Chapter 5 Kind Hearted
When he finished, he told the representative to pass them to the women, after one was done reading pass it to another.
"After each one of them learnt all of the basic techniques tell them, of course when they have free time tell them to keep using their abilities to at least Intermediate."
"T-thank you, are you finally willing to accept the quest?"
"I accept."
"The prison is in the south-west side. I thank you in advance."
Myriad nodded and quickly went his way back in Onz, he didn't want the people to recognize him so he wore a cloak that he borrowed from a bandit.
He soon reached the prison's entrance. The building was rather big. He thought that he could enter by the windows, in which he did by using Wind Push.
As he reached there he saw there was a underground prison, thankfully there was no one that guarded it so he quickly entered by muffling his sounds, once again, by using Wind Push.
But the entrance of the place were guarded by two men who were just sitting and chatting. This time, he used Aqua Bubble.
"Aqua Bubble, Aqua Bubble."
Two spheres of water appeared from his staff.
They slowly but surely approached the heads of the guards and since they were backwards, they didn't realize the spell was used.
It seems that they would never think that a person would come here so silently huh.
Once the bubble was on a hair's breath on them, Myriad charged on him equipped with Ena.
They heard something and turned around only to find out that the bubble enveloped their heads, they tried screaming but
the water muffled them.
He wasted no time and stabbed their necks while they were still confused. They didn't die on the first hit but with about 10 more they did so pretty quickly.
Ena was a really strong weapon, the problem was how he couldn't get stronger with levels.
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
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The guards weren't there for show, they had trained a whole lot to get this far, he got a whopping 34 levels for those two . Sadly, Ena's damage was that huge and their laziness caused their deaths.
He took a while to look at his surroundings before walking, there were approximately 100 men and 4 women.
Reputing it's name as a prison the iron bars bore no rust and the prisoners were bickering amongst themselves.
"No, apple pies are tastier!"
"I'm telling you, apples tastes good without pies!"
… They were really nonchalant about this situation.
He started walking and searching for Rut, he was rumoured to have a red scarf on one of his arm and a muscled body, surely there weren't many that bore that appearance.
Quickly enough he found Rut, he was standing right next to the bars.
"So, was it you that was so loud?
He was imposing, not as much as Kornor but still intimidating and yet, he had this kind feeling. Bearing short black hair, slightly tanned skin and a tall frame.
As expected of the leader, he had a lot of skills to discern that sound from so far away.
"You're definitely not a prisoner, are you here to rescue us?"
With a quick nod he unlocked the lock.
Rut was going to go until Myriad gave him a key.
"Unlock all the prisoners with this master key."
He looked at him dumbfounded.
"Are you serious?"
"If you don't want to, you can return to your cage or you can try to run away alone without knowing the passages."
"Sheesh, I got it, I got it. Damn it, I can't get good rest so quickly huh."
He did as he said and quickly opened all the locks. Afterwards, the prisoners came in a line. He was rather obedient for a bandit...
They were criminals but at least they had decent manners to stay calm, well… For a moment.
Soon enough one of them charged to the entrance but Rut blocked him off with one hand.
"Oi, oi… Can't have you make the other guards notice us."
Rut was far more then competent, he most likely made them fear him. Except for a few in which were smart enough to stay calm.
"So Boss, what are we going to do now?" He started calling him boss.
"Simple, we're going to fly away."
"Huh, Boss… You've learned such magic?"
"No."
"W-what?"
"You'll see when you'll be there."
The place was still empty luckily and he did what he had to do.
"I'll send you first, remember, make everyone stay in the same place, it may be difficult but I'm counting on you."
"Man, such a difficult task right when I'm free. Alright, alright I'll be waiting, now "fly" me away."
"Wind Push."
Normally it would be impossible for a simple wind push to push him, but it's Myriad we're talking about.
Fortunately, he entered the narrow window without a problem, now he needed to send every other persons.
After 10 minutes everyone was there, some of them got hurt in certain places but there wasn't any serious injuries. After he Wind Pushed himself he met everyone.
"Aya, this is troubling, there's guards patrolling everywhere."
[As expected of my Kingdom.]
She was proud of her country which was good, but it wasn't good for them that the security was a lot better outside then inside.
"Good thing I brought these huh, everyone gather here and equip this."
There were cloaks everywhere, a lot of them were large sized but there were still medium sized.
Thankfully, there were enough cloaks for everyone.
"Advance" Rut said, it's been a short while but Myriad knew somehow that he was a great commander.
His loyalty would be worth more then thousand of men.
This was soon proved when a guard came by.
"Halt, what are you doing here with what I assume to be your group?"
Immediately, he answered, answering with hesitation shows that you're thinking about your answer, which makes you less believable and Rut already knew this, even if his answer lacked quality, his lack of hesitation made it believable.
"Sir, we're a guild named Menez and we're here to restock our supplies, we would appreciate it if you would let us pass since we are in a hurry to defeat a great monster."
"Very well, I admire your impatience in fighting foes, go to the store located near here, it has great items."
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"We will sir."
And so they went off, thankfully there wasn't any interruption so they continued to go to the bandit's village.
But, one of the fews who weren't intimidated by Rut complained.
"I am thankful that you saved us but I don't like that we're getting married to women and are going to treat them carefully."
The huge man chuckled
"I can accept going in the village since there's nowhere we can go, but I treat my woman as I like, understood?"
He hit Rut's nerves, Myriad learnt something today, that Rut was unfit to be a bandit, he wasn't the model of that, he was a righteous knight.
Rut had a look that would kill him but Myriad stepped over.
"Let's make this clear, I'm more powerful than you… If you don't listen to what I say, beat me first."
The huge man chuckled once again.
"Hah, you want me to fight unharmed with you that has such a great weapon and such spells?"
And then he spat on the ground.
"Are you crazy?"
"Don't worry, I'll fight you unharmed and without using any spells while you can have an axe."
Most of the persons in here were surprised but the man just smiled.
"Suits me just fine."
Thus started the duel.
The man grinning in advance was pretty sure of him winning, even though he didn't know how to use an axe in which he'll regret later on.
He charged on him and swung his axe wide and he left a crater with his impact, he smiled at this sight but he didn't smile anymore.
The axe was stuck on the ground and Myriad did not let this opportunity fade away, while the huge man was trying to take off his axe.
Myriad punched and kicked his legs, what was important was to reduce his mobility. The huge man was rather skilled and he decided to let his axe go, he knew he wasn't going to retrieve it back.
What reason was there for him to take the axe though…
Sadly, he didn't react fast enough and he had his movement speed considerably reduced. Now, this was only a question of time.
Judging by him, he instead used a great sword but he didn't think that he needed it.
His movements were sloppy, it was to easy to react, at least for Myriad.
He continuously hit his legs and stayed back, with his Disable skill the damage increased by quite a margin.
"Damn it!"
After 5 minutes he gave up. He still had a whole lot of health points but he realized that he was of no match to him.
"I-I give up."
"Will you treat your future wife with care?"
"I-I will."
"Is there anyone else who wants to try this stunt?"
No one answered but one girl.
"What will happen to us?"
"You'll get to marry a male in the village or choose to go elsewhere."
Reluctantly they accepted, they didn't like that their fates were decided so quickly, he noticed this fact and added something.
"When I say husband, I meant protecting them. Do not worry, when they become more powerful you may leave."
A breath of relief were heard from the men, they really didn't want to go live the rest of their life there.
Soon enough, they reached the village, Myriad demanded Rut to speak with him.
"Rut, I leave you in charge with them, contact me if you ever need something don't worry, just think about me when you wish to speak with me, it should work."
He learned the skill Telepathy while he was saying his goodbyes with the Headmaster, it was a sort of means to contact between them. If he increased his skill proficiency
he should be able to increase the distance. For now though, he could still hear a sound even though he would be far away.
"You don't want to receive your reward? We'll have a feast though."
"It doesn't matter, just go."
In reality, this quest was much more difficult then a D rank, to persuade the prisoners to listen to him and to make them escape without anyone knowing was quite difficulty, it was all thanks to Rut that everything went well but what if the one who took the mission was one who Rut didn't like? Wouldn't it be much much harder? And so, the vital part of this quest was to know the passage of going in and escaping the prison and becoming friends with Rut.
Rut sighed.
He went off, inside the village the people looked at him as if he was their king.
"Rut! Rut is back!"
"Rut, thank you for saving my daughter, I wanted to tell you how sorry I am."
He talked to every one of them and prepared a feast.
After the party was finished, he went to the rooftop of the sky and looked up to the sky and smiled.
"Aye aye, Boss."
Quest Complete: Rescue the bandit leader.
Increase in relationship with the bandit group Ezir
Loyalty from the bandit leader, Rut Ezir
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
You have levelled up!
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[Are you sure that you don't want to stay in for a little while?]
"Did you forget, I need to get stronger, I need to train more."
[Yes! Young Master.]
He returned to Onz once more, this time though, without the cloak and since he was hungry he killed a rabbit and ate it. He also killed many more because of the training he will soon take.
He immediately went inside the dojo to meet a smiling man.
"Welcome!"
Myriad looked at him, greeted him and went to pick up a training sword.
He started hitting the scarecrow, but this time, without reading the books. He solely concentrating on hitting the vital parts, or at least what seemed to be a vital part on the scarecrow.
And he suddenly realized something after hitting the scarecrow for a while. He could understand the way the scarecrow moved after he hitter him and how Myriad himself moved his muscles, he concentrated solely
on his sword and the sword's contact. Thanks to his Insight and his Concentration something quite special happened.
STR rises by 1
AGI rises by 1
After only 5 hours of beating up the scarecrow he earned stat points and let's not forget the fact that he has 50% reduced Stat Gain.
Continuing this way he earned about 2 STR 1 VIT and 2 AGI
The next day, 1 STR 2 AGI and 1 VIT
After one week he gained 9 AGI 11 STR and 8 VIT.
He could had gotten the doubled if he didn't have his class but begone be begone!