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The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 1: Don't Eliminate The Tyrant Heir of the Arcane Hall.
“What do you think you are doing?!” A man’s stern voice cut through the quiet night, he adjusted his stance and moonlight flashed on the steel of his unsheathed enchanted sword.“What else?” One of the men standing opposite him said, it wasn't a question, it was quite obvious what they were all up to.“It is time for him to die! All of his misdeeds are out in the open, there's no use in hiding behind the closure of this big house!” Another voice followed the first, spurred to bravery by the first speaker’s mockery.“There’s no need for you to try, even if you wanted to protect your master like the loyal dog you are, he can't escape this one, lackey Rex!” The burly guy who spoke next, took a step forward and the men behind him also followed him, their weapons ready in their hands– they had all sorts, ranging from swords, sabers to spears and machetes.Rex's eyes went over everyone in the courtyard and exhaled silently, even if he wanted to protect his Lord, there's simply no way he wou
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 2: He Would Submit.
Malek regarded the man in front of him and he gritted his jaw grimly, the man still refused to answer him since he entered.He, along with his minions, just stared at him like he was a show.“You must think that you are still it. Even when you are near death, you are still putting on airs and acting mighty in front of everyone!”The Young Lord continued to stare at him blankly, his shoulder was squared with his back straight, his stance screamed nobility and authority as he stared straight into Malek’s eyes, but still he didn't talk.The dirty silver and black jacket and trousers he wore didn't undermine his elegance, it contrasted to the calm look that made his composition shine through.“Once this sword is buried deep in your head, then maybe you would learn to use your mouth to beg for your life.”He finally scoffed. “You aren't among the list of people I would beg if I have any intention of asking to be spared,” his voice was firm but all Malek heard was the arrogance that resonat
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 3: A Better Fate
The birds were chirping, there was the sound of bustling people, a faint smell of the sea accompanied by the warmth and smell that could only belong to a cozy place— no, that was impossible.There was no way he was alive, that he was breathing and if by some weird unfortunate luck that he was, the smell that was supposed to welcome him was something along the line of grim dirt, dried blood, rotten flesh and stale food. That was the only smell allowed to exist at the most menacing cells of Visteria prison house.He moved a bit and furrowed his brows when he noticed that there were no sounds of jingling chains, this made him try to peel his eyes open but he quickly shut it again when bright light obscured his views.What the hell was going on?!He swiftly sat up and looked down at his clothes in disbelief, contrary to his expectations, he wasn’t dressed in the normal tattered clothes that are forced down on prisoners of the Blood Dungeon of Visteria—the only place that they would have f
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 4: Not Dealing With A Messed Up Family
“Dad, you have to send that useless idiot away! He’s absolutely hopeless!” Elaris heard a voice as they opened the door and entered the mansion.“I agree!” Another voice confirmed.“What is going on?” Elaris turned to Caden who sighed.“They have always wanted to chase us out of the house since a long time ago,” He started explaining. “Every time you mess up, they bring it up to father and mother. I think he must be considering it now too.”“You mean our father?” He asked and Caden nodded. “Why would a father listen to such a request?”“They are at the study,” A maid said to them, and he didn't miss the contempt in his eyes when she regarded them.Caden replied as he led the way. “He is Lord Wilder, but he isn’t our real father, he’s our father’s friend that our mother married after she had us, our father died before you were born and mother died ten years ago due to a sickness. This household’s patriarch is our mother’s father, but he is at the frontier at the moment. That’s our step
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 5: All Is Alright
“Za- I mean Elaris.” Caden called, Elaris turned to wait for him before he they started walking side by side. “Are you sure that you really want to do this?”“What do you mean by that?”“It is just that you have never wanted anything to do with other things that have nothing to do with art, you have always wanted to act, sing, and paint but never have tried to join the military or the Academy. We talked and fought about this a lot, and you have told me time without number that the thought of doing it disgust you.”“Loser,” Elaris scoffed.“What?”“I was just being stubborn, I figured out that it was about time that I man up and start doing well.” He shrugged. They stopped in front of the apartment that belongs to just both of them in the mansion. It was built separately and at the back of the house, as if to shut both brothers out of the people’s view.“It is about time you don’t have to constantly worry that you would end up on the streets because of my antics, and we should move ou
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 6: His Friends Aren't Useless
“How can you remain so damn calm about this?! You are blind! You can’t see!” Caden’s voice was panic-stricken, but Elaris still remained calm.“I told you that it is only for a brief moment, the longest would be one month,” Elaris massaged his temple because of the stubborn man. He knew that he was being like this because of the over protectiveness he felt towards his brother and the need to take care of him but he was really giving him a headache.“Don’t you understand the gravity of this situation?” Caden stood up and paced the room. “You have to go to the Academy in two days, there’s no way you would be able to do it without seeing anything, you are already bad at combat but doing it with no eyes? Even I don’t dare to do that!”“You are exaggerating. I would go there and we would end it there, alright. It doesn’t matter if I am blind, it won’t change anything.”“No, you should stay at home. Who knows what the academy might want now? What if they used real weapons, you are as good a
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 7: The Test Aren't Lax
Ashton kept glaring at them until they were out of view, before he immediately turned to Elaris.“Zaden! What’s—”“Elaris. Don’t call me Zaden.” Elaris said, shrugging his shoulders out of Ashton’s hold.“Oh? You decided to change your name again?” Ashton beamed. “I must say that this name is better than the former one.”Elaris tilted his head to the side at his word, no wonder nobody blinked an eye when he announced a new name. The brat changed his name every time too.“I rushed here as soon as I heard the news. What’s wrong with your eyes? They said that you are blind.” Ashton’s voice was tinged with worry.“Damn those idiots.” Caden cursed. “Nobody asked them to spread the news.”“Do you have any idea what is wrong? He can’t suddenly wound up blind. How is he supposed to do everything he had always dreamt of?”“Do you used to perform with me?” Elaris asked, Ashton shook his head before he remembered that he was blind.“No, I don’t. But that doesn’t mean that I won’t support you in
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 8 - A Blind Man Doesn't Take Tests
“Intermediate Level.” The judge added and Ashton, along with some other students turned to look at him in surprise.“How on earth did you know that?” Ashton asked, glancing at Lila who was already walking away with a sad expression, Elaris just looked away.“Tarex Cald,” One of the judges called.“Look, Tarex is next!”“It is obvious that he would be the one that would be the topper of this exam.”“Yeah, his siblings have always won—no matter what competition they were in. I must say that Lord Cald is truly blessed.”Chatters ensued as the boy’s name was called, all eyes fixed on the young man who was walking to the judges, taking his good time.He was dressed in the finest material made from cottens that were imported into Astrad from Embrayl, his shirt and trouser suited him perfectly well and the green color e chose greatly enhanced his skin color.“Look, who’s next? He is the third child of Lord Cald, who just happened to be our first city lord,” Ashton began to explain to Elaris.
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Chapter 20: Despicable Student
Elaris scoffed at her and let go of her whip, the sudden release caused Lania to tumble back and take a bit to regain her stance, this made her glare at him.“Of course, I am not blind, but even if I was, I would be able to catch that whip of yours.”Murmurs arise among the students because of Elaris admission to Lania’s accusation. They wondered if he had been pretending at the arena that day.Among the students who had surrounded the field were Dax and Jaxon, Dax didn’t waste the chance to walk forward and stand in the center of the crowd.“Everyone, I am glad that you were here when he made that admission.” Dax started loudly, getting the attention of everyone present. Ashton glared at him with disgust while Elaris could only maintain indifference at his antics. “I am sure that everyone knows how much of a clown my step-brother is. He is totally useless and tricky to the core, he once razed a performance simply because he didn’t win a competition in order to mix the score all over.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
