William is back in town. The first thing he did was return to his room and restore his mana. It's always good to be prepared. After his encounter with Garry, he was even more confident in his strength.
He had to be ready at all times, just in case someone stronger came out of him. He had never been in a bad or unfavourable situation before, but that didn't mean he would always be that way.
William was also one of those people who always wanted to be one step ahead of the others. The fact that his power was higher than theirs and that he was progressing step by step in this regard, always put him in an advantageous situation, thus reducing the risks.
Normally, William was not afraid of anyone, but this world was different. There were millions of ways to die that you couldn't even imagine, and William didn't want to be caught in one of them. With a quieter, simpler life, he just had to be strong enough not to die with his
The next day, Galen and his team arrived at the meeting point one kilometre west of the camp. Everyone was dressed in armour and ready for battle. In addition to their team, there were nearly fifty apprentices at the meeting point, most of them second-rank. There were almost no first-rank apprentices, and the number of third-rank apprentices was close to twenty.After the team arrived at the meeting point, Galen gathered the team in a circle and they checked the magical tools and potions in their dimensional bags one last time. The five magical tools given to Galen as team leader were distributed evenly among the members of his team. Among them were tools that provided a strong defensive barrier and a magical tool that made him lose his sense of direction.After everyone confirmed that they were ready, Galen walked over to the other team leaders a few feet away to go over the plans one last time.While the team leaders met, Seren watched them. Especially the apprentice named Cabal. Th
Twenty-seventh day...Seren felt a bit more uncomfortable today. After leaving the area where the decomposing bodies were in the cave, she came to a small space. Here, she both urinated and vomited a bit. After vomiting until she had almost nothing left in her stomach, she tiredly swung back to the small camp at the entrance of the cave. Everyone was starving. Eating the flesh of the same creature for nearly three weeks had driven them to death.She sat in the corner of the camp, leaning against the cave wall, and began to inspect the cave entrance. The attacks continued. The situation was beginning to break his psyche. Knowing that the enemy was always there, living in fear of death every day, a sense of danger from all sides overwhelmed her.In the past month, the Seren's sense of danger from the Cabal's team had grown exponentially. Now they looked at the enemy the way the enemy looked at them, sharing the same sense of danger. That was one of the main reason
" Boom!" "Crack!" The sound of Galen's bones breaking echoed through the cave.But he could still move. He dragged himself over to the Cabal, crawling with difficulty. Meanwhile, the five creatures around the Cabal lay motionless on the ground. They were not dead, but they seemed paralyzed.Just as he tried to stand up in front of the Cabal and grab the Cabal's neck, a whistling sound was heard in the air." Swooooshh!" With that whistle, an arrow pierced Galen's right shoulder. "ARRRGGHH!"With that arrow, Galen was paralyzed in the position he was trying to hold his arm, and remained in the same position, motionless. He was not dead, but he could no longer be said to be alive.Meanwhile, two more arrows went in two different directions. One for Beck on the other side of the cave, the other for Cora in the centre. The arrow to Cora wasn't the only one. Andre's dagger was pointin
Moments after Cora had trapped the Cabal under her weight, Seren's finger tweaked a body that had split two meters away. She had been unconscious for several minutes. Though she was paralyzed, the pain from the dagger in her waist acted as a protective mechanism, shutting her body down and causing her to pass out.When Seren opened her eyes, she realized that she couldn't move her body. There was almost no feeling in her body. She saw that there were more than ten creatures with Galen and that Jacob and Andre were chewed with him. Before she even had a chance to feel sorry for Galen, she realized that if she didn't act, she would also die.She had to do something. She was also unaware of Cora and Cabal's condition, as the only sound in the cave was chewing. At that moment she remembered something. A gift from someone earlier.William had left something on her desk before he left, and Seren now remembered that among the p
Returning to the cave, William found the trio in the same position. He then took some wood from his dimensional bag and tied them together. Finally, after placing all four on this primitive stretcher, he carried it with both hands and left the cave. Lying next to the Cabal was disgusting to Cora, but she needed some rest before she could move. William soon passed the apprentices collecting the dead and reached the Blood and Sword Tower campsite. Here he let the trio rest and waited until they were able to walk. The trio did not talk until they had recovered, and William accompanied them when they decided they could come to their senses and walk. No one even asked why he was in that state, even though the Cabal was still tied up beside them. The journey took a little longer, of course, as William's teammates were still tired. During this time, William asked them what had happened. Cora was the most willing to talk and she explained without leaving anything out. Some of Cora's words w
"Then the cave opened out into a large underground lake. I found many valuable potion ingredients here and took them with me. The most important ingredient I found in the lake was Thorn Whiskers Carp. After I hunted twenty of them, I realized that there weren't that many, so I gave up hunting them. Later, William took a wooden box out of his dimensional bag. This wooden box was something special. It could be considered a magical tool that he had made himself.Thanks to the small array inside, it kept a creature intact. "I brought you this as a gift." William gave the box to Alyna. Alyna took the box with both hands and opened it.Inside were two Thorn Whiskers Carp with an arrow wound on its belly and blood still flowing from the wound. Well preserved, fresh. Thorn Whiskers Carp is a delicious meat with high nutritional value for knights.The size of these carps was much larger than usual. Each one was at least a meter and a half long and forty centimetres wide. This was enough to fee
William followed Alyna as she climbed to the upper floors of the tower. As William watched Alyna's back, he involuntarily had obscene thoughts. Especially after being with Seren, his desire in that direction increased greatly. Seren was like a locksmith who opened the door for him. And it was up to his will to keep the now unlocked door closed or open. Moreover, it became more and more difficult for him to keep the door open because of something inside of him that he did not know.After climbing two floors, something happened to William that made him forget his obscene thoughts. He began to see official mages, not apprentices. He couldn't remember ever seeing so many official mages in the tower.While most of them gave him a casual feeling, they were all of them were Grand Knights and also official mages. He thought more and more that he had underestimated the power of the tower.One floor later, they came to the door of a large room. It was a big door that opened on two sides. As soo
Of course, William had not intentionally shown his full strength. If he had, he was sure that even the second-rank official mage would have a hard time seeing him.Einor's look was a bit strange. Unable to contain his excitement, he stood up. He examined the elements around William. It is not just one element. There is light, wind, fire, metal and even some earth. 'How strange. Is there something I don't know?'Einor had thousands of different ideas running through his head, and he desperately tried to answer them all. After seeing William's heart, he decided to do some more research. It seemed that he had to work harder. He had to look for secrets he didn't know, and discover new ways. This was no longer about strengthening the heart. It was something else entirely. Maybe it was a power that could compete with some powers.Then Einor sat down and spoke calmly. "Okay, William. We thank you. After leaving the gate of the tower, you are no longer our apprentice. You are free to go where