The demon raised his hand and pointed to the old man with a smile and a dark flame gradually condensed on his finger. As he saw this he tried to move but he found that he was frozen and as he was struggling, the dark flame shot towards him.
The old man closed his eyes as he thought." Is this how I die" He waited but nothing happened so he opened his eyes.The demon was gone but where did the dark flames go he wondered, he thought of something and turned his head and what he saw made him shiver in fright. All the trees behind him had disintegrated, after seeing this he didn't even want to stay here for one minute so he left but as he was leaving he didn't notice a wisp of dark flame that entered his body.In the town, James was in the city lord's mansion talking to a handsome young man."So you are telling me that you escaped from a horse of monsters and their king?" The handsome man asked James with a suspicious look on his face."Yes I have a high grade wind talent and I have been practicing very hard so I am very fast" James lied again."I don't know if you are telling the truth so I will like you to prove to me by defeating me,but if you are scared I will understand " The handsome man said to James with a smirk.James knew that the handsome man was trying to provoke him so he accepted so that he could prove his strength."Okay I accept your challenge"The handsome man led James to a huge training space which had a weapons rack and asked James to pick a weapon but James refused and told him that his fists were enough.'Hmm I will teach you to be arrogant ' The handsome man thought to himself with a dark expression.When James saw this he couldnt help but give a light laugh as he lied to the handsome man "I don't mean any disrespect but I train in martial arts so I prefer using my fists to using any weapons"."Okay I will make it a fair fight by not using any skills" The handsome man said to James and went into a battle stance.James also went into a battle stance as he planned to take this fight seriously because from the handsome's man's stance he knew that he was an experienced fighter and he was proven to be right because the next moment, the handsome man rushed at James with incredible speed and the fight started.The handsome man used a long sword so James had a hard time attacking so he switched to the defensive because he didn't want the man to know his real strength.The man kept slashing his sword at James but James kept blocking his sword as if he knew where he would strike and after sometime, the speed of the man started to slow down and he started to reveal flaws.When James spotted the flaws, he smiled and continued to fight and after some time he suddenly threw a fast kick at the man which surprised the man,but he quickly recovered and tried to block it and as he was about to block it,the kick stopped halfway which caught him off guard and what followed was a punch which was so fast that the man couldn't see it but he could feel the breeze on his face.The man closed his eyes and waited for the punch to hit him but nothing happened he opened his eyes and saw James fist only an inch away from his face."I have lost the fight " The man said to James in a respectful tone."I only won because you weren't attacking me with your full strength otherwise I wouldn't have won" James said humbly."I know that you were not even taking the fight seriously otherwise I wouldn't have lasted more than 10 moves" The man said to James with a deep look.The man was about to ask James something when a guard rushed to the man with a panicked expression."City lord there is a large horde of monsters unlike any we have ever heard of before moving towards our direction" The guard said to the handsome man."Why is it unlike any that we have faced before?" The city lord asked the guard with a serious expression."We identified five monster kings among the horde" The guard said with fear in his voice."Gather the espers and prepare the city for the worst and also pit it on lockdown" The city lord paused and stared at James before continuing "Please I ask you on behalf of the city to help defend our city"."Yeah sure it's not like I have a choice "James said with a friendly smile.The city lord thanked him and left to prepare for the fight.As the city lord was about to leave, James suddenly asked him." How long will it take the monster horde to reach the city"."According to the guard who saw them while he was scouting, it will take maybe 2 to 3 days for the horde to reach" The city lord answered and left."That's enough time for me" James said to himself.When it became dark, the city lord sent a servant to invite James to have dinner with him because he had started to view James as an equal, but James turned down the invitation with the excuse of training.The moment the servant left, James jumped out his window and in the cover of the night, he left the town without anyone noticing.In reality, there were several old men moving with lightening speed in a forest and the one leading them was surprisingly the old man who was almost killed by the demon.After moving for sometime, the leader stopped moving and the others also stopped but it wasn't because the leader stopped,it was because before them what used to be part of the forest had become a plain land, It was as if all the trees had somehow disappeared."You..said that it caused... all this whiit ..one attack" One of the men said in a shaky voice filled with fear."Yes I still shiver in fright when I remember that day, I almost died but I still don't know why he spared my life" The old man said as he shivered.In a dark cave, a demon knelt before an alter and on the alter was a figure made of dark thick flames that looked like it could disintegrate anything."My lord I have arrived at my destination and I have already started commenced the mission, the demon flame has already been placed in the body of a human and it should have started to take effect already" The demon said to the figure and if the old man was here, he would have recognized the demon as the one which almost killed him."Good job, you shall be rewarded for your hard work, O hail the demon Emperor " The figure said in a voice that gave one goosebumps."O Hail the demon Emperor, thank you demon lieutenant the show has just began " The demon said with a wild laugh.In the forest, after the demon finished talking the old man in the woods fell to the ground and started twitching in pain. " What's wrong, are you okay?" One of the old men asked with concern.After twitching for sometime the old man became still and as his friends thought he was dead they approached him and when the reached 2 feet away from him, they started twitching and they also fell to the ground and became still.The old man stood up with a grin as his eyes became red..He stretched his hand forward and from the bodies of the old men came a red light which entered his body and his face changed to a younger more handsome one."Haha the show has just begun" The man said with a wicked laugh.In the forest, James was rushing forward at his top speed and behind him was a large horde of beast.He stopped after running for sometime and took out his sword. "That's far enough,now let the show begin" He said with a laugh.Deep in a forest, there were animal corpses littered around and the originally large monster horde waa reduced to half. James stood in front of the monster horde with tattered clothes and injuries all over his body. In front if him were the three monster kings, there was no more savage look on its face and instead there was the look of obedience."Wow the beast tamer skill was really useful in this situation even though it had a price" James said happily as he thought of his plan. He and sat on the back of the strongest beast king and told it to move in the direction of the city but it should stay at the end of the horde.Meanwhile the city lord had gathered his esper army who stood behind him like a huge wall.The soldiers stood as if everything was fine but the atmosphere was extremely tense and to get rid of the tense atmosphere, the city lord decided to give a speech. COUGH"I know that you are all scared of the eminent battle but I want you all to cheer up, because we are doing
"You are making my work a lot harder than it needs to be" An ice cold voice with a hint of killing intent said slowly to the city lord.When he heard the voice, his legs grew cold as he felt a cold blade on his neck and then a warm liquid flowed down his legs and his pants became wet."Okay I am sorry"The city lord said to James after calming down.SIGN"why are you so scared when I haven't even done anything" James said as he started to think of what to say to the man. "Who are you?" The city lord asked with a look of respect."I can't tell you who I am because it will only cause you disaster, I was just passing who was passing through your lands but decided to test you and I am glad to say that you passed the test, I prepared this monster horde as a reward to protect you from who or whatever will have ill intentions against you" James said with a smile as he tried to look cool. "Oh then I will thank you my lord on behalf of my people, please let us have a feast in your name to tha
Standing in the secret room, James was filled with shock as he tried to make sense of the visions he just saw."Are you okay my lord" The city lord asked with a worried face. "Yes I am, um.. whose bow is this?" James asked."Oh this bow was given to us by a stranger who said that we should keep it safe and that when the time is right, the owner will come to claim it" The city lord said. "What did the person like look like" James asked the city lord. "I didn't actually see his face because he wore a cape but I did see a part of his hair which was golden" The city lord replied as he remembered."Where is this place called?" James asked again. "This place is called the city of light" The city lord answered calmly. "The city of light, wait there isn't anywhere on earth that is called the city of light" James said as he grew more confused. "Earth?, isn't that the planet that the stranger said, the owner of the bow will come from?" The city lord said confused."What planet is this? "
As he said that his eyes glowed red with a menacing light but it soon disappeared before the woman noticed. After 4 hours, all the soldiers were gathered outside and the generals, the city lord and his parents were also standing in front of them. "Thank you all for gathering here on such short notice and I am sure you are also wondering why, we are gathered here because in one hour, we will be besieged by waves of monster horde but still we will come out victorious because even though they have the advantage of numbers, we also have our secret weapon, teamwork, so we will fight for our city, our families and our lives! " The city lord said to the soldiers to boost their morale and it worked because when he ended, the soldiers responded with all loud cheer and he could sense their anticipation but then something unexpected happened that caused their morale to plummel.As they were cheering, the ground started to tremble lightly but as time went by, it started to tremble strongly.The
"The demon slaying dagger" The city lord's father whispered to himself."Who are you " The demon screamed in pain as it stared at James with wariness."It is not who I am that matters but what I am about to do that matters" James said calmly as the wind blew his cape. "So cool " That was the only thing in the hearts of the soldiers when they heard him. "You will pay for this, I will cut you into pieces and feed you to the monsters" The demon said angrily as it charged forward.IRON FISTA punch struck the demon before it could react and after that two kicks followed quickly and slammed the demon on the chest which made it to crash into the ground. "I thought you were going to make me pay hahaha" James said with a grin as he followed the demon and repeatedly dealt punch after punch on it until it spat out dark blood which splashed on James."You fool, our blood is one of the most poisonous substances in the universe and you just let it splash on you, now you will pay" The demon said
"Oh it seems that you have a bounty on your hard and it just so happens that I am a bounty hunter so you know how that will work out" James said with a wild laugh as he used the first skill of the flaming sword again since he had infinite mana, he was going to make the best of his time.LIGHTENING SLASHThe sword pierced through his skin and hit the same spot which caused it to once again bleed, as the injury was about to heal, James used the skill once again which caused the blade to sink deeper and cause a larger cut which surprised Zaroc because he knew that the skill would require a large amount of energy so he thought James could only use it once or twice but surprisingly, he could use it again and that caused he to stop underestimating him. As James was about to use the skill again, Zaroc grabbed the sword which interrupted the skill then threw a punch towards him and because of how close they were, James could only dodge the punch if he let go of the sword but instead of dodgi
"Where is Zaroc, he was supposed to be here by now, what is keeping him" One of the Demon lieutenant said to the other."Maybe he has found a treasure because even though he is the weakest, there is no one on earth that can threaten him" The other one said to him.As they were talking, James stepped out from the bushes with a smile as he walked towards them."Oh there you are, get ready to die" James said with a grin as he ran towards them and used the sword tornado skill, air started to gather on the sword which started to spin slowly at first, then the speed started to increase until it firmed a tornado.As the sword was about to strike the first demon lieutenant on the arm a shield appeared and blocked the attack but it broke upon impact and the attack continued to move forward which caused a look of surprise to appear on the face of the demon lieutenant.The sword struck demon on his arm and sliced through it like paper and cut the arm off but as he was about to stab the demon in t
Orik kept fuming and cursing while running but in his heart, he was scared to admit that he had abandoned his leader. "You are really slow, you know, now get ready to die" James said to scare Orik. "You.. how did.. where is Nanook " Nanook said after stammering in fear while he took out a black orb with black flames revolving within it. "Well let's just say, he didn't make it, enough talk about him let's finish this quickly, you have already wasted enough of my time and I always like to be on time" James said calmly to Nanook after seeing the black orb."YOU, I WILL KILL YOU!" Orik said while rushing towards James with black flames of rage burning in his eyes. He tried to punch James but everytime he did, James always blocked or dodged them but he didn't attack back. "You now for a demon, you are really dumb" James said to enrage him. "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!" Orik said with increased anger as he increased the speed of his attacks. "You abandoned your leader and fled in battl