After 4 days of riding the carriage along the main road, the carriage finally arrived at the Avalom Empire border. It is about to get late so the coachman suggested that they spend the night at the border as the land ahead is the no man’s land which is very dangerous for merchants to pass through at night.
On this journey, Davis travels with a coachman, 2 guards, and a master-rank knight. The 4 people ride around and decide to stay the night at an Inn, the 4 travelers sit at one of the Inn’s dinner tables. As they had their meal Davis got up and headed to the Inn washroom.
On his way back he overheard a group of adventurers conversing at the nearby table which caught his attention, “That damn creature is good at hiding” one of the group members said in frustration
“Well, what did you expect? It’s a mythical creature after all, if finding it was that easy then everyone would’ve gone and caught one,” A muscular man in the group said as he laughed at his comrade's frustrated look
Davis walked toward the group and asked them politely, “Hello there dear traveler, I don’t mean to interrupt your conversation but would you mind if I were to ask you some questions?”
“You’ve already interrupted us” a woman in the group replied rudely, “Don’t be like that Kaly, this young man seems new to this area we should at least welcome him” The muscular man laughingly said
“Look kid, we can tell you but we expect to get something in return for our information” He gestured for Davis to take the seat close by. Davis took up the seat and politely brought out a gold coin and lay it on the table, “This much should be enough for your group to stay in the Inn for at least a few days, so I hope this is enough”
The group looked at the gold coin and laughed, one of the groups who had been quiet for a while now spoke up “Young man this much is more than enough for a normal group of travelers but for us who have traveled from afar is not enough” Davis smile and pull out 2 more gold coins, “This should be enough”
The old man nodded delightedly, the group leader which was the muscular man reached his hand out and grabbed the 3 gold coins, “So what would you like to know?” Davis looks at him with curious eyes, “Could you explain this mythical beast that your group was talking about earlier”
The old man stroked his long white beard and calmly replied, “The mythical creature we were talking about earlier is known as a Fenrir, legend states that this creature harnesses the power of the moon, and an adult Fenrir could destroy an entire Empire if enraged”
Davis asks them again, “If this creature is that powerful why would your group be looking for it?” Kaly the female adventurer answers his question, “We’re not looking to fight it, there is a legend that said you would gain knowledge and wisdom if you approach a Fenrir with goodwill”
Davis continues questioning them, “And you believe that?” The other man who had been quiet for a while chimed in, “We’re not after the creature for that we only wish and find its hideout”
The muscular man turns to Davis, “A Fenrir is a creature that hordes many valuable treasures within its hideout, and during the night a Fenrir is always out hunting and stays inside during the day”
Davis listened carefully but as he did something caught his eye, a symbol he had never seen before on their bag, “And that symbol?” Davis points at the symbol on their bag
“Ah that, it's a symbol the 4 of us came up with during one of our missions, you see we are a group of adventurers from the Iron-heart Empire, and we have been on the road for more than 1 year trying to make a name for our group” The old man spoke while stroking his long beard
Davis raised his eyebrow, “Oh, might I ask what your group name is?” The man smirks and puffs his chest, “Our group name is shadow-dagger, although our group isn’t well known we had a plan to establish our guild one day”
Davis laughed at his remark, “Haha, that is quite the ambition, my friends”
As they were comfortably talking, Davis’s knight walked in, “Young master where have you been we have been looking for you”
Davis gets up and apologizes to his knight, “I’m sorry sir, I enjoyed my talk with this group of adventurers so much that I lost track of time” Davis then turns to the group as he was about to walk away, “Well, I hope that one day I’ll be able to see you again… good luck with your dream my friend”
Davis then returned to the worried group and apologized for his disappearance before they each went to their separate room.
Deep in the forest, 6 cloaked figures gather, “Have you finished the preparation?” A cloaked figure asks the group
“All the preparations are finished and the plan to capture the Fenrir will begin tomorrow during the full moon,” said another cloaked figure, after he did so all of them disappeared into the night
Davis’s group set off in the early morning and left the Avalom Empire’s border and into the no man’s land, nothing much happened except the treacherous path they had to take to get through the forest.
During their journey, they encounter a group of bandits waiting to ambush any merchant who passes through their area, but they’re dealt with quickly by Davis’s knights who can use sword aura, for him dealing with a bunch of bandits who can’t use aura is like an expert swordsman fighting a beginner swordsman.
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They set up camp in the woods, the group is on high alert after the earlier bandit ambush. Davis and the coachman sat at the campfire as he looked up to see the beautiful moonlight.
One of Davis’s 2 guards got up and went deeper into the forest to scout the area ahead as well as to find more water for the group. Unfortunately for this guard deep in his quest to find water, he went a bit too deep
A bit deeper in the forest in front of a giant cave, a group of cloaked figures drew a formation using blood in front of the cave entrance. A faint sound of footsteps was heard coming from the cave
The 4-foot-tall Fenrir walks out of the cave with anger in its eyes as it looks at the 6 cloak figures. It cautiously walks out not knowing the trap lay in front of its home. Fenrir dashes at them with a slash but its attack is blocked by a barrier
“Seal” the cloak figures at the front shouted as he brought out a totem from his pocket, chains coming out of the ground restraining Fenrir at the center of the circle. The other cloak figures quickly surround Fenrir and with the same gesture more chains emerge from the ground covering Fenrir's body making it unable to move and weakening Fenrir’s power
The chains were burning Fenrir’s body as its mouth was sealed shut by another chain making it unable to howl in pain, The group moved closer with a rune dagger in hand, each of them stabbed Fenrir in many different places and Fenrir went limb on the ground with chains still attached to its body.
As the group let out a bit of relief a sound of broken tree branches was heard from behind catching them off guard, feeling the small change of mana Fenrir used all its strength to break the chains apart
A now piss-off Fenrir regains its strength back and howls in anger creating a massive whirlwind around them that shreds every single one of the 6 cloak figures into bloody pieces. The raging Fenrir unable to think clearly due to the excruciating pain from the chains senses another person's smell getting further and further away
The guard rushes back like a lunatic stumbling many times along the way but he dares not stop even for a second, when he finally returns he frantically tries to explain to the group what’s coming for them but due to the adrenaline he’s unable to even utter a word all he could do is make inaudible noise while pointing behind him
The other tried to calm him down, “Relax Riel, calm down everything is going to be al-” but before they could finish a strong gust of wind swiped through and decapitated the terrified guard
Another wind in the form of a blade slashes toward the coachman and severe his leg clean off, Davis felt a powerful being headed their way but can’t pinpoint its exact location, at that time Fenrir was circling them slowly picking them off one by one
The knight notices it and yells for them to gather close to the campfire but the other guard is unable to reach the campfire as he is thorn into 2 by Fenrir's sharp claw. Fenrir slowly emerged from behind the guard's body revealing a blood-covered creature with burn scars all over its body
Its appearance resembles a nightmarish monster more than a mythical beast, it lunges at them but is blocked by the knight, Davis’s knight desperately tries to harm Fenrir but its movement is weird it is like he is fighting a phantom more than a giant beast
Fenrir manages to pin the knight down on the ground with one swipe of its claw as it goes for the kill it is hit on the head by a fireball spell causing its rage to burst in the familiar feeling, it raises its head to see Davis standing in front of him with a determine eye
The knight notices Davis's courageous standing as well and yells, “No Run” he tries to get back up but Fenrir bites down on his shoulder and is violently thrown into the tree knocking him out
Fenrir then turns toward Davis, “I acknowledge your courage to stand against me young sorcerer but you and your kind must die” Davis's eyes widen with shock as he mumbles a few words, “It can talk?”
Before Davis could ask Fenrir any questions he jumped to the side dodging Fenrir's incoming wind attack that shattered the ground along with everything behind him, The campfire extinguished and the two fought each other under the moonlight
But Ultimately Davis lost as his heart was pierced by Fenrir's claws, “Is this the end? Is this how I die? No no no not like like” he could not speak all he could do was mutter these words under his breath
Fenrir walks up to him, “Although your comrade fought me in a cowardly way, you are not the same as them so sleep young sorcerer you died with honor”
Davis can feel his body slowly shutting down, “Fuck honor, I don’t want to die at all” tear slowly pour down his cheek, before he lost consciousness he looks up to the sky, “God, I have never asked you for anything but if you exist please help me, I will do anything, PLEASE”
Davis breathed his last breath, Davis felt light all over his body his mind was shrouded in layer upon layer of fog he could not think, he felt his body felling, he could not move, he could not speak
“You begged god for help but to no avail” A mysterious voice echoes in Davis’s mind, “Close your eyes boy, and let go of your worries and doubts” The voice now coming from above “Worry not boy, your prayer had been heard and your desperate cries for help will be answered, as long as you take my hand young one”
Davis couldn’t think clearly at all but he could see among the clouded space around him a hand emerged from above and without thinking he gave it
Back in the real world, Fenrir stood there waiting for Davis to take his last breath as if in a form of respect, Fenrir could no longer sense any life coming from Davis’s body so he slowly turned to the knight he had violently thrown earlier
Davis’s body slowly got up on its own which startled Fenrir making him jump back and stare directly at the body, just then an enormous energy emerged from within Davis’s body, Fenrir in all his lifetime had never once seen or felt this power or pressure coming from the decease Davis, “Necromancy? NOO this feeling… Evil” Fenrir thought that it was necromancy at first but he had a hunch that whatever it is it is a very evil energy.
Davis’s face shows a crazed smile and before Fenrir knew it. *SWOOSH his vision got lower and lower to the ground, Fenrir was decapitated by the surging dark crimson energy coming from Davis
Davis's body swiftly swung his arm in a blade motion that released the dark crimson in a blade that decapitated Fenrir as well as cleanly slicing all the trees behind Fenrir in a 300-meter distance.
Davis slowly opens his eyes and his pupils turn into a blood-red color, he raises both his arms at the full moon above as he laughs, “I’m back”