Part 2

beru pov

Inside a room in the cave, a man stopped from doing maintenance of his weapon and focused his ears on the noise.

The bustle of people running, faint screams in the distance.

They were under attack but from hearing the screams, it was no way to know how many of them or how strong they are. It is also impossible that it is a joke having this kind of screams. It was just a makeshift hole in the wall with a curtain serving as a door. Although the curtain was thick, it was nowhere near enough to block out voices entirely.

Their group, “Death blades” had 80 members. Although none of them were as strong as him, some were veterans who had survived many battles.

There was no way men like them would fall into this much disarray from a small party. Did that mean the enemy arrived in force? But there wasn’t enough noise to indicate a large battle, and he couldn’t sense the presence of that many foes either.

“Then… the heroes.?”

We were given a mission by the enemy of the seven heroes who happen to killed all their members that’s why we were paid to just watch them and report it to the mercenary of koli where the 7 heroes had arrears earlier.

But it is impossible for them to know our hideout since we sent the best of our ninjas who were specialty is stealth.

But considering the noise maybe they are soldiers who happen to discover one of our hideouts but if the heroes discovered us then I don’t know what to do.

Few in number, but powerful in combat, then this uncomfortable feeling would make sense.

The man slowly stood up and strapped his weapon to his waist. For his armor, he equipped an armor which has high defense and wore the rings and necklace which imbued with magic’s.

The man threw open the curtains as if he wanted to rip them from the hinges, and then stepped out into the makeshift hallway.

Lined an equal distance apart, the hallway was lit by Light crystals lanterns, so bright that it was hard to believe it was the inside of a cave.

The light revealed his full appearance. Hidden underneath the clothes, his body was lean but not skinny, and his muscles were tough as steel and tempered through experience, rather than training,

His hair was pointed outwards in random directions. His gray eyes glared straight ahead, and a sneer was plastered on his lips. The stubble on his chin gave it the appearance of mold.

Although his appearance was untidy, his movements were smooth and elegant, similar to that of a wild beast.

As he walked towards the entrance where the attack was taking place, another man was heading in his direction. He recognized the familiar face as one of his allies. As soon as the other man spotted him, his face brightened in relief, as if to say victory was now assured.

“What’s going on?”

“Enemy attack, beru!”

“I know that, the attackers? Who are they?” beru laughed bitterly and responded

“There are seven of them, one woman and 6 men.”

“Seven of them? The seven heroes?… no, that’s impossible.”

With his head turned slightly in thought, Beru continued to head towards the source of the disturbance.

The strongest adventurer party in the kingdom was called seven heroes and was made up of 6 men and 1 woman. They accomplished a lot of deeds which saves the kingdom from multitude invasions and attackers from foreign and monsters that’s why they were labeled as heroes.

Beru could feel his heart swell in anticipation at the thought of fighting an opponent strong enough to attack them head on.

“Ah, you don’t have to come with me. Head back inside and strengthen the defenses.”

After telling the guy who was assigned in this kind of situation as such, Beru put strength into his steps and walked towards the strong opponents from the surface.

Beru kavern.

Originally a citizen and a soldier of the kingdom, he was gifted with what could only be described as a God-given talent in sword and strength from his early childhood years. Coupled with his natural talent from magic, he had never lost a weapon in hand.

His experiences in battle made other people treat him as the god of slaughter because of his ruthlessness and savagery.

Everyone around him believed it, and he himself never doubted his skill. However, a dramatic change came into his life when he was betrayed by the kingdom by labeling him as a traitor.

The kingdom sent him to a mission to kill someone who planned to seize the kingdom, but he never thought that the person was the king himself.

After being caught by the elite guards of the king, he never thought that the kingdom he serves the most would betray him like that. The reason why he was betrayed like that was because the kingdom feared him that one day he will join the neighboring kingdoms by hearing some of the rumors that the other kingdom prime minister meet him secretly.

When he was about to be killed he managed to escape and plan on his revenge In pursuit of strength, he trained his body to the limit. In pursuit of magic, he gathered knowledge to the extent he could be called as crazy. A prodigy was working hard like there’s no tomorrow because of the hatred he felt towards the kingdom where he give his utmost loyalty.

The betrayal had elevated him to a new level.

At first, he was having a hard time finding a shelter until one of the founding members of the clan found him when he was hunting inside their territories.

With his options limited, he chose to work as a member of the “Death blades”.

He had only one goal. That is to make the person behind all of this paid from the mistakes he’s done towards himself.

In order to accomplish all of this, he needs stronger weapons that could par with the elite guard’s weapon of the king. Magic weapons were expensive, but the one he truly wanted wasn’t any ordinary magic weapon.

Further north, was a city in the middle of a mountain amongst the goods that occasionally flowed out from that city was a weapon that, even unenhanced, far surpassed the cutting ability of ordinary magic weapons but it had a price to match, so much so that people’s eyes would pop out of their sockets upon seeing it. That was the weapon he wanted.

And then, he had finally managed to obtain the weapon he desired through the [death blades clan] which made him filled with joy after purchasing it from a cheaper price which given as a bonus from joining the clan.

Right now, Beru strength had reached the limit of human potential. He was confident that he could easily defeat the elite guard who was guarding the king. Nevertheless, he had never once allow that confidence to get to his head and continued to train diligently every day.

The seven heroes were just ordinary adventurers when i was at my peak so he could not even tell if this said people were stronger than him.

As Beru approached the entrance, a smell of fresh blood was everywhere. He could no longer hear the screams, meaning that all of those people who were stationed at the entrance were all killed.

The 20 men who were stationed near the entrance hallway were given the task to give them ample time to make preparations for the next attack. But to kill all of them quickly was beyond an ordinary adventurer could achieved.

He then drew his sword and applied his miasma to the blade. The miasma emitted a faint light and soon disappeared, as if it was absorbed into the sword although the effect was temporary, it infused the blade with magic that further boosted its sharpness.

“activate.”The keywords triggered the necklace and the ring he had equipped earlier then a faint magic wrapped around his body.

[eye of medusa], as the name suggested, protected his eyes when activated. Resistance to blind status, night vision, light filtering. A warrior who couldn’t land a hit was useless. Hindering one’s field of vision, or creating distance and attacking with ranged attacks are all common tactics used by adventurers

[ ring or arpus] allowed its wearer to bind a low-level spell to the item and invoke it with the ring as the catalyst. His ring carried a protection magic which made him resistant for a while at elemental magic.

If the seven heroes were his enemies then this much preparations was needed to fight with them. After all the preparations are done he sneered and thinks to himself. They must be worth as an opponent.

As he was walking towards the entrance the smell of the blood was all over the place and seeing from the place of the battle it seems that all their bodies were not there only the trace of blood was present.

I stop from the moment I saw a shadow from the hallway and could not see their faces because the light crystal was destroyed at the area where they were standing.

“Who are you and what are you doing here,” I asked them as they were busy at something which I don’t know.

“ohh at last, there are some strong men enough to entertain and tell us why they were following us” as one of them speaks.

When they stepped away from the darkness I was shocked by how young they are to be called as the most strongest people of the kingdom even I became the most strongest at the age of thirty-three but looking at them now made me completely shocked.

I immediately tossed aside any thoughts. As I saw a sucking machine beside from a young man who still eating the ninjas dead body.

“Its my First time I’ve seen that kind of magic… you’re a magic caster?”. A magic caster would have no need for an armor, which would explain why these groups would be wearing casual clothes in a place like this.

“Well, you are right but not all of us.” The only woman who seems to be talkative answered me.

Shifting my gaze from her, my eyes focused on the guy who wore blue casual clothes which now turned to dark. Seeing this, he must have been the one who killed the guards.

I simply shrugged my shoulders and grasped my sword.

“Well, thanks for killing them for me, I was going to abandon them anyway.?”Giving him a surprised look, the man covered his mouth in order to stifle a faint laugh.

“We don’t want to stay here longer; just answered my questions and you will be spared.” It seems their leader is the guy who was covered by blood.

“and what if I don’t. what will you do.” I taunt him a little but grip hard my sword.

“Well, we don’t have a choice but to finish you and find another one who would tell us” the leader replied.

I drew my sword into a stance. Seeing this, all of them wore a bored look as if they are underestimating me.

“You can start now.” The man gestured with her chin and let the other guy who had a sucking machine on his hand dashed forward.

His movement was truly like the wind, but for me, even the speed of the wind was not fast enough.

“Haah!”With a roar, I launched myself with all my strength and struck like a storm. The slash held enough power to easily cleave an armored man in two.

“Not too fast” the man exclaimed.

The guy who was about 16 years old lift his large sucking tube then it turned into a large hammer then tried to smash me.

I dodge it easily because it was too slow.

I narrowed my eyes as I watched my opponent. But I was sure that I hit him but not enough to kill him.

I look at the direction where my sword hit him but there was no trace of blood or cut could be seen. Maybe it was magic

“Bleu, enough with the play just finish him off so we could arrive there at the given time.” Their leader spoke to the man who fought at me now.

“ah hah!!!!!!, it seems to be fun fighting with him, but since I don’t have a choice I need to finish you now,” The young man turned at me and changes his weapon again into a large ax while it was surrounded with electricity.

I firmly gripped my sword upon seeing this. Right now I could attest that they were not an ordinary adventurer, based on the cut that I had with this guy even with my sword was imbued with magic was like nothing to him.

It was fast, the moment the ax was about to hit me, I dodge it quickly but the boy managed to chase me even with my speed he could still follow me.

These leaves me no option.[ mist of the dawn] a mist started to form and clouded everyone who was inside the hallway.

But the boy still sees me with this thick clouds blocking everyone vision.

“This type of trick won’t work at me” the boy exclaimed and tried to slash me with his gigantic ax.

I manage to avoided that and extend my hand in front of him

「Shock Wave」.

The ground tore in its wake as the shockwave hurtled towards the boy. This magic would stun him and will give me a chance to give a direct hit.

The boy was hit and stunned to his position. I run fast and was about to finish him with my sword when one of them snatched and take him away from me.

A moment later the effect of the magic was gone and now he was able to move again.

“Why did you snatched me away from him, I could still kill him without you interfering with the battle.” The boy exclaimed to the man who had a grim face.

“The leader said, enough with your play. Now I will do this instead” the guy who said it moves forward while the boy is sulking at the side.

He was thin and could not be able to start a fight. He looks weak and to gullible to fight. But judging by his behavior, this one must be a higher level than the other. You can never judge anyone by their appearance. It wouldn’t be strange for her to be even stronger than the one before, especially since he decided to step in after seeing how strong I was.

I pointed a weapon to him while he gave a bow. Did he think that I would not attack him? Or maybe he was confident to kill me. The answer is written on his face saying that I was just a cockroach.

“I’ll break that composure of yours.” I glared at him enough to scare him.

I started to produce a miasma and imbued it to the blade, By channeling your aura into your blade and releasing it in a powerful blast, this would allow one to take down strong opponents in a single attack.

I slowly exhaled while lowering my body, and returned the sword to its sheath.

I focused all my energy to a single point and release it to a gigantic wave. At this point, I could be able to sense space, presence even sound. It is the first stage of the original forbidden magic I discovered.