As the dawn descended upon the land,Darian sat within the large carriage his arms placed atop his legs, which were folded one over the other, opposite him was lady Roselle and Doulos,to his right hand side was Claus,who sat in a dignified manner while outside the carriage Matilda had the job of the chauffeur,Darian smirked a bit rubbing the base of his nose realizing how protective his parents were, sending the strongest members of their security team to accompany him,offcourse an outlier in this was lady Roselle,in that moment a dirty thought appeared in his mind causing him to release a complicated smile
Beneath his feet was a black lantern he took off his round pointy hat as he raised the lantern and placed the hat near his legs placing the lantern inside as it seemed to fall into an endless pit this was the special ability of his hat all of his clothes that were given by his mother were perfect mana conductors could restore themselves overtime and did not require the users own mana reserves adding to their uniqueness they were classified at [A rank] atleast by themselves based on practicality and lower cost of use
After putting on his hat he could not help but snicker opposite him a straight faced Doulos was being harrased by lady Roselle as her head simply glided on his shoulder his expression to Darian was Quite hypocritical he seemed to like it but pretended not to even giving her multiple side eyes glancing from time to time his expression growing softer at that exact moment Darian raised his head the two gained eye contact
Darians eyes were wide open his shock could be scene through his specks as if had grasped some hidden knowledge he was not supposed to know he instantly fixed his posture retracting his gaze from his teacher a few moments later Doulos released a faint sigh as he placed one hand in the pocket of his shirt inside was a folded white avelope as he flicked his wrist causing the anvelope to skillfully glide to Darians leg moving at an average pace He picked up the anvelope and gently opened his eyes fixated on the white page it was his score his eyes fixated and darted as his mouth curled upwards pretending to keep a calm air until they stopped his mouth returning to normal as he took a breath his neck turning facing Doulos and gently lifting up his right hands index finger "one percent "
Doulos lips curled slightly upwards" if you had stayed calm and took the time you had left to perfect your answers instead of showboating the outcome might have been to your expectations " Darian scoffed "look whos talking about indulgences" At that point lady Roselle straightened up placing both her hands on her skirt and replying with a gentle voice "I was always interested in that infamous university of learning as a non noble I could not pass up such an opportunity and luckily ,lord Conrad agreed" without an argument Darian nodded his head with defeat as he turned it to the side of the window leaning towards it his left hand being used as support
A day later the carriage passed through different smaller villages some suffered from sicknesses and extreme poverty while majority from barbaric raids Darians eyes witnessing all types of illness and injury as they participated in helping the villagers heal,after returning to the carriage Darian asked "why is it this bad" Claus responded " the administration focuses its man power on places with high amounts of tax payers and large populations small villages often have to fend for themselves leading to them being preyed upon by bandits and other cruel incidents such as monster attacks unfortunately I once suffered through the former and Matilda the latter " Darian sighed as his eyes looked longingly outside
Meanwhile in the late ours of the day the sun shined high over the forest a dark blur moved at intense speed leaving a straight vertical line of broken trees ,eroded dirt and fire chasing the blurry figure was a man in silver grey chainmail armor, a pair of round pauldrons, silver gauntlets with gold accents, silver greeves and sabotans and a red linen robe with a gold crest of a dragon pierced verticaly by a spear he ran incredibly fast jumping from tree to tree leaving shockwaves and gusts of air in his right hand he held a red shaft with a steel sauroter and steel spearhead he Quickly spun the spear as it turned into a blur its tip vibrating and shaking creating gusts of air deflecting the balls of fire hurled towards him while simultaneously putting out the fires by removing the heat faster than the balls of flames could produce them so as to not spread creating wild fires
The person made a upward vertically jump descending with the force of a landslide as he attempted to close the distance the figure in front was clearly a dragon or atleast a preteen about 6 mètre long and its width less than half of that ,it had red glistening scales a sharp mouth almost resembling a beak , webbed wings and a total of 3 horns to slightly large ones located on the sides of its head a small one above its snout with a white underbelly a spiked tip tail as it moved with incredible speed one could recognize why it stayed near the trees tops its left wing clearly injured and bleading out it's radical actions indicating its clear sense of fear
The knights speed increased as a current of air appeared around him and dispersed this was a spell it removed all air resistance it was called "swift " he chuckled " did you think you were actually faster than me no I only wanted to direct you away from the village and now your mine" he took a split second and spun pulling back his arm that held the spear then released its speed creating shockwaves "bullseye" the force from the spear caused the creature to lose balance and tumble the knight placed one foot infront of the other walking the creature down as the spear returned to his hand pushing back his hair , he had dark blue eyes parted blonde hair in the form of a fringe light skin with a high nose bridge and a squared chin
"How many families and children have you taken " the creature snarled and screamed its Roars comparable to the Ocean waves and hundred men screaming at the top of their lungs this sound could destroy ones ear drums but it only temporarily caused the knight to lose balance as he held one hand over one of his ears " I understand the laws of nature eat to survive but what comes around goes around " the creature raised its head to release a final Roar but it was already too late the knight twisted his wrist slightly then blitzed pass going under its neck surgically stabbing his spear into it's neck delivering the killing blow the light in it's dark slitted eyes fading away
At the centre of a mourning village of only a kilometer and a half in width, near the town hall a wagon road pass in its outskirts air seemed to have welcomed dark plums of smoke not too long ago and ashen buildings could be seen ,bounty posters scattered by the wind revealing a drawing of a frightful dragon only the rough outline was correct to its true appearance for its speed was too great for the villagers to fully percieve within the hall peoples anger and outrage spoke before logic some men restraining the other blaming the other women in tears as theur children were snatched broken in half like twigs the blood of their lovers splattered on the ground as family members ran while burning alive their screams decreasing losing the ability to feel pain as others sat curled up in the corner their tears already dry
In that moment of despair a loud voice Sounded out "people of sanctus village !! Your hero has arrived" as he said the last 4 words he bowed to the crowed of people surrounding the hall he had caught their attention by amplifying the sound of his voice the people stared in anger as looking up at the young man who stood atop a wagon in such a time they had one desire to burn him alive the angry men changed their target of anger throwing glass bottles at him using simple movements that seemed invisible to the on lookers he easily deflected the bottles appearing as if he had a magical barrier surrounding him this caught their attention ,stearing the wagon was an old man and his young daughter who wore ragged clothes the knight looked at the two as he descended sorry you two as he moved his left hand with enough force completely ripping off the roof of the wagon while faceing forward the villagers in shock those who were close by fell on their knees in shock or tears The others reacted as they came closer an uproar started as many celebrated
The mayor after a few minutes came out he wore a dark top hat monocle with 3 piece dark suit a light skin tone a double chin and chubby body his body gaurds protecting him as he walked through the crowd "See I told you I called someone he said " the young knight sighed as the two shook hands the mayor placed his hand over his mouth whispered "I really thought you were just out for death but this outcome is truly miraculous" whats your name the mayor asked " oh its Benjamin, Benjamin the spear hero "
"Really Benjamin oh thank you" the mayor rapidly shook the heros hand and looked disgustingly at the dragons corpse stuffed broken to pieces on the wagon "so your from that family " the mayor asked "guess" Benjamin innocentlyreplied "lets hear it for Benjamin " the crowd roared in jubilation the mayor stopped So do you wish to claim the prize money "not really benjamin" replied "oh no I insist " Benjamin looked at the girl in the wagon then at her father and sighed as he rubbed his head " Sure "
Amidst a large piece of green land was a Manor painted white and red in waiting infront of the gates was a old man with a full beard wearing a black suit and glasses as a carriage arrived infront he Quickly took out a pocket watch and flipped it open your 60 minutes late young Master" I'm sorry Garnt" Benjamin replied as he descended from the carriage,inside was a thick maid with purple hair and the chauffeur was ordinary servant wearing normal servant attire,Benjamin chuckled "but cant you just say 1 hour like any normal person, why so technical" Garnt replied "if I wasnt so technical nothing would happen in this house " "besides it's time to go we will be late" "fine just let me get lunch first" Benjamin replied as he entered and walked pass the gates he could see a old lady wearing a red dress her beauty hidden by her old age her light blue eyes staring down with animosity
As the sun set a village bar closed down it had no customers reamaining that day as the owner wiped the counter ,the door bell sounded "were closed " he said as seven men of different heights wrapped in dark cloth and white leg and arm wraps and different coloured clothes appeared they were clearly a bunch of hooligans the man's eyes were first wide open before sighing breathing in and out "luckily they arent shadow assassins"
"So what can I do for you gentleman" the owner clearly intimidated said calmly the lighter skined leader grinned as his taller dark associate placed his hand over his shoulders "give us basilisks venom" this was the most expensive beer for any low income family it was also named the liver killer "but its the most expensive beer we have please atleast pay half " the owner replied in protest the leader chuckled "I wasn't asking infact bring out ever single drop you have " the owners concerns rose " but I'll go broke" just then the door opened again shifting the attention from the owner using this period the owner bent down but was quickly caught and lifted by the taller associate "listen or die"
The intruder walked on undisturbed by the scene it had a females figure which could be easily gleamed from its eyes that tore through the darkness of the hood "a rare beauty " the leader smirked "give me basilisk" quickly the figure cried out "Quickly if you want your life " the leader replied the owner quickly poured his best beer ,tears almost flowing from his eyes as distributed them
The intruder laughed "so your the bandits terrorizing these parts " " not really" the leader replied layed back "were just doing our part in society if you think about it the higher ups only care about the weak if we do something the louder they cry the more attention they get our service is much needed " as the beer landed on her table the girl laughed "your part in society that makes sense even scum can have a role " as the owner returned to the counter the leader asked "are you an aventurer ,a hooker gone wrong or an officer" the girl replied " only the first guess is correct I consider myself as very adventurist the second not so much an officer arrests and the only thing Im planning to hook you up with is death"
The leader chuckled a small double sided blade appeared he spun it using mana the tall one had two brass knuckles that shined enhanced with mana before dissipating "amateurs"the girl replied the rest took out daggers blades and spears others conjuring fire such a scene quickly made the owner faint in an instant they threw spears and blades ,the leader controlled his spinning blades to incircle and attack her as she quickly stood up flipped the round table enhancing it enough for the weapons to get stuck within the wood and parried the spinning saw like blade by drawing her own sabre parrying the incoming attack just then the tall one out of the group jumped high punching downwards the girl quickly kicked the table sending it flying towards her opponents as she positioned herself and her blade perfectly before the tall man could say anything it was too late his head had been removed so fast the blood couldn't splatter on her face she had used his downward momentum against him "nark" the leader screamed as he quickly reacted rushing at her by the side placing one hand behind his back while attempting to use his skill to unleash a sonic scream in a moment a cloak had been thrown suddenly covering his face as he recieved a spinning kick to the jaw breaking it and twisting his neck she did all that before her blade could fall catching and pointing it at the rest of the goons ,who were stunned with fear
"Oh my bad Introductions ,Introductions" As she stood their wearing a ruffled long white shirt brown shorts with many belts to hold her blade and a pouch at the back with a brown corset on her hips over her shirt her hair cascading down like an ancient oil painting "Iam Annabeth jacob Romanov and I will be the last thing you ever see "
Moments later blood erupted as she moved like a blur directly Pierceing someone through the heart slicing the head clean off of another kicking another in the nutsack stabbing his throat one stried to shank her as she disarmed him flipped him over grabbed her blade stabbed him through the heart the other ran for the door when he was near, his cloak got pulled back from behind right into a blade his mouth gushing with blood
She laugh as she placed four gold Leo's on the counter" your liver would of killed you anyways" as she took a sip "yuck"