"An Introduction Of Black Magic!"

Covered with a dark leathery hood, it's shadows emitted to below from above as he stands at the top of the tent; doing it with unease came rise to tension towards them.

All heads went looking up except the frightened man, and when those people had done so the figure at first smiled, then turned into a sinister grin; his teeth seen clearly by the remaining people, and even just by looking at him, Ruthben had sensed that his presence will led a worse outcome caming spiral downwardly.

The guards, even though intimidated by the aura the hooded man had got, put their test of bravery as they examine their actions by yelling to the weird hooded figure. Projections loud and clear, their voice calling a taunt to intimidate him were echoed around the market for a second.

"A worthless being! Come down here at once and we will settle you for your pathetic actions! Unresolved violence is the dumbest outcome ever known to mankind, and yet you are among of them who had done it! Come down here and face us at once!", their voice demanded with anger, swords and spears were all pointed to the hooded man, which it amused him by their actions, thus laughed maniacally as he is entertained by their alter ego.

The non-combantants were of course scared of this, their eyes wide and their bodies shivered just when looking above, they are in unison unconsciously having the same feeling of the sickening feel, and their body is rigid, out of the blue they suddenly cannot move because of it.

Just what is this sort of presence?

Echoed did the man's laugh continued, he then stops that action by putting a cruel smile towards his view. His sound rasp like a broken wind, a tone that is between pure horror and lizardy. His breath hitches before he speaks, and when he do that sort of action he projects his viewings towards the people as they meet.

"It is such a pleasent scene seeing that all people in here having the same frightened faces, though the knights gave a shell of a nut towards me by a muster of fake courage...It amuses me, and it makes me wanted to break that pathetic feeling the same to everyone again...Hahahaha..!", he continued to laugh, and when he do; Ruthben is trying to think of a way for the casualties to be lessen on the conclude, his face abnormally calm than the others at that time but he predicted something terrible will happen to them rather than just a normal sword fight.

The hooded man smiled once again after finished laughing, "...And you think that what am I doing is an 'unresolved violence'? Hahaha...! How wrong you are! What I have done now is a calculation, an Intimidation, and an introduction for all of you...Before diving in to a perish for your fools, especially...for the king...", His finger pointing to Ruthben, he had done a daring feat to mention the King Of The Eastfield, in which the hooded man smiled once again,

"Because of your kindness to discover what is wrong with this scene, you got trapped into my bait to secure a kill towards you, my king.", it was at that moment that they have realized on the plans that the hooded man wanted to do. In which the guards construct a defensive stance towards the king, giving it a U-shape and one of them countered the grand speech the hooded man gave.

"You won't be able to touch our king, and besides what will you introduce? A broken knife? Don't make me laugh!", one had countered, in which it make the hooded man suddenly went more grandiose at the moment he was asked to tell what was he supposed to introduce.

"Oh you want to know about it? Then I will tell you in a way you feel grand about it...The Introduction that I want to tell you..."

"Is An Introduction Of Black Magic!"

His exclaims pierced hard to the sky, although his sanity felt under and below which can give a sort of unseriousness towards the people, it still gaves off an Intimidation on what would they be witnessinh is an ability that was supposed to be long forgotten.

And thus still continued the hooded man to have a speak again, "Though I have to say...Having to kill all of you after witnessing my magic is something of a waste that I shouldn't do...Instead, I should give you guys an option..", he toned down.

"An option?", Ruthben replied.

"Indeed, whether or not you'll like it you have to pick whether to stay with your king right now and enjoy the wrath of my power or flee yourselves leaving the king... it's up to you to choose and remember...Every life is valued the same here, no upper echelon is related for this as I can turn all of you into ashes."

"What?! How dare you treat to our king like a toy and expecting we would do the same as one! Our loyalty needs no influence by your bounds!", they responded. While Ruthben is seen thinking of the scenario he could come up with.

And the hooded man wasn't surprised by their actions, which he had a trick on his sleeve to manipulate the surroundings.

"Oh you're still ignorant for yourselves and chose the first one? Are you sure about that option?", his smile grew reluctantly, his eyes which were at first usually wide suddenly thinned forming a sinister face, gave a hint to them...

"Because if you don't know...what would you be after picking this option would be similar to this pathetic man...", he had implied to the mumbling one, the insane that cannot do anything, and when all of the people there when looking at each other at first and then the mumbling man, his smile drew longer...

"That poor man, having to loose his friend beside him...turned into ashes by an ability that the man couldn't save...", the hooded man stopped dramatically.

"...He had tried so hard to save that soul..."

"Only to become like him as well!"

Spark! Then turned into a fire! The sigil from the man's neck combust rapidly towards his body! He shrieked from the sudden explosion, and the fire never stops! It intensifies becoming concentrated to the point it's deteriorating his skin, and glowed radiantly around the surroundings!

The scholars who were near beside him collapsed in disbelief on what their eyes have witnessed, their heartbeats pumped with pure vigour as they witnessed the horror.

Infact, all of the people in here had their eyes widened! The man they had just met had gone! Gone in a second! Turned into ashes!

The hooded man laughed once again, "I never knew that humans were one of the simplest creatures out of all. They all produced the same reaction and they all will produce the same action. How miserable are you, humans..."

Out of all of the people who were scared, it's not the same to Ruthben who grasped his fist seeing the hooded man's action. He knows they are in a deep trouble for this, thus his initial early idea was given to the remaining crowds to heed him.

"Everybody including the knights, I want you all to abandoned me first and find the royal carriage to escape yourselves", ordered the king...All of them are surprised, especially the knights, they tried to reply him because of it.

"But my king! You will absolutely be perished if left alone, let us stand fighting for you while escaping yourselves and let us die with honor instead!", they are concerned and worried, they are supposed to do their honorable jobs.

"It will be a waste of time. That man is hunting for me me, not all of you. I can handle him alone", calmly replied the king.

"But your majesty! Atleast we could fight alongside with you if you still wanted to fight that man! Your safety is our priority!", they responded once again, they don't want their ruler to die!

"Are you seeking of a defiance?" The King checkmated his knights, in which they became silent and went down as they realized it is a king's orders, heed without a question.

The King understands their worry, in which he tried to gave a more comforting order, "When finding your carriage, you need to protect those scholars from any cost. And if you do so I'm glad my royal knights have heed my order...And by using that carriage, risk it by saving me away from that man. And in that solution, everybody will live hopefully if god wishes us to be so. So your mission is to find the royal carriage fastly so that it enchances my chances to live, understood?", the knights felt guilty for it, but in his words came a flaming will for those knights to continue their steps. "Yes your majesty!", they all agreed in unison, and they're all getting away from it along the scholars, with a word or two for the king as they leaved him,

"Wait for us my king!"

"A great leader like you should live longer!"

But as they fade into the scene, Ruthben's concentration averted to the hooded man once again as he claps slowly.

Pak-pak-pak, "...Bravo...O-Bravo...Your majesty...", he complimented; maybe sarcastically, "...Such an innocent scene did I see from that..and now that you have picked a choice that no ordinary human would do...You changed my perspective a bit relating the view that all humans are the same...Though I say, you are pretty sure that you can handle me...which if you don't know..", he paused as he flickered a fire from his fingers, "...It could've been the biggest mistake you'll ever known..", he ended; in which Ruthben stanced and took his royal sword from his waist along ago as he was prepared for the worst.

"...You should think twice for yourselves too...", he replied, "...because I'm not like the other sword wielders as far you knew...", he finished, in which the hooded man grinned on Ruthben's response, immediately off the hook with the fight they are entering.

He then managed to give a final word before they are launching the scene.

"Heh...This would be very interesting one to see..."