"Elric!"
Elric turned to see Sarra approaching him.
He just walked past her and quickly headed home.
Sara remained standing while looking at Elric, but she did not approach any closer.
'If I give Sarra Coins, it might change her future in a way I won't like. It's better for her to stay here in the village,' Elric thought.
Elric entered his house and swiftly took the Great Sword from his storage.
"Nice sword." Its sharpness was almost ten times that of a normal sword you could buy at the Ironspire City market for 10 coins.
With this sword, he thought he could easily defeat the 1-Star knight he had fought before.
Elric entered his room but quickly realized he didn't need anything from there.
Next, he entered his father's room out of curiosity.
Once inside, he saw the plain bed and walked over to a drawer.
Elric slowly opened it.
He was immediately shocked by what he saw. "W-what is this?"
Elric touched the 1,000 coins inside.
As far as he knew, they were poor, and his father was just an ordinary lumberjack, so how could he have 1,000 coins here?
He rummaged further and found a things for a baby and a piece of leather with writing on it.
"Zephyr"
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Elric now walked into the depths of the forest to find his father.
With his experiences and his Great Sword, Elric's strength was comparable to that of an Elite Soldier.
Elric knew the entire forest well, having been there for 15 years, but there was one area he had never ventured into because his father had warned him about the many wild animals there.
And that was the area Elric was heading to.
After almost 30 minutes of running, Elric noticed smoke in the distance.
When he reached it, he immediately saw a bandits' base.
"There's a bandits' base here!?" Elric exclaimed in surprise.
But from what he could see, it was small and didn't seem like the main base, so he figured it was just a small branch in this area.
Elric jumped and, without hesitation, attacked.
"Hmm? Hey, what are you doing here, kid?" asked a bandit who was on guard.
Elric quickly ran towards him, took out his Great Sword from his storage, and swiftly cut the bandit's body in half.
Elric moved stealthily, killing all the guards at the base one by one.
When he had finished them all, he walked inside.
There was a carriage outside with the lifeless body of a poor victim.
Elric entered the building and quickly killed all the bandits inside, who were equally shocked to see him.
"Who are you!?" one bandit asked.
"The one who's going to kill you," Elric replied coldly.