Chapter 2
A couple of days has passed since that day and I’m slowly recovering up and accepting the truth that I’ve been summoned by the order of the king called “blanche Habsburg”. He is a powerful king with a lot of influence in this kingdom, the name of this kingdom is “Eldermore” and this is not the only kingdom that exists in this world, there are 4 more huge kingdom/empire like eldermore. There is a kingdom on the west called “Kingdom of Avaloria” which is known for it’s economics, there another Empire on the east called “gwihan empire” which is known for their foods and culture, on the north there is a kingdom called “the Nordhelm Kingdom” known for the massive military and last but not least there is a kingdom on the far south of the continent called “ Serpentia Empire” which is known for their docks and seafood and their beautiful Beaches as well. And there are plenty of small kingdoms and villages along the way. Eldemore however located central of those four kingdoms, Eldemore have a strong relationship with Avoria since they both located not far from each other, Eldemore is a very big kingdom in my opinion since we have around 1,000,000 peoples living here. I also just recently know this from Priscilla that everyone that has been summoned by the order of the king will receive a power and the basic of being able to communicate with the language of this world and we can also read all of the text from this world which makes it easier for me to understand this new world.
My routine for the past couple of days has been very much the same which is filled with sword training and conditioning. I rarely have a free time since they prepare me to fight the demon lord, to be honest I don’t think that I would be able to defeat the demon lord, but Priscilla keep giving me her support and teach me the basic of a sword fighting. I’m actually surprised that Priscilla can use a sword because I thought that she’s just an ordinary maid. But turn out before Priscilla become a maid, she was one of many fierce warrior with her elven tribe.
“Priscilla, can I ask you something” I ask her while still panting from the immense training she put me through
“Yes master ren, go ahead and ask me anything” she replied
“I just want to know if this world have magic or not”
“oh…. Yes, in this world magic exist, in fact there are many kind of magic in this world”
“many kind of magics? What does that mean?” I ask her
“well for starter, there are basic magic. Basic magic is a magic that can be learn by anyone in this world, it’s not really a magic in my opinion, it’s more like a child’s play” she replied
“a child’s play? What do you mean by that?” I ask
“well a child’s play is a child’s play, here let me demonstrate it for you”. Suddenly she raise her right arm towards my face and she say “splash”, when she said that suddenly from her hand there are a splash of water hitting me on my face. “this is what I mean by child’s play”
“Wow, that was cool” my eyes filled with sparkles “can you teach me that?” I ask her
“well I can teach you that, but first do you want to know more about magic? I can tell you a little bit more. After all even though I was a warrior, I still learned magic”
“Please tell me more about magic, Priscilla”
“well there are 6 elements of magic. Wind, water, fire, earth, light, and dark. Usually people only have 1 element that they can mastered, but at some rare cases there are multiple people that can use multiple element in their ability”
“A multiple elements? That seems like a cheat” I replied
“A cheat? What does that mean?... Anyway. Wind, earth, water, and fire is the most common elements and light and dark magic is a rare element that can be mastered by someone”
“a rare element? What’s the difference between a common elements and a rare elements?”
“Well common elements is commonly use by almost everyone that live in this world but for light and dark magic…it doesn’t really have a lot of users. Usually the user of light element is a holy people and the one that have royal blood in them like priest, sage, maiden, and nobility. But at some very rare cases normal people also be able to wield the power of light magic but they won’t be able to truly mastered it because light magic is really hard to master and you need a really good master or teacher that can teach you more about light magic. And it will cost you a lot of gold in order to do so” she said
“I see, what about dark element?” I ask
“Dark element….well usually the one that use dark element is a demon race, even though it is a powerful element, people tends to ignore it and mocked the user if they wield the power of dark element. Because dark element or dark magic has been associated with demon race and humans see dark magic as a curse that bestowed by the gods to their users”
“I see… so um how can I learn magic? And how can I know my elements?”
“ it’s simple, you just need to control your mana first” she replied
“mana?” I look at her with a confused face
“yes, mana” she replied
“so how do I know If I have mana?” I ask
“well every living being have mana” she replied
“Really….” I sound skeptical
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“really” she replied
“Okay, so how do I control it?” I ask
“It would take you some times to control it but I will teach you the basic of controlling mana. First you need to feel a tingling sense inside your body and you have to focus on them by controlling them” she said
“and how do I control them” I ask
“Hmmm, let’s think in another way to put it… let’s say you have a ball in your hand, and you have to throw it as far as you can. And for that you have to channel your power into your arms right? Now let’s try it but instead of a ball think of a element you want to use, and think your muscles is your mana. You have to control it until you feel a tingling sensation in your hands and after you feel that, you have to release them… you get what I’m saying right?....”
“right…..” I still confused by her analogy, but I’m still giving it a try “alright let me try”. I raised my right arm and focusing all of my mana into my hand and I have to think about an element. As I’m focusing on my attempt to create magic I suddenly feel a tingling sensation in my arm and then I see a magic circle appears in front of my right arm and then I shouted “thunder strike” suddenly there are a huge lightning bolt strike down from the sky towards the forest in front of me. Priscilla seems shocked and disbelief by what she just saw.
“Master Ren…. How did you do that….” She ask
“huh? I-I don’t know, I just following your instructions and think of a lightning strike, and all of a sudden there was a huge lightning bolt came down from the sky” I answered in a panicked voice
“Master ren, you are truly the chosen one” she bowed to me. “that magic is a high level magic that can only be use by a sage or a great mage….” She continue.
“h-huh? What? But I just learned this… how did i…. I’m confused” I murmur to myself, “am I really that powerful”
Suddenly she said “master ren, we need to hide this from king blanche, if he know your true power he will immediately sent you to fight the demon king” she said with a concerned and panicked voice
I only nods to her request, “but Priscilla, my lightning strike will surely alerted the guards or people nearby”.
“Don’t worry master ren. I will cover this up, because I also can use that level of magic”
“wait you… you can use that level of magic… Priscilla you… you are really powerful aren’t you?” I ask
“Thank you for your compliment. But it seems that I’m not as powerful as you because it took me 30 years to learn that magic and you…. You are able to use it… no, you Mastered it under a minute…” she replied with amazement and shocked expression
“ Priscilla, why should I hide it from the king? Isn’t it good if I fight the demon lord straight on with this kind of power that I possessed?” I ask her
“ Master ren, you haven’t meet the king right? You only heard about the king from me and from other maids correct?” she ask
“Yes that is correct, what’s the problem with that ?”
“ The king is not as good as you think, in fact in my personal opinion he is a evil king” she replied
“Evil king? Why would you think of king blanche like that?” I ask with a confuse expression
“well it’s because I’ve served him since he was a kid, and the truth is I was force to serve him and if I refused he will kill all of the elves from my village” she replied with a sad expression
“Why don’t you fight him face on?” I ask her
“ I’ve tried before but he and his army are too powerful for me and my village so at the end, almost all of the elf in my village, mostly women are forced to serve him” she replied with still a sad expression
“I’m sorry to hear that Priscilla, but can I ask you something?” I ask
“sure, go ahead and ask me anything you want” she replied
“well why should i defeat the demon king then? I mean the king himself is an asshole from your description” I ask her
“ Because the king promised us elven that once the demon king has been defeated, he promise to free us and let us gain our freedom once more” she replied
“ I see, okay then, I will help you gain your freedom Priscilla”
“ Thank you master ren, but please don’t force yourself just yet” she replied.
Suddenly there is two royal guards approach us and they say that king blanche want to have an audience with me to discuss about something. Me and Priscilla look at each other before nodding to their request. And after that the royal guards take us to the castle where king blanche stay. It’s not a long walk from where we were training, it only took us about 30 minutes of walking, and when we’re walking the royal guards ask us about the huge thunder bolt that came down from the sky earlier.
“did you cast that huge thunder bolt earlier, chosen one?” guard 1 ask me
“it must be you right?” said guard 2
Before I can answer them, Priscilla answer them first by saying “it was me, I’m just showing him what magic is” with a convincing voice
“I see” said guard 2, then guard 1 ask Priscilla about my progress on my sword training “ any progress with his sword training yet?” Said guard 1, and then guard 2 also say “ yeah, I’m kinda curious about his progress”.
“His movement still need some more training, however his strength alone is really really good. I would say that his strength is far stronger than a paladin commander” say Priscilla with a convincing voice
“oh, that’s good then” said both guards
Not long after the guards said that, I lean in closer to Priscilla ear and whisper “is that really true? Does my strength really surpass a paladin commander?”
She whisper back to my ear “yes that’s correct, but you still not a match for a demon lord, after all you’re not the first one that got summoned here”
“ I’m not the first one?” I ask
“yes, you’re not the first one, the king has ordered the summoner unit to summon ‘the chosen one’ multiple times, many times in fact”.
“What happened to those before me?” I replied
“ I don’t really know what happened to them but when they were sent to kill the demon lord, they never returned back here, so the king assumed that they already died while fighting the demon king” she replied
“But why king blanche really want to kill the demon lord?”
Instead of answering my question, Priscilla remains silent and not saying a word, but her expression say it all, it’s like she’s saying that she doesn’t know why the king wants to kill the demon lord. Not long after that we arrive at the castle, it is a very big castle with a lot of guards protecting the entrance. After we arrive there the two royal guards hand us over to someone called the ‘Holy Knight’.
“ The king has been waiting for you inside” said the ‘Holy Knight’ with a flat expression and tone
“Yeah sure, by the way what’s your name?” I ask the Holy Knight
“Alistair Brightblade, but you can call me alistair instead” he said with a flat tone
“O-okay then” I replied
“Now then, enough chit-chat. The king is waiting for you. Let’s hurry up and enter the castle” He said
“After you” I replied
“ Do you want your maid to come with you” He ask me
“You mean Priscilla?” I said that, and then I look over to Priscilla and Priscilla just stay silent and not showing any kind of expression after seeing Priscilla expression I said “Yeah sure” to alistair.
“Very well, now follow me” alistair said
We finally enter the king castle and it’s filled with luxury with a lot of guards, even the pathway leading to the king’s throne is made from a pure crystal, the pillars made from a pure quartz, and a lot more over the top interior. After a while of following alistair, we finally arrived at the king’s room and there he is, sitting on his golden throne with two girls sitting on his lap. Once we are all on front of the king we immediately kneel In front of him before he finally say “I finally able to talk to you, chosen one”.