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The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 29: Prim and Proper Young Master
“Don’t stain my shoes,” Ashton snapped at Dax while he continued to grasp a dirty hand fan tightly, Caden couldn’t help but scoff at him.“What do you think that you are doing?!” Phina screamed loudly as she started running towards Dax who was lying on the floor just some feet away from Ashton who stared down at both mother and son in disgust.“You-” Phina said and stood up to go to Elaris who simply raised a brow at her as if he didn’t just beat both of her sons to pulp.“I would advise about getting close to him, Mrs. Wilder, Elaris right there beat up women too. I can see it in his features,” Ashton said which made Phina hesitate in her step before she turned to glare at him but Ashton only smiled at him, a smile that made his eyes small and squinted.Phina scoffed before she turned and continued her way to Elaris which made Ashton smile drop and he scoffed at her too.“Don’t worry, he only beats up bad women, you are not safe.” He added and Phina turned to glare at him once again
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 30: Go Asking For Trouble
They didn’t retreat to their rooms but the backyard instead, the weather had turned cooler and nicer as night approached so Caden had gone to train again, dragging both Elaris and Ashton along with him in order to get an explanation about what happened at the Abode Cave.The Abode Cave was an extremely sacred but evil place and he still couldn’t shake off the shivers that settled on him ever after seeing both Elaris and Ashton in blood and flesh, they had some cuts on their body but it wasn’t something that would last for a long time and he was extremely glad about that. If they had been wounded grievously except from the danger that it imposed on their lives, he didn’t want to imagine how smug the Wilders would have been.“Anyways, those assassins we met before you left and those who chased me to the caves weren’t sent by the Wilders,” Elaris said after explaining the whole ordeal to him and he quickly turned to furrowed his brow at him, holding his sword firmly in while breathing ha
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 31: Not The Last Chance
Ashton hurried back in the direction of the places that he just left, it wasn’t long before he was heading in the direction of both Elaris and Caden’s room. His intention was to inform Elaris alone and they would know what to do because going to Caden would be a big mistake.As he rounded the corner that led off the hallway of both Caden’s and Elaris’ room, he bumped into Caden who seemed like he got up to do something, the latter stared at him in confusion as if not believing that he was there for a minute.“What are you still doing here? I thought that you had gone home,” Caden asked but Ashton didn’t answer him, he just took his hand and directed him to Elaris door. Without bothering to knock, he opened the door and entered, Elaris who was meditating quickly opened his eyes and raised a brow at the interruption.“You should listen to your own lessons and let one of your older siblings teach you manners,” Elaris said and Ashton took a brief second to glare at him before he remembere
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 32: Annual Military Competition
“I don’t know which pull the crowd most, the military or the Academy, I have to make sure to pay double the amount to the man in charge in order to get us to this front seat,” Ashton complained as both him and Elaris finally managed to get to their seat, both of them heaved in relief.“At least most of the crowd at the academy are the students,” Elaris stared around. “It seemed to me like all the people in the town had taken a day off to come and watch this.”“Common people think that Academy exams are boring, it is for the culture and you would sit still without getting a lot of excitement as they continued to do a roll call, they would rather stay back and sell things at the market.”“So they are all here because the Military competition is always interesting?” Elaris asked and Ashton nodded.“It is almost like a fight to death without the killing aspect and I think that it gives them a rush to know that the ones who would be protecting their borders are strong.”“That’s just pitifu
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 33: The Audience Beg To Differ
“I would avenge my father through you!”“I would give my father some piece to chew on by sending you to the other side.”Both Caden’s competitors said at the same time but the guy just stared at them blankly and scoffed mockingly before they attacked him.Both of them were expecting him to be swinging his saber in that awkward bad manner that he used to swing it but to their surprise, he had a perfect control of his swing and his footwork, his eyes were focused on them and he wield off all their attack and even managed to drop an attack of his own on the two men.Both men jumped back and took a minute to observe that they had grossly underestimated their opponent before they caught themselves and attacked together but this time Caden was waiting for them with an attack of his own, as soon as their move missed and he delivered his, he kept pushing them into defense, they didn’t even had time to launch an attack of their own.The lanky man narrowly escaped the saber from cutting through
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 34: Stolen Moves
Max stood still with red eyes that darted from right to left as if searching for an escape but he knew that he was damned.“That should teach you not to mess around again, an arcaner should stay at Arcane Hall or branch, don’t try to gloat about some useless moves here.” Caden said but he didn’t bother to keep his words quiet and since there was silence in the hall everyone heard his words.The soldiers who had been glaring at Max couldn’t look more pleased than they looked at that moment, the dam of conversation had already burst among the audience and the murmurs had taken an abrupt rotation and turned on Max.“I told you that it is Max Wilder that copied Caden’s moves, do you believe me now?”“Yes, what were we thinking? Wilder isn't on any level of Blackwell when it comes to swinging sabers and swords.”“Even if it was Caden that stole Max's move, what bad was it anymore? He should be glad that someone was able to advance his moves to that level.”“If the original can be beaten by
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 35: Circumstances
“I didn’t want to bother you before you have attended the competition but now that you have qualified as one of the top fours, tell me what the opportunities you would enjoy at the examination are,” Elaris asked Caden later that day.“When I went to take the exams, I noticed that those who were among the top four who passed the competition were given the front seat when it was time for the pep talk before the exam, they were given the opportunity to go first at whatever everyone was doing, this remove the chance that someone would have shown a movement that would overshadow them or the soldiers in charged would have gotten so tired and bored by the time it was them to fight.It would also look good on the profile whenever a person was sent to another base, think of it like a badge but the best part of it is the outstanding badge which only belonged to soldiers who performed exceptionally well in the ring, I am sure that the badge would be given to Ueaz,” Caden looked away. “I wasn’t c
The Making of a Living Legend Chapter 36: A Normal Inn
“How far are we from Embrayl? I am so tired!” Ashton grumbled and Elaris tossed him a glare, before he turned forward and focused his direction on the narrow road ahead.“You are saying that as if it wasn’t you who kept chatting with Caden and talking about how much you didn’t want to leave,” Elaris replied and Ashton groaned.“But it is two different things, even if we set out of Astrad early, I would have still been tired at one point in our journey, it is not about the time.”“And why do you think that we are trudging along instead of letting the horses go at full speed?”“You are inhumane, we should get down from the horse and find a place to rest perfectly, all of these would have been avoided if you have told Lord Rades to send a carriage or if we had went with them that day,”“I didn’t remember forcing you along on this journey, you are the one that insisted,”“As a perfect gentleman, how could I have let you along on your own, it is dangerous,”“Be less narcissistic and I woul
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Chapter 66: Rules of Desert of Faded Mountain
Elaris stared at the desert in front of him and exhaled heavily, the land spread wide ahead and there was no trace of any other thing than the desert that he was seeing.At one glance, the place didn’t look dangerous but Elaris had heard about the story of the place from his father, it was a very unpredictable place where people could die without knowing what killed them. It wasn’t the sort of place that he could just bring either Ashton or Caden to.He was a dead man anyway, but the others were great assets to the empire and they would bring about many great changes. He could die with a little bit of peace knowing that they were out there somewhere and didn’t like the bad things that the Visterian king was up to.He started walking forward, taking one step after the other without catching the sight of anyone. He was all alone here and that was what made him even more vigilant because he had to watch out everywhere.He hadn’t even gotten halfway and was walking beside a cave before he
Chapter 65: Heatstroke & Discussion
Both Caden and Estrina glanced at each other nervously, before nodding at the same time as if they were giving each other the resolution that was needed.“Since I am going to benefit from whatever is done today, I am not going to let fear be the reason why it is impossible,” Caden said, and Estrina nodded in agreement.“Since we are on the same page, you can start now. Just do it just like you were told, don’t think, block out every sound and let it all come to you effortlessly.” Elaris instructed as the both of them closed their eyes and put to good use, the explanation that was provided to them earlier.“What do you plan to do in this city? Something tells me that you are not here only for Caden’s first channeling,” Ashton said but Elaris didn’t say anything, he only focused harder on the two people in front of him.Ashton only sighed when he figured that Elaris wasn’t going to say anything.“Alright, I would trust you to tell me before you start though, I don’t want to get into tro
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
