The Holy Empire was ruled by the Pope, Emer Novastra. To the people of that empire, the Pope was second to the gods because he heard them and passed on their message. He had a kind heart, a kind smile and a generous personality.
He was a god in the form of a human. They worshiped the Pope and adhered to his words. If he said the tyrant prince of the Volmier Empire needed to be disposed of, by all means, they would give their life to make sure that happened.
As it stands, the Holy Empire called a truce with the Volmier Empire so there was currently no war between them but each side was hostile towards the other.
"Thus says the god of our land, Isis, the god of light has said that this world will perish." Pope Emer prophesied to the great congregation of priests before him and they all shrieked in fright. "The one to bring destruction to this world is none other than the demon living in the body of a prince in the Volmier empire. That accursed land sheltering that evil being will lead to the ruin of all living things. He must be eradicated."
All bowed to this prophecy.
That was when Dal took it upon himself to spy on the prince. No, he wanted to kill the prince with his own hands and finally get rid of such a menace and rid the world of its impending doom.
His plan to kill Beric was rather sheer stupidity with nativity mixed. Did he really think he would be able to kill Beric by injecting his holy powers into his food?
The only thing that did was detoxify the poison in the food and then because of how much his appearance stood out, was immediately caught.
It was a stupid move.
But unlike Dal, Yeon Jin actually found a better way to use that holy power. Though it was by chance, he did discover it and it was mind blowing.
Everyone was stunned at what they just witnessed. That arrow which moved faster than anything their eyes had ever seen.
Knights were capable of using aura while using swords or daggers to fight while archers, they were aided by mages. With the help of magic stones, their arrows were determined to go a faster range and at a faster pace. The stronger the magic stone, the faster the arrow.
But this guy... He didn't use a magic stone but was still able to do that?
And what did he say? He didn't go all out? Then if he did, Cyrus might've probably died in his hands, right?
'Did I get some sort of male lead buff?' Yeon Jin wondered, looking in disbelief at the wall that had been crushed by his arrow.
When he released the arrow, he felt some sort of energy coursing through him towards his fingertips and maybe it was the holy power in this body or maybe it was something else but he definitely did something remarkable and unbelievable.
"Hey." Beric called and he turned to him. "Can you do that again?" He asked.
Yeon Jin looked at him. He wanted him to repeat that? Why? Was he shocked? Wasn't something like that quite common in this world with people who had special powers?
He looked at the shocked expression on others faces and then he realized that what he did wasn't so common.
'It seems I indeed got a male lead buff. Am I the male lead then?' He wondered and looked at Cyrus who was trying hard not to show his frightened state. Then, he turned to Beric. "You don't want me to aim at that kid, do you?"
"Aim for the wall." Beric said and Cyrus immediately took shelter.
Yeon Jin let out a breath and took out an arrow. He drew his bow and briefly aimed at the wall before letting go. The level of his concentration was so superb that he didn't need to waste time securing his aim before releasing his arrow.
Like before, the arrow moved at an incredible speed and hit the wall. But this time, it didn't just crush the surface of the wall, it broke that part of the wall entirely and everyone's eyes widened. Even Yeon Jin was shocked.
Beric, with slightly widened eyes, stared at the broken wall. He was equally shocked at how much damage an arrow without a magic stone could inflict. Even arrows with magic stones couldn't crush a wall, talk less of breaking it.
"Just so you know, I'm not paying for that." Yeon Jin immediately said, pointing at the wall.
Beric approached him with a serious expression on his face and Yeon Jin wondered if he was really offended that he broke the wall.
"Hey, you're the one who told me to do it again." He argued but Beric stopped in front of him and said,
"Come with me."
He started leaving and a confused Yeon Jin followed from behind. But first, he made sure to drop the bow and arrows.
"Hey, wait up." He called as he struggled to keep up but Beric had already covered quite the distance and was still striding away with his long legs. "You're not really mad about the wall, are you?" He tried to keep up. "I swear, I had no intentions in breaking it. I didn't even know I could. I... oof." He bumped his face into Beric's back.
Beric stayed still for a moment and then turned his head to look at him.
"Tell me, were you an Archer in your world?" He asked straight up.
"Yeah, you could say that." Yeon Jin nodded. "I took lessons for a long time, since I was young to be exact and won a lot of medals in competitions and..." He paused. "Is something wrong?"
Beric was silent and he looked straight. He already had a lot of outstanding knights and soldiers but skilled archers were rare. And this guy... He wasn't just skilled. He was a killer.
He definitely wasn't with the holy empire. They were too stupid to utilize their own powers and even if they did know how to use it this way, they definitely wouldn't let out such a secret slip.
So now, he was a hundred percent convinced that this guy... He glanced back... Was not from the holy empire and was from a different world.
"You... What is your name?" He asked.