A week had passed since the tournament. Rin had gained popularity as the sacred knight. A lot of praises were sang online about the sacred knight and his victory against Rose silver. However some said his victory was out of sheer luck and the sacred knight was nothing but a Junior knight who had used a flawless cheating method in his battles. That also wasn't all, in fact that was just the tip of the iceberg. Journalists all over the city poured all sought of stories about the sacred knight. All these didn't bother Rin in the least. In fact, some of them were true. After his last battle, it was confirmed that his strength was nowhere near strong. He was just lucky to have won. If he ever came into contact with a ridiculously strong beast, who knew what would happen. He had to get strong, and fast. That was for certain.
Rin threw himself down on his bed while scrolling through his unread messages. His eyes stopped at one particular message. That message was from home. Rin's mind suddenly went back to his mom, his father and all his friends back in the village. How were they doing. It had been six months since his coming to Raven hill. He had to run away from home just to get to raven hill, and ever since his arrival, he had never even made a phone call back home.He begun to feel bad. Who knew how difficult it had been for his mom. Rin was always the one she loved the most and would do anything for.
So after a few minutes, he had decided to take a trip back home and see how every one was doing. Now since both he and rose were knights of raven hill, they were offered a drive back home from raven hill. It only took about three hours to reach the village. That was not a surprise considering how fast the car traveled. The car stopped at the entrance to the village and both of them stepped down. Rin walked into the village steadily as if he hadn't been home for a decade. A lot of people who laid eyes on him recognized him and welcomed him with with gladness. When Rin and Rose arrived at their house, they suddenly noticed some kind of difference in the atmosphere. It felt as if something was missing in the house. No one had showed up at the door to welcome them. The house seemed empty. Rin decided to call out.
"Mom! Dad!" He called out loud "It's Rin. I'm home" A few seconds later, his dad appeared in front of him.
"Rin? Is that you?" He asked rhetorically. His face and skin looked pale as if he hadn't eaten for days and hadn't been taking care of himself.
"Dad? What's going on with you.You look sick, and where's mom?" Rin asked
"My son. It's good to see you. You look different. I see raven hill really did good on you two. Tell me what rank are you?" Rin's eyes widened.
"So dad already knows about knighthood and human evolution"
"Level six primary knight." Rin replied
"That's not bad, what of you Rose?"
"Just a level behind Rin." She replied. Rin's dad surprised by his physique. He was still a level six, yet he had this fit body. Of course this wasn't a surprise. He had known since the day Rin was born that he was meant for great things. He had always had this hungry thirst for power. That was evident in his rivalry with rose. That was why he had never objected about Rin leaving for Raven hill. He had even prepared admission to raven academy to house his two children.
"Enough of that dad. Tell me what's going on here. I can sense something isn't right around here and where's mom." Mr Kruger gave off a sad sigh and then turned round to leave. Then he made a hand sign to both of them telling them to follow. The two children obeyed and followed. He led both of them into their bedroom where Rin and Rose's mom laid weak. Mr Kruger walked right to her and sat on the bed, then he moved her face closer to hers and spoke calmly to her.
"Lin. I have good news, you children are here to see you." As soon as she heard the message, a foreign strength took sudden control of her body and then she begun to rise up from the bed with several failed attempts. Mr Kruger assisted her and she sat upright. Rin and Rose were horrified, but Rin was even horrified more. His entire body showed how scared and confused he was at the moment.
"Oh no, mom? What the hell happened." Rin was devastated to his core.
" How could this have happened? He asked himself. Rin suddenly begun to blame himself for her condition. This was all his fault. He said. Perhaps if he hadn't run away in the first place, his mother wouldn't have been in this sorry state. Rin walked up the bed and knelt down on the palm of his mom with his face bent down. Suddenly he begun to shed tears.
"I see you're still a cry baby Rin, you've got to change or you wont get a girlfriend."
"Mom what happened?" Rin asked
"I'm doing fine baby, you don't have to worry yourself so much. Your coming to see me is more than enough. Rose come closer" She said. Rose obeyed and and went closer to her. Then she gave both of them a warm hug showing how happy she was to see her children again. After the warm hug, her nurse cut in and advised them to let her rest. Rin and Rose followed their father out of the room into the living room. There he begun to narrate all what had transpired after they left for Raven hill. After hearing the story about a group of thug knights who ganged up on his mother in the absence of his father, his eyes over boiled in rage.
"Father. When can I find them?" He asked
"Son don't tell me you're planning on taking them all on your own. One of them looks like he's at his peak of evolving into an aristocrat knight."
"I'll be fine dad. Besides, this is even a good opportunity to try out my new weapon." After Rin's assurance, his father still looked worried. Rose assured him that Rin was stronger and all would be fine.
"If your sister believes, you'll be fine then I have no choice. But be careful son. You can find them at a house near the river." He said. After that, Rin left to trace out his targets. Luckily, they weren't that far.
"This has to be the place." Said Rin "Now to teach these scums a lesson." So for the first time, he took out his new sword which was called the Excalibur. It was definitely powerful, no doubt about that. Rin didn't have to use it before realizing it's potential.
Rin busted the wall and walked into the building, where he came face to face with a gang of rouge knights. They were numbered up to 19. They became alarmed by the intrusion and all took their weapons. He was just one person but they could all tell that he meant business.
"Come on rouges, I'll allow you all to make the first attack. I promise I wont attack." Said Rin while raising both his arms up. They all boiled up in rage by Rin's words. This boy deserved to die. They all thought. One of them in the front geared up in his armor and threw out a huge burst of flames towards Rin. The flames brought down the whole wall bringing down a bunch of rubble on Rin. The rubble covered Rin down on the ground. Some seconds had passed but Rin didn't rise up. This gave them the thought that the boy was already dead. They all suddenly begun to burst out into laughter and crack out jokes until they suddenly heard the rocks moving, then out came the attacker.
"Is that the best you can do. I was expecting more. Well anyway, playtime is over." They all had heir eyes on Rin, but then suddenly he was nowhere to be seen. Later they found him standing directly in front of one of their comrades. Then before they had realized, his body plus his black fire Armour were sliced in half. After the first one, they all rushed towards him to attack, but to Rin, it felt as if, they were moving slowly. Rin could tell that he had improved from his battles at the tournament. Also this was thanks to holy angel. The more he practiced, the more he felt a change. His speed and agility had definitely increased.
"Right, then he slashed. Behind, then he defended and counter attacked, Above. Then before he realized, they were all lying down dead except one of them."
"This must be the one at the peak of his evolution into an aristocrat." Said Rin
"Let's see what you're made of" Said Rin. His opponent didn't waste any time, he immediately dashed towards him holding a long sword. It looked like a katana. Rin also dashed forward until the two of them clashed. They continued to clash releasing bursts of energy from both their swords. Rin wondered what kind of sword that was.
"Nine moon slash!" He yelled out releasing his attack but Rin blocked his attack easily and broke through his defenses at lightning speed, then he ended him with one slice in his abdomen which ended him immediately.
Now that, all the rouges were taken care of, it was time to return home. But wait. He said to himself. What about that moon sword of his. It could sell for a good price in raven hill. He was in deep need of money now that he had come to meet his mother in this situation. And that sword of his was definitely no ordinary sword. Rin took the moon sword and left back home. But damm, his Excalibur too was amazing. He didn't have any trouble at all in this fight. This sword could even hunt down level three sacred beasts much less ordinary humans.