Aiden was walking down the road of the royal capital. He had been given his afternoon assignment. Finding the place he was going to wasn't too difficult based on the directions he got when he asked a passerby.He soon found the place he was to pick up the package. ~Artisan Duffel's workshop~He had not had enough time to find Mallory and ask who Artisan Duffel was but from the look of his shop, as well as the title to his name, Aiden guessed he was an Artisan, and a very good one if he could be a supplier to the royal palace.He knocked on the door before he entered. As he opened the door, he heard the chime of a small bell.The store had racks of artifacts displayed on both sides, while the middle was a walkway to the sales boy who was sitting farther in, directly opposite the door.Aiden quickly understood what made Artisan Duffel special. The weapons he saw all looked solid, without any blemishes.He walked over to the sales boy who had been watching him since he entered."Armor d

"Again...!!""Again...!!!"This was the prevalent sound in the clearing where two people could be seen, tangled in intense combat. A few minutes later, one of them slid back after he took a heavy blow to the side, barely blocked by the staff in his hand.He had managed to block the dual sword attack that she used against him but there was some pain, as well as some more force that he wasn't able to hold off... or so it seemed.Aiden stood up once more at the sound of the ear-piercing order, "again...!!!".Despite beating Aiden over and over again, Princess Diane still did not believe the results of the fight in the slightest. This was a result of Aiden not having full control over his strength as a second-order apprentice.Princess Diane was wielding her dual swords; training versions of them. If she used her real swords instead of the wooden ones she had right now, the fight would be over before Aiden raised his weapon.Aiden waited for the attack to come and instead of dodging or b

Soldiers carrying torches and weapons ran past a small dark alley in the ever-darkening evening atmosphere... In this alley, a few eyes were staring, seeking the slightest bit of information they could pick up from the outside."Captain, how are we to escape them?", a soldier asked in a silent voice.Reid looked at the one who asked the question and said, "we'll use General Tarrenblaze's creations. Some of them remain hidden to this day. Hidden away in his memories and mine... We can no longer stay in the city, we have to leave. Our families will be fine, we have not gone to see them since we came from beyond the walls"The soldier fell silent. Aside from this soldier, there were a few others, bringing their numbers up to 10. They all stuck low and close to the walls. They waited and waited for the sun to set completely. It had been hours since they'd been waiting when Reid gave the order."Let's go..."His judgment for when to move could only be described as impeccable because he le

Prince Adrian dived to the right in a bid to escape. The briwyn let out a grunt as it tried to chomp down on Prince Adrian. Prince Adrian backed away from the beast and they both got a break from attacking and defending; watching each other's movements carefully, Prince Adrian and the briwyn circled each other, trying to find the right moment to attack.Both were patient but Prince Adrian was more patient. This led to another quick dash from the beast as it tried to catch Prince Adrian off guard.A futile effort because the beast overshot its target, sliding past Prince Adrian who had turned his body to the left and stepped to the right, swinging his sword down onto the beast's head.A direct hit would have been the result, slicing the beast's head clean off its neck but reality defied these expectations.The beast that was millimeters away from death suddenly vanished, reappearing a few meters away from Prince Adrian, in the same spot it was before it dashed at Prince Adrian.Prince

There was the sound of something cracking, followed by a pained scream that rang through the room.Miss Riordan stood to the side as she watched Aiden undergo the reforging process. Even with her nerves as a healer, she flinched every time there was a crack.Aiden's reforging was as painful as you would expect. Every bike in his body was breaking, reforming into a hardened bone moments later.This had been going on for fifteen minutes and Aiden had broken every bone in his body at least twice. Throughout the whole process, Aiden could not manage to keep his screams back. Thankfully, he came to Miss Riordan when he felt the weirdness, getting Miss Riordan to isolate the space for his breakthrough.With no breaks in between, Aiden went a few hours in this agony, breaking every bone over and over again. He did this seven times for every bone before the reforging was completed.The bones that reformed were stronger and tougher making them even harder to break in the next round. This made