Usman P.O.V.
We had already started our journey to the capital of South. We were stopped in the forest and were preparing our lunch.
When I saw a movement on the map. Something was coming from underground and it was aiming for Firuza!
She had gone for nature call. I turned towards her and blitz towards her. When I was close enough to see her head...
Crack!
I heard the ground cracked nearby.
Boom!
A grick alpha came out and struck her with his pincers.
Grick alpha/G.A." Screech!"
Before his pincers touched her, I held her and we rolled on the ground.
Crack!
His pincers missed her and he looked towards us.
G.A." Screech!"
Usman " Eat this, you bug!"
I used sword barrel and IT was impaled on the ground. Haah. I looked towards Firuza and she was shocked. I stood up and helped her stand.
Usman " Are you alright?"
Firuza " Yea, I am okay."
Usman" Alright. Then, take your time if...."
Firuza " I...was done."
Usman" Okay."
Then, we went to our camp.
...
Firuza P.O.V.
We were making our dinner for the night. Suddenly, Usman stood up. Arcanine came and covered me. Before I said something, a giant ape jumped out.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Three arrows pierced him and he caught fire. It was hell blaze. I turned towards Usman.
Usman " Just finishing him quickly."
I nodded and caressed Arcanine.
....
Usman P.O.V.
Third day, we reached the capital of South, Lavanora. The city ruled by the elders. I paid 6 gps as our entrance fee. Even though Firuza wanted to resist but I stopped her.
The city was a inverted triangle in shape. We went to the mayor's office and got our visa. I paid 15 GPS for that. Then, we went to the recommended tavern in the commercial district.
I got our weekly stay in 42 GPS. After that we had our dinner and went in our rooms.
.....
Firuza P.O.V.
We were sightseeing in the capital but the people were a little tense. I was curious why?
Gong!
Horns started blowing around. What's going on?! I turned towards Usman. He had a serious look.
Firuza " What's going on?!"
Usman " We are under attack. Let's go! We need Arcanine."
We went towards the tavern.
...
Usman P.O.V.
We went to the mayor's office and met him.
Mayor " Are you here to help?"
Usman " Yes."
Mayor " Good! I was about to call you."
Firuza " What's going on?"
Mayor" An army of Yuan ti abomination lead by an oni had arrived."
Usman" How about our forces?"
Mayor" Haah~ Most of our forces are outside. We sent them after the Yuan ti abomination parties."
Firuza" Huh?"
Usman" Lavanora was attacked 2 days ago. It was probably a decoy to lure the forces out and take care of them."
Firuza" Dear Lord! That's means...."
Mayor" We only have 20 guards..."
I looked at the map, army was coming from north side. We came from west and south was forbidden zone.
Quest: Defend the Capital!
Save the elders!"
Rewards:???
Penalty: Rule of Evil!
That's the quest, I got when horns started blowing around.
Usman" Hmm."
Firuza " Usman....do you have any plans?"
She was looking at me expecting. I smiled.
Usman " Yes."
She smiled.
Mayor " Which is?"
Usman " Spread the map on the table."
When he did. I pointed towards the north side.
Usman " As you can see, they are coming from north. South is forbidden zone, they can't go there. As for west, it will be unexpected for us to have further reinforcement. So, they are leaving it. "
Firuza" What about east?"
Mayor" It linked us with dwarves."
Usman" Who lives in a series of mountains."
Firuza " I see."
Usman" So, we only need to handle the north side."
Mayor" We only have 7 archers."
Usman" How about spearman and swordsman?"
Mayor " 10 swordsmen and 3 spearmen."
Firuza" ... dear lord..."
Usman" Send lancers to guard the elders and appoint the archers on the front wall. Swordsmen will be behind the gates."
Firuza" I can help..."
Usman" You will be with archers. First, you will use call lightning 2 times in the centre of the army. Second, you will use Arcanine to burn them."
Firuza" I can also..."
Usman" Your flames will not reach them."
She became sad.
Usman" But you are still useful as a healer."
She became positive.
Mayor" What about you?"
Usman " I am going to cause a massacre."
.......
Firuza P.O.V.
I was standing on the wall besides the 4th archer. That's when, Usman came.
Usman " Archers! All shoot three arrows at once on the forward plank."
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
21 arrows fell on the the enemies but those didn't have any damage. Seeing this, army started moving eagerly. Archers were worried.
Usman " They took the bait. Firuza, now!"
Bait?!....I see. I concentrated and a thundercloud appeared in the sky.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
I raised my left hand up and brought it down.
Boom!
Lightning fell on the incoming army and incentrated them.
Usman " One more Time!"
I kept concentrating.
Rumble! Rumble!
Realising that another lightning about to fell, chaos spread in the front of the army.
Boom!
With this, front of the army was heavily damaged. The sky was clearing up.
Usman " Good job. It's my turn."
He came with that sword like arrow. Archer stepped aside. He aimed and started chanting.
Usman " I am the bone of my sword."
Red electricity started crackling around the arrow.
Usman " Hell Blaze!"
Black flames covered the arrow's tip and electricity became purple.
Usman " High power Cadelborg 2!"
Swish!
The arrow moved as a purple streak towards the centre of the army.
BOOOMMM!
A purple blast covered the area. Before it vanished.
Swish!
Usman sent another to the rear?!
BOOOMMM!
As the first vanished, Usman sent the third towards the end.
BOOOMMM!
Central area of the army was scorched and same was going on in the rear and their camp.
???".... Remarkable!"
Usman " Firuza! Take care of the remaining Yuan ti abomination with Arcanine and archers. You are in command." He said spreading that mark on his body.
Then, wings appeared from his back.
Firuza " Where are you going?!"
Usman " To stop the oni, he is moving towards the elders from the west gates."
???" WHAT?!"
Didn't he said army would not go there.... right! Oni is moving alone. That's means....
Firuza" THE ATTACK OF ARMY WAS A DECOY?!"
Usman " Yes and No."
Firuza"HUH ?!!"
Usman" I will explain later."
He took off to the elders' residence. Haah!
Firuza" Alright! Let's take care of them!"
Archers" Yeah!"
Arcanine" RAWR!"
.......
Oni P.O.V.
My plan was flawless. When, Yuan ti abominations would siege the city. All the remaining negligible forces would focus on them.
Who would die in matter of minutes. When, that happens. I would infiltrate the city from the west side. Then, I would go to the damn elders.
As I reached there residence, I saw some lancers there.
Oni" Huh?"
To thought, they were that afraid.
Oni" Elders! Your time of death has arrived!"
Lancers" Oni?!"
KaChaK!
A window opened and someone saw me.
???" WHAT?! BUT HOW?! DON'T TELL ME!! HE SAID TO PUT LANCERS DUE TO HIM?!!"
Interesting...
Oni" Hahahaha! I don't know, who is that person, who sent these meat shields here! But he will die like rest of your people...."
BOOOMMM!
What?
BOOOMMM!
Oni" WHAT?!"
BOOOMMM
Oni" WHAT HAPPENED?!"
???" Hahahaha! Looks like Guardian and lady druid have destroyed your plans!"
Oni" WHAT?! A DRUID?!! DAMN THAT WENCH! BUT SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO SAVE THE ELDERS!"
I charged towards the elders mansion.
???" STOP HIM!"
Those measly lancers came in my way.
Oni" OUT OF MY WAY!"
In matter of seconds, I killed them.
Oni" NOW! IT'S YOUR TURN!!"
I charged towards them.
Swish!
Suddenly, my field of vision changed. I saw my torso falling behind me, spilling blood. It can't be....
Thud!
...
Usman P.O.V.
As I stood beside the dead oni...
Mayor " Guardian! You knew?!!"
Usman " Yes and sorry for not telling you about this. I want everything to happen smoothly."
Mayor" No, it's alright."
Usman" Then, I am going back to the northern gates."
I turned and blitz towards the gates.
.....
Mayor P.O.V.
Mayor " And that's what happened."
Elder 1 " Hmmm, the boy made a solid plan."
Elder 2 " Yes, it did include all the points."
Elder 3" And the losses to us in the battle were only lancers."
Elder 1" But they were an important part of the plan."
Elder 2" Yes, their sacrifice was noble."
Elder 3" Give proper monetary fund to their families."
Mayor" Yes."
Elder 1" Are lady druid and guardian in a relationship?"
Mayor" No but I think she had feelings for him."
Elder 2" DAMN! We are going to lose the boy."
Elder 3" As an orphan, he had no bonds here."
Mayor " Pardon me but Usman is engaged with Raejiisa Selakiir."
Elder 1" WHAT?!"
Elder 2" Is it true?"
Mayor " Yes. This was what, both of them said."
Elder 3" Then, this is a good news."
Elder 1" Yes! Raejiisa will be a Countess. So, he will live here."
Elder 2" Prepare a letter of succession of Raejiisa Selakiir as countess and send it to her at once."
Elder 3" Send a letter of congratulations on her engagement with the Guardian, Usman."
Mayor" Yes, elders."
I bowed.
...
Usman P.O.V.
At night, we were moving towards the tavern for our dinner. Mayor had called a celebration tomorrow on the victory. We went in the tavern and had our dinner.
During which nobody came to us. They seemed nervous. After our dinner, we went to our rooms. When I laid on my bed.
Usman ' Luminous.'
Ding!
Quest: Completed!
Rewards:
100 gps
Balance:
132 pcs
6029GP
2 Citrine 50 gp
1 Calcedony 50 gp
9 Amethyst - transparent deep purple 100 gp gems
13443 sp
2000 cp
10 Azurites ( opaque mottled deep blue) each gem worth 10 gp each
6 White jade worth 100 gp each
6 translucent light green Jade worth 100 gps
Dwarven plate
Ding!
Congratulations!
You have leveled up!
Cr 11!
Skills:
Projection: 95 arrows / 47 pairs of swords
26 pairs of awakened byakuya and Kanshou
13 low power Cadelborg 2
6 high power Cadelborg 2
3 Rho aias
3 sword barrel
1 Unlimited Blade Works
Mana enhancement
All purpose map
Demonic mark opened
Self healing
Hell blaze
....
Usman P.O.V.
In the morning....
Ding!
6th Test begins!
Usman " WHAT?!"
I jumped from my bed and wore my armour. I scanned around and saw horned devil above city.
Boom! Booom! Booom! Booom!
He was throwing fireballs upon the city. I spread the demon mark and flew out of my window. As I came out, I went towards him.
Moving forward, I changed my swords. As I reached near him....
Horned devil/ H. D." So, you finally came."
He took out a great sword and shrouded it in hell blaze. So, did I.
Swish!
We moved forward.
Cling!
Our swords clashed.
Cling! Clang! Cling! Clang! Cling! Clang!
He was good, really good.
Slash!
My left arm was bleeding.
H.D." How does it feel to fight a superior in combat?"
Cling! Clang! Cling! Clang!
Slash!
I made a cut on his right cheek. I was using double mana now.
H.D." YOU LOW LIFE!!!"
He shrouded in mana. So, did I.
WOOSH!
Swish!
Cling! Clang! Cling!
Slash!
I cut his left wrist.
H.D." ARGH!!!"
Cling! Clang! Cling! Clang!
Puchi!
I stabbed his chest.
Blurgh!
He puked blood.
H.D." Don't you think you will win against my lord?"
Usman" I am not thinking that. I WILL do IT!"
He turned to dust and I changed my swords. I flew back to the tavern.
BOOOMMM!
I turned around and saw a remorhaz! It appeared in the city and was causing destruction. I landed on a house rooftop and used sword barrel.
I summoned swords and enchanted those with hell blaze. I was using 2 sword barrels at a time.
Swish!
Clang! Cling! Clang! Cling! Clang! Clang! Clang! Cling!
BHOOF!!!
The remorhaz was engulfed in hell blaze and with in seconds, it turned to ashes. I sighed and flew back to tavern. As I landed.
Firuza " USMAN!!!"
I saw her coming towards me with tears in her eyes.