Kaiden sat in a cave with his eyes bloodshot. Even with his eyes bloodshot, there was a big smile was on his face. If anyone were to see him they would believe him to be a crazed maniac, as he was surrounded by dead mystic beasts.
'I have finally achieved something unknown to this world!' Kaiden was laughing while caught up in his achievement, but it was soon overtaken by a massive headache.
'Please don't tell me this is going to be a recurring situation when I achieve something great with my mind.' The horrible thought of dealing with an annoying headache appeared but was shaken off.
Kaiden sat with a smile, as the projection of himself in the Mage Mind was staring at a clear ball of Elemental Air.
'I guess it should be normal for this pain since I'm putting something in here that really shouldn't be.' Kaiden thought as more waves of pain hit him.
It has been four years since that little incident at the castle, making Kaiden ten years old. His body became Level 3, bottom tier, and his Mage Mind was still at Level 1, at the high tier now.
Not much has changed for him except for harsher missions, more studies, and a new martial art.
'It was two years ago that I thought of doing this, but I don't really have a use for this since it is not attached to an element.' Kaiden thought he could maybe cheat his way to early powers, but his risky bet failed.
He was going to experiment with it later on but he needed to be at full strength for when he returned to the castle since his body was now ready to complete his body nourishment method.
'I guess I should see if I can create Runes with these Peak Level 3 beasts first.'
Kaiden sat there for a few days trying to create specific runes that came up in his head, unfortunately for him none of them were stable.
'Not having an Elemental Organ is pissing me off.' He couldn't help but be annoyed at the thought of waiting until he was twelve. 'Fuck!'
He threw the rune he was working on and a small detonation happened.
'I'm just wasting parts at this point, my body is also not increasing.' He clicked his tongue at that thought, 'So it is true, your centers of power desire to be of the same level to make a smooth sailing then.'
Kaiden could not help but sigh as he dashed out of the cave in the direction of the castle. He had not been there for three years now and he needed to finish his body nourishment method.
He also wanted to see his baby sister, whom his parents had before he left though he wouldn't admit it.
While he was running toward the castle he heard a loud scream which caught his attention. He couldn't resist his curiosity and started running in the direction of it.
When he was running he smelled the stench of blood and lots of it. A smile appeared on his face since he was about to spread some more to test his new martial art.
He knew he arrived when he saw the blood-tainted green grass with tens of bodies in the area.
Kaiden was in a tree covering his presence with his Mage Mind to hide from anyone with a weaker Mind than his.
'This was an assassination it seems. If anyone is alive I guess I can save them since the ones not in armor seem rich.' Kaiden's thoughts were on how he could get the most out of the situation while scanning the area.
He saw four people who seemed to be nobles and nine others in firey-red armor.
'They must be from the Trosven family with the color of their armor and the symbol on them.' He saw all of the shoulder pieces of the armor had a cat-like figure with horns.
He sighed seeing that, after all, his family and theirs were not on good terms from what he heard during meetings.
He decided he would stick to his plan since it could improve his image in the family on both sides getting him more resources.
He moved up ever so slightly and clicked his tongue when he saw both the guards and nobles were already looted. As he was prepared to move on seeing as the assassins were probably miles gone he saw bloody footprints.
'Either one got away or they were sloppy.' He looked back at the bodies before looking at the tracks again, 'One got away.'
He ran at full speed while also making sure to be stealthy and on guard scanning for any presences with his Mage Mind.
He eventually heard laughing from a group and stopped to cover himself immediately and hide.
As he got closer he saw six men donned in black covering their faces. one of the men was holding a brunette by her throat trying to pry herself free.
Unfortunately for her, the man holding her punched her in the gut making her cough in pain as he stared at the biggest of the group.
"Looky looky, captain, we caught the girl who got away! You said I could have fun with her before killing her right?"
The captain just looked at him before sighing and giving a signal to do as he wants.
"Just don't go crazy or they might find us out. We planned too hard for this for it to fail due to your lust." The captain warned him.
The man just laughed and walked away from the group to isolate himself and his prize.
"Really boss? That crazy dumbass is going to go too far and you know that." One of the men complained
"Then I'll send you to go stop him in a bit." The captain said casually walking to a tree to sit.
The man was about to retort but the captain glared at him making him shut his mouth before it opened.
'Dumbasses, I would scan them to see their prowess but that would give me away, though I guarantee I can easily kill them.' Kaiden, through his many fights and battles as Jay, could tell if he could from where he stands just by observing someone.
'Though that one,' He thought looking toward the captain, 'seems to be more of a threat.'
As he thought this, he remembered the brunette and stealthily ran in her direction to get information.
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"Well little missy, seems like you'll be my entertainment from this rough and scary mission~" He laughed as he threw her at a tree letting her slowly go to the ground.
The brunette tried to kick the man but her foot was caught and replied with a heavy punch to her gut making her cry in pain.
"The Trosven Family will have your heads!" The brunette yelled with blood dripping from her mouth and bruises on her face.
Of course, she was just hit in the gut more for that comment while the man laughed.
When she was breathing heavily it seemed the man couldn't help himself anymore and ripped her clothes, admiring the delicate and curvy body he was about to defile.
He pulled the scarf covering his mouth and licked his lips in anticipation of his meal. Yet, as he was ready to enjoy he felt a cold sensation for a few seconds and a warm liquid run down his throat.
He went to touch the liquid yet his vision went black and all he saw last was the horror on the brunette's face.
The reason for this was, of course, Kaiden's fault. He arrived and decided it would be best to save her before the gruesome scene happened. He slit the man's throat and pierced his heart.
'Well, that takes care of that, now about her.' his eyes showed no emotion over the kill as he turned to the woman.
"What is your name, speak while I have the patience for this." Although he wouldn't mind waiting he knew that they were going to check on his dead prey.
Although she was shaken at first she had a feeling the man was not part of the group that killed everyone she was with, mostly because of the uncovered face.
"I am Emily, Emily Trosven. Me and my cousins were on a quest to kill Mystic Beasts and collect magic plants. Though, we were attacked by that group after fighting the magic plants." She had answered truthfully as a thank you for the man that saved her.
'Fighting plants?! Plants can fucking fight!?' were the only things Kaiden heard at that point.
He shook that thought away since five enemies remained.
"Can you fight?" Kaiden needed to know if he should abandon her or leave with her.
'It would be stupid of me to fight them, five mages with abilities against one boy with good fighting skills is a pointless fight.' those were his thoughts.
"I am injured and all you can ask is if I can fight? Hmph! I'll have you know I am a fighting prodigy in my family, I was just caught off guard is all!" She pridefully said opening one eye to see the man's reaction.
Unfortunately for her he just looked toward the forest before clicking his tongue.
"Tsk! They're already coming to keep this dead horny bastard in check. Here, this will ease the pain and allow you to sprint longer."
Before she could ask any questions he took a rune out from the bag on his waist and threw it at her.
She went to block it with her hand since she knew she couldn't pull out a weapon, yet the rune stuck to her and began to heal her body even if weakly.
Her cuts stopped leaking blood and she felt her stamina starting to recover and become better than before. She looked at the man in amazement but he was already dashing away.
'I thought we were going to fight..' She thought as she ran to catch up to the mysterious man with golden eyes.
More amazement showed on her face as she noticed she could run at full speed without making her cuts open more.
Knowing that she used a spell to increase her speed and catch up to her savor. which was in no time thanks to the spell.
'How the hell did she reach me so fast? Wait, if she can do that does that mean those bozos can too? Fuck! These past years and now just point my power to needing a damn organ!' Kaiden did not enjoy knowing his power was lacking due to not having an organ.
"Wait, you used your power!? We were running for a reason!" It took a minute to register but he soon realized she used a spell.
Before he could say anything else to his deadweight, he felt a dangerous sensation.
Kaiden slid on his knees while letting his back hit the ground as a hammer flew past him barely scraping him.
'He got here too fast, is he near the peak of Level 1? He might even be a Level 2 Mage, wait no, there are stages to the organ. Gaseous, Liquid, Solid, and Plasmas.' As in his nature, Kaiden tried to guess the power of his opponent.
"Impressive, I didn't expect some boy to dodge that attack. You might be more dangerous than I thought." The captain laughed.
As he said that he jumped toward Kaiden who scoffed in reply to that basic attack, yet ice shards flew out of the hammer making Kiaden widen his eyes in surprise before jumping backward to dodge.
Yet, the captain predicted his movement and was already behind him swinging his hammer.
Kaiden took out his two daggers while doing a semi-backflip to try to block the attack. When the three weapons connected Kaiden was flung back and hit a tree leaving a back-shaped mark on it.
'Fuck! I keep forgetting, the differences in power here. Back then I just had to learn every martial art and make my own forms with them. Here, there are so many arts, spells, and whatever fucking else. Some are specific to an element some are specific to a body nourishment. I just need power!' He was getting back up while thinking about how truly different this world was.
He couldn't underestimate people simply because he was amazing at fighting, others can be better than him now. This world wasn't exactly as peaceful as his last one, leading to stronger characters.
Once he entered that mindset he got more serious placing two runes on himself as they sunk into his skin.
'The other four arrived here slower than him? Can you not just empower yourself with your Elemental Organ?' He tried to understand the power of everyone.
He saw as they started to surround his deadweight companion.
'I would leave her, but I doubt I can get far with this guy. He already considers me a threat and I doubt he would let me walk away.' The thought of running entered and left just as fast as it came.
Kaiden clicked his tongue realizing they would have to fight. He then clicked his tongue again out loud as he threw three runes at Emily one faster than the others.
Of course, one of the men jumped in front of the faster rune since he saw that Kaiden placed two on himself. As it fused with his skin a smile appeared on his face. As the others stood in the trajectory other the other two.
"Well, you can say you tried at least!" The captain laughed with a louder laugh.
Yet the laugh was cut short as the man the rune fused with started to convulse and bleed from his eyes and mouth. Kaiden threw that one faster for a reason after all.
When the other two saw that they jumped at the last second of the other two runes and let them hit Emily. She just smiled as her Elemental Organ started to gather her element and produce it at a smooth speed, Her body also began to harden leaving her speed the same.
She launched massive balls of fire at the men who dodged as they couldn't react in time to her quick attacks and the one who was trying to stabilize his condition.
One of the men was too slow and burnt to a crisp along with the unstable one. The other man who dodged didn't get out unscathed as part of his body was burnt.
Emily had a huge smile on his face as her Elemental Organ was being refilled automatically.
"Hey deadweight! Those don't last long so don't play with your food." Kaiden yelled focused on the captain.
"I am just appreciating your craftsmanship is all, I will finish this quickly," she bowed politely before raising her body back up with an annoyed face, "Did you call me a deadweight!?"
She only got ignored as he was focused on the captain.
The captain charged in and slammed his hammer on the ground where Kaiden was. Only Kaiden was fifteen feet away and when he saw that he noticed four runes by his head with cracks and laughed.
"You threw the wrongs ones out little boy! That or you believed these would wor-" He was cut off by four explosions.
'He's not dead.' Kaiden thought as he jumped to the left to avoid the ice shards flying at a high speed toward him.
'Why does he only use that spell? Could he not make new ones?' Kaiden's thoughts were stopped by a dangerous sensation but a rune came out.
The rune created a shield that blocked the hammer for a few seconds letting Kaiden jump away throwing more cracked runes at the captain's head.
When the captain walked out of the smoke the damage was seen.
The right side of his face was only black with slight spots of the muscle being seen, his shirt was torn and you could see some of his muscle tissue in the open, and he was no longer smiling as his mouth was almost gone.
'The explosions are good, though that is not really their purpose, I wonder how powerful they would be if I made it their purpose?' Kaiden thought before the captain spoke.
"You! You ruined a lot of my plans! I finally stole a scroll and was going to do much more after taking from this family! Yet you showed up and did not even use your Element, as if looking down on me!" The captain yelled with rage.
He raised his hand and showed seven Dimensional Rings.
A container full of pills came out as he went to try to eat them he noticed his hand was gone, and when he looked at where Kaiden was all he got was a knife to the skull.
'This kid... is a demon..' These were the final thoughts of the captain as everything went black.
Kaiden showed a face of curiosity looking at the container of pills.
'Refills the Elemental Organs will the small amount of Elemental Air stored in these pills. Warning; not to be used as an alternative to a technique as it will stress the organ.' He nodded as he looked through the many rings.
'I would steal these rings but I would only cause more trouble with the Trosven family. Usually, I wouldn't care but most Large-sized noble families have a Level 5 as their patriarch.' He thought while storing the rings in his pocket.
'So that guy stole the spell then? He didn't create it, strange.' Kaiden thought remembering the captain's angered words about the scroll he saw in one of the rings called, Ice Shard.
Kaiden walked back to his deadweight companion and saw her torturing the last man by slowly burning him alive, though when she saw Kaiden returning she killed him completely.
"Here, I believe these were yours and your cousins." He said giving her the Dimensional Rings.
She nodded and thanked him and before she could talk he asked a few questions.
Why did they not use any spells? They definitely had an Elemental Organ?" Kaiden asked
"What are you talking about? You need a scroll with the specific element on it to use spells. You copy the diagram on the scroll in your Mage Mind, then with it imprinted you use the Mystic Waters in your Mage Mind and the Elemental Air in your Elemental Organ to use the spell. How do you not know this?" She answered and explained.
Although he did not answer, instead he asked a different question.
"Did you create your spell?"
"huh? No, I didn't, no one typically creates spells or anything other than runes until Level 4." She shook her head and answered.
"Also why didn't you use your spells? This could have been faster if you did you know." She asked curiously.
"Hm? I'm only ten, I do not have my Elemental Organ yet." Kaiden answered honestly.
When he said this, only shock filled Emily's face staring at the prodigy in front of her.