"Is it really fine for you to carry me around like this?" I asked Zero. "Yes, my leader! Thank you so much for letting me carry you!" Zero exclaimed with proudness. I just sighed and looked around my surroundings which looked the same whatever direction you looked, just lush green forest with some birds flying around.
Then suddenly, one of my warriors came running back to me and saluted me and explained to me that there was a group of travellers who are getting attacked by wild beasts.
With my superior intellect, I decided to intervene and help out the group of travellers.
"Zero! Move out and prepare for battle!" I could see how 0's pupils contracted from excitement for his first battle with his leader and how he gripped his spear until his hands turned white.
"I will not disappoint you, leader!" Zero said as our squad started running towards the group of travellers in distress.
"Hold them off, Alice! I have to protect the princess!" a man shouted at me as a beast lunged from my right. He was a pain in the ass and a coward. I yelled at him to come back and hold the line, but it was no use. He ran back to the caravan and left me with the other soldiers to hold down the fort.
I didn't know what to do, there were few of these black beasts which looked like enormous ugly dogs, but they were powerful enough that our newest invention of the kingdom couldn't hurt them enough. I looked at my weapon; it has made from a new ore which the kingdoms best blacksmiths managed to forge. They call it Iron, and it was much more abundant than tin and copper while also being much more powerful then bronze.
Little did the average person know was that Iron was created with the help of an otherworlder who came from another world. And whenever an otherworlder appeared there would be a magnificent light beam which descended with the otherworlder. We saw that beam in the forest, and we went to investigate. Every otherworlder is an asset to our small kingdom, and the princess herself came to invite to our Capital. It wasn't unusual for otherworlders to marry the princesses of kingdoms so that they would go back with them. Every otherworlder had an ability which made them extremely valuable to a kingdom.
The situation was turning dire; we were slowly being pushed back towards the caravan where the princess was located.
"What are we supposed to do?" I thought to myself. There wasn't anything we could do; we just had to defend ourselves passively while wounds on our bodies slowly increased.
And then I saw it; a stone spear suddenly went through the skull of one of the beasts while splashing blood all around the creature. Some of the blood even came on my face. I was horrified by what I observed as two more stone spears flew through the skulls of two more beasts.
And then they came, three tall, burly men with faces carved to perfection. I just looked at them in my mouth open as they leisurely walked towards us, and that is when I heard it.
"Bloody hell, that was fucking marvellous Zero!"
It was then when I noticed a man piggybacking on one of the three warriors. He looked mediocre enough, but there was something about him, something about him, which made him look and feel like he didn't have a care in the world.
//Forest Hellhound (E) killed X3//
//Gained 6 Experience//
//Leveled up to F-//
//Skill gained "Universal Language"//
As soon as I finished listening to the system, I could feel an acute headache overcoming me as I could even feel as every language was stomping its way into my brain.
I could hear Zero asking if I am alright and I told him that I am fine. I then looked at the girl. She was quite adorable except for the blood on her face. I asked Zero to bring me to her so that I could hold a conversation with her.
I introduced myself as Syntax, as it was the name the system gave me. I found that her name was Alice and that she was an escort for some vital mission in the middle of nowhere. I naturally didn't pry more, but then she started asking me about who I was, of course, I didn't tell her that I am a human from another world as that would probably scare her and make me burn on the stake.
"Alright, then. Now that you are safe, I wish you safe travels and good luck with your life." I nodded as I said it and made Zero-turn around and start walking in a random direction.
Alice has shocked, didn't he see the royal guard emblem on my chest? Or is it because he is afraid of getting recognized and wants to flee the scene? A lot of theories were running around in Alice's brain, and probably none of them was correct.
"Wait!" Alice shouted at me. I turned around and looked at her with a question mark. "Can you share some supplies with us as the attack destroyed the carriage." She asked of me.
I asked the system if I can spawn supplies or food.
//As long as it's helpful and affiliated with your military, anything is possible as long as it was available in your current technological age.//
"Alright, well that clears that up." I nodded as I closed my eyes and imagined 10 kg of Cooked Pork.
I stared dumbfounded at him. Why did he close his eyes and started salivating? I suddenly realized he was thinking dirty thoughts about me! What a man! He was nothing compared to the other three burly men. And then it happened, I just blinked but meat appeared in front of me! It looked newly cooked too with steam still rising from it.
"Alright, here you Alice," I also told created some fresh water for them in their wooden buckets.
"Now that we are finished here, I wish you good luck again." I told them as I commanded Zero to get the fuck out of here as soon as possible.
"Wait wait, Syntax!" I yelled at him, and suddenly he stopped and turned around to look at me. I have never experienced someone behaving like this towards a royal guard, why does he want to run away after I find out that he is actually a rare summoning wizard? He could be of huge help towards protecting the princess from finding the otherworlders and the kingdom itself.
"What is it?" I yelled back at her, annoyed this time around. Alice asked me if we want to travel together to make it safer for both of us, I wanted to refuse first however she told me that she would take me to the Capital of the kingdom to receive a reward for protecting.
It was still not a good enough reason for me, but then a notification came up.
//Emergency Quest Received//
-Protect the Princess from the Kingdom of Archon
-Help her search for Otherworlders
-Protect her during transit back to the Capital
Reward: One of the following
-Full reparation of the body
-???
Well, this is great and dandy.