“We’ll never know unless we give it a try,” Arisa shrugged when she heard Kane’s mumbling.Kane nodded his head when he realized that Arisa must have misunderstood him. But either way, he would still need to wipe out that monster’s nest before he could try looking for the reason it manifested.While walking, a woman came running outside her house towards them.“Sir, please… help us!” the woman tried to hold Kane but Viktor pulled him away and the woman fell to the ground.“Master!” Arisa was about to help the woman to stand up again but her master stopped her.“Please… help me.” The woman sobbed as her shoulders shook violently. “I don’t want to die.”Arisa’s heart broke while watching the woman cry. She wanted to help them. She wanted to do everything to help them, but how? Their only way to help them was to kill the monster that put the curse on them.“Lilia! I told you to stop acting so pathetic!” A man came out of the house where the woman came from and ran towards her. He glared
Kane and Arisa prepared themselves as soon as they entered the forest. Arisa drew her sword while Kane prepared his dagger. Viktor kept watching while holding his phone—ready to call Gavin just in case something unexpected would happen.He knew that the curse monster was one of the worst opponents for his disciples because they both needed a contact in battle, but he still accepted the request. It would be a part of their learning and that experience would help them grow stronger.After just a few steps, a loud growl was heard and a tall creature that resembled a shadow hovered towards them. A monster with no face and no exact shape. For a melee fighter like him, a cursed monster was something that he should always watch out for. He could die in just one wrong move, but he would not let that happen.A monster who caused a lot of death did not deserve to be feared. No matter how strong it was, it could still be killed. He would be the one to kill it.However, before he could even move
The party composed of Gavin, Mila, Cyrus, and Arisa started fighting with the curse monster. They let Kane stay beside Viktor to just watch them for a while and recover his mana. He had been recklessly spending his mana earlier and he did not even notice what he was doing.Just because he had a monstrous pool did not mean that he could be reckless. If Gavin had been late in taking him away, he would either died from the monster’s curse or from devouring.It was Cyrus who led the attack with his ax followed by Arisa. Gavin was the one who was constantly distracting the monster while Mila was carefully supporting the three with her water magic. Even though their attacks were synchronized, just like how Kane did, they could not even manage to damage it.Kane could still feel his frustration while watching the party fight. They needed to think of a way to kill that monster. He could not even tell how many people died while they were fighting that monster. How many more deaths would it nee
“I am going to enroll you in school today, are you excited?” An old man told him with a mischievous grin.He felt himself nod his head then a wide grin crept out on his face. When did he ever smile that way? Who was that old man that could make him smile that way?“It seemed that you really are excited today, Kane. Do you want to make new friends?” the old man asked.He shook his head and with a faint smile, he looked at the old man. “Do I need to make new friends, Grandpa?”Grandpa? Did he just call the old man his grandpa?He looked at the man carefully and he noticed how much he resembled him. Not his current face which was morphed, but the old Kane’s face. It would not be an exaggeration even if they tell him that he was the spitting image of his grandfather.“Of course, you should!” The old man chuckled. “Kane, no matter how strong and smart you are, you will still need people by your side. If you want to be the north’s zonekeeper one day, you’ll have to train as early as possibl
Kane noticed that the attention had been shifted to him as soon as he entered the administration building. He went to the information desk to ask where his scheduled interview and the lady in charge of the desk told him the directions. He immediately left the building; not minding the people whose eyes were sneaking glances at him. “Aren’t you such an eye-catcher? Look at those ladies gawking at you,” Arisa chuckled as soon as she started walking beside Kane. Kane looked at her before he started walking fast past her. The moment he saw her face, he remembered what happened inside the dungeon yesterday. He was surprised by what he did, but he was bewildered when he realized why he did what he did. He was expecting that his plan would not work, but he still did. That was so not him. The moment he realized that Arisa was in danger, his body just moved as if by reflex. Why was he so keen on protecting her? She was supposed to be just an acquaintance. She should be nothing more than that
Clandestine Empire. An empire consisted of different regions where mages and non-mages co-exist. The north was protected by people with earth affinity magic, south with wind, east with water, west with fire, southwest with lightning, southeast with ice and the northwest with plants while the northeast had magic affiliated with animals.Aside from the different territories under different lieges, the outskirts were composed of free cities. One of those cities would be found in the southern outskirts. The South City was also known as the Lawless City.During the day, this city was just like any other city. There are different shops such as tea shops, armor shops, weapon shops and bakeries. There were people roaming around without fear despite the city's name."I told you to bring me that dagger, didn't I?" A seventeen-year-old young man said with a grim expression.Kneeling in front of him was an eleven-year-old boy with ragged clothes and face full of dirt."F-forgive me, Leon. The sho
The sound of the crackling fire had woken the five-year-old kid. The smoke was already thick and his surroundings were bright red-orange. The boy covered his mouth as he coughed. The smoke made it hard for him to breathe.He heard his mother called for him so he dragged his tiny body out of the bed. The room was so hot and the smoke burned his eyes, yet he still continued to move outside his room and go to his worried mother.He followed the direction of the voice and found his mother's room. Despite the burning pain, he turned the knob.He saw his mother lying on the floor, some of her skin was burned but what brought terror to him was the dagger pierced in his mother's body."Mother!""Dio!"Dio immediately opened his eyes and saw his grandfather's worried expression."Gramps, mother is. . ." Dio hugged his grandfather.Archie caressed his grandson's back as the boy cried while calling for his mother. It was one of Dio's frequent nightmares which usually kept the both of them awake
"Gramps!" Dio excitedly called out to his grandfather when he arrived home because he brought good news with him.However, he was welcomed by the groaning of a kid inside the room where they brought wounded people.He peeked on the slightly opened door and saw that the kid he helped earlier was writhing in pain. He immediately opened the door wide and stood next to his grandfather."What happened?""Good thing you're here, Dio. Can you help him? The poison spread too fast because it was put in his open wounds.""How about the antid—" he couldn't continue what he was about to say when he saw the grim expression on Archie's face. "You couldn't."He sat beside the kid and covered his hands with his eyes. He could feel the surge of power coming from his core towards his hands as he focused the mana in his fingers. He calmed the kid first. He made his sensory nerves numb for a moment so that he wouldn't feel pain temporarily. Removing a poison from the body would hurt a lot so he had to do