The hot sun was hanged highly in the sky. It shone through the gaps between the huge crown of trees on the ground and the face of a young man.
A bitter smile could be seen on the young man's face, helpless sighed and stood there. From the archer's words, he knew he was just dead weight to them, so the archer suggested to abandon him and escaped from the scene.
He agreed with the archer's words, he was useless and powerless, he couldn't help them in anyways but just caused troubles to them. Maybe it would let him feel better by asking them to abandon him and escaped on their own. Kane thought they had already saved him once just now, there was no need for them to lose their life because of him.
This world was far different from the world Kane belonged to. People would respect those with great power and strength. Without power, one could do nothing, even was unable to protect himself. It was just based on the law of jungle, how much power one had, how the height of the one could stand on the brutal world.
This land was rich with a kind of energy, people here called it spiritual energy. Humans in this world had figured out certain techniques to cultivate this energy to train their bodies. Through cultivation, the human was no longer a weak prey for other creatures, they could fight back against creatures. They cultivated the spiritual energy to train and nourish their body, muscles, and bones. By doing this allowed humans to have a stronger physical state.
Humans in this world believed that there were many barriers in their body and those barriers blocked the hidden potential of a human. Thus, they cultivated the spiritual energy from their surroundings, accumulating spiritual energy in their body and used the energy to break those barriers and released their potential to grow stronger.
Path of Warrior, a phrase created a long time ago since humans found out the techniques to strengthen their body, was a path for a person to choose to be a cultivator. With the passage of time, the human had developed a system for the cultivating path of a warrior. There were seven major states and each state was divided into five ranks. Rank one was the lowest rank while the rank five was the highest.
Warrior path: Beginner Warrior, Elite Warrior, Expert Warrior, Master Warrior, Grandmaster Warrior, Warlord Warrior and finally be a Saint Warrior.
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" Kane, you cannot blame anyone. Maybe it is just like the fantasy novel I read before, power is the core key for one to survive in the brutal world which a lot of creatures are hanging around. I can only blame myself without power. " Kane muttered to himself.
Kane took a look around, all the soldiers remained silent, it seemed no one disagreed with the archer. Only their leader, Rank 3 Beginner Warrior, had the capacity to fight against the beast king. There were only three Rank 2 warrior among them, the two were the one who dashed towards the creatures before and the other one was the archer who suggested to abandon Kane. They could fight with the Hammer Gorilla one on one with no big deal, but there were too many for them. The rests ware just Rank 1 warrior, they could just hardly withstand the creatures.
They were already at the lower hand in their total force compared to the creatures group led by a beast king. Thus, the best choice was retreating from those creatures while they would probably have a hard time to flee themselves. But now, they needed to bring along a weakling with them, this would heighten their difficulty of retreating. This was the reason why no one disagreed with what the archer said, many of them may even die if they couldn't escape in time, especially those weaker warriors. Kane understood the current situation, accepted his fate and waited for his doom.
" Shut up! " The female leader shouted angrily towards the archer. " Our duties are to protect our country and the people. How can we abandon the people of the country and escape on our own, this will surely be a shame for the rest of my life. "
" But, leader… " Archer spoke.
" I know what you want to say, " The female leader replied. She retrieved her sword from scabbard, prepared herself for battle. She told her soldier, " I will fight with the Hammer Gorilla King and try my best to attract a few more small creatures at the same time. Thus, you focus all your force to slay out a road of retreating and help the people there to escape. "
" Leader, that is too dangerous for you! "
" We have no other choice. Hurry, do as I order. " After speaking her last words, she charged towards the beast king. The beast king roared roughly as it saw a human charging towards it, it showed an ugly and angry face to her.
" Aye! "
Without hesitation, the soldiers focused their force in one direction and fought with those creatures. Kane's heart was touched, he had already accepted his fate of death but the female leader chose a dangerous path to save him. She was a warrior with brave and honor soul, by looking on her back during her charging to the beasts king, Kane felt like she had chosen to walk on a path of death with no regret.
At this moment, the emotion of frustrating was filling his heart. He hated himself, he could nothing to help her but just standing there and watched her back. What he needed was power, the power allowed him to save them.
During the moment Kane dabbling himself at the feeling of frustrating, he suddenly felt something flashed through his mind, he closed eyes and found a blurred image floating inside his mind. He wanted to look clearly the image on his mind, he concentrated and the image became clearer to him.
" The book? The book is inside my mind?! " Kane was shocked. The mysterious book was inside his mind, he wondered how could a book possibly existed in his mind. He didn't think too much about this, but he tried to connect with the book.
" I know you're not a normal book. You can teleport me to this weird place and I think you can even help to deal with those creatures, right? " Kane spoke to the book. He faintly believed that this book is not an ordinary book but with mysterious power inside it. If he were to get some energy from it, he maybe could help the soldiers in some ways.
Nothing had happened to the book. It just floated silently in his mind, he failed to communicate with the book.
The fight became more fierce, the female leader fought with the beast king and three gorillas at the same time. She had shown his great talent at battling, she had slain down one creature although fighting with the beast king. She was well-trained, she dodged all those creatures' attack and struck back many times, but she was about to approach her limit.
On the other hand, the soldiers focused all their strength to make a way of escaping. They had also a difficult time, the creatures were jumping around to prevent a direct fight with the soldiers. Those creatures even attacked them in many different directions in order to dissipate their force.
" That is no good, they need help. But I can do nothing… " Kane was in a panic, " Damn you poor book! You bring me to this dangerous place without giving me any means to survive. Now I am going to die, show me something that helps me. "
Nothing still happened to the book.
" I can give you the power you wish, but there is a little price you need to pay. Hee… Hee… " A weird voice echoed in his mind with a creepy laugh. The voice made him feel chilling, he couldn't differentiate the voice by its gender and age. The sound just came from nowhere and echoed in his mind.
" Huh? " Kane wondered who was talking.
All of a sudden, Kane felt intense pain on his head. Something was squeezing into his brain, made him suffer to the point of feeling his brain was going to explode. " Err… Pain! What is going on?! "
Kane held his head as tight as he could with hands, he never experienced such pain before. At the same moment, the book started to glow, some blue color energy emerged from it. The book glowed far brighter, and much more energy flew out of the book.
Kane had yet to notice the change of the book, he almost lost his conscious due to the unbearable pain. Now all his mind was filled with sharp bright light until there was no dark corner, the energy kept filling and nourishing his soul. Cold sweats fell down on his head, he moaned and heartbeat became fast.
" Flame Burst?! " These words were shown in his mind.
The cold sweats had covered his whole body, the pain still remained but he felt better now. He gasped as he just suffered intense pain, he took a deep breath to calm himself.
" It felt like something squeezed forcefully into my brain. Flame Burst? It sounds like some sort of magic name… Wait! These words are teaching me how to use magic. " He had yet to calm himself and kept gasping, he needed more time to return normally.
He could sense something he couldn't sense before, energy flew inside his soul as if water flowed in a river. There were many rivers in his soul, flowing to his mind as if he had a spiritual soul sea centered in his mind. The energy then flew back to every corner of his soul, it formed an energy cycle in it.
" I have a strong feeling that I can use some sort of power I don't have before. Let's give it a try. " Kane looked towards the direction of the female leader. She had reached her limit and currently was under the lower hand. Some gasps could be seen on her mouth and her speed got slower.
Kane raised both his hands to the front, directed his palms to the beast king. He focused his mind and felt the energy flow in his soul, the energy was flowing continuously from his spiritual soul sea to his palms. Kept accumulating and he sensed the energy was going to burst at any time.
" Flame Burst !"
Puff…
Nothing happened, only black smoke was created on his hand. Kane failed to cast the magic.
" Focus… focus! You can do it, believe in yourself ." Kane kept convincing himself, he tried to keep himself calm and focused on what he should do.
His face was full of focus and determination, he was closing his eyes, using the technique taught by the book. He was imaging that something was going to burst in his mind, and feeling the energy flow within his body.
At the moment Kane focused, the female leader was hit by a stone hammer, she fell down to the ground and her helmet was flown away as well. Her long and deep red hair pouring down on her waist, her beautiful and flawless face was shown.
Even though she was a great fighter, but the number was too many, she couldn't withstand those creatures at one time.
Without giving time for her to react, the beast king dashed toward her, raised its hammers to a high position with the intention to give a heavy hit on her. She struggled to stand up quickly, but she failed to do so. She was looking the hammers getting closer to her, she couldn't do anything.
" Is today my end? " She muttered to herself. She was full of unwilling as she was still young, she still had her own dream to pursue. No sadness and sorrow on her eyes as she was a warrior with honor and arrogant.
" LEADER !!!" Every soldier shouted with all the strength they possessed. They couldn't accept their leader, someone who sacrifices herself to save them, was going to die.
" Sorry, dad and mum… I hope I will be your daughter again in the next life. " The girl apologized to her parents. She closed her eyes and accept her death with a peaceful mind.
" Flame Burst!"