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What is this?
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I-Is that Shin?
'' Get the boy. ''
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'' MAMA, MAMA, MA-. ''
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'' Ahhhh my head. '' I said as I woke up
Another one of those nightmares.... I said before I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling. This time I saw myself again, but around me, I saw several people in white clothes. The clothes reminded me of protective equipment but... I can't remember any incident in my life that could explain that.
Also finally awake sleepyhead, didn't you want to be up early today because today is your big day ?
'' ahhh fuck, I forgot. I said and jumped out of bed.
I put my clothes back on that I had taken off last night when I went to bed and stormed out the door. Then as I stood in the hallway, I saw Trixie coming towards me with a big smile on her face.
''So, so I didn't know you were so well-endowed. ''
'' mhh what do you mean- ohhhh that's what you mean.'' I said, getting red in the face.
Trixie just laughed and went down the stairs, I turned around in shame and slowly went back to my room. After a few minutes and once I was sure that my big friend had calmed down, I left my room again. I went down the stairs and was greeted by Velma. She asked me if I wanted something to eat, but I said no and explained why.
'' hahah well then go on the way adventurer but take it slowly, you know the profession of the adventurer is dangerous. '' she said and sounded like a mother.
I just grinned at her and left the tavern and went straight to the guild, where my first quest was already waiting for me. On the way, I passed the market and thought about making a short detour there to buy a snack. The market was full of people as expected, but unfortunately, I did not see a small stand selling anything on the spit. It was probably too early for that, so I decided to just buy an apple. Thus, I looked for the suitable stand before I found one, I went to the man who was shouting loudly, probably to make advertisement for his goods.
'' An apple please. '' I said to the man
He gave me an apple and asked for a silver coin and as I was about to give him the silver coin I was suddenly pushed from behind.
'' ahh what the- '' I said confusedly
In response, I turned around and saw a child running away with 2 apples in his hand, I thought at first that something like this often happens. So, I thought nothing of it, but when I looked closely, I saw what the child had on. It was dirty and partly broken, clothes, and he had no shoes on. So, I decided to run after the child out of concern and flicked the man 3 silver coins and laughed at him before I ran off. I didn't try to catch the kid but followed him secretly and when the kid was sure that he had escaped, he started to walk normally again. I followed him for a few minutes before he went into a side alley and to my surprise there were 2 more kids.
'' Here for you. '' said the child
'' thank you, brother...say when do you think mom will be back. '' one of the children asked him
'' yes mama. '' said the other child
Once I saw that, I also went into the alley which the kids noticed the two girls ran into a corner while their brother stood in front of them.
'' W-W-W-What do you want?'' said the boy with a shaky voice.
'' Don't worry I don't want to hurt you, after all I paid for your two apples too. '' I said with a smile
'' ah-thank you. '' said the boy shyly
'' Where are your parents? '' I asked the children.
They then told me a story, apparently, they lived on a farm the 3 children and their mother. Their father was a soldier and was killed in a battle, so their mother had to take care of them alone. One day a carriage passed by with knights accompanying it and in the carriage was a very rich man. This man got out of the carriage and asked their mother if she would like to come and live with him. The children also said that the man looked very beautiful, but he didn't like children very much, because when their mother asked what would happen to her children, the man said.
'' ...just leave them here alone, we don't need them '' said the man with a creepy smile.
Their mother didn't really had a good feeling about this guy from the beginning, so she refused. The man was silent before he got back into the carriage and rode away with the knights. But that night he came back, but this time he wasn't so friendly, he set the farm on fire and took the mother with him, leaving the children behind.
'' And do you know where this man lives? ''
'' no.... After this reply the boy began having tears in his eyes.
He went on his knees, lowered his head and said in tears.
'' I-we can't give you much...BUT PLEASE SAVE OUR MOM I WILL DO ANYTHING YOU WANT, JUST PLEASE SAVE HER. Even after our father died, she took care of us...she always had a smile on her face, telling us that everything would be ok. Even when we had hardly any money, she smiled and took care of us. She never scolded us or yelled at us, she always treated us good. THAT IS WHY I ASK YOU TO SAVE OUR MAMA. ''
Shortly after the boy said this, the girls also came and fell to their knees.
'' PLEASE SAVE MAMA, MAMA,'' said the youngest with tears.
'' .... raise your heads and stand up. '' I said to the 3
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.... well I guess my first quest has to wait a little bit I said to myself
'' I promise I will bring your mom back, everything will be ok. '' I said to the 3 with a smile.
Thereupon all 3 began to cry and ran towards me before they hugged me, I knew that I couldn't just leave them here alone, so I took them with me and went back to the tavern. Arriving at the tavern, we were greeted by Trixie sweeping the floor in front of the tavern.
'' Shindo already back again- mh? Who are they and why do they look like that? '' said Trixie in horror
'' It's a long story, I don't want to burden you with it, but could you take care of them? Don't worry, I'll pay for any expenses that come up, give them something to eat and let them take a bath, and after that you can send them to my room. ''
'' Of course, let's have a nice meal first. ''
'' ahh wait do you know anything about a person, could you please describe this man? I asked the children with a smile.
So the kids explained to Trixie what happened and described the man they told me about.
'' ....Baron Langris is the name of the man.... I knew that he wasn't a good man but that he would go this far.... ''
''Do you happen to know where this Baron lives? I asked Trixie
''Yes, of course, but what do you want-'' Trixie said before she froze.
'' Don't worry, I just want to pay him a little....visit. '' I said to her '' unconsciously using Dark Aura.
After noticing that, I immediately deactivated the skill and saw the scared faces of the kids and Trixie. I apologized to them and then learned from Trixie that the baron apparently lived in a mansion outside of the town. It would be an advantage to strike at night and be under the cover of darkness, but I also knew that I could not lose any time. And so I made my way to the Baron's estate and because the situation required haste, I used my superhuman speed and was able to locate the estate in a few minutes.
In video games, I always had to be careful not to kill anyone, otherwise I would get the bad ending and not the good. I hated that, but now it's different, now I'm the MC and I don't control another person, I can write the story the way I want. So I put on my mask and chose a good position to observe the estate. I saw a relatively large tree on which I would have a good overview. So I climbed the tree and looked at the property closely. 1 Vila type house and 2 smaller, my gut told me that the woman is probably in the villa. But sneaking in would be difficult everywhere where guards. Of course, it would be easy to just walk through the front door and kill all the guards, but... that wouldn't be right.
Oh ho I didn't expect to hear that out of your mouth
'' I mean they are only guards they have nothing to do with the Baron, they are just doing their job, and they must have families of their own waiting for them. ''
Then how about trying not to kill any of the guards and maybe not even the Baron who knows maybe he had a reason for what he did and-
While Ruri was still talking, I saw 3 soldiers coming out of one of the two smaller houses. I saw them talking and used my superhuman hearing power to spy on them.
'' ahhhhh that felt good ''
'' Who are you telling that the Baron is really the best that he allows us to have fun with the women, haha. ''
'' hahah the one I had was hilarious ,, no please no I beg you anything but that ihaaa ,, HAHAHA fucking beast bastards ‘’
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'' Ruri?
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'' I can't do it haha- '' I said and jumped down from the tree.
I drew my sword and followed the road before I could see 2 guards, who also saw me. They must have said something to me, but I ignored them and walked along the street with my sword in my hand. The guards now stretched out their hands and probably told me to stop before they also drew their swords. They waited for a moment before they both ran towards me. The first one swung his sword from top to bottom, I took a step to the side and avoided his sword, but at the same moment I stabbed him through his heart with my sword. The guard fell to his knees and I saw how the other guard was also about to attack me. So I pulled my sword out of his chest before doing a 180-degree turn to avoid his sword and decapitate in the process. His headless body fell to the ground and his head into my hand.
The other guards had also become aware of the noise and took up defensive positions before one of them rang a bell.
DARK AURA
That was when I used Dark Aura and threw the head of the guard at the other guards and used the confusion by using superhuman speed. I ran to the guards who were all moving in slow motion and killed them all. I decapitated, dismembered, mutilated them I sliced them in two and killed them all, all but one. This one went numb with horror before he ran into the mansion covered in blood and screamed for the guards in the mansion.
And right after that I heard loud shouts and people running down the stairs before several guards came out of the door. In that moment I wanted to try something, I went slightly down on my knees and used superhuman strength and speed and swung my sword from left to right.
SLASHHHH
It was a skill I had picked up when I was on my way to the mansion because I had left a skill point for exactly those situations. Thus, I was able to unlock the skill wind cut with this skill I am able with my sword to create a kind of wind sword which then flies to the target and cutting through everything that comes in its way. This had the consequence that I split all the guards running towards me in the middle, leaving half bodies everywhere on the ground.
'' Phew, that must be all of them, and now let's go say hello to the Baron. I said and went into the villa.
The mansion screamed as expected I AM RICH everything was shining everywhere were objects made of gold. When I looked around, I saw 10 people all walking down the stairs together. I expected them to attack me or panic, but to my surprise they were all calm. Once they were downstairs, they all got down on their knees before another person came down the stairs. It was an old man in butler's clothes, just like the other 10 who were also wearing maid's or butler's clothes.
'' I assume you are here for the Baron, sir. '' said the old butler, who also went down on his knees. ''
'' That's right, I am.'' I said to him.
'' It seems his time has finally come, say what are you going to do with us, we are all servants and have no other use we are...slaves. ''
'' It depends, would you like to protect your master? Are you my opponents? ''
''..... Normally I would have to answer yes to that question as a slave should, but we do not wish to get in your way. '' said the man
After the man said that, I stretched out my hand.
'' Then, you are free from this day on, now go. '' I said to them
The man looked at me with shock and doubt before he grabbed my hand and stood up again, as well as the others.
'' I..... thank you, dear sir, I wish you much success.... are you still kind enough to tell me your name?
'' .... Shin ''
He then thanked me and before he and the others left the villa, he told me where the Baron was and the woman that I was here for. I thanked him and went up the stairs until I was in front of a big door. I opened it and saw the baron holding the mother hostage and threatening to cut her throat.
'' H-H-DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO I AM?!?!?!?!?!?!?! ''
''..... ''
'' ha-ha-haha YOU IDIOT in few seconds my reinforcement should arrive and then-then I WILL KILL YOU. ''
'' .... ''
'' hahahaha so you should do what I tell you then i prom- ''
''Are you okay? ''
'' H-h-huh ? Said the woman with a weak voice
"Hey, I said YO-Y-y-you- ''
DROP
Before the baron could finish his sentence, he realized that I had cut off both his arms. At that moment, I looked him in the eyes and grabbed his body before I kicked his body with my foot and saw only his torso fall to the ground and fall next to his arms and legs that I had cut off before.
I then threw his head out of the window and went to the woman who was full of wounds I used to heal and was able to heal her injuries. After that I took the blanket from the bed and gave it to the woman who covered herself with it since she was naked. I put my arm over her shoulder and we both slowly walked down the stairs before we reached the entrance. As we walked outside I heard several horses in the distance and just like the Baron said his reinforcements arrived.
'' mhhh isn't that-? ''
But to my surprise they were no strangers but the knights I had already seen in the village, Prince Anton and Prince Sara....