A cold wind blew through the air.
A young boy was standing in a corner, shivering from the cold. He looked like a 6 year old boy, dressed in torn clothes. In his hands was a bread and he greedily took a bite.
Suddenly he heard shouts from behind. He turned around and saw an old man who shouted in an angry turn "You again. How often did I beat you to teach you that you shouldn`t steal, but you just can't learn from your mistake". The man paused for a short moment and continued saying "It isn't that bad for me. At least I have someone to let out my frustration".
He grinned and walked towards the young boy, who just ate the last bite of the bread. The young boy quickly looked around, but he was in a dead end.
In front of him was a 3 meter huge wall blocking his way forward. He quickly made his decision and started to climb the wall up, but he was too slow. He was almost over the wall as the old man grabbed his leg and pulled him to the ground.
"Finally, I caught you. Prepare for the pain" the old man laughed. Then he started to hit boy who shouted in pain after a few hits.
The young boy thought "I only wanted something to eat. I didn`t have anything for multiple days. It is not my fault that I was born without parents." As he was crying, the darkness slowly surrounded him and he fell unconscious.
The old man stopped as he saw that the boy became unconscious and sighed "This was far too short".
A few hours the boy finally started to awaken. He was still lying on the ground covered with his own blood.
His entire body trembled in pain. He slowly worked his way up and silently made a decision that he would leave this rotten town.
All of his memories were from this place and he was reluctantly to leave this place.
While he grew up he often heard from wandering traders that there is town a few kilometers in the north.
The problem was that between these two towns there was a dangerous forests in which are dangerous beasts. That`s why the traders always hired the so called adventurers who are martial artists to protect them.
He always has looked up to the strong martial artists. They are strong and have enough money.
He had no other choice but to leave. This place was so bad that he had to leave. He wouldn't accomplish anything, if he were to stay here.
Hopefully the people in the other town are better.
He began to move to the gate of this town.
As he approached the gate two guards saw him in his pitiful state and started to speak with each other "Another one who is in such a bad state". The other responded "This town is truly rotten. This town was in better state before they". He got interrupted "Quite, nobody dares to talk bad about these people."
The boy passed through the gate and started his journey to the other town. He hoped that he doesn't encounter any dangerous beasts.
While he was walking it became darker and darker. He cursed "Because of my injuries, I'm slowed down, so I couldn't make it in time."
He followed the road as he suddenly heard a grumble behind him.
He quickly turned around and saw a 2 meter huge beast that looked like a tiger. The beast was slowly approaching him. Its tail swung from one end to the other. It was obviously was happy that he found an easy prey.
The boy cursed and started to run away but the beast was following him. It had no problem to close the gap between them. It only waited because it found it funny to chase a powerless victim.
After the boy ran for an entire kilometer, the beast had lost the patience and jumped towards the child.
The boy noticed the threat behind and rolled to the side. The claws touched his hair and if he reacted one short moment later, he would be dead.
The boy thought "So that is how it ends, how pitiful."
The beast jumped again but this time he was one moment too late and the claws teared his arm. His arm was bleeding and it hurt really much. The boy lost his feelings in his arm.
Despite the injury he started to run away, but then he suddenly felt a strength in his arms.
He felt like he could tear the sky and earth in one move.
He opened his eyes and saw the beast in the air, only one meter apart from him.
His eyes glowed golden and his entire body was covered in gold mist. He raised his arm and hit the beast with all his strength. The beast was blown apart.
"What was that", was his final thought as he lost his conscious.