"Thump!"

A body appeared out of nowhere and fell on the ground like a sandbag. Then a groaning and moaning echoed and a body twitched and convulsed o the damp and marshy ground. Kadyn tried to look around him but everything was blurry, nothing was clear.

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His head was heavy and filled with painful throbbing while his body was embedded with hundreds of deep wounds. He continued to lay there helplessly without any strength for around fifteen minutes. In this time he tried to drag his body, however, even fifteen minutes later he just moved about five meters. Even that formed a long red line behind.

"Am I going to die?" he muttered and coughed a few times, blood and slime-covered the ground and his cloth and mixed with the sludge, turning it crimson that clotted his body. He wanted to bring the shop out but he could not think clearly and his head was dizzy so after trying a few times to focus he gave up on it as well.

After doing all that he stopped and continued to lay on the ground, helpless, unmoving, miserable. He sighed and his mind slowly started to drift towards the darkness. He forced himself to remain awake and the war of attrition started that after a long time he lost. The darkness engulfed his mind, his body, his soul and everything else, dragging him into oblivion.

However before he lost his consciousness completely a thumping sound of feet entered his ear. "Someone... is going to… save me? Or is it… an animal? Are they want my flesh?" no matter what it was, Kadyn didn't care anymore, he closed his eyes completely and everything faded into the darkness. Though he felt a warm sensation after a long time, a comfortable feeling that he never thought he would ever feel again, but he didn't open his eyes and continued to sleep.

An unknown amount of time passed and Kadyn's eyes twitched then they opened abruptly. He looked around him and found that he was lying on the bed, a wooden bed and he was covered with a thick… blanket?. He tried to stand but the pain came back and he fell back with a miserable cry.

Two minutes later when his pain alleviated he examined his surroundings and realised that he was inside a normal, plain-looking room. There was no window, no fan, no mattress on the floor and the entire house was made of wood. There was no carving or any painting on the walls, it was extremely simple. At the side of his bed were a chair and a table, though no one was sitting there at the moment and a water pot was sitting at the foot of the table.

"Where am I?" he muttered but this time he didn't try to stand. From his previous attempt, he could tell that his rib was still broken, though not in a terrible condition as it was when he left the Orddono. He touched his chest and could feel the dressing over there. Someone had helped him. Then he realised that he could move his hands! Yes, though they were still aching like hell. Nonetheless, he could lift them. He looked at his hand covered in clothes and shook his head. He never thought that he would ever face such a condition in his life.

"Do you know where we are, Old Man?" Kadyn relaxed and asked after realising that his condition was alright.

The system was silent for a moment and then grunted. "What do you mean by Old Man you little runt?"

"Ah," Kadyn realised that he was calling the system Old Man. It makes no sense. "I just felt like calling it, I don't know why. I won't do that in the future."

"No, it's alright, you can call me that as much as you want. Why the hell would I care?"

"Oh," Kadyn failed to notice the agitation in the voice due to his condition. "Then do you know where are we right now? How far away from the Magic Association. That bastard broke my bone after bone. So I just chose a random place without even checking the details." He sighed and his eyes glittered with full of hatred as he recalled that otherworldly pain he went through.

"You are at the central part of the Eozen Continent." System knew that Kadyn's IQ was too low to understand his meaning. So he continued to explain further. "The Eozen Continent is divided into five parts: Eastern, Western, Southern, Northern, and Central. The Magic Association is located on the far side of the Eastern Continent. Though they aren't that weak, they aren't a powerful force either, their strength is just below average."

"Below average?" Kadyn's face twitched when he heard it. He couldn't help but remember those hundreds of Rank 1 vampires and tens of Rank 2 and that terrible battle. That absolute slaughter. That was a force to be reckoned with and now the system was saying that they were just below average. Are you kidding me? He wanted to scream but he held back the urge to do it.

"No, I wasn't talking about vampires when I said below average." The system knew what Kadyn was thinking about. "They are a powerful force even on the entire Pengolla much less on the Eozen Continent. I was talking about just Magic Association."

"Oh," Kadyn nodded. "Does that mean this central part of the continent is the most powerful or something? After all, it is called central."

"What a stupid child." The system sighed. "Have you ever heard that the people in central India are more powerful than the people of North India or South India? Remember, height, or colour, or any such thing doesn't tell you the strength of a person. The mana is equally distributed on the entire Pengolla, but yeah, there are a few places that have more mana gathered than the others, but those places could be anywhere, North, East, South, West, Center. Anywhere. Am I clear?"

"Yes," Kadyn nodded. "So what's the name of the country we are currently in?"

"Ceston Empire," the system replied. "Do not compare Ceston Empire to the Magic Association. The Emperor is a Rank 4 mage, and he isn't just at the beginner level so don't underestimate it. As for where you are at the moment — it is a small village. It was your fortune that you landed near this village or you would have died a miserable death."

"Ummm… so how long did I sleep?" he asked after hearing the system.

"A month."

"A month… ahhhhh!" Kadyn jolted by the system's words and almost jumped off the bed, however, as soon as he sat on his butt the pain burst out of his ribs and he gave a miserable cry and fell on his back once more. His face was pale, twitching. His body convulsed in pain and the tears threatened to come out of his eyes. The pain. The agony.

"Bang!"

At this moment a door of the room sprang open and three people dashed inside the room. Kadyn peered in front of him and found that one of them was a middle-aged man with thick brows and muscular body and tall height; another was an old man with a hunched back and white beard and white hair. His face was full of wrinkles and he was grabbing his beard from time to time while staring at Kadyn. He walked at a slow but steady pace.

At the very end was a young boy around the age of fourteen or fifteen. He was around 6'feet tall and had black hair. He looked at Kadyn, eyes filled with curiosity.

"You are awake, young man." The middle-aged man smiled gently as soon as he entered. Then suggested. "You should not try to move. Though Old Dem has treated you for an entire month your injuries are still critical."

"I need water," Kadyn said. Only now did he realise that his throat was completely dry. He wanted nothing but water at the moment.

"Give him some water Little Waul," Old Dem said to the little boy behind him.

As Kadyn drank the water Kadyn felt a euphoric feeling throughout his body. He felt as if all of his body cells had reawakened. After that Kadyn calmed down and his expression as well improved somewhat. Elora must be very worried. He thought. I have to contact them, but before that… he glanced at the people in the room.

While Old Dem was checking his condition Kadyn also got to know the name of the middle-aged man. He was Roclus, the leader of the Clacton Village; Little Waul was his only son and Old Den was the only Physician of the Clacton Village. It seems they were hunting in the forest when they found him. His condition was critical so they took him into the village for treatment.

Kadyn heard the story and couldn't help but feel grateful towards these kind people.