Let me reintroduce myself Elysian Bird Royal Knight's order head captain Faust Balthazar pleased to make acquaintances with you.
-Oh a royal knight, you can indeed cause me problems more so now that I can't use my full power. Said the pale man with a rather calm tone.
-But do you see these three should be enough to recover at least 90%.Then using a strange incantation all three lackey transformed in blood mist and got absorbed by the pale man. His aura vastly increased.
-Now behold true terror Human.
-Hmm a middle rank grandmaster, You can indeed be considered a disaster. Everybody went silent a Grandmaster a true grandmaster appeared. If the master rank can be considered a superhuman that makes cities collapse, then the grandmaster is a true powerhouse that makes entire armies retreat. It's a being akin to natural disasters. They didn't knew hoe strong is the said royal knight but it should be at least as well a grandmaster as well if he was this calm wasn't he ?
-Ho, you are calm even thought you know that I'm in a grandmaster.
-It seems that your kin is innately arrogant then let me explain as you came quite recently to this continent. Our society is separated in two one reigning over military and law power, one reigning over finances and administration. Well there is a third power the royal knights order. We the six orders of knights only take on special missions and act as judges over the two powers as the sharpest blade of the emperor.
Your kin appeared recently here and caused us some headaches because of your malevolent mana that can corrupt normal mana. But that's all to it.
-How dare you despise me human.
-You talk too much.
Shing.
Faust appeared next to the pale man an the next second only a body without hands or legs. remained.
-When?? Stupefied the demon murmured.
-It would have been a headache if you used your miasma, I will conduct an interrogation on you later so just sit still.
Now you dumb bandits if you surrender I won't kill you and you will only be put under arrest.
Even thought the knight said it on a normal tone for the bandits that saw an abomination like the pale man powerless it felt like death's orders. Next everybody fell on their knees.
-Good, Caesar free the knights ,help with healing the critically injured and see the arrest of the bandits.
-Yey more work to doo. Said Caesar with a sigh
-Human, you got me but I won't go down without a fight.
-Oh just shut up ! then with a fickle the knight sealed the demon's mana.
-How ? You people shouldn't be able to know how to seal us.
- I already said your kin thinks too highly of yourselves. Then Faust took the demon levitating using mana.
-Let's chat a little bit, my disciple I will see you tomorrow.
After being freed John walked towards Rowan.
-Master Rowan who is that man?
-Your hope in being able to use mana and it seems you made him like you.
Prepare yourself you got quite the crazy master.
Dumbfounded John stared blankly at Rowan
-Didn't you said that I won't ever be able to use mana?
-Normally yes. But that son of a bitch is not normal. He can help you use mana.
Now let's go you should see tomorrow.
John left excitedly with his family towards the now safe orphanage. Caesar healed everybody then arrested everybody. The effort was minimal as nobody dared to confront the made who disabled a grandmaster instantly.
The night passed peacefully and the next day people repaired and cleaned the damages from the last night's attack. Early in the morning John had a guest the ex-drunkard Faust came looking for him.
-Morning lad would you mind taking a stroll with me?
Full of expectation John fallowed readily Faust to his usual training spot.
-You probably heard me yesterday but let me reintroduce myself. I am Faust Balthazar Head Captain of the Elysian Bird Royal Knights order the strongest from them all and I decided to take you as my disciple after I observed your actions in the past weeks.
-But didn't you said that no matter what I do my body can't accommodate mana? John asked confused.
-Using normal or even some special means as a dragon's heart won't help you at all.
-Even a dragon's heart who is said that would guarantee your ascension to the grandmaster realm can't help me then how?
-There is a special technique that only the head captain of the order can use. It seems I'm full of stories these days so let me tell you another one.
Back at the beginnings of time there was a little bird with no power at all she didn't had any special characteristics like the other animals. Stuck at the bottom of the food chain any predator could kill her at will. Then refusing it's fate the bird started searching for ways to get stronger and at the end of it's lifespan it found a way to herself a little stronger and passed it to it's descendants. Fallowing the same process the little bird got stronger and stronger it could kill larger beast and it fought it's way until even phoenixes and dragons became food to it .Now the bird ascended and it's descendants are feared.
We the name Elysian order took our name after the same bird back in the day we humans were caught between internal struggle and the never ending assault of the beasts we were doomed to fail and go extinct. Our ancestors that fought to bring order between humans and expel the beast forged a techniques to surpass everything and anything. After generation of blood and sweat the technique which started as a little candle flame became a giant flame and with the a new wise emperor peace was brought between humans. The threat of the beast remained though as they didn't consider us more than prey and we found out that their superiors never interfered.
After a crushing defeat our ancestors continued improving the holy technique and today I am the possessor of the said technique and the guardian of the empire. And it's now my duty to find a new successor and pass my experiences to him.
-Then can the holy technique help me use mana?
-The Head-Captain at the time of Emperor Askarim ascension had the same constitution as you his master at that time succeeded in modifying the technique and made him able to use mana. At this moment the holy technique can make anybody a peerless genius.
Be aware even thought the technique can help you use mana you need to dedicate your life to the empire you shall become it's strongest shield and it's sharpest sword. the lives of all people living here will be on your hands. Also you will be hunted by both humans and beasts and I am pretty sure that our new enemies the demons won't shy away from this opportunity. Your dear ones won't be spared either you won't have too much peace as greedy enemies will fallow you everywhere
Can you manage that?
-Sir Faust as I'm rather young and I can't really understand right now the significance of this but won't it be solved as long as I get strong enough ?
-Hahahah good answer kid. Faust slapped John on his back almost throwing him on the ground
Now should we make the honors?