In a remote corner west of the kingdom of Echela, A field of azure-colored flowers sway gently in the soft breeze. Carrying a subtle sweet and calming fragrance across the surrounding.

Past the edge of the massive bed of flowers, a village can be seen established next to a large lake. Bountiful marine creatures can be seen moving under the depth of the clear water body.

There,a boy with brown hair and amber eyes is currently standing on his house's backyard,in his hands rest a longbow made of dark polished wood. As the boy slowly breath in, a subtle amount of pale red particles transfer out of his body and can be seen infusing into the edge of the shimmering arrow blade.

A few moment past and the arrowhead was already glowing bright red in its edges,traces of steam rising from it. The boy took noticed of this and slowly raises the bow with great care. Beads of sweat roll down his cheek, but there was no sign of panic or unease in his movement.

The moment he aligned his sight to a line of tree barely noticeable in the distance and anchored the string to his jaw for better precision, the string was smoothly released followed by the sharp whistle of sliced air.

Boom!

The arrow flies straight and true into the distance, a faint explosion can be heard when the arrow landed. A smile of joy soon plasters across the boy's face.

Clap!Clap!Clap

A man who seems to be in his late thirties comes next to the boy and clapped with a joy filled grin on his face."That is a sizable amount of mana and excellent mana flow control for your age Liam."The middle-aged man comment as he starts strolling forward

"It is all thanks to your guidance, uncle Jerome."

The boy named Liam smiles as he walks towards the tree in the distance, following his uncle's footsteps.

As they got closer to the tree, a board hanging from a thick branch can be seen marked with signs of the blast. At the center of the darkened wood although not massive was ruptured from the blast.

"Hmm.....although it's not as potent as it can be, the fact you manage to learn a Grade C spell at the age of 13. There is a going to be some never before seen monsters in this generation of kids." Jerome nodded in approval at the damage done to the wooden board.

"That's not nearly enough.....I am sure that can't even leave a dent on the standard issued plate armor lopis empire's infantry has."Liam muttered at Jerome's side ,disappointment written on his face.

"Boy, you don't need to think about the tin cans yet. You have 3 years in training at the Academy before you can even get enlisted. Enjoy your youth for now. Don't take to let your enemy take the joy of life from you before you even set foot on the field."Jerome said as he replace the damaged board with a new one.

The Lopis empire declared war on the kingdom of Echela half a years ago based on a dispute on trade with items of extreme values between the two nations. There was no exact telling of what the items were but most were told to believe it was an artifact of great value which was said to be stolen as soon as the item entered the border of the Lopis empire.

After frantic efforts of searching from both sides. The item was nowhere to be found. Naturally, Echela demand their payment to be met regardless of the result, which was reputed by relentless accusation from the empire,believing that the kingdom plotted the the whole trade from the start.From there sparks of war swiftly spiral out of control.

"...I suppose you are right,uncle" Liam said with a smile as he turned around and head back to their home in the distance.

Jerome watched as his nephew's figure became distant and soon out of sight with complicated emotions and sighs."Grace, watch over your son,will you."

He then turns his gaze toward to north with a calm expression, but deep down he can feel the scorching rage and bitterness resurface. But with it, a new source of determination was found

"Walking the path of the vengeance should be a adult's job after all."

At the moment, Liam was already entering the small worn-down mansion in the inner section of the small town, a place where he called home for the past 13 years of life. The familiar scent of pine trees and the creaking of the weathered wooden floors.

There,lying lazily on a couch was a girl two years younger than him with the same amber eyes and shoulder-length black hair. She shift her eyes off the book she was reading intently towards the newcomer as a sweet smile appears as soon she recognized him.

"Brother, how was training today? Did dad bully you again? I will make sure to beat him up for you,if he keeps up that ridiculous training schedule. "The girl's expression was fierce as she barrages Liam with a series of threats to her father and questions of concern for him, which made Liam feel as if he was a younger brother being doted on by his sister.

"winey, uncle is fine today, calm down. Don't put that fierce expression on so often, you are going to have wrinkles." Liam laugh as he pinch his doting cousin's cheek softly which made her yelp in surprise and pout at his poor choice of words.

Winey was and will always be his dearest sister in heart.Despite being younger than him, she was quite protective of him as they grown up together.And she is one of the biggest joy in his life.For that he trains days and nights to be as prepare as he would be to prevent any harm from getting close to her in case the kingdom was overrun and they need to make a run to neighboring nations.

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"That would be indeed troublesome I suppose,I need to get married sooner or later after the war ended.So I do need to keep my face all pretty ."A smirk was slowly forming on winey's amused face as she's watch her cousin's frown deepen and Growled as if disturbed.

"I take that back, keep your fierce expression in front of every boy.And mark down every boy who bother you and give me the list so I get rid- get to know them better ."In Liam's mind,a list of boy who might or might not have approach his cousin in the town was already etched into his watch and hunting list,even if he can clearly tell she is teasing him back in revenge.

"Alright,sir doting brother,I am hungry!You won't let your cute sister starve for her lunch, correct?"winey laugh and watch as liam walk into the kitchen,muttering threats and curses for her possible suitors.

In a moment,winey,Liam and uncle Jerome set as they enjoy their plates of spiced cream rabbit stews along with some buttered up loaf of bread.

"Liam,if nothing else your cooking alone should get you the attention of a few ladies in our town.How about it?Want me to play match maker for you in the festival next week before I go back to smashing tin cans?Uncle knows quite a few family with daughters that will surely be beauty in a few years"Jerome said as he savor the wonderful taste of his nephew's cooking.

"Hmm…it's a bit too early don't you thin-"liam stop as he heard a yelp of pain from his uncle and watches as winey attempting to pull his ear clean off his head while he apologizes pitifully to her.

"That's right dad,don't try to turn my brother into a womanizer like you, liam will never do that."Winey hiss as she release her dad from her brutality.For Liam,he cannot imagine anyone other than her who can do that to uncle Jerome without losing their head in the next moment and also earn his apology in the prosess,so he simple pray to the gods for the poor fools to never be born who made his daughter mad as they would earn the combine wreath of both of him and his uncle.

"Ahem,anyway what is important is that Liam is happy with his choice."Jerome then gaze at his nephew who he treated as his son for years and instructed "Also you need to keep training not just your destructive spells while I was gone,as a proper arcane archer from our house,traps,deception and perception based spell is just as important."

"Understood,uncle Jerome.I will make sure there are no imbalance in my skill sets"liam said as he took another spoonful of stew.Thinking of other possible combination of skills he could make use of in different situations.

The house of Massoutré is known for birthing the most talented and skilled trackers, scout and of course arcane archers.Arcane archer is a extremely rare profession due to the great requirements for having high level mastery on both magic, archery and the most difficult part which is to infuse mana into their weapon and different objects on command which can only be learned by someone of their lineage.

The kingdom used to highly valued this profession in the war due to the flexible roles and powerful combat prowess they can provide.

But in recent decades,since the births of such talents were hardly ever seen.The kingdom have dim their interest since only a small amount of unit with such talent is available.Afraid of losing the rest of these unit,the arcane archers were only sparingly used in war and only on special mission with absolute necessity needed with their help.

Even with this type of policy,the number of unit who can still be deploy at the field can be counted in two hands and liams's uncle is one of them.A squad leader of a team of master scouters and snipers which was essential for the kingdom current success in holding the front line.

Liam will soon become one of these unit when he finish his training and enlisted according to the law of war time mandatory recruitment and mark the beginning his own journey.