The trail of midnight dissipated beneath the cloud, yet beyond its dawn. A man who has silky silvery-white hair was floating at the horizon as the sun bathed his dignified figure.
"... Rosie, I need to attend an urgent matter. It's concrete that the demons started their move." The man said to the woman with blazing scarlet hair that was shining brightly as the orange and red hue glittered around her.
Right at this moment, the two were hovering above the ground.
"Mm, I understand... But to think they would make their move much earlier than we expected..." Rosaleen responded in deep thought while staring at Kyros who wore a complicated expression.
"What do you think? Do you expect another war may prevail at present?" She asked Kyros who has more experience in war than her.
Moving his right hand on his chin, Kyros gaze thoughtfully before answering. "For the time of being, the sparks of war may not be triggered with multiple occurrences of low-grade and mid-grade demons appearing to the land." Moving his gaze to the far of eastern continent, Kryos said.
"However, a group of idiots may take some drastic countermeasure before that... Haaa~ just thinking about how to monitor their movements while observing the trail of the demons, is giving me a headache." Shaking his head, Kyros sighed in dissatisfaction.
"... You mean, those people?" Hearing his voice, Rosaleen furrowed her delicate eyebrows.
"Yes, it's them. What is more, the council of elders prevented me from making my move... Haaa~ I don't know what type of wealth those guys gave to bribe those ancient fools!" After he said that, Kyros' eyes flashed in fury.
"They call themselves as an elder who watches the stillness of this land; yet, when it comes from bribing, they can't even resist!" Kyros balled his fist to the point his bones crackle in distress.
Seeing Kyros was about to explode in anger, Rosaleen soothed him with her gracious voice.
"You don't have to trouble yourself with them, when the time comes, we'll walk our way to the council and behead those fools." As her eyes flashed with murderous intent, Rosaleen declared.
When he was reminded by Rosaleen's voice, Kyros eased up his mind for a bit, as he remembered the other reason why he came to meet her. "... Oh right, I almost forgot. Rosie, can you take care of my disciple while I'm gone?" Saying that Kyros summoned a lustrous long-bow with a runic characteristic around its surface.
"Can you pass it to Kiro? And relay my message for him, say it to him that he doesn't need to proactively search for me, once he reaches D-rank adventurer... I would appear right before him."
Taking the bow from his grasp, Rosaleen answered. "... Haa~ you still haven't changed do you? With your disciple's current strength. If he won't preemptively seek trouble, nobody at the same level can do any harm to him." Sighing slightly, Rosaleen added. "Don't worry, within my watch, do you think your disciple would fall into trouble?"
Only after Kyros heard her reassuring word, his body disappeared in the scenery as if he wasn't there in the first place.
Seeing him disappeared just like that, Rosaleen shook her refined head in trouble.
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Wooden Hatch Pub.
Inside his room, Kiro was lying on the crude wooden bed, whilst staring blankly at the dirty old ceiling.
He was recollecting the event that happened in the last few days.
It's already been five days since Kiro, and his group survived the tribulation inside the forest.
Because they didn't accomplish the task, they have to repeat their exam. Kiro and the others retake the final test, and they finished their course without a mishap this time around. As they successfully managed to advance their rank from the trainee to beginner's adventurer, also known as F-rank adventurer.
However, because of the turnout event inside the plainlan forest, the atmosphere between the group was awkward, especially to Alina who received the harsh rebuttal of Aldin inside the forest.
Still, it did not affect their goal in mind, as they succeeded in finishing the course. But when they are about to disperse and bid farewell to each other. Aldin called him out.
He could still hear Aldin's voice as if it was just like yesterday.
'Kiro, do you have a minute?'
'I'm sorry!'
'I know you must be angry at me, you badmouth me or even hit me...'
'However, please remember the decision was made by me.'
'I know my actions cannot be forgiven, but please don't bear hatred to others.'
The voice of Aldin repeatedly echoed inside Kiro's head.
"Haa~ he doesn't need to blame himself, it's not his fault. In fact, it is my fault, at that time if I didn't overestimate myself, the best course of scenario was to regroup with them and flee from that damnable place." Kiro muttered in self-lamenting.
"If the old man weren't around, not only I wouldn't survive... I don't even want to imagine what would happen to Alina..." When he thought this far, only then he realized his mistake.
"... Think about it... What if he didn't come, or what if my Master didn't make it in time?" As he muttered those words, Kiro's eyes flashed in horror as if his body was damp with ice-cold water, and awakened him, from his delusional beliefs.
If his Master wasn't around, he would be a rare experimental species of the demons. Worst of all, he could even die. What makes things even more unfortunate? He didn't even know what kind of tragic end would befall to Alina if they weren't saved by Rosaleen.
With that thought in mind, Kiro sternly reprimanded himself not to overlook the big picture of his action. One wrong step could lead to the death of him and his companions.
Then, staring at the piece of parchment he received from Rosaleen after he advanced rank. Kiro read the letter.
'Kiro, your Master has to go for a while, you don't have to find me. Once your rank advanced to D-rank adventurer, I would appear before you.'
'Oh, I almost forgot, be careful when you're using that bow. I know with your current capability, you can handle the bow relatively fine. However, the downside of it was the mana consumption.'
'With your current mana pool, if my calculation isn't wrong. You can barely shoot five to six arrows using that bow.'
"... This bow huh, what do you think Fixie?" Kiro asked his lovable assistance fairy.
"Mm, your teacher isn't wrong Master! With your current capability handling the bow is fine, but using it for the long run is quite taxing even for you, Master." Fixie voiced out her thoughts. "You can appraise it if you like."
Hearing her voice, Kiro has a sudden flash of realization that he hasn't appraised the item yet.
Summoning the Silvery pattern long-bow, Kiro activated his innate skill.
"[Appraisal.]"
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Weapon Name: [Silver Crescent Moon Bow]
Type: Long-bow
Grade: Rare
Weapon Effect: Enhanced the piercing ability of the users' skills by tenfold.
Runic Effect: Merging the multiple arrow consolidations into one.
Materials: ??? 『Error!』
Extra feature: ??? 『Error!』
Creator: ??? 『Error!』
-The user appraisal skill level wasn't enough to pierce through the camouflage of the weapon.
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Staring at the status screen, Kiro looked at the screen in bewilderment.
"... What? This again? How come this appraisal skill is getting more useless?" Kiro absentmindedly uttered his dissatisfaction.
"... I don't know who created such a weapon. However, if Master appraisal skill cannot penetrate it, a rare magical tool with the same effect as the appraisal can only see through this bow's genuine nature." Fixie voiced out her thoughts.
Hearing her voice, Kiro asked in confusion. "... There is a magical tool that can be used to appraise such a weapon? How come you never explained it to me?"
"Humph! It's because Master never asked Fixie, it's not like Fixie can read Master's thoughts." With her childish snort, the little fairy responded.
"... Anyway, what should we do now?" Kiro asked Fixie in deep thought. He only wanted to become an adventurer, to gain experience as he honed his skill. But things didn't go smoothly, as he expected.
Thinking for a brief moment, Fixie suggested. "How about this Master? Why not mend your relationship with your companions and legally form a real party with them?"
Kiro pondered for a couple of breaths, before furrowing his brows in trouble. "That can work too. But, I cannot force them if they don't want to form a party with me after that event. The only thing I could only do at the present time is to raise my rank as I gain experience in the process."
While he said that Kiro felt his vision become heavy as he gently closed his eyes to an early rest.