《Ultimate Naruto System in a Different World》 -1 level System of the Universe! First let''s talk about the ratings on potential. it ranges from F-S, F being the lowest and S being the Highest. their are a few cases of people having SS & SSS ranked body potential. This has to do with the amount of Qi energy your body can take, for example: F: 23% E:30% D: 45% C: 50% B: 73% A: 85% S: 90%-100% (anyone who is measured within this range, is S rank) SS: 100-150%(Although this people have this much capacity, they tend to have some sort of Side effect. Ranging from mild Changes to appearance e.t.c.) SSS: 151-200%(Although this people have this much capacity, they tend to have some sort of Side effect. Ranging from mild Changes to appearance e.t.c.) ___________________________________________ Mortal warrior or Mage 1- 3 are not considered Anything powerful till they break into Class 1, they can be compared to naruto academy students. Class 1-3 warrior or mage are basically genins , but can be considered something... at least you could get a job as a door guard or an ordinary Soldier in the Army. *shrugs* Class 4 is a boundary that sets you apart from others. like a fish changing into a Dragon... they can be compared to the Chuunin Rank. Most of this people tend to be captains in the army or a squad leader. Class 5 is like stepping into a whole new plane, The amount of Battle or Elemental Qi needed to break into this realm is nothing to Scoff at. Only those Rated from C to S ever cross to this realm, They are mostly Lieutenants or something of the like... They are Still considered Chuunin but with a Much bigger Chakra and spells xD. Class 6 is a boundary line, here you are considered to have the appropriate Amount of Qi and Spells or Artifacts. Now you get a mark from the God whom you serve as a sign of acknowledgement. this Mark in turn alters your Qi to match the aura of the God and this Boosts your powers according to the power of your faith. Without a God, there would be no breakthrough as you''d be stuck at Class 5. To advance further, one needs a special encounter based on luck or ''quest'' given by your Respective Gods to break into the King realm. (early Jounin) King class is a Matured Jounin, one''s power is at least 3 folds what you had at class six but your faith determines your Strength amongst those of the same level...it''s known that only people graded at least ''C'' in potential can enter this realm. if you are marked as a champion, your power is at least 5 folds stronger than your peers when your at this level. Saint is at the level above king and this can be considered just stepping into the level of a Kage. they are mostly seen as rulers or spiritual leaders in different places in the world. Demi God Realm Could be said to at the Hokage Hashirama Senju''s level of power, what I would consider as Kage level. ( 1 Chapter 1: A new Start! Chapter 1: A New Start Haru was sitting on a wheelchair in front of his computer waiting excitingly and thinking about what would happen next in the Naruto series, he couldn''t help but feel excited. Don''t misunderstand, Haru wasn''t the only one who felt Naruto was a masterpiece in the Japanese anime industry. This masterpiece has many fans and Haru was also one of them. In fact, it could be said that he worships the Author in a way, after all, it was one of the few things that added color to his life. Haru was 22 this year, He presently lives with his parents in Aki City. He spent 16 years of his life within the confines of his house, only ever leaving the house to go to the hospital for treatment. Although he was handsome, he has been sick with the chikungunya virus since he was 6 years old and had begun losing control over his body since then. Now he even had to use oxygen gas to breathe, this was why he was cooped up in his residence. That''s right, he became an otaku not by choice but due to circumstance. He loved to watch the creation of Masashi Kishimoto. Today the new Naruto episode was released. The teaser showed the backstory of Kaguya and her son, so in this episode, he was sure many things would come to light. Which was why he couldn''t afford to miss this episode even though it was time for his monthly check-up, after all, it''s the same story they''ve been saying over the years. He watched the opening song quietly as he tried to relax as much as he could. Although his hand on the mouse was itching to skip through, he held on till the last second that was remaining finally passed. And just when he was ready to watch the episode with complete passion, there was a spark and the light in the whole district went out. Naru was immediately frightened by the new development. "NOOOO!!" He swung backward on his wheelchair but forgot that it was on free mode and was immediately flipped as he tried grabbing onto something but ended up pulling the plugs for his pc, which at the end, all smashed onto his falling body... __________________________________________ "Ah that was so funny, you have to fix what you did Eliya, Hahaha, your blunder just took a soul", a deep voice said, within the vast space of the universe. "Shut up!!!, it''s your fault... if you didn''t anger me, I wouldn''t have used that lightning. Hmph, I''ll just send the Mortal to that world that was made recently before anyone notices! Eliya suggested with a pout. "You just want to drop him there? Just like that?, What if you''re found out... you''ll be in deep waters if they find out you didn''t give compensation", ???? Eliya Just couldn''t be bothered and simply wanted to ignore it ever happened but she was now in a dilemma, ''what do I give?'' "Fine!! I''ll help you reward him and Hope that he''d at least be entertaining, unlike the other one who decided to live a Peaceful life" ???? ??? said, "let''s put our heads together so we can come up with something." __________________________ "Uh...Where am I??!!", waking up with a grunt, Haru looked at his surroundings and found out that he was in a room filled with white tiles from the floor to the walls, even the ceiling was covered in White tiles. Unsurprisingly, He still couldn''t move his body and even the hands that were still usable, He couldn''t feel it anymore. ''Ah what''s the use, I''ll just stay here and Starve to death if I have to.'' He thought. "Sure would have been Nice, To have seen that episode Haaa!" Haru muttered to himself before letting a sigh. Cluck! Cluck! A pair of footsteps obviously on hills could be heard as it got closer. "Oh You''re finally awake", a pleasant voice was heard, so he tried looking at her directly but due to being unable to move he could only give up with a bored expression. At least this what he thinks he had. With a wave of the unknown lady''s hands, he was turned to face her and this was when he saw the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, well it''s not like he has ever seen many besides the nurse, his mother um... the other nurse?. Anyways, this lady had beautiful golden locks and a healthy tanned skin, she had green eyes with a smile that could topple mountains and a black colored gown that revealed the curves of her body. "I am Eliya, Goddess of Pride...Rejoice mortal" The lady said condescendingly, Seeing this made Haru look at her for a while before coming up with an "Ooookaaay???." "Okay??... What do mean ok?? You stand before me and used ok???... Hmph!!" Eliya was first surprised by this and could only question him but the fellow just kept staring at her blankly. "Just forget it¡­ I''ll tell you how things are, you''re dead and you''re presently about to be reincarnated but you¡­" As she kept speaking like a broken machine Haru interrupted her, "I''m dead?? What do you mean I''m dead, I''m right here aren''t I??" "Well you see, after you fell, you died from a broken neck, so here we are." "Oh...On the bright side, I''ll stop troubling my parents as they have suffered a lot...Haaa." Haru sighed as he couldn''t help but feel depressed. Eliya''s voice broke through his thoughts, "Don''t worry, you''ll be reincarnated but you have two choices, You''ll be born again with new parents and a life or we''ll give you a chance to edit a body, to look like whoever you want, as long as it''s from that show you love so much¡­ right, have this." Swoosh!! A bright light flashed towards him before disappearing, "What was that?", Haru couldn''t help but feel wary. Eliya laughed and said with a smirk, "A little gift we give reincarnated people, although yours is a bit... Different." As soon as she was done speaking, he suddenly felt a wave of pain inside his mind. And after this severe pain, he heard a metallic voice. {Ding... Scanning, scanning complete! The host is confirmed to meet the requirement! ''Ultimate Naruto System'' binding successful, host ???} "This... Is this what I think it is ??", Haru was excited and couldn''t help but stammer and Eliya kept nodding with her nose high in the air. {Ding!....After Successfully binding with Host, Host has been gifted with a beginner pack, does Host wish to open now.} "Yes please!", Haru excitedly replied, He was so happy he forgot the question the Goddess asked. {Ding!...Host has been gifted with Nagato Uzumaki Bloodline, Chakra Cultivation method, 1 free outfit coupon, 1 free taijutsu coupon, a dozen shuriken, and a kunai.} "I guess I was unlucky and missed Uchiha Bloodline... but hahaha Nagato, He''s also someone I like...hmm When you say his bloodline, What do you mean?" After thinking about it for a bit, he decided to ask the System. But it was Eliya who answered, obviously doesn''t like to be ignored, "It means you get not just his Bloodline, you get his character traits, releases, learning jutsu that Nagato knew would be easier, and Don''t worry, if you don''t like it you could always buy other bloodlines from the System." Surprised, Haru said, "Pff...what''s not to li...wait, Are you saying I''ll get the rinnegan now as well??" This question made Eliya roll her eyes, "No, after all, it was Madara who implanted the eyes into him, but don''t worry, with this system you can make your own rinnegan...right now though, you need to answer the question I asked." It was only now that it was mentioned, He remembered he was asked how he was to be reincarnated. He immediately sank into deep thought, ''If I go as a baby, I''d probably have an easy life but it would take a long time before I can practice any Jutsu and I''d feel like I''m cheating the parents who suffered for me. But If I go with the other option, I''d be able to practice immediately but might have a few Identity issues... but I''d be able to walk without the waiting period as a baby. Hehehe second option it is... To hell with an easy life.'' "I''d go with the Second option!" Eliya smiled broadly, this way he''d be integrated into the system faster without any higher gods noticing. "Good, you can edit your body to look like anyone from the series, you can use that bloodline for the body''s base." As she spoke a white mannequin appeared in front of Haru, as a create a character like a screen appeared by its side along with pictures of several Naruto characters including the civilians etc. He was suddenly at a loss from the decision of who to pick, at first he thought of picking the original Nagato but he didn''t like the actual look, then he thought of Itachi but felt it''d be weird, so he went on and clicked Yahiko. After all, he''s the "Nagato" he actually liked or should he call him ''pain''. Seeing this Character again, he couldn''t help but want the rinnegan like really fast as the toon looked like it was missing something without it. Even the piercings, well maybe he''d just skip that one. He used it the way it was except making his pupils extremely black and as he was about to complete the creation, his eyes came across Naruto himself and he couldn''t help but snort "Hmph!" "I''m done, what next?" He asked Eliya who seemed to be lost in thought or more like listening to someone. "Hello?? Oh, great goddess!!" He yelled. She finally responded with a smile but Haru noticed the bead of sweat that dripped down her forehead. "You''re done, now I''ll put your soul into the body we have here then I''ll drop you into that World." She said, and with a wave of her hand his field of vision changed and he could feel his hands and stand on his feet again. With this, he couldn''t help but shed a few happy tears but as he was about to thank the Goddess, he noticed She was acting Strange. When he wanted to ask her about this she rushed towards and pecked saying she would find a way to contact him, then he blacked out. {Ding!...Blessed by a goddess}. ___________________________________ "ELIYA!!!!! WHAT DID YOU DO???!" A voice sounded out and shook the space she currently stood that made her puke blood. _____________________________________ Blue Moon Continent, the country of Terra Empire. Haru woke up in a mountain cavern, just below the statue of Eliya, When he sat up, He saw the surrounding was littered with glowing crystals and a small fountain was on the far left of the place. He knew He was no longer on Earth, suddenly he thought about his parents on Earth. Not knowing when they will realize about his death and how they would react, he felt sad in his heart but it was going to happen someday, they were just delaying the inevitable. Just then he felt extremely thirsty and having seen the fountain earlier, he struggled to get up. After that supporting his body, he tried to walk towards the fountain. but he fell once again, as he was still getting used to walking again, After several tries, he finally got a hang of it but because of thirst, he quickly went to the fountain ready to drink the water. At this time he saw the reflection of himself in the water, his mouth developed a Smirk despite it being alien to him. he clearly saw the reflection of Yahiko on the water. Haru started to tremble as he thought about the infinite possibilities he could get with this system. "Alas!! It''s all Different now!!" He suddenly stood up and yelled all around him but there was no one around him. Only the serene environment and the echo of his voice slowly spread around. He closed his eyes and concentrated just like he did in that space and very quickly, inside his mind he saw Ultimate Naruto System interface. At the top of this interface, it had several huge tabs. He again concentrates hard on his mind and then saw that it was marked as ''Ninjustu System'', ''Store System'', ''Doujutsu System'', ''Summoning Beast System'' and ''Mission System'' ''Kekkai Genkai'' e.t.c. {Host... you should know It is necessary to have a certain strength to have a stable footing in this world. And the original cultivation system of this world is not suitable for your body.} The classification system of this world is as follows. Mortal warriors and Mages are not considered anything powerful until they break into Class 1, they can be compared to Naruto academy students. Class 1-3 warriors and mages are basically genins, but can be considered something... at least you could get a job as a door guard or an ordinary soldier in the army. *Shrugs* Class 4 is a boundary that sets you apart from others like a fish changing into a dragon, they can be compared to the Chuunin rank. Most of this people tend to be captains in the army or a squad leader. Class 5 is like stepping into a whole new plane, the amount of battle or elemental qi needed to break into this realm is nothing to scoff at. Only those rated from C to S ever cross to this realm, they are mostly Lieutenants or something of the like. Although they''re strong they''re still considered Chuunin with just a bigger chakra chamber and stronger spells. Class 6 is the real boundary line, here you are considered to have the appropriate amount of qi and spells or artifacts. From here you get a mark from the god whom you serve as a sign of acknowledgment. This mark, in turn, alters your qi to match the aura of the god and this boosts your powers according to the power of your faith. Without a god, there would be no breakthrough as you''d be stuck in class 5. To advance further, one needs a special encounter based on luck or a ''quest'' given by your respective gods to break into the king realm(early Jounin). King class is a matured Jounin, one''s power is at least 3 folds what you had at class six but your faith determines your strength amongst those of the same level...it''s known that only people graded at least ''C'' in potential can enter this realm. If you are marked as a champion, your power is at least 5 folds stronger than your peers when you''re at the same level. Saint is the class above King class and this can be considered just stepping into the level of a Kage. They are mostly seen as rulers or spiritual leaders in different places in the world. Demi-god realm could be said to be comparable to Hashirama Senju''s level of power, what I would consider as Kage level. In this Realm, the gods are unable to stop whatever choices you make ''directly'', also at this level one gains a stat if I''m allowed to use gaming terms. They gain a stat called divinity, that allows them to use the power of Faith if said individual has followers or worshippers they are eligible to gain the chance to become a god by infusing Faith qi into their own qi, and then when they are able to merge it into one thereby making it their own, they would breakthrough to confines of humanity. This Realm is usually easier to cross for Champions but they first have to renounce their gods and face their greatest fear. The Lesser god realm(the realm after Demi-god) consists of fallen Gods like Eliya or mortals who broke into this realm, though they''re called ''lesser'' they''re still unimaginably powerful as powerful as Madara during the Fourth Great Ninja War. The only way to breakthrough from this Realm is to either defeat an Arch God and absorb their Faith Qi or You kill several Lesser Gods and absorb their Faith Qi or in the case of fallen Gods, have your champion find and unlock the seal placed on you as you can''t personally access its location. Arch God is the present highest Realm known in the universe, this Realm is the Personification Of Kaguya Otsutsuki(if you know, You Know). "System, give me a brief introduction about your functions," Haru asked. Immediately, the system gave a brief introduction to the main function of the Ultimate Naruto System. The Ninjutsu System covers all the ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, even forbidden jutsu and secret arts which had appeared in Naruto World. There is no requirement to learn the skills inside Ninjustu System. As long as you have enough strength, you can learn it at any time. Inside the Prop System, there are tens upon tens of thousands of ninja props such as pain-killers, shuriken, detonating paper, outfits and so on. The Doujutsu System featured Mangekyo Sharingan, Rinnegan, Byakugan and the like. The Summoning Beast System covers all beasts, the host can summon the beasts from inside this system. This system even includes all tail beasts (1-9 tailed beasts). The Mission System provides a mission to the host, completion of these mission rewards system points and props. In this entire Naruto System, there was no requirement in only Ninjutsu System, but all the things inside the Doujutsu System as well as Store System required system points. Immediately he asked the system. "What are the methods to obtain system points?" {Host can obtain system points by completing the missions and also by killing the creatures with energy such as the magical beasts in this forest as well as other human beings or by Acting tough or proudly as added by the Goddess. Just binding this system has given the host a 500 system points.} [Oh? Goddess Eliya really put much thought into this.] He couldn''t help but feel grateful. (A/N: if only he knew she was the one who killed him in the first place.) And listening to the system, he got a basic understanding of this Ultimate Naruto System. After understanding how to use, he couldn''t wait to test it out. First was gathering chakra, after all, chakra is the basic foundation of all ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu and without chakra, they can''t be used. He opened the inventory and looked for the chakra gathering method. Chakra is an energy gathered from the cells of a human being. Inside the Inventory, he carefully looked at the method of gathering the chakra. {Ding!...you have learned a Chakra Cultivation method} After the prompt, he sat on the ground and began cultivating for the first time in this new world. Chakra was a kind of energy produced from a perfect fusion of essence of natural energy and energy of the body and was used as the foundation in ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu. Also, it can be used to make chakra thread to bind the opponent or probably cut off similar things made from chakra. the cultivating speed of chakra in this world was very fast. Merely within minutes, he felt all the energies from all over the body sprang out and start gathering in his dantian. Time passed second by second, unknowingly he had already cultivated for about hours. After that he opened his eyes and stood up while cultivating chakra, all the energy is extracted from all the cells in the body, so cultivation of chakra demanded lots of foods. He touched his stomach, He stood up and walked out of the cavern as he thought, ''I need to do some hunting.'' 2 Chapter 2 : Changes in Character Haru exited the Cavern and found that He was actually at the Top of a Canyon which had a Massive river flowing through its center. He couldn''t help but Marvel at the Sight, Considering he was someone who was always stuck within the confines of his room, this was amazing to him. He felt like a curious Child, Taking in the scenery and Ignoring the fact that he was Naked, but the cold winds quickly made him remember as he felt the cold air all over. Immediately, He opened the System interface as he remembered he had about 500 points. First he checked his elements and sure enough everything is exactly like Nagato''s, He had Fire Release, Wind Release, Lightning Release, Earth Release, Water Release and Yang Release. Satisfied, He Opened the Store tab to exchange for a simple wear first, The cheapest outfit was the outfit worn by Shinji Harada for about 150 points. Without a Choice he bought it as well as the head plate worn by pain, spending a total of 250 points. Everything was Auto equipped for him, including the Kunai and Shuriken for easier access. Then he went to the Taijutsu tab to exchange for Dainamikku-Entori [Dynamic Entry], Arashi noma eno shizu kesa [The Calm Before the Storm] for 150 points since they didn''t need much requirements for them and didn''t take much Chakra, after all he just started practicing. Next he Went to Ninjutsu tab to Exchange for anyone usable by the present him, So he doesn''t end up being unable to protect himself. He could only buy Kawarimi No Jutsu (Body Switch Technique) for 50 points as his points couldn''t get anything else, now he''s left with just 50 points which he used in getting some explosive tags and some Strings. Going to his inventory, he Chose to learn all the skills he bought. {Ding!...you have learnt Dainamikku-Entori [Dynamic Entry], Arashi noma eno shizu kesa [The Calm Before the Storm] and Kawarimi No Jutsu [Body Switch Technique]. } He suddenly felt a slight ache in his head but it was bearable, then all the information on how to use this skills were known to him like it had always been there, the sensation was completely Mystical. After a few minutes of getting comfortable he began practicing different ways to use the Shuriken for long range kills and the Kunai for close combat while he used some of the Taijutsu from time to time. Slowly the Sun was setting When Haru finally noticed the time, He was Surprised by how Strong this body actually is. From its basic strength to agility, they all surpassed a Normal human by at least 40%. He then looked at the pathway that led deeper down the Canyon and began walking down the path. [I should be able to catch something before the Sun fully sets, if not I''d just return by then.] Not more than 15 minutes of walking, he heard the Howling of coyotes, each one sounding closer than the Next Soon They appeared in front of him, Scaring him but he knew that at this moment, it was either him or them. This Shall be his first trial, No parents to always shield him and treat him like a fragile egg, he was sick of feeling useless. After trying his best to calm down, He looked at this creatures that seemed like they were built for battle. They had, well Normal Coyote bodies but with stronger muscles and they had an Aqua-Green horn on its Forehead. When he focused on them he felt calm and his blood seemed to want this battle as it boiled beneath his skin, He felt like everything was beneath him at this very moment. All this happened in less than a minute as the creatures circled around him. after counting he found that they were just about four andtheir Details appeared before him. he found out that this creatures was only classified as a rank one(F) magical beast called ''Wind rider''. and Other than their crazy agility, they could fire wind blades through their mouth. He Stood there calmly as he brought out two Shurikens he had placed the explosive tags on, and at this moment this Wind rider that was slightly bigger than the rest also noticed his movement. immediately it fired a wind blade at him, then The others Charged at him. Haru twisted a bit, narrowly dodging the wind blade by a hairs breath before tossing one of the Shuriken with an already active explosive tag onto the floor, then he turned around and started to flee. As he ran, his body erupted with weakradiance, this was the little Chakra he cultivated earlier, the amount was still too lowIt even looked like it could disappeared at any moment, furthermore he could only use it for extremely short period of time. He Suddenly turned around using Dainamikku-Entori [Dynamic Entry] on the one closest to him, knocking it back towards the explosive. Boom!! The wind rider Howled in pain, obviously it had sustained serious injuries and couldn''t make any more movement. He then grabbed the Kunai while he was still landing but the remaining wind riders saw this as an opportunity!, both Shooting two wind blades at his dropping figure. Seeing this, He didn''t panic as he felt everything was within his grasp, In response he cooly said [Kawarimi No Jutsu [Body Switch Technique] with some clumsy hand seals, he Switched positions with a nearby Rock behind the other Smaller coyote as he threw several Shurikens at the Confused duo. Seeing both his companion wounded, the leader was enraged as it charged at Haru in a berserk manner. Still with the Kunai in hand, he was Surprised that whatever minuscule Chakra he had was almost depleted with just this few minor Jutsu''s. He Calmly watched the last wind rider rush towards him, when it was closer he threw the last Shuriken and like he hoped the creature dodged, leaving an opening for Haru, Whom Dashed at it with all his strength and Stabbed it below its Jaw. Puchi!! But the Creature swiped it''s Claw in retaliation,unfortunately Haru was waiting for this as he stepped back immediately, narrowly dodging the Claw. Placing his Strength into his final punch, His fist landed on the Wind rider, causing the wind rider to fly which he followed up with another Dainamikku-Entori [Dynamic Entry] sending it flying further and never to stand up again. Ding: Congratulation to host for killing your first magical beast, Wind rider. You earned 50 system points. He ran toward the others, and then ended their lives with his Kunai. At which, the System voice rang in his ear. After that he opened the System, sure enough his system points had already increased to 150. "That was ... That felt gooood. is it weird to be enjoying this??!" He thought for a while, even with this weak Chakra, his speed and attack power had suddenly increased greatly. He then lifted the dead body of a wind rider and walked towards the Cavern. After eating, he intended to continue cultivating his chakra. This world was not like his previous world. Here a single person can simply toss wave a hand and kill over half a dozen people who are stronger than him, Not to mention him. 3 Chapter 3: Alchrod Blue Moon Empire, West view Capital City The Church of the God of Light worships and serves the God of Light, it is one of the three largest religions on this continent besides the Temple of the God of War and the Shrine of Kai, God of Deception. But although it may only be ranked Second in terms of size and Power, if we''re talking in terms of history, then there is no other religious organization that can compare with the Church. and so everyone knows, the Church of Light consists militaristic and clerical lines respectively. Naturally, the Church Own One Arch Bishop,twelve Apostles of which They all Had 12 Sacred knights respectively , and These positions have been passed down through the generations. Since ancient times, each Apostle of Light has the Same set of Knight Family whom in turn lead a Legion of knights. For example, the Death of a White Knight would only be replaced with a successor from his Family as Each Family had a Bloodline. If a family bloodline was wiped out, only then can that power move onto the next, Though this Situation had only Happened once in History and was during the Age of Eternal Night, As the Gods and their Champions fought against each other. However, the chances of Such a war breaking out are extremely low during these times. The powers of Most Gods have dwindled into lesser gods as they Lost their Champions. The only Arch Gods left were Alchrod the God of light, Kai the Lord of Deception and Grod the God of war. Some Gods lost their Divinity and Died while themost of them became Lesser gods under the Watch of the Arch Gods , During Those times people plundered, pillaged, or ransacked under the cover of the chaos of war¡­! In any case, at the current moment the Church was performing a ceremony to receive the Years Divine Prophecy. The Temple was Flooded to the brim as several Millions Swarmed into the City, till it was unable to afford any more people. It took a lot for the wingless knights to even Guard the Streets, not to mention the main City Guards. Thus, it was decided to simply perform the ceremony within the inner Chambers before it''d be announced by the Arch Bishop. the Sun Apostle was always born to be thespokesperson of the God of Light, Their Power was Second only to the Arch Bishop. That''s right; spokesperson of the God of Light was the Sun Apostle, The Arch Bishop Stood as a Figure representing the God of light himself, He is one of the Three Champions of the God of light. As such, no matter what the circumstances are, He was to always remain Calm as Unmovable as a Mountain and so on. The most obnoxious monarch of all Six Empires on the Several continents, the Snakeof an Emperor who rules over the Empire of Lost Souls, must still smile as though the Bishop was his Savior. Each Arch God has 3 Champions while lesser gods were only entitled to one. [It is Time Apostles, Let us Begin] Next to The Statue of Alchrod, Storm Apostle Solemnly said raised his eyebrows. The expression on his face seemed to show he was extremely Focused. [Indeed we do not, in fact, need to communicate any words to the Arch Bishop, As all he expects are results. Perhapsyou forget that you need to hearthe gentle murmuring of our benevolent God Alchrod.] The Moon Apostle replied with a placid smile. A pained look darted across The Sun Apostle''s face.he really couldn''t stand The Moon Apostle , because He belong to a family who got their ability after a Family was wiped out. The Sun Apostles and Moon Apostles Had always been Close during the Time of old, Until that Family was wiped out. However, He had no choice but to talk in this manner around him. After thelink of every Formation lit up, Nobody made a Sound and the Sun Apostlebegan a form of chanting. [Praises, Oh Benevolent Lord!! the Church Basks in Glory of thy Eternal Light. By thy Mercy , I have come to seek an audience with You, to spread the message of thy words...] The Sun Apostle said serenely at the center of the formation. The others had an eager look on their faces, and they gazed worshipfully for a few moments before Repeating the words Rhythmically. Within a moment, A Majestic Door mysteriously Appeared to the audience within the hall and were slowly swinging open. The Apostles flashed Different Expressions as they could never get used to this and it seemed that they were so moved that some were on the verge of tears. Sitting on a Golden throne in the midstglittering little stars and a Bright Morning Sun Behind, A Blonde haired Giant gazed upon them with a gloomy expression. This Surprised the Sun Apostle as Alchrod had never appeared personally before. The other''s expression was one of astonishment at the unexpected piece of information, [The God of light was Not Happy]. Truth be told, though, it wasn''t just him thinking about it, But he feared a calamity was upon them. the Sun Apostle with a Solemn Look began speaking, [We entered your presence today with a remorseful heart, that you may forgive us and....] Alchrod was still sitting on the throne and he Appeared to be getting more unhappy than he was the last few seconds ago.Immediately the Sun Apostle knelt on one knee, resisting the urge to Prostrate as that sight would go against the Teachings of the Church. [Enough, enough!in the end we have no Time, A calamity is Upon the World, an Abomination has been Born. it has the Risk of Eternal night repeating itself, Fortunately its only been born a month ago, Find out its whereabouts and end it or there''ll be no peace. Quickly before the others find out]The Blonde Male waved his hand in a dismissive manner as he slowly Disappeared. Immediately after, The Hall broke into confusion when... [ENOUGH!] The Voice belonged to the Arch Bishop who had appeared at the Entrance, hisface was gloomy as everhe said Icily, "Hurry up and Search for all one month old and have the inquisitors search them for the Champion seed. and I want a Steady report, MOVE!!!...] When all had left except the Old Sun Apostle , He spoke, [now, what exactly are We to tell the people.] _______________________________ Unfortunately, They had completely misunderstood the information and the Empires with the Church were in a Commotion. But all this had nothing to do with Haru,Over the passed one Month, he would cultivate on his Chakra with great effort While practicing Hand Seals along with ninjutsu . His Ninjutsu System contained all the ninjutsu that had appeared in Narutoverse, including even forbidden and secret arts. Although his current strength was not that strong, he kept Farming points to buy this Skills nevertheless he still practiced ninjutsu a lot. At present, his main focus was to practice his ninjutsus and taijutsu to increase his strength, versatility and reaction time. As for illusion, he decided to learn it after he gets his hand on the Sharingan as he had kept postponing it in order not to be too reliant on it. Although Sharingan offered high additional bonus with regarding to illusions. And theability to see through most of the illusions too,He was more interested in an Item he found at the Store for 120,000 points. It had the ability to Siphon Chakra from the Targets he kills and doubles his practice speed, It kind of works like Games and Exp etc. Since he was Done with unlocking about 65% ninjutsu even though he still can''t use Some due to insufficient Chakra level, He decided to get things to help increase the leveling speed before thinking of getting an Uchiha Bloodline, then Sharingan or perhaps ignore it and go with Byakugan. "Haaa, So much to do" He thought, Recently He has been having this feeling that kept urging him to get stronger, its just there at the back of his mind. _________________________________ After another Three months within the Massive Canyon, Haru was wandering aboutand Found a Figure Fighting against a giant Cyclops. When He looked carefully at this figure, He found it to be a young Girl, you could see her Small face, and could also faintly see that there was a hint of childishness, so could be estimate that this Girl was not that old in age.the color of her hair was Blue plus She looked injured and weakened . this Scene was played perfectly before him, And the giant She was fighting was a mid class FiveMonster, This made Haru feel the urge to Help. Grey Back Cyclops: Class 5, high level Earth attributed Monster, can use someearth spells, Slow, and had high innate Defense. It was one of the toughest Monsters that gave Haru a headache for the past one week. But on the Bright side, they gave a Huge amount of Chakra. As he watched on Haru wondered" Why am I hesitant in helping ? though isn''t this a bit too Clich¨¦??!!", Then he Thought of something and immediately opened Item shop. This Girl was being escorted to Primux Town, But a few days ago her Team had been attacked by a group of this monsters. as they appeared out of nowhere and started to attack Wildly, some guards with simpleweapons lost their weapons immediately in the battle, rendering most of them powerless without a weapon. After a while of Fighting, Most sacrificed themselves to allow her escape. But here She was again at deaths door, injured and Tired. "I guess this is the End of the Road for me" She thought Silently as She watched her life flash through her eyes...or not Bang!!!.... 4 Chapter 4: First Real Battle 1 Bang!! For a second I Thought I was Dead but Here I am staring incredulously at a youth not Much Older than Me, Blocking the Full Attack of a Grey back casually with just one hand. After taking a few Steps Back, The Grey backstared at the youth with Hatred as though they had history together. The Long Black robe with red clouds all over,worn by the youth, was a type of cloth never before seen in this Blue Moon Empire. on his right hand was a weird looking dagger which he just used in Blocking the attack, his hands hung by his Side loosely as the arms of his robes fluttered in the wind but he stood tall like a sharp sword. And looking at this youth''s facial feature from behind, one could see that despite hiding hisface in a Mask, He''d be Handsome and for some reason I imagined a slightly bored look that hung on his face, on which the lower half of his Mask was covered by the upper part of his robes Collar, and his orange hair waswaving slightly along with the wind. the Grey back being confronted by this youth seemed to get angry by the second, one could see the beast''s two huge, sharp Fangs exposed in a weird Snarl and several veins kept popping on its body. Covered with earthen elements as dust rose around it dangerously as I subconsciously crawled backwards. My brain kept crying out in alarm and I was speechless, This Creature was playing the pig to eat the Tiger. it was actually a Class 6beast¡ªa Grey Tyrant. When I noticed this, I tried to warn this youth , but he had already Dashed straight ahead towards the Magical Beast. For more than 16 years of my life, I have never seen this method of running, but he was fast. He had 2 hands behind him and his head facedforward as he lowered his center of gravity. As a result of his Speed, his actual strength was hard for me to read. Swoosh!!!! _________________________________ 10 minutes earlier... Haru was presently, At the early Jounin level so he wasn''t worried about being too Slow in killing the Grey back in the first place. He wentDirectly to the Shop to buy Pain''s akatsuki outfit set with the coupon he got upon receiving the system. The system store had all the Akatsuki cloak, rings and Tobi''s mask which could be bought separately or as a set, So he simply got himself the Pain''s set as he that it would be more matching and spent 300 points on the Tobi''s mask. As a result he received everything as a package, including the Piercings which would automatically equip upon the moment he decides to wear it. for the other things he thought of getting, he needed 13,000 system points for the Madara Uchiha Bloodline which he has been eying, Though weirdly enough there were Cheaper bloodlines like Orochimaru''s, Gaara''s etc, he still set his sights on the Madara''s. If he had not exchanged for the Item for siphoning Chakra then he could have already bought up it and even the Sharingan up toMangekyo Sharingan, but he had chosen not to do so, Because at that time he was weak in all aspect, He had needed to get the item in order to increase his level. But now his strength had already reached the early Jounin ninja level Thanks to the Item he had gotten, Sadly though he hasn''t been able to get Any more Chakra from anything ranging from Class five down But with regards to the amount of chakra, the previous him couldn''t compare to the current him. Now his body could even handle another bloodline. He looked at his system points, currently he was a little bit over 9000 points. He estimated that killing this Grey back would reach 10000 points and if he could put a good show in front of an audience, he might get more points. He just didn''t know how much, since he had not tested the pride whatever portion of the system before. Also it has to be known that After studying the vicinity for several days, he realized that it was quite complicated finding his way out of the Canyon. and during his attempt to explore this passed week, he had started to think about things beyond the Canyon. At this Time, He heard the Victory Roar of the Grey back making him look in their direction just in time to See the Grey back Swing its Blade while gathering elements on its blade in order to drop it on the Blue haired Girl. He instinctively did a few hand seals and made a Clone.The clone simply looked at him and nodded before it moved in with Kawarimi No Jutsu (Body Switch Technique). He body swapped with a rock in front of the Girl, Just in time to Block the incoming Blade. Bang! Although it was able to Block the attack, it still slid back by 2 inches, So he immediately Knew something was up. {Ding!!...you have received 30 system points for Blocking the attack proudly in front of an audience.} "oh?"He thought as he watched the Battle, slowly the Grey back retreated a few steps. "Hmm...Could this be a Boss Character, nah maybe elite" The Next thing, Raging Clouds of the surrounding Dust grew much wilder as the Grey back growled towards him. Although it acted like this, it had not moved but rather became cautious and put its guard up because it could feel a sense of danger from the human in front of it but the scent of his dead brethren was thick on this youth. Seeing that this Creature was acting cautious, he wasn''t surprised at all as for some reason, Cyclops could tell when he was around. As the Clone Dashed forward it Suddenly began to reminisce on the first time he killed one of them, He couldn''t stop trembling as he puked out everything in his already Empty stomach that day. Although Grey backs were giants, They had really close resemblance to humans besides the hard Rocky skin behind their backs and the single eye at the center of their faces. He remembered the look of fear, and the anger, Despair portrayed in those lifeless eyes. He kept telling himself that ''it''sjust a Monster'' Until eventually he had become numb killing this creatures. [grrrr, I finally found you, Human!! Grrr Hahaha I have been Tasked to kill you as my final step in my Advancement Ritual. You killer of Kin.] !!!!! The clone was Shocked to a Stop by the booming Voice. The new information just proved that this Creatures are sentient beings, the hands began shaking beneath his Robe. While the Clone paused, this Creature completed his transformation into a Grey tyrant, It became 3m tall with Broad shoulders and longer arms. After listening to the words of the Tyrant, The Girl began to wonder why the Youth Stopped, but after the Full Tyrant''s Transformation it finally clicked, "Dust...yes the Dust!". once she remembered this detail she Shoutedwith all her Strength, the anger and frustration of all that she had experienced at him. [Stay away from the Tyrant''s Dust, it messes with your emotions and leaves you prone to its Illusions!!!]. But No Movement, From the Youth whatsoever. [ROAAAAAR!, wretched human, unexpectedly you Seem to Be very Knowledgeable, I Nurak the Great. will put You in place.] Nurak Announced as lots of earth elements gathered on its arm as he Struck down at the ground, injecting the elements into the floor. Boom!!!! A Massive Hand Suddenly came from beneath the Girl and grabbed her while hanging her fainted body up like a doll. The Grey Tyrant directly and violently made its move. Unable to hold onany longer, it Charged with a powerful Blade swing attack towards the Frozen ''Haru''. Poof!! White Smoke suddenly appeared when the blade hit The Clone. immediately from above a Boulder not to far from the Girl Stood...Haru!, He had felt that this Grey back seemed strange and send a Shadow clone to go test waters, now he knew to fight it from a distance. " Raikou Kousen no Jutsu (Lightning Release: Lightning Beam Technique))", despite being a bit disgruntled by the feelings of the fallen Clone, he quickly formed the hand seals and released his jutsu. His speed of forming hand seals had improved greatly. Although he couldn''t still Call it amazing or anything. As the forming of hand seals was complete, A Huge Lighting Beam Struck the Confused Tyrant Sending him Flying by over 30 ft. Boooom! "GROOOOOWL!!!" electric spark continued to flash over it''s body from time to time, as it continued to Twitch. Haru remained at his present location without making any movement as he Carefully watched it, not long after he saw the surrounding Boulders rise into the air around The Grey Tyrant as it Stood up with Blackened eyes. (Author''s note: play Madara''s theme Song :p) ROOAARR!!!. With a Roar, it tossed the several boulders at Haru before Charging after them in Haru''s Direction. Haru simply made hand seals for Kage Bunshin No Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique), creating 2 Shadow clones right before the Boulders arrived. All Three Haru''s dodged in different Directions, as they all formed several Hand Seals... Boom!... Boom!... Boom!... The Tyrant Was a bit surprised but decisively chased after one of them, meanwhile as Harudodged a Boulder, He landed on another flying Boulder and accessed the Situation so he saw the Tyrant chasing after his clone. He made the Hand seals for Denshi no Jutsu (Lightning Release: Electron Technique) as several Yellowish lightning spheres Congealed around him before he ordered his Clone to head in his direction. "Roar!!" The Grey Tyrant Roared as it saw He''d be able to get Both clones together but soon Noticed the yellow Sphere, Sadly he noticed it late with Haru launching every single Sphere at it. Boom!! Boom!! Boom!!... [Pretty powerful isn''t it?]Haru asked the Clone, who simply Chuckled. Both there hands quickly form a series of hand seals. Dendou Hebi no Jutsu!!!! (Electric Snake Technique) Suiton¡ªBakusui Sh¨­ha!!!! (Water Style: Exploding Water Shock Wave!). The Clone immediately bent down and Dug his Hands into the Ground as Several Snake like Lighting Charged at the Tyrant within the Scattered Dust. While Haru bent his waist, his belly started to swell and then he opened his mouth, spitting out a huge wave. Suddenly the immediate vicinity around the Tyrant was turned into a miniature lake, while the Grey Tyrant itself kept screaming due to electrocution. Haru was standing at the edges of the lake, cautiously watching it with all his focus so that he could react at any time in case of any movement from the Tyrant. As time went on the screams of the Tyrant died down, he felt that there was something wrong but he couldn''t place his finger on it, That feeling was still there so he didn''t Stop the Clone from injecting Chakra into the lightning snake. [Isn''t This a Bit too easy?] Haru asked facing The Third Shadow Clone, Who just Shrugged its shoulders. [Boss, It Broke out!!!] All of a sudden, There was a ''Bang'' as A huge Earthen piller rose from beneath the Lake out ,and right on top of thatpillar, Sat the Now Blinded Cyclops. He was Shocked at the way things were progressing, seeing the Now Blinded Grey Tyrant, his eyes flashed with a cold gleam and he Looked at the clones before giving Them an Order right pulled out his Kunai and Charged at the Tyrant while performing hand seals. Junsei Raikou Kunai no Jutsu (Pure Lightning Kunai Technique Chrrrrkiikikrr! "Bang!" He Was intercepted by a Floating Boulder that The Tyrant controlled, They heavily collided with each other and he was knocked back. "this is too interesting, Feels like a real anime fight" He thought. {Ding you have received 45 System points for impressing your audience with your demeanor.} His body Had been hit squarely causing him to be Knocked back into the Lake from that Height. But he jumped out like Nothing happened before landing firmly on the water surface. Seeing this Prompt made him aware that she had woken up, So he decided to put on a Good show as he stood in an imposing manner with his back to the Girl. [Don''t think, Blinding Me would stop me from Killing you!!!. I will show you that I''m not like any other Class 6 Beast!]. Sitting on the Rock, the Grey Tyrant burst out with a Brown Radiance as its Aura expanded crazily, Suddenly it coughed up Blood before giving a loud laugh and spoke. [Today, We''ll Die Here together!!!] Haru immediately got depressed, he merely wanted to act Cool and test the pride section of the system now that he had an audience. He didn''t think he would meet a Crazy Creature. As the Aura expanded, it alerted the big shots in the Nearest City. Immediately some of the Most powerful ones stronger ones headed in that direction. Seeing that the Human arrogantly Stood there with moving an inch, The Tyrant felt that it was looking down on him, he became even more Crazed. His eyes flashed as The Blackened eyes released a Black like Aura, then it injected All Rocks or Boulder with its Qi lifting it all into the air. [Die!!!!] [Watch out!!!] 5 Chapter 5: First real Battle 2 and Escape [Watch out!!!] Screamed the Girl as She was finally freed from her Constraints while the Giant Boulders in the Air gradually condensed into smaller but Harder. [Earth Surge!!!]The Tyrant roared Hysterically. Seeing the Sheer Force at which this Balls were heading towards him, Haru Was Alarmed but kept acting like he had anticipated this. He Stood there at First before he suddenly thought of an Idea but he wasn''t sure it would work so He and the Clone Standing Next to him Immediately charged in the Direction of the Falling Rocks, continuing their attack. The only one not moving was the shadow Clone guarding the Girl and the Girl herself. When Haru got to a Close enough Distance with the Closest Rocks, He and the Clone immediately made the Hand seals For Kawarimi No Jutsu (Body Switch Technique) as they began to repeatedly use it to Cross the Earth Surge. Although it seemed like a Plausible Idea, He began to feel the Strain of having to follow the Rocks Movement speed and make appropriate judgment, Some of the Rocks almost Hit him at point blank range but he stillswitched in time. Swoosh Swoosh fwooom!! voom! Soon the Clone Couldn''t take it anymore and got hit, Turning into a cloud of Smoke. With Gritted Teeth He Crossed the Final Batch in the Air as he Threw A Flying thunder God Kunai at the Tyrant and as Expected He dodged it effortlessly as it simply bent it''s head to the Side, allowing the Kunai fly passed him with a Sneer playing at its Grey lips. Haru didn''t care as he was so focused, he didn''t even know what or cared about anything else as he was taking a Huge Gamble. He Immediately performed Flying Raijin: Second Step as he Made Hand seals for Raikou Kousen no Jutsu (Lightning Release: Lightning Beam Technique). _________________________________ The Grey Tyrant had felt Furious when the Human blinded him, So he activated the Chaos Mark granted to him by their Lord. He could feel the effects as His power Increased Rapidly, placing him at the realms of a Pseudo King Class Beast. His Blinded eyes released an aura into the air that allowed him see once again. He then proceeded in releasing his full Aura without Care, after it was on its last leg, once the Mark looses its Shine, he''d be dead anyways and he shall ascend to be by the Great Yaxim''s Side. The Battle Raged on and He began to Worry, He could feel the light slowly fading away and yet the Human still lives. At this time the Human used a flimsy weird Dagger throw, It Couldn''t help but Sneer as it thought "As expected, Humans are weak. this human is only Slightly Stronger." Feeling it was a relief, It was now in an Excellent mood So it suddenly released a Loud Roar and without caring about anything, Pulled back the Fallen Rocks from the Ground towards Haru''s Floating Body, in an attempt to Crush him with the attack. But Suddenly, the Human Disappeared from the Mana Eyes. In the sky above the Area where Haru and the Grey Tyrant were fighting. A strong fluctuation of lightning Elements leaked as Haru, who had just released the Shich¨± Shibari (Lightning Release: Four Pillar Bind), looked at the Grey Tyrant in the sky with Cold imposing eyes As he Said [You can only Blame yourself for being complacent.] Immediately Four giant rock pillars were summoned around the Tyrant, And then began to shoot bolts of lightning, immobilizing it while doing damage. KABOOOOOM!!! KRAAAACK!!!! KRAA....!!! [AAAAAARGH! GO TO HELL!!!, WRETCHED HUMAN!!!. ] the Grey Tyrant was Struck down from the Sky, Numerous Lightning fell upon it like a Raging Tide. [What the Hell is this?!!!] Seeing the powerful might of this powerful magic, A Middle aged man leading his group of mercenaries to investigate the Aura from earlier was Forced to Stop, Just looking at the Power of the Clashing Duo from this distance made his legs weak. He quickly led his crew to a cliff on the Canyon, it was then he noticed the several parties watching the Battle.he was Shocked but felt it was Normal, after which he stared at the Battle going on in the Distance. "Boom!! Boom!!." huge explosions were heard. on One of The Rock pillars Haru watched the Beast with a pale face, After he performed this jutsu, it took a lot of Chakra that he almost fell but he still managed to stand erect. If it wasn''t for the Mask hiding his pale face, others would have noticed but he wasn''t worried since the Siphoning Item was constantly replenishing his Chakra, so he wasn''t feeling out of breath anymore. But what actually got his attention presently was the amount of people watching this battle. Roughly thirty second after he used the Rock pillars, he no longer heard anything besides this, {Ding, Congratulations on receiving 120 System points for your performance in front of an Audience...} {Ding, Congratulations on receiving 103 System points for your performance in front of an Audience...} {Ding, Congratulations on receiving 110 System points for your performance...} Ding! Ding! Ding! His System points just kept shooting up at an unbelievable Rate... [Wow!!...I might get Addicted to This] Haru Mumbled beneath the Mask while thinking "He he could it be the Goddess is a closet otaku, using ideas from U.S.S. hehehe." (Author: Haaa if Eliya knew what you are thinking.) He Used Raikou Kousen no Jutsu (Lightning Release: Lightning Beam Technique) from time to time whenever his Chakra is replenished to a certain threshold. Bzzzz!!! Boooom!!! karaaakakaka!!!! BOOM! the attacks began to have a Certain rhythm to it as Haru fantasized on the boundless opportunities and even began making plans of becoming an Actor and So on When the already Quiet Tyrant Spoke again but with weak and resolute Voice. [Hahaha, I didn''t expect that you would be the reason I''d lose today.] being tortured by the Lightning didn''t allow it perform any action, The Grey Tyrant was slowly feeling his mark die at a much faster rate as it tried protecting it from the Lightning. It had never thought that the human in front of would be the end of him but that doesn''t matter anymore so It Then Decided to perform a Suicidal attack, Gathering all the Qi it could Muster before Detonating its Datian. Haru immediately Noticed the eerie silence and looked down from the Rock pillar and saw the Swelling Tyrant, That looked like it was Going to explode. {Warning!!!... Host is Advised to leave the vicinity at once or Take precautionary measures against the enemy!!..} Warning!.... Warning!..... Immediately he jumped Down from the Rock while making another Shadow clone, He then used the Thunder God technique to appear in the Cavern once more. The Newly made Shadow clone made hand seals of Doton ? Clay Dive, and a Huge White clay Bird appeared which he commanded it to directly fly towards the Swelling Tyrant. In Naruto, this was one of Deidera''s defensive moves. Meanwhile, the one guarding the Girl had already taken her and fled. __________________________________ [Courting death.] Seeing that the human mage was advancing towards the almost Exploding beast, one of the onlookers suddenly let out a short laugh but noticed his superior didn''t join him, he immediately kept quiet. ________________________________ A Blonde haired, Class 6 magician was staring wide eyed at the battle as that individual had used many laws and elements even without a wand. Perhaps this was what he needed to Advance in a King class Flame Magician or perhaps this mage was using a powerful treasure!!, either way works fine with him. But he soon saw the Mage conjure a Birdlike creature and Charged towards the Beast. [Someone stop Him!!!, Robert!catch that masked magician, I must uncover his secrets!!!] He drew out his wand with his right hand and his left hand pointed at the sky. Suddenly, the sound of Explosions reverberated through the entire Canyon but the funny thing is, It didn''t spread or anything. it just formed a huge Mushroom cloud and that was all. [Crap!...I was late!, Quick, Robert head down there and see if you can find anything.] He ordered as he Stomped his foot. He stood there with a flame Ball floating above his left hand and quickly shot it at anyone heading in that direction that wasn''t one of his Men. he carefully observed every move of the surrounding people as well. "hmph! Trying to steal from me. Wretched peasants, I will definitely kill Anyone that moves." His waved his wand provocatively. ________________________________ Same thing was Happening around the entire Area, after all the fight was just too flashy and just the Corpse of the Chaos beast could fetch you an astronomical sum not to talk of the potential treasure of that Magician. Earlier, No one Noticed Haru slipping away nor did they see him summon a clone due to the Chaos and Rock pillars. When the High leveled ones Noticed the Magician''s Corpse was missing, they sent their men after Haru''s other clone and the Girl. Perhaps they could find out more from them. While some also felt that it was one of them who stole it. __________________________ ___________________ on the other hand, Haru landed safely in the cavern and not long after, the Memories and emotions of the Clone who rode the Clay bird immediately flooded into his head as he expressionlessly bore the pain. "I wonder what would be happening there now. that fight was too flashy, good thing I wore a mask." thinking about the Girl''s expression before he left, he immediately laughed. " Now I only have for 2 major things to do, which are getting a new Bloodline and finding a way out of this canyon." He thought as a system prompt came up abruptly. {Ding: Congratulations host for killing a Chaos beast, Chaos Tyrant. You obtained 12000 system points.} He excitedly opened the system and saw that his system points had increased to more than 21,000 system points. Now he could get this Madara''s bloodline along with other stuff. He didn''t immediately rush to awaken it, he sat down cross legged and concentrated, ready to awaken his Madara''s bloodline. 6 Chapter 6 : Uchiha Bloodline and Sharingan ...¡­. Somewhere in the Very same Canyon, Haru''s Clone was carrying the injured Girl on his Backas it ran through a foggy Bamboo forest. During their Escape earlier, the clone had asked her if she knew the way out of the Canyon and She nodded. As he Ran, she would point at whatever Direction they needed to Go to. From time to time she would ask Questions like [Are you guys related??? Or Twins??? could you take off your Mask?? I want to see the face of My benefactor.] And the Frustrated Clone could only smile wryly as it tried to Master the Way but still did not say a thing. Now they were at the edge of the Canyon, all they had to do was cross the Bamboo forest and they''d be free. As he was Running, He placed several explosive tags wherever they crossed just in case he had been chased. At the time, they were close to the end of the Forest, She asked [My Name is Maya, what''s yours??]. The Clone hesitated, it didn''t know if it was what the main body would want, so he began to weigh his options. Meanwhile the Girl noticed the hesitation and said [it''s ok if you can''t tell me, but I at least have to have a name to remember you by.] [P¨¦in...] the Clone said but... [what???...You''re in pain?] She yelled [No I Meant ,that you can call me Pain]''Haru'' replied, this made the Girl look at him seriously and began to wonder why he''d use such a name. Unknown to the Clone, This name stated here today would be what he''d be known as for a long time but that''s a Story for another Day. _________________________________ Back at the Cavern, Haru sat cross legged beside the pond, and recovered his condition to optimum state, and he was immersed with the system''s interface which was inside his mind as he went through to the Bloodline Tab and purchased the Madara''s bloodline. {Ding!... Madara Uchiha''s Bloodline has been acquired, Deducting 13000 system points. Do you wish to infuse the Uchiha Bloodline into your Body now Y/N?} He heard the system voice in his mind, And he replied, immediately without hesitation [Yes!]. But what followed next, he would not soon forget. He suddenly felt a wave of terrible pain All over his Body. [AAaaaarh!] He Howled crazily in Pain, he felt severe pain like thousands of ants was nibbling him, and he couldn''t even resist or endure this pain. within the cavern, he released a heart Wrenching Cry, when had he ever gone through such painful ordeal, it was like his very cells were being fried as his Body boiled from inside out, his Bones repeatedly Cracked and reassembled, in fact he wasn''t able to endure that he began to wish he''d just die again. Still he was exerting himself to bear this pain, he knew that this was a big test, as long as he bypass this pain, then his strength will rapidly increase. After about an Hour of several parts of his body disassembling and reassembling, he slowly felt the pain subside, and instead came the surge of comfortable feeling, which couldn''t be described in any words. During this 1 hour, he had lost his voice because of screaming in pain, He had changed his clothes earlier but the attire was now riddled with wear and tear due to the rolling, scratching and dragging he had been doing. {Ding!...Congratulations on successfully activating a new Bloodline power, System is now Eligible for an upgrade just for20000 System points!.} Seeing this prompt, Haru was too weak to even stand up or yell, so He cursed the system in his mind. Looking at the interface he was about to close, but Stopped as he began thinking "is this how purchasing a Doujustuwould feel??!!" [s...Sy..System...kuhum kuhum, Why is it more painf..ful than before and why did you not mention how painful fusing bloodlines would be?.] He queried with anger. {The first time, It was used as the base bloodlines and your consciousness wasn''t connected yet. This time was more painful because of how powerful the Bloodline is and It was necessary to overwrite some in dept Data put in place, Madara''s memories and Jutsus have Been placed in your memories and would unlock as You get stronger. Although the side effects of having said individual Character traits would also appear as well. -To elevate the Pain, Host can be placed in a hibernation mode until the process is Completed.} Hearing the last lines made him even angrier, [you didn''t think You Should mention this??!!!] {All this information has already been placed in the tutorial window placed within your setting on the lower left corner of your screen. It''s believed that you have already gone through it.}The System once again responded. Haru immediately went along with the Description and indeed found a settings page,he became curious about what could be placed in settings. He was Surprised by what he saw, He Saw that there was a setting for Quest and his was toggled off, hence he hadn''t received any. There was also a page with a setting for the situation he just experienced. There was an Achievement page... Then the Tutorial page system mentioned, There was even a God damned Map!!!!. He immediately felt Depressed, Apparently his concise search wasn''t comprehensive enough and he was busy complaining... [Haaa...I''m the author of my own Suffering!!] He sighed. He''s bad habit of not paying enough attention to details seem to still be around. According to the Tutorial page, he set his body to go into hibernation when he performs any ''upgrade'' that goes beyond 70% pain. after which he closed the page for now as he Turns to the Doujutsu Tab andpurchased Sharinganfor 2500 System points. {Ding...Con..} [Yes!!] He cut off the System announcement and gritted his teeth, in preparation for the Pain. But all he felt was a slight tingling in his eyes that lasted only a minute. Surprised, He Quickly crawled Closer to the pond and looked at his reflection. Indeed, there it was, a pair of scarlet eyes withan inverted magatama. He couldn''t help but Grin like a Fool, He had actually wanted to get the Byakugan but he finally decided it didn''t really feel or Look as amazing as the Sharingan. When he was done admiring himself like a Fool, He went to the upgrade page for Sharingan and began contemplating if he should do the upgrade now, But then he thought about the illusion of the Tyrant and made a decision. Mangekyo Sharingan is the powerful mode of Sharingan, awakening this eyes not only increase the power of eyes, but also, each eyes contains formidable eye techniques. However awakening Mangekyo Sharingan not only gave powerful eyes techniques, but the eyes will also receive a kind of curse. Mangekyo Sharingan varies with the user, and its excessive use can cause decline in vision and step by step lead towards darkness, and after that blindness. Only those peoples who had awakened Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, can break this curse of Mangekyo Sharingan, as well as using those eyes techniques won''t lead then towards blindness, and their eyes would have eternal light. Uchiha Madara had used the ability of this Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to conquer various tribes, leading Uchiha clan to achieve most flourishing time. And became one of the two most powerful clan along with Senju clan. In Naruto world, so far its known that there were only 6 people from Uchiha clan who had awakened Mangekyo Sharingan. They were Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna, Uchiha Shisui. Uchiha Obito, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke. And in the Naruto system, Mangekyo Sharingan is based on these 6 people''s to select. And according to the system, he could select to awaken all 6 of them as long as he got enough system points. He didn''t have enough system points to open all 6 of them, and he also didn''t know whether he would have the curse of blindness after awakening Mangekyo Sharingan. He had already made his decision for whose Mangekyo Sharingan to awaken first. The first Mangekyo Sharingan he would awaken would be of Uchiha Obito''s. Because doujutsu (eye technique) of Mangekyo Sharingan of Obito was one of the unique ones which was good for both offense and Defense. both eyes have access to Kamui, able to teleport almost any target to and from the Kamui dimension, though in separate manners. The right eye is able to use close-range Kamui, teleporting the user or those they''re in contact with. The left eye can use long range Kamui, creating a barrier around the target that teleports them. Think of it as right for defense, and left for offense. If Obito would of had access to both his Mangekyo Sharingan eyes he would of unlocked the Susanoo, which would of made him insanely strong!, Not to mention it is the only one he could afford with his present System points. And for other person''s Mangekyo doujutsu, Sasuke''s left Mangekyo also possessed Amaterasu, and with his right Mangekyo he can shape the flames or extinguish them. His Mangekyo lacked godly attack like Tsukuyomi with the price of 10,000 System points. As for Uchiha Shisui''s Mangekyo, although it had extremely powerful genjutsu which was capable to the extent of creating miracle, but it had extremely big weakness, which was, the time interval to use it again was too large. If he didn''t possess the first hokage''s cell, it would take 10 years of time to use that ability again with the price of 10,000. Uchiha Itachi''s Mangekyo possessed Tsukuyomi ability, as well as Amateratsu, in fact it could be said to be one of the most comprehensive eyes of all with a Price of 15,000 System points. this was his Second Choice once he gets enough points but for now he felt he needed something that would make Escaping tight situations easily. Madara''s Mangekyo from what he could see here was a mess, like a bug, it had lots of ??? mid sentence but still had a 150,000 system points price. And Uchiha Izuna''s Mangekyo''s ability was just stated as ???? with 40,000 system points price. So he had decided to awaken Mangekyo Sharingan of Uchiha Obito''s first before dabbling into the unknown. The person who had awakened Mangekyo Sharingan in both eyes can use ultimate doujutsu¡ª Susanoo. He can summon a gigantic, humanoid being made of the user''s chakra that surrounds them and fights on their behalf. it can also be equipped with weapons by the users, Apparently this items were in the Store page. Itachi had equipped ''Sword of Totsuka'', ''Yata Mirror'' and curved blade. Sasuke had equipped with bow in left hand and arrow in right. [System, I want to exchange Mangekyo Sharingan of Uchiha Obito.] Haru ordered. Immediately, A system notification sound came. {Awakening Mangekyo Sharingan of Uchiha Obito consumes 4,000 system points. Now only 336 system points remains.} Along with the sound of system, he immediately lost consciousness. {Ding!...Congratulation to host for awakening Mangekyo Sharingan with the side effect of making user blind. Now you can upgrade Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan with enough system points...} After about 30 minutes, he was woken up by the system announcement that he succeeded in awakening Mangekyo Sharingan. He slowly openedhis eyes, raised his head and looked all around him. He clearly felt the changes Mangekyo Sharingan had bought in his vision, he could see all the things even more clearly and all the movement and movement paths also became incomparable clear. "So this is the power of Mangekyo Sharingan, normal Sharingan could never compare with it." As the world he looked became different, he thought to himself. Then he looked into the small pond at the base of the fountain and looked at the changes in his eyes. As expected, his eyes had design of Obito''s. After observing for a while, he opened system interference, and started to look for changes in the system. At once he saw the doujutsu system record. Awakened Mangekyo Sharingan, using rises blindness value, blindness value is 0% now. If you open Mangekyo Sharingan and not use its doujutsu, then that will not rise blindness value. If you use kamui, this will rise blindness value to 0.5%. And use of Susanoo also rises blindness value by 1% per minute it is sustained, and less than 1 minute also rise blindness value by 0.5%. When your blindness value reach 30%, your vision starts to blurred, at 60% your vision becomes like the vision of people on the Earth with 800 degree of myopia and 100% is permanent blindness. Blindness value could be offset by using system points, 50 system points per 1% blindness value. Unless you awakened Eternal mangekyo Sharingan, this blindness side effect couldn''t be removed. And the good news was the simple side effect of Mangekyo Sharingan such as, eyes bleeding, pains and aches and so on were all automatically removed by system. As a result, unlike in original world, there will not be any uncomfortable after using Mangekyo Sharingan. And he had to awaken Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan for all Mangekyo Sharingan. For example, he had Obito''s Mangekyo Sharingan, now he could awaken Eternal mangekyo Sharingan for current Mangekyo if he had enough system points. And again if he awakened Sasuke''s Mangekyo, then for this too he had to awaken Eternal Mangekyo and so on. And it required 100,000 system points to awaken Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan for Obito. And an astronomical figure for Madara''s. Looking at the Side effects, he lamented in his mind "Ai, it seems I would become a slave for System once again just for the sake of awakening Eternal Mangekyo, I also want to awaken Rinnegan, ah!!, I suddenly feel this system is simply a bottomless hole." He gloomily Sighed. He again sat cross-legged once more as slowly adapted to the new power of his Mangekyo Sharingan. It was already late night by the time he was done and there were howls and roars of magical beasts coming from outside the Cavern due to the Chaos the people were making as they searched for the ''wounded'' Mage and the other ''two people'' who fled. He looked towards the Silver moon hanging in the Dark Violet sky, and decided to go to Bed. ________________________________________ Meanwhile, The Duo had long crossed the bamboo forest and began making their way to the nearest Town(Primux Town). he was still Carrying the Girl on his back after finding time to treat her with some ninja drugs from the System, Her face was now a bit Rosy compared to before. She had said, Going along this dirt road would lead to the Town but he has been walking for hours!!!, while she had fallen asleep and was virtually drooling all over his back while muttering gibberish. The Clone was utterly exhausted and depressed when he heard a Roar. [UNHAND THE YOUNG MISS!!!!, YOU FIEND!!!] 7 Chapter 7: Primux town... S grade??? Xavier Duren''s POV Xavier was the Butler of the Van Family, He was an old Man Who had been taking care of three generations of the Van''s Family. In fact, he was in Charge of the Present Count when Lord Van was a kid and this was why the lord personally requested that he becomes the Guardian for his granddaughter Maya. Barely 16 years old She ran away with a few guards, Just because of the conversation she overheard about the her being betrothed. The young Lad is Known as Mora Lopic, The Only Son of Duke Wilson Lopic, An A ranked Genius Who possesses an astounding amount of Warrior Qi that people were envious of. However, Despite all this, Nothing could ever be so flawless,because of his upbringing as the Son of a Duke, Mora was Arrogant and Spoiled. In the Lopican Dukedom built from a foundation of knights, Mora was a well Known class 5 Flame Warrior, who was once believed to possess the honorable knight''s mindset but all his misdeeds were soon exposed which led to their present predicament. He had a Blonde hair with pair of blue eyes, full of vitality that causes a great portion of the girls to fall into captivation, to the point of him even Appearing in their Dreams. A few days ago, The Case that exposed him for his true colors was that Mora had raped a peasant Girl and was caught by a war God priest in the process, added to his long list of offenses. People of the War God temple are known for their unyielding nature, So the whole thing blew up, soon rumors spread of his other secret acts and the young miss who had definitely heard the whole story, now comes home to find that her family was discussing how to betroth her to the fiend. I Rode on horseback leading a 100 man cavalry team through the Dirt road in search of the young miss. thinking about how the whole situation got to this point, I couldn''t help but Smile Wryly, I looked at my Men, from their bedraggled and injured state, it was obvious to any onlooker that we had just experienced a battle not too long ago. The Amount of Cultivators that ran into So far was getting ridiculous, "Could it be that they discovered a treasure nearby?" I thought. But, from our manner and the way that we held our heads up high while joking around, you could easily tell how the battle ended. [The Compass is leading us Closer To our young Miss he he, Right! Thanks again, we were able to Show those Hawk Bastards who''s Boss this time, all because of you, Sir Xavier] Joe Has been thanking me from the bottom of his heart since the battle, I wanted to tell him that even without me taking action, that person could solve everything but before I could respond, I spotted a Lone Masked Man just ahead of our Party. He wore a Black robe with Red clouds around it that gave a feeling of Mysteriousness, He had several Piercings on his ears and His Orange Colored Mask with a Single Hole Matched the Hair on his head. As he walked ahead Rhythmically without letting out a sound, it seemed like he was there but also not there. I was Astonished, He obviously had no Cultivation but it looked like he melded with most elements. Shaking My head, I looked at him once more and everything returned to Normal like it was a Lie. Only now did I Notice that He had a drooling Human on his back, Upon a closer look, They were able to make out the facial features of the Girl.. [Sir Xavier isn''t that the young miss??] Upon Hearing this, The Black haired Man Whom the Count invited turned towards Me, he seemed to be at my every move since the beginning of this journey. "Jethro Freeman", His grey white Sideburns were a contrast with his black hair and goatee, He had a face full of arrogance and Contempt. Apparently he was now Mora''s Teacher, A Class 6 Flaming Berserker, Obviously he wasn''t happy with the present Scene, So I decided to take action. [UNHAND THE YOUNG MISS!!!!, YOU FIEND!!!] I Bellowed. Hearing the loud ruckus behind him, the Orange haired masked man immediately looked My way almost Lazily and at the same time the young miss Woke up due to The Noise as she stared with wide eyes . [Grand Pa Xavier!!] Maya Squeals as She Jumped off The masked man''s back in a Startled Manner. The Masked man tilted his head as he Stared at Maya before he Teased [It Seems you''re healed, since you can jump.] but to my Surprise the young miss merely blushed before nodding with a Mild [Mmm...] I approached them slowly with my Horse as the exchange continued. As though she had gathered enough Courage, She stared intently through one eyed space of the Masked man, She then asked with a bit of a stutter as she blushed profusely [Wil...will I see you again?]. Silence....!! I couldn''t believe my eyes and ears, the Guards were shocked as well, Since when has the young miss been so Cute?, She always had the airs of an independent lady ever since the death of her Mother. But here she was behaving like a wife who was about to send off her husband to war!!. The Masked man Silently watched Maya like he was in deep thought before he suddenly turned towards the bamboo forest As his robes fluttered in the wind, [If fate allows it...] Swoosh!... [No!!] Maya screamed. A black Shadow flashed forward while Swinging his Axe in a Wild manner only to hit Nothing. The Masked man Disappeared from our Sight and left a Burning Talisman in his place. Tzzzzrzzz!! BOOM!! [Tch...] Using his Massive Axe to Block the attack while clicking his Tongue but he still got Pushed back by 4m before stopping. It was at this time everyone noticed the Masked man was still walking away like nothing happened. -What Just Happened?? -sssh Sir Jethro will kill you... Discussions broke out amongst the whole Party. [Little Bastard!, Don''t think you can leave here without giving me an explanation!!!.] Jethro yelled but I could notice the Caution in his Voice. The Masked man kept walking Silently until he suddenly disappeared from every ones sight like a lie. [[[[[WHAT????!!!!]]]] There was an Uproar!. "Space Magic??". Jethro''s face contorted as he gnashed his teeth before turning towards me, [XAVIER!!!! what is the meaning of this!!!.] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- That same morning, Haru woke up quite early and organized his ninja backpack, it was only palm sized, but capable of holding several shuriken, kunai and scrolls and still had room left. It had a quite similar effect as those spatial storage rings in most Light novels he read. After arranging everything, he was ready to leave the Canyon and begin his Adventure. Suddenly he remembers the last Shadow clone and immediately cancelled it, receiving its memories, He couldn''t help but Chuckle at the earlier situation. " So that''s where the System points from earlier came from, my Clone was ''acting''". He then took out a scroll, quickly drew the picture of an Crow on it and quickly formed the hand seals. "Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll." After completing his jutsu, a black coloured ink eagle flew out from the scroll. He immediately jumped on its back, ordered the eagle to fly into the sky and flew away. The sight he saw when he flew into the sky could only be described as Amazing. Although he spent the first few minutes screaming but soon Calmed Down. He could only see a long trail of Water as it flowed through the Canyon like a Sword cutting through a huge Rock, The Variety of things that made this Canyon were laid bare to His Mangekyo Sharingan and all he could think was "Beautiful!." After admiring the Scenery, he opened the System Map and thought "perhaps I should go deeper to grind for points?? or Do I head to the nearest town for now??." As he was thinking he was startled by "Ding!!" {Main Quest(Continuous): Find the Priest of Zoldevi in the Town of Primux. (Quest grade E-) Rewards: 600 System points and 2 gold coins,1.5% Chakra.} He felt Excited as he yelled, [MY FIRST QUEST!!!BABY!!!] After Calming down, he ordered the ink eagle to fly towards the direction his Clone had been led through by the young Girl. The ink eagle quickly flew towards the direction in which Haru wanted. After flying about 5 and a half hours. "Ha ha, finally I''m leaving this place." Seeing the Bamboo forest, he happily laughed in the sky. He had spent2 months plus in the Canyon without contacting another human, and living his life almost like a primitive savage. He removed his Super Beast Scroll, immediately the Crow which was under him turned into a mass of ink. His body made a beautiful arc in the sky and accurately landed on the tip of a Bamboo, which he used as a Spring Board to pick up speed. Vwooom!!!!... He Dashed towards the exit of the Bamboo forest jumping from one Tip to another. Very quickly he saw other human beings, all of them were from a different mercenary groups also There is no lack of parties and solo mercenaries. They all came to the Canyon hoping to obtain a fortuitous encounter. Everyday many of the mercenaries are forever buried inside this Canyon. Also countless people would come here because they could earn their livelihood by hunting these magical beasts and also had the dream to earn fortune here and live without any worries for the rest of their lives. All these people are living their life on the edge of the knife. Before long these mercenaries discovered this youth with strange clothing, this youth had a kind of special charm on l people, but after they looked at this youth carefully, they found out that this youth standing before them had no Cultivation at his age. immediately disdain appeared in their face asthese mercenaries ignored him. But in a blink of an eye he disappeared from the eyes of these people, leaving only a dust cloud behind. "what!!?" The mercenary standing next to his neighbor, could only stare in awe and ask stammeringly. ...¡­. Primux Town, It was one of the towns ''presently'' under the Terra Empire. keyword being ''Presently'' as this land constantly Changes hands between Blue Moon and Eternal Gale Kingdom, No one had ever retained control over this town for more than a decade for at least 1,000 years. This town was surrounded by huge Concrete walls, and it had several empty spaces on the Wall but funny enough, the population of the Town is insane because it was the first place merchant goods arrived at before they are somehow spread into the Empire. Presently, The Count running this place was at a King class cultivation realm, So no one dared to have an idea to come and attack this town so Randomly. Haru, who was presently looking at the towns status screen blocking his path, {Primux Town(Lv 5 Business town) (S-) Lord: Count R¨ªd Van(Gale King) population: 482,609 ....} Haru was immediately filled with strong shock when he saw this town''s status which looked like something you''d see in an RPG. Now Haru felt very Confused, and unexpectedly he soon lumped it together with the Idea of the System. This was a town which was still standing erect even after it had experienced countless battle. This town''s power could directly shockpeople if they could see its stats, it is a freaking lower S grade. This made Haru''s mind wander about its secrets. This town had gone through countless battles and countless strong experts hide inside this town. "isn''t this a bit too strange? what could this place have in Store for me, hmmm." Haru Thought as he Strolled towards the Gates in his Shinji harada outfit and a Bamboo hatwith a Mischievous smile playing at his lips. 8 Chapter 8: Wild Boar!!! (Author''s Note: Hey guys, I''m gonna make a suggestion and say you should download this track, play it in the background as you read...preferably with a headset or something (with low volume). Should be more fun! "naruto shippuden ost konoha peace" or "Shinobi Striker Ost konoha" maybe both in a single playlist enjoy!!!. FYI: might want to place on repeat or something lol.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- With a Carefree attitude, Haru walked on foot towards the town, several people headed in and out of the Gate in an unending circle. He carefully looked at the variety of Attires and different actions the people performed, From the Merchants pulling Carts with Oxen to the weird old man riding a Donkey. Finally walking Through the gates as the Guards didn''t even bother with him, Haru entered the town with his eyes darting around with every slight motion. He saw several soldiers wearing simple armor matching the guards at the gate as they were patrolling the town. From what he could gather was that apparently these soldier were always rotated, the soldiers sent by The KroosCity were always different each week. Inside the Town, all sorts of pedestrians were walking. There were mercenaries, merchants, Beggars, Spoiled Brats, Gossips, Farmers as well as carriages that crossed from time to time..... in fact, the town had gathered Thousands of people inside it, so it was really a bustling place. It was Still early in the day when he arrived, so He felt he Should explore a bit as he looked around like a Curious Child. This where the kind of experiences he missed in his previous Life, walking with his own two feet and having a human interaction with others, well ''almost?''. Along the way, some females tried seducing a group of mercenaries, this didn''t attract any surprised reaction as the mercenaries teased the ladies back, the attention of a few men were caught but some got smacked with a Bamboo slipper. the man who got smacked dared not to talk, immediately people began laughing and teased him. Haru began Smiling when he bumped into a plump kid with Glasses. before he could apologize and help him up, A middle aged Lady with a Hairy mole on her left cheek dragged the boy with a Snort [Hmph!!] Haru could only raise an eyebrow at the sight as he yelled inwardly "Ah... Ah... that scared me, Tch with that ugly face of yours, How can you be Rude with all this awesomeness?". while having his inner ramblings, he soon heard an argument from another side of the busy Market, [ Eh?You Scoundrel, Half bag of grain for 5 silver??!!!!!] [Sssh keep your voice down!, fine fine here!, 4 Silver and 20 vers coppers...No less!!!] the Merchant tried to salvage the situation. [Hahaha, if you could give that price all along why force me to make a Scene??] The Man shamelessly said before completing his transactions and leaving. [oh?] Haru couldn''t help but laugh at the Merchant No kidding, the Hustle is real inside this town. With his system he could see the Status of people, Haru knew that the identities of every one of these people, even the thug looking at the patrolling soldiers from a corner, So he knew that man who just left the Merchant was a Swindler, in fact his Coins was fake. After about 2 hours of walking, he finally got some good insights on the ins and out of the town. The road of this town was intersected with one another more than 2 times. it was like a Maze of Roads.And there were shops on each Corners of the Street, which had a variety of products, and these shops, along with the Atmosphere were even larger and livelier than the malls on the earth. He stopped by some shops purchasing Magical Beast parts, after comparing prices he sold to the Best, earning 32 vers gold coins and some coppers from the Little portion he had sold. [I guess being a Serial killer to those beasts paid off, May thy souls rest in peace] He muttered in Mock prayer. After about 10 minutes and stopped by a big Tavern at the east wing of the Town. Haru glanced at the name of the Tarvern "Wild Boar Tavern". {Wild Boar(D+) Lv 2: (Tavern) Owner: Morris the Damned(Hidden)...} It was a Massive Three storey building Structure and with a the way it was built, he could almost imaging the interior would have an open space at the center of the first and second floor. Although he looked pensive, inside his head, a Grin was prevalent, He couldn''t believe he was in a medieval world!!!, this was what he wanted to confirm. but he was now wondering why houses had grade and So on, When he asked system about this, it said he doesn''t have enough privilege to access it yet so he decided to leave it for later. "Well, I have heard and read a few things about Taverns and the main thing he understood about it was, if you need information, come here." Haru thought as he kept nodding his head. [Ha ha ha!!!, the little Lass was screaming all Morning!!! I''m pretty sure your skills are not ordinary hahaha!!!.] A booming voice assaulted his ears the moment he opened the door as the smell of alcohol teased his nose [Hahahaha!!!] the others on the same table burst into laughter. [Tch Rick, I swear that lass almost killed me, she just won''t let go anymore...] A Brown haired male Complained. [we can see that, I''m pretty sure you lost over a pound in one Night!!!haaaahahaha] another Burly Man teased. ""Hahahaha""" [Well, well, these Lass must be something to make a grown man cry for help. I am already exhausted and hungry, why don''t you help out Stephen.] Rick said in Mock sadness. [Hahaha Well, Let''s make a toast to your defeated member hahaha.]Stephen laughed and patted Rick''s back with some forceand said. Seeing Haru finally coming in, The servant on duty quickly went to him to take him to the next floor but the one Called Rick Suddenly stood up to Block their way and was about to place his hand on his shoulder like he was too drunk to walk on his own. Haru had been suspicious about the way the Qi in the area always shifted as they tapped each other, so he infused Chakra into his eyes and everything seemed to slow down. When he turned on his Sharingan he saw it!, several Woven Qi threads coming from the first floor and connected to almost everyone in the Tavern, some led out the door and there was even one connected to this Rick''s palm right now. Right before Rick''s palm got close enough, he moved in a swift and smooth manner like he was going to catch the falling Rick but severed the thread in that palm with Chakra. -------------------------------------------------------------- 15 minutes earlier, On thefloor just above the ground floor, there were a lot less peoples, only a few tables for eating and boxed rooms to rest were available at this floor. Only those people withVIP cards or higher level could stay in the boxed rooms of an floor. Three individuals in all Black robes and a Red Belts sat by the window, the party had 2 men and a Lady on the left side of their robes, they Had a Crest of a hand in grasping Motion. As a servant was passing by them, Karen, the Ethereal beauty stopped him and said seductively [We''ll, need 2 bottles of your Moon Fragrant wine. I have been hearing of it and I want to get a chance to savor this wine ]. [Now that you mentioned it, I also wantto taste this moon Fragrant wine. Bring 3 bottles...] When George heard Karen act like this he immediately understood and gathered non elemental Qi into his hand and tapped the servants shoulder as he was mentioning hiswine. [Yes, your Excellencies. Please wait a moment, thisone will go to prepare it.] Hearing the Order of the trio, the servant bowed and respectfully answered and went to prepare. The Moment the servant left George immediately closed his eyes and started controlling the Qi and spreading it in the entire Tavern. This was a secret Magician technique used in the Temple of Kai(ArchGod of deception), it''s call the ''Web'', used to gather information. although it just spreads through the form of touch, it''s unnoticeable by those with lower strength than the caster. He can also influence their actions by a little bit, So he used this method to expand the Web. after 3 minutes he was getting ridiculous information from several tables, soon that servant came from downstairs holding a group a huge Tray of what they ordered and most importantly thewine. George''s two companions immediately started eating as they watched him. [ please enjoy. And if you need anything else, please call me.] After the dishes were served, the servant bowed and said respectfully before leaving. [Well, that would be all for now. If we need something, we''ll call you.] Karen waved, and dismissed the servant. [George how is it? any news on the Canyon incident?.] Karen picked up the bottle and poured the wine in the glass for herself. After that again poured for everyone else too, and lifted her cup to drink. [No.] George also lifted the cup and answered with his eyes closed. And then slowly put the cup towards his mouth. he slowly placed the cup on his mouth and poured some wine in his mouth, [hmm, most say it was a Masked mage fighting a Pseudo king chaos beast while some said two lesser Gods were fighting] . [Eh, idiots. Lesser Gods fighting is highly unlikely, the other seems to be the case but try and get more information on that.] Karen spoke as she ate. And was looking beautiful as she ate with a bit of surprise on her face. [He he, this is a simple matter, I can handle it. After all there isn''t a thing I can''t do for you.] [Eh, don''t mentionthis anymore.] Karen blushed a bit and said, attracting an eye roll from the silent member. [Ha ha, no need, no need, eat your food.]George laughed heartily and continued to use his technique. At this time Haru entered the Tavern, so he influenced someone to trip towards him but the Qi threads was severed immediately causing him to frown. when he wanted to retaliate, He saw the Blood red eyes lock onto him like the Lord of death was smiling at him from the Underworld. [What is it?] Karen asked worriedly but George was so petrified by the pressure he felt from those eyes as the Youth locked onto his direction like he amused. He could feel cold sweat on his back as the youth nonchalantly climbed up the stairs with the servant. As He climbed the stairs, each step echoed heavily within George''s ears like they were stepping on his own head. Frozen, He couldn''t seem to be able to control his Body nor hear anything until the youth passed by him with the servant, these words suddenly got to his ears, [It''s not Nice to spy on people.] 9 Chapter 9: Henge no Jutsu Right after Haru moved to Sit right behind their Chair, George finally let out the breathe he didn''t realise he was holding. Beads of sweat kept rolling down His face, anyone who sees him would think he had just gone through a life and death Battle. Who would believe a class 5 powerhouse would be reduced to this, just by looking in someone''s eyes. [George!! George!!! what''s wrong???] Karen asked in worry but just as George was about to talk, that Despicable voice resonated in his ears once more. "Oh?? Hehehe I dare you to say It" For some reason, George could feel a Massive Beast with those Savage eyes was sitting right behind him. Gulp!!. [it''s... It''s...it''s nothing.] He answered with a Stutter, but that alone gave it away that something was indeed wrong. Kingsley, The guy who was always silent next to them quickly read the situation and narrowed his eyes at Haru only for the latter to smile and wave. This only scared George even more, "We are leaving!." Kingsley silently agreed but Karen kept on asking "what was that about" or "what about what we were doing" or "What''s wrong?? as Haru saw them off with an amused smile. After they left Haru smiled wryly as he thought, "Tsk Tsk Maybe I over did it a little, Its all because I''m still not in complete control of the Madara Bloodline. I best be careful what I give people a trauma." [I should be leaving soon, system I want to exchange 40 system points for all present discussions to be recorded for future reference] {Ding!...Gathering Data...1%...3%...35%...50%...100%...Ding!... Completed, would you like to Name file??.} [Hmm...Wild Boar?] He said, while rubbed his temples. {Are you sure you want to name this file "Wild Boar"?} System confirmed once more. [Yes...Its the only save anyways.] He replied, as he relaxed further into the wooden Chair. "hmm...I should probably head to an Inn now" Haru thought as he gobbled All the food and delicacies on the table. This could be said to be the only real food he''s had since he came to this world after all. Like this,Several Young masters and Miss who descended from large clans, who from childhood up till now lived in luxury, had to step out of the VIP room and bump into this scene.They could only watch Haru devour all the food served on the table. It was at this moment Haru finished the last dish, which was Catfish-like stew. "Burp!" He leaned back at his chair and released a satisfied burp before Sprawling all over the wooden chair like he just wanted to melt before releasing a Relieved sigh. "Amazing" Haru thought, [Tama, I''ve finally seen someone who eats more than you.] After watching Haru, an Aqua blue haired Boy spoke Haru suddenly felt all of them were looking at him so he raised his head and discovered that all the others had their mouth gaping wide open and were looking at him with listless eyes. [Kuhum, Kuhum... are you all wondering if it was delicious??, or you need recommendations?]He said while wearing an "innocent'' face. they were utterly speechless. Before anyone could say anything else, There was an uproar, [ Tony, do not bother. He is just a Class 4 Illusion user, no need to make a move.] a burly man said this to a pale faced youth with a smug look on his face,. [Correct,accept it!!!, Fight to the Death. even if he He is a class 4 illusionist.] another person in the vicinity also angrily shouted. one of the youths from the VIP room snorted while saying, [ another Barbaric scum] "Alas lucky me, everyone is focused on the upcoming fight. I best leave now ." Haru kept having a feeling that he should leave the Tavern. "perhaps I should change appearance since I acted cockily in front of someone, I don''t need the attention for now" "Argh!!!..." the whole Clamor became distant the further he moved. "Calm down, calm down. its probably nothing" He comforted himself as the feeling got stronger. In fact hewould have loved to see how battles are done in this world, Anytime he opened the mini map, he would see 4 dots constantly keeping the same distance as he walked. Not too long after he left the Tavern [George, are you really sure about this...] Karen was not convinced, George had been making different wild guesses ever since they overhead a conversation about masked magician in the Canyon, it was said that he had an Orange hair. [ I am and honestly speaking I am not sure as well but there is something off about him. Do you believe I am stupid?] George said with a focused look. [Well, I also feel he''s not simple, lets just be a bit more careful.] Kingsley added. [Snort, dumb idiots. See how I will play with him.] She said with ferocious expression ,seeing that her comrades had a kind of fear for that youth of 18 years, her Battle intent was eager to duel him. [Don''t be impulsive again ,Karen.] George was not in the mood to praise or flatter her. They directly began following him from a Distance but were Unaware of their own Stalker, they were ask to investigate and find the Magician''s treasure By the Temple of deception, Here such situations were popular in the Temple, a stronger party trying to Steal from fellow members. but obviously George an Co. are still new, so they made a rookie mistake by making enquiries about it from fellow members of the Temple. Inside Primux town it was not allowed to engage in "Open" combat, so if anyone wanted to settle their score they had to go to the Blood Arena or do it in secret. If you''re caught in the open, you''d be killed on sight without a Jury. They followed Haru to the Inn and hid among pedestrians outside for a bit, Unaware of the King class individuals Stalking them. Meanwhile, Haru spoke with one of the staffs behind the counter and paid 50 silver for a room. within the room, He opened the system to Look at His system points and notifications. Apparently, He gains points from acting cocky,Shameless and intimidation, but the one that gave the highest point so far was intimidation/Fear. it was a whooping 500 system points, so after today''s encounters he got about 3250 points. "Isn''t system asking me to become a kind of Bogey man?". He couldn''t help but laugh. Without hesitation, He used 2000 system points and bought Tsunade''s variant for "Henge no Jutsu(Transformation Jutsu)", Which doesn''t break down unless you Run out of Chakra. But First thing he did was make a Clone, The idea was for him to have his Clone walk out still dressed as He was presently, so he can confirm if they were following him. And If They are, he would Slip away to the Adventurer''s guild after changing his looks, he wanted to see if Quests given by others could be accepted by the system for some points. Then he settled down while listening to " Wild Boar" for about 20 minutes before sending out the Clone. Sure enough,the dots that have been static all this while began moving again. "Ha ha, dumb idiots, you want to cause trouble with me, see how I play with you!" Seeing their movement, Haru couldn''t help but Chuckle coldly. He then slowly performed the hand seals for "Henge no Jutsu" as he just got it, With POP! sound accompanied with a cloud of Smoke, which cleared before revealing an 18 year old Itachi. Then he Bought Itachi''s casual outfit, black shirt with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back, bandages around his ankles, and black sandals. He wore tan pants with a weapons pouch strapped to his back for about 500 system points. This would be his Adventurer persona, The major information he got from the recording was that, some people felt the Masked mage at the Canyon was wounded so they planned to rob him. Some said he wasn''t wounded but went into seclusion, others felt he they were related because of the color of his hair. Apparently, his hair color wasn''t popular in this parts, But basically everythingwas still based on speculation as no one has concrete evidence. That''s why he was going for something less eye catchy, at least until he finished his quests in this Town. After about 5 minutes, he casually walked out of the Inn with a dumbfounded receptionist wondering where he popped out from. "haaa its been an Interesting day! I wonder what the adventurer Guild has in Store for me." Seeing that it was almost Sunset, Haru thought with a Smirk. -------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile, After George found out that, that person came out, he and his friends quickly followed behind him as he seemed to be heading towards the Gates. Their target kept whistling, unaware of the dangers around him. after another 20 minutes walk , they found out that he was heading towards the Forest. They followed without hesitation, at least now they can test his capabilities and if possible capture him as well. As they got Closer to the inner part of the Forest, George felt it was time to attack but the target suddenly turned around, making George involuntarily flinch before he relaxed. After turning, Then the Target did something that made them want to vomit blood, he looked towards them with a Smile and Waved before a "Poof!" sound was heard leaving white smoke. Karen and her Brother looked surprised, but were not too disturbed. But George was filled to the brim with anger and relief at the same time, it was a complicated emotion!!!. but one thing is certain, An Entire day GONE!!!!and they''d have to camp outside the Gates. 10 Chapter 10: Becoming an Adventurer. As the Sun slowly went for it''s rest, The citizens began bringing A globe like object and hanged them on an already set pillar, making everywhere bright. Haru couldn''t help but think "its Just like the Street lights back on earth only difference was that it was white and is powered by light elemental Qi.(Magic)" As he Approached the guild house, It was a Massive building that looked between a mini castle and a really huge Church. A chimney laid at the Top of the roof but from the amount of black Smoke coming from it, its definitely a blacksmith''s doing. The more he Admired the building, the more excited he became. but just before he touched the door knob and dive into the Noisy but lively atmosphere, he remembered an important detail which he missed. "Hmm...I don''t use their Cultivation Method, so I might be tested as someone without cultivation. or be given a low Rank and end up picking leaves or plants."He Thought as he rested by the doors with folded arms and closed eyes. "System, that''s right!! how come I''ve not seen my status? not that it''s that important but I''d like to see what it looks like " {Ding!!...Compiling Data....Complete...} Immediately a Status window popped up in his mind. On the right hand side of the window, His original body of Yahiko stood and his current load out is shown including Medkits, shuriken, Kunai''s and Misc items. To the left is the Relations window shows the factions,career he belonged to and so much more. Status Name : ??? Affiliation: Eliya (Goddess of Pride) Grade: SS Bloodline: Uzumaki/Uchiha Unique Traits: Mangekyo Sharingan, Massive Chakra pool and Chakra Control. ???: ??? Faction: None Career: None Title: Champion of Pride(Active) Champion : 10% increase in Charm,+15% Charisma,Adds 50% extra resource(Chakra), adds 25% Damage to Hosts attack power and 10% Attack speed. Rank : Intermediate Jounin level. Health points: 76,000 Resource(Chakra): 1,000,230(500,000 Extra) System points: 2750. Body State: Healthy. As he was going through his Stats, he got a prompt, {Ding!... you have earned 60 system points from your audience!}. Surprised, he opened his eyes and saw a girl of about 19-21 years staring at him in a daze. She had medium length Brown hair that barely reached her shoulder. Her almond coloured pupils stared intently into his Black ones as her cheeks slowly turned red slightly. He could only sigh lightly as he thought "Haa! Itachi strikes again. I wonder if she''d have a different reaction if he Appeared as Sasuke hmm". As he Mused, he returned to closing his eyes as he questioned system on how to Portray his level in This world standard. {Host needs not to worry, I can simply Alter its details or as an alternative use Genjutsu to trick them.} " Eh?...that easy? but why are you giving me suggestions, is it possible that you have no confidence? " Haru teased but only got silence as a response before, {Ding! 30 system points....}. "Seriously... I''m not even doing anything !" He opened his eyes only to find that the Girl was still standing there, so he coughed lightly before he put on Itachi''s signature facial expression [kuhum...] [Ah!, Right!... you don''t seem to be from around here] She quickly recollected herself as she asked him with a full on Blush. [Yes] He answered Curtly, making her visibly flinch. He wasn''t sure why it came out that way so he only shrug mentally at the Situation. But apparently she wasn''t going to give up, [I''m guessing you''re here to be an Adventurer??] Once again he replied but with a Curt nod this time, but on the contrary, Her smile blossomed more. [Come with me!] She immediately grabbed his right hand and pulled him through the Door excitedly. What welcomed him was the number of people performing different tasks, loud yells traveling back a forth in the Grand Hall. About several thick pillars laid in Different parts of the Hall as the Brown Marble floor reflected the Magic Chandelier''s Light. [Pete!! hey Pete!!] The Girl yelled towards the counter as she pulled Haru towards it. Soon a Burly man in a Grey Robe appeared from beneath the counter with his eyes still a bit red as he had obviously been asleep. [Pete could you bring the testing orb] She said Overhearing her words caused some nearby parties to break into discussion while Pete quietly brought an Orb from the Shelf behind him. [haaa such a Handsome guy becoming an adventurer. a pity, look at his skin!, must''ve been from a fallen noble family. would have taken him but it seems he has no Cultivation. ] Said a red haired woman sitting in the midst of Several men, Obviously the leader of the group. Of course Haru heard the words of this people but still remained Silent. The Girl grabbed the Orb from Pete with Little difficulty before handing it over to Haru but before She could explain any thing, a Disdainful Voice came from behind them and interrupted their conversation. [Elena!!, I''ve been trying to tell you to go sight seeing with me but you refused. Now I see you walk in Hand in Hand into this great Hall with a Gigolo!!?...I wonder what the Guild master has to say about this.] His Husky voice The noisy Adventurers Guild Hall became somewhat silent after hearing this, the only ones talking was the red haired woman and a middle aged man with spectacles and a short blonde hair as he teased a blushing maiden. The middle-aged man looked at the scene, sighed and muttered to himself. "Haah, it looks like Lucas really has it rough these days¡­" Meanwhile Haru was thinking something else "Although I''m not entirely sure of this situation between these two, but did he just call me a Gigolo? this Guy!! how I want to crack his skull right now... I just want to quietly register and l ah....I''ve..." As he was getting angry, his eyes flashed red for a bit before returning to Normal, No one noticed except the red haired woman said nothing but smiled. [And you, What are doing in here?!, do you think this is a place where Trash like you can enter to register?? you don''t even have class one amount of Qi energy ...Some one Throw him out!!] Lucas Continued to rage, He was a Class 5 swordsman who also had grade A body type, so he was believed to become a power house in the future. this was why the Guild master ignored most of his antics. For over a year since the guild Master''s daughter (Elena) came back from the capital, he had been chasing her but was tactfullyrejected each consecutive time The poor swordsman was at wits end about this matter but then Came another unfamiliar guy into the picture, how could he take it? so he lost control of himself and poured all his anger on the guy¡­ after all If we leave aside the middle Assassin Smith sitting at the corner and that red haired magician on the cushion and the Guild master, No one here could hold him back. As he was making his calculations the ''Gigolo''s voice calmly responded as the orb shone brightly, projecting the result of the test [Do you really believe I''m without cultivation?] ---------------------------------------------------------- After Speaking, The light projected the result. Name: Itachi Uchiha Rank: Class 6 (Pseudo King) Class: Mage assassin. -------------------------------------------------------------- {Ding!...you have received 44 System points for...} {Ding!!... You have received 68 System points for ...} {Ding!!!...} Although Haru had an expressionless look on his face, He was Surprised by what the system did. "Oh my god, this is what you took 200 system points for??? what is this worn-down result you gave me?? Can''t you at least make me King realm?? and Why did you use that name anyway?... you never mentioned names" {This was placed based on the highest level signatures registered on the Orb, anymore would result in Damaging the Orb.} the Systems voice responded. "Tch...that would have made me more cooler!!, stupid!" Without any other option but to rant in his head as he casually placed the Orb back in Elena''s hand as he stared at the pale faced Lucas. I''m absolutely didn''t want to make a scene inthisguild today but since someone submitted his face for it to be Slapped, he might as well earn points from it. "Calling awesome Itachi Uchiha a Gigolo?, you must be tired of living. He''s lucky he''s not on earth, if not the way the fans would respond." Even he Shuddered as he thought about it. And while he was Ranting internally, there was an uproar as several discussion broke out and Elena Stared wide eyed at him. [Impossible!!... No...Impossible!!...You must have done something!!, Yes! yes! that must be it.] Lucas said in a frenzied manner, How could the person he talked down turn out to be better than him. Isn''t this like carrying a cross bow and shooting his leg?. (Inserts : Naruto Shippuden OST : Madara''s theme song) "Yes, yes if I fight him and expose him for what he is. everything would be back to Normal." after arriving at such a conclusion, He Charged towards Haru without warning with his unsheathed sword as he roared [FIGHT ME!!!]. Despite there being so many people here, No one attempted to Stop him, After all everyone wanted to see if his Information given by the Orb was true. Elena seemed to want to make a move but suddenly stopped with a frown. Seeing this, Haru''s heart went Cold, it reminded him of how his relatives looked at him because of how much his parents spent on him. That look that made him feel useless and how they sung songs wishing him to die already. he could feel His Blood boil in fury for being looked down on. "I''ll Just Crush you like you want then" Haru calmly watched him get closer like an adult would look at a child throwing a tantrum, he only had one thought in mind and it was beat this guy down with overwhelming force and make an Example of him. He doesn''t wish to have too many people know of his skills this early. When Lucas arrived before Haru, He lifted his Sword into the air while infusing his Qi into it, which he Quickly swung down with accuracy towards Haru''s head. Although his movement was very fast to others, to Haru it was moving very slowly despite not using the Sharingan. As the Sword came down, Haru immediately took action, He used the back of his left hand to Change the Direction of the Sword while his right hand simultaneously struck Lucas''s Neck and disrupted his breathing before lifting him up by his face and smashing him onto the Ground head first as Lucas clutched his neck gasping for air. BOOM!!! A miniature Spider web Crack appeared on the floor as the buildings floor vibrated a little. all this Happened within a seconds and they had an expressionless Haru looking over an unconscious Lucas with a Bleeding head. [Tsk Tsk Tsk, That''s it?...You know, there''s nothing worse than being strong, but not being strong enough.] Looking down at Lucas, Haru finally said. Silence.....! Meanwhile, in his head he was Shocked by the fact that he almost killed a person in a fit of Anger but he Quickly dismissed this thought, after he would be the one on the ground if he didn''t have any strength. "This is what this world is about anyways, it''s only a Matter of time." As he was thinking, a series of notifications began popping up. {Ding! Congratulations you have earned 105 System points} {Ding! Congratulations you have earned 89 system points} {Ding! Congratulations you have earned...} {Ding! Congratulations you have earned...} {Ding! ....} {Ding!...} "Rich!!! Am Rich!!!...Hahaha" He began laughing. [Tssss] No one knows who but the person sucked cold breaths but it echoed loudly before the incessant Chatter began. Clap! Clap! Clap! There was a Clap coming from upstairs and everyone kept quiet before turning in that direction. A Man that looked to be in his early 40''s stood at a Platform on the upper floor, he had Brown hair and Almond eyes just like Elena with a Huge beard hanging beneath his Jaws. He Smiled at Haru and Said [That''s an interesting thing to say, young man.] Haru also Smiled and replied, [It''s Only the Truth. He Acted recklessly and ended being a stepping Stone for me.] [True, True...I guild Master Zack, Welcome to the Adventurer''s Guild!!!, Please wear this badge at all times. it will serve as your identification]. The Man said with wide open arm in a Dramatic manner and a Smirk on his face. 11 Chapter 11: Trial 1 Memory fragmen Zack''s POV That same Day after the whole scene, I gave "Itachi" He''s new badge. but he wasn''t happy like I thought he would. instead, he asked me a Question, [What happens if I lose it? If someone else were to pick it up, would he be able to use my identity] he asked me with raised eyebrows. I replied immediately [we have already recorded your appearance along with your other details there.] [oh] he uttered before he nodded and kept quiet. smiling as I looked towards Him, I was lost in thought. "Itachi, thisname is Strange. I wonder what Clan he comes from, I wonder if this Champion is awakened and worthy. but..." I recollect myself before I trail off, looking towards my Daughter I said, [Bring Him to My office once he''s done with his business.] [Al¡­ Alright¡­] She said Awkwardly. [move on, move on people, nothing to see here~] I began clearing the crowd while looking at the unconscious bleeding Lucas, I couldn''t help but frown [Joel please bring this filth out of here ¡­] Immediately, A bald Dark skinned man with a slim build appeared beside Itachi out of thin air but the young man didn''t even bat an eyelid. It was like he knew Joel was there all along. [Oh?] I subconsciously utter but a smile slowly crept onto my face. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elena had currently completely entered herrole as a guide but felt a bit awkward. She had intended to help but was stopped by her father, despite this she still felt awful. She first led him towards the request board as she Explained how it worked. they ranged from gathering, Extermination, Escort missions But¡­ [This missions aren''t really suitable, huh. My luck seems bad.] Itachi, who was beside me, spoke up, more to himself than me but I took the opportunity to make the conversation less formal. [Why??because it''s not very dangerous.] Elena askv cautiously while looking at his face from the side. [Dangerous~ Adventurous~Intruiging...it could be any of those.] He replied with a shrug. Although She literally just met him like a few minutes ago, Their discussion still felt much distant than before, like there was a Massive wall in between. After glancing at him for a while, She decided to show him where to sell parts of beasts he kills and the Blacksmith''s workshop. On their way he nonchalantly asked. [What''s my present Rank? and does it have a rank restriction. like my Rank determine the missions I''m entitled to.] Although She was not entirely sure of the rules of this place, it''s hard to not notice that Father had bent a lot of rules. Normally, when you first register... you start from E rank regardless of your level of cultivation. Something else is in Play here... [ You''re presently C-Rank because of the Silver colour around the edges, and with your abilities you could even be in "A" rank in no time.] Elena said but only got a curt nod in return, making her sigh. ----------------------------------------------------------- Elena then brought Haru to the guild master''s office and the man from earlier was sitting down on the Olive Chair behind his exquisite looking Table. Haru studied the man as he could finally have a good view, and guessed that he''s about 40 years old, his features gives an impression of intelligence and his skin smooth. Obviously he has never done any manual labor in his life except using the Sword based on the rough texture of his hands and even then compared to the farmers at the market, it''s like the difference between a city man and a poor country man. The man introduced himself, [I am Zack, one of the 13 servants. Ye, Champion of Pride, Thou arrival has been fated, I wonder if you recognise this?] as he Motioned towards Elena, Who was now slowly undressing. Although Shocked by the way Zack addressed him, Haru calmly said, [ I wonder what Schemes you''re trying to Cook?] When he said Such words, Joel suddenly appeared in front of the door to Block off My escape routes, While Zack Once again Motioned towards Elena as if saying "look". When he Turned towards her, He saw that she had her back towards them and her robe was brought down to her elbows revealing the Smooth white Skin and a Tattoo of a Lion head Roaring as it Shimmered with an interchange of red and Violet. {Ding!!!... You have found the ''Priest''(Priestess) of Zoldevi. you have been awarded 600 system points, 2 gold coins and 1.5% Chakra...Translating Data 5%...10%...50%...86%...100%...Ding! Complete.} -------------------------------------------------------- Immediately, he received a system prompt, He was no Longer in the room but in a different Plane. Standing on a Floating platform, He was Surrounded by grey looking ominous Clouds as Red lightning flashed in the distance from time to time. The Sun looked Stagnant, as though in a State which seemed like it was rising and setting at the same time. Bird Like Creatures, the size of an airplane flew passed him but seemed not to notice him. Several Debris and Shattered rocks floated around in the air Just like the one he was standing on. while he was observing the scene, His Sharingan Suddenly came on and Then he saw it. A Castle in the Sky, It looked like it had just been sieged not to long ago as several of its parts were floating in the Sky. Spatial Cracks appeared from time to time, Changing the Course of the Floating Debris. Haru thought of different possibilities but decided to head towards the Castle in the end as it was the closest place with possible answers. With his eyes, he studied the patterns of the Rocks and noticed that the spatial crack only appears after 16 minutes. So he became sure that the Patterns change every 16 minutes. He tried Conjuring an Eagle Beast with Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll but found out, something was interfering with His Jutsu But his Chakra was working fine, which was weird, even the range of Kamui was greatly reduced to 3-6 meters and worst of all, the System also wasn''t working. Haru looked perplexed, obviously not understanding what he had gotten into, But also felt excited as he thought " interesting, this must be a Test, But for what?... I guess I''d have to get to the Castle to find out". Haru looked at the Castle once more and sent Chakra to his Legs... Voom! Swoosh! Voom!! Screeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Everything was Going fine as he Jumped from one rock to the next until he got half way and heard that shriek. Several faceless Monsters with a wide toothy mouth, abnormally long tongue, Grey skin, Muscular Arms and Short Hind legs Suddenly appeared on a Floating Rock while turning their head frantically as though searching for Something. They didn''t have any senses but was attracted to his Movement. The situation Just became annoying, he either stands still and be ignored by them or Move and risk being eaten. Haru leaned forward and said excitedly, [With all this new things to experience, how could I not love this life...hahaha]. Haru took a whiff of the air and thought, "I too, only have my sight, speech and hearing but no smell" A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his lips. Haru burst out laughing, and Howled as he Jumped from Rock to Rock, attracting the attention of the said Creatures. Voom!! krkrkrkr!! Vwoom!! The Direction behind him was now heavily Packed, with several of the Creatures coming after him, either to prevent him from circling back, or they just want a Bite that badly. He quickly flicked his hands, throwing several Shuriken infused with Chakra at the vitals of those in front. But to his surprise, it barely broke through their skin. He Quickly thought about the situation and felt, Instead of wasting precious time with the Creatures, He would aim for the Rocks itself. he began jumping through the Direction with Smaller Rocks as he Struggled to Block and Dodge the attacks of this creatures. He threw a Shuriken with explosive tags at any one that was in a position for its debris to knock back the Beasts after exploding. "Excellent," Haru praised himself as he Ran passed this said Rocks. not long after he crossed this Rocks, an explosion rang out... Boom!!! BOOM!!! His plan worked fine but the other creatures were relentless. 3 minutes till the next Spatial crack, he attacked the rocks left and right, completely showing the picture of Burning the bridge after Crossing it. Bang! Bang!Boom!!! The explosive began a Chain reaction as the Shattered rocks knocked into each other, sending different particles floating in different Direction. Several of the Creatures collided with each other or got hit by stray Rocks as he Struggled to gain more distance. Boom!!!!! BOOM...!!!! BOOOOOOOM!!! As he was admiring the scene playing out in front of him, he suddenly felt a gloomy Aura behind, so he turned just in time to see the Massive silver Claws coming down on him. Swoosh!! !!!!!! "KAMUI!!!!" 12 Chapter 12: Trial 2 Memory fragmen "KAMUI!!!" He yelled. the Claws pierced Haru''s Body without any resistance, and he didn''t hesitate to Jump to the Next Rock as the Claws shattered what he had been previously standing on.It had to be Known that He was extremely lucky to have spotted the Claw on time, allowing him use the ability of the right eye which allowed the Claw to directly pass through his Body. The Silver Monster was surprised seeing what had happened just a moment ago, it kept staring at its right hand before suddenly stretching backward and standing on its Two short legs as it roared, Showing its Complete 5m body to Haru. It was only now Haru saw it clearly!, It was different from the rest. Silver skin, longer fangs, a Much Muscular Body frame and two spider like eyes at the center of its head. This Monster looked at its right hand once more in confusion and anger before it became Enraged, it directly grasp the biggest Rock Fragment closest to it and tossed it right at The fleeing Haru before following after it, apparently, its eyesight is bad so it unintentionally killed some of his smaller brethren in its chase. SWOOSH!!! "Sh!t!" Feeing the Hair on his neck rise as the Rock Approached at an alarming speed,he instantly used the ability of the Mangekou Sharingan to Teleporting further Ahead. Noticing Haru was gaining more distance it grabbed More Rocks and sent them flying towards him that it became very difficult to breathe, All he could do was to Keep dodging as he rushed to the edge of the Floating Island with the Castle on top. 10 seconds before the next Spatial crack appears and just before his legs landed on the Last Boulder before the Island, When it Shattered right before his eyes. 5 meters!!! Just 5 more Meters!!! 5 seconds... SHRIIIIIEEEEEK!!!!!... He instinctively used "Kamui" teleporting himself forward onto the Island. 1 second... 0.... kriiizzzziziiziizizizi!!! kriiizzzziziiziizizizi!!! kriiizzzziziiziizizizi. The Air flow changed as Several fissures suddenly appeared in the Sky, Each exerting pressure on the surrounding, sucking in Rocks from different Direction and shooting them out. The Creatures Shrieked in an unyielding manner as they turned into Dust Particles before Flowing into the Fissures like a lie. As he watched the scene, he let out a breath of relief before lying on his Back with his eyes closed, trying to catch his breath. This was the first time he felt like he was close to death''s door. -------------------------------------------------------------- His senses soon returned to Normal but he still felt the interference, so he knew he still couldn''t use Jutsu.(A/N: play in the Background "ODESZA- CORNERS OF THE EARTH") Indistinct Voices could soon be Heard as he snapped his eyes open, He was in the middle of an ocean of grass, with the Castle at the center. The Sky was now Blue with the airhealthy and Clean, a gentle breeze caressedhis entire being as he watched People heading towards the European looking Castle in a joyful mood. This people Chatted amongst themselves, Laughed, teased but none seemed to Notice Haru. in fact, a few had walked through him so he had figured out that this was a kind of memory. Based on their Conversation, he learnt that this were Lesser Gods who were here to celebrate All father''s retirement. Some even asked why All father Chose this lower Realm to retire. Haru followed the people towards the Castle while listening to bits and pieces of the gossips going around. In the end, he found out that All Father was an "Ancient" along with his wife "Gaia", who "gave birth" to twenty Children by simply Molding them into existence in Fjorenz (Star Essence Pool) with their Divinity as the Base for each one of the children. Surprisingly this Children were Born as Arch Gods and Had extra ordinary amount of Qi within them, with bits and pieces of their parents traits. All the Other Arch Gods were furious and soon divided into two factions, On one side they hated the idea of making Arch Gods and the other faction, they wanted to devour this Arch Gods and promote themselves into Ancients. At first, some tried kidnapping this children in secret but failed. after sometime this faction full On attacked in order to Steal them. But were Crushed while the others went into hiding, Sadly Both parties suffered losses as "Gaia" was severely wounded with her divinity slowly leaking out. Although it was suppressed, it couldn''t change the fact that she was slowly dying. Presently All Father Wanted to choose his Successor and announce his retirement from the "Malzoreck", The Glacial Throne, the symbol for Lord of the Realm. The Throne could also be called a Seal as its the only thing protecting this Realm from the other Worlds with the Ice Barrier it Generates. Haru had become intrigued with the story so he followed the people towards the Castle but the Scene Changed once more. Now he was in a Gothic looking room, with Several paintings of Temples, people and creatures with the Painting in the middle being the biggest. It had a Hooded figure in a red Cloak, the figure looked like he was about to remove it Stainless Masquerade mask when the painting was drawn. Several book shelves filled the room that it could be compared to a Library. At the center of the Room sat a Youth with Raven black hair,pale skin along with Cyan colored eyes and a thick bookin hand. He was sitted on a wooden Throne covered in Runic Symbols as he released an Icy aura in intervals like he was breathing. As Haru admired the place Another youth with golden Blonde hair and Blue eyes, Walked into the room donned in a white robe. [Alchrod, I''ve said it Time after Time... you don''t badge into peoples abode.] The black Haired youth spoke up first without even looking behind him. Alchrod looked at him like he wished he could Stab him and said [Eli, You know why I''m here...] Eli simply flipped to the next page of his book with a Bored look in his eyes without deeming it necessary to entertain his Younger brother''s complaint. One could see veins bulge on Alchrod''s forehead, [You''re not even interested in Malzoreck, so why Obstruct the rest of us??. Just reject the offer.] Khud!! [I tried...] Eli said calmly before closing the book and standing up to face his brother, [And look what I received as a warning not to defy him]. He lifted his upper clothing and showed a Terrible Palm mark on his right chest. [Besides, even if I did get to reject the throne. there are 18 other better candidates to pick from.] He continued speaking in an even slower manner. Hearing this, Alchrod conjured aspear with light Magic and Charged at Eli. This only made Eli more disappointed as he watched calmly. "HAAAAA!!!!" Alchrod released a Battle Cry as he Charged at Eli. Swoosh!!!! Eli took only one step forward,passing by the spear tip and made a Grasping motion, A powerful Frigid Ice Qi lifted Alchrod of the ground and sent him towards Eli. Alchrod instinctively tried to struggle free, his hand and legs were constantly struggling, but he was not successful in struggling free. Eli performed another grasping motion towards an empty space and pulled A Slim looking Girl with green highlights on her pure Black hair out of the void as she appeared right in front of him, [Kai, you should know better than anyone, how much I hate others sneaking around me] Sensing that Alchrod had stopped struggling, Eli smirked and released this hand. Then he fell on the ground and couldn''t make a single movement . [Eldest Brother!.I''m sorry! hehehe] Seeing the scene in front of her, that young girl who wasn''t being strangled, said with a mischievous grin. after she saw Eli raise a brow at her did she look carefully at the fallen Alchrod, seeing that he was still breathing She relaxed. [Bastard.] [You bastard!!] the freshly awakened Alchrod kept repeating as he glared at Eli with a reddened face. ...¡­ "Haaa, still too impulsive as ever." Eli Thought as he looked at his Brother. After that, 4 Dark Cloaked people appeared and pulled out their weapons in succession, and all of them had released their Faith qi. the oppressing aura of the assailants washed over Eli without holding back, after that these 4 Gods directly jumped towards him. Looking at those incoming 4 assassin assassins, Eli just smiled with disdain as he noticed they were lesser gods, So he also jumped towards them. Very quickly they met in the air, seeing this 4 Assassins had a ruthless smile on their face. Then without holding back they poured their Faith qi on their weapons, after that stabbed their weapon towards his body In his Siblings vision, it seems Eli''s body was Misty. The weapons of those 4 only seem to directly passed through his body and left some ice residual Qi which slowed them down . After that when Eli landed on the land, he immediately used some force in his right leg and again quickly rushed back. Boom!! immediately he Formed Ice spikes and released two atthe 1st assailant, and hit the 2nd one with the elbow of his right hand since he was next to him. "Peng!" Eli hit this assailant heavily and sent him flying straight towards the ground. Then without reducing any speed he rushed towards remaining 3. Seeing the miserable condition of 1st Assailant, the remaining 3 gatheredtheir elements just weaved their various attacks flew towards Eli. One of them and Eli came in contact with each other, and his sword chopped towards Eli, but strangely Eli didn''t even dodged his attack, He was coming towards the assassin. He then sent a fist attack infused with his Ice attribute and Smashed the assailant''s Face. "Peng!" The fist directly landed on his nose, immediately cause his nose to bleed before directly sent him flying towards the ground with his head first after which he turned into an ice sculpture. 13 Good news ??ε?? I''ll start releasing chapters from tomorrow, as my colleague who had been ill,would be resuming. more me time yay!!! ©c£¨¡ä?£à£©¥Î 14 Chapter 13: Trial 3 Memory fragment Ends The remaining 1and the first assailant were already near Eli like moth to a flame, so he temporarily threw away his thoughts of admonishing Alchrod, and prepared to deal these remaining two Assassins. But Just then the voice of Kai suddenly came, [All of you stop.] Hearing Kai''s voice, those 2 noticed Eli''s distraction and Charged with their weapons.when Alchrod saw their actions, his first reaction was to warn Eli but stopped with his mouth open but no words came out. without reducing Their speed they quickly rushed towards Eli. Seeing this, there was grief and indignation on Kai''s eyes, and had an expression as if she had seen something inconceivable. Under her gaze, they increased the elements on both bladeand ''puchi'' ''puchi'' hit Eli''s back with so much force that it forced him to his knees. [Eldest brother!!! ] Kai Screamed... [E...Li!!! ] Alchrod choked out. "Guargh!!" Eli Spat Blood, His body suddenly exploded with power as his Ice element formed a Dome like shape andBlasted outward, freezing the Assassins completely. Immediately after that both of these men also Froze,he fell on the floor with both blades still sticking out his back, bleeding out his divinity. [Kryonite?!, Brother oh Brother ] Eli''s voice came as whisper but it was heard by both siblings as Kai glared furiously at Alchrod. "This guy, even now...Haaa, I guess the rest of my siblings are probably fighting for their lives now, Kai!." Seeing the Sobbing Kai and Alchrod who was struggling to suppress his tears with gritted teeth, He could only sigh. all this was what he wanted to avoid, making a big fuss over succession. "the others maybe suffering the same fate under Alchrod''s ambition but Kai must escape ." Eli thought as he looked at his siblings, at this timeAlchrod was coming closer with a look of determination. ...¡­. Haru didn''t pay any attention to them, he was more interested in the blades made with this ''Kryonite''. It seems they were the only thing that could damage them. Immediately a Burst ofwhite light shot through the Roof, so Hard turned his body and covered his face with his left arm before looked back that direction. As expected, Eli had died and his body released that light while several white orbs flew towards the Girl in theRoom and began to slowly dive into her body. seeing the sacrificial act of Eli, Kai who was usually a Mischievious person couldn''t help but feel her face pale, her lovely body quivering, as she ferociously stared at Alchrod with her tear filled eyes, Her black green hair floated in the Air as the wind in their surrounding picked up. the more white orbs she received the more her strength swelled. It was only at this point that Alchrod figured out what was going on, Eli had bestowed his divinity unto Kai. [Nooo!] he yelled as he Charged at Kai, He forcefully grabbed some orbs and began todevour them. This action further enraged Kai as She suddenly released her new Found powers. BOOM!!! Green Flames Burst out from her body as it Spread throughout the room in a circular motion. Her originally black-green hair now had a few shades of white, her iris developed heterochromia. her left eye had her original green color while the right eye had a pale blue color. Her hair floated madly in the air as more orbs entered her Body, seeing all these only further increased Alchrod''s greed as all feelings of hesitation disappeared. He devoured more orbs while heading closer to the now floating Kai. WOOOOOOOOOOO!!! the winds blew wildly and the green flames burnt brighter,the temperature of the room kept dropping.The orbs were soon gone and Alchrod soon set his sight on his sister who now had her eyes closed. As he made preparation to attack there was an Explosion on the wall. BOOM!!! A Burly Man in a Snow White fur coat, black leather pant and boots had smashed through the wall only to see the scene. He had Long black silky hair and a bloody scar beneath his eagle like eyes,in his bleeding left hand was a half broken bloody Saber. from beneath his shoulder, red particles of divinity oozed out subtly. "Gulp!" [Grod ] Alchrod said as he struggled not to rush and take a bite of his older brother''s wounded arm. Grod was the second child and just a bit weaker than Eli in strength despite not having any elements besides his absurdly strong body. Behind the man were his Other siblings, Vadurson of flames,Eliya and Freya the twins, Gord master of Mystic elements etc. Seeing them like this reminded him of Eli''s statement "Besides, even if I did get to reject the throne. there are 18 other better candidates to pick from." This made him angry but he kept calm before shouting [Kai worked with Assassins to kill Eli before she devoured his divinity!!!.] [You...You Monster!!] The now awakened Kai was speechless as she gnashed her teeth in anger.She glared daggers at Alchrod as she was unable to think of a way to defend herself.ever since birth she had been pampered, showered with the love of all her siblings, in fact, she had never suffered this much for centuries. The siblings were shocked with the news, Grod''s entire eyes turned pitch black like the night''s sky as he stared at his sister calmly. Even Haru felt goose bumps on his skin and ashiver rushed through his spine,The entire Room was silent and only the heavy breathing of Kai could be heard. [''K'' Is this true?] A heavy voice sounded out of Grod''s body, like rubbing two metal rods against each other. But before Kai could speak, Freya Dashed through the flames towards her, with so much power the floor cracked and formed into a spider web as a shrill Cry escaped her lips. [I''LL KILL YOU!!!! ] Immediately, she was in front of Kai and she sent out a punch that distorted space, directly towards Kai''s face but the latter seemed to be expecting it and flew sideways causing the momentum to crack the wall behind. The scenario shocked the others, not the fact that Freya used that much force but the fact that Kai had dodged it and was flyingno less.It was only now they noticed that her feet was not touching the ground. Freya saw this and became dazed for a few seconds, the greed in Alchrod''s eyes became more prevalent and the other siblings were stupefied. This was because Kai was the weakest amongst them while Freya''s strength was a middle power. this situation has broken the balance between them!. Grod simply observed the two as he contemplated what steps to take, meanwhile Alchrod began fanning the flames. [all this power is because she has devoured Brother Eli''s divinity!!!] He bellowed in indignation andFreyaincreased the force of her attacks, Alchrod joined in attacking as well,immediately attracting All ofKai''s wrath as she completely ignored Freya and was more focused in tearing Alchrod to Shreds. Boom!!! Green fire balls knocked back both Alchrod and Freya by 6 meters,despite blocking it as Ice froze their feet, slowing them down. using the breathing space she got herself, she flew to a higher altitude. As a magic type God,Fighting a physical type and a battle mage Archgod upclose was really tasking. Vadur son of Flames joined the fray and shot two fire balls at his little sister, but Kai countered with a single green fireball and cancelled each other out before she resumed her attack on Alchrod. VOOOM!!! VOOM!!! BOOOOOM!!! Different elements flew across the Air like fireworks, it was now a 5 V 1 and Kai still had the upper hand, they couldn''t suppress her afterall she had gotten almost 80% of Eli''s divinity. Grod watched calmly but Eliya and the rest were annoyed, watching their siblings fight amongst themselves and intended to stop it when they heard a Wail. "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" They all looked in that direction because they all knew that voice, Gaia''s wail, the entire Castle or Fortress shook and began tocollapse. [Fa... Father...Father lost?? ]Elita muttered, shocking Zodelvi who was standing close to her but he quickly recovered and suggested they left the area immediately. At this time Grod struck out with his broken blade,in order to capture Kai but she had been astep ahead and turned into ice chilling mist, one of the Skillsthat made it hard to beat Eli. psssssssh!!... [Grod! ....you too?? ] she spat out despite her surprise, her voice sounded like it was coming from everywhere But He answered cooly, [I just want you to come with me, so you can answer my questions]. unfortunately, she wouldn''t believe him after that attack, she didn''t even know if she could trust any of them and her Mother was still on a Rampage which meant, she would destroy everything soon, so she had to leave quickly. Searching around once more,she couldn''t find Alchrod, this made her even more angry but she decided to leave. When Kai left,the scene changed once more, now he was outside where he stood before, with the floating island, spatial cracks andfloating Rocks, the only thing different on thescene was Gaia half kneeling not to far from him with several swords and sabers sticking out her body. She expended most of her divinity except the ones holding her life and body together, despite her injuries she still managed to defeat the enemies but lost her greatest treasure. This made her vow tonot rest until she wipe out the Alliance, but a blonde haired man suddenly appeared from the void with a spear in hand, he stabbed Gaia''s heart. "y... you!" shocked by the face of her attacker, she vomited blood while staring wide eyed at his face and features as if she doubted what she was seeing. [I''m sorry Mother, but I need to do this] Alchrod said with teary eyes as he watched life leave Gaia''s body. as her divinity began escaping her body,he began to devour them and even feasted on her raw flesh. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The scene around Haru changed once more and he was back in Zack''s dim lit office withthe other parties staring at him,just like when he had been asked to look at the tattoo. {Ding!...You have completed the first memory fragment (1/4). Bottleneck to the Kage level has been removed} {Ding!!... Main Quest updated: find the next clue to the next Memory fragment... Grade: C Reward : 1 free upgrade for present jutsus} {Ding!... } 15 Chapter 14: More questions. {Ding!...You have completed the first memory fragment (1/4). Bottleneck to the Kage level has been removed} {Ding!!... Main Quest updated: find the next clue to the next Memory fragment... Grade: C Reward : 1 free upgrade for present jutsus} {Ding!...You have received an encrypted message from God Zodelvi, Item has been placed in Host''s inventory.} {Ding... Host has been officially integrated into the world''s system.} Looking at the series of notifications, he felt like it was all surreal. He finally saw the reason he couldn''t breakthrough and when the final notification popped up, he was confused about it but chose to ask the system later. He then focused on his surrounding, that was when he heard Elena''s worried voice and saw Zack''s serious gaze. [Itachi...Itachi!! are you OK??, please speak!!! ] Elena''s voice filled the room as she struggled to stop her tears,At the moment she was standing in front of him while shaking his arms. When he completely recovered, she stopped her actions when he gave her a side glance before turning towards Zack. ¡¸Ahahaha! Well©`, I lost!¡¹Zack said while raising his hand in the air only to be rebuked by his daughter,¡¸Papa, this is no laughing matter.¡¹. Haru quietly watched Zack, trying to figure out his motive but the latter simply gestured for him to follow him as a hidden pathway made it''s self known from behind his sit. [if you are wondering, it has only been a minute since you looked at the tattoo] Zack stated as they made their way through a tunnel of some sort. Haru walk down the never ending stairs silently,he could feel something or someone was watching them since they stepped on this stairs. This seemed to be a hidden floor below the Adventurer''s Guild building. and the wall look ancient, wooden Torch''s lit up the surrounding as the only sound they could hear was each others footsteps. Waiting for them at thebottom of the stairs was a thin, blond, fair-skinned man. If one looked at his ears, they would discover that they were pointed, showing that he was an Elf. At first glance he seems weak, like he''d be tossed aside by apassing breeze but when Haru looked at his status he was a bit surprised as this was the strongest person he has seen so far. Name :Gavin Age :318 Race :Moon Elf Rating: A Rank: Saint rank (Greater Spirit User ) State :Normal Unique Skills Favor of the Spirits King(Zodelvi) Titles Guild Master, Guardian Deity of Primux plains, Master of Nature, Master of Soul. It was a man who exceeded Zack. Those titles are just too dangerous. Spirit Magic also seems to be quite powerful. And he is the Guild Master, so who was Zack? only now did he remember that he didn''t check the status of the people he had been standing with. ¡¸state your name Child.¡¹a Serene voice escaped the man''s lips, calming those who hear him. ¡¸Itachi.¡¹ ¡¸Age?¡¹ ¡¸18.¡¹ The man named Gavin frowned at Haru''s words. ¡¸as expected, Child of the gods, I can''t even see through your soul.¡¹he said. "Ahh, I suppose it would be like that. Looking at system''s abilities, it would be easy to block any external interference. Otherwise, it would be quite bizarre, given people like Gavin would appear here and there." Haru thought inwardly while sweating bullets but somehow still had a poker face on. (A/N: I know,very strange) However, his manners are completely different than the one before the incident at the guild hall. ¡¸However¡­ I understand how you feel. Only arriving today with the intention of registering as an adventurer only to be cussed at and pulled into a fight which wasn''t supposed to happen, but you see, when you stood outside we could feel your presence.] Gavin stopped his speech and looked at Haru as though trying to read his mind while waiting for him to digest his words. After a few lingering seconds and no response from Haru,Gavin continued. [Your body emits a kind of energy that only those linked to the Sanctuary can feel. it''s an alliance made by some of the former Neutral gods, Think of it as a frequency used transmitting magic Messages or how soul seekers hunt.I''m sure,you felt it but still don''t know what it is. anyways, few months ago those under the gods helming the alliance lost contact with them. Gord, Melphis, Zoldevi and Eliya.] It was only at this moment Haru looked serious, now Eliya his benefactor was involved he didn''t want to be careless. [And what could possibly be the reason for this?? ] Haru asked carefully, like he was afraid his question would worsen the situation. [it could be that,they were forcibly sealed or... ] Gavin paused, which only made Haru more impatient as he asked in a threatening tone, [or what??] [or they could have been devoured by someone] the Elf responded calmly while studying Haru''s reaction. [If you have something to say, out with it old Man.] Haru rebuked the elf as he glared at him , shocking Zack and his daughter. Contrary to what they had been expecting, Gavin wasn''t angry, rather he seemed amused. [Worry not, it wasn''t the latter, if they were devoured, I would have lost majority of my cultivation since I haven''t broken off yet. they were most likely sealed. but that doesn''tmake it any better either as they are Vulnerable at the moment. ] Gavin said, trying to ease the mood a bit. [Luckily, My God left two messages, one was the fact that you were in the area, so we needed to look out for you. which was why we tested you when we felt your presence and you passed, being a mage Assassin, capable of using battle Techniques and Magic ¡ª though we are yet to see what kind of magician, it''s still an impressive fit either way.] The Elf''s eyes became sharp, as if peering deep into Haru. ¡¸Moreover¡­ You have a way to stop Appraisal not just your soul is protected?¡¹ At times like these, Haru cannot thank the system enough, after all He still didn''t trust this Elf completely. ¡¸So, according to you, you''re 18. But where did you come from? what Clan?¡¹ ¡¸Secret.¡¹ ¡¸... Is there a reason for that?¡¹ ¡¸Secret.¡¹ ¡¸... Haa¡­ this...¡¹Gavin sighed, ¡¸how about the second message?¡¹Haru asked calmly even though he was beginning to feel anxious with the Elf''s probing. ¡¸well,it''s more like an Item but it isn''t here so I''d have to send for it from the Capital.¡¹ ¡¸Then can you tell me what kind of item it is ?.¡¹ ¡¸¡­ It''s hard toexplain. so it''s best you see yourself. don''t worry, I''ll make preparations for it now, so please follow Elena back to the main building, in the meantime if you need any information, feel free to ask her. I''d like to have a talk with Zack.¡¹Gavin quickly said, this made Haru have more suspicion but he chose to go with a wait and see attitude. After Haru left, Zack voiced his doubts about Haru. [He doesn''t seem normal, Could he be a Demon or something?. I mean, considering he''s Goddess Eliya''s champion, he shouldn''t have survived this long, with the church of light looking for him. After all he needs to be killed for Eliya to be devoured Whole.] ¡¸Haa¡­ your right. although The Spirits aren''t being noisy, I feel we still need to watch him and be sure he will be ready for what is to come.¡¹Gavin replied in a tired manner. But Zack couldn''t help but question,¡¸Spirits?¡¹ ¡¸Even if you look around, only Spirit Users can see them.¡¹ ¡¸What do they tell you?¡¹ ¡¸Nothing, that''s the problem... Nothing, it''s like he''s not even there...normally when I meet people, they tell you if they have tainted souls due to malicious deeds or vice versa.¡¹ "Spirits sure are convenient. I''d also like to use them by all means. The problem is whether there''s aBeast that''s capable of using Spirit Magic so I can contract it." Zack pondered. ¡¸Is there a Demonic Beast that can use Spirit Magic?¡¹not being able to hold his curiosity, Zack questioned. ¡¸There''re Spirits which merge the malice of others, but even so they rarely merge with weak Demonic Beasts. Regrettably.¡¹ I see. That''s good news. That just means that there''re some worth looking for. ¡¸Guild Master, I''ll be leaving .¡¹Zack finally said with a bow. ¡¸I see. Then go. but watch him closely, we need to know what kind of person he is.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¡¸This is...Itachi,I''m sorry about earlier...¡¹Elena finally squeezed out of her mouth. they were presently standing outside the Guild Door as Haru intended to head to the Inn considering the time. but Elena followed him outside, making Haru at a loss for words. ¡¸Haa¡­ Well, I understand. it was to be expected after hearing the Gavin''s story, you can go back in now. Good night Elena¡¹ He said without looking back, after all, how is he sure that she wasn''t asked to come to him again. "Ah, He probably hates me now, thinking I tried using him. it alright, I''ll be sure to change that soon. But why am I that bothered" Elena silently thought as she watched Haru''s departing back. ¡¸ what will you choose?¡¹Joel suddenly appeared behind her and asked. ¡¸What''s your Suggestion uncle?¡¹She replied calmly. ¡¸Hmm. I would say you should follow your heart even though it might sound strange coming from me. Chances like this are quite rare. The benefits gained from them will also be quite strong. I recommend you tell your father about it as well. I''m sure, even If he ignores your request, He will not ignore it when say you this words, "Don''t forget that which was promised."¡¹Joel suggested with a rather stoic expression. "I see. What to do..." She pondered. However, there''s still one piece of information needed before her final choice. "What kind of person is Itachi?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ¡¸Change Meals?¡¹Haru asked Skeptically, thinking he didn''t hear properly. ¡¸Yes. You may not know but we are expecting people from the Church of light at any time, however, You will enjoy the meal, it''d just be a bit more expensive.¡¹The Fat Inn owner with an oily skin explained as he kept wiping sweat off his face. [Well, I don''t mind. If that''s all, can I get My meal in my room anyways, then perhaps some warm water would be alright too.] ¡¸Sure, esteemed guest.¡¹The Inn keeper said with a face full of flattery.¡¸With this, the Formation for your room will open, it works as the key to your door.¡¹ It looks like a regular bronze card, with the Number 14 written on it. Other points, such as other cautions and its application in the room were then explained by the inn keeper. Usually this would be work of a waiter, but in this case the Inn keeper took care of it all personally due to being short staffed for the night, and the paladins were not even here yet. ------------------------------------------------------ Inside the Room, Haru proceeded to sit on the edge of his bed and began Collecting all of the information together, it can be summarized as the following: Regarding Guild requests: An Adventurer can only take requests in accordance to their Adventurer Rank. Specifically, they''re only able to take requests one Rank above and below their own. Under certain conditions, a Rank-up test can be requested. For the color of the cards: G and F are Copper, E and D are Black, C and B are Silver, A is Gold, and S is Platinum, SS were Diamonds etc. There aren''t any annual membership fees, but there is the possibility of being demoted or expulsion if an Adventurer doesn''t take on a request for a certain period of time. Betrayal against the Adventurer''s Guild will result in a complete purge of rank, so it''s best to be careful. In addition, it''s best to be careful of trouble between Adventurers, because the Guild takes no responsibility. That last piece of information was likely advice specifically for Itachi. stating he should stay away from Lucas and so on. ¡¸With this, I''ve become an Adventurer.¡¹he said to no one in particular.¡¸Now that I''ve gotten rid of the bottle neck, it''s time to begin grinding. but first the letter, right...doesn''t the church of light serve That Alchrod?... best to avoid them for now.¡¹ 16 Chapter 15: Getting Quests. In the blusterous Town called Primux, people coming and going while several merchants begin to announce the Items pulled out for sales. Warm yellow rays wafted through a window in "Wild boar" Inn, Dust modes floating, suspended, in the air. Haru had just woken up to see this Beautiful yet normal scene. The Sun badging into the room from the windows gave Haru a surreal feeling, though it was Too bright to look at, he felt like it was too bright to look away. A relaxing sensation of peace, The feeling of falling enveloped him, Falling deeper and deeper into the brightness. A strange feeling, A combination of being happy and carefree, He remembered in his former life how he couldn''t enjoy this scene. Back then, the common presence of dust would have sent him to the Hospital, he couldn''t Enjoy the morning Sun as his room was placed in a deep seated part of the Mansion. Times like this, made him feel completely grateful towards Goddess Eliya for bringing him to this place and giving him a much more exciting life than he could ever hope for. "haaa" with a sigh, he stood up as remembered the news of the possibility of Eliya being sealed at the moment, he likened it to himself in his old life and felt agitated. [it''s no use being anxious, strength tramples all¡­I can''t help her if I don''t have the strength to be helpful] He said to himself, gathering enough motivation and patted himself on the cheeks while doing a few stretches while chanting "who''s the MAN!, I''m the MAN!" or he would try to mimic Itachi and say things like "Any technique is worthless before my eyes" and so on. After his whole Antics, he felt that he was ready for the day, he said [Good morning System] {Good morning Host} The familiar Metallic voice responded to his greeting as Haru browsed through his inventory with a smile. He soon found the "Letter" from the God of souls (Zodelvi), [Open] Haru commanded with an even tempered voice but still couldn''t hide his curiosity and excitement. But the system ruthlessly shattered his anticipation in a way that Haru could imagine it grin, {insufficient power level}. [Tch¡­I expected as much, this only confirms my thought on grinding to the Kage level] He clicked his tongue as he glared at no one in particular while thinking out loud, if someone should walk in on him right now, they''d probably think he had gone mad. He then decided to go pick up missions at the Guild house after taking breakfast downstairs, leaving the room, he paused for a bit while taking in deep breaths and letting it out, preparing his mind to play the Role of Itachi. Sporting his expressionless face, he proceeded down the stairs to buy breakfast, considering he quite enjoyed dinner last night. Half way down the stair case, he could already hear the "Hushed whispers" of a few adventurers and when he arrived at the bottom of the stairs, a deafening silence ensued with everyone in the Hall looking at him. {Ding!... you have received 35 system points¡­} {Ding!... you have received 48 system points¡­} {Ding!...} Hearing the notification made Haru smirk in his mind as he thought " muahahaha that''s it, that''s it send more" but remained expressionless on the outside. [So handsome!] Unknown female adventurer. [Tch¡­how can you compare him to me!!!] a Man yelled in indignation. [What surprises me, is that you actually said that with a straight face] another man chipped in. [Shameless] a woman said as people nodded in agreement. Meanwhile, there was a different set of people in the dining hall, they occupied about 3 tables with each one having about 4 sits, and they were all donned in shining silver armor and a red cape. Their Helmets were placed on the table as most of them eyed the surrounding people with disdain, the one who seemed to be their leader had a white cape draped on his shoulder as he ate rather casually, not minding his "image" as he stared intently at Haru. Haru felt someone staring at him but chose not to act on it, he simply went to the counter to make his order. [Ah!... Esteemed guest, I trust your night was good?] Noticing Haru, the Fat Inn keeper excitedly greeted him. Among all the guests that stayed here last night, Haru was the only one who didn''t make trouble for him. Tears almost welled up in his eyes as he thought about last night. After responding with a Nod, Haru proceeded to make his order, [I would be taking some bread and the eggs I see them having.] [Oh? Fried or scorched??...also would you want a drink??] The Fat man questioned with shining eyes that Haru saw as dollar signs. "Who would wake up and starts drinking alcohol with breakfast" Haru thought as he said, [ Sorry, I won''t be needing a drink, water would be fine.] Dejected, He still smiled as he passed the order to the waitress. Finding himself a sit by the window, he began to think of different poses Itachi looked good in while sitting down. So he went with placing his elbow on the table while placing his jaw on the same hand, making it seem like he was lost in thought as he bathed in the sunlight. Ding!...you have received 84 system points¡­} {Ding!!...you have received 237 system points and 634 EXP} {DING¡­.} [FREYA!!!] A woman suddenly fainted with a visible nosebleed and her eyes rolled backwards and her whole body convulsed. [F¡­FREYA!!!] Her worried companions was shocked by this. [What''s wrong with her??, why is her nose bleeding??] A bald adventurer exclaimed. Series of system Notifications popped up, although people had resumed their normal activities, his pose had attracted several female onlookers. One of the women directly fainted, falling off her sit, giving him more system points along with EXP points. [Hmm?? Actions can give EXP too??] He muttered as he began cooking up plans on how to get this system points and so on. He then looked at the convulsing woman with no emotion in particular while thinking in mock sympathy. "I hope she didn''t die, because that''d be really tragic, DEATH by OVERDOSE." Soon the Lady was hauled out by her party and his food was brought to his table, which he quickly ate before paying. He then stepped outside while silently taking a whiff of fresh air and began taking casual steps towards the guild. He soon noticed the Horses by the stables, all white in colour and fleshed with beefy muscles "They sure Know how to be flashy" He thought. After walking for roughly fifteen minutes, he made a turn into a dark alley and used "Kage Bushin No Jutsu" (Shadow Clone Technique) to create two clones of himself, Both of them changed back to his original appearance with the Akatsuki robes and piercings. They now looked like Pain without his Rinnegan, he then handed one Tobi''s mask, before giving them their respective orders. [You''ll be grinding for system points outside the town¡­try to be incognito as much as possible] He ordered the clone with the mask, who then nods as a response before disappearing, leaving Haru and the other clone behind. Both parties stared at each sternly before a wide grin appeared on their faces. [You know what to do.] Haru says as he nodded repeatedly. [yes Boss] [Good¡­ Now go!] He ordered as both parties went in different directions. Now Haru was back on the streets of Primux as made his way through the crowd, "Ho?? The flies finally caught up". He calmly made his way to the guild, He had noticed someone following the moment he stepped out of the Inn, so he knew he wouldn''t be able to do things on his own without this person seeing him. And he didn''t want to kill this tail since he could use him to reap some benefits. Another 8 minutes 23 seconds passed and he finally arrived at the guilds doors. Pushing it open, no one really noticed his entrance but there were still a few whispers about what happened last night. He expressionlessly made his way to the Quest board and began to pick anything available for a C rank adventurer. From subjugation to picking herbs, besides that, there was nothing else available for now. When he took a look at the subjugation notice, he saw one that interested him the most. -On the main road North of Primux, Not to far from the Black forest,There has been several reports on Ogres terrorizing the place. Brave adventurer, Help us rid the area of this menace!! Grade: B 20 silver for each earring. Signed by Edmund Lestly. Approved by Zack Walls "Hmm, ogres are mostly in the Class 5 and 6, anything else would be in the realm of Kings" Haru thought while imagining having an awesome fight with something like the Greyback Tyrant. "Ah! I hope I don''t turn into a battle Junky like this" Muttering under his breath he made his way to Pete who was standing behind the counter before placing the notice on the counter alongside some gathering quests that was in the same general location. [Morning Pete] Haru greeted the big guy who responded with a Husky gruff while pulling out a pen and paper from under the counter before he began scribbling something on it. After reading the note, Haru raised his brows in mock shock before saying seriously, [I''m surprised you would worry about me!, are you perhaps warming up to me??!!] which Pete simply rolled his eyes which was a bit comical, making Haru smile a bit. Pete scribbled on the paper again while Haru admired the strange symbols which he could somehow understand as alphabets. [uh¡­Ok?...can you approve my quest already.] Haru was a bit speechless but could only shake his head. [What do you mean ok?] This time a voice from behind, making Haru switch back to his ever present expressionless expression. (A/N : Don''t even ask) Turning in the direction he heard the voice, He saw the Brown haired beauty stomping towards him while holding the base of her robe. She was wearing a Navy blue robe with a shade of black around the cleavage area, her almond eyes looking at him suspiciously. [Miss Elena, you look¡­good?] Haru said looking at this girl that was almost his height, he had almost said something out of character!!!, he struggled to stay expressionless while looking down at Elena making him look arrogant "Dangerous, I almost committed sacrilege against Itachi!." [What do you mean "GOOD?!!!".] She shrieked at the end of her sentence clearly annoyed with his "nonchalant" attitude towards things. [If you don''t want to compliment me why bother? Huff!] She continued be stomping in a different direction. Haru followed her with his eyes, before walking towards Pete once more and whispering [Do you think it''s that time of the month?] to which Pete shrugged before recording the quest onto Haru''s badge. Leaving the Guild building, he made his way towards the Northern gate while in deep thought. Soon notifications of him receiving system points started to show up, after checking them, he found out that they were from the clone outside of town which made him satisfied. Meanwhile As the sun began to set, the town began to show its Dark side in various locations. A Man dressed in black robes adorned with several floating clouds on it, He had a head band tied around his orange hair and several piercings on his face and arms. His glowing red eyes scanned the area as he jumped from Roof to Roof till he noticed a commotion not too far from him. He quickly dashed towards that location¡­ 17 Chapter 16 : ???? A young boy of 15 makes his way through the city under the night sky.He walks between the walls that are too high for him to bother seeking the almost black sky, he absentmindedly kicks a small garbage can with each stride, the sounds of footsteps echo across the street . As he get to the end of the street which exposed a stoney road and the occasional carriages that passed by, the lampposts above him cast his shadow like black over deepest charcoal, he silently looks around him, trying to make sure he wasn''t being followed before he continued moving once again onto the next street across the short road; by midway his shadow had bled out. From the apartments come noises, not so much as in the daytime but all the louder for the absence of light and the quieter traffic. Soon he notices the yellow beams of the lampposts ahead illuminating the number "7", without a conscious thought the grip on his bag loosens a little, as does his stride. [Almost there, with this I''ll have food for me and the others by tomorrow.] The Boy mutters as he could barely hold back his excitement in his eyes despite being anxious,the concept of "food" made him loose his guard as he missed a few hooded figures who seemed to have stepped out from a different corner. He quickly makes a turn into the alley way to make his delivery just as the Dark skinned merchant required but... In front of him appeared three Hooded Men, quickly he spins around to make a run for it but was blocked once again by and set of hooded figures. They just stood there watching him silently with occasional laughter coming from beneath their hoods. "f***, who are this people? they don''t seem friendly! " The Boy thought as cold sweat formed on his back. Kriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii..... [Boy... I must commend you, you really have guts to come selling "goods" in Invictus territory.] a figure stepped out of the Shadows while dragging a metal Rod behind him. [Hehehe] [I wonder which group he''s with? ] [I... I''m sorry,perhaps you have the wrong idea] the Boy defended as he barely stopped himself from stuttering. [oh? ...how so? ] the figure said as his "companions" made way for him till he was infront of the Bo, he then casually placed the rod over his shoulder. [I...I merely wish to visit m..my Aunty!. I hail from out of town you see? ] After mustering enough courage, he cooked up a story, hoping they would believe him but all that hope was shattered by the Man''s next sentence. [hahaha...that''s an interesting thing to say eh?...Oliver. ] [!!!!] Oliver was shocked to the core but before he could recover he was sent reeling by a punch to the gut. Bluergh!...! Series of laughter echoed in the alley way, the Man looked at the Boy before pulling down the Hood exposing his piercing blue eyes and dirty brown hair with Sharp brows like swords. [You think there is anything in this Town that I, Rollo don''t know about? ] Rollo sneered as he went closer toOliver before pulling away the Bag from him despite him knowing it was a futile. [N... N.. No, please don''t take it away, I... I have no way to pay back the... ] He suddenly shut his mouth as he noticed that he almost said something completelyunneeded. [Oh?Oliver...I''m quite interested in this story you just mentioned. Who gave you the "goods" in your hands, come on, don''t be shy] Rollo said calmly as he opened the Bag,showing off a brown wooden box. With his eyes fixed on the boy,he carefully checked the contents of the box. [Blue dust....!!! ] one of Rollo''s companions exclaimed with wide eyes. [they are Fresh ones too] Rollo chimed as he tasted a pinch of the contents . [Gi...Give it back, you don''t understa...bleuegh!! ] Oliver latched unto Rollo''s feet once more but was sent flying with a kick from the latter. Swish... CRAAASH!!!!!! Oliver heavily landed on a pile of scattered wood and dirt. Presently he felt like he had broken all his bones but he still struggled to get up while dragging his feet slowly towards Rollo. [quite tenacious aren''t you?...hey why don''t you come work for me?] Rollo spoke much gently this time making Oliver flinch as he Thought of the others, whom they had Run here together. but unfortunately Rollo saw it as him ignoring him,a cold glint flashed through his eyes. He used his Jaws to order his Men to beat Oliver to death. Immediately, sounds of blows, grunts, kicks and screams echoed through the night. Pedestrians hastened their steps, trying to avoid implicating themselves. All but one who had just arrived on a nearby roof, no one knows what he was thinking but those who saw him pretended not to have seen anything. ------------------------------------------------------------- [A-ha, a perfect system points farm as boss would call it] Anyone who sees this man''s face would be intimidated. The ominous glowing red eyes and multiple piercings on his face, ears were visible as he stood there trying to cook up a grand entrance, his black robes with floating red clouds fluttered calmly inevening winds. ------------------------------------------------ I Calmly watched the scene in front of me, the Oliver boy was one of the kids the Boss had planned to recruit. so I had been shocked seeing him pushing blue dust.The more the boy struggled the more I supported the Boss''s decision. Oliver traded Blow for Blow, albeit weak punches considering he was not even a cultivator, Most of my men present here were Class 3-4 warriors. So I thought it was impressive that he was still fighting back. As I was about stopping the beating, the closest street lamp suddenly went off. All actions came to a stop as my Man pulled out a torch lighter it,when I turned my attention to Oliver, he was sitting next to a... Man. [Oii... who are you!! ] Phillip yells immediatelybut I''m more interested in how he got to the middle of us without us realizing. "Expert" I thought but chose to keep Quiet for now, the youth''s devilishly glowing red eyes scanned over all of us.when his eyes stared at me a little longer, I felt like I was placed on a pedestal In the middle of the winter''s snow, completely naked as the grim reaperloomed over me with fiery red eyes. It was but a few seconds stare but I felt like I had died and gone through the circles of reincanation. unable to control myself, I took a few steps back with shaking hands. When I looked at the others, they seemed not to have experienced what I Had. I could have written it off as an imagination but I knew my instincts were warning me.And I trust my instincts, so I took the opportunity to gain some distance between them all. [Bastard, Ignoring the Invictus...Haaaa] with a shout and a battle cry, the Fool charged at the red eyed Monster with his daggers. Swoosh...!!! But the sound of impact never came, instead it passed through the Youth like knife through butter. Seeing this made Jobbs speechless as he repeatedly looked at his hand and the youth in front of him. The other party simply muttered an unknown language that sounded like a Judgement from heaven Yaiba no Jutsu [ Blade Technique ] The Youth charged lightning elements into his palm as they eventually worked up to his fingers. Soon a blade of electricity is formed between the youths index and middle finger. The blade looked very thin, and looked to be around a foot long. It was 3 inches wide, and lacks a hilt. The blade is held between his fingers, simply looking at it made my scalp tingle. with a wave of his hand,Jobbs charred decapitated head dropped to the ground with an also charred upper body following after. "What kind of Magic is this?...Magician?!!!" I screamed in my head before ordering the others, [Quick, get out of there, Run!!!! ] Like mercy from above, they Ran like mad wishing they had extra legs. My shout had attracted the sight of the Monster as it tilted it''s head looking at mestrangely before it said in an Emotionless Voice [I don''t know what gave you the impression that you can escape me,but no matter, I shall you the error of your ways] [Run... Run ] I yell repeatedly as I followed after them, occasionally looking backwards. it was then I saw it, I saw the unthinkable!!. He bends down and touches the unconscious Oliver, who then began to disappear in aspiralling motion till he was completely gone. I unconsciously halt my steps until the youth looked at me with a bored expression but an Evil grin appeared on his face like a malicious demon. His pupils seemed to spin but I dare not wait for what he was preparing. [I SAID YOU CAN''T ESCAPE!!] His Shout echoed through the night. Boom!! "AAAaaargh!! SPARE ME!!!" a scream came from not too far ahead so I make aturn to my left."I swear,that sounded like Tony" "Aaah!! NOOOOO!! " Soon another scream followed making my scalp tingle like ants were crawling beneath my hair.I muster all my Rank 4 Axeman''s strength to just get Further ahead. Not long after, Screams echoed in different parts of the Town, and I knew I was the only one left, this only made things more unsettling. I tried knocking on doors but as expected no One wanted to open or invite me in,but I guess that''s expected with the kind of stuff that happens in this Town at night. Woosh! woosh! woosh! all the surrounding Street lamps went off simultaneously besides the one I was standing under. The night was eerily quiet, and I was placed beneath a spotlight by the street lamp, like an actor in a play. Thud... Thud... Thud... Thud... Several footsteps sounded from everywhere in my surrounding, so I couldn''t pinpoint the location of my aggressor. Sweat trickled down my back as I strained my eyes to find even a small clue but now there was just silence,a deafening silence with nothing but the sound of my heavy breath. I close my eyes to offer one last prayer to All Father and the Lord of soul to accept and cleanse me of my sins but as though he could read my mind, I heard him say from right behind me [The gods can''t save you my friend...]. With wide eyes and shock I turned to look behind me as tried to swing the axe in my arms, but he beat me to it by grabbing hold of my hand and forcing me to look at those eyes. Soon I felt a powerful suction force from his eyes like a black hole calling me in, no matter the amount of struggle I put up,I couldn''t do a thing. His expressionless face stared into my eyes as I felt Numb all over and everything went Dark. My Last thought being, "Why" Meanwhile, Somewhere outside of town sat Haru next to his bonfire when Numerous amounts of Notifications Popped up. When he chose to view it, Only one word CD out from his Mouth [WHAT???]. 18 Chapter 17: Fear Theory In the middle of the foggy woods, sat a lonesome figure next to a burning flame. Watching him from behind as he peered into the flames made him look like he carried the world''s problems on his shoulders. This Youth would frown from time to time Until he soon had a Look of surprise like he just got an epiphany as he sat deep in thought. This youth was Haru. Haru looked into the system interface as he watched the Notifications with a surprised look plastered over his face. He was completely stomped for words at the sight before him, clearly he hadn''t been expecting such a haul. But now he understood that the fear theory he was speculating about, had actually worked splendidly. He had the Unmasked clone of himself terrorize the low lives in town under the cover of the Night. [To think it would be this lucrative¡­] A sly grin appeared on Haru''s face as his eyes glowed with a greedy light. {Ding¡­you received 1204 system points for instilling fear onto your victim} {Ding..you received 846} {Ding¡­1980} {Ding} [with this, It won''t be long before I can get another eye] He thought excitedly as he stretched his hands towards his dinner but he was stopped by a growl. Grrrrrrrrr¡­. A lone wounded silver wolf was growling while looking between Haru and the horned rabbit meat that was getting cooked on a stake, making him withdraw his hand. Haru didn''t know whether to laugh or to cry. [Now I have to struggle with you over my food, I know it didn''t take much to catch it but can''t you be polite?] He said while stretching his hand again. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr¡­.. The Wolf''s growl got louder. Haru spoke with a mock surprised expression on his face, [Haa??¡­if you really want it that badly, I can share with you but don''t you dare think I''d leave it all for you. I''m Hungry too!!.] BARK!!! BARK!!! BARK!!!! The wolf began to bark at him when he picked up the horned rabbit''s meat and tried to attack him when he was about to take a bite. It placed a lot of strength in it''s hind legs and was about to pounce when Haru infused chakra in his eyes, activating it immediately and looked at the wolf in a threatening manner. Immediately, the wolf began to whimper and shiver as it bowed it''s head to show it''s submission. [Hmph¡­if it wasn''t for the weird fact that you remind me of my earlier days when I was stuck on that damnable chair, you''d be dead.] He said calmly but the latter part came out low, in a threatening manner. He then proceeded in cutting off a small portion of the meal and tossing it to the wolf before he began eating with a pensive expression. The wolf approached the meat cautiously as it continued to check Haru''s reaction, but Haru was already lost in thought and couldn''t be bothered with it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Meanwhile Back in Primux town, Haru''s clone continued to hunt down criminals and Thugs like a spectre. Rollo had woken up and found out that he was still at the place he had fainted, he quickly checked his body for anymore injuries than the one he had. After confirming his body status, he stood up and headed towards their base of operations. He walked haggardly on the stone floor as he made several turns through alleys before arriving at a farm just at the base of the northern wall. At the centre sat an old house that seemed to have collapsed inwardly on itself. The roof sagged and the cedar shingles stuck up in places like wonky teeth. The windows had no glass in them now and they seemed not to be quite rectangular anymore. It could no longer bring itself to stand up against the elements of nature, In the high winds of the season the old house creaked with Rollo''s every step, as though it was in its death throes. Not long after, he arrived at a secret cellar beneath the dying stair case, it was so well concealed that it would remain undiscovered even in a paladin raid. Under the stairway it''s entrance was placed under several flagstones, after looking around repeatedly, he pulled a shaft leading directly to an abandoned cow tunnel, this was a place the gang used to move several stolen goods and smuggled items. Further within The tunnel you would discover a "driveway", obscured from the road above by a tall ancient looking rock Wall, but somehow remained simple enough to add security paraphernalia to. It was the perfect smuggling route, Rollo limped through the interlinked tunnelway as his breath got haggard by the minute. After several steps, he could already hear the sounds of the loading caravan in the dimly lit esplanade. with the little strength he had left, he urged himself further but happened to trip on an uneven stone slab. [ugh¡­.!] Rollo unconsciously exclaimed as he happened to hit his head during the fall. [WHO..!!??] A gruff voice came from deep within the pathway. Apparently, they were moving goods tonight and several bulky men kept lifting crates from one end of the path to another, as silently as possible. [Lord!, it is I! ] Rollo called out before he becomes riddled with holes, as he was sure that the Archers Nearby would have locked onto him. [Rollo?...] A middle aged man questioned as he uses his chin to signal the Archers, asking them to stand down. [Yes!... ] Rollo answered through a coughing fit. After approaching the coughing Rollo, The Man inspected him with a chilling gaze. [Who did this?... Who dares touch my own?. Was it the White Claw? or was it...] With a Roar, the Man asked Rollo but was Cut off by Rollo''s voice. [N... No... It was a Devil!] Rollo said as he sat up. The middle aged man was taken aback by the words that fell out of Rollo''s mouth, but the Latter looked at him with a gaze that said he was sure about what he was saying. [What nonsense are you spouting off in front of our Lord? Rollo...Did you hit your head too hard because of the fall? ] Another Man steps closer to the two from the Shadows, with a disdainful sneer plastered on his pale face. This Man was skinny and Short but his well defined muscles makes it hard to look down on him. He Had scar on his neck that looked like claw marks. Although the Scar made him look menacing, everyone knew how he got them.in fact it was often used as a private joke behind his back, he had gotten it from the time he tried raping a Kat kin when they had raided a fallen Noble from the Neighboring Dutchy.She had been a Maid no less. Surprisingly, in a desperate attempt to escape, she had awakened her hidden Bloodline. The incident remains a stain on his reputation as the said Kat kin was taken in by their Lord. Now, she was second only to him and she in turn brought Rollo in.So him always on Rollo''s business became a Norm for everyone in invictus. [Lord Ordis! I mean what I said. Jnog, you seem to have forgotten your place] Rollo Said urgently as he Grabbed the middle aged Man''s feet while glaring at Jnog,[He came out from no where and stopped me from ''recruiting'' Oliver, but even he wasn''t spared as he was sucked into the Devil''s eyes!. If you look into his eyes, You get sucked in.I almost fell in but apparently something must have made him abandon me. It was like he was everywhere, My Lord!] Rollo continued to explain between shivers. [prepostrous!! Do you hear yourself?!!...His eyes?..] Jnog butted in once more with gritted teeth but was cut off by Rollo once again [If you doubt me, I request My Lord,to search my Memory using a memory projecting Stone.] Then there was silence, with only Rollo''s Raggedy breathing sounding out. The Silence went on for about a minute until Ordis spoke,[Get me the Stone]. [Hmph] Jnog snorted as he watched one of the Workers go fetch the stone. After 5 minutes the Stone was brought, it was an Emerald Green gem, that was smooth around the edges as though it was a pearl. it had a whitish looking ball of energy at its center, making it look like aneye. [Are you sure you want to go through with this in your state?... the pain might be much more unbearable.] Ordis asked Rollo with a Stern look while handing him the stone, but the latter nodded firmly. Seeing this, Rollo channeled his qi into the Gem, Which in turn pushed that energy back into him as the light passed through his body before shooting out his eyes. Rollo Groaned loudly but still continued to channel in more qi. soon images of the earlier event began to play before them, All up to the point Rollo fainted. Thud! Rollo fainted once more but no one moved, smoke kept sipping out of his hands as the Gem lost its lustre. No one moved as they tried to Comprehend what they had seem. [Jnog... I want you to go find out what happened tonight and report back to me by the morning] Ordis ordered,and Jnog simply Nodded before vanishing. [Someone take him out of here for treatment] He yelled while pointing at Rollo''s fainted body. Seeing them bundle him away,Ordis continued[And has anyone seen Cat?!...No?... Find her and tell her to see me] [[[YES!!! ]]] ---------------------------------------------- 19 Chapter 18 : MOJU To the Northern Side of Primux town, laid a Mystical Forest called Moju. Home to Nature''s beauty and Mystical creatures, it is said that the Forest grew out from the Tears of Goddess Kai and somewhere within was her Shrine. The forestwas oak-brown and primitive, with green being the Dominant colour in the Entire Area. Beneath a Massive Tree laid a Black haired youth and a Dying Fire place. The Youth looked peaceful besides the expressionless paled face,if not for his rapidly beating chest, one could mistaken him for dead. This Very Youth was Haru, still in Itachi Form. Haru soon woke up as the rising sun reflected on his face, he took a deep breath while observing his surrounding before letting it out through his mouth and stretching his body. He reflectively looked around him for the Wounded wolf he met last night, only to find Out that it had already left. With a Chinese get up, He stood up and dusted the dew off his clothes before walking a little bit deeper into the Forest. The grasses he stepped on, made crackly sounds beneath his feet because of the recent dry season despite the morning dew. he was once again in awe of the size and majesty of the trees. Their knotted arms rose ever upwards, as far as his eyes could see. They were hoary fortresses and stood proudly. The orchestra of birdsongs he could hear from them suddenly stopped. Immediately he paused his steps and observed his surrounding Further, Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech!!! A Scaxin bird was screeching high up in the canopy of the trees. Scaxin Birds are known as scavengers of the bird world. Their cruel, corvid red eyes are always on the lookout for a feathered meal. In the winter, they raid squirrel stores for their nuts, often damning them to starvation. It drifted across his vision in a flash ofwarlock-black and flaming red Talons, trying to size him up. That was the last he saw of it, as they were known asfurtive birds, full of suspicion. The morning Sky peeped down at him as he proceeded with his steps, Although he couldn''t see the Scaxin, he could still feel it''s stare. Earlier he had Used his Sharingan to observe the passing Scaxin and found it to be a Class 4 creature, So he let it pass with a bored expression, considering it amount of Chakra he could get from it would be almost minuscule. The simpering wind carried a fragrance with it. It was spirit refreshing to smell the mulchy mix of the forest''s perfume. Then a composting, organic smell rose up in waves like a miasma. Every sprawling tree he passed under reminded him of a watchful guardian spirit from a movie he had seen back on Earth, a silent sentinel of the groves. Finally, He found Huge Foot prints, imbedded Inches in the ground. Judging from it''s size,He could guess that they were left behind by Orges and they seem to be carrying heavy Items. "They must be Carrying their Loot from the last Raided Caravan." Haru silently deduced as he followed after the trail. After about 10 minutes, he noticed that they began leaving the outskirts of the Forest and went towards the center. So He decided to venture deeper into the tangled heart of this Mystical forest, hoping that it would reveal its dark secrets to him. "Ah... what adventures awaits me?" He muttered while looking up at the now Blazing Sun, Then a Small smile began playing on his lips. The further He went into forest, the more mystical and spellbinding it became. Little creatures avoided him like a plague, so he made his way forward almost unhindered. After an hour his walk paid off, He found an Ogre napping quietly beneath an Overgrown pine tree. A cool Breeze seemed to caress the Area in a strange rhythm making it a perfect napping spot.Haru had to admit that even he was envious of the ogre. "Hmm...What to do with him.I suppose torturing it to give me directions is like a fleeting dream... ah Haru! what malicious thought you have." Haru mused while shaking his head. He continued to think but couldn''t come up with what to do with it, "but isn''t it a little too careless...perhaps I..". A light bulb suddenly came on in his head. "yes...yes...yes... this could work! but first I should make here a web" Haru thought as a mischievous grin appeared on his face. He then pulled out several flying thunder God Kunai''s and began placing them all on the body of trees in the Area, forming a web-like array. then he began setting traps of several kinds, from explosive tags to strings. after about 12 minutes, he was done. Then he approached the sleeping ogre and inspected it. Race: Ogre(Normal) Age: 47 Rank : Class 5 Class: Hammer wielder Patron: Valir (Fire God) Bloodline: ---- Seeing it''s Stats, a cold glint flashed through his eyes as He walked closer without making a sound. [I guess this finally gets its use] he muttered to himself He pulled out a Giant Kunai from his inventory and threw it straight at the ogre''s Shoulder, automatically pinning it to the Tree behind. Gueaaaaah! The Ogre woke up with a start and Roared in agony while trying to pull out the Kunai. Unfortunately, His assailant pinned his other arm with another Kunai. GUAAAAAAAAH! This time the Cry was even louder than before, Startling distant creatures. 4 seconds later another cry responded from the other side of the forest. [Perfect] Haru smiled hearing this. Only now did the Ogre find its tormentor, So it began to snarl at him, trying to look Tough despite it''s predicament. [Haaa...don''t be like that. I didn''t want to do this as well. but you and your people have been naughty you see?... ] Haru said with a Sigh before continuing his speech, [But cmon,be happy that you will be serving a pur... hahaha oh God! I just sounded like a clich¨¦ villian. Tch... I doubt you understand me...] grrrrrrr! The Ogre growled in athreatening manner but Haru seemed to be listening to something. [Ah... Buddy, I guess it''s time to put this show on the road...] Haru spoke once more. ROAR!! the Ogre roared in anger seemingly gaining confidence but Haru answered sarcastically [I know I''m anxious and excited too] . 20 Chapter 19: Subjugation... Yold''r POV I am Yold''r, Great chieftain of the Kaz Ogre tribe.The Forest now gave us shelter...as We put out the fire in our camp...Several tribes have split across the lands, plundering and looking for a chance to Conquer lands and territory...Recently The Tyrants led the Greybacks to invade our lands, our honor. Roaring and causing chaos... We fled to a different direction but found that There were many kingdoms... Lost and confused, we consulted our God through Vriku, the shaman for guidance and Thorok the gluttonous answered. Now we follow the sun once more and It was good for many winters...The tribes grew and grew too much. Impatient ones who are tired of our March chose to leave, even my stupid Son has resorted to gathering people and doing as he liked. I fear that he may soon start a rebellion, the sad thing is that I don''t know what I might do if such a thing happens, After all, he is the only child left to me by Mara. ''haaa Mara'' I couldn''t help but sigh, just thinking about my first Mate weakens me as I tend to remember that Night. We had Just crossed the Borders of Jussen and decided to Camp there while I left with a few of the warriors to investigate the Area. And I found nothing unusual until I noticed the thick Black smoke right above our Camp. The First thought I had was Mara and our Son Yol''ma,a mixture of both our names. We Sprinted back to the Campsite, leaving our deep Foot prints behind, soon we arrived and what welcomed us was the sight of Humans in shining armor attacking our people. [Thorok have mercy] a weak willed Warrior muttered under his breath but it was heard by us all.Our people died continuously because of how tired they were after the days walk. [GO! ]I looked at the scene and felt Wary, so I ordered the warriors before dashing in search Mara. [MARA!!...YOL''MA! ]I screamed repeatedly while using my double handed axe to slice a Man in two,but there was no response. I continued to yell but no answer came, I felt my heart bleed as I slowly lost myself into a berserk state. Hacking and Slashing this Men whom brought me sorrow. But then I heard the soft cries of my Son and woke up from my state before running towards his direction. The I saw a Mage conjuring flames on his palm while looking at my Son who was hidden beneath a Body. . SWOOOSH!! [DIE!!! ] I roared while tossing the axe at the Mage. BOOM!!! The Mage was lifted off the floor and thrown a few feets before being impaled onto a tree while spitting blood. Ignoring the Mage I ran to my Boy only to freeze a few steps away from him.There she laid above our child, with a burnt back and lifeless eyes staring right at me as though she was thinking the Question "why" right before her death. I felt my whole body trembling, My mate had protected her child with her body. [Chieftain] [Chieftain] [Chieftain] A Voice laced with anxiety broke my thoughts and looked at the culprit with an unhappy expression. [Chieftain, Your Toru has not returned from last night. I don''t know what to do] He said while making sure his eyes doesn''t leave the ground. [Where had he gone to and How come I''m just hearing of it.] My Voice coming out as Roar forcing the Orge to bow further than he had before and attracting the Shaman''s attention but as I was about to speak to him I heard a Roar of distress that made me freeze. ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Back to the present... Yol''ma Cried for help GUAAAAAAAAH! And This time the Cry was even louder than before, Startling distant creatures. 4 seconds later another cry responded from the other side of the forest. [Perfect] Haru smiled hearing this. Only now did Yol''ma find his tormentor, So he began to snarl at him, trying to look Tough despite his predicament. [Haaa...don''t be like that. I didn''t want to do this as well. but you and your people have been naughty you see?... ] Haru said with a Sigh before continuing his speech, [But cmon,be happy that you will be serving a pur... hahaha oh God! I just sounded like a clich¨¦ villian. Tch... I doubt you understand me...] grrrrrrr! The Ogre growled in athreatening manner but Haru seemed to be listening to something. [Ah... Buddy, I guess it''s time to put this show on the road...] Haru spoke once more. ROAR!! the Ogre roared in anger seemingly gaining confidence but Haru answered sarcastically [I know I''m anxious and excited too] before Hiding. Soon the remaining party members that had been with the ogrecame running. [Gruaguld em bulla tomet!!!] The wounded Ogre seemed to have warned his friends about him as they all became cautious. One of the newly arrived ogres replied as he inspected the weapons, [Malo ri Oduma guabot....] {Ding!... compiling data and manufacturing Translator...75%} {Ding!... Translator complete} [I will kill this Fool...he dares to torture me, careful...he only likes to sneak attack so I''m sure his still around] the injured ogre said with indignation while looking Around suspiciously. [as expected of a Human] another ogre chimed in. Haru was still in a daze when He heard their conversation, he couldn''t help but smile bitterly at the scene. [Find me that Bastard!! ] The injured one bellowed once more,causing four of his Men to scattered while leaving only one behind to guardthe injured. Haru shook his head at how incompetent his opponents are. "might as well have fun with them" He thought before quickly walking up a tree and approached the closest ogre. The Ogre seems to be grumbling or complaining about something but Haru was too focused on his actions than his words. Poised upon a Branch as he stared at his unsuspecting prey, he soon wore a devilish grin upon each step the ogre took. Swoosh!! Haru dove down, purposely stabbing the Ogre''s right shoulder with a long black Rod, there by imbedding him face down to the ground. PUCHI Clang! Guaaaaaaah! The Ogre could only scream..... {Ding... you have received 620 system points by instilling fear onto your surroundings enemies} All the Ogres froze up for a second before running towards their screaming comrade, But soon they encountered several traps he set up to slow them down. Haru then placed an explosive tag behind the Ogre''s neck and made it in such a way that it would blow up if they get too close to the bleeding Ogre. He then used the Flying Thunder God movement to change locations. Then He waited somewhere close by and watched the Rest rush towards the victim. he then sneaks down, and once again draws several Silver Strings around the trees incase they try to exit, the strings were so sharp that even the trees were getting Cut slowly. Then he hides again and watched them patiently. He wants to try and remain out of sight and out of combat for as long as possible because he has his suspicion about the strength of the others. The became much more quiet than before and the First Ogre becameeven more cautious than before, slowing down his steps. As he was about to warn the others, The person in front of the group got within range of the Explosive tag and then... BOOM!! {Ding... 2960 system points has been received...} {Ding... 206....} {Ding... } They were knocked back by the Force as Flesh, Blood and debris scattered everywhere. The first two Ogre''s were burnt half black but the rest were only covered in dust. Haru became speechless, He has used this tags on different occasions and they haven''t had such an effect before. After checking his inventory, He finally understood that He had mixed up the size of the tags. "oh Well" He thought with a shrug before he casually walked towards the living Ogre''s. --------------- ----------------------- ------------------------------ Yold''r was Dashing through the forest as he continued to get images of the Night he lost his wife. Anger welled up from within him forcing him toalmost fall into aBerserk state. BOOOM!!! Soon He heard an explosion that made him feel even more anxious, then he Ran even faster towards that direction with only one thought running through his mind. "I will kill them all, if they lay a hand on him!... KILL KILL KILL." 21 Chapter 20 : Mirage After checking his inventory, Haru shrugged his shoulders before casually walking towards the living Ogre''s. But things never play out as imagined because a Massive Greatsword came swinging at him horizontally, causing him to block immediately with a Kunai as his pupils dilated. Unfortunately, he was sent flying like a rag doll almost colliding with a Pine tree, so he used the Thunder God movement to change locations as Cold sweat trickled down his back and his heart began beating furiously. "How did it escape my detection" Haru was bewildered by the entire situation but did not dwell much on it as a 3ft tall Ogre was Charging towards him with his Too big to be a Sword kind of weapon hanging on it''s shoulder. He quickly pulled out a smoke bomb and used it before switching positions again as he had noticed more ogres approaching from the direction the Huge one came from, He walked up the tree and approached their location to pick them off before he would fight the "Boss" who seemed to be hot on his tail. An unsuspecting Ogre had been trying to Cut down A thick Bush blocking it''s path when it Noticed the commotion and Warned his group to prepare for battle. Just as the warning ended a Rock was tossed at him but he didn''t Dodge, not because it couldn''t hurt him but because the person was off with the trajectory as the Rock went over him by quite a Margin. "Foolish Hu-" He thought but was soon shocked as Haru swapped his position with the rock and used the force of his fall to stab the Ogre''s throat with a Kunai. Bleuurgh!! Blood sprayed everywhere but Haru dashed to the next victim not bothering to check on the first person to be sure as he already got the notification earlier. ROAR!!! at this time, the Berserk Ogre arrived and swung his great sword at the Dashing Haru, trying to cut him in half, not even caring about his surbodinates. Seeing his actions made a cunny smile spread across Haru''s face as he immediately made use of his right eye''s Kamui, allowing the Sword to pass Through him and completely destroying everything on its path. "tch... just how long does this Beserk state last" Haru began to feel wary because he too was beginning to feel exhausted, "it''s been 15 minutes since I started using it today, That''s the longest time I''ve had to use the Sharingan. 5 minutes more, 20 minutes more seems to be My limit." He has to tire it out, he couldn''t even follow it with his eyes without Sharingan, after all he would have been cut in half already by it''s first assault. Haru once again used the Thunder God movement to change locations towards the final Group of ogres and The Berserk Yold''r chased after him with a Furious Roar!. GRUEEEEEEERRRR!!!!!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Somewhere in Primux, The Bustling town continued it''s business as it didn''t carry the Title of Number 2 Business town in the kingdom for nothing, Second only to the "Golden Sible". People walking and chatting as they made their way through the the town, Merchants advertising their wares and carriages transporting items to different locations. In the Eastern part of the Town laid the headquarters of the Wolf Gang in Primux, "Glorious Bella". The Wolf gang is a well known organisation, Known for prostitution and the distribution of "Blue Dust". They also Run several Taverns across the kingdom, all of which were named after their best Girls in the business. it is speculated that the gang is being run bya fallen Noble family called the Othello, Their main headquarters in the Capital is even named after a daughter of the Family. The "Glorious Bella" was four Storey Tavern by Day but it was an open secret to the Nobles and the rich about what happens here at night. At the Top floor of Glorious Bella sat three figures at a Round table with luxurious looking chairs and a Beautiful looking Man, staring out the window with folded arms. a Timid looking servant girl was serving the group with some Tea as the seated Men continued to look around while sweating profusely. Soft music that was being played in the lower floor lingered in the air as the smell of Hibiscus caressed their Noses. [Haa... Sometimes I envy them you know.] The beautiful Man spoke but the Room suddenly felt eerily quiet but somehow the Burly looking man in the room managed to Speak while wiping sweat off his face[Of whom do you speak?, My lord] [The Children] The pretty Man said while looking at the kids Running through the crowd with his piercing blue eyes before turning around and saying [But No worries...Now shall we begin?]. The Chubby fellow, Rufus audibly gulped while everyone adjusted on their sits. [Oh My, you guys haven''t touched your Tea.] The Pretty Man said as he took a sit in a gracious manner. [Lord Joss,we were simply waiting on you.] Rufus quickly tried to kiss ass, hoping it would help him later as they discuss, but No one argued with him. [Oh? ] Joss Stone muttered before sipping from his Tea. [Why Was The profit on Last night''s "Blue dust" sales so poor. Literally, the only sales made was almost abysmal, meanwhile nothing came from your end Rufus.] An eerie Silence befell the room once again, Rufus looked like he had eaten a fly, The Burly man looked like he had something to say but chose to remain silent, The last person was a middle aged man with one of his ears cut off and goatee. Almost a minute passed since Joss asked and There was no response, but he patiently waited for them to speak. [My lord, Someone has been hitting both me and lefty... our Men were mostly killed last night. there''s always a survivor who would always return screaming"Demon".] The Burly Man, Tim was the first to speak once more. [Hmm... is this the same situation with you Rufus? ] Joss asked calmly but the latter quickly knelt down, surprising Joss. [My Lord!, forgive me...I used my batch to try make sales on invictus territory, I...uueraaarg!! ] Before he Could finish, he was sent flying by a slap from Joss''s Maid. [MY LOORD!! My LOORD!!THIS SERVANT IS SORRY!! ] Rufus screamed as he looked at the Maid coming his way, He continued to scream until he heard joss''s voice [Diana,minimal] Swoosh!! [Aaaargh!! Thank you for your mercy Lord!! ] Rufus said while picking up his left hand from the floor with a shaking body. Completely ignoring Rufus, Joss turned towards the others and said [Lefty, You investigate what is happening and Matt, go see what you can find out with invictus.] [[As you command]] Both parties accepted their orders and Rufus was struggling hard not to make a sound while looking at the smiling maid in fear. ------------------------------------------------------- Back in the Moju Forest Along with ''swish'', ''swish'' sounds Haru changed into lightning light beam and advanced towards theUnsuspecting group. Powerful lightning chakra condensed on his right hand accompanied with the sound of chirping birds. The right hand of Haru which was surrounded by powerful lightning struck an Ogre point blank in the face. Boom!! Argh!! There was a short Cry and the Ogre dropped dead with a Blackened face. Haru didn''t slow down as he Passed through the Group, Soon the Berserk Ogre followed behind while Cutting down everything in its path. [CHIEFTAIN!!...MERCY!! ] [NOOOOO] [RU.... ] ROOOOWR!! [THE CHIEF HAS GONE MAD] When Haru finally arrived at the place he surrounded with Silver strings like some kind of spider web, He silently watched the approaching Ogre. It''s skin was now turning blackish red like he was burning up from the inside, his Aura wasn''t that of a king Rank like he had been expecting but it was close. Though he was disappointed in not being able to see a king rank individual, he was still happy it wasn''t one because he was feeling mental fatigue. at this time, he had already stopped using the Sharingan but luckily for him the Monster seemed to be getting back to its senses. He quickly exchanged a "Gunbai Uchiwa" from the system shop, This was a Weapon Madara was known for and the reason he got it was because of the discount he was offered, not that he knows how to use it. "System, Why the discount though?" He Questioned. (Ding... That''s because you already have Madara bloodline and this is considered one of his weapon of choice.) "Hmm? " He was about to ask another question but was interrupted by the now weakened Berserker. [W... W...Why won''t you darn Humans leave me alone?] He said as he suddenly Burst forth with his great sword at the end of his sentence. BOOOM!!! And Haru responded in kind as he Blocked the initial onslaught. SWOOOSH!! From this single move, Haru clearly knew that engaging in a close combat with this fellow would be very troublesome. The Ogre immediately transformed all of his raging red battle qi inside his body into his Greatsword which was able to be seen with the naked eyes with ease. It looked like what Alucard''s sword would ooze out, Although his Mangekyo Sharingan could easily see through these sword moves, he was already exhausted. nevertheless seeing was one thing and able to avoid or not was another thing. The Ogre began to use his sword to execute all kinds of attacks, which were extremely hard to guard against. And once the sword qi passes by his body, Hewould feel extreme Heat, like standing close to a Fire. After that he stretched his left land and aimed at Ogre, suddenly cackles of Lightning chakra appeared on the fingertips ofhis left hand "Peng", "peng", "peng"...¡­.sound of weapons colliding rang out. As he blocked with the War Fan and attacked with hands. Unfortunately, all his attacks that managed to touch the skin of the Ogre seemed useless. "This is...¡­" Seeing the thickness of The Ogre''s skin, Haru was surprised, but in this current circumstance, he didn''t have the time to be surprised because the Ogre suddenly stomped the ground and the Shockwave began pushing towards him. Haru heavily stepped on the ground with his right foot, and immediately tried to open a small distance between them. At this moment, he suddenly got a memory or some kind of vision and felt like it was Madera''s, He Then performed hand seals with this right hand and only one thought in his mind. He then spat out a Huge Fire storm that Pushed back the Wave all the way to the Ogre while Burning everything on it''s path.But because it was his first time using this Jutsu, He had pumped in a lot of Chakra almost depleting his Chakra. Now everywhere looked like a purgatory but The completely Blackened Ogre was now standing up once more, even Haru''s breath was now raggedy with sweat trickling down his forehead. Not wanting to give the Ogre any chance, He charged at it before it could pick up it''s fallen sword but he was too late as the Ogre still managed to pick up the sword and block on Time.along with ''dang'', ''dang''...¡­several parrying sound, Both parties were knocked back. haaaa! haaaa! haaaa! After that calming down their breath, The Ogre tightly held his Sword with his right hand while still trying to stand on his feet, and looked directly at Haru before saying [I can see, we both can''t last much longer...so I shall bet everything on this one move] Along with the yell of the Ogre, the aura of his body suddenly changed, as if the gates of Hell opened up. Blood red flames emerged out from his body, and under his control, these Aura immediately gathered together on His sword, and this huge sword swept towards Haru with an irresistible force. This was the final attack . Looking at the incoming Blood sword, Hadu couldn''t help but frown"I can''t use Kamui, as it is not an option, Anymore strain on my mental health would leave me unconscious. And passing out in a Forest is precisely not a good choice." After thinking this, another memory kicked in as He saw Madara pull out his "Gunbai Uchiwa" and reflected an attack, So he followed the same Motion and infusing chakra into it just before the BLOOD WAVE arrived. BOOOOOOOOOOM!! .... 22 Chapter 21: Mirage part 2 BOOOM!!! a loud exploding sound rang out in front of him along with the stones and debris flying everywhere, a deep Gash appeared on the surface of the ground, tearing through now fallen trees.This goes to show just how much force was within that attack. Haaa Haaa Haaa After defending the attack, Haru was out of breath due to the amount of Chakra he infused into the Fan. Within the Debris and dust, a silhouette was struggling to stand up. This was Yold''r. His armor could barely hang on. And his right hand which held his sword was trembling while his left arm was gone along with a bleeding sword mark on his chest. The sword blade was now chipped when he tried to defend his own attack at the last minute. At this time, He suddenly shook his body with a Grunt, and the Armor slowly fell to the ground. After that he tore a piece of his shirt and tied up his left hand to stop the bleeding. [To think you could reflect my attack, infused with the QI of the depraved...¡­..ha... hahaha] Feeling as if all his life time work had been in vain, he began to give a sadistic laugh.Haru, who was standing far-off frowned. He had began to feel a strong dangerous sensation from the Echoes of Yold''rs laughter, this was the sensation he had never felt before since He came to this world. "Haaa.. they have finally moved him back to the home,no I can die without regrets." Yold''r looked at heavy Breathing Haru, and gave a bitter laugh. "I didn''t expect that he could actually defend against Blood wave. I guess that since I failed to kill him, this result is quite unexpected...now I have to use that." with this thought , Yold''r raised his huge heavy sword with his right hand, as it continued to tremble. all the blood in his body started to flow towards this huge sword. Then he hit the ground with this sword, and a huge Spider webbed crack suddenly appeared on the ground, and several the Sky turned dark as lightning streaked across the Sky. [I call upon thee Lord Thorok, Feast upon my flesh and Rise from Thy Throne... Take My Blood and fuel thy anger... Smite My enemies and take my soul.this I pray of thee.] Hearing Yoldr''s words , Haru opened his eyes wide in Shock before he took a deep breathe to calm down. "Panicking won''t help you solve your problems, Haru" His Father''s voice rang in his ears,This was something his father had once told him when he was 13, right before he was taken into a theater for an operation, so he summoned up courage and prepared for the worst as he thought of possible solutions. Soon a huge lightning bolt suddenly appeared in the Sky. And this Bolt changed into a 60 meter Fist that blotted up the Sky which then proceeded to fall directly upon Haru. "Not good." Seeing this, his pupils shrunk as he pushed Chakra into his eyes once more. Under his Magekyo Sharingan, the speed of this bolt slowed down but he still couldn''t react in time, so the lightningattack struck!. Crackle!!!.... "Dong!" A loud sound of explosion rang out, that huge lightning fist struck upon a voilet dome like shield and bounced off to the surface of the earth and directly created wide scorched crater, Destroying everything within the Area. Firmly standing within the dome, was a surprised looking Haru as he looked at the notification screen in front of him. {Ding... Life threatening situation detected...} { Conditions 121 Met..} {Hidden perk... Eliya''s Shield unlocked} {Eliya''s Shield Activated... } {Successfully defended against } {Eliya''s Shield on Cooldown... 41Days} Discarding the Notification, He looked at his surrounding and he couldn''t help but swallow hard.Soon he noticed Yoldr''s Sword floating in the Air, So he stretched out his hand in a grabbing Motion and it began floating towards him. not too long after Haru and the huge sword came into contact with each other. a deafening roar suddenly sounded out of a thin air. And when this deafening roar suddenly sounded out, the surrounding suddenly disappeared without a trace. And when that deafening roaring sound disappeared. --------------------------------------------------------------------- HARU''S POV I was pulled into some kind of sub dimensional space after touching the sword. I cursed softly as the surrounding changed, I was now sitting in a dark enclosed room as I could feel it''s shape through my senses... something that started ever since I got glimpse of Madara''s memories. I was relatively certain of what was what and where things were.and to my surprise, it felt like My Room back on Earth at the age of 14 years old. even now I was even sitting on my old wheel chair. Just as I was wondering what was going on, I heard the door open across the hall. There was a brief shuffle of movement, then I heard my own door open. Shocked!!could not describe how I felt at this point. "Hey Baby. the Power''s out" I almost instinctively gave a smartass answer to this asinine question like I always did , but ultimately decided it wasn''t worth it as tears welled up in my eyes just from hearing her voice once again. "Yeah, seems like it. You forgot the flashlight, didn''t you?" In the near pitch darkness, I felt and heard Mother move farther into my room more than I watched her. "funfun wrong!. I have one here.. see?" Mother teased while turning on the Flashlight. Things she always did to Cheer me up, She knew how much I hated being stuck in the Dark. being immobile and alone can drive you crazy as the minutes counted. "So did you miss me?...wait I know what you just thought..." She continued in an excited manner, before proceeding to mimic my Voice with a light giggle. "Nah...lemme answer that for you, ''Barely had time to, I was lost in my Anime. I couldn''t leave it alone, How could I have possibly time to miss anything?" I felt my heart tighten, hearing this sentence again as I usually used it when I was too angry at the world for my condition but despite all my comments and rude reply to her awkward/ dry jokes, She never once Scolded me. Dad would always say "There are still much better things you could be doing with that anger My Boy." "ah! why do you look so sad,I just wanted to hear you laugh¡­hey What do we do?" I sighed inwardly. Mother was amazing, I was not the brightest guy, and often looked to for faults to complain about but she would calmly explain things or figure them out for me and then tease me with her awkward jokes to lighten the mood. Don''t get me wrong, I loved my parents, but sometimes I would get so angry at them for bringing me to the world and at myself for falling sick. "Well, I have to assume somebody in the building has already called the power company, so now we just wait. There''s really not much else we can do. Your Dad will be Home soon, Oh. Oh. I know...Well¡­ Can we just hang out ''til it comes back on? It''s so dark." Again, it was hard not to respond flippantly to her stating the obvious, but it was true that there was really nothing to do until the power came back on but sit and talk. Unfortunately I was still recovering from the strong feelings of Nostalgia to bother. "Sure, why not?." I said while looking at My Beautiful Mother, Her Long Black hair parked into a messy Bun and her Oval face with phoenix eyes held a playful smile as she made her way to the bed and sat. "What''s this all about?" I muttered to myself while observing the now illuminated Room once more and indeed, it was my Room!. Naturally, this confused me greatly. I wondered if I was dreaming, But it feels all too real as I can clearly feel the wheel chair. The Room suddenly became Quiet as my "Mother" quietly stared at me, and honestly it was quite unnerving as My Mom wasn''t one to stay calmly at a spot. "uhm,do you feel tired?...why don''t you sleep? you need to go to work tomorrow. don''t worry I''ll be fine."I probed. "No, I don''t want to go back to sleep. Let''s talk, Haru." the Unnerving feeling was steadily progressing to downright freaked out. Mom was a naturally laid-back and easygoing type of person, so to have her suddenly use such a forceful and aggressive tone was very disturbing to me. Even worse, however, was her calling me "Haru". One of the only habits She stuck with even until I was 22 was calling me "Baby". I always complained but she would always say "You will always be my Baby" so Eventually I had just given up and allowed it. Now I was Sure that this wasn''t my Mother nor was it a Dream of a memory, it was something else, could it have been the Sword?. "Why are you calling me that, Mom?" I asked, trying to dig in more as I might be able to get a clue on what''s going on. There was a moment''s silence before "her" voice responded, now in a conciliatory, decidedly more Mom-like tone, "That''s what you prefer to be called, isn''t it? You said so before." I can''t fully describe the thrill of horror and Anger I felt as I realized that whomever ¨C or whatever- I was speaking to was back pedaling. I was certain now that this was not My Mother, and certain that whoever it was knew he had shown his hand a bit, and was now desperately trying to return to acting like her. The tone was good: unsure, almost apologetic. That was very much like her. The wording, however, was all wrong. And there was another problem. "I haven''t mentioned that in over a 4 months." I probed again. Another pause. "Oh, haven''t you? Sorry. I guess I''m kind of tired. I can call you by your name, though. If you want." I couldn''t take it anymore ¨C this wasn''t My Mother, I was beyond sure of it now. I tried getting up but it felt like I was stuck and my Body couldn''t move. "This Horrible feeling again" I said as I could feel my blood Run cold.I struggled as I couldn''t stand it using my Mother''s image. due to Willpower I managed to jump out from my seat and yelled "Who the hell are you?!" I had only a second to reconsider the wisdom of choosing confrontation over retreating from this Impostor as I couldn''t bear the thought of hitting my mother even after finding out it wasn''t really her. The imposter answered quickly this time and in an appropriate tone of alarm, "W-whaddya mean?! I''m Yuki, your Mother!" "The fuck you are! Tell me who or what you really are!" "It''s me, really! Why don''t you believe me?!" "One more time,Who the fuck are you?!" "it''s really me, Baby!" This gave me a pause. The voice was now sounding very convincingly like my frightened and confused Mom, I was starting to feel increasingly Lost and confused at the whole situation. But still¡­ a kind of surreal haze of disbelief hit me. ''Does this mean I Dreamt of a whole 8 years ahead?...'' immediately I thought of my legs, The wheel chair, I was standing!. Then I looked at the mirror in the Room as it was the only thing standing to my right and saw my appearance was that of Yahiko. This was never there, so... "Humph!... Trash!... to think I was falling for this!" I picked up the Wheel chair and Tossed it at the mirror. CRASH!!! {Ding... Successfully subdued Fangs of Thorok!} I was back at the Battle site, Holding up the Giant sword with a sneer on my Face. [ah so embarrassing, I actually almost got tricked due to fatigue...Tch I need to work on making my Sharingan permanent.] I said while tossing the sword into my inventory. [System...you have a lot of explaining to do...] {...} 23 Chapter 22: Return Haru arrived at the gates of Primux Town, right before Sunset. He found the old Comfort of listening to the now familiar Bustling sound of Primux streets to be rather soothing. The scent of the early morning bread hit him as he passed by the bakery, next was the sound of different people chatting at the same time. Haru perhaps not being able to Enjoy this Sweet little things made himappreciate his new life more now. Earlier he had been Angry because of what the System told him. ---------------------------------------------------- About 3 hours earlier... [System, what are Those images I was getting when I was fighting the Ogre?] Haru asked aloud as he had his own speculation. {Those were memories triggered by your Bloodline...This was possible because of that weapon and you being in a similar situation as... } The system explained but was soon interrupted by Haru''s question [So are you saying that I can learn Jutsus by performing similar actions and... I can train jutsu without having to buy them?] He was a little bit annoyed that he didn''t know of this before wasting so many system points. {Yes and No... Host can only train Jutsu that the original Bloodline owners knew.The Buy option was placed there for getting others and emergencies.} The System replied once more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back to the Present... Although the system''s explanation said he could only practice skills that the original bloodline owners knew,He was still happy, because Madara and Nagato had a lot of Jutsu so he wouldn''t have to bother about buying skills for a very long time. He would focus on his Eyes and Bloodlines for now. as he continued to think of the possibilities, a grin appeared on his face but luckily no one saw this. ------------------------------------------------------------------- After walking for quite some time within the town, he picked up two really interesting rumors,First was the one about his clone''s work which spoke about him being either a vengeful spirit or a fallen God. Honestly, Haru was impressed with this clones work as he could still see the notifications coming up on his log. he was just a bit away from having enough points to buy one more Sharingan and upgrade tobi''s eyes to Eternal. Second, The people from the Church were inspecting Babies?. Haru thought with a skeptical expression on his face "Could they be looking for Talented children to bring into their fold?... no no no... if that''s the case, there''s no need for them to be so aggressive. But I''m sure they are looking for something really important. Haru was finally in front of the Guild gates so he quickly abandoned his inner rambling and noticed the group coming out from the Main Building. They were led by the red haired lady who had been watching him during his registration and just as he took note of them, the other party noticed his presence. As both parties approached each other, Haru noticed the red haired lady staring at him with a curious expression a child makes when they find a new toy which resulted to Haru feeling uncomfortable but he had no reaction on his face. Just before they crossed each other, Haru gave her a curt nod and continued on his way as though nothing happened. [You... so disrespectful!] a Short looking man with a hooked nose said in a shrieking manner,He then used his bead like eyes to signal some of his comrades to catch the youth."How could I miss this Heaven sent opportunity to get in My ladies good books" He thought through narrowed eyes. But just as the Men were a few steps away from Haru,the red haired lady''s voice warned them, [ If you want to be able to continue visiting those brothels, I advise you stop what you''re doing...]. once she was done speaking, she walked on like it was not her business while struggling to hide the Blush and ecstasy in her eyes, "Ah... so prideful, those eyes...I want to tame him..mmm has haa" Meanwhile, Haru who stopped his steps while thinking, "Dangerous, did she figure it out or something" suddenly felt a shiver rush down his spine so he quickly inspected his surrounding before shrugging his shoulders and returned the Kunai in his hand to his inventory. ------------------------------------ later that day. Jnog''s POV: I soon arrived At an abandoned castle just outside the city, after following that devil''s trail all night, I have finally caught up to his craziness. This was the Base of a medium sized Criminal organisation known As "Frypoz", Lord Ordis has been trying to swallow this group for over a year now. "humph serves them right..., but I must say that this person is overly Efficient that it''s scary,could someone be controlling him from behind the scenes?...I''ll have to meet him and see just what kind of person he is" as I was lost in thought, I skillfully approached the castle in stealth but the area was awfully silent. With the moonlight outside, I could see the location of the castle gate. there were skillful looking guards standing there properly. "Nice discipline, too bad it won''t be able to stop me" I thought with a bitter smile. I was relieved, with this I can see just how good this "Devil" is.it seems that he hasn''t been here yet. And then, when I was about to turn my attention back to the Guard, I noticed that there was a shadow that climbed the wall on the east side. In fact, Climbing isn''t the right word, it was more like run up the wall in an odd manner. It was a blind spot from theguards too, but I could see it clearly from the place I was standing. sure I''m a thief but I''ve never seen anything like this . That guy seems to be able to walk up the wall if he was asked to so of course wanting to sneak into Our own castle in the middle of the night would be a peace of cake. In a hurry, I run closer to the area of those standing by as guards. But soon I heard a shout from within the Walls, [WHO''S THERE! ] SWooosh!! The guards at the gate pulled out their swords and ran toward the direction that voice had come from. So fast¡­ As expected they were all given a special cultivation method. their figure disappeared into the dark with surprising swiftness. Soon, I heard the scream of a man. I can easily imagine how gruesome the scene was just from thesounds of the screams. From the number of the men''s screams, there are a considerable number of Dead people. Twenty one, no, I am certain there are Twenty three people. One thought came to my Mind, "Monster". Soon enough, the clamor turns quiet. While I wasthinking it was already over, there is a middle aged man running-up to my direction from the darkness. I''m sure he is a member of this gang that the Monster missed? killing... As the Man approached, his appearance gradually comes into view clearly because of the moon''s shine. This is¡­ I hold my breath. This was the Gang leader who had been rejecting Lord Ordis! "HAHAHAHA HEAVENS!" His right arm was apparently pulled out from the way the wound looked and he was desperately trying to stop the bleeding with his left hand as he runs to the exit where I am standing at right now. His complexion is pale, it''s surely caused by extreme anemia due to the huge amount of lost blood and his face was contorted with extreme Fear. I unsheathed my short sword. I cannot let him go. Frankly speaking, even if that man will die soon, he was still an Obstacle that needs to be defeated for My Lord to have peace of mind. My opponent is wounded. It''d be a shame in my Name if I''m not able to knock him down even if we have the same Level of power. I focus myself, and kick of the Ground with all of my might toward the thief. FWooom! it was like the sound of my movement was swallowed up by theWind,which soon accompanied me as I performed my sword art and infused qi into the sword. As expected, the Sword stabbs through the Man''s heart as he was too weak for his body to react even though he saw it coming. The Man grabbed my sword while furiously staring at me, a large amount of blood spouts from his chest, He tried to say something but vomited blood before falling on his back. I could have sworn he said, "the Devil knows you are here", but the question was how. For awhile, the man''s hands and feet convulse, and then stop moving. he was surely has dead now. But the rythimical sounds of footsteps in the darkness and the Glowing red eyes pulled him out of his thoughts. Thud... Thud... Thud... 24 Chapter 23: I will come... While I was still staring at the glowing red eyes in the Darkness, I felt whatever confidence I had leave my Body, Every part of my body began screaming at me to run but I just couldn''t move because it felt like if I did I would join the body on the floor. [Are you not going to Run?] The Devil said calmly(Pein''s Voice). [Haaa... I know I won''t be able to get far... ] I replied with a sigh but I suddenly felt a light wind brush over my face and he was right before my eyes like he was staring into my soul. My breath got stuck in my throat After a few seconds, he took a step back while still watching me like I was an amusing toy. (I am too weak ah¡­ I know this kind of people, I have to Somehow interest him or I''m dead¡­ Aaa, I should try that.) While I was lost in thought, he suddenly turned towards the direction of the Town like he could see something. (THINK!... THINK...), but I just couldn''t think of any other options. [Great Lord!] I quickly yelled while kowtowing in front of him, who cares about some stupid dignity. (He''s watching me with a bored expression now, But I have no other...) [¡­. This , This lowly being wishes to invite you over for a meal with my Lord.... I...] (It''s the only way to survive and not get punished...hopefully he won''t kill me....) As I was talking while in thought I heard His voice again as his eyes seemed to glow much more brightly, [oh?... you wish to trap me?... ] [No No No... Iwouldn''t dare.. ] I tried to defend myself but was interrupted once more. [Don''t worry, I will come...and you best not bore me... ] This time as he spoke, his image began to fade in a spiralling motion till he was completely gone. SCARY!!. Perhaps it was because of tension from the encounter but my legs gave out once I confirmed he was gone. [I''LL FIND YOU!] It could be an auditory hallucinations but I''m sure I heard his voice once again. [F!ck! what are the Sacred knights doing in town if they are not trying to catch this Devil... ] I cussed. There were 30 men in total that were in the Castle and he simply came in and out. Even if Kat guards by herself, she might not be strong enough to handle him. as I thought, only Lord Ordis can handle him and it would be great if I can bring him in. Therefore, all of the credit would belong to me. [If Lord Ordis heard about this, I''m sure he''ll think of something¡­] With that, He flickered into the shadows before disappearing from the scene. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Meanwhile, Within the Grand guild Hall, an Old man within his early 50s was currently talking with a young man Donned in silver armor but their voices were beginning to increase it''s pitch. [Therefore, please let me give you a reward] The Young man said... [No it''s alright, for a Knight from House Van to talk to me like this¡­] Since the young Knight got rejected again, he looked at the Man seriously. Honestly he was surprised since it was the first time he had his gold rejected, never, normally he''d just have to mention the family name and he would get what he wanted. In fact, He was asked to come recruit Adventurers for an escort mission but he wanted to shift his duties to the old adventurer with a little bit of gold. [I see¡­ ] The young Knight said with narrowed eyes. Somehow, his hand was on his sword while he made a specific gesture at the Old Man. And then, an outrageous comment came out from the mouth of his friend. [Don''t you want to work for Van Family? I''ll ask this matter to my father, he''s the leader of the Knights...I''m sure he will agree with it] [Eh!? But, I don''t have any skills at all and I''m old¡­ whatever it is, It''s beyond my ability] [There is no such thing as that! Just now, didn''t you...] The Knight tried to refute but was cut off. [If you want to recruit or post a mission, simply make your request at the Counter] Elena said from behind the group. Frustrated when they saw it was Elena, they headed towards pete. [About the Van Family, you don''t need to worry about them, their Lord is a Nice Man so I am sure it''s just those Knights cooking trouble again... ]Elena says to the Old Man with a smile. [Uuh Thank you My Lady] He replied Humbly with a tired expression. It seems she had seen through his anxiety because of the harassment from the Van Family Knights. She went this far to calm him. [By all means, thank you very much. Lady Elena!] He thanked her once more before walking away. ---------------------------------------------------------- Elena''s POV As I watched Old Man Roger''s leave, The Guild doors was slowly opened to reveal Itachi with his trade mark placid expression. The reflection of the setting Sun added a different kind of beauty to him,his black pupils calmly scanned the Hall before Stepping in. He places his hands in his pockets while making his way to the counter. For some reason my chest Tightened, I felt so delighted, like I want to jump up and down but also Sad that he was still distancing himself from me. I couldn''t help but blush when I remembered how I behaved in our last Encounter. After a little thinking, I suddenly got an Idea and walked towards the post Pete was hanging to find out the mission that The Vans Family issued. After picking up the notice, I saw that it was an escort mission from Primux to Holiva. At the same time, Itachi arrived at the counter and placed his Badge on it,clearly trying to submit his mission result. He didn''t say a word, He just silently watched Pete. Times like this one makes me wonder just how much he is carrying on his shoulders, He just seems so Lonely and not to mention he was just pulled into the scuffle of the Gods, I wonder what he saw in the vision. "What was his mission about,If I remember correctly it was a subjugation quest." so I walked closer only to see Pete with wide open eyes as he alternated between the badge and Itachi''s face. Unable to hold my Curiosity, I grabbed the Badge and inserted my Mana in order to look at the Quest details as well as the results but... Grade: B 20 silver for each earring. Signed by Edmund Lestly. Approved by Zack Walls <34 Ogres and 1 Chieftain Killed> While I was looking through the details, Itachi pulled out a Bloody bag from Zoldevi Knows where and dropped on the counter with a "Splat!" sound. I struggled not to throw up my lunch as I watched the scene, Pete scribbled on his jotter, probably telling him to take it to the Exchange room because Itachi took the bag and started heading in that direction. I quickly chased after him with the escort mission request and his badge... [Itachi... Itachi! hold on... I... wait] I yelled as I followed after him, ah Father is going to flip if he sees me acting like this in public again. Itachi stops while looking at me with a raised eyebrowbefore saying [Is There a problem Miss Elena?] "He''s Still doing that huh...I''ll have to change that but that''s not a fight for today..." [uhm... I wanted you to help with this mission, I know... ] I began mumbling towards the end as I felt heat rush to my face but luckily I was interrupted. [Okay... ] "haa...I knew he would say No but you... " [WHAT?! what did you say?] I quickly asked, perhaps I heard wrong but he already walked away after collecting his badge. [Goodnight, Miss Elena] He replied without turning back but I was too excited to care. Finally, luck is rolling my way. Somehow, my body feels lighter than ever, it''s good thing I guess? Let''s hurry and make preparation for the trip. ===== In a dimly lit Room, A Middle aged man sat on hiswooden chair while a skinny looking Man laid shaking on the floor... [Jnog... explain everything that happened from the beginning] The middle aged man said. [As you Wish]... ===== 25 Chapter 24: Kat...Kathryn Bel When Sunset arrived, Haru was finally done with selling items he got from the mission. By the time he was done,He was about 210 gold richer, this made most of the other adventurers green with envy. Now he was headed towards The Inn with quick strides. He watched as a few Traders began closing up shop and the patrolling guards seemed to be Much more organized with their numbers appearing to be more than necessary. Haru began to wonder if all this was happening because of his clone. while thinking of things he would do next before the Escort mission in a few days, he made his way to the Inn. As soon as he stepped through the door, everyone stopped what they were doing to look at the new comer. The men quickly recovered and went back to whatever they were doing while the ladies began to whisper to themselves. Haru stayed in character and slowly glanced at the Surrounding customers while he went straight to his room while waving at the inn keeper. He then spent about 30 minutes thinking about new ways to get system points before going to take his Bath after a little cultivation. By the time he was done, He couldn''t help spreading himself over the Bed before drifting off to the dream world. -------------------------------- Meanwhile, That same Night The trees surroundedcastle "Vnord" like great armies defending their citadel. Their armoured trunks reached out in the air protectively. This great expanse of green enhanced the castles eerieness and beauty as its porticullos made out of hard iron guarded the passage. Senitels silently walked the walls keep two eyes watched. The circle towers had a spiralling stair case. The stair case made it awkward for invaders to fight upwards. The steps were also uneven so the defenders had an advantage. Great mighty pride trebutchets stood with legs on towers ready to unleash their hinged fury. The grey stone seemed eerie in the night as it enhanced its beauty with the radiant moon shining down guiding it by its face. The keep drew attention but No one dares walk into those woods, not to mention sneak into the castle. This Castle housed Lord Ordis, a King class Ice Beserker. Apparently, he was a Noble kicked to the outskirts of the Kingdom by the King, due toschemes. Everyone knows that the Capital was one tough place to succeed in anything, The schemes between all Nobles, the Church breathing down your neck to make things hard for you once they find out you were not serving Alchrod you reach King Class. Within the Study on the Eastern wing of the castle sat Ordis as he replayed what he had Just heard from Jnog.Honestly, if wasn''t Jnog telling him this and what he saw from Rollo''s memories, he would have doubted it all. Knock* Knock* ¡¸Enter.¡¹ ¡¸My Lord, I''ve received the report.¡¹ ¡¸Ah, Kat. You came at a good time.¡¹ It was Kathryn, who entered Ordis''s Study in full leather armor. Recently since there were many people who had been hitting Invictus supply route without any provocation, Kat went "Hunting" for an answer, they seem to have forgotten that Invictus had 3 Kings. In this aspect, Kat enjoys giving a lesson or two. ¡¸Please, sit.¡¹ ¡¸mmm.¡¹ ¡¸Thank you for your hard work. There seem to have been various irregularities this time around, but¡­¡¹ ¡¸There were many times that I almost died this time around...I think Manos City''s Zealots are causing a ruckus again and this time they have a king who uses the Claw as a weapon on their side... a Good one too, too bad he escaped at the end.¡¹Kat said through clenched teeth while subconsciously rubbing her neck as she glared at the mahogany table. ¡¸My Lord, about this batch of Blue dust¡­¡¹She continued. ¡¸Yes. I figured it was the first thing he attacked, I believe I might know this king... that trickster Alsund. But why now?¡¹Ordis said while relaxing on the Chair. "Actually, one of Alsund''s subordinates had confessed about a certain ploy. That is, the smuggling of Magic Ore using The abandoned cyral mine on the southeast of Malos and Primux but why are they attacking our blue dust supplies." Ordis Thought as he began to go through all the information he has presently. "Sure enough, they were unable to get past Kat''s team, forcing them to turn back. As it turned out, however, they must have used that opportunity to set up something, judging from Alsund''s character." Ordis muttered while standing up from his chair, adjusting his robe he made a decision. "I will have to conduct a personal investigation later, but nothing has caught "His" attention yet. Most likely, because he''s on the verge of a breakthrough. Anyways, it was after He went into closed doors that irregularities began to occur. Could this "Devil" be one of them?" Thinking upto this point, he turned towards Kat who was waiting patiently for his orders. He then walked closer to her with his hands behind his back ¡¸I''ll be giving you a bonus for the danger you were subjected to. But I need you to do something for me, will you take my Order?. ¡¹ ¡¸Please do.¡¹Kat responded immediately with a bow. ¡¸There has been a serious interference with business within the town,something or someone has been an obstruction but this is not an assassination request, invite him to join us!...¡¹Ordis stated Slowly like he wanted it to sink in but was interrupted mid sentence. ¡¸and should he refuse? .¡¹Kat asked icily. Ordis liked her reaction to things such as this, so he thought with a smirk"The was one of the reasons I had called for Kat, because any request I give to her personally are taken as law." But it was only for a few seconds before he answered her question,¡¸Then, you have my permission to use force to bring him here...] Kat began walking out of the room only to be stopped by Ordis''s next sentence, [but at the first sight of danger,you are to abort¡¹ This made her greatly surprised as this was the first time something in Primux Town was deemed too dangerous for her. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11:43pm (A/N: Play "Halsey: Gasoline"...Why? lol Idk) A grand fallen temple in a gloomy marsh marks laid a twisted Rocky entrance. Beyond the fallen temple lies a grand, damp room. It''s covered in large bones, large bones and broken stone. a shadowy figure made it''s way through rows of tombs and several statues, long lost and consumed by time itself. The figure''s glowing red eyes scanned the surrounding from behind his spiral shaped Mask before noticing the two paths Further ahead before taking the right. a twisted trail leads him passed several empty rooms and soon he entered a dusty area. It was littered with skeletons, but no weaponry in sight. "What happened in this place?" Haru''s clone thought He pressed onwards, deeper into the Ruined structure''s expanse. he then passed various different rooms and countless passages, most lead to nowhere or back to this same path. He eventually made it to what was likely the final room. An enormous wooden door blocked his path. Intricate carvings are all over it, somehow untouched by time and the elements. he then stepped closer to inspect it and.. "wait.." He was sure he could hear a whisper coming from behind the door. ¡ºThrough my judgement, I could not see a wicked heart on the Priest. In fact, it has been a while since I saw someone with such little malice towards others.¡» [.....] An inaudible voice responded but He couldn''t pick what it said even when using chakra to enhance his hearing. ¡ºAh. now I''m somewhat curious.¡» ¡¸....?¡¹ ¡ºUmu. When the Priest caused a commotion, the others reacted with anger and irritation¡­ But that wasn''t the case for that .... On the contrary, whenever the priest caused trouble, .... found it rather interesting.¡» Boom! Immediately a cold chilly air pushed open the doors while knocking our masked friend back into the air, But The clone twisted it''s body in the air before landing lightly like a feather. The akatsuki robes still fluttering in the Air as an eerie moan sounded around the Large Hall. He looked into the Hall but found nothing but bowing skeletons which he believes were priests and a huge throne on the other end of the room with a beautiful female statue donned in Light looking armor. It had a grim atmosphere around it as it stared down at the bowing figures. After waiting for a minute nothing happened, so he began walking through the wooden doors. Thud!... Thud!... Thud!... His footsteps echoed through the Hall as he stepped in, when he finally got close to the bowing priests there was a "Bang!" which forced him to turn around abruptly. The massive doors were now closed and barred by something... grrr.... Grrrr.... Grrrr! Low pitched growls began to sound from behind him as he felt strong energy from each of the undead monks behind him.With a serious expression behind his mask, he slowly turned around only to find the Monk looking back at him with different weapons in hand. The clone cussed was speechless due to the numbers. "How did I get into this!? " 9 Hours earlier... 26 Chapter 25: Dyú Gulch 9 hours before the dungeon The clone made it''s way through the forest while killing Beasts and Monsters alike, farming for system points and exp that''d be converted into Chakra just like he had been asked to. He avoided Humans as he had overhead a group describe him with his mask, saying something about an inheritance or legacy. He made a bee line before bumping into a group of bandits, who then proceeded to try and rob him. of course without much of a problem he dispatched all of them before looting their cold corpse. while performing this action he soon found a Map drawn on an old beast skin, it wasn''t too detailed considering how old it looked but it was enough for him to understand. Apparently, the Bandits seemed to have attempted to find the treasure but happened to have been chased back by something. Then they spotted the Clone and decided to vent their anger on him but ended up losing their lives instead. After sorting through the loot,He began tracing the Bandit''s footsteps towards the direction they came as they didn''t have the to cover their tracks. (A/N:Play SASUKE theme-hyouhaku kokuten- Naruto shippuden) Soon he found an abandoned mining village and He approached it with caution, Immediately he noticed how old and abandoned everything looked. A gust of dry wind blew through the maze of ancient houses where windows have long shattered in the weakness of their structures and rotting boards, some broken, others hanging try to cover the empty eyes of every abandoned home. Doors hang on the few threads of their hinges and groan with pain at every sway. It had less charm than a graveyard, at least those are places built out of sentimentality and love. obviously This was a place built by greed and abandoned without a backwards glance. "Dy¨² Gulch" was the Name, as stated on the beast skin. It was the home of this said treasure and now it''s his for the taking. As he quietly observed the surrounding areas, a "snap" sound broke the eerie silence and put him on high alert. The clone then continued on his quest to find the treasure as he didn''t notice anything but he still remained cautious. After a few more steps, he found an ancient looking alter with several bones of different shapes and sizes littered above it, While a funnel like hole flowed into the base of the alter like it was meant to feed something. after inspecting it, he noticed That although it was dried up, The Blood of the above people must have been used toResurect something sinister. He also Noticed that whatever was in there, broke out and killed the Surrounding people that seemed to have been watching, judging by the way the bones were littered across the immediate vicinity. Curious, He started to investigate more seriously. Even though this was called a village, it looked more like a monster den, Abruptly, a chill rose up his spine making him shiver. Something was here with him and he could feel it. the clone whipped around trying to find this hidden enemy as Sounds of hushed whispering seemed to be erupting and spilling from the Alter walls. "Humph petty tricks ," he thought to himself as he noticed a silhouette in the midst of overgrown weeds, It had Ash colored skin with eyes that glowed red, a blue hazy aura circled around it. it''s body was quivering, shaking, trembling but somehow it''s eyes were still focused on him. The creature snarled, exposing a row of yellow fangs before charging in a frenzied manner. ROOOOOAAAAAARRR!!! An incredibly loud roar sounded out, as The creature changed and became twice the size it originally was before it rushed out ¨C this was most likely the creature that escaped and massacred this village. The clone narrowed his eyes and slashed out with his Kunai as he infused Chakra into it.The Creature quickly moved it''s head in a different trajectory, Showing that it was quick on it''s feet. The creature used its sharp claws to swipe at the air, sending out an air blade but the Clone had already increased the distance between them, the moment he missed. Bang!! An explosion sounded out as the air blade collided with the Floor before forming a Dome as the Air Force moved violently in a spiralling motion. The immediate vicinity was instantly destroyed by the air blade. Seeing it missed,it once again mustered its strength to attack but the Clone had already begun his counter attack as he Dashed at the monster while performing hand signs < Hitoshizeru Bakuhatsu No Jutsu (Hidden Explosion Technique)>. Boom!!! Rotating his Chakra within his body, Smoke and Several Floor tiles around the alter immediately got shattered with several debris being pushed into the air. This masked his actual location, sending the Creature into confusion. "Ninpou Kawara Shuriken (Roof Tile Shuriken Technique)" Thought the Clone as it preformed another jutsu, all the shattered floor tiles stabbed into the creature like shurikens... PUCHI!!PUCHI! PU!... it used its hands to defend it''s vitals, but it was still forced back 5 or 6 steps. The clone or "Haru" noticed that it had used it''s right hand to cover the entirety of it''s Heart. "Ho? " Haru thought with raised eyebrows behind the mask. He the shot forwards and sent his Chakra into the Kunai he held in both hands like daggers, causing it to give off a sharp, silver light. The Creature raised its sharp claws, slashing towards "Haru", but He swung The Kunai diagonally, cutting the Creatures arm off. The Creature roared in pain, and used its other claw to swipe at him but he did not dodge or retreat, and instead rushed forwards and stabbed the kunai towards the Creature with both hands. Chi! The Kunai easily pierced through the creature''s heart, and it fell to the ground, and An Orb made out of chakra was absorbed by Haru. This is the effect of the item he had bought earlier. After killing the Creature, "Haru" walked towards the Area he saw the creature and found a dried trail of Blood that was lead him to the Mines. Soon He found rows of Bones arranged in a spiral shape and at the center of it laid a skull with a Ruby embedded in it''s forehead. A formless shockwave rippled out into the surrounding in a certain rhythm as he approached it cautiously. Clearly someone had used this village for something and it all went south in the end. But "Haru" felt quite surprised ¨C he felt that as long as he could pick up that Ruby, He would gain something very important. This was an unexpected surprise... But the question was whether the surprise is good or bad. "Haru" snuck over and as he approached the skull, nothing still happened, he touched the ruby embedded on it and still nothing happened. He did it for close to three times before confidently pulling out the Ruby but then... Clang! The sound of Broken chains Echoed in the air forcing him to scowl as this wasn''t a good sign. A few seconds later, a small wooden hut appeared before him from nowhere. This hut was worn down by years of disrepair, giving it a very aged look about it. "hmm? it popped up from where the treasure is located on the Map." "Haru" thought cautiously. Choosing to ignore everything else, he walked straight up to the wooden hut and entered. once he entered, he didn''t see the interior of a hut butinstead a forest laid before his eyes. the initial high humidity Upon entering the hut and the scent of mould gone!... Black lines covered "Haru''s" forehead. Who would have thought that it was some kind of formation used for teleportation or transportation. With the conviction that ''something was always better than nothing'', "Haru" looked behind and as expected, No Hut. with a sigh,he began exploring the Surrounding areas for clues. but At this moment, a dazzling beam of light suddenly shot out from a distance startling countless birds in the forest. Like his butt was on fire, "Haru" dashed in that direction as he either dodged trees or jumped from Brach to Branch. Screeeee... Screeeeeeeech! spectral shaped creatures hiding in the Shadows made their presence known as they screeched after him. While running towards the light and watching this things cautiously, they Surprisingly weren''t after him,it was more like they were rejoicing and leading him there. Soon He could see a cave ahead with the light from earlier slowly dimming out, with a hint of happiness within his Voice he said. [Found it.] The Cave laid at the base of a cliff, "Haru" cautiously inspected the Rocky mouth and Body as he followed the receding light.at the end of the path was another cliff leading down and a rocky wall facing him on the other Side. [Obviously I''m supposed to go down there...but... ] "Haru" said as he began thinking aloud. [haa...] with another Sigh, he jumped without hesitation andkicked off the Rocky wall with chakra infused within his legs, When he was close to the cliff wall, he repeated the same thing till he found a rhythm which he continued to perform till he got to the bottom. What greeted him was a twisted Rocky entrance. a grand fallen temple in a gloomy marsh laid majestically within. 27 Chapter 26: Death When Haru returned his gaze to the Mummified Priestthe latter had already gathered an explosive amount of Mana within it''s jaw. Boom!!! He frowned slightly and jumped backwards. Even though the Priest was dead, it seemed to have some form of intelligence as it dashed towards "Haru". "Judging from its speed,it seemed to be around class 3 strength...shouldn''t be a problem" "Haru" contemplated as he chose to create more distance between them. But he immediately felt more mana waves from his surrounding, more priests were standing from their bowing positions and rushed at him. but before they reached him, He spat out blinding flames out from his mouth and utterly crushed a few of the Priests in front of him. BOOOOOM!! Crimson flames sizzled over the bodies of this priests as the rest came to a halt. At the same time, a green colored flame floated out from the burnt ashes and entered into the remaining priests. With raised eyebrows behind the mask, he was a bit startled as a thought ran through his mind. "The rest shot into class 4 in an instant!!!...this!... perhaps it''s a one time thing?" When the flames and white smoke disappeared, Haru found this bizarre humanoid creatures looking more focused and steadier. Although They looked pretty much the same, Haru noticed with the help of Sharingan they were a little stronger. Immediately, Haru knocked the first one to pounce in his direction with his left elbow before pulling out his Kunai with his right and slicing an in coming staff. Klinch! He immediately understood things when he saw a green flaming orb hover out of the first priest he knocked down and entered into the priest with the staff, but luckily there weren''t any changes. [This... I can''t ignore and I can''t kill either, or things would only get worse..] He was slightly Annoyed but he began watching the priests while looking at the surrounding while muttering, [There has to be an escape path or something.] At the same time a Priest that had it''s neck Chained shrieked, causing it''s long web-like hair to dance in the wind. A huge sonic wave pushed towards the Youth, Haru''s eyes dilated as he switched directions to avoid it. Several priests were thrown into the air before they crashed against the ground. Fwoooooooooooooooooooo!!! Booom! Boom! Boom! Boo... "It seems things would be getting worse before I find my way out," Haru Contemplated as he scanned through the Hall, watching green flames fly out of the now broken priests and entered the closest priests within it''s immediate surrounding. Grrrowl!... Some directly became Class 5 and a few became 6 with green flaming eyes, sitting within their Hollow skull. A strong wind started up yet again. Haru was completely astounded. He had never expected his opponents to be so difficult. Two Class 6 power houses now seemed to be controlling a few lower leveled priests as they did not even delay for a second in attacking. Haru inhaled deeply after defending against another staff attack and was prepared to counter-attack, but noticed a Bony hand almost pressed down on his shoulder while every part of his body suddenly gave warning signals,his hairs stood on it''s end. "Assassin Type!" He inwardly screamed and immediately performed the hand seal for a substitution jutsu. Pun! a white Cloud of smoke appeared, By the time the Assassin "priest" Noticed the Bomb Haru left behind Exploded!. BOOM! ( play Aldnoah Zero - Mkaliez...in repeat?) Haa! Haa!Haa! At this time Haru was panting in a different corner of the Hall, He held his Kunai in a reverse grip, and twenty Priests rushed out from both sides. The Clone did not waste time too and performed the Hand seals for Raikou Kousen no Jutsu [ Lightning Beam Technique ]. a lightning Beam that was five meters in width, Gushed out in the direction of the incoming Priests as the sound of sizzling flesh and bone filled the hall. He glared at the Shrieking Priest as it was beginning to suck in air once more, so he dashed into the crowd, slicing and dicing priests while heading towards the priest with web like hair. Although the More he destroyed the more powerful the rest became, he doesn''t have a choice. 2 meters away from the shrieking Priest and it''s guards, the Clone performed a one handed seal Mid sprint. ROAR!!! a stream of fire Shot towards the Priest in the shape of a large dragon from the Haru''s mouth. The Chakra that it contained was more than ten times the amount the one that he had used earlier. The Priest howled silently in distress when he saw that sudden scene proving his theory of them getting intelligent as their power increases. soon the green flames gushed out from the fallen priest and headed towards different directions. The Clone staggered backward a few steps and coughed out blood. He quickly covered his mouth, but the blood leaked out from his fingers. [I might not have enough chakra to even keep myself active anymore but I need to find the escape route in case of next time.] [Kill him!] A Priest with a Crown roared "King class? " "Haru''s" voice was cold: [you feel you can say anything just because you can now speak?] He glanced at his surroundings. thirty-odd priests now had the strength of an upper-tier class 5-6 power house. On one hand, it was clear that the Temple had strong power when they were alive, almost sinister and the other was that whatever they are protecting is not simple. Still, he had to find a way. [I shouldn''t waste any more time.] He took a single step forward but quickly had athought as he looked at the sitting statue. a white mist like aura exploded from the Clone. The overwhelming, physical pressure from the Clone could not be withstood. In just a single heartbeat, about twenty something Priest were completely downed. But Soon there were about 2 Kings and 3 Class 6 priests standing in front of him. He expected this outcome. it is better If he were to engage these priests this way, it would have taken him considerable trouble to deal with them in separate numbers. although they were stronger now, He could survive this way. Before the Clone could respond to the situation, another priest wearing a black Robe walked out from the Void. "The Assassin type!" Warning bells went off in his head as his hair stood on end again. The priest looked at the other king Priests before his flaming eyes moved to the frowning "Haru". [This would be your place of Eternal rest] Without a second word, he drew out his shortsword and charged towards the youth. Haru soon felt a burning sensation from that priest''s ''s sword and eyes as his body seemed to flicker between reality. [A passive Element? He''s at the peak of King class!] The Clones eyes twitched behind the Mask. The others reacted at the same time, and the air between them stagnated¡ª The temperature of the air suddenly dropped, while The Clone pulled out a kunai on each hands while they also had lightning dancing all over it. The Priest''s sword did not meet any blades, but a ball of flames that was spat out from the clone''s mouth forced it to go into the void. this made Haru frown and retreat instead, cautiously assessing the two other Kings in front of him. "missed! " His heart was secretly racing. A King with a long row of huge marble beads around it''s bony neck, took a fighting stance with a Staff and stared at Haru with his Green flaming eyes as his skull seemed to sneer: "Boy, do you have any last words?" But "Haru" was just silently studying the priests intently, trying to figure out what sort of pattern the latter had. However, there were simply far too many variety of styles in this temple from what he has seen so far. The familiar assassin priest came out of the Shadows and the Hall was starting to be covered with a layer of frost that was visible to the eyes. The temperature dropped to the point where "Haru" started shivering a little. Creaking sounds could be heard as the white frost forced the wooden planks of the giant door to change their shape. It seemed like they were wailing before they shattered in a moment. It was only now that Haru noticed the fighting method of the last King, A mage!, they formed a complete team of Tank, dps and dot. "should I feel honored for being treated like a boss?" the clone mused The Tank''s voice boomed as it gave a war cry and charged, but Haru acted as though he did not hear it. his Red eyes was already focused on the distant mage, and his chakra was pushed to the limits as it mixed in with his sense of urgency. karrraaakakaka...!!! BOOOOM!! A terrifying power charged towards the mage, but an even greater force severed it. It was as though a wall had been erected all around the mage and caused him to be pushed back. The youth was naturally shocked, and he turned to the source of his anguish. The Assassin who had blocked his every move even though he had used lightning release to boost his speed. His heart was beating loudly but he did not show his anxiety in the slightest. He swung out his sword to cut off the tendons in Haru''s wrists. He spun his Kunai in an odd manner block off the attacking point, but at this time The Tank swept a glance at him, and he felt as though he was bitten by a venomous snake, and the weapon in his hands almost fell onto the ground but his Sharingan somehow defended against it. Sadly his defense was already weakened because of this, so he was pushed back by a few steps and the result of the clash was a dislocated left shoulder. BOOM! "F! ck! !" Haru cussed coldly, his hand lying limp by the side. He looked at the Assassin regretfully as he dodged the class 5 and 6 priest''s Harrasment. "impudent insects!" He cussed out and performed a one handed seal while using substitution jutsu to place a priest in the way of the assassin''s sneak attack. He stopped at a certain distance between them and then smiled at the Kings. The latter looked puzzled as to why the youth still had the guts to smile, but the assassin immediately sensed something was off: "Retreat!" he tried to warn them but was a second too late. Katon: Shinhidora no Jutsu (Fire Release: True Hydra Technique) The unfortunate Tank who had the misfortune to face the First flaming head stared fearfully at the sudden burst of Elemental power. He was unable to react in time because he never expected that Haru was able to fight back even in this situation. The flames struck both the Tank and the Mage''s body directly, and he was flung back with such force that they spun in mid-air a dozen times before crashing heavily onto the Stony floor, creating weblike cracks on the floor as they burned slowly into Ash. The Assassin had immediately entered the voidduring the ordeal and had escaped Death, but the lower class priests weren''t so lucky. The Assassin glared at the now heavily panting Haru emotionlessly and watched as he dropped to his knees. [At the end, you received all the benefits...since I''m dying anyways, tell me, what is this place?]"Haru" finally managed to speak out. It was true, He Assassin was now at the early stages of a Saint as his brethren saw their demise but the Priest only stared at the kneeling Youth for a few seconds before saying. [Don''t speak nonsense, at my level of power I can tell you are just an accumulation of elemental power or should I say Mana?. I''m rather curious about the one who made you.] The priest tilted his head as he spoke while approaching the clone, [To Answer your question, This is place is called Malon¨®k by we the people of old...gateway to the "Key"] As soon as he was done with the sentence, he sliced off the clone''s neck by swiping his arm through the Air. [I expect to see your master soon] ________________________________________ At the same time in Primux Town, Haru who was almost falling asleep suddenly felt like he was hit by a truck as an unnatural sense of exhaustion and Death embraced. His face paled and his heart began beating wildly as he received an inflow of information. Immediately, He undid the Jutsu for the last remaining clone and couldn''t help but frown. "This feeling...I don''t like it!!ah!" he lamented in his mind but was soon interrupted by a mechanical took that made his eyes go wide... 28 Chapter 27: Suspicion Sorry, content is lost, You are reading Novel on Novelhall.COM, we will fix it as soon as possible, thank you 29 Chapter 28: Undying Cockroach. Sorry, content is lost, You are reading Novel on Novelhall.COM, we will fix it as soon as possible, thank you 30 Chapter 29: Lucas Sorry, content is lost, You are reading Novel on Novelhall.COM, we will fix it as soon as possible, thank you 31 Chapter 30: Encounter...? Sorry, content is lost, You are reading Novel on Novelhall.COM, we will fix it as soon as possible, thank you 32 Chapter 31: Nice surprise! Sorry, content is lost, You are reading Novel on Novelhall.COM, we will fix it as soon as possible, thank you 33 Chapter 32 4 Days ago... Primux Town, The top floor of an Invictus Branch of operation, Cara''s Diner. Kat''s POV There were several men dressed in expensive robes here. These Men sat awkwardly as they listened to the Man enthusiastically reading out the weekly report along with other boring stuff. The Man secretly glanced at me with the corner of his eyes along with the eighteen others, while I sat at the chairman''s end chair which blocks the door. To leave is to invite of a bleak future which revolves around torture if I''m in a good mood or a gruesome death... and I''m definitely not in a good mood. The room reached an all time level of boredom 18 minutes ago. To find meaning in this report would be like discovering protein in lettuce. Meanwhile, I have got 6 other urgent reports to return to. Every one of them is way more crucial than this with the conflict happening out of town, but we must solve this issue in other to get the blue dust flowing. Bran, across the boardroom table sees the agony in my eyes. My whole insides shout, "Just shut up. we get it, Let us proceed!" but I chose to keep it at bay as I am to show utmost respect as long as no one tried leaving, especially Mr Phil who was speaking as He controls about 5 Hidden routes. "Cocky Bastard" I cussed in my mind as I noticed the disgusting way he looked at me from time to time. Every time I make eye contact Bran, I see a reflection of my own urgent need for freedom. I think that the Fool is about to conclude. Oh, no. He announced [And another thing...] Please, somebody, get me 2 Earplugs and stick them in my ears. Robes and egos, not a smile that isn''t painted on or an opinion that isn''t so safe as to be completely pointless. It''s as if They''re colluding in how to have the most un-fun experience of living possible... away from everything that really matters to all of us. Now, a meeting with kids playing would be better than being here with this cowardly wooden planks, right?. "Ah! I can''t take it anymore" I finally lost it. [Shut up!!! All of you quiet down this instant!] I yelled while releasing my King Aura. "Ah... I can finally breathe" Looking at their pale faces I couldn''t help but find it comical, Perhaps they all felt I was a cute little flower following Lord Ordis around. Clearing my mind from all the random thoughts, I calmly stood up from my Chair while saying, [So you either want to change route completely or rather continue as we always have?.] No one Answered. [In other words, you are too scared to solve your problems and wish to continue to waste The Lord''s resources.] Silence remained as I continued to speak while most of them got paler. [Are you all retarded???, Do you even know where he attacked last?...Mr Phil, Could you enlighten me?] I demanded as I watched every one of their respective reactions. [Just before the gates on the west side...but he chased our man passed the market] Mr Phil awkwardly responded, [After which we lost sight of him,according to our guy... He was chased away by a paladin...] [Humph... I leave for a bit and everything is like this... does Lord Ordis have to come solve your problems?]I scanned the room with a menacing glare. Silence filled the room until Bran''s voice pierced through it [One of my grunts claims to have news from Mr Darius...] [oh? What does that manwhore want?] I couldn''t help but ask. Bran calmly stood up andsaid, [He wants us to join hands and take care of the ''devil''] [But we have no interest in killing him?... ] I asked in confusion as my fingers lightly tapped on the table. To this Bran smiles as he said meaningfully, [We aren''t, Why don''t we use them to check the limit of this so called devil cultivator before we recruit him... perhaps use the chance to ''rescue'' him]. [This... ] [Lady Kat!... this could lead to potentially 2 dangerous enemies!] [But if it succeeds!... it would weaken Our rivals and get us a powerful cultivator within our ranks.] Phil quickly countered as I made calculations in my head. [very well we will.... ] ___________________________________________________ Present Day... Assault leader''s POV: I raised my weapon to block of the youth''s sword strike when I looked into his eyes... BOOOM!!! The moment our eyes met!, an explosion wentthrough my mind. ugh!!! Suddenly, it seemed the heavens and earth dimmed as an extremely terrifying aura spread out in the sky, instantly covering the entire world. The sky had a Massive red moon with several black spot like things on it. I looked up at the sky in fear, my body frozen and completely cold. I felt as if my heart was being gripped by a pair of large hands, and it was as if I were going to die. The sky was still completely darkened without a trace of light at all besides the blood moon. It was a boundless darkness. Boom!! In an attempt to make a run for it, I noticed that I was hung up on a Cross of some sort and An aura of killing swept down, causing me to feel terror. . Boom!! Another almighty explosion rang out as the sky seemed to be torn once again. Fathomless blood red light streaked across the dark sky and landed in front of me. it gave off an aura that made everything under the heavens and earth to want to submit. an extremely cold aura, that would make peopleshiver, swept over me as the youth stood there watching me with blood red eyes. [Welcome to my World!! ] he said with wide open arms and a chilling smirk. Giving off immense pressure, nothing compared to what he had used in the earlier battle. it was suddenly difficult for me to even breathe. A feeling of despair and terror welled up in my heart. [Wait!] I screamed,not comprehending what Was going on..." could this be an illusion?" "What''s going on? Could it be¡­" I tried using my Qi to stimulate myself out of the illusion but nothing happened...it felt like my consciousness was pulled out of my body. When the thought of this came, I felt greatly startled and looked towards The Young man. He, who seemed to have been watching a show with an amused smile, was now once again moving towards me. a mischievous smile slowly appeared on his face, his two terrifying eyes seeming even more horrifying. Theboth pupils had become even more blood-red colored, giving off blood-red light and looking like two blood-red jewels. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Those eyes looked Deep and Curious, completely not matching the emotions that he should be showing and now every step he took seem to be filled with only destruction as the floor began to quake. Puchi! Before I could register anything, a muffled stab sounded out as my body was stabbed by a Dagger , causing me to throw my head back and scream , Within a few seconds , the young man mutter a few words , his face extremely focused as if he gained enlightenment. If it wasn''t for the scenery you would think he was in a garden. [Hmm... it seems distance doesn''t matter as long as I will it ...Ah my apologies, I just had to try it. Don''t worry I won''t let you die... yet,There a lot of things I want to understand about this ability. allow me to thank you in advance for bringing yourself to as a Guinea pig.] This shocking words caused me to feel a chill in my heart. The youth once again moved, gripping a Black spear and lodged it in my chest. He vigorously pulled it out, and his terrifying eyes turned to me asking. [How do you feel?] I could only look at him with pleading eyes but he simply made a humming sound. Immediately, My hairs stood on end as if he was being gazed at by an incredibly terrifying beast. A sense of extreme danger welled up in my heart, and he immediately understood why... Puchi! Puchi! at that moment, The youth threw out the Black spear from a distance, which seemed to turn into a bolt of Black lightning and instantly pierced through my body, butHe suddenly appeared next to me and stabbed me with two dagger like weapons. The three attack came at the same time. AAARRGH!!!! My chest had been pierced and the scream could not begin to show just how much it hurt. There was a large crater beneath The Youth''s feet. but I was not dead...In fact I wished to die as my body kept bleeding and twitching.blood continuously leaked out of my lips, I must be forming a wretched sight. The blood-red eyes emotionlessly turned to look at me and nodded ... [There''s no lag what so ever,unless I choose to, Huh?lag? what am I saying?] He said as he face palmed himself. [well we still have a long day ahead... ] I felt a chill in my heart and did not hesitate to struggle even futher. AAAAAAARGH!!!! ___________________________________ Meanwhile, Xavier was speechless as he saw both parties staring at each other amidst the battlefield with no one moving at all. "Battle of Minds? " He said as he studied both parties, It was then he noticed Haru''s blood red eyes. 34 Chapter 33 After the battle last night and The carriage Was back on track. The Party was beyond tired but the Men were still alert with glittery eyes. The adventurers had quickly buried their dead and but most of all, they were extremely happy about the new set of Armor they had looted off the men which made the soldiers a bit envious. Elena on the other hand could be seen pouting on her Horse as she glared atthe moving carriage. When Haru had initiated the genjutsu on the enemy leader, it immediately cancelled the ultimate skill they had employed and immediately weakened them so the Soldiers took the opportunity to gain the upper hand, thoroughly decimating them as the enemy began acting like suicidal idiots. Early the next day Before they set out, Xavier finally gave in to his curiousity and invited Haru to join them in the carriage. the latter did not see any particular issues with the offer, after all his butt hurts from the long distance horse riding so He gladly joined them. The carriage which had been jolting joyfully over the firm July track suddenly ground to a slow walk and not long after the hypnotic beat of the horses hooves slowed down entirely to a Halt. Xavier stuck his head out of the window to see what the reason for slowing down was, and promptly stuck it back in again. There was a check point just about 30 minutes away from the City gates of Grotica. A bunch of heavily armored Guards with Cross Bows and swords standing on the miniature tower about 20 meters away from the Check point while the other 5 stood below inspecting the carriage of those coming and leaving, Their Silver Brown Uniforms and insignia matching the Guards surrounding the carriage clearly shows they belonged to the Van family. This got Xavier wondering if something happened while they were away. Haru who had his eyes closed to avoid any form discussion with The Old man and Maya suddenly opened his eyes, only to find Maya staring at him intently while in thought. Xavier also noticed that Haru was awake and tossed his suspicions to the back of his Mind so he could quickly speak to the Youth, [You are finally awake...I hope you rested well Mr.Itachi]. There was now a frown on the Maya''s face as the thought of being almost home played into her mind, She could practically imagine what would happen to her. [You''re far too kind for allowing me rest within the carriage but...]Haru replied calmly as his voice pulled Maya from her self induced nightmare. Xavier''s eyes flashed as though he had understood something and spoke quickly, [Please feel free to speak your thoughts!...] [Kuhum...right, I believe you have an Idea of who sent those men.] He cleared his throat before continuing when he heard Xavier''s statement. Maya on the other hand couldn''t understand so she couldn''t help but ask, [Were they not just bandits?]. [They were too organised for that, in fact their armor was the first give away...]Haru gave out another point for the clueless girl to catch up. [Mr Itachi, i must say that I am beyond impressed by your abilities...in fact I feel uncomfortable allowing you go with just this rewards.] Xavier spoke with a bitter smile as he thought about the situation. Luckily the Carriage began moving slowly once again as the rhythmicsound of hooves continued once again. The Queue began moving, Maya decided to bite the bullet and said[Pain!]. Haru subconsciously turned towards her direction but managed to keep an apathetic expression on his face. But Xavier on the other reacted differently[Young Miss!? are you hurt?? where??] while thinking "don''t tell me she''s injured...why now when we are so close to the city. Ah! the lord wouldn''t like this one bit!!" [uh! Uncle Xavier, I...I''m fine!] Maya stated as her hands waved in the air exasperatedly, [I just thought of something...]. [Hmm? Why is your face red?]Xavier asked with narrowed eyes as he stretched out his palm to touch Maya''s forehead, only to have her push it away. [ugh!] Although Haru looked indifferent, he had cold sweat running down his back as he thought that he had been seen through. [Halt!!] Border Guard 1 [Oi!Oi!...Jurx look at the Crest and uniform!!!]Border Guard 2 [Ah!] Border Guard 1, at this time Xavier stepped out of the carriage and approached the border guards. [Good day Master Xavier!!] they saluted as they immediately recognized his approaching figure, after all, despite being an old Butler, Xavier appears at the training ground from time to time to train them. So they knew how powerful he was. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Upon seeing this, Xavier smile while giving them a curt Nod before asking[At ease, who''s in charge today??] [Aye Sir!!] Jurx responded energetically but Xavier only nodded while signaling for him to follow him into the carriage. When they both entered, Jurx quickly bowed upon noticing Maya''s presence but couldn''t help but look at Haru weirdly for a second. and this did not escape the latter''s eyes. Noticing Haru''s gaze, he quickly averted his eyes, afraid of offending the young Noble. "haaa...heavens are blind look at that skin" Jurx sighed in his mind. [What happened in the city, Why the tight border security??is someone invading?]Xavier''s voice quickly pulled Jurx from his thoughts. [Although I don''t know how but about three assassins attempted to kill Lord Van last night ,and based on the evidence, it is suspected that it was the church. But...] [My Father?!!!!!] Maya screamed hysterically. [The Count is fine Young Miss!]Jurx calmed everyone quickly. And it seemed to have worked as Maya let out a sigh of relief [phew...!]. [But what?...] Xavier finally spoke again. Jurx looked like he wasn''t sure if he should speak his mind. [I feel like it''s too abnormal, apparently the culprits blatantly wore the church''s symbol on their clothes and even left behind a standard knights of light dagger in the process of escaping. I feel it is not so simple.] They first looked at Xavier, then all of them nodded their heads in contemplation. [Sir Perkins said They were also skilled in a strange martial skill. they were able to control this power that had no attributes as they wished...so it would be hard to find out who they were with their mana signatures] After hearing those words, Xavier frowned even more and after hitting his fist to his palm, he said, [It is certainly strange...With all this, there are now far too many suspects!] [Mm? Old Man, from your tone, you seem to know something.] Seeing that, Haru asked while the rest of them suspiciously looked at him. As he looked at the several expressions, Haru raised his brows high, rubbed his chin, then said while sitting upright, [To be completely honest, I thought you had an idea but from your expression, it seems I was wrong] [what do you mean? ] Xavier enquired Not to mention the others, even Xavier was clueless. [Look, The people who attacked us last night might be connected to all this. and from what I found out from the leader during the Tor...Kuhum! battle. it''s definitely connected to the Lopic household!] But just at that time, suddenly, someone pointed nearby and yelled in surprise. [Is that SMOKE?? ], to this everyone stepped out of the carriage and followed everyone''s line of sight. After looking over, indeed, there was a massive smoke cloud formed by a huge fire from the Tall Church Tower. At that instant, even Haru revealed a sombre expression. [Old Man, you might want to rush back to the city] Haru spoke slowly. Xavier gathered his wits and went into the carriage with Maya before Haru followed behind. After that, The Party stormed off to the city The most important thing now was to get to the lord''s castle first. When they crossed the gate, They found out that the size of the fire wasn''t small.this made Maya and Xavier extremely worried . Especially Xavier because this is probably a hidden enemy trying to incite a feud between the Van family and the church. As they Hurried towards the castle, Haru began thinking of the night before. ________________________________ Haru''s POV AAAAAARGH!!! AARGH! Screams after Screams followed until silence filled the air with nothing other than the continuous sound of raggedy breaths. [Well, Now that I have Finished testing my theories. would you be so kind as to tell Who sent you?] I spoke with subtle intimidation even though I was beyond disgusted at this point, but I wanted him to feel true fear!. [Bleugh!] *vomits Blood* [Haa... Hahaha,you expect me to say anything...pui! ]The Fool said as he vomited blood once more making me Roll my eyes. But then I walked closer to him while looking down at him before saying nonchalantly [Well not that it matters to me, I was just curious and I was looking for an excuse to let you out but since you want to stay so much. ] [I don''t Mind hanging out with you a bit...after all,only 2 minutes have passed in the world world. ] I said a out loud like I was deep in thought, and that was the last straw that broke the camels back, It''s been two days here after all. [!!!!!] His eyes seems to have grown two times wider, [T... chwoo...Two minutes?!] Noticing his shock, I continued talking in a nonchalant attitude [What?! I didn''t tell you? Time here is separate from the outside, well not that it matters anyways] Cracking my fingers, I continued [Where were we?! ] [WA.... wai... wait!! I''ll Talk]He struggled to say as I began to whistle the opening theme song of "Guilty Crown" while materializing a table covered with different torture tools. [Oh?? Go on]I said sounding as uninterested as I could, with a huge gulp he began to speak cautiously. [It''s .... 35 Chapter 34: Chase [WA.... wai... wait!! I''ll Talk]The Man struggled to speak as Haru began to whistle the opening theme song of "Guilty Crown" while materializing a table covered with different torture tools. [Oh?? Go on]Haru spoke in an uninterested manner, forcing the Man to take a huge gulp before he began to speak cautiously. [It''s ....I don''t know who they are but...*struggles for breath* but Our Lopic family''s leader and Son are involved!]The Man yelled at the end as though he was afraid Haru would say he didn''t hear him. With such a sentence Haru immediately stopped whistling and spoke with a smiling expression but his voice low[Elaborate]. Perhaps it was because of the change in character butthe Poor flinched before shaking uncontrollably. [About a few days ago, some cloaked figures appeared in the middle of our family gathering. At first, everyone was ready to attack but the Patriarch stopped us before taking both of them to the study. ]he spoke to this point and paused for Haru to take everything in. [The following day, Our Young Master came to the garrison to dispatch us on this mission. Aside from this, I know nothing] [in essence, You are useless to me? ] Haru spoke like he just came to realise something while placing his right fist on his left palm. [No No No... that''s n...aaaaaargh!!] ____________________________________________ PRESENT DAY. [Young miss, No need to worry, the Lord is perfectly fine.] Jurx spoke calmly as he tried to make Maya relax but Haru cut him off with a question, [Has there been any visits from the Lopic family recently?]. [none that I can think of...wait!, their family''s young master Came around in order to greet the Lord but ultimately left before The Lord called him in.] Jurxanswered after thinking deeply but kept wondering "What family could he be from? hmm".well he couldn''t be blamed as Presently haru was dressed in the casual attire itachi normally wore, a black shirt with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back, bandages around his ankles, and black sandals, so it was hard to call him a young Noble but his skin and demeanor said otherwise. [When he came, Where did he wait? ] Haru asked once more, at this pointXavier became serious. "Could it be?...for him to be asking this much questions about them... he definitely knows something." [Eh? I''m sure it was The Garden?] Jurx spoke while clearing up his throat. [How... ] Just before Haru could ask another question, He pupils dilated as he felt all the world elements in the area suddenly gather up towards the same point. [GET DO...!!!!] Haru quickly tried to warn everyone while reaching out to grab Maya but his voice was drowned by a loud Piercing sound. SKREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! The Carriage was immediately lifted up into the air by a Huge Force. VOOOM!!! Everyone struggled to hold on to something, and Maya held onto Haru like her life depended on it. (A/N:well It does). BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!. The carriage flipped and crashed into a building, dragging the horses along. Everything was a mess, Maya and Jurx fell unconscious while Haru and Xavier who protected them looked nothing like what they were before. "Ah... Fuck...a broken rib,Now it''s personal." Haru cussed in his mind as he silently walked with Maya in arms out from the debris. He then placed her on the floor next to Xavier and proceeded to force his bone back in place with gritted teeth. Xavier had his robe torn in different places as he silently watched Haru, the latter quickly scanned the area for any movement. [I couldn''t feel a thing...we are lucky you were here.] He tried expressing his gratitude but he was cut off sharply by Haru [Sssh!] The feeling he got before, appeared once again. "Shit!" Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. He Quickly grabbed Maya and Dashed across the street while Xavier was hot on his tail without a word as he placed Jurx on his back. SCREEEEEEEEEEE!!! [What is that?!!] Xavier yelled after him BOOOOOM!!! The street was totally destroyed, Debris and splintered wood flew everywhere as the citizens ran in different directions like headless chickens. [Found you, F**king Banshee] Haru''s cussed out from the debris, on a roof at the other side of the street, he spotted two Cloaked figures. One was equipped with a Great sword while the other one seemed unharmed. Xavier followed Haru''s line of sight and soon spotted those figures as well, "I couldn''t feel any Qi or Mana from any of them but he could" As Xavier was deep in thought, Haru''s Voice woke him up from it [Oh No you don''t!!]. His voice sounded very sinister along with his now glowing red eyes, he pulled out his Gunbai from his inventory as he watched The Unarmed figure take a deep breath and even more elements began rushing towards her once more while her counterpart lifted his great sword and hung it on his shoulder. Xavier was shocked by how sinister Haru sounded and as if that wasn''t even enough, he pulled out a white Fan shaped weapon from God knows where, it had long black chain attached with something in his sleeve but before that, "Those eyes again!!" SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! with a shriek, A transparent force escaped her mouth from under the dirty Brown cloak, in response Haru pushed Chakra into the Gunbai while stabbing it into the graveled floor. BOOM!!!! Baaang!!! While all this transpired, Xavier grabbed both unconscious people and ran in the opposite direction only to see the attack bounce off the fan shaped weapon. [Wait! the civilians!!] BOOOOM!!! His voice was drowned by the noise, the cloaked figures were nowhere to be seen and the two storey building was reduced to nothing but dust and smoke, rocks seemed to be raining from the sky and Haru went in pursuit of the cloaked figures without a care for his companions. When he got through the smoke, He was standing on a narrow track road made of loose gray pebbles that crunched under his black sandals when he walked. The track snaked around several buildings, so he decided to use the roof. When He got there, he couldn''t help but feel shocked as it gave a different vibe than primux. The roof-tops spread in every direction like giant grey serpents with rectangular scales, Only the old maroon colored chimneys ruined the illusion, but in a way they were just as monochromatic as everything else, the slate, the swirling smog, the streets that were filled with terrified or curious citizens, the unfriendly sky with it''s dense cloud robbing him of sunlight. From here he could see what a maze this was, every house were two to three stories and each joined to the next. The streets curved as if laid down on a whim a few centuries ago. He smirked, up here made him feel like he was the king of the world, untouchable. Despite this, he didn''t forget why he was there. He closed his eyes as he listened to the various sound going around and then he got something, furious breathing, shouts and threats flew from the direction of the Church. A malicious grin appeared on Haru''s face as he opened his eyes while facing that direction, without wasting time, he chased in that direction and not long after he spotted the duo. Perhaps when he reflected the damage, the female assailant was injured as the Man with the Great sword was presently supporting the Lady as they Ran. the Hood of the swordsmans Cloak was more like rags , but the Woman somehow managed to keep hers. From observation, Both had pale skin with grey colored Hair. After observing them, Haru dashed across the rooftop''s tiles and slowly caught up to them, without warning he threw a Kunai ahead of them forcing them to halt. As though they accepted their fate, The duo slowly turned around to face Haru. In that frozen second between stand off and fighting he saw their eyes flick from him to their partner. Our faces are unreadable, no fear, no invitational smirk, no surprise either. Perhaps they had expected such an outcome from the moment they started running. "I am banking on the banshee making a mistake" Haru thought with a sigh. And In that instant they moved, The Swordsman pulled out the Sword while his Partner moved to gain a little distance. The swordsman circled around Haru with caution in his eyes, the latter calmly brought out his Kusanagi sword and unsheathed it with an apathetic expression despite the excitement he felt in his blood. He could hear his heart beat like a war drum as he got into a stance, the tip of the kusanagi sword was held facing down and he grabbed onto it''s hilt till his hands began to hurt. "He''s Strong!" was the only thought that crossed his mind as he observed his opponent, his entire body screamed with warning bells but His heart pumped with excitment. Tud! Tud! Tud! The swordsman''s step echoed out as it began to build up a rhythm, He pulled off his cloak to expose a muscular body and a strong forearm. Only now did Haru look carefully at this Man. Swathed in a thick Black cloth from neck to knees, A dirty brown coat covered his midsection, stained with a symbol of a red Christian cross behind a wailing skeleton of the same color. The man''s face had nothing remarkable about besides a sword scar that ran across his face from beneath his left eye to his chin. He held his Huge sword in one hand, and caressed the blade as though a silent prayer with the other, his grey pupils stared blankly at Haru in a way that you would think he was blind. A frown crossed Haru''s face, as the female once again came to his attention. She had almost slipped out of his perception a second ago, if he had not been focused. As his eyes darted between the Duo he arranged his thoughts "I can''t tell their cultivation level, I have to force him to use his Qi...perhaps i might see my limit today." the sun was high overhead but the sky still felt gloomy and most of the street was clothed with shadows, no sign of life around. bgaaaaaaarrrgh *lightning strike* *Rain sound Fx* "great...now it''s raining" Despite all that was happening, Haru felt rather confident in the outcome of this fight But the Man''s sudden dismissal of his value was like an itch in a spot he could not easily reach. "Tch!" Haru scowled as he increased his focus. Tightening his grip on his sword, he approached the duo. As he closed in, the Swordsman fell into an easy stance, His Great sword held ready in front of him and body placed sideways to make him less of a target. Haru adjusted his step, circling to his right - just outside the reach of the Swordsman''s swing in order not to end up between the Duo. The Swordsman held himself with an easy confidence, assured in the superiority of his weapons and skill. His reach was longer; he had no reason to attack first. In a normal sense Haru would have to get in closer to use Kusanagi, and during that time, the Swordsman would have a chance to use the Giant sword but unfortunately Kusanagi was anything but normal. "That Arrogance" Haru thought. "will kill you" He continued to drift around the man, maintaining the same distance and letting raindrops fall on the tips of his sword as the sound echo hypnotically. Pictures repeatedly flashed through his mind on several ways he could attack but also seemed to warn him at the same time. "I made right choice with Madara''s blood". As if he was mentally assessing the Man''s Apparel, and trying ¨C vainly ¨C to ascertain a weak spot in the man''s apparel. He stopped being aware of breathing, as his mind unconsciously focused on the subtle changes in the Duo''s posture and positions. The Rain beat down, and Haru felt the water roll down on his neck and drip down the inside of his clothes. "How much patience do they have?" Having completed two complete circuits of the man''s now stationary position, Haru also settled into an easy stance, sword tips facing down, and then he waited. "How long?" Blaaaaaaarghrrrrrrr!!!!!!*lightning sound FX* The Woman leaped forward, a kick lashing out at Haru''s neck. It was a marvelously delivered blow, the weight of her opponent trailing behind the axe kick as it whirled towards him. Waiting behind it was the Greatsword, held high in preparation to swing down and shatter bone. A less experienced fighter would have expected the kick to come first, but Haru equipped with Madara''s battle memories had never doubted that the first strike would come from the Greatsword. For all the swiftness of the Swordsman''s attack, signs of his intent had been readily clear to Haru. The Greatsword was in his enemy''s left hand, and as it snapped toward him, Haru stepped forward and bent his body to the side. He slammed the hilt of his sword at the woman''s side and quickly stepped back, dodging the blow before it could even be fully extended. Unfortunately, she dodged the hit but He was now close enough now for his sword. But The Swordsman reacted quickly, folding his arm back to make his elbow a blunt object. His momentum carried him forward, and his elbow almost hit Haru hard at the base of his rib cage if the latter hadn''t reacted with a mild body spin. But Haru wasn''t out of danger yet as the woman attack with a series of kicks to which the former blocked with his sword before retaliating with a kick at her guts which sent her flying backward With a concussive whuff, the less-armored woman felt half her breath abandon her body. It was only an instinctive tightening of her abdomen that prevented her from being left gasping for breath. Out of spite, she glared at Haru andreleased a shriek that disoriented his senses, the initial impact made his ears bleed but thankfully he used Chakra to guard his ears. He suddenly felt the Great Sword coming fully powered with Qi. If he stood still and looked for it, his Head would be a natural target this Brute could not miss. He could not step back quickly enough to avoid the strike either. He had to stay in close. KAMUI!!! The sword went straight through him like hot knife through butter and struck the ground with a loud Bang!!. The Lady attacked with a spinning high kick from the side as soon as he materialized, so he had a choice to move right or left, behind or in front but that didn''t matter as he was within range of the Swordsman''s sword. Moving in front meant that he was exposed to the man''s weapons, but it also meant his own could come into play so it''d be easier to defend, without hesitation Haru darted forward. He chose not to use much of his abilities as he soon noticed multiple parties watching this battle, he didn''t know who was friend or foe so he felt it best to reveal few abilities for his itachi persona. As he moved forward, he attacked with kusanagi and slashed across the gap between the base of the man''s chin and his neck, on the off chance that the black turtle neck shirt was weaker there. a dull thud rang off with no sign of blood, Haru had no other opportunity to investigate his blow as Another bladed kick came whirling past his nose while the force alone placed a small cut on his cheek. "Tch!..." Haru was getting irritated by this woman. The only reason the kick missed was only because it was one that Haru himself knew ¨C it was an outside - Inside crescent kick he had seen before but not with this speed. That the Woman knew it was a surprise to him¡ªeven more so that she would attempt it with desperate weapons like a bladed boot ¨C and it was only pure instinct that had warned him to pull back. As it was, the blade in the boot passed less than a finger''s width in front of his face. He did not wait around to see if the She was capable of continuing with a whirlwind kick. The angle was bad, but he jabbed with his right hand up into the woman''s jaw anyway. He put as much strength as he could in the attack, and She was sent flying across the graveled floor as a muffled grunt of pain coming from under her cloak. The knight jerked up, and lifted his Sword, Instead of trying to avoid it, Haru dashed towards him and grabbed for the shoulder of the man''s Shirt, getting a fistful of cloth. forcing him off- balance momentarily.Haru only had the courage to do this because he finally noticed something, The man was really blind!!!. so he felt It would be easy to throw him now. Once the man began to struggle, he abandoned his giant sword on the ground, as the superiority of his weapon would be negated and it would be much easier to cut him. Haru slashed with Kusanagi from down to up! Clang! two blades clanged together, creating a rumbling echo through the street, The man pulled out a dagger from God knows where and blocked his strike!!. But That was never Haru''s main attack, He swung an explosive tag and Fire exploded across Man''s back. this time Haru managed to twist his bodyplant it onto the man''s back. the strike had split his leathers but he began Snarling like a wounded beast, Haru drove his right knee into his enemy''s groin, sending the man reeling. His back muscles suddenly shrieked in agony as the recovered lady managed to land a few kicks at the end of the earlier struggle, next she tried to hang onto his back as she sucked in deep breath. "Finally!!" Haru screamed in his mind as he managed to twist away and toss a Kunai from his fingers at his opponent. Sui!! Puchi!! It went cleanly through her throat. Earlier, he had noticed that whenever she sucked in air, she was in some kind of "animation lock"for the first 4 seconds. (A/N:game terms for skills that lock you in place while performing.) 36 Chapter 35 AAAAAARGH!!!! The Swordsman screamed like a wounded beast as he noticed his companions death, gurgling sounds repeatedly came from the Lady tried to say something. Haru silently watched this scene with a frown. [ahhaaahaa....!You killed her] The Swordsman finally said with a sinister tone as soon as the final breath of life left her. A eerie dark red aura began to leak from this body, He looked at Haru with blood red eyes from beneath his grey colored hair. BOOM!!! The eerie aura suddenly exploded out while momentarily leaving the outline of the wailing skeleton, more surrounding buildings collapsed. Luckily the streets have been long evacuated by the civilians. Haru''s frown only deepened as he noticed the swordsman''s aura kept rising and showed no sign of stopping, the length of his hair increased in length. Earlier he couldn''t tell his cultivation rank but now, Class 1 Class 2... All the way passed CHAMPION to the early stage of the saint class. [F**k!] Haru cussed once more with a scowl, the memory of the assassin Monk replayed in his mind. The Swords became eerily quiet as he snapped his dislocated right hand back in place, and his figure blurred from his previous location while his fist abruptly drove towards Haru''s throat. The sharingan could barely make out his movement but with the in built experience allowed him to narrowly block the fist by crossing his arm and sword in front of him before he was sent flying down the street. Although the blow from the Monk had felt worse, but the blow made his throat close as Blood threatened to come out of his mouth. Gagging, he felt his grip on kusanagi loosen. The Swordsman hit him again, and he barely managed to tuck his chin down. The fist scrapped across his jaw¡ªonce, twice...it went on as a strange energy rampaged through his body. Another fist distracted Haru from the notifications as he stumbled back. The Swordsman pressed his advantage like a Madman, pounding Haru with short jabs. the flurry of punches kept him off balance, forcing him to retreat. Finally, He saw his opening: The opponent was covered from head to foot with the tightly linked Blood Aura, but it did not cover the entirety of the arm. At the base of the hand there was a patch of exposed skin that appeared from time to time. As the Swordsman punched him again, Haru jabbed upward with a kunai in his left hand. He shoved the point into the base of the man''s hand with all of his strength, and the swordsman''s fist cocked at a strange angle. He felt the knife grind against bone, so he shoved and twisted the blade. The Swordsman screamed, and Haru caught a flash in the man''s grey eyes as he seemed to glare at Haru. The latter immediately left the Battleground with the use of Kamui, leving the swordsman confused. With an Angry Roar that seem to resonate with the thunder and lightning in the sky, The swordsman Trashed the place with Rage that would shock the Heavens. After a few seconds the Swordsman stood silently in the middle of this mess as though he was in thought, suddenly he snapped his head towards a certain direction where a hair raising laughter could be heard. [Ah!hahahahahahaha]Haru laughed hysterically while covering his face with his palm. "wow...This would be the first time my body is actually this injured"Haru thought as he looked at the swordsman through his fingers [you only see when there are sounds right?]Haru asked in a chilling voice as he repeatedly sheathed and unsheathed the kusanagi Sword. clang! clang! clang! The swordsman''s aura flared as he walked up to his weapon that had been embedded to a wall during the previous Clash. GRrrrrrrrrr!!! He growled at Haru whom also responded in an excited manner [Hehehehehe come] as both parties blurred. CLANG!!!! BOOM!! As the weapons collided, web like cracks appeared on the concrete ground while a sonic boom resonated within the area as several buildings fell. Haru smiled wildly as his hands felt a little numb from the collision, after the short pause both parties blurred once more as several sparks appeared in the air. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xavier''s POV Few minutes after Haru chased after the Duo. I tried to stay calm as my eyes met Maya''s slumped form. She wasn''t moving and neither was Jurx, In fact he was bleeding profusely from his head. I reached for him, while tearing a piece of my cloth to perform minor first aid like the priest had thought many years ago. I quickly tore it off, grabbing him in my arms. I felt numb as the sound of battle quickly resumed in the distance. If I wished to move them I would need something to take both of them at once, I looked around and found our carriage was merely rubble at the moment, but I didn''t care. With trembling fingers due to pure wrath, I continued searching until i found a big sized wheel barrow which would have needed a horse to pull but I didn''t care. I lifted the Young miss and hurried toward the barrow before pulling it towards Jurx. After placing him next Her, I looked at the direction Itachi seemed to be battling. "Master Itachi, Just Hold on a bit longer." I silently prayed to Lord Alchrod before I continued pulling the barrow towards the family house. [OPEN THE GATE!!!I''VE GOT INJURED!!!!] I roared with the use of Qi [open the gate!! it''s Sir Xavier!!] a soldiers yelled as the gate was quickly opened, with me zipping through. Lord Van stepped out with the Elders in tow, upon seeing my Lord I was suddenly filled with guilt. [My Lord!!Punish Me!!Punish me My Lord!] I knelt down as soon as got before him. With a slight Frown, Count Raphael Van looked at Maya and noticed she was fine, he sighed in relief before asking one simple question, [What happened?]. At this time, some men already took Jurx to the Medic. [I....] BOOM!!!! An eerie aura suddenly exploded out, cutting me off. Every class 5 and above level warrior or mage in the castle soon felt prickly needles above their skin as we all got up the walls in a Flash. We soon spotted a Dark red Energy from a distance. Servants of the War God?? Without thinking the Count Dashed in that direction, forcing me and 3 order Elder''s to follow behind him. [Explain to me in detail, What is happening?? why is Temple of War in my City??] He asked with Confusion. [I''m not sure but...] I went ahead and explained what had transpired all through the Journey and even brought up Itachi''s Suspicion, before Long, we arrived at the battle ground. In one phrase, it was like the apocalypse. The occasional lightning in the sky and the repeated clanging of swords was like music to the onlookers. sparks flew across the streets until both party separated while gasping for breath, now we could see the Youth with glowing red eyes, who had a wide smile on his face for the first time since i saw him like he was having fun. On the other Side, the Man surrounded by The War God''s Aura let out occasional gruff sounds as he also struggled to breathe as though he was running out of steam.Now we were closer, I could feel his saint Aura but something was Off. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. It wasn''t stable!!!. [Have you finally noticed??] Itachi asked as he tilted his head to the side, but all he got was a roar as the Enemy rushed at him. The exchanged blows as Itachi continued to laugh mockingly[Hahahaha!!!] Swoosh!! Itachi dodged the sword by tilting his head to the while countering with sword strike at the Man''s rib, only for the enemy to become more aggressive, waving his sword wildly at him. Clang clang clang They exchanged blows at hair raising speed, they blocked, attacked , blocked .... It went on Until Itachi rolled below the Enemy''s hand while blocking a back hand strike before... [Why did he drop the sword?] an Elder mumbled, yes Itachi suddenly dropped his sword the moment the armor made of Aura Qi dropped. Letting go of both his sword and the nearly forgotten dagger, Itachi grappled with his enemy. He looped his left arm around the Man''s right, pinning the man''s elbow against his side forcing him to drop the Blade in order to retaliate. [Here''s for Earlier!!] He said as he flashed into the air before tossing the enemy to the ground, He chased after him with a series of blows before grappling him again. Pow! Pow! Pow! The Swordsman, moaned and spat, before he threw his weight against Itachi in a desperate attempt to overwhelm the lesser sized Youth and regain control of the grapple. Itachi dropped his hips[the one whose hips are lower is the one who wins] He said and twisted his body around as he swept his right leg back. The enemy tried to stop the throw, but he was too off balance, and his disfigured magical equipment gave him too much mass. He flew off his feet, and Itachi, still holding onto his arm, came tumbling with him. They crashed to the ground, and there was a bone-snapping crunch as his elbow twisted too far in the wrong direction. Itachi rolled off his opponent, the roared at the heaven. Crouching, he disregarded his downed opponent while his right hand held onto his neck as a series of cracks sounded out. His left hand came away from beneath his clothes red with blood as he stood back up, but he could still move. He could still fight. Unlike his opponent. The enemy was struggling to turn over, but his brain hadn''t quite realized how useless his right arm was. The hand seemed to have been punctured by a knife of some sort, and the elbow was bent at a hideous angle. his Armor was already dark with blood. he was maimed for the rest of his life. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haru watched the fallen Opponent and was reminded of something he had seen as a boy, an odd memory of a time before he had lost the use of his hands. One spring morning, he had been in the garden as his Mom spoke with the Doctor not to far from him. His sight''s stumbled upon a butterfly as it struggled to emerge from its chrysalis. He had watched it wriggle out of its cocoon and tumble to the ground. Its wings never opened properly, and the fall had caused its crumpled wings to harden stiff in a wrinkled mass that would never carry it aloft. He remembered crouching over it, staring intently at this tiny creature whose life was over a scant minute after it had been born. The fallen man flopped onto his back, clawing at his head with his good hand. He was screaming and crying in Grief; he couldn''t get a good look at what was wrong with his arm. He knew something was wrong, but the pain had to be so intense that his martial resolve had been swept away. He was like the butterfly, lying on the ground, struggling to fly but unable to understand why it couldn''t. Itachi retrieved his sword from the Ground and knelt beside the downed swordsman. With a grunt, he prepared to shove his blade through the eye slit of the man''s head. Just like the butterfly when he had crushed with his thumb. 37 Chapter 36 City of Grotica Pita!! pata! klink!! pita!!! [haa...] A long sigh escaped from Haru''s lips He lifted his face with closed eyes as he felt the gentle tapping of raindrops against his skin and could not help but recall that These was his favorite kind of days back on earth, where he didn''t have to feel bad as i watched the rain from the windows of his room, Seeing the drops trickle down always brought a sense of calmness within him. The percussion of the given water varies according to the surface it wets, the outline of what the streets once was, was still there, a ghostly shadow of what it was before the bloody battle that pounded the city not too long ago. Above, the sky was dominated by tumbling greys, and smoky silver. he shifted his eyes to the fallen knight at his feet and then across the once cobbled streets and another sigh escaped his lips as not long after, his facial muscles began to twitch. Getting punched severally seemed to have hurt his pride earlier and his unwillingness had boosted his abilities. He calmly pulled up the notifications he received earlier, < < 3rd effect of Champion of Pride title is now active: 30% boost in stats> <+ 34> <+29> <....> "Just how many effects does the title have?" Haru finally asked after a while and got no response, when he wanted to press for more information, He soon heard a series of gallops and the sound of a wheel splashing through a puddle on the ground. He turned in the direction of the sound in a rather indifferent Manner. It has been raining for hours and the roads were full of puddles of water. There were now people coming around with a few city guards pushing them back, but only the smaller groups were cleared off Completely. "A horse wagon?" Haru watched it with a bored face the moment he saw the church Crest on the side of the Carriage. he remember seeing it on the paladins in Primux. "come to think of it, how come Primux has no Church?"He thought Casually. It was an average cabin that seemed to have a three to four person Capacity. [HALT!!!...] The coachman bellowed as he comically pulled the Horse, if you looked closely you would notice that he was sweating under the Rain. With this scene, the atmosphere in the already ruined Victorian Era street erupted into chaos. The Crowd was boisterously discussing whoever was within the carriage, debating if it was Priestess Nuwa or a priest called Osas with the latter being called a pig in most of the sentences. The people on the streets spoke with each other while Haru observed them. The people here seemed much well off than "Primux",men wore neat suit like attires, and the women wore long parasol skirts. Most of them even used several kinds of umbrellas to withstand the rain. Soon the Coach man jumped off the driver''s seat and walked towards the crowd while some armored knights caught with the carriage. Clearly they had been running after it for quite a while and only caught up to it now. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. Gasp!! The crowd gasped as the coachman forcefully took an umbrella from a middle aged man and dashed towards the carriage door with a flattering Smile. [My Lord please] He said. [Tch!!it had to be the pig!!] a voice in the crowd said almost viciously. Haru couldn''t help but laugh in his mind as he wondered just how much hatred that person must have. [If you don''t want to die a gruesome death, you best mind your words. Even if you can''t, you will have to go and seek death somewhere else] another voice warned, soon several other side comments popped up. Although they spoke in a relatively low voice, it was still clear to Haru. Soon a Huge meatball stepped on the carriage stair,causing it to visibly tilt towards that side. with this sight even Haru could not agree more with the earlier statement about this being a pig. The meatball had beady eyes with a wide flat nose which really did have the shape of a pigs nose, he had his mouth raised towards the sky as he tried to look haughty. He was wrapped in what looked like a bed sheet than a robe. "-100 Points in charm for him, but his highest stats would be constitution and infamy." Haru could not help but think in an amused manner, he probably broke 300kg. It has to be said that, Although Haru''s calculations were just an estimation, they were not too far from reality. He could imagine the state that he would be in if such a creature fell on him while he was out on a walk. It would be an abysmal death cycle. "Haa!, why am i imagining such a bleak future?." He questioned inwardly. While he was having his one man play in his mind, he still had an apathetic look on his face. Meanwhile, the priest "Osas" stood there with his mouth facing the sky under the Umbrella. He kept wondering why this man hadn''t greeted him, so he looked down only to see the look on Haru''s face and the latter mumbled something in a low voice. [I doubt he can see his feet at this rate.] [What??!!!I can] The priest Hurriedly defended himself. [Eh??!!if you say so] Haru said with a shrug as he didn''t feel inclined to argue as It would just go on and on and on¡­ It would be an endless vicious cycle with self-explanatory results and a shameless opponent that wouldn''t admit anything. [YOU!!!] Osas was speechless, when had anyone spoken to him like this, in anger he turned to the tired Knight and injected Qi into his voice as he let out a thunderous Roar at the tired looking young men. [Don''t just stand there, capture this heretic....dare to commit murder in the streets!!], this made the normal civilians shiver. To the commoners, his class 4 warrior level could make him seem like a God but to people like Haru?, might as well kill him with a glare. [[[yes!!]]]They responded instantly, making their way through the now muddy ground. this scene made the commoners begin to scatter once more, after all they knew just how powerful the lone warrior was. while all the chaos was going on, a voice suddenly tore through the tension [Stay your Hand!!, this is the Van family business!!! step aside] It was Xavier! A light flashed through the priest''s eyes as he said [ah...if it isn''t Sir Xavier!]. Honestly, when he had heard about the commotion, He felt it was an opportunity to get a powerful warrior under his wing but when he saw Haru''s attitude, he felt he could still use some force to pressure him. Unfortunately, the Count beat seemed to be connected to this so he decided to take a step back to avoid conflict, especially with the Assassination incident last night. [Greetings... Priest Osas!. I would really love to accompany you but as you can see I''m a little busy presently.]Xavier said in a neither humble nor haughty manner. But Osas didn''t seem to be bothered, How could he bothered? after all Xavier was a class 6 mage(king) just a few steps from being a saint!. So he responded calmly[ of course] before grunting at his entourage. Haru calmly watched the scene as though none of it was of his concern, when the people from the church were far enough Xavier cleared his throat and spoke while pointing towards a new carriage that had just arrived. [Mr Itachi If you please...] Haru only appeared dazed for a second before he boarded the carriage, the change of tone seemed to have thrown him off for a second. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Few minutes later, Xavier finally spoke within the carriage as he looked through the small window at the now clear sky. [we''ll be there soon] After about 7 minutes, the carriage stopped completely, and the driver opened the carriage door. Haru carried kusanagi as he jumped out of the carriage. He started to inspect his surroundings. although it was''t as he expected, it wasn''t far off, it was a huge castle with fields of green grass on one side and a big fountain at the center. There was even a wall surrounding the main manor. In front of him, at the center of the compound, was a big house with three floors. Soldiers came in and out, so Haru guessed that this was the Barracks. He stood in front of a Bronze Statue of a Lord Melfron Van and looked towards the brown and deep gold exterior of the statue. It reminded him of an angry looking guard he once had. [That was Papa Van, he founded this House about a hundred and fifty years ago.]Xavier said from behind him. [I see] Haru nodded seriously, even though in his mind he was saying "hmph not my cup of tea, he just reminded me Guard Kanta" [oh John, what are you doing here?] Xavier suddenly said in surprise, this made Haru turn in the same direction as well. [Right, Itachi...this is John, My son] After the short introduction, a solemn-looking gentleman approached and greeted Haru curtly before turning to Xavier. [On my way out of the city, I heard the explosions so I...] Haru zoned out of the story as he observed John. He had short white hair and looked to be in his early twenties, probably 23 at most. he hard Xavier''s eyes only less sharper but you could tell that he was a competent ice mage from his aura. Meanwhile as the two discussed, the Carriage Driver, accompanied by a couple of young soldiers, pulled the horse carriage into the stable and parked it. Haru briefly scanned over the young men. They all looked strong and fit. Perhaps they had been trained in combat as well. As he was lost in thought, John directed a statement at him "Please, if you may, Master is expecting you." With a wry smile, Xavier guided Haru inside while muttering [always so serious]. Haru followed with a nod, going up a flight of stairs and into the building. There was a broad corridor, covered with a Deep Blue carpet, both sides of it decorated with candlesticks and dark empty armor. When he reached the end of the corridor, Haru squinted his eyes as they were almost blinded by the light. A grand, glamorous hall appeared in front of him, crystal lights hanging from the top, reflecting the lights, instantly brightening up the entire hall. However, the master of the hall seemed to be in a gloomy mood as he stared at a lying figure in front of him. He was a pale, stout middle-aged man of average height. Behind him was a middle-aged woman who shared the same facial expression. By looking at the paintings in the middle of the hall, Haru could tell that this was the master of the house, Count Van himself, and his wife. Although the paintings had to be about a decade old, neither of them had aged much. They were both still recognizable. When the master saw Haru come in, he immediately stood up and voiced his Thanks, "Sir Itachi! I cannot begin to thank you enough!". 38 Chapter 37: Rid Van [Please, If you need any help in the future, don''t hesitate to come to me and as long as it is within my power, I''ll do my best to fulfill it!] The Count promised with a solemn expression while the others in the Room except his wife looked surprised. [ My Lord, please calm down. I''ll be sure to put that in mind... But I have to know, what''s going ?]Haru tried to speak in a polite manner, So that he would not come off as Rude. One must know that, from the Aura he felt from this Man, he could tell that he was a "King"(Reminder: the final line between a class 6 and a saint just like Xavier) and he couldn''t even tell to what extent! it was left before he became one and he was sure this man would beat Xavier or the swordsman hands down. But such a Man was talking politely with him, how could he not be polite?. In fact, Haru has always been worried about times like this, as he did not know how to act in front of this Noblemen. Therefore, at the time He could only imitate books and movies inspired from the medieval period. He had to imitate almost everything. The way he spoke, the way he moved, everything. It seemed to work so far though. Hearing this, The Count gave a wry smile and continued, [excuse my manners. I''m just relieved! Please understand that my daughter left home, and on her return, she''s dragged into this mess. as a father, I was extremely worried,] he apologized as he place his behind him. He looked at everyone in the Hall and then decided that this was the best time to elaborate on the incident, [It was just last night as I was headed into my Study and requested for some tea that I discovered the Maid was different from the tea girl. I used my divine sense to probe and found a strange mana within her body, I was with my wife in there, and we asked the maid to introduce herself, but she rushed towards my wife but unfortunately for her, my wife is a Senior class 6 flame mage. She used her flame prison to lock her up. who knew she would poison herself , not long after there was a commotion in the Castle.] Lord Van explained the incident in an orderly manner from beginning till end. [what??!! My lady can cultivate?!] An Elder suddenly said as everyone looked at him oddly, but the conversation quickly moved on. His wife however had remained silent throughout the whole narration. There is a great resemblance between Maya and her even if She looked to be in her late 30''s, she had long black hair that reached her lower back, it had light shades of red around the edges, ''probably originated from her cultivation'' Haru thought as he looked away, even He wouldn''t have known she was a mage if he didn''t have a system that allowed him have a basic understanding of cultivation. [based on the evidence left behind, it shows that it was the church and I would''ve believed if I didn''t sense that maids mana signature. the ones who escaped seemed to be the ones who attacked the carriage today. Now we saw one of them having the war God''s qi technique.] Count Van suddenly said. An Old man with trimmed grey beards and a long ponytail suddenly pulled their attention [hmm...] Haru''s pupils constricted as he had not sensed this man at all and yet it was as if he had always been there, in fact it was like he was meant to be there. His voice seemed rather soothing as he quietly observed everyone in the room. When Haru felt his gaze, it felt like he was being pricked by needles but it didn''t last long as The old man moved towards them from the doorway he had been standing. [Father] Count Van said in surprise. [[[Great Lord]]] everyone chorused as they bowed, well except Haru who was looking at the elderly Man with wide eyes. This was because, when the man lifted his hand to pat the count''s back he saw a tattoo from beneath his robe Cultivation: Peak Saint Rank Alignment: Terra Empire God: Gord (Master of the Mystic elements) This was what was hanging above the old man''s head, His name was Rid Van, the man who was said to have built the several cities and towns that was now under the Van family. There was a rumor that Haru had once heard in Primux, it was said that the Van family was once of Marquis Rank but due to them supporting the Crown prince of the empire, the present Emperor which was also the sixth Son back then, decided to deal with them. Unfortunately, Rid complete the quest that he had been given and became a saint, forcing the Emperor to only use every method to demote the Van Household and as a saint is an important asset to any kingdom, He could not seize any of their property nor go too far either, so even though the patriarch title of the family became a Count, They had the asset and influence of a Marquis. In all of the Terra Empire, there were only 4 peak level saints that were known till date with Rid being the 5th one. The second reason Haru was surprised was because of the God Rid was following, when he came in earlier and saw that everyone except Xavier and Son were flame related, he felt they were serving "Vadur" Son of Flames but seeing Rid made Haru understand that serving Gods might just be a question of preference and gaining the recognition of said God. Rid Van was a follower of Gord, master of the mystical elements which consists of all variants like Gale, Storms, Ice that he saw with Xavier. Thinking up to this point, he looked at Xavier and John as though he had come to an understanding. [The aura I sensed earlier, I have felt it before. though you might have sensed the War God''s Qi, there was something else mixed with it.] Rid once again spoke. Everyone looked at Rid with a serious expression while The count asked [ what do you mean Lord father?] [When I once traveled out on my quest, I ran into a group called the "Forsaken", they consist of people who have been abandoned by their Gods or they chose to abandon their God. they believed that Chaos gave birth to all things, including the Gods!] Rid said. [the Forsaken?] Haru muttered softly as a prompt casually appeared on the lower left side of his view, telling him that he had a new information added to his library. Meanwhile, Rid continued with his story [At that period, they would go from village to village, killing andplundering while sacrificing the victims to Chaos]. His words seemed to have changed the atmosphere of the Great Hall, everyone wore serious expressions. [Does this mean they have set their sights on us?] An elderly man finally asked the question lingering in the air. Rid replied curtly before explaining his thoughts, [No!they seem to be trying to cause friction between us and the church. I suspect this is but a distraction from their main motive.] [Distraction?] the Count muttered. At this time Haru spoke up, [ Honestly, I had the same suspicion, they were doing their all to avoid an outright battle even though they had actual strength. if his accomplice had done the same thing he did at the end, then i would have been in trouble]. when he finished speaking, everyone became aware of his presence once more and they were reminded that this was the man who had fought the false saint. And of course, Rid was also part of the people looking at him. [Itachi has seen great Saint] Haru said with a small how which brought up different kinds of reactions on the people present, especially The count. It had to be said that in both achievement and age, Haru couldn''t compare to Rid in the eyes of this people. And the count couldn''t even rebuke Haru because, the Saint didn''t seem to mind and Haru on the other hand didn''t seem simple as his over all strength was equivalent to a newly upgraded saint rank. Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.comfor visiting. [Hi? Itachi? a strange name... I''m guessing you are not from this parts.] Rid spoke in an amused smile. [yes I''m not... Itachi of the Uchiha clan] Haru spoke casually but the expressions on the viewers were very colorful. In this world, there were different legends that says "besides the several kingdoms, empires or great sects, there were hidden clans who hold great power. no one knows where they were or to what extent their influence goes." Now when they see the way Haru behaved while using "Clan" to describe where he came from, they could only picture it as one this Hidden Clan. immediately, some elders began making plans on how to get on his good graces and tie him to their family. obviously Haru was not aware their self induced hypnosis as his discussion with the saint was coming to a close. [I thank you for saving my granddaughter, feel free to stay in the family castle. I dare not say I am a master in front of your clan''s masters but if you have any questions please feel free to contact me at my courtyard]Rid used his words to probe, but unfortunately or fortunately, Haru didn''t bother to refute his words which in turn further increased the misunderstanding. With a nod towards Xavier, he continued talking to Haru, [Xavier would be taking you to your temporary lodging]¨¦ [I understand] Haru said as he gave small bow and followed Xavier out. meanwhile the meeting continued to discuss what was to be done. initially, Haru wanted to help investigate but their attitude made him decide against it. obviously he wasn''t trusted yet... So he went into the room assigned to him and soon fell asleep. --------------------------- From the air, Alchrod looked at the ridiculously beautiful glowing lake as every single bit of Mana on the island of fate revolved around a lone figure, while slowly stabbing through her skin with the colors almost too intense to be true. There was the silver lines of fate, the blue of the lake, the immaculate white skin of his sister Eliya, the rich, elemental steel color of the Mana chains as it locked down every. [Eliya... just tell me where you and Zoldevi sent your divinity?] Alchrod said as he laid on top of a gold Cloud. [grrr...go smash your heard on the mountain of maletem, AaaaAArgh!!!] Eliya said through grunts as Alchrod chuckle in delight. [Oh dear sister, just call back your divinity and all this would be over.] He said. [So you can repeat what you did to mother.] Eliya countered while Alchrod''s mouth began to twitch. [Hmph...] lighting suddenly struck down from his hands to Eliya''s rib causing her to scream. As she noticed Alchrod had left, through tears she made a silent prayer [Save me] 39 Chapter 38 A nightmare of how it always was. Paralyzed with the feeling of being naked, cold as your sense of touch slowly dies out. Soon A masked man in a pure white robe then came closer with a knife, making sweeping movements to a music only he could hear. He would be closer now, then further away and then closer again. it went on and on as i watched him in panic. Then the Masked man seemed to have only noticed me now as he began to look at my lying position with interest. Soon I was standing in a place that was unrecognizable, a place where the earth had a shade of blue and the clouds in the sky was thickened with Mana. Here you could see blue in every direction to the horizon; where it met with the golden color of the wheat scattered all around. All that punctuated the dichromatic scheme was the odd lonely lake and the long strands of cloud being dragged across the sky by the wind. Thick silver strands of mana pushed in the direction of the lake, as though they were being pulled by something. It was then I heard it... [Eliya... just tell me where you and the others sent your divinity?] !!! In my Shock, the Masked Man appeared next to me and made a sssh! Gesture before pointing towards the lake. As though the space around us shrunk, we approached the lake with great speed as I heard a female cuss. [grrr...go smash your heard on the mountain of maletem, AaaaAArgh!!!]A lady with a messy blonde hair flew around as though to support her fury, her fury filled green eyes glared at another blonde man who sat on the clouds. To her words the latter chuckled in delight. It was then i recognized the Woman, "She was the one who gave me the system!!. Now she looks nothing like her previous look. I remember her beautiful golden locks and a healthy tanned skin but now..." [Oh dear sister, just call back your divinity and all this would be over.]The blonde Male said. [So you can repeat what you did to mother?.] Eliya quickly countered while the Man''s mouth began to twitch in anger. [Hmph...] lighting suddenly appeared in his hand as he tried to strike, when I tried to jump in to block it, I found that I still could not move. I turned to the masked Man next to me only to find him shaking his head. With a frown, I turned back to the scene only to see the blonde male throw down the lightning from his hands onto Eliya''s direction, striking her rib, causing her to scream. With gritted teeth, He coldly looked at Eliya before vanishing, unaware of the audience. All I could do was glare in the direction where Alchrod stood earlier while swearing to kill the bastard, it was then Eliya finally broke into sobs [save me...] I wanted to comfort her but Then everything went Dark again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haru woke up as if there was an emergency, if someone saw him right now, he would ask if sleeping had become such a dangerous thing. His heart beat was fast as his initial shocked expression soon turned to one filled with rage. Only now did his brain recover from it''s initial flat battery, the exertions of tonight had been a marathon of erratic problems which needed solving. And so the night soon pass with Haru clutching his head as though he was hungover, not from drink, but from the dream that demanded solutions. "Eliya is in trouble and I have been messing around comfortably...!" was the first thought the crossed his mind. [ALCHROD!] He said through gritted teeth, [You dare do this to my Benefactor!!]. He got off the bed and looked out the window with a frown, [It''s Only now that I understand the gravity of the situation], He suddenly felt several people lock onto him with just this small movement. This action only made him smile wryly as he thought, "Still don''t trust me?!I wonder which one of them has this killing intent towards me, well Luckily I won''t need to stay here for long". He then pulled out the memory fragment from his inventory while thinking "I still need to find the other three before doing any other thing according to the Main quest." {: Find the Next Clue to the Next memory fragment. : C : 1 Free level upgrade for all present jutsus} "That means I still have to stick with this Identity for a bit longer to get the "clue" for the second fragment from the Guild Master, and I think I already found the clue for the third fragment." His eyes flashed as he thought about the monk at the hidden Temple. "It all boils down to strength,I think it''s time my clone stopped its meditation... after all, I believe I still have a date." [..."Vindictus"] Haru finally muttered with a smirk on his face. Moving closer to the castle window, He closed his eyes and tried to sense his surrounding, only to feel a huge interference in the air. [I might as well use this]Haru muttered while pulling out three messenger birds from his inventory. He had gotten this as gifts from the system for unlocking an achievement after toying with the gold armored bandit on their way here. After sending them out, He proceeded to meditate in order to increase his cultivation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LUCAS POV Meanwhile, Outside of Primux. At the tip of southern Edge(Mountain) Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. Lone Castle(Home of Baron Molten) I stood on the drawbridge as I stared at my home, upon the ancient wood. At One time this was were brought me joy and happiness as I spent my time in mother''s embrace. I often watched as Horses passed over as they carried goods into the citadel within. This was home to My Father, "Baron Azi Molten", Devoted follower of Count Van and Keeper of Primux. "Well we are about to change that" The old man''s voice rang in my Head. "yes" was all I said while a malicious smile hung on my lips as I slowly led my Shadow warriors into the Castle. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primux town Joss sat with legs at the Roof of the Building as he hummed a tune while gently tapping the table, Diana busied her self with watering the tea plants that were planted on wooden flower bed. It was a serene scene, but not for those who knew this two. Lefty finally concluded his investigation and was ready to report. He knew how Joss liked thorough reports, so it had taken him over a week to complete. Even at that, he felt worried that it would still displease him. After summoning courage, He pushed open the wooden doors. [ah!! Diana look!look! it''s lefty!] Joss said with light claps like an excited child. [en...] a dull response came from the apathetic maid, creating a stack contrast with Joss. Lefty on the other wasn''t the least bit calm like he looked, He knew that this was The boss being sarcastic. And not in the funny way. Joss my have said that but the wolf gang "translation" says "Oh diana, lefty finally decided to grace us with his presence." [My Lord] Lefty finally spoke up. Joss on the other hand had an amused smile on his face while mixing his tea. Taking it as his cue to continue, he began his report[Since I began my investigation, I found that this attacks weren''t specifically meant for us but it had been a general attack on virtually all the gangs in Primux.] Hearing this didn''t make Joss angry like Lefty thought it would, instead his eyes seemed to twinkle. [Do tell] He finally said, send cold sweat down Lefty''s back. 40 Chapter 39 Lefty''s POV Some folks wear a smile and it meant a smile, but this guy was something else. Everything about him was a soft and understated. I once happened to see him dancing in glee while he bashed a man''s head with a smile before he asked if we were there for coffee. I Mean we all worry if we would end up as all those other people who were patients in his "surgery" as he asked us about our day. Joss suddenly seemed irritated, [what you are saying is that, this is still going on? Lebanan Valley fell in the hands of Ordis. Now They cut off our source of blue dust from the Capital] [Yes] Find authorized novels in Webnovel£¬faster updates, better experience£¬Please click www.novelhall.com for visiting. His brows furrowed, [This current war will decide the Overlord of The Underworld. Lefty...] [Sir] [We need to set aside everything and focus on this war!] Joss said as his eyes flashed with coldness, [Luckily, this "Devil" is on a rampage so they can''t bring most of their elites but we can] I quickly Added, [It won''t be enough Boss, Lebanan Valley is bound to have a large force defending it. If we rush to attack, Most of our brothers won''t make it out alive. And even if we won by sheer luck, we will be at a disadvantage in the war. we need to find allies!] [Allies??...] He asked before cackling.[Diana!, allies he said!!hahahahaha] This continued while he held his stomach, soon he wiped an imaginary tear from his left eye before suddenly wearing an expression that seemed like he just got a brilliant "idea" [your idea isn''t bad but are you sure we should use them as cannon fodder?] This question rendered me speechless as I thought "I said allies!!!" but didn''t dare speak it out. [Diana! Lefty''s a Genius!] Joss said excitedly. [En] the Apathetic maid responded as she calmly refilled the water in the Water Can. A Lady wearing light make walked in to give a report, [Sir, Jethro is seeking an audience. He has an urgent matter to report.] [Send him in.] The girl made a bow and left. [Sir] A slim man with a height of 5.6 ft walked in with short strides while quickly taking in his surrounding Before finally performing a salute. Joss on the other hand just looked at him with interest while waiting for him to speak. [Cayote says the "Devil was spotted at the wall heading toward Vindictus territory.] The Boss''s eyes flashed. [This is great news.] [Xing is presently tailing him the best he can as the perception of that monster is high]Jethro added before casually greeting the Maid [Good evening, Diana] The Latter gave him a precursory glance before replying with a [En] and returning to her business. Joss on the other hand ignored the exchange and turned towards me [Lefty, start the plan you spoke of earlier.] [Yes sir]I quickly responded. He Then turned to Jethro saying, [You all can go...Jethro, let me know when you find out what the "Devil" is up to] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Primux Town Eastern Quarters Vindictus Territory. The cracked sidewalk like the jagged gap-toothed grin of an old junkie. A lurid graffiti of A "V" stabbed by a saber in it''s center, the sidewalks were littered with Junk and Water puddle. From every covered doorway came the dejected stares of men and women in their pathetic cardboard sleeping bags. From upper windows of some building came the boom of sub-culture music, clearly from the more well off individual. Hookers stalked the streets in their skimpy outfits and high boots looking for work, their drug-addled bodies as thin as pins, their cheekbones jutting out through pallid skin. Haru''s clone silently watched all this from the roof of the old abandoned Alchrod temple across the street. It had only arrived here today after running for a day, Haru''s message had gotten to him the day before stating that he should complete the meeting with Vindictus. He watched the Broker selling blue dust in an alleyway with a sneer plastered on his face. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broker POV In the alleyway I was standing with a bored expression, yawning repeatedly. [Business is bad today again, because everyone is afraid of that "Devil"...hmph! i Hope he doesn''t come out to hunt tonight] I thought out loud as I stretched my arms and touch the homes on both sides. These walls build so very long ago. They are not the straight perfection of the modern buildings in the newer areas, but each curve and flaw renders them more beautiful still in my eyes. "Those guys at the news station really know how to exaggerate" Suddenly a chill ran down my spine. [were you looking for me?] a voice sounded out from behind me. I rigidly tried to turn my head towards the voice as I saw red glowing eyes from the corners of my eye. [shit!!it''s him] I immediately bolted just as lady Kat had instructed. Immediately, I shot a red flare to the sky to signal to everyone as I continued to run for my life. [This should be interesting] The "Devil" said casually but i wasn''t interested in looking back at him as I chose to just continue running as my life depended on it. As I ran, I soon spotted The tunnel that led to the agreed location, it curled away coldly into infinite darkness, the light that showed the rough walls dwindling as it snaked away. My skin shuddered as I thought I heard the echo of it''s steps... "I can''t go backwards...right there" With one leap, I escaped from the end of the tunnel and landed in the knee-deep water. I didn''t dare move as the first few seconds shock made my knee wobble. THUD!!THUD!!THUD!! Several sounds rang out next to me, as I traced the sound I saw several dagger like object stabbed in the ground. Without much thought I ran wildly to the planned location. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Lady Kat!! Lady Kat!!!] The broker screamed like a pig as He followed behind him. "way to go, letting me know there''s an ambush...not like I didn''t expect that much" Haru(clone) thought. Following the Broker a bit further, He spotted an Old Farm ware house which seems to be the only thing standing in the Area, Apparently this would be the location of the "meeting". "Wow!...they sure gathered quickly..." The clone thought in amusement "By the way they don''t rush at me en-masse, I know my reputation precedes me as Most of them seemed to be so afraid of me." He silently chuckled as he calmly walked into the dark lit warehouse. After Observing for a while, he had to admit that he was impressed that they didn''t bolt despite all their shaking. As he saw it, Either they gave him a wide berth or go wholesale until they''re all dead or running away. Hopefully it won''t be that boring... "I wonder what is giving them the confidence though." Although he was curious He wasn''t too bothered find out as he would find out eventually. "well As long as their fear keeps feeding me points" A woman with Black Cat like ears and tail, wearing a black body suit and a blood red over coat was leaning on the concrete Wall of the old farm while crunching an apple. "Bingo...there you are" Without a word, she flicked of her pale hands and three tough looking Class 5 warriors, each with a pale blue Aura, stepped forwards. But Before she could take another bite of her apple, he had them bleeding out of their mouths and collapsing. They had been placed in an illusion that made them kill themselves. She took the second bite and crunches it slowly. Her face is stoney but He could hear her heart beating fit to burst. What she just understood from him was "I''m massively outnumbered but that doesn''t mean a thing." Then the apple eater steps forwards, She extends Her hand, quite unarmed, "Katherine." He didn''t reply. "She''s expecting introductions, why? This isn''t how the script should go!!!" She drops her hand and continues. [How do I address you?] Then he suddenly wore an evil smile and says [Pain]