I don't think my life is what it was supposed to be...
I don't think that this is all...
I don't think that...
I don't think that...
that...
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE END!!!!
I WON'T ACCEPT THIS!!!!
... NEVER!!!!
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pant* pant*
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pant* pant*
...(strange noiz)
pant* pant*
URGAHHHhh...!!!
hmp!
It was a beautiful evening... that day.
Our family was in our summer vacation. Currently we are residing to my grandfather's house near the mountains.
The breeze of the forest... hmmm... puah!, was so refreshing. If possible I would like to stay and live here but its not. I have a responsibility to take. A responsibility that any elder brother should do...
...is to help the family!
This is the sole reason that I lived for. The very goal that my life will reach until the end.
Firstly, my younger siblings will graduate and find their own families. Second, as the eldest the responsibility of taking good care of my old parents is mine. Lastly, as the head of the family my existence must be the best role model...
the best role model...
Thinking about it, I do have pushed myself pretty hard for making that point to my siblings. That I wish that I have never done it...
Since then they have this sparkle to their eyes that said 'my onii-chan is the best in the world...' and then as the beloved brother as I am can't betray them... but the pressure is to much that I would just like to say 'please give me a break...' but all I can do is give them a brittle smile.
But...
'Who the F*** is that?!!' I asked my self as I take cover beside a nearby tall wide tree.
Right now my whole family is already... dead and presumably that I am next in line.
There was a bomb that was set off when I was away while taking my daily night jog. My grandfather's house are set aflame and I doubt that someone would have survived the direct impact of that bomb.
Seeing that my body felt light as well as my head. I was there staring at that beautiful flames dancing as it consume the rest of the house as well as my... family.
My tears slowly fell one by one as I stayed there with my eyes opened wide. My strength left my knees and slumped to the ground. I grinded my teeth as my hatred for the unknown reached the peak of my anger and frustration.
"Who... Who did this... WHO DID THIS TO MY FAMILY!!!"
Then I shadow came from the blazing red flames... a survivor? no, It's the culprit.
He wore black garments and a mask like the soul reaper that came to take his family and his. Instead of a scythe what he wield was a gun, an assault rifle and he was pointing it at him.
His instinct told him to run but his body didn't obey as if he was sewn on that place. Trembling at the presence of this... murderer's killing intent that has overwhelmed him he manage to break free after he heard the sound of the raven's cowl. This time he didn't let go of the opportunity and run with all his might.
Now here I am exhausted and resting beside this old great tree.
I already accepted the truth that It was going to end there. All my life, all that is mattered is my family and now... they are gone. Without them he felt that there will be no meaning for him to live anymore. A meaning that was stolen from him by that black clothed stranger.
But in the back of his mind, someone is telling him to live and the other was the urge to take revenge and take back what was stolen from him... but he knew his capabilities, he knew his strength as well as weaknesses and he can't do that alone. 'So I gave up! I am already happy that I had a family that loved me and I that I have loved... besides it was a good way to end things with happy memories'
Bang*
A bullet struck the tree and pierced to the other side hitting the unknowing prey that was hunted by the god death. The corpse was pierced right through the heart, a quick death I must say.
With his death was also the birth of the new. As the body meet their end the soul venture to a world as a different being.
"Fuah! ha! ha! ha!" I was breathing heavily as I wake from that dream again.
"That dream again?" asked by an old lady far from him right beside the cookery.
'No, somehow I know and felt that was something that I have experienced before'
This is my house or rather my new home. A family of two, me and my foster mother. It was a small house made of wood and sticks. Inside was a cookery at the center and the mattresses side by side like it was just a camp of some sort...
We grew vegetables and fruits and some flower herbs as well which we sell by the nearby town every end of the month.
Despite the size of our house, we have quite a wide land to farm, with the death of her husband just a few years ago I drifted in to this place, It was plentiful of hardships but it was worth every effort as I see my skills went up and my stats developed slowly.
if you are wondering, every citizen of this world has an Item called tablet of existence. It is a thin plate like an I.D. that has the ability to record every event happened that has happened to its soul-bound user, be it important or not. This is the living testimony that you have existed in this world. It was activated through blood.
Me, myself, has this thing from the very start though I don't know how. Surprisingly, there was no sign or record of other memories on the plate but only the very first entry inside it was my advent to that world. Surprisingly my stats are not, as the couples said after they explained how it it works. It appears that the stats are not coinciding with my age or is that I was just a lost soul from other realm. The later is proved to be much reasonable but I was warned by them that no one must no of this until I completed the coming of age ceremony.
At that time I looked like a 12 years old which was as the couple said has a coinciding stat levels which is:
Str: 5 Agi: 5
Vit: 5 Dex: 5
Int: 5 Wis: 5
Luck: 0 Crm: 0
Lead: 0
but mine was...
Str: 39 Agi: 42
Vit: 35 Dex: 47
Int: 45 Wis: 50
Luck: 10 Crm: 40
Lead: 50
...exceeded the normal part. It was also said that reaching an upgrade in a skill level increases the stats greatly depending on what it affects the most and skill promotion increased the stats gained per skill upgrade.
Ojii-san was a former platoon trainer that excelled in the use of bow, so before he died he has safetly imparted to me all of his experience in the use of the bow and given me the ability: Bow Mastery and the Mark of the Marksman.
[Bow Mastery Lvl 4 Rank: F]
[Description: It enhances the efficiency of the use of the bow]
[Stat Upgrade per lvl: Agi +3
Dex +4
Str +2
[Skill effect: Accuracy +10
Aim speed +5
[Mark of the Marksman Lvl 2 Rank: F]
[Description: It greatly enhances the accuracy while using the bow as well as the penetration]
[Stat Upgrade per lvl: Dex +7
[Skill effect: Accuracy +20
Penetration +5
Those skills given to me by ojii-san was the best gift he ever gave to me so I promised to his grave that someday I'll be the best archer in the world. And takes to it, we can now have meat during our meals.
Other than those, I also gained the ability: Gardening and Herbiology.
The gardening skill made farming more relaxing than taxing and it give vit and strength an increase of 2 each level. While herbiology help me identify plants faster and gather produces faster but unlike the gardening skill it increases int and dex by 3 and 1 respectively. Currently the former was already reaching level 7 while the later was 1 level ahead.
My coming of age was about to be performed with another girl from a different village, not that I am picky on my partner during the ceremony. Though it will be my first time... ehehehe I wonder if she would be beautiful. I gave off a broad smile while thinking this while blushing I rubbed the bottom of my nose.
(Now that we have came into appearances, I would like to apologize for the late introduction of the main character.)
Muikuro Sato, (the MC), has an innocent cheerful face. A very energetic young brat that has invaded the Gomu-gokuro Farm and has stolen the hearts of the many girls in the village. Has a tall and athletic frame. His hair were jet-black and has grown long reaching the back of his knees when his pony tail is untied and has the eyes of the golden sun with his skin that was fair as snow.
His personality was really alike from his appearance. Playful and hyper in nature, loving and responsible human being. He really loved the two old bones working at that farm and return he was also loved by all.
"The coming of age is tomorrow and I can't wait to see my partner!"
Travelling alone through the woods with my hunting bow in my hands and arrow filled quiver in my back, it was already a few hours of silently tracking a horned great white elk having a height of two meters and so tall and right now it was trapped between a tree and a giant boulder rock. Stealthly taking out an arrow from the quiver, the elk seemed not to notice. Nocking it on my bow silently and slowly aiming the bow at the deadcenter of the heart of the poor one, I released the arrow.
A loud shriek came ringing through out the forest that the birds flew away, the elk is in the the bag. It was my 58th game for the open season. I was planning to give the antlers and the fur to my would be partner's parents as a gift after the ceremony.
Hunting games are quite fun for him. It become his favorite past time and by doing so he acquired three useful skills; tracking, stealth, and night-vision. The three skills are quite the agi booster but still fall short from the archery skills he got from the old man. Aside from this a little wisdom and int was boosted too.
A few moments later before the dusk came a caravan of horses came to the village, his partner has arrived but as the traditions clearly said that both parties are not allowed to see each other before the night of the ceremony.
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Muikuro is getting nervous. "Ah... what should I do, what should I do? Would she like me as her first? Won't it be too embarassing? It my first time after all!!"
"Quit your blabbering, for an intelligent person your so immature and childish..." Oba-chan said while her hands are crossed infront of her chest. "...But that's... makes you special"
"You remember when you came here?"
"Yeah?"
"You are quite the handful back then though it might be in a good way since you've made this old bones happy!"
"Obaa-san... Thank you!"
"Now get your grip together and made this night a special one for the both of you! Though it might be really embarassing in the start... but you have already read the scrolls right? then you'll be fine!"
After that, the ceremony started.
Before me was the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. Fair skin... natural ruby red lips, silky crimson long hair tied in a twin tail, and has the alluring cat like emerald eyes. Her name was...
"My name is Sierra Volfstein, daughter of the head chief of Rduna Village"
Is my ears just hearing things? Daughter of village chieftein... is my partener?
Hmm... wait a minute if she is from Rduna and His the daughter of... eh?
"Crimson Lady Sierra?!" I was stand shocked.
She is known as the most strongest among the village of Rduna in terms of sword fighting skills and also known of her bloody temparament.
"How rude of you!" She stated "It's not like I have any choices successor of the Mark of the Marksman!"
"Eh... I terribly sorry!" I said while performing a dogeza.
"... and here I think that your are quite handsome too!" she whispered
"What was that again?" as if he didn't here it.
"It's nothing of your concern!"
The parents of both parties have grown quite worried after the exchange. Feeling that the two might not succeed on the ceremony but after that words came out of Muikuro.
"I think you are beautiful too!" He said while giving her the most prettiest and sincere smile he has ever made.
Sierra was caught unguarded by Muikuro's suprise attack that she can't helped it but got shot through the heart by his smile. Her heart beat faster and his faced became red. Just as expected by the greatest marksman even the crimson lady's heart was pierced and captivated by him!
"W-What are you saying! I have already known that ofcourse! Y-you won't need to say it again! S-seriously!" She said while stuttering with her face still beet red.
'Hooo! Not bad kid, to think that my daughter was flustered by your attack I think you might be good as the new village head after me! Hmm!(nod) Hmm!(nod)' the rduna village head thought.
"It seems the two of you have already into terms so we might as well continue on the ceremony." the village elder said.
That night, me and Sierra spend the night alone together in a room prepared by the village elder and as for what happened no ecchi things happened just sharing a room together or maybe not.
Waking up earlier before Sierra, I went back to my home to get the gift I prepared for Sierra's parents and hurriedly come back before Sierra woke up.
I was there sitting beside her gazing at her gentle sleeping face.
"sigh* It seems that you have hitted me pretty hard. Right? Sierra-san!" I said as I outlined her face using my fingers.
Then moments later.
"BANDIT ATTACK!!! THE WHITE WOLVES ARE APPROACHING!!!"
"...white wolves?"
By that moment Sierra hurriedly got up as if there was something personal happened between her and the white wolves.
"Sierra?..." I asked
"Don't ask!... before I change my view of you... and thank you for protecting my dignity" she said as he went out of the room carrying an iron sword with her.
"Wait! Sierra!!!" I shouted
Sierra is now nowhere to be seen. She has already gone to greet the bandit group white wolves.
'What in the world is she thinking? Running straight to an enemy attack? She might be strong but I bet she is not strong enough to beat tens of cavalry men and a number of foot men alone'
Muikuro is now heading back to his workshop and gathered his new heavy iron longbow which he bought from the town last year incase of bandit attack ammunitioned with steel bodkin points. The longbow was thicker and longer than the usual longbow settings and was designed to pierce through metal plates of heavy land knights though it was exremely heavy this one in the hands of Muikuro was like lifting a wooden stick. Fully equipped for battle, it is now time to test the battle efficiency of Muikuro's skills.
Running toward the center of the village just as expected, everyone was captured even the Crimson Lady Sierra. Though for someone else this situation might easily turn them into a panicked state but to Muikuro it was not. Like hunting you must always remain calm and collected in any situation or else the prey might detect you and flee but in this case he might get killed with a wrong move.
So using his stealth skill, he moved through the shadows and looked for a vantage points for him to securely hit a clean shot.
His opponents are bandits. They may not look like it but this scums are trained in the mountains and such are never be overestimated. The enemies troops are 12 raiders and about 23 bandits, the one that has the chainmail seems to be the leader. With that my first goal is the leader then the rest of the raiders.
Looking to my plate to check if I would have the capability to fight them, I scanned my stats.
Str: 101 Agi: 110
Vit: 73 Dex: 214
Int: 87 Wis: 65
Luck: 10 Crm: 40
Lead: 50
This might do in terms of them. No wonder my hands can move faster with a higher control when I worked on the fields. Now how about in drawing arrows and aiming will that work too?
Standing a far 80 meters away from the square at the top of the guard tower overlooking the whole village a man was drawing a bow longer than his height aiming at the chainmail wearing raider.
"Okay, so here are my conditions. First of all I want this girl to be my wife!" the chainmail wearing raider pointed at Sierra. "I know it's okay now since you have already passed the ceremony. I believe you have already lost it anyway..."
"You are wrong! Muikuro wont do such a thing! He is the gentlemen among the gentlemen!" Sierra rebuked while glaring at him with intense furiousity.
"Not that I'll worry about that, its his lost for passing by the chance to deflo..." the chainmail wearing raider was cut off on what he was saying after an arrow flew right into the thick skull of him.
"..."
Everything was dead silent as their leader was about to fall to the ground with his head pierced with an arrow from out of nowhere.
Thug* the leader fell down followed by the horse's neigh.
Then after that one by one the raiders fell to the ground leaving the bandits alone. The bandits are now in disarray as they grew weary and afraid of the unseen enemy.
Then running along the village walls, arrow after arrow was released from the gigantic metal long bow sealing the targets fate as they flew towards the unlucky bastards.
A moment later the bandits has tried to retreat but their fate was already pre-determined and what only awaits towards them is... hell.
The villagers stood there dumbfounded at what just happened. 35 head strong raid group was decimated in front of them like the worm they are. And then the culprit has decided to show himself to 47 people gathered in the village square excluding the children.
Waving at them from a far was the culprit while carrying the monstrous metal bow in his left hands. "Hey! Everybody! Are you guys okay?"
"Now that I think about it Muikuro never got captured... Don't tell me! You did that to them?!" The Rduna's Chief was shocked to the bones. "Where did you shoot your arrows? Tell me!"
"Ah! That... at the... Guard Tower?!" he said while pointing at the tower.
Everyone was shocked even further. It was the Rduna Chief that first regained his composure. "That was easily 90 meters away from here! It would look like a dot from here to there! Plus since you are on an elevated place the wind is also a factor for your accuracy as well as the angle of the bow. No way you can fire that fast without losing accuracy! It's... It's just impossible!"
"Hehehe, Impossible right? The secret is... training! Hahahaha!" Muikuro said while giving his hearty laugh of victory like a kid.
Beside the chief was also another one that was shocked, Sierra. She was so shocked that her gaze never left Muikuro's face. Thank you for her father's nudge to her side, she was eventually brought back to earth.
"Hey, daughter of mine, I think you have just find my new successor!~" his father said. "FATHER!!" Sierra quickly complained while her face quickly went to red. Seeing his daughter's face, the rduna chief added an oil to the fire "Hey! Muikuro! Do you want my daughter to be my wife? I'll be happy to!" This time, Sierra was really confused of what to do.
Hearing what the Rduna Chief said he stop his victory laugh and went ahead infront of Sierra. Placing his hands to the now confused Sierra he said "I would be happy to!" while giving her the same piercing shot he gave her during the coming of age ceremony.
With that they are now engaged with the blessing of the Rduna Chief and PSHHHHH!!!!* Like an overheated car finally Sierra has fainted from the consecutive shock she experienced.
"Hey, Sierra! Sierra wake up!" Muikuro tried to shook her to help her regain his consciousness.
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First of all, I would like to thank you for reading this random writing.
Comment and suggestion are well welcomed especially regarding grammar.
Thats all, thank you!