[Planet:- Islade]
[Continent:- Ki]
[Location:- Royal House of Rarocs]
[Throne Room]
King Valter Rarocs: “WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!?”
HOW DARE YOU?”
Me: “Relax King Valter, I did not insult you or your wife, Queen Saida Raroc.
I need to learn everything about True Energy and its uses. Apparently, Queen Saida is the foremost authority on it. I can’t stay here so, I want Queen Saida to accompany me back to the Temple of Irah. She will stay there until I become proficient enough in True Energy.”
King Valter Rarocs: “PREPOSTEROUS!!!
I WILL NOT ALLOW IT!!!! “
Me: “Then I cannot win in the Universal God Wars, your precious Goddess Irah will die along with the people attached to me. Who knows what could happen with your world? You know… I should just tell Goddess Irah that her followers want her to die. They do not want your blessings. While I’m at it, I should inform the Faith of Irah as well as Viva, a High Priestess in the Temple Of Irah that they should prepare for their death. And all of this because a King was insecure in his relationship with his wife… Truly pathetic! ”
King Valter Rarocs: “Did you just mention the name of the High Priestess in the Grand Temple?”
Me: “Yes… her life is also attached to mine. But… I think I should go back and inform her that their King is an insecure and a shallow man.”
King Valter Rarocs: “She- she has also been collared?”
Me: “Oh yes… she is one of many whose lives are at stake. Do you, there King… want to be the reason for their death. How will you face your people knowing that you had the opportunity to save them yet out of your stubbornness, you denied them life.”
King Valter Rarocs: “I-I will give the permission. I will give it. Queen Saida will stay in the Grand Temple of Irah while providing you assistance about the matter of True Energy. Take as much time as you want, I-I… she will stay until you have mastered True Energy and have attained the level where you could win in the tournament.”
He looked distraught and looked worried. Why the sudden change? All the other Kings looked at with surprise. Queen Saida however, remained calm and did not show any kind of surprise or shock. Well, I got what I wanted so I have no place to complain.
King Folwin Ebla: “What are you saying King Valter? We do not know anything about this being and you decided to send Queen Saida away with him!!! “
King Valter Rarocs turned his face towards King Folwin Ebla and replied back.
King Valter Rarocs: “ King Folwin, this man has been chosen by Goddess Irah herself. Who are we to question her decision? I have simply decided to help him in however I or we can.”
He then looks towards his wife who also turned her gaze towards him. She gives him a slight nod which brought out a faint smile on his face. How cute! Oh… forgot about another part.
Me: “And what about the Mana Gun?”
King Valter Rarocs: “You will also have your Mana Gun, Sir Storm. But, it would take some time to make it.”
Me: “Great!”
I looked towards Queen Saida and spoke.
Me: “Then with your permission, we will start our journey back tomorrow, Queen Saida.”
Queen Saida Rarocs: “Very well, Sir Storm.”
King Valter Rarocs: “Prime Court Minister Teral Rouv, make preparations for The Marked One’s and Queen Saida’s journey to the Grand Temple of Irah, tomorrow. I want the 1st Royal Guard to be stationed outside the Temple and guard the Queen until her work there is done.
Is that understood!!”
Teral Rouv: “Yes My King!! It shall be carried out as per your wish.”
King Valter Rarocs: “Then this meeting is over. Please escort Sir Storm back to his room and attend to his every need.”
All the Kings and Queen stood up from their respective thrones and walked back towards the door from which they came inside. Everyone else bowed to them except me. Soon both me and Aeson were escorted back to our room. When we entered the room, I saw Ayda and Shilia patiently sitting close to the window, watching the night sky. They looked content, although it was still night, it seemed to me that they were well rested.
I didn’t want disturb them, but Ayda noticed me entering in the room. She quickly got up and spoke.
Ayda: “Ahh… you have returned Sir Storm. How did the meeting with the Rulers of all continents go?
Shilia! Fetch Sir Storm some comfortable clothes to change in.”
The girl quickly got up and ran towards the wall closet. She picked out some clothes and placed them on the bed. She came upto me and said.
Shilia: “I have placed the clothes on the bed, Sir Storm. Please change your clothes first.”
Ayda: “Yes please change into something comfortable.”
Aeson! Shila! come… Let us give Sir Storm his privacy.”
Both of them nodded and followed Ayda who led them into her room and locked the door. Meanwhile, I walked up to the bed to pick up the clothes. Suddenly, I sensed something. I side stepped towards my left and saw a knife like material fly past me at an altitude same as my head. I turned my head towards where the knife came flying. I saw a figure standing in my room close to the open window. He was dressed in a manner to conceal his identity. Only his blue eyes were visible. The rest of his body was covered in black.
Me: “Who are you?”
I asked him silently. There was no point in making a fuss about it. If I made a large commotion, then Ayda, Aeso, Shilia or Castein… anybody’s life could in danger. He didn’t answer him and stood his ground. I slowly walked towards him and continued with my questioning.
Me: “Who sent you here?
Do you want me dead?”
He still didn’t reply, but gave a slight nod after hearing my last question. So… you have come here to kill me. How annoying!
I dodged to my right as a knife was hurled at me. When I was in the dodging motion, I could clearly see the knife while moving its trajectory. It felt like to me that it was slowly flowing through the air piercing it. As soon as I got a hold of my feet, I stood and faced him. I searched for the knife that was previously thrown towards me. I found it stuck to the wall which indicates that it had a good amount of force behind it. Still, I was able to see the whole motion of the knife with time to spare. I realized something I should a long time ago… Idiot !!!!!
I started to walk towards him at a gentle pace… step by step. I wasn’t sure of what I was going to attempt, but the predicament I was in… I should be able to do it at this level. The figure got into a stance and in a quick succession, threw four knives aiming at me with both of his hands respectively.
The knives travelled at a fast pace. Two of them was aimed towards my head while one was aimed towards my chest… most probably the heart was its intended target and the last one aimed towards my throat. As the distance were much smaller than my first encounter with this figure, there was no time to dodge all of it… If I had decided to dodge it. But I could not miss this golden opportunity to test my body movements. I was going to take part in a fight after all, no sense in wasting an opportunity.
I closely followed their trajectory for any anomalies in their flight path. Up till a few feet away, I couldn’t see any anomalies, but when they entered the kill zone so to say, all of them dipped a little in their flight paths. Thus the angle was sharp and their speed increased exponentially. In a matter of seconds, they will do their damage unless I do something… which I did.
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From the beginning of my slow walk towards the figure, I was searching something within the depths of my body… I was searching for the entity called Energy. I can at least find it and try to use it even if in some small capacity. Searching and searching, when the figure threw those knives; I stumbled upon something which I can only describe as a new revelation. Delving my mind within my body, I found that I had no heart… or any other organ resembling it. I was missing a heart!! How am I still alive? Oh Goddess Irah how many surprises have you left for me!!
When I felt that, I suddenly discovered another anomaly… my eyes.
I could not only see the knives and their motion, but I could put more focus towards them. When I did that, I saw the edges and contours of each of the knives. Calculations quickly started at that split second a counter measure was presented to me by my brain. Within the time taken for the knives to cover their half distance towards me, I could twist to any angle and rush towards the figure taking the fight to him. Calculations were done quickly taking into account of the distance to be covered by me and at which angle if I pressed him would yield the most successful result. That computation too was done within another few seconds. All this felt out of place to me… as if I wasn’t used to this anomalies within my physical form.
I also derived another anomaly… my brain. My brain functions and capabilities have increased by four- five folds. I did not know how many capabilities I had before coming here, but right now, I felt I was living in someone else’s body… a much superior body than my own actual one.
Without further delaying, I tucked and rolled forward while all the knives went overhead. With a nice form and balance I closed the distance between me and the unknown person. When I stood up, I was facing him and we were standing a few feet apart. Without any delay, I followed the fight plan I devised while rolling forward. The second I stood up, I attacked him with a roundhouse kick with my right leg aiming his neck.
He was quick to get his guard up and blocked it with the back of his left forearm. Although initially blocked, I was surprised that the power generated by the kick did not stop there. With a large cracking sound, the figure quickly went on down on one knee due to the force of the kick. He screamed…
“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
I quickly retracted my right leg and followed it with a kick on his right thigh. He was already down on his left knee and now a with kick on his right thigh, he fell down on the ground… screaming.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
I picked the figure up in the air by holding his collars of his black dress. His legs were now out of commission… they were no longer available to him at this point in time. If my calculations are right then there should be a few broken bones in his right leg. His eyes had teared up and he was holding onto my hand, trying desperately to get himself released. I turned and threw him towards the bed. He flew… like a bird in the air… and landed on top of the bed with a large thud. Due to the force of my throw, he bounced off the bed and landed down on the floor. The man shouted another round of scream which echoed in the whole room.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH”
The door of Ayda’s room opened and all three of the girls came rushing out with a surprise look.
Ayda: “What is going on here, Sir Storm? Who was screaming so loudly? Did you injure yourself?”
Me: “No… there is an intruder in our room. He tried to kill me.
Aeson… go outside and call the guards.”
Aeson nodded and quickly ran over to the main door and opened it. She then ran towards the hallway where a number of guards were positioned.
I looked down towards the unknown figure who was lying on the ground, clutching his right leg. He had his eyes closed and was in severe pain. I walked close to him and after grabbing his collar again, I picked him up in the air for all to see. While he was lying on the floor, he was not visible to Ayda and the rest. They were standing on the other side of the bed. After picking him up I tightened my grip over his collars and with a large force, I pounded him on the bed with his back towards it. Upon impact with the bed, the bed smashed on the ground and cracked with a large sound.
*DDDDDDDDDDDDHHHHHHHHHUSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…*
The figure lay on the destroyed bed. His body was limp and his eyes remained closed. He was knocked unconscious. At that moment, Aeson came running into the room.
Aeson: “Sir Storm! Sir Storm! I- I have brought them like you… Oh my Goddess!! What happened here?”
Me: “Calm down Aeson, this the unknown assailant. Don’t worry, he is unconscious right now.”
Ayda: “But- but who is this person and what was he doing here?”
Me: “I believe he came here to kill me.”
Aeson: “Kill you!! Bu-”
Ayda: “Whyy??? You are the most important person in this planet right now. Didn’t they know that the Order of Irah as well as Goddess Irah are supporting you?”
Ayda cut short of Aeson’s question, but after looking at Aeson, I think her question were going to be the same.
A group of armoured guards came running inside the room. They stopped when they saw the destruction in front of them.
Me: “Ah… you guys finally arrived. What took you so long?”
A guard came forward and asked.
Guard: “Sir… what happened here?”
Me: “This person attacked me.”
I pointed towards the unconscious figure lying on the destroyed bed. He looked towards it and motion some of the guards standing behind him to pick the figure up.
Me: “I believe his right leg… if not both… are broken. Please take him into custody.”
Guard: “But, how did he get in here?”
I pointed towards the open window behind me. He understood and ordered his men.
Guard: “Place him in the jail !! I will personally interrogate him.”
Other guards came around and picked the figure up. Each of them holding a hand of the figure.
“What is the cause of this ruckus?”
It was the Prime Court Minister Teral Rouv, who had come into my room. He looked at me with many questions bubbling on his face.
Me: “This person attacked me, so I knocked him out.”
Teral Rouv:” What?? How dare he?
Let me see his face. I want to see the fool who dared to attack our Royal guest.”
The guards complied and one of the guards opened the piece of cloth that had covered the figure’s face. As soon as he opened the mask, there was a large gasp around the room. Everyone froze on their respective spots; their mouths remained open.
When the mask was unveiled, I saw the figure had the face of a young girl. She had a brown skin tone and quite long silver hair, neatly tucked within the rest of her dress. The guards who were holding her were trembling along with my attendants too. I turned towards Teral and saw his pale face. His mouth had remained opened as soon as I turned again to see the young girl, I heard Teral utter something.
Teral: “Princess!!!”