After spending three months in the silent woods Lucius prepared to leave, Leyak recommended him to go into a mage academy because he himself was a warrior God and not a mage thus he did not have the ability to teach him, Lucius knowing that there is an academy that was enrolling students in two months told Leyak, then the Demon god decided to further train him and make him reach a certain level by fighting magical beasts before heading to the city , Lucius knew that an area named Iron mountains was full of them and also it was not too far from the city of Noria , when Lucius regained the road he encountered a carriage , he thought that the people inside could give him a ride and a gentle faced old man accepted .

“You can go with us young man “the old man wearing a gentle smile

The young girl named Eleonora was against it at first but hearing the old man words she quickly adhered to it.

Lucius sat beside the young driver, no matter how the old man wanted him to sit with them Eleonora refused “a commoner don’t sit in beside me “is what she said , Lucius didn’t bother arguing with her and quietly sat with the driver .

“Say who those people?” Lucius asked the driver

“I don’t know who exactly they are but I know that they are some nobles in this province but man what a beautiful , a girl like her as a bride is every man dream hahaha“

Lucius politely smiled and didn’t retort

“And you why are you in this tattered clothes but I see that you have a sword are you a warrior?”

“Yes I was training in that forest “Lucius didn’t have to hide anything so he told him directly

“Training? I really admire warriors they have such amazing strength “

“Are you also a warrior?”Lucius asked with

The young driver made a complicated expression

“No I’m not unfortunately I have no talent “

“Sorry for asking “

“No there is no problem this is already in the past by the way what is your name?”

“Lucius, and you?”

“Harvey nice to meet you “

“Yes me too “Lucius with a polite smile on his face

What Lucius didn’t know is that despite the rough personality of Eleonora she is the heir of an important clan in the country.

After the carriage ride for a while Harvey spoke

“Now we are almost at the iron mountains, half an hour “

Lucius eyes lit up, he is near his destination.

“Hmm? What’s that?”Harvey exclaimed

Not too far a black dot could be seen, actually there wasn’t only one.

The carriage upon approaching, Harvey face became pale

“Shit shit shit!!! Magical beasts!!!!!!!!!!! Why are they on the road!!??”

What Harvey meant was that usually magical beasts don’t leave their territories but now they are in front of him.

It was indeed magical beasts and not a small number at that , Lucius upon seeing the creatures for the first time was feeling strange , they resembled wolfs but they were several more times bigger than normal wolfs and their fur was iron colored , they had fangs that stretched from their mouths and silver tails ,Harvey face became even more ashen .

“Th…they are silver tail wolves!!!”

Lucius heard of this kind of creature, he even read about them in the books in his village, they are pack types creatures and highly aggressive, their number is their strong points and they have those sharp fangs that are harder than iron, even their silver tail is a dangerous weapon and their claws that like sharpened swords, these creatures are rank two magical beasts.

Those dozens of silver tail wolves were devouring human remains and there was also some carriage broken pieces, what happened was obvious, suddenly the wolves were attracted by Lucius carriage and they began to growl and prepare to jump on their next dinner but at that moment the door of the carriage opened and the old gentle faced man appeared .

“Hmm what is happening? Why all this ruckus?”

The old man saw the pack of wolves and his eyes narrowed, his previously gentle face disappeared and instead an angry expression replaced it.

Then after the old man the young Eleonora jumped out.

“Hmm Ridley what happened?”

“Nothing my lady some small animals appeared you can be at ease “

Lucius face twitched, he didn’t understand what this old man was saying, small animals? The wolves were obviously 3 times bigger in height than humans.

The wolves began to approach little by little preparing to attack, suddenly the old man walked toward them leisurely.

“This old man, is he not scared?”Thought Harvey

“This old man is not what he seems Brat pay attention “Leyak spoke after a long time

“What do you mean?” Lucius was puzzled

“I said pay attention you will see, even if these mutts are mere second rank magical beasts you can see a real fight “

In fact the old man was not simple actually he is a special servant that is guarding Eleonora and he was a mage, obviously an heir to a big clan was not to be protected by a simple old man.

The old man named Ridley snorted

“How dare you block the path of my lady! “

The aura of Ridley changed and the surroundings began to feel cold, in his hands some energy was swirling, the wolves having their very developed instincts sensed that the old man was dangerous and all of them became cautious but Ridley with a wave of his hands dozens of ice spikes appeared and shot toward them, howls and cries of pain rang successively, the next moment each of the wolves had their head pierced and brain matter was leaking everywhere, the corpses were lying motionless , Lucius was shocked and Harvey gaped at the sight , several silver tail wolves were slaughtered in an instant and those ice spikes , the old man was obviously a mage.

“woahh a mage !!” Harvey exclaimed

Even if he admired warriors he still held mages in high regard

“Humph! This old man is probably a seven rank mage based on his strength those spikes of ice contained a huge amount of energy “Leyak voice resounded in Lucius mind

Lucius eyes were sparkling he envied the old man, Leyak like sensing what he was thinking spoke

“Brat don’t be like that, one day you will also be a powerful mage , also those wolves have probably magical cores if you take them … “

Leyak was talking when the old man Ridley face switched to its initial expression the gentle smile.

“Oh what poor animals ahem “

(How can this old man change expression so fast?)That was what Lucius thought

Ridley then turned and walked to the carriage, upon boarding, Eleonora was there gazing from the window

“My lady we can depart now there is no problem anymore “

“Humph! I was so bored “

Lucius and Harvey were looking at each other, this old man is two faced they thought, Leyak didn’t have the time to ask Lucius to extract the magical cores from the beasts

After some time, the Iron Mountains now can be seen, there was many rows of small mountains and several forests encircling them, the forests like the silent woods were dense but sounds of animals were everywhere that was the difference , not too far on the road were two giant rocks that formed the shape of gate .

“We finally arrived at the gate of the Iron Mountains “Harvey spoke

Lucius hearing Harvey words told him to stop the carriage

“Harvey it was good to know you then this is where we part “

“Oh didn’t you say you were going to the city of Noria?”

“No my first destination is the Iron Mountains “

“But this place is dangerous “

“It needs to be “

Lucius left the carriage and headed toward the forest

“Then Harvey good bye” Lucius smiling

“Good bye be careful and I hope we meet again Lucius “

Then Lucius walked toward the window and spoke to the old man

“Grandpa you are a good magician “Lucius admired Ridley

“hahahaha thank you young man but are you already going ?”

“Yes I have business in these mountains “

“Hmm then be careful there is quite the number of beasts here “

“Don’t worry, then thank you and good bye grandpa “Lucius was thankful to Ridley because he accepted to let him go with them

Lucius turned and prepared to go when Eleonora stopped him

“Hey commoner, how rude of you to not express gratitude toward me “

“I have no reason to be grateful to you “

“What! How can a commoner like you talk back to me I’m Eleonora leyon a noble you should feel honored “

“Look stop with your commoner this commoner that, it’s time for me to go and you probably will not see me anymore so don’t bother me “

“Why you!, a great mage genius like me and you are disrespectful, Ridley arrest him “

“Now now my lady don’t talk like that he is a good kid hahaha”

“Humph! Commoner if I see you next time I will…”

Lucius was already entering the forest.

“Don’t ignore me!!!!”

It was like this that Lucius parted with Harvey and Ridley, he was still remembering the skill of Ridley and his eyes were full of anticipation.

“Brat don’t go deeper for now remain near the road rank two beasts are out of your league “Leyak said to Lucius

“Yeah I know “

With the directives of Leyak he found not too far a stream of water and made a small hut by cutting wood and some branches of trees , his only problem as cleared it was finding water , the food was also not a problem inside this forest small animals will do .

The first day ended like that, now this is the second day

“Brat first you need to enter the meditative state and reinforce the muscles in your body, then learn swordsmanship from me ,like this you will have more advantages when battling , learning swordsmanship will result in conserving your stamina and not doing useless and unnecessary moves “

“Master when will I learn skills?”

“You brat! You are only in the first rank how can you use skills don’t be too greedy and impatient “

Then Lucius began meditating, the place he is remaining at is not completely safe but near the road, the magical beasts appear less.

The iron mountains were roughly 9 500 square kilometers, compared to the wilderness it was like an ant and a giant, there is several kinds of magical beasts , beasts are decide by ranks that are comparable to the strength of human mages , a mage of the first rank power is comparable to a rank one magical beast , but it doesn’t mean that the beast can kill the human because the first 9 ranks of magical beasts intelligence is lower than humans , but an evolved magical beast of the first rank is another story , it can’t speak but the intelligence is comparable to humans .

Lucius practiced by meditating the first week, the next week he began to be instructed swordsmanship by Leyak.

With his black long sword, Lucius was currently repeatedly making slashes, thrusts, blocks ext …

He continued like this for another five days, the Leyak began to explain to him a special sword movements and stances.

“Kid I will teach you a sword dance when repeated many times will raise your reaction time and will eliminate unnecessary movements to make the minimum of stress to the muscles resulting in gaining more time to continue fighting without tiring “

“A dance? “

“Yes it is called a sword dance because the movements resemble that of a dance, kid be honored I crated this sword dance technique “

“Oh master is extraordinary “

“hahahah I’m a demon god after all ”

In the past Lucius discovered that Leyak liked flattery, and his mood becomes better so he used flattery to make him do things for him.

Then Lucius with Leyak talking to him began to execute the sword dance.

“now move your right leg your left , your right , block ,dodge to the right ,concentrate more , …retreat two steps , slash , retreat 3 steps ,… not like this be more precise …now move to the right , jump , thrust …”

Leyak to help him memorize the movements and their arrangements he embedded an image into the mind of Lucius.

Lucius executed this sword dance almost every day for 3 hours.

Five days passed, Luicus was sitting on a rock eating a roasted rabbit.

“Kid there is something approaching gets your weapon ready “

“What is approaching “

“Judging from its aura it’s a magical beast, prepare you for battle “

Indeed from the bushes appeared a creature and it locked its gaze on Lucius, it was 4 meters tall with dark fur and white lines from the 2 sides, it resembled a bear but it had a horn on its head.

Lucius grip was on his black metal sword, the magical beast was staring at him and began to growl with saliva coming down from its mouth, and it seems that it was starving

Suddenly it attacked.

End of chapter.