Fire spreads through the whole forest.
The birds and deer run and try to escape the hellish landscape.
A young girl is also trying to get to safety, but alas the smoke is faster and her breath is getting rugged.
The situation seems to be getting worse and worse as her clothes are beings scratched by the weeds and thorns.
With ever slowing pace the girl finds a big tree with a small opening in its trunk.
She immediately uses all her power to go and try to take refuge.
-I hope I can be safe here until mom finds out I'm missing...
The girls whispered those words as the world was growing blurrier and blurrier.
The ground seemed to be shaking and the ceiling was also moving from side to side.
Her eyes barely seemed to open as the smoke began to swallow the cramped space.
-Mom, please, I'm sorry, I swear...I'm not going to run away aga...
Before the child could finish her phrase the smoke took her breath and entered her lungs.
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I am walking through a burned forest and there seems to be nothing alive in here anymore, the demons burned the whole place and kill every survivor.
While I was walking by the burned tree trunks I noticed one that was in better shape than the others.
I look and what a surprise, a tree with a soul.
Who would've thought such a rarity would be here?
I, never have seen such a thing even in books, it's said that the chances of such a thing happening are next to zero.
I take the whole thing and store it in my pouch, maybe I can plant it and make it grow magic fruits or something of the sort.
One can only hope.
I, then look at a hole in the ground, it's relatively small, only enough to hide a backpack inside, nothing bigger would fit in there.
Looks like someone used to hide things in here judging by the fact that the dirt looks kind of pressed for a long time like someone wanted to hide something and make sure it won't get damaged.
Of course, that's logic, no one would like their things to be broken or get rusty, in the case of metal.
There is no magic mark here tho, so I cannot realize who used this place before.
Looks like I have to go back and report that everyone in this town is dead.
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Adventurer of an arcane church, Kizu, found the ######### town in shambles and with no survivors present.
Burned corpses and destroyed houses were the first things that greeted the adventurer.
The main sign of demon activity was the fact that the corpses were brutally mutilated before they were burned.
The adventurer described the corpses as: "As if someone chewed the body parts individually and slowly"
...
The men in the room were speechless and angrier than anything.
After so many years of stalling the demons started attacking with more force than ever before.
Such scenes and news were like nightmares that became reality.
They each looked at one another and decided that the demons have to be exterminated completely before they can even form a full attack force.
Out of the 30 men,10 were of the highest ranking in the country and had enough power to take 100 000 demons on their own.
They each got up and started giving orders to immediately form hunting parties.
Others assembled armies and were waiting for the signal to march into enemy territory.
...
In the magic kingdom sat a mighty tower, one so tall that the skies themselves split to make space.
Inside the tower, inside an immense research room sat a woman on a chair, she looked at the latest news and her brows furrowed.
-The demons finally started their attack, huh...
-That means their chosen one is almost ready to battle if not already marching here...
Her hands clenched and started trembling, such news is beyond grave and devastating.
With her master nowhere to be found and with so much work to do, how will she manage?
Looking at the vast expanse that her empire covered she knew that if something went wrong her child would be at best killed by demons, and at worst...
Such thoughts tormented and made her even angrier with the world.
-Why not give me one more year...
-If I had one more year I could've surpassed my master's techniques...
...
-Congratulations, you have bought the advanced body and soul enhancement potion, thank you for your work!-
-Finally, I can get stronger.
Even tho my face couldn't express emotions I still felt happy, I can't get too excited now.
So I gulp the potion and hope it hurts.
Oh, and it hurt like hell.
But after 5 hours I got better and could now barely walk.
I lifted myself and started walking towards the door, with shaky movements I got to the bathroom.
The bathroom was spacious and wide enough to host 30 people at the same time.
I stumbled into the wide washing basin and fell straight in.
The potion description told me that I needed a lot of fresh water to completely heal my body so I chose the closest place with a lot of water.
After a while steam started lifting from the water and continued for 3 hours.
A few maids came in since the bathroom was so hot it became unusable by others.
They opened the windows and steam started clearing.
When they looked at the center of the room, in the now empty water basin they witnessed a sight that captivated them.
A handsome man was laying on his back, with his long, black-silver hair and sculpted body.
The scars left on his body only enhanced his mysteriousness.
Who was the mysteriously handsome man that was sleeping in the basin?
Why was he here?