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The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 12: Lord Rades wasn't Persistent
“Seriously! I can’t believe that you were able to do that?! How was it even possible? Normally, with a single arrow, I wouldn’t be so shocked, but what? All of them at once? Have you always been a genius and didn’t let me know? Then why the hell did you continue to perform when you had such amazing skills? No matter how much I think of it, it doesn’t make any sense! You couldn’t even throw a stone at a target that was right in front of you, you were so weak that I would normally kidnap you away and carry you over my shoulder to make sure that you spend the whole day with me. How is this possible?!”Ashton ranted without taking any break, he continued to talk and for once, not reveling and minding the glances and stares that followed them as they walked away. In fact, his rant garnered more attention too.Elaris face palmed multiple times, willing himself not to just snap at him to keep his mouth shut.He really didn’t need a headache.“How am I even supposed to know? Your brother sti
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 13: Petty Tricks At The Academy
Tarex Cald who had been standing to the side stared at Elaris with hatred, his face was tight and he heart pounded heavily with the immense level of hatred he felt for the guy.His spot had been secured, he was supposed to continue the tradition of making the Cald family get the top position at the entrance examination into the academy—it had been like that for years and it should always be like that.But suddenly, the clown came out of nowhere and decided that the next thing he wanted to do was snatch his top score from him. How dare he do that?The spotlight was important to him and he had always spent ten of the nine days studying, practicing and pushing himself to the very extent, but still, it wasn’t as important as the impression he wanted to secure in Lord Rades’ face.His father got the golden chance of finally inviting Lord Rades into Astrad and had spent a lot of time telling him how much he wanted Tarex to make him proud. Now, not only had Elaris forced him to lose face in
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 14: The Great Elaris Has Spoken
“You should have been there, Caden! I am sure that you would be as stunned as everyone there!” Ashton exclaimed and Caden raised a brow at him in surprise before he turned to look at Elaris who was sitting quietly on the bed with his eyes closed and back against the wall.They have finally settled down in Caden’s room after moving their stuff from their old place to each of their respective rooms, every one of them had to admit that it was better to live inside the mansion which wasn’t as hot as the former almost-ruined house because of the weather.Both Caden and Elaris were definitely going to have a good night's sleep.“Are you sure that you aren’t saying this because you are ‘supporting’ him or something?” Caden asked, still in doubt.“Unless the whole audience and dean suddenly wanted to ‘support’ him, there was no way they would have given him the highest score and said that his result was supreme level, would they?”“But—”“No buts, Caden. Believe me as I say it, your brother w
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 15: Food Poisoning & Fragile Souls
“We have found the culprit!” An exclamation from one of the maids just entering the room broke the suffocating silence in the room and every one turned to look at the maid in surprise.It was Phina’s head maid who was always by her side and in charge of assigning duties to every maid that worked in the mansion.There were two guards behind her, dragging another maid into the place they were.“What do you mean that you found the culprit?” Dax immediately asked, relieved to be able to pin the blame on someone else. It was obvious that the matter would only continue to get worse the more Elaris probe to investigate.He was sure that the verdict he expected to be given to be the culprit was not a simple threat—after his victory at the arena, he had known not to underestimate him.It would be no surprise if Elaris was already aware that it was him and his mother that orchestrated the plan to blind him.“We found her in the kitchen, putting some kind of medicine in the food that was suppose
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 16: Good-for-nothing Son
“Mrs. Wilder, Lord Rades is here,” The head maid informed Phina and she quickly stood up with wide eyes.“Are you sure about what you are talking about?!”“Yes, Ma’am. The second city Lord of Embrayl is here, at the moment he is standing on the patio.” The head maid confirmed once again.“Invite him in, and quickly send a maid to inform my husband about this. I am sure that he would be very glad about it. Let me entertain them before he is able to make it here.”“Yes, ma’am.”The head maid went out to perform the respective duties that were assigned to her by Phina. It wasn’t long before Lord Wilder himself was down in the living room, he was about to start asking questions when a man entered and indeed, it was Lord Rades.Both husband and woman stared at each other in surprise before hurrying to meet him.“Lord Rades,” They greeted and the man nodded at them.“May I ask what brings you to my humble abode?” Lord Wilder asked, he was so excited to have the extremely rich second city Lo
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 17: He Wasn't Jealous
“My Lord, Lord Rades is here,” A guard informed Lord Cald who was sitting in his study and going through some files. Lord Cald raised his head and raised a brow at him.Tarex had told him that Lord Rades had gone to scout Elaris Blackwell instead after the young man managed to get the first place and the first supreme level ever in Astrad’s Academy Examination.When he didn’t see any trace of the man the day before, he had assumed that Lord Rades had overlooked him because he was merely a city Lord in Astrad and went for the son of General Blackwell instead.“Direct him to the study,” he ordered the guard who nodded and went out of the place to invite Lord Rades in.It wasn’t long before Lord Rades entered and Lord Cald greeted him with smiles and directed him to the chair.“I hope you are not annoyed that I am only coming here today,” Lord Rades asked and Lord Cald laughed as he shook his head.“Do I dare to be mad at you? That’s not right at all,” Lord Cald replied and they both lau
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 18: Your Step Brother Is A Nice Man
Every one of them stood closer to themselves as Max approached, a small smile that disgusted Ashton to no end hanging on his lips.“Elaris, Caden, Ashton, you are here,” Max said and Caden just nodded while Ashton couldn’t resist the urge to scoff.“Of course, we are here, where else were we supposed to be? In your room?” Ashton asked fiercely but Max only chuckled.“I didn’t know that you have some sort of vendetta against me,” Max said. “I am only here to see my step brother and ask how it is going with the treatment of his eyes.After all, you, young master Ashton, provided him with medicine that would speed up the healing.”Max’s voice was smooth and gentle, there was no trace of malice in it but even a tinge of concern laced his words, he looked like he was genuinely concerned about Elaris.“I was just coming from Arcane branch, and heard noise at the yard so I figured why don’t I stop by,” He continued. It was then that all of them noticed that he was still wearing the red and c
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 19: A Weak Neutral City
Astrad City.The Sixth city down the pyramid which was governed by three city lords and had no close relationship with any other city in particular.The only relationships that existed were personal relationships that existed between a city lord and another city lord of another city. The city was so fearful of getting involved in any way that they maintained it that way for many years.It is otherwise known as the Official’s City.If a city lord of another city which was greater than Astrad wanted to have a good official that would be loyal to them, it would be better to come and pick them from Astrad city and catch them young because without doubt, Astrad city provides better officials than from every other place.Not that other cities didn’t have promising students that could be officials but it was simply because all the youngsters from the city ever learned since they were young, there was no organization causing distraction in Astrad, the academy was the main goal. Even the celeb
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Chapter 64: Forms
Every one of them assumed a fighting stance as they readied for the attack of the wild animals, their eyes glinting dangerously as they prepared to kill them.Oliver had already taken out his rope, Rex had his sword out, all the ones with the military had their sabers out while Ashton stood vigilantly with no weapon in his hand while Elaris rested his hand on his sword.But to all their surprise, once the animals saw their pose, they retreated back behind the housekeeper and stared at them.“What is with the hostile reaction? This is your surprise!” The man had the nerve to look like he had been deeply betrayed by them.“Surprise? How about I slice your head off your neck as a surprise for your surprise,” Azacia asked angrily, she was already marching forward to the man who was stepping with the animals and Estrina quickly wrapped her hands around Azacia’s arm to stop her.“I don’t mean any harm! This is a nice kind of surprise in Nethrowl! The animals aren’t going to do anything to y
Chapter 63: Morales & Surprise
Ueaz glared at him as if Caden just said something to offend him while Estrina also frowned but Azacia hurried to defend them all. “It is not stealing if you return it once you are done.”“Besides, if they didn’t want us to steal it, then they wouldn’t have placed it in the middle of the yard and say that anyone is free to steal it.” Ueaz shrugged and both Estrina and Azacia nodded.“That doesn’t automatically give you a pass to rob them, you don’t see anyone stealing Astrad city treasure,” Caden argued.“That is hard to decide since Astrad doesn’t have any treasure of any sort, even money is hard to find in that city,” Oliver replied and Caden glared at him.“That is beside the point.” Caden said.“No, that is the main point.” Rex agreed.“Let us just go and find a place to stay for the time we are here,” Elaris said, bringing their attention away from what they were discussing, he needed to find a good place to help Caden do his first channeling so that he would be in time for the s
Chapter 62: The Violent Harsh City
Nethrowl City; the third city on the pyramid in the empire.It was a city that shared a border with almost every city in the empire, a very dry, rocky, harsh city with harsher dwellers. The places in the city that weren’t often visited or lived in by the Neths were spiked with thorny bushes and their houses were mostly wood because any other form would cause too much heat in the harsh city and those houses were painted in mostly brown and grey.The whole city is surrounded by the scent of heavy metal and everything about it was hostile; it was strictly advised never to bring an adult who couldn’t watch after himself, talk less of a child. The city was recorded to be the dwelling place of great generals and many warriors when the Slave War broke out centuries ago, it was chosen because the open desert space was close to every major city which allowed the soldiers to enter any city quickly once help was requested.Centuries later, only people whose upbringing was similar to the harsh cl
Chapter 61: Prideful Soldiers and Mindful Warriors
Elaris studied the man and nodded in agreement when he saw that he had no killing intent on him, he was staring at them with renewed admiration and gratitude.“If you are okay with that, then yes.” He said.The man waved at him. “Nonsense, I am note that okay with it,what kind of person would I be if I allowed you to wander at night when you saved my daughter's life?”“And whose fault is it that we might go out so late?” Rex said grumpily.“uh, I apologize for that, I apologize,” he said. “If you would follow me.”He started leading them out.“How far is your place from the city center?” Ashton asked.“Not too far, but no worries, I would send word out there that no one should block your ways.”“We are perfectly capable of protecting ourselves,” Rex frowned.“We are still getting the ashcrawler money right?” Oliver asked as he adjusted Caden who had fallen asleep again.“Of course, I would make sure that it would be sold at the best price, first thing tomorrow morning,” He answered.“
Chapter 60: Poisoned!
“The poison backfired on the girl, didn't it?” Elaris asked suddenly and the man’s weapon stopped a few inches from Caden's neck.His eyes widened in shock before he whirled over to turn to Elaris, the others exhaled in relief, they were also shocked that he went for Caden instead of any of them but when they thought about it again, it wasn't surprising.“No fair! Trying to hurt the only lady among us.” Oliver scolded as he moved closer to Caden to check his condition.The man’s attention was on Elaris who met his gaze confidently.“H-how did you know about that?” He stuttered and Elaris stared at him from head to toe once again before he shrugged.There was a faint scent of blood and poison on the man, but the splashes on his clothes were bright red that might have been gotten on his during the hunt for a killing but very dark red that a poisoned person coughed out.His sudden request for money also solidified his suspicion, of course, they were bandits who tried to take something fr
Chapter 59: Threatened!
“Ashton! You are here!” Caden exclaimed and Ashton nodded, glancing at him briefly before his gaze was back on the bandit leader and Elaris.The men were already attacking them when they saw that their leader had taken the lead with Elaris, a few blows were exchanged and the sounds of steel colliding was heavy in the air.The man was tall and heavy while Elaris was fast and nimble, putting the former in disadvantage, it didn't help matters that it was just the perfect place suitable for Elaris movements.The fight was over as fast as it had commenced, the men who were fighting Oliver, Caden and Rex also retreated when they saw that their leader had surrendered–it wouldn't make any sense if they continued the futile fight.“We surrender, you can go,” the leader grunted quite harshly, still glaring at Elaris who remained unbothered with a side eye.Even though it might not seem like it to any other person,the bandit leader was very aware that he wasn't on Elaris' level. There was also a
Chapter 58: No Bandits
Oliver hit his back on a tree and slid down while Caden relaxed on another, Elaris remained standing in front of the beast and studying it. The white belly had turned utterly black, merging with the rest of the color of the beast.He remembered what he had once heard one of his teachers say; An Ashcrawler’s color is only united at death.This event had made him realize how much he had missed while he trained at home and never left the military camp, training to be on a higher level.Sure, he had heard of different kinds of beast while he was at home here and there but he never truly faced one and didn't feel the need to study intensively about it because he believed he had no business with it.And he had had none.By the time he was general and earned the king’s approval, monsters had long disappeared from the land and only met once in a blue moon.Now, years back in the past, he discovered that he had no true extensive knowledge of beasts and monsters, and his ignorance almost cost t
Chapter 57: Ashcrawlers
If the ember filled cracks wasn't enough to confirm its identity, then the molten pus that dripped down its jaws and caused everything it landed on to turn to ask was more than sufficient.“What the fuck is that?” Oliver asked in a semi trembling tone while Caden looked like he had frozen up.“Curse my luck,” Rex mumbled.“It is an Ashcrawler.” Elaris replied and Oliver’s eyes widened dramatically before he turned his attention back to the monster that was just standing there and seemed to be observing them–it was hard to tell with things that had no intelligence.They are spider-crab hybrid creatures with scorched, obsidian like shells, which hide in ruined abandoned places and are drawn to the heat of conflict.Considering the fact that they were close to the border where irritable soldiers and citizens collide, it wasn't surprising to see it here. Nethrowl was also the perfect place for its existence, since it is a dry city with little to no source of water bodies.“How are we goin
Chapter 56: Journey
Elaris blinked once, then twice as he stared at the second woman who he had started to see some similarities between her and Jaxon.The similarities between her and Max weren't that potent but that was because Max looked especially like his mother while both Jaxon and Elaira took after their father, Dax was a mix of both.Now that he knew her relationship with the household,it made sense why she felt the need to take part in their discussion and pitch in her opinion on their trip to Nethrowl.Caden had once told him that he had a stepsister,he just didn't expect that she would be off in the military with General Blackwell.Even though Hila hadn't said a single word since they entered the room, it was not hard to know from her body language that Elaira was someone that she respected and it wasn't out of fear or status.He half wondered if they had another person to deal with.“It is a pleasure to see you again, grandfather, but I would like to start making preparations for our journey
