Hi, my name is Rudeus. I am 7 years old. I have black hair. From what I have heard from my family, I am above average looking guy. If you ask for my personality, I believe that I am a nice guy.
Two years ago, I discovered that I have the talent to become a warrior. My family think that I am a genius, and I believe so myself. When I was 5 years old, I became a warrior of the 1st rank. To an average human been it would take 6 and half years of full training to become a warrior of the 1st rank.
When I told my family of this, they started laughing. Angry, I decided to prove them wrong. So, I brought a rock with me. I put it inside my hand, and I crushed it. That was when my family stopped laughing. They knew that a normal 5 years old could not do that unless he has the strength of a warrior of the 1st rank. After noticing that I was saying the truth about me becoming a warrior of the 1st rank, they were overjoyed. They were happy because they finally have a genius in their house.
If you ask me what do I mean about being the only genius in my house?
Well, my father is just a warrior of the 4th rank, and my mother is a warrior of the 4th rank as well. My brother, who was 8 years old at that time, was a mage of the 1st rank with the affinity of the water element.
I am glad that my brother did not have any rancor against me because I was more talented than him. I love my brother, so he hating me would be a big blow for me. But my brother did the opposite of what I thought he would do. Every single time, he would look at me with a prideful face and says to me with a smile.
“Become my pride and the pride of our family”
I was overjoyed, and since that day I decided to train every single day and become a powerful warrior that shall make my family proud.
Today, I have become a warrior of the 2nd rank. I told my family about that and as I expected they were excited for the news. As a gift, they made my favorite food and we ate until our stomach exploded.
It seems that after the celebration, all my family exhausted went to sleep early. I was the only one that still had some kind of energy left. So, I went outside and I looked at the forest. I remember the words that my father and mother said to me about this forest
“If you want to go to the forest, you at least must become a warrior of the 4th rank as us”
Just by that I understood that this forest was dangerous. But today, my ego got the best of me. I believe that by me being a genius and becoming a warrior of the second rank at this age would qualify me to enter to this forest and exit unscratched. Boy, was I a fool or what.
I entered the forest, and after 3 minutes there was a beast looking at me. It was a Cerberus, a multi-headed dog with a serpent’s tail, and lion’s claws. People said that just warriors of the 4th rank or mages of the 5th rank and beyond can face him. My reaction was fear. But I did not want to give up or run away without testing the monster’s strength. So, as reckless as I thought I was, I charge for the attack. With the speed of a warrior of the 2nd rank I believed that I could evade some of the attacks of the Cerberus, but after evading his first attack, the monster hit me with his tail and send me flying. I was injured after the attack, but I still had some strength left to escape and thankfully I did. It seemed that the monster got bored of me just running away and he left.
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As a warrior of the 2nd rank, you can heal yourself. That is one of the advantages that a warrior has over a mage. But because I am just a warrior of the 2nd rank, my healing process is slow. Later, when you reach greater ranks your healing process would be slightly faster than the one before.
After healing myself, I stand up and tried to find the exit of the forest, but I couldn’t find it. Of course, I tried to find the exit of the forest while trying to evade any monster that I could come across.
After 2 hour, I gave up. I notice that it was the night, and I just waited for the worst to come. But then, I saw some light. Curious, I went to the light and I saw a child with a black and yellow hair training. I have never seen those types of techniques before. Instantly, I noticed that he was a mage. He has two affinities, but I couldn't see clearly what affinities he had. Maybe because of how exhausted I was. But what got me amazed was that he was a warrior too. I have never in my life seen a human been that got to become a warrior and a mage at the same time. His power was unmeasurable that just by watching him I felt a shiver go down my spine. But the next scene was the one that make me the most afraid, I saw lava flowing everywhere. When the lava got near me, I screamed and close my eyes. I waited for my death, but it never came. I opened my eyes and the lava disappeared and I saw the child unconscious. I wanted to approach him to ask him if he saw the same thing as me, but my fear of him did not let me. So, I waited, paralyzed on my spot. I didn’t know what to do. I was just afraid of everything.
Then, I saw the child waking up, and in little time he noticed me with a startled expression. So, he got up and started walking toward me. I was so afraid that I couldn’t move, but when he was 6 feet away from me, something inside me told me to run and that’s what I did.
I run, but then I saw the child following me. Afraid for my life, I tried to speed up, but then I saw a ball of pure light inside of the child’s hand, and he threw it to the sky. I couldn’t see anything after that. The light was too strong. Then, I felt a punch impacting my stomach and everything went to darkness.
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