Deep in thought, Leo was suddenly interrupted by the sounds of people's cries.
"that's a lot, I can't help them all", Seeing that a lot were being attacked at once, he went to save women, elders, and children first. As for the others, that he couldn't help, he—
"Gentlemen don't just run. Grab something nearby and use it as a weapon then fight. Don't fret, they're not exceptionally strong; one or two slams will be enough to kill them.", I said to them. But only some heard my remarks, while others straightforwardly ignored me and ran away. {I did my best if you don't want to save yourselves, that's your problem}, uncaring about that, I held the pipe in my hand and ran toward a family that was encircled by 3 goblins.
At the same time, a kid about 11, was utilizing a chair to make them stay away, as he was defending a woman and a girl close to his age.
Noticing the kid's heroic act even though he was shaking from fear, I couldn't help but smile a little.
Running at them with my new full speed, in a moment I got closer. before they caught a glimpse of me I sent a kick toward the one to my left making him fall face-first to the ground. When my leg touched the ground again, I swung the pipe at the waist of the one in the middle, which sent him flying toward the last one. seeing them collapse, I moved quickly kicking them behind their necks.
CREAK~!
The Sound of their bones breaking announced their death, when I was about to kill the last one I found that this job was already done by the kid, who was smashing him with the chair in his hand.
Catching sight of this, I couldn't help but sigh. {It had reached the point, when a youngster needs to defend himself, against threats, instead of his guardians defending him, but it's not like this is something new.}
I moved to stop him from whacking the monster any more than he was already, however as he was in a trance, I couldn't stop him quickly, as he struggled for a time before calming down.
"It's OK, it's okay kid, you have already vanquished it, you have shielded them, as well so relaxed", As I said this, I brushed the trace of blood from his face, hands, and chair. Before returning it to him.
As he calmed down a little— "Ah what is this ", he yelled as he looked at the air in front of him.
Although I can't see it. I am sure it is the system window, but now isn't the time for this. so—" Do you know what you ought to do next?"
"…"
"you don't?, then go and take your family away in that path, make sure to hold this chair to protect yourself.", I said as I pointed at the south roadway, where the university's front door is.
"Okay, big brother thank you, see ya later."
As the kid and his family ran away, I continued my battle against the goblins, Standing up for those who couldn't, killing all the goblins I could, while guiding those who were calm enough to hear my orders, until all the crowd that once was beside the beach, arrived at the university and shut down its gate.
"Ah ah ah, finally we are safe," a man said as he inhaled and exhaled painfully while supporting his tired body with the gate wall.
Cling~
however not long before he heard the sound of the gate's metal bars, ringing intensely as the small hands of several goblins banged with it at the same time, so he couldn't help but scream frightfully, "Ahhh".
"It looks like the gate would only be able to quell them for some minutes at most, even if it didn't break it, with their continued numbers, they will sure be able to climb it soon", With that In mind I held the pipe in my hand as I trying to pierce them from behind the gate fences.
witnessing my actions, several other people who had weapons and were already connected to the system came to help.
As I was doing that, An idea came to my mind{ Can it be used like this? }, Finding that I wouldn't lose anything if I tried, I called my pal Donald, who is also, one of my classmates at the university.
"Donald, can you please go and fetch me the weapon collection of Mr. Jack, that he always puts in his teaching room" I said as I stabbed the eye of a goblin with my pipe, which went further and destroyed his brain, if he did have one after all.
"but those are just old antiques, they may shatter before you can use them a few times", a young man, with brown hair and brown eyes, the exact age as mine said, coming toward me as I called him.
"I know that just bring them here", I said as I slew another goblin.
After glancing at me, Donald said, "You look like you have some plan, so I will do as you say" before he ran toward Mr. Jack's room as fast as he could. I, on the other hand, kept on slaying the goblins from behind the gate.
A while later.
Donald came back with several cold weapons, such as swords, spears and axes strapped down to his back by a cloth. "here, they are Leo!", he said as he demonstrated to me the weapon collection, he carried with him, "thanks Donald, let me see, hmm….. not this one….. not that as well,….ah yes give me that one please "
Donald handed me an ancient 2+ meter-looking plain spear with several cracks on it, it wouldn't be surprising if it got destroyed after a few swings.
"Then Donald please strap it down to my back, now"
Even though he looked at me like he was looking at a fool, when I urged him to do so, he did.
After checking if the cloth was tightly strapped, I took a deep breath, Then I called the name of the skill, that was carved in the layer beneath my material body.
———3rd pov ———
[Intention Reading, ON]
Triggering this skill, Leo's purple eye shone with light making it, even more striking than before.
After choosing the spear in his back as the target of the skill, Leo now begins to see two pictures through his eyes.
One is the ordinary world. The other one is the image of everyone who touched this spear in the last 300 hundred years, but even though it was three hundred years, he merely saw about ten seconds in every century.
Leo whose eye was showing him this wasn't surprised since those seconds he saw in those centuries were the time when that spear was wielded with the intent to fight, and since my skill reads the intent, it lets me see only when the spear felt intent from his owner or those beside him.
It was only when the images arrived 400 years ago, that he saw a young man holding the exact spear in his back but only somehow fresh and stronger.
The young man didn't have a name, he was born as a slave, the same as his family.
in these recollections or intentions, The young man who saw his family being ill-treated by his owner since young, couldn't help but hope.
distinct from his parents who had given up their resistance, he was not. Although he was born a slave, he Had a longing.
he wanted nothing but to get freedom from this hell, called slavery for both himself and his family, but unfortunately, he got his desire granted in the nastiest possible way.
One day as he was carrying water from the river next to his owner's house, his village was under invasion by an army, who burned it after massacring almost every one of its villagers.
The boy who saw that was in a chaotic condition, sad as his parent perished, perplexed that he was ultimately unrestricted, furious as this freedom he felt didn't bring him the satisfaction he believed he would, and eventually hatred for those who killed his family, while his bastard of an owner was only taken as a captive rather than getting slain like others.
The nameless kid swore to kill his parents's killer and his owner if he was still alive. So the boy with hate filling his heart, began a life for the sake of vengeance.
The lad held the spear, that had been accompanying him from a young age, and then with hatred-fueled stares he took his first step toward revenge.
After training, by killing some bandits, for some years, He signed on the army after discovering the killers were invaders from another nation.
Even after he entered the army he was still a no-name kid. Although he tried to give himself a name because he didn't have any documents that could determine his identity he couldn't.
Although he wasn't seen as a slave as in the past, he was still on the same level in other's eyes.
He only got a name for himself after earning his first big achievement on the battleground, and That is only because to be promoted from an ordinary soldier to a commander of fifty men, he requires a name to be put in the documents.
so he was named—𝙃𝙖𝙠
After that, Hak made several other achievements as he went from a 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 to another, he got famous for his leadership and his violent spearmanship.
He was always taking charge in battles even when he later came to be a general.
As time passed, the lad grew older, becoming a middle-aged man, at this age he stood at the pinnacle of his life, well-known, wealthy, and proud.....in short, he was at the apex of success, yet as he was happy with his life and his obsession with revenge grew dull, one day, he found a truth he didn't wish to know.
The monarch he followed all his life, was the real reason his family was slaughtered.
The ruler had ordered his men to revoke their protection from Hak's village, for some political reasons he agreed to, with the opposition nation.
The sadness of the betrayal Hak felt refuelled his sleeping passion for vengeance, as the demon of revenge inside him was awakened again.
hak didn't even think for a moment of position and the wealth he earned all these years. All that he wanted was the blood of the king.
After an extended time of planning, he made his decision to assassinate the king at the next party in the capital.
that day came very soon.
At the king's castle entrance, hak knocked down the guards who were attempting to carry his weapon before he entered the party, after doing that, he and the spear in his hand killed their way out to the throne chamber where he battled and slew several other fighters, whom he would have called brothers in other times.
in the end, he could only take the king's right hand, as he was slashed by several weapons all over his body.
Thereupon his death, the spear witnessed the king's mad order to wipe his name from all the records.
At that moment, the images ceased, as Leo woke up from his trance, with a flood of emotion surging in his heart.
Although he sympathizes with the man's experience, even though not everything he did was good, he is now experiencing the intent of the spear. not hak himself. He felt more of the bloody wars and the training that the spear experienced, particularly how many people and blood he spilt over time, almost overwhelming Leo's willpower.
The good thing was that, although the recollections of hak finished, the intent wasn't transmitted at one time, as he was seeing on the status screen, otherwise he would have already lost himself in bloodlust.
[ intent synchronization rate: 10% 10,1...….]
As time goes the rate will get higher, and more of these intents Hak had when he killed and fought his enemies will be passed on. { but not everything is harmful, as the synchronization rate got higher not only intent is being transmitted, but also Hak's spear technique is being transferred to me. But that currently is not important to me. now I need to vent these feelings in my heart otherwise I will not know what will occur next. fortunately, I found that I had, the perfect prey for that in front of me, that is none other than the goblins themselves.}
Finding Donald looking at him with worry in his eyes, he said in a hoarse tone to him. "don't worry about me I am okay" When he spoke out, he made an effort to sound somehow cheerful, but what came out was precisely the opposite of what he desired.
"How could I not do?, what the hell just happened to you" (donald)
{ Sigh, I can't hold myself any longer now}, with that thought, he said to Donald urgently," Sorry Donald, let's chat later" as he ran toward the university wall, beside the gate.