Chapter 92: An Imitation

The nobles did not have the information. The couriers were also out of the question. The two groups didn’t have what he wanted. Almost all the clues were clustered on one single faction that seemed to cover the whole thing in the guise of the prey being ‘theirs’. There were suspicions and even if he was wrong. He would like to know and confirm this directly.

But where will he find and confirm them? There was no way that a man or woman carrying the sun’s crown in their breastplate would just be out there walking in the streets. They are far too strong and far too secretive when it comes to information. No one in the kingdom has the right mind to confront them. Not even the royalty or the higher nobles guarding the realm against the overlord.

He knew this very well. Thus he can only do the one thing that would allow him to act. There was someone capable of threatening the sun’s crown. This person was the only one who was able to do so simply because of his specialization.

They call him the Mage Killer.

This Mage Killer has fought many battles against the kingdom and even defying the sun’s crown. Sometimes they would be fighting the Mage killer. Sometimes they would accept the help of the mage clad in black. The Mage Killer was someone that could rival ascended knights. His strength was so absurd that only a few managed to survive when faced head-on with the Mage Killing man.

This Mage Killing Man has vanished, however. One day, in a place filled with fire the mage killer disappeared. He vanished without any traces. Only until the latter year that the news of the mage killer being fended off by a daughter of a noble house was heard

This made those who fear the mage killer question in surprise. What happened to the mage killer after that fire? And how could he appear in the city of Mesh? Some speculations were born. While some thought of it as a trap, thinking that the moment they investigate, the mage killer will appear.

But like before the Mage Killer vanish again. No one knew that the Mage killer was already buried six feet underground. No one knew about the identity of the man known as mage killer other than a little boy, a little girl, and two former warriors.

To those who fear the mage killer. They still have no idea that he has already passed on. And that mage killer has already imprinted all of what he knew to the little boy he saves during the fire in that certain town. Of course, no knows about this other than the other three. And even to them, most of the secrets are not spoken.

However, he knew the secrets of the mage killer. The way he fights and the way he thinks and all the abilities and skills he has in disposal. It could be said that he who died during that night of the fire was simply an empty shell who was taken in by a guilty man.

This guilty man who was known as the mage killer has unknowingly molded the boy into his likeness. The way he thought and everything he knew was passed on to the boy. The boy was an empty shell and because of it, the boy was able to harness everything that mage killer has except for one thing.

The boy didn’t have the heart and the morals of the mage killer. The boy was only able to copy the mage killer and somehow along the way his senses got twisted and turned into something stubborn. The boy was empty and only through copying his foster father that he felt like something.

He was overall a mere duplicate, a very bad duplicate that was twisted in one way or another. The boy will never understand the true thoughts of his foster father. All of his thoughts and joys will be never be the same with his foster father.

He was a flawed creature. He did once have a dream and a personality but it was all burned to ashes during that fiery night. He could never remember his dreams and everything before that fire. He doesn’t know anything and somehow he doubts he will ever know.

That is why right now he can only craft the pieces of equipment that his father had. From his black mantle to his overcoat, to that black body armor, gauntlets and long padded boots and the holsters and some weapons he had. He created them using his construct ability. Of course, to do so he has to make use of his mana.

He has been staying in his room for two days creating all the items his father had. He also bought a simple bag of holding that will allow him to store the materials that he created inside. The bag of holding was expensive but he had the money to buy one. He used the money he got from the people he killed on the southern road.

The bag of holding had few other pockets. It had a belt bandolier that allowed him to put all the ammunition he needed to put. He crafted three holsters. One holster was for the contended pistol. The second holster is for the silenced rifle. While the third holster is for the repeater crossbow he already made. He didn’t want to throw it away so instead, he made another holster for it.

He also converted his saw blade into dagger and that he can hang on his belt. It was too long so head to make it smaller. He then crafted metal wires and coils. He also made small pellet bombs that can be used as distraction. He also crafted a metal hook that he could attach to the metal wires and use as an escape method.

After creating all of the stuff he needed. He wore his breeches first, then his long padded boots and tied the straps. Then he took the black body armor and wore it. Followed by that, he attached the bandoliers and bag of around his belt, connected his holsters across his body and then wore his hooded overcoat to cover them up, while the black mantle was attached around his waist in order to conceal his contender pistol, crossbow and the shark-teeth dagger of his.

Wearing his padded gauntlets, he clenched his fist. He also then circulated electricity around his body and made it overcoat and mantle hardened immediately.

He created all of these items in accordance to the loadout his father had. He made all of this for one single reason and that is to go to one of the sun’s crown bases near the area and ask them nicely about the situation of the Witch.

And in order to succeed, what’s the best way to do it other than taking the mantle of the feared Mage Killer?