{....}
"hmmm..."
{corvo, wake up.}
"huh?"
oh, it’s morning
"oh, good morning sir"
I'm tired, i want to sleep more.
{how are you feeling? you were pretty lucky yesterday, you could've died.}
oh, that’s right, one of the other students failed a spell and it backfired...
"is everyone else okay?"
he sighs
{the one who cast the spell and the one on the other side of him died, I'm not sure how you managed to live through that...}
oh, that’s right i never told him about my resistance skills.
"oh... i forgot to tell you about my resistance skills, I managed to get my passive magic resistance skill to about 30%, my active magic resistance skill is at about 60%"
about a year after i had joined the order i had managed to figure out how to make passive effects, at first it was things like strengthening or night vision, but after another year, i had managed to figure out how to use resistance effects, there's two types of resistance skills, the one that's in the form of a passive effect that simply requires a person to cast it once and acts as a permanent effect, only using magic once. Theres also the active resistance skill, which as you might expect, you need to activate it manually, it also consumes magicka to upkeep. because passive effects are always weaker than skills, increasing your proficiency with passive effect's increases the effectiveness of your active effect's. At first, the passive skill only gave me 3% resistance, but because i trained my magic every day i managed to increase the mere 3% to about 30%.the reason i say "about" 30 is because idont have access to the tools to measure it, plus idon't exactly want to be a guinea pig...
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sir engeramus looks at me, he's surprised I've known him long enough that irecognize what facial pattern to associate to each emotion.
{you have resistance skills? since when?}
"um, my second year in the order. I'm sorry i didn't bring that up sooner, I've been training it and trying to get it to 100% resistance."
his eyes are wide open
{since your second year??! it's been 2 years since you've discovered how to use resistance magic??what else have you forgotten to tell me?}
"oh, uh, let's see...besides the resistance skill, there's the spell i call sever, it prevents a person from casting by temporarily severing the magic veins from the person's soul..."
he interrupts me
{WAIT, YOU CAN SEVER A PERSON'S SOUL??}
uh
"uh..yeah, is it that surprising considering i can absorb soul's?"
he calms down,head tilted
{well..yes, but...still, no one else is capable of doing anything like this...}
right, ultra-rare type of magic.
"well, what else, uhhh, oh right i figured out how to use my magic to create items, the only material I'm able to use is...a bit weird, I'm able to make a lot of things with it, like swords and armor, I've gotten pretty good at using it, but it’s not metal, its...i’m not sure how to describe it, it just looks like it absorbs light completely, it doesn't feel hard or heavy, It’s properties are just weird."
I'm honestly just not sure how to describe it, so I'll just show it to him.
dark sword.
in my right hand is a longsword, its completely black, it doesn't shine, there isn't any texture, the entire thing is not only made of the same material, it looks like it's just one piece. touching it just feels like you're touching something that's otherworldly, it’s not smooth, it’s not rough, it just doesn't have a texture even though it's a solid object. Trying to bend the sword does nothing, it doesn't bend, hitting it does nothing either, no matter how hard you hit it, it won't make a sound. The edge of the blade is unnaturally sharp, calling it razor sharp is an understatement, it's like the sharpness comes from its magical properties and not the actual edge itself.
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i pass it to him.
he handles the sword, touches the edge and accidentally cuts himself.
{OW!! SHHHHHH....FUCK THAT HURT}
"oh, i should have told you that the edge probably has some sort of magical effect. just touching it cuts you. i have no clue why it does that, i don’t control the sharpness."
he looks at me, visible awe on his face.
"anyway, ill heal myself real quick and then we can go train. I still have a good amount of work to do."
i cast a healing spell on myself and almost immediately after I'm on my feet getting dressed. It's now been 4 years since I've joined the order, only one more year before i go from being a simple student to a squire, at which point I'll be given a new uniform and sent to different kingdoms to see what each kingdom has to offer.
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{ready?}
"uh, i think i have everything. yes, I'm ready."
we leave the infirmary and head to the stables.
we saddle our horses and leave the courtyard, starting our patrol.
"may i speak freely?"
{of course.}
how should i ask this question?
"um... what happens when a squire dies, what's the proceeding's?"
he glances at me, looks back in front, tilts his head for a few seconds.
{well, when a squire dies the procedures depend. Its case to case. Social status is irrelevant in the order when it comes to rank and privileges, but in the case of funeral's, if the family is of noble descent and wishes for a funeral of their choosing, then something can be arranged, but only if that person has acted in a way that was truly selfless or heroic. but in general, the funerals are similar, except in the case of traitors, the most they get is being cremated.in the case of the students that passed yesterday, they'll get a normal funeral consisting of close family and friends as well as their mentor, other than that it's a standard military funeral}
"oh, i see. thanks for that."
i didn't necessarily like them, but they weren't bad people either, just different values.
a few minutes pass by, we near the front gate.
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"do you have any stories of the raneth?"
{the raneth?} he quickly glances at me
{let's see. There's the stuff you already knew from the order's history lessons, but i know you were really interested in that part of the lesson so I'll gladly give you more information. Let's see, the order was founded during the first raneth invasion 900 years ago when the continent was having difficulties cooperating with each other to face the threat of imminent death, so during one of the war conferences held by the leaders of the time, the divine immortal elous, follower of arumita descended and ordered the creation of an order of knight's whose only purpose is fighting threat's to mankind with no ties to any government.in essence, making those knight's citizens of every nation made it so they had the duty to protect every nation, regardless of anything. The raneth were, as you saw in the history lesson, humanoid insects that used their claws as well as crude spears and dragons, some of them were capable of using magic much more powerful than any human at the time could wield.by the time the knight's order had enough troops, there were millions of casualties, both civilian and military. Once there were enough troops ,elous granted those troops enormous power and weapons, even so, they still had a very hard time fighting them, mostly because the raneth had a carapace harder than steel covering their entire bodies. The only way to kill them was to either shoot arrows in their eyes and throw them in pits to drown them with water magic, use wind magic to throw them in ocean's, lakes and rivers, or cut their appendages off from the small gaps in their carapace due to their joints, letting them bleed out. This isn't even mentioning the enemy leader, akuretu, from what little information we have on him, he's a sentient being with vast intelligence, he single handedly wiped out 30 thousand knights, even the hero corvo of mingota, the one who could use the same type of magic as you, had a hard time with him, although he was powerful enough to not die...}
he keeps talking, when i notice a person on a horse riding our way. He's wearing our uniform. He's waving at us.
"hey, sorry to interrupt sir, but one of our own is waving at us over there, i think he wants to speak with you."
{uh? oh, i see.}
we go see the man.
{OH, SIR ENGERAMUS! DEMONS FROM THE FORBIDDEN COUNTRY HAVE APPEARED IN THE FOREST!!}
demons from the forbidden country?
{demons in the forest? Isee, show me.}
{but sir, we need to make a report to the castle...}
engeramus interrupts him
{we'll do the report once i see for myself, I'll have my squire teleport you straight to the castle.}
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{isee, okay.}
we go full speed towards the forest and eventually start slowing down and come upon a group of 10 people all wearing cloaks.
is this what they call a demon? This is pretty underwhelming honestly...
sir engeramus approaches them while i stay on standby with the other knight.
the knight looks scared, he's pale and his eyes are wide open.
{hello, I am the knight engeramus, mayi ask all of you to identify yourselves.}
the group stops and exchange looks, one of them approaches engeramus and removes his cowl.
oh, it’s a woman, she's quite attractive, although she's extremly pale, not scared or sick type of pale, I'm talking about skin that's just white with no pigmentation, she looks like an elf, but she seems to have normal ears.
{hello, sir knight, we are the vahle,i am queen nahal, we have come to request an audience with the king.}
wait, the vahle? those are the elven/fae hybrid race that live in the forbidden country with the demons. also, she's the queen of the vahle? this is a bit odd.
{i see, very well, though i ask that you refrain from doing any sudden actions once outside the forest your majesty.}
{of course, it’s only natural}
{however, I will need to make sure none of you are demons, please have your companions remove their cowls.}
{very well.}
she turns around and starts talking in another language. Wait a minute, I know this language...
WAIT! THEY'RE SPEAKING IN FRENCH??!!
i was NOT expecting that.
they removed their cowls and engeramus nodded.
{very well, follow us.}
i get off my horse and come up to sir engeramus
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"sir engeramus, how about i just teleport us to the castle to prevent any friction between them and the citizens?"
he looks at me
{i completely forgot about that possibility, very well.} he turns around and opens his mouth
"approchez,jevais nous transporter au chateau."(this translates to "come closer, ill transport us to the castle")
every single person there immediately turns towards me, eyes wide open.
(engeramus) {wh... what...? since when do you speak vahle?}
I'm fairly certain everyone else has that question in mind as well.
"it's a language i had learned in my previous life.as a matter of fact it was the first language i had managed to learn."
the vahle look at me, they look stunned. the queen approaches me.
{may i hold your hand?}
uh...
"uh, of course" i say this as i look towards engeramus.
she takes my hand in her own and her expression changes to one i can only describe as pure shock. she then drops my hand.
{this...are you a reincarnation of corvo of mingota? you have to be...}
i mean, it's a possibility seeing as i have the same name and power...
"well, it’s a possibility, but idon't know. the only memories of a past life i have are that of another world."
she seems to calm down a bit.
{i..i see, iapologize for my behavior.}
i smile
"it'sokay, in my situation its perfectly normal to react this way."
in any case
"okay, everyone come near me."
alright, everyone is near. i see the stable besides the king's castle, i put my will to teleport all of us there.
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i open my eyes and the scenery changed to the castle stables. we give the horses to the stable boy's and head to the throne room. inside,the king is discussing with some other politicians.
engeramus speaks up.
{your majesty, the queen of the vahle has come to speak with you.] he says this while he brings his right hand over his chest, In a fist.}
the room goes silent.
{i see... very well.}
he gestures to the politicians to leave.
{welcome, queen of the vahle. i hope the journey wasn't too arduous?}
the queen approaches him.
{not at all,we are used to hardships. today i came because you are known to be the wisest of kings, we'd like to ask for your support in helping us rejoin society, it has been over 500 years that we've been isolated from the rest of the world.}
{i see, that can be arranged.as iunderstand, the forbidden country is inhospitable, correct?}
{yes, your highness. but we do not wish to leave. we simply wish to do trade with other countries. and as such, we would like to offer you a gift.}
the moment she said gift, all the guards tensed up, including me and engeramus, who put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
but she didn't bring out a weapon or food, no, she brought out...
a child?