CHAPTER 20: On the run part 1

-----3rd PERSON POV

Planet Everest, Continent Gai: Zahey kingdom, green flower village

Within this small peaceful village. A young man can be seen running on top of buildings at an incredible speed. His destination is the village exit. David jumps through the air as he feels quite good about escaping his capture. Unfortunately, his good mode didn't last long as a kingdom-wide quest is given to all players. David's expression turns dark as he sees that Maria has put a bounty on his head. ' What is wrong with that woman? I guess she is the type that doesn't take rejection well.' David thinks to himself. " So what do you plan on doing now that you are the most wanted player?" Malin's face pops out of a screen that appears in mid-air.

David stares at her in confusion. " Where the hell have you been? I didn't even notice when you disappeared." David says in confusion. He had not realized at what point in time had Malin left him. Due to the situation, he was in. He had no time to pay much attention to the missing Malin. Malins emerges from the screen and flies right next to David's face. Even though David is moving very fast Malin keeps up with him effortlessly. " I saw that you were kind of busy so I went to make sure everything is working well without me. Now that I'm back I see you are in quite the situation here." Malin says with a smile on her face.

"It's not my fault that some people just want to hunt me. I just got here why am I already being hunted?" David says in a sad tone. At this rate, He won't be able to complete any of his plans if the church of Light and the players are hunting him. The good thing is that they don't know what he looks like. Now the only thing left to do is to find a way to avoid any detection skills. David knows a lot of skills that would help him with his situation. The only problem is that it will take time to collect those skills. " Due to your little adventure, you have a few extra notifications pending. Please find a safe place to open them... never mind it seems that you will have some company soon" Malin says as she turns to look behind David.

A few kilometers behind David and Malin. 20 fast figures can be seen rushing toward David. Each of these figures is clad in silver armor. They jump from building to building with incredible speed and agility that almost seems unnatural. Back to David's side, he stares at Malin in confusion. " What do u mean I will have some company soon?" David asks in confusion. Malin points her tiny finger in a certain direction. David turns around only to see the same group of soldiers from the temple. Even though they are around 5 kilometers away.

David realizes that would catch up in a few minutes or less. " Why aren't they injured at all? Those explosions were very powerful. David decides to look at the information of these people. In less than a second David gets the information he was looking for. This includes who they are and their strength as well as some of their history. Very quickly David's face changes to one of sadness as he turns his gaze back to the direction he is heading in. "What's wrong? Why do you look so sad?" Malin asks him in confusion. It is not that difficult to know what David is feeling. He practically wears his emotions on his face. David doesn't answer.

NAME: Maria

RACE: Beastman: Dog-kin [GOLD]

SLAVE: owned by Maria Astatine

LEVEL: 204 (TIER 4)

HP: 85500

MP: 50500

SE: 500

EXP: 2789933

Stat points: 0

Skill points: 0

CLASS: Warrior[gold](main class), Hunter[gold](subclass), cultivator(spirit)

TITLES:

STR: 4406[+1500 from equipment][+2204 from passive skills][+ 1319 from traits]= 9429

AGI: 4392[+1500 from equipment][+ 2196 from passive skills][+ 2196 from traits]=10284

VIT: 3500[+1500 from equipment][+ 3500 from traits and passive skills]= 8500 VIT; [regenerats 2720 HP per/min due to natural regeneration]

END: 3500[+1500 from equipment][+3500 from traits and passive skills]=8500

PCT: 3500[+ 7000 from traits][+ 1750 from passive skills]=12259

INT: 3500[+1500 from equipment]= 5000 INT; [regenates 1600 per/min due to natural regeneration]

ST: 3500

HIDDEN STATS: Inferno blade[c] lvl 5, Fear[c] lvl 2,...

Skills: ACTIVE SKILLS:

Inferno blade[c] lvl 5, Fear[c] lvl 2,...

PASSIVE SKILLS:

Super sense of smell, Chase, strong bones,...

TRAITS:

Dander sense, Beast instincts, Survival of the fittest, beast tongue, beast within, Fear...

PHYSICAL ATTACK POWER[PATK]: 9429

MAGIC ATTACK POWER[MATK]: 5000

SPIRIT ATTACK POWER[SATK]: 3500

These are the stats of the strongest person on that team of soldiers. The lowest among them is lvl 200. There is no chance for David to beat any of them. These guys are faster than David and they will catch up soon. But this isn't what has made David sad. In the novel 'AKO' there were many events and more that made David angry while reading it. One of them is the enslavement of the Beastman race. On the continent of Gai, the races that inhabit it are humans, Elves, Dwarves, Xenos, Beastman, and Monsters/beasts/animals. Humans used to be the weakest out of the intelligent races.

But at some point in the past the humans had joined forces with the demons to gain more power. One of the things they received from the demons was an item called the 'Abyss slave crest'. But this crest was not just some small item. It was a mythic-grade cursed item. It was used to curse the whole beastman race. Thus turning them into the eternal slaves of humans and Demons. Due to this, the humans were able to gain more power to compete with the other races. There is more to this story and the history of Gai, but that is a story for another time.

David is a person with a soft heart. One of the few things that he hates in life is the concept of slavery. He knows the full story of what happened in the past and that makes him feel sad. At the same time hate the human royal family and nobles. David suddenly feels a throbbing sensation in his chest. The more he thinks of the injustice done to the beastman race the more the throbbing would increase. " Ha!...ha!...ha!" David begins to take heavy breaths. His heart began to feel like an unknown pressure was squeezing it.

"Why did it have to start acting up now?" David says out loud. Malin looks at him in confusion before a look of understanding appears on her face. " Ada did warn you that this would happen. Don't be surprised." Malin says with a chuckle. David keeps running. At this moment he reaches the village wall. " Swoosh!" without pausing David jumps over the wall and continues running into the open plains. The plains outside the village are filled with new players. These players are either hunting lvl 1 to 5 monsters outside the village. These monsters include rabbits, rats, and small birds. When I say small birds and rabbits I don't mean any normal animal. They are monsters three times the size of those on Earth and they have skills.

David runs past all these players heading for the forest. As he passes these players a gust of wind would hit them. " What was that? It's so fast I can't even see what it is" player 1 says. " I think that is a special NPC. Maybe we can get a quest from it" player 2 says. Similar comments are made by the players on the plains. Only a few seconds after David passes them 20 high-speed figures run past the plains. The players are all left speechless. All the thoughts of finding these NPCs to get a quest are destroyed. They realized that whatever these figures are. They aren't something they can get involved in.

" I'm assuming from the fact that Ada's blessing is acting up, that you know who those people are and their situation," Malin says with a smile. " Yeah, I know that they are beastman. I don't want to fight with them. Firstly I would get my ass beat and secondly I don't want to fight people who are forced to be my enemy against their will." David responds to her. " Do you want to help them?' Malin asks with curiosity. " Yes, I do" David answers without hesitation. Malin nods her head. " Unfortunately you are too weak.

Having the desire to help someone is good. It is something that most people would believe to be good. But to me, trying to be a hero without power is one of the most idiotic things a person can do." Malin says straightforwardly. David grits his teeth as he hears her words. The pressure in his chest increases. This is the side effect of having the goddess of orders blessing. When one has Ada's blessing they can't ignore anything they consider evil or wrong. The only way to remove this pressure is to either change one's mentality, make a justifiable reason for not taking action, or get rid of the source of evil.

Malin intends to help David get through this by making him realize there is nothing he can do to save them. If David does not get rid of that pressure his heart will explode. " I don't know how you can tell what race they are and their state. I also don't know why I can't see all your information through the system. But whether you like it or not you can't save them. Even if you could defeat them. That won't save them from the slave crest. Unless it is destroyed there is nothing you can do. The worst part is that the ' Abyss slave crest' is not even on this continent.

It is on Pandora." Malin says. She has seen many people with heroic personalities and they don't always have a happy endings. She doesn't want David to delude himself into thinking that he can do anything he sets his heart to just because he won't give up or has the will. 'All those never give up qualities are good and all. But at the end of the day without power one's ideals can only die along with them. The strong are always right and the weak can only complain in their hearts. That is the sad truth of this reality.' Malin thinks to herself. David turns his head to face her.

Malin's eyes widen in surprise. On David's face, a bright smile can be seen. " I know I'm weak. I know I'm not a hero. But, what's so bad about being a hero? Maybe the people I chose to save aren't worth all my effort. But my actions are done because I want to, not because someone else told me. That is my way of living." David says as he turns to look in front of him. " If I want to be a hero no one can stop me and it is none of your business. It might not be today or tomorrow but very soon I will save them...all of them." David says as he enters the forest.

Malin is left speechless. As she stares at David's face. All she can do is just smile in defeat. ' He solved the problem on his own. Why are they always like this? Even when they are not asked to be saved. You will always try to save them' Malin thinks to herself. While looking at David's Face Malin can see the faces of several other mortals that she has seen in her lifetime. " Swoosh!" with the sound of the air being torn a spear is sent flying toward David. David's senses pick up this attack. He jumps to the left. A flash of light rushes past him.

" Boom!" all trees in a straight line for over 100 meters are wiped out. David looks at the destruction and cold sweat runs down his forehead. 'If only there was no tier suppression system. I could have fought back a little. I have no choice but to call for help.' David thinks to himself. Just as he finishes these lines of thought. The 20 armored soldiers appear around him. All of them have surrounded him. Their weapons are pointed at him. David senses that these people aren't here to play games. " Guys, let's talk about this?" David asks jokingly.

Without responding to him the soldiers all rush toward him. " Sigh! It came down to this" David says. As those words leave his mouth, a black and red sphere of mana and spirit energy appears around David. The sphere of energy blasts all the soldiers away. The force of the attack sends them flying for close to 20 meters. Within 2 seconds a portal appears next to

David as an intimidating figure exits the portal. Fur as black as a moonless night and beautiful blue eyes. " It hasn't reached the time that you set out for us. Are they why you called me" Amarok says as he observes the soldier.

All the soldiers left petrified. Being beastman they all have superior senses and right now those senses were telling them to run. Unfortunately, they are too scared to even move. the slave crest will not let them go against their master's orders. " Yeah, some unexpected events occurred and now I am a wanted man," David says with a smile. "Sigh! children" Amarok says with some annoyance. " So what do I do with these...cubs," Amarok says without much interest. "Don't kill them. Just knock them out they aren't doing this by their own will, they are being forced" David says with some concern. Amarok nods his head.

" Boom!" a blast of energy is released from his body hitting all the soldiers and instantly knocking them out. Well, all except one. Amarok looks at the soldier whose helmet begins to crumble to pieces revealing her face. She is a soldier called Maria. The woman can only be described as beautiful. With short black hair and a pair of dog ears on her head. " You are a talented child. Unfortunately, the curse on your race is something not even I can break without finding the source. I apologize child." Amarok says with pity in his voice.

The woman smiles at him. She wants to speak but her body is not in a state to say anything. Amarok proceeds to make her fall asleep with a spell. Placing the girl on the floor. Amarok puts a protection spell on her and her comrades. David looks at the soldier beastman, his heart still bitter. "Let's go somewhere else. Preferably to the next village" David says as he releases his mana disguise. Soon he and Amarok leave the area. Maybe David can finally start a normal MMORPG journey.