Timothy, fully equipped with standard style Warrior Armor and basic gear, is going to his mission by using a military vehicle. His destination is a village called Ivory Village, located in a remote area between two lakes and two forest. The forest and lakes are the village's main source of income and life but also their greatest threat.
The mission for Timothy is to help his senior in dealing with the ongoing monster horde. As someone at the Weapon User level, Timothy's power is counted as equal to ten men of lower power level. The Magic Beast Timothy will see is the kind that usually lives in forest and lakes like fishes and primates.
On the way to the Ivory Village, Timothy thinks about how to maximize his abilities. In the last six month,sssss he has only trained his body in basic condition. Timothy tried to check his overall status on his Soul Weapon and saw that his Human Level Mastery was barely increasing. As for his Soul Weapon Evolution, he really didn't have any time to meditate at all, which means there was growth at all.
the scene quickly changed when he got closer to the village. The road he takes quickly goes inside a thick forest. The road becomes shadowed by the tree leaves up above, while the road itself remains clear of any vegetation, thanks to the frequent usage of it.
As he got closer to the village, Timothy hear the sound of battle and pain. people and magic beasts roaring in anger as they attack each other. Timothy asked his driver to stop the vehicle and quickly got off his ride. He summon his Magic Weapon level one-handed sword that glistens under the sun and quickly takes battle stance. He begins to run as he activates his skill Flash Charge.
Timothy's sight quickly became blurry like usual, but now he is ready. He aimed his skill to the nearest battle between a female warrior with a bow that was being chased by a gorilla with a stone fist. as Timothy skill flashed through the magic beast, his Soul Weapon automatically slashed at the gorilla's chest, leaving a deep wound that span from one shoulder to the stomach. Blood and organs splattered on the ground as the magic beast roared in pain. Timothy quickly finished the magic beast by severing its head.
Without checking on the female warrior's condition, Timothy flashed once again and killed another magic beast. He did that a few more times until he felt like he was sucking oil for breath, heavy and painful. Timothy only rested for a minute before he rushed to help a nearby warrior, this time without using his skills.
A female warrior then approached Timothy with haste, pulling Timothy on his shoulder to get his attention away from the battle. Timothy almost shouted in anger until he saw that the female warrior was barely his age.
"are you the help sent by headquarter?" she asked.
"yes!
mission to kill the horde." Timothy said, in a flat tone.
"good!
Go that way!
The village is about to get flattened by a bigger horde!" she said as she pointed in a direction,
"take my ride, you have five minutes at most to reach the village!
go! go! go!"
taking a motorbike that Timothy didn't realize existed until she mentioned it, Timothy hurriedly went to the direction she pointed. Timothy didn't have time to prepare check on the watch he wears as part of the basic gear as he was pushed to move as fast as he can. He drove straight while trying to control his breath.
vroomm! vrooom!
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Timothy began to get worried. He has already driven so far and the battle is a long time behind him. He looked around and saw there was no clue of civilization at all. Timothy drove some more and found himself in front of a lake. Timothy is confused, how come he met a lake?
then a big explosion emerged on the far side to his left.
BOOOOOMMM!!
mushroom cloud rose up into the sky as shockwave washed over the land, pushing Timothy off for a few meters. Timothy started to panic once again. He rode the motorbike again and went full speed to the source of the explosion. Question upon question appeared in his head.
Why did she point me here?
Why is the explosion there?
Where is the village?
What about the warrior?
Timothy pushed his motorbike to its maximum power, driving so fast he barely noticed anything on the ground and only focussed on reaching the explosion site as soon as possible.
BAAM!!
from Timothy's left side, Timothy is smashed by a huge creature that speeds through him. Timothy is thrown a few meters up into the sky before being smashed down by gravity a second later. Timothy lifted up his head a bit, trying to see what it was attacking him.
A few hundred meters away from him is a magic beast in the form of a rhino. Its outer skin is a metallic armor while the horn is as thick as a person. The magic beast is about twenty meters long and ready to charge at Timothy once again.
Timothy tried to stand up as fast as he could, fighting against the pain and numbness that he felt throughout his body. The rhino begins its charge, Each of its step is a drum of death that pushes Timothy's heart and mind to the limit. Timothy realizes that he cannot stand up as fast as he hoped for, so he decides to improvise. Just as the Rhino horn was about to smash Timothy's body, he pushed his body to the side as hard as he can.
The rhino charged away and hit nothing but air. It quickly slows down steps and begins to circle around, ready for another charge attack. Timothy, who is finally back to his feet, prepared his stance. He begins to analyze his enemy to find a weak spot. The armor is thick, but it cannot protect everything. There is a gap in the joint that Timothy can use to his advantage.
The rhino begins its charge, faster than it previously do. Timothy responded by activating Flash Charge at an angle that would not make him hit the rhino head first, but a bit the its side.
Whooooshh! Slasshh!
Timothy's attack managed to reach its target. A slash wound has opened on the rhino's right neck. The rhino is roaring in pain. it quickly turned around and charged again in madness. Timothy is about to try the same tactic, but the magic beast is smart enough to not only charge wildly, but also wave its head left and right to reduce Timothy's chance to inflict more damage. Timothy is forced to jump to the side to avoid getting smashed by the rhino. In doing so, he got a split second chance that he took to activate Flash Charge once again.
Whooooshhh! Slaashh!
Timothy flashed through the Rhino, and managed to cut through its left back leg. turn it into a useless piece of meat. Losing balance, the rhino fell to the side and tried to stand up, but Timothy didn't give it a chance. He quickly climbs on the rhino's body and activated the only skill he had never tested before, Mirror Slash.
Timothy makes a diagonal cut through the neck and an image of a similar sword quickly followed and did almost the same amount of damage. The wound produced by Mirror Slash was much deeper than his normal slash, so Timothy tried to activate it again only to realize that Mirror Slash was still active. Timothy then slashed at the rhino's neck repeatedly, which is followed by a mirror image of his sword a split second later. He slashed so much until the rhino's head was severed from its body.
A piece of small crystal ball, the size of marble, is dropped along with blood spurting from its neck. Timothy picked up the crystal ball and ran as fast as he could in the direction of the previous explosion. Timothy arrived there several hours later, only to find the burned remains of a simple village.
Warriors are everywhere, trying to salvage anything they can find or looking for the deceased victims of the village. With a limp step, Timothy tried to reach the nearest Warrior. He was trying to ask something but the look of the warrior, or any warrior around, made him hold back his tongue.
then a male warrior, with an attire a bit different than Timothy's own, came to him and asked him a question.
"who are you, warrior?"
"I am Timothy from headquarter, sir!" Timothy said with a salute.
"where are you from? Why are you wounded all over your body?
When did you arrived?" the male warrior asked curiously.
"I am fighting against a rhino magic beast in that direction sir, about several hours walk."
"what are you doing in there? The lake is a safe area.
The rhino beast you fought before is probably just living there and not part of the horde.
What are you doing here exactly?"
Timothy can only look at the male warrior with a pale face. He was lost, going in the wrong direction and fighting a useless battle. He might have won his battle, but he lost his war.