I reached the bottom of the stairs and saw Dotna being held around the waist by a wood elf male with brown eyes and blonde hair. He wore brown leather armor and a golden helmet that looked like an owl's head. Nobody in the bar did anything, they just stared. I walked toward the man and said "Hey what do you think you're doing to that young lady?"

The man looked at me and said with beer in his breath" I'm treating myself to this beautiful young lady right here."

"Please sir let me go.." Dotna whined out in the man's grasp

I walked closer to the man and forced him away from Dotna “ How about you keep your hands to yourself” I said

“Oh you messed up now, buddy,” the feather armor man said “ BOYS GET IN HERE!!” he yelled out, a few minutes later two more men in the same armor came into the Tavern. They were equally drunk if their foot stance was anything to go by

" Come on, boys I just want you to leave the little lady alone," I said in my usual monotone voice

" SHUT UP, I AM A SOLDIER FOR THE GOD LULREUS WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" The so-called soldier yelled out, and the other soldiers smirked as a way to say they agreed with his statement.

" Just a retired man, who doesn't like creeps like you." I yawned as I stretched.

The three men all pulled out identical silver longswords and pointed toward me. I looked at the swords before pulling out the hilt of a sword from my waist.

The men laughed "What the hell is that!"

I waved the sword hilt " Oh this…" I squeezed the handle before flipping it in the air. When I caught the hilt it had transformed into my iron shortsword. “ …is my sword”. The other patrons in the bar backed away.

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One of the men rushed and tried to swing at me but I m

The first man who I had stopped ran towards me with his sword going for a wide swing from the right. It was so televised that even a child could see it coming. I moved my own sword and blocked it, this caused his sword and arm to recoil. “Just stop” I mumbled, then I pushed my palm into his throat making him fall over.

The other two men tried to swing at me at the same time, I squeezed my hand into a fist and my mark started to glow a bluish-white color, when I released my fist I teleported behind the two men leaving behind a faint outline of me where I once was and slammed their heads together this caused them to collapse on the floor.

" Get these guys out of here," I said before I moved to sit down at the bar.

"S-sir do you know who you just beat up?" The bartender asked nervously, some patrons had started moving the three guys out

" Nope, should I?" I responded "Give me some Nordic ale please"

The bartender poured my drink and passed it to me before responding "Those were soldiers under the command of a man named Brown, a powerful pit fighter who started destroying villages a few months ago."

I took a sip of ale and then responded "damn.., and why hasn't the government done anything?"

The bartender said, " I don't know the specifics but according to some of Brown's soldiers who got a little too drunk, he's paying off soldiers and guards to not tell anyone so I assume the towns that were destroyed were chalked up to natural causes."

I took a big sip of my ale and said "Do you have any idea where I might get some info on this brown guy?"

The bartender started cleaning a mug and responded " I think the only people to get unbiased opinions are the witch clans, specifically the Sunsmiths."

" The Sunsmiths?" I questioned

" yea, they are one of the three main witch clans here on windshire, I don't know much about the Witches other than they are some of the most talented mages on Windshire, if you want to know more ask them yourself."

" so where are the sunsmiths?" I asked while finishing my drink

" well the clans are nomadic and travel a lot, however, I did hear some caravan workers say they have made camp just a few miles outside of town” the bartender responded

“Then I will be off tomorrow” I tossed the pink coin that was called petals on the bar in front of the bartender and walked back towards the stairs to my room.

TIMESKIP TO THE NEXT MORNING

I woke up pretty early the next morning. I sat on my bed for a few minutes before getting up, I put on my black trench coat and got up. I walked out of my room and thanked the bartender and of course dotna. I paid for my room and walked out into the early morning sun.

I walked out of town down the main dirt path that was in the middle of Reisui and left the small fishing village behind.