the princess

[note: vazel armor rarity magical small error]

after a day of traveling they finally reached the mountain village the village was completely covered with snow "i hope she is safe" said kiela

" she should be safe princess Cornelia surely has a method of defending her self if not her father would never had accepted her journey to begin with " he said confidently

the thing which attracted the most attentions was the cave at the end of the city with flying beast circling around it from the air "the princess is surely kept there"

he dismounted the horse "go hide the horse and hide yourself in one of the house I am sure we would be receiving company soon " he took his bag blade and bow then left running to the entrance of the cave

keila went to hide herself and their horse in one of the empty snowy house

when john was 10m away from the cave the beast flying on top detected him and began to dive down with pointing their sharp claws at john

he took his bow and aim swosh..... the arrow missed he trued again two more times before he touched his target in the heart

[pierce (heart damage ×5) inflict 300 damage to target HP target has low bestial armor damage negate 200 target dies....]

the beast fell to the ground before reaching him he activated his skill inferno punch while running and launched a fire ball to the others diving down boom.....

five caught fire and fell to the ground but it was nothing they where more than 30 when he was three steps away from the cave a beast dived down and caught him by his shoulder the claws entered so deep that he made a loud scream ahhh...he was brought high into the air the other beast circled around him and others where even under him he activated ignite of his skill inferno punch the claws of the beast holding him caught fire forcing him to release his grip

he started falling fortunately he fell on the back of one and trust he blade in it head

the beasts began it decent with john on it back his dress and long black hairs where dancing behind him

he raised his bow an arrow appeared and aimed on the top of the cave under him

when the arrow left the bow it descended with high speed leaving a yellow trace behind it

boom... the top of the cave was blasted and a hole appeared on it he then used the body of the beast as a shield boom..... the body exploded in pieces after it touched the ground john got up and he saw the princess she was dressed in imperial robe and was beautiful beyond belief he was amazed by her beauty in a small blue bubble still resisting the aggressive attack of the beast he also saw a lot of skeleton on the ground

he dashed to that area and raised his hand another fire ball was shot boom ....

it opened the path for him after he arrived he activated his astral wave justice and began to cut the beast to pieces the beast for an unknown reason the beast immediately left his side and all started flying out side

he arrived before the princess "am Mr Evan to serve you princess " the princess exited her Bubble and jumped on him hugging him "you are my savour Mr Evan if you had comes one minute late I would had die under their claws "princess we have to leave now I don't know why they ran away bit is surely something not good "

"okay" she relaxed her grip took his hand and they ran to the entrance of the cave when suddenly the white energy on his blade left it and entered the skeleton littering the ground

the entrance of the cave was immediately closed by skeleton then at the center of the cave skeletons began to assemble them selves forming a gigantic skeleton with a big one edge skeletal sword in hand

he opened his mouth spoke an unknown language "dheer goourn poses astara enerto oulgade exterminado" the princess behind john said "i now this language my teacher once thought me it he is saying ONLY THE POSSESSOR OF THE ASTRAL ENERGY CAN OBTAIN THE HEART AND ALL NON POSSESSORS WOULD BE EXTERMINATED "

the gigantic skeleton then raised his sword then brought it down to princess Cornelia john raised his blade and activated astral wave again when the gigantic skeletal sword was about to crush him to pieces it the stopped

the skeleton bent to one knee and stretched his hand to john with a white pearl in it shinning john took the pearl

then the gigantic skeleton said "THE ORDE " before crumbling back to pieces and the entrance was once more open

john was deep in thought he had too many question "what is that ORDE and who is the teacher of princess Cornelia who is the one that asked keila to hand him that piece of paper " he inspected the pearl

[ name : dragon heart]

[type : heart ]

[rarity : epic(damaged)]

[requirement : ???]

[effect : ??? ]

he was taken aback by that it was a legendary item it was above magical ,mystic

"Mr Evan let's leave " he was prepare to live when he saw a strange symbol on the ground it was nealy invisible he activated his skill the hunter and he saw a triangle with a closed eye inside and many others circle intercepting after a close inspection he found that all the cave was covered with those symbols "they should be the symbol of the sacrificial matrix". they then left to find keila .what starled him was that while he was holding the white pearl no beast dared to come near him

they looked for kiela in all the village but could not find her after moving out they saw a troop of Knight in red armor holding bows

the Knight at the front was holding her with a knife on her neck he had a more heavy armor with the vazel insignia on it holding a lance in the form of a trident but the middle blade was a bit longer than the other two to the side "Alphonso .....everything make sense now prince Edgar is too imature ,prince harold doest have enough influence " said john

"after seeing me use astral wave justice when we first mate Prince Ferguson used his brother best bodyguard and best hunter of vazel to test me then he captured keila sister and forced her to hand me this paper so that I could obtain the dragon heart now he sent sir Alphonso to obtain it from me he did all this because he couldn't obtain it from the gigantic skeleton "

sir Alphonso clapped and said " you are really smart but you are always one second late " he laughed lightly "now hand over the dragon heart if you want her to live "

"and if I say no " the Knights all raised their bows and prepared to shoot "not only would you die but the princess also would die"

john analyzed the situation "they are more than 30 armed with bows if I try to run away not only would the princess die but I would also fail my main mission "."aren't you afraid of the king wrath you are pointing your lance the princess of vazel"

"that old dog is in his bed and his sickness would not allow him get up anymore now I am not playing anymore hand over the dragon heart "

John raised his bow and shot an explosive arrow to Alphonso swosh

...

Alphonso just pushed kiela to the side and used lance to block boom...

he only took one step back

[explosive arrow inflict 500 damage target has general armor damage negate 500]

"not bad but if you want to break my armor you would need something More powerful " he said running forward

he arrived in a blink and took john by the neck and slammed him hard on the ground boom...

john could not understand the fact that he was so agile with an armor so heavy

Alphonso raised him threw him with one hand in front then he raised his lance and threw it to john

john was nailed on a tree the lance had Pierce his chest but the lance had been obstructed by a round shield of earth

[lance throw inflict 400 damage to target HP target has Simon's amulate and shield of gia damage negate 350]

" the shield of gia saved my life thank you chief Zoll "he said in a low voice Alphonso approach him and retrieve his lance he took the dragon heart in john hand turned and left

before he left with more than half of the Knight he said "kill them but don't harm the princess " the remaining 20 then raised their bow and aimed at john and keila

john took his bow and shot an explosive arrow on the ground near the Knight boom... this produced dust blocking their vision

he used the opportunity to run with the princess and keila after running for an hour they hid the selves in a small cave

"my father is sick and he can't govern anymore and the guardian of the kingdom of vazel who is also the most powerful mage in the kingdom never shows himself unless the kingdom is at the verge of destruction that is why my brother takes all liberties and act without concern " princess Cornelia said

"that guardian is he your teacher "

"yes he is the one who thought me magic when I was still a child but after he left I never saw him again up till now but the battle of kings is about to start he is obliged to comeback "

"what is the battle of king that you are talking about " john asked it was the name of his main mission

"even I don't no my teacher only said when all the candidate pass the age of 19 can it begin you would know when we reach the palace "

"you two should try to sleep tomorrow a long journey is awaiting us" he leaned on a wall and closed his eyes

the next morning john proposed them to make a trip to the town of Zoll there they could borrow horses before going back to the capital "

the trio walked to the town of Zoll after arriving they saw no guard at the entrance "where are the guards " keila asked anxiously

"you two take horses and return to the capital and don't worry for your safety if Ferguson wanted to kill you he wouldn't have asked sir Alphonso not to harm you keila if you stay near the princess Cornelia you would be safe "

"you aren't going back with us " keila asked sadly "yes I still need to find what happened to chief Zoll and the other people but do not worry I would be back before the battle of kings start "if he was doing that it was not only because the ring that chief Zoll gave him saved his life but also because he could find unexpected harvest

only after the princess and keila left before he went in the city he found no citizen "where have they gone to "then he heard the sound of horse galloping

he turned his head and saw two people on horse both having hand axe after arriving near him they blocked his way one came down with a rope moving cautiously to john

"i need to keep the two of them alive maybe they can explain why there is nobody in the town " he unsheathed his blade and ran to the one with the rope slash..... his hand was cut off ahhhhh.....

when the other saw that he turned his horse in attempt to run away but john took his bow and aimed at the legs of the horse swosh....

the horse fell to the ground throwing the man on it to the ground "please don't kill me we are just obeying orders " he shouted hysterically John used the rope. to tie them together then brought them with hi him before leaving to call for the princess and kiela.

he came to the entrance of the town where he first left them but they where no were to be seen "fuck don't tell they went missing again what is this forest ..." he was really angry he would not pass his whole time finding a missing princess

he turned to the two thugs tied behind him "now you would tell me every thing that you know if you don't want to loss another arm "

"every thing started when an old man appeared one day out of our camp he was walking with a stick and had two blade on his back he killed king galios and his most trusted subordinate with his hand the most horrifying is that he did all that without removing his swords from their sheat "

"after killing them he took the control of everything and asked us to bring him people " he said while trembling only speaking of that old man was too much for him

"what does he do with those people " john was confused what would that old man do with so many people "one thing is sure it is nothing good "

"bring me to your camp now " one of the thugs looked at him curiously "you may be good with a blade but that man wouldn't even need to use his swords against you " he said looking at John with disdain

"if you want to keep your tongue you better shut up " he said mounting his horse he then took the rope tying the two thugs and started moving to their camp with the one that had his hand cut off by john

they arrived at the periphery of the camp at night "where are the prisoners kept "

"the old man keep them in the main building at the center of the camp " john observed from afar using his skill the hunter it was very easy to locate the central building "the prisoners are kept in the central building and all the camp is well lighted so it would not be possible to sneak "

he galloped at full speed from the entrance to the main building of the camp since the guards were tired and sleepy they didn't have time to react until he reached the the door of the main building

who was protected by two guards equipped with lance

he jumped of his horse and activated his inferno punch his hand lit up with fire he gave a hard punch to the guards who were still trying to organise themselves boom.....

the door was destroyed and the two guards were sent flying to the side

after entering he saw an old man with a bare torso and black trouser the old man had a long white barb

he had two sword sheathed on his back in a parallel manner he emanated a strange ancient aura

what intrigued him was not the strange attire of the man but what he was doing

he would place his hand on a prisoner head then the prisoner would turn in a blue white light before been absorbed by him but the most strange thing was that each time he absorbed some one he was clearly ageing back

he was literally consuming people the man continued his activity without concerning with john who had barge in followed by more than a hundred of guards he was totally ignoring him ad if in his eyes he didn't exist

the only moment when he looked at him was when john liberated chief Zoll and other prisoners "you are courageous young boy but if you want to keep your life you better care of what concerns you " he said before continuing

"chief Zoll can you take him down with the spell you used last time " he asked in a low voice

"yes but I need a lot of time to activate it and I don't you can handle him the time I finish the spell " he said with a hint a despair in his eyes

"chief Zoll you are underestimating me I think I can handle him until you finish casting the spell " he said confidently

the old man and chief Zoll looked at him surprised the old man said "you are really confidently let see if you can force me to remove my sword "

he stood up and dashed forward arriving in a blink he sent a punch with his right hand to John's chest

john could clearly hear the wind swirling from the speed of that punch he used his left hand to deviate the trajectory of the punch to his left side

he then sent his right leg to the man head he who in response leaned backward

he took a step forward and launched an horizontally kick to John head bang..

he didn't stop and brought his leg backward to deliver another kick to johns head bang... then gave him another kick on his chest forcing him to take three steps back

[triple kick inflict 50 damage ×3 Target has physical damage resistance damage negate 105]

the old man didn't stop and jumped forward attacking johns head with his knee he who in response used his two hands to block but still took two step back

"you can't even take a hit from me without taking a step back and you think you can force me to remove my sword"

john just laughed "since you have finished I think it is my turn to attack " he ran forward arrived before the man placed his left leg forward and delivered a punch with his right hand the old man just shook his head while taking a step back but when he thought he had avoided the attack John opened his hand and his killer knife hidden within left at full speed for the man heart .

when he saw that he was taken aback he didn't see it until it was about to Pierce him he was forced to unsheathe one of his sword on his back to block the killer knife but john had anticipated it he activated ignite of his skill inferno punch the hand of the man caught fire forcing him to let the sword to fall but john had underestimated him he made a back flip while unsheathing his next sword and blocked the attack clang... he then landed

he looked angry to the point of explosion on his side chief Zoll still preparing the spell and the other prisoners looked at john with disbelief

"okay now let's stop this game " said the old man before running forward with one sword in his right hand when he arrived near one of his fallen sword he used his left kef to hit the sword on the hand sending it directly to his hand before continuing forward

he arrived in front of John and performed a scissor with his two sword in attempt to cut off his head . john bent down and sent his blade in between the man hands to his head he who leaned his head to the side but John didn't give him time and moved his blade in an horizontal manner to the man head once more the man retracted his sword and jumped backward but his long barb had been cut all that happened very quickly

he caressed his barb " you are really agile with a blade " then his aura changed on his hands holding the two blade strange black symbols appeared he then dashed to john and brought his sword down a black fine blade line left at full speed going directly to john.

John jumped to the side and the a prisoner who was standing not far behind him was cut into two clean half "chief Zoll the spe..." he made a side flip again to the side before he could finish speaking

"everybody move out go very far now if you don't want to die in the explosion" chief Zoll warned everybody

after he spoke every body ran outside and was leaving the camp at full speed even the guards threw their lance and axe and ran away very rapidly only chief Zoll john and the old man were left in the room

the man ran to john attacking him madly with his two sword clang....clang...clang...

[sword slash inflict 40 damage to target HP ]

[sword slash inflict 100 damage to target HP target moderately wounded]

[sword slash inflict 350 damage to target HP target has Simon's amulate damage negate 250]

[heavily wounded state all state decreased by one ]

their sword collided more than ten times in five seconds john had been wounded seven times he even tried to use ignite again for the man to let down his sword but in vain it seemed as seen he didn't feel the pain anymore "Mr Evan it is time run " chief Zoll said before launching his spell to the man an orange orb burning like a sun was moving at full the man chief Zoll also ran outside

john made a triple back flip and launched an explosive arrow to the man boom... this forced him to back sown then he jumped out of the building after he took 10 steps boom....he fell to the ground

after the explosion subsided he stood up and saw that the whole building had been blasted to pieces his ears where still ringing and he was feeling immense pain "Mr Evan are you okay " john looked at him and noded

after checking the battle he saw nothing interesting everything had been destroyed "i can't always be lucky " he said to console himself

chief Zoll gave him a two tube's "i know that you need to leave take this as a reward for saving me and all the habitants of the town of Zoll " he took the tube and inspected it

[name : heal]

[ type : potion]

[rarity : magical]

[requirement : none]

[effect : instantly restore half of target HP ]

john directly used one and he fell a warm sensation and half of his HP was instantly restored he needed to remove the negative debuf before taking his journey back to the capital

he took a horse and left for the capital