I never felt better.
It was like all my dreams were rushing through me. I was finally not a nobody anymore but a warrior who possesses incomprehensible strength. These bastards killed Macron, my friend, my family, my brother.
Surely the best course of action is to kill them off just like how they killed macron. They shall face the consequences of death in the face of the epitome of life.
"Now then, let's fight".
"ARCANE TECHNIQUE:FLAME WALL".
oh shit I am a dumbass.
I don't know any arcane technique let alone beat people who has mastered their arcane technique.
All I have is my passive technique which doesn't allow for me to die.
I need to think.
Macron cannot be saved but Zico can. Orion gave me this power to save Zico from death. That has to be my main objective. Killing these bastards can come later but for now,Zico is top priority.
If I can dash through the flame and pick up Zico body and served head, I can take cover in the forest.
I put all my strength into my legs as a last ditch effort,running through the fire burnt my skin into my flesh but I can manage,I would take any amount of pain to save Zico's life because at the end of the day I can't let the 2 closest people in my life die because of my incompetence.
Exerting this much energy is putting a toll on my body, a body like mine was not meant to bare such overwhelming power, my world was fading into complete darkness. Have I failed again? Have I failed to save another one of my friends?
No, I am not giving up, not when I have come this far in my life.
"Fuck this".
I need to find something sharp but I can't find anything.Shit. Shit. SHIT!
This stick will have to do
*thwack*
Please wake up you shit bag.If you don't I won't every forgive you.I placed his head near his neck and poured my blood in his mouth.
Zico if you don't wake up, I will kill you.
*cough cough*
"What's up asshole". Said zico in an extremely weak voice."Thanks for saving my life".
"Don't thank me just yet, we are still not safe, keep quiet for the time being".
Maybe I was being anxious but I could here murmurs coming from the forest, could they have found us? Even so we must keep a low profile in case they find us.
Let me take a look just around the corner.
*snap*
Shit they found us,
"SEIZE THEM".
Fuck me. Zico is in no condition to run, he is barely conscious.
"Zico it's okay everything will be okay, I will make a run for it and carry you, I won't let you die".
*whack*
A chop? On the back of my neck? When did someone sneak past me. Such power, did one of the knights sneak up on me? That can't be it.
Crap I am passing out, I will be fine but Zico, I am not sure if he will be okay.
I was once again unable to protect my friends and now I will pay the price.
"~~~~~~".
All I can hear is mumbling. I need to try and make out a voice
"No way these street urchins are strong".
A girls voice? I still can't make out what she is saying.
"Surely ursa's prophecy is wrong".
Ursa's prophecy? The women who can see into the future? She has prevented 4 of humanity's worst catastrophes with some being able to destroy the earth itself.
"Let go of me you asshole". Said zico
Zico is fine, that's good , I guess I was worried for nothing. I can finally rest.
My vision is blurry but I am finally regaining consciousness. Where am I. The air around me was cold and damp, the stone on the wall was symmetrical. Why does this look familiar, oh yeah
"Macron ,Sepsis and Zico, if you do 1 more crime I will have no choice but to report you to the royal knights and they will send you here. This is an execution chamber where you will be killed, now do you understand the severity of this situation "?
"Yes village chief we won't do it again".
"Honestly I don't get why you kids will throw your life away".
this is an execution chamber, it is similar to the painting the chief showed us . Ah shit my neck is still in pain from that girl. I really need to stretch.
What's this? Chains around my hand?
No matter how hard I try to free myself I just can't get it off.
"LET GO OF ME".
"Hush hush".
It was the girl that had knocked me out. She cant be much older than me but yet, she looked so mature.
Her hair was in a gorgeous shade of red, her hazel eyes was piercing right through me not to mention she had curves in all the right places.
"You and your friend possess an extraordinary power, the power of Orion and we would like to help you control it",
"Don't you mean you would like to control it, I know the things you royals do and all you royals are is power hungry savages that would do anything for more power, aren't I right, Adela princess of Albion".
"This isn't about us, other races will want your power for themselves, ever since Orion's death the balance of power between humans and the other races has shifted and since you guys are his successors the balance has stabilised. If you guys don't know how to control your power and these beasts come to fight you, your defeat will be inevitable, you understand"?
I see now. Now that Orion legendary power is back all the other races want to take control of it. Me being an ally to the humans significantly helps them out.
"So how will I master my powers".
"You will go to Albion school of magic".
"School? I don't feel like going school, it's the same boring teachers and boring work in the same boring class".
"You know what,I will go school with you and if it is boring, you will never have to go again, how does that sound".
"It's a deal".
"Alright then let's go".
*whoosh*
Holy shit, she can teleport. I know she is royal and all but that is such a deadly ability to have in your locker.
"Wow that takes a lot of mana, you ready for your first day of school"?
It was huge,the gates, the building.
It was everything I ever imagined from a magic school.
"Why are you so excited I thought you didn't want to go school". Said Adela.
"It different that's all. Where is zico anyway".
"He is getting trained by one of the strongest executioners".
"And I have to attend boring school".
This feeling is making me uneasy. There is so much people staring at me,is it perhaps because I am new. Do they want to be my friends?
"Who's the new kid". Said a voice
"I heared he is living in the kings castle".
"What is a rodent like him doing here anyway".
"I know why don't we kill him in training".
It's nice seeing people spar, you can get a lot of information from someone judging by their sword technique, the guy over there, you can tell he is a rookie and it's maybe his fifth or sixth time holding a sword.
"Grab a sword".
"Why".
"We have to warm up for today training". Said Adela.
I have to train in my first day, shouldn't they be going easy on me instead of overworking me? Even still I am here to get stronger, if I wanted to relax I wouldn't have have come to school.
"Adela want to spar with me"? Said a boy.
"Yeah sure".
"Just train by yourself okay sepsis?"
I guess I can watch her spar.
"You ready? 3-2-1 go". She said
Her technique is flawlesss, she evades the boys strikes with little to no difficulty, she uses the minimal amount of movement to dodge an attack and then comes up with a suitable counter to it. A swordswoman by heart. A natural prodigy with the sword.
Train by yourself huh. I might as well pick up a sword but it is so heavy, it restricts my movements so much, my best traits is my speed and agility so having a sword like this renders my traits useless. A katana would be nice but I don't see any here. Such a bummer.
"He can't even swing a sword properly look at him struggle". Said a voice.
I don't get their problem. They are acting like I can't hear them speaking about me.
"You want to spar sepsis"?
"And you are"?
"Royal knight son Grendel".
She did say train by yourself but it wouldn't hurt to train with another one of my classmates,it's builds trust and key foundations for a good friendship.
"Sure".
"Ohh he is going to get killed".
"Nobody has ever beaten Grendel in a fight".
It's like there is nobody rooting for me, am I this much of an underdog?
I can't be bothered with this fight.
"Hurry up. Let's start Grendel".
I need to focus, focus I got it.
"Arcane technique vita gladius".
Vita gladius,A sword made by the sacred tree, its golden colour was blessed by the gods and its vein like patterns imitated the sacred tree roots a truly divine sword made for a supreme swordsman,
No Way.
You have got to be kidding me. A broad sword. How does he want me to use a broad sword.
"Arcane ignis uproar".
He coated his sword with flames, that is so cool.
What's this? He closed the gap in an instant? His sword is about to hit my neck, was he aiming to kill me all this time? If I use the normal swords, his attack is going to shatter it into pieces. Ah shit looks like I have no other choice but to use Vita Gladius,
*clank*
The sound made from the 2 swords could be heard all across the field, it created ripples in the air for everyone to hear.
"What is going on there". Said Adela.
"We can carry this spar on other time I just need to take care of something".
Crap he is going up for a follow up attack, I can't get vita gladius to block it again, I have to dodge, minimal movements just like her.
*how come he keeps on dodging my attacks*
I can track his movements and come up with suitable counters to his attack. Now that I can see his moves, his sword technique is really lack luster, he is applying his own strength and swinging with 100% of his power which is why he can't do combo attacks, he is treating the sword like a broad sword.
The victor of this battle is already decided.
There is the opening I was looking for, his side is open and his sword is to the left of him.
One perfect strike and I can fling his sword away
*clang*
"I lost". He said.
"Can I ask you something, why did you want to kill me so badly, did you want to kill me because I was not royal enough".
Even so, I should try to make amends, the last thing I want is for this to turn into a feud fuelled by jealousy and grudges.
"Grab my hand".
*why is he showing mercy to me, does he think he is better than me?*
Something is not right, the bloodlust in his eyes, did I piss him off even more?
"Arcane technique, BLAZE".
that bastard hit a sneak attack on me, he really is trying to kill me.Never mind that, the flame size is increasing exponentially, it is like someone is adding oxygen to the flame. This idiot, is he really trying to kill everyone around us, I can't die but the people around us would get consumed by the flames.
Oxygen.
Hm interesting, the flame is fuelled by mana so if I just conceal my mana output it should disappear
*voosh*
*he just dispelled my flame with 1 single move*
Crap I didn't think this through, concealing my mana takes a shit ton of energy, my legs feel weak, I can't move
*thud*
I lost. I can't feel a thing in my legs, it's like I have been paralysed.
"On your knees so quick sepsis"?
*whack*
*koff*
"Stand up sepsis."
I can't get up, I am repeatedly getting kicked,he is really going to try and kill me because I am not royal blooded.
"NOW I AM GOING TO END THIS,WITH A DIRECT HIT TO THE HEART.DIE SPEPSIS"!
*skltch*
*a direct hit through his heart, he is now for sure dead, yes I killed him*
"So I was right, you really are trying to kill me. This sword adds extra weight, let me remove it from my body".
*argh*
"How are you still alive"?
"You maybe should've done your research, I can't die. No amount of blood loss, swords piercing my body and flesh burnt will ever change that. Don't you see, the second you tried to fight me. No, kill me, you already lost".
"Now where were we".
"NO STOP, I GIVE UP I SURRENDER".
"You scared? Don't tell me you done all of this just to give up, Son of S rank warrior Aldric, how would your father feel knowing his son lost to a mere commoner. You bring dishonour to your family by giving up.FIGHT ME".
*he is crazy, does he want to kill me*
"Training is over let's do the warrior evaluation to see which class you will be put into".
"saved by the bell huh Grendel".
"Sepsis can you come forward and place your hand on the mana regulator".
"Looks like I am up, it was nice to meet you Grendel. Next time don't disappoint me. You clown".
Everyone is staring at me, did they see what I did to Grendel? Well there is no point in getting cold feet
What, do I just place my hand on this orb and it calculates my strength? Oh well.
"Sepsis…"
"POWER LEVEL 4300".
*that's not impressive anyways, yeah he cheated*
Wow is this how annoyed these royals are about my strength. I understand that some people doesn't like change but wow I got to admit this stings.
"Next up Adela".
"Let's see if you can beat that Adela".
"Watch and learn".
"Adela…"
"POWER LEVEL 4350".
"WOW ADELA IS AMAZING, OFCOURCE SHE IS, SHE IS THE PRINCESS AFTER ALL".
Similar power level but completely different reception. Some people would want to hide the fact that they a biased but these royals couldn't give a shit if they are biased or not , in my next life I want to be a pretty princess.
"Adela what did Zico get"?
"Zico got a power level of 5200, most seen since Orion himself".
Wow I have a long way to go to catch up to Zico.
"Anyone with a power level of over 1000 will be in the top class".
1000 is all you need to be in the top class huh. Then 4300 must be pretty impressive then.
"Class elite,your teacher will be grand master Blythe".
*during class*
"Good evening students I am grand master Blythe, I will be teaching you how to draw out your arcane, Get into groups of 2".
"Princess Adela want to be with me?"
'No me".
Wow she is popular. There is a whole group of guys wanting to be with her , I still need to find a partner
"Sorry guys I already have a partner".
Adela has a partner? I wonder who is the lucky guy.
"Sepsis".
Ah, I did not expect that
"Lucky bastard".
"Do anything to her and I will kill you".
Maybe it would've been better if I wasn't in her group, the girls don't like me because I am not good looking enough and the guys don't like me because I am Adela's favourite classmate which beleive it or not can make people jealous, who knew.
"I want you to guide your partner arcane flow and channel it in front of them".
"You will need to find their heart beat and use their blood flow to control the mana moving from their body and then output the mana as arcane".
"Do me first".
"Alright".
*squish*
Her face is going red,Must be the blood flow and the mana making her burn up, oh I see her arcane must be fire which is why her body is hot
I knew I could get it worki-.
"YOU CREEEEEEEP"!
*whack*
*argh*
Wow, I did not know she was strong enough to punch me into the sky,That must mean I got it to work.
*crash*
"My turn next".
"You creeper". Said Adela
"You do it like this, You find their heart beat, And by manipulating the mana flowing in your body, I can now pull the mana outside of you into a orb".
"You are immortal with the life arcane so your orb lends you the power to create, So now if I slice my hand, I am all healed up".
Wow. She is amazing.
"So can you do the same"?
"Yes"
"What does your orb do"?
"It can exterminate all evil, It is pretty useless now as the devil race has been eliminated, Can you summon multiple swords or just one"?
"I can only do 1". "And it doesn't have any spells or something".
"That's odd, Orion had multiple weapons in his arsenal, Maybe you need to go to Albion archive, There is a lot of scrolls that can help you, It is at the castle if you want to learn".
"Help me please".
"Sure, To Albion archives it is".