Raymond opened his eyes and found himself hovering in the sky, in front of him was a beautiful blonde-haired woman with bangs sweeping across her forehead, her skin was pale white and she wore a white dress that covered her seductive body that only revealed her two slender arms, and two slender thighs that would make every man's heart skip a beat.
Raymond immediately asks her "why I'm here?".
The woman smiles softly at him and said "You are here for a reason Raymond".
After she speaks, she points her finger to the city below the skies, raymond observed the beautiful city until it's been razed into ruins by a large army of white mana users.
Raymond eyes widened upon observing what happened and immediately asks the woman with confusion "What is this all?"
The woman gazed at him worried,then she speaks"The upcoming threat is near, agronis, the one who Borns without mana restrictions,will invade all of Atheria using his massive army of humanoid creatures capable of thinking and using mana,his goals were unknown, but one thing is for sure,it would be the end of all of us if we dont stop him,so...do you accept borrowing my power and mana to stop this threat to Atheria?.
Raymond became silent for a minute thinking of all the possible outcome of this until he decided to accept it.
"I am ready," he said full of confidence.
The woman smirked while walking towards him and whispers to his ears "I actually picked a few people in your realm before, however no one stays, nonetheless I wish good luck for you"
Then the woman snaps her finger and Raymond opens his eyes again to see his old casual room.
He immediately got up from his bed and tries to release mana throughout his body, his reaction was like a toddler getting it's first toy upon seeing his body glows extremely white.
"This is a grade-A mana!" He said joyfully.
He immediately prepares his items and locks the door of his house. while walking, he looks back to see a glimpse of his house. he sighs and smiles wishing himself good luck on his journey to the nearby city of Osalak, then he starts walking again towards the city carrying his promise to protect this world.
Raymond walked through the mountains and thick forest until he arrives at the walls at night.
"Finally! I'm here!" he said while feeling weary from his long journey .
The guards greet him as he enters the city walls.
He wandered to the lively streets of the city and feels the gentle breeze of the night, which carried the enticing aroma of bakeries and food stalls nearby.
While wandering in the streets, he saw a small line of people waiting, few of them were clad in different color armor while the others wore tunic shirts, and all of them were armed with different kinds of weapons like swords, daggers, and spears, but they all had something in common, they are all holding a large sack of something.
Raymond joins the small line and tapped the back of the person in front of him.
The man turns back at him and Raymond sees a very cute-looking man with brown eyes and a sharp chin.
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Raymond waves at him and said
"hey there!, could I ask what's inside that large sack?".
"oh hello there young man!, you look new here, inside this bag is a pile of bones of the beast that I hunted a while ago," the man said.
"So you are selling the bones of the beast that you hunted?"Raymond asks again looking interested.
"you are new here? Am I right?"
The man questions him back.
Raymond nods and the man smirked at him and said "So that's the reason you don't know it. I guess you are from a village or a town? because all the villages and towns don't have bone merchants"
Raymond nodded at the man and said "Exactly!, I'm actually from a nearby town".
Then suddenly a man wearing a fine red suit and black pants calls the man in front of Raymond, "Hey there my friend! Are those bones for me?", the man wearing a red suit asks while smiling.
The man quickly goes to him and said "I'm so sorry. I'm talking to a new person here", the man wearing a red suit glanced at Raymond and looks at him seemingly interested about something, the man took the hint and whispers to his ears, "the young man That I talked with looks desperate for money, you can introduce this work to him and benefit from it"
The man wearing a red suit smiles at him and immediately checks all the bones inside his sack giving him the right amount of Vlix for his bones and left.
Raymond turns back to find a place to sleep. but the man wearing a red suit immediately calls him.
"Hey, there young man!" the man wearing a red suit said while waving at him. Raymond walks towards him then the merchant smiles comfortly at him and quickly asks his name.
"I'm Raymond Waysong," Raymond replied.
"what a wonderful name you have young man!" the man wearing a red suit laughs joyfully at his name.
"I'm Brion Hart!, the best merchant you will ever see in the city of Osalak! the one who offers the greatest deal to all the bone gatherers inside and outside the walls!" he said in a lively tone.
Raymond becomes curious about what the merchants want from him that's why he asks "What do you want from me?".
The merchant smirked at him and said " I want you to sell the bones you gonna gather to me".
Raymond smiles broadly and said"oh thank you!, im really desperate for some money now!, where do I start?".
The man chuckled and pointed at him and said in an exaggeratedly and loud manner "AS WHAT PLEASES YOU ASAERYAN CHAMPION!"
Because of his loud tone, the merchant caught a lot of attention from people around the street, all the people looked at both of them,confused about what was happening.
Suddenly, Raymond looks around and see people gathering in each side curious about what was happening.while looking at the crowd,he notices the merchant's eye turns black.
He feels a strange dangerous aura upon noticing it making his body sweat and quiver.
"they also notice it," Raymond thought, then suddenly the merchant smiled sinisterly at him and said in a demonic tone" So the Asaeryans already sent their minion to eliminate us?, hahahahahah" Then the merchant whipped his arms and created a sword made out of white mana.he jumps from his stall and runs towards Raymond.
It escalated unexpectedly to Raymond but he thinks quickly and immediately mimics the merchant's movements and tries to create a sword out of his mana because his sword is too dull to fight, his eyes narrows upon seeing his hands holding a sword made out of mana,when the merchant's sword is nearly to hit him, he immediately deflects it with his mana sword.
It created a spherical wave that blow so hard it crushes the ground beneath them.
All the people screams in fear and run to save their life. while the merchant and Raymond fight extremely as they both slashing and deflecting each other's attack.
"THE AGE OF ASAERYANS SHOULD COME TO AN END TO BE REPLACED BY A GREATER AND BETTER BEING!" the merchant said eagerly while repeatedly swinging his sword to Raymond with passion.
Raymond repeatedly deflects all of his attacks while trying to retain his mana sword, Raymond becomes exhausted slowly and slowly to the point his mana sword becoming lighter and smaller.
Raymond tries to extent his mana by not using his mana to recover it.While he ready himself to counterattack the merchant.
Suddenly, Raymond notices a silhouette of four creatures in the sky. while fighting, he suddenly feels a breezing sensation from the above. his curiosity arises and decided to look into the sky. he sees a group of four men riding a creature with bat-like forearms and a crow-like head with a tail that looks like from a manta ray. it's whole body is covered in black feathers and it's black claws is as sharp as an eagle claw.
Meanwhile, the man riding the creature wears a red buttoned tunic and black pants while wearing a golden lapel pin in their right chest that resembles a shield.
They immediately notice Raymond's need of help and immediately goes into action. one of them uses their creatures to catch Raymond by using its claws to carry his shoulders, while the other three land down their beast and draws their sword to fight.
Upon landing, they all look at each other with narrow eyes upon seeing the merchant holding a sword made out of mana.
The man riding the creature that carried Raymond lands him somewhere distant, the man looks at Raymond revealing his cute face paired with his eyes blue as the ocean and his brown curly hair.
"hey there bud, you are safe now. just avoid the place where the crazy merchant is!"
The man said with enthusiasm before he left riding on his creature.
The man immediately comes back to where he left his other three comrades and was horrified upon seeing their lifeless bodies with holes in their chest while covered in the pool of their blood,he looks at the three creatures and sees their wings have been detached from their lifeless bodies.
He looked around and saw the people's eyes looking terrified, the man shouted with anger "Where's the crazy merchant!?".
His voice echoes to the crowd but no one fulfill his qeustions, he immediately rides on his beast and flies away with an heavy heart seeking justice for his comrades.
While walking, Raymond can't stop thinking of his encounter earlier.
He suddenly yawns already feeling tired of wandering,he immediately looks for an inn nearby so he could already rest, while finding an inn,he suddenly bumbs to a pole in the middle of the sidewalk,he looks to the end of the pole and sees a sign, the signs says that the inn nearby is charging the same amount he have which is two hundred vlix,he looks at the side and sees a large house with a big sign with the word "Cecilia's inn",he releases his purse and takes all the money left,he looks down and takes a deep breath,"I need to find a job tomorrow" he thought.
Before entering the inn, he heard people screaming and notices them running in different directions avoiding something, then he sees the merchant walking in the streets slaying all the people who crosses his path with his mana sword, the merchant shouts in a demonic tone "WHERE IS THE ASAERYAN CHAMPION!?".