Richard flaunts his hands saying, “Come at me when you’re ready.” Igon takes offence after the statement was made, he rushed at the prince and slashed his scythe, while the scythe was landing Richard took a back flip, he landed and taunted Igon with a bold yet annoying laugh, “Hahahaha, was that you at your prime, you couldn’t even best an undead skeleton with that move, i would like to try out my skills on you, but i won’t fight you with a heavy weapon, I’ll hold back and reduce the size.” Igon took up his scythe and smirked, “You really want to see me at my prime, I’ll give you a tip, sacred arm Hades, special skill one, Hells Blaze.” After that call, Igon swooped down his scythe, with the swoop came a wave of black flames, Richard looked shocked, he threw his axe in the air, stretches his hands, “Prince of ice, your presence comes with a chill, he who stands in front of the dammed, i summon the Doors to hell, COCYTUS, god of rivers grant me your power.”
A weird presence could be felt, the area became cold and then a fog appears, rising from the soil was a door made from ice, the door opens and swallows up the flames and shatters, the fog depletes and with Igon confused Richard leaps into the air, he catches his axe, “young man, you are taking this too far, we are allies training, but i guess I’ll have to explain it to you, Sacred Arm Bellona, second form, Bantam Axe.” The axe began to shrink, Descending from the air he set his axe in a slashing position, “Sacred Arms Bellona, Special Skill one—(War Goddesses Conviction, Benevolent Sever).” A loud ringing could be heard and with it came a wave with pressure, the ground were Igon stepped was blown away, Igon’s clothes ripped to shreds and Igon passed out on the spot naked, the impact was much that a massive pressure of wind leaked through the barrier, the rest stood startled, Gaius smiled and worded, “he really held back, Liam wasn’t joking, these sacred arm could level a kingdom, oh well i guess I’ll have a go at it, who’ll be my opponent.”Karma steps into the ring, Gaius smiled asking him if he was sure, karma snapped his finger while Gaius was talking and the barrier came up, Toda stood amazed as he has never seen magic been infused in a seal without touch, Karma worded out, “Call.” the spear flew right to him, he looked to Gaius and worded, “equip yourself.” Gaius raises his hand showing a pair of bracelet on his wrist leading to small rings on his fingers, he then spoke, “My sacred arm is a blood chain, which means through this bracelet i can conjure chains with my blood.” The both took a fighting stance and worded, “Sacred Arm, activate.” After the activation, Gaius rings brought fort two pairs of daggered chains, making four, Karma on the other hand could use magic to control the spear without touching it, he pushed the spear forward by just pointing at Gaius, the spear bolted toward Gaius with the intention to kill, Gaius waved his hand and stopped the spear at the spot, everyone was shocked how mere chains could halt a piercing spear, Gaius smiled saying that if karma wanted to kill him he’d need more than that, Richard from the background shouted at them saying they’re training and not planning to kill each other.Karma called back his spear, “i guess i should be serious then, Sacred Arm Gemini, Second Cadre, Accretion.” The spear breaks down into multiple miniature spears, karma takes his hands up and put them down, as his hands went down the spears rush at Gaius, the spears were much, rushing at him all at once , Gaius smiles, “Sacred Arm Iron Maiden, Special Skill one, Assailing Velocity.” Suddenly, the mini spears coming for Gaius looked like they were being destroyed; to Toda Gaius was standing at one place without moving, to him the rest could see Gaius move but he couldn’t, Gaius disbanded the spears but then Karma put forward his other hand, and applied much more pressure, the spears became too fast and for a moment it looked like Gaius was having trouble, he halted his skill for a second, two spears hit him, before the rest could hit, “Dryads’ call, Explosive Billow.” Gaius used his personal skill to clear all the spears from his sight, with an explosive fog wave, just as they dispersed, Gaius was looking to get a clean shot, as his vision was cleared waiting at his front was a massive spear waiting to pierce through, the prince smiled saying, “well it’s a tie, Gaius would have won in an open ground though.” Toda didn’t understand what he meant, he saw Gaius lose, he looked to the ring and clearly saw that Gaius had three chains waiting to pierce Karma from Behind, Toda was wondering how he did it, Karma put down his weapon, “Really, you could have defeated me if you wanted, first you cancelled your skill during my spear shower, blinding i and yourself with that ability of yours, making both parties vulnerable, then when the fog clears you made me think you were the vulnerable one, i fell for it and attacked taking away my only form of defense against you, thereby making us tie, but if you wanted to win you still had one chain you haven’t deployed, you could have used it to cease the spear.”Richard gave a big laugh out saying he caught on quite well, Gaius on the other hand, smiled and said, “How did you find me out.” Karma returned back to land and said to Gaius, “Next time don’t you dare hold back on me.” He left the ring, Gaius on the other hand came out laughing, the next set stepped in, which were, Elayne and Zenosara, they both got in the seal, and then Gaius came to Toda saying, “Just keep looking at Elayne, she’ll definitely impress you.” Richard on the other hand started wailing, “You let her fight, this’ll get ugly now.”Both women got into the circle to start their combat training, before they began a strange man entered the cathedral, Richard recognized him and walked towards him, “My prince, i greet you, i bare you all message from the emperor, he summons all heroes to the imperial kingdom, immediately, a coach has been provided for your journey, it’ll take you two days to get to the imperial kingdom, the king asks that we leave now.” The party stood amazed, an audience with the Emperor of Khetis was no joke, they halted the ladies before their bout, Gaius laughed hard saying he was really looking forward to Elayne fight, Richard on the other hand was happy the match never held, the party left for Khetis with the messenger from the empire. One day passed and they stopped at an inn in a fief of one of the nobles in the empire, while they were there, they handled their basic necessities, Gaius and Richard went to check the perimeters of the fief, Toda and the rest stay back resting, day broke again
After being dismissed from the selection, everyone went their ways, the heroes sent out their party telling them to meet up the day of departure, they intended using their remaining days in the empire to rest up, Toda on the other hand had gone through a lot, he thought how he landed into a game finding out it was in fact real life, and the fact that he could die with the most fatal of attacks landed, then witnessing the power Gaius and the others displayed during their training, he told the team to meet up the following day. It was day and Toda was ready to head out, he was stepping out of the castle when he encountered Gaius, he was about avoiding him, then Gaius spoke, “you heading out to train?.” Gaius asked smiling at Toda, Toda couldn’t avoid the question but he didn’t reply, “You’re a strong man Toda if not the strongest around, you just have to believe in yourself and let out that power, don’t over work yourself and I’m here if you need anything.” Gaius said as
After the delegation, Toda told his party to train anyway they deem fit, he left the group, moving alone he remembers the advice Gaius gave on conversing with his spirit, he stumbles upon a lake, he remembers that his first encounter with a spirit started with a lake and if he could recreate the scenario he might be able to converse with one of his. He walks up to the lake draws his blade, cuts his hand and drops blood into the wave suddenly the echo of the blood drop could be heard repeatedly, he closes his eyes and just thought of spirits, he didn’t know what they looked like at first, he then thought on the shapes of the orbs that entered his being, he could differentiate magical waves by their colours thanks to his appraisal skill, he thought of the first two to emerge from the lake, a green and a red, immediately he had those thought, he could hear two voices, a male and a female, the female spoke.“I have been summoned here by you.” Toda looked for who is talking, he c
“Master, what happened, we felt an immense magical presence, are you okay.” Audrey said with worry written all over his face, Toda thought in his mind, ‘is all this worry for me or for their safety, i know i gave a big speech on trust, but come on you can’t just be this loyal all of a sudden.’ Toda smiled to Audrey, “Sorry if i startled you all, i was trying out a little magic, i didn’t know it be that intense, besides you’re all supposed to be training.” The whole party had the same stare on their faces, they all laughed it out and turned back to go train, Toda was still feeling weak, he then got a message.-----------------------[NOTE][Magic section unlocked][All Magical Skills Obtained Can Now Be Used] [New skill acquired, special/spontaneous skill—(hyper-instinctive skill enhancement)]-----------------------Toda thought on the name of the skill, he knew what spontaneous meant but he didn’t understand what the skill did, he opened his interface and selected the skill w
Toda opened his eyes and it was day, but he felt somewhat weird, he knew where he passed out, but he found himself in a handmade tent, he stood and found that his injuries were all healed up, he thought to himself, 'I can't believe I'm all healed up, with my mp still depleted my Self— Regen skill can't really do much work for me, not forgetting what am i doing in a tent, i passed out beside the lake.' Nana stepped into the tent, "master Toda, you're awake already, we were worried out of our minds, you and Audrey went all out, not even sparing the other." Toda laughed and said, "Well what can i say, i owe you all this much, and you'll have to be strong to help me on my quest, I'll make a date for you and i soon enough." Nana was as red as a strawberry after hearing the word date, while they were talking, Hunter and Milara walked in, "Master, you're awake!" Hunter screamed the moment he saw Toda, Milara on the other hand seemed as though she'd kill Toda if they were left alone,
They all ate and were filled up, Toda had asked Nana to heal up the injured knights, after they rested he called for them, "look, i don't have many things to ask you, seeing that you're healing and need time to rest up, just three questions, the first is, How'd you get tangled up in this, where are the rest of the holy knights and finally, what is that being controlling them." One of the knights stood up, he walked over to Toda and knelt down, "I thank you sir for saving us, you see, as the holy knights were summoned by his highness, 20 knights were put in charge of the holy church to protect it's holy relics, but not quite long after the knights left, a man appeared at the church claiming to be a priest of a kingdom far east of Khetis, he said he needed to see our priest who was on a self journey to sanctuary, we tried to reason with the man but it was fruitless, he kept on insisting, one of the knights who was present ran out of patience and threatened to kill the man,
Toda stood at a position watching Belial, he was also buying time for his friends, he then gets a message.-----------------------[MP IS BEING RECOVERED][HP RECOVERING]-----------------------Toda opened his interface and checked his stats, when the menu popped up his Hp and Mp were already at their maxed initial stage, Toda decided to use his honed samurai skills, he took his stance, he used one of the sub-skills under the Samurai class, CONCENTRATION, a sub-skill which lets him read the room, knowing all his enemies and deciding when to attack, Belial on the other hand, was scared at the quantity and level of magic he emitted, he summons four devil apes, seeing that all the apes he arrived with were history, these apes looked different from the rest, they had feats that distinguished them by far, Toda stays at the same position, Belial laughed out boldly, “hahaha, you think this little power up means anything, I’ll share with you, the gift prince Abbadon left me.” The remai
Toda asks Gaius why he stopped him from rejecting the offer, Gaius on the other hand swayed away the question again and told Toda to get himself a nice thread for his Knighting ceremony, Toda laughed it away when three men and a lady approached him, “Sir, we are Tailor’s to House Noverus, we were ordered by his majesty to make your ceremony wears, if you would be nice to accompany us to our shop please.” Toda turned to Gaius and pulled him along with him, his team on the other hand stood confused, Nana turned to Audrey, “the master has trusted you all of the prizes, what do you intend we do with it.” Audrey glared at the whole team with passion in his eyes, “we have to keep this safe, the master’s accomplishment is also ours, lets head to his ward and await his return.” They moved into the castle with the chest stacked with their prize.Toda had gotten to the tailor’s shop, he was given three wears, in all he put Gaius in charge, a choice was finally made and the two headed bac
Toda’s party gathers in front of him, ready to hear what Toda had to say, he clears his throat and starts to speak. “You all have felt the immense power all over this forest, yes there is a Demon General around and with the monsters we faced you could say it’s the same one we formerly faced, I would want to take my chances if it were Belial, if we encounter him I’ll go all out, so get as far away from me, I can sense other life forms around so I’ll do this in the slightest, Audrey you come with me, Milara you’re in charge of the rest, I can sense others in this forest, get them out, there’s also a large power I sense in this forest, it’s not as poisonous as the first but still, avoid it”. Toda moved west with Audrey while Milara headed south, the sun was coming down soon and the atmosphere became cold, Toda whispered to himself, “I wouldn’t want this fight extending through the night if I could”. Toda turns to Audrey telling him to pick up the pace, and immediately, he activates an ag
Audrey falls to his feet and words out, “master!!”. Toda moves closer asking Audrey the type of skill he used, Audrey on the other hand was almost out of mana, he replied saying that it was a skill he was working on and that it didn’t work perfectly through out his practices, Milara alerts Toda that she senses strange presences all over the forest, today seconded that saying he felt a hero’s presence around but he couldn’t decipher who it was, Toda turned to hunter, “Hunter!, go deep into the forest, just for recon don’t engage any if you find, use your swiftness to your advantage “. Hunter suddenly vanished into the wind, Toda order the others to start up a camp, milara and nana went into the forest to gather woods for fire and shelter Toda on the other hand decided to check out his stats and skill, he knew he gained new skill especially the acres arm skill.He opened his skill interface and selected the new form his blade gained.-----------------------SkillSacred arm Eros seco
The morning sun rose and with it came with this pure wind that blew the trees, making them dance, the imperial kingdom was a beautiful sight to behold at that time of the day, Toda and his party was up, Hunter, Milara, Nana, Audrey and Toda all assembled in front of the door to the throne room, the guards at the door announced as they pushed the door open, “the second heroes party to depart has arrived to see his majesty.” Toda and his party walked in and as they got in they were all shocked, even Toda as he didn’t expect to see all noble ranks in the throne room that early, as he walked in the Emperor stood and so did the whole imperial court, “young Baron.” The emperor said as he walked down from his throne, “Today you depart in search of your guardian tower, and also to your domain, Terra deorum, you’ll be with your royal guards and also your sacred arm, the responsibility placed on you is a heavy one and so you’ll be expected to do an even nicer job because the Gods of Khetis d
The Emperor clears his thought and asks, “Do you have any complaints, what can i do for you?” Toda takes to his knees, “your imperial highness, we have come here to inquire more knowledge on the journey tomorrow.” The Emperor gave out a big sigh, “Yes that is true, you’ll be leaving tomorrow, I’ll tell you all you need to know about these sacred arms and their guardian towers after which I’ll tell the rest.” The Emperor stood, “When the gods were vanishing, Chronos, put a spell on each sacred arm to reduce the power they possess, he lock the bigger half in seven different towers, these towers were hand crafted by him, a test awaits any who was selected, if they pass it, they would enter a full covenant with the sacred arm which would unlock its full potential.” Toda and Gaius where shocked hearing this for the first time, the Emperor continues, “After this you’ll all return to khetis to await words from the king of hell himself.” Gaius in a puzzled state asks the Emperor, “Unc
Toda walked up to Karma patted him on the shoulder and spoke, “I reject your proposal for a duel, i will not indulge in your childish convictions, you pointed out that i used my sacred arm wrongly and i commend you for being upright but i cannot entertain your boredom, i suppose that is why our knights are giving to us, we depart from Khetis in search of our guardian towers tomorrow, i must be at my best, i cannot allow myself be manipulated by the likes of you, i agree you are royalty, but do not push your luck past it’s threshold.” Karma smirked and walked away saying, “Then i guess I’ll punish you another day.” Toda Turned to Audrey, “Audrey, have Milara and Hunter reported in today?” Audrey took to his knees and worded, “My lord, Hunter reported in early but then left to train, and Milara on the other hand is on the other side of the door.” Toda requested he called her in, when she walked in, she took to her knees, “My lord, how are your injuries?, what are your orders for me
Both boys had collapsed from the fight, they were moved to the infirmary where the Emperor’s doctors worked on them both, when Toda woke up he had pains all over, beside his bed was Audrey, “ughhh.... my head hurts, i guess i passed out, where am i?.” He blurts out, “my lord, you are awake, how did this happen?.” Audrey spoke out; “I don’t remember, all i know is.....” while trying to recollect Toda gave out a big Gasp, “Where is Gaius? Is He dead? Take me to him at once.” Toda tries getting up but he falls back down, showing signs that his healing wasn’t complete yet, “my lord, your recuperation process is still yet to be completed, and the master Gaius is well, he is in another room, you retained much damage than he did for some reason, he has come to check on you twice and will return soon.”Toda wasn’t shocked to hear that he retained much damage, to him Gaius seemed much more refined, he was well calculated even in the face of death, Toda turned to Audrey, “what are you
Toda was still fast asleep, and on his door was a knock, “Toda, you in there?” Toda woke as soon as he heard the voice on the door, he walked up to the door and worded, “Gaius can’t you at least let me have my fare share of sleep, I’ve been working my butt off for four days now, i need the rest.” Toda opened the door and in front of the door was Gaius smiling mischievously, “good day my lord.” Gaius said as he bowed, Toda gave him a heavy bump to the head and warned him not to make such jest, as he walked Gaius in, he lock the door, beside his bed was the tea which was served to him during the day time, he poured Gaius some and then they began to talk, “Gaius about yesterday, the Nobles didn’t seem to like me at all, and all it took was a name i chose.” Gaius laughed and wacked Toda on the back, “You see my friend, some people are destined to move forward more than others, while the others follow the rule and move at their own pace, you for one are faster, your rank is a very h
After stating the name he has in mind and giving his reason, everyone seated began to murmur.“Such disrespect in the Emperor’s presence.”“Who does he think he is?” “This is blasphemy.” “He shouldn’t be a noble.”The throne room was filled with bitterness for Toda; He on the other hand didn’t know what his crime was, a guard halted them all, the emperor smiled saying he liked the name, “Hmm, Terra Deorum, tell us more on what you have in mind, seems you have more to say.” Toda was confused not knowing where he went wrong, he grin his teeth and cleared his throat, “i for one never wanted to be a noble, not even a hero but circumstance placed me in these situations, i do not know what crimes i have committed for stating my reason for the land, i also do not care what you think of me, Terra Deorum, a land of the big seven, i stated this to point out that this would be a land free to all race who come to her for refuge, elf, fairy, ogre, name it, all will leave as one there
The next day had come on so fast; on Toda’s door was a knock. “Forgive me sir, its Oliver the butler of the royal house, i have been ordered by his majesty the emperor to prep you for your ceremony, if you’d please open the door, I’ll begin my duties.” Toda didn’t try fighting with him, he understood that any and every demand of the emperor must be met, he ushered Oliver in, “Good morning master Toda.” Accompanying Oliver in were four maids, Oliver walked up to the curtains, opened them allowing ventilation, the maids walked over to Toda and stripped him naked, he fought them but he wasn’t heard, the maidens seemed like they were thoroughly trained, they then gave him a bath, after the bath he had hands, feet and hair treatment, he was then given a thorough massage, Oliver brought out his uniform, it was custom made for nobility and his had the crest of barony, unlike the other clothes Toda wore, these set were different, they had something to them and Toda couldn’t fathom what it