《Even the heavens will shudder》 chapter 1 : Lucius The Areus continent is huge and countless powers battle for the lands and territories, there is five countries dominating it, the Athistan, Aplon, Treya, Efrea and Odron. This world is based on strength and the strength of a country is based on the number of warriors and mages, they are the pinnacle of beings in the human ranks of course there is not only humans in Areus there is also magical beasts, a powerful magical beast can take a human form and have the same level of intelligence, they are the most vicious and cruel beasts they also dominate a huge territory, roughly a million square kilometers it is the wilderness , no one knows the amount of beasts that lives in there but one thing is clear it is the most dangerous place on the continent so no one dare to go deep inside it not even the strongest of mages and warriors . In the largest country Efrea the number of people exceeds a billion, it is ruled by the Valter royal family and king Elias , in this country there is a famous warrior clan , the Odein clan it is ruled by a powerful family of warriors and they are the strongest power in the country of Efrea . A boy with beautiful red hair was sitting in front of a small lake outside a village the scenery was also beatiful , he appears to be sad and he was crying. ¡°Sob¡­sob why is no one nice to me? what did I do to them? Just because I have a weak body from birth they bully me, the only one who is nice to me is uncle Alder ¡° The boy name is Lucius Odein, he is a twelve years old boy and his uncle that he mentioned is a powerful fighter named Alderman Odein, Lucius was born with a frail body his uncle told him that his mother died giving birth to him and that his father died in the war, the clan values the strong and he is week, he can¡¯t cultivate his body and even train the basics so the clan nicknamed him trash of the Odein . ¡°What did I do to suffer this humiliation why was I born if I was fated to suffer ¡°(Lucius) After lamenting for several minutes Lucius decided to return to his house in the clan village, he lives with his uncle that adopted him, when he walked in his village two youths appeared in front of him they were older than him, one was tall and his hair was blond with sharp eyes the other was fat and brown haired. ¡°Hey watch what we have here the official trash of our clan hahahaha¡­ why are you even living here? ¡± (blond youth) ¡°How can he leave if he leave he will surely die brother hahaha!!!¡± (Fat youth) ¡°What do you want with me this time are you not tired of bothering me?¡±(Lucius) ¡°Shut up trash!!! You dare to talk back ¡° The blond youth raised his arm and punched Lucius in his stomach, Lucius then vomited and fell on the floor, and the fat youth kicked him with his leg, he was in pain but he was accustomed to this treatment, indeed it is not his first time being beaten, suddenly a shadow appeared in the sky ¡°What are you doing brats!!!? Go away or I will punish you accordingly ¡° A loud voice came from the sky it was a middle aged man with white long hair and wearing a blue rob it was the uncle of Lucius Alderman he was suspended in mid air and emitting a powerful aura, the two youth instantly became scared and fled. ¡°Lucius sorry for arriving late your uncle like always pestered by those vultures of officials ¡°(Alderman) ¡°Uncle there is no problem ¡°(Lucius) Lucius stood up and tidied his clothes that became dirty from falling to the ground, Alderman was looking at him with a sad expression. (This kid if only he was born a bit strong ¡­ Alas fate is a cruel thing) ¡°Lucius I was summoned to the main house rest in our place I will return ¡° ¡°Yes uncle! ¡° Lucius smiled for his uncle to not worry about him. The clan has a total of ten thousand members, all the members who are at the age of fifteen or higher are all already warriors, like all the clans there is a man building and the leader family lives In it, the leader is named Garlan Odein he is the strongest warrior in the clan he was bestowed the title of duke by the king of Efrea. To become a warrior or a mage isn¡¯t easy, one needs to cultivate his body and spirit, the warriors cultivate external energy and the mages internal energy, and they absorb that energy that is in every particle of the world and refine it to enhance the body and the spirit , warriors and mages have levels of cultivation , if a person want to become a warrior he needs to cultivate and reach the first level of cultivation after that one needs to continue cultivating to become more powerful , there is two stages of power at first , ¡®the warrior¡¯ class and ¡®the war fiend class ¡® after that if one transcend the war fiend class he can become an immortal , each class consist of nine levels it is the same with mages there is ¡® mage class ¡® and ¡® arch mage class¡® , in this continent the immortals are very rare it is too difficult to become one and most of them don¡¯t participate in the mortal realm , they usually battle when wars breaks out and involve themselves only if another immortal participate . The leader of the Odein clan is in the third level of the war fiend class he is an ultimate warrior and an asset to the country. Several minutes later, Alderman reaches the main house. It is a beautiful building befitting a ruler The two guards at the entrance when seeing Alderman immediately stepped aside to let him enter ¡°Sir Alderman let me guide you to the place my lord wishes to meet you ¡° ¡°No need I know where he is ¡°(Alderman) Alderman refused the servant and headed directly to the 2nd floor, he then walked toward a room when opening it a big elegant room appeared with a large table in the middle at the other side of the table a man was sitting he had long silver hair and a mysterious air around him he was handsome for a middle-aged man but that is the effects of the cultivation to the war fiend class the life span increases and the growth will be slower so he looked in his twenties. This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. ¡°Oh Alderman you came?¡±(Garlan ) ¡°What do you need me for my lord?¡±(Alderman) ¡°Hmm ¡­sit I will tell you¡± (Garlan ) Alderman didn¡¯t dare refuse the lord and he sat on a chair ¡°Alderman Do you remember what happened twelve years ago?¡± ¡°How can I forget my lord ¡° ¡°Good then I will go directly to the main subject their son I will banish him¡± Alderman was shocked he frowned and instantly regained his usual expression ¡°My lord can i inquire why you need to banish him ?¡± (Alderman) ¡°Humph! ¡­ No need to hide your anxiousness in front of me I know that you will not accept but I don¡¯t care what you think I can also banish you, you know?¡±(Garlan) ¡°But My lord that boy is weak and can¡¯t defend himself how can you banish him!¡±(Alderman) ¡°Shut up!! I can¡¯t feel comfortable with that son of their in the village I hated his father he took everything that I wanted even his wife ¡­. Anyway tomorrow he need to live I accepted your request twelve years ago but now I changed my mind is what I said clear!!¡± (Garlan) (How can this happen?? this fu¡­. man!!! If only I was stronger but he is way too strong I can only send the young lord to that old man) screamed in his mind Alderman. ¡°Yes my lord I will follow your orders¡± (Alderman) Alderman then left the main house with an ugly expression ¡°This motherfucker he killed the former lord and now he want to kill his son what a sly bastard ¡°(Alderman) Alderman held no respect to the current lord he think that he is sly and arrogant beyond limit. ¡°Does he think he is the only war fiend in the world this bastard the former lord was stronger he only died because he was killed by surprise¡­ oh my lord don¡¯t worry your son will not die I swear ¡°(Alderman) In his house Lucius was reading a book, he didn¡¯t have the ability to train in martial arts so he immersed himself in reading books and because of that he was more intelligent than others, suddenly the door of the house was opened ¡°Uncle!! You came ¡°(Lucius) His uncle walked to the living room and on his face a complicated expression , Lucius was not stupid he immediately knew that something was wrong ¡°Uncle what happened? Why are you like this ¡°(Lucius) ¡°Lucius I¡¯m sorry I failed I¡¯m sorry but don¡¯t worry I will protect you ¡° Lucius was bewildered he didn¡¯t understand what his uncle was talking about ¡°Lucius what I will tell you now is important okay ¡°(Alderman) ¡°Uncle what is happening? ¡°(Lucius) Lucius seeing the serious expression of Alderman began to be anxious. ¡°The lord decided to banish you from the clan and the village ¡°(Alderman) ¡°What!!!! Why I didn¡¯t do anything uncle why is this happening to me!!? ¡°(Lucius) ¡°Don¡¯t panic you will be banished but I have a plan for you to live safely ¡°(Alderman) ¡°Uncle I don¡¯t want to leave and you are you going with me ?¡± (Lucius) ¡°Sorry Lucius but I can¡¯t go with I have some things that I need to do before living the clan ¡°(Alderman) ¡°But uncle I can¡¯t defend myself what can I do when I live?¡±(Lucius) ¡°I have a place that I can send you at don¡¯t worry ¡°(Alderman) ¡° is there no other way ?¡±(Lucius) ¡°Lucius there is no other way trust me and I need to tell you something that you have the right to know ¡° ¡°What is it ¡°(Lucius) Alderman was hesitant but began to speak ¡°I didn¡¯t want to tell you in this conditions but I must tell you ¡­ your mother do you remember what I told you?¡±(Alderman) ¡°Yes you said that my mother died when she gave birth to me ¡°(Lucius) ¡°I lied I¡¯m sorry ¡°(Alderman) ¡°What!!!! Then ¡­ how ¡­ and why did you lie uncle? ¡°(Lucius) ¡°Lucius I¡¯m sorry but it was for your good and ¡­¡±(Alderman ) ¡°First of all I¡¯m not really your uncle but I was the servant of your father and mother ¡° ¡°Not my uncle ¡­the servant?¡±(Lucius) ¡°Yes your father was the former lord of the clan ¡°(alderman) ¡°how can this be then my father also ?¡±(Lucius) ¡°yes your father also didn¡¯t die in the war but was murdered ¡°(Alderman¡±) ¡°Murdered? ..Father and mother ¡°(Lucius) ¡°She was killed by the same person ¡°(Alderman) Lucius began to cry he was too shocked his parents were murdered by someone how a can a young boy keep his calm. ¡°Lucius the man that killed them is the current lord and another person, but the other became something that mortals cannot act against he is an immortal¡°(Alderman) Lucius read about mortals and immortals in a book so he knows the mightiness of immortals. ¡°you can¡¯t do anything but I didn¡¯t want to hide this from you it is cruel for you ¡°(Alderman ) Lucius was clenching his fist his eyes filled with hatred he was bombarded by shocking truths ¡°Uncle I ¡­ I will leave like you told me ¡°(Lucius) He was angered but he was not blinded what can a weak boy like him do he can only grieve for his parents and live in shame, he had no power to take revenge. That night Lucius didn¡¯t sleep at all he was too sad and angered at his uselessness that he didn¡¯t have the ability to calm himself The next day a carriage was in front of the entrance to the village, Alderman walked with Lucius to the carriage. All the bullies in the village were rejoicing that the trash ids finally going to leave ¡°Hahaha the trash will finally leave the clan what a joyful day¡± An elder of the clan was yelling but Lucius and Alderman ignored him , Lucius boarded the carriage ¡°Lucius remember to go to the person i told you okay and there is a map that prepared for you in your bag ¡°(Alderman) ¡°uncle don¡¯t worry , can we meet again ?¡±(Lucius ) ¡°Of course brat what do you take me for huh hahaha then go!!!!?¡±(Alderman) (I hope you will be alright Lucius) The carriage then took of ¡°Uncle good bye!!!!¡±(Lucius) That was the day that Lucius left the village . End of chapter. chapter 2 : Ambush and possession The carriage began to move further away from the village, Lucius heart was filled with rage, he remembered what his uncle told him, he then looked outside from the window, and he saw the village entrance, the guards and the several buildings gradually becoming small. the village was big it¡¯s understandable because the clan had ten thousand members , his uncle was waving his hand to say goodbye, that was then that he was aware that he will be separated from him, he stared at him from afar then he yelled. ¡°No matter what happened you are always my uncle Alder!!! I will never forget you ¡° Tears were flowing from Lucius eyes. Alderman was moved by the words of Lucius and began also to be filled with hatred toward the clan lord he never forgot that night when he killed the former lord and his wife. Garlan and the father of Lucius Robert were half brothers, since young age they had a childhood friend the mother of Lucius Anna, Garlan was deep inside jealous of Robert because he was the heir of the clan and Anna was in love with him , he never liked him he was always better than him in martial arts and studies , he deeply resented him for many years but Robert was not aware , the day that Robert became the clan leader and married Anna finally arrived at that time Garlan was filled with immeasurable hatred and jealousy , when he heard that Anna was pregnant he hated Robert even more. [What really happened in the past] In a secret room in the village Garlan was plotting with another black robbed man, the eyes of the black robbed man were terrifying. ¡°If she isn¡¯t mine so be it but she will be never in anyone possession!! ¡° ¡°Garlan I made what you need but from now on I don¡¯t owe you anything if you contact me again I will kill you ¡°(black robbed man) Garlan was frightened. ¡°Of course sir I sincerely thank you for helping me ¡° Garlan took a small bottle from the black robbed man and headed toward Robert place, at that time Lucius was already 6 month old, Robert was never suspicious of him so he welcomed him. ¡°Brother thank you for receiving me I came to congratulate you ¡°(Garlan) Robert reached the war fiend class at the age of twenty four so he was labeled a genius. ¡°hahah little brother thank you ¡°(Robert) ¡°I came with a small gift hahah¡± (Garlan) ¡°Oh what is it? ¡° (Robert) ¡°A hundred years age bottle of wine!¡±(Garlan) ¡°Oh great gift you know that I like wine ¡°(Robert) The two of them were alone in a room chatting, Garlan was smirking because Robert drank several glasses of the wine he gave to him. ¡°Little brother why are you not drinking?¡±(Robert) ¡°Oh hahaha because this thing is not a normal wine ¡°(Garlan) Robert paused for a moment looking at his brother ¡°hmm? What do you mean?¡±(Robert) ¡°ku ku ku ¡­what do I mean ? I mean that you will die!!! ¡°(Garlan) The small bottle that he took from the black robbed man was a powerful poison created by a master alchemist, he then mixed it with the wine that he gave to Robert. Robert hearing what he said wanted to speak but then a painful sensation was felt in his heart, and he slowly stopped, there was shock and disbelief in the eyes of Robert when he died. ¡°hahaha finally I killed you , I hated you from the first time I saw you this poison was created by a rank five alchemist no war fiend even in the last levels can resist it look at your pitiful corpse ¡°(Garlan) Garlan continued to laugh then he killed the two guards in front if the door room to not raise any useless suspicion. Several months after the death of Robert and the uproar in the clan the culprit was never found, Anna his wife was a very beautiful woman she was like a fairy, red haired and from her was emanating an elegant aura, but after all these months she couldn¡¯t take it and ended her life but before doing it she apologized to the 1 year old Lucius. ¡°My son I¡¯m sorry for doing this, I¡¯m sorry but I can¡¯t live without your father I can¡¯t take the pain of losing him I¡¯m sorry ¡­¡± (Anna) Alderman the servant of the couple knew that Garlan was the one who killed Robert and led his wife to suicide but he didn¡¯t have the ability to do anything so he at least saved their son and pleaded the new Lord Garlan to spare him, Garlan didn¡¯t have any interest in the boy so he ignored him but in all the years that passed he realized that when he see the boy he was reminded of what he did so on the twelve year he dicided to banish him even if he was a weak and frail boy . Returning to the present Alderman remembered all that happened and he was saddened at what had happened to Lucius even more he thought that the boy was too pitiful he didn¡¯t do anything and his parents cruelly died and he even was banished. (Too pitiful this boy I hope that he lives in safety) thought Alderman Meanwhile Lucius in the carriage took the letter that Aldrman gave him from the bag, he opened it , a map and paper with words on it was inside , he took a look at the map and saw that the place he was going to is one of the five big cities of Efrea ¡® Noria¡¯ he saw that it was very detailed and cleanly drawn , then he took a look at the other paper and began to read. To my brat I know that you are confused and sad but don¡¯t worry the place you will go to is one of my old friends he is a blacksmith he has no children so he will accept you, and he is a nice old man don¡¯t worry, Lucius for what happened to your parents I¡¯ll try to find a way to avenge them but don¡¯t worry for me your uncle is not weak hahaha, alright I sincerely hope that you will be happy if the heavens decide it then we will meet again Your old uncle Alderman. ¡°Uncle I¡¯m ashamed, I can¡¯t help you I¡¯m too ashamed of myself sob ¡­sob ¡°(Lucius) After several hours the carriage reached a forest and was already mid way to the city Noria, the forest was dense with many kinds of vegetation, Lucius was calmly sitting in the back when suddenly two shadows appeared in front of the carriage that stopped abruptly This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. ¡°Who are you?¡± The driver of the carriage spoke he was an old man with short hair and droopy eyes but the two persons wearing black clothes and hiding their faces didn¡¯t speak, one of them made a movement with his arm, a knife appeared and was thrown at an alarming speed, the next moment a yell was heard , it was the old man a knife was stuck on his forehead and blood splattered on the carriage , Lucius when he looked outside was shocked and scared , so he quickly left the carriage and fled with all the speed he can muster . ¡°oy oy kid ¡­ do you think you can flee from us ? ¡­ hahaha we were ordered to dispose of you , hey go from the other side ¡° ¡°Yes!¡± Lucius when he heard them was further scared, so he ran for his life, he entered the forest, this forest was named¡¯ the silent woods ¡®it is named like this because there is no magical beasts nor animals inside it, Lucius then ran several meters but due to his weak body he was quickly tired and hide behind bushes . The two black clothed men also penetrated inside the forest, they were two level 4 warriors so with their speed they quickly caught up to the position of Lucius but they didn¡¯t locate him . ¡°Where is he this little rabbit, he can¡¯t go too far so he probably is near us hiding, we will search this area ¡°(one of the black clothed men) Lucius heard them and he was startled, he tried to be as silent as possible for them to not find him, but alas he was too scared and made a sound that immediately alarmed them ¡°hahahaha little rabbit you are there , hey he¡¯s there go kill him ¡° Lucius stood up and ran . Sfx (swoosh) But a flying knife pierced his shoulder, the pain made him loose focus and stumble , he fell on the ground unconscious , the two black clothed men in a hurry walked to verify his state . ¡°Hmm what is this I swear that i hit his shoulder why is it stuck on his neck ¡° ¡°Strange but he is not breathing we did our job ¡° ¡°Humph! Let¡¯s go report to the higher ups ¡° The two of them then departed, after a few hours they walked in the odein village it was rather clear that it was the clan who wanted to kill him, who knew him outside the village, no one. In a room in the main house of the clan Garlan was sitting on chair writing something, a servant then knocked on the door. ¡°You can enter ¡° The servant then entered the room. ¡°My lord I came to report ¡°(servant) ¡°Hmm speak ¡°(Garlan) ¡°The two of them successfully killed him ¡°(servent) ¡°Good I don¡¯t need anyone to know that their trash son is from my clan¡­ you can leave ¡°(garlan) ¡°Yes my lord ¡°(servent) ¡°hahaha that son of theirs was also reunited with them in hell ahahhahaha!!!!¡±(Garlan) Garlan laughed like a madman alone in his room. In the forest the supposedly killed Lucius was in fact not dead but alive , after the two assassin¡¯s departed the knife vanished from his neck and returned to its initial position on the shoulder and the breathing was also felt , all of what they saw was an illusion . ¡°Hmm what happened was I¡¯m?¡±(Lucius) Lucius regained his consciousness, but the sharp pain on his shoulder can still be felt so he barely has the strength to stand up. ¡°That¡¯s right those two men tried to kill me and killed that old man ¡°(Lucius) Lucius remembering the knife in the head of the old man driving the carriage and the brain matter that gushed out began to fell nauseous and vomited. Suddenly a ball of red light appeared in front of him, it hovered like a firefly, Lucius when seeing the strange phenomenon panicked and retreated several steps but he stumbled on something another time and fell, when he touched the ground with his hands he felt something strange so he looked, below him was a strange stone in the form of a square and a circular hole was on it. Lucius was feeling strange there were some weird inscriptions on the stone, it was like an unknown language, when he looked at them he felt dizzy, suddenly the ball of red light shot like lightening and entered inside the body of Lucius, he was startled but the next moment his body was trembling on the ground again and he felt that his mind was going to be crushed, his body stopped trembling but his eyes were closed this time, several minutes passed and he again opened his eyes and stood up but something about him was strange his hair and eyes changed color , his previously red hair and light green eyes changed to black and dark yellow eyes and his aura was emanating a tremendous pressure even the trees got broken from it. ¡°hahahaahahaha I finally found a body , I Leyak broke free from that dreadful prison hahahaha ¡° Lucius personality appearance and demeanor changed it was like he became another person ¡°Kid I thank you for releasing me, two thousand years I was imprisoned for Two thousand years!!! During that time I almost became crazy from boredom and now I¡¯m finally fre!!!!!¡± His scream could reach the heavens and some stones cracked from the intensity. ¡°Right I need to go it seems that this is the mortal world , curse you Bairon for imprisoning me I will take my revenge just you wait !¡° Something shocking happened Lucius body began to float in the air ¡°Good it seems that I didn¡¯t lose the totality of my powers ¡° Right at the time the changed black hair began to regain his red hair and the eyes began to switch from Dark yellow to light green ¡°Impossible this kid ¡­ how? ¡­ Did I fail the possession ¡­no!! me fail ?how come this kid can resist ? ... ¡° Roarrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!! Lucius began to scream from pain and finally his hair and eyes regained their former color then he collapsed . End of chapter . Chapter 3 : Demon God Two days have passed after the collapse of Lucius and he has yet to wake up, a rather peculiar phenomenon happened, it seems that something tried to possess his body, that mysterious red ball of light that was hovering in the middle of the silent woods was the cause. ¡°This kid, after analyzing his body for two days I discovered that he have a rather rare constitution it is the reason that I failed huh ¡° The person that is talking is the thing that is inside the body of Lucius for the past two days it was constantly murmuring and talking. ¡°But why didn¡¯t this brat wake up? ¡­ ahhhh!!! ¡­I¡¯m now imprisoned in a kid¡¯s body ¡­damn!!Why is my luck so shitty ¡­?¡± Lucius is currently dreaming, he is dreaming of his past and childhood memories. ¡°Hmm where I¡¯m?¡± Lucius appeared in a village in the middle of an alley, the alley in his eyes seemed to be too familiar suddenly a number of people came they were all children of eight or ten years of age but Lucius saw a child that shocked him, the child was not in the group of the other children but was pushed in the alley, the child shocked him because he was him from three years ago. ¡°Is that me? How can I see this? Am I dreaming?¡± The other children had eggs and tomatoes in their hands, one of them began to smirk it was a short brown haired child with a pronounced nose it was what distinguished him the most, the name of this child Lucius knew it very well he was named ¡®Henry¡¯, he cannot forget him because Lucius suffered in his hands most of the times. ¡°Hahaha now trash!! do you know what we are going to do to you?¡±(Henry) The Lucius of the present was cursing because he didn¡¯t want to see the painful moments of his life, at that moment all the children began to laugh and threw all the eggs and tomatoes at the red Haired Lucius of three years ago, he was literally submerged. ¡°Why did I remember that time why!!?¡± Suddenly the scenery changed now he appeared in a big hall, in the hall there was rows of children and there was also adults, the adults were on a platform, one of them was bald and Lucius recognized him, he was an instructor in the Odein clan when children reach the age of ten they have the obligation to have a test, the test was to appraise the talent in martial arts, a boy appeared on the platform, he was obviously Lucius. ¡°No not also this memory ¡° All the children in the hall began to chat. ¡°Isn¡¯t that the trash? Why is he even taking this test? ¡° ¡°Right why is he here? Every one of us can¡¯t stand him ¡° The children murmured incessantly, Lucius approached the bald man, the bald man had a disdainful expression, and then he put his hand on the back of Lucius, after closing his eyes for a minute the bald man snorted ¡°Humph!! I can¡¯t sense anything you have no talent ¡° The entirety of the hall began to laugh, that was the most painful of memories for Lucius, and he began to hold his head tightly like it as a headache. ¡°Why!!! Why did these things happen to me? Am I not a normal child ¡° Voices were heard in his head that constantly leaked the word ¡°die¡±, just at the time when Lucius began to despair, the scenery changed, this time he appeared in a room, he saw himself sitting on a chair around a table and across him was sitting a middle aged man with long white hair ¡°Uncle?¡± Yes it was his uncle and they were merrily eating food his uncle alderman spoke ¡°Lucius don¡¯t mind others when they say those things, they don¡¯t know that you are a good and nice boy, hahaha¡­ and they probably are jealous of your handsomeness ¡° Lucius was the happiest when he was chatting with his uncle, he was the only one who cared for him and did not forsake him, and his uncle spoke anther time. ¡°Lucius I know that you are a brave and strong willed child so you need to live one day in happiness and experience many things your uncle sincerely wish for it, now you need to go ¡­¡± The space in the dream began to distort and suddenly he opened his eyes, he was confused the dream appeared to be so real to him, when he calmed himself he looked around him, he discovered that he was lying on the grass inside a forst ¡°Right I remember what was that red ball, it suddenly hit my body and I blanked out ¡° He then looked at his body but he was stupefied his right shoulder injury disappeared and in its place was only a hole in his clothes ¡°what how can it heal by itself , am I still dreaming ?¡± ¡°You¡¯re not dreaming kid ¡° Lucius was startled when he heard a voice, he stood up and hid behind a tree as fast as he can ¡°Boy ¡­it¡¯s no use I can still see you ¡° Lucius was now scared what was happening, he looked in every direction and there was no one, ¡°What is this? Where do t¡­this voice come from is it a ghost ¡° ¡°Hey don¡¯t lump me with these small fries ¡° ¡°Who are you? What do you want with me?¡± ¡°hahaha who I¡¯m ? Kid I¡¯m the mighty Leyak ¡° ¡°Leyak? Never heard of this name ¡° ¡°What!!!!! How come you don¡¯t know who I¡¯m an existence like me is heard of in the countless galaxies ¡° Lucius was bewildered, he didn¡¯t understand what this person was talking about ¡°What is a galaxies, never heard this word ¡° ¡°Oh right this is the mortal realm, kid it¡¯s okay I will explain ¡° ¡°Your name is strange ¡° ¡°Kid did you seriously treat my name as being weird ¡° Lucius was instantly scared the voice became sharp and serious all of sudden ¡°Brat don¡¯t insult my name in the future, the last person who did that was incinerated ¡° Lucius face became pale, incinerated what sort of death is this? He thought ¡°Kid you released me from my prison that is why I¡¯m grateful¡° ¡°Released you how? I don¡¯t remember releasing anything ¡° ¡°Do you remember that stone with the patterns ¡° Lucius thought for a second then he remembered the stone that he stumbled on . ¡°Yeah that strange stone what was that ¡° The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.¡°Hmm that was a spiritual prison and it was where I was sealed, technically it was only my soul my body is long gone ¡° ¡°A spiritual prison?¡± ¡°Right, it¡¯s a prison created by god level individuals ¡° ¡°Gods? What, what are you saying its impossible ¡° Lucius at the mere state of the word god was shocked Gods are legendary and worshipped entities. ¡°What do you know you are just a mere mortal and a brat at that ¡° ¡°I¡¯m not a kid I¡¯m twelve years old ¡° ¡°Yeah yeah that¡¯s good, now I will explain kid I tried to possess your body but I failed, fuck when I remember I become so angry ¡° Lucius was puzzled he didn¡¯t understand. ¡°Hey judjing from your expression you are confused, I tried to take control of your body that¡¯s what I meant¡± ¡°W..What!?¡± Lucius face became even paler than before ¡°Hahahaha ¡­don¡¯t be scared, I said I failed and on top of that I can¡¯t try anymore, ¡° ¡°Really you don¡¯t lie do you ¡° ¡°Kid don¡¯t underestimate me I never lie well a little ¡° ¡°I knew it!!¡± ¡°No no no¡­ I didn¡¯t lie this time¡± ¡°How can I believe you ¡° ¡°Well you don¡¯t have a choice do you, and I was that red ball of light that was my soul form ¡° ¡°so that was really that red ball ¡° Lucius now had a clear understanding of what happened. ¡°Kid now I will speak seriously, my soul failed to control your body and instead was sealed in your mind, that is why you can¡¯t see me because I became a part of your mind ¡° ¡°My mind?¡± ¡°Yes I can communicate with you through your mind ¡° Lucius was now a little relieved but he didn¡¯t relax ¡°Then are you going to be in my mind forever?¡± ¡°Brat you think I¡¯m happy to be sealed in your mind just when I broke free from a prison I got into another , but I must say that this place is not so bad , the other was dark and there was nothing to relieve my boredom but now I can chat and also see what is outside ¡° Lucius didn¡¯t comprehend the personality of this Leyak, sometimes he jokes and sometimes he becomes scary. ¡°Kid we don¡¯t have a choice we must live together from now on ¡° ¡°There is no solution?¡± ¡°There is but you¡¯re current state don¡¯t allow it you are too weak ¡° Lucius was ashamed, even a soul knows that he is weak. ¡°Hmm brat what are you thinking?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t cultivate, from birth I was a cripple, from my uncle says my meridians are broken ¡° ¡°Hmm? What nonsense are you spouting? Your meridians are not broken they are simply sealed, your body is special, and also your mind the reason I failed to possess you is because of your special consciousness, it is divided in several layers so I possessed a single layer and was sealed, do you know what it means to have a divided mind? You can focus on several things at the same time if you train you¡¯re speed of improvement will be several more fast than a normal person ¡° ¡°How can you know I tried to practice but in vain I can¡¯t even absorb energy ¡° ¡°hahaha¡­ kid don¡¯t sweat it your meridians I will open them ¡° ¡°What???How can you?¡± ¡°I said to not underestimate me, I¡¯m the Demon god leyak, how can a measly task like this be difficult, your meridians to open needs a strong stimulus that was why you didn¡¯t have the ability to cultivate ¡° ¡°A Demon God, you¡¯re lying aren¡¯t you?¡± ¡°Humph! I don¡¯t need you to believe it ¡° Lucius was deeply shocked a god? Some scholars said that after becoming an immortal the next level is godhood!! But in the entirety of the mortal plane no one have seen a god nor have witnessed an immortal to rise as a god, and now Lucius is actually conversing with a Demon God ¡°I have the possibility to affect your body, like earlier I healed your injury, but kid nothing comes free you have to swear to accomplish a wish of mine and I will help you ¡° Lucious was seriously thinking, if he accept the proposition of this Demon then he will abandon the title of trash and become someone new and he will have the possibility to help his uncle and take revenge for his family. ¡°I accept and I swear to accomplish it ¡° ¡°good , kid you have a strong mind and I sense deep in your heart that you have strong hatred and negative feelings so it¡¯s actually good thing for your cultivation ¡° Lucius was overjoyed he now have the chance to cultivate and become strong. ¡°Alright now concentrate and close your eyes it will be slightly painful ¡° Lucius did what Leyak told him, Sfx (swooch, swooch ¡­) Suddenly a strong wind was swirling around him, it was like a small tornado, and his long red hair was actually raised up in the air. If someone saw this he will become astonished, all of sudden the face of Lucius became distorted, it was from pain, If meridians will be opened manually it will bring intense pain ¡°ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!¡± Lucius was screaming everyone experiencing this sort of pain will have fainted ¡°Hmm good kid he has strong willpower ¡°(Leyak) The wind then disappeared like it was not existing in the first place and Lucius regained his usual calm face. ¡°Okay I opened all of your fifty five meridians ¡° A surge of green like light left Lucius body and instantly dissipating causing a small shockwave ¡°How do you feel?¡±(Leyak) Lucius stood up made some movements, his skin brightened and his flaming red hair became shinier, he was already a handsome boy and now he became better looking ¡°I can¡¯t believe it my body I can sense energy hahahahaha, it¡¯s a miracle ¡°(Lucius) But patterns appeared on his body there was two straight lines that came down all the way from his shoulders. ¡°Don¡¯t forget that you will grant my wish in the future ¡° ¡°Of course I Lucius will never break this oath ¡° On the face of Lucius can be seen a big smile from right to left revealing his White teeth . End of chapter 3. rate please :) Chapter 4 : Train your body then cultivate In the end the red ball of light was a Demon god soul, the demon God was named Leyak and trying to control the body of Lucius he failed to do so. Seeing that he failed and was imprisoned in the mind of Lucius he didn¡¯t have a choice but to cooperate with him, Leyak discovered that the body of Lucius was special so there was still some hope that is what he thought. Like demons usually do he made a contract with Lucius in exchange of granting his wish, he then opened the fifty five meridians of Lucius to enable him to cultivate. ¡°Say Leyak what do we do now that you opened my meridians?¡± ¡°Hmm? Oh for now the ones that wanted to kill you think that you are dead so it¡¯s a good start ¡° Leyak was released before the two assassins caught up to Lucius in the forest so he saw all that happened and saved lucius by casting an illusion spell to trick them . ¡°I can¡¯t return to the village but I have the map of the city of Noria with me that uncle gave me ¡° ¡°humph what can a brat without power like you do in a city of the mortal realm for now you need to take shelter in this forest ¡° ¡°But there is neither food nor water how can I live here?¡± ¡°Food huh? Water is no problem I sensed a flow of water in the forest so there is probably a small river around here , and for food with my spiritual power I can sustain your vitality but there is also some fruit trees and I think we will remain here for around three months ¡° ¡°Three months!!!? That¡¯s¡­¡± ¡°what do you have a problem , you can be glad that you have that kind of body do you think three months is a long period of time to train for other persons it will probably take half a year or even a year ¡° ¡°What? That long ¡° Lucius remembered that in the carriage there was some food for the ride to the city so he took what was there and returned to the forest. ¡°Lucius an ideal place would be a cave, there is probably one ¡° ¡°Are you sure? ¡° ¡°Yes it is probably where the small river is ¡° Lucius with the advices of Leyak reached the small river but it was not only a river but there was also a waterfall, there is no living thing in this forest except vegetation so even fish was not found, surprisingly there was really a cave, it was behind the waterfall, so a person need to cross the water to reach the cave. ¡°It¡¯s a suitable place for training and meditating Lucius make this place your training ground you need to reach the first layer of the warrior cultivation ¡° ¡°Understood but it is waiting on my mind what do I call you ¡° ¡°You can call me master hahahahah¡° ¡°No way! ¡° ¡°why?¡± ¡°Because you didn¡¯t teach me anything ¡° ¡°You ungrateful brat!¡± ¡°Okay Okay ¡­I will call you master Ley ¡° Lucius then entered the cave, it was deep and huge, we can wonder how this cave was created, and it was probably a normal cave ¡°Brat this cave probably has treasures but also some dangerous traps you don¡¯t have the ability to pass through¡± ¡°woaahh treasures I onlu read about it in books ¡° ¡°Right kid what is the source of your hatred?¡± Lucius hearing the question was hesitating, he didn¡¯t want to remember what happened to his parents. ¡°Humph, I don¡¯t care if you don¡¯t tell me ¡° ¡°No, I ¡­.i will tell you ¡° ¡°I ¡®m only interested because it can help you cultivate ¡° ¡°My father and mother died because of a person ¡° ¡°So it¡¯s related to your family huh¡± ¡°Yes but that person is too strong he is the lord of my former clan ¡° ¡°Kid don¡¯t think too deeply one day you will have the chance to kill him easily but for now you need to concentrate on your training ¡° ¡°Okay ¡° Lucius explored the cave and indeed he found some remains of bones, he was starving so he ate some food and drank some water. ¡°Your physical capability is too low so you need to train your body before cultivating, for one month You will train sixteen hours a day and sleep the rest of the time , training will be divided in two kinds , body strengthening eight hours and meditating eight hours ¡° ¡°Isn¡¯t it too harsh?¡± ¡°Brat if you don¡¯t want to be stronger and take your revenge then give up and remain weak all your life ¡° ¡°Yes master Ley! I will do it even if I die ¡° ¡°Good and don¡¯t complain anymore or I will not help you¡± ¡°Yes master Ley!¡± (It is actually good to have someone call you master hahaha) thought Leyak. Lucius then immersed himself in training, body strengthening consisted of swimming, running, lifting weights, and martial arts 2 hours each type of training. Meditating was to sit cross-legged below the waterfall and concentrate on the flow of water to forget everything and attain total concentration state. Each day passed like this until one month was attained. One month later, a young boy was sitting cross-legged inside a cave , his eyes close the air around him was calm and serene . ¡°Hey it¡¯s time to begin cultivating ¡° The young boy was Lucius after one month signs of growth could be seen on his body, his muscles began transform and even his state of mind matured a bit, his expression now was calmer and relaxed. ¡°Master how do I cultivate and absorb the energy I didn¡¯t have access to cultivation books and scrolls when I was in the village ¡° ¡°Before that I need to explain to you with some details ¡° ¡°Yes master ¡° ¡°Okay first cultivation will be different based on the way one choose to follow, the warrior way or the mage way, for this you are an exception brat because you have that special mind of yours, mages absorbs energy and store it inside their soul space and warriors in every cell of their body, that is internal and external cultivation, the energy reside in the particles scattered in the air and in the earth, to absorb there is only a way to meditate and concentrate on attracting the energy to our bodies , you will need to make a particular hand seal but nothing complicated you have already finished the difficult part , the total concentration , the next step is when the energy is inside your body , with our spirit we will guide it , for warriors they will distribute it to the cells and mages to their soul space that is in their dantian is the explication clear ? ¡° Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. ¡°Yes master I have understood the principle in fact it¡¯s very easy hahaha¡± ¡°Brat I don¡¯t think it¡¯s easy you will have to try for at least three days ¡° ¡°Master let me try for now ¡° ¡°Fine, when you concentrate, try to feel the energy only in a radius of 5 meters ¡° ¡°Alright¡± Lucius then began to meditate he closed his eyes and started to visualize and feel the energy , for the first try he didn¡¯t feel anything , but he repeated the process for three hours and suddenly a tiny particle appeared in the mind of Lucius ¡°How can this kid¡­ how the fuck? When I was a mortal it took me five fucking days but this brat only three hours to detect the first particle¡± Lucius felt the tiny bit of energy inside the particle and absorbed it in a flash, he then began to fell more and more particle in the air and in the ground below him, he slowly started to canalize the energy absorbed , with his spiritual force he visualized his cells and guided the energy toward them , The cells began to devour the energy like starving beasts, slowly and slowly until he didn¡¯t have the ability to absorb anymore ¡°Master what is happening I was absorbing but suddenly it stopped?¡± ¡°Do you think your cells are a giants¦Ì? Like every glass if you fill it with too much water it will flow out your cells have reached the absorbing limit¡± ¡°Oh so it¡¯s like that ¡° Lucius diligently trained another month, now there is only one month left, time truly flow like water. In the village of the Odein clan, Garlan was sitting like always around his desk and was writing some documents related to the clan, suddenly someone knocked on the door. ¡°You can enter ¡° The door was pushed open and a child with brown short hair and blue eyes appeared ¡°Father!!¡± ¡°ohh! My son Dillon what are you doing here ¡° The child was the eleven years old son of Garlan, for his age he was tall and he was already at the first level of cultivation, the village was proud of him. ¡°Father in another five months, there is the entrance exam of the academy of Noria ¡° ¡°Ah yes that¡¯s right it¡¯s already this time huh, but don¡¯t worry my son is genius so you will be surely admitted ¡° The academy of Noria that the son of Garlan mentioned is a special school for young mages and warriors it¡¯s an elite academy with an entrance exam, Garlan wished for his son to enroll. In the silent woods it the now familiar cavern, in the three months time , 3 days were left , Lucius was like always sitting meditating , suddenly his body began to glow and a surge of energy hovered around his body then sweat appeared on the forehead of Lucius , his muscles contacted and some steam was emanating from his body , this is the reaction when reaching the first layer of cultivation , the steam vanished and the body was not glowing anymore , Lucius opened his eyes , on his face delight and happiness were seen . ¡°Finally I ¡®m a warrior hahahahaha finally uncle you¡¯re little Lucius became a warrior how I wish that you congratulate me ¡­¡± (Lucius) ¡°Not bad the three months time didn¡¯t elapse yet ¡°(Leyak) ¡°Yeah master!!¡± ¡°Hmm now you can try to search for the treasure in the cave do you want to?¡± ¡°Of course master I have to test my power ¡° Lucius then stood up and began to walk deeper in the cave, after some time he saw an entrance. ¡°Must be the way to the treasure ¡° Lucius walked in, a corridor appeared in front of him, and luckily it was not too dark some holes illuminated the cave. ¡°Pay attention there is some traps ¡° Leyak warned him in advance. ¡°Yes master Ley ¡° When Lucius began to walk in the corridor, midway something made a sound, and from the walls blades suddenly were thrust toward him, Lucius trained his agility and was harshly trained by Leyak in lifting weights so his body was sturdier, Lucius then twisted his body and dodged the first two blades, after that he jumped and evaded a blade that came from below him, he repeated the movements and safely reached the other side , another entrance but this time it was a large space with in the back countless treasures , ¡°wahhh do you see that master? ¡° ¡°Humph treasures don¡¯t affect me anymore except weapons or godly scrolls brat ¡° The treasures were mostly gold and weapons but of course normal weapons not like what Leyak mentioned. Suddenly upon crossing the entrance four shadows appeared, Lucius was startled, the shadows slowly took shape, they were strange beasts, their body was made of rocks and their eyes were holes that emitted red lights ¡°Kid those things are beast golems they are used to guard the treasures but they are low leveled creatures nothing to fear but a good combat training for you, you see those weapons in the back you can help yourself ¡° ¡°Beast golems huh ¡° Lucius state mind was also trained so he was not afraid of those beasts, the Lucius of the past would be scared, he then dashed to the other side of the room the golems seeing his sudden movements were startled but quickly regained their senses an shot toward Lucius , Lucius taking advantage of the momentum grabbed a short sword the first golem that was near him shot its paw at him , he then blocked with his sword . Sfx (peng!) The golems were made from rocks so they were tough, he continued to block but the golems pressured him ¡°Hey brat search for a weakness these beasts actually have a clear weakness ¡° Lucius hearing the words of Leyak decided to analyze the golem beasts suddenly he realized something the golem is fully made of rock except the eyes. Lucius back hit the wall, the beast jumped and tried to bite him at that moment he raised his short sword and aimed at the left eye of the golem, success, at point blank he didn¡¯t miss and the sword pierced trough the golem howled in pain then collapsed on the floor not moving. End of chapter. rate please . Chapter 5 : Leaving the silent woods Lucius was now a first rank warrior and his cultivation at the first layer, we must say that cultivating to become a warrior is not easy but less difficult than mage cultivation the difference reside in the place where cultivators stores the energy , to guide the energy in the soul space require extreme concentration and harmony with the world . Leyak discovered that the cave was not as it seems so he concluded that inside it was probably a treasure, Lucius after reaching the first rank warrior decided to go deeper in the cave and indeed he found a treasure and also traps , the first trap walls that were hidings blades , Lucius trained body allowed him to pass it easily , after that he finally walked in the treasure room but this time golems appeared , following the advice of Leyak he found their weakness and successfully killed one of the four beast golems , now he only had three of them for enemies . Lucius seeing the golem not moving on the ground was relieved but the three others roared in frenzy, angered from losing one of their kind, so they immediately attacked him at the same time, Lucius seeing the upcoming attack didn¡¯t have the time to relax, he dodged two attacks but the third landed on his shoulder reaping apart his clothes and injuring him, he hastily retreated with several steps. ¡° Hmm? brat you have a long way to go you need to further train your reaction time , your attacks are not weak but your dodging ability is so so ¡° (Leyak ) The voice of Leyak resounded in mind, Lucius was luckily not heavily injured it was just minor so he shot forward like lightening pushing one of the golems and isolating him, the short sword flashed and the eye of the golem was pierced , this was the second golem dying . ¡°Now there is only two ¡°(Lucius) The two remaining golems had no choice but to attack, Lucius taking advantage of a wall jumped up and evaded the attacks, his realized that his sword was in a sorry state so he grabbed another one from the treasure, this time it was a normal sword, now that the number of the beast golems was reduced he easily killed them. ¡°Whew! Finally I finished them ¡° ¡°Brat you took some time ¡° Now that Lucius killed the golems he can take a look at the entirety of the treasure ¡°woahhh there is so many weapons and gold, there is even armors ¡° The weapons varied, there was swords, short swords, great swords, knifes, bows, spears ext ¡­ , there was boxes of gold and some upper and lower parts of armors , but Leyak was feeling strange a huge cave like this was only holding on some normal weapons and armors , it was too suspicious . ¡°Brat why are you so mesmerized by mere these weapons? They are low quality weapons¡± ¡°But there are so many how can you know that there is not a good one ¡° ¡°Trust me, there is no good weapon or valuable things, didn¡¯t you see the short sword break in your hands?¡± ¡°But then there is money ¡° ¡°The gold may be valuable to you because you are a mortal, but something here is not clear, I find it very strange ¡° Leyak from Lucius consciousness was examining the cave, every inch of it was inspected by him, and suddenly he sensed something. ¡°Hey there is a secret compartment some faint energy is emanating from it it¡¯s probably an illusion too bad I¡¯m here mortals can¡¯t hide anything from me ku ku ku¡­ quickly go find it ¡° ¡°Ah yeah!¡± Lucius then excited began to search by touching the wall behind the treasure after several minutes his hand passed through the wall, he was shocked how can a hand pass through a solid. ¡°Kid don¡¯t worry it¡¯s the illusion, that is fake part of the wall ¡° That was indeed a fake part, after Lucius hand passed through the illusion dissipated and instead a small rectangular hole with a box within it appeared, the box was roughly eighty centimeter long, Lucius grabbed it from the hole. On the box a peculiar symbol was drawn, it was a snake coiled around a sword, Lucius opened the box, inside it was a long pitch black colored sword, it did not reflect any light, and it radiated a strong aura that stupefied him . ¡°Oh? That is the true treasure hahahaha the man that hide it probably made that illusion and the easy traps were a mere diversion what a pathetic human how can me a Demon God cannot see trough it ? kid this sword was forged with black metal , it¡¯s a rare ore in the mortal world , one of the hardest, and you can channel through it you energy , not bad for a sword , the man probably was lucky to find it or acquired a chunk black metal ore ¡° ¡°Oh from your tone master this is a rare weapon ¡° ¡°Yes, in your continent that is ¡° ¡°Master what do you mean?¡± ¡°Oh nothing it¡¯s too early for you to know ¡° Lucius was puzzled, he didn¡¯t know why Leyak told him that,¡± too early what did he mean? ¡± that is what he thought. ¡°This sword is a good weapon, don¡¯t let others steal it from you and you probably need to train more to use its full power ¡° ¡°Yes master!¡± The next day, Lucius was below the waterfall in the meditative state, around him no sound were emitted there was only big trees with different colors the sight was ferric with the waterfall, the river and the forest mixed with colors. There was 2 days left and he was allowed to leave the forest, in these two days he spent his time practicing a few moves with his new sword and meditating. He discovered that the sword was extremely sharp and hard he tried to hit a stone and a deep and clean cut was appeared, it was indeed a treasure and now it was in his hands, he was very excited and happy, all of this was because of the help of his master, he was truly grateful for allowing him to train and cultivate, his swore that he will become strong, so no one would humiliate or insult him anymore. ¡°It¡¯s finally time to leave this place I can¡¯t believe that I spent three months here now I will go to the city ¡° ¡°Kid what city are you talking about? I never said that you will go to a city when you leave ¡° Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.¡°What??? But master where can I go then ¡° ¡°I have an idea but before I need to tell something¡± ¡°What is it master? ¡° Lucius was disappointed but he was paying attention, Leyak tone became serious. ¡°Did you forget that I told you that you have a special consciousness?¡± ¡°Yeah I remember you said that my mind can focus on several tasks ¡° ¡°Good if you have that special mind then you can also train in the mage way ¡° ¡°What!!!? Really ¡° ¡°Kid when did I lie to you?¡± ¡°Mm I¡¯m not so sure ¡° ¡°You!!... You have someone like me as a master and your spouting this shit ¡° ¡°I was kidding just kidding!!¡± Sometimes Lucius and Leyak would argue like this, it¡¯s pretty amusing to witness their exchange. ¡°Brat I¡¯m a warrior god I can¡¯t teach you magic ¡° Indeed Leyak was a warrior god and mighty one at that. ¡°Then how can I practice?¡± ¡°That is the problem but I have an idea, in your mortal realm there is schools you can enter one and have the teachers teach you ¡° Leyak thought that mage instructors would be a big help to lucius. ¡°And if I don¡¯t have talent in magic?¡± ¡°Impossible if you don¡¯t have talent then what is the use of that special mind of yours, it will be a waste ¡° ¡°Then I have an idea of what school I will enroll in ¡° ¡°Oh and where is it ¡° ¡°It¡¯s in the city of Noria it¡¯s called Sirius Academy, when I was in the village I heard that some of the elite children of our clan will take the entrance exam. One of the elite children was the son of Gallard , Lucius never saw Dillon in the village so he didn¡¯t know . ¡°Hmm Sirius huh, but this is perfect ¡° ¡°The entrance exam is in two months master ¡° Sirius was a great mage that founded a school in Noria he played a big role in the war between Efrea and Odron in the past. ¡°There is no problem in these two months before the exam you will train to reach the 2nd layer of cultivation ¡° ¡°What!! Isn¡¯t two months too short?¡± ¡°Not at all, this continent powerful magical beasts are all in the wilderness so there is probably some lesser magical beasts in some other areas do you know one that is near? because you will actually train in there that will raise your battle experience, some life and death situations will affect your mind and suppress your fear, some beast golems are not a real opponent ¡° Lucius thinking of the magical beast that was mentioned in his books was scared, the magical beasts were terrifying and like their name they can use magical skills and techniques so they are more dangerous than normal beasts, but how can he get stronger when he is frightened like this, he needed to change for his important goal. ¡°master there is a place that is on my mind its named iron mountains , it¡¯s an area with magical beasts , uncle when describing the cities mentioned it and I think it is drawn on the map ¡° ¡°Then it¡¯s decided you will go there ¡° Lucius retrieved the map and began to look at it, indeed the areas surrounding the city of Noria were also drawn, after finishing looking he then saw that the Iron Mountains were several kilometers ahead and in the way of the city he then walked to the road and left the forest. A noise resembling that of a carriage surprised Lucius but when he turned to look it was truly a carriage a young man was driving it. An idea popped inside the head of Lucius, he thought that maybe the passengers of the carriage would agree to take them. The young man saw Lucius and was startled he thought that it was bandits but it was only a youth with long red hair, Lucius approached the carriage and looked at the young man. ¡°Hey Mister where is your destination? ¡° ¡°Oh the city of Noria ¡° ¡°Can you take me with you?¡± The young man was scratching his head not knowing what to do, suddenly the door of the carriage was opened and girl came down, the girl was such a beauty that the driver was not looking at Lucius anymore, her body was slender with cute features, her eyes were big and azure colored, her skin was white and smooth and her hair was long, pink and silky, no one would not be charmed when seeing her but Lucius had no reaction whatsoever, the girl Looked at Lucius but suddenly another person came down from the carriage it was an old man with gentle face and grey hair he was skinny and looked fragile ¡°Mm ¡­driver why did the carriage stop?¡±(Old man ) The young driver snapped out of his mesmerized state due to the beauty of the girl ¡°Ah a person was hoping that we take him with us to Noria¡± (driver) Looking at the slightly tattered clothes of Lucius the girl snorted ¡°Humph!! Look at this commoner why would we take him with us ¡° A voice rang in Lucous head ¡°Hey brat did her seriously treat us of commoner if I had my body I would rip her to pieces ¡° ¡°Shut up master, why are you so angry?¡± Lucius Ignored the young girl and spoke directly to the old gentle faced man ¡°Mister would you take me with you to Noria please ¡°(Lucius) ¡°Don¡¯t ignore me commoner don¡¯t you know who I ¡®m? (Young girl) ¡°I don¡¯t know¡± (Lucius) The young girl frowned (How can this boy not be charmed by me) she thought ¡°How rude! But you are definitely a commoner so I won¡¯t take you with us ¡°(Young girl) ¡°Now now lady Eleonora we can¡¯t ignore a person who needs help do we? And your father told you that you must be nice to others¡± (Old man) The old man in Lucius eyes was a good person but the girl was haughty and arrogant The young girl looked at the old man, and smiled ¡°Humph! A noble lady like me is so nice, commoner you should be honored to ride with me¡± (Young girl) Lucius ignored her another time and looked at the oldman ¡°Thank you grandpa ¡°(Lucius) End of chapter . Enjoy reading and please rate ^^ Chapter 6 : The old man Ridley and the Iron Mountains After spending three months in the silent woods Lucius prepared to leave, Leyak recommended him to go into a mage academy because he himself was a warrior God and not a mage thus he did not have the ability to teach him, Lucius knowing that there is an academy that was enrolling students in two months told Leyak, then the Demon god decided to further train him and make him reach a certain level by fighting magical beasts before heading to the city , Lucius knew that an area named Iron mountains was full of them and also it was not too far from the city of Noria , when Lucius regained the road he encountered a carriage , he thought that the people inside could give him a ride and a gentle faced old man accepted . ¡°You can go with us young man ¡°the old man wearing a gentle smile The young girl named Eleonora was against it at first but hearing the old man words she quickly adhered to it. Lucius sat beside the young driver, no matter how the old man wanted him to sit with them Eleonora refused ¡°a commoner don¡¯t sit in beside me ¡°is what she said , Lucius didn¡¯t bother arguing with her and quietly sat with the driver . ¡°Say who those people?¡± Lucius asked the driver ¡°I don¡¯t know who exactly they are but I know that they are some nobles in this province but man what a beautiful , a girl like her as a bride is every man dream hahaha¡° Lucius politely smiled and didn¡¯t retort ¡°And you why are you in this tattered clothes but I see that you have a sword are you a warrior?¡± ¡°Yes I was training in that forest ¡°Lucius didn¡¯t have to hide anything so he told him directly ¡°Training? I really admire warriors they have such amazing strength ¡° ¡°Are you also a warrior?¡±Lucius asked with The young driver made a complicated expression ¡°No I¡¯m not unfortunately I have no talent ¡° ¡°Sorry for asking ¡° ¡°No there is no problem this is already in the past by the way what is your name?¡± ¡°Lucius, and you?¡± ¡°Harvey nice to meet you ¡° ¡°Yes me too ¡°Lucius with a polite smile on his face What Lucius didn¡¯t know is that despite the rough personality of Eleonora she is the heir of an important clan in the country. After the carriage ride for a while Harvey spoke ¡°Now we are almost at the iron mountains, half an hour ¡° Lucius eyes lit up, he is near his destination. ¡°Hmm? What¡¯s that?¡±Harvey exclaimed Not too far a black dot could be seen, actually there wasn¡¯t only one. The carriage upon approaching, Harvey face became pale ¡°Shit shit shit!!! Magical beasts!!!!!!!!!!! Why are they on the road!!??¡± What Harvey meant was that usually magical beasts don¡¯t leave their territories but now they are in front of him. It was indeed magical beasts and not a small number at that , Lucius upon seeing the creatures for the first time was feeling strange , they resembled wolfs but they were several more times bigger than normal wolfs and their fur was iron colored , they had fangs that stretched from their mouths and silver tails ,Harvey face became even more ashen . ¡°Th¡­they are silver tail wolves!!!¡± Lucius heard of this kind of creature, he even read about them in the books in his village, they are pack types creatures and highly aggressive, their number is their strong points and they have those sharp fangs that are harder than iron, even their silver tail is a dangerous weapon and their claws that like sharpened swords, these creatures are rank two magical beasts. Those dozens of silver tail wolves were devouring human remains and there was also some carriage broken pieces, what happened was obvious, suddenly the wolves were attracted by Lucius carriage and they began to growl and prepare to jump on their next dinner but at that moment the door of the carriage opened and the old gentle faced man appeared . ¡°Hmm what is happening? Why all this ruckus?¡± The old man saw the pack of wolves and his eyes narrowed, his previously gentle face disappeared and instead an angry expression replaced it. Then after the old man the young Eleonora jumped out. ¡°Hmm Ridley what happened?¡± ¡°Nothing my lady some small animals appeared you can be at ease ¡° Lucius face twitched, he didn¡¯t understand what this old man was saying, small animals? The wolves were obviously 3 times bigger in height than humans. The wolves began to approach little by little preparing to attack, suddenly the old man walked toward them leisurely. ¡°This old man, is he not scared?¡±Thought Harvey ¡°This old man is not what he seems Brat pay attention ¡°Leyak spoke after a long time ¡°What do you mean?¡± Lucius was puzzled ¡°I said pay attention you will see, even if these mutts are mere second rank magical beasts you can see a real fight ¡° In fact the old man was not simple actually he is a special servant that is guarding Eleonora and he was a mage, obviously an heir to a big clan was not to be protected by a simple old man. The old man named Ridley snorted ¡°How dare you block the path of my lady! ¡° The aura of Ridley changed and the surroundings began to feel cold, in his hands some energy was swirling, the wolves having their very developed instincts sensed that the old man was dangerous and all of them became cautious but Ridley with a wave of his hands dozens of ice spikes appeared and shot toward them, howls and cries of pain rang successively, the next moment each of the wolves had their head pierced and brain matter was leaking everywhere, the corpses were lying motionless , Lucius was shocked and Harvey gaped at the sight , several silver tail wolves were slaughtered in an instant and those ice spikes , the old man was obviously a mage. ¡°woahh a mage !!¡± Harvey exclaimed Even if he admired warriors he still held mages in high regard ¡°Humph! This old man is probably a seven rank mage based on his strength those spikes of ice contained a huge amount of energy ¡°Leyak voice resounded in Lucius mind Lucius eyes were sparkling he envied the old man, Leyak like sensing what he was thinking spoke ¡°Brat don¡¯t be like that, one day you will also be a powerful mage , also those wolves have probably magical cores if you take them ¡­ ¡° Leyak was talking when the old man Ridley face switched to its initial expression the gentle smile. The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Oh what poor animals ahem ¡° (How can this old man change expression so fast?)That was what Lucius thought Ridley then turned and walked to the carriage, upon boarding, Eleonora was there gazing from the window ¡°My lady we can depart now there is no problem anymore ¡° ¡°Humph! I was so bored ¡° Lucius and Harvey were looking at each other, this old man is two faced they thought, Leyak didn¡¯t have the time to ask Lucius to extract the magical cores from the beasts After some time, the Iron Mountains now can be seen, there was many rows of small mountains and several forests encircling them, the forests like the silent woods were dense but sounds of animals were everywhere that was the difference , not too far on the road were two giant rocks that formed the shape of gate . ¡°We finally arrived at the gate of the Iron Mountains ¡°Harvey spoke Lucius hearing Harvey words told him to stop the carriage ¡°Harvey it was good to know you then this is where we part ¡° ¡°Oh didn¡¯t you say you were going to the city of Noria?¡± ¡°No my first destination is the Iron Mountains ¡° ¡°But this place is dangerous ¡° ¡°It needs to be ¡° Lucius left the carriage and headed toward the forest ¡°Then Harvey good bye¡± Lucius smiling ¡°Good bye be careful and I hope we meet again Lucius ¡° Then Lucius walked toward the window and spoke to the old man ¡°Grandpa you are a good magician ¡°Lucius admired Ridley ¡°hahahaha thank you young man but are you already going ?¡± ¡°Yes I have business in these mountains ¡° ¡°Hmm then be careful there is quite the number of beasts here ¡° ¡°Don¡¯t worry, then thank you and good bye grandpa ¡°Lucius was thankful to Ridley because he accepted to let him go with them Lucius turned and prepared to go when Eleonora stopped him ¡°Hey commoner, how rude of you to not express gratitude toward me ¡° ¡°I have no reason to be grateful to you ¡° ¡°What! How can a commoner like you talk back to me I¡¯m Eleonora leyon a noble you should feel honored ¡° ¡°Look stop with your commoner this commoner that, it¡¯s time for me to go and you probably will not see me anymore so don¡¯t bother me ¡° ¡°Why you!, a great mage genius like me and you are disrespectful, Ridley arrest him ¡° ¡°Now now my lady don¡¯t talk like that he is a good kid hahaha¡± ¡°Humph! Commoner if I see you next time I will¡­¡± Lucius was already entering the forest. ¡°Don¡¯t ignore me!!!!¡± It was like this that Lucius parted with Harvey and Ridley, he was still remembering the skill of Ridley and his eyes were full of anticipation. ¡°Brat don¡¯t go deeper for now remain near the road rank two beasts are out of your league ¡°Leyak said to Lucius ¡°Yeah I know ¡° With the directives of Leyak he found not too far a stream of water and made a small hut by cutting wood and some branches of trees , his only problem as cleared it was finding water , the food was also not a problem inside this forest small animals will do . The first day ended like that, now this is the second day ¡°Brat first you need to enter the meditative state and reinforce the muscles in your body, then learn swordsmanship from me ,like this you will have more advantages when battling , learning swordsmanship will result in conserving your stamina and not doing useless and unnecessary moves ¡° ¡°Master when will I learn skills?¡± ¡°You brat! You are only in the first rank how can you use skills don¡¯t be too greedy and impatient ¡° Then Lucius began meditating, the place he is remaining at is not completely safe but near the road, the magical beasts appear less. The iron mountains were roughly 9 500 square kilometers, compared to the wilderness it was like an ant and a giant, there is several kinds of magical beasts , beasts are decide by ranks that are comparable to the strength of human mages , a mage of the first rank power is comparable to a rank one magical beast , but it doesn¡¯t mean that the beast can kill the human because the first 9 ranks of magical beasts intelligence is lower than humans , but an evolved magical beast of the first rank is another story , it can¡¯t speak but the intelligence is comparable to humans . Lucius practiced by meditating the first week, the next week he began to be instructed swordsmanship by Leyak. With his black long sword, Lucius was currently repeatedly making slashes, thrusts, blocks ext ¡­ He continued like this for another five days, the Leyak began to explain to him a special sword movements and stances. ¡°Kid I will teach you a sword dance when repeated many times will raise your reaction time and will eliminate unnecessary movements to make the minimum of stress to the muscles resulting in gaining more time to continue fighting without tiring ¡° ¡°A dance? ¡° ¡°Yes it is called a sword dance because the movements resemble that of a dance, kid be honored I crated this sword dance technique ¡° ¡°Oh master is extraordinary ¡° ¡°hahahah I¡¯m a demon god after all ¡± In the past Lucius discovered that Leyak liked flattery, and his mood becomes better so he used flattery to make him do things for him. Then Lucius with Leyak talking to him began to execute the sword dance. ¡°now move your right leg your left , your right , block ,dodge to the right ,concentrate more , ¡­retreat two steps , slash , retreat 3 steps ,¡­ not like this be more precise ¡­now move to the right , jump , thrust ¡­¡± Leyak to help him memorize the movements and their arrangements he embedded an image into the mind of Lucius. Lucius executed this sword dance almost every day for 3 hours. Five days passed, Luicus was sitting on a rock eating a roasted rabbit. ¡°Kid there is something approaching gets your weapon ready ¡° ¡°What is approaching ¡° ¡°Judging from its aura it¡¯s a magical beast, prepare you for battle ¡° Indeed from the bushes appeared a creature and it locked its gaze on Lucius, it was 4 meters tall with dark fur and white lines from the 2 sides, it resembled a bear but it had a horn on its head. Lucius grip was on his black metal sword, the magical beast was staring at him and began to growl with saliva coming down from its mouth, and it seems that it was starving Suddenly it attacked. End of chapter. Chapter 7 : Refining After Parting with the carriage, Lucius arrived at his destination the Iron Mountains, with the advice of Leyak he remained near the road and found a good spot to live at, he passed the most of the first month training and learning swordsmanship from him, but now Lucius was facing an important problem a bear type magical appeared near his spot, this was the first magical beast Lucius encountered in his life. Sfx(Roarrr!!!) The bear magical beast leaped from his position and with his paw aimed at Lucius, Lucius seeing the imminent attack immediately stepped aside to dodge, after repeating the sword dance of Leyak until he was not able to move anymore, he had better reflexes and reaction time, the bear was like a giant rock, his attack landed on a tree, the tree god smashed to pieces, Lucius seeing the state of the tree, his face twitched, he was shocked at the sharpness of the horn and the toughness of the bear body ¡°That¡¯s a horned bear, it¡¯s a second rank magical beast, Hahahaha nothing better than experiencing being between life and death to learn and become stronger ¡° Leyak voice was ranging in Lucius mind, but it made him more nervous, the beasts in the cave at the silent woods were not living things so he didn¡¯t feel concerned but now he was facing a magical beast a true beast with instincts and a 2nd rank at that. ¡°I¡­ how can I take down this thing? ¡°Lucius asked with a trembling voice ¡°Stop being nervous and concentrate it may be a 2nd rank but it¡¯s still a mere beast with no intelligence you can take it down by calmly evaluating the situation and finding a weak point ¡° Lucius thought it was simpler to think than actually act. The bear seeing his prey slip from its view was angered, it turned to look at Lucius with a menacing look, Lucius seeing its gaze shuddered, the beast charged toward him with its fifty centimeter sharpened horn, this time he tried to block with his black sword , Sfx (peng!!!) He successfully blocked but in the end he was sent flying crashing in a nearby tree, he fell on the ground spitting out a mouthful of blood. ¡°Brat I said to remain calm and not rush you need to be more daring and with your mind you can concentrate on dodging and attacking at the same time , if you continue like this you will probably die ¡° The words of Leyak were like sharp knifes piercing Lucius heart but he was right, he can¡¯t remain a child forever he needs to mature and experience battles to become stronger. ¡°Right I can¡¯t remain like this ¡° ¡°Use my sword dance rhythm to strike with the least amount of movements¡± The bear was currently approaching step by step toward Lucius thinking that he finished him, but upon reaching, Lucius abruptly stood up and slashed toward the head of the magical beast , his aim slightly missed but the slash landed on the neck , a wound appeared , the beast was surprised and howled in pain but it didn¡¯t die . ¡°Amazing vitality! But I didn¡¯t think that the neck was the weakness ¡° The bear was enraged, and he attacked in frenzy, Lucius used the movements that Leyak taught him to block and dodge simultaneously to the side, it was obvious that the wound weakened it, the bear continued to attack and Lucius was dodging all of the attacks, suddenly he dodged by jumping and using the tree as a base he tightened his grip on his sword and delivered another hit at the neck of the beast, it emitted a deafening cry and a big wound appeared this time but , it still didn¡¯t die , but it was weakened to the point that it didn¡¯t have the ability to move , it was hardily breathing . ¡°Finish it ¡° Lucius was looking at the beast, the bear was now frightened and tried to flee but its movements were slower than a turtle. Lucius was hesitating ¡°What are you waiting for kill it!!!?¡± ¡°Bu¡­but it is badly injured ¡° ¡°What are you saying?!! A few minutes ago it wanted to eat you, kid you¡¯re too soft and in this world being soft means death!!¡± Leyak words made Lucius become determined, he caught up to the bear, he raised his arm and with his black sword pierced its neck ending its life ,blood was splattered on the ground , he then put his sword back in its sheath that was made of some clothe . ¡°I ¡­I killed a living thing?¡± Lucius muttered ¡°Sooner or later you will have to kill don¡¯t tell me that you didn¡¯t thought of killing the target of your revenge ¡° ¡°No ¡­ I ...¡± ¡°Stop being na?ve and become more assertive, killing is a must, how will you defend yourself? Sometimes you will need to be crueler but you will need to bear the consequences like a responsible human ¡° ¡°I know ¡° ¡°If you know then you need to change your character ¡° Lucius remained thinking for several minutes, he knew that in life he mustn¡¯t falter no matter what for him to take revenge he never forgot his uncle words and his only family anger was stirring inside of him, he mind became clearer and looking at the corpse of the bear he became more and more determined ¡°Alright what do I do now? ¡° ¡°Hmm take its magical core ¡° ¡°Magical core?¡± ¡°Hey you don¡¯t know what a magical core is? ¡° ¡°I didn¡¯t read about it ¡° ¡°Fuck how can you don¡¯t know every magical beast has a core it¡¯s like its heart all the magic is coming from that core for example that horned bear strength is an enhanced magic it will make its fur and skin harder and augment the strength ¡° ¡°Oh! , I didn¡¯t know this a core and where is it situated In the body ?¡± ¡°Hmm it¡¯s in the middle of the forehead, go extract it it will greatly benefit you in the first place I recommended to go here for the magical cores ¡° Lucius then made a small hole in the head of the horned bear with his sword and a small crystal like ball the size of a finger was embedded in the forehead, Lucius took it and with some water removed the blood from it, It was blue colored . ¡°What can it help me with?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t believe you a magical core is like a highly condensed ball of energy if you refine it you can raise your cultivation by a considerable amount ¡° ¡°Really! Then I¡¯m truly lucky!¡± Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.¡°it¡¯s not luck kid you killed the beast so it¡¯s your reward , you can refine it by eating it but a normal person will take several days to refine it but you are not normal you have me with you I can refine it in flash with my spiritual energy ¡° ¡°If what you say is true how many times it can raise my cultivation?¡± ¡°hahah one magical core of the 2nd rank will raise your cultivation by roughly 10 percent so if you have nine more magical cores of the 2nd rank you will reach the 2nd level of cultivation and thus become a 2nd rank warrior but if you extract rank one cores , then you will need triple the amount ¡°Leyak explained . ¡°Triple!!!! One 2nd rank beast took all my strength to kill how can I kill nine more¡± Lucius was shocked he needs to kill nine magical beasts of the 2nd rank or twenty seven of the first rank to reach the 2nd layer of cultivation. ¡°iku ku ku it depends on your fighting capability ¡° Lucius shoulders dropped, it was too mush ¡°What are you disappointed for, you need battle experience anyway so don¡¯t complain ¡°rebuked Leyak. It was already night so Lucius got to clean himself with the water of the smack stream and regained his hut to sleep. The next day, Lucius woke up early ate some food and quenched his thirst by drinking water. Then he sat on a nearby rock ate the magical core and entered the meditative state, the magical core was in the stomach of Lucius when a white stream of spiritual energy appeared in Lucius head and came down toward the magical core, it warped around it and began to dissolve it, very quickly it dissipated in the form of many threads of energy, Lucius sensed the thin threads of energy and directed it to every cell of his body that devoured until it disappeared. ¡°Good you are in the early stage of a first rank warrior ,now you need to hunt magical beasts but when you encounter third ranks escape immediately you can¡¯t injure them with your current strength ¡°Leyak said with a sharp voice Lucius stood up took his sword and walked deeper in the forest, the dense forest made movement slightly difficult but he quickly found a small area empty of trees. ¡°Hmm? There are two magical beasts this time but their aura are week its probably two first rank beasts but prepare your sword¡± Leyak suddenly alerted Lucius ¡°Yeah ¡° Suddenly a noise came from behind the trees, a purple shadow flashed and shot toward Lucius, he dodged but he didn¡¯t see clearly the identity of the flash, another flash shot toward him from behind, then 2 shadows shot at the same time, Lucius continued to dodge incessantly, then with his fist was able to hit one of the shadows that fell on the ground what appeared was a small animal with small eyes and purple fur. ¡°Oh its violet rats, it¡¯s a rank one rat type beast their strong point is agility and their hard long teeth be wary of their bites but they have weak defense ¡° leayak informed Lucius Lucius hearing Leyak words relaxed and prepared to strike with his sword, the rat regained its balance a disappeared it really had high agility, and the two rats another time attacked him. ¡°Concentrate and focus your sight, you will be able to see their position ¡° Lucius began to focus his gaze at the shadow the two first attacks he dodged, the third he was able to block with his sword but the fourth time, his sword flashed and a rat was cut in two, he was able to pinpoint the position of the rat and immediately slashed resulting in cutting the rat easily, the other experienced the same fate, Lucius collected the two magical cores and actually sat meditating and ate the two cores immediately without losing time , like the first time they were dissipated by the spiritual energy of Leyak and small threads appeared , Lucius directed it to his cells reinforcing his muscle strength and raising his agility . For three hours Lucius hunted purple rats resulting in collecting twelve magical cores, he ate them and refining them reached the intermediate stage of the first rank. ¡°Hmm good harvest for today don¡¯t exhaust yourself and return to your hut, begin to absorb energy to replenish your strength ¡° ¡°Master how much energy before reaching the second rank?¡± ¡°Hmm let¡¯s see, about sixty percent is remaining ¡° ¡°That much huh ¡° Leyak when observing Lucius saw considerable changes in his attitude, now he became more decisive and complain less than usual it pleased Leyak. The first month already passed with the next day, Lucius returned to the empty area and searched again for purple rats and he found some but just at that time for the first time the rats fled, Lucius didn¡¯t understand, usually they are aggressive toward him and instantly attack him but this time they actually fled. Suddenly a deafening noise rang from behind the tall trees, it was like a lion growl, Lucius was startled. ¡°Quick escape! This beast is a third rank!!!¡± Leyak was uneasy after seeing the magical beast it was the worst of the third ranks that Lucius can encounter now. Hearing Leyak words Lucius face became pale and ashen he immediately ran backwards but a shadow leaped forward and a huge claw grazed his head cutting some of his red hair, the creature was 4 meters tall with thick fur and vicious eyes. ¡°You have lucked out kid if that claw touched you your head would be smashed , this magical beast is named azure cat they are fauve type beasts with azure fur that harder than iron ¡° ¡°Thank you for the reminder but it¡¯s extremely fast how can I escape from this thing?¡± ¡°Run toward the trees and make zigzags between them like this it will be difficult for the azure cat to hit for the time being that Is they are vicious beasts that don¡¯t let their prey slip from their hands ¡° ¡°Master! Stop aggravating the situation you are further pressuring me when you talk like this ¡° Lucius slipped between the trees but the azure cat was glued to him every tree that was in front of its claws were cut to pieces easily. ¡°What to do!! What to do!!!!!¡± Lucius was screaming in his mind. End of chapter. Chapter 8 : Third Rank magical cores Lucius from Lyeak explaining found that magical cores of magical beasts can increase cultivation faster than simply entering the meditative state to absorb, a magical core is a condensed ball of energy that when eaten can be refined and thus be absorbed by warriors or mage cultivators but Lucius was special he had a Demon god within him, for a normal cultivator refining a magical core can take several days, it can even take weeks or months but what was a magical core for a Demon god, it was nothing but tiny bit of energy it was like candy , Lucius then with the Help of leyak was refining magical cores at an imaginable rate . Lucius was hunting rats when a ferocious beast appeared and began to chase him, it was an azure cat, a rumored beast of the third rank, his special trait like in his name is his azure fur that is tougher than high grade iron, and its claws that are sharp enough to cut everything in pieces, this beast was preying on Lucius. ¡°What to do!! What to do!! , am I going to die¡± Lucius was afraid to die he didn¡¯t even have the chance to do anything and now he was going to die. ¡°Shut up brat! I will try to kill it with my soul power but after that I will probably enter a deep slumber and I can¡¯t say when I can wake up months, years, decades I don¡¯t know ¡° ¡°But ¡­¡± ¡°I said shut up it¡¯s the only situation ¡° Lucius didn¡¯t have the chance to retort, the azure cat was constantly harassing him if it was not for the trees he probably would be minced meat by this time, suddenly a surge of power began to accumulate in the mind of Lucius, it was Leyak doing preparing for a soul attack, lucius arrived at a empty small area without trees, the azure cat claw was shopping toward his head when an intense sound rang. Sfx (screech!!!!!) The sound was so intense that the ears of Lucius began to hurt, turning to look he was astonished at the sight, the previously chasing Azure cat was battling another beast, but the other beast was evenly matched with azure cat ¡°Hmm? What luck you have kid you escaped a disaster two times in a row ¡°Leyak seeing the scenery in front of him immediately regressed his soul energy. ¡°Master what is that beast? It resembles a serpent ¡°Lucius was intrigued at the second beast ¡°hahaha it is a serpent , it¡¯s a serpent type magical beast named silver python it¡¯s also a third rank beast ¡° ¡°But master why is it that they are fighting ¡° ¡°Isn¡¯t it obvious? The cat penetrated in the serpent territory¡± Leyak explained. Indeed magical beasts control territories and even if another one of their same kin entered their territory they will become highly aggressive and even kill each other. ¡°But master then why didn¡¯t it attack me?¡±Lucius was puzzled ¡°Brat you are a measly little human in its eyes why bothers with you compared to the cat that is a threat it evaluated that you are only an ant ¡° ¡°Master, why did you add that last line!¡± Lucius exclaimed ¡°What It¡¯s a good comparison ku ku ku ¡° Leyak Rejoiced The azure cat and the silver serpent were engrossed in an intense battle each of them are third rank beasts, the cat with its sharpened claws and the serpent with its whip like tail, when the cat lunch a claw attack the serpent counter with a hit of its tail the speed of their attacks are astonishing, they appear and disappear like wind, all that Lucius can see is blurs and shadows. The cat with is agility suddenly leaped forward to strike at the head of the serpent but just at that time the python opened its mouth and lunched its head to bite, the attack of the cat failed and its leg got caught, the azure cat howled in pain, Lucius was shocked if with its tough azure fur and it howled with this mush pain then what strength has the mouth of the silver python? ¡°Kid the silver python mouth muscles are so developed that it¡¯s a dreadful weapon , of course for weaker or evenly matched enemies , but if I remember correctly the serpent will try to coil around the cat ¡°Leyak seeing the expression of Lucius began to explain Lucius was so attracted by the intense battle that he forgot to take advantage of the situation and flee The serpent like Leyak said began to try to coil around the cat, its body is made of powerful muscles that can shatter iron, it began to wrap the azure cat to break its bones, and the azure cat struggled to escape but in vain. Sfx (crackle! crackle¡­) Sounds of bones breaking could be heard, but the cat didn¡¯t give up, one of its paws were not caught up in the serpent body, it raised its claws delivered a blow at the head of the silver serpent, the serpent was surprised and didn¡¯t have the time to react, his head god pierced through, it emitted a piercing cry before collapsing on the ground, but the next scene shocked Lucius , the azure cat also collapsed due the immense pain of the bones breaking and organs crushed it also died , the two magical beasts died at the same time , this battle was extraordinary , neither of the beasts gave up but in the end but the two of them met their death. Lucius wore a complicated expression, it was the first time in his life that he saw such violence, the voice of Leyak snapped him of his daze. ¡°Kid I can¡¯t believe that you have this much Luck, I¡¯m seriously astounded, to third magical cores are lying in front of you know ¡°Leyak was pleased if Lucius became stronger then he got nearer to his goal. Lucius hearing Leyak words was startled, it was now that he understood the situation if magical cores of the second and first rank were so precious to him then what of the third rank? ¡°I¡¯m truly lucky master I didn¡¯t do anything and two treasures are in front of me ¡°Lucius was bemused He walked slowly to the corpses and with his black sword cut two holes in each head of the monsters, slowly extracting the small blue colored crystal cores. Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. ¡°Kid return quickly to the hut with the corpses other beasts will be attracted ¡° Leyak warned . ¡°Ah yes master ¡° Lucius then with haste left the area , after a few time he finally arrived at his hut beside the small stream of water , he immediately drank a mouthful of water , sue to the running he was thirsty and hungry , he then ate and cleaned himself of the dirt and blood of the purple rats . Sitting on the rock he examined the third rank cores he newly acquired and a look of delight was seen on his face. ¡°Master if I eat this cores how much energy I can assimilate?¡±Lucius wanted to know if his cultivation will have a noticeable change. ¡°Hmm you are now you are the peak of the first level if you eat them with the cores of the first rank you collected I can safely tell you that you will reach the peak of the 2nd rank ¡° ¡°woahhh that much? ¡°Lucius was stupefied ¡°Brat the difference between ranks is huge, a 2nd rank beast and third rank beast are like heavens and earth ¡° It is actually true the difference in ranks are big a first rank and a 2nd rank can¡¯t be compared, there is a few exceptions when a true genius appear the rules of ranks can¡¯t be applied on him. Lucius was preparing to eat the cores when Leyak stopped him ¡°Hey I advise you to eat one today and the other tomorrow, these two cores will release too much energy inside your body and you will injure yourself, you can¡¯t control all the flow of energy. If Lucius was in the third rank then it will be not a problem a first rank cells are not developed enough to absorb two third rank energy cores. ¡°I will follow what you say master ¡°Lucius didn¡¯t doubt the words of a demon god Lucius began by eating the purple rats¡¯ cores, they were immediately refined by the spiritual energy of Leyak, a stream of energy left the cores and with the help of Lucius spiritual energy they were guided toward his cells, the cells began to devour the energy incessantly. The cultivation level began to rise, he was previously at 40%, but now it began to rise at an alarming rate. 40%...50%...70%...90%...100% ¡­¡­¡­¡­ The stream of energy erupted and his body began to undergone a change, he was breaking through to the next level. His body trembled slightly, around it a small current of wind was swirling, it was like the first time he reached the first layer, all his body pores opened and from them polluted energy was pushed out, and his cells were transformed. The next moment Lucius opened his eyes, on his face a happy expression. ¡°I reached the 2nd rank hahahaha I reached the 2nd rank!!!!! Uncle if you saw me now you would be shocked!!!!! ¡° For a normal person to reach the 2nd rank would take at least six months from the first rank to the second but Lucius in one month broke through. ¡°Kid, now try eating the third rank core ¡°Leyak rushed Lucius to eat it. Lucius then took one of the third rank cores and put it in his mouth, reaching the stomach, instantly the spiritual energy of Leyak shot through and wrapped it, after it was refined, clearly it was different than the previous cores, several streams of energy escaped the core resulting in it dissipating, Lucius was barely able to control the energy streams, that was like what Leyak said. Directing it toward his cells, they began to absorb it, but it clearly took more time to assimilate, after completing the process Lucius evaluated his cultivation he was surprised , the cultivation was raised by forty percent ,if he take the second core then he will need another twenty percent to breakthrough to the third level he was excited . ¡°kid I must tell you that if you reach the peak of the fourth level , it will be a bottle neck , no matter how many cores you absorb your cultivation will not break through ¡° ¡°What then how can i reach the next level?¡± ¡°I cannot tell you, you need to breakthrough on your own or it will impact your cultivation¡± Leyak didn¡¯t want to Lucius to blindly hunt and absorb magical cores so he warned him in advance that magical cores can raise cultivation true but can¡¯t forcefully help you breakthrough. The next day Lucius was sitting on the same rock cross legged and in his hand the other third rank core, he quickly ate it resulting in his cultivation reaching eighty percent. ¡°Twenty percent and I will reach the third rank, only twenty percent no more ¡° ¡°Brat don¡¯t be impatient the more you will be careful the more you will survive in this world ¡°Leyak advised him. ¡°Now if you reach the third rank it will greatly help you in the future when enrolling in that school but you need to know one thing, mage cultivation is more difficult and not like the warrior way you can absorb infinite energy but all depends on your insights and intelligence that is what I know ¡° Leyak when he was in the heavenly realm battled many mage gods and he found them difficult to defeat than warriors gods , if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that he was too strong , he would have perished long ago in the hands of a mage god . ¡°Okay we heve some more time in our hands after you reach third rank I will teach you a skill ¡° ¡°Really!!!¡± Lucius was ¡°Yes it is the ideal time ¡° ¡°yeahhh finally a skill , finally I can learn something ¡° ¡°You brat it was me that helped you how can you speak like this ¡° (Oh no I said something that I shouldn¡¯t, ahhh!! master will nag all day now) Lucius thought ¡°You kid I know what you are thinking don¡¯t you know that I¡¯m sealed in your mind that you think with ¡° ¡°Eh? Sorry master!! ¡° End of chapter. Note: thank you for reading I appreciate it?!! Chapter 9: Demonic sword wave ¡°Oh! This city is big look at the entrance it is gigantic, so this is the city of Noria huh ¡° Lucius eyes were shining he never left the village, so when he saw this sort of huge place, he actually felt amazed. ¡°Kid this city to me is nothing extraordinary, in the future if you become strong you will see more shocking sceneries for now being a third rank warrior is considered good, but strength don¡¯t mean anything when you are too soft, those bandits you killed were an example ¡°Leyak remembered events from some time ago . ¡°I know master ¡°Lucius answered Two weeks ago, Lucius was sitting on the very familiar rock meditating, he was strengthening his body by condensing energy in his muscles, actually the body of Lucius was several times tougher than normal humans, the reason? The reason is that no normal human can open his fifty five meridians, usually even if there is a genius that opened the fifty five entrances it was at an older age, but with the help of Leyak, Lucius opened all of the meridians at the age of twelve, now he was at a single hair from breaking to the third level, People will consider him a monster. ¡°Oh it¡¯s here ¡°Leyak said when waking up Lucius from the meditative state. ¡°Finally here huh now I can test my strength ¡°Lucius said Lucius and Leyak were talking about a magical beast, it¡¯s a familiar one that they encountered, the azure cat, Lucius was preparing to battle an azure cat, leyak told him that a third level beats is a good challenge for a peak 2nd level warrior. Lucius purposefully attracted the azure cat with some magical beast¡¯s corpses. Sfx(growl ¡­) The azure cat appeared from the dense vegetation, Lucius jumped from the rock directly confronting it, on his back his black sword, the look in his eyes was fierce. ¡°Okay come at me kitty!! ¡°Lucius snorted The azure cat seeing the human yelling was enraged, it leaped forward like the predator it is pouncing on Lucius, Lucius immediately withdrawn his black sword from his back and prepared to block. Sfx (peng!!) The black iron sword and the sharpened claws collided, due to the enormous strength of the cat Lucius was pushed back several meters, but gritting his teeth he remained standing, the azure cat was surprised, this human actually blocked its attack. ¡°Humph! Now it¡¯s my turn beast ¡°Lucius saying with confidence. Being a 2nd level peak warrior his agility was raised by leaps and bounds, even his body was tougher than before, it was because of this that his body could take the attack of the azure cat, he shot toward the magical beast like lightening, the azure cat with its claw aimed at him, but Lucius dodged by jumping up, holding his sword with his two hands he aimed at the head, but the cat was not a dumb beast it immediately retreated a few steps to evade , Lucius predicted this and at the moment he touched the ground he executed some movements of the sword dance that Leyak taught him reaching below the azure cat within a breath , he raised his sword toward the jaw , the cat tried to dodge but it was too late ,the black sword pierced through the jaw directly penetrating the skull of the head , blood splattered and brain matter leaked out , it was an extremely brutal death , the body of the azure cat instantly collapsed on the floor . ¡°Oy brat you¡¯re better than before, not bad ¡°praised Leyak ¡°Thanks master! ¡° (This kid he is a fast learner) thought Leyak Lucius without further delay extracted the magical core from the azure cat corpse, he also cut some meat because he learned that magical beast¡¯s meat is rather delicious. ¡°Finally I can break through now with this magical core ¡°Lucius exclaimed Lucius quickly returned near his hut sat cross legged and ate the magical core, like always it was dissolved by the spiritual energy of Leyak soul , streams of energy escaped the stomach and swirled , Lucius redirected them to every cell of his body , the process was already familiar , the cultivation energy was quickly raised and directly broke through to the third level , every cell in Lucius body had undergone another transformation , they now had a faint green light wrapping around them , externally the wind calmed and the long hair of Lucius regained its previous state but something strange manifested when Lucius was still meditating , currents of black energy and green energy got mixed and swirled around him for short time . ¡°hahahaha the third layer the third layer !!!!¡±Lucius was so happy (Hmmm? how come he has this blood what!!!!) Leyak was shocked by something when analyzing Lucius body. (Impossible ¡­ impossible this kid he has demon blood in his veins!!!! How?? he was clearly human before but now he ¡­.. Don¡¯t tell me it awakened now? This kid if demons know of this matter he will immediately be killed) Leyak thoughts for the first time were in chaotic state. ¡°Kid I changed my mind on something, but first I need to tell you something important ¡° ¡°Huh? What is it master?¡± ¡°Your current body transformed not externally but internally, you actually awakened Demon blood you are a mixed race between humans and demons ¡°Leyak directly explained ¡°What!!!!? You¡¯re kidding right? How is this possible?? Father and mother were obviously humans!!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t panic brat!! it can only mean two things , first one is that your mother and father are not really your biological parents , and the second is that one of your near ancestors was a demon and mingled with humans ¡° Lucius was shocked, his parents are not real? He didn¡¯t want to believe that, like this he became more and more confused. ¡°Hey what are you thinking deeply for, it¡¯s only a possibility that they are not your parents, personally I opt for the second explanation ¡° Lucius hearing what Leyak told him, he became less panicked and soon regained his calm ¡°Right ¡­ right it must be an ancestor , uncle said that he was present when mother gave birth to me so it¡¯s impossible ¡° Thinking logically he became more relaxed and relieved. ¡°Okay now let¡¯s not talk of meaningless things, do you know the meaning of having demon blood kid?¡± ¡°No master, what can it change for me?¡± ¡°hahaha that you can master demon arts hahaha what a wonderful advantage , you can learn human techniques and demon techniques ¡° ¡°But master that sword dance? ¡° ¡°I know what you mean but that technique was a simple body technique no energy was involved ¡° Lucius now understood, if what Leyak says is true then he actually learns two kinds of techniques and manipulate two types of energy. ¡°Usually demon energy is black colored, and human energy is green colored, when you were meditating black energy intertwined with green energy, and your cells emits two types of lights now ,kid you are no longer a simple human ¡° Lucius was stupefied. ¡°Master you said that you will teach me a skill if I reach the third rank, now I¡¯m a third rank what skill cans you teach me?¡± ¡°You¡¯re surprisingly calm about this ¡° ¡°Master I realized that it¡¯s no use to keep thinking of things that I¡¯m not sure about so I¡¯d rather train an attain my goal first ¡° ¡°Good thinking it¡¯s the first time you say something actually good brat ¡° Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.¡°Master are you making fun of me ¡° Lucius sensed the sarcasm of Leyak ¡°A little¡­ ¡°Leyak smiled ¡°Master!!!¡± ¡°Okay okay now let me see you materialize energy ¡° ¡°yes!¡± Lucius sat cross-legged and began to concentrate, seeing the faint green and black light in the depths of his body, he tried to take control and extract it outside, for a first time it was difficult but after repeating the process many times , Lucius succeeded . Around of his body two streams of green and black energy were hovering near him ¡°good the first step is completed , now listen carefully to my words , the skill I¡¯m going to teach you is called demonic sword wave , it consists of wrapping your sword in energy and modeling it into a sharp blade after that you need to concentrate the energy and propel it from the sword , the energy will take the form of a blade wave , it will be propelled from a distance and cut your target , better the energy will be condensed better the damage and power of the blade wave , it is called demonic because the energy you will use is demon energy ¡°Leyak explained every detail ¡°Master how can I control only one energy?¡± ¡°You will need to try many times to extract only the black energy, concentration is the key ¡° ¡°Okay I will train hard ¡° Lucius returned to sleep it was already night , all the information that he had come to know shocked him , he had demon blood and one of his ancestors Is probably a demon , that was a shocking truth , Lucius a twelve years old boy in this almost five months overcame many hurdles . The next day, Lucius woke up early, in his eyes great determination. ¡°Boy, the way you look is not bad¡±Leyak seeing the look in Lucius eyes praised Lucius in this five months changed he became slightly taller, his body completely transformed from being weak an frail to being tough and sturdy, muscles became more distinguished, in short he undergone a considerable change , his mind also became tougher from killing beasts repeatedly , with his long red hair he was emanating a graceful aura . ¡°Okay it¡¯s time to train¡± Lucius exclaimed Lucius began to concentrate, he now was trying to extract black energy, with his spiritual energy the demonic energy was little by little being manipulated, around Lucius body black energy was swirling but suddenly it disappeared. ¡°Damn!! I was so close, the green energy actually blocked the black energy from going outside ¡° Indeed at the exact time the black energy began to swirl and leave Lucius body the green energy formed like a net and blocked its path. ¡°Kid remember you have your consciousness use your mind to control human energy and demon energy at the same time, like that you will restrain the human energy from blocking the path¡± Leyak decide to help Lucius ¡°Yes master thank you I think I can do this ¡°Lucius answered In fact Lucius always forget his advantage, his special consciousness. Trying for the fourth time, this time the black energy has successfully being extracted, black currents of energy were emanating from Lucius body. ¡°kid one of the phases of the first step has been finished , now to the second step its easy concentrate your black energy and wrap your sword with it ¡° Like Leyak said , Lucius concentrated his energy and visualized his sword being enveloped with black energy , suddenly all the black energy around his body transferred to his sword , it was quite a sight , the sword was already dark but now it was emitting black light . ¡°Good now the most difficult, the final step, try to make the energy be propelled from the sword, by concentrating and making a slash ¡°Leyak explained the final step. Lucius visualized the black energy being shot from his sword and made a slash toward a tree, that leyak pointed, a ray of black light left the sword and slowly moved toward the tree, but it dissipated mid way. (This fucking kid he already can propel energy, fuck I thought he will take at least a week to do this) ¡°Brat its good, now the only think you can do is always concentrate and condense energy for a more powerful and faster shot ¡° ¡°Master, can I propel green energy?¡± ¡°of course but human energy don¡¯t have the same properties as black energy , black energy is more powerful and has more quality , so a green energy wave is weaker ¡° Lucius pondered for a bit then returned training. After two weeks, Lucius finally left the Iron Mountains, now he can see the city of Noria and its giant walls from afar He was advancing on the road when a group of people suddenly appeared from each side, there was at least fifteen, one of them was laughing, he was wearing black leather clothes and an eye patch, he had short green hair, but he appeared dirty but it¡¯s not like Lucius can complain, his clothes also were tattered. ¡°hahaha what its only a kid ¡°(eye patch man ) ¡°But boss look at his sword its black I¡¯ve never seen a sword like that, and he is a handsome and has raid hair we can sell him, he will fetch a handful of gold coins¡± another man ¡°hahah you are right his face look like a girl hahaha ¡° ¡°Humph they are all at the 2nd and third level rank, they are most likely bandits ¡°Lucius snorted ¡°Kid kills them all!!!¡± ¡°Mm but ¡­¡± ¡°I said kill them all they will be your first kill¡¯s hahaha¡­. I didn¡¯t see people die in ages¡± Leyak laugh had the power to send a shiver down the spine. Lucius looked at the bandits, his body began to emit dark colored light ¡°What ¡­hat this kid what is that black light ¡°among the bandits confusion appeared Lucius took his sword from his sheath, instantly the black like dissipated from his body and was now around his sword. ¡°hahaha you are actually using this , good kid let¡¯s see what my skill can do ¡°Leyak rejoiced ¡°Hey that light ¡­. What is that ¡° Lucius raised his arm and made a fast movement, a black light in the form of an arc escaped the sword and shot at high speed toward the bandits, the speed was frightening, the bandits didn¡¯t react in time , the black wave passed through some bandits ¡°What was that? Hahaha I thought it was an attack, brat you scared me for a moment ¡°(eye patch) ¡°Hmm? Boss yyyy¡­your bbbbbb body!!!¡± a subordinate of the leader near him yelled . Looking at his body the eye patch man froze, his upper part was slowly detaching, blood and gore leaked out, instantly several other bandits were cut in two, they died like that . From the fifteen bandits, four remained ¡°W¡­w¡­what is happening flee!!!! ¡°One of the bandits left screamed But when they were fleeing another black light flashed and they were also cut in two ¡°hahahaahaha yes that¡¯s it , kid not bad for a first kill what do you feel ¡°Leyak voice rank in Lucius mind Lucius was looking at the corpses but surprisingly he didn¡¯t feel anything, he was surprised at himself, he didn¡¯t think he could have this cold reaction ¡°I¡­I don¡¯t feel anything ¡° ¡°ahahaahahahahaha good .. Truly good it¡¯s because of ¡­¡­¡­¡­..¡± End of chapter. Note: Many thanks for reading ^^. Chapter 10 : City of Noria Lucius after training for five months reached the third rank in the warrior path, for a boy who started training and was already at this level it was unheard of, but more shocking truths kept raining on him, Leyak informed him of his Demon blood that runs in his veins, Lucious is probably a descendant of a demon and a human, the proof was him controlling black energy *(Demon energy ) , Leyak was rejoiced but he also was facing a problem , if the demons knew of Lucius they would kill him because a relationship between humans and demos is taboo , nonetheless awakening his demon blood transformed his body , having two types of energy was a huge advantage . Lucius was now in front of the huge gate of the city of Noria, previously the incident with the bandits, wehen killing them he didn¡¯t feel anything, for him it was like killing magical beasts, Leyak explained to him why such a change occurred. ¡°Kid your feelings are becoming cold because of your demonic energy, we demons are existences with the same intelligence and appearance of humans but we are at the same time not like them, we don¡¯t have strong feelings for example even If a nine years old boy slaughter a village he will not feel anything, we are a race that like to be alone and thirst for battle and blood, we compared to the others are cold blooded ¡°Leyak explained to Lucius with a serious expression ¡°But it¡¯s strange I don¡¯t feel like I changed¡± Lucius retorted. ¡°Humph! It¡¯s normal you are not completely a demon you are a half demon half human , the human side keeps your personality in check but the demonic energy already changed some of its traits ¡° Leyak answered . Lucius was afraid of losing his former self so he immediately asked Leyak ¡°Master, in the future can the demonic energy control the totality of my mind?¡± ¡°Oh you¡¯re not stupid good question, but don¡¯t worry like I said previously you are not a true demon you are a Hybrid, you will keep your human side, but your attitude will change ¡°Leyak reassured Lucius. After finishing discussing, Lucius advanced to enter the city with the many people that also are heading inside, some guards are stationed but in this world weapons are not prohibited in the cities. Lucius walked past the gate and the guards, one of the guards seeing him with his weapon on his back muttered. ¡°So young and already having a weapon huh ¡° Lucius first impression was shock then delight, the city was huge and people where everywhere chatting and walking, it was truly a lively place, ¡°Whoa! So many people ¡° ¡°Of course brat it¡¯s a city what did you expect?¡± Even with demonic blood Lucius still had a surprised expression, Noria was a big city with roughly thirty million habitants and it was a place of commerce, merchants from all around the country come here for transactions , so stores and shops could be seen in every street . Different kinds of people were walking, tall ones, short ones, fat ones, slim ones, handsome ones, ugly ones ext¡­ Lucius from birth never left his village, so he only read about cities in books, all of this is new for him, when walking he realized that some people were staring at him, ¡°hahaha¡­ look at that bumpkin clothes ¡° ¡°His red hair I¡¯ve never seen this color ¡° ¡°My god his clothes are dirty! ¡° Lucius felt many kinds of looks on him, disdainful looks were the majority of them. ¡°Brat kills them all, slaughter these fucking mortals!!!¡± Leyak was furious ¡°He calm down master we are in a city we can¡¯t cause a commotion ¡° ¡°How dare they mess with us, I Leyak if I had my original body would have reduced this city to ashes by this time ¡° ¡°Master I said calm down, I don¡¯t care what they say, it¡¯s useless to bother with them ¡° ¡°Humph! Go buy some clothes, and throw these tattered ones ¡° ¡°Yes it was my intention anyway ¡° Lucius then began sightseeing, the Sirius academy Exam was in another two days so he had the time to visit some places, he was amazed by the beautiful buildings of different architectures , a shop caught the eyes of Lucius , it had a large display of clothes , he then walked inside , the shop inside was spacious with many types of clothes . The store had many clothes tied to the wall or out on tables, the shopkeeper behind the counter seeing Lucius had a look of disdain, in his eyes with the way Lucius was clothed he had to be a beggar that came to plead for money , he immediately walked toward him. ¡°Hey your bothering the other clients if you came begging for clothes or money you can leave ¡°yelled the shopkeeper Lucius looked at him with an icy gaze, the shopkeeper seeing the eyes of Lucius shuddered, lucius then smiled and said to him. ¡°I came to buy clothes why would I need your money ¡° Lucius then had withdrawn from his clothes a small pouch inside it were many gold coins, instantly the look of the shopkeeper changed from disdain to respect , his eyes were even shining at the sight of that much gold . ¡°Dear customer you can look at all the clothes and you can tell me if you something your taste ¡° ¡°Humph! That is why I don¡¯t like humans they only look at the appearances¡± Leyak snorted in the mind of Lucius. Lucius looking at the clothes immediately chose there was a dark grey outfit with red patterns in the form of two lines on the chest on a certain table, the outfit consisted of a robe, pants and leather black boots , Lucius liked this outfit the first time he saw it . ¡°Shopkeeper I will take this prepare it ¡° ¡°Yeas dear customer ¡° The shopkeeper took the size of Lucius and ran toward a room, he quickly returned with another outfit. ¡°Dear customer this is your product ¡° ¡°Hmm? How much?¡± ¡°2 gold coins and sixty silver coins ¡° ¡°Take this ¡° Lucius took out three gold coins and threw them in the hands of the shopkeeper. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. ¡°Dear customer wait I will return with the change ¡° ¡°No need keep it ¡° Lucius then headed to the change cabin and switched to his new attire, when he left the cabin the other customers were all fixing their eyes on him, with his new set of clothes he appeared elegant and refined, his long red hair was beautiful and his dark grey robe matching his body perfectly he was good looking, some female customers were dazzled by the sight, there was no look of disdain but male jealousy. As for Lucius he was happy to have new clothes and paid no mind to the looks of others , the previously individual that looked like a beggar was now looking like a young master of a reputed clan . ¡°Kid these clothes are not bad, now what will you do ¡°Leayak praised. ¡°I will search for an inn to sleep, I didn¡¯t sleep on a proper bed for ages hahaha¡±Lucius Laughed Lucius isn¡¯t familiar with the city so he asked one of the pedestrians to enlighten him. He then walked in deserted alley that the pedestrian pointed at him to reach an inn named ¡°Red leaf¡±, but just at that moment , two burly men appeared , in their hands swords , one of them was tall and had brown hair and the other was short but he had slit eyes and light blue hair . ¡°hahaha brat I heard that you have quite the number of gold coins ¡° ¡°hahaha brother Zak he also have a sword let¡¯s also sell it ¡° ¡°Of course¡± Note: brother is used for respect and not between real brothers here. Lucius stared at them, without the slightest change in his expression ¡°The two of you fuck of, if you value your little lives ¡°Lucius coldly snorted. The two individuals looked at each other and began to laugh out loud ¡°hahahahaha brother zac he said he will kill us did you hear correctly ¡°hahaha yes ..Yes¡­ this brat does he realize what situation he is in?¡± They continued to laugh when Lucius disappeared from their field of view , they were startled . ¡°hmm? Where did this brat go? He was in front of us ¡°brown haired man Suddenly a cold voice could be heard behind their back. ¡°I told you that if you don¡¯t fuck of you will lose your little lives ¡°the cold voice was Lucius that sneaked behind them. The black sword flashed and the two men instantly were beheaded, blood splattered and their heads fell on the ground. ¡°Humph ! Foolish ants ¡°Leyak coldly said. Lucius with his enhanced agility, how could two pitiful thieves resist his might? But he truly became merciless, he truly changed, if he was his past self he would only make them faint. Lucius walked out of the alley like nothing happened in the first place. Some people passed by the alley and saw the two corpses. ¡°My god! What happened here did anyone see ¡° He finally arrived in front of the inn and walked inside, behind the counter was a beautiful young woman. ¡°Welcome sir what can I do for you?¡± Said the young woman. ¡°I would like to rent a room to sleep at ¡° ¡°Oh wait sir, hmm you can take the room 25, it is in the 2nd floor, here is the key ¡° Lucius quickly took the key and headed to the 2nd floor, he found the room easily and went inside, the room was neat and spacious for one person, it was already night so he immediately jumped on the bed to sleep. ¡°hahaha finally a good night of sleep ¡°Lucius rejoiced . The next day Lucius visited some restaurants and ate some delicious food that made from the bottom of his heart happy, in five month he only ate meat of magical beasts without taste, after that he returned to the inn and began to train by meditating, apparently the incident with the two thieves made a commotion near the inn but no one knew who killed them so the street quickly regained its calm, Lucius spent the rest of the day training. ¡°Today is the entrance exam, I need to know were exactly is the Sirius academy ¡°Lucius exclaimed. He had no choice but to ask the young woman behind the counter in the inn, surprisingly she was nice to him and made him a map so he can reach the academy without being lost, Lucius thanked her and paid the price for the room, he then headed outside and went to the academy. After a few hours he arrived, Lucius frowned, too many people were present, but he was shocked at the sight of the academy. ¡°What a huge place ¡°Lucius was surprised. Indeed, the Sirius academy was big enough to have five thousand students every year, there was a very spacious garden and many buildings scattered in everywhere, the person who built this place was a true artist, it was beautiful, the gate of the academy was also huge , Lucius walked inside and saw a massive number of people inside but mostly children that came to take the entrance exam , many rows were seen and a the front of the rows there was blue robed individuals that were sitting behind a table , on the table a book and a cube made of crystal , that object was strange , Lucius was puzzled . ¡°Hmm so this is the Sirius academy ¡°Lucius murmured. ¡°Humph if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that I¡¯m only a warrior god, I would have been enough to teach you ¡°leyak with an arrogant attitude said. Looking at different places Lucius realized that the exam entrance was divided in two types, the warrior exam and the mage exam, the people that were in charge of the warrior exam were red robed and the mage exam blue robed . While looking, Lucius spotted familiar faces, and one of them was looking at Lucius dumfounded, that was the people that he encountered when departing from the silent woods , the Old man Ridley and the arrogant lady Eleonora . ¡°Y¡­you why are you here!!¡± Elonora screamed. ¡°Oh if it isn¡¯t the young warrior Lucius¡± Ridley was surprised. End of chapter. Note : thank you for reading ^^ Chapter 11 : Entrance Exam Previously on ETHS, Lucius finally arrived at the city of Noria, the beautiful view of the city stunned him, it was truly a reputed place with, its size its inhabitants and variety of shops, he visited many stores and places before finally buying new clothes after that he encountered thieves that he disposed of instantly, his personality indeed have undergone some changes, he then slept at an inn before heading to the Sirius Academy where he was reunited with familiar people. Lucius ignoring the shouts of the arrogant girl Eleonora looked at the old man Ridley and smiled. ¡°Mister long time no see ¡°Lucius said ¡°Young Lad did you come here for the exam?¡±Old Ridley asked. ¡°Yes it¡¯s exactly as you say ¡° (Hmm? This kid he changed from the first time I saw him, the look in his eyes ¡­) Ridley thought ¡°You dare to ignore me another time, you comm¡­.¡±Elonora yelled when she stuttered Looking closely at Lucius and his new outfit she was stunned, Lucius this time appeared handsome and from him emanated a graceful aura that charmed her , Even the old Ridley when he saw him was surprised , but this time he also emitted an imposing aura that he didn¡¯t have when riding the carriage . ¡°Humph! You, you will fail the entrance exam surely ¡°said Eleonora with her face being red from blushing. (Hoo our young lady having this reaction is rare ku ku ku¡­) thought Ridley. Just at that time a middle aged man wearing a white robe appeared with several people behind him, he then stopped in front of the people that were going to participate in the examination and began to speak. ¡°Cough¡­coughs, for all of you who are going to participate in this test please all of you form rows in front of the instructors and prepare, those of you who will do the mage test will go in front of the blue robed instructors and those who will do warrior test will go in front of the red robed instructors, you will be explained the rules by them but I expect that some of you knew of them, okay now begin!!¡± The voice of the white robed man was not loud but surprisingly every one could hear it clearly, no one knew that it was a special technique that allowed sound to transfer trough the wind. ¡°Oh it¡¯s the vice director Raymond, I heard that h is one of the most powerful images of the city of Noria ¡° People chatted and admired Raymond, it was understandable, he is an arch mage of the seventh rank, but he was not the only revered individual in the establishment, the director is rumored to the number one respected, rumors says that he is an immortal but he is a secretive and don¡¯t like attention so he never shows himself . ¡°Quiet!! Now get in the rows the entrance exam will begin ¡° Hearing the shouts of the instructors everyone immediately stopped talking and got in the lines. Every year thousands of children participates but only twenty percent passes the test, the academy followed a study session of five years in which students will train and study laws of the energy and its mysteries . ¡°Young lad do you want to know what the test consists of?¡± Ridley turned to look at Lucius Lucius was not curious but wanted to acquire information so he nodded also the young Eleonora was twelve years old like him and was also going to undergo the mage test, the old Ridley began to explain. ¡°You see that cubic crystal? ¡°Ridley pointed at the object on the table where the blue robed instructor was sitting around. Lucius looked in its direction and nodded. ¡°That¡¯s a spiritual tool, it will analyze your aptitude at magic but it Is not it¡¯s only purpose it will also reveal the element you will have the best affinity with but of course some geniuses have dual type affinity with two elements but there is no one with more than two elements ¡° Lucius hearing Ridley talk now understood the crystal purpose, it was the tool that will evaluate the mage aptitude, and it was the same with the warrior test. ¡°kid what nonsense is this grey haired brat talking about, there is no one with more than two elements hahahahaha that¡¯s why humans are ignorant, in my hometown there was monsters that had the four elements affinity, and there is two other elements but their mysteries are complicated so people usually stick to the four element basics ¡°Leyak laughed while talking. Lucius was shocked what sort of hometown had Leyak, too many secrets this Demon god had he thought. At that moment people began the test, a tall boy with short blond hair was taking the test, the instructor looked at him then spoke. ¡°You have to put your hand on the spiritual tool and leak some of your spiritual energy into it , with that you aptitude at magic will be evaluated with your affinity to the elements , the blond haired youth put his right hand on the crystal and shortly after it began to glow , the instructor then looked at the crystal that showed the results , the results was measured like this . A black line will appear horizontally, the line will stop at some point and a number will also appear at its end, and for the affinity the elements will appear in the form of symbols. Fire: a small red flame, earth: a green Leaf, water: a blue drop, wind: a blue small tornado. The youth was anxious, and then the black line appeared. ______________ 36% (low) affinity: (symbol of earth) The blue robed instructor looked at the youth and said. ¡°Low aptitude didn¡¯t pass, next!!¡± The blond youth eyes were teary and his parents were sad but then they tried to reassure him. ¡°Don¡¯t worry my son you can do the warrior test, I will pray for your success ¡°(the mother) You can indeed fail at the magic test but not necessarily at the warrior test so you have another chance to enroll. After the blond youth resigned himself and went to the warrior test area , after him it was the turn of a short handsome youth with green hair , the possess was the same . ____________________________56% affinity: (fire symbol) ¡°Medium aptitude, fire affinity, passes, your name? ¡°Harvey faynord¡° next!!!¡± The blue robbed instructor shouted, after 2 hours, from nine hundred people only one hundred and ninety four passed, and there was no dual element genius, but at that time from another row people were chatting and yelling with surprise, the centre of attention was an exceedingly handsome youth with brown hair and blue eyes, Lucius turned to look at the commotion, he didn¡¯t know the brown haired youth and the brown haired youth also didn¡¯t know Lucius yet they were related to each other , the brown haired youth was a member of his clan and also the son of Garlan , it was Dillon he was in front of the instructor of the warrior exam taking the test , the instructor eyes were full of admiration , the Odein clan was famous and Dillon was the heir . Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°Look it¡¯s the heir of the Odein clan, rumors says that he is already at the first rank what a genius ¡° Lucius upon hearing the claims of the people and the name Odein, his face twitched, his eyes became darker, deep within it anger and rage, he instantly remembered his uncle and what he told him. ¡°Humph!! What genius if these guys new you were at the third rank what will they say huh rubbish, we demons have kids that are at the six ranks what will they say then ¡°Leyak coldly snorted ¡°Hmm? Young lad is anything the matter? ¡°Ridley seeing the look in Lucius eyes said. Quickly Lucius regained his calm and composure. ¡°Ahh? Nothing ¡°Lucius answered. ¡°Humph are you jealous ¡°Eleonora turned to look at Lucius . Lucius looked at her and for the first time smiled at her, Elonora seeing Lucius smile, her face was dyed crimson. Ridley began to smile at the sight. ¡°Hey Eleonora why is your face red ¡°Lucius didn¡¯t know what is happening to her. ¡°It¡¯s nothing ... and why are you calling me by my name!!¡± Eleonora was shouting. In reality she was happy to hear him call her name, she simply didn¡¯t want to admit it, and she never experienced these feelings so she didn¡¯t understand why when she looks at him she become shy and blushes. (hahahaha young lady I think he already entered your heart ku ku ku ) Ridley had a good impression of Lucius so he rejoiced. Just at that time, Dillon was putting his hand on the spiritual tool, the red robed instructor face lit up. __________________________________________89 % affinity: (wind symbol, water symbol) ¡°My god a genius, a genius is born a dual type hahahaha, the instructor exclaimed ¡° All the people were amazed by the result, some were stunned, Lucius didn¡¯t have any reaction he simply looked calm. People admiring Dillon were cheering him, after all he was the heir of famous clan, and even him was smirking and adopted an arrogant attitude. After that, one hour passed and the turn of Lucius and Eleonora arrived, Eleonora passed first. She put her hand on the crystal and it began to glow, when the blue robed man look at the result he froze. ¡°My god another genius hahah and she have a higher aptitude ¡°exclaimed the instructor. Instantly all the people looked in her direction, her result was _____________________________________________________96% (Fire symbol, earth symbol) The people were stunned, ninety six percent of aptitude, two words could be heard ¡°high!!!¡±And ¡°amazing!!!¡± Dillon from afar looked at Eleonora and said. ¡°Damyan investigate her background and report to me ¡°saying with a smirk. Elonora turned to look at Lucius and said ¡°Hey what do you think of my genius huh you can worship me ¡°Eleonora said while staring at Lucius. Lucius didn¡¯t retort and slowly advanced to the table, with his graceful aura he was attracting attention on him. ¡°Oh look at that kid¡¯s hair its red what a rare color ¡° Muttering could be heard everywhere. ¡°Brat hahaha they are all looking at you ¡° ¡°Don¡¯t mind them ¡°lazily said Lucius He didn¡¯t held people claims in high regard and hated flattery, he looked at the instructor ¡°Put your hand on the spiritual tool, the ¡­¡± ¡°I know ¡°Lucius cut at the instructor words The instructor was angered at Lucius attitude but he didn¡¯t say anything, the white robed man Raymond suddenly looked at Lucius with a puzzled look, he clearly had strange comportment, even his followers were looking strangely at him, Raymond never took interest in any student even geniuses that had dual elements, but now he took interest in a person that didn¡¯t pass the exam yet. Lucius then touched the crystal lightly the it began to glow, when the instructor was waiting for the result he was acting strange , then his expression became complicated , then he looked at Lucius and said . ¡°Mmm¡­it¡¯s strange but there is nothing!! ¡° ¡°What!!!¡± people were shocked? Another instructor approached then inspected the spiritual tool to see if it¡¯s damaged, but surprise was on his face. ¡°Strange it¡¯s functioning well, does that mean that he have no aptitude? ¡° People were looking at Lucius with strange look, but he was confused what did happen he thought, the crystal didn¡¯t reveal anything, he himself believed that he had no aptitude but Leyak voice resounded in his mind. ¡°hahahahahahaahhaha this humans tools are so weak that it can¡¯t evaluate you ¡° Clearly Leyak knew something ¡°What do you mean ¡°Lucius questioned. ¡°I mean that your spiritual energy quality is so high that this tool can¡¯t evaluate it ¡° ¡°Then what of my elements affinity?¡± ¡°hahaha that I don¡¯t know but I know for a fact that your aptitude can¡¯t be measured , it exceeds the stats of this tool ¡° Lucius was pondering, what did this mean, he was baffled. People then began to laugh, only Eleonora and Ridley were not, even Dillon was laughing ¡°hahaha trash!! ¡°Dillon said This world is based on strength, those who don¡¯t have strength are loathed but Lucius wasn¡¯t paying mind to the people and was immersed in his thoughts. The instructor then looked another time at Lucius and spoke. ¡°No aptitude, no affinity, didn¡¯t pass!! Next!! ¡° But just at that time the white robed man voice echoed everywhere ¡°Stop!!!!¡± End of chapter. Note: thanks for reading ^^. Author notice Okay guys starting from tomorrow the chapters will come later than usual because i will start my summer job. and like i promised tomorrow i will release two chapters , may you cultivate in peace hahahahaha oh just kidding ^^ Chapter 12 : Enrollment Previously on ETHS, Lucius took the entrance Exam with Elonora, Dillon the son of Garlan also appeared and he was called a genius when the test revealed that he had a dual element affinity and high talent but he was not the only one, it was revealed that Eleonora was also a genius and had a dual element, in the other hand Lucius results made the people laugh out loud, the spiritual tool didn¡¯t show any reaction in their eyes it meant that he had no talent , but when the instructor announced that Lucius was rejected the white robed man stopped him . ¡°Stop!!!¡± the shout rang in every person ears. The people looked in the direction of the shout and saw Raymond walking slowly toward Lucius direction. ¡°Vice director?¡±The blue robed instructor was puzzled. ¡°Kid come with me and you, make for him a student plate he officially enrolls¡± Raymond ordered the instructor. Instantly the crowd became silent, the vice director in person gave his permission what did that mean, they were shocked. Several minutes ago, Raymond was looking at the rows of children taking the test when suddenly the expression on his face changed slightly, a mysterious voice echoed in his mind. ¡°Raymond, that red haired kid, if he fails accept him and bring him to me ¡° ¡°Yes milord!¡± Raymond was not surprised from the fact that the voice appeared out of nowhere but that the origin of the voice was interested in a kid that is why he intervened when Lucius failed, also he was too respectful to the voice so it indicated that the person standing was high at least higher than him. Lucius smirked when he heard the words. ¡°This white clothed brat he is only an arch mage he can¡¯t possibly evaluate your spiritual force, it must be another person ¡°Leyak told Lucius ¡°Then is it possibly an immortal? Lucius was not stupid he immediately asked. ¡°Hmm probably ¡° Lucius then looked at Raymond nodded and followed him, the crowd only saw the red haired boy back slowly fade, Eleonora and Ridley were confused if Lucius failed why did a great mage like Raymond intervened and even left with him. ¡°Why did Lucius go with him Ridley do you know?¡±Curiously asked Eleonora ¡°dunno young lady but it must be important ¡° Ridley was also curious but obviously Lucius passed the test according to what Raymond said . In the main house of the Odein clan, a beautiful blond haired woman was chatting with Garlan it was the mother of Dillon Lilith. ¡°Is our son going to pass?¡±Asked Lilith ¡°Oh don¡¯t worry our son have great talent he should have already passed by this time ¡°Garlan spoke with conviction But just at that moment someone knocked at the door ¡°You can enter! Lilith you can go for now¡± ¡°Okay ¡° The one who came was a servant, his face was pale. ¡°Milord I have some news to report to you ¡° ¡°Hmm speak ¡° ¡°My lord in the city of Noria some of our clan members spotted a boy that looked exactly like the one with alderman ¡° ¡°What!!!! Didn¡¯t the assassins kill him they told me they disposed of him ¡°yelled Garlan with anger. ¡°Milord I can only speak the truth ¡°hurriedly bowed the servant. ¡°Bring me those two Liars immediately ¡° Meanwhile, Lucius was quietly following Raymond they shortly arrived at a big building that emanated a powerful aura, ¡°Follow me inside ¡°said Raymond. The inside of the building was like a cave filled with treasures, there was several sculptures that were obviously precious antique ones , some portraits of people but one of them caught the eye of Lucius , there was a person with long golden hair , with a face emanating grace and power , below was two words , ¡° Sirius Backslay ¡° that¡¯s right this the founder and the hero of Noria city , Lucius felt the powerful gaze in the picture ,Raymond then climbed up the stairs to the 2nd floor with Lucius following him , they walked toward a door , Raymond knocked and the same mysterious voice that appeared in his head rang another time . ¡°You can enter Raymond ¡° Raymond then opened the door, it was a dark room, a few rays of light penetrated the windows revealing a silhouette standing with its back at them. ¡°Milord I came with the boy ¡° Slowly the person turned but his face cannot be seen it was submerged by the dark, Lucius didn¡¯t see his face but he felt that the person staring at him and evaluating him from head to toe. ¡°Good boy what is your name?¡± The person asked Lucius ¡°My name is Lucius ¡° Then the person slowly walked out from the shadows and revealed his face, Lucius was shocked, the person had long golden hair and the exact same face as the painting in the first floor. ¡°No need to feel shocked I¡¯m not the person that you are thinking of but I¡¯m related to him, Raymond you can stand by the door let us alone ¡°ordered the individual. ¡°Yes milord ¡°Raymond didn¡¯t dare to walk slowly and hastily walked out of the room. ¡°Then Lucius, first let me introduce myself, I¡¯m Gregory Backslay the director of this academy and the Grandson of Sirius Backslay ¡° Lucius didn¡¯t speak for a while,he only stared at Gregory in disbelief, seeing the expression of Lucius he smiled. ¡°Kid this gold haired brat is a first level immortal he is the one that most likely intervened earlier ¡°leyak informed Lucius. It was the first time for Lucius to encounter an immortal so he was momentarily stunned because he didn¡¯t sense the presence of Gregory , he is here yet he is not , if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that he intentionally leaked some of his spirit , no one can sense his presence . ¡°Mister, dare I say why did you bring me to you?¡±Lucius politely asked. ¡°I¡¯m rather interested in your peculiar flow of energy ¡°Gregory said while smiling. Lucius made a complicated expression before regaining his normal one. ¡°boy don¡¯t worry I will not harm you , I only know that you are abnormal , you are special it was because of this that the spiritual tool didn¡¯t work on you I will not ask you to tell me the truth but boy I will cut to the chase you are too special to go to another academy or country so I would like to make a contract with you ¡° Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.¡°A contract?¡± ¡°Yes a contract ¡° ¡°Brat be wary of this golden haired bastard he is not simple ¡°Leyak warned Lucius through his mind. ¡°And what sort of contract sir? ¡° ¡°I will explain, it¡¯s simple if you reach a certain Level after you graduate you will complete a task of mine¡± ¡°And If I refuse?¡±Lucius retorted ¡°If you refuse? Nothing serious, you will not leave me a choice that¡¯s simple ¡° Lucius frowned. This person is so sly he thought. ¡°Then I also don¡¯t have a choice do I? ¡°Lucius resigned himself. ¡°hahahaha smart boy , then I will appoint Raymond your special instructor and let you freely choose what classes you will take ¡° ¡°Then I will accept ¡° ¡°Good now you can go resume your admission, Raymond you can come ¡° Raymond then came back in front of Gregory ¡°Raymond you are to specially instruct Lucius, am I clear?¡± ¡°Yes Milord ¡° (What sort of kid is this Lucius to pick the interest of Master Gregory to this degree) thought Raymond. Lucius the left the building and returned to the exam area, after all this time the totally of the examinee took the test so the only ones that remained was those who passed, the crowd dissipated and roughly four hundred passed and began to register and take their student plate and id, Lucius when he Leisurely walked back, all the people turned to look at him, he slowly walked to one of the instructors. ¡°I¡¯m here to take my student plate and identification ¡°Lucius said The instructor was previously ordered to do so, he didn¡¯t dare to refute and quickly gave him what he came for. From afar Eleonora and the old Ridley walked toward him. ¡°Young lad what happened to you?¡±Ridley immediately asked ¡°Hmm nothing just a special test only for me ¡° The old man was stunned, just a special test? He talked like that was a simple thing, his calmness is abnormal thought Ridley. ¡°Hmm did you pass?¡± Eleonora hastily asked Lucius turned to look at her. ¡°Of course I passed ¡°exclaimed Lucius Suddenly all the people began to mutter , they thought how come he passed , the tool obviously evaluated that he didn¡¯t have talent , but narrow-minded people remain narrow-minded people thought Lucius . ¡°Then what was that test?¡± Eleonora was curious Lucius stared at her then smiled. ¡°It¡¯s a secret ;) ¡± ¡°You!!!!! You dare to tease me!!¡± screamed Eleonora and at the same time blushing. Then one of the instructors began to speak out loud. ¡°all of you that successfully passed on your student plate you will see the number of the dorm you will live at and also the number of the room , all of you can go immediately , all lessons begins tomorrow ¡° ¡°Then my lady I will return to the clan village ¡° ¡°Yeah you can go back Ridley I will take care of myself ¡° The then old man Ridley said his farewells to the two of them and went back, Eleonora then faced Lucius. ¡°Hey what are you waiting for, let¡¯s go ¡°Eleonora Urged Lucius Then the two of them followed the other newly students to the dorms, Lucius another time was amazed by the spacious academy and the beautiful structure of the buildings, there was also a big forest behind the academy, after a while they reached the dorms, it was obviously divided into two, the girls dorm and the boys dorm, upon reaching the dorms Lucius and ELeonora parted. Lucius with the other many boys walked inside the building, it was truly huge and Luxurious, this was only the dorms of the 1st year¡¯s students. The building was four floors high, Lucius his student plate in his hands began to search for his room , his room number was 102 , he was walking in a corridor of the third floor now . ¡°102¡­102 where are you ah you are there ¡° He finally found his room, upon opening the door there was two other boys inside and they turned to look at Lucius. ¡°Ohhh!! Our third brother!!¡± the two youths was smiling. Note: here brother is also used for friendship and not for real brotherhood. One of them was familiar he had green hair, it was one of the first students to pass, Harvey faynord . ¡°Hello my name is Harvey nice to meet you ¡° ¡°And my name is Roman nice to meet you ¡° ¡°Nice to meet you too my name is Lucius¡± lucius politely introduced himself. ¡°Oh! Aren¡¯t you the famous one that the spiritual tool didn¡¯t work on you?¡± Harvey exclaimed ¡°Yes it¡¯s me ¡°Lucius didn¡¯t refute he didn¡¯t bother. ¡°You passed huh, tell me how did you pass hahahaha ¡°Roman was joking and not Loathing Lucius . ¡°hahaha it¡¯s a secret ¡°Lucius laughed ¡°Okay now my friends let¡¯s give our age ¡°Harvey happily smiling. ¡°Hmm? I¡¯m twelve ¡°Lucius ¡°And me I¡¯m thirteen ¡°Roman ¡°hhaha I¡¯m also twelve ¡°Harvey ¡°Then I¡¯m the oldest brother of the room 102 haha you too can decide on the 2nd and third brother ¡°Toman said while laughing it was obvious that he was happy for being the oldest ¡°Lucius in what month your mom gave birth to you ¡°Harvey questioned ¡°Mm june ¡° ¡°hahaha then I¡¯m older I was born in February , you are the third brother and I¡¯m the second brother !!¡± Harvey claimed his position in the room ¡°Okay now let¡¯s go to eat I¡¯m starving brothers ¡°Roman urged the two others. It was then the first friendship of Lucius then blossomed. End of chapter. Note : this time pleas do a detailed review I want to know if the story is progressing well so far and thanks for reading . Chapter 13 : Master of the four Elements Previously on ETHS , Lucius took part in the entrance Exam of the Sirius Academy and was declared to have failed when an immortal , the director of the academy intervened and accepted him in the academy , sensing that Lucius was special he made an agreement with him ,now Lucius was assigned to a dorm and got acquainted with his roommates . The Three newly brothers of the room 102, headed toward the canteen to eat, along the way they admired the ancient buildings of the academy, hopefully they didn¡¯t get lost because there was information about every place. Arriving at the canteen it was lively, there was all the new students that prepares to eat dinner, the three of them got their food and sat around one of the empty tables chatting merrily. ¡°Second brother, where do you come from?¡± Roman asked. ¡°Me I¡¯m from a clan in the city of Rodeos ¡° ¡°And you third brother?¡± ¡°Me I¡¯m ¡­.i¡¯m not from a clan but I came from a village around this city ¡° Lucius didn¡¯t want to reveal that he was a member of the Odein clan it will become troublesome. The three of them continued to chat and became even closer, for example Lucius knew now that Roman comes from a powerful clan of mages and Harvey was from a blacksmith clan that was reputed in Rodeos city. ¡°Okay brothers I will head to my room first ¡°Lucius stood up ¡°Hmm you are already heading back ?¡±Disappointingly said Roman ¡°Yeah I¡¯m tired ¡° ¡°Okay we will not force you ¡°said Harvey Lucius then left the canteen and headed back, but mid way a powerful wind swirled from the sky and a shadow landed in front of Lucius , it was Raymond . ¡°Lucius ¡° ¡°Hmm? Mister Raymond do you have business with me?¡± said Lucius puzzled ¡°I came here to land you a special spiritual tool that master created , with this you will know your affinity with elements, that¡¯s all I will leave now ¡° . Raymond gave a cubic crystal to Lucius, it was slightly different from the one of the test, it had a bluish color, Raymond then disappeared abruptly like he came. Actually a spiritual tool was not so difficult to be created, it needed a special crystal known as Lakryma and an arch mage or an expert to install a magic formation inside it, but depending on the expert the evaluating process will become more detailed. Lucius with the spiritual tool in his hand returned to his room, he sat on his bed looking at the crystal, then without delay infused some of his spiritual force , the bluish crystal lit up then shortly after it ceased to glow , on top of it a horizontal line extended from both sides . _____________________________________________________________________99% Affinity (fire symbol, earth symbol, water symbol, wind symbol) ¡°Kid it looks like you really are special but I can only explain this result due to your two kinds of Energy, it looks like your human side controls two elements and your demon side another two, kid I can¡¯t believe all this luck that you have you have now the ability to become a master of the four elements ¡° Leyak excitedly stated his opinion . ¡°What is this!!!? Then I have the ability to manipulate all four elements?¡± ¡°Precisely, kid your special linage allowed it, I can¡¯t wait to see those pitiful humans reaction if they knew ¡° Lucius was shocked what did manipulating the four elements means? It means not only a genius but a monster among monsters, a huge advantage, an unlimited amount of future accomplishments. Lucius hurriedly sat cross-legged on the floor and began to channel his energy inside of his soul space, on his face an expression of ecstasy. ¡°Kid with your actual rate of absorption you can enter the first layer of mage cultivation today ¡° Lucius began to absorb energy particles and directing it in his soul space but just at that moment the door was opened and his two roommates, Roman and Harvey walked inside cutting in Lucius concentration, he opened his eyes to look and saw them staring at him. ¡°Third brother you actually began to meditate I admire you ¡°said Harvey their third brother only arrived today and already began to cultivate. ¡°Brother let him concentrate and let¡¯s get to sleep we ate too mush hahahaha ¡°laughed Roman ¡°You¡¯re right hahaha ¡° When they got to their beds, they instantly fell asleep, Lucius seeing them smiled wryly and resumed his meditation. After 3 hours of concentration, inside the soul space a swirl of energy was currently hovering, it continued to swirl then suddenly it exploded into several streams of green and black energy, after a few minutes they took the shape of a half green half black ball that remained hovering in the soul space, and then it ceased hovering and condensed into a smaller size, after moments it didn¡¯t move anymore and stopped in the middle of the soul space. ¡°Congratulation kid you successfully created your magical core and entered the first layer of magic cultivation thus a rank one mage but I must say that from here on it will become difficult to breakthrough your core is special it fused the two types of energy resulting in needing the double amount of energy absorption to breakthrough ¡°Leyak explained Lucius was frowned, double the amount was huge so he quickly deduced that the only way is to digest magical beast cores. ¡°Kid, what do you wait for try to summon the elements ¡° ¡°Master how can I summon them? ¡°Lucius asked it was normal he only became a mage moments ago ¡°I only know that you need to condense energy and manipulate it to reconstruct into element energy ¡°Leyak tried to explain But Lucius was dumbfounded he didn¡¯t understand anything that leyak said. ¡°huh? ¡° big interrogation marks were on top of his head ¡°ahh I should¡¯ve known that it is complicated but I will try to explain with less difficulty , simply put like the way you extract the energy to use techniques when being a warrior you need to extract energy from your soul space and visualize the elements and the energy will take their form ¡° Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. Lucius now began to understand slowly but he can comprehend Leyak words at the very least, following his instructions he concentrated and entered the meditative state then slowly extracted some energy from his soul space, following that he tried to manipulate energy, Leyak told him to try summoning the fire element because he is the easiest to visualize, trying several times Lucius was successful in his twenty fourth try, a small flame appeared on top of one of his fingers. ¡°Master I finally can summon but it was truly difficult ¡° ¡°Brat that was the easiest element to summon, now try the water element ¡° Lucius repeated the same process and a small drop of water also appeared on top of his finger, then with the earth element, a small rock the size of a finger materialized then followed by the wind element resulting in a small current of wind, Lucius with his special consciousness materialized the four elements at the same time, now on top of two fingers in each hand appeared the four elements. ¡° now you officially can summon the elements but you¡¯re at your current level it¡¯s not that powerful , when breaking through layers you will probably have access to the mage scroll techniques in this academy , when you learn a skill then you will truly become a mage ¡° ¡°But master weren¡¯t you a warrior how come you know so much ¡° ¡°hahaha brat true I¡¯m a warrior but It doesn¡¯t necessarily mean that I¡¯m not knowledgeable in magic I only have a superficial understanding , I¡¯m a warrior god after all ¡° ¡°Oh so it was like that ¡° Lucius satisfied then climbed his bed to sleep. The next day, lucius Harvey and roman woke up early, today the first term officially begins and classes starts, a notice was left in each room of the students informing them of the lessons program, at nine am it was earth element lessons, at ten fire lessons , and at 2 pm and 4 pm water and wind lessons . Harvey was a fire user so he only had to attend to fire lessons, Roman was wind user but Lucius was making a complicated expression, he had the four elements so he needs to attend the four lessons all day long, he didn¡¯t want to attract attention but remembering the words of Gregory he decided to not bother. He then parted with his brothers and headed to the earth lessons department, walking leisurely because it was note already the time of classes, there was a higher number of people, they were the second third and fourth year¡¯s students that returned from their break. Lucius then stopped in front of a building, there was a wooden sign and the earth symbol flag attached to it, Lucius arrived at his destination he entered the building and walked toward a big hall , this place was lessons were taught , it was a huge classroom and all the earth element users attends here . Lucius looked inside and saw a number of people already in their sits chatting, when he walked inside, all the attention shifted to him, he was startled, and the voices of the students reached his ears ¡°oy oy isn¡¯t he the one that failed the test but enrolled thanks to the arch mage Raymond ¡° Murmurs and chatting was in every corner of the room, a tall dark skinned boy then walked in front of Lucius , Lucius didn¡¯t pay mind to him but The dark skinned youth stopped him . ¡°Hey you aren¡¯t you obviously trash what are you doing taking lessons here you think you are better than us?¡± Lucius still didn¡¯t mind him and even didn¡¯t look at his face, in which it angered the dark skinned youth further. Then other boys surrounded him while smirking. ¡°Oy you dare ignoring us? ¡° ¡°How can you study with us the elites ¡° It was the not unusual bullies, actually the majority of the students are sons and daughters of nobles or mages and warriors so they behaved with extreme arrogance. ¡°haha friends it looks like we need to teach him a lesson in the place of the instructors ¡° ¡°hahahaha!! ¡° All of the youths began to laugh, but Lucius didn¡¯t even put them in his eyes and his face wore its usual calm expression, seeing his calm demeanor they were even more angered, lucius didn¡¯t speak a single word, he calmly looked around him still ignoring them. ¡°You dare to ignore us trash we will beat you to death ¡° The youths then together attacked Luicus but just at that time, a shadow blocked the attacks sending them flying several meters ¡°I will not tolerate violence in my classroom, am I clear enough?!!!¡± The loud voice belongs to a brown haired middle aged man, he looked furiously at the dark skinned boy and his friends, they instantly shuddered, his gaze sent shiver down their spine, ¡°I will introduce myself , I¡¯m Sylvan your instructor in earth magic , today I will be in charge of the first lesson ¡° Sylvan looked at Lucius, seeing the look in his eyes and his unfazed attitude he actually smiled. (Interesting this kid!) He thought ¡°Brat he also is an arch mage, he is of the 2nd rank" Leyak sent through the mind of Lucius ¡°Oh another arch mage beside that Raymond huh ¡° Lucius muttered . The youths on the floor looked at Lucius with hate and rage in their eyes. ¡°Sigh! Now it will become bothersome " Lucius didn''t like bothersome matters . ¡°Everyone now take your seats we will begin the lesson, another thing violence is only prohibited inside the classrooms, everything outside is none of our business ¡°shouted Sylvan The face of the dark skinned youth immediately lit up, he wanted to beat up Lucius suppress his anger. End of chapter. Note: Thanks for reading ^^ Chapter 14: Merciless Previously on ETHS, the study term finally began and Lucius with the help of the Immortal Gregory now learnt about his talent and elements, he also learnt that he was a four Elements master, he can control all primary elements, after that he entered the meditative state and with the instructions of The Demon god within his consciousness he became a rank one mage. Within the manor in the Odein village, Garlan was furious, his eyes were red from anger, the door of the room he was at suddenly was opened and four people entered, two of them had their arms and their legs bound by chains . ¡°Milord we have captured them like you ordered ¡° ¡°Good!¡± Actually the two assassins that were sent to kill Lucius, upon learning about him being spotted in the city of Noria fled from fear that Garlan would kill them, but contrary to their thoughts Garlan already ordered many warriors to subdue them, it resulted in them being captured quickly. ¡°You to you dare to flee huh, you also dare to lie to me?¡±Said Garlan furiously. ¡°Milord we swear that we killed him we even checked his corpse at that time I was certain that he died ¡° ¡°Shut up!!!!! Why didn¡¯t you bring his corpse then you motherfuckers!!!! You are lying to me the great Garlan guards execute them immediately!!¡± Garlan felt immeasurable rage, he thought of easily killing Lucius but he failed and the boy is still alive ¡°Milord please spare us we will find him and kill him this time for good ¡° ¡°Shut up!!! Guards didn¡¯t you hear me execute them!!!¡± The other two guards didn¡¯t dare delay and took out their swords, with a move they beheaded them. ¡°Alright clean this and go ¡° ¡°Yes milord! ¡°The two guards exclaimed. Garlan didn¡¯t know why he was so angry and even felt some fear , he didn¡¯t understand the fear he felt , obviously it¡¯s only a crippled kid what did he worry for . ¡°That¡¯s right why I¡¯m this bothered, guard immediately inform the soldiers in the city of Noria , tell them if they see the boy dispose of him but this time cleanly ¡° ¡°Yes milord!¡± Garlan didn¡¯t know that another person was hiding in the dark, it was the uncle of Lucius Alderman. (How come then he didn¡¯t go to that old man!! Lucius were are what are you doing in Noria) Alderman thought Garlan can sense the presence of others but he was too angered to notice Alderman. Alderman was confused he now understood why that old blacksmith didn¡¯t send a letter. Alderman informed the old man of Lucius arrival, and said to him that if he arrived at his house, the old man needs to send a letter, but that letter never come, alderman thought that this Old geezer forgot, but it was actually a dangerous situation like this. (I need to quickly fine Lucius or they will kill him, I can¡¯t face his parents if he died)Thought Alderman. Meanwhile, Lucius was looking if there was a good seat, he then spotted Eleonora , she was waving at him and making a sign that he should sit beside her . Lucius smiled and leisurely walked in her direction, seeing his smile many girls were staring at him blushing, they thought that he was quite handsome and coupled with his long beautiful red hair he was different than other boys. Eleonora seeing the girl¡¯s reaction became angry, but she was not the only one, all the boys were staring at him with anger in their eyes, he ignored them like always and sat beside Eleonora, the dark skinned youth took a liking to her, he was named Urian , actually many boys were captivated by Eleonora beauty . ¡°Silence! Now we begin the lesson ¡°yelled Sylvan Sylvan is an arch mage of the 2nd rank and the instructor on earth magic, he had thread eyes and brown short hair, he was tall but thin, but his voice carried power, instantly everyone became silent. ¡°Today I will explain earth magic, its properties and use, at the end of the lesson I will test if you have the ability to summon earth element ¡°Sylvan explained what kind will be the course of today. Sylvan eyes gazed slightly in Lucius way then he regained his usual, he was intrigued by him, why did Raymond intervene that time. Then the lesson began , one and half an hour passed , this the end of the lesson and like he said Sylvan was going to test the students ability to summon earth Element , the lesson consisted of Explaining Earth theories and the history of the powerful earth mages . One by one, the students walked toward Sylvan to demonstrate summoning earth element, it was now the turn of Urian the dark skinned youth he summoned a rock the size of a finger. ¡°Not bad, next ¡°said Sylvan The dark skinned youth grinned and looked toward Eleonora, but she was chatting with Lucius happily, that sight angered him, he hated Lucius even more. Now the turn of Eleonora came, she condensed her energy on top of her thin beautiful fingers and summoned three small rocks the size of a finger. ¡°Oh impressive, very talented indeed ¡°Sylvan eyes lit up Now it was the turn of Eleonora to grin and appeal to Lucius , but he simply had no reaction , she swore to hit a few times after they leave the classroom . After Elonora finally came the turn of Lucius, he slowly walked in front of sylvan and began to extract energy and redirect it on top of his finger, but nothing appeared. What was strange was the complicated expression of Sylvan. ¡°Crap did he catch on something ¡°Lucius muttered. Actually Sylvan analyzing the energy of Lucius really caught on something, he was stupefied by the pure quality of Lucius energy, Lucius didn¡¯t know that he only analyzed green energy and he overlooked the black energy, it was understandable, the green energy had only two elements affinity with it, and one of them was earth element so he actually only used his human energy. Sylvan remained silent and didn¡¯t understand why Lucius didn¡¯t summon the earth element, being an arch mage he obviously realized that Lucius had amazing talent , but why did he purposefully hide his ability , he didn¡¯t prey too much . ¡°Next! ¡° Sylvan shouted Urian then looking at Lucius disdainfully began to laugh. ¡°hahahaha friends did you see he didn¡¯t summon anything , he is truly trash how can sir Sylvan teach him !¡± The other students all fixed their eyes o Lucius , but like always Lucius was not the least bothered or angered , he simply ignored the existence known as Urian , he was nothing but air in his eyes in the contrary Eleonoara was staring at Urian with disgust , she may be arrogant but didn¡¯t have the same attitude as him. Students that finished the small test of Sylvan left the classroom then, Urian seeing Lucius crossing the door he smirked he remembered the words of Sylvan ¡°everything outside is none of we instructors business ¡° he turned to look at his bullies friends and muttered. ¡°Hey we will follow him lets teach him a lesson for good ¡° ¡°hahaha yeah he pisses me of ¡° Lucius was in the corridor when Leyak voice reached his mind. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. ¡°Brat some of those snot nosed kids are following you ¡° ¡°I know ¡° Lucius knew in advance, he simply slowly walked, Urian and the others were behind him following, but Lucius turned right, and when they also turned right they were shocked, he disappeared, he was not there anymore. ¡°Shit where did he go that fucking trash ¡°shouted Urian Lucius with his amazing agility, how can they compare to him. ¡°Kid why don¡¯t you fucking shred them to pieces¡± ¡°I can¡¯t it¡¯s too bothersome and if the instructors know that I killed them it will become too troublesome to stay here ¡° ¡°Ah, how boring ¡°lazily said Leyak He was right, killing is prohibited inside the academy, if a student killed he will be severely punished and expelled, but violence was not, the academy regarded this as good to the students thinking that they will taught the severity of the world , that strength is the only thing that will be able to allow you to be recognized . Lucius headed to the canteen and saw his two roommates sitting at a table and eating , when they saw him they smiled and waved at him , he felt his heart become warm at the sight , they truly were friends . He happily sat beside them. ¡°Third brother how was the lesson, it was boring huh ¡° ¡°It was not bad ¡°Lucius politely said. ¡°hahah first brother , if you think like this then you will not graduate ¡° ¡°Hey you did you make fun of me now ¡° ¡°Me? How can I make fun of you first brother hahaha ¡° ¡°You rascal hahaha¡± Harvey and Roman found Lucius mysterious but they didn¡¯t dislike this side of him, he was mysterious because he rarely talked, but they didn¡¯t know that Lucius never had friends in his life, he was still feeling awkward. After finishing eating the brothers headed to their room, Lucius decided to not go to fire lesson, and instead sit in the meditative state training, however his two roommates didn¡¯t want to bother him so they left and decided to go to the park wooing some girls, and they were quite the playboys. Meanwhile, Urian was searching like crazy for Lucius but he didn¡¯t find him, with him were several other boys that attended the earth lesson this morning, they were currently searching the park. ¡°Hey brother Urian, those two sitting on that bench I saw them with that trash yesterday, he is obviously their friend ¡°one of the boys a short blue haired kid said to Urian. Urian grinned and on his faces an evil expression. Lucius was cultivating, he actually reached the early first rank in two days, now the elements that he can summon are a bit bigger in size. Suddenly he opened his eyes he sensed that someone collapsed I front of his door, he hastily opened and seeing the sight he was stunned. Harvey and Roman had their body full of injuries, their face was currently bloodied that Lucius didn¡¯t recognize them at first. ¡°First brother, second brother what happened? ¡° Harvey fainted so Roman was the only one that can talk. ¡°thir¡­third brother some kids encircled us and b¡­beat us up to a pulp , one of them their l¡­leader was dark skinned he said that it¡¯s a gift for you ¡° Lucius frowned he only thought of one person, the dark skinned youth that tried to provoke him this morning. For the first time the dark skinned youth Urian succeeded in angering Lucius , Lucius body trembled slightly , his face darkened , his eyes narrowed , from his body emanated a baleful aura , he was enraged , how can he sit back when the only friends that he only knew for a short time were injured to this extent . ¡°Brothers don¡¯t worry I will make them pay the price for injuring you ¡° ¡°t ¡­third brother, don¡¯t go they are too many you can¡¯t beat them ¡° Roman tried to calm Lucius But Lucius only smiled. ¡°Don¡¯t worry they can¡¯t do anything to me ¡° For some reason, Roman actually felt that he could totally believe him, Lucius like the wind rushed outside at full speed, he searched everywhere for Urian and his friends. Suddenly he spotted them not too far, they were in front of the training hall, there was a training hall for students, and fortunately there was no one except them. Lucius calmly walked toward them. ¡°Brother Urian looks at who came hahaha ¡°the same short blue haired kid said. Urian was surrounded by seven other boys they were all the kids that laughed at Lucius this morning, Urian then Looked at Lucius with contempt and smiled. ¡°You finally came huh, I will teach you how to behave before me like your little friends did , they were so pitiful hahahahaah , hey trash him for good ¡° Urian looking at the others with him ordered . ¡°Brat did you decide to finally cut them to pieced ¡° ¡°Like I said I can¡¯t but I will make them wish that they died ¡°with a sinister smile said Lucius. Lucius didn¡¯t take his black sword with him, with small fries like this he didn¡¯t need it, the seven boys rushed toward him with their arms and legs, but Lucius didn¡¯t budge he only stared calmly at them , the first of the seven boys reached Lucius and lunched a punch at his face , Lucius with the least of movement dodged to the side , he clenched his fist and hit him in the abdomen , what happened shocked the others , the boy who attacked Lucius was sent flying several meters and crashed on a wall , he never stood up with the punch of Lucius all his ribs were broken , Lucius sizing the momentum , shot like lightening toward one of the six boy left , he was the nearest , he shot his leg like a whip landing on the youth wrist , he also was sent flying with his arm instantly broken , the five others were stunned . ¡°What is this kid ¡°the others were frightened and Urian was staring slack jawed They were terrified by the strength of Lucius and began to retreat. ¡°You want to flee dream on ¡° With his crazy speed, he was like a shadow and kicked one of the boys in his stomach sending him crashing on a nearby wall, the appeared in front of another one slapping him in the face , the power of the slap actually made him lose consciousness , there were only three left now , Urian quietly watched the slaughter without the ability to move, he was too terrified, after quickly beating the three other boys, he slowly walked toward Urian . ¡°hu hu ahhhh!!!! Don¡¯t come near me monster!!!¡± ¡°Why are you frightened, I¡¯m only trash, I¡¯m I not?¡± Lucius stopped in front of the terrified Urian and slowly spoke. ¡°trust me today I will break your fingers then your arms followed by your legs , your ribs , every bone In your body I Lucius I will break ¡° Too merciless! Lucius was too merciless! He changed too much in this short time. Urian began to actually cry he wanted to flee but he stumbled and fell on the ground, Lucius evilly smirked. ¡°KU Ku ku! ¡­ kid I find you more and more interesting!! ¡° Leyak was rejoicing . End of chapter. Note: thank you for reading ^^! Chapter 15 : Duel Previously on ETHS, Lucius with began to open up to his friends that are also his roommates , he experienced for the first time friendship but in this world there is also enemies , Urian a dark skinned youth that have the affinity with the earth element hated Lucius and had ill will toward him , to reach him he injured his two friends resulting in incurring his wrath , Luicius at the sight of his two injured friends became a devil and wanted to take revenge , in the end he broke all the bones in Urian body . Three months have passed since the incident with Urian, students in the academy shuddered at the mention of Urian state but no one knew that it was Lucius that did it. In these three months Lucius relationship with Harvey and Roman became like true brothers, at first hearing about Urian they feared him but they quickly forgot about it. The three brothers were now in their room chatting, Roman was exercising and Harvey were sitting reading a book, Lucius was sitting on his bed. ¡°Third brother did you hear of the genius warrior of our academy Dillon, he already became a rank 2 warrior ¡°Harvey looked at Lucius ¡°Sigh, yeah and we are still in the first rank ¡°Roman sighted. Lucius laughed coldly to himself, he was already a peak rank three warrior and also not too far in the past three months he reached the 2nd rank in magic, in the elements lessons he learned quite a few techniques, no one paid mind to him thinking he was trash but in fact he was a wolf in sheep clothes, Sylvan had more and more difficult to understand Lucius, the others lessons had other instructors but there was one arch mage and the others were all rank nine mages. ¡°First brother, second brother don¡¯t lose your time concentrating on others and work hard ¡°Lucius said to Harvey and Roman ¡°Your right third brother, but I wish I can work as hard as you ¡°Roman exclaimed. Lucius enjoyed training that is why he never treated it as something boring or hard, in the academy to graduate you need to reach eight rank, be it warrior or mage, but if your age is at thirty and you still didn¡¯t become a rank eight, the academy will expel you, from birth to thirty the growth is at its fastest rate. ¡°Third brother not long ago I heard a rumor ¡° ¡°Hmm? What rumor? ¡°Lucius asked. ¡°I heard that the older brother of that Urian is going to challenge you to a duel ¡° ¡°And what rank is his brother?¡± ¡°He is a third rank mage ¡° Lucius began to think deeply beating him is not a problem but revealing his power was what bothered him. ¡°Brat you fucked up his little brother, now is the turn of his big brother hahahaha ¡°Leyak evilly laughed. Lucius hearing Leyak words didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or to cry. After that the three brothers respectively went to take their lessons, it was afternoon so Lucius was instructed wind element laws. The lesson finally reached its end, Lucius left the classroom when he saw a person standing in front of him, and it was Eleonora. ¡°Lucius where were you? I searched for you everywhere¡± Eleonora exclaimed. ¡°i obviously was in the classroom ¡° retorted Lucius ¡°Let¡¯s go, I need to tell you something! ¡° After several minutes, Lucius and Eleonora were sitting on a bench in the large park of the academy. ¡°Lucius from my friends I heard the brother of that disgusting kid is going to challenge you and I also heard that he is talented and in the third rank, don¡¯t tell me you are going to listen to him ¡°Eleonora was worried for Lucius. Lucius knew who was the disgusting brat was and Laughed, Eleonora almost every time when she sees him laugh or smile would be in an enchanted state. ¡°Hey your face is red like always¡± ¡°Www¡­What are you saying!!¡± ¡°Hey don¡¯t worry, nothing will happen to me ¡°say Lucius while smiling. Lucius didn¡¯t know why when he is with Eleonora he always smiles. ¡°You ¡­you who said I¡¯m worrying ¡° ¡°Then why did you tell me all these things ¡° ¡°I ¡­I idiot!!!¡± shouted Eleonora . Eleonora then stood up and ran away from him her face crimson red. ¡°hahahah strange girl ¡° Lucius laughed . ¡°Brat you are seriously dense as fuck ¡°Leyak ¡°What are you saying?¡±Lucius didn¡¯t hear well what Leyak said . ¡°Sigh ¡­Nothing I said nothing ¡° Lucius then went to eat in the canteen , his brothers didn¡¯t arrive yet so he sat waiting for them , but suddenly a young boy stood up from a not too fat table and began to walk toward Lucius . ¡°Hmm?¡± Lucius was puzzled. The boy was tall and the color of his skin was similar to Urian, he was handsome and he was black haired, it was a unique feature hat people of the south city of Isegat situated in the south of Efrea , he slowly walked and stopped I front of Lucius , the canteen then became silent . and all of them looked at the dark skinned youth and the red haired boy . ¡°You are Lucius?¡±Asked the dark skinned youth. Lucius looked at him without the slightest reaction. ¡°Yes it¡¯s me do you have business with me?¡± The dark skinned youth smirked . ¡°hahaha do I have business with you let me tell you something I¡¯m Julian the older brother of Urian , it is just like he said , you are arrogant and can¡¯t make the difference between heaven and earth¡­ ¡° ¡°Cut the crap and tell me what you want, are you here to avenge him?¡± Lucius Julian was startled by the tone of Lucius, he thought that this brat is not normal but how can he retreat now and lose face. ¡°I came to challenge you to a duel, do you dare?¡± ¡°What?!!!¡± ¡°A 2nd year challenging a first year what a joke! If he is not an idiot he will decline ¡° ¡°hahaha what can he do to Julian he is a mere brat ¡° Instantly several people began to chat out loud, they were surprised, but the next moment shocked them. ¡°I accept!¡± Lucius exclaimed with a smile on his face Julian coldly snorted ¡°hahaha good , but mark my words you will experience the same fate as my brother , the duel will be tomorrow at noon and in the battle arena !!¡° Lucius new that place, it was a special place that hosted tournaments, every end of the year there will be a tournament to evaluate the talent of the students, and this place also allowed duels between students, the academy didn¡¯t prohibit students from fighting in duels after all. ¡°I will be there ¡°Lucius calmly said ¡°Is that kid an idiot?¡± ¡°hahaha he is simply arrogant what can a first year due to a 2nd year ?¡± Voices filed with disdain reached the ears of Lucius but he simply ignored them, Julian then got back to his seat. From afar, Harvey and Roman were standing at the door of the canteen and saw everything that happened they hastily ran toward Lucius . ¡°Third brother what are you doing, you don¡¯t have a chance against him it¡¯s not fair for you ¡°Roman said while worrying for Lucius. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.¡°Yeah first brother is right, you will suffer at his hands please decline ¡° Lucius looked at the two of them and felt happy, they were worrying about him. ¡°My brothers don¡¯t worry I know what I¡¯m doing ¡°said Lucius confidently Seeing the serious look and attitude of their third brother, the two of them didn¡¯t know what to say anymore. The next day Lucius was sitting cross legged in his room, he was training calmly and concentrating in the meditative state it was several minutes before the duel. Meanwhile, in the battle arena Julian was standing in the middle of the battle area, the battle arena was an ancient building with exquisite structures, it was round and there was no roof, the battle area was not covered only the spectator seats were covered, there was quite the number of people wanting to watch what will happen, among them were Lucius brothers and Eleonora, Eleonora hearing that Lucius accepted the duel was full of worry and anxiety she didn¡¯t want Lucius to be injured. The time of the duel arrived but Lucius still didn¡¯t appear, Julian was smiling, some spectators were laughing. ¡°hahaha he must¡¯ve felt fear and ran away ¡° ¡°Of course he was an idiot to accept anyway hahahah¡± Hearing all this trash talk about Lucius, Harvey and Roman were irritated and angered. ¡°First brother what are these people saying, it pisses me of ¡°Harvey was angry. ¡°Don¡¯t mind them second brother, third brother would never run away remember what he did to that Urian and his friends.¡± Roman reassured him ¡°You are right let them spout bullshit all they want ¡°Harvey exclaimed Suddenly the people became silent, as to why, it is because a handsome red haired boy leisurely walked inside the arena , he calmly climbed the stairs the battle surface and stood several meters in front of Julian . ¡°Like I promised I came¡± Lucius lightly smiled. In the spectator seats, the people were shocked, he really came they thought. ¡°Third brother I knew you would come!!!¡± shouted Harvey happily Lucius this time wore a dark blue robe , on his back was his black sword , the students seeing the sword were confused , wasn¡¯t he a mage , why did he have a sword they thought . Julian smirked and disdainfully looked at Lucius. ¡°hahaha you really are an idiot if you didn¡¯t come you will at least escape what I will do to you ¡° ¡°Like I said that time, stop spouting nonsense, real strength lies in action and not in words ¡°Lucius disdainfully said. Julian eyes were full of malice and anger, this brat is insulting him. ¡°Then don¡¯t regret it ¡° ¡°Humph! I will direct those words right back at you ¡°snorted Lucius ¡°Brat you can kill him and make it looks like an accident ku ku ku ¡°Leyak scornfully laughed. ¡°Master please! Why are you always like this ¡° Then Julian suddenly summoned earth spikes in his hands and shot it toward Lucius , the spikes were three in total , their speed was good but compared to Lucius this was child¡¯s play , the moment they arrived near Lucius he only made light steps to dodge them all , the people seeing the movement of Lucius thought he didn¡¯t move at all . ¡°What? He dodged? ¡°Shouted spectators in surprise Earth spike was a basic skill but for a first year it was a frightening technique, but Lucius dodged them like they were nothing. ¡°Is this all you have?¡± Lucius coldly said. ¡°You!!! I will make you pay ¡°Julian was enraged Then he summoned a multitude of rocks in the shape of arrows, the number of arrows was huge, the lips of Julian slightly moved and all those arrows shot toward Lucius, the number was big so he didn¡¯t have the ability to dodge them all but at that moment he took out his sword from its sheath and black shadow flashed continually shattering the arrows that aimed at him, the speed of his movements was terrifying, no arrow landed on his body, and from the dust Lucius appeared unscathed. ¡°What??!!! ¡° Julian was shocked, his rank three basic skills didn¡¯t leave any injury on Lucius body The spectators froze, even Eleonora and his two brothers were stupefied. ¡°Now it¡¯s my turn to attack ¡°Lucius said He dashed toward Julian and in his left hand a fire ball appeared , he shot it at Julian , but in front of Julian a wall of Rocks appeared sheltering him , this was a third rank skill a earthen wall . ¡°Sigh, my magic is still not powerful enough, then I don¡¯t have a choice ¡° People were shocked to see another third rank skill and it was a defensive skill, the earthen wall was reputed for its hardness . ¡°The kid is not bad but his rank 2 basic skills can so nothing to a rank three ¡°a white robed man was standing up behind pillar muttered . But Lucius tightly gripped his sword, a green light wrapped it he then slashed, but the people didn¡¯t understand he was too far from Julian to harm him, but the next moment a green light in the form of an arc escaped the sword and shot at high speed toward the earthen wall, this was the warrior skill that Leyak taught him, but Lucius only used human energy from fear that his demonic energy would be found and also for not killing Julian, the black energy carried massive power , the contact between the earthen wall and the green light resulted in the wall shattering revealing the pale face of Julian , Lucius immediately disappeared and appeared behind Julian with his sword aimed at his neck . ¡°what!!!!, what happened what was that green light? ¡°The spectator seats were in an uproar, what happened was too strange. ¡°hahahaha this kid he Is a mage and a warrior? I never heard of this case, what a monster is in our academy master was right indeed ¡° the white robed man people would recognize him he was Raymond . Julian face was ashen. ¡°I ¡­ I lost so please remove that sword ¡°Julian saying with a hint of fear in his eyes. Just minutes ago if that green light passed through the wall it would¡¯ve cut him in two, but it stopped in front of him dissipating. Lucius smiled and his sword regained its sheath, he then turned his back and left the arena. ¡°Sigh! I wanted to see a bit of blood splattering ¡°Leyak was disappointed No one seeing this believed what happened, a first year brought down a second year, the red haired boy was a second rank mage but also used a sword and a strange technique coupled with his inhuman speed this was the first time it happened in this academy, people were still in a daze thinking of what exactly happened. ¡°First brother our third brother is a monster hahahaha ¡°exclaimed Harvey ¡°I can¡¯t believe it he won our brother from room 102 won against a rank three mage hahahaha¡± laughed happily Roman. End of chapter. Note: thank you for reading ^^ I hope you enjoy!!