As I walk through the blood stained stone streets, the buildings that are aligned with the road are all destroyed and fires blaze uncontrollably

Few stores, homes, and Inns are still standing, but were looted and ravaged beyond recovery

I see a few charred corpses within the buildings. While most of the corpses are adults, some appear to be young children

I continue to walk down the destroyed street. While walking, I see demi-humans and pure breeds crying, hurdled up on the walls, probably wishing in their minds that what happened couldn't be real

I know that feeling all too well...

The more and more deeper I get into the town, the less people there are

As the sky turns to dusk, I see the town square up ahead of me, a big white fountain among the stone floor is in the middle of a circular road. The circular road has numerous buildings surrounding it. Next to the fountain, are some dead people. Most of them look to be normal civilians, but one body looks interesting as it wearing silver armor

I walk up to the fountain and the bodies to get a closer look

Now in front of the body with the armor, this knight with his face being completely unrecognizable due to it being cut into two, has a silver chest piece that covers his entire chest, a tight black shirt, black pants with silver lining, black boots, silver shin guards, silver elbow protection, and a sword sheath attached to his belt without a sword

This armor does not look like the ones I was able to glimpse at when the Federation of Eisenhope soldiers were riding by me earlier. I'm guessing that this person was a lone adventurer or maybe a community knight... Who knows... All that matters now is that I got a fresh pair of clothes, some bloody armor that I need to clean, and a sword sheath that can maybe fit my sword.

I look around my surrounding area to find a place to drag the body and change. I don't really care about showing my decency as a man, but having to strip a Knight bare, whether it would be outside or in a room is something that my past noble self could not do. As I look around the town square, I see a looted store with a large sign above it's entrance called "Twilight Cove".

I bend down to the ground and reach my two hands out to grab the body's arms, I start to drag the body to the store

A Minute, passes by

I arrive at the store and drag the body through the door-less doorway and into a trashed filled room with empty shelves, broken vases, flowers scattered all across an oak wood floor, and blood staining the dark wooden walls that keep this place together

I let go of the lifeless body and bend down on my knees to start undressing the man

I take off the silver metal chest piece off of the man

I can feel the weight of this armor while I hold it in my hands, it is quite heavy for someone like me. Despite me being tall and strong, I still prefer to be lightweight in order to move my sword diligently and effectively.

I put the chest piece on the floor and start taking the black shirt off of the Knight. As I take off the shirt, the man's arms go up in the air and the shirt goes above the man's head, it gets smeared with blood as his cracked open skull is still bleeding ferociously

"Damn..." I say to myself as the once was clean shirt is now stained with blood and bits of hair

I fold the shirt and put it on the floor

Once I finish taking off the man's pants, boots, belt, sword sheath, and joint guards, I can bring the clothes to the fountain and wash what needs to be cleaned.

A Few Moments, passes by

Now with the clothing I need, I take the pants, shirt, belt, sword sheath, and boots with me to the fountain. I decided to leave the shin guards and elbow guards at the store as they were quite heavy and not to my liking.

I look at the water from the fountain and take the clothes I have in my hands, and dump them in the water. I start to clean them

3 Minutes, passes by

I was able to get every bit of dirt and blood out of the clothing. Now, I have to wait for these clothes to dry off

I stretch out the now water drenched clothes and leave them on top of the stone that holds the water from spilling out of the fountain, in order to dry them off. I look at the sky

The sun is almost gone as the once bright sky is turning ever more darker and darker. Chilly wind brushes against me and the clothes. I stop looking at the sky and look around the town square

I got my most important things for now, a fresh pair of clothes and a sword... But I still need to find other things. Food is not a top priority, as I can easily forage trees and large grass lands to find some fruits, vegetables, or animals. From what I heard about these lands in the past, the Kingdom of Rox is also filled with lakes and rivers throughout the country, so I don't need to worry about water as of now. But If I need to, I could find a food quarters while I'm in this town to get some food and drinks for the road... Besides that, I also need to find potions. Healing potions, stat potions, or poisons... Potions are not a necessity, but do help a lot in fights... I also need transportation... Maybe there is a stable in this town with a horse I can take...

As I look around the nearby buildings of the town square, I notice a relatively untouched place with multiple floors and without a sign, I have an uneasy feeling that something is in there

I walk towards the building and stare directly at the entrance while doing so. I can't help but feel an overwhelming glare from above the entrance, maybe on the third floor

While walking, I quickly look up to catch the possible person looking at me, but I see nothing on the windows that overlook me

I Active my skill, (All Seeing Eyes)

I stop walking and look directly at the entire building with the skill I never used before, a slight white glow emanates around the pupils of my eyes

As I look with my All Seeing eyes, I have the ability to see through walls and find thermal signatures

I look at every floor, but I see no thermal signature or sign of life that I could analyze. The only thing I can see, is the recently killed people within the building that have their body heat slowly dissipating away

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I try looking harder with my skill, but nothing is there...

I Inactivate my skill, (All Seeing Eyes)

I cross my arms and try to think what I'm doing wrong, as I still need to learn these newfound powers given to me by God

I give a final cautious glare towards the building, and then look at the road that led me to the town square, I look back at the people who are mourning their losses

I Reactivate my skill, (All Seeing Eyes)

With the immense but small white glow from my eyes, I analyze the people I see crying or laying emotionless on the street

I can see their experience, class, levels, names, age, skills, and details about their body

I focus in on a person standing up and staring blankly at a wooden fence, he is shirtless, wearing torn up shoes and gray pants

Analysis-

Name- Michael Garand

Age- 22

Race- Human

Height- 180.34cm

Class- Magician- Defense Magic

Experience- 0

Skills- 0

"Hmph... If you trained to become a mage, you could've saved the town from the attack..." I say to myself while analyzing the emotionless man

I stop analyzing the man and look at the other people near him, I focus in on a naked demi-human with two small horns on her head. She is sitting on the road while covering herself with a white bloody sheet

Analysis-

Name- Tessa Langel

Age- 20

Race- Demi Human- Orc tribe of Draughtboard

Height- 162.58cm

Class- Hunter

Experience-

Level 1- Hunter

Skills- 2

- Nose of the Hound- Increased sense of smell

- Ears of the Bat- Increased sense of hearing, Echo location

I stop analyzing the shaken up woman and look back at the others nearby, I see all of them show their thermal signatures with the analysis of my All Seeing Eyes

I Deactivate my skill, (All Seeing Eyes)

I can only imagine just how essential this skill will be in the future.

"I'm grateful to you, My Lord." I say with a grin, while looking up into the moonlit sky

I stop looking towards the sky, and look around my surroundings once more

This town seems to be nothing more but an area full of normal civilians, homes, and stores. I doubt there will be any magical shops here that have potions I could steal or an armory I can loot... Even if there were, those knights must've looted them when they got here.

As I continue to look around my surroundings, I find nothing. Most buildings are burnt down, appear to be looted, or are not what I'm looking for

I start walking back to the fountain to grab my clothing and prepare to hit the road

I don't know where I'm headed, as I still don't know where I am exactly in this big country, but If need be, I can walk up to one of the civilians here and steal their memories with the skill God gave me, (Steal).

A Few Moments, passes by

Now at the fountain, I take off my slave-like clothing, and drop them to the floor. I take the now partially dry clothing from the Knight I looted off of earlier and start dressing myself with his clean clothes

A Few Moments, passes by

The black shirt I have on is a bit tight around my body, but fits well and feels comfortable. The Black pants are a little baggy, but fit normally... And the boots fit perfectly.

I attach my sword sheath on my belt and leave it on my left side. I take my sword and put it in the sheath, it fits fine.

I peer into the fountain's water as the moon gives it a reflection

I can see myself with my short gray hair, my gray eyes, my incredibly deprived face, my scars that go all across my face... thanks to The Spear Hero's constant slashes, my beard slowly starting to grow, and my small birthmark under my right eye

I don't feel like changing my looks, but it would be bad if someone recognizes me as a part of the Duke family...

4 years ago

In the cold and dark cell, under the Castle of Jyora, me and Zealot are locked up in chains with Johnny smiling at us with his royal outfit, and twisted smile on his face...

I look at Johnny as he pulls his underwear and pants up after doing unspeakable things to us

Our eyes meet, he gives me a disturbing look with his eyes, the ones you could only imagine a pure sinister devil would give

"That was fun Zealot... But before I leave, I have some news to tell both you and Duke..." says Johnny while smiling at me and Zealot disturbingly

Johnny stays silent for a moment as if we can respond back to him

At the time, we could not speak. We were drugged out of our minds and our throats were incredibly dry, as we didn't drink any sort of liquid for an untold amount of days...

"Your families are looking for the both of you... You two are so incredibly important to your families, that they have been frantically searching throughout the whole kingdom for the past thirty days... That's quite a commitment for a pair of noble knights that could've just died in an unknown battle like many soldiers of this country do... Goes to show just how powerful y'all are as they doubt you two are dead..." says Johnny now with his pants up, still giving Zealot and I an evil smile

"The Royal Duke family even has a bit of suspicion that I might've kidnapped you two... Can you believe that! Hahaha..." says Johnny while laughing

Johnny looks away from me and Zealot, he starts walking towards the exit of the cell while grabbing his keys out of his pants pocket

"But... Even if they do find out that their suspicions are correct, It's not like they can even do anything to me... Hell, I'm the son of the dead King, they won't even dare to touch me..." says Johnny now unlocking the cell doors that lead out into the hallway

"However, I hate taking unnecessary risks, tomorrow, me and some royals plan on framing both of your families with crazy crimes, I will then insure that they would all be lynched... And whoever I can't kill, will be ostracized from the Kingdom, as no one would dare ally themselves with criminals... Our Holy Kingdom will never allow such a thing." says Johnny as he opens the cell door and walks into the dark hallway

Johnny slams the cell door behind him and locks it, he doesn't bother looking back at me and Zealot

Present time

I continue staring into the water of the fountain

At the time, I couldn't really understand his words. My body was numb due to the drugs and my mind was high above the clouds... Zealot seemed to be the same way too. But if he really killed both my and Zealot's family... I have no one to rely on, I have no contacts to the world or Kingdom as my family name is tarnished...

I now think It's best to change my looks... Even though I'm in faraway lands, if someone recognizes me due to my unique hair and birthmark, I wouldn't doubt them not wanting to report me, as most people fear the Kingdom of Roxannia... I'm sure that Johnny, who was in the succeeding line of becoming the King of Roxannia four years ago, didn't hesitate sending out enticing rewards for capturing my family too...

Even though my family is full of strong swordsmen and swordswoman, ever since he became the king of Roxannia on the day of my death, I'm positive that he likely used everything to his advantage in order to get my family.

Johnny is not the type of person who would ignore small problems, do things without having a backup plan or an overwhelming power within his favor, or do things without well thought out plans... My family must be dead, and my friends along with them... Or they're now aligned with Johnny, as he is the King of Roxannia...

I yawn while looking into the water

I don't have a choice but to change my looks... It's for the best... I can't afford to feel any sort of moral resemblance to my past self as it will get in the way of my path of revenge...

Before I change my look, I realize that It's been almost a full day since I have been reincarnated... But I have no time to rest... Once I change my looks, I need to find out where I am and go on the road... After I learn where I am and get some details on what has happened the past four years as I was locked away in my cell, I can begin my plan...

I smile with a creepy look

The plan of my revenge...