《World War, The Beginning》 Chapter 1 : Change of Scene PROLOGUE Real men are those who display action rather than words and in them reside the ability that is only special to them and them only. This individualistic character shapes their own self and the environment they are in. In this world, great leaders were men with high ambitions longing for one goal conquering the whole world. For those kinds of man their life were imbued with great luck but different from a lone man walking along the pavement. A solemn atmosphere surround the young man who based on his appearance was in his early 20s, dressed in black color clothes he was wearing a white lab coat on top of it. A medical student who out of his bad luck he was been chewed by the doctors. Lady luck wasn¡¯t really by his side as he was always tormented by his bad luck and this time he was at fault because of another person mistake, just remembering it was painful to the mind of this unfortunate young man. As despair dwells upon him, he slowly drags his feet with an emotionless face that hide his wounded heart. With his mind at the breaking point, he unleash a shriek of sadness towards the sky. Releasing the pent up sadness and anger toward fate, his curse his own life while shouting ¡®arghhhh!!!!! Give me power!!!!!!¡¯ As the shout surround the young man, a white light envelope him and in the blink of an eye he vanished as the shout also disperse from the scene where he stand. END Blinking his eyes upon the starry night, the young man was confused seeing upon the change of scene. Surrounding him was people wearing robes while chanting a language that he could not understand. The room that he was in was inscribed with glowing writing that wasn¡¯t familiar to his eyes. Even with a moderate amount of knowledge he was still bewildered by these glowing writing and this space he currently reside in exhibit a weird atmosphere, unbeknownst to him it was the change of content of this world air and his original world. Beside him were two others that look distraught like him. A young man with a Caucasian ethnicity and a woman also with Caucasian ethnicity, then he stared toward the front looking at a person that was walking directly toward them while presenting a welcoming gesture. His looks was those seen in medieval time that resemble a noble that no less a king. A crown sit on top of his heads with a robe decorated with expensive looking jewels worned by the old but strong looking man. He greets us with a smile while explaining the situation that was currently unfolding. ¡®ooo summon heroes from the other world, I, King Balin welcome you to the Kingdom of Loredon¡¯ after the greeting he order his steward to guide us to another room that looks more like the throne hall. At the side line there were people looks like nobles whispering among each other while setting their eyes upon us entering the hall. Directed by the steward three of us stand side by side at the back of the King Balin. He approaches the podium and introduces us to the nobles who then cheer out of excitement. Thereafter he arbitrarily explain the situation that the his country was on. Based on a prophecy that was instill and pass down through folklore and children¡¯s stories it was now proven to be true, as the three of us have come to this world. The prophecy goes, A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.¡®three light will bring calamity or good fortune to those who wield it with their own resolve, each and every kingdom will hold this light and battle for supremacy. In the end light and dark will collide with each other and shake the whole world, the one who triumphs will rule them all and gained unimaginable wealth and power for centuries beyond measure¡¯ In the young man heart it was a dumb prophecy, the line itself was full of bullocks and bullshit. Is this world really that primitive to casually believe this kind of nonsense but then something struck his heart. ¡®this prophecy has been given to us by the one and only oracle of this world who is known as Mithrandir the Messiah. The prophecy has last more than a thousand years with each and every details of it was preserved to this fated day promise by our one and only oracle¡¯ The young man stumped after hearing the name Mithrandir, his thought was racing trying to identify the name that he seems familiar with. Then it came to him it was the name known as Gandalf the Grey a character well known in the fantasy world of middle earth made Tolkien. But it was impossible to believe that this ¡®Mithrandir¡¯ is the same as the one he known as. Pushing his thought aside, he continue to listen to the prattle of the old king. ¡® we now will commence the right of the heroes to our three lights, using the ancient artifact of statws darian we will see the strength of our light¡¯ A typical ceremonial right for the heroes that will salvage this nation, his thought was laid back thinking it was only a simple ceremony but to his despair it was a shocking revelation. King Balin bring forth a bowl decorated by gems and ornament and putting it on top of the pedestal in front of him. He then shout with a tone full of enthusiasm ¡®let us commence the ceremony by presenting our first light¡¯ gesturing toward the blond man with blue eyes. He confidently walk up straight to the pedestal. Unknown to the young man, this part of his new life in the strange world of sword and magic would shock his belief, his courage and his logic and the man walking to the pedestal would also be the one to block his path of domination of conquering his rotten luck. May the god give grace to our young man and helping him achieved the success that he deserved. Chapter 2: Bad Luck Red Describing the blond man beside the blue eyes, he has a tall stature possibly at 188cm with broad shoulders typical of a Caucasian man but he exude certain aura of strengths accompany by his athletic build. His clothes that he was wearing was a blaze coat with a symbol at the right side chest, the symbol known as Princeton. A well-known college located in the nation of the American flag, those who known as Princeton earn the title as the elites. No wonder his demeanor was calm and composed even during this change of event. Confidently standing in front of the pedestal, the king ask his steward to proceed to the rite of the ceremony. Brandishing a small knife in front of the blond man he was still composed even after being asked bring out his hand. Cutting at the end of one of his finger a drop of blood drops into the bowl full of clear water. As the blood spread throughout the water, it was then turn black and purified into clear crystal water with beads of crystals spreads up to the space above him projecting some kind of hologram which present with numbers and words. The words and numbers were parameter that reveal the status of the owner of the blood. The nobles then was marvel by the number they have seen and shout for enjoyment. Taking a glance to the hologram, even the young man was astounded by the things that he has seen. Only one word came out of his mouth ¡®daebak¡¯ The blond man name was Aaron as stated by the hologram, his age was the same as the young man, 23 years old. The status was just like as he has seen;
NameAaron UnderwoodAge23
GenderMaleLevel1
ClassHero of the Claymore
Strength100Vitality100
Resistance100Agility100
Magic100Magic Resistance100
Skills
? Aptitude All Attribute ? Resist All Elements ? Resist Physical ? Swordmanship ? High-speed Magic Recovery ? Magic Perception ? Limit Break ? Language Comprehension
His status was at whooping 100 per status, no wonder there were all astonished even the King gasped at the spectacles that he has sawn. This burn the desire of the young man hoping for the same result as Aaron the Hero of the Sword, the king then give a hug to his newfound weapon or I mean Hero as he was greatly pleased by the status. It was then said by the King that his status was ten times the normal people at level 1. He even said that his status was on par with the current general of war of this country who is at level 50. First and foremost I was baffled by the use of level even in this world. Is this thing called level are known by all the people? This thought linger around the young man minds. The hologram then combine and collected into one point which then formed into a small metal like shield that was the size of grown adult hand. The shield was silver with black lining around its border. It seems that based on the description of the steward beside the young man, with a touch of its owner it will reveal the owner status and description of skills or magic. This artifact was quite convenient it purpose was the same as an in game menu window that open the character window. The young man minds was now more clouded as the revelation of this in game capabilities in this medieval fantasy settings threw him off the usual norm. peeking a glance to the lady next to him, even she was calm and composed but her face was expressing a stone cold face. She was like ice as cold as the artic ice that cant be melt by the light of the sun. observing her body from head to toe, her body proportion was greatly at the curvaceous side, with the top and bottom was well-endowed. This can be noticed with her office suit and skirt greatly hugging her body tight revealing her body characteristics. Her skin was white with a little bit of tan, her brunette hair flow as glossy as it looks. Her face was just like a beauty with a mix of latin and Caucasian lineage. After the end of Aaron turn, the king ask for the lady turn to step up. She then confidently walk along the line like a model run through the runway. Everyone around the throne hall was mesmerized by the sheer beauty possess by the lady. Her looks was not very common as the people of this nation seems to be based on the Englishman. Repeating the steps for the ceremony, another hologram opens up into the throne hall air space. Again everyone was astounded by the numbers and her name was Miranda Sanchez. You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.
NameMiranda SanchezAge27
GenderFemaleLevel1
ClassZero Degree Magus
Strength50Vitality75
Resistance75Agility150
Magic250Magic Resistance200
Skills
? Master class aptitude to ice based element ? Aptitude All Attribute ? Resist All Elements ? Resist Magical ? High mana pool ? Speed casting ? Water/ice element master comprehension ? Battle Instinct ? High-speed Magic Recovery ? Sign Perception ? Magic Perception ? Limit Break ? ???? ? Language Comprehension
Her status was also remarkable with the class of Magus or in other word a magic user. Her status was to the offensive magic side with her skills clearly outnumbered Aaron. She even has a mystery skill which are not described, this clearly tell that her battle prowess was more high level than Aaron but the crowds seems to be less excited. This people country possibly relies on strength rather than intelligence this was clearly shown by their facial expression. Nevertheless the more educated people was more excited and was at awe by the miracle of magic in front of them. It seems that even King was one of those that were at awe, it clearly shows that he was man of wisdom rather than brute strength that acts on impulse. After she steps down from the pedestal, it was now the young man turn, his face was composed just like the others but his heart were racing fast with his heartbeat elevated by the second. His steps grew heavy as each step make him more and more nervous. Never in his life he has a lucky life with this new opportunity he want to achieved greatness but again as the blood drop his misfortune weight more than luck that lady luck can give. The young man composed face crumbles a bit with a corner of his mouth shriek a bit. The hall was silent not one voice or sound could be heard only their mouth were hanging from their head. the situation itself make the people dumbfounded by the things that they are seeing right now. The status of young man were spectate by the others, Aaron chuckle a bit after seeing it. to be ridicule was humiliating, but nevertheless it was his status. The young man status or his name was Red.
NameRedAge23
GenderMaleLevel1
ClassThe Assist
Strength13Vitality13
Resistance13Agility13
Magic13Magic Resistance13
Skills
? Comprehension of Support Magic ? Munus Fabula ? Unable to learn Main(fire/water/earth/wind) elemental Magic ? Language Comprehension
Chapter 3: Those around you After the silent treatment received Red slowly walk down while noticing the glare of demise. Even Red knows that he wasn¡¯t the type to be like in this part of the world. Even the King has a difficult face after knowing his last hero wasn¡¯t a hero to status. With a solemn atmosphere, King Balin raised the mood by again leading a toss to the new found heroes of Loredon. The mood lighten a bit as a banquet was served to the nobles, the two heroes and heroin was well received during the banquet made to let the nobles to mingle with their new found light. Only one light was dim that it seems to be extinguished, Red was being ignored even by the maid and steward that attend to him just before the ceremony. He knew it was too good to be true, even in this new world his luck was rotten as it can be. Ignored by the spectacle, he retreat back into the summoning chamber loitering around the room observing the architecture of the room. On those walls, there were painting of mens riding to battle against four eyes that sits on top of a tower. As Red tries to trace back the painting to its origin he was interrupted by a voice heard from the door of the chamber. ¡®it seems you have taken an interest to our visual arts my young light¡¯ turning around it was the King who has spoken to him. Surprised by the sudden appearance of the King he really doesn¡¯t know what to reply with. ¡®being ignore does make you a lot interested to your surroundings¡¯ flustered by Red reply the King then reply ¡® im sorry for the nobles attitude, they are a primitive bunch who only care about their own personal reasons¡¯ ¡®yeah well they are supposed to be disappointed, even myself was disappointed aren¡¯t you too my King¡¯ ¡®haha good words my young light, I was astounded by your two companions status but comparing to you and the common people you are a bit better than them those itself was an assurance for me to trust you as our heroes, moreover status doesn¡¯t always assure you of your strength¡¯ the king word of wisdom struck Red¡¯s heart. Never before he has seen Kings from the fictional world that was as wise as him. Kings in fiction would always be depicted as being ruthless and impulsive in nature but contrary to King Balin he exude an aura that most king doesn¡¯t have.¡¯im surprised my king I have never saw a king that is wise as you¡¯ the king can only chuckle ¡® you implore me young hero,I agree with you regarding that fact even I know im not one of those typical kings, but to quench your curiosity I would only leave it to this, you are one of those heroes and im grateful that you have come here to our Kingdom of Loredon¡¯ the King gave a light bow towards Red. Flustered by the King¡¯s action, he reply it with also a light bow. ¡®come young hero let us rest, tomorrow has a lot to do especially for you¡¯ . Red then obediently oblige to the old King command. Guided by the King¡¯s personal steward, Red was then brought into his personal room that was specially prepare for them. Entering the room it was heavily decorated with lavish furniture and comforts. It really display the lucrative world of royalty in its name. satisfied with his room, Red went to bed and notice a pair of clothing for him not realizing it he was walking all the time wearing his labcoat and black formal clothes. After changing to the this new world cloth it feel a bit itchy but it was comfortable and warm. The weather here were a lot colder than his country weather. For the other two Red think that they can already adapt with the changes since the temperature would favorably suits them more than him. Noticing his room has a veranda, he went outside to take some fresh air. Opening the mirrored door, gush of cold air flow into the room the sky was black as nigh. In front of him was the clear border of the Kingdom of Loredone. Flames of light accompany the silent road of the town below the castle that he currently reside in. even at far he could hear the bustling sound of the lively night of the town. It seems they were celebrating some occasion. Even the air that he breathes was as fresh as it can get, even with one breath clear his mind instantly. This unpolluted air that reside in this world atmosphere was very precious compared to his polluted air of his own world. Appreciating the scenery of the estranged world, his minds wander as he glances through the night. Then a sneeze could be heard to the right of his ear, a female dress in a night gown hug herself tightly due to the coldness of the night. her tan like skin was not compatible to the cold night of this country. But to Red opinion, her beauty exude the norm of the usual typical depiction of beauty. Her normal facial expression could not be seen, as her cold and ice queen appearance disappear melted by the shy and honest country girl like face. As red¡¯s eyes met with Miranda¡¯s, both of them awkwardly stare at each other. Breaking the silence, Red ask her a question; ¡®hye, how is it going, feel at home already?¡¯ after a brief silent moment Red thought that he would be ignore but she then replied ¡®I don¡¯t really like this place and im still wary about our current condition, why am I heree¡¯ tears could be seen collecting at the corner of her eye. before the thought of her break into sadness, Red hastily try to comfort her. ¡®arr hey you know if we ask the king tomorrow we may ask him if we can return back home¡¯ hearing it from Red her eyes then open wide while frantically said ¡®really??¡¯ in a high pitch tone. Red was now in a pinch, he would be in trouble if her expectation wouldn¡¯t be as expected. ¡® but Miss Miranda I wouldn¡¯t let my hope high if I were you¡¯ ¡®oh I see¡¯ her face start to dampened back again but then she surprisingly ask something ¡® by the way how do you know my name?¡¯ with a blanked face Red wonder if she was even aware the ceremony that was held just now. ¡®hmm you know, didn¡¯t your name came up before on the hologram¡¯ ¡® hologram?¡¯ now Red was sure of it, this woman doesn¡¯t really know anything he bets that even her cheat like abilities were unknown to her. With a sigh, he felt the obligation to explain the things that happen to her. Meeting their eyes again, Red casual ask her to step back a bit. Without knowing the reason Miranda back away a bit. Taking the distance from his room veranda and Miranda¡¯s his guess was around 60-70cm in length. Running from the far side he leaps into the air and lands to Miranda¡¯s side with his body crunch to his knee. It was far too long for his unathletic body too suddenly move using exaggerated movement. A low pitch scream could be heard when Red succeed in landing to her side. ¡®ehhh why are you coming here, are you going to do something to me¡¯ her frantic behavior start to annoy Red even with that gorgeous face annoying is still annoying. Hastily putting his hand to her mouth to shut her up. She try to retaliates but unable to as red already grab her waist and carrying her to her room. Her height was slightly taller than Red mark at 170cm. letting her down carefully to her bed, her eyes shows feeling of scorn towards Red. As she was laying there silently preparing herself for the things to comes, she closed her eyes willingly to accept her fate. Red trouble by her actions sigh and spoke gently ¡®miss Miranda please open your eyes and please sit comfortably I won¡¯t do anything the things that you are thinking right now. Hearing Red¡¯s plea she slowly sit on top of her bed while still showing contempt to Red. ¡® now I will release my hand but im sorry for my action I guess I wasn¡¯t really thinking much before doing it, anyway im here to help you so just bear with for awhile¡¯ she then nods showing her acceptance. Removing his hand, the situation was still under control but animosity is leaking from Miranda¡¯s body. Then she start to say something ¡® so what are you here for?¡¯ saying it with a wary tone. Red then reply ¡® well the things is I think you are not really aware of the event that was unfold just now so I kind of felt the need to explain it to you¡¯ ¡®well you could have just said so you don¡¯t need to silence me or anything¡¯ ¡®haha well sorry about that I start to panicked when I see you want to scream¡¯ ¡®hmph!¡¯ ¡®anyway back to the story, the things is we are summoned here by the people of this world through unusual mean and by getting here we have obtain immeasurable power so..¡¯ she then interfere with Red explanation ¡®what are you saying isn¡¯t this a candid camera from my acting agency? And what is this rubbish about another world are you crazy or something¡¯ ¡®huh~, it depends if you want to believe me or not I don¡¯t really care either way, im just here to explain some things about you before being ostracized or something¡¯ ¡®hmm fine then and why are you being ostracized?¡¯ ¡® I will answer that later, first show me you silver shield that has been given to you just now¡¯ ¡® ouh that thing that came from the sky it was a neat magic trick¡¯ still oblivious by her current situation Red just remain quiet while she search for her shield. Giving it to Red, he then explain to her¡¯ now if you see here it just a plain old shield with nothing on it right, now touch it with one of your finger and say status¡¯ bewildered by Red request she just follow the command ¡®Status¡¯ words start to form at the silver shield, there it was her name, age and even her status. Her eye widened ¡®what¡¯s this?? And how come it has my name on it and why is it showing my age urgh this is frustating¡¯ ignoring her complaints, he then explain one by one regarding each status and skills that she have. After a while she started to understood what Red was teaching her but still wasn¡¯t convinced about the other world and this mumbo jumbo regarding magic. Ending his explanation Red then said ¡® this is just the introduction or more like exposure just be prepare for tomorrow they would probably start training you by tomorrow¡¯ ¡®ok then but why are you so concern about me?¡¯ ¡® hmm I guess I don¡¯t want you to be clueless for tomorrow and I don¡¯t want you to suddenly be shock by magic, I think its quite late now I take my leave then and sorry for the earlier incident goodnight then¡¯ ¡® okay goodnight¡¯ going back the same way as just now Red laid his tired body into the comfy bed with all the happening for today he was impressed to himself as he was still able to calmly accepting the sudden changes. As red minds wander he then thought about Miranda appearance just now while wearing her night gown her curvaceous body was really shown by it along with her beautiful face he was still unable to comprehend how can he carry her body while not being enticed of groping her. Ignoring even his lewd thought he then slumber through the night with fate waiting for tomorrow. Chapter 4: Beauties of this world Running through the forest accompany by the sound of nature at his sides, a young man ran while desperately gasping for air. ¡®huff huff fuck why do I need to do this again¡¯ Red complaint as he ran through the forest for training ask by the instructor that was in-charge of him. With feeling of contempt toward the instructor he was being treated quite differently from the other two, well based on ability wise he was the lowest of them and quite average as you can see. That morning the king¡¯s attendant brought them to training facilities of the royal guard. Royal guard is a band of knights who are task to protect the king¡¯s life. The favor ask by the king was more to being given a task to prepare ourselves for the war to come. After a tour of the facility, we are then assigned to specific instructor, there we were taught regarding swordmanship and spell incantation and also a bit about the danger of monster beast that reside in this world. as it turn out Aaron was able to master one of the signature move of the royal guard by noon and Miranda also able to cast basic magic perfectly even she was astounded by her talent. The cheats were really helping them master it huh. But for Red by noon he wasn¡¯t able to learn anything even the basic sword stroke of the Royal Guard. As the instructor patience has reach it limits, he then furiously told Red to ran a lap through the forest until he arrive back at the training facilities. While red was gasping for air he remember that he has one skill that seems to be quite useful. Munus Fabula, even the sound of it was not really pleasant comparing it to Aaron limit break or Miranda master of ice/water magic, it was like comparing pebble to a diamond. As he try to check the skill description before his finger can touch the silver shield a growl could be heard upfront of him near the bush of the forest. Red was now shivering in fear, whatever it is that growl it could not be good news. With his pathetic stamina which continue to deplete he then back away slowly unfortunately for him a shadow lunge out from the bush with lightning speed. Red ran away as fast as he could but the thing that was chasing him was getting closer by the second. Taking a glance to the back, a big boar with monstrous size and monstrous image, it really differ with the usual boar. This further excite Red and induce him to run much fast even while running in a zigzag pattern the boar was still chasing him. He guess it must be due to its big size that it was not disturb by the small prey running in front of him. He even start to pee a bit while running that¡¯s how dire the situation is. Then something more or less expected happen, his rotten luck got him cornered with mountain edges at his back. With his back up against the wall of earth, he could only laugh to his own misfortune. ¡®hahaha I guess death just invite me¡¯ clenching both of his fist while staring down the monster boar in front of him. A few second of silence between them ensured but as the boar start to charge toward him, Red bravely ran to his imminent doom. With his charge accompany by his shout of determination of killing the opponent in front of him. Before both of them collide with each other his eye notice something in front of him popping up before a voice could be heard disturbing his concentration. An object flew through the sky brushing Red¡¯s cheek and targeting the boar¡¯s head. as it drop dead with an arrow embedded at its head Red hastily search the origin of the voice. The voice could be heard up from the hill, a shadow standing at the edges of the cliff with the sun at its back. It then shout toward Red in language that he could not understand, Red only reply ¡®I don¡¯t understand what you are saying¡¯. The shadow then jump down the cliff while leaping through the air, it skillfully maneuvers through the air flipping its body. Red was mesmerized by its movement. Landing in front of him was a beauty, or more exactly an elf beauty. her face was like one of those supermodel runaway but her charm exceed them in all possible way, her glistening green emerald eyes can calm even the roughest wave, her hair was silver in color that shines by the sun rays and her prominent feature her pointy elf ear that Red never seen before her overall feature define what is pure beauty. Mesmerized by the elf, Red then snap back to reality as she spoke something in some foreign language. With a blank face, Red again reply ¡®I don¡¯t understand -_- ¡®. Then she spoke again ¡® do you understand now, pitiful human¡¯, speaking in fluent English but with a thick accent of elvish Red can now understand her but the last remark annoy Red he then said ¡®yeah I understand, thank you for saving me¡¯ she observe Red carefully with eyes full of wariness. ¡®is there a problem?¡¯ ¡®nothing, you better be careful around this part of the forest there¡¯s a lot of monster sighting¡¯. As she turns her back at Red, she then quickly leap back up to the hill. ¡®damn, I forgot to ask her name better luck next time¡¯, tired after facing a life and death situation Red rest his body under the shade of a tree. People would run back home as soon as possible but to him rest is priority or more to laziness. Even in the area of danger his laziness still win against basic instinct. While resting his body, he then thought about his clear disadvantages in this world, the inability to protect one selves. Receiving help may be good but when you are all alone it just mean one thing, dead. He thought of a few scenarios and based on the monster boar it would be dangerous as the progress further on. What he mean progress is the progression of event that usually start with lesser creature that then further becoming more stronger. With the appearance of the elf just now, he further confirm that this world may have other races such as dwarf, haflings, orc, demons or maybe even dragons. So to tackle those kind of problem in the future, he need to think about countermeasure for those problems. Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. First thing first is increasing the vitality and resistance status to further increase the percentage of surviving. But he doesn¡¯t even know what kind of actions that influence the rise and fall of status. Even with his 3 hours plus of running, nothing seems to rise only pain and fatigue, putting that aside for now. Red rise with his dead tired body and ran back to the castle with a slower pace from before. One thing for sure is he need to read some books regarding this new found world. As night beckons, Red manage to arrive at the outskirt of the town near the castle. First and foremost it was a lively town, even as night has fall the town was still bustling with people enjoying themselves. There was one street flourishing with people a street called BokuBoku street. The street mostly holds pubs or leisure place but one place attract the eyes of Red, a public bath house. With his muscle sore body taking a dip would surely relieve some of those pain. ¡®huhh~~ this is the life, damn that instructor making me run like that and damn those two getting special privileges cheh!¡¯ then the door shutter could be heard open and a person leisurely dip beside our hero as he relaxes. He was a bit uncomfortable at first but tend to get over it after a while. Then a voice spoke besides him, ¡® araa so this is where the low status hero is¡¯ a cynical female voice can be heard. Flabbergasted by the female voice, he keeps his calm and try to keep his anxiety at bay. This is how he usually is, rather than being affected by the action of others he tend to ignore those who try bother him in every possible way. Removing the soak towel from his head, he turn to his side and saw a beauty. then at that moment a thought came to his mind, why every woman that he met in this world seems to be beautiful is his luck changing or just someone playing with him by sending this out of the world beauty. Anyway back to the situation, what at his side was a beauty, the beauty could be described as a rare one. Her skin was brownish in colour with her facial features resembles the black American beauties, her black wet hair flow to the side and the most distinct part of her facial features is a scar most likely made from a blade that rundown at the left side of her face it certainly add on the mysterious and daring effect but even without she still look charming as it is by the way her rack was enormous even without looking at it Red can see a pair of floating balloons in front of her. After confirming her looks now the question and answer part, ¡®you know this is the men bathing side right¡¯ ¡®I don¡¯t think so, usually this place can be a unisex¡¯ ¡®eh really? I thought the sign upfront was for the mens¡¯ ¡® it say unisex if u read it carefully¡¯ ¡®ouh I see then its fine then to bathe together¡¯ only a snicker came from her after Red¡¯s remark, trying to control my lustful urge I put back the wet towel back to my head covering my eyes while laying down as before. ¡®and why does the hero of the light is using the public bath house whereby not using that was provided by the castle?¡¯, Red was baffled because how could she know that he is one of the heroes that was summoned. Not to be bothered by it he just answered it ¡® my body is dead tired and sores all over, no energy left to go back anyway who sent you?¡¯ ¡®ooo so you know who I am?¡¯ ¡®how about just answering rather than questioning back¡¯ ¡® then it wouldn¡¯t be fun wouldn¡¯t it¡¯ ¡® huh~ fine then so who are you¡¯ ¡® hmm lets just say im one of your guardians watching over you¡¯ ¡®then who set you up, the king I presume¡¯ ¡® hehe then you better found out after arriving at the castle, the king is searching for you¡¯ ¡®im tired you know, don¡¯t you have a carriage or horse outside that I can ride¡¯ ¡® ouh you know how to ride a horse?¡¯ ¡®no I don¡¯t know I just want to back hug you while riding back to the castle¡¯ ¡® cheeky hero, you like my body don¡¯t you¡¯ ¡®I didn¡¯t say so, just want to get back home¡¯ ¡® then I will wait for you outside my hero¡¯ ¡®yeah ok¡¯ then the water splash out of the tub most likely due to the difference in density that occur what it means density is of course those huge mounds, after her footsteps fade away out of the scene Red then get up and readied himself. Putting back on his attire he then step out of the bath house witnessing blackish women clad in partially metal armour with a skimpy attire as her center clothes. Not really defensive purpose wouldn¡¯t it. Red then rode at the back of the horse, hugging her fine muscle waist it was delicate and at the same tender. The horse then run as fast as the wind toward the castle. Chapter 5: Library Enlightment Riding at the back of the horse, I could smell her sweet scent plus with a bit of sweaty natural rustic fragrance. Damn im really am quite lustful right now, why couldn¡¯t they send a man or something it would be much more easier. Trying to distract my mind, I start to enjoy the scenery well its not much but the scenery was a lot of drunk old men and people going back home. Telling the time here is quite difficult without a watch, I wish I would bring one. Arriving at the court yard, the king¡¯s steward was waiting for me up front. With his gesture it was a sign for following him, following the old man I was bring to the King¡¯s throne room. The hallway was dark only accompany by dim light of the candles, there at the throne an old man was sitting there silently. While standing in front of him, I lightly bow to show my respect. Waiting for an answer, he then spoke ¡® red the assist, where have you gone we frantically search for you¡¯ ¡® ahh, I just went out for a run doesn¡¯t the instructor told you?¡¯ ¡®no he hasn¡¯t he said that you ran away¡¯ ¡®I see I guess he doesn¡¯t really like me¡¯ ¡® then a proper punishment would be fitting for him¡¯ ¡® ahh no need for that sooner or later there will be someone who will start hating me right¡¯ ¡® I guess you are right, then what would you do my dear hero without a doubt I still believe in you¡¯ ¡® thank you my liege, even those words support my broken heart, anyway I would like to ask your assistance¡¯ ¡® what would that might be my dear hero¡¯ ¡®I would like to gain access to this world knowledge¡¯ ¡®I see then I will permit you to use the royal library there you can read all the books that you want, I will let the steward allow you access by tomorrow¡¯ ¡®ehmm about that can I go there now?¡¯ ¡® ohoo may I know your purpose my hero¡¯ ¡®to level your expectation of me being a hero I need to train myself don¡¯t I¡¯ ¡® hoho as expected of me to put my trust in you, but you still need to attend morning training at the training facility¡¯ ¡® I see but since its your order I will oblige¡¯ I then ponder about the guardian should I ask of them to the King. Maybe not I guess taking a rest would be the better option. ¡®then my liege I would take my leave as it has gotten late¡¯ he only give a nod to my request. Politely retreating from the throne chamber, I then ask the steward to bring me to the library. He obediently agree, for someone that old and still putting up with my request I think I can trust this old man. In front of the library, the steward then give a light bow and return back to his home, I on other hand was marvel by the pure greatness of this library architecture, it seems to be one of the oldest building in this kingdom but sadly I cant see a soul near this run down library. Opening the front door, a huge creak could be heard walking inside the library I notice a reception desk. Walking near it, there was no one there but it seems that there were signs of human presence. Well I deduce that based on the unfinished scripture placed on that desk and a few messy bento like trash. This librarian doesn¡¯t seem to be very hygienic, well no matter I stroll around the library looking for the things I need. But to no avail, I cant find it ,most of the books I found was fairy tales and gibberish poem books. Sighing to my luck, I could only curse my self but then shiver came down my spine. If I recall correctly this kind of things only happen when ghost or something eerie happen. Then a whispering voice can be heard at the back of my ear, ¡®w..wh..who¡¯s..th..ere??¡¯ afraid to turn around, I quietly drag my feet toward the front door but then a light touch was sensed at my right shoulder. Now my body was shaking in fear, I have never met a ghost in my previous world but I would not like to meet one. Turning my head, a lady in white with her unkempt hair falling down covering her face approaches. One thing came to my mind it¡¯s a freaking ghost and a high pitch shriek could be heard that resound throughout the whole kingdom. ¡®aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa¡¯ the scene changes throughout the kingdom with many waking up hearing the shriek of unknown origin. With reflex I threw a punch to the ethereal body but to my surprised it connected. ¡®eh?¡¯ the suspected ghost like being wimper in pain ¡®owwiee that hurts¡¯. Opening my eyes wide, I look at the ghost or girl in front of me. Carefully I could see that with her tattered cloth and messy hair, under those disguise was a pale white girl wearing glasses. Noticing her I hastily reach for her to give a hand, ¡® hey are you okay?¡¯ she fidget a bit as I try to help her. I guess that reaction was quite normal as I have punch her in the face. Then I try to comfort her a bit ¡® its fine I wont hurt you before that was just an accident im sorry okay¡¯ her face lighten a bit but still show a fearful attitude toward me. Standing up again she brush up her dress that was full with dust and went back to the reception desk. Feeling guilty I follow her back, there she collapse again near the desk, man what the hell is this girl problem. Only one word can be heard mutter from her mouth ¡®food¡­¡¯ she just hungry no wonder she seems lifeless. I don¡¯t want to let others have it but this dire situation need be resolve first I need help finding books, opening a small bag pouch hanging at my belt I give her a few mochi like food to her. It resemble the mochi from my world and taste wise it more or less taste the same, I found it selling by the stall near the pub I would really like to savour this taste but damn this girl. Putting her head onto my lap I gave her the mochi, her weaken jaw quietly move chewing the mochi as she quickly chew it faster her mouth open up again while her eye staring at my face. ¡®yeah I know here have some more¡¯ giving another one until all of my beloved mochi gone away like a dust. Having her stomach fill she then get back up again. Flustered by my sudden act of kindness, she then politely bow a few time thanking me. I guess that pay the bill for punching her, now to ask for her help Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. ¡®uhmm can you help find some of the books that im searching for¡¯. ¡®I will try to help to repay your kindness but first thing is who are you and how come you can enter here¡¯ ¡®oo im red and the king give me permission to enter here¡¯ ¡®ouh I see, oh well if you kindly give me a list of what you are searching for I would gladly find it for you¡¯. Writing a list about a few things that I want to know, I gently give it to her. Reading the list her face kind of change expression into a disbelief face but then turn cheerful again. ¡®ok after finding it I will give it to you, please wait here for a while¡¯. Waiting in essence mean boring, without nothing to do waiting is a pain, im not a man with patience to wait for long hours. even if only 15 minute has past I felt like it was 1 hour that¡¯s how boring it is, anyway to kill time I try opening up the skill description for my skill. Munus Fabula, clicking the skill another pop up open in the silver shield.
ACTIVATE THE SKILL?
YesNo
Not knowing the function of the skill, I non-chalantly click yes then a bluish hue envelops me. Noticing that it covers my entire body, it doesn¡¯t seem to effect anything and I felt normal all the way. Then at corner of my eyes I saw something, it was hard to see but something was hovering at right upper corner of my vision. When I try to move my head it move with me, concentrating on that thing it then reveal something by a pop up message in blue color that literally pop up in front of my face. The message says;
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENLARGE?
YesNo
I try to click it using my finger and it connected, pushing the yes button another pop up opens up. In front of me was a large adult size bluish window with letters and numbers. As you guess it, it was my status window or in a game relative language a character menu window. There it was my shitty status along with a few skills that I have and a freaking limitation of not able to cast the main elemental magic. Shitty luck I have but this skill I have may be the savior for me in this world. If my game knowledge still was intact it would seem that in this world I have gain the ability of game character. Opening up the skill tab, I currently have none of the skill that can be level up. The pre-gain skill were all stated level as ---, it must have mean to be the default in nature, but there was something that caught my eye a skill that can level up. A skill level at 1 and beside it was an experience bar at 0.00%, it was named as the shout of courage. I wonder when did I obtain this one or is it default then the description below shows when do I obtain it. it says I have obtain it while facing an imminent danger that can cause death, ahh it must be during the monster boat attack. No wonder I think I miss something, at that time I think something popping out, well focusing on now I guess I can create my own skills but I still do not how. Beside that there were also stated mana point and stamina point I guess both of them are needed when using skill. i guess even turning into a game character have their own limit, I cant be omnipotent can i. now then opening a menu window, there was only two option, character and help. Pressing the help button, a multitude of text can be seen, I guess reading would be more helpful to understand my skill better. Looking around the library the Liberian girl was still out of sight better might as well read the help menu. After an hour of meticulous reading, Red now know a few features of his skill. First is he can monitor his status gain and level gain by saying status, that will open up the window for character menu. Second is he can raised his skill through leveling it, repeating the same process will let the exp bar for skill to raise it also said that other action may increased exp bar faster but it wasn¡¯t stated here. Third is he can gain status point by leveling, each increase in 1 level will give him 10 points but the method for leveling wasn¡¯t stated. Fourth is he can gain new skill through action or teaching by others, it seems like mastering through books can not be obtain, he still need to learn to incant the spell. Lastly, this was still real live he could not die in this world there is no restarting. There maybe other function but for now he know what to do to survive in this ridiculous place. ¡®BAM¡¯ A thump could be heard, the girl bring out a few books that seems really heavy, as she gasp for air I notice that her chest was quite develop, her stature was a bit shorter than me probably at 158cm but her run down dress make my eyes hard to discern what kind of treasure are kept within those dusty clothes. All I know is her mound was big as it can be seen even with that large dress she was wearing. It even jiggles a bit when she was walking. I guess I miss my chance seeing it bounce when she was bringing me the books. Setting that aside, I thank her for the books and start reading, it was a long night but I have all the time I need. With only the librarian and an oil lamp accompanying me, times flew by. Reading through night, the large wooden door creak alerting me that someone was coming in. glancing at the door a ray of light could be seen shining through the open gap. ¡®young hero, its time for you to go for training¡¯ Chapter 6: Training 101 ¡®young hero, its time for you to go for training¡¯ that voice was none other than the steward, he was a lifesaver if I didn¡¯t go for training maybe the king would probably not favor me much. With dead tired body, I assemble at the front along with the two prominent heroes. At the back were the Royal Guards, after morning roll call by the captain we then proceed to our own instructor. Glancing around it seems my own private tutor was not there, is he being punished or something, serve him right then but I didn¡¯t really want him to be punished. Day dreaming a bit about my instructor a familiar voice was heard at my rear with a loud smack to my back. ¡¯BAMM!, oww that hurts¡¯ turning around it was none other than the so call guardian of mine the black American beauty. ¡®hye there hero¡¯ ¡®oh its you and what are you doing here¡¯ ¡®well someone instructor has been place elsewhere due to that certain someone and now its my responsibility of teaching that certain someone¡¯ she said that while showing a sarcastic face and that really annoy me and its not my fault to be exact. Against this woman, I don¡¯t really know what are her clear attention is but might as well know her name first, ¡®if you are here as my new instructor, I should at least know your name right¡¯ ¡®hmm then just call me Bra¡¯ ¡®Bra? Is that really your name?¡¯ ¡®no need to know things that are unimportant, Bra seems ok right¡¯ like I thought so she just made that name up and why do I have to deal with this kind of annoyance, even with that massive balloons bouncing around if her personality was that annoying I could not even stay one more day with her. ¡®fine then, instructor Bra what should I train on¡¯ ¡®ouh obedient it seems, thought you were more rebellious anyway we are moving out we are not going train here, it seems this place doesn¡¯t suit you and lose the instructor just call me Bra¡¯ ¡®fine then so where are we going¡¯ by replying with her gesture it seems she want me to follow her. Before moving out, I peek a glance toward Miranda it seems her progress was astounding but her eyes wasn¡¯t as bright as I have seen her before on the other hand that Aaron seems to be in high-spirited. As I follow Bra, she then ride on a brownish steed and at her side was a black horse, it seems like I would be riding separately with her. Awkwardly riding on the horse, it felt a little bit weird it must be because of this is the first time holding the rein. Without delay we gallop through the plains heading to a forest near the castle, with Bra guidance, I manage to ride the horse without any difficulty. Then we arrived at the outskirt of the dense forest, based on the map its called Hetakorn Forest. Its nested a few species of monsters but not very dangerous. After getting off the horse, Bra immediately drag me into the forest plowing through the thick bushes we then arrive at a large grounded area. Then I notice something far ahead, a blackish boar grinding its tusk by the tree. ¡®hero, catch!¡¯ caught off guard Bra throw me a steel sword, I managed to grab it by the hilt. ¡®hey that was dangerous¡¯ ¡®well it would be a lot dangerous after this¡¯ ¡®eh?¡¯ she then throw a stone to the boar hitting it alerting it of our presence. She then faced me while saying ¡®training 101, defeat the boar!¡¯ ¡®what??¡¯ ¡®good luck then¡¯ after that she disappear while leaping through the air. She probably hiding on top of a tree branch, but no matter I don¡¯t think she will be saving me until I was one step closer to death. Nevermind that, how am I going to fight this freaking boar. It wasn¡¯t as large as the monster boar I faced but it was still dangerous. Holding the sword high, he try to recall what to do during this situation based on action and medieval fantasy movie he has seen. As the boar charges toward him, he really was in a predicament right now. Swinging the sword would not be good for him based on comparing the speed of his swing and the incoming charge it would be a fatal outcome if he carelessly swing. Without any option, he resort to one thing only, rather than running away he would like to try to face this challenge. Holding the sword with both of his hand, he held it up high above his head ready to swing it downward. ¡®come you fucking pig!¡¯ with eyes glowing with determination he was ready to face the boar full headed. With the boar gaining speed charging toward Red, he wait as patient as he can waiting for the right moment. Sweats were dripping down his face as he waits for the boar. Nerves was building up as he stare at the boar that was intently trying to kill him. This never before situation has never occur in his life, even in his original world he never been in situation where he need to exert force. With this first time or in actually the second time he was in this dire situation, he can actually be a little bit calm regarding it. then he thought something ¡® how the hell can I think about all of this in mere seconds?¡¯ with the boar closing in ready to collide, he managed to calm himself and ready to strike it down. The boar then came at the range where he should strike but to his dismay, even though his mind was calm sadly his body was stiffen, due to the late reaction the boar manage to strike his leg before he instantly dive sideways and slash it using the momentum of the fall cutting the boar¡¯s body into two. After the collision, Red groan in pain due to the injury at his leg. Fidgeting in pain at the side of the boar corpse, he could only grit his teeth enduring the pain. ¡®yaa Bra, my leg is busted here¡¯ ¡®ara ara, dear hero that wasn¡¯t bad for your first time but still getting stiffen by that we need to cure that wont we huhu¡¯ just looking at her make the pain goes away but not due to her sexy features but her annoyance, even annoyance could lose the pain. ¡®yeah sure, how about you help me heal this injured leg first then¡¯ ¡®ouh huhu I forgot about that let me see then¡¯ Bra then went near me with her cleavages clearly seen and it jiggles as each step taken. Huh the agony of my own lust I¡¯m really am weak to those soft mountains. After reaching me she then put her hand above my injured leg and chant a spell that resemble a heal spell. What bothers me is that I understand and already memorize the incantation for that spell. Then a pop up message open. If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. 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YOU HAVE LEARN THE SPELL LESSER HEAL LV1
It seems like I already learn a new spell, I guess lesser heal is one of those support magic. If it¡¯s this easy to learn spell then I would need to learn a lot more after this. After taking a break, Bra continue the in the face of death training, after fighting a few more boars probably around 8 more I was now able to handle them quite easily and no less no damage taken after the fourth boar. What surprised me after finishing the third boar I level up to level 2 and after the last one I rosed to level 3. The status point has not been distributed I guess I will distribute it after some reading first. Noon then comes, Bra invite lunch at her place but I have to refuse I need to continue reading the book back at the library. She says I¡¯m a cheeky brat for refusing a gorgeous lady invitation to her house. Even I was bewildered by my decision, if it were the real me I would gone there with no excuses. Seeing her in casual clothing would be a bliss, I guess my love for life is stronger than my love for sexy women. Sighing at my own weakness, I hastily rode the horse back to the royal library. Before going straight to my destination, I stop by a local restaurant ordering a take out. I heard from the steward that this place has good oriental cuisine. I bought a few more for the Librarian. Entering the library, again a scene just like before the Librarian girl was lying down in front of the reception desk, my guess was she¡¯s hungry again. Hungry until she collapse, I don¡¯t understand why she doesn¡¯t get out and bought her own food. Nevertheless, I still bought it for her, ¡®yaa onna wake up I bring food¡¯ hearing the word food, her eyes open up and shined brightly, ahh this girl is lazy as a sloth. After lunch, I went to hit the books. While reading, the librarian girl stares at me, not bother by her at first I then ask her ¡®is there any problem?¡¯ she just slowly shake her head, ¡®huh~ then so what¡¯s your problem don¡¯t you have any work to do?¡¯ ¡®no I don¡¯t¡¯ I guess I should let her be then, ¡¯ouh yeah whats your name it would be troubling if I call you onna ony¡¯ ¡®ahh my name is Olivia nice to meet you¡¯ ¡®ahh nice to meet you too, then I will continue reading the books¡¯ ¡®okayy¡¯ she reply with a smile on her face. I don¡¯t get this girl. Spending the hours from noon till the late of night, Red manages to read a lot of books. Somehow after reading the last book for the night, he managed to obtain a few spells, but it was still insufficient for him to go on to battle. Walking toward the door I spotted Olivia sleeping at the reception desk. How pitiful this girl is, I¡¯m starting to get sorry for her. Without knowing it I brought her to my room carrying her while she was sleeping. Laying her on my bed, I removed her glasses and after seeing her bare face, her pale white skin was really beautiful under those round glasses. It¡¯s a pity that she do not know how beautiful she is, after putting her glasses aside I wipe her face with a moist towel, it seems its been a while since she clean her face. After taking care of her, Red then took his time of cleaning himself at the royal bath house. Living up to its name it was luxurious and large. While soaking himself in the warm water, he continuously use the multiple spell that he has learnt, continuous spamming will further increase his skill level. But he could only do it when his mana point is full. Due to him being only level 3 the times that he can spam the skill is limited. Thinking it over if he raised his magic status it can raised his mana regeneration. He read a book regarding status, strength increased the overall offence capabilities, vitality increased health point, stamina and stamina regeneration. Resistance increased the defense capabilities and also the ability to resist certain status ailment. Agility increase the speed of attacking and also increase the dodging percentage. Magic on the other hand increase magic offence, mana pool and mana regeneration while magic resistance increased defense toward magical attack, it also increased mana pool and mana regeneration. So my option is to increase either magic or magic resistance, either way its not like I can used offense magic but just to be safe I evenly distributed it between both of them. My mana now steadily regenerates a bit a faster. While continuing to spam the spell, I leisurely float in the bath house. Finishing washing up, I wore the robe and went back to my room. While walking through the hallway, I was still wasn¡¯t used to the candle light lamp, thinking back I¡¯m really a modern kind of man who need electricity. As I pass through Miranda¡¯s room, a faint sound of crying can be heard. Knocking down the door lightly I hope she could hear it, after a while the cry fade out. ¡®who is it?¡¯ ¡®its me Red¡¯ ¡®ouh¡¯ after the sound unlock could be heard, the door open up. ¡®come in¡¯ ¡®thanks¡¯ entering her room, it was the same as before but now there¡¯s linger a sweet scent, it¡¯s probably her¡¯s. she gesture for me to sit on her sofa, sitting on it I was more relaxed than usual it must be because its my second time here. To broke the silence ¡® how¡¯s your day?¡¯ she start of with a bright smile ¡® it was good I learn a lot of things today you know I can now doing an intermediate level magic¡¯ The night then pass with Miranda told stories about her achievement. It seems that she wasn¡¯t bother by not being able to return, or maybe her heart wasn¡¯t ready to open up that much to Red. After saying goodnight to each other Red then return back to his room, seeing the young maiden sleeping quietly on his bed, he could only chuckle by the situation. If he was in the original world, the wolf inside him would have devoured that poor little lamb. But to his surprise, only after three days he has changed this much. I guess its true that different environment change people. Putting off the oil lamp he then slumbers on the sofa with thoughts of his eternal love at the other side of the universe. ¡®I wish I could see her again¡¯ Red then close his eyes and dwell in his sleep. Chapter 7: On Deaths door Training As the morning sun come, a girl scream resound to the atmosphere. Awaken by the high pitch scream, Red fumble into the ground. With his head still not fully awaken, his eye caught a scene of Olivia covering her body with the blanket while her eyes forming tears. seeing Olivia state Red may have cause a misunderstanding, approaching her slowly Olivia start to fidget as she was afraid by the man that she thought have done something inappropriate to her. Red then stop and spoke ¡® Olivia let me explain, first I didn¡¯t do anything to you I only brought you here because you were sleeping lying on the floor of the library, second the reason I brought you were because I was afraid you might caught a cold and third I would not let a girl left alone sleeping like that¡¯ after silence take place, red¡¯s eyes were showing determination trying to make her believe in his words. Then Olivia spoke; ¡®then why is my glasses are over there?¡¯ confidently answering back ¡® since you were sleeping I don¡¯t want it to be broken if you change sideways or rough sleeping¡¯ again silence took place but now Olivia seems to calm down and look more comfortable but then a banging can be heard at Red¡¯s room door. Someone shout ¡® Hero is there any problem over there we heard screaming came from your side of the room¡¯ Red was calm about the situation, he went to try to open the door but Olivia quickly rush to his side without the fear she has shown just now. Whispering to Red she said ¡® please don¡¯t open the door, I beg of you¡¯ without telling him the reason Red just calmly nod to her plea. Replying back to the voice ¡®im okay there is nothing wrong here¡¯ ¡®are you sure hero? Can we come into your room for confirmation?¡¯ looking at Olivia, she frantically shake her head opposing to the idea of opening the door. ¡®well im naked right now so I don¡¯t think I can open up the door right now¡¯ ¡®oo my apologies hero, since you sound fine I take my leave then¡¯ after hearing footstep heading away from Red¡¯s room, Olivia then show a sigh of relief. Still wondering why does she feel more afraid of being discovered rather than the thought of me molesting her, I then ask the question ¡®you know, do you have a problem here in the castle?¡¯ ¡®noo¡¯ ¡®then why are you so afraid of being known ?¡¯ ¡®ahh¡¯ with a troubled face she thought hard about it trying to come up with an excuse. Not really care about it I just brush it off, ¡®nevermind just get ready and if you are not sleepy anymore you can go back to the library, I on the other hand need to go to those damn jello mountains¡¯s training¡¯. Suiting up with the tunic given to me after last morning training, it was well made probably using quality material. It was dark green in color and the best part is its warm. Bra also given me an arm bracer, it was made out of metal for both arms. From my original world the use of bracer is usually for defending purpose, so I think it apply to the same principle over here. Other than that Bra also given me a pair of boot, it¡¯s a common one compare to my formal shoe it was a lot more functioning in this world. Prepping myself, I then went to the court yard getting on my horse. It was much more easier after experiencing horseback riding for the past two days. But still I don¡¯t think the horse really like me. Riding through the wind, the town scenery past by like rotating wheel. As the early morning sun was still rising, his assumption was correct that people in this world was also early bird especially for those involved in agriculture. Riding toward his destination, Bra ask him to meet her at the same forest as yesterday. Arriving at the forest, there was no one around and not even a boar was there. Stretching my body after getting off the horse, a few joint cracks showing the rigidity of my body. Ouh yeah I forgot to mention, I also received a steel sword more like the sword I used to cut up the boar. Strolling around the area, searching for something interesting, my sense was tingling when something come out of the bush. With a sound of metal release from its sheath, Red turn around as fast as he could but noticing too late a blade was held right to his neck. With eyes wide open, he saw the one who was holding the blade it was none other than Bra. Her appearance right now was different to her usual self, the air around her was suffocating, her eyes were showing the glint of looking at her prey and her body exude the aura of a killer instinct. Feeling this pressure head on, my body start to sweat bullets. Staring straight to her eyes, a deep silence was felt and she break the silence, ¡®huh you would be dead if you don¡¯t react faster my dear hero~¡¯ ¡®then kill me already¡¯ ¡®ehhh that wasn¡¯t what I want but I think it was expected of you to say that¡¯ ¡® so today training is??¡¯ ¡®hmm I didn¡¯t think about it yet¡¯ ¡®sheesh this busty guardian you should have thought of something, you are the instructor right¡¯ ¡® ooohh you like my breast, I see how about this if you can block even once against my killer instill attack I would let you do what you please with these babies of mine¡¯ showing a grin after giving that suggestion it raised the chain that bound the lust of my heart. But thinking about touching those melons I would¡­. Nope im not gonna fall for those words, it must be a painful training regime. Before training, I start to warm myself up preparing for the inevitable, even with the glorious reward I was still cautious about the upcoming training. Her killing intent fill attack was enough to make my knee weak, as it wasn¡¯t enough thinking about receiving those kind of blow wasn¡¯t the ideal way of doing training. Isn¡¯t it much better doing training like those in Dragonball manga, at least it seems safe. While mumbling to myself, Bra quickly said something to snap me back, ¡®dear hero~~ come on be ready im gonna attack now¡¯. Okay now im nervous im not gonna die am I, can she make a mistake ? she¡¯s an expert right I hope she¡¯s in top condition for today ha ha ha. Laughing it out in these head of mine, a sudden object was thrown straight toward my face, luckily I managed to avoid it at the last minute. At this moment in my heart I was thanking the Goddess of Luck for giving me her precious luck to save this life of mine, but looking at the direction where it was thrown, it was none other than Bra. Fueling up with anger, I try to release a shout of anger but before my lips can release those word of insult suddenly she was right in front of me. It was fast, too fast. The difference between our distances was approximately 10 meters, but in the blink of an eye she stood there in front of me with a dagger closely at my neck and to be exact it was at my internal jugular vein. It was a pain having the knowledge of a human anatomy; you exactly know where the location of having a fatal death is. It made myself to be more cautious around others and the environment, you could call that paranoid to be exact but it wasn¡¯t at the state where it was chronic. You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. ¡®oh ho, it seems your body response well to intense killing instinct¡¯ ¡®eh?¡¯ Looking down my hand were holding the sword while inches away from blocking the dagger blade. It seems in this situation my hone paranoid instinct were useful in protecting my body, but it was still consider slow if she has been serious of killing me I would have died seconds ago. Looking back she said she was a guardian, are guardian this strong? Is she on par with the general or something. Her physical ability is no joke. By the way I think I may have pee a little bit -_- . damn you melon warrior, is she training or humiliating me. ¡®ok hero, since your body response well let¡¯s kick up a notch¡¯ ¡®wait¡¯ she then disappear into the background, her cunningness in concealing herself is troublesome. ¡®cheh! I guess i will stop nagging and try not to get myself kill¡¯ mumbling to myself, I try to put the anger away and focus on the training, even though its troublesome it was still a way for me to survived in this harsh world. Standing on the ground I hold the sword with both of my hands, anticipating the attack was hard. The area of exposure was in a radius of 360 degree, I don¡¯t know how am I gonna block her attack. Even so getting all disoriented in where it may come from I try to calm myself. Since coming here, I really do have a knack in this calming thee self-thing. Taking a deep breath I prepare myself, while exhaling the last breath I noticed some movement from the bush next to my right. Quickly moving my body and sword to a stance for defending my front, ¡®fwush¡¯ again I was too late. Like missing a beat, her dagger were again targeting my neck fatal site. ¡®huhu good you are getting faster again!¡¯ what? Is she complimenting me, it must be her trick better defend the next one. After a while this course of action was repeated again and again. ¡®huff huff huff damn this is tiring¡¯ after being repeating the same action for the past few hours, I lost count of how many times that I should be dead, nevermind that right now my body is fatigue all over. Her killing attack is no joke, every time I try to defend against it I was always almost close of blocking it but her dagger movement was erratic changing its direction as I was becoming more familiar with the straight forward attack. even so I think before she move she always gave a hint of where she was coming, that¡¯s why I was always able to deduce most of the incoming attack. Disappointed by the current me I was still not going to give up, at least for today I need to block this last attack. My body could only move for this one time only, after that its either success or failure. Waiting for the right moment, the sun was already at the top of my head the heat was killing me but wait isn¡¯t this country cold to begin with. Without me knowing it, the intense training was burning the inside of my body, calories were burning at a fast rate my body is preparing for the last bout. Concentrating my mind, I try to discern the signs from the environment differentiating it between the real one and the feint. Cheh there¡¯s a lot of feint this time, she knows im at my limit. Right, left, right again damn her she¡¯s playing with me. I will succeed!! And feel those melons!!. While thinking about those mounds I unintentionally let my guard down and at that moment it was her time to deliver the final blow. In the blink of an eye she attack from the front, her speed was again increased. Her dagger movement was flowing like the river torrent, gentle but full of pressure. With my guard drop my reaction time was substantially late. The dagger was targeting the same spot as the first strike she given me this early morning. Knowing I cant block it, I voluntarily lean backward and drop my body. The dagger miss the vital point by a millimeter. Then with burning instinct as I drop I rotate my body and with the momentum of the fall plus the rotation I brandish my sword swinging it to her unguarded body. taking her by surprise, in my mind she will not able to block the attack but again exceeding my expectation she hastily block my suicidal attack using her left arm bracer. ¡®KLANG!¡¯ I was stunned but I was hoping for her to block it, if she had gotten injured I wouldn¡¯t want to feel guilty about it. With the failure of my last ditch attempt, I relaxed my tense body and fall to the ground. I was dead tired, staring at the blue sky it calms my mind then a shadow block the view of the sky. ¡®you did good today hero~¡¯ ¡®I fail to block didn¡¯t I why is it good then¡¯ ¡®hmm actually you exceed my expectation, not only you are able to avoid my attack but countering it was no mere feat, that last attack push me to the limit if not my beautiful face would be injured urghh¡¯ ¡® oi oi don¡¯t exaggerate my weak attack wouldn¡¯t be that serious¡¯ ¡®hmm since you succeed want to feel this babies of mine hehe¡¯ she said that with a grin on her face, ¡® don¡¯t want to¡¯ ¡®ehh?? Why you deserve it right¡¯ ¡®the things is I can¡¯t move my body so you know what that means right¡¯ ¡®aww to bad then I guess you miss your chance then, try better next time Hero~ hehe¡¯ damn this melon guardian ¡®urgh nevermind im too tired to argue hey im gonna sleep for a while don¡¯t leave me¡¯ ¡®ehh the hero want me to be at your side you are making me blush¡¯ ¡®that wasn¡¯t what I meant! Huh~ just don¡¯t leave¡¯ After the last word came out of Red¡¯s mouth his eye lid closely shut putting him in deep slumber. Chapter 8: Remorse and Annoyance Underneath the curtain of the dark sky a woman and a man can be seen resting around the fire camp. Crackling sound of the fire can be heard on the background, annoy with the sound I woke up from sleep. Opening my dead tired eye, I yawn while looking at the surrounding. Noticing Bra resting her body under the tree she just smiles after seeing me waking up. Trying to ignore that smirking face, I act like I didn¡¯t see her, thankful for my narrow eyes she must have thought that I didn¡¯t see her. Looking around it was night already, stretching my body cracking sound could be heard all over. That was enough proof of how intense the morning practice is. I automatically sigh just thinking about this morning, ¡®grrr¡¯ I heard another growl is there a monster nearby ¡®ggrrr¡¯ oh its just my stomach no wonder I felt so weak I didn¡¯t eat since this morning. Turning his head around he stared at Bra, noticing a glare Bra met eyes with Red. ¡®what?¡¯ ¡®fooddd¡¯ ¡®ehh?¡¯ ¡®im saying im hungry¡¯ ¡®oh you want this already¡¯ Gesturing toward her big mounds, I aggressively denied it ¡®I mean real food not that¡¯ ¡®aww I was looking forward for it¡¯ With a blank face I reply to her remark ¡®didn¡¯t you said this morn¡­ nevermind its not even that important do you have anything to eat?¡¯ Rummaging in her beg she bring out a meat that looks like jerky and a few loaf of hard bread. Skewering the jerky on a branch she then roasts it on the fire. As it cooks to crisp the smell linger around the fire camp. My mouth was salivating smelling the jerky, after a while she cut the hard bread in half and make a makeshift sandwich using the roast jerky as the center piece. Giving one of it to me, I took a bite and as I chew the inside of my mouth the flavor took hold of my tongue. It was delicious and it wasn¡¯t like I have ever taste before, curious about what kind of meat it was I ask Bra regarding it. ¡® bra what meat is this¡¯ ¡® ouh it¡¯s a meat from Deathworm¡¯ ¡® ouh that why its so good I mean what?!! What do you mean deathworm?¡¯ After hearing the name, im starting to get nauseated but not to waste those that have dwell inside of me I endure it and survived. But still it was good food, thinking about it I was still hungry with only half of it left I eat the rest of it. still curious about the thing I eat I further ask her ¡® bra whats a deathworm¡¯ ¡® like its name its Death and worm¡¯ ¡® do you mean literally death worm¡¯ ¡® yeah literally death worm¡¯ Asking further about the death worm, she told about how she discovered this mysterious delicacy while going through the Bringurd Desert. After days of not eating she stumble upon a gigantic worm that was as large as a monster with its diameter of approximately 2 meter and a length of 50 meter. From her colleagues knowledge she said that in the desert host a worm that bring death to those that encounter it and only their name are left behind. Then her battle against it was long and hard but through her and her group effort they managed to kill it after the third day. With empty stomach for 6 continuous days, they then resort to eating the worm that they have just killed. Hesitating at first but after tasting it was truly a rare delicacy. Finishing her story about the mysterious jerky, she then asks me to stay on guard as she want to sleep. Unknowing that its my turn to stand on night guard, I reluctantly agree well she did take care of me while im asleep. With nothing to do while sitting by the fire, I wish that I would bring books from the library and if im back in my original world an ipad seems convenient to kill this boredom. Then I remember on how I should increase my skill level, skimming through the skill list it was still at a low level. Sighing to the future of spamming the multitude of skills just to increase it level was tiring, im not a fan of repeating the same thing over and over again but nevertheless I still need to do it. That night I continuously used all the skill available until my mana ran out, this action is repeated each time my mana is full. Pondering to myself, am I gonna get strong in this world or not. The scene then fades into the starry night sky. Meanwhile at the same time an Old king was hard in thought sitting on his throne expressing a difficult face, then fast footstep could be heard running through the hallway heading to the throne room. Sound of door opening ¡®BAMM¡¯ ¡®sire!! I received troubling news¡¯ ¡®like I have predicted, I wish it wouldn¡¯t come this early¡¯ The steward exhibit a confused face after hearing the King¡¯s word, noticing the steward awkwardness he then ask him to proceed ¡®come and proceed¡¯ ¡®yes, based on the report from the west garrison our spy located in the Kingdom of Brigiron is amassing their force in an alarming rate¡¯ ¡®is that all?¡¯ The steward are sweating bullets right now his nervousness overwhelmed him, after obtaining a little composure he then continued ¡® the same thing is also happening in the east, north and south of our Kingdom, report from our spy residing in the other countries beside our neighboring one also said the same thing.¡¯ King Balin gave out a huge sigh, based on his action after hearing the situation he was in a predicament ¡® you may leave and make sure the rumours do not spread within our walls¡¯ ¡® as you wish my king¡¯ After the steward leave the throne room, again our King Balin was deep in his thought looking for a solution; King¡¯s pov Just as I have predicted, the other kingdoms are rallying their force for the inevitable war that is soon to come. It seems the hero summoning within their own probably boost and hasten their progress. Do they felt that confidence because of their hero. Ours on the other hand seems capable enough, Aaron improvement seems to exceed the Royal Guard¡¯s captain expectation in each day while Miranda on the other hand is now capable to execute advanced level spell. Their progress is presently amazing but is it enough to oppose the other kingdom and their heroes? Hmm this is definitely worrying, oh and about Red I have no news about him since yesterday, I hope he is being train diligently on the hand of that female guardian he would surely improve even without the extraordinary capabilities of his other companion. *Scene Change* Red shiver down his spine and getting goose bumps all over the body, ¡®is somebody talking bad about me this late at night or something eerie is coming this way¡¯ looking at his surrounding, he can only see pitch black. ¡®damn it, im not really good with the paranormal being¡¯ rustling from a nearby bushes ¡®what¡¯s that arghh!!¡¯. *Scene Change* Hmmm,with our current military power it would seem to be not enough I guess the outcome right now would be affect by our heroes capabilities then. Since this matter should be discussed among the other minister and nobles, I think it would be wise not to make sudden rash decision. My hope for this small kingdom of ours is just to live in peace and glide through the upcoming war without any damaged from it. God please do not forsaken our land. King¡¯s pov end As the morning dew accumulate by the leaf at dawn, our hero was still dozing off after accidentally sleeping while on his night duty. The scene right now was calm and refreshing, as the early morning rise the temperature was at suitable degree comfortable enough for those to have a pleasant sleep. The grass was green with early morning moisture maintaining their greenness. If there was someone who is a camping enthusiast or nature loving person, they would be at awe and cherish this moment. Our hero on the other hand was still sleeping seems he is a genuine lazy ass to the core. Not far from the camp site, sound of air being cut could be heard. A woman wearing skimpy clothing was sweating profusely; her appearance doesn¡¯t match the serene environment. Swinging her sword on her right and a dagger on her left, she was practicing her fine motor skills in other words training. Even with her astounding abilities, for her training is a must. Sweats were dripping all over her body, especially at her cleavage it was like beads of crystals flowing down from those beautiful arches. Our lewd hero is missing out a great scene too bad for him then. Finishing her training, Bra then wipe some of the sweats with a cloth, while approaching the snoozing hero. She then gently shook the hero hoping to wake him up, since he was a dead sleeper even a shook wasn¡¯t able to wake him. Annoy by his sleeping antiques, Bra mischievousness surface seeing the defenseless Red. Pushing Red¡¯s cheek she was making weird faces of the hero while exerting force to his face. After playing with Red¡¯s face for a while she then gives up as he was still sleeping soundly, with nothing better to do she then went to search for food around the forest. Waking up from my accidental bump to my head, it was quite embarrassing. When I thought it was a ghost it was just a damn squirrel like animal and due to the overwhelming fear plus the surprise I slip while screaming and knock my head to the ground. i hope that guardian of mine didn¡¯t hear my girlish scream, If the likes of her know about it I would get tease all day. Since I stop spamming my skill since last night accident not much was raised, I still have a long way to go. Seeing that there is nothing do and the absence of my busty guardian, I start the spamming skill sequence. Mumbling the incantation of the spells I was not quite proficient with it, I guess the comprehension stuff really helps in the overall basis of the spell. Just after 2 minute my mana was already gone, this spamming thing isn¡¯t really efficient with all the pause in between. While waiting for my mana to regenerate back I stroll around the forest, I didn¡¯t get really much time to explore this forest since all I have been doing was training. Strolling around, all I see was trees, trees, and more trees. Why is it there is no monster here didn¡¯t I kill a few boars two days ago. Wondering while walking around I heard a scream not far from here, ¡®aaahhhh¡¯ am I hallucinating or did I really heard something. ¡®aahhh¡¯ there was it again, surely it¡¯s a scream, should I search for it I don¡¯t really have anything to do, do i. Still pondering about it, then another scream can be heard ¡®help meee¡¯. Huh~ now it¡¯s a call for help, seems like it¡¯s a dire situation over there might as well search for it first. *scene change* ¡®nooo don¡¯t touch me you filthy goblin¡¯ The dumbfounded goblin looks infuriated after the woman spoke to it like that. Speaking to its kin, a devilish smile was carved upon their face after discussing something regarding the women in front of them. ¡®why are you looking at me like that! Noooo¡¯ With the intent of ravaging that poor little woman, both goblins approach her slowly. The looks on the woman face was agonizing, tears were flowing like river from her eyes. At the background, a shadow was lurking behind the scene. It was none other than our hero, Red. Damn what the hell is that greenish thing and it is ugly like literally ugly. With its large pointy nose, elf like ears and a freaking bald head, its definitely a goblin. Seeing a real live one was really shocking, didn¡¯t know it would be this horrific. The anime like goblin was much more tolerable that this one. Putting that aside, it seems like in front of me was a scene unfolding. A classical scene if I would describe it, the damsel is in distress and then the charming hero will save her and then the hero save her family or kingdom or something and at the end they will live happily ever after. That would suck wouldn¡¯t it, I don¡¯t want to be that guy. But the thing is, she gonna get raped anytime know. To begin with im not really a good person but seeing it happen in front of me wouldn¡¯t be good to my conscious. Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. While grabbing my head with both arms, I was silently in a dilemma. Should I or should I not? ¡®arghhhhh noo!!!!!¡¯ Damn it! no use thinking then Unsheathing my sword, I jump out of the bushes while yelling ¡®die goblin scummm¡¯ I really want to say that sentence haha,okay getting back to the scene. Caught off guard by my surprised ambushed, the goblin confusedly turn around and saw me rushing to them. It quickly brandishes their weapons, one using a rusty sword and another one wielding a chip mace. Since I wasn¡¯t sure of how to go against weapon wielding opponent, I half-heartedly gave a downward strike to the nearest goblin. Then our weapon clash, ¡®THANG!!¡¯ my sword recoil back after clashing with the goblin, I guess ending it with one strike was like hoping for a miracle. With no damage from both side, both of the goblin then have adapted to the situation, their confused state was vanished since my failed ambushed. Still no luck ha Red stil no luck. Now im in a pinch, two against one wasn¡¯t very favorable for me even against goblin they are quite strong or am I the weak one -_-. Then the mace goblin initiate the attack, without aim or tactic involve it just swing downward the mace it was wielding. Seeing the straightforward attack I casually sidestep the swing and move backwards. I avoid it quite easily thinking it back the goblin attack was much slower than Bra, I mean really slow. Now im feeling grateful for being attack by that busty woman if not I would have been gang banged by this two goblin. After the failed attempt, the other goblin took its chance and attack me from the other side, attacking it from an upper right angle it aggressively swing it down while growling in goblin¡¯s tongue. Same as before I easily dodge it, with an increased in confidence I taunt the goblins. Both of them were infuriated, wanting to exert their anger toward me, they charge forward holding their weapon up high. Okay now then wait how do I dodge two attacks simultaneously? Panicked on how to evade two attacks I blocked their attack head on as I was too late to react. Holding my ground against the two pressure from above, im at my limit then through instinct alone I hastily back off, the chipped mace managed to injured my left shoulder. I guess that¡¯s the consequences for being cocky, to cocky and you will die simple as that. Keeping my calm, I relax my stiffen body for a second suddenly both of them charge again repeating the same pattern seeing that I was damaged by it. waiting for the last moment, I sidestep to the right after both of them start the motion of attacking. Cleanly avoiding to the right I took my chance and stab the sword wielding goblin at his side chest. Stabbing deep into its hearts, it then panicked and start to wriggle hoping to break free from my stab but sadly the more it wriggle itself the more blood was gushing out. The other goblin was enraged seeing its kin being stab, it then mindlessly move forward trying to sneak an attack while my sword was lodged deep in its brethren chest. Looking at the face of the stabbed goblin, I felt pity for it if I wasn¡¯t here it wouldn¡¯t be near death right now. The other goblin releases an aerial attack while jumping above its kin. Not fazed by the little goblin leaping in the air, I released the sword handle and avoid it. Still watching the near death goblin, various emotion was swelling up inside of me, I cant really describe it but it was mind opening. The furious goblin then release multiple swings at an increased speed from before, nevertheless it was aimless and full of blind rage. Thankful for Bra training, I again demonstrated how easy it is to avoid the goblin strike. Each time I avoid the strike my eye glance at the bleeding goblin. After a while it wasn¡¯t moving at all under the pool of blood. It was dead, no sign of life at all, the furious goblin was still attacking without knowing that its brethren was already dead. Pity this creature, as I avoid the strike while going to the direction of the dead goblin. A sense of remorse overwhelm me, arriving at the corpse I quickly remove the sword and defend against the furious goblin attack. blocking one of the attack it then begin another motion for attack, I again took the chance of avoiding it and deliver a stab targeting its head. inches away from stabbing it my hand trembles, I could not do it I cant kill it. backing away from the goblin, it then rush again toward me while blinded by its rage. I didn¡¯t understand why I cant kill it, two days ago I can easily kill those boars but somehow after stabbing that greenish humanoid¡­.. Humanoid.. human look alike, is it because they resemble human that¡¯s making me hesitate? Letting my guard down due to preoccupied of thinking those things, the furious goblin strike managed to enter the danger zone. Realizing it that another attack was heading my way, I instantly panicked and released a horizontal swing, my swing hits the goblin and it then stop moving as blood was gushing out of the wound that I have made. Seeing another body on a pool of blood, my hand start to tremble is this feeling of guilt? Why do I need to feel guilty for aren¡¯t I trying to save the woman but why does it feel so not right. They are monster aren¡¯t they I don¡¯t need to feel guilty about it am I wrong. Due to his guilt even the blue pop up window was unconsciously ignored by him. ¡®heyyy help untie me¡¯ Glancing to the voice, the woman ask to be untied, I slowly approach her with heavy legs. Seeing she was bound by rope I cut off her restrain. ¡®thank you dear warrior I am Ma¡­..¡¯ After releasing her she start to mumble about something but I didn¡¯t bother listening to her, I was still feeling remorse over the course of action. Sheathing my sword back to its scabbard, I then slowly return back to the campsite. Throughout the journey back, my head was full thought some of it was declaring that I did was for protection and not meaningless killing, I try to make an excuse but still the fact is I have kill. While Red was deep in thought, the woman he saved follow him back to camp while talking non-stop along the way. She didn¡¯t notice at all that Red was not hearing her since the first time she open up her mouth. Arriving at the campsite, it seems like a deer was being roasted on top of the fire. Ignoring even the sweetest fragrance of the deer¡¯s meat, Red solemnly sit beside the fire and stared blankly infront. Weird by seeing the behavior of Red, Bra was thinking if he has any problem and then she realizes that he was injured at his left shoulder thou it look not fatal it was still bleeding. She rush to Red side and quickly cast a healing spell. Bewildered by his first time appearance, Bra ask him ¡®hey are you okay?'' Before she could wait for him to reply the woman next to him reply instead. ''he¡¯s probably hurt because of saving me¡¯ ¡®ok and who might you be?¡¯ ¡®I am the second daughter of the noble family Cuzkach, Marion Cuzkach I am pleased to meet you¡¯ her greetings was accompanied by a lightly bow, typical noble ethics. Not really care about the noble in front of her, Bra still trying to persuade him to talk about his problems. ¡®hey Red, are you okay? What do you fought with is it poisonous?¡¯ again Marion intervene ¡®he fought two goblins to save me isn¡¯t he heroic¡¯ her eyes were glistening as she spokes those words. Bra was getting a little annoy by the little miss noble attitude. Ignoring her she continue to persuade the sad looking Red. Red on the other hand; Damn it why do I feel lethargic, is it depression ? I learned about it during my posting psychiatric department but come on should I really be depressed right now and why do I hear these buzzing noise at my ear its getting freaking annoying. About those goblins I don¡¯t think what I did is right or wrong, but still huh~ it¡¯s a pain thinking about it. I will try to sort it out later then, my stomach is already grumbling. Suddenly something hit me right in my face, it was a slap Bra was at her limit knowing she cant move the silent Red, then an idea pop out of her mind. With nothing else to lose she release a slap right across Red¡¯s face, the force instantly blow Red¡¯s body from the sitting position to a laying position. Snapping back to reality Red give out a yell of complain ¡®hey what gives?!! Why the hell do you slap me for?!!¡¯ Seeing Red response was back to normal, Bra could only give a relief smile while replying ¡®I roast a deer for you, wouldn¡¯t it be rude of you not to eat it hehe¡¯ ¡®you could have told me soo no need for domestic violence heh¡¯ ¡®aww are we a couple now? So sweet of you¡¯ Before Red could retort to that remark, Marion furiously denied Bra statement; ¡®eyy you brute, why are you taking my hero away from me, he¡¯s meant to be destined with me, Marion Cuzkach a noble¡¯ A snobbish look was engraved on her face while saying that. More importantly why the hell am I to be destined with you and wait who the hell are you. Forgotten that he saved a young woman from danger, he inquired the damsel of her identity. ¡®pardon me, but who are you?¡¯ ¡®ehh, what do you mean my dear hero you are the one who save my life from those ugly goblins, me Marion Cuzkach¡¯ ¡®ooo I see¡¯ Damn it, like I predicted she¡¯s the clingy type of damsel in distress. Questioning on to her, ¡®okay then why is it you are still here, shouldn¡¯t you be getting home or something its late already¡¯ ¡®no I will not, until I repay gratitude to my dear hero who save me, I will not return¡¯ ¡®no you don¡¯t need to, im fine without it¡¯ ¡®that is humble of you but as a noble of the Cuzkach family im bound to reward those appropriately¡¯ Huh~ another troublesome object that interfering with my way. Why cant she be the cold ice queen type, it would be a lot easier to handle. Thinking up for an excuse, I deliberately reveal myself as the hero of this country. ¡®not be surprised im one of the hero summon to this kingdom¡¯ Her face turn astonished, surprised by the revelation I hope she wouldn¡¯t bother me but I couldn¡¯t get any wronged than that. With sparkling eyes, she said; ¡®how remarkable, like those in fairytale I was saved by a true herooo¡¯ One conclusion came to my mind, this woman was delusional even Bra was silently laughing at me seeing me unable to handle this woman¡¯s antique. After that I start to ignore her questions, she talks a lot I mean a lot more than you can think off and she was getting a bit too much comfortable with me through locking arms. This clingy woman is making me irritated by the second. Ignoring her I eat my fill of the delicious roasted deer meat. The texture, the taste and the aroma of the meat was amazing except for the being clinging to me my experience eating this was memorable. After eating I then discuss with Bra on how to handle this situation with this noble by our side, training wouldn¡¯t be efficient as before. We then decided to return back to the castle hoping for the King to solve this. Chapter 9: The Kings Plan Galloping through the plains, at my back was someone holding me and she was holding to tightly. I accidentally elbow her a bit but it seems she doesn¡¯t mind about it. I wish she would go home already. By the way her appearance was quite beautiful also, with a Caucasian facial features she exhibit the typical beauty of European nobles and she has nice long wavy blond hair. Her figure was average to begin with, not as astounding as the other woman and her muscles seem weak not tone and tender like Bra¡¯s. well I do heard that nobles were a lazy bunch so expecting them to exercise would be farfetched. Our arrival on the courtyard was welcomed by a few people that look like nobles and knights wearing emblems that are not from the castle insignia. An old man seems surprised while looking at my direction and he then rush to my horse side while yelling Marion name. I guess he is the father of this clingy being then. Opening his arm wide, the daughter jump from the horse and caught by his arm. It was like a soap drama, father happy seeing daughter and daughter happy seeing father it was a typical scene. I guess that¡¯s problem have been dealt with. Taking the horse back to the stable, a voiced from the back asked me to wait. Glancing at my back it was none other than Marion¡¯s father. ¡®wait young hero waittt¡¯ I reluctantly turn back ¡®yes what can I do for you¡¯ ¡®I heard you save my daughter, im truly grateful for what you have done ¡® ¡®sure your welcome, do you have anything else¡¯ ¡®ahh you mean gold or treasure?¡¯ ¡®no that¡¯s not what I meant, if you don¡¯t have anything else to say I would like to bring this horse of mine to the stable¡¯ ¡®then I will see you in the conference room then¡¯ Strange, do I have a schedule after this? I felt a foreboding is coming. I just hope its my feeling only. After taking care of the horse, I went back into the castle heading to my room. Before heading back I invited Bra to come in first but she said; ¡®I would love to Hero~ but something came up I¡¯m quite busy you know hehe¡¯ Never mind her I just wish I could treat her to a dinner or something, her training did save my life. While heading back I met both Aaron and Miranda on the way. Both of them look suspicious are they already in a relationship, that sly Aaron. Negative thinking was clouding my judgement of people but his attitude toward me was quite right with what I thought about him. As we pass by each other, Miranda breaks the silence; ¡®hye Red, where are you going aren¡¯t you going to the conference room¡¯ ¡®eh no why would I go there?¡¯ ¡®don¡¯t mind him Miranda, he isn¡¯t really useful even if he was there¡¯ ¡®hey don¡¯t say it like that, Red is good you shouldn¡¯t talk to him like that¡¯ ¡®a lousy ¡°Assist¡± wouldn¡¯t be much helpful in a battle isn¡¯t it haha¡¯ Aaron then left both of us while laughing intending to mock me, but then Miranda was still here beside me trying to explain something; ¡®forget about him Red, he¡¯s just have a bad attitude toward those we aren¡¯t at his level¡¯ ¡®yeah I can see that anyway what about the conference room?¡¯ ¡®ouh that you need to come also we heroes are being summoned in the conference room along with nobles of the kingdom; ¡®ahh I see you know anything on what the conference is all about?¡¯ ¡®sorry I don¡¯t know, we might better as well find out right now right¡¯ She gave off a bright smile after saying that, she really knows how to melts a guy¡¯s heart. Better teach her to not giving false signal it would break guy¡¯s heart if they know she just being friendly. Wait isn¡¯t she¡¯s older than me, I think she is more experienced than me regarding this but I guess age is just number then. Putting on hold of relaxing on my fluffy and comfy bed, I follow Miranda going toward the conference room. We then entered the conferenced room, pushing the enormous decorated door. What in front of me left me at awe, the conference room was huge its architectural aesthetic were overwhelming me. With its ceiling up high, each and every corner of it was decorated with fine drawing probably regarding their history. Supporting the ceiling were 4 pillars and each and one of them was carved like a human statue. Again it must be their great ancestor or something. The wall of the room was also heavily decorated with drawings of mens in armour riding the horse. It has a similar feel to the teleportation chamber that when we first came here and at the center there it was the highlight of the room. A large pentagonal table lies there, based on it looks itself the wood was definitely made from the highest quality. At the center of the table was the royal insignia, it truly show the majestic of the King¡¯s lineage. Mesmerized by the fine art in this room I was then disturb by someone voice; ¡®Red the hero, why aren¡¯t you sitting we are going to begin our meeting¡¯ It was none other than the benevolent King, after being told off I then sat at the prepare sitting provided by the King¡¯s steward. The heroes are seated beside the King, while the other 4 side of the pentagon was seated by 4 old mens dressed in high quality clothing, their appearance were charismatic even with visible grey haired on their head. There were definitely the heads of nobles. I know this due to one of them was none other than the head of Cuzkach family, Marion¡¯s father. After settling down, the king then started the meeting officially. ¡®Nobles of Loredon I thank you for coming to the castle under short notice, let me introduced you to our heroes of Loredon¡¯ Gesturing toward us one by one, we then introduced ourselves to the nobles; ¡®im Aaron Underwood, Hero of the Claymore¡¯ ¡®Miranda Sanchez, Zero Degree Magus¡¯ Then it was my turn; ¡®Im Red, The Assist¡¯ Different from the other two their reaction towards me were demise, that was expected I guess. Since the revelation to the nobles from before, I guess news travelled fast even here in this non-modern world. Are they using magic or the nobles are just some kind of gossiping people. Nevermind that im already used to those looks, like I care. After our introduction, King Balin then introduce the nobles one by one. An angry looking noble with a heavy beard spotted on his face, he is the head of Volcrom, Don. Beside him was an elegant looking man, old but still maintain the classiness that was above the others, he is the head of Woldeform, Ilvan. The next one is the common noble looking, even with a common face he still exude that charismatic aura, he is the head of Thornwritter, Dunkel and the last one was Marion¡¯s father the head of Cuzkach, his looks was gentle with the stylish thick moustache his name was William. After the introduction, the King then directly stated the purpose of the meeting; ¡®mithrandil our oracle have said that a war will engulf the world and the sign of the war starting was the arrival of the other world dwellers. By that prophecy, we will probably have a war in the near future¡¯ Finishing his last words, someone inadvertently slam the table with a loud thump ¡®THUM!!¡¯ It was none other than the hot blooded man, Don Volcrom. ¡®mind your words my king, war is not a child playthings, if the country is in war you know better how our military will fare in the battlefield¡¯ ¡®even though im not always agreeable with Don, but the things he said has its rational¡¯ Said the man that exude classiness, Ilvan ¡®that is why we are here to discuss regarding the war¡¯ Don could only grumble and silently sit to hear what the King have to say, looking at the nobles in front of him, their eyes were fixed to their one and only King. With a face full of confidence and charisma he deliver his words. ¡®The continent of Aria is the continent our country resides in and in this continent houses more than 10 countries including us, Loredon. Out of all the countries, Loredon area of territory amount the least comparing to our neighboring countries. In other words our resource and manpower is limited. By that alone for us to go into war would be undeniably illogical. But the danger looms around the corner, even if we do not want to, war will come and if we are not prepared death will ravage these lands¡¯ The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. Silence took hold around the conference room not even Don could retort to that statement, after a few seconds King Balin continue; ¡®After the summoning begun, I have already proposed an alliance towards the other nations but unfortunately there are no reply whatsoever with our messenger lost in those countries. Based on their action alone reflect their opinion toward the war. Some may regard it as an opportunity and some as a source of paranoia. Information from the garrison has said that other countries are hastily increasing their military assets. Even the lesser known country that has less involvement in war history has made their move. Those alone tell us that their confidence level came from their heroes, even we are astounded by our heroes remarkable strength and power. Heroes act as one of the assets of war and undeniable they are the factor that will influence the outcome. To that my dear nobles, I ask you do we go to war or we cowers ourselves in the shroud of doom?¡¯ All the nobles head drop down with a solemn expression, in their mind some are thinking is it better to go to war and some have thought of killing their enemies in the name of glory. On the other hand, the three heroes are well composed even after hearing of the upcoming war, Aaron was looking as arrogant as he can be depicting the status as one of the elites while Miranda exude the cold airiness of an ice queen but Red on the other hand was drowsy, he tries his best to stay awake listening to the King¡¯s speech regarding the war but nonetheless his laziness over power anything. In his mind, he thought of scenarios where he gallantly rode to the battlefield slaying his enemies but the thought of it disturb him even a little causing him to quickly changes his way of thought. It seems killing was out of the question for now. After a while one noble stood up, to everyone surprise it was William Cuzkach; ¡®Yesterday I lost my daughter, I was in despair my heart ache knowing my baby girl was lost in the forest but this morning like a miracle shone upon me she returned back by the arms of none other than our heroes¡¯ His hand was gesturing toward Red while spoken regarding the hero ¡®I was skeptical at first hearing this heroes, even if they have remarkable abilities that itself doesn¡¯t ensure the safety our country but he, Red the Assist open up my mind. Even though he save one of the nobles he doesn¡¯t expect any reward at all, his attitude reflect the true characteristic of a hero¡¯ Red monologue; Wait what? What does he mean im a true hero, im just too lazy that I don¡¯t want to deal with you snobbish nobles. Urgh these nobles and their ethical thinking it makin--- me¡ªslee--- Even with all the praising toward Red, Aaron doesn¡¯t show any difference in his expression. He knows himself that he was way above him in every sort of way that is why he wasn¡¯t faze by those cheap praises by an old man¡¯s mouth. Even then he was still attentively listening to the noble speech; ¡®in that regard my fellow comrades and my dear king, I would propose the war would be led by our heroes. Their shines will bath our soldiers with invigorating will of determination boosting the morale of our overall soldier into battle.¡¯ But then a remark came from the ruthless looking man, Don Volcrom ¡®your words are full of fantasies my friend, you are putting too much hope and expectation from these called heroes, with their current state I don¡¯t think they can withheld even my blade¡¯s swing haha¡¯ A snicker at the end describe the overall intention of those words, it was meant to mock the heroes. Then a voice rings through the air, Aaron start to speak up; ¡®if you are that unconvinced by our power how about you taste it first¡¯ His words was like a dagger through the heart, provoking the ruthless noble. Don who has a short temper burst into anger; ¡®why you outlander, knows this in my time of glory I can kill a dozen men in mere second, come here if you want to taste my blade of death¡¯ Before the fight escalated, Ilvan intervened releasing a shout deep within his stomach¡¯s voice; ¡®DON!!!¡¯ Don look at the calm Ilvan who has release a sudden shout, he knows what that shout meant, not enticed by his petty anger, he disgruntledly sat back to his chair. Ilvan then continue to deliver his opinion regarding this matter; ¡®in this situation I would agree with Don, even with them hosting those powers and abilities if they do not have the experience in the battlefield, the probability of us losing is on the higher side, in that regard how should we handle this my King¡¯ All their attention was now fixed to King Balin after Ilvan last statement, expecting an answer that will quench their desires and their worries,the King spoke; ¡®As a King of this country, I have made countless ways to resolve issues within this land and this is no less, I have known that this matter will be upheld during this meeting and I have therefore made up a plan to tackle the problem. Due to their inexperience in the battlefield, I have made arrangement for next week to start training them in the Dome¡¯ Hearing the word Dome, every head of nobles and their attendant in the back express a shocked face, even Ilvan known to maintain his classiness in every situation shown a disbelief face. ¡®it seems I have your attention then, during their training in the dome they will be continuously bombarded by waves of danger accompany by a group of knights and some of my Royal Guard, they will conquer the Dome while in the process of getting strong¡¯ A silence could only be said after hearing the King¡¯s plan, bother by the word Dome, Red couldn¡¯t help it after seeing the nobles facial expression. Hesitating if its polite to ask the king right now regarding the Dome, another voice came from Aaron mouth questions the king regarding that fact; ¡®My king, I apologize for being rude but could you elaborate about the Dome you have speak of¡¯ With an eloquent way of speech, Aaron immediately asked the King. ¡®Dear heroes, the Dome is an ancient ruin which house many type of monster that goes way above the danger level in the normal plains. The entrance of the door exist as a portal that teleport you into the dome, while it may sounds confusing the size of the inside space doesn¡¯t match the outer appearance of the dome. You may see it yourself in the near future. Since discovering the Dome our country soldiers could only advanced up to the fourth dimension¡¯ ¡®Dimension? My king?¡¯ ¡®it must be confusing hearing these new words but in simplicity the dome have different levels which are called dimension, you could only travel to another dimension by completing the monster subjugation at the present dimension, we have tried to break through the fourth but to no avail we have no success, the monster are stronger after each dimension that is why the purpose of this plan is for the heroes to cooperate within themselves and a band of knights to pass this hurdle, it will act as a mock battle¡¯ Red¡¯s monologue hmm where did I heard about this, it seems very familiar ¡­¡­¡­ah! That anime SAO¡­ cheh is this world a ripoff or something but I cant be too sure about it can I might as well see it first While Red was preoccupied with useless things, the nobles then agree towards the plan. Aaron and Miranda also gave their silent agreement with a nod to the king; ¡®Since we have an agreement, I wish the best of luck to the heroes for their training and this meeting is now adjourned¡¯ Chapter 10: Each of Their Thoughts Out in the distance, the sound of running water could be heard. Filling the large bath house with warm water, it calms your mind just seeing the rush of water flowing into the tub. The large room was well-lighted with candle wall that resembles wall lamp in the modern world. On the ceiling were small size chandeliers that certainly brighten the room. The bathhouse itself wasn¡¯t a closed type room; it has an openness that resembles the onsen a Japanese bathhouse with an open arid environment. The reason for the long introduction about the house was none other due to Red, our lazy protagonist. Spotted near the edges of the bathhouse, he was relaxing while appreciating the scene that was in front of him. Upon his eyes laid the land of Loredon, the grassy plains, the farmer¡¯s crop field, and the lush forest, it was all been dye by the light of the moon. The moonlight serene characteristic further elevates the overall beauty of the scene in front of him. This was all possible due to the location of the castle, it was build close to the edge of a hill and with the previous king of fondness toward erotic things done at the bathhouse with an open concept, and there it was the birth of the royal bathhouse. Seems like it was only used during his reign but after King Balin rise to the throne it was always been deserted but still it was kept in maintenance. Red wonders why? Nevertheless he still appreciates those people who kept this place going. Back to Red, his mouth were mumbling saying how annoying that guy is while soaking in the warm water; ¡®damn that Aaron, thinking he¡¯s the best in everything and what did he meant I will be dead weight during the Dome training, arghh fuck him urgh!¡¯ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flashback - After the end of the meeting; ¡®glad that was over, now I can get back to my comfy bed hehe¡¯ ¡®hey Red, aren¡¯t you a bit worried about the war ?¡¯ said Miranda with a worried tone but before he could reply that man intervened ¡®forget about him Miranda, he won¡¯t be of use during the training, he might be a deadweight to us later on¡¯ Though Red wants to argue back to that arrogant Aaron, he was dead tired already with all the event happening before the meeting. With an annoy look he just ignored Aaron and slowly walk back to his room. Miranda hurriedly follow Red trying to console him, on the other hand Aaron watch them from far while maintaining his arrogant face. After a while he then leaves with his mind occupied by the problems that he needed to solve before the start of the Dome training. ¡®Reddd, wait for me¡¯ Red stop for a while glancing back seeing Miranda running toward him. At that point of time, he could see the jiggle of those lovely bouncing mounds. A pervert expression was carved on his face but as Miranda arrived in front of him he quickly regain his sense before being caught doing that pervert face. Maintaining his eye contact with Miranda, his eyes sometimes naughtily try to pry to the cleavage in front of him. With a resolve that was strong as ever he forcedly maintain his eye contact. Red¡¯s monologue Damn her why she is wearing a revealing dress, cant she wear something that can cover those heavenly cleava¡ª ¡®hey Red, are you listening to me? Hellooo¡¯ ¡®ouh yeah, yeah yeah im listening, what did you say again just now¡¯ ¡®I knew you weren¡¯t listening urgh!¡¯ ¡®sorry im kinda of tired right now cant seem to focus to anything ¡¯ ¡®hmm okay, im just saying that you shouldn¡¯t worry about what Aaron said before, you are not a dead weight okay¡¯ ¡®thanks for reminding me that¡¯ ¡®ehh no I mean, that wasn¡¯t what I meant¡¯ Her face look flustered trying to explain ¡®Don¡¯t worry I care less about what other says about me¡¯ She then regains her composure; ¡®hmm ok Red, where are you going?¡¯ ¡®to the bathhouse why? You want to follow? Haha¡¯ Then a thundering slaps land at Red¡¯s face, ¡®Red!! You shoudnt said that to a woman hmph¡¯ She then bolts off leaving Red in pain, with a dumbfounded look Red could only sigh. He only meant it as a joke didn¡¯t thought that she would perceive it as something insulting. Forgetting the trivial stuff he then went straight to the bathhouse Flashback end- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huh~ calm yourself Red, ignore those trivial things you shouldn¡¯t be bothered by it. think about other things¡­¡­¡­damn it those two goblin again I don¡¯t want to think about those kind of feeling for now try thinking about other things¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­..ouh yeah that¡¯s nice, two huge bouncy pudding mounds. Look at them jiggle with each movement ahhh that is heaven I tell you. While Red was trying to calm himself, it rather turns him into thinking about lewd things that he has saw. Maybe we should leave him for now with his fantasies. The scene then changes to a dark room with a man sitting at the corner of the bed. With his eyes glaring to the gap open by the door, the moonlight pass through the gap and shine upon the face of the lonesome man in the dark. It was none other than Aaron, his face display the troubles that looms in his mind. Up until now he was faking it all, leaving his precious world behind he misses all the glory, womens and money that he has obtained, due to that reason he was the most desperate of them all; Aaron¡¯s monolog; Damn it!! why! Why! Why do I have to participate in this damn war, im not even a part of this world. What should I do? My plan to return back to Earth has not come to fruition. The King haven¡¯t answered my question regarding the summoning, since magic exist here in this world there must be a way to return by using the same magic. I was hoping he would send me teacher that could teach me teleportation magic but to no avail no news has come regarding that matter. Is he ignoring me? And by the looks of it, he would probably prefer me to stay and fight for his damn country. This hilly billi nation, why is it all primitive even the bathroom is medieval. No no I cant give up, I am an elite from Princeton even in another world I need to uphold the legacy of a Princeton. Tomorrow for sure I will try to find a way to return back no matter what it takes. For the moment I need to continue being the hero they all want me to be but that Red why do I felt anger toward him even with his shitty status he was still refers as a hero by that old noble. Heh no matter I might as well used him for my entertainment during my stay here, damn that short yellow monkey. The scene then fade into another room a woman wearing a medieval style negligee lying on her queen size bed. The room was dark only lit by the moonlight that could only pierce the glass window of the door partially expose some of the room. Unbeknownst to the woman, the light also revealed some part of her body especially her well tone legs. On her mind, she was now feeling guilty toward something. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Miranda¡¯s monolog; Ahhh why did I slap him just now, he was only joking about it. I should have not done that pity him. Should I apologizes to him right now but aren¡¯t he in the bathhouse right now, ahhh no I cant go there then will he think of me of something like nymphomaniac or something. Wait why am I so concern about him is this? ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ no it cant be, he¡¯s younger than me. But yes! It must be it, im concern at him because he is like a little brother to me yes that how our relationship is. I better as well apologizes tomorrow morning. After expressing a triumph face while making the conclusion between her and Red relationship, she then doze into her sleep. Walking along the corridor, Red was only wearing his bathrobe, for once he loved being in this world. Relaxing in a warm bath, eating good look-alike british food, a comfy queen size bed and the magnificent scene of bouncy mounds everywhere. For Red that itself was luxurious enough, compare to back home finding a decent D-cup I mean finding a decent british diner would be hard. While humming to a Korean song that Red like, he then stumble upon a girl and ironically the scene itself was like d¨¦j¨¤ vu to him. Red¡¯s monolog; Huh~ it must be Olivia again and why is she sleeping in front of my doorstep, nevermind better as well approach her. Wow her breasts I mean pudding jelly is certainly big, thank god she changes her cloth, wearing a thin silky dress really make her pudding stands out. Huh enough with the erotic thoughts better take her in before she catch a cold or something. Carrying her into his room he then lay her on his bed, again this sight never stop to amaze Red. Her porcelain pale skin really makes her a beauty but wait she seems to be groom a bit. Red release a sigh of satisfies, he was glad that she was now more attentive toward her appearance. Wanting to see her beautiful face up close he then laid beside her sleeping body. Staring at her face it was enough to make any men heart melt. He was satisfied that he could see a beautiful face up close it remind him of the one he loves back home. Remembering her sweet smile and eccentric antic make his heart ache, it clearly shows how much he misses her. That¡¯s the only thing that he misses back at his original world, trying to sooth his aching heart. He try to stare at the big mound in front of him, his intention was only to repressed his feeling but then his drowsiness caught up to him and he then fall asleep beside the maiden. The morning sun then arises from the east with sounds of rooster like avian complement it from the background. Opening his heavy drowsy eye lid, in front of him was an empty bed. He guess that she probably leave after seeing him sleeping by her side, well it was inevitable, he was too tired last night that he accidentally slept beside Olive. Stretching his arm into the air, his weak rigid body release a few crack here and there. He certainly need more exercise by the sound of it. Putting that aside, his eye wanders around his room; facing the balcony his eye caught a scene that was beautiful as the sun rises. A woman wearing a thin cloth dress was casually leaning on the balcony stone fences. Her back side view was certainly beautiful; the thin material dress accentuated her nice curves when the sun light shines through the dress. Her body silhouette rather than stimulating it was more mesmerizing in a sense it was pure art, pure beauty with not a scent of erotic thought. As she turn her body around, her wavy hair flows like the wind even from afar Red can smell the sweet scent roses just by the flick of her hair. He wonders if it¡¯s really from her hair, as the sun at her back Red can hardly discern her face. Slowly approaching Red from the balcony, Red anticipates who the beauty in front of him right now. As each of her step approaches Red, her facial feature was now present in front of Red. Seeing her face, Red could only give a pleasant smile. It was none other than Olive but different from her usual appearance, her hair was glistening like silky thread made from the finest silkworm and her un-glasses face reveal her mesmerizing sapphire blue eyes. He never notices that part of hers. A warm bright smile was expressed from her porcelain face while saying; ¡®good morning Red¡­ have a goodnight sleep?¡¯ Captivated by her, he could only muttered this word ¡®ahh yeah yeah it was good¡¯ Olive then invites Red to a small table located at the balcony, inviting him by giving out her hand. Red unconsciously grabs her hand and pulled by her. At the balcony, breakfast was served to him with the beautiful environment around him. While Red slowly enjoys his breakfast, he ask Olive for what occasion did she prepare this for. She only said; ¡®thank you for the meal huhu¡¯ Hearing her reason, he could only smile. It seems even in this world good deeds will be reply with good deeds. After enjoying a nice breakfast with Olive, she then takes her leave leaving Red to his business. Beside breakfast last night it seems she brought a few books that were related with a mid-tier support magic. Taking his time after changing to a comfortable sleeping robe, he relaxes himself while reading the books. But then suddenly someone enter his room through the balcony door, she came with a loud sound after landing in his room. He ignore it, he already know who it was so it was better to ignore it. She then approach him while pouting; ¡®Reddd, im here you know you shouldn¡¯t ignore me¡¯ Red was still ignoring her even after hearing her plea. ¡®if you ignore me, I won¡¯t let you touch this again¡¯ ¡®what do you again?! I never¡­ ugh¡¯ He unconsciously reply to her sudden accusation ¡®haaa I see so you really do like these babies of mine, so listen up before Dome training begin I need to train you for a few more days¡¯ ¡®okay then tell me why I should do that, isn¡¯t it better to relax while I have the time since being there won¡¯t be any resting time¡¯ She only reply it bluntly with a straight answer ¡®well with your current status you will be dead by the second¡¯ Trying to maintain his compose face, he silently gulps showing how nervous he was. Contemplating whether he should follow his busty guardian, after a while he then reluctantly agreed. ¡® then give me half an hour, I need to learn a few of these magic¡¯ ¡®okayy¡¯ ¡®by the way, what kind of training is it?¡¯ ¡®hmm death training 202 hehe¡¯ Hearing the word death again, he could only sigh to his misfortune Red¡¯s monologue Couldn¡¯t she put something cute on the title rather than death -_- Chapter 11: Quest or Training? Looking into the mirror, it certainly does show how much I have age even after 6 days of residing here. My stub have grown, the shaved clean face during the time I have arrived was now long gone. In front of the mirror was only a man with a disgruntled face. If I have known this I should have brought a few spare shavers, it would certainly come in handy. Leaving that aside, I guess I should prepare myself for the training with Bra then. Packing a few things like clothes and foods, he then prepared himself before embarking to the training location. Walking through the corridor, he met a few maids here and there but still their attitude was the same as before. Only the King¡¯s attendant who was really interested and concern about him nevertheless it must be due to the King¡¯s order. Trying not to really care about it, he occupied himself by starting his spamming skill training. Mumbling the spell to himself, he then arrives at the front courtyard. There he saw a group of people gathering around in a circle, it was mostly consist of soldiers and knights. Approaching toward the group, Red could hear the sound of metal clashing as he getting nearer. In front of him was a spectacle that was truly aspiring, with razor sharp movement and fully concentrated attack, it was a bout between Aaron and an old looking man that clearly resemble the Royal Guard captain. He never really knew the captain but from Bra opinion he was a man of valor and has a high battle prowess, his name was Sir Harkron. Astonished by the highly intense fight, he cast away his deep grudge to Aaron and appreciate the high quality sword sparring. Among the spectators, shout of encouragement toward the Hero and the captain could be heard. With Red¡¯s keen eye, he could see a few of them tossing money around toward certain people; he can clearly smell the betting scene that was ingrained to these people mindset. Discerning if it¡¯s wise to join in the fun, a scenario in which Aaron losing came to his mind. The sight of the arrogant Aaron drop to his knee would totally elevate his mood for today. But contrary to his wishful thoughts, Aaron was fighting on par with the Royal Guard captain. Both of them are neither showing signs of retreating. The captain was wielding a sword and shield while Aaron true to his class was wielding a large claymore. The size of it was unusually larger than the normal size claymore, Red guess that Aaron probably favors brute strength rather than magic power. Again he was wrong all over. As Aaron¡¯s claymore clash with captain¡¯s shield, a halt between them took place. At the center they were competing through pure strength, Aaron with his high STR status easily overpowered the captain, but then the captain retaliates. Falling back due to the strength of Aaron, he redirected the power of the strike to the ground using his shield as a medium. Striking the ground a hole was made due to the immense power of the strike; with the sword stuck to the ground the captain make his move. With a glow from his shield, he shouted ¡®Shield Bash!¡¯ The shield strike to Aaron¡¯s face, thou it wasn¡¯t strong enough it manages to stagger Aaron. With the unmovable Aaron, the captain releases another attack. The sword glows in yellow hue, it was a sign for another skill to be unleashed. ¡®Sword strike¡¯ With the strike intended to kill, it was close to shaving off Aaron¡¯s neck. Red wonder if this was really a sparring match to begin with. In that mere second before the sword hit, Aaron block it with his right arm while shouting; ¡®Earth¡¯s skin¡¯ A loud clang can be heard after the arm clash with the sword. After debris of earth scattered around, Red saw the sword was lodged into Aaron¡¯s arm but more precisely to be a layer of earth that was made to act as a shield. With his left arm expose, he quickly raised it and directed it toward the captain. The captain sensing a dire situation, release the sword and brace himself from the incoming attack from Aaron. Spell rings manifest around his left arm as he mumbles the incantation, with a grin he shout; ¡®let him burn, fireball!!¡¯ A large fireball was released from his left arm, the speed of the fireball was so fast that the captain could only managed to avoid it a little while receiving spell damaged at his body left side. His armor was blackish due to the damage of the fireball. His expose left hand was quite burn, Red doesn¡¯t really care about the captain but this match was certainly a true death fight situation. With the captain dropping to his knee while huffing heavy breathing, only one word release from his mouth ¡®I concede¡¯ The crowd cheers for Aaron winning while some of the spectators rush to captain¡¯s side to aid him. The captain pushes the helps from other as he desperately tries to stand and walk towards Aaron. The cheers then turn silent, on the spectators mind it was probably how the captain have a grudge of losing to the Hero. But opposite to their expectation, the captain raised Aaron¡¯s arm and declare ¡®Cheers to our hero, Aaron the one who will save us all the hero of claymore!!!¡¯ Replying to the captain¡¯s declaration, the crowds cheer together. Amidst of the cheering, Aaron kindly said to the captain; ¡®sorry for being too rough on you captain¡¯ ¡®hey don¡¯t be sorry, didn¡¯t I say we should fight seriously¡¯ ¡®yes but..¡¯ ¡®no buts since you came here my fighting spirit is increasing high these days, I think my skill is improving too alongside your training, in other words you acts as a motivation for me¡¯ ¡®thank you captain it was all thanks to your teaching that I can fight like that¡¯ ¡®heh put a cork on that mouth of yours, I only teach you a little these days im gonna make a new technique to defeat you hehe¡¯ ¡®I will be looking forward for it captain, but first shouldn¡¯t you be heading to the infirmary first and treating that burn¡¯ ¡®Don¡¯t worry about it, I will go later. Since the spar is over I will see you this evening for our last part of training don¡¯t be late¡¯ ¡®Yes captain¡¯ As the captain leaves to the infirmary, the crowds flock around Aaron hoping for some teachings from their hero. Annoy by the scene in front of him, Red was really not feeling good seeing their close bond camaraderie. Before he starts cursing, he left the front yard heading to the stable. Galloping through the plains of Loredon, his mind wander as he thought about how powerful Aaron has become just by using sword and a wide range of magic that consist offense and defense, for one thing his arrogance wasn¡¯t baseless. Backup by his high status and skill, it certainly makes up for it for his bad attitude. Determine by the size and power of Aaron¡¯s fireball he deduced that it was probably intermediate level. It was certainly preposterous how much of a cheat he is. Red could only curse himself for not being able to use the main elemental magic, despite that even during riding the horse, he still continue his skill spamming training. For sometimes now, a blue box is blinking at the corner of his eyes; it must be alerting him to changes of status or skill. But he just ignore it, it would be hassle if he was excited about a mere level up. Right now what he needed was fighting experience to make up for his lacks of status and skills. Riding through the wind, a four way junction was up in front. Beside the road was an open caravan, thought it was interesting Red took a stop for a while. Pulling the rein, the horse slowly halts its movement. Eyeing the inside of the caravan, he could see different type of glass jars with different type of liquids in it, some of them even have herbs and small animal in it. Red expresses a grotesque face after seeing those things in the container. On the back wall of the caravan hung multiple type of bow and arrows, it seems that this is caravan exclusively caters for those bow wielders. Rubbing his chin he then glances inside of the caravan looking for the owner of this establishment. Sadly for him there was no one there, it was certainly weird leaving a caravan full of goods like this. The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. As he loiters around the caravan, something flew through the wind. Noticing something from the glassware¡¯s reflection, he nearly dodged it by a hair breadth. Falling his body sideway, the arrow managed to graze his left cheek. Dropping to the ground, he then frantically search for the source of the attack. Taking cover behind the caravan, he then takes time catching his breath from the surprised attack. Unsheathing his sword, he prepares himself for another attack. After 10 minutes of silence, an arrow was lodged into the wall of the caravan right next to his head. It seems the archer has changed his location. No wonder there was a moment of silence, with no time to lose, he then move again back to the other side of the caravan. But to his dismay, an arrow easily flew from the same direction from before. With his paranoid like reflex he instantly blocks it by using the sword blade as a shield for his head. A hard sound of metal clashing can be heard between the arrow and the sword. The aim just now was Red¡¯s head, the accuracy was spot on it was really meant to kill. His mind was now in disarray, the block just now was only a fluke he doesn¡¯t know if he could block the next arrow. Rapidly thinking the next course of action, he hastily run away from the caravan heading to the forest. Red¡¯s monologue; Fuck this situation; I only want to take a glance. Huh~ (taking a deep breath) let¡¯s think this through, one on the other side and another one on the other side, there¡¯s a slight chance there were more than two of them. Let¡¯s see what should I do¡ª With his back against a tree, another arrow was shot up hitting the tree in front of him. Taking too much time he prepares himself. Chanting the incantation one by one, he cast his support spell; ¡®extensus velocitas¡¯ ¡®Hawk Eye¡¯ Going out to the plain across the caravan, his eyes search through the forest looking for the enemy. With an increased in distance for his eye sight, he found the perpetrator that can only be seen as shadow from the far distance. The shadow quietly pulls its bow string to release another arrow. Rushing to the enemy, the arrow then flew straight to Red¡¯s direction. With a slight boost in his speed, he managed to avoid it unscathed. The shadow was now flustered seeing the ability of the man that was heading to it. Arrow after arrow was now released in a rapid speed but he successfully dodged it. With the distanced between them shorten, Red dash forward preparing to strike the enemy down. Now the enemy was just in front of him, the enemy¡¯s bow was drawn fully ready to bring down Red to the ground. Just before the arrow was released, Red swings his sword and cut the bow into half immobilizing the enemy attempt to attack him. Preparing his next move, Red quickly swings his sword aiming at the shadow¡¯s body. But then his nerve struck him down, in front of him was a girl with her eyes tearing. His attempt to attack came to a fault; his fear of murdering someone took upon his body causing him to freeze on the spot. Then a loud voice could be heard from afar; ¡®Don¡¯t you dare touch my sister!!¡¯ Running from the other side of the forest was a young boy holding a bow toward Red location. With a scream, he jumps toward Red who was frozen in front of his little sister. Red still unable to move due to his nervous breakdown was left unguarded. Moment before being hit by the bow wielding young boy, his mind snap out and thanks to the speed buff he managed to avoid it. As the boy attempt fail, he then clumsily crash to the ground exposing his back to Red. Taking no chances, Red kick him from the back making him scream in pain. Poor little boy, afterwards Red grab the young boy and bound him with a rope cuffing him at both hands and feet. The same thing happens to his sister except for the kicking part, due to her willingness she was much easier to handle. Setting them aside together side by side, Red was in front of them displaying a stern face. Since they are both kids he should show a certain degree of harshness for them not to trifles with adults such as Red. Staring at both of them, he walks slowly toward them. The kids were now trembling in fear afraid of the things that will happen by the man that capture them. Unconsciously the boy cursed at Red due to the overwhelming fear engulfing him; ¡®Fuck off you bandit!!! Give me back my master!!¡¯ Annoy by the brat loud screaming, Red slowly give a hard flick at his forehead. The sequence repeated for God knows how many times it is. The brat screaming about bandit and master and he flick his forehead, he screams again about the unfair treatment he flick him again and at one time even before the brat could scream his forehead was already being flicked. After a while the brat stop producing any sound, not a hint of his voiced could be heard anymore. Red was already exhausting him with the countless forehead flickering torture. With the situation calming down, he then start to talk to the more composed sibling, the girl. ¡®hey you girl, since im irritated right now answer my question honestly you got it?¡¯ The girl only nod slowly, the boy on the other hand was just looking at Red with a dead tired eyes. ¡®first why the hell do you attack me?¡¯ With a silence pause for a while, the girl took her time before answering him ¡®Umm brother said that if the bandit comes back we should take revenge on master'' The boy try to retort back to her statement but Red with his godly speed flickering technique managed to shut him up again ¡®I see, I guess that¡¯s a reasonable reason for attacking me but still it wasn¡¯t really polite to attack a stranger, what if im not the bandit wouldn¡¯t it be you are the one at fault¡¯ She could only agree with a slight nod, the brother at her side also express a complex face. Both of them are probably repenting for the rash decision that they have made. Making a sigh because of the reaction of both of them, he then proceeds with another question; ¡®Okay so what happen to this master of yours?¡¯ Hesitating to tell Red, after a few exchanges of glances between the siblings, she then told him regarding their circumstances. The details of their explanation was as such, they both went for an errand task by their master to a nearby villages but when getting back to the caravan they then see a horrific scene. Hiding by the bushes they witness their master being hit and kick all over his body by a group of men that wore the insignia of a notorious mountain bandit gang, The Gala Crushers. Not being able to move during their master being attack, they regret their action of not even trying to help him. They were telling the story while crying their tears out. The story continues with their master being dragged away into a wagon heading to the Mountain of Ysmir. The odd thing was none of his goods was taken during the supposedly bandit raid. Seeing the two kids bawling in front of him, he wonders if it¡¯s okay to do a side quest first before going to training. Contemplating over it, he then decided that maybe saving their master would prove to be a good step on how to measure his capability and overcoming his weakness of death. With a grin on his face, he releases both of them from their restraint and said to them; ¡®come on, we need to save your master right¡¯ Chapter 12: Memories of Love Ysmir mountain, one of the mountain that are located in the country of Loredon. It tallest peak could be compare to the Mt.Kinabalu from the south eastern region of Asia. Its higher region wasn¡¯t fully explore by the adventure of Loredon, most of the stories gather by the adventurer who attempted the exploration came to be a failure that result in 98% death. Some of them who survive report about a large mysterious being reside on those stone cold mountain peak. Returning to our hero, he strides along the ground to the path of the mountain that was in sight. His memories regarding mountain wasn¡¯t really pleasant, most of them involved him being in a tattered state residing on a bed in a hospital. Fracture leg, fracture arm and you know name it, every history of fracture on his body was from the mountain trails. But that doesn¡¯t stop him to come back to those mountain ridges. Behind Red were two siblings, a boy and a girl. Based on their appearance, they are at most 9 or 10 years old. After releasing them from their restraint, they were at first baffled by Red¡¯s action but after seeing Red heading toward the mountain they silently follow him from the back. At first they were a bit skeptical about this weird stranger who without any reason came to help their master. But after a few friendly conversations with him, they were now more open to him or to be exact too open. ¡®heyy Lizi, don¡¯t eat that you never know if its poisonous or not¡¯ ¡®but the nice mister gave it to me¡¯ ¡®heh don¡¯t trust him too much, what if¡ª¡® A flick was given to that poor young boy¡¯s forehead, a slight scream echoed on that lonely road. ¡®yaa cant you guys keep it down, im trying to think here especially you Cole¡¯ They both went silent after being scolded by Red, this remind of Red of how he always handle his younger siblings during his younger days. But still these two were a lot more problematic than his sibling. Lizi was a gentle girl, she always show consideration toward others even during the attack toward Red she was hesitating to attack a person. Different from her brother, Cole was a hot tempered lad, always resorting to rash decision making. They both complement each other like both side of a coin. Thou Cole shows the most earnest sibling love to his sister, they still bicker a lot. After warming up to Red, Lizi start to open up to him and start talking about their master. Based on her story alone, this master of theirs has taken care of them since they were a baby. Red wonder if they were abandon by their parent but he thought it was not wise to ask those question to these bright and lively children. But one thing certainly piques an interest to his mind, how the hell do these kids learn to use a bow. Their skill with the bow was certainly can be compared with an intermediate level archer. Red wonders if this master of theirs was an expert marksman, but a few bandits wouldn¡¯t be a match to an expert archer skill. Something odd is going here, that¡¯s how Red deduced that the scenario doesn¡¯t really fit in. saving that question for later, he first see the progression of his skills and status.
NameRedAge23
GenderMaleLevel4
ClassThe Assist
Strength13Vitality13
Resistance13Agility13
Magic23Magic Resistance23
Skills
? Comprehension of Support Magic ? Munus Fabula o Hawk Eye Lv8 o Shout of Couragelv5 o Extunsus velocitas Lv7 o Extensus potentia Lv7 o Extensus defensio Lv7 o Lesser Heal Lv9 o Detox Lv6 o Resistentia oriri magicae Lv6 o Shield of Maria Lv7 o Wise of the Predator Lv5 ? Unable to learn Main(fire/water/earth/wind) elemental Magic ? Language Comprehension
This was the current status and skill of Red. Contrary to others, due to his skill Munus Fabula his skill description is different from others. The normal example would be how other adventurer skill name is as such; ¡°Hawk Eye¡± while Red was ¡°Hawk Eye Lv1¡±. The present of the level makes the difference between them, through this leveling status Red can closely monitor how efficient his skill was and through the availability of spamming his skill, it allows Red to level up the skill thus increasing it power and efficacy. While adventurers on the other hand and his fellow heroes, the lack of this leveling cause them to master their skills in the old fashion of hard work and training that encompass understanding the basic of it. But for the genius however, they can easily escalate their prowess in their respective element with little or no effort. Looking at his status, Red was satisfied with his current progression but he still need to continually spam his skill for them to reach the level of the other heroes. He still has a long way to go. With the extra 10 points for status distribution that he obtain after killing the goblins, he evenly distributed it between magic and magic resistance. While deep in thought he wonders if he could learn a passive skill to add in to his repertoire. Pondering about the passive skill, the noise at the back keep becoming louder causing Red to become irritated. Turning around, again he scolded those two children. After a while, the group then arrived at the foot of the mountain. The group was at awe seeing the magnificent mountain up close. But still their purpose was one and only to save a person life. With the inexperienced Red and two children they really do not know where to start for their search. It was like searching a needle in a haystack. Racking his brain on top of a boulder, he silently thinks while the other two kids with nothing to do start to wander around the area. Practicing their archery, they both show good skills in wielding the bow but then an arrow flew over the target. Lizi then run to pick up her miss shot arrow. Searching the arrow around the bushes, Lizi then spotted a few mens wearing ragged clothing, from their appearance alone it smell like bandit to Lizi. In a way it¡¯s not really good to judge a book by its cover, but in this world the appearance really was everything excluding a few of them. A scar on their faces and accompany by a nasty smile, a weird stench loom on the trail that the bandit go through causing Lizi to instinctly pinch her nose to block the smell from entering while hiding under a bush beside the trail. Her instinct told her to follow them while crawling under the bushes. It¡¯s not an everyday situation to see a lovely girl to be crawling on the ground but her circumstances make her to do so. Crawling on the ground with her cloth started to get dirtied by the soil she then saw it, the bandit¡¯s stronghold. Located at the other side of the mountain, the base involved the inner cavern of the mountain thus providing a natural barrier. While at the outer side a large row of wooden fences with a height of 4 meters served as the wall of the stronghold. Connecting those walls were a few watch tower that held a single man as a watchman. Based on Lizi observation, it was certainly an impenetrable fortress if the opponent was the three of them. After a few minutes she thought it would be wise to return back, Cole must be looking for her and if Cole found her here he would have rashly barged in alone. Returning back to the location of Red, Lizi drag Cole along as he was annoyingly bombarding her with question that wasn¡¯t relevant with the current situation. Staring at Red with earnest eyes, it makes Red wonder if something happen; ¡®okay so whats wrong?¡¯ ¡®i¡­ found it¡­¡¯ ¡®oh!¡¯ She then told him about the stronghold that she discovered while searching for the arrows. Impressed by her action, Red nonchalantly patted her head gently. A blush could be seen reddening her whole face, Cole tried to retort but unfortunately for him, he met with demise as the one who flick him was now Lizi. Red displays a bewildered expression, these kids starting to get more unpredictable. Putting their erratic behavior aside, he then proceed on making the plan for the stronghold infiltration. Red wanting not to involve both of these kids in the infiltration came with a fault. Based on the description of Lizi, the defense was quite loose with only 3 watch tower that surround the stronghold. Lizi also spotted one of the watchmen to always casually fall into a sleep. Before beginning the plan making he asks them for both of their status description. They were blank at first at Red¡¯s question but after Red shows his Silver Shield, they got the idea of what he was talking about. Taking it out from their pocket was small size bronze like mirror that was in the shape of a circle. With a confused face, Red wonders if there was many type of status shield. Focusing on the task on hand, he saw the status of both of them;
NameLizi LazardoAge10
GenderFemaleLevel16
ClassArcher
Strength15Vitality10
Resistance10Agility65
Magic25Magic Resistance10
Skills
? Basic Archery ? Song of the Huntress ? Focus shot
Wait?! What? Red¡¯s mind clearly depicts those two words. Her overall status clearly overpowered Red by a large margin, now he was even more confused being that how the hell did he defeat both of them while he was only at level 4. Red then shifts his sight to Cole¡¯s shield.
NameCole LazardoAge11
GenderMaleLevel12
ClassArcher
Strength20Vitality20
Resistance15Agility40
Magic8Magic Resistance8
Skills
? Basic Archery Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon.? Focus shot ? Bow¡¯s Strike
Seeing his brother status, it wasn¡¯t really on par with her little sister. It clearly show his laziness in training or perhaps. But still does it really hurt being flicked by a man who possess 10 STR. Red now was starting to get suspicious, was Cole acting when being flicked or was Red forehead flick was really that awesome to begin with. Ignoring that part he begins to plan the ideal way to infiltrate and rescue their master. Questioning on more of their skills description, Red then figure out the extends of their skill to add on to their plan. The plan was as follow, using Lizi¡¯s skill Song of the Huntress it will increase the maximum distanced for them to aim their target while also increasing their percentage of hitting a critical hit. The next step was for them to properly position themselves in each and every front of the watch tower. Every individual is needed to kill the watch man that they are assigned to. After that Red will then run along the wall of the stronghold and infiltrate it. The other two will stay outside without involving themselves in the enemies manifested stronghold. At first they object to the plan because of the leaving behind scene but after multiple forehead flicks and persuasion Red managed to let them agree with the plan. Red doesn¡¯t want to feel guilty as it is because asking them to kill a person at a young age doesn¡¯t seem right to him. He asks of them about their task on hand, they happily agreed with it. Red question whether the felt any burden of hurting someone. They casually said; ¡®Master said if someone hurt you or bothers you, it¡¯s okay to retaliate and disposed of them¡¯ Shocked by the words that came out of a young little girl, Red was perplexed being not able to understand the norms of this world. His morale in the original world plus the study of helping those in need, build his character unconsciously to be a good will and non-violent person. He needs to adjust fast to this new found world if he wants to survive long enough to return back to his love one. Before the sun sets, Red went to observe the surroundings of the stronghold. Leaving behind those two kids with their task of training their aim, he wanders around the forest surrounding the bandit¡¯s stronghold. Crouching behind the bushes, his eye was eyeing the wall in front of him. Thinking about it he never tried to run any wall even a 2 meter one. But the wall in front of him was intimidating, running above the 4 meter prove to be the next obstacle that he need to overcome. He was now not very confident to run above it, he now wonder why his plan was so crude to begin with he could have lure one of the bandit to open the gate but seemingly is killing the easier path? He certainly has confused his own mind. But nevertheless he needs to increase his extensus velocitas to a higher level if he wants to go above those walls. Walking back to his base camp, he continuously cast the spell until his mana run dry. His mana regeneration was posing as a problem to him, if he has higher regeneration rate it would solve the problem of wasting time to wait his mana turn full again. Returning back from his dazed, he look around to see his surroundings and one word came out of his mouth; ¡®Shit!¡¯ Red was lost, since he was too occupied thinking about his problems, he now wanders around the unseemly forest who looks all the same. Sighing to his own misfortune, he need to find his own back fast as the clock was ticking. If he was late the plan wouldn¡¯t be able to proceed. With a slow pace he try to find his way back, the unfamiliar greens surrounding him made him unable to discern the way to return. Trying not to care about it he walks around while enjoying the scenery with his mouth mumbling the incantation of his spells. His eye then caught something glimmer in the dense forest. Intrigue by the shimmering light, he went toward it with a cautious mind. Seeing the light up close, it was a gem like a diamond embedded in the bark of an old tree. The tree was the most aged tree compare to its brethren surrounding it. He was no arborist to begin with but the sheer magnificent of the aura this tree exude overwhelm him in such a way that it cannot be compared to the other trees. Reaching slowly to the gem, his gentle touch makes the gem to release a bright glow. Engulf by the light he was then vanish into thin air leaving only the glow of the gem to fade into darkness. Opening his eyes to the surrounding, it was pure white light. As the light fades into the background, in front of him was a statue erected that seems ancient in appearance. It stands above him with a height of 2.5 meter. The ancient statue was modeled based on a beautiful woman, the statue was carved with exact precision that it seems to be alive. The curves of the statue were covered by another layer of material that resembles a flowing cloth depicting a women embrace by the cloths protecting them from embarrassment. On the pedestal where it resides, a description was written on it, as Red swipe off the dust around it, he read it out loud; ¡®Beauty only exist for a fraction of the moment, people grows old and disappear through time but love itself was timeless preserved by the memories that was created and cherished together, Love is eternal¡¯ Without knowing it tears run down Red¡¯s cheek, his bottle up longing for his beloved from the original world start to pour out in the form of tears of yearning. Red drop down to his knees, with tears raining down on his face. Memories of their moment flashing in his mind, the stress accumulated from this world hinder him from remembering all those time he has with his cherish one. Then a voice was heard echoing in the enclose space. ¡®ooo young one please held up your head high for this moment is for you and you only¡¯ Looking upward, the statue was now alive and real. Its beauty transcends the word beautiful itself. Red not given care about it because of the feeling he was experiencing face the statue. She then spoke; ¡®for you the one who has the heart of love, the immeasurable love that transcend time and world. I allow you to see your beloved one¡¯ With a whisk of her hand, a circle emerged in the air. The image projected in front of him was his beloved. Unconsciously he reached for the image in the sky but to dismay he could not touch it or felt it. The image was her in pajamas lying on a bed preparing to sleep, with the sound of rain falling down in the background. The woman was staring at her smartphone, looking at the picture of a man eating a burger. It was none other than Red, it was a picture he sent a week before he was teleported here. The woman caress the picture with her gentle hand, tears was forming on her eye. Closing her eyes, she then slept while tears run down her face. The projection then disappears, burst itself into thin air. The statue could only apologize to him; ¡®im sorry my young one, my power could only show you that brief moment only, I only desired for you relieved your longing.¡¯ ¡®no it was enough, I now remember. I know now what I need to do. I need to go back and find a way back to her¡¯ An eye of determination can be seen deep in his eyes. ¡®I thank you statue? May I know the name who have help mending my broken heart ¡¯ ¡®im the goddess Daenale, that governs love. Due to your sincere love I have manifest into this form¡¯ ¡®I see, can you return me back goddess, I need to help a few people before embarking the goal of returning¡¯ ¡®that I can¡¯t help you young one, this space itself was not to my bidding. It seems you are entrapped in this space closure¡¯ ¡®Wait what?? Then how I can return back¡¯ ¡®all my power have been used to project the image that cut through dimension but do not worry my young one, this space closure was made by the high density of mana that was accumulated through the years that reside in this closure by the age oak tree¡¯ ¡®so it was because of that tree, do you know any way for me to escape from this place?¡¯ ¡®I could only advise you my young one, utilize the mana itself and absorb it into yourself, may luck be at your side.¡¯ With the end of her speech, she then returns back to its original statue appearance. As hard as stone, it was now unmovable. Eyeing around his surrounding, he sees the walls was pitch black with a green hue that glow every now and then. The floor of the space was presumed to be made out of collection of vines swerve together. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, he closes his eyes and starts to cast his spells continuously. Noticing something estranged, he could cast the spells without stopping. Opening up his parameter window he saw that his mana bar wasn¡¯t decreasing after casting a few spells. Not wanting to miss this opportunity, he then continues to cast his spell in the position of mediation. Times flew by, without the aid of a watch he could not tell how much time has passed. Hunger was not a problem as the time he spent here he has not felt hungry at all. Remembering the words of Daenale, he continues to cast his spells and try to felt the mana around him. As time pass by, the air around him thin down. Then a rumble can be heard, opening his eyes the sight was pitch black but then a white glows envelop him and again the feeling that he felt so familiar with transported him. The white surroundings fade and there he was right back at the same spot where he vanishes. Turning around he saw the old oak tree whither dropping its leave into the ground. The gem embedded in it lost its shine and crumble into dust. Then a pop up open in front of him;
Due to long exposure within a high density mana space, you have absorbed most of it and retain within your body Mana 50000+
Over exposure within the high density of mana and continuous filling of the mana container within yourselves, you have learn Aid of the Old Oaken Tree(passive) Lv1
At last he has earned a passive skill; a solemn smile was expressed on his face. You can¡¯t even decide whether it was joy or sadness. Only one thing was on his mind, to return home! Chapter 13: Red, Master, and Vincruelos Cutting through the wind, a man was running as fast as he could. Without the aid of any navigation system, he ran as he follows his instinct. The time he spent in the aged tree was like ages he worried the kids would rashly head into the bandit¡¯s stronghold. While worrying about the children, he then exited out of the forest. In front of him was the mountain, but as bad luck was a long companion of him. This part of the mountain wasn¡¯t very familiar to him, without any delay he runs again to the right side following the perimeter of the mountain. In his heart, he was hoping that he would be on the right path for once. Frantically running, his eyes then caught something that was familiar. The trail that he once walks through was in sight. With assurance he further accelerates hoping to find the siblings. Then he arrived at the base camp that he had agreed upon with the children. The boulder that he sat on this morning was spotted but the kids weren¡¯t on sight. Heart fallen due to the fate of kids, he drop down to his knee feeling guilty about the fate of those children. Saying it out loud he expresses his sadness; ¡®what have I done, cursed you my bad luck this is all my fault¡¯ ¡®bad luck?¡¯ ¡®is he okay brother?¡¯ ¡®I don¡¯t know¡¯ ¡®im sorry kids, im very sorry¡¯ Contemplating regarding the kids, the voice from the back was ignored by Red. Confused by the weird behavior of Red, Lizi pat the back of Red hoping for him to snap from his delusion. ¡®mister, are you okay?¡¯ ¡®now im even hearing the sound of those children, may they rest their soul in peace¡¯ ¡®hey!! Mister !! snap out of it!!¡¯ ¡®eh?¡¯ Turning around he could see the children, Lizi and Cole alive and well. With the feeling of guilt fades away, Red hurried hug them tightly displaying his affection to them. ¡®I miss you guys, sorry for letting you guys waiting for too long¡¯ Both of them show a confused look, Cole speak up first; ¡®what do you mean too long, you have been away only like 10 minutes or so¡¯ ¡®eh? Wait, what did you say just now¡¯ Frustrated by the weirdness of mister Red¡¯s action, Lizi gave a quick slap with no remorse; ¡®PAPP!¡¯ ¡®owww!! That hurt Lizi¡¯ ¡®mister Red, you have only been away for 10 minutes and 45 second¡¯ ¡®yeah I got it¡¯ With the pulsating marking of a slap on his face, Red quietly grumbles. ¡® you don¡¯t need to slap me do you, cheh¡¯ Red also wonder how she can tell the exact duration he has been away, is it her mental capacity or do she has some kind of watch like device. While pondering about it, Cole asks about the plan; ¡®hey mister the sun has already set, when are we starting the infiltration plan¡¯ ¡®we will be having a change of plan, both of you are not going¡¯ Both of the siblings show a shocked face and hurriedly confess their displeasure of not being able to save their master, cole was the first to object to his plan; ¡®Didn¡¯t you promise for us to initiate the plan? At least we can help you¡¯ ¡®no need I have a better idea, so both of you stay here and wait for me and your master. You guys got it¡¯ Lizi the most understanding out of those two, agreed with a light nod while Cole only show a dissatisfied face. Leaving those two behind, Red walks slowly heading to the base of the bandits. On his mind several things were circulating; Red¡¯s monolog Hmm how did she count the duration, weird very weird but the weirdest thing is how the hell I have been away for only 10 minutes. Didn¡¯t I stay over there like days? Only one thing came to my mind while thinking about it, time lapse. The age oak tree mana space must have a different time space than this one. That must have explain the no time difference during I was gone. I don¡¯t know if its good luck or bad luck but I am thankful that I haven¡¯t lost any time in this world. It would be bad if I miss a period of days over here. Deep in his thought, Red then arrived in front of the stronghold. The night has covered the sky; multiple small flames lit the darkness around the stronghold. Sound of merry men can be heard enjoying their night with booze and food. But among those sounds was also a few wailing of women. It¡¯s hard to discern with all the ruckus made from the bandit. Red was feeling responsible at first hearing the sound of women in there but his goal wasn¡¯t to save them and his intention to begin with wasn¡¯t that good. Observing the wall of the stronghold, he check if there is any opening that he can use to slip into the stronghold. The guards on the tower were all alive and alert, there was no opening where he can run to. But then his eye caught something out of the norm. A large troll mountain with a height of 4 meter came out from the mountain at the side of the stronghold. With a large growl coming out of its horrendous mouth, the bandits were then in full alert. A sound from the horn resonates through the whole area alerting the bandit that they were in code red. ¡®Men!!! Arm yourself!!¡¯ Red cannot see with the height of wall blocking his view but his mind guess it right. The whole stronghold was in a frenzy, he guess that the troll was probably not a common sight even for those who has reside on the mountain. The archer bandit release their arrows in an unorganized manner, they mostly attack it by impulse only and not following a proper structure of commands. Some of the arrows were something short of range and some goes over the troll. While the lucky one was easily smash and block by the grayish green troll. The troll easily smashes its ways by swinging its huge boulder like arms plowing through the horde of bandits. The bandits were like ants in front of the giant troll. With all the attention was now toward the troll. Red took his chance to infiltrate the base. Casting the spell to improve his speed he quickly begins his plan on action. ¡®extensus velocitas¡¯ Like a surge of electricity coursing through his veins, the spell level was now high enough for him to reach a speed that can overcome the wall. Bolstering his speed he rushes to the wall, beginning with the first step he then take flight lunging above the wall. Floating in the sky, the scene in front of him was horrifying. He even was in the verge of puking seeing the things in front of him. Blood was splatter everywhere with pieces of god know what kind of organ it is. Injured bandit were all over the place, with crack bone, crack heads and even bodies split into two. The site was gruesome; people are screaming and frantically fighting against the large troll. The sharp sword and spears cannot pierce the thick armor like hide of the troll. Every attack seems to be futile, but the bandits were still fighting for their base. Even though they were bad in nature, the positive side was they would never give up. Trying to ignore the wailing agony of the bandits, Red¡¯s body then fall down from the lunge of the wall. With a height of 4 meters, landing by itself could crack a few bones at his legs. Casting another spell he prepares to face the ground; ¡®extensus defensio¡¯ The spell increased his defense and body endurance that overall increase the vitality of the body. Landing with a thump, Red was on the ground uninjured but still the feeling of numbness lingers around his feet. Looking around his surrounding, he found that the base of the mountain has window and door like structure implying the bandit must have made the mountain itself as a base camp. Quite a clever bunch, he then ran toward the base of the mountain. Along the way he dodges a few stray arrows, with his current speed apply with his paranoidal instinct he easily avoid them but some did scratch his face a bit. Running through the dead bodies of bandit while leaping and hopping some of them, he endures the stench of blood that was everywhere. A few bandits sensed the presence of Red and knowing he was an intruder they brandish their sword while having the intent to disposed the intruder. The bandits rush to Red amidst the chaos, some were swinging the sword and some are trying to pierce him with a spear. The multiple enemies that are most probably at a higher level than Red proved to struck a nerved at Red. Sweats were dripping all over his face, facing a human was a big difference compared to facing a monster. Injuring a human was never to his liking and moreover killing was out of the options. But time was ticking if he doesn¡¯t make a move, his own dear life may be at stake. With the clash between the bandits was at mere seconds, he has decided. ¡®extensus velocitas!¡¯ The buff doesn¡¯t stack but still he cast it just as an assurance. He avoided the spear, and parries a sword strike. At close proximity, Red draws his sword and aim at the bandits. With an increased in speed, the swing of his sword was closed at the speed of Bra¡¯s strike. One strike, two strike, three strikes and the fourth. Each bandit was strike at the same amount targeting the main joints of the human body. Using his anatomical knowledge he precisely cuts the ligament and tendons of bandit leaving them immobilizes. ¡®arghhh¡¯ ¡®to hell you intruder¡¯ ¡®sound the alarm!!¡¯ The desperate cry of the bandit was aimless. They were left there unable to move. Their shouts was not heard by their comrade, most of them are to occupied by the rampaging troll. Red on the other hand was cruising through the stronghold, a few bandits here and there noticed him and attack him. But Red swing his sword following the 4 strike sequence. Parrying and evading the first attack he then swiftly strike their joints. After a while he reach the base of the mountain, this part of the stronghold was unaffected by the troll attacks. Catching his breath he then enters the den of the lion. Silently sneaking into the base, he slowly walks on a tiptoe with the wall behind his back. As silent as a shadow he creeps along the hallway. The encampment was silent with no one around; the place must have been emptied with all the commotion occurring at the outside. Feeling a little bit of cautious, he still walks along silently. Along the corridor, a room was lit probably a fireplace. Taking a peek at the room, his guess was correct a fireplace and a few sleeping bandits on the floor. He walks through the room silently hoping for them not to wake up. After coming across a few rooms that were mostly emptied, Red then encounter a room that was as big as the conference room of the castle. At the center was a person crucified on an elevated ground. The head of the person was looking downwards making Red unable to identify the person. As he approached the crucified person slowly, he noticed the skin of the man was scaly. Its scales was dark brownish in colour but still it resemble the scale of a reptile. Its finger was human like except for the claw like nail. Red then try held the man heads up, but to his surprise the man¡¯s head lunge at Red¡¯s face. With razor sharp like teeth, his bite was like a crocodile trying to tear its prey apart. His eyes was yellow in color with a reptilian like iris. The man screams at Red giving a warning to him; ¡®do not touch me you despicable bandit!!¡¯ Red express an annoy face, this reptilian guy probably has a short fuse. Suspecting Red as a bandit was downright humiliating. Red then turns his back with the intention of not wanting to communicate with the rude reptilian man. But then a thought came to his mind, the whereabouts of the sibling¡¯s master. Hoping to find him, he was at a deadlock. He forgot to ask about their master appearance. Now in his mind he was continuously saying he was stupid for not asking that question first. Letting it be bygone he continue to search for him. But before moving on he asks the reptilian guy; ¡®hey you, do you know any capture men with the last name of Lazardo?¡¯ ¡®why do you want to know you rotten bandit!!¡¯ The reptilian guy then spit to Red after speaking to him. What a rude bastard luckily Red avoided the spit. It was tough when trying to talk to someone like him. At first he doesn¡¯t want to explain his mission but his patience was running out, any lead right now would be beneficial for him; ¡®huh~, I have this two kids searching for their master so I¡¯m here to find him. So do Lazardo rings any bell on you there mate?¡¯ The room fell silent, his rude behavior has died down. It seems the word Lazardo does pull a cord at him. ¡®what have you done to those kids, I swear to you I will rip your bone apart if you ever touch them, you hear me you damn bandit¡¯ Red was starting to get irritated by this guy; ¡®first thing first, im not a bandit and second of all im here to saved their master from the bandits here, so are you gonna tell me or not? Do you know Lazardo?¡¯ Staring at Red eyes, the yellow slit eye was full of animosity but then he spoke; ¡®I am Lazardo, I don¡¯t trust you human¡¯ Red¡¯s monolog For God¡¯s sake, why the hell is this dude their master. With his bad attitude and all, now I know where Cole got them from. But still im not really convinced yet by this guy. ¡®hmm, then what is the name of the two siblings?¡¯ ¡®its Cole and Lizi, now release me you fool¡¯ Seriously, Red was getting agitated by the mere voice of this master of theirs. Playing along with the obnoxious behavior of the master, he then releases the chain that bounds him. Beside that they were also nail embedded at his leg and arm; with not enough strength to remove the large nails, he cast his spell. If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. ¡®extensus potentia¡¯ With great strength, he removes the nails one by one. Release by the agony of the cruxification, the gaping wounds on his body steadily regenerate. Astounded by the mere feat of the reptilian body, Red wonders if it¡¯s a natural characteristic of the reptilian species or it was just the prowess of the master. ¡®come on lets go while we still have the chance¡¯ ¡®hmph¡¯ Red¡¯s monolog Still not accepting the good gesture huh, well whatever it¡¯s not like I¡¯m dealing with them again after this Rushing out of the empty base, both of them are now at the outer side of the base. The bandits were still fighting with the troll mountain but to no avail it was futile. Running as fast as they can, they bolt out of the opening of the base and went straight to the wall. While they were running, most of the things that were blocking their way were dead bodies and remnant of the so called bandits. Their arrogance and bad demeanor was not on sight anymore as their faces currently show the despair of having to face an abnormality. But suddenly something catch his eyes. A tall man that can even rival the height of the troll mountain was walking slowly heading toward the rampaging monster. His height was tall, and with distance between them Red could only guess that he was at least 2 meter in height but that wasn¡¯t the thing that he most afraid of. The tall man body structure was undoubtly huge, it was beyond the normal human body size and in his arm was a great axe that was as big as him. Shivers went down to his spine only one thing came to his mind, that man was a danger if they encounter him head on. Stepping up his speed, he race to the wall. Glancing to his side, the master was comfortably pacing with his speed. Even with an increased in speed by the usage of spell the master was still able to run alongside him. Now he started to doubt if he really was defeated by the bandits. As the master¡¯s eyes look at Red, he shouted; ¡®look out!!¡¯ Turning around his head, a big flying object was headed to his way. With the incoming projectile, he jump to his sides. ¡®BAMM!!¡¯ The thing crash to the ground creating a small miniature crater. Looking at it closely, the thing that almost crash with him was the head of the troll mountain. He was frozen in shocked, on his mind several things are racing to his mind. But looking at the headless corpse of the troll mountain from out far, he now has figure out what was going on. Wielding the great axe using only his right hand, that alone shows the capabilities of the man who strike down the rampaging troll mountain with a single swing of his great axe. With the fall of the corpse of the mountain troll, the big bandit walk slowly toward Red and master while dragging his great axe on the ground. Behind the big bandit were bandits that were in a tattered state, walking along the big bandit their face shows a dissatisfied face. Their eyes were hoping for something to release their stress on and in front of them was their target, an intruder and an escapee. The situation was now dire, as Red was trying to run a sudden great axe was now blocking his way. The axe was huge; the material was crude in nature but the sharpness can be seen just by the shine of its blade. Red¡¯s movement was stop, changing his view, he looks at the animosity emitting from the large build bandit. With the large man standing tall in front of him, he braces himself for what next to come. Opening his mouth the large bandit spoke, his sound resonates through the atmosphere. ¡®how dare you intruder for entering the stronghold of Gala crushers¡¯ Finishing his sentences, the bandits that were now surrounding Red and master taunts them and yell toward them with the intention to kill the both of them. ¡®kill them leader!!!¡¯ ¡®crush them into pieces great bandit¡¯ ¡®crack their skulls out King of the Mountain¡¯ Listening to the surrounding voices, the man in front of him was none other than the leader of The Gala Crushers. His aura was befitting for a leader, vicious and menacing he was at a different league comparing to the other bandits. ¡®Prepare yourselves you freaking maggots, your souls will be sent to hell after tasting the blade of my bloody axe.¡¯ Readying himself before the imminent clash with the troll like bandit, Red unsheathed his sword holding it with both hands to stop the shivering of his frightened hands. While at his side, the master took one of the spear that was lying on the ground. With both of his hands wielding the spears, his eye was determined to face the leader of Gala Crushers. ¡®this is not going well fool one¡¯ ¡®yeah I get it, but nonetheless we still need to fight him¡¯ ¡®and how do you expect us both to fight every one of this retching bandits¡¯ ¡®I know you got something up your sleeve master, I don¡¯t know how you got dupe by this bandits but it may better not be this time¡¯ ¡®Watch your tongue you fool, their tricky scheme wouldn¡¯t work this time, I will perfectly obliterate them¡¯ ¡®heh~ just better not die on me¡¯ ¡®Say the fool with the trembling hand¡¯ Red could only snicker to the master remark, then the leader of bandit spoke; ¡®shut your petty talk, I Vincruelo leader of Gala Crusher will exterminate you, men attack!!¡¯ ¡®OUH!!!¡¯ The weaken and tattered looking bandits oblige to their leader order. Wielding their weapon, they went full charge rushing to attack the both of them. Meanwhile, Vincruelo slowly approach his giant axe to retrieved it. with many enemies around him, Red hurriedly cast his spell one after another; ¡®extensus potentia¡¯ ¡®extensus defensio¡¯ ¡®extensus velocitas¡¯ ¡®hawk eye¡¯ Surging with power within his body he was now prepared to face them, at that split moment he rack his brain on what kind of plan of action that he need to execute against this horde of enemies. Then a voice could be heard from his right side. Master was speaking out loud; ¡®Let the blood of Schlange coursing through my vein give rise to the flame of draca, behold; Atem der Flamme!!¡¯ A breath of flame rain down the bandits burning them to crisp, the flames area of exposure was wide covering 2/3 of the bandits that was charging head front. Scream of pain was all over the place for those who didn¡¯t die after being burn alived. Their screaming indicates the slow death of the bandits that have yet to come. Amazed by the feat of the master, Red wonder about what kind of spells is it. Different from Aaron fireball, rings manifest around his arm during the incantation but for master only steam came out from his scale before the release of his deadly breath of flames. The commotion from the flames effect the others bandits to to cower in fear, afraid of being burn alive they kept their distance from the both of them. But then a shadow from the sky was becoming bigger right above them. Reacting to instinct, Red jump back avoiding the impact of the shadow falling from the sky. Master was also able to avoid the shadow, but the tremendous pressure exerted from the fall cause them to flinch and that exact moment, the blade of the great axe was swung toward them in a horizontal manner. Unable to move from his spot, Red quickly cast a protection spell; ¡®shield of Maria!!¡¯ A hologram of a blue shield made from his mana materialized in front of him and as the great axe create contact with it, a huge sound was made ¡®KLANG!¡¯ The axe rebound due to the shock causing Vincruelo to take a step back. with a crack visible on the shield, even at a higher level it was still damaged by the might of the bandit leader. Enraged by the sudden magic shield, he then dash forward unleashing another swing. For a man with a big build, his agility was quite high even though not very fast compared to Red he was still the fastest among the bandits. Easily closing the distanced between them, another horizontal swing came to the left side of Red. Manipulating the floating shield, he then uses it to block it. Again the shield was crack even further, the great axe swing was getting faster from each attack. Stumbling again by his feet, Vincruelos wasn¡¯t able to adapt to the rebound of his attack. at that moment a spear came flying to his direction, noticing the incoming projectile he spun his great axe and break the futile attempt to hurt him. He only laughs by the petty attempt; ¡®hahaha is that all you got you fucking intruders!¡¯ Caught off guard, Master came from his backside and pierces his leg using the spear. Vincruelos stare at master with welling anger. Changing his target he swing the great axe downward to Master. Releasing the spear embedded in the bandit¡¯s leg. Master dodge the attack and pick another spear on the ground blocking another attack from Vincruelos. But the strength of his attack break the spear into two and the tip of the axe nip a bit the scales of Master. Losing his self-composure after the sneak attack, Vincruelos release a torrent of swings intended to cut down Master who are the nearest. The master cleanly dodges it one by one but the sheer pressure of the swing inadvertently slices the master skin little by little. As the master glance at Red, now it was time for the counterattack. His eye gave queue to Red for the counterattack while Master on the hand kept Vincruelos company. Releasing the shield spell, he was now able to move more comfortably. The downside of casting that spell was the decreased of movement speed to about 70%. With the gain of his speed back, Red dash forward and leap to his back using the momentum of his speed. Leaping at the height as parallel as the bandit leader¡¯s neck, he readies his sword to pierce the thick fat neck. But as it was an inch away from piercing the neck, Red hesitates to deliver the killing blow and because of that one second of hesitation, Vincruelos noticed Red at his back and gave out a shout attempting a skill; ¡®Maddening Tornado!!¡¯ He spun his entire body in a 360 degree angle, the velocity of the spin created a miniature tornado like feeling amplifying the great axe attack. Unconsciously Red cast the spell Shield of Maria at the last second; ¡®Shield of Maria!¡¯ ¡®BAM!!!¡¯ The shield broke into pieces, it was only created to decrease the overall attack and speed of the swing but its strength was too much for the shield to handle. Blown back by the impact of the broken shield, Red¡¯s body flew through the sky and drop to the ground while spinning around a few times. His state right now was in semi-conscious state, his body was aching in pain. His right arm might be fracture due to the fall just now, it¡¯s a miracle he even survived that fall. As his concious slowly fading away, he mumble the incantation for a healing spell; ¡®les..ser.. heal¡¯ Glow of green light envelop the body, as he continue to cast it the bandit leader approaches the unmoved body. Master with a spear on his hand, cast another unique spell; ¡®ooo great god of the sky, I heed you from the bloodline of Schlange let this spear be a becon for your wrath; Strike of Quezacotl¡¯ He threw the spear at Vincruelos, noticing the feeble spear he prepare to block it but as it make contact with the bandit. Lightning fall down from the sky, incurring it wrath to Vincruelos. The lightning burn the human bandit into black charcoal. Turning his back on the presume to be dead bandit, he now proceed to Red¡¯s body. turning Red¡¯s body, he could only see a faint smile from Red. Master could only mutter this word; ¡®you fool, as my savior you shouldn¡¯t died after saving me¡¯ Red could only chuckle but then his eyes changed expression, mustering all his energy that he has he moved his body and push master away from him. Then a great axe plow to the ground missing its target, Vincruelos was still alived even with his own body burn to crisp. Master was caught off guard unable to sense his presenced. With the axe stuck to the ground, Red activate his trump spell; ¡®Wise of the Predator¡¯ The skill enhance his primal instinct and increased the overall percentage of delivering a critical strike. With his pupil constricted, he only see two red dots upon the blackish man in front of him. Striding through metal shaft of the axe as a foothold, he ran on the slow moving Vincruelos. As he leap to the level of Vincruelos¡¯s head, he strike both of his ear holes using his finger that was harden by using the increased effect of defensio and potentia. Piercing from both side for just 3 seconds, he then release his hand from the head and fall to the ground. As his mental stress was at the near limit, he drop down due to tiredness and let his body fall to the ground. Vincruelos on the other hand was still standing but motionless, if you were near enough to his ear side, blood could be seen dripping from the canal. Master was still on his guard afraid of the being in front of him would awaken from his death. Master surprise after he was still moving even after tasting the might of his greatest thunder spell. But this time, Vincruelos body then slowly fall down with his back dropping to the ground. They are victorious, they have won the battle against a monster that beaten a troll mountain. No wonder he was the man leading the bandit brigand. Dropping to his knee, Master catches his breath while shouting to Red; ¡®we won you fool!¡¯ Red on the other hand could only smile with his body unable to moved, satisfied winning against a monster he then slumbers into deep sleep. Chapter 14: The New and the Old With our hero drop down sleeping among the corpses of bandits, a pair of eyes watches the whole event from the higher ground of the mountain. As the shade of the mountain covers the lone woman, the shadows itself reflect the curvaceous body of the woman. Like you have guess, it¡¯s Bra; ¡®no no no no my dear hero~. You heart are still too soft but at least you kill that bandit leader. but huh~ need to think a punishment for you for ditching my training. Be prepared my dear hero~ hehe¡¯ Red¡¯s face frown a bit during his sleep, like a bad premonition he can even sense it during his sleep. Master slowly walks to Red side; ¡®Where do this kids find a fool like him, but for a fool he is noteworthy heh¡¯ Only a faint smile was carved on Master¡¯s face. From afar he spotted two young children running toward him while waving their tiny little hands. It was none other than the siblings ¡®Master!!!!!¡¯ Master reply with only a wave of his hand from afar. The view then changed to the sky with the sun starting to rise from the east. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Our story then continues to a courtyard own by the Royal wizard of Loredon, Wimbledon was his name. With his accumulated knowledge over the years, he was deem to be the most superior magician of the whole Loredon thus earning the title Royal Wizard. After the summoning of the heroes, Wimbledon was task to take one of the heroes as an apprentice. Looking at her at first, he was disbelieved but after witnessing her sheer prowess in understanding and ability to cast mid-tier magic in mere days left him astounded. He now had made his mind, this woman would be his apprentice and he would pour out all his knowledge to see the potential that she would reach. But to his denial, only one day short of a week. The woman known as the ice cold magus has learned to cast high-tier spells. Her speed in absorbing knowledge was astounding. The books that he had gather over the years have all been read by that woman earnestly. Different from Red and Aaron, Miranda class was mana based. Thus the status magic and magic resistance was the most importance for her. Reading through the books while learning from the royal wizard himself let Miranda to progress in a much more faster rate than the other two heroes. ¡®huff huff huff¡¯ With her hand on her hips, the looks on her face shows the exhaustion of casting countless mid-tier spells. Her proficiency in casting spells was getting faster. Around her were craters and spikes that were made of ice. Monitoring her while standing above a stone pedestal, Wimbledon was deep in his thought. Thinking what should he do regarding her apprentice progress. Her undeniably fast progress cause him to felt the horror of her potential. Looking up to her master, she spoke; ¡®master am I done yet? Can I go back already¡¯ With a deadpan expression, Wimbledon spoke back ¡®You are not finish yet Miranda, before we end this evening training how about a spar¡¯ Miranda showed an annoyed face after hearing her master suggestion. She could only oblige to her master order. ¡®huh~ yeah sure why not just don¡¯t cry to me if you lose again¡¯ Wimbledon¡¯s face crumble a bit after hearing her remark of him losing against her. Yes, as stated Miranda has won against Wimbledon in a spar back in the days when he underestimate her capabilities. He was caught off guard after mistaking Miranda casting a low-tier spell but end up casting a mid-tier spell, the factor that causing him to misidentify was the cast speed of Miranda. Her incantation was fast letting her expelling magic in a faster rate. This was probably due to her skill speed casting. Then both of them stand opposite of each other. The distance between was approximately 15 meters. It was ethic of a spar for those wielding the arcane art of magic. That distanced was enough for them conclude the spar with a onetime spell. But for those who are experience in sparring in terms of magic could last hours or even days. But for these two pairs of master and apprentice would create a new whole page of sparring. Staring at Miranda, Wimbledon thought of executing his most powerful spell that could devastate a whole village. But he denies himself of using those spells as it takes a long duration to cast it. he then make his moves Miranda standing opposite of her master, was puffing her cheeks expressing her annoyance of doing the spar. For once she want to get back early, having a nice bath and eat some good food. Over the last few days her taste has become accustomed to the delicacies of this world. Readying herself to cast a mid-tier spell to quickly end this spar. While raising her staff, her master then make his first move. Moving back ward in swiftly, Miranda was flabbergasted. She didn¡¯t expect that her master would run away from her. ¡®ahh master, are you that desperate may as well finish it early¡¯ Chanting her spell, ring of spells form around her staff with a light circle developing below her body. locking her eyes on to her target she then loudly shout her spell. ¡®Spears of Frost¡¯ Two makeshift lances made from ice, flew straight into the direction of her master that was fleeing. Noticing the incoming lance toward him, Wimbledon turns around and initiates his counter attack. ¡®let fire be my friend and let fire envelop my body, Flame Shield¡¯ Within a second before the ice lance reach him, a wrap of flames engulf Wimbledon¡¯s body. with steam start to surround her master due to the reaction between ice and heat. Miranda¡¯s vision was now been cut off with the mist becoming wider in area. Wimbledon on the other hand, was quickly mumbling to himself to cast another spell. Before coming out of the steam, he then release his spells. Despite his inability to hasten his spell casting, though years of research he can cast multiple spell at the same time. At most he can cast around 3 spells at a time. ¡®water ball¡¯ ¡®earth bullet¡¯ ¡®aero¡¯ Within the steam came out three projectiles heading to Miranda direction. She was flustered even though it was only low-tier spells, she still never experienced of being hit by a spell head on. She then quickly cast a defense based spell. ¡®ice wall¡¯ A 4 meter wall made from ice manifest itself infront of Miranda. The projectiles then hit the wall dispersing itself from its origin. Breathing a sigh of relief, she then saw a figure raising his arm to the sky in front of her through the layers of ice. It was her master and judging by the action of Wimbledon, he was casting a mid-tier spell that was known to have the power that are close to a high-tier spell. She was disbelief at first but seeing her master mask a serious face, this spell was the deciding factor. As the cloud above Wimbledon start to accumulate and form a blackish ominous cloud as all around it gather to one spot. Miranda overall expression right now was oozing with the taste of displease. She didn¡¯t know that her master would take this spar seriously. She clicks her tongue and start to counter her master¡¯s spell. Her arsenal to counter that spell was limited and with the expertise of her master it was now narrow down to only one spell. Rings of aria was forming around her arms and staff, she was getting ready to counter her master spell. Sounds of thunder grumbles in the dark clouds Wimbledon¡¯s POV It is time my apprentice to taste defeat for the first time under your master wrath. Behold my power my special spell. ¡®Descend of Columbus!¡¯ Blue lightning came out of the dark clouds towards Wimbledon, waving his hands Wimbledon direct the lightning to the course of his apprentice. Miranda was not disturbed by the incoming lightning that was raging through the ground crumbling it. her fixed expression shows her confident to counter her master.while still engulf in multitude of aria around her body. 1 meter before the lightning came to impact with her. She shows a slight smirk. ¡®Mirror of Ellinia¡¯ A massive ice mirror form in front of her just before the lightning came crashing to her. But rather than dissipate the lightning attack was bounced back to the direction of its caster. The magic main purpose was to reflect any incoming attack without considering the element type of the spell. As the incoming lightning heading toward Wimbledon he could only closed his eye while muttering; ¡®I have nothing to teach you then¡¯ With solemn face, he willingly received it. ¡®BOOM!!¡¯ ¡®no!!! master!!¡¯ Dust surrounds the master location blocking Miranda¡¯s view. Underneath the flying dust, a shining material reflects the light of the sun. As the dust disperses a massive fortress like structure form around her master. The material that was used gave a shine that resembles the precious gems back in her original world. It was none other than diamond; the fortress was made from diamonds. One thing for sure, she and her master can¡¯t cast a spell of that magnitude. Diamond was a material that can be only used when casting ¡®S¡¯ high-tier earth spell and the caster also need to have a special requirement. She knows this because of her knowledge obtain by reading the books from Wimbledon¡¯s collection. But at least she was grateful that her master life was saved. From her back, a voice was whisper at the back of her ears. ¡®ooo it seems the heroin isn¡¯t very strong in her resolve¡¯ Turning back her body, a man wearing a white robe stand tall above her. Surprised by the appearance of a man, she unconsciously back away from the lone man. ¡®Who are you?¡¯ Rubbing his chin, the lone man was thinking about what to say to her; ¡®Hmm how about you ask your master then¡¯ Pointing his finger toward her back, the fortress of diamonds crumbles and her master walk slowly approaching to the both of them. Realizing her master was safe and sound, she hugs her master caringly. Her master on the other hand changes his expression from his stiff face to the most perverts face. Well usually her master was at the pervert side, always ogling her apprentice bouncing mounds everytime she was ask to train her mobility while casting and everytime that happens he always ends up with a big bump on his head. Again, the same thing happen while being hug, Wimbledon voluntarily try to grab the soft mounds pressing on to him and before it could occur, Miranda sensed the presence of the old pervert lust. She then released a decisive slaps to Wimbledon¡¯s face. ¡®argh!¡¯ His face was now distorted at one side due to the mighty force of the slap. The man at the back just only laugh after spectating the event that happens. ¡®hahahaha this is really interesting you really do have an peculiar apprentice Wimbledon¡¯ ¡®yeah but a pain also as you can see¡¯ The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Retorting to her master remark she shouts at him ¡®well its your fault to begin with!! And by the way who is this pointy ears¡¯ The man in the white robe was tall approximately 190cm in height. His body frame was small compared to his tall height. His facial feature was very distinct with his pointy ears and elegant looking face. His blond silvery hair flow to his back that shines even under the shade of the tree. He only spoke this words that let Miranda to be surprised. ¡®im your new teacher¡¯ ¡®what?!!!!¡¯ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Lying on a bed surround with weird market goods, Red was happily sleeping but the erratic moving of the caravan led Red to wake up from his snooze. Having difficulties opening up his dead tired eyes, Red sluggishly wipe his eye. Glancing around his surrounding, he notices crates of weird herbs and pickle jars. Other crates were fill with arrows and bow of different kind of varieties. He then realizes he was in the caravan of the master. Pondering about it he still doesn¡¯t know his real name, it¡¯s a nuisance calling someone master even though he isn¡¯t. Leaving the area of the comfy feather bed, he went forward to front side of the caravan. The sun hot streak hit the face of the sloth like Red. Squinting his eye, he saw the siblings sitting beside their Master. Without looking behind him, Master asks about Red¡¯s condition. ¡®how do you feel? Feeling any better?¡¯ Smirking behind Master, he only reply; ¡®haha fine just feeling stiff a bit¡¯ Red then join them while sitting behind, they were merrily talking along the way. With the scenery in front of him captivates him, he then realizes something. ¡®ohh shit¡¯ ¡®oh shit oh shit oh shit!¡¯ ¡®whats wrong Red?¡¯ Ask Lizi, one of the siblings that really care for him With a panicked face, he leaps out of the caravan seats while saying; ¡®I got to go, im in a dire situation right now¡¯ ¡®do you need help?¡¯ Master calmly ask Red, ¡®no need, its kind of a interpersonal kind of thing anyway got to run, ciao¡¯ ¡®heyyy, will we see you again?¡¯ Ask lizi with her voice sounded timidly. ¡®don¡¯t worry if the times come we will cross path again, and master take care of the kids will you, bye!!¡¯ ¡®Hey don¡¯t forget to see us again you hear me!!¡¯ Shouted Cole, even with all his attitude that shown no interest to Red, deep down inside he was grateful to have someone that care about them deeply as their master. Tear started to form at his corner of his eyes. Red could only waved goodbye at the moving caravan. Only a smile could be delivered to the heart of those two children. As their distance increases the sight of both of them was lost. Running in an unbelievable pace, a young man was passing through the plains with his heart worrying regarding something. A loom of fear was engulfing him, the fear from a woman called Bra. As ridiculous as it may sound, Bra training was a training that could originate from hell itself and by skipping her training, he wonder if the hell training was going to be intensify. His face distorted as his mind was disturbed by the thought of it. He has a long way to go as the caravan brought him quite far from the lair of the bandit thus put him much further from the training location. Without further ado he cast his spell ¡®extensus velocitas¡¯ His speed raises a few notches higher improving his running speed. Dashing through the plain grass, a trail of hasty footsteps was left behind by Red. Before he left the trio, he received direction from master to reach his intended destination. By the look of it, he would probably arrive after the night came. Along the way he encounters a few monsters, but none that he could not defeat with his current ability. The things that he met were mostly small size monsters like goblins, wild dogs, one-eyed stump and etc. a few slash with his sword that have kill the monstrous bandit leader cause the unfortunate monsters that he met to left the world that they live in. While running toward his destination, his mind kept reminiscence about the fight he had with the Vincruelos. It was hard and undeniable challenge his whole body to the limit, it even push him to the state of killing a human that clearly going against his policy. He contemplates about the deed that he has done but nothing could change the fact that he had took another man¡¯s life. But he has vow to himself to find a way to return back to his love one and that meant doing against the things that he was against on. With his leg picking up speed, he bolt faster to met Bra. On the other hand, Bra was by a firecamp eating a meat jerky. On her mind was how to deal with this brat that left her to save an unknown stranger. But clearly on her mind the fight that saw just now let her caught a glimpse of Red new found skills and abilities. ¡®hmm I wonder how he could improve that much, when I last saw him I didn¡¯t think he would be this strong, but no matter I need to prepare a new suitable training for him before he goes into the dome, let¡¯s see what should I do¡¯ A wide grin was carved on Bra¡¯s face, none could tell what was on her mind, but one thing was certain Red¡¯s future would not be pleasant. A young man body was swaying around as he walks slowly to the bright glow that he saw from afar. Arriving in front of Bra he said to her; ¡®long time no see Bra-chan ha ha ha¡¯ He was gasping for air as the long run was definitely tiring for both of his body and mind. ¡®since you are here, let¡¯s start then¡¯ Red was dumbfounded hearing the sentence that came out from Bra¡¯s mouth. Bra unsheathes her dagger and licks the blade slowly with her eyes turning to those of a predator. Within a second she leaps from her spot to directly in front of Red. Red¡¯s instinct kicks in and raised the sheathed sword from his waist to block the incoming attack. He grits his teeth enduring the force of Bra¡¯s might. But the attack alone manages to blow him off the ground sending him flying to the large tree trunk. Before the impact, Red quickly cast the spell, ¡®extensus defensio¡¯ A spell that strengthen his body and he crashed into the tree. The spell minimizes the overall damage that was inflicted to him. But it still kind of hurts. ¡®shit that hurts Bra!!¡¯ ¡®stop whining and fight like how you fight against that oversized bandit¡¯ ¡®you saw?¡¯ ¡®Come Red and fight me like you meant it¡¯ Bra dash forward to Red wielding her dagger with the full intention of killing him. It was like from every pores of her body was secreting, exuding an aura to kill the man that previously she thought as weak. Shivers run down Red¡¯s spine, this level of killing intent far outweigh Vincruelos, proving her to be much more stronger and a menace to Red. He retaliates by the threat that she posed and quickly cast his support spells. One after another his body was surround by the light of his spells. ¡®extensus velocitas¡¯ ¡®extensus potentia¡¯ ¡®hawk eye¡¯ He anticipates the incoming frontal attack, and blocks it while unsheathing his sword. A clang sound can be heard as the impact from metal to metal cause sparks to fly. After the first strike, both of them deliver numerous slashes to each other, they attack, they parry they evade and they block. Currently Red physical ability was on par with Bra with the help of his high level spell. But at the moment, he was clearly at a disadvantage as Bra was pressing him more than he can. With each attack she pushes Red to back a step one by one. This was possible as she has more experience to triumph against Red that barely knew the way of the battle. Suddenly, Red took a misstep and was caught off guard by Bra. A decisive blow was hurling toward Red¡¯s nape with the sole intention of ending his life. A glint of fear flashes through his mind, but he fought back and cast the spell; ¡®Shield of Maria!!¡¯ A blue holographic shield emerges in a split second defending Red¡¯s neck from the sharp edge of Bra¡¯s dagger. It broke as it hit by contact but needlessly to say it provide Red with more than enough time to stabilizes back on his feet and keep a wary eye. The fight goes on until dawn but it was still wasn¡¯t reaching it ends. They have been going at it for hours and Red was reaching his limits. The large mana pool that he has was still at half of his maximum quantity, most of it was used to heal the injury that Bra inflict. Mostly was only from a nick of the dagger but it still cause more damage from what it seems to be. Bewildered by Bra¡¯s attacking skill, Red deduced it as maybe one of her skill but he do not the extend of it as he hasn¡¯t face it head-on. The tiring hours of parrying attack and blocking it cause Red¡¯s mental to be fatigue. His body was still preserving itself due to the help of his spells but that alone was not sufficient for him to endure the endless bout against Bra. Looking at the sight of Bra, her body was also not in question to be covered by superficial wound by the steel of Red¡¯s sword. All of it was done after each time Red initiate his trump spell, wise of the predator. Even with that spell he could only manage landing one cut and one only to the body of Bra. But her eyes. Her eyes still shown the eye of a predator. An eye that intensely chasing her prey. Ignoring all the cuts and wounds on her body. adrenaline take hold of her body a long time ago before the come of dawn. Her spirit her body her mind was blindly chasing Red¡¯s life. Her nature was indeed one of those that kill rather than to flee Red was at his sheer end, he could not endure it any longer one more strike and he would fall. His body was drenched in sweats, his eye was holding on trying his best to open it. His eye lid was getting heavier by the moment. Then a horizontal slash came from the side, at that precious moment his eye turns cold and it unconsciously close by itself. His body turn weightless and he fall silently to the ground avoiding the horizontal slash that could have led him to his death. The unconscious body lay unmoveable in front of Bra. She walks slowly to Red¡¯s body, with each steps that she took, she twirl the dagger on her right hand like it was one of her limbs. And as she stood upon him, she grips the handle of her dagger and silently eye on her prey that was not moving. She then deliver another vertical slash it was fast as the wind and struck¡­. She turn her away from Red¡¯s body with only a whisper that could only be heard by her and her alone. ¡®not yet Red-chan~, not quite there yet hihi¡¯ Her demeanor change to those that was more loveable than her killer self, and as she walks to the extinguish fire camp. Her dagger was seen stuck on the ground right beside Red¡¯s unconscious head. Chapter 15: Prelude of Exploration Within the inner dwellings of the castle, King Balin was setting his sight on the horizon from the balcony of his majestic King¡¯s room. His expression was solemn with his mind wanders. Loredon for the past years was peaceful and prosper by the hardworking citizen that live their day cultivating their farm, raise their cattles and earnestly earn their keep. Before the peace came to this land, Loredon was in turmoil. Their land was desolate with war brewing between nations. At the forefront of that war King Balin was the one who lead the armies of Loredon into the battlefield. With his might and prowess in swordsmanship and battle tactics he has defend Loredon from the brink of extinction. But now he has aged, the body that has defended this country has passed its peak. Along with the coming of the outlanders from the other world have brought great worries to the old wise king. Seeing their incredible status and abilities has astonish him, one would have thought that this was a blessing from the heaven but to King Balin it was a dark future that clouded the horizon of Loredon. If one could hold such power, what would have happen if war broke out within the continent? News has travel from afar to the ears of the king. Similar occurrence was occurring in other nations, amazing individuals with extraordinary talent have emerged from the light of summoning. With this thought in mind, Balin fear the worst have yet to come. If the continent was engulf in a war, this individuals will prove to be a force that will influence the tide of the war. But the things that worried him were to leave the fate of Loredon into the hands of outlanders. It grief him to be unable to protect the dear country that he reign. The first time that he saw the trio emerging from the light, only one catches his eye. the other two were astounding in their nature and also in their abilities. But their attitudes and their first impression doesn¡¯t reassure him to hand Loredon¡¯s fate to mere strangers. But a young man from the light caught his eye and there again he peculiar attitude and also his strange abilities make him pique his interest. Time and time again, this young man surprise him and along those notion he had sent a reliable teacher or more of a companion to guide the young outlander. He had hopes for this young man to save Loredon and this hope was the only one that held him to kept believing in the power of an outlander. ¡®may the heaven gave grace to the young man as he is the only hope for Loredon¡¯ Said the King to the full moon that was dangling up on the night sky. The scene then change to a man with a huge sword standing in front of a training dummy. The sword that he wield was known to the soldiers of Loredon as claymore. A sword that can cut a horse in half with single swing of its mighty blade. That man at the training ground was none other than the Hero of Claymore, Aaron Underwood. His eye was full of scorn to this world. he had dream to be an elite from his younger days, and as he each step he takes he progress to the goal that he made. To be the best of the best, with his breath sound was loud as it resonant through the training ground. His eye was fixed to the training dummy but none could tell what he really saw. He remembers the days when he was young and cheerful. Playing on the front yard of a big mansion, with a large golden retriever. He was only 5 years old at the moment and he was truly blessed with a wealthy family. His father was the CEO of a renowned company and with his skills and intelligence brought his company to the top of the business world. But Aaron happiness was cut short, a scandal broke out among the higher ups of his father company and his father was used as a scape goat. Their wealth plummets and taken away by the men that was view as an enemy from his family. From the big mansion in a luxurious neighborhood to a broken down apartment located at the part of a bad neighborhood. With his father in jail, he was then left alone with his depressed mother. Day by day, his was not as pleasant as it used to be. The caring mother he know of was gone and replaced by the always intoxicated woman that drowns herself in alcohol. It was a hard life for Aaron and as he grew up, he strives to be the best that he can be. Excelling himself in academics, sports and even social activities lead him to be the top of his class. As he grow up he learn the way to communicate with people and above more to take advantage of them. With the burning desire of becoming the best, he used what was available for him in goods or in bad. He had developed an attitude as the ever growing capabilities of his excellent skills. An arrogant attitude emerge from the boy. His arrogance was due to his pride of once being an elite, and once again he would again receive that title in the near future. Graduating from high school he then went to the prestige ivy university, Princeton. Adorning the emblem of Princeton he had believe to achieved half of his long term goal and again this place would be a stepping stone for him to excel into the near future. To be a man that his father once is, to be a man that would achieved much more than his imprison father. Living his life to strive for success, working his ass off to make sure that he would gain the most advantages among his colleagues. But suddenly at one night, walking back from his usual business of meeting among the student council, a ring of light emerge from the ground and sent him to the unusual world that he do not recognize. Returning back to the present time, Aaron was still fixated to the training dummy, as his anger swells up he tighten his grip to the claymore hilt. With an angered yell, he dash and swing his sword unleashing a horizontal slash with the claymore glows as he shout the words of his skill; ¡®Heavy Slash!¡¯ The training dummy was cut in half cleanly with one stroke of his claymore. His eye wavered with his emotion run amok within himself, his worried regarding his original world has built up within him. He was anxious, frantic, and clearly unstable. With the news of him that he will be going on a venture to the unknown dangerous place Dome, his time before he could elude himself from the prelude of war was getting shorter. Means of him to return back to the original world was still blur as the dark fog. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// At the far distance of within the realm of Loredon, a man was walking on his two legs with weighted compartment hangs on his four limbs along with his torso. Each compartment hold 20 kilogram of minerals that was as fine as sand but heavy as a rock. Today was the last day before his exploration training in the dome begin. To the weird things that was strap to his body was all plan by the mischievous Bra. It all happens after the first time that he fell unconscious to the tiring bout between him and Bra. The death training 202 made by Bra, was the grueling session of unstoppable clashes between dagger and sword. He has endured the training for 4 days straight and the end of each session was when his mind and body breaks. He remembers back when he just woken up from the first time that he fainted; ¡®ugh.. my head..¡¯ *grumble* *grumble* A weird sound came from his abdomen ¡®damn im hungry, wait im alive!! But how??¡¯ Confused by the sudden development, he then saw a note just beside his head. above the note was two meat jerky, reading the note he then turn furious; ¡®hye Red-chan~, you must be hungry right?? So I gave out some jerky, try to hold for much longer or it wouldn¡¯t be fun and by the way you may notice my present hihi¡¯ After reading the last words on the notes, he then sense something was amidst, his limbs and body felt heavier. He frantically search his limbs and found the compartment, it was like a small pouch of silk tie to each one of his limbs and larger pouch hang at the back of his body. feeling the inside of the pouch were like fine sand but only small amount not enough to have the same weight that he felt. When he tries to remove or dump the sand was in futile, it tightly bound to the extent of him trying to chopping it off with his sword was in vain. At that moment he could on saw the face of a snickering bra with her pair of breast jiggle with a cold laugh. Red could only sigh, but¡­ *grumble grumble* He was tired and hungry, he has no other choice then to eat to the jerky. After consuming both of it, he then raises his from the ground. His body literally felt heavy, moving an inch was even hard to do. Suddenly he then sense a familiar and wrenching aura. It was Bra!! Like a bolt release from a strung crossbow, the speed that it was heading to Red was fast. He immediately need to cast all his support spells. As soon as he finish casting, Bra emerge right in front of him with her mischievous smile and eye. but as she spoke; ¡®ready?¡¯ Her eye quickly turn to those that Red was afraid off, it was a start of another bout. He unsheathed his sword and block the close call death define slash that could lead you to the after life but you may live much happier than now kind of strike haha. Red could barely avoid the first attack, his body felt sluggish and heavier it seems even with the use of his spell the weight could thoroughly be felt. Returning back to his sense, Red wasn¡¯t really inclined on remembering those torturous bouts against the monstrosity of Bra¡¯s strength. He was getting nauseated just thinking about it, better to let it past on his mind and stay on his body as a reminder. But one thing for sure his body clearly shown a difference from before, maybe not as buff as those in fantasy story after finishing their training but more of a sturdy look. His posture was more well balanced, his sense show weariness to his surroundings, his body full of scars made by the woman that he once ogle her magnificent mounds and one more important feature that he gain the eyes that show no such hesitancy. Slowly walking along on the road, his destination currently was to reach the Dome. He could easily ride a horse to the Dome and can reach it by 3 hours top but contrary to that, Bra forced him to run to the Dome with more added weights. He could only grunt to his fate but nonetheless he knows the intention of Bra was for him to survive. From afar he could see smokes coming up to the sky, black smokes were mixing with natural white cloud the sky. It¡¯s a hint that the base camp of the soldiers must be near, but even then his heavy step was an obstacle that needs to be overcome by his will alone. At the base camp, Large and small tents were set up with soldiers running around the proximity doing their assign task. Some were moving boxes of crates and some were yelling at their subordinates. It was a hectic scene. based on sight, the number soldiers were around 40 to 50 people not including those that already inhabited the tents and others that were searching necessities around the camp. The strength of this group of soldier are at 100 people. With the combination of Loredon soldiers plus two ten men platoon of Royal Guard, it holds some of the elite and best knight in the kingdom of Loredon. The purpose of the expedition was none other to help their fellow heroes to cultivate experience in the battlefield. Among the chaotic scene of the camp ground, two white tents that are the official housing of the heroes were occupied by them. Miranda, the spell casting heroine was leisurely eating some snacks while relaxing herself on top of a comfortable sofa like chair which were carried by the soldiers themselves. Different from the scene of the outside, the interior of her tent was nonetheless do not match the word ¡®camping¡¯. Wearing a comfortable silk robe laying her curvaceous body on the sofa, her eyes was fixed on the material that she was reading. The silk robe excellently reveal her body line with its material hugging the owner body. from the front a wide view can be seen showing a cleavage between the two peaks. No one could appreciate this moment as she was alone by herself in the wide and spacious tent. She was reading a text given by her new found master to study a more advanced type of magic that required the knowledge of fundamental that can be describe as hard to grasp. But for Miranda it was easy, with her innate comprehension skill making her able to easily understand the text of complex magic. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Since the event from one week ago, her new master has ask her to read and understand all of the book that was given to her. the book can be clearly seen stacked on top of a table that was beside Miranda. The books were huge and rustic like old document that could be view as a historical heritage, the amount were no way able to be read in a lifetime of a regular mortal but currently Miranda has read about a quarter of the overall books that she has been given proving she was genius in magic. ¡®huh~ this new master is so bothersome, why do I need to read all this thick book!! Urgh!!¡¯ Miranda was annoyed, she was very much annoyed with her new master. It seems she wasn¡¯t really someone that would love to read, the incidence where she finish all her previous master books was because she was promise to have freedom in her choice of training but currently the new master wasn¡¯t the rewarding type. She then ate a grape while pouting her face. since she was getting bored of reading she then exit from her tent while stretching her body in front of the entrance. Numerous eye gaze to Miranda as when she stretch her sexy body excessively reveal her natural wonders. After stretching she then took notice of the eyes that watch her, putting both of her hands on her hip she shout angrily shout at the soldiers ¡®Hey!! Don¡¯t stare!! Or you want to be freeze alive!¡¯ It seems even her character was starting to change to the worse maybe because of the Dome or is it the time of the month for the woman? While glaring at the soldiers, something caught her eye from afar. A man was slowly walking toward the base camp dragging his weary feet to the perimeter of the camp ground. Her distaste face then turn to her bright and smiling face as the one that she saw was Red. Someone that deep in her heart she unconsciously care for the man. She waves her hand with a smile on her face while shouting; ¡®Reddddd¡¯ Hoping for a reply from someone that came from the same world, her expectation died down fast after seeing the body of Red dropping to the ground. With a worried look she ran fast toward Red, ignoring other from the surrounding her intention right now was to see if the man that she care was fine or not. Seeing Red lying unconscious on the ground, she quickly put his head on her lap while she intently watches the face of Red with her eyes starting to get teary. ¡®Red!! Red!! Are you ok? Please said something please? What happen to you Red!!¡¯ She was frantic and anxious regarding Red situation, the soldiers who notice the commotion start to surround the both of them with confuse look. They were in unable to help seeing their maiden heroine crying over a collapsed man. Then a voice resound from the back of the crowded area ¡®Whats going on here!!¡¯ As the crowd split apart making way for two individual to reach Miranda and Red, it was none other than the leader of expedition, Captain of The Royal Guard, Captain Gilbert and at his side was Aaron with his face still arrogant as ever but show no speck of worried after seeing Red unconscious on Miranda¡¯s lap. ¡®Captain! Its Red his unconscious cant you help him?¡¯ ¡®you and you, go take a stretcher and bring The Assist to the infirmary A.S.A.P!!¡¯ ¡®Yes sir!¡¯ ¡®Yes sir!¡¯ As the soldier run to take the stretcher, Aaron approaches them and conceitedly said; ¡®so the trash already drop dead huh good for him then wont be dead weight for us anymore right Miranda haha¡¯ ¡®why you¡­¡¯ Miranda glare at Aaron with angered feeling swelling inside of her, on her pure mana was condensing without her realizing it due to the angered that she felt, Captain Gilbert noticing the mana on Miranda hand quickly barge between both of them and yell ¡®stop it both of you!! Aaron!! Go to your tent¡¯ Captain Gilbert was glaring at Aaron with a message in his eyes stating that he has probably cross the line, taking ahold of the captain message Aaron only snorted and turn his back to return back to his tent. ¡®heh fucking trash¡¯ Hearing the words from the mouth of Aaron, Miranda was ready to explode ¡®what did you..¡¯ Before she could raised her hand that was full of mana, Captain Gilbert shout at Miranda at close distance. ¡®Magus!!!!!!!!¡¯ She snap back from her furious state and stare at Captain Gilbert ¡®cooldown yourselves Master Miranda¡¯ ¡®but¡­¡¯ ¡®don¡¯t worry about Red, he is still breathing and he seems to be fine, the healers will monitor his condition and examine him after this so be patient as we wait for the strecher¡¯ ¡®ok¡¯ Miranda could worriedly agree, while waiting for the stretcher she caringly caress Red¡¯s head. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Within the infirmary, Red was laying on the bed. The infirmary tent was not that spacious only accommodating four beds which were design as those we see in war films. At his side, was a women holding his hand while sleeping with her head lay upon his side while she sits on a chair at the bedside. Red¡¯s eyelid then open up slowly with his sight starting to adapt to the new vision in front of him Red¡¯s monolog Hmm where am I, and something is grabbing my hand.. shit Im to tired I fckng lazy to move my hand. At least I should see whats holding my hand. Ehh? Isn¡¯t she kind of familiar and whats with her outfit isn¡¯t it kind of too much hugging her body but by the looks of it she kind of has a hot body hehe¡­ wait control yourself Red don¡¯t let your mind wander to the forbidden area. If ¡®SHE¡¯ knows im dead when I get back to the original world. Ouh yeah since I cant move how about I try the new skill I got. I have never try it since I got it. Since he cant move his finger to open the skill window he use vocalization to open the it. ¡®skill window¡¯
Skill Window
Skill NameAid of the Old Oaken Tree(PASSIVE)Skill Level1
A skill earn after the passing of times cultivating the inner mana within an old oaken tree. One could blend the mana of nature absorbing it and refilling the tank of their mana pool. Once achived the highest level it could open up numerous path of enlightment Effect of increase in mana regeneration Effect of increasing in health regeneration *extra effect will be added for each 5 level increase.*
Red¡¯s monolog Not bad lets try it first hand, Closing his eye, he concentrate and initiate the skill. even though it¡¯s a passive skill Red can meditate and turn on it into a usable active skill which further increases in experience gain and effect. Within the dark space, he notice an image of an oaken tree made by the accumulation of mana. He then saw trails of thin layer of mana slowly connect to the tree. The thin layer of mana slowly gain in thickness flowing into the tree, as the quantity of mana steadily increases so does the shape of the tree. The small and feeble tree quickly change it¡¯s appearance with the budding of leaves of mana on its branch. All of this symbolizes the state of Red¡¯s mind, the tree act as his mana pool and the connected streaming layer of mana was the outside source of mana that was gain from his surroundings. The ground, the trees, the grass and even the tiny pebble stone. All of his surrounding contain mana and he slowly adapting himself to absorb those mana while in a meditative state. He kept meditating until the break of dawn. Due to the effect of meditating, his overall body was getting better and the fatigue that he accumulated for the past 4 days was nearly completely gone. Outside of the infirmary tent, soldiers arming themselves with their weapons and armor proceed to march to the front of the Dome entrance. Other soldiers were packing up, the tents were now being taken down. The soldiers are all getting busy doing their task, as the camp ground was left with only the infirmary tent. A lone soldier enter the tent and wakes the sleeping magus. ¡®Miranda-sama, please the Captain is calling you¡¯ ¡®no I cant I need to¡¯ ¡®the captain said it was to boost our morale and with your presence it would surely brighten the mood¡¯ ¡®sure I will go, leave me first¡¯ ¡®yes Miranda-sama¡¯ Turning her glance at the sleeping Red but precisely mediatating, she gave a light kiss on his forehead ¡®please be safe¡¯ The soldiers were now station in front of the Dome entrance in rows. While the Royal Guards line themselves at the front line. Captain Gilbert was standing in front facing the entire troop with Aaron and Miranda each at his side. ¡®Men!! Attention!!¡¯ ¡®yes sir!!!¡¯ The soldiers simultaneously respond to their captain order. ¡®hear this men, we are about to embark into the zone of the treacherous Dome. Our force once achieved the 4th dimension but the results were us in terrible condition. But do not falter as we have the help of the mighty heroes Aaron and Miranda at our side. So once again we will conquer the Dome and bring the wealth of the Dome to our mother country, Loredon!! For Loredon!!!!¡¯ ¡®For Loredon!!!¡¯ Shouted the whole troop. Their morale was raised with the presence of the heroes and once again they will enter the den of the lion for the purpose of training their heroes and obtain the secrets and treasure of the Dome to their country Loredon. ¡®Let¡¯s embark!! Forward march!!¡¯ Miranda then hastily cut short of Captain¡¯s order ¡®but wait!! Red is not awake yet shouldn¡¯t we wait?¡¯ ¡®Magus-sama, I have station a healer to his side. The healer is known to be the best of the best in the army so you need not to worry about the Assist condition, so please your presence is clearly needed¡¯ ¡®but..¡¯ Captain Gilbert knelt on one knee bowing to the Magus. The gesture that he has done was by right ignoring his pride as the captain of Royal Guard. Miranda could only accept the gesture with a heavy heart. She was sadden that she could not take care of Red but these people need her at the most of time. her heart was torn apart at one side Red was important but she still doesn¡¯t recognize her true feelings to him and the other side was the soldiers that obviously need her to protect them from the danger of the Dome. As the Dome¡¯s door open a swirl of light was upon them. The soldiers one by one enters the warp light until it was Miranda¡¯s turn. She was one of those last in line as she prefer to wait for a miracle to happen. But the future seems dark, as she took her step into the light a noise from the back hinder from moving forward. ¡®hey, you wouldn¡¯t leave me behind would you¡¯ A familiar voice that she always yearn of hearing, turning her head to the source of the voice. There she saw Red standing while trying to maintain his posture with a grin on his face. ¡®yo~ Miranda-chan¡¯ Chapter 16: 1st Dimension ¡®its now or never then¡¯ Said Red with his left arm tightly hug by the talented Magus. He cheeks flushed red a bit as two soft mounds buried his arm within it. a feeling of unknown emotion was swelling up but he ignore it as the are more profound thing to be nervous at especially the world behind the portal that he was seeing right in front of him. ¡®lets go Red hihi¡¯ ¡®ouh right lets go¡¯ Both of these outlanders take a step forward and enter the world of the Dome. Bright light engulf the vision of Red, burst of wind rush against his body, the feeling was warmth and breezy. After a few seconds of his blur vision, he then regains his sight. As he open his eyes, a new world was in front of him. The sky the earth the flora and the fauna was a whole lot different than the land of Loredon. Even though in Loredon they are some unusual animals, monster, plant and even people but comparing to this new scene that he has his sight on, it was like a whole other level. The sky was dye with orange red, its cloud was purplish in color while the sun was still the only star that give warmth to the one below it. the plants of this world was hardly green in color, it was dark purplish in color with some of it color with bright blue. The ground was darkish brown, with its soil showing no difference with the previous world. its grass was yellow and release a mellow smile when the breeze pass by them. Red and Miranda was fascinated by the new things that they discovered, the soldiers on the other hand care less about the difference between both world, it seems they have grown accustom to this Dome. Aaron on the other hand care less about the new environment, his mind was too preoccupied with how to find way back home. ¡®Men!!! Since this is the first dimension, we will take it easy and let the hero take care of the monsters, provide support for them if needed¡¯ ¡®Yes sir!¡¯ Reply the soldier with a sense of loyalty embedded into their heart and voice. Captain Gilbert walk towards Miranda as he completed giving the command, he then notice the other hero, based on rumors that was told he was described to be as weak and feeble and not having the talent that his companion possesses. But eyeing him from head to toe, he notice that this man was exuding an aura that he could not recognize but one thing for certain he was not weak like the stories that were told. ¡®Magus-sama, I beseech you to locate yourself to the frontline along with Sir Aaron and the Royal Guards. As plan, you will be dealing with damaging the monster while we watch over your situation, so please Magus-sama¡¯ Captain Gilbert gave a light bow showing respect to her while hoping for her to comply with his request. ¡®but, Red will¡­¡¯ ¡®im ok Miranda, just go to the front the captain needs you, don¡¯t worry about me I will stay behind and relax myself and this platoon is only 100 man so the distance between us wouldn¡¯t be that far¡¯ Red wink to her after ending his sentence providing comfort to the unstable worried heart of Miranda. ¡®if you say so, then captain lets go¡¯ ¡®yes Magus-sama¡¯ As both of them leave Red to the back, the soldiers realign themselves in rows for the marches toward the second dimension portal. Since Red was the odd man out, he walks alone at the back following the trail of soldiers march. With his hands behind his head, he hums a tune to get rid of boredom. But then out of nowhere, his sense was tingling. Turning his back, a shadow was already in front of him. He wasn¡¯t able to unsheathe his sword let alone defend against any incoming attack only one thing that came to his thought; ¡®huh~ should have train more¡¯ The shadow collide with Red¡¯s face, but something was out of place, it wasn¡¯t a punch or an attack. the feeling itself can be describe as soft and squishy, he only felt like heaven underneath the shadows that bump into him. He then heard a voice breaking his daydreaming of heaven; ¡®miss me Red-kun, omo~ you are enjoying yourself aren¡¯t you¡¯ It was none other than Bra, his mentor slash sexual harasser but he kind of getting to like her in that sense. Backing away from the heavenly shadow, he now saw Bra. At first he was quite angry with her will all those hellish training but he let it go as he was getting mixed feeling about it. ¡®where are you my lovely mentor since the day you abandoned me¡¯ A tint of sarcasm was delivered by Red¡¯s mouth hinting he wasn¡¯t satisfied being left alone like that. ¡®omo omo you miss me that much already hoho control your urge Red-kun we can do it every night if you want to huhu¡¯ ¡®that¡¯s not what im trying to say!! huh~ nevermind im too tired to deal with you, can you just disappear again or something¡¯ ¡®no can do Red-kun, I will keep you company until the end of time huhu¡¯ ¡®for some reason I kind of like it when you have that predator eye than right now¡¯ ¡®should i?¡¯ His spine shiver after her short sentence, trying not to remember the training he turn back and walk slowly ignoring the 6 foot black curvaceous woman. ¡®heyy don¡¯t ignore me, im lonely~¡¯ After a while Bra walk silently beside Red after the constant pestering was ignored by Red. The silence went on until a few hours, it was boring as there was nothing exciting that happen in the course of the journey. Ouh yeah except for that thing. Each time the frontline encounter a monster, they were quickly obliterated by the immense attack of Miranda and Aaron. Each monster only needed one spell and one hit only to send them to the nether region. This accomplishment astound the soldiers that were behind them, except for the Captain they didn¡¯t know the extent of their so called heroes power but once they witness it in front of their eyes. Their heart silently whisper to themselves; ¡®Monsters!!¡¯ Their power exceed those that can they imagine through their mind. Also witnessing the prowess of magic in annihilating their enemies prove to them that magic itself was the way of destruction. Since they were a strength based military faction that heavily emphasize on strength rather than intelligence it was an eye opener after seeing Miranda unleashing her spell one by one killing all the monster that came near them just in mere second. Even Aaron didn¡¯t get to have some action sometimes. While the soldiers were awestruck by their heroes abilities, Red on the other hand was leisurely walking without not much care, but his sense was always keeping alert for any ambush attack by monsters. The training with Bra certainly pay off even by a little bit. His sense was now much keener and more wary, from the paranoidal instinct that he was born with he then temper it to be the sense that he has right now. Eventhough its not complete yet it still have a level that was worth of using. ¡®Red-kun since you are too relax how about I add some weight training. By the look of it you already getting the hang of it for that level of weight¡¯ Glancing at Bra, he was getting annoyed by it but she does have a point. He obliquely accept her proposal. ¡®yea sure¡¯ After that Bra let a some sort of liquid into the pouch letting it to be absorb by the minerals inside of it. For a few seconds it then takes on its effect, the weight considerably increased two fold. The burden increased on his body and a slight pain can be felt throughout his body for a short while. ¡®not bad eh Red-kun huhu¡¯ ¡®yeah yeah¡¯ In an interval of thirty minutes or so the frontline will always encountered a monster or so and each time that happened monsters stronger than the previous will always come and a lot more in number than previously. One would always be more alert when he is in a dangerous environment but with these two MONSTERS beside them, the soldiers were carefree and only enjoy the massacre that they witness each time they were being ambush. Red at the back was also getting bored, except for the weight training his concentration was not being utilize fully. Strolling around the blacken ground of the Dome he suddenly got curious about his current status its been a while since he saw his last status. With only a word from his mouth a blue screen appeared in front of him that only be seen by him alone.
NameRedAge23
GenderMaleLevel16
ClassThe Assist
Strength32Vitality39
Resistance28Agility35
Magic23Magic Resistance23
Skills
? Comprehension of Support Magic ? Munus Fabula o Shout of Courage Lv47 o Hawk Eye Lv68 o Extensus velocitas Lv71 o Extensus potential Lv70 o Extensus defensio Lv69 o Lesser Heal Lv73 o Detox Lv59 o Resistance oriri magicae Lv50 o Shield of Maria Lv60 o Wise of the Predator Lv45 o Aid of the Old Oaken Tree(PASSIVE) Lv3 ? Unable to learn Main(fire/water/earth/wind) elemental Magic ? Language Comprehension
Looking at his status it has considerably rises from before and looking at his level it was currently at level 16. It seems the long and tiring training does have some perks to him. But even then his status wasn¡¯t comparable to his other fellow heroes. Since he has sixty points to distribute to his status, he divided it equally to each status for a more balance status. His spells on the other hand were exceptionally high in level with the most used spells at the highest level. But even then, he grunted a bit after seeing his skill level. He was displeased practically due to even with all the high level skill he still cannot beat Bra on a one on one confrontation. A displeased face was express by Red, Bra noticing his sudden facial expression inquired regarding it. ¡®Red-kun, whats wrong something troubling you? Let me take care of it for you huhu¡¯ Ignoring her affectionate verbal usage, he ask her about the bout that they always do for the past 4 days. ¡®Bra, how come I cant beat you?¡¯ Bra was bewildered for a while but her face return composed, the sudden question caught her off guard but she still answered it with her utmost sincerity. ¡®well I guess it experience then plus you lack something¡¯ ¡®lack what? Strength?¡¯ ¡®I hate to say it but currently your strength is on par with mine, it was a surprised at first on how much you improved but I really enjoy the bout we have Red-kun~ huhu¡¯ Red could only show a blank expression, hearing from what she said he notice one characteristic of Bra that wasn¡¯t very pleasant to hear. She is a battle maniac. No wonder every time he fought with her she was getting stronger and aggressive. Comparing to Red he wasn¡¯t really enthusiastic in fighting let alone killing things. Right now one thing for sure he was trying to survived in this cruel fantasy world. With his current skill he can survived a fight with someone that has the same battle strength as Bra and lower. He was satisfied and feeling safe for a while but the spectacle in front of him make his heart shudder. Seeing his fellow heroes blasting and killing their enemies away, their fighting capabilities was off the chart, even if they have no battle experience the mighty force of their spells and skills was enough for them to obliterate their opponent. The thing that complicate Red¡¯s mind was not them but their opposition in the future war. What if their opponent were like the both of them, having immeasurable cheat like abilities he would die if he was in battle with them let alone being stuck in the middle of their fight was strangely enough could lead him to death. Nonetheless he needs to train more for him to survive the upcoming war. In silence he continuously cast all the spells that he has on him. Mumblings his lips only he can hear the words of magic, a low intensity glow of light covers him as each time he completed his spells. Bra notice Red sudden change in attitude and she stop pestering him to let him concentrate. With his large mana pool, he can continuously cast his spells increasing it to the optimum level. Each time it increase in level to take it to the next step, he would need to spend more time casting the same spell. Thou it looks like an arduous task, this skill itself was kind of like a cheat ability. The ability to raised a skill level doesn¡¯t exist in this world. The only notion to increase the spell efficacy was to deeply study and understands the total mechanism and divulges them in those spell. Most people would abandon low level spell after finding a better one thus increased one proficiency in one spell was not favor by the people of this world. Most would rely on learning higher level spell after they reach certain limit in their growth especially for the magic status. As the platoon march on to the land of the Dome, the night then arrived engulfing the sky with its dark curtain. Usually you could see the star night that dazzle for those who see them but under these night sky was something incomparable to the little blinking star. Red was smiling from ear to ear seeing the natural phenomenon that was revealing itself as the night turn dark. There were red, orange, yellow, blue, green, indigo and purple that correspond to the same color of the rainbow. Like it was made to be the night rainbow, the dark sky was decorated with seven corresponding color that form an aurora. It was a magnificent phenomenon that marvels the eyes of the outlander. Even the ignorant Aaron was stunned by its pure beauty. Like weave of silk floating in the night sky each color aurora interweave with each other creating bundle of spectrum of colors. To the soldiers it was nothing special as most of them have seen them but most of them didn¡¯t really care about those kind of things. Bra on the other hand said to Red; ¡®I didn¡¯t know that you people were this kind of sentimental people¡¯ ¡®no it seems you people just lack the sense aesthetics in your life¡¯ ¡®Aesthetics?¡¯ ¡®nevermind just forget it , its not really important¡¯ Red¡¯s monolog I guess since this world only know the taste of war, even the beauty of their own world was discarded and left unappreciated. Too bad for them. Wish she could see this she was always fond of travelling. Damn it I miss her. As Red remembered the one he miss, a trail of tears slowly descends from his eyes. It was unexpected but he let it be as it was the only sign that he misses her. After walking for a while the platoon then arrived in front of a large metallic door. The door was enormous with its metallic door design and decorated with carvings of unusual patterns and symbols. The door was a door that leads into the inner side of a mountain. The mountain was not tall if compare with Ysmir mountain but it was tall enough to be consider as one. The mountain was jagged with sharp rocks protruding in all direction of the mountain. The captain gave out an order for them to halt. ¡®halt!! You may be surprised but we are here at the last obstacle before the second portal can come into sight. By the might of our heroes we have cut short the duration from 3 days to only one day. be on your guards men as after these door open the monster in there is none other than the king of the mountain the Great King Goblin, be aware and support the heroes if needed, understood!¡¯ Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡®Yes sir!¡¯ For the first time in this journey the faces of the soldiers turn anxious, noticing their sudden changes Red deduce that this King Goblin must be a threat for them to behave like this but the veteran of the Dome show clear determination in their expression. The top row of the platoon consist of most of the veteran, their experience in the Dome let them to be more composed than the others. they are also the most well-armed soldiers, with swords at their waist, spear on their back, daggers at their feet and shield on their arm. One would feel nervous if they saw these kind of men. As the Captain touches the metal gate, he recites a sentence which is embedded on the gate. Sounds of metallic gear resound to the atmosphere, creaking sound of old metal gear let out a screech that could cause shivers to those who heard it. The door slowly open and slight gush of wind came out, the smell was rustic and felt like it haven¡¯t been open for ages. After it has opened the platoon slowly march in the inner cavern of the mountain. They walk slowly with each step showing caution, with their hand holding their respective weapon. On the other hand, Miranda and Aaron enter the Goblin¡¯s King lair nonchalantly. Since they have almost instantly killed of their opponents, the do not care a bit about the upcoming King Goblin. They have total confidence in their arcane spell and sword skill. but their confidence are the real thing! A large obese goblin was sitting on its throne, as it glares at the two people who approach it, he stand before his ugly throne while grabbing the chipped large blade that was at his side. As it stands then its left shoulder was struck by something. As it glance to its shoulder a large icicle has pierced its thick green obese skin. It doesn¡¯t feel a thing with the icicle emitting a zero degree temperature to its wound, it rapidly cause cell death and block anything that it could felt. Dumbfounded by the events happening, it turns its head toward the two that was casually strolling in his lair. The distance between was still quite far around 50 meter at best but the ice produce by Miranda came out of nowhere catching it off guard. Right now Miranda prepares again her ice spear as it form above her head. three to four ice spears was manifesting itself while at her side, Aaron brandishing his sword and he dash forward with his sword started to glow. Panic by the unfear critters that approach it, the Goblin King releases a deafening growl. The growl was loud enough as it echoes in the cavern like dwellings. For a few seconds, a grumbling sound can be heard approaching toward their place in a fast rate. Noticing the sudden change in atmosphere, Captain gilbert quickly gave out orders; ¡®men!! Double line formation!!¡¯ They soldier orderly arranged themselves in straight line on both side with them facing toward the earthen wall of the cave. The royal guards on the other hand fill up the gap at end of the straight line. On the other hand Red and Bra quickly moved to the front while putting their backs at each other, it seems the training pay off as it clearly increased their teamwork in a sensed. As the grumbling sound approaches, Aaron has already clashed swords with the Goblin King. The goblin King was instantly pushed back as they clash. Even for the big build obese goblin was push by the mere human in front of it. It was flustered as how strong the human in front of him. Then three to four ice spear rain down on it, two pierce both of its leg immobilizing its movement and the other two were block by its sword swing. Taking another stance, Aaron unleashed another sword skill but before he can dash forward a sudden burst sound pop out from the walls of the lair. Holes were made on the wall with little greenish goblin coming out like stream of river. Their laugh and their smell irritates to those who were near them. The sudden interference cut short of Aaron advance, with the numerous goblins gather themselves around their King, they involuntarily form a goblin meat shield. With their force divided into four group were the platoon, the duo Red and Bra, Miranda and Aaron. Only Miranda and Aaron were at a closer distance to each other than the whole platoon. A worried look surface on Miranda face. ¡®im too late, cheh these little turds, I need to return back to Red, I need to protect him¡¯ Surrounded by the green goblins she wasn¡¯t fazed by them, they were only little ugly green creature with broken weapons. She was more to disgusted rather than fear, raising her hand parallel to her shoulder she quickly cast her spell as the goblins leap on to attack her. Ice wall emerge from air blocking their attempt, she surround herself with ice defending herself. With her safety secured she proceed with casting Ice spears. The numbers increases from 1 to 2 to 3 and in the blink of an eye 20 spears was hovering in the air. With the goblin futile attempt on attacking Miranda. She coldly releases her spear with her eyes showing no remorse; ¡®be gone ugly creature¡¯ One by one the spears struck to the ground causing death to many goblins, some pierce more than 10 goblins in a single hit. The ice spears quickly led to a field of corpse around Miranda. An expression of fear was seen in the goblins that was outside of her spell range, afraid of going even near to her they change their target to others. While Aaron on the other hand saw how the Goblin King escape his sword blade, he quickly rush to it going through the hordes of goblins. He slashes and slashes at the blocking goblins, leaving a trail of goblin corpses lying on the ground. He execute his sword skills that compose of spinning his entire body attacking those that were near him in a 360 degree. ¡®Ring of Blade!¡¯ All that surround him drop dead with their bodies cut in half with a swing of its blade. As Aaron approaches the tall goblin meat wall, the numbers of goblins start to increase in attempting to block his advanced. But it was futile¡­. Aaron kept killing those that block him and the gap between him and the King was getting closer. On his mind there was only one thing that revolve around it. the promise that was made between him and the King of Loredon. -FLASHBACK- ¡®my lord, please hear my thoughts, I have a request to you the King of Loredon¡¯ ¡®may as well, come my hero and tell me your worries¡¯ ¡®yes¡¯ Both of them are then seated in the King¡¯s private chamber, sitting opposite to each other Aaron told the King of his request ¡®please my King would you indulge me to the secret of teleportation magic?¡¯ The King react with a normal expression not surprised by the sudden intention of learning teleportation magic ¡®and why is it my dear hero for you to learn of this magic?¡¯ ¡®it would be convenient for me to learn it as it would proof to be an advantage for someone closed range in combat like me¡¯ The King knows he was lying, but just it was Aaron, he do not have the character of begging to learn the way back home, he would purposely twist his stories to his advantage making the King bend to his will, no matter what he would preserved and protect his dignity as an elite without begging the help from others moreover at a King. But King Balin was one who has wisdom seeing through the obvious lie of the young man. In his heart he could not belive that Loredon fate was on this man¡¯s hand. He sighed and told the condition of his request; ¡®before I could received a request it would be polite if you my hero would also received my request¡¯ An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth and a request for a request. Aaron could not shake this old King determination and he comply with it. ¡®tell me my King, what is your request?¡¯ ¡®I would gladly divulge the magic you seek if¡­..¡¯ -FLASHBACK END- ¡®damn that King!! Argh!!¡¯ Like a violent storm of rage, he make used of the anger that was swelling up within himself. One by one his sword skill was unleashed to the poor little goblins. ¡®he want me to attain an artifact from the 10th dimension? What kind of crap is that? Even his army could not pass the 4th dimension let alone reaching ten. Where the hell did he heard those ancient tales from, urgh!! Fuck this goblins I need to reach the 10th dimension fast¡¯ With his large claymore he paved his way straight to the Goblin King, upon reaching the meat shield. His sword glows and instantly released a downward slash that slash through the wall in half and as it hits the ground it releases a shockwave that explode the area flinging the goblins that formed the meat shield into scattering tiny little pieces of meat. As he obliterates the wall it reveals the injured Goblin King with its face covered in fear. Aaron facial expression was like a demon who was impatient, stepping on the corpse of a goblin his eyes was like a lion that was waiting for the perfect time to kill its prey. He brazenly said; ¡®die you obese King!¡¯ The change scene to our duo, moving in sync Bra and Red quickly dispatch their enemies one by one covering each other blind spots. Fighting with the goblin wasn¡¯t that hard to begin with their current strength but their large numbers was still a threat to them. Red quickly cast on the support spells to his body further strengthening him to Bra¡¯s level. Both of them move flawlessly like calm water at the river bank, they both complement each other perfectly. As Bra kills the goblin in front of her, Red quickly provides death to the leaping goblin that was attempting to attack Bra. This sequence repeat itself and rotated between each other, as each second multiple goblin went out to attack the duo. Drown in the adrenaline of battling against countless enemies, he himself have forgotten that he once felt regret killing one these goblins back in the earlier days. To him right now survival was the utmost importance and the goblin was just monster that¡¯s not even close to resemble a human. That was his logic, that was the logic that kept his mind intact from labeling himself of murder. Quite a hypocrite to be exact but nonetheless each people are different and each of them have their own way of coping with what they are going through. As both of them silently kill the goblins, corpses was continuously started to stack on the ground that their footing take place. Bra spoke to Red hinting him to change location; ¡®Move!¡¯ Red comply and both of them simultaneously ran to a clearer ground with less corpse for them to have better footing that ensure better stability. As they dash, Bra releases her skill that was kept hidden from Red, Red taking notice of it kept an eye to her while still killing off the goblins. Her dagger glows Red and at the end of her feet releases a red hue trail after each step she took. She lodge her dagger to an incoming leaping goblin piercing its body, as it gone through it a red knot form at the end of the goblin pierce body. she then pick up speed, running as fast as she can she circling around a group of more than 30 to 40 goblins with a trail of red hue thread coming from the dagger and as she reached the knotted goblin, she pierce the knot and like threading a needle she tighten the knot. ¡®Red Knot of Death¡­ let the blood rain¡¯ The red strings that circle the goblins tighten and it went through the goblin bodies like it was made of paper. Rain of blood spray into the sky as 40 goblins at once dies due to her skills. She then proceed to return to Red¡¯s back. ¡®impressive Bra-chan¡¯ ¡®omo you called me chan again hihi¡¯ ¡®there¡¯s too many lets finish them¡¯ ¡®ouh!¡¯ The battle went on, until a loud growl was heard echoing through the lair. All the goblins stop short of their movement, all of them was glancing to the sight of the growl. ¡®come on ugly creature fight!!¡¯ ¡®quite down soldier, something had happened¡¯ The captain quiet down his riled up soldier seeing how the goblin act quite abnormally. For the first time, this sudden large numbers of goblins has never occurred since their time of conquering this dimension. At most they were only 20 to 30 goblins that help the Goblin King but never in this magnitude. He sense a foreboding in the near future but he shrugged it off as he set his sight on the thing that attract the goblin attention. There it was their hero, Aaron of the Claymore holding the head of the fallen goblin King on top of a pile of goblin corpses. Raising it to the sky, he shouted ¡®your king has fallen!!!¡¯ Seeing their King¡¯s head removed from its body, the goblins quickly retreated back to their holes where they come from. As quickly as they come they also gone by an instant, the only thing left was the thousands of corpses of goblin laying around on the battlefield. The platoon suffered no damage, most only has light injuries and only one or two suffered heavy damage seeing it was difficult to going up against an opponent that exceed their numbers. This was quite an accomplishment as seeing how they confront the thousands of goblins that was coming like wave. From a far Miranda ran as fast as she can making sure of Red safety. As she came near to Red she notice the African American like woman who was wearing quite a revealing clothing that stood at Red¡¯s side. This was the first time that Miranda met Bra. As she slowly approach, she ask Red with a serious look; ¡®Red, who is this?¡¯ Red noticing Miranda that was already in front of him could only glance to Bra and thought Red¡¯s monolog Ahh they have never met before no wonder she doesn¡¯t know her ¡®let me introduce you this is Bra, my guardian and Bra this is¡­¡¯ ¡®the new great maiden magus, Miranda-sama, please to meet you¡¯ ¡®likewise, Bra-san please to meet you too¡¯ Both of them were glaring at each other as they end their greeting hinting a rivalry between them. It seems both of them view Red as their possession or I mean love potential or is it? hmm but nevermind, Red was oblivious to the situation and he care less about them, he only took a small cloth and wipe his sword¡¯s blade. Aaron moved toward the platoon, the captain hurriedly clasp his hand to Aaron¡¯s shoulder congratulating him; ¡®well done Aaron it was a waste that I could not see how you defeat the goblin King single handedly nevertheless it was quite an accomplishment¡¯ ¡®captain can we proceed to the 2nd dimension¡¯ ¡®of course, Men!!! Treat the injured fast and lets march on to the next dimension¡¯ As they soldiers treat themselves, Red eyes was fixed to Aaron. For some kind of reason his face was not very pleasant but he already know that, the thing was he felt uneasy toward Aaron. Called it instinct for an easier term, but still he shrugged it off it was bothered if he worried himself about that arrogant bastard. At the background both Bra and Miranda was still glaring at each other with their mouth bickering with each other, for the content of their talk let it be label as explicit for the moment. They platoon then moved on to the 2nd dimension.