Chapter 63
Narrator Pov:
Jake puts on leather armor on his side of the ring. Meanwhile the Proctor is warming up, wondering why he doesn't have to hold back. They get into their stances around ten Paces from each other as the GM speaks.
"This is a Mock battle between Jake, the one who saved the Prince and Princess, and the Proctor of the tests. Now let the fight commence!," He shouted. At that Jake dashed forward, and in a second he was before the Proctor.
The Proctor was surprised at the speed and moved his sword to block. But the second it did, it was blown behind him by the power of the blow. He jumped back fearing the power of the kid, he was glad this wasn't Brawling. If it was, he would probably get killed by a single punch.
For the people watching, all they saw was Jake appearing in front of the Proctor and the Proctor being thrown back. They could not believe the speed of the child, it seemed inhuman! How could a child, not Baptized, be that fast and strong, against an B class Adventurer! Sadly Jake did not know this and was just doing a random amount of power.
The man regains his stance and uses his magic to maximize his Agility and Strength. He appears before Jake on his right faster than he can react. He throws a blow at the sword, throwing Jake and the Sword at the wall crashing into it. Though nobody could see what had happened in that half a second.
All the people saw was the Proctor standing, with a chipped sword, and a hole in the wall. "You pack quite a punch, I'll give you that, if my sword wasn't made of what it is, it would've been destroyed," Jake says, getting out of the rubble.
People are astonished that he is mostly fine, he only has cuts and bruises. The Proctor is impressed as Jake goes towards him, slower than before. From there they start trading blows as more people come in. Mainly the ones who passed the test and received their cards. They were astonished by the fight, and thought the kid was probably a dwarf.
But then a sword was thrown out of the cloud of dust that had formed from the strikes. As the dust cloud cleared they saw that the Proctor was injured, but still standing with his sword. The boy was without his sword, hardly injured more than he was before. How had this boy managed to defeat a B class adventurer, but then again he wasn't using Magic. The Proctor had thought it would be cheating, but saw the reality of the situation now.
Then Audrin shouted, "That ain't fair, how can a commoner boy, not even Baptized, beat a Proctor, even a Baptized, ten year old, noble couldn't! This is Blasphemy and favoritism!" At that everyone started shouting their agreement.
The GM seeing the problems to arise stood up and entered the ring. "Shut up!," He yelled quieting every single person. "This boy is the one who saved the Prince and Princess from monsters during a monster flood. He was stuck, Isolated, in a glacier for two years, and all he and his family could do, was kill monsters to survive! An you say that he was weak and the Proctor, a B class adventurer, let him Win?! When we came out here, I told him to not hold back, and you saw what happened when he did so it would be fair! Also, the Proctor still has his sword!," The GM yelled.
At that everyone started questioning what they had all said. With that the Adventurer guild business had finished. The GM had wanted to give him an A class card but he refused, he hadn't even gone to the church to be Baptized. The group of seven and four bodyguards left. Hunter, Jake, and Emma went with Henry and Hannah back home. Aaron and Theo on the other hand also went back to the castle after a day of fun.
But one of the guards was supposed to do something, as was another but for someone else. One guard retired and went to the king to report. He had told the king what the kid had done from his perspective. The king was impressed but knew he could not reveal something. With that the knight retired for sleep.
The other knight though, went somewhere else entirely. He walked to a secret passage unknown to the monarchy. He went down it as insects and others could be heard around him. It was ominous, very ominous, one could say creepy.
He arrived at the end and exited out into a cabin that overlooked the capital. He took off his gear and put on Commoner clothes. Brown pants, ruined shoes, white cloth shirt, the whole thing. He then left and went to the gate and entered without anyone seeing, as it was night. He went throughout the town until he entered the slums.
He walked through the maze of broken down houses and bodies and dying people. Not caring if he sometimes stepped on kids or elderly or people in general. He then stopped at the most ruined house, he then entered it. Why would a knight leave through a secret tunnel to outside the capital, dress up as a commoner, reenter the capital, go to the slums, and go inside the most broken down house?
The reason, is because he was doing something that the royals would arrest him for. He went in and to a secret trap door and opened it. He climbed down the hole for around a hundred feet. At the bottom he walked along until he got to the end. He opened the door and found himself in a hidden basement.
"Did you find what I asked for?," A man asked from the shadows as he looked at cages. The cages were full of Beast-kin, Humans, Elves, Dwarves, every single species. They were in a multitude of colors and sizes, one looked as if they were once a friend of Jake. It was a white Beast-kin fox, who is it?
"Yes, I did, that boy, is no normal boy. He almost won against a B class adventurer by himself. He may be the ones our benefactor lost when he tried to retrieve 'that'," The man said.
"I see, well, have them get ready to ship this next bunch in a few days. I don't want them being found out, and I have a few things needing done. But don't tell them that we have found the one he is looking for. I want to make sure that it is him. Also, if you get the chance, kill him," The man says, swaying as he walks from being fat.
Who are these people, and who is this benefactor of his, and why does he want Jake dead?