CHAPTER 7
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life happens that is something I am aware of but I just cannot understand how it happened 3 more months,
I am currently in the plain where we normally practice but something does not suit me
I feel something that calls me yes .. it may seem silly but that is really so .. what will it be .. it is a strange impulse
so I went UP here apparently it's close.
Aricio walks slowly on the plain looking everywhere this same frowns, he does not dare to cross the forest only because he is alone, since with 1 more he dares but the problem is the spirits since there are no strong monsters and see Weak monsters here is extremely unlikely
Aricio wears a completely white tunic with touches of gold recently began to use it, but that only happened when he was alone with the 4, he wore white leather shoes along with a wooden cane, the tunic had a small hood
all this set gave him a pure air it was then that he heard a whistle crossing and breaking the wind
when he least expected it a wind needle swiftly crossed the path until it passed his cheek
feeling the danger and being brushed by the needle
Aricio jumps and spins in the air at surprising speed, he fell to the ground causing a rise of dust, getting up quickly keeps turning his cane quickly
the figure that attacked him was a, 'ghost' was what was said by Aricio's mouth
the figure was a spectrum which for some strange reason made Aricio feel attracted and caused the system ...
‡ host has been given a side quest to capture the ghost, reward 25 faith points ‡
Aricio sharpened his gaze and with his cane hit the ground 3 times, creating ground waves that were advancing like waves
'water release'
SMALL particles emerged from the ground waves that in a few seconds created 6 masses of water of 3 meters in diameter
Aricio turned his staff which pointed to the masses of water and it was channeled with mana releasing power which was expanded in all directions by the round shape of the handle.
"purify"
Aricio cast this spell effective with all being dead or semi dead but also with spirits but it was 50% less effective in the latter
the ghost that was preparing more needles stopped when he felt the aura that the water would dispense, this was now holy water
the ghost without hesitation tried to flee but
Aricio saw this so he moved a ball of water behind him and expanded it creating a wall
But it did not stop there, it moved the remaining balls causing a dome of holy water to form, the ghost did not dare to touch it, but it could not go either, so before ceasing to exist, it preferred to transform into natural waste what could not be purified also a few months later he would resurrect
but before doing anything Aricio used another spell
"holy download"
this ability causes the spirits or undead being to stay in a confined state leaving their violent state
the ghost stopped in its tracks and with its ghostly arms crouched, it remained in an entrance state.
Aricio quickly grabs a small metal ball from his robe and imbues it with the power of the pure Cross.
"confine"
When resisting the enchantment, the dome glows and the trapped ghost transforms into spiritual power and enters the ball
‡ Secondary mission accomplished, 25 points of faith have been deposited, 4,014 points of faith accumulated. ‡
I've really gotten a lot of faith points Thanks to these kinds of missions
Aricio takes a leather bag from his waist hidden by his tunic when opening it, many of these metallic balls are shown
'system because I need so many I have already captured more than more than 500'
I have certainly captured, most of them have not given me a reward from the system .. but intuitively I am attracted to these
Aricio stays in a meditative state while he waits for the rest, this took 3 hours since he arrived extremely early
When the 4 arrived together they were not surprised to see Aricio already there, they only put a hand on his chest and bow slightly, this is because Aricio told them to do that before him as respect for his authority, but once stop teaching them they will stop doing it
Aricio nods and the four get in a horizontal row, while Aricio turns moving with the winds his tunic when doing that moves the leaves giving a magnificent view, completely turning Aricio touches the earth with his cane 3 times
and in doing so a kind of brightness blinds them for a moment ahead of 5 a gold cross of about 3 meters appears floating
they all lower their gaze and kneel with their eyes closed they begin to pray, this scene is something they do every day
Once finished praying the cross disappears in that mysterious glow, Aricio turns around to look at the 4 devotees and finally says
"let us begin!"
At the end of his words, a strong gust of wind came forward, this was Ana who with a long sword launched the attack
In less than 3 seconds he is on one side of Aricio, with a lateral cut he advances along the side of his rib, to which in a quick movement Aricio blocks the attack with his cane causing sparks
"filo" Aricio's monotonous voice enchants and throws 10 blades of wind at Ana causing her to frolic
"tsk .. RAMPANTE CUT" with a loud yell Ana yells to enchant, resulting in a huge increase in her attack power
but not enough for Aricio, he appeared near her giving a swift blow with his cane
but behind him Klein appears and attacks with his sword and shield in hand, this one gives 6 fast cuts in less than 3 seconds
but Aricio's tunic protects him, when Klein gave a piercing blow, he realized something Aricio was no longer the tunic suddenly fell and revealed Ana's shocked face, these 2 crashed and were put to sleep by Aricio
behind Aricio a fireball approached
launched by Carlos, he disappeared and reappeared next to Vivian who was casting a strengthening spell for 2 to Carlos while he launched a barrier and Carlos continued to shoot fireballs
Aricio blocked the first ball but suddenly the other 4 were stronger, one hit his shoulder and another hit his left leg.
but Aricio did not cry out of pain and backed away while with his cane he touched the ground 3 times
'water release'
a few hundred small drops of water were launched at enormous speed impacting the barrier of living who was resisting as best he could
It was then that they lived, he threw a GOLDEN spear that was embedded next to Aricio
and this one just quickly left the sound
the spear shone and in 3 seconds a divergence appeared in the sky at about 10 meters and more spears began to fall within a radius of 5 meters
Aricio began to dodge the attacks of the two until he restrained himself and showing the handle of the cane he began to accumulate small particles of water that in 2 seconds became a concentrated ball of 90 centimeters that was thrown at an enormous speed
thinking of avoiding the damage they lived strengthened a part of the barrier while Carlos releases a blessing of life force to the barrier
but the water ball splits into small needles that penetrate the barrier and embed themselves in the nerves of the 2 children, leaving them immobile
'It seems they are improving ... shit I spent 50% of my mana at this rate I won't be able to defeat the 4 of them together in half a year even if it improved they together improve 4 times more'
Taking advantage of his fainted Aricio practical, the pope's manual is 60% learned
With slow movements, Aricio moves his body in a singular way while he resides writings from the Bible, at first glance nothing seems to happen. but internally each word takes away a lot of mana but instead, it seems to be strengthening certain weaknesses but his mind is in an enlightened state and later once the mana is exhausted, he prepares to read the manual while trying to copy the movements and understand the words as much as possible to connect with these
I spend the afternoon and they finally wake up, when Aricio comes back to himself, he says to get on their knees
take out some tunics, first he says to get up they lived
"They lived this robe will mark your path as a paladin apprentice will adjust as you grow up has rank 3 protection
and carry your magic for 1 "
The tunic that he gave him was black with a white cross, the part of the neck was rounded, a small black cape that fell a little lower than the tendons of the foot, it was simple but refined, after this he puts a ruff on his neck gray mesh
Aricio does the same with the other 3, the only thing different is the pattern and colors, Ana's was a white one with a golden cross that had 4 smaller crosses on the sides, in addition to a golden mesh collar.
Carlos's was a red tunic with a white cross and a black mesh ruffle in addition to small details such as a red cape.
Klein was a bit different since it was WHITE but the cross had a black border and in the center a red cross, a white layer, finally a gray mesh ruffle
This was a symbol of an apprentice since upon passing from this state they will receive an armor
but that will happen in a little time, but without a doubt it will be soon because
while they slept and Aricio trained
something happened something in the village that would change the course of events, Aricio sometimes wondered if that event would be the beginning of his power
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While Aricio and the others barely knew each other, in another location or rather in the royal palace of Lunster a dangerous but beneficial plan was beginning to be carried out.
what more than a war? .. in the continent where it was located there were only 3 kingdoms lunster, micronibia and surent, both of a similar size approximately 250,000 square kilometers in total, the continent had less than 800,000 square kilometers, the smallest continent , considering that the other 3 continents had more than 30 million square kilometers each
That is why the power of the 3 Nations was similar, the plan is to declare war on Micronibía, with the help of Surent because if they do not give him a piece of cake they will declare war, which they do not want to happen.
This plan began when Aricio was 2 years old in 1337 now Aricio has just turned 5 years old in 1340 on December 5 and this plan begins on December 15 2 days before Aricio will deliver the robes, 2 days was what the army needed of micronibia to prepare and invade even though it is stupid to do that.
This event would mark a before and after in this continent, the war of succession because the 3 countries shared kings who had noble lineages from the other 2 countries, resulting in a causus beli for a war of succession and that was what happened ... .
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"umm ..?" While Aricio meditated with the boys they lived he frowned "is something wrong, were you living?" Aricio's voice asks
"ahh sorry is it just that it doesn't smell burning?" with great doubt the face of Vivian becomes pensive "hmm now that you say it, they lived is right, Ari smells burned" with a strict voice Ana says to which everyone's confused face becomes pensive
and finally we realize, "the people", we said the 5 at the same time nervous we charged quickly
the shadows of 5 beings advance at an enormous speed crossing and dodging trees / bushes, in 5 minutes they arrive at a horrible scene the town burned in flames
the figures of women and children fleeing was remarkable it was then that the children noticed men in armor killing left and right
Men dragged women by the hair who knows where, boys were taken by force and girls too, but if they resisted in the least a sword was enough to silence them forever
the angry face of the 5 children was remarkable but they did not dare to move forward yet without Aricio's orders
"finish them off ... God will understand this decision but .. don't be too much .. we're not like them, kill them in the shortest time possible"
without further delay the 4 children separate
"bloody swords!" Carlos cast an enchantment while he disappeared into the fire and smoke when he reappeared 10 men had been killed by the blood swords and taking advantage of the destruction of their defense Carlos killed them with a blow and continued without fear
Aricio moved looking for her mother when he found her he was surprised she was killing everyone that she interfered in her way with a yellow glow in her hands she when she saw him ran to her direction
"Aricio run !! take all the possible children
rescue them and flee "the desperate voice of Sofia was evident
"But mom! I know magic and even you can defeat them, there is no need to fear we can resist" Aricio did not understand his mother's concern until a body was thrown and crashed into a nearby wall, not only that, but 3 more did. were they lived, Ana and Carlos the other was Klein
Suddenly they were surrounded by figures they were about 20 had gray armor
"Wow .. never expected 4 children to be so skillful it's a shame they are from lunster, at least we can make them give birth to children! hehe may be born strong warriors"
A sharp and recorded voice rang out but he couldn't see it, his mother bravely shook her head, Aricio understood, he only bitterly listened, disappeared and healed his wounds as best as possible, "listen, pick up all the children you can and run away ... don't say anything that's an order "
they had a depressed face but they understood the priorities, they left
"Catch them morons !!!" A loud yelled mark the beginning of the battle Aricio fled without looking back but not without saying goodbye, he threw a blessing with all his mana to his mother and left as he was leaving the fatigue whipped him while he saw blurred finally he fainted
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Sofia looks fiercely at the soldiers, while she prepares to attack, 3 SOLDIERS advance at a fast march with their large shields hitting from the sides and one jumps into the sky while doing a sweep
Sofia with only her hands deflects the shields
moving them up which causes the sweep to crash with the shields,
Sofia streamlines her body and puts her hand in a straight position she is moving simulating a cut the 3 soldiers are divided into 2
Sofía's calm gaze becomes one of dark jubilation, she runs at enormous speed the soldiers advance exchanging blows
Sofia slides and hits the leg of one, with one hand she deflects a sword, causing her to kill her partner and he is killed by Sofía later.
while Sophia killed her enemies
the man speaks again "bastard are you a noble ?! I don't think a normal person has so much power !! tell me your house"
Sofia finally finished with the last soldier
and said in a cold tone "I don't have a home .." the man came out of the shadows and with an understandable face he sighed "down huh .." Sofia just ascended
"Well it seems you fell when you were quite powerful" sofia did not say more and attacked the blow was received with one of the returned man attacked on the side of the thigh, Sofía blocked him and threw a kick but he only held it and threw it in the air, once in the air she recovered but a colossal force sent her to crash it was a blue spear that disappeared in particles of light
the man jumped and propelled himself with astonishing speed he unleashed a blow that shattered Sofia's bones, she spat blood, but
she smiled in a sinister way and began to glow in a yellow color, the man with a horrified look
I tried to escape but it was too late a 50 meter exploration in returned to innocents and others at least is better than being raped or turned into meat soldiers
A few minutes passed but a disgusting mass of ID formed a body, this was the man who fought with Sofia, her face was gloomy
"I never thought I would lose two lives like this ... that damn daughter of the eggers would be so powerful even the fallen still have that disgusting ability"
the angry but contained voice had an annoyed but understandable air, a mysterious figure suddenly appeared
"Lord Derrick reported the battle .."
Count Derrick listened carefully to the situation to be aware but never thought that his army of 1000 soldiers had more than 200 casualties, it was unacceptable for a town of only 500 villagers or less, the forces were 500 regular soldiers, 250 magic soldiers to these refers to soldiers with a small or medium magic ability they were very good
50 magicians, 100 horsemen and 100 knights, the latter were the best troops, children of nobles, whether small or large, but most that this lord had were small nobles of his faction but even being children of small nobles they were incredibly strong
his strength was incomparable, they captured 123 women, 97 men, 25 girls and 42 boys
"How strange even with that exploration it is impossible to kill so many the estimates were less than 500 villagers even if some died where the others are"
*to break*
somewhere in the forest 4 children ran with others more approximately 90 or 100
while pulling 2 carriages with food and some provisions that they found in the farm fields
2 children in robes ran in front of the group clearing trees and making sure they did not run into any enemy on the way, while 2 further behind were watching that no one followed them and planting vegetation with magic to avoid leaving traces
about 18 hours spent the children rested near a river to wash and take a break
"Damn !! why did that happen !? what the damn sense does it make!" Klein's irritated voice was palpable
Something to consider is that they do not blame God since Aricio expected that some catastrophe would strike one day and he did not want them to lose faith or think that God did not protect them, so he instilled in his talks that God was not to blame for anything since the Humans were beings with free will but he would listen to his faithful when they needed his help.
so they understood in a certain part that's why they didn't blame god
"I don't know ... but I'm sure something !! I won't forgive you" Carlos's cold voice showed his true thoughts
"I-I don't think we should ... it's a sin" the sad voice of lived said that does not mean that she was not angry but she was afraid of breaking a commandment
"Don't worry ..." Ana's voice took away everyone's bad mood "I thought so but Aricio told me that even though God is tolerant, ... he will not tolerate an unfounded cause, but this one has a cause. fair .. also, according to Aricio, if a faithful is killed or injured in any way, we have the responsibility to make him pay "
The latter was something that Aricio made change since this world was different and he knew that someone who did not defend himself would be annihilated for that reason he planned that.
"Then it's done .. but we need strength we won't be able to defeat them in this state," the eyes of the 4 fell on the children.
the empty, sad and hopeless eyes were what the faces of the little ones showed, some of them leaned on siblings or relatives while they sobbed, tears were something that I am not lacking and this is something they will never forget.
even children are seen hitting their heads, but this is only the beginning of the war ...
they just need a little push to serve god but ..