


    ¡°Oi, what the fuck happened?! Where are my gears? And why are you staring at me like an idiot?!¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Hmmph... Fool, I¡¯ll forgive for the last remark you made. Do not worry, for all your weapons are here.¡±


    The god stretched his hand towards Riot and opened his hand. What was there was a silver coloured ring. Riot slowly took it and stared at it keenly. It was a ring with no stones or gems encrusted to it. But has a wave like pattern engraved to it. When you look at it closely, the waves are letters that are slowly engraved to it. No, not just letter but sentences. Even though it is plain when you looked at it, it was still elegant and has a regal aura surrounding it. Riot knew well this ring, because another ring, but a little bit smaller, that has the same features as the he¡¯s looking at right now. It is currently hanging on his neck.


    ¡®My engagement ring...¡¯


    Riot was dumbfounded; he knew that his ring was destroyed in a battle in the past. He remembered it clearly falling to the lava when his enemy tried to grab him but missed and grabbed his necklace. The rings flew and Riot hurriedly catches the rings before it fell through the lava. But he only managed to save one, the other one was slowly melting on the surface of the lava and the only thing he can do is watched it as it slowly disappears from the Earth.


    ¡°H-how?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°It manifests the user¡¯s most desired object. Enough about that, try wearing it.¡±


    Riot wore it and smiled wryly.


    ¡®Never thought that I would wear this ring again.¡¯


    Suddenly, his body was quickly wrapped with black liquid coming from the ring. He didn¡¯t have time to react as he felt no harm from it. After the black liquid wrapped itself on Riot, it formed to his uniform that he was wearing a while ago. He touched the fabric and quickly knew that it was sturdy enough to take a bullet and it will not tear. Even his bulletproof armour was melded to the suit. His suit felt brand new, what¡¯s more surprising is that it felt comfortable and light.


    ¡®It is much lighter than before. It¡¯s like I¡¯m not wearing the 4 kilo body armour a while ago. But where are my weapons? Where¡¯s my knife?¡¯


    As soon as Riot thought of his knife, white particles coming out from the ring quickly formed on his hand and his knife was there. But something was different; when he opened his knife, the blade was glowing red; it was like power was overflowing from the blade and was leaking out. He quickly closed the blade and the blade disappeared from his hand. He tried thinking of his guns, and it quickly conjured on his hands. The guns still had the same form, but the body was made out of gray smoke and white lines were forming on the guns. It was like the white line was a circuit that keeps the gray smoke form the gun. Riot then released it and it disappeared in thin air.


    ¡°To think that you can master it quickly, it is truly outstanding! Even the warriors in Heaven needs at least 50 years in Human time to just conjure one weapon and mental concentration to keep the weapon from disappearing. But for you to quickly conjure and change the weapons as if it was nothing. Truly fascinating! No wondered the spirits like you. Are you really a human?¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s with that question? Of course I am. Enough with the enquiry, we have been wasting time as it is. Can I harm Satan and send him back to hell with these weapons?¡±


    ¡°It will harm him, but it will not send him back to hell¡±


    ¡°What the?! Then how am I supposed to send him back?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Let me finish little one. It will not send him back to hell because with these, you can end his life permanently. It not only has the blood of Michael, but also the other six¡¯s blood. To ordinary people, it will harm them like real weapons, but to divine beings it would be poisonous. Much more to a demon, it would obliterate them from this realm permanently.¡±


    That left Riot speechless, they never thought that they can kill a demon but to only send them back to hell. He was pissed because not only they were given only ten vermillion blades that can only send the demon leaders back to hell, but also they were left to fend for themselves without other aids from Heaven. Many lives were lost on this war and if only they were given with these weapons earlier, they could have defeated them sooner and fewer humans would die from this war.


    But Riot knew that it is all in the past. They cannot rewrite history, they can only move forward and carry on for a brighter future. He also knew that the gods were also on war with the Devils on the other plane field. He breathes deeply to control his emotions that is currently in turmoil and looked at the god.


    ¡°Hou hou... So you¡¯re not angry? And I thought you would lash out like a child with tantrums. But looks like you understand that everything is not black and white. So again, how will you beat him now with your current power?¡±


    Riot just smiled at him and all his weapons were suddenly equipped like it was normal. The god was surprised because this was clearly no normal. He knew that Riot mastered the Spirit Armament but it was never recorded in the books in Heaven that they can equipped all weapons at once. Most that they could do is changed the weapons quickly. The god was clearly curious to the Origins of the human called Riot.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about the details and just watch. But before that I need a favour, just a tiny small spell.¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot told the god his favour and went away preparing for his ambush. He did not wait for the god¡¯s response as Satan is now outside of the building where they were.


    ¡°Hurry up! He is almost within my reach! I¡¯ll bathe the road with his blood once we¡¯re done with this world. I can almost smell him! Hahahahaha!! Hmm? Wait, I do smell hi¡ª¡°¨C Satan


    ¡°Silent Dome¡±


    BOOM!!!


    *FLASH!!!*


    Before Satan could comprehend the situation, Tao¡¯gul casted a barrier spell that would not allow sounds coming out from the dome. Correspondingly, Riot tossed an H.E. and Flash grenades towards the demon army. This was only because the demons had eyes like a hawk that can see almost anything from a mile and ears that can hear even the sound of a dropped pin. With their heightened perceptions, they can resist ambushes and destroy their enemies with ease in the dark. The grenades can barley damages them, but with the sudden flash of light and explosive sounds that rob them from their sights and hearings, they are open to any attacks.


    ¡°Gyaahhh!!!!¡±


    ¡°Grooouh¡±


    ¡°It burns!¡±


    ¡°Gah! Who dares to attack me with these underhanded methods?!¡± ¨C Satan


    Unlike before, the grenades were only good for distraction. But never did Riot thought that he would see countless of demons blown away and were rolling in the ground burned from white fire. His surprised reaction was only a second because with this kind of an opening, he materialized his CZ Scorpion EVO3 S1 Pistol and shoots Satan, who was currently burning in pain from the white fire.


    *BRATATATATATATATA!!!*


    ¡°Guah! It hurts you fucking human!¡± ¨C Satan


    Satan was filled with holes but he immediately hid himself using his giant sword as a shield. Riot then proceeded to kill the other demons that were recovering from the commotion and took another flash grenade and throws it to their direction.


    *FLASH*


    ¡°¡±¡°Graaaaahhhhhh!¡±¡±¡±


    *BRATATATATATATATA!!!*


    Countless of demons were screaming from the white light that escaped from the grenade. It disintegrated those who were near it and left the others blind and confuse. It was the first time that riot saw the demons in fear because of helplessness; this elated him more as demons fell from his bullet and reduces to ash permanently. He did not confront Satan yet as he wished to kill the minions first as if to offer them to his fallen comrades.


    Only Satan, who was hiding behind his sword, was left from the massacre. Riot advances to the sword, guns ready, and jumps to the other side of it pointing his gun to the demon. But unfortunately, it was just a minor demon who was cowering in fear in front of him. The demon crawled back away from him, hoping to escape from the carnage that had happen. But alas, Riot kicked him in the stomach and puked blood from his mouth.


    ¡®Not only had my weapons had an upgrade but looks like also my gears huh...¡¯


    Even Alpheus, the strongest man in the world, can only make a demon bleeds if he punched through the cracked skin of it. It usually takes Alpheus at least two heavy punches to crack the demon¡¯s skin and one straight punch to make them bleed. But Riot, as of now, only kicked him and it made the demon bleed. With the blessing from the god, his kicks and punches ignore the armour and directly damages the core of the demon.


    The demon begged for his life as he was holding his stomach. Riot never this side of the demon. It usually the humans who begged for their lives while the demons laugh and kill them. With the situation swapped and seeing a demon like this, Riot smiled under his mask.


    ¡°Pathetic¡± - Riot


    ¡°Merc¡ª¡°


    *BANG!!*


    Riot looked at the sword while ignoring the demon that was dying slowly. He purposely shot him near the throat, which only tore a fracture of the wind pipe. So that every time the demon breaths for air, it will only let its blood flow out and suffocates him. This was a form of death sentence he learned from his past; it was whether the victims die from suffocation or from the loss of blood first. Truly a cruel method for killing a human, but this was a demon that ravages their land and destroyed countless lives.


    ¡®You deserved that.¡¯


    Riot looked at the giant sword and grimaced as he remembered the countless victims it took. He decided to destroy the sword so that it would be easier to beat Satan. But hesitated, something is telling him to touch the damned weapon. He knew that he should always trust his instinct that¡¯s telling him to keep away from the sword and destroy it. But his body is drawn closer to the sword as if it¡¯s calling to him. His hand teaches to touch the sword but before he can touch it, the ring glowed at countless of small lights surrounding him and the ring rushes to the sword and engulfed it. Once the light died out, the sword was gone.


    ¡®Where did it go? Or better yet where is Satan? I must not distract myself from every little thing like this. I can sense him but his presence is everywhere. If only that stupid god would help me, this would have been over sooner. Hmmm... Let¡¯s try provoking that bastard.¡¯


    ¡°Is this how the demon who boasted to have fallen countless of warriors does? To hide under the dirt? How ironic it is that the epitome of rage would cower from a mere human. Hahahaha¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡®...Easy¡¯


    Suddenly, a massive force hit Riot. It was none other than Satan. He was seething with rage as he watched the figure twisting in the air and lands perfectly. Riot jumped before Satan could hit him and used the demon¡¯s body as a step and jumps backed away from him. Riot then aims the guns at the demon, but before he could pull the trigger the demon roars at him. This made his back cold as the fear is crawling through his body.


    The demon smiled until he saw the figure of his assailant. It was a human who wore a dark sleeved-shirt with a bulletproof vest melded to it. He also wore a dark camo pants with gloves and boots to match his attire. He looked like a commando whose specialty is to infiltrate an enemy base at night and burn it to the ground. But what the demon was more concentrating on was the mask that the figure was wearing. It was a black gas mask with dark tinted lens that will have you a hard time looking through it. It was also the same mask that fired the damn weapon that blew of his horn. It was his most hated enemy.


    ¡°YOU!! I WILL KILL YOU!!! RAAAAGGHHH!!!!¡± ¨C Satan


    The demon lunges to him at a speed unimaginable. Fortunately, Riot leaps away before Satan lunges. Satan was standing were Riot was before; he looked for him and saw that he was currently crouching. This made him happy as he saw the figure of the ant grovelling before his might. He walked slowly to where Riot was.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    ¡°Fool, cower at the sight of Sat*crunch*an. Huh? Basta¡ª¡± ¨C Satan


    *FLASH!!!*


    *BOOOM!!*


    ¡°URaaAGHH!!¡± ¨C Satan


    Unfortunately for him, Riot left a lot of H.E. and Flash bangs on where he was standing before. The Demon took all the damages from the blast and was currently agonizing that he didn¡¯t realized that Riot was aiming his guns at him.


    *BRATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!!!!!!*


    Riot fired all the bullets inside the gun towards the demon that was like dancing with the white fire. He fired continuously until dust was covering the area where the demon was.


    ¡°To thinks this blessing was this great. Bullets never run out and the grenades keeps refilling. No wonder those guys from heaven doesn¡¯t interfere with us. With this kind of power, you can dominate a country with these.¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot was waiting for the dust to clear out while marvelling at his new upgrades. Even though he was looking at his weapons, he was on constant vigilant on where Satan was supposed to be. But even before the dust could settle, a figure walk out of the dust.


    ¡®He¡¯s not a boss for nothing. He¡¯s a tough bastard, I give him that.¡¯


    What he saw from the dust was a demon that¡¯s walking slowly to him. The Demon¡¯s wings were torn off; clearly it was used as a shield from the rain of bullets. His face was not smiling like before; it was calmly looking at Riot as a proper opponent not like before. His sigil on his left eye was glowing, ready to fire of a spell that can obliterate an army within a second.


    ¡®Looks like he¡¯s serious... Let¡¯s defeat him before he fires that off. Huh?¡¯


    Lines that are glowing red from Satan¡¯s left eye are running throughout his massive body. It went through the wounds, healing and closing it. The lines stooped to his arms and feet, while covering his body. It looked like an armour made from countless of tribal tattoos covering from head to foot.


    ¡°Human, tell me your name.¡± ¨C Satan


    ¡°... I don¡¯t have a name. People called me in the past T.S. 16, while in the present it¡¯s Marcus Salazar. But people knew me most as ¡°Riot¡±. Does that satisfy your question?¡±


    Riot answered the demon honestly. He doesn¡¯t know why, but as he saw his eyes he knew this would be their last conversation. Every time Riot fought an enemy, he would always talk to them. He wanted to know their past, the reason why they did what they did. In the end of the fight, he felt closer to his enemies as if they were his friends. He sometimes visits them from prison and would just talk to them. He also wants to know the enemy right in front of him now.


    ¡°... You¡¯re weird. Most enemy would just attack right away when an opening is right in front of them. But you waited for me to finish my transformation. As a gift, if you beat me... I¡¯ll tell you where Lucifer is. Not like you can beat me. HAHAHAHA!!¡± ¨C Satan


    ¡°....¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°What?¡± ¨C Satan


    ¡°...Why are you doing this?¡± ¨C Riot


    Satan only tilted his when he heard the question. He never thought that the human right in front of still talk to him. He looked through the eyes of the man right in front of him and saw that he was really genuinely curious as to why they attacked them. Satan thought for a moment, and laughed.


    ¡°HAHAHA! Truly a bizarre being you are! Well, I will tell you... we are beings that feed on the negativities on your world. With all the wars, famines, rapes and all the unspeakable things done here, we feed on it. It made us stronger by the day and every second, demons are being born from the miasma that was collected on earth. With that in mind, our god ordered us to wipe your pathetic race out and burn your world. Hahahaha!¡± ¨C Satan


    ¡°... Is that so... looks like it can¡¯t be helped huh..¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot readies his knife on his right hand and took position.


    ¡°... Yes, this is the way it¡¯s gonna be.¡±


    Black flames covered both hands of Satan and also took position.


    ¡°Be thankful, Riot high-human, as you have now witnessed my true form!¡± ¨C Satan


    As Satan ended his speech, both of the jumped towards each other. Satan threw a punch towards Riot, but missed.


    Riot twisted his body to avoid the punch and ran through the left side of the demon to slash its unguarded body. But the demon also avoided the quick slash and back swiped Riot using his massive left hand. Fortunately, Riot jumped out of the way before the hand swiped at him; and he quickly threw some flash bangs towards Satan.


    *FLA¡ª*


    ¡°Raghh!¡± ¨C Satan


    But Satan seize the grenades in his hand before it flashes and crushed it. Smoke was rising from his already burning hand. He looked at Riot angrily and charge towards him heads first. With an inhumane speed plus a combination of his nasty horns, Riot would die instantly if he took it head on.


    Riot knew that no amount of bullets would stop the demon charging to him. So he sidesteps, dodging by a hair¡¯s breath, and jumped to the demon¡¯s back. He quickly stabs Satan multiple times by the neck, and jumped down before the demon¡¯s burning arm would reach him.


    ¡°RAWR!! Burn!!!¡± ¨C Satan


    The demon bellowed in pain but clearly those wounds won¡¯t kill him. The demon stomped his hoof on the ground and cracks coming from it and was spreading. The cracks then spew out flames higher than a two-story building.


    ¡°Tch¡± ¨C Riot


    With the grounds burning and is still spreading, he knew that he needed to quickly defeat the demon before the fire destroys the barrier. Riot jumped towards Satan throwing H.E. and flash bangs at him.


    ¡°This trick won¡¯t work on me twice!¡± ¨C Satan


    Before Satan could grab the grenades, Riot shoots the airborne grenades to let it explode prematurely.


    *BOOOM!!*


    *FLASH!!*


    ¡°RAAGH!¡± ¨C Satan


    Satan¡¯s arms were completely destroyed by the explosion, but he closed his eyes as not to be blinded by the light. But that was a huge mistake for his part as Riot saw that as an opportunity. Before Satan¡¯s arm could regenerate, Riot runs towards Satan rapidly before the window of opportunity would close. As he was almost nearing Satan, he jumped with all his might.


    When Satan opened his eyes, he saw that the human was not where he was standing recently anymore. He felt a presence above him and looked up. He saw the human was holding a crimson knife glowing fiercely, just before him. He tried to escape but his feet gave up, clearly the result of the punishment from the earlier damages. He can only looked up and smile.


    ¡®Ah... So this is how it feels to be in despair. I¡¯m sorry father...¡¯ - Satan


    *STAB*


    Riot stabbed the knife through the left eye and destroyed the sigil. He then pulled away the knife and did an acrobatic jumped away from the demon. Once Riot lands, as if by coincidence, the body of the demon also collapsed to the ground. Riot walked towards the demon and looked at the ashes of his body as it was slowly carried by the wind.


    ¡°...¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°... Heh, beaten by a human... as promised, I¡¯ll tell you were Lucifer is. He¡¯s with your companions.. hehehe¡± ¨C Satan


    ¡°Wha-?! How?!¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot was shocked to his core with what the demon told him. They never felt any presence coming from Lucifer when they came to the city. They were extremely cautious as they entered.


    ¡°Hahahaha... Unlike us, his brothers, he uses his brains. He watched *cough* you guys from the very beginning. He tampered with you magicians magic so that he can be near you guys. When he saw you walked away, he told me where you are to kill you... *cough* ...but looks like we didn¡¯t anticipated that you would have a divine weapon*cough*.¡± ¨C Satan


    Riot then quickly ran towards his companions as he heard an eerie laughter from his back. He run with all his might towards the building and saw A.I. and Magnus on the door. He was relieved as he saw that his companions are still okay. But as he ran to them, an explosion occurred inside the building taking it out along with his companion.


    *BOOM!!*


    ¡°NO!¡± ¨C Riot


    As the building collapses, Riot was standing there stunned. He saw himself, clearly a copying-type demon, there and exploded. He then felt the presence of countless demons emerging throughout the vicinity approaching to him. The previous scene almost destroyed his bearings and reasoning as he saw his companions were caught in the explosion.


    But he had a mission to finish; he still needs to kill the last prince and find a way to defuse the fake crystal. He calmly walk towards the incoming demons and threw flash bangs right in front of them.


    *FLASH*


    ¡°¡±¡±UGYAAAHHHH¡±¡±¡±


    *BRATATATATATATATATA!!!*


    He then rained them with bullets as he looks for Lucifer. Countless of demons turned to dust as they ate every bullet that came out from Riot¡¯s guns.


    ¡°Spread out and encircle him! Once he reloads, charge at him all at once!¡± ¨C Lucifer


    Unlike the other princes, Lucifer¡¯s demon would follow his instruction to a T; making his demon army the most efficient at frontal wars. Many battalions fell under his tactics. But what¡¯s more scary is that his army also has spell casters that can destroy a tank with a single fireball.


    ¡°¡±¡±Fireball¡±¡±¡±


    *BOOM!* *BAM!* *BOOOM!*


    Countless of fires were raining down on Riot as he tries to dodge all of them. But even when dodging, he¡¯s still squeezing the trigger and kept killing demons without fail. Every time Riot lands from jumping, he then jumps to another area as fireballs explode where he was. If he even stops for a moment to catch a breath, he would likely be hit by that fireball.


    ¡°Kill that bastard! He killed my brother, Satan, so kill him and we¡¯ll make him suffer in hell for all eternity¡± ¨C Lucifer


    Beads of sweats drip down on Riot¡¯s as he saw Lucifer chanting a huge spell. He can¡¯t break the spell with these demons blocking his way to Lucifer. As he was thinking of a plan while dodging the spells from the magic caster, he didn¡¯t notice a rock when he stepped back and fell on the ground. Without time to recover, a huge demon with a giant club strikes at him at an alarming speed.


    ¡°Stlob fo Erif!¡± ¨C Magnus


    ¡°Targets lock. Commencing bombardment!!¡± ¨C A.I.


    *BOOM!* *FISSSS* *BAM!!*


    ¡°¡°GrahhHHh!¡±¡° ¨C Demons


    Volleys of huge fireballs and missiles rains down on the demons; causing panic and mayhem among themselves. Unlike Riot¡¯s attacks earlier, only a few died from this surprise attack. But with this ambush, it opened a path to Lucifer.


    ¡°Calm down fools! Form ran¡ª¡°¨C Lucifer


    *POW!!!*


    ¡°GUAH!!¡± ¨C Lucifer


    Before Lucifer can finish his order, Alpheus charged and struck him with a powerful punch that it broke the sound barrier itself. The demon flew straight through countless of walls, destroying half of the city.


    ¡°That felt good! You alright? ¡°¨C Alpheus


    Alpheus smiled wryly and lend a hand to the sitting Riot. Riot just sat there confused, he didn¡¯t see them escaped the building. He knew that the explosion could even kill the near indestructible Alpheus.


    ¡°More than that, how did you escaped? I saw the explosion, wh¡ª¡° ¨C Riot


    ¡°Now now, it was a ¡°Divine Intervention¡± if I do say so myself. I thought that we would die, but when it exploded... poof! And we were inside a gold bubble and survived. I tried different spells to get us out but to no avail. The spell were so powerful tha¡ª¡° ¨C Magnus


    ¡°You men can talk later; he¡¯s coming back and fast. Magnus cast a freezing spell to counter his fire spells. And then cast a binding spell to slow down his movement.¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°Okay.¡± ¨C Magnus


    ¡°Alpheus, take care of Lucifer. You''re clearly his target right now; he¡¯s blinded with anger so he¡¯ll be careless. Force him to cast a spell, I didn¡¯t locate his stigma so let him cast his spell again.¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°Uwahh.. Cold-hearted demon...¡± ¨C Alpheus


    *Sound of guns cocking*


    ¡°What was that?¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°Nothing!!! I said I¡¯ll be going now!¡±


    *WOOOSH!*


    ¡°Ardnut Dlrow!¡± ¨C Magnus


    ¡°RAAAHH!¡± ¨C Alpheus


    *WHAM!* *CRASH!*


    Magnus casted his spell immediately, the whole city was covered with snow and the ground turned into ice. This led to the demons charging to them to lose their balance when their feet steps on the ice. Lucifer also suffered the same fate as his army when he charged at them; but before he can regain his balance, Alpheus charges straight to his body. The collision was so strong that the surrounding demons flew from the ground when the two bodies collided. It was like a bomb just detonated at the area and the surroundings got obliterated.


    ¡°You insects were supposed to be dead! You should be thankful for the quick deaths I gave you. But now suff¡ª¡° ¨C Lucifer


    *BAMM!*


    ¡°GUAHHH!¡± ¨C Lucifer


    ¡°Enough talking, more action demon!¡± ¨C Alpheus


    ¡°FUCKER!!¡± ¨C Lucifer


    ¡°Thgil Sniahc!¡± ¡°Ortsa Tlob!¡± ¨C Magnus


    *BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!*


    ¡°GRAAHHH! I¡¯LL KILL YOU!!!¡± ¨C Lucifer


    Lucifer was currently being handled by the two heroes. But the other demons are slowly recovering from the spell that Magnus did and was slowly striding to their master to assist him.


    ¡°The two can handle the leader; we need to support them by not letting the minions interfere the battle. We¡¯ll hold the line as much as we can until the two can force Lucifer to cast a spell.¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°...Okay, but why not join them so that we can end this quickly?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°An all or nothing huh... No, we can¡¯t. I¡¯ll not make any unnecessary sacrifices in this battle. I almost let my team died due to my carelessness; I won¡¯t make the same mistake again.¡± ¨CA.I.


    ¡°...Hmmm, okay. We¡¯ll just need to wipe out these small fries before we can help them right?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°...Yes, but ho¡ª¡° ¨CA.I.


    ¡° That¡¯s good for me!¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°H-hey! Wait!!¡± ¨C A.I.


    Riot immediately charged, guns ready, before A.I. can stop him. There were at most 40 demons left and were running towards him.


    ¡®Fools... Never learn do you?¡¯


    Riot threw loads of flash bangs above them, and the demons just looked up on the objects that were on the air.


    *FLASH*


    ¡°¡±¡±GYAAAAAAHHHHH!!!¡±¡±¡± - Demons


    ¡®Bunch of idiots, it makes me wonder how we were almost annihilated by them¡¯


    The demons were almost wiped out immediately by the grenades. But some of them survived like a bad weed that will not die no matter how they pull it from the ground. Riot then aimed his guns towards the surviving demons and squeezes the trigger.


    *BRATATATATATA!!!*


    A.I. was just standing there in awe as she saw the demon army was destroyed. Riot did not just defeat them but it was a one-sided massacre. The demons can¡¯t do anything as they were riddled with bullets from their enemy.


    After the short scrimmage, Riot walked back to where A.I. was and smiled at her.


    ¡°So... Let¡¯s help them and finish this war once and for all!¡±


    ¡°Y-yeah... Those are nice upgrades huh...¡± ¨C A.I.


    Riot just smiled wryly to the comment from A.I. and run towards the heated battle. Lucifer was badly bleeding as swords made of light pierces him from all direction. But he was still quick, and was giving the other two a hard time. It was evident that the two would lose from the attrition battle as fatigue can be seen from their faces.


    ¡°FOOLISH MORTALS! I¡¯M THE GREATEST DEVIL THAT THE DEMON GOD CREATED! I¡¯LL SHOW YOU TRUE DESPAIR!!! RWWWAAAAOOOORRR!!!¡± ¨C Lucifer


    Suddenly Lucifer was wrapped in shadows coming from the ground. The magic felt the same as when Satan casted his ultimate form. Sensing this, Riot shoots the figure with one of his gun and use the other hand to throw a grenade to it.


    *BRATATATATATA!!!*


    ¡°Like I¡¯ll let you finish!! Frag Out!!¡± ¨C Riot


    *BOOM!*


    ¡°GUaaAH! You Dare! And t-that weapon?!¡± ¨C Lucifer


    Fortunately, Riot cancelled the spell Lucifer casted. He was weakening due to the divine attributes of Riot¡¯s weapons.


    ¡°His sigil is on his chest! Attack him now! Don¡¯t let up! It¡¯s now or never!¡± ¨C A.I.


    All four rushes forward and attack the demons endlessly. The demon was having a hard time. When Riot would stab him on the left side, before he could retaliate he would be bombarded with magic. Then Alpheus would strike him in his body and would immediately leave as countless of missiles were approaching to his body. He would have defended but chains made of light were wrapped on his body without him noticing.


    *BOOOOOM!!!*


    ¡°GRRAAAAAAAAUUUUUGGHHH¡± ¨C Lucifer


    [Charging Complete: Rail gun is now ready and standing by.]


    ¡°Now!!! FIRE¡± ¨C A.I.


    *CRACKLE* *BZZZZZTTT!!* *WOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHH!!!*


    ¡°GYAA¡ª¡° ¨C Lucifer


    Condense Vermillion laser was fired from the rail gun that was on A.I.¡¯s shoulder and pierced through the chest of Lucifer. But it didn¡¯t stop there; it went through him and extended halfway through the city destroying it also. Lucifer didn¡¯t even finish his death throe as his body disintegrated from the shot.


    ¡®That was really overkill...¡¯


    Riot smiled wryly as he thought of that. As light finally penetrates the hazy sky, they finally felt relieved as they knew that it is finally over. They were in constant battles t, day and night, that the pressure almost broke their minds. But at last, the nightmare is already over.


    Tao¡¯gul jumped from the building where he was watching Riot¡¯s battle. He never saw someone who can adapt easily from using a blessed item. Especially he easily killed a demon prince, who used the taboo tattoo which gives them thrice the strength that they had, with ease like it was just an ordinary enemy. That¡¯s why he saved the three, who would have been corpses, so that Riot would be in debt of him even more. He wants to use Riot¡¯s power on the upcoming war with the beings that started all of this.


    ¡°To think that you, little ones, managed to subdue every demon princes that we, gods, had a hard time in doing. With this, it is finally over¡±


    ¡°Oi oi.. Don¡¯t jinx it... *sigh* so what now?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Who are you talking to?¡± ¨C Alpheus


    ¡°Huh? This giant god with massive horns right beside of me. Huh? What?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°They can¡¯t see me. Only those we allow can see us. You might wonder how you saw me but that was easy, I was out cold and because of that you saw a glimpse of me from the veil that hide us from mortal eyes. Now, with this done, I¡¯ll be going back to Heaven to deliver this stone. Don¡¯t worry about the bomb, with the prince gone, no one would activate it and it would be just a useless crystal.¡±


    ¡°I told you not to jinx it yo¡ª¡° ¨C Riot


    Suddenly, huge tremors suddenly shake the vicinity. Buildings falling due to the magnitude, roads spilt opens and fires bursting out from it. And a figure in the epicentre is calmly walking to the group.


    Fear and unimaginable pressure suddenly crept towards each body as they saw the figure walking to them. With each step closing in on them, they felt more scared and hopelessness. The pressure was suffocating as they crouch in fear of the figure. As they saw the face of the figure, their faces went pale.


    ¡°No! Impossible! You were forbidden to step on Earth! How did you escape from your prison?!¡±


    HAHAHAHA! I CAN ESCAPE HELL ANY TIME I WANT! I WAS BIDDING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO GO OUT. BUT WITH MY PLANS FALLING APART THANKS TO THESE INSECTS, I NEED TO FINISH THIS MYSELF!


    It was the demon god. The heavens knew that the demon god can¡¯t escape from hell due to the curse that was put on him. The only way for him to escape is by destroying the earth itself. But with him coming out without the world exploding, it means that someone uplifted his curse. Someone stronger than the god that Tao¡¯gul is serving.


    YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THIS COSMOS. THERE A LOT OF UNIMAGINABLE BEINGS OUT THERE. BUT ENOUGH TALKING, GIVE ME THE STONE!


    Each word that the demon god spout reek the smell of death itself. Riot and his groups were at the mercy of the demon god as they seem can¡¯t manage to escape from the pressure coming out from him. He was much stronger than the seven princes that they fought. Their strength is seeping out from them by the seconds.


    *TSSSSS*


    Riot heard a sound and tried to find the source of it. Even with the pressure drowning them and only filled their minds with dreadful thoughts, Riot heard the faint sound. It was that sound that let him escape from the curse that was crawling up to him. It was as if a thin rope that can pull him away from the sea of terror and saw the light of hope from the surface. He saw the source of the sound; it was from the white smokes coming out from the lower right side of the demon god¡¯s body. Riot knew that it was from the countless of forbidden spells that the angels threw at him. It looked like it didn¡¯t heal fully yet.


    ¡®Maybe we can still get out from this predicament.¡¯


    His mind was working overtime trying to create many possible plans that can give them an edge against this god in front of them. He saw red lights shining inside A.I.¡¯s Rail Gun.


    ¡®That¡¯s it!¡¯


    ¡°A.I.! Snap out of it! It is just your mind playing with you. You¡¯re an android for God¡¯s sake!¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°NOO! D-don¡¯t to-touch m-m-me!!!¡± ¨C A.I.


    A.I. tried to escape frantically from the clutches of Riot. She was scared to her core from the demon¡¯s pressure.


    ¡®Even an android can¡¯t escape from a god¡¯s mind attack huh... I¡¯m sorry for this!¡¯


    *SMACK!*


    ¡°Ouch! W-what happened? My system just suddenly shuts down. And I was d-dreaming?¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°We¡¯ll talk about it later. Wake those guys up, and follow my lead when they¡¯ve come through.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°What are you gonna do? We haven¡¯t fought any being of that level! It is as if he¡¯s a ¨C¡° ¨CA.I.


    ¡°A god? I know... he¡¯s the demon god, our last enemy. I¡¯ll try to open his weakness, and if you see an opening, hit it with all the remaining blades that you have.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°You¡¯ll die if you face against that opponent! We have no winning chance with this one! Let¡¯s just retreat here and attack again once the other incapacitated heroes can fight.¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°Even if we escape, there¡¯s n telling what he¡¯ll do... He¡¯ll have the crystal and we all die anyways... so let¡¯s just attack him now rather than later. Even if we die, we must try. We¡¯re heroes, it¡¯s an occupational hazard¡± ¨C Riot


    With that said, Riot dashes to the wreckage and saw that the demon god is currently strangling Tao¡¯gul in his hand. Tao¡¯gul was desperately punching the demon god in the face to no avail. He was slowly dying as he was desperately gasping for air.


    Riot dashes from the side and jumped towards the demon god with a blade on his hand. He tried to stab him in the arm before the demon god can react. But when he struck, countless of barriers shielded the demon god¡¯s hand before the knife could touch the flesh.


    HOOUH, AN INSECT BROKE OUT FROM THE MIND PRISON? NOW THIS IS INTRI¡ª


    *BOOM!!*


    GAAH!! YOU DARE!!


    But what the demon god didn¡¯t expected that Riot threw a grenade to the side were smoke was coming out the demon¡¯s body. With the damage, he let go of Tao¡¯gul and tried to grab Riot. But Riot was already gone when he tried to look for him.


    ¡®As suspected, we can¡¯t harm him except from injured side.¡¯


    He was hiding in the wreckages, looking at another chance to strike. Tao¡¯gul threw some spells towards the demon but the demon destroyed it all with just the flick of his hand.


    ¡®No way...¡¯


    Tao¡¯gul then rushes up to the demon god pulling a big punch, hoping that it would do the trick. Lights were gathering in his hand as it reaches towards the face of the god. But the demon god only smiled and lifts his hand to block the incoming punch. But at that moment, Riot quickly equipped his guns and showers bullet on the wounded spot of the god.


    *BRATATATATATATATA!*


    GAHH!! INSECT! YO¡ª


    *SMASH!!!!!*


    GRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!


    ¡®I knew it!!¡¯


    When Riot saw that the demon would block the incoming punch rather than deflect it with the barrier, he guessed that it would penetrate the barrier and hurt him. That was why he took the opportunity as the demon forgot about him and showered him some bullets to distract him.


    The demon god flew straight to countless of buildings as the punch was so strong. Tao¡¯gul then went to Riot and thanked him for the assistance.


    ¡°Thank you once again. How did you know where to hit him? I tried to attack him in that area but he would just quickly dodge me or just teleports away. But you, not only once did you injure him but twice. I must let you teach me of that technique.¡±


    ¡°Hahahaha... let¡¯s do that after we win. IF we win.¡± ¨C Riot


    ROAR!!!!


    ¡°Looks like he¡¯s angry. Get ready, that trick won¡¯t work on him twice.¡± ¨C Riot


    Even before both of them could react, the demon god was already in the air holding the phony Spirit Crystal and threw it at Riot at an unbelievable speed. Riot dodge but couldn¡¯t escape it completely as his left leg was crushed beneath it.


    *CRUSH!*


    ¡°Guahhh!!¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot was in pain as he tried to lift up the huge stone. He thought that his leg would turn into a paste at that damage but when he saw it, it was completely fine. He tried moving and it still functions like nothing happened.


    ¡®It hurts like hell, but it¡¯s completely fine. Is this also part of the blessing?¡¯


    Tao¡¯gul smiled as he saw Riot was fine from that attack. He then unleashes thousands of spell towards the demon god and like last time the demon god wasn¡¯t hit. But unlike last time, he dodge it using his body but not magic. The demon god was wary of Riot on what he would do next. With that in mind, Tao¡¯gul jumped up and tried to do a melee. But that was a mistake as the demon god quickly counterattacked and lunched a fury of punches to Tao¡¯gul.


    ¡°Gahhhh!¡±


    *BOOM!!*


    WORTHLESS WORM! YOU SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ME THE STONE WHEN I GAVE YOU THE CHANCE! AND YOU HUMAN! FOR DARING TO GO AGAINTS ME! DESPAIR AS YOU WILL LEARN HOW WORTHLESS YOU ARE!!


    The god stretches his hand towards the pseudo crystal while clutching Tao¡¯gul¡¯s unconscious body by the horn. The crystal immediately shined dangerously as Riot knew it would explode any moment if he doesn¡¯t stop the god in front of him.


    TREMBLE BEFORE THE GREAT I! HAHAHAHAHA!!!


    ¡°No!!!¡± ¨C Riot


    The demon god laughs triumphantly as he saw Riot desperately tried to diffuse the bomb. Riot then threw grenades at the god out of desperation and showered him with bullets. But unfortunately, it only created dust which only annoyed the god.


    FOOL! I THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN THIS. WELL IN THE END, YOU ARE STILL A WEAK HUMAN WHO TRIES TO FIGHT AGAINTS DESTINY. ANY LAST WORD WORM?


    ¡°... Umbrella¡± ¨C Riot


    A WHAT NOW? UMBRELLA?


    The god was baffled as to what Riot had said. He thought that he would beg for his life, not spouting some random words. He thought that maybe his mind broke from the strain from all that was happening right in front of him. But he was unease on how Riot confidently said it like it was really an important tip.


    ¡°Yeah, umbrella... You know... for cover when it rains... it can also protect you from intense sunrays... like NOW!!¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Teardrop of Ra!!¡±


    ¡°Tsrif Thgil!¡± ¨C Magnus


    HUH? WHAT THE¡ª


    The sky opened as two spell mixed right above the demon god. He didn¡¯t notice that Tao¡¯gul escaped from his clutches and when the other humans had arrived. He also didn¡¯t see that countless piling up right above his head.


    He then realised that it was all because of him. The god now understands on why Riot threw countless grenades and shoots endlessly at him. It was all a cover to distract him of the surroundings. Tao¡¯gul somehow cuts off his horn and prepared his spell. While Magnus finished off his chant right when Tao¡¯gul threw his spell, resulting to fire and light mixing; a very dangerous combination against a demon, even if it¡¯s a god.


    ¡°Oh no you don¡¯t!¡± ¨C Alpheus


    *CRASH!*


    GAH! STUPID FOOL! IT WILL ONLY HARM ME BUT YOU ON THE OTHER HAND WILL DIE!


    The demon tried to escape from the threat but crashed to the ground as Alpheus tackled him there. Alpheus then embraces the demon, to prevent him from flying, and desperately hold him on the ground.


    The demon struggled as he tried to break free from the clutches of the super strong hero. The huge spell was already descending to them while they were struggling for supremacy. He would¡¯ve escaped, but A.I. was already pointing her whole arsenal at him.


    ¡°Aim there! Give him hell!¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Yatteyaruze!¡± ¨C A.I.


    (It means ¡°Let¡¯s do it!¡± or ¡°Let¡¯s do this¡±) :)


    *BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!!!!!!*


    Countless of bullets flew towards them and exploded. It also hit Alpheus but it didn¡¯t even harm him as he¡¯s almost impervious to all physical attacks. The barrage concentrated to where Riot instructed her, which was the defenceless area that had its barrier destroyed. She also fired the remaining blades simultaneously on the lower left side of the body, on which Riot also did a huge damage. It cause a huge open wound to his body. But before he could do anything about it, the spell finally reached him and burned him alive.


    GAHHHHH!!


    ¡°Woah... my spell is much stronger today..¡± ¨C Magnus


    Alpheus jumped back to where the others are and watched the demon writhing in agony inside the fire and light. The spell continued for five minutes as the blazing spell devours the demon inside of it.


    Once the spell was over, no traces of the demon were left. Even ashes were disintegrated of the spell. But all of them were still wary because their enemy was a god. It wouldn¡¯t be that easy to kill a god, but they hoped that it was enough to make him go back to hell.


    Riot looked at the pseudo crystal and saw that it was still glowing; it was going to explode any minute. They needed to end this quickly or the world is doom.


    ¡°He¡¯s still here! The crystal is still char¡ª¡° ¨CRiot


    *BOOOM!!*


    ¡°What the hell?¡± ¨C Alpheus


    But before he could finish his sentence, thousands of thorny vines grew out of the ground. It snared and lifts them up to the air. They were having a hard time escaping since every time they move, the vines would tighten. Even Alpheus, who¡¯s supposed to be the strongest, can¡¯t escape from it.


    ¡°Nru¡ª! Gah!!¡± ¨C Magnus


    Magnus tried to burn the vines however before he could finish the spell, the vines suddenly pierces his shoulder. He screamed at the top of his lungs as the vines tried to slowly enter his body.


    ¡°Titus! No!!¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡°Tao¡¯gul do something about this!¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot tried to asked help from the god, but there was no answer. He tried to look for him and when he saw him, Riot¡¯s face paled from the gruesome view he witnessed.


    ¡®No...¡¯


    Tao¡¯gul¡¯s body was torn in half and was pierced everywhere. There was no way anybody can survive that kind of punishment, even if it¡¯s a god. Riot¡¯s last light of hope was extinguished by the cold reality in front of him.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry little one, I cannot do anything from the time when I casted my ultimate spell against him. Even I thought that last attack would beat him. But I was naive, believing that was enough to at least send him back to hell.


    Don¡¯t look so down, I know you can find a way to beat him. I know because I was observing you today and saw that you can beat any trials as long as you believe in yourself. *cough*


    Looks like I still have little time before I¡¯m gone. The demon god will surface any minute and will regain the Spirit Crystal back from me. I want you to stop him no matter what, even if that means destroying the crystal. I want you to promise me that Marcus... *cough*¡±


    ¡°...I promise. Even if it cost me my life, I will beat him.¡± ¨C Riot


    Tao¡¯gul saw Riot¡¯s eye restored back to life, full of confidence even when they were in a death-trap. He believes that if it¡¯s Riot, they would somehow defeat the demon and save the world. He was happy that the humans of this world would not give up even while facing a god that can destroy their world.


    ¡°Good... I will bestow you a present as a parting gift.


    [Alhiem Bhoe Dteili Gratus]. I know that you won¡¯t abuse this endowment I gave you.¡±


    As the god cast the spell, some lights from him were absorbed by the ring that Riot was wearing. Riot didn¡¯t know what was given as he didn¡¯t have a chance to ask. The god¡¯s body transforms into countless of light as it ascended to the sky. With that, the god die and the Spirit Crystal fell to the ground.


    *Tink!*


    ¡®Damn... he¡¯s here...¡¯


    A hand erupted from the ground. It looked like the demon god survived by burrowing to the earth to lessen the damage. But to do that kind of escape out of desperation was the most humiliating thing that the god did.


    As he crawled out from the ground, they saw the result of their assault from his body. His majestic persona was no longer there; his figure was so gruesome that the others, apart from Riot, instinctively turned their heads away from him.


    Golden blood was dripping from his burned body as he was limping towards them. Never in his lifetime was he this injured, not only that his ambitions and plans were shattered. It was all because of him.


    ¡®Not god. He¡¯s clearly pissed off... there must be something to send him back to hell for good. Think Marcus, think!¡¯


    YOU HAVE ANGERED ME FOR THE LAST TIME HUMAN! I WILL KILL YOU LIKE HOW I KILLED THAT GOD BUT I WILL DO IT SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY.


    ¡®Shit... he¡¯s really angry... hmm? That¡¯s it! Now just to piss him off more than before.¡¯


    Riot saw a glitter of hope; he literally saw the glitters coming from the pseudo spirit crystal. It looks like it would explode with a little more power put in to it. He planned to use it against the god; but he still needs to escape from the bindings and the help of his companions to accomplish his plan.


    ¡°Hey don¡¯t blame me, I told you umbrella didn¡¯t I?¡± ¨C Riot


    FUCKER! I¡¯LL END YOU HERE AND NOW! GRAAAAHHHH!!!!


    *STAB!*


    ¡°Guaaahhhh!!¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot was stabbed right on his chest with the vines that were coming out of the god¡¯s arm. Even his armour had no chance when it was attacked by a strong god. The thorns were spreading inside his chest and was slowly wrapping around his heart. It was so painful that every time the heart beats, it would touch the thorns but not enough to puncture his heart. The god took off Riot¡¯s mask just to see the expression of the face his making.


    ¡°Gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! FUCK!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°¡±¡±Riot!!!!¡±¡±¡±


    HAHAHAHA!!! I TOLD YOUR DEART WOULD BE ALOW AND PAINFUL. BUT I¡¯M NOT DONE WITH YOU... THIS IS ONLY THE BEGGINING. HAHAHAHA


    ¡°Gah! Is this how a god fights?! Ensnare a lowly mortal just to ensure a victory? How pathetic.¡± ¨C Riot


    *Snap!!*


    ¡°GAHHHH!!¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot¡¯s left arm was twisted in a wrong direction. The broken bones from his arm punctured his flesh as they cannot handle the sudden twist of the flesh. Riot lowered his head as if fainting from the pain that was cause from the punishments he received.


    WHO TOLD YOU TO SPEAK? WHAT THE? FAINTED ALREADY? WAKE UP! THIS IS STILL THE BEGGINING; THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF THINGS I WANT TO DO WITH YOU. AND I WANT YOUR FROENDS TO WITNESS THIS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. HAHAHA!!!!


    As Riot lifted his head, the god saw that his mouth had a lot of pins in it. It was the safety pins from the grenades that were on Riot¡¯s chest. The god was stupefied as he didn¡¯t imagine that the human would take his own life that easily.


    *BOOM!*


    *FLASH!*


    GAHHHHH!!! FOOL! HE KILLED HIMSELF SINCE HE CANNOT HANDLE THE PAIN. I GUESS IT WOULD.. HUH?!


    With the explosion of the grenades as a cover, the vines that were wrapping around Riot were burned. He then used his knife and cut the vines that ensnared his companions. He somehow survived the explosion thanks to his armour, but it still injured him to the point that he cannot stand anymore after cutting the vines.


    ¡°A.I., Magnus you two distract the god even for a minute. He¡¯s weaker now but be careful of the ground, he might conjure some vines again.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°... Don¡¯t worry, we can handle it... don¡¯t die on me old man¡± ¨C A.I.


    ¡®I heard you, you know....¡¯


    A.I. looked at the condition of Riot¡¯s body and it wasn¡¯t good. It was a miracle that he¡¯s still alive from the punishments that his body went through. But he still followed the command from Riot and went with Magnus to face off the wounded god.


    ¡°Alpheus... no, Brock... I need you to get that glowing pebble on the ground and give it to me. After that, I need to throw me towards¡ªGahh!¡ª the demon god with the Spirit Crystal on me.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°...¡± ¨C Alpheus


    Alpheus just nodded and took the Spirit Crystal along with the pseudo Spirit Crystal and went back to Riot. He didn¡¯t ask question as he knew that whatever Riot would do, it was for the good of all men even if he needs to sacrifice some lives.


    ¡°Thanks... this stone here is actually the real Spirit Crystal. It was with that demon god all along. Don¡¯t look so surprise, the big one is actually a bomb. I need¡ªGahh!¡ª to stab the bomb into his open wound and hope it would be enough to kill that bastard from the inside. Guhh! Fuck it hurts! Hah.. Hah.. hah..¡± ¨C Riot


    The thorny vines inside Riot¡¯s were still there; it was still stabbing him every time it beats. Blood came out from his mouth as he gasps for air heavily. His time was running out as he knew that he would die any moment now. It was only his strong will that kept him from croaking.


    Alpheus tried to volunteer as he saw that Riot was having a hard time from just getting up. But Riot denied him even though Alpheus was invulnerable.


    ¡°You have wounds all over your body. With the explosion, it would enter your wound and burn you also from the inside. Let me do it... I¡¯m tired and dying anyway.¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot just smiled as he walks slowly towards the fight. Alpheus wipes away his tear as he knew that what Riot said was true. He can only follow his mentor for one last time.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry...master...¡± ¨C Alpheus


    ¡°...Don¡¯t be. You¡¯re the leader; you need to survive and lead the survivors to a bright future. And besides, I can see Rosaline once again...¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°....¡± ¨C Alpheus


    Riot smiled as he remembered his past; from the moment he was born until the present were currently playing at fast paced inside his head. With his dark past, the only light was the face of the woman he loved.


    ¡®Ah... so this is what happen when you¡¯re at Death¡¯s door. Oh, Rosaline... I hope you¡¯re waiting for me there.¡¯


    They were near the fight and saw that the two were handling it quite well. But it would be a disadvantage if the fight would continue longer; as the bomb on Riot¡¯s right hand was flaming hot as it burns his hands. But he couldn¡¯t care less; he can no longer feel any pain. He was just watching the fight, waiting for the right opportunity to strike.


    ¡®The bomb¡¯s gonna explode any moment... hurry.. there!!¡¯


    He saw that the god flinched as the spells and bombardment from the two hit him. This was the opportunity he was waiting. He then yelled at Alpheus with his hoarse voice.


    ¡°Now! Throw me to him¡±


    Alpheus grabs the hem of Riot¡¯s shirt and threw him off at an unbelievable speed. It was so fast that the god didn¡¯t notice it until he was tackled by the sheer force of Riot¡¯s body tackling him.


    *BAM!!*


    GAAAAHH!! YOU FUC¡ª


    *STAB*


    Riot inserted the stone inside the open wound of the god. He then smiled at him as he poured little power he had from his ring.


    ¡°Goodbye Bastard.¡±


    NOOOO!!!!!!


    *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*


    A huge explosion occurred at the city, taking at least half of the land as a collateral damage. The surviving heroes escaped in the nick of time, when the bomb explodes.


    ¡°Marcus! Where is he?!¡± ¨C Magnus


    ¡°He¡¯s not here... maybe his body was also bu¡ª¡° ¨C Alpheus


    *SLAP!*


    ¡°Why did you do it?! *sniff* he still owes me... but why did he just selfishly killed himself when he didn¡¯t pay me yet. *sob* *sob*¡± ¨C A.I.


    They were currently looking for Riot, hoping he survived the blast. Magnus and A.I. didn¡¯t know that Riot would sacrifice himself to take out the god. They were dumbfounded at the scene when the god exploded while Riot was holding him down. It was a good thing that Alpheus grabs them before the blast could kill them.


    As the day goes by, the other surviving heroes and soldiers went to the city. They were briefed with what happened and was also searching for Riot¡¯s body. But all they managed to retrieve was his riot-gasmask that A.I. found in a Market Store.


    The news was spread across the world and people celebrated as they were finally safe from the demons. The Guardians scattered across the world, helping in rebuilding the homes of the people.


    ¡®I hope your having a good time there in heaven master. Say hi for me to Peacekeeper also...¡¯ ¨C Alpheus


    Alpheus was looking to the mask of Riot, which was encased in a glass on the Guardian¡¯s Home base. It was in a room with the other fallen heroes¡¯ memorabilia to honour them and to never forget their sacrifices.


    ¡°Alpheus! China needs our help, with millions of people they¡¯re having a hard time distributing food and supplies.¡± ¨C Magnus


    ¡®I¡¯ll be going now master.¡¯


    ¡°Okay! Prepare the jet!¡± ¨C Alpheus


    <hr>


    ~master... wake up...~


    Marcus was currently floating, he didn¡¯t know why but he knew that he was floating. There was only darkness in his vision, whenever he tried to look on the other direction, it was still pitch black.


    ~master..... it¡¯s time to wake up~


    He couldn¡¯t move, he can¡¯t even feel his hands and feet as he tried to walk away from the darkness.


    ~you¡¯re going to die if you don¡¯t wake up soon master...~


    Suddenly, he felt tremors near him and some distinct sounds of shouting and metal clashing against metal. He also smelled that the air was mixed with blood. He wants to know what was happening, but he couldn¡¯t find a way to escape.


    ~... *sigh* master.... I SAID WAKE UP!!!!~


    ¡°W-what the?!¡± ¨C Riot


    He suddenly woke up from the demonic voice that pulled him from the darkness. He was sweating hard as he remembered that voice.


    But before he can clarify where the voice was coming from, he finally notices his surroundings. Countless of people were killing each other; some were stabbed by a sword, others were hit by dozen of arrow that was currently raining on the field.


    ¡®A War?¡¯


    He thought it was still a dream, but he knew that it was real as an arrow cuts his cheek. Warm blood was dripping from it and he suddenly dodges the other incoming arrow.


    ¡®Is this hell? No, I saw hell from Tao¡¯gul¡¯s memory, it was nothing like this...¡¯


    He then saw a full armoured soldier rushing to him with a spear aiming at his chest. When the soldier was near him, he grabs the spear by the shaft and pulled it from the soldier; the soldier then fell due to the sudden pull of the spear. Riot smacked the soldier¡¯s head and the helmet, that was covering his face, flew. He then saw that the face was different from a human, it had green skin with tusk coming out of its mouth. It also had eyes filled with red that you can¡¯t see its pupil. He lately realised that the body was much bigger than him, maybe around two meters. He knew the figure right in front of him as he saw a movie about them with Akira.


    ¡®An Orc? Then that means that this is¡ª¡¯


    Riot was in deep thought on what was going on, that he didn¡¯t realised that the orc right in front of him pulled a sword and lunge it to his neck at blinding speed.


    ¡°Die Demon!!¡± ¨C Orc


    ¡®Demon? Orc? Am I in another world?¡¯


    *STAB!*


    <hr>


    That ends the prologue guys!!!


    I hope that you enjoyed it. Please rate and comment so that I can know what your thoughts on this.


    Thank you for reading!! I¡¯ll try to finish chapter 1 as fast as possible.

 Chapter 1 - All is Fair

    ¡°Die Demon!¡± ¨C Orc


    *STAB*


    ¡°Guahh!¡± ¨C Orc


    But before the Orc could stab Riot, a spear was gouged right through his chest. Riot stabbed him without any hesitation. It was a kill or be killed situation. Plus from the look of the battle, it was Orcs against Humans; the Orc wouldn¡¯t listen to him even if he explained.


    ¡®He would¡¯ve killed me if I try to explain... still, where is this place?...¡¯


    As he surveyed the battlefield, he saw fireballs, the size of a soccer ball, flew straight to an orc battalion cooking them alive. The orcs retaliated by throwing boulders that squashed unlucky humans in the area.


    *SQUACK!!* *KRYAAHH!!*


    Roars could be heard in the sky as Riot looked for its source. Hundreds of flying creatures were also having their own war in the sky.


    A human can be seen riding a giant creature that had an Eagle for a head with a body of a lion. It front had claws instead of a lion¡¯s paw as it shredded an orc¡¯s body to pieces. It moves fast just like a lion on the ground and its golden wings sliced the aerial opponent like butter in half.


    ¡°For His Majesty, the King!!¡± ¨C Human Captain


    ¡°¡±UUOOOHHH!!¡±¡± ¨C Human Soldiers


    ¡°Krog¡¯tah! Have them taste the Wyvern Rider¡¯s might! Burn them to ashes!!¡± ¨C Orc Chieftain


    ¡°¡°ROOOOAAAAGGGHHHH!!!¡±¡± ¨C Orcs


    The wyvern riders charged straight to the human riders, who by guess are riding the legendary Griffin. But before the two factions clashed, the wyvern unit suddenly stopped mid charging and blew green flames against their opponents. The forefront of the human riders fell from the sky as their bodies along with their griffon burned and crash like meteors in the midst of the battle on the ground.


    Riot was in shock as he saw the fantasy-like battle right in front of him. He compared it to the movie he saw with Akira, and this was more surreal than the movie. He almost forgot that he was in the middle of the battlefield when a clear voice, which he shouldn¡¯t hear in the midst of the screams from the battle, called out to him.


    ~Master look out! An arrow will hit you on the back in three seconds!~


    ¡®?!¡¯


    Immediately, he rotates his body and saw an arrow coming at him. He easily dodges it and looked for the source of the arrow and saw a human fired it. He was confused as to why would a human try to kill a fellow human in a Human-Orc campaign. He should have no gain from killing him, but he immediately knocked another arrow and tried to fire again.


    But before he could aim and released it, a spear pierced right into his stomach and out to the back. Blood were dripping on both ends of the spear as he tried to take it out of his body, believing that it would save him from his demise. But the more he tries to lodge out the spear, the more blood spilled from his guts. Giving up to his fate, he looked at the person who threw the spear with eyes full of hate and rage and spew out death throes. And the person who threw the spear was of course Riot, who had no clue as to why he was being target by both sides.


    ¡°D-demon! Don¡¯t think of escaping... Hahh... hahh... You fucking traitors will pay!¡± ¨C Human Archer


    ¡®There it is again... why the hell would they associate me with a demon? It¡¯s not like I have horns or a tail right... right?¡¯


    Riot unconsciously touched his head to check if there were horns growing out of it. But fortunately, there was none. There was also no tail coming out from his back when he tried to feel it.


    ¡°It¡¯s kill or be killed, so don¡¯t blame me for wanting to survive.¡± ¨C Riot


    The human archer coughs up lots of blood as he shouts toward the person, who made a hole in his stomach. He then reaches something on his back and retrieved a gun.


    Unlike normal guns that Riot saw from Earth, this was different. Its handle was made from wood with carvings flowing with golden light. The gun barrel was made of metal, but what was intriguing was its shape. It was like a miniature cannon that was glued to a wooden handle and was fired with a trigger. From the look of the hole of the gun, it looks like its bullet is the size of a tennis ball.


    ¡®Truly a fantasy-like weapon.¡¯


    Riot readied himself as the gun was pointed at him. He has no knowledge on what damage it could do to him if he was unprepared for the attack. But the Archer then pointed the gun at the sky and fired it.


    *FWWWIIISSSSHHH!!!* *BOOM*


    A red fire flew out from the gun with a deafening whistle and exploded in the sky. Red smoke comes out from the explosion and every warrior, Human and Orc, stopped from fighting and looked at it. They then looked at the area where the flare was fired from and saw a human with a spear skewered in him and an unknown person looking at the red smoke in the sky.


    ¡°W-with th-this... we¡¯ll have our first taste o-of re-revenge... *Cough*... try escaping from two armies if you can... ughh...¡± ¨C Human Archer


    The Archer drew his last breath as he looked Riot in the face. Even in death, his face was still looking at Riot with intense anger. That made Riot¡¯s face scrunch up from displeasure; it was like eating something so sour. He was clearly displeased as to why he was branded as a demon and due to that, two living beings were already killed because of misunderstanding.


    The surrounding warriors looked at the scene where there was a black haired person standing, wary what would happen next with a demon joining the battlefield. Both armies near the scene stopped fighting, not sure on what to do next.


    ¡®This is bad... I need to escape here...¡¯


    ¡°Men of Kharin! Continue to fight the enemy in front of you! This is the war that will decide our future! Don¡¯t hold back! Kill those orcs that defiled this land for countless generation. I will kill the demon myself!¡± ¨C ?


    ¡°¡±¡±Woooooooo!!!!¡±¡±¡± ¨C Human


    Riding a white fully armoured horse, it was the person who shouted the order just now. Silver armour that shines brightly within the battlefield and a long lance that can easily penetrate three shields stacked together was the equipment of the said person that was currently charging at tremendous speed to Riot. But what was more noticeable was on top of his helmet. It was...


    ¡®A crown? A king? No, from what could be heard from his voice, he¡¯s too young to be a king... a prince maybe? And what the hell, you¡¯re bringing a cavalry squad with you. I really need to escape... now!¡¯


    But before Riot could move, an earth shattering noise could be heard. He looked at the source and saw a black-skinned orc. Wielding a giant rock that was tied to a tree trunk, he swung it towards a group of unlucky humans. It was a gruesome scene, but what was more unbelievable was that he wielded it easily like a normal weapon. He was coming directly to Riot.


    ¡°Filthy monkeys! Do you think you have a chance in beating the mighty warband of Mazeldor? Foolish humans! That is why you will always be lower than the insects on the ground. You don¡¯t know where your place is. But this time, we will surely put you down like the mad dogs you are. Attack! Give them no space! I¡¯ll handle that fucking demon myself!¡± ¨C Black Orc


    ¡°¡±¡±OOOO!!!¡±¡±¡± ¨C Orcs


    Orcs and human battle it out again in the field. Carnage went on as the two armies clashed, metal on meat, not caring if they die as long as they¡¯ll bring down the enemy with them.


    Riot stood there dumbfounded as he watch the scene. The war was very chaotic, no strategies but a clash of strength. Even fighting with the devils, they had strategies but this scene was far from it. But this scene looks very familiar to him; it looked like when he and the other heroes fought the 5 princes of hell. It was a fight for survival; they threw away all tactics and jumped on the demons just to kill them. Some even threw their lives away so that an opening will be created through victory; it was this scene that what Riot was reminded.


    ¡®I need to get out of here now. This is no ordinary war; I must get away as far as possible.¡¯


    He ran on the opposite way from his pursuers, dodging left and right from the stray arrows and spells. He ran as fast as he could until he saw trees not far away from his view. Immediately running there so he could lose his pursuers, he dashed sideways as he dodged an incoming boulder that was clearly aimed for him. The boulder was wedged on the ground deep, and is currently blocking his way.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.


    ¡®Damn, that would have been the end of me if I was hit...¡¯


    He looked to where the source of the boulder was and saw a raging orc approaching from his left. He tried to move away but saw the incoming cavalry on the right. With his back on the boulder and in front was the battle of the two armies, he was trapped with nowhere to go.


    ¡®Fuck! I¡¯ve got nothing except to fight. What should I do? There is clearly no time to look for another way as these two are currently hunting for me.¡¯


    Taking in a deep breath, he cleared his mind of everything what was going on. He just pictured a certain person from his memory, his most beloved person. The person looked at him smiling, a smile that can melt the coldest heart, and beckoned him to her. He immediately went to her and hugged her, making the woman laughed. The woman gently touched his face ever so dearly, as if it was the most fragile thing on the planet and quietly told him:


    ¡°I want you to live my love. I want you to tell me every story that you will do when I¡¯m gone. I promise you I will wait for you at the other side if you promise me that you will take care of your life. I can¡¯t wait to see you again and hear your great adventure, my love¡±


    ¡°Mi Amor... I also can¡¯t wait to see you...¡± ¨C Riot


    Steeling himself, he exhaled the air that he held and looked at the incoming warriors. He took the imbedded spear on the ground and firmly gripped it.


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but I must survive even if it means killing you people... oh god, I hope this is just a portion of the armies.¡± ¨C Riot


    With that, he quickly headed to the oncoming cavalry as the black orc was still far behind. As the horses were already near him, he threw the spear to the first horse. The spear landed right between the eyes of it, making it tumble along with his rider. The other riders that were behind him were also caught in the havoc, plunging them to grounds and were crushed by the weight of the horses. The other riders quickly stopped to avoid further harm on their group.


    Riot quickly saw that as a chance and charge through the fallen soldiers and took one of its sword. He stabs all those unlucky soldiers that were caught in the mayhem without any hesitation.


    ¡°Gaaahh!!¡±


    Those surviving cavalries instantly felt fear as they saw their comrade quickly fell in the hands of Riot. They were not your ordinary run-on-the-mill soldiers; they were part of the best of the best, all exceptional in combats and tactics. But these said soldiers, who can beat a group of infantry individually, were easily taken out by Riot.


    ¡°Monster!¡± ¨C Soldier 1


    ¡°He really is a demon!¡± ¨C Soldier 2


    ¡°Never lose hope! We will charge again! Bring down the demon that tries to interrupt this holy war! And let¡¯s present his head to the king after we win this war!¡± ¨C Prince


    ¡°¡±Yes Sir!¡±¡±


    As they were preparing for the charge, Riot was checking the bags of the fallen soldiers. He looked over to see if there were valuables that can help him in his dilemma. He also checked the equipments that were with the soldier.


    ¡®This is?!¡¯


    ¡°Charge!¡± ¨C Prince


    As the cavalry charged, Riot drew two weapons that were found on the bodies. It was a flintlock pistol, the same as the archer that gave him this problem. He aimed it at the prince but before he pulled the trigger, a huge chunk of rock was thrown to the unfortunate cavalry nearly wiping out all of them.


    ¡°Who ¨C?!¡± ¨C Prince


    ¡°RAAGH! Both of your heads are mine!¡± ¨C Black Orc


    The Orc swings his mighty hammer at the unlucky soldiers who were near him. The bodies were cleaved clean as if the orc was using a sword. He was so strong that all the human soldiers could do was to become a fodder for his hammer.


    The prince was in a dilemma, as he was now trapped between a demon and an orc. He can¡¯t fight the orc alone while always guarding his back if the demon attacks him. He knew that he must beat the demon as a top priority than the orc, as the demon might call for reinforcement. Thinking that teaming up with the orc was the only option to beat the demon, he tried to call out to the orc.


    ¡°Hey, why don¡¯t I help you kill that bastard there? He¡¯s clearly an obstacle to your victory in this war. In exchange, you let me go after we take him down. Deal?¡± ¨C Riot


    But before words can escape from the prince¡¯s mouth, the so-called demon, made an irresistible offer. To team up and beat the opponent in front of them without worrying for his back. But believing that Riot was a demon, he knew that only a fool would accept it immediately. But...


    ¡®Making both the demon and orc destroy each other, and the surviving one will be finished by me. I¡¯ll be called the greatest king with just the benefits on this war alone. It was a good thing that I forced father that I¡¯ll be leading this army and not that bastard.¡¯ ¨C Prince


    ¡°... okay, but swear to me that you¡¯ll never come back to these lands again or I swear to the gods that I will kill without mercy!¡± ¨C Prince


    Ambitions suddenly filled his head as he made his decision on accepting the deal Riot proposed. He knew what he had to do, weaken them both and kill the survivor of the bout with ease; a ¡°two birds with one stone¡± as they say.


    ¡°Sure... well then, let¡¯s go!¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Hyah!¡± ¨C Prince


    Both of them attacked the monstrous orc. The first one to attack was the prince, as he was riding on a horse, and stabs the orc at its left thigh.


    *STAB*


    ¡°GRAAAHH!!! Die!!¡± ¨C Orc


    The prince tried pulling away his lance that was currently stuck at the orc¡¯s meat but it was lodge well in between the hard muscles. He can¡¯t pull it out and decided to release it and pulled out his sword and shield.


    The orc swung his giant hammer to the prince to appease his anger from the attack earlier. The prince saw that and readied his shield to receive the incoming hammer. The orc smiled because he knew only a fool would take on the impact of his mighty blow.


    ¡°RAAAA -- *BANG!**BANG!* -- GRAAAHHHHHH!!!¡± ¨C Orc


    Two loud noises where heard before the hammer could collide with the shield, which resulted to a slight trajectory of the hammer and only hit an empty air. Blood was flowing out from the orc¡¯s left eye and his right arm that was holding the hammer. The orc was filled with rage as he addresses the culprit of the said assault.


    ¡°Bastard! As expected of a demon... only attacking when co¡ª¡°


    ¡°Shut up! All is fair in war! Raaaahhh!!!¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Graaahhh!!!¡± ¨C Orc


    Riot quickly pulled the lance that was stuck from the orc¡¯s thigh and tried to stab the orc in the stomach. But the orc was faster as its hand swung to Riot¡¯s body, blowing Riot away and crashed on some rocks. The orc tried to follow his attack but was stopped on his tracks.


    ¡°Flame Dance!¡± ¨C Prince


    ¡°GRaaaAH!¡± ¨C Orc


    Countless of orb of fire surrounded the orc as the prince cast his spell. The fires quickly took form of a sword and assaulted the orc, chipping his life away little by little. The orc tried defending itself but the punishment was severe as he knelt on the ground panting after the spell was ended.


    The prince walked slowly to the kneeling orc, smiling as victory is nearly within his grasp.


    ¡°I must say an orc kneeling to the future king isn¡¯t so bad when the bards will sing this epic tale in the future days to come. To think that my plan go so well, you killing the demon while I kill you... I¡¯m gonna hog all the glory! Killing the legendary Jorvic Rockhammer and the first to subdue a demon in the last hundred years, people will sing my name throughout eternity! And it pains me to say this; I thank you, Jorvic Rockhammer, for becoming my first stepping stone to the path of my godhood!¡± ¨C Prince


    The prince readied his sword as he intent to kill the orc, Jorvic, in a single blow to the head. Jorvic only looked at him with eyes of antipathy. He tried to defend himself, but loss of blood and the shrapnel inside his head are making it to difficult to move. He surrendered himself to fate as he was watching the blade flash in the sun¡¯s ray, making himself look to the prince and suddenly smiled.


    ¡°...all is fair in war huh?¡± ¨C Jorvic


    ¡°Huh? Of course it is. Some people might say that war is about how heroes shine with bravery and honour, but in truth, you can¡¯t win with just that. Backstabbing, cheating, bribery, etc. Those are major factors in winning the war. That is why you and your race will die by my hands!¡± ¨C Prince


    *STAB!!!*


    ¡°Guuuhhh!¡± ¨C Jorvic


    Purple blood was coming out from the fatal wound that was given to him. He tried to pull out what was lodge in his chest but his hands seem to give up. He looked again, smiling, to the warped faced prince as he too was in pain, suffering from a fatal wound. A familiar looking lance was coming out from his stomach and it drove straight through the chest of the orc, giving them both wound that is impossible to recover from.


    ¡°Huh? W-what the?¡±


    The prince, who has no idea what was going on, dropped his sword and shield and tried to get rid of lance. But when he tries to remove it, an unbearable pain takes over his body and coughed blood. He looked back and saw the being that made a hole in his body.


    ¡°B-ba-bastard!! *Cough**Cough* ... you fucking betrayed me! We had a deal! Gaaahhh!!¡± ¨C Prince


    ¡°... I thought you knew that all is fair in war, right? You see, I knew you would betray me the minute we killed him. I mean, you can¡¯t even keep a poker face when I made that fucking offer.¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot let go the handle of the lance and slowly walked away from the scene, but stopped as if he recalled something. He went back to the two warriors who were breathing heavily as they were looking at him.


    ¡°Oh right, I don¡¯t have any equipment as of now... so I¡¯ll have keeps yours prince, okay?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°M-m-monster...¡± ¨C Prince


    ¡°...¡± ¨C Jorvic


    Riot picked up the prince¡¯s sword and shield but as he reaches out the weapons, just like what happened with Satan¡¯s sword, white lights enveloped it and they were gone. He looked at his ring and saw it was still glowing from the previous interaction.


    ¡®What the hell was that? Why do some weapons disappear if I try to touch it?¡¯


    ~I¡¯ll explain it to you once we get out of here master...~


    ¡®?!¡¯


    Riot was surprised as he heard that voice again. It was the. Same voice that warned him from the arrow and it was also sure that it was the one who woke him up with that demented voice. He looked at the ring again thinking that it has a mind of its own.


    ~Not quite, let¡¯s get out of here and I¡¯ll tell you everything you want to know, okay?~


    With a carefree voice, the unknown entity suddenly stayed quiet after it offered a deal; as if it wasn¡¯t there all along.


    ¡°Remember this bastard! My kingdom will seek retribution for what you did to me! I¡¯ll lead the army myself in hunting you down! You hear me?!¡± ¨C Prince


    As if waking up in trance, Riot looked at the prince with an astonish look in his face. The prince smiled thinking that he scared Riot and offered a deal.


    ¡°Now, if you helped me I pr¡ª¡° ¨C Prince


    ¡°For someone on death¡¯s door, you¡¯re pretty lively aren¡¯t you? Why don¡¯t you be quiet like that orc and accept that you are dying here? Were you offering me another deal? Haven¡¯t you learnt something? Well, not that you¡¯ll be needing this were you¡¯re going but... never make a deal with a demon.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Hahahahaha!!!!¡± ¨C Jorvic


    ¡°N-no! No!! I¡¯ll live you hear me! I¡¯ll live and will come for you!¡± ¨C Prince


    As Riot said what he wanted to say, he sprinted to the trees to escape. As he was running, he heard the orc laugh and the death throes of the prince. He just ignored them and went to the trees safely without encountering anymore trouble. As he was looking for a place to hide, he saw a hollowed tree and went there. He sat and rested his body on the tree, knowing that no presence was following him.


    He then looked at his ring and said:


    ¡°Now, let¡¯s talk."

 Chapter 2 - Preface of Tomorrow

    Walking through the enormous and vast trees, our hero was looking for a place to rest for the night. It was already night time and various animal sounds could be heard. It was especially dangerous as there were a lot of unknown noises that were hard to identify as it was the first time that he heard them. The forest was an unforgiving place to the trespassers as once you enter it, there¡¯s a big probability that you would get lost. Along with the nocturnal predators, it would likely you won¡¯t survive alone in the night.


    ¡®Thirsty... if you had told me that you can just read my mind, I wouldn¡¯t have wasted my spit talking to you.¡¯


    ~well... I thought that we already established that you knew that I could read your mind... te he ;P~


    ¡®Every time we talk, I could feel my brain cells dying. Enough with that; have you located a water source?¡¯


    ~hmmm... yes, it is approximately 100 meters to the east. I could also conclude that the water is safe to drink and has 0.57% chance cholera, about 0.14% for dracunculiasis... so yeah, more or less it¡¯s safe as long as you don¡¯t drink the whole water source.~


    ¡®... aside from your smart mouth, you¡¯re pretty useful. ¡®


    ~fufu... but of course! Instead of calling you master, how ¡®bout calling me your master?~


    ¡®Keep talking and I¡¯ll find the nearest volcano and throw you there.¡¯


    ~oh! LOTR! Kidding aside, you should camp here as we still have no clue to where we are. And by the way, I know you won¡¯t throw me.~


    ¡®Smartass.¡¯


    He looked at his finger on where the ring was inserted; a weak silver light was being emitted from it. The ring was alive or so he thought. He remembered what they talked about after escaping from the war.


    <hr>


    ¡°So... care to explain what¡¯s happening?¡±


    Looking at the ring, he talked to it without having any doubts. If people were looking at him right now, they would think his crazy. He waited for it to respond, but never did. Giving up, he breathes deeply as he was supposed to stand up but...


    ~...sorry for not talking, I was also looking for an answer. All I can tell you is that you transported to a different world and that was when I also woke up. So I have no clue to where we are and what this planet code is.~


    The voice from the ring can¡¯t be explained as it has neither the voice of a man or a woman. It also can¡¯t come from a kid or an old one. It was clear but you can feel emotions from it.


    ¡°Huh, so you have no idea? And by planet code, you mean¡ª¡°


    ~Yes, yes... parallel dimension. I tried looking it up from your memory archives and there was no record for this planet.~


    Without letting him finished, the ring answered immediately. He was surprised at what it told him, that this is a new parallel dimension. He was also curious at what it said and asked again.


    ¡°You... just what are you? And what do you mean by my memory archives?¡±


    ~fufu... you¡¯re curious as why I can read your mind. Well, even Magnus can¡¯t read you but I¡¯m different. I¡¯m more than just a ring you know? When I woke up, all your memories, be it from the day you were born up to the Manhattan war, it was all shared to me. ~


    ¡°What? How? I mean Tao¡¯gul never did say anything about this. ¡±


    ~Creator never did mention anything about this. I also don¡¯t know what trigged my awakening but all I can tell you is I only know what you know. ~


    ¡®Creator huh? Tao¡¯gul that bast¡ª no no, never slander that angel. He gave me this as a weapon, but why? I mean, this is a very powerful weapon and it can really destroy lives if I want it to. And with how that orc hit me with that gigantic hammer, I am lucky as how my body is not obliterated by it.¡¯


    He touched his side on where he was hit. It still stings if he touched it, but aside from that, there was nothing else but a bruise. He also remembered the fight in Manhattan where he easily killed those demons and had survived those countless punishment. If he was not blessed by that angel, he knew he would had died from the get go.


    ~...about that, Creator thought that Master would have died from that fight and he would just collect the ring from your body. ~


    ...


    ¡°That BASTARD!!!¡±


    ~master be quiet! They might hear us... why are we running anyway? I mean you could have killed them with your guns, but instead you used those primitive weapons. You could have killed all of them, but you didn¡¯t. Don¡¯t tell me you forgot that you had me as a weapon?~


    ¡°... why would I forget? I didn¡¯t want to take part of it; if I used my gun it would attract all of their attentions and would be really be bothersome. I just want to get out of their and collect my mind first, but fate has its way as it attracted, I think, two major heads in the war.¡±


    The prince and the orc; It looks liked both was the head of their army and was killed by his hands. He hoped that there was somebody to take their place as commanders and finished that war. He never knew why he was called a demon though, as both parties were trying to kill him.


    ¡°Hey, do you know why I was labelled as a demon?¡±


    ~hmmm... maybe it¡¯s because of your looks? I mean you look like somebody who would kill innocent people without second thought though. Aside from that, I have no other possible explanation.~


    He looked at his ring, shocked, when he was told by its answer. He didn¡¯t know if it was joking or was serious with its answer.


    ¡°...Why? I mean aside from my scowl, I still looked human right? There are no horns or tail growing out my body too.¡±


    ~It¡¯s true that you still have your looks as a human, but I just told you my answer because when they looked at you, they were really sure you looked like a demon. I mean, have you seen your clothes? All black and they never saw something like this right?~


    ¡°You¡¯re right... but can¡¯t they just treat it as some eccentric old man who wandered inside the battlefield?¡±


    When Riot saw the battle, he remembered all the humans were quite young. They were pretty far from his age were you might think he was old enough to see his grandson¡¯s wedding. But even though his old, he can still move and fights like a professional fighter, slower and weaker from his prime age, but still can hold out on his own from a group fight. He only did some reconnaissance and spying in his old days, but when the war happened, he was forced to wear his combat suit and fight again in the battlefield.


    ~...old? Have you seen yourself in the mirror lately? Why don¡¯t you look yourself up and tell me if you are old.~


    Clearly surprised from what the ring told him, he touched his face and found out that they were not saggy but firm. He looked at his hands and saw that they were clearly not like hands of an old man but a young one.


    ¡®What the hell?! No, let¡¯s not think about it first and prioritize escaping further away from this place.¡¯Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.


    ~if that¡¯s the case, why don¡¯t master head deeper to the forest? That way, their cavalry will be useless and the orc¡¯s cannot move properly in this dense area.~


    ¡®...Of course you can read my mind... You¡¯re right, let¡¯s find a safe place first and reorganize our thoughts. That way, we can find a way out of this mess. By the way, what do I call you?¡¯


    ~I have no name master, but if you want then you can give me one.~


    ¡®hmmmm... then it¡¯s Glendell.¡¯


    ~... for a very skillful person, your naming skill sucks. But I will accept my name, master.~


    ¡°O-okay...¡±


    He then quickly went deeper into the forest...


    <hr>


    Riot found the water source and discovered that it was a stream. Clear from any signs of life, he went and drank to his fill. As his thirst was doused, he tried to remember what happened in Manhattan before he was suddenly transported in this new world.


    ¡®The last thing I remembered was that I lured that abomination and a huge explosion went up. After that, everything went dark.¡¯


    ~hmmm... maybe a portal opened when the explosion happened and you flew in that direction? So, what do master plan to do?~


    ¡®That¡¯s too convenient to happen. We still have long days ahead of us, sooner or later an answer will come up.¡¯


    Riot then sat beside a huge tree, leaning his weight to it as the fatigue hits him hard from the nonstop events that transpired within a span of a day. He looked to the clear and starry sky that shone so brightly, thinking of what will transpire in the days ahead of him. Even though he was tired, he can¡¯t stop thinking about the new discoveries he made and which to his surprise, made him feel excited. Like a boy with a new toy.


    ¡®A fantasy world, with some fantasy creatures, and lots of magic. Akira kept pestering about this, wishing this kind of an ¡®event¡¯ will happen to her. Looks like someone would get extremely jealous when I come back.¡¯


    ~fufufu...~


    With that, he slept without a care of his surroundings. Exhausted from all the fighting he had done, he slept like a log not caring if some wild creatures attack him. It was up to his luck to help him that no predators would prey on him.


    ¡°Grrrrrrr¡± - ??


    But alas, it looks like something felt his presence and searched for him. It had four big legs to support its body and was bigger than a bear. Claws shining in the night that can clearly slice a man¡¯s body clean. And two long fangs protruding from its upper mouth, which can snap a small tree with ease. If one had to compare it with an earthling animal, then it can be closely compared to the fearsome sabertooth tiger; but only bigger and more dangerous.


    ¡°Graaaa!!¡±


    It roared loudly at Riot but strangely, it didn¡¯t wake him up. The creature didn¡¯t care if it did, as it pounced, claws extending, to him.


    *Crash!!*


    It broke the tree in half as the claws swept through it, destroying everything in its path. It tried to looks for its prey¡¯s dead body to devour it but, there was no body to be found. It was confused as how it disappeared; it tried to search for his smell and there was no sign of him.


    ~non non monsieur chat. I can¡¯t let you kill my master when he¡¯s sleeping, that would be a very embarrassing way for my master to die.~


    A cold voice could be heard from the creature¡¯s back. It quickly turned and looks for the voice but there was nothing there. There was no scent, no sound, even no presence could be felt from the area.


    ~you¡¯re pretty slow for a cat... or maybe it¡¯s my master¡¯s body that is amazing... Je suis d¨¦sol¨¦ monsieur chat, but I want to test my master¡¯s body even for a tiny bit... fufufu ~


    Danger! Danger!


    Its instinct kick in very hard as it heard again the voice from its back. It quickly turned and swept its paw very fast; hoping to hit what was stalking him. But there was nobody there, only air. It tried to retreat back into the woods but somehow cannot move. Its body will not listen and was falling to the ground. Its vision was slowly fading and blood was flowing, covering its eyes.


    Then, something was slowly walking in front of it, as if just strolling around a park. The thing that was in front of it was the one that was its target a moment ago. Looks like the predator became the prey and the prey became the predator from the situation.


    ~oh my, to think that you would die from that. Truly my master is strong! Fufufu... Au Revoir monsieur chat. ~


    A sword was pierced in the forehead of the ill-fated tiger. The sword slowly turned to light and returned to Riot¡¯s ring. He then looked at the tree and the corpse and smiled wryly as on how to explain to his master when he wakes up.


    But before Glendell, who somehow was controlling Riot¡¯s body, could clean up the mess. Loud noises could be heard, slowly approaching on his area.


    ¡°¡±¡±¡±Grrroooooaaaa¡±¡±¡±¡±


    ~my, oh my... to think it had a pack, looks like it¡¯s going to be a long night.~


    Glendell sighed as he saw the pack of gigantic tigers quickly surrounding him. The tigers saw their comrade dead and made their blood boil as they saw the killer still standing before them. But Glendell only smiled at them and light was converging in his hand, forming in the shape of the sword.


    ~well? Have at thee!~


    Glendell charged at the enemy right in front of him, slaughtering anything that threatens his master.


    <hr><hr>


    The battle still rages on after Riot escaped from it. Even when they were tired they still continued to fight, humans and orc, to the death. Countless of bodies piled up and they almost covered all the ground. Chaos was governing the battlefield as everywhere you looked; they were killing each other like everyone in front of them was an enemy. There were times in that battle that they also accidentally killed their comrades but as if it was normal, they continued to fight the next opponent that they can find.


    The reason for this was that they saw two figures; figures who were both skewered with a lance. Parties, human and orc, tried to save them but, killed each other as they fought for the bodies. Anger filled both armies as they blamed the opposing army for the death of their commanders. With no leader to guide their army, the battle continued without rest until the victor was decided.


    <hr>


    [Kingdom of Solnaria ¨C Human Settlement]


    But with what had happened, where no sane person to lead their respective army, the battle ended with both armies losing. Few survivors from the human army retreated from the war and directly went home without taking any proof or corpse of the body of the prince. The highest ranking left from them, who was only a captain from the rear squad, proceeded to the castle and bear the ill news.


    The king, queen, and all nobles who were there were surprised at the news. They knew it was a big battle, a battle that decided the entirety of the human race. All knights, foot soldiers, and even squire volunteered to join in this war but they never would have thought that they would be almost annihilated.


    ¡°M-my son? Where is he?¡± ¨C King


    The king, who heard the news, quickly asked the wellbeing of his son. He was clearly agitated by what transpired there but he was more interested in his son¡¯s health.


    The captain¡¯s face was drained from its colour when asked by the king. Everybody knew that the king favoured his first son so much that nobody would be surprised if he would be the next king. Resolved, he looked at the audience and answered.


    ¡°H-he¡¯s dead Milord. That was one of the reasons why the war all went hell.¡± ¨C Captain


    ¡°Impossible!¡± ¨C Noble 1


    ¡°No way!¡± ¨C Noble 2


    Murmurs could be heard from the audience as how impossible it would happen to the prince. He was fully armed and had an elite cavalry as a security. He was also at the back commanding the army.


    ¡°That¡¯s impossible! How can my son be killed when he was at the back?! It is unthinkable that he would charge and attack at the front! I already told those cavalry to not let him be in harm¡¯s way!¡± ¨C King


    People heard the king¡¯s last sentence on how not to let the prince participate in the actual battle. They knew he favoured him so much that he forgot that he had other children as well. For this to happen to the prince, the king would never believe the story.


    ¡°U-uhm, about that Milord. There was a report in the midst of battle, it was pretty unbelievable but the prince went and tried to see if it was true. His personal unit went with him but...¡± ¨C Captain


    The people in the throne room were listening closely on what the soldier had to say. What was it that would make the prince move and was not stopped by his guards? People, nobles and soldiers alike, were very curious as what could have happened in the midst of the war that could have totally destroyed their army.


    ¡°Well? What was it? The king is waiting.¡± ¨C Commander


    Unable to wait for the answer a commander near the king asked soldier to speak. He too was curious on what could destroy an elite unit.


    ¡°It was a Demon Milord.¡± ¨C Captain


    Silence enveloped the throne room. Everybody thought that they heard it wrong. They were looking again at the soldier and he told them the same answer.


    ...


    ¡°Kyyaaaaa!!¡± - ?


    ¡°It has begun!¡± - ?


    ¡°We¡¯re doomed!¡± - ?


    Chaos takes place inside the throne room when the queen suddenly collapsed from the news. Nobles and high ranking soldiers also were talking as how this could affect their futures. Cries could be heard from the ladies that heard it, some of them even collapsed.


    Only the king was silent as he was holding his queen. He ignored the noises and looked through the window; thinking of his son.


    That day, the news about the demise of the prince and the appearance of a demon spread quickly around the kingdom.


    <hr>


    [Grunkle ¨C one of the Orc settlement]


    As same as the opposing party, the orc army suffered also a major blow from the battle. Only a handful of them withdraw from the battle. News about the battle and the appearance of the demon was also spread in their land. But it had the opposite effects for them, made all orcs hungry for blood even more.


    ¡°This was a blessing in disguise my people! With the news about a demon appearing, all the tribal orcs would join our cause in this war! Not only would we taste the human¡¯s blood, we can also the elven¡¯s and animalia¡¯s blood. Rejoice! We would not let Jorvic¡¯s death be in vain. Offer up the enemy¡¯s blood to please the gods when we fight!¡± ¨C Orc Chieftain


    ¡°¡±¡±ROOOAAAAA!!! Krog¡¯tah!!¡±¡±¡± ¨C Orcs


    Bloodlust could be felt all over the air as the orcs howled to the night. With this news, not only orcs and humans, even the other races would join the fray. Alliance will be made and a huge war would happen, only because of one demon appearing. This made the orcs elated as they can fight a full scale war, and this time, it would be them who will be the one left standing.

 Chapter 3 - Scavenger

    ¡®What the hell happened here?¡¯


    Waking up from his long sleep, Riot saw seven sliced up bodies of some huge animals. He slowly went to them to inspect who could have done it. All he saw are precise cuts to the vital parts. Clean and efficient like his way of doing.


    ~well you see, you were in a deep sleep that you didn¡¯t notice those creatures. I had to do something right?~


    ¡®...how did you beat them?¡¯


    ~well I slice them up! Pierce their heart and head! The efficient way like you always do.~


    Even though it was only a ring, Riot can feel it had emotions; as it was proud that he defeated the monsters. And aside from that, the way it spoke is like of a child right now, unlike yesterday.


    ¡®No, no... what I mean is, how did you manage to do all those things when you are just a ring? And from what I remembered, I had no weapon that can slice this long.¡¯


    ~ah that. Well I used your body of course. While you were out of commission, I somehow took control of your body and it was amazing! Who knew that your body could react to my fast thinking, you have quite the inhuman reflex there.~


    ¡®?!. You controlled my body? How come I have never felt it?¡¯


    Riot was surprised as he wasn¡¯t aware that his body was controlled. During his hero days, he had experienced being controlled by someone many times, but he can somehow escape it one way or another. That was why he was unnerved as how he didn¡¯t sense the body control.


    ~as I have said my master, I too have no idea how I did it. But let us just say that we are lucky that I can control your body, or you would have died. And by the way for the weapon, have you forgotten that you stole the knight¡¯s weapon?~


    ¡®huh? I thought it was lost as it was devoured by your light.¡¯


    ~non non silly, did Creator never explained to you on how to use me?~


    ¡®I thought you already knew everything about me? And just to satisfy your question, the answer is no. I quickly went out and killed some demons. Now, could you answer my question?¡¯


    ~*sigh* well, I did say that all your memories are shared with me, but I haven¡¯t watched all of it yet. I only knew the basics about you, ex-assassin, ex-hero killer, etc. The other memories are not yet viewed as of yet. As for your other question, I can absorb weapons and upgrade it so you can use it. I¡¯m like your personal armoury!~


    ¡®If that¡¯s the case, then why didn¡¯t you absorb the spear? Or the flintlock or the lance? What¡¯s the difference between that sword and the other weapons?¡¯


    ~oh yeah, forgot about that! Well you see, I somehow can¡¯t take just any weapon, it has to be special or some sort. I just found out about that when I took out the sword and the shield. And they were so awesome!~


    Riot was now certain that the mentality of Glendell was that of a teenager to a young adult as he was reminded of a certain cyborg, Akira. He tried to picture about the weapons he ¡®stole¡¯ yesterday and light suddenly went to his arms.


    *whistle*


    After the light vanished, he was now holding a sword on his dominant arm and a shield was equipped in his left. It was a long bastard sword that was supposed to be heavy but it was easily lifted with one hand. The sword had rune letters engraved at both edges and there were faint lights coming out of it.


    ~when master stole that sword, I gained knowledge of its history. It is called the ¡®Armour Biter¡¯ as it ignores metal objects when used. So shields, metal armour, or something related to that will be ignored and it will directly hit the flesh of the enemy. I made some adjustments to it so you can perfectly wield it with ease. How is it?~


    ¡®This is a great weapon; it can decimate countless opponents while ignoring their defence. It can really disrupt a shield formation when used.¡¯


    That weapon was a national treasure of the Solnaria Kingdom; It was labelled as one of the strongest offensive weapons they had created. With the use of that weapon, it helped the foundation of the great kingdom.


    ~fufu, but what¡¯s most surprising is that shield.~


    Riot immediately gaze at the shield, it was round and had a diameter of one and a half meter. It can cover the head and upper body with ease. It had no design as it was mostly looked like an old copper shield, like the one Spartans used in the Persian war. What was appealing to it that it had perfect curves, no chips or dents could be seen from it.


    ¡®It is also light, but it is a little big for my taste. It is good for big opponents, but it would hard to move if surrounded by nimble enemies. And what is so special about this shield?¡¯


    ~well, I can reduce it size of you want to. But before that, try throwing the shield on that giant rock over there as fast and strong as you can. Come on!~


    Being compelled by Glendell, Riot threw it like a baseball superstar threw a ball; fast and dangerous. It went straight to the rock. He thought it would bounced back or best it would wedged there, but when it came contact with the rock, of his shock it went through. Like a knife cuts through a butter.


    ¡® Oi oi... that was humanly impossible. The best that it would do to that giant rock was to be wedge there, it wasn¡¯t supposed to went through to it.¡¯


    ~I know right?! But when I viewed its history, it was made by a special metal. A dwarf found the piece of metal and tried to make equipment out of it. But when he struck his hammer, to his surprised, it did not bend the metal. He tried striking it again and again, but it didn¡¯t take shape, much less bent it from its original shape. From there, he tried alchemy and, with the help of some elves, magic to try to make a shield out of it. From there, it was used countless of battle without being damaged even once. It was passed to countless of users until it came to the hands of that knight.~


    ¡®Hoo... but why would I need a shield when I¡¯ve got you? You can deflect almost every weapon we had encountered and my suit is practically a shield.¡¯


    ~fufu... that¡®s were master is wrong. I analyzed as to how the shield could have never suffered damage. That was when I tried blocking the monster with that shield. It practically threw its body to me and I had to guard your body. When its body came contact with the shield, the monster¡¯s force was mostly absorbed by the shield, making it as it had just done a light push. It can practically absorbed vibrations! It is much stronger than me when in terms of defending. ~


    ¡®That... that is awesome...¡¯


    Riot touched his aching side, where the giant hammer struck him. His armour did a pretty good job in keeping him alive, but the force from the hammer penetrated and did damage to his body. He looked at his body and it was completely purple. His armour can defend him, but it can never cancel out the force and vibration of an attack. If there was someone that can strike him like the demon god, he knew that his armour would be useless.


    ~oh yeah, place your left hand out and concentrate on the shield and it will come.~


    Riot followed what Glendell said and concentrated on the shield. Immediately a shield was coming to him as fast as he threw it, he wanted to dodge it but thought that would be a bad idea as it would just follow him. So when the shield was almost within his field, he readied his arm for the incoming pain. But his expectation was destroyed as the shield when back to his arm without any force to his body.


    ¡®Yep, definitely awesome... hey could you try to shrink the size of this about six feet in diameter and... ??!!¡¯


    ¡°What the actual fuck?!¡±


    ~?! What¡¯s wrong master! Are you hurt?!~


    As he was observing the shield while making some suggestion to it, he suddenly saw his reflection on the shield. He if course had the same face, no horns or any other abnormalities that can have him labelled as a demon. But what surprised him was that how young he looked. He wasn¡¯t a seventy year old man, no far from it; he looked like his time when he was still out on the streets hiding from both heroes and villains. A cocky looking man that had sharp eyes that when he gaze at you, you would think your his prey.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.


    ¡®Glendell, did you do something to my body?¡¯


    ~ah, so that¡¯s what you were shouting about... nah, didn¡¯t do anything to it. When I woke up, you were already in that state.~


    ¡®That so? No wonder I can move faster, and I felt stronger. Well, enough of this... I¡¯m really hungry with; I haven¡¯t eaten anything since yesterday.¡¯


    There were corpses of those monsters that Glendell dealt with, but with their blood not being drained it would taste and smell horribly. Riot thought that maybe eating fruits or nuts would be his best option as of now.


    He looked at the trees and found out most of them were bearing fruits. He wasn¡¯t sure if they were edible or not; being as this would be his first encounter with it. He looked at one peculiar fruit; a red elongated one that looks like a banana. He was curious of its shape and reached for the fruit, it had a delicious smell and was hard like an apple.


    ~hmmm... from what I¡¯ve analyzed, it is safe to eat that master. There¡¯s no poison nor any pacticular bacteria with this one.~


    ¡®You''re pretty useful when it comes with this one.¡¯


    ~fufu... praise me more!~


    ....


    *Chomp*


    Riot just ignored Glendell and proceeded to taste the fruit. It was really delicious and its aroma was really good. It taste was mild sweet but it was very addicting. But what surprised Riot was that, after just eating one fruit, he was so full like his hunger was just a joke.


    ¡°This is... unbelievable...¡±


    That was the only thing he could say as he couldn¡¯t explain his experience with this fantasy fruit. He looked at the corpses and thought that with their smell, they would attract unwanted monsters in this area.


    ¡®hmmm... let¡¯s bury their bodies, but leave their pelt as it can be very useful in the future. After this, let¡¯s explore this forest thoroughly.¡¯


    ~roger that!~


    ..........


    After hanging and smoking the pelts, they went further ahead deep in the forest. They saw strange creatures, new types of animal and even a whole pack of those giant cats that attacked them last night. But they didn¡¯t kill any of them as they were just observing the ecosystem of the area. He estimated that the forest was as big as the area Manhattan. They explored it until reaching the foot of a volcano. Curious of the volcano¡¯s state, he thought of climbing it to the top.


    ~you don¡¯t have to climb it master. I can tell it¡¯s already inactive but its magma are still moving inside.~


    ¡®... well you¡¯re no fun...¡¯


    ~geh!? W-well how about exploring inside of it? I felt that there¡¯s a cave inside of it and felt some unknown presence too.~


    As Glendell told him about a cave, he tried to look for it, curious as what he could find living in there. He slowly circled the base of the volcano and saw the cave and there were something moving inside of it. He hid behind some bushes and investigated what it would be that was living there.


    There at the cave, some ugly looking creature went outside and did its business just at the side entrance of its home. They had these greyish-green looking skins that were mostly covered with black tars and boils. The eyes of it were pure black and had long nose. Looking at its mouth, their teeth were sharpened to the point it looked like mini daggers were installed in its mouth.


    Riot could see that if he ever encountered one of it, it would attack him with no questions asked. It was holding a spiked club that can really kill someone with just one strike. And from the looks of it, it was eager to hit something.


    ~Are they by chance...?~


    ¡®Goblins? I think so too. But they are much fiercer than what Akira told me about... maybe this is its true nature.¡¯


    ~what are you going to do about it?~


    ¡®... as of now, just observe them. They¡¯re not harming anyone; they might be the owners of the forest. Let us just observe them daily as they would be our new neighbours.¡¯


    ~neighbours? Ohhh... so you do plan to live here... well, it¡¯s a nice place and from what I can see, no humans would trek deep into this woods.~


    ¡®Yup... so for now, let¡¯s go back to the stream and make a base of operations there.¡¯


    ~you mean you¡¯ll make the house... I¡¯m just a ring you know...~


    ¡®...right.¡¯


    They went straight back to the stream saw that no animals or strange creatures were there. It was a perfect place to build a home. There were a lot of trees that can be used for a house and a stream for the usage of water. There were also a lot of fruits that can be eaten or hunt some animals in the forest.


    ¡®It¡¯s already noon, I¡¯ll start cutting some trees so do you have any axe there by some chance?¡¯


    ~none, you can use the sword of you like...~


    ¡®It ignores the metal and can slice its way through a man¡¯s flesh. But it would be very ineffective against a tree you know...¡¯


    ~hmm... Master¡¯s right! Then how about going back there?~


    ¡®... To the battlefield? I guess from how I killed both respective commanders of the armies, they would have retreated right now huh...¡¯


    ~yup! And that¡¯s not all! There are plenty of weapons and armours there to be taken away! Fufufu...~


    ¡®... ... right, we might get an axe there and some other useful materials that can be used here...¡¯


    They immediately went back to where the war happened. Even though he only went there once, he remembered the way easily as it was trained from his younger days. As he slowly went out of the forest, he saw the field. Barren from any life and was filled with death. The stench coming from the place could make any normal being puke from its rancid smell; not even scavengers went near the awful place.


    ¡®Fuck, that¡¯s some strong smell. Hey by chance, could you think you can make my mask?¡¯


    ~that¡¯s a no biggie! Aside from the mask, you can imagine almost any weapon from your world and I¡¯ll try my best to conjure it.~


    ¡®oh... you really are a cheat.¡¯


    ~more! Praise me more! Fufufu!!!~


    As Glendell was strangely elated by Riot¡¯s compliment, a mask quickly envelopes his face. The stench that was going in to his nose was filtered in his mask. It can null poisonous gas attack so he was safe if it is just a putrid smell of death. But what was strange was that he can¡¯t really smell anything but clean air. He also realized that the lenses from his mask had some weird digital patterns and some kind of a guage.


    ¡®By some chance, is this a map?¡¯


    ~so you noticed it?! Yup yup!! I copied it from one of your memories when Master played with Akira. Man, you sucked at first person shooting. The map can detect movements fifty meters wide within your field. ~


    ¡®...aside from the insult, it is useful for combat. What about the gauge?¡¯


    ~ah that, it is like a danger warning; the bar will fill up depending on how dangerous one can be when you¡¯ve encountered them. Even if they hide it, they won¡¯t hide from me! Fufufu...~


    ¡®If people knew your capabilities, they would wage war just to obtain you.¡¯


    ~One Ring to rule them all!!! Bwahahaha!!~


    ¡®...¡¯


    Ignoring the ring, he quickly looked for valuable items from the field; Axes, arrow, swords, pistols and books. There were a variety of stuffs there that some of it was absorbed by Glendell, which made him giddier. By the time his hands were full, he saw the prince¡¯s corpse. It was still stuck within the lance but the orc was not there.


    ¡®Maybe he did survive after all... should¡¯ve pushed the lance deeper to their bodies... hmm?¡¯


    He saw a small pouch hanging from the side of the prince. It was white in colour and had a gryphon emblem on the front. He grabbed it, thinking there might be something useful in it. But the light quickly enveloped it and was gone.


    ~OOhhh!! Bwahaha we got the jackpot master! Fufufu!~


    ¡®... what did we get now?¡¯


    Tired by the ring¡¯s unusual behaviour, he asked it with a bored voice.


    ~Quick! Take out the pouch and you¡¯d be amazed! ~


    He conjures up the item and it was in his hand. He looked at it was light and tried opening it up. There was also nothing inside of it. He tried inverting it, with the mouth facing the ground, and shook it.


    ¡°W-what the?!¡±


    Countless of stuff flooded out from its mouth. From small things like colourful jewels and large things like some tents. He never had imagine that all those stuffs would fit right inside a small pouch.


    ~fufu, did that surprised you master? From its original conception, it can carry a limited number of stuffs while ignoring the weights. You only had to imagine the stuff that you want to pull out and you would apparently get it. It can store food but would rot if not taken out if forgotten. But with a few twinks I made with it, it would stop time inside and had the storage capacity three times bigger! fufufu~


    ¡®So it¡¯s like you, but can fit all these stuffs without any fuss and can store storage. It¡¯s more convenient with all the stuff I¡¯ll have to carry...¡¯


    ~M-master, I¡¯m much more useful than that bag right? ~


    ¡®... of course you are. Well with this, we can take almost all of the stuffs here. I¡¯ll get all of the items here, it maybe can help use in the future.¡¯


    ~Hai!~


    With that, he quickly pulled everything that can be used. From broken shields to bloodied gold and even to the feather and claws of the dead gryphon and the useful teeth and scales of the drakes.


    It took a while as there were a lot of useful items to extract from their dead bodies. As the sun was almost setting down, he went to a familiar place, were a dead body that was holding a flintlock pistol, it also had a spear embedded to his stomach. Near that corpse was the first life that Riot took. It was the orc that attacked him out of the blue. He went near them and took out all their useful stuffs.


    ¡®There are still a lot of bodies here to salvage but the sun is almost down. We should get back and... huh?¡¯


    ~what¡¯s wrong master?~


    As he was standing up from retrieving the loots from the orc, he saw some strange belongings that were out of the picture in this battlefield. It was some small objects, the size of a palm of a man, and had a very bright colour. They also shine when light would hit it but for him, it wasn¡¯t strange because he knew what it was.


    ¡®Why are these stuffs here?¡¯


    It was some bits and pieces of some parts of a grocery counter. Metals from a cash register and some chips were there. There was also a broken trolley filled with gardening tools and some seeds with it.


    ~I didn¡¯t notice that earlier, but with this, we can now assume that you were transported here along with these stuffs.~


    ¡®Yeah, and that might also be a clue as to why I was chosen...¡¯


    ~hmm? What is it? O-oh?!~


    Riot pointed out a dead body that was near the scene. It was a person who had a very gruesome death; its body was almost cut in half from his left shoulder down to his stomach with a very crude weapon. He was still young, about mid twenties just like him. He had an ash blonde hair and a scar from his cheek which looked good on him. Aside from that he looked like a captain of a division which died from the battle, but there was nothing else special with his equipment.


    ~I¡¯m looking through your memories and this; this is the first time that this happened! Even Alpheus could not explain this one...~


    ¡®Yeah, but really leaves a bad taste in my mouth.¡¯


    He looked at the body dejectedly as he was looking at its face. Because no matter how people would look at the corpse and his face, it was one and the same. It wasn¡¯t like the situation with how the twins had the same face, because if you look at them closely, you would see some difference about them. But with this one, aside from the scar and hair, their bone structure, height, and their facial expression is one and the same.


    ¡®Yep, now this is a first, having seen my parallel self. Even Alpheus hasn¡¯t seen his parallel self on Earth.¡¯

 Chapter 4 - Everyday life in the Forest and pulling of the weeds

    *THUD!*THUD!*THUD!*THUD!*THUD!*


    Early morning, where the sun hasn¡¯t yet raised. In the middle of a dense forest, where lot of unknown animals lived, one could hear a loud chopping sound. It continued for a while, and then one of the trees there wobbles slowly and crashed to the ground.


    *Crash!*


    ¡°*sigh*... now that would be the last tree around this area. With this, we can now properly make a house!¡± ¨C Riot


    ~do we need to? I mean, you live in a very fancy tent you know?~


    ¡®It is much better to live in a house rather than living in a tent. When the wind blows, it would shake the wall and rather disturbs my rest. Especially when it rains right? I know you hate those annoying noises every time it hits the tent.¡¯


    Riot looked at the empty field he cleared and was satisfied with it. He cleared all debris, from large rocks to deep roots, so that it won¡¯t hinder his house in the coming future. On the left side of the empty lot he made, there was a big cubicle area which was covered with thin vines; so that small insects wouldn¡¯t get through it but the sun light can still pass. On the right side of the empty lot was a much larger area which was fenced with big woods and one can hear noises if you listen closely.


    ~Mater¡¯s right, with all those dried logs we prepare, we can build one of those dream cabins you¡¯ve dreamt about with her...~


    ¡®... I, I can¡¯t... no, you¡¯re right, it would insult her if I can¡¯t even make our dream house.¡¯


    ~that¡¯s the spirit! You can even brag about it when you meet up with her...~


    ¡®...Thanks, I mean that.¡¯


    ~... as long as it makes my master happy, I would help you with it.~


    ¡®Well then, after finishing our morning schedule, I¡¯ll be starting on laying the foundation of the house. While you work on the design and architectural calculations so that this will not fall even if there¡¯s an earthquake.¡¯


    ~giving me the hard job as always... *sigh*~


    ¡®You know, every day you¡¯re becoming more and more human with how you talk. You¡¯re too influenced on how Akira talks.¡¯


    ~what can I say? She¡¯s very cool! With those entire weapons she hid in her body, you can say we have a lot in common. Fufu...~


    It has been eight months since his transportation to this new world. But all he did, aside from getting the loots of the dead bodies from the war, was just holing up inside the forest. He didn¡¯t care of the outside world as of yet, as he was still having a peaceful time inside the forest. In that span of time he was only once been hunted by the humans and was never been disturbed by them ever again.


    The only thing he does was tending to his new hobby, tending to his small farm. On the third day of his new life, he planted all the seeds that he took from the store. It was all Earth plants, ranging from fruits to vegetables and some of them were decorative plants like roses and daisies. He just did it for curiosity sake as to whether the plants would be fine to the dirt from the unknown earth or it would die as it had a different nutrients from the ground. But when the next day arrived, all his plants flourished ¨C the fruit seeds were now trees bearing lots of fruit, the vegetables were big and healthy, ready to be picked, and the flowers blossomed so beautifully, that it looked so heavenly when lights shine on them. He tended the plants everyday just to keep up with the growth of it, but he was somehow addicted to the feel of taking care of it. But as the days goes by, the produced were so plenty that he had to throw some of the stuff away.


    Feeling wasted by the thrown veggies and fruits, he gave them to what he thought was some herbivore creatures. He saw what looked like some herd of large sheep with golden horns attached to its head. He tried giving it to them at first, but they suddenly attacked him with what seems to be arrows made from light. He dodges them desperately as the arrows were as fast as the bullets coming from Earth. Seeming like he can¡¯t go near them, he just left the food and bolted away. He did that every day, from bringing foods to dodging their attacks, until the herd didn¡¯t attack him. It was to the point they became meek and followed Riot to his place. Being unable to think on what to do with the dilemma, Glendell provided a lovely solution; and that was to build a pen for them. With that, the heard followed him there without any problem and was living quietly with him. He also had gigantic boars, which loved the apples, and what seems to be some chicken, when they smelled the toasted corn which he cooked.


    ¡®Now that we¡¯re done with them, time to do some morning exercise!¡¯


    ~will you face that pile of bones again?~


    ¡®Well, he¡¯s always waiting for me every time we walk to the forest. At least he faced me upfront not like those goblins.¡¯


    ~yeah, they are more annoying than that skeleton... oh look, he¡¯s already in the field waiting for you.~


    ¡®More of a monster, he looks like a warrior eager to learn some new skills.¡¯


    Goblins suddenly attacked Riot one day when he was walking in the forest. They were fast and dangerous with their weapons and had a numerical advantage on him. But even with those advantages, they were still no match for him. He killed all of them and left them there as they had no values to take. As he was walking back he saw a skeleton that held a sword and a shield, attacking a group of goblins. The skeleton was fast and strong as he cuts the opponents in half with one strike from his sword. It also defeated them easily, as all the goblins were laying in a circle around the skeleton. The skeleton noticed Riot and proceeded to attack him. He nimbly dodges the attacks and tried to land a punch to its body, but was easily been blocked by the shield. Surprised by the sudden skills of the skeleton, Riot smiled as he disarmed its sword and made a wonderful judo throw; scattering all his bones in the ground. As the bones didn¡¯t move again, he just preceded his morning walk as always.


    But on the next day, he saw the skeleton again and it attacked him like the first time. He tried to disarm again the opponent but it just let go of its sword and held to Riot¡¯s arm. Surprised at what it did, Riot just waited for it to continue on what it would do to him. To his astonishment, it also made a judo throw, not perfect but it would still hurt if Riot would connect to the ground. Riot magnificently escaped the throw and did a wonderful roundhouse kick to its head, flying at a tremendous speed. The skeletal body desperately runs to retrieve its head, making Riot walk away from it.


    As the days goes by it challenges Riot again and again, learning new techniques and even making Riot sweat. It was getting better and better but still hasn¡¯t made a decent hit to Riot¡¯s body. It still had its shield and sword, but just threw them away as it was useless against its opponent. The skeleton was getting better and better at hand combat that it was taking Riot at least five minutes to beat it.


    Even though it was a monster, it wouldn¡¯t attack him at his home when it tried to follow him. It just waits at the clearing and would do nothing else. Riot was fond of it, as it made a decent sparring partner for him.


    As the two of them faced each other, the skeleton prepares its body as it puts it hands on guard while lowering its body posture. Its feet were firm on the ground, as it learned that Riot would just make it fall over and over again if he saw to it.


    ¡°Hoooh... so you¡¯ve learned to balance your body, that¡¯s good. I hope you can hit me this time as you basically learned all the basics in hand to hand combat.¡±


    ¡®Glendell, don¡¯t put power in my suit as always. I want to see its progress.¡¯


    ~hai hai! Ten gold says that it can land an attack.~


    The skeleton just looked at Riot without answering. But from the looks of it, it looked like it understood what Riot told him, as he nodded its head.


    With that as an answer, it charges at Riot at an amazing speed for a skeleton. It did a roundhouse kick immediately in the beginning, but Riot sidesteps and delivered a blow to its ribcage. But the punch didn¡¯t land as the skeleton¡¯s body was not there. Riot looked at his side and saw it was charging at him at crouched position, aiming for a takedown. Riot hardens his feet to the ground as he takes on the charge from the skeleton. But with the abnormal strength it possessed, it lifted Riot and did a solid take down.


    ¡°Guh! Bastard, you¡¯re stronger than you look!¡±


    ~I can already smell the gold in my imaginary hands! Fufufu!~


    Riot guarded the back of his head as the ground was coming in contact to him. The blow was hard and painful, but he manages to resist the pain as he evaded the incoming strikes from the skeleton. He was on half guard, as he might think the skeleton would do a kimura ¨C which he did yesterday and was surprised that the skeleton tapped out from that one ¨C but it escaped from his guard and was outside of him. He tried to get up but the skeleton delivered some heavy knee blows to his kidney. As the skeleton once again delivered a knee, Riot instantly hold to its knee and manages to stand while evading the punches it throws. The skeleton escaped from his grasped and tried to deliver a straight punch however, Riot evaded it and lands a strong right counter to its face.


    *Gang!*


    The skeleton was clearly dazed as it wobbles to get some space. But Riot took that opportunity and gave a low kick to its legs. The skeleton tries to defend its legs to the upcoming kick but there was no kick being delivered.


    It was a feint!


    With its upper part not on guard, Riot did a superman punch with the help of the feint kick¡¯s momentum. The punch perfectly landed on its face, which made the skeleton crumpled on the floor.


    ¡°Wooh! That was good! Not only did you land a clean strike, you also manage to take me down.¡±


    Even though his body still aches from the pain, he was refreshed as this was the first time that made him sweat in a spar with the skeleton. It was becoming more and more stronger as the days past but he didn¡¯t mind, as he knew he wouldn¡¯t harm anything as long as it didn¡¯t attack it first.


    The skeleton was still on the ground, it looked like it was satisfied but who would know as it had no emotions from its face. Riot looked at it one last time as maybe it still hasn¡¯t given up and want some more beat downs. But it looked like it had enough for today as it didn¡¯t stand up.


    ¡°Well, now were done... on to the next on the list!¡±


    ~Hai hai! Next one is trimming the goblin¡¯s population again.~


    ¡®Oh, it¡¯s that time of the month huh...¡¯


    ~yeah but lately, every time we kill them, more and more goblins pop out replacing the ones we have killed. At this rate, they would flood out from the forest and attack a nearby locale.~


    A month after coming to this world, Riot was slowly reclaiming a part of the forest, cutting down the trees and taking out the roots and rock from the ground. As he was doing this, he noticed that a large group of unknown creatures was heading directly to him. He conjured up his guns, ready to fire at any moment on what coming from the other side.


    As he aimed his guns, goblins flooded out from the bush, running with frenzy towards Riot. He answered them with hails of bullets as he emptied his magazines. There were still a lot of goblins going out from the thicket, but luckily for him, a lot of light arrows were raining down on the goblins killing them in one shot.


    It was the flock of sheep he left at the pen. They saw the goblins and did a group attack, shaving almost all goblins. Riot cleaned up the rest of the surviving goblins in the area. He also heard a commotion inside the trees and saw the skeleton killing the retreating ones.


    With all the bodies of the goblins, destroying his land, he tried burning them but it might destroy his plants. He had an idea that he should just give it to the carnivorous giant tiger that attacked him on his first night. The tigers didn¡¯t attack him like what the sheep did to him. Instead they just went to the pile of corpses and feast on it. He did this twice in one month, on his earth calendar as he didn¡¯t know how the measure their days here, and gave the meats of the goblins to the carnivorous creatures in the forest. Because of that, almost all creatures there were loyal to him or that they wouldn¡¯t attack him.


    ¡®What¡¯s more is that they are slowly destroying this ecosystem in the forest. I think it is time to pull out the weed from its roots.¡¯


    ~oh master¡¯s being scary! Well you do have a point. I kind of like it here, and it¡¯s a drag to look for a new place to live.~


    But with this problem that the goblin¡¯s population was getting out of hand, even when he was regularly trimming it, he decided to destroy them for good.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation.


    He quickly left, leaving behind the skeleton and went to the volcano. But before he could go near it, he saw countless of goblins in the surrounding, making tents, hunting and making weapons. This was clearly larger than he expected it to be.


    ¡®This might be a problem... we should kill first the surrounding goblins quietly and once we¡¯re done, we¡¯ll head inside the cave.¡¯


    ~Roger that, so what choice of weapon would like it to be? A grenade launcher? Or maybe and rocket propelled grenade? Or better yet a ¨C~


    ¡®I said quietly remember?¡¯


    ~boohoo! You¡¯re no fun. So what weapon is it?~


    ¡®Something up close and personal; how about a dual karambit knife?¡¯


    ~Ohh! I take it back! Master¡¯s very cool!~


    Faint lights begin to wrap up both of his hands as it was taking the form of karambit knives. It was a peculiar kind of knife, as it was hold in a back grip style. The blade of the knife was double edged and was forming as small scythe pointing at the front, lining with his knuckles. It also had a ring at the end of its handle on which you insert your pointing finger for firmer grip.


    It was a beautiful set of knives as its blade had the same colour of the vermillion dagger that they used against the devils. It was also very sharp as it sliced up a rock cleanly without any resistance.


    With it, Riot silently walked to the first group of goblins he saw. They were a group of hunters, as they were carrying makeshift bows. They were leaving from their place which makes a good prey for him. He climbs to a tree just ahead of them while waiting for them to come to the tree.


    As hunters, they were sloppy as they were very noisy that they scared the animals on the clearing. Once they saw a small critter, they quickly pulled their bows and tried hitting their target. But it didn¡¯t hit it as the arrows were not even near the critter. The critter runs fast to the bush, escaping from the hunters. It made them made and made a chase, going through the tree, where Rio was hiding.


    ¡®Idiots through and through...¡¯


    ~right?~


    When the hunters were below him, he jumps down and crushed one of the goblins at the back. It looked like the others didn¡¯t notice it as they were still looking for the critter that escaped from them. With that he quietly sliced their necks one by one, without any sounds coming from his victims. It was a clean kill as not one blood was on his body.


    ¡®That was fun, on to the next group.¡¯


    ~Let me try it too...~


    ¡®Non non... you have a mountain of works to do tonight.¡¯


    ~Uwah... a demon...~


    After their short conversation, Riot continued hunting hunters that leave the place or any unfortunate goblins that would go farther from the volcano. He was slowly thinning the numbers of the goblin without having them noticed any of it. As the sun was already high, the only goblins left were the ones near the entrance of the cave. They didn¡¯t notice anything as there were no smells of blood or any noises of death throes.


    ~Master¡¯s great! They are not noticing that a snake has bitten their body and they¡¯re slowly dying from it.~


    ¡®I-I¡¯m not sure if that was a compliment or an insult.¡¯


    ~fufufuf... well, it looks like it¡¯s time to wrap this up with their numbers, you can already take them head on.~


    ¡®The CZ Scorpion EVO3 S1 Pistol with extended mags. With my upgraded suit and mask, and also equipped with some flash grenades for precautions.¡¯


    ~now that¡¯s what I¡¯m talking about!~


    Within a second, Riot¡¯s body was covered with protective gears. His vision blurred for a moment ¨C indicating that his masked was already equipped ¨C and was now seeing a map at the top right corner of his vision. He also saw the number of bullets that was currently loaded in his gums on the bottom right corner. And lastly a gauge bar on the left side of his vision, which somehow measures the danger level of an opponent.


    With guns on both his hands and flash grenade strap across his body, he runs quickly to the first batch of goblins that was stationed near the entrance of the cave. The goblins were just lazing around, waiting for the hunters to return with some game. They heard a noise coming from the thicket, expecting it were the hunter so they not on guard.


    Suddenly jumping out of the bushes, with guns pointing out in the faces of the surprised goblins, Riot squeezed the trigger. Indicating it was the start of the party.


    *BRATATATATATATATATATA!!!*


    ¡°¡±Gyaaahhh!!¡±¡± ¨C Goblins


    Goblins from left to right quickly fell down, as if they were puppet whose strings were cut. They didn¡¯t have the time to organize their thought, much more to defend themselves. As the last goblin fell, Riot reloaded his guns even though there were no bullets in it.


    ¡®Tell me, why do I have to reload every time the number goes down to zero? When I first started using this, it was an unlimited ammo kind of a deal.¡¯


    ~Well, from what I saw the ring drew powers from the Creator but since his not here, I¡¯m currently drawing powers from you. Which is suffice to say; not much.~


    The surrounding goblins heard the thunderous noise and quickly run to the source. They saw a strange looking human who was just standing there without a care in the world. They quickly surrounded him as they saw their fallen brother riddled with holes.


    ¡®Hoh... for them to come here, they are very courageous are they not? They are the total opposite of what I heard from Akira.¡¯


    ~tsk! They are destroying the image of the goblins of my Onee-san! Kill them and let the animal eat their entrails! Che!~


    ¡®...¡¯


    .........


    R-right... u-uhmmm... as Riot was surrounded by the goblins, he quickly scattered the grenades he had to them. They were curious as nothing happened, but their expectations were betrayed as a strong light burst out from it. It still had the same effects, as those near the grenades were burned, but only much weaker. The further ones were blinded by the light and even some of them had their vision permanently taken from them as there were smoke coming out from their eye sockets.


    *BRATATATATATATA!*


    Riot then rained bullets to the defenceless goblins, mowing their numbers down at a rapid pace. Some of them tried to hide from their wooden shields, but it was no use as the bullets passed through the woods and went in to their heads. Some tried recklessly charging straight at him, but were mowed down from the unstoppable force of the bullets. Others hide behind the trees, waiting for the nightmare to end.


    *Click**Click*


    ¡°Tsk.¡± ¨C Riot


    ~not my fault... you had an indication at your vision, but you had too much fun with the slaughter. I don¡¯t blame you.. fufufufu~


    As the noise died down the goblins looked out from their hidings, looking at the strange human who was currently busy reloading the guns. They thought that it was the end for that nightmare and quickly tried to attack him again.


    As they were drawing closer to him, Riot drop the guns, turning into particles of white light without ever touching the ground, and raised his right hand. White lights were gathering there and with a slashing motion, the front goblins on the wave were cut in half. Blood raining down as the upper bodies were flying.


    ¡°Vita¡±


    It was a odachi, a longer version of a katana, which was Riot¡¯s rendition of the ¡®Armour Biter¡¯ bastard sword. The reason was that with the odachi, he can move with it better as he had used it a number of times in Earth. The other reason was that if by chance, he was to go to visit a village, the people who see it wouldn¡¯t mind as it was an unknown weapon and that they wouldn¡¯t think it was the famous sword of their land. He renamed the sword as it was requested by Glendell, but when he named it to ¡®Vita¡¯, the ring suddenly stayed quiet and murmured: That was the stupidest name that can be given to a sword. It¡¯s a Japanese sword for crying out loud! A Japanese!


    Riot just smiled wryly while remembering it. He then focused on the enemies in front of him and slashed them skilfully without having to think about their metal plating in their bodies. With them trying to kill Riot, using their numbers as an advantage, the made the wrong choice as they were like pigs going to the slaughterhouse.


    He exterminated all the goblins outside of the cave, with the only remaining are in the inside. They didn¡¯t leave the cave as the slaughter was going on, which made him a little cautious as to why they hadn¡¯t made a single move. There were a lot of reactions coming from the map, indicating that a lot of creatures were inside.


    ¡°Aegis¡±


    He exchanged his sword with his rendition of the prince¡¯s shield. It much smaller compared to its original size, as its radius only covers from the elbow to his hand. But with this, he can defend much easier from an incoming attack of a fast opponent. He can also throw it much accurately as it was much smaller.


    He went inside the cave, ready for any attacks that were coming. But there were no arrows coming for him, no goblins throwing spear or even he was expecting some magic attacks, but there was none. But the radar was indicating that a lot of lives wear inside here. It was a dark cave and the only source of light was coming from the magna in the furthest part of the cave. It was very hot that beads of sweats were forming in Riot¡¯s face.


    ¡°H..¡± - ?


    ¡®?¡¯


    ¡°He-help us¡± - ?


    He could hear whispers coming further inside the cave. As it was calling for help he immediately went to its source. As he was an ex-hero, the cry for help made is body involuntarily run to it with haste. When he reached his destination, there he saw an overly large goblin. Its back was facing Riot, as it was clearly busy with its dinner.


    ¡°Help us!¡± - ?


    ¡°Please! Free us!¡±


    As the voices were getting clearer, he saw what was making it. Countless of small lights, trapped inside of various cages were hanging on the ceiling. As Riot concentrated on those lights, he could see small humanoid figures with a size as tall as his hand. They were a lot of them trapped inside tightly the cage, like fishes in a can. What was more of a surprised was that it had wings growing in their backs.


    ¡°Stop him! He¡¯s gonna eat my daughter!¡± ¨C Fairy


    ¡°N-no! Save! Save me!!¡± ¨C Young Fairy


    With a shout coming from one of the fairies, he concentrated on where it was pointing. There, he saw the fat goblin holding down its wing as it tried to flee. It was holding him like some emperors eat their grapes in a movie. As the fairy was slowly being descended to the goblin¡¯s mouth, Riot threw the shield right through the fat goblin¡¯s hand.


    ¡°GRAAHHH!¡± ¨C Fat Goblin


    ¡°Kyaaah!¡± ¨C Young Fairy


    *Thud!*


    The fairy fell to the table shouting so loudly, thinking that she was in the mouth of the goblin. She was trashing hard fighting the air so hard that it made her look ridiculous in the serious scenario.


    ¡°Yah! Yah Dare! GRAAAAAHHHHH!¡± ¨C Fat Goblin


    ~it¡¯s supposed to be a unique goblin but the gauge isn¡¯t even a quarter full... che! ~


    The goblin held its severed hand that was missing an arm. He tried to stop the bleeding but it was clearly hopeless, as it was gushing out like an open faucet. This goblin was much taller than the others as it was two meters tall, much taller than Riot in fact. Its body was wider than the giant boars that he was taking care of. But its arms were thicker than Riot¡¯s body, and it would clearly hurt if he would be struck by it.


    ~Master, look what''s at the table...~


    ¡°Puny human! Don¡¯t yah insek know who is I? I is da ruler of all great goblins! I is the wan who will conquer all Of J?rterra! I is the greyt Goblin Ki¨C*BANG!* ¨C... Ki... Ki...¡° ¨C Goblin Ki?


    *THUD!*


    ¡°Peacemaker...¡± ¨C Riot


    ~It¡¯s High noon Bitch~


    But before Goblin Ki could finish its sentence, a loud noise interrupted his weird speech. Riot was holding a magum ¡°Peacemaker¡± series and it was pointed at the head of Goblin Ki. There was a huge hole in Goblin Ki¡¯s forehead and its life was taken away just before it fell to the floor. Blood splattered at the floor at intense speed almost covering the whole room.


    But Riot didn¡¯t mind it as he was still looking at the countless plucked wings forming a mountain at the side of the table. There were numerous of it compared to the surviving fairies in the cages.


    He went to the still trashing fairy on the looking at her curiously; as he doesn¡¯t have a clue on how to talk to it. He tried gently poking her and she even trash much wilder.


    ¡°No! I will not die without a fight! Take this! This is for my family!¡± ¨C Stupid Fairy


    She bit Riot¡¯s finger hard, but it was so soft that he didn¡¯t felt it. Tired of the stupid act of the fairy, he lightly flicks her head, grabbing her attention.


    ¡°Oww! Huh? I¡¯m alive?!¡± ¨C Dim-witted Fairy


    ¡°Of course you are. How about helping me find the ke¨C?!¡± ¨C Riot


    But before Riot could finish his sentence the fairy hugged his hands, crying that she couldn¡¯t believe that she was still alive. Riot just looked at the other captive fairies and saw that all of them were also crying. So he just waited for the crying to die down so that he could help them with the keys.


    ¡°Uuh... *Hic!**Sniff!* thank you mister... without your help, we would¡¯ve been eaten by that monster.¡± ¨C Young Fairy


    ¡°Oh yes! Thank you so much! *Sniff!*¡± ¨C Fairy 1


    ¡°*Sob* Tha-thank you for saving my daughter. How can I ever repay you?¡± ¨C Fairy 2


    All the fairies started thanking him for saving their lives. With how Goblin Ki was eating, he would¡¯ve eaten the entire race today. It was their lucky star as Riot decided to end the Goblins that were destroying the forest.


    ¡®Hey Glendell.¡¯


    ~hmm?~


    ¡®Could you explain to me, how on earth I could understand them? By logic, they have a different language right? Like in earth: different places, different tongue¡¯


    ~and different flavours! If you know what I mean... fufufu... well about that, I can somehow translate what they are saying and would engrave the data of their tongues so that you can also use it.~


    ¡®What a cheat.¡¯


    ¡°H-hey mister?¡± ¨C Young Fairy


    ¡°Hmmm? Oh sorry about that, I was thinking about something.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Wow! You know our language?! I got anxious if you can¡¯t understand me. Can I ask a favour? Could you help me releasing my kin?¡± ¨C Young Fairy


    ¡°Oh yeah, I was about to do that, but somehow I can¡¯t find the keys.¡± ¨C Riot


    He looked for the keys, but strangely, it wasn¡¯t on Goblin Ki¡¯s body nor was it on the table. He put all the cages on the table, figuring out on how to unlock it. There wasn¡¯t a keyhole to be found nor a hinged that would open a part of it. It was completely sealed shut.


    ¡°Hey, how did that Fat Goblin opened these cages?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°About that, the Goblin King has an immense strength and he could just tear the metal cages barehanded. See there! Yup those were all the cages that he opened.¡± ¨C Young Fairy


    When she pointed at the dozen of broken cages, sorrow could be seen in her face as tear were uncontrollably falling down. With those cages, it was clear it reached a hundred before the Goblin King was stopped.


    ¡°Viria, oh my baby!¡± ¨C Fairy


    ¡°Mommy! Wahhh!! ¨C Viria


    Viria hugged her mom who was still in the cage, as she wept uncontrollably. Riot looked at them softly as he knew the feeling of losing someone close.


    ¡®Hey Glen.¡¯


    ~yes yes, I¡¯m here!~


    ¡®Is there by chance that if I equipped by tactical combat gloves, would it boost my grip strength?¡¯


    ~oh! I could do that! No hay problema Se?or ~


    Lights covered both arms of Riot, as the tactical gloves were structuring up. The lights were seen by the fairies and they were immediately captivated by it. They temporarily forgot that they were captured and basked on the relaxing light in front of them.


    ¡°Beautiful.¡± ¨C Viria


    Viria unconsciously murmured that word, but every fairy agreed with she said. As the lights slowly vanished from his hands, what replaced it was a jet black gloves that somehow is drawing the lights in the room and sucking it in.


    ¡®It took longer to conjure up this one.¡¯


    ~well, this one was done impromptu, it wasn¡¯t like the others that we planned and this would usually take at least an hour to make. ~


    ¡®Yeah, let¡¯s be done with this and home, it took us a while and this is eating our time.¡¯


    Riot tried to forcefully open the cage but what was most he could do was bend the bars, making a means of access for the fairies to escape. One by one they escape their prison and were happy, they cried again and hugged each other, while Riot was still open the other cages.


    ¡®Talk about a surreal surrounding.¡¯


    As all the fairies were free, they flew in the air and happily dancing with the others. Viria and her mother were just hugging each other at the table, looking at their families happily. Most of them didn¡¯t look at the plucked wings as it would only make them depress. But some of them were there, kneeling and crying for the lost of their loved ones.


    ¡®Fuck, it¡¯s hot in hear. Let¡¯s get out.¡¯


    ~well, you''ve already saved them. So mission complete! A+! ~


    ¡®A+? Not S?¡¯


    ~well your accuracy when you were killing the goblins was 87.43%. And not to men¡ª~


    ¡°E-excuse me, Mister!¡± ¨C Viria


    As the fairies were still celebrating, Riot was planning on going home. He didn¡¯t care on what the fairies would do after this incident. This was a general rule from The Guardians that ¡®Not to involve yourselves anymore than it already is.¡¯ Never be there always as they would depend on you always, they would start being careless and go to dangerous area as they know that you would always be there to help them.


    ¡®*sigh* ¡®


    ~*sigh*~


    ¡°Yes? What is it?¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot stopped and looked at the fairy. All the other fairies stopped all the activities that they were doing and looked at Riot. All of them were grateful for what he did, so they looked at him like he was their hero.


    ¡°Thank you so much for saving us.¡± ¨C Viria


    All the fairies bowed, some of them bowed while hovering so Riot had mixed feelings about that. Being thanked, he just nods his head lightly.


    ¡°Well, that¡¯s alright. Since I''ve taken too much time here, I need to go home now or my dream house project would be delayed. Goodbye.¡±


    With that said, he left the fairies inside the room dumbfounded, and went out of the cave.

 Chapter 5 - New Neighbours

    ¡°haaaa....¡± ¨C Riot


    A white smoke came out from his mouth, indicating that cold season is coming. With a lot incident happening yesterday, he could only release a long sigh as he couldn¡¯t start building his house. He ate the delicious apple that was just freshly plucked from the tree absentmindedly, while sighing again.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± ¨C Viria


    A lively fairy asked him, concerned that something was bothering him. She was happily sitting at Riot¡¯s shoulder when she heard him sigh.


    Riot turned his head to see the girl. A humanoid creature, just as tall as his hand with crumpled wings coming from her back. If just looking at her as she is, she looked like a girl that was still in her early twenties. She had a long purplish blonde hair gently swaying from her back. A gentle violet light ¨C which she calls ¡®aura¡¯ ¨C was cover her body, indicating that she had strong affinity with magic.


    ~what wrong she says... gurl is you dense?!~


    ¡°Ah nah, it¡¯s nothing... a lot things just happened yesterday that I forgot to start on my project. But with the goblins gone and with you guys helping me in my garden, I could now start earlier with a lot of spare hours.¡± ¨C Riot


    He answered wryly as he heard Glendell¡¯s comment. He looked at the other fairies happily tending his garden, from watering to harvesting; they all had big smiles on their face. Even though the apples were much heavier than them, they carried it easily as if it was nothing. Not only that, the produce was bigger and tastier.


    But the problem was the crop. It wasn¡¯t like the produce was smaller because there were fairies also eating it; in fact Riot was happy that the fairies help him reducing the waste in food. But the problem was what he saw this morning, the produce tripled. Countless of apples can be seen hanging from the branches, the bananas were also bigger and heavier ¨C which was amazing that the tree didn¡¯t break ¨C and even his potato¡¯s yield was so much that he had a problem where he would stash them.


    ¡°H-hey, how did this happen? There¡¯s a lot more produce than what I made yesterday or the days when I hadn¡¯t met you guys. Did you do something?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Huh? We¡¯re Garden Fairies remember? You have a wonderful garden here! It is livelier than we had in Osteria and your plants have such strong vitality that they¡¯re happily bearing fruits everyday! I haven¡¯t seen any of these floras in any place that we had gone and they are much yummier!¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡®Garden Fairies huh... they¡¯re much stronger than they look...¡¯


    Riot recall yesterday¡¯s event when he went outside of the cave...


    <hr>


    ¡°Wa-wait Mister!¡± ¨C Viria


    Riot stepped outside of the cave and stopped when he heard the fairy called out to him. The cool breeze welcomed him as he stepped out the hot cave, making his mood somewhat lighter. He turned to the entrance of the cave and saw the fairies flying out of it, but was shocked when he saw Viria was being carried by her mother. The all stopped no; hover, right before him so that all of them were on his eye level.


    ¡°What''s wrong with your wings?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°...¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°The Goblin King damaged her wings. It would take a while for it to recover.¡± ¨C Fairy Mom


    Her mother answered for her, as she was having a hard time to answer him. She went in front of the group, leaving her daughter in the care of the other fairies.


    ¡®She¡¯s must be the leader of this group of fairies. I must say, they all look really beautiful right?¡¯


    ~while I do agree with master, with them being beautiful. But I must correct you; they are what you call pixies. Can¡¯t you tell from their look?~


    ¡®Huh? The hell are you talking about? Pixies have no wings and they are a bunch of mischievous creatures. Clearly they are fairies.¡¯


    ~pixies!~ ¡®fairies!¡¯


    As the two were bantering on and on whether the group in front of them was either a pixie or a fairy, the leader thought that Riot was displeased with them as he didn¡¯t utter any words. The group was flustered as he remained silent and they didn¡¯t know what to do. But their leader quickly followed up in order for the conversation to flow.


    ¡°I-I¡¯m sorry, where are my manners. My name is Hadia, the leader of this Garden ¨C ¡°


    ~pixies!~ ¡¯fairies!¡¯


    ¡° ¨C Fairies.¡±


    ¡®Yes!!!¡¯ ~Nooooooooooooooo!~


    ¡° The one that you saved was my rude daughter Viria. May I ask for our saviour¡¯s name?¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Mom! I wasn¡¯t rude! I just forgot to give mister my name. Hmmp!¡± ¨C Viria


    Viria interjects to her mother casual jab at her, clearly displeased by it. The other fairies just smiled by the Mother-child banter that just naturally happened even they¡¯ve just gotten out from their near demise. They waited for Riot to tell his name to them as they were all eager to learn it.


    ¡°Oh right... Uhmmm... I go by the name Marcus Salazar. Close friends call me Marc while most people know me as Riot. Well, ¡®most people¡¯ are already dead or gone so yeah... what can I help you with?¡± ¨C Riot


    Sadness could be seen from his eyes, but he was wearing his mask so they didn¡¯t notice the sudden change of his emotion. He was still speaking clearly as he finished his sentence, knowing that the fairies are clearly asking for aid.


    ¡°Marcus Salazar is it? Can I call you Lord Marc?¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Marc¡¯s just fine.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Then Marc, even though we owe you our lives but with what happened to my people, there is nothing that we can give to you as a mean of thanks.¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°It¡¯s fine. I¡¯m just sorry for the fact that I didn¡¯t kill the goblins much sooner.¡± ¨C Riot


    They were surprised at what he said, from what they¡¯ve understood; he was most likely visiting this place frequently and had the power to stop it but didn¡¯t. Doubts begin to form on Hadia¡¯s head when she heard what she said.


    ¡°... is that right? Marc, I know that this is asking a lot from our saviour, but can we at least see our benefactor¡¯s face?¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡®?¡¯


    ~let them see master, I want to see how they would react seeing a demon... fufufu... maybe they can answer our question with this demon problem.~


    ¡°...alright, but let me tell you something first. No matter what you see, I am telling you that I am 100% (~92%~) human.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡®huh? What did you just say? 92%?¡¯


    ~Because you¡¯re a sadistic master...~


    ¡° ?. Of course you are. With your build, either you¡¯re a big boned elf or a human. You''re also not a demon as you don¡¯t have any horns sticking out from your forehead.¡± ¨C Viria


    Viria innocently respond to what Riot said, but the others were on guard making him smile wryly. He then to proceed slowly removing his mask; It was a lot of hassle, as there were zippers and clips to take off. When he successfully removed all the locks that secured his mask, he pulled it off and smiled at them.


    ¡°Well? How do I look?¡±


    ~Let me hear ya scream!!!!~


    All fairies opened their eyes wide as they looked at their saviour¡¯s face. Some thought that he had an ugly scar, which was why he was wearing it. Others thought that it was a device that helped him communicate with them, which was proven wrong right away when he talked to them fluently in the fairy tongue when he took off the mask.


    They saw the features in his face. His eyes were sharp, as if a great eagle was looking at its prey. His braided beard was so long that it reached his chest as if saying that he was proud of it. Long bridge nose which can make females feel envy when they saw it. All of it can be seen in any human that they¡¯ve had encountered; all except for one thing. What made them shaken was the colour of his hair. His long hair was the colour the moonless night, even his eyes and beard were of the same colour. No human or any other race has that colour; nobody even dared painted their hair with that colour as it is a taboo for all races. Because that was the indication that one was of the notorious demon clan.


    ¡°N-No w-w-way!¡± ¨C Fairy 1


    ¡°I-I can¡¯t move!¡± ¨C Fairy 2


    ¡°Oh Goddess Sylph! What have we done to anger you so much?!¡± ¨C Fairy 3


    ~yep, as I''ve thought...~


    All fairies fell slowly to the ground as they were weakening by fear. Some tried to run but their legs won¡¯t respond. Others cursed their gods for the unlucky things that happened to them. But two of those fairies still had light in their eyes. It was Hadia and her daughter, Viria.


    Hadia was on guard, as she was giving Riot a sharp look. While Viria was just looking at his hair in amazement which made Riot think that the girl was either brave or stupid. Riot slowly raised his hands in defeat as he saw all their reactions.


    ¡°This always happened when I let people see my face; I¡¯ve been labelled as a demon without even telling me the reason why. From what I can see, you know the answer. Could you enlighten me?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Marcus Salazar! Leave us! Don¡¯t dare to attack us from behind!¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°M-mom!!¡± ¨CViria


    Riot looked at Hadia as she shouted his name. There was a strange colour mixing with her pink eyes. Her daughter was surprised at why her mother would use a hypnotizing spell that would instantly be effective if one looks in her eyes. She tried stopping her mother, but it was already too late as Riot was already looking in her eyes.


    ¡®Hoh... hypnotic magic huh...¡¯


    ~and here I thought we could finally see some new magic. Her spell is instantaneous but it is much weaker than Magnus...~


    ¡®Yeah, I was curious on what she would do. She has a very good person as she didn¡¯t order me to kill myself.¡¯


    ~looks like saving her race, she doesn¡¯t want to kill her saviour.~


    ¡°Be Quiet Viria! I won¡¯t kill him, I will give you time to escape while I hold him off.¡± ¨C Hadia


    Glendell was right on target, as Hadia only intends to stop Riot to let her race escape. She may sacrifice herself in this situation but she couldn¡¯t kill their benefactor even when he was a demon. She was angry at herself as she instantly used her magic at him even when he just saved them.


    ¡°No mom! Stop it! He¡¯s not a demon! He¡¯s human! He has no horns and I can¡¯t feel any magic inside his body!¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°That¡¯s what I just said, no horns... *sigh* looks like you¡¯re wasting my time. I¡¯ll leave you be.¡± ¨C Riot


    Viria desperately tried to stop her mother. But she was surprised as he also chimed in the conversation. Not only she, but all the fairies were surprised as he wasn¡¯t affected by the hypnotism. No one has ever escaped or broke this spell before so all they could do was look astonished at the figure right before them.


    ¡°H-how?! No, Wait! Wait please!¡± ¨C Viria


    As Riot was leaving the little fairies, Viria desperately called him to stop. Annoyed by his time being wasted, he looked back at them smiling, but everyone can see that he was already irritated.


    ¡°What is it?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Y-You want to know the answer as why you were called a demon right? I can tell you but on one condition!¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°Viria! Stop this instant¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Hoooh... so what¡¯s your condition?¡± ¨C Riot


    Viria didn¡¯t think Riot would agree right away with her as he was asking her condition. She was rattled as she didn¡¯t know on how to say her condition. He was clearly waiting on her with amuse face, making her puff her small cheeks.


    ¡°No! Before I tell you with the condition, answer my questions first! I-is that alright?¡± ¨C Viria


    Hadia only put a palm on her face as she shakes her head; clearly she was not happy with how her daughter handles a negotiation. She and her kin only kept quiet as they too want to know what Riot was. He broke from her spell easily and wasn¡¯t even angry at them. He only told them that they were wasting his time and was suppose to leave without harming them.


    ¡°... okay. But only if you also answer my questions too?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Deal!¡± ¨C Viria


    ~what an idiotic girl...~


    All the fairies lowered their heads on how Viria answered right away without thinking. They didn¡¯t interrupt the two as there were no intentions of harm from the opposite party.


    ¡°...Deal, I¡¯ll let you ask first your series of question then you¡¯ll answer mine okay? So begin.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°R-right! Uhmmmm... Are you really a human?¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°Yes. Next?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°T-then you said earlier that you could¡¯ve had killed the goblins earlier. Then why didn¡¯t you?¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°Sharp girl... it was because I am also living in this forest. I¡¯m helping, in my way, with this forest. The goblins lived here first so I had no right to chase them away from this land. But lately, they were growing larger and larger, destroying this forest; so I had to eliminate them, which was today. Done?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°You''re living in the Forest? Alone?¡± ¨C Viria


    They were surprised as to why he was living in the forest. Humans tend to flock together as they were stronger in numbers. It hard to live alone in a forest filled with dangerous creatures, as there was no help if they would attack you suddenly.


    ¡°Yes and... physically yes.¡±


    ~well excuse me for not having a body...~


    ¡°Then lastly... Are you the one that was said that a demon appeared in the battlefield eight months ago and killed all the people?¡±


    ¡°I killed all the people?! No way! I wouldn¡¯t survive in that chaotic war myself! I was somehow drag into the middle of it and tried to escape. I only killed the people who barricaded my escape. So I only killed two people. No wait, there that archer and the other orc, so four. No, there was also those cavalry... so around ten-ish?¡± ¨CRiot


    ¡°Ten-ish?¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°You said it was your last but yeah, it more or below ten. I couldn¡¯t remember it; I only killed them because they wouldn¡¯t listen to words. And after that I escaped to this forest and there you go, I¡¯m living here.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Thank you... so what¡¯s your question? I may not answer it all as I might not know it, so is it okay for my kin to answer them?¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°They are more than welcome.¡± ¨C Riot


    Riot smiled as she honoured her word. Not only that, she would let her kinsmen answer some questions, only if she didn¡¯t know it; which made Riot respect them, as they didn¡¯t object.


    ¡°Well then, do you know the name of this forest?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Eh? You''re living here but you didn¡¯t know it?!¡± ¨C Viria


    All fairies were surprised when he asked his question. They thought that he would ask them about the hypnotic spell that was used on him. They were not ready to his first question as all of them had a stupid look on their faces.


    ¡°My turn to question, remember?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Ah right! I¡¯m sorry... the name of this forest is Hervantle Forest, one of the most dangerous forest of the J?rterra continent.¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°Next, why were you captured?¡±


    ¡°T-that is...¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°Let me handle that one...¡± ¨C Hadia


    It seems that they were a peaceful race as their only concerned was flora of the land. They had no offensive abilities as their magic¡¯s can only do hypnotism and reflect lights, which can hide them from anyone that wish to harm them.


    They lived with a group of elves that lives in a forest, which serves as an outpost, which was near a human settlement. Their task there, so that they can live peacefully with the elves, was the production of foods from the flora. They had no qualms with it, as they enjoyed caring for the forest.


    But all those elves there were the bad crop from the elven army as they harass them daily. They made fun of them, even to the point some of the fairies would get hurt. But they didn¡¯t mind it, as it would only increase the antagonism of the elves on them.


    One day, one of the elves draws his arrow on a human hunter who was in their forest, saying that the forest was the elves¡¯ territory. The human left peacefully without any word, but the elf let loose his arrow and hit the back of the man. They all laughed as the man ran away from them heavily bleeding. But that was their mistake, as the man was the father-in-law of the head of that human settlement.


    The human army retaliated by burning the forest. The elves escaped, panicking that they would get burned and left the Fairies undefended. Luckily, one of the soldiers saw them and was hypnotized to let them escape from the inclusion of the forest. But unluckily, they were captured by the goblin using a special kind of metal that negates magic. They were given to the Goblin King as it was believed that eating fairies would increase one¡¯s magic power.


    ¡°Seriously?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Yes, that was why the Goblin King was so powerful. But somehow you just took him with a one blow from your strange pistol...¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡®Well that was a peacemaker shot to its face, which has high penetrating and explosive power.¡¯


    ¡°I got lucky... next is... hmmm... why do you think that I was a demon?¡±


    Hadia smiled, knowing full well that only a fool would answer that. Seeing that, Riot needs to fulfil the Viria¡¯s condition first. All the fairies smiled as they saw that he tried to trick them by answering that question.


    ¡°Fufu... you know I wo ¨C¡° ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Oh that¡¯s easy; it¡¯s the colour of your hair. Only demons had that kind special characteristic. No other living race can produce that kind of colour. But yours much shinier than theirs.¡± ¨C Viria


    But Hadia forget that she gave birth to an airheaded child. Their faces hardened to the point it looked like a statue, forgetting to cover her mouth. Naturally, Riot smiled as he knew the girl would answer it.Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    ~Check and mate. They never thought that Viria girl would absentmindedly answer it... Fufufu.. truly a natural airhead!~


    ¡°Thank you for your honest answer. Now I¡¯m done with my enquiries.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°You¡¯re welcome! Now, you first need to do my condition so that I can tell you... eh?¡± ¨C Viria


    ......


    Silence envelopes the place, as all the fairies and even Riot looked at Viria with blank eyes. Viria herself just noticed her mistake as she trembles and looked at everybody for help.


    ¡°Eh?... Eh?... g-guys?¡± ¨C Viria


    The fairies turned their heads away from Viria slowly as tears were forming in their eyes.


    ¡°Eh?!... M-mom? Mom?!¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°Beloved husband, I tried my best... I tried but *Sobs*¡± ¨C Hadia


    Hadia looked at the sky doing a monologue to his departed husband as tears fell uncontrollably on her face. She looked like she has given up on something gods knows what.


    Viria, with teary face, looked to Riot as she didn¡¯t know what to do. She was on the verge of crying as she was clearly asking for help. Riot smiled at her as he was having fun on what just happened.


    ~...sadist~


    ¡°*Sigh*... so, what is your condition?¡±


    When Glendell commented on how she treated the girl, Riot sighed and kneeled down and asked the girl on what she wanted. The other party was shocked on why Riot would do it, as clearly he had everything that he wanted to know for free. They would¡¯ve understand that Riot would just walk away from them instead of doing the condition but they had never expected that he would still honour it.


    Viria was most surprised as her mouth was still open from what Riot had done.


    ¡°Well? I took a liking to your race because you¡¯re funny. So what do you want me to do?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡®Brave and peaceful, willing to sacrifice themselves just to save their family... just like her...¡¯


    Viria jumped at an amazing speed to his face, hugging him as she started to cry. He waited for her to stop and places her in the palm of his hand and asked again.


    ¡°So? Is it helping you out of here? Or maybe sending you to a new elven territory?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Actually... I want to see your home.¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡®Eh?¡¯


    ~Eh?~


    ¡°¡±¡±¡±¡±Eh?¡±¡±¡±¡±¡± ¨C Fairies


    She smiled cheerfully, as all the others were shocked at what she said. Even Riot and Glendell didn¡¯t expect that to come out from her mouth. He was okay on helping them out on finding some new elves ¨C as he also want to see one ¨C to live with. But he was never ready on letting them see his home, as they would know where to find him if they decided to let the elves attack him.


    ~I¡¯m not sure if she¡¯s an airhead or clever...~


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong Marc? I thought you would honour our agreement?¡± ¨C Viria


    All of the fairies smiled as they somehow knew what Viria was thinking and was also looking at Riot. Viria looked at Riot innocently, but her eyes show some mischievousness in it.


    ¡®Damn... They also have this playfulness, just like her.¡¯


    ~Oh Snap! They played you good son! Never thought they could outsmart you...~


    ¡®Well, at least they won¡¯t betray me for the time being, seeing I save them.¡¯


    ¡°*Sigh*... Okay, it is a thirty minutes walking distance from here. Shall we go?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Yes! Could you carry me?¡± ¨C Viria


    Riot put Viria on his shoulders as they were walking through the trees. They passed through countless of dead goblins that was scattered near the cave. An orange light was floating besides Riot¡¯s face; it was a male fairy that had orange buzzed cut hair. It was looking at his face as if he was some kind of an exotic creature.


    ¡°Varu! Stop looking at him like his some kind of a bizarre creature!¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡®...bizarre?¡¯ ~fufufu...~


    ¡°Hehe! Sorry sis! Hey mister did you beat them all by yourself?!¡± ¨C Varu


    The fairy was now in front of his face, eyes glittering with expectations. Riot was having difficulty on how to deal with him, as he was in front of him making it harder to walk forward unless he answer him. The other fairies were also quiet as they also want to know.


    ¡°...Yes, I was lucky as they were stupid and had the jump on them.¡±


    ¡°Ohhh!! So cool! You¡¯re so cool bro!¡± ¨C Varu


    ¡®...bro?¡¯ ~fufufu...~


    Varu was flying around Riot¡¯s head as he was so elated for some reason. Viria was scolding him while he just ignored her and kept on flying around his head. The other fairies were just laughing at the scene while Riot just ignored them.


    ~master, those bodies might rot and would destroy the land. Why don¡¯t you let the cats clean them up?~


    ¡®Is it their turn? Well, this is their last goblin feast so let¡¯s let them be... ¡¯


    ¡°Ow!¡± - Varu


    Riot suddenly stopped, making Varu bump into his head. The others also stopped as they were curious as to why he stopped.


    ¡°Marc? Why did we stop?¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Oh! We¡¯re here? Where¡¯s your home?¡± ¨C Viria


    (There¡¯s a limit on how dense you could be!) ¨C Everyone


    ¡°No dunderbrain! Bro has a reason to why he would stop, right bro?¡± ¨C Varu


    ¡°Ah... yeah, I just need to clean this mess first. A lot of decaying bodies would harm the land, so they need to be tidied up first.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°But won¡¯t that take up time? It would be moonrise when you would¡¯ve finished that up.¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry... I¡¯ve got the right tool for the job.¡± ¨C Riot


    *Whistle!!!*


    A long, loud whistle was released from his mouth, making the fairies cover their ears. After he stopped his whistling, he smiled and was looking to the trees further past them. The fairies opened their ears and were waiting for something to happen. A minute of long silence happened but there no change in the scenery. Varu asked, as his curiosity won him over.


    ¡°What are we doing bro?¡± ¨C Varu


    ¡°Just wait and see... oh! Never mind, they''re here!¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Kyaahhhh!!!¡± ¨C Viria


    Out of the shadows of the trees, one by one, large cats slowly walked towards Riot. They had silvery furs, with light blue stripes across the body, enhancing their majestic beautify. Long sharp fangs coming out from their mouths, making them more dangerous than a normal tiger. It was the same species of monsters who tried to kill him in his first night in the forest.


    The fairies were scared as they all hid behind Riot. They knew those animals and saw them destroy several villages. They were strong individually but in packs, they were almost invincible as it would take an army just to drive them out. The alpha looked at Viria as she was hiding behind Riot¡¯s beard, but decided to ignore it and went to proceed walking to Riot.


    Riot pats its head as it came near him and pointed at the dead bodies. Seeing the food that awaits, it went along with its pack to the goblins. They were eating it happily, as their tails were waving indicating their mood.


    ¡°Well then, let¡¯s proceed.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Wa-wait!¡± ¨C Hadia


    Now all fairies were now in front of his face, blocking his path. They were all scared, seeing a pack of those monsters walking past through them. They clearly want answers with that one, thought Riot.


    ¡°How in Sylph¡¯s name did you tame those Snow Ligers?! They don¡¯t listen to anybody, and attacks those who trespass their land ruthlessly!¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Ah, so their names are Snow Ligers huh... well it fits them perfectly.¡±


    Riot nods in satisfaction as he saw the Ligers eating the corpses on the ground.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t even know that?!¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Bro is so awesome!¡± ¨C Varu


    ¡°No... I¡¯m ignorant to this forest¡¯s namesake so I don¡¯t know every creatures name here. And I didn¡¯t tame them; we¡¯re more likely neighbours in this forest. At first they attacked me relentlessly as I tried to cross their territory but now, I¡¯ve somehow got my message through them and gave them food. Now can we walk? You can ask me question while we¡¯re walking.¡± ¨C Riot


    The fairies asked questions every time they saw dangerous animals that would meekly go to Riot. They thought the monsters would attack them but it would just watch them curiously or just ignore the fairies. Varu was getting more thrilled every time a new monster would appear, as it wouldn¡¯t harm them. Hadia was busy stopping Varu from going near the every monster they met. While Viria, who was lately quiet, was napping on the makeshift nest on Riot¡¯s beard.


    ¡°You are so awesome bro! You are like Ahmid! He¡¯s a forest god who protects all things, flora and fauna, in his dominion. To think we thought you were a demon, it¡¯s a good thing that Viria has good instinct and trusted you. She has the sharpest instinct in our race, sharper than a Muk Wolf!¡± ¨C Varu


    ¡°H-hey! I¡¯m not some animal you know! Hmmph!¡± ¨C Viria


    Both Fairies and Riot laughed at her when she woke up from just hearing an insult, indicating she really had sharp instinct. She hid inside his beard, embarrassed from what just happened. Making them laugh even louder.


    ¡°This is the best! We met with bro and the monsters here won¡¯t attack us, how peaceful is our future! Hope you be kind with us as your new neighbour! Magnificent bro!


    ~looks like awesome boy knows other words beside awesome... fufufu... wait, what?~


    ¡°What did you just say now? Neighbours?¡±


    Riot stopped from his tracks as he looked at Varu. The other fairies just smiled wryly as if they were caught from a prank. He looked at them and turned to Hadia, who was their leader.


    ¡°Well, we were observing you when we were walking. How you treat the floras and faunas in this forest, we were now sure that you weren''t lying about being a demon. As no demon would care this much for small lives like the plants you avoided to step. I¡¯m sorry about what happened before, as we were pushed to the edge by what has happened to us. I¡¯ll take all the responsibilities from the action I¡¯ve made, so please don¡¯t chase us out of this forest.¡± ¨C Hadia


    ~fufufu, they don¡¯t know that you¡¯re willing to burn a forest just to eliminate a target.~


    ¡®Well, I have no intention in burning this area and that was in the past. You should have the same opinion as me when I say that this place is really peaceful, right?¡¯


    ~Yeah~


    Hadia desperately bowed her head as she was asking for permission to live in this forest. Riot looked at all the other fairies and they were also bowing. Even Viria was bowing, which was a surprised as she had understood for once.


    ¡°But what about the elves? Won¡¯t they be looking for you guys?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°The elves abandoned us as we are useless except for food making. Even the gods left us when we desperately pleaded for their help. No one but you answered to our prayers, the so called ¡®demon in the battlefield¡¯. We won¡¯t be a hindrance to your quiet life. We can stay a little further from you so that you can still enjoy your privacy. So please? Don¡¯t chase us out of here.¡± ¨C Viria


    Viria pleaded with tears in her eyes, as she looked at Riot, seriously trying to hold it back from falling. The other Fairies were already crying, moved from the situation where Viria is pleading for the survival of her race. Even Varu was helplessly crying.


    ¡°Well this is not my forest, so you have every much right as me living here. And even I get lonely with no one to talk to...¡± ¨C Riot


    ~ah... master is just treating me like a wind... oh woe is me!~


    All the fairies flied with joy as Riot accepted their suggestion on living in the forest. The future for them was bleak but with Riot coming to their life, it gave them new hope and a new future to look forward to. Riot walked with them past the clearing towards his home.


    <hr>


    ¡°Marc?.. Marc!.. Marcus!¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Huh? Ah Hadia, good morning.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Fufu... Good morning, I was calling you for a while now as you were staring of in space. What were you thinking about?¡± ¨C Hadia


    The Silver fairy landed on the other side of Riot¡¯s shoulder, also looking rather worried for him. He smiled wryly as it has been becoming a habit of his being quiet as he had no one to talk to for eight months.


    ¡°Sorry about that. I was just worrying on what to do with the excess foods we have. The farm animals can¡¯t eat all of it, they might rot and it would be a waste.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Oh you don¡¯t have to worry about that. When we, garden fairies, plucked them out, we put spells from them that won¡¯t let them rot if they are still within the forest¡¯s dominion. But once you take them out here, they would start to aged normally. This was why the elves wanted us, helping them with the upcoming war¡± ¨C Hadia


    ~ohh... so the forest is now our personal refrigerator, nice.~


    Hadia¡¯s mood darkens when she talked about the war. Riot didn¡¯t care about the war and just let the topic slide as he too knows the experience in that field.


    ¡°Then the problem now is what do we do with the excess? It would pile up and that would be really bad if we die being squashed by it.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Well, how about selling them in the near settlement?¡± ¨C Viria


    The girl chimes in with a sudden proposal. Riot thought about her suggestion and it was actually pretty good. He can save up the produce and go to the nearest settlement and sell it all.


    ¡°Oh yeah, you can also learn about the human¡¯s culture and can do some trading. ¡®Hitting two fairies with one stone¡¯ as they would say.¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°...Yeah, I think I would do that. But I have to make a cart for it; well I can just make it the night before leaving the forest. We¡¯ll sell them once a week so that they wouldn¡¯t be curious as to where we took it. I need to have someone with me who knows the way of the human culture. By any chance, do you know Hadia?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°I¡¯m sorry Marc, all I know is hearsay from the elves. The only option you have is...¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Master, I¡¯ve return.¡± - ???


    A deep voiced gently greeted Riot. Riot looked at his back and saw a human bowing down to him. He had some scratches from his hands while holding some large eggs.


    ¡°Welcome back. You know, you don¡¯t have to bow every time you talk to me, Aaron.¡± ¨C Riot


    ~no matter how many times we verify, he really looks just like him.~


    ¡®...yeah...¡¯


    Riot smiled when he told Aaron about that. It was quite awkward for him as he saw a familiar man bowing to him. Riot tried appealing a number of times but Aaron wouldn¡¯t budge about it.


    ¡°That¡¯s unthinkable for someone like the useless me would do.¡± ¨C Aaron


    ~oh, he would wince from this if he ever saw this scene!~


    ¡°Meet me halfway, how about placing your right hand to your chest and do a slight bow. That is how we greet someone with high respect.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°I can do that.¡± ¨C Aaron


    ¡°Good, now you can put those eggs in the tent. And come back to me so that we can do our morning exercise.¡± ¨C Riot


    Aaron smiled and bows like how a European butler would bow and left walking to Riot¡¯s tent. Riot tried to leave the fairies at the table of the garden to do some light exercise with Aaron. But they would just follow him, as the two have already finished tending his garden.


    ¡°Hey, let me join your exercise! I¡¯m pretty good at it!¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°I think it would be very dangerous for you, as both of us would spar.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Do you really do that with him every day? Who would¡¯ve thought that skeleton would turn back to a human when you accepted its fidelity.¡± ¨C Hadia


    <hr>


    Hadia looked at him with amazement when she remembers the scene where the skeleton was waiting for Riot at his place. They were first scared of it, but Riot just walks towards it without any fear. He had an annoyed look at his face, thinking that more and more situation arise in just a day. And night was already slowly creeping its way in the area.


    The skeleton saw him and slowly walks towards Riot. When they met halfway, Riot was already readying himself for a fight. But the skeleton kneeled in front of Riot, made him taken aback for the sudden action. There was never a time that the skeleton did that, so Riot was weary of what it would do.


    ¡°Ma-master... Accept... m-my... loyal...ty... I will... fo..llow... y-you... till my... bo..dy shatters..¡± ¨C Skeleton


    It was having a hard time talking, seeing that it was a pile of bones. But from what he heard, it wants to serve him. The fairies were in awe as they had witness a monster wanting to form a pact willingly.


    ¡°Marcus! This is the first time that a monster willingly wants to serve somebody. Normally, you need to beat it to submission and force it to form a contract with you. But this Skeletal Knight kneeled to without any fuss; not only that, it¡¯s a unique one as it can talk.¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°Not only is it much stronger than an elite human knight, they say that it needs a platoon of knights and magician to beat it. Will you accept him?¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°Do it bro! Do it!¡± ¨C Varu


    The fairies were excited, hoping Riot would accept the pact. But he himself didn¡¯t want to do it as he has no need for a monster following him around all day. If it could do labour, he would accept it as he needs hands in his farm. He was on his way on declining it, but was stopped by Glendell¡¯s voice.


    ~accept it master, I want to try something...~


    ¡®What is it? And I have no clue on how to do this magic contract stuff.¡¯


    ~just ask the fairies. That skeleton might help us learn the writings of the human. It can teach us a lot of things if you accept the contract.~


    ¡®And how would a skeleton teach us all of this?¡¯


    ~just leave it to me, okay? Now hurry up and form the contract.~


    He asked the fairies on how to begin the contract, which surprised them as it was the basic of the basics. Hadia taught him that it was just simply dropping the master¡¯s blood to the monster¡¯s forehead.


    He cuts his thumb and went near the still kneeling skeleton. The fairies were keenly watching on what would happen, as they were time and time again being kept surprised at what Riot do; from killing a Goblin King with one hit to taming all the creatures in the forest. They thought something would when he makes a monster contract with the skeleton, so all them were surrounds him.


    When he place his thumb on the forehead of the skeleton, a purple light came out of its body; indicating that it accepted the blood. As Hadia said that when the purple light dies, the contract would be complete.


    ~Marty¡¯s Wish!~


    But while in the middle of the ritual, Glendell incanted ¨C from what Riot could understand ¨C a spell. White light flowed out from his body and gently mixed with the skeleton¡¯s purple light.


    ¡°Wow!¡± ¨C Fairies


    ¡®What just happened?¡¯


    The entire fairies saw the light expand in to the sky. It stayed there for a minute, lighting the whole forest, letting all creatures saw it. As the light descended, it slowly encircled the skeleton¡¯s figure, covering him from head to toe.


    ~I thought it would not work, but it is a success! That was a ¡®Miracle Spell¡¯; I have somehow known how to use it when the skeleton offers to serve you; like it unlocked the condition to know the spell. It offers one wish to a loyal ¡®servant¡¯, or believer if you will, when they prove that they would never betray you, through thick and thin. Let¡¯s see when its wish would be granted. Fufufu...~


    ¡®How would we know when they prove that they''ve already cleared that condition?¡¯


    ~don¡¯t know... but we will know once they¡¯ve made the wish. Because they would bear the mark of Master¡¯s insignia .~


    ¡®Insignia? You mean the ¡°Seventh Star¡±? I haven¡¯t been wearing that mark since... well, ages...¡¯


    ~I still don¡¯t know the reason why, but it¡¯s a very nice mark. Both good and evil would fear that mark in your young days. And the new generation of heroes dreamt of it, hoping you pass the mark to one of them.~


    ¡®They should¡¯ve asked for it. I would¡¯ve given it to the first one who would¡¯ve asked.¡¯


    ~They were scared of you, you know. And when you retired, you hid from the radar and the only one that can find you was Titus and Akira Onee-sama... Oh? Looks like the ritual¡¯s finish.~


    ¡°Oh!! Marcus! Look! Look!¡± ¨C Viria


    Forgetting that Viria was still on his beard, she pulls it hard as she points on the figure emerging from the dying light. It stands up unsteadily, as if it were a drunken man trying to stand after having a long drink. As the light died out, the figure of the skeleton was now clear.


    ¡°Ooooo!!!¡± ¨C Varu


    ¡°H-how the? What the?¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°I¡¯m surprise that I¡¯m not surprised anymore. Hehehe¡± ¨C Viria


    ¡°?!!¡± ¨C Riot


    ~...not only did he astonishingly cleared the condition right away; he even made the wish the next breath. But what¡¯s more surprising is that ¨C~


    ¡®That¡¯s him right?! How the hell? What could this possibly mean?!¡¯


    Riot¡¯s mind was in shambles as the skeleton was now a male human. He had a long green hair that reaches the lower part of his back. His face was clear of any bones and was replaced with a handsome face. As he was a skeleton, he was completely naked; making his toned muscles exposed for everybody to see. There was also a mark, coming out on his right hand which indicates that the wish was finished; the mark was a four-pointed compass like star which forms the shape of a cross and had a corona encircling it.


    ~that¡¯ him but also not him at the same time...~


    But even though the man was young, and had somewhat the same age as him, Riot can only see the face of a particular immortal middle-age man from his memories. The young man before him was a head taller like the middle-aged man, and even had the same mannerism as he was fiddling his fingers in his right arm ¨C indicating that he was nervous.


    ¡®... Titus...¡¯


    Titus aka Magnus, the Grandmaster of Spells. He was definitely his spitting image; his walking pattern was also the same when he walked towards Riot again; As Riot observed even the smallest details from everybody, when he had nothing to do.


    ¡°Master, I thank you for accepting this one¡¯s desire to serve you. Not only did you accept it, you also gave me, an undeserving one, a gift. A wish that I can follow master would go without giving you a hard time; a gift of flesh.¡± ¨C Naked man


    He then bowed again, making Riot leave his trip from memory lane. Riot was perplexed because not once did Titus bowed to him, making this scene somewhat of an uncomfortable experience for him. He took a cloak from the magic pouch and draped it all over the naked man¡¯s body.


    ¡°Stop bowing. If it¡¯s okay with you I rather not you bow to me, ever.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°I impossibly cannot do that. That would be rude to as you are my master.¡± ¨C Man/Titus


    ¡°Okay, let¡¯s talk about that later. Could you tell me your name?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°I have already thrown my name when I gave up being human. I asked master to give me one.¡± ¨C Man


    ¡°...Ti ¨C no, How about Aaron?¡± ¨C Riot


    ~...Aaron, really? Stop giving lame name... just stahp!~


    ¡°Thank you for the wonderful name! I will cherish it till my dying day!¡± ¨C Aaron


    ¡®He likes it!¡¯


    ~...he¡¯s just force to say that...~


    The fairies circled Aaron; as they were curious on how could a contract make something like a skeleton turn to a living being. Aaron just looked at them while they were circling him as it was his first time seeing fairies.


    *Clap!**Clap!*


    ¡°Okay, let¡¯s break it up. Let¡¯s finish this when we get near my home. I can¡¯t wait for you guys anymore as I¡¯m starving.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°What for supper?¡± ¨C Viria


    Riot walked ahead without waiting for them to respond. The time was already wasted enough that he didn¡¯t touch his afternoon project. He walks towards to his garden, to get some ingredients and snacks for later.


    ¡°I¡¯m coming Master!¡± ¨C Aaron


    ¡°Wait for us bro!¡± ¨C Varu


    They quickly followed him as he walked to his garden. As they entered the enclosed place, they quickly saw the vegetation that spread across the area. Lots of unknown floras were spread before their eyes. They Fairies absentmindedly went to each and one of them, which made them quiet for some reason. Even Viria left Riot¡¯s beard and joined with the fairies in gazing the new floras. Aaron also curiously looked at some of the fruits that were hanging in the trees.


    ¡°You can eat them if you like. That¡¯s a called a mango and it¡¯s very sweet once you peel its skin and eat it. And you guys can pick what you want, just not the flowers.¡± ¨C Riot


    He saw Aaron particularly eyeing the mango so he grabbed one and tossed it to him. The fairies also pick different fruits that they thought was interesting, tasting them curiously.


    ¡°It¡¯s sweet...¡± ¨C Aaron


    ¡°It¡¯s yummy!!¡± ¨C Varu


    ¡°I haven¡¯t taste anything like it!¡± ¨C Hadia


    ¡°*Chomp!**Chomp!**Buuurrp!*¡± ¨C Viria


    All of them, even Aaron, tasted different fruits and veggies that they saw, filling their stomachs to brim. Riot just watched them while he was picking ingredients for his supper. He didn¡¯t mind the noise as he was kind of welcoming it.


    The fairies asked if they could stay at his garden, he didn¡¯t mind as they said they would help him tend it. They were happy as Riot just approved it without second thought. They were racing, competing on whom could first pick a dwelling place. He left them be as he went to his tent, accompanied by Aaron, to cook his supper.


    <hr>


    ¡°Well, now that you have a fleshed body, your bones won¡¯t be flying away anymore. But that just gives more places to strike you. Are you not regretting your wish? ¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Not in the least. I must thank you for letting me see my face again after a long time...¡± ¨C Aaron


    ¡®So I¡¯ve found Titus¡¯ parallel person. I wonder if I can find the others also... maybe even Rosaline...¡¯


    ~...master...~


    ¡°Let me tell warn you though, I¡¯ll show you my true powers and defeat you, master.¡± ¨C Aaron


    ¡°Oh?... Cocky aren¡¯t you? I¡¯ve taught you all those moves, skeleton knight. What else are you possibly going to do?¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Huh? Who told you I¡¯m a skeleton knight? I¡¯m not one though...¡± ¨C Aaron


    ~Oh? Skeleton Fighter maybe? Or a monk?~


    ¡°The Fairies told me that you are one though. Can¡¯t blame them with you wearing heavy armour with sword and all.¡± ¨C Riot


    ¡°Hehehe... did they assume my class just by looking? Well can¡¯t be helped as I¡¯ve got no way in restoring my mana. That was why I was using those weapons in order to survive. And thanks to that, I''ve met master. And with these new body of mine...¡± ¨C Aaron


    *snap!*


    Aaron snapped his finger, making a loud noise in the open area. Huge pile of bones erupted at the side of him. The bones slowly formed a skeletal body of a Snow Liger that had a hole between his eye sockets. The Liger roared, making Riot stepped back from the surprise.


    ¡®This is new... no one on Earth could do this, even Titus said that it was a taboo for the price to pay was life of the user.¡¯


    ~Necromancy, that¡¯s a dark art spell. He¡¯s lucky that the holy spell didn¡¯t smite him. Huh? Is that Monsieur Chat by chance? ~


    Riot¡¯s clothing instantly changes to his tactical suit. He held his odachi to his side as he waited for Aaron to attack. More and more Skeletal Ligers rose from the ground, surrounding Riot and Aaron.


    ¡°fufu... looks like master is serious, as you are even using a weapon for the first time. I¡¯m happy for that. Let me introduce myself again. I am Aaron, Master Marcus¡¯ loyal devotee, a Skeletal Overlord!¡± ¨C Aaron


    As Aaron finished introducing himself, he let the ligers attack Riot. They pounced on him fast but Riot evaded and slashed the backs of the pouncing ligers. They were cut in half and he proceeded on slashing the other ligers.


    ¡°Master¡¯s strong. You easily destroyed them without a sweat...¡± ¨C Aaron


    While he was talking, Riot dashed to him to beat quickly. He was already in front of Aaron, crouching as he intends to do a wide sweep slash.


    ¡°But that won¡¯t stop them¡± ¨C Aaron


    ¡®?!¡¯


    Riot ceases his attack and decided to evade the rebuilt liger that attacked from his blind side. The other ligers were restored to their original status and were ready to attack him again. Aaron also drew a sword made from bones on the ground, to join the fray. But with all that, Riot just smiled at him.


    Both parties dashed at each other, with each had intent on winning this fight. It draws the attention of the other fairies as the noise was getting louder and louder.


    It continued till the sun was already high with one person left standing. The place was filled with broken bones of the dead ligers, making it look like a bone graveyard. The person standing then smiled and offered his hand to the lying person, who was defeated.


    ¡°That was great. Not only did you excel on magic, you also are good with close quarter. I was fortunate to defeat you this time, as it would seem you will still grow stronger in the near future.¡± ¨C Riot


    Aaron smiled when he heard his master¡¯s praise to him. He accepted the offered hand and stands up to see what the place had become. He gave it his all, but it still didn¡¯t do much in front of his master.


    ¡°Those are kind words I¡¯m lucky to receive. I thought I had you but you manage to elude me and defeated me...¡± ¨C Aaron


    ¡°That was because you let those bones fight freely. If you should have done....¡±


    As they were walking out of the fields, Riot provided him some tips on tactics. The fairies followed, some acting the moves they made in fighting. They were noisy as they went back to the place where they all live.


    ~looks like everyday would be this noisy huh...~