The moon slowly looms over the mountain peak, spreading its gentle afterglow over the peaceful Mountain.

A lone figure sat on the peak, with a campfire lit up in this dangerous wilderness, easily attracting the nearby creatures and mosters that may lurk in the dark.

However, none approaches the lone man on the peak.

He sat down, on a random large piece of rock, grilling the meat of his prey he just hunted down the day itself.

The meat and flesh of the Hydra was hard and chewy, having a distinct taste that reeks of the taste of the land itself.

The man lightly hung the the meat over the campfire, slowly cooking the ex-king of the mountain he sat upon.

The nearby bushes moved.

He who was feasting on unseasoned meat threw a knife towards the place in which the leafs had rustled. The knife was caught and shot back towards the face of the man. who easily flicked it aside, treating it as though it was nothing but a paperball thrown directly towards his face.

yet again, the bushes moved, and this time, a figure could be seen standing up from the bushes.

The moon, as though timing the arrival, shone its lights over the face of the culprit hiding within the bushes.

Golden hair moved around and glittered under the moonlight, as the valkyrie stood up from the bushes. Her ample body, showing off her gigantic peaks and slim yet muscular body figure as her top covered only what was neccessary. Her 6 packs stood out as one of her most distinguishing figure from the rest of the people with her looks.

"Janine... How many times must I tell you not to sneak around for no reason?" the man said towards the beauty that had just appeared.

"Im training, and youre my perfect partner for this!" the enthusiastic valkyrie replied.

The man ignored her, sitting down next to the bonfire which he made himself, staring at the moon and reliving himself in his nostlagia.

"Hey... do you want to hear a story?"the man asked the valkyrie.

"!" Janine was suprised.

"Of course!" she replied matter-of-factly.

The man paused for a while, slowly breathing in and out in a large heave, before he continued.

"this is the story about a very very pathetic man...."

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" There was once a guy, his name was thyrum. Born on the day of the 14th, he was blessed with tremendous strength the moment he was born. When he was a child, playing around in his mother's cradle, he had broke it down just to get out, and satisfy his 1 year old curiousity. The body of a baby, but with the strength rivaling the dragons, the child wrecked havoc wherever he went, unable to control his strength."

"Years passed, as the child turned 5. Here, he met a girl, the love of his life Susan. Where other kids would fear and run from him, only she would stay and play by his side. She was the first, then there was Charles, a boy who was the complete opposite of thyrum. He would be so pathetically weak that even a 3 year old can beat him at arm wrestling. Seeking to learn how to be strong, Charles consistently followed Thryum around"

"days passed as the three frolick together in peace day after day. Having fun and enjoying time along with each other. Charles had also awakened his telekenesis powers, which turns out, he wasnt weak at all."

"At the age of 16, where everyone was given a chance to defeat their own aging process, while others were still pondering over it, the three had already made their choice."

"After the age of 16, it was when the youths have gradutated into adulthood, according to their village customs, and had to find work outside. Naturally, the three stuck together and went out to be freelance adventureres. They were legendary, unstoppable, as they slayed beasts which people could not do even with more than a 100 people."

"Then, like all good things do, they came to an end."

"one day, just out of the blue, an ancient dragon decided to attack the village where the three lived in. The ancient dragon, raised an army of undead along with it and came swarming down onto the village."

"they were surrounded. There was no way out of there"

"Thus came down to the 3 to protect and defend the village they lived in."

"The three, having force their way through the barrage, reached the ancient dragon on the very far outskirts of the village. However, they had overestimated their strength. The ancient dragon single handedly thrashed them, leaving them tattered and injured as they were flung aside easily like potato chips within a bag."

"Thus is came down to Thyrum to protect his friends and loved ones."

"He stayed back as the two ran away to sacrafice his life to save the two"

"before he did so, as they left, he confessed his love to Susan"

"guess what she said?"the man stops and asks the valkyrie

"yes? I mean it has been the whole life they had spent together... after all right?"

.

.

.

The man shook his head.

"it was the words .'Im Sorry' as she points towards charles who was floating away with her."

"That was when thyrum knew they had been going out since long ago, without telling him, without so much as a word. He felt nothing but betrayed, as he looked towards charles who he had once told his secret to."

"However, Charles was also in tears and apologising as he left."

"Thyrum knew, it was not his fault either. Having all the emotions bubbled up within him and nowhere to vent it on but himself, Thyrum used all of that to drag his body towards the ancient dragon ahead of him."

"Alright.. guess ill stop here." the man concluded.

"WAIT! WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?? DONT LEAVE ME HANGING" the valkyrie screamed out, as the man quickly fled the scene with inhumane speed.

"so are you finally going to continue your story?" A certain Valkyrie asks of the man sitting ahead of her, enjoying his infernal dragon meat,said to be a delicacy when eaten right after it was roasted.

The fresher, the better as the man instantaneously roasted the meat of the beast he had just slain.

"… I guess I will…"

"Let's see… thyrum made his grand stand against the ancient dragon. As he used the physical abilities he was blessed with to take it down together with him at his last breath.

But alas, not even the he could solo against the Legendary beast, as both of them were wounded at the edge of death, that was when 'she' arrived.

A black haired women wearing silver armor dashed in at the last moment, and took down the injured beast, while saving the life of thyrum. That was what he last saw, before his world faded into the darkest shade of grey."

" When he awoke, he found himself resting at a cabin, thoese old types with the straw bed. But nonetheless, he was glad to have saved his useless life.

For a while, he wallowed in self pity, blaming everything for his pathetic situation in his pathetic life. To have the women he love reject him at the final hour.

How cool was that?

Not at all.

Not

at all.

Beating himself up over his events, he heard the door creak open.

A beautiful women with an Asian complex, with nicely flowing black hair and clear black eyes, entered the room, to see the man who was close to death just a while ago, being able to stand up and crouch down on the ground despairing.

Guess what she did next?"

"She consoled you?"the Valkyrie answered.

"Nope, in fact, she did the opposite,she laughed. In the face of a man despairing over his own useless life, the laughter of that women had caught his attention.

It had brought him out of his misery for some reason, and before he knew it, he started laughing too.

Laughing his sorrows away as he shed tears dor his own useless existence and contemplated the meaning of his life.

And just when he was about to break, the women asked " what are you doing?" With a laugh following with that.

Indeed, what was he doing?

With that sentence, his life changed.

Needless to say, the girl, Maria , became his new companion at adventuring, as they traveled far and wide, doing tasks and completing impossible missions.

Thyrum even changed his name as his family and friends all had assumed he was already dead.

Worshipped as the hero who saved their lives, it didn't take long for the villagers to close the book on what they know of as his life.

No one searched for his body.

No one even cared to do so.

It was as though they just wanted to get rid and write off his existence.

His new name was myrum, yes he just changed ,'thy' to 'my' ,not really creative the man he was.

And as he ventured with Maria, eventually feelings begin to develop.

The settled down at a little village which extraordinary people come to rest at the end , a village which boasted security to ward off even the gods themselves.

They had children ,3 actually. 2 brothers and their 1 little sister. Happily living together for 7 years, thyrum and Maria lived a happy life. Spending each day peacefully with their company, thyrum was happy.

That was until he heard the news.

The village in which he used to stay in was in need of help, as the demons seem to be insistent on getting that plot of land for uncertain reasons.

And hence thyrum, fearing for the lives of his parents, and the girl he should not have.

Contemplated whether to go back.

Despairing alone on the top of a lonely hill, torn apart between two different options.

Thats when his 2nd son came along.

The child not hitting the age of 6 wondered why his father was acting up.

"Are you confused?" He asked.

"Haha it's nothing for you to worry about." Thyrum rubbed his sons head.

"Usually when I'm confused, I'll throw a potato!" The energetic child exclaimed.

"If the potato survives the fall, it's yes,if not ,its no!" The son continues the strange ramblings.

"There's no way a potato can survive down a hill, stop it" thyrum would try to educate his son.

" I do what I want,! "the son fought back with words, as the potato would be thrown down.

That was when thyrum realised how pathetic he was, to be educated by his own son. The basics of life.

"Doing what you want"

…

Thyrum would then leap off the Cliff, to the bottom where his house resides.

And to his surprise, the potato in fact, actually survived the fall.

He informed his wife of his decision to leave, in which she approved and hoped for his safe return.

And he too promised to do it as fast as possible.

Who knew, days would turn into years as thyrum made his way to slay the demon king causing the root of all the chaos in that part of the world at the demon kings castle.

Naturally , he kept in contact with his dear wife Everyday.

Until one day, he no longer got a message back.

Pushing aside his ex comrades accompanying him in the journey, thyrum rushed as fast as he could.

All the way back home.

Home.

Where he belonged.

And yet again, gone and made him fallen in despair, as the place in which he resided, the village impenetrable even by the gods.

Was left in ruins.

Nothing was left.

How pathetic was his life? Dont you think? Hey! Wait! Why are you crying?!"the man ends his story here.

"Thats just...so… so… so sad!" The Valkyrie teared, as she got emotional over the man's story.

Finishing his meal, the man stood up and escaped from the awkwardly crying Valkyrie under the cover of the moonlight.

The Valkyrie who is kind at heart continues to let her tears flow.

……

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…

Bob flopped around in the empty grass planes. His body bounced up and down happily, as he made his way to the top of a cliff where he would see his old masters.

"?"

However, that was merely a memory of the past. As he would expect, he could only see an empty land where he used to have the time of his life.

Times have changed after all.

It has been a long time since he came back. Naturally, he found himself alone once more.