Day Before the Grand Celebration

"I appreciate of you taking off the fire for us, but we are here because we are working, so get lost."

"Who told you to do work in a place where no man ever tried of entering?" Christa spoke as she talks back to the man who's telling her off.

"I don't think I have the obligation to give you his name. I'm in a bad mood right now, so I suggest you to not piss me off."

As the words escapes the man's gritting teeth, the people around him gears up their weapons. The long ranged ones aimed their bow and arrows at her, light began forming through the casters staff, and the melee fighters began embedding their weapons with magic. It looks as though their weapons and magic are quite intimidating and powerful, but Christa doesn't seem to be bothered at them pointing their weapons at her.

"If you leave now, my men will not hit you, and you'll walk away without pain."

Despite all the words to make her go away, Christa remains unshakeable, as though all the magic weapons aimed at her were nothing. And as she descends towards the ground, soiled by the charcoal marks of the flames, Christa talks back...

"If you don't leave, I'll make sure you'll burn more than this forest that you ruined." She said in a threatening manner. But instead of being frightened, it only caused the man's temper to explode.

"Now you've done it. Shoot everything on that brat! Kill her!"

The bowmen shoots their arrows with that are enchanted with magic, and the casters fires their own long range spells while the swordsmen also has their own ranged abilities of their own to attack Christa.

"Too slow..." Christa spoke in a dead tone, as the crowd's slow moving projectiles and magic inched closer and closer on her. It was so slow for her that she could evade all of it just by reading its aim.

And so she did, and the projectiles fired at her went passed her as if it was all thrown into nothingness.

"What?!"

For the wood cutters and the attackers, it all seemed like that everything they fired at her that is supposed to be aimed directly at the black haired girl have missed, even though in their eyes, the young lady wearing a red clothes have not moved an inch from where she was standing.

"How in the world did everything missed?" The man's voice trembled with outrage as he witnessed something that is impossible for him. "Aim your shots properly, you idiots!"

With the man's orders the crowd fires the next wave of their magic, this time they made sure it was aimed directly to their target. But the girl remained still in the same position she was standing. And just like how it went the first time they fired their magic, the projectiles that was aimed at her misses and went passed Christa.

"Impossible..." Was taken aback as he spoke.

The girl in red started taking steps, slowly and surely approaching the man who gives orders to his men who couldn't put their wave of attacks on a single girl. And as she gets closer and closer, she picks up a small rubble as she talks in a scornful way, with her eyes beaming in red.

"Listen, there are two ways to throw something that will make sure you'll hit your target."

"D-don't be afraid...! It's just a small rubble, it won't hurt us!" The man leading the group said.

But as she sets her hand holding the rubble to throw it at one of them, fear began clouding the man's mind as he shifts his gaze from the rubble and the girl's two own eyes that looks like she was about to throw something that he might not survive.

"The first one is to make sure you're good at aiming..."

And with that, he hurriedly ordered the casters to create a barrier, but...

"Hey, spell casters! Cast a barrier!"

"But, commander... You said it's just a piece of rubble."

"Who told you--"

Before he could even finish his sentence, the small piece of rock Christa is holding hits the man directly, despite its size, the impact was was quite powerful that it made him fall on his knees as though he was hit by a bullet.

"Argh...! Kuh...!" The man groans in agony as he looks forward, only to see the girl's black leggings and her brown leather boots as she stands closely in front of him. He faced upwards to look into her face.

"Or just scare your target with a piece of rock that he will be so afraid, he'll hurriedly tell his men to cast a barrier. Thus, leaving him wide open." Christa spoke as she looks down on the man who's on his knees.

"W-what are you doing just watching from there?! Kill her! Hurry!"

His men looks at each other after hearing another order from him, they stare at each other as if they were not sure what to do. But after the man shouted at them once more, the bowmen fires their magic arrows, the swordsmen dashes forward on the attack, while the casters casts their strengthening magic on them.

But before they could pressed forward any further... "I'm tired of watching slow and feeble attacks being thrown at me by these weaklings." Christa shows her aura of bloodlust that spreads around her surroundings, sending fear towards the commander, the swordsmen, the bowmen and casters. Even the wood cutters whose been watching in the distance for a while did not escape her bloodlust.

All of them began shivering in fear as if they were looking at a demon who is about to end their lives. They were all so frightened that some wood cutters and some of the commander's men loses their conciousness. While the others and the one leading his group were still up, though, they were all shaken up that they could not say a word straight.

"Ah~ When will I meet someone who would make me fight to my fullest? All of the guys I met are so basic." Christa said so as she was full with disappointment. "Well, I guess that Sieghart person is a little bit different. Though I don't think he'll fight me if I just ask him out of nowhere."

She then proceeds to grab the commander by his forest green shirt and pulls him up slightly, asking him where her friend she was looking for afterwards.

"Hey. Where is Tita... Where is the giant snake that is guarding this forest?"

"N-no! D-d-don't kill me! P-please!" The man shakes his head rapidly as he plead for his life with a rattling sound of his quivering teeth.

"I don't care about you, where is Titania?"

"I-I don't know who you're t-t-talking about!"

"Then die." Christa extends her other hand and points her palm on to the guy's face as her flame slowly forms around it, preparing it to burn the commander in a second.

"No!! Okay, okay! I-I'll tell you! There's another group on the other side of the forest, they should be fighting a giant snake in there!"

The man continued to plea for his life, and as Christa got the answer she wanted, she proceeds to fill him with dread as she warns him and everyone in the scene to not return in the forest.

"Never return to these lands. The moment I saw you and everyone's faces again..." Christa closes in to the man's terrified face with her eyes glowing with burning red light, continuing her threatening words. "I'll kill you."

Christa hardens her grip on to the man's shirt as she pulls him up single-handedly, throwing the man towards his men and the wood cutters watching from far behind afterwards.

Everyone looked at the black haired girl with a terrified look in their eyes as their body trembles in fear. And with that, the commander and his men, along with the wood cutters flew away in haste.

"R-run!!" Everyone shrieked in terror as they disappear in Christa's sight. "How boring..."

Christa proceeds to levitate and fly towards the other side of the forest.

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At the same time it was all happening, in the kingdom of Reilaea, the alchemist that was tasked to study the purple crystals they got from the unknown purple creatures seemed to have concluded her research over the said crystal that she spent her month studying.

"This is unbelievable..." The alchemist lady said so with an odd expression on her face, it's as though she was unsure over her research to have concluded this way. The lady packs everything she needs - From potions, tools, a cage with an unknown animal hidden behind the shadows of the narrow cage, and the crystals itself. She sets foot outside of her place as she presses forward towards the Royal Castle, standing right in the inner part of Reilaea Kingdom.

In the meantime, the prince of Reilaea, Edle along with Kaien his trusted knight were taking a walk from the streets in the southern district of the kingdom, streets that incredibly abundant with a lot of people. Moreover, most of them seem to have their hands full with different tasks on their hands. Most of them were carrying large amounts of a variety of goods behind their horse's carts.

Some are taking their time carefully decorating the streets with fine yet flashy decorations such as the flags that are hanged on each side of the road that which extends throughout all of Reilaea, overshadowing the blue skies with its countless different colors. There are also an endless number of balloons placed around the streets that which the kids enjoy placing and looking at it. Maple trees that are joining the parade of colorful decorations with its own beautiful green and red leaves, and so much more to name.

"Everyone seemed to be more busy than usual." Edle stares left and right as he and Kaien continued to move forward

"It's to be expected, as the prince of Reilaea is about to turn seventeen in his 17th birthday." Kaien responded to the prince who stopped from walking as he immediately replied.

"I already turned seventeen not long ago, this was just a late celebration that my mother wanted to do." Edle continues to speak. "And I'm sure that man will come to the celebration."

"I assume you're talking about the king? Yes he is. In fact, he's in the castle right now. Isn't that the reason why we are here?" Kaien calmly spoke and mentioned the man Edle hated that which made him feel annoyed.

"I know!"

"Well, aside from the king, the kings and queens from the countries we shared a good bond over the years will come. And of course, your younger step-sister will come, the princess of Kruule Kingdom."

Edle let out a troubled sigh as he said, "So the worst than the worst is also coming."