king brother

after getting out of his cell he moved on a long corridor the ground was humid it was a crudely constructed prison moving on the corridor he found other cells like his one after activating his skill [ the hunter ] and verifying he could determine that they had been occupied and where now empty "they should have already been sent out " he then reduced his pace to come at the same level with those behind him those adult frown and readied themselves for any unknown "may I know why you want to execute me ? " he asked but none of them answered he could only continue forward

after walking for some minute the finally exited the corridor when he left the corridor he first closed his eyes the sun rays were too bright he had not seen the sunlight for an unknown amount of time he felt the warm of the early sun sun rays was refreshing he bathed into those rays for moment before opening his eyes

he swept his gaze around the village as he moved the village was built on an island the houses where simple after moving for a moment he arrived in the middle of the village

he was greeted by the angry stairs if the crowd and the voice of elly "uncle Evan ..." following her voice he saw her chained on a platform besides her on a line was the princess , Elsa and Elza , and finally rai . they looked in pale but none of them had any sign of torture they were chained on standing wooden pillars with their hands stretched upward and their legs tied together

after he was chained on a pillar like the others the young man came in front of them "their brothers today we will finally have our revenge they are allies of those who took the lives of our families " those word ignited the furry of the crowd they looked at john and co as if they would eat them alive "now it is time for them to repay back their debts of blood Archers ....." then from the crowd came a group of 10 people holding bows they arranged themselves in two neat rows so that john and co would take two arrows each " you would pay for the death of my mother " "archer ready ..." when the young man spoke all of them raised their bows

john was speeding his thought to think of something to save their lives he shouted "YOU FOOLS DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE ABOUT TO KILL THE PRINCESS OF VAZEL " after he spoke the crowd became silent the Archer retracted their bows john was secretly delighted by this he saw no other way but to reveal them the identity of the princess if this people were not stupid they would know that if they touched one of her hairs they would be trampled by the vazel army

the young man looked conflicted "how is this...they are with the princess of vazel" he murmured under his breath why did elder say that they were with those who killed our families he was completely loss in thought "release them " he had no choice but to release them if what they said was true then it would be bring endless problem if they really killed the princess of vazel he had showed so much hatred only because the elder personally told him that they were allies with the murderers of their families

when the archers were about to release john and co a swishing sound was heard an arrow had been knocked before the young man could react the arrow had already pierced the chest of John who was still chained after the arrow entered his chest it started releasing dense black fog it was more black than the darkness itself it tried to invaded his body but was obstructed by another form of energy in his blood

[negative energy inflict 1000 damage to target HP target has negative energy resistance damage negate 800]

[moderately wounded state ]

john was flabbergasted by that and he was also greatfull that he had acquired negative energy resistance while struggling to free himself from the chain earlier if not his carrier in the game and his life would had ended here

after snapping out from his shock the young man swept his gaze through the crowd and when he identified the person who knocked the arrow he could not believe his eyes it was the elder who asked him to tell everybody that john and co were with their enemy and had to be executed he had followed his order because the chief himself was sick and the village depended on the council of elders of which he was part the other elders where to busy finding s wat to cure the chief that they left all the matters concerning the village to this particular elder

his shock did not prevent him from acting he dashed to the elder and unsheathed his fencing sword and made a thrust to the elder . the elder reacted swiftly and pushed someone near him on the sword but what he didn't expect was for the young man to make a side step and then stepped forward altering the course of the sword in an elegant and refined way thus directly avoiding the the person blocking him before the elder could make another move the fencing sword was already an inch away from his neck he broke in cold sweat IG he made another move the sword would enter directly into his neck john who had already been released was amazed by the foot steps of the young he a completely different aura from the last time he saw him

he removed the arrow in his chest and decided to keep it after seeing it destructive power "it may be of use against powerful enemy moved closer to the young man and the elder who was being tied "who is he ? and why does he want to kill me ? " he asked the young man he was sure that the elder didn't do it on his own accord because they didn't know each other "you are not allowed to question him it is the council of elder who will handle this you have already being freed take your friends and leave you are not allow to stay here " even thou john was not with his enemy that didn't mean he liked him and with the princess here it would attract too much problem from what he had seen john and co should surely be helping the princess with the battle for the throne "he tried to kill me how I am not allowed to question him " he retorted angrily but the middle aged man ignored him he turned to one of his subordinate "bring them back their weapon " he then left with the elder

john decided to wait for his weapon first before considering if to follow him with his skill the [the hunter ] he would be able to track him unless he knew how to fly which was not the case

he turned to elly and the others "lets find a place to sit and have a chat nobody objected after finding a small restaurant in the the village they all sat round a table near the window . "what do we do now " rai asked trying to maintain a calm tone but john could sense from his voice that his hatred was still present he wanted to ask him directly but he didn't as if sensing what he thought rai asked "you want to know why I hate the royalty of vazel right ?" john didn't answer "everything happened when I was still a child during the last battle for the throne that particular year the test was only between three people the present king of vazel and his two brother after they entered the pasrel some month after it turned into a blood bath many people died because of them scheming against each other during that particular battle our mother was killed in front of my eyes my father at that time was only a simple soldier in the pasrel so couldn't change anything and could only see his wife being killed in front if him while been helpless " john could see tears at the corner of his eyes so didn't press the matter any further and directly changed the topic "it would be better for you people to find a place to rest I still need to know why that elder tried to kill me and it may be dangerous " he said plainly he was not worry for their safety with rai present "uncle Evan you are leaving me again ? " elly asked with teary eyes ad she gripped his cloth "don't worry nothing would happen to you , for the time being I still need to investigate something's " he said apologycally "okay " she nodded before running back to the princess "Evan what about the expedition " Elsa asked he thought about it and rejected the idea it was too dangerous they nearly died when they faced bard and could not afford to loiter anymore who knew which of the six demons they would face it was best to go back to the pasrel "for that I think it would be better to go back directly to the pasrel after I finish my investigation " no body objected Elza was silent during the whole conversation "Evan come back safe " the princess said .after conversing with them john was happy because he could see that he had gained the trust of the generals daughter for rai he wasn't sure but it was already a good outcome maybe after sometime he could directly meet the general through them and it would help him complete his dungeon

afterward one of the subordinate of the young man came back with all their belonging john took his weapons and they all left to rest in an inn in the village only when the night fell before separating with them

using his skill [ the hunter ]he followed the traces left by the young man it led him to a forest after more than 10 minute of tracking he finally arrived near an ancient manor it had guards all round the security was tight he abandoned his idea of sneaking in that he had he could only uses his favourite method barging in using his strength but when he was about to make his move the doors of the manor silently opened the middle aged man from before came out and looked directly to John direction "i know that you are here come in " he said without taking another glance he returned in

"since I have already been discovered what is the point of hiding then " he thought "i really need a skill or something to hide my presence " without further ado he went in the manor

The manor was big spacious it clean had an ancient Chinese design entering in the main hall he founded a group of elder sitting facing him in front of them the elder was tied and knelling beside him the middle aged man standing tall without uthering a sound the hall was frighteningly calm sitting in the most attractive place an elder who had only his left hand and on his closed right eye a scar starting form his temple to his jaw it was horrible to look at he was dress in purple long dress and had a long white jacket on top but his wasn't carrying it ,it was just there on his shoulders he emanated a weak but imposing aura strangely he had the airs of a king "you are allowed to wash but not to talk " said the elder with the scar in a gentle but commanding tone he then returned his gaze to the elder who was tied in front of him "who is ordering you to act ? " he asked in a tone completely different to what he just used to talk to john the tied elder opened his mouth to speak but it was immediately engulf by blue flames preventing him from speaking normally "the...six...." when John who was by the side saw those flames he didn't know why but they felt familiar a bulb lighted in his head "yes it ...distant your self from him now... " he shouted to the young man who was near the elder looking at him in daze but he reacted rapidly and made many back flip until he was far away from the elder

boom....

the explosion was powerful enough to destroy everything in the hall john who had dashed out of the hall with the young man looked at the smoke caused by the explosion only when it subsided that he saw the old man still seating in the same position as if he don't bulge at all his dress were neat without any trace of dirt the other elders in the hall were all hidden behind him with grave expression

he could feel faint majestic aura something he had seen only in one person he arrived at an inconceivable conclusion "could he be one of the brother of the king ? " he wasn't sure "may be I felt it wrong ? " why he was in a dilemma he heard the voice of the old man confirming his guess " I think there is no point of hiding who am I anymore " he said as he smiled to john " Raul please request an audience with the princess and her friends on my behalf " the middle aged man nodded before leaving the hall john reflected on what happened "he was surely made in a human bomb in case he didn't do his job so as to remove every evidence "

but some seconds after he left an agonizing scream was heard the old man stood up directly and he frown john snapped out of his thought after hearing the agonizing scream