Strength is nothing but a tool for reason. True freedom lies in doing what you want rather than what you need. He who is strongest knows that strength is meaningless without purpose. It is reason that gives us the opportunity to get stronger.
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Devari, El Blanca Kingdom.
Amidst the pouring storm, a woman can be seen running barefooted. Ripples were created in the water with each step that she takes. The woman took a right turn into an abandoned alleyway and hid behind the wall.
"Huff, huff…"
She took two rapidly panted breaths. It seems like the woman had been running for quite a while now. Suddenly, a few seconds later, more rapid footsteps were then heard. This time, the steps were louder and had increased in number.
"Where is that bitch?!"
"She was just here earlier, boss! She must be hiding! There's no way that she could have run that far in her condition."
A group of men were searching for something in the rain. They were all built and muscular, embodying years of fighting experience on their body. They had weapons strapped to their sides such as swords and bows.
The most noteworthy one in the group, however, was a burly man. He looked about in his mid-thirties. Concealed by his black robe, he wears a seemingly rustic chest plate in a bright brown color. He has a scar in his left eye, indicating that he had been through battles before.
Suddenly, the man grabbed a fellow man from his group by the collar of his shirt. Although there was not that much different between them, the burly man easily lifted the other man as if he was a child.
"WE must find her, got it?! Duke Alphasanc paid a hefty amount of money for her. If we can't deliver that bitch to him in time… it's our heads that will be rolling in the mud. Understand?!"
"Yes, boss!"
The burly man threw him away after finishing his warning. They again began searching in the rain, checking every alleyway in the vicinity. The woman, after hearing what the men said, began to feel fear in her heart.
"Father… save me…"
Although there were several alleyways in the area, the woman knew that it will not take long before the group will find her. She thought hard for a way to escape, but it's all for naught. Someone who is low level like her can't possibly escape a group of Seasoned warriors.
However, due to the pouring weather. It took the group of men longer to find her than expected, and the burly man was getting more and more impatient every second. A Seasoned warrior like him should not be searching for a lass in the rain.
"Screw this! I don't care if that bitch is unharmed or not anymore. What matters is that I get my hands on her."
Suddenly, a bright green light exuded from the man, that then gathered on his right palm. The burly man then slowly lowered his right palm on to the ground. The bright green light slowly fused with the water.
"[Electric Pearl]"
The woman who was just hiding behind the wall was suddenly electrocuted by the water.
"AHHH!"
The woman screamed in agony and pain as the water continued to electrify her. Fortunately, after a few seconds, the burly man's skill finally ended. She dropped to the floor, laying down in the alley.
'Is this how I die?'
The woman thought it would soon be her end. The group of men will find her and deliver her to Duke Alphasanc. A name who she was very familiar with.
"So, this is where you were hiding…"
The woman looked to the side and saw the burly man and his group mates slowly approaching her. They all had a smug look of victory on their face.
"Nggh…"
One of the men took the woman by the chin and lifted her face. He used his dirty hand to caress the woman's face.
"Boss… this is a bitch of the highest quality. I know that the Duke wanted us to fetch her alive, but he didn't state that we can't play with her for a bit, right?"
"Let go of me…"
"Huh, what was that?!"
"I said, let go of me! You ugly bastar-"
Before the woman could even finish whatever she was going to say, the man who was holding her suddenly slapped her in the face.
"Don't be too cocky, bitch. Don't think that just because we can't kill you doesn't mean we can't hurt you."
The man spat down on her, then kicked her again. The woman rolled away and groaned in pain. The man was about to kick her again when the burly man stopped him.
"That's enough, Nelson."
"Oh, don't be a spoilsport, Chris. I was just putting this bitch in her place."
"Once is enough. If you hurt her anymore, then I will be forced to reprimand you."
Nelson tried to complain but later on submitted due to Chris' ferocious eyes that stared right at him. Chris, the burly man, picked the woman up and put her inside a worn-out sack.
The woman tried to scream, but her words were muffled inside the sack. Hopeless, the woman gave up and accepted her fate. The group of men was about to leave and deliver the woman to Duke Alphasanc when all of the sudden the rain stopped.
"Huh? What happened?"
Chris was fumbled about what happened. He quickly stopped the cart and jumped down to check. He scanned the vicinity but found nothing unusual, so he just thought that the rain has cleared up.
He quickly returned to the cart and ordered his men to go. However, even after a few seconds had passed, the cart never moved a bit.
"What the hell is taking so long?! Nelson, hurry the fuck up!"
But even after shouting for his men, the cart never started. Fuming with anger, Chris jumped back down again to check at the front. What he saw, however, was one of his worst nightmares.
"What the fuck?..."
Nelson and his fellow men were all butchered up to pieces. Some had severed head, and the others had severed limbs. However, this was not why Chris felt fear. The reason that he was scared is that because he didn't even know his men were killed already.
"Hii!"
Just as he was about to run away, he heard a voice behind him.
"What a sickening feeling to see you like this, Celestia."
"Who a-"
Chris tried to speak, but found himself unable to open his mouth. He tried to run away, but he couldn't move his body. Behind Chris was a man wearing a black leather robe that resembled the night. He had white hair that was like silk, eyes that were as blue as the seven seas, and a face that was as if it was sculpted by gods.
The man opened the sack and revealed the woman inside. The woman bursted into tears upon seeing her savior.
"Kaelus…"
When Chris heard the man's name, his eyes widen in both fear and shock. In the entire Kingdom of El Blanca, no. In the entire continent of Yxillion, everybody knows that name.
'Don't tell me, he's that guy…'
Never in his life had Chris' thought that he would take on a mission that will get him entangled with the person known by many titles such as The Prodigy, Vanquisher of Darkness, Inquisitor of Death, but most known as, The Disruptor of Reality.
'Is he really that Kaelus Rain?!'
That was his last thought before his head separated from his neck.
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[CELESTIA VON EL BLANCA]–[SEASONED]
[AGE: 19]
[RACE: HUMAN]
[LVL: 17]
[EXP: 12,483/16,000]
[HP: 1400 (500 + 900) | MP: 1500 (250 + 1250) ]
[STAT POINTS: 0]
[STR: 15] | [MAG: 20 + (5)] | [DEF: 10] | [AGI: 5] | [CRIT: 1]
[CLASS: PROPHECIST]
[SUB-CLASS: LIGHT MERGER]
[TITLE: PRINCESS OF EL BLANCA | MOONLIGHT PRINCESS]
[SKILLS]
LVL 5 |RARE| (PASSIVE): [BLESSING OF AR'KINON]
LVL 3 |COMMON| (FIRE): [FLAME SPEAR]
LVL 5 |COMMON| (WATER): [AQUATIC BARRIER]
LVL 5 |UNCOMMON| (ACTIVE): [MELANCHOLY OF STARS]
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