He immediately sat up and ran outside after putting on his shoes. He looked around franticly to see a crowd by one of the two gates of the village. He could see the gates start to slowly open. He climbed up the side of a house and crouched on the roof to get a better view. Suddenly a group of Knights in shining silver armor appeared. August counted 8 of them as the gate closed behind them. The lead Knight strutted elegantly to the center of the village and shouted, "Has anyone seen a bluish-purple orb appear nearby recently?".
After a few moments of silence, he followed it up with "We know it's here somewhere so just come out and give it to me and there will be no punishment."
After hearing the lead Knights words August immediately jumped off the house and walked calmly back to his house. He walked inside and closed the door and instantly started rushing around. He grabbed a pack and filled it with necessary supplies. Then he ran into his room and wrote a short and blunt note for his uncle.
I have to leave I'm sorry, and I took some general supplies including a sword -August.
He took the note and put it somewhere only his uncle would find it then rushed to the blacksmiths shop at the back of the house. He looked around at the wide selection of swords and axes. He knew he did not have time to examine each one, so he looked for a good quality medium sized sword and a small axe. After finding the items that fit the description, he grabbed a sleeping bag on the way out. Before running out the door he glanced around and could not see anyone nearby, but he still stayed on the side of caution and stayed in the shadows until he reached the wall. The wall was not very high so August was sure he could scale it easily. It turned out he was right as he easily scaled the wall with little effort. He jumped off the outside of the wall and started to run full speed. August ran 40 miles in just under an hour while occasionally activating Dash to go even faster. After another 20 minutes of almost dead silence, he started to hear people yelling. He recognized the loudest voice instantly as the lead Knight this shocked him as he did not know how the knights could keep up with him at this pace. In fact, they were even gaining on him. August could determine by their voices that they were about a mile behind him, so he still had a bit of time before they catch up. August inwardly panicked before regaining his calm again. He continued his pace while formulating plans. After going through many plans in his head and knowing that they were gaining on him he decided to just face them head on.
August prepared himself by using his knife in his left hand and the sword in his right. He then slowed his pace until he eventually stopped. He then quickly found some cover that would hide his presence. He positioned himself in a bush about 30 feet from where he was just running. He only had to wait for a few seconds before he could see 4 red dots appear on his mini map. Only 4 of them are chasing me. I guess they are confident in their skills he thought with a sigh of relief. August did not think he could beat all 8 of them so when only 4 dots showed up, he felt very relieved.
They continued onwards through the trees until they were just about to pass his hiding spot. Suddenly August burst of the bushes already activating his dash skill. The Captains head whipped towards his position as soon as he revealed himself.
"Watch out!" The Captain shouted as the blur quickly approached them.
The other knights were not able to react in time as August appeared seeming out of nowhere and cut 1 of the knights heads off with a clean stroke of his sword. He took advantage of the situation and went for another one of the knights hoping to make the fight more even. However, by this time the Captain was near him. He rushed towards August and hit him with his shield sending August flying 30 feet.
This surprised August because he did not expect the Captain to react for another couple seconds at least. He immediately jumped back up to see the Knight Captain charging him with sword in hand. His sword was huge almost at the size of a 2-handed great sword. One wrong move and it would cut August in half. He realized this was a fight to the death and it would only have one side alive at the end. This realization helped him use his newfound powers to their absolute limits. He picked up his sword from the ground and dashed at the Knight Captain at an inhuman speed intending to kill him in one strike. Unfortunately, the Knight Captain was quicker than he thought as August watched him dodge his sword by a hair's width. August instantly spun his sword back towards him using the momentum to cause it to go even faster. This time it worked as August watched the Knights eyes widen in shock as his sword sliced threw his neck decapitating him.
To the other 2 Knights credit they did not even hesitating to attack him after seeing their Captain die. They were upon him in moments silently swinging their swords towards him with hate evident on their faces. However, this wasn't enough to beat August as he simply swung his dagger deflecting both their blows and leaving them wide open. He then swung his bloodstained sword towards the knights' necks killing one of them instantly and the other one soon after. After the battle August stood there in silence. Ding!
Title earned:
Knight-Slayer
Skill learned:
Enhance Body: Allows the user to increase their speed and power for a certain amount of time.
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After seeing the number of levels he got August opened his status.
Status
Name: August
Title: Knight-Slayer
Race: Human
Level: 15
HP: 165/170
MP: 90/125
Strength: 30
Agility: 33
Endurance: 15
Intelligence: 31
Wisdom: 12
Unspent Points: 15
Quests: (0)
Skills (8)