A column of blue fire and lightening was raging inside the mysterious woods for several long minutes, the source of this phenomenon was Yefan, without noticing to vent his anger he discharged his Mana outside his body in the form of his two rare elements, his appearance already returned to normal, all around him was charred marks with sparks of lightening and a giant pit, he was standing holding the lifeless body of Wilkins, his face was expressionless , his eyes became cold and his demeanor changed , a sense of oppression emanated from him.

Due to the shock of losing his master and friends a complete change of character happened, there wasn’t the usual laughing and joking Yefan anymore instead a cold and emotionless young man took his palace.

Yefan back in his world was antisocial and was never emotionally attached to anyone, his family was a famous politician family rich and reputed but he disliked his family no it wasn’t simple dislike it was bone deep rooted hatred, for a powerful man it was normal to have many wives, in his life his father Yezhong married two women, the first wife gave birth to his older brother Yehong and the second wife was the mother of Yefan , due to her lowly background his mother and him were always persecuted but his father never helped them , Yefan never complained he only wanted to live in peace with his mother nothing else he wasn’t interested by the family affairs but one day after being constantly persecuted his mother finally chose to commit suicide …

Yefan was only ten years old at that time , the shock of losing his mother was a sever psychological blow , he was a cheerful and kind child that always smiled but after the incident he became a recluse and rarely interacted with people , as years passed by his personality became more and more distant and cold and deep inside him hatred was also growing , he hated his father for never helping his mother , he hated his brother for his ridiculing and insults toward his mother , he hated the first wife who was the principal cause of his mother suicide .

After entering high school the family seeing as Yefan didn’t make any effort toward the family decided to expel him, his father as usual didn’t even bat an eye instead he was always with Yehong and doted on him.

Yefan didn’t complain in fact he was relieved, he was relieved to never again return to that cursed family so he left and decided to live alone farther and farther away from the Ye family.

In his school he was stoic, unapproachable and his behavior was always cold which attracted the contempt of the other students but he didn’t care.

And now this was the second time in his life that he loses someone important to him, the villagers the old man and Keredoth were all important people to him, the heartwarming conversations, the harmonious atmosphere that existed inside this small village Yefan longed for them in his previous world, it was a short period but he felt like they were his true family and now they are all gone forever.

A second blow made his previous personality resurface, calm and expressionless.

Yefan remembered all the times he talked to the old man , one by one memories appeared in his mind , the gentle and warm expression of the old man , the times he taught him and the times they ate happily around the bonfire deep inside Yefan regarded him as a fatherly figure…

Holding the body of the old man he slowly walked toward the valley where he first met him, he then dug a hole beside the large stone where the usually amiable old man always fished , he buried him there erecting a tombstone , on the tombstone was engraved some words.

[The respected magician Wilkins Ackerman]

Looking deeply at the tomb he made he exhaled and then kneeled before hit his forehead three times on the ground as a sign of deep respect.

“Master I swear …I swear that I will tear that magical beast to shreds and take revenge for the villagers and you …I swear upon my honor and your teachings!” Yefan eyes exuded a terrible murderous intent.

After that he proceeded to bury each of the villagers he also erected a tomb for Keredoth, his figure appeared quite lonely and sad.

“My friend, may you rest in peace …” Murmured Yefan.

Cleaning the blood on his clothes and taking a bath he readied himself, he wore his sword on his back and his twin devils inside his fur coat, gazing a last time at the village Yefan put on his hood before heading inside the wilderness, this time he will truly leave this place.

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The kingdom of Ederith, for a middle ranked kingdom it was quite large, the kingdom was surrounded by beautiful forests and rivers, a circular wall was defending it, a huge gate was erected it was the entrance, the streets were wide and paved, lots of medieval styled constructions, there was many carriages on the roads and it was bustling with people.

The kingdom was divided into four districts, the south district where the common folk lived, the west district where the military and their families lived, the east district also named the commercial district and finally the north district is where the noble clans and the royal family lived.

2 months has passed since Xulong and co began to live inside Ederith, while sojourning they came to like this kingdom and its convivial atmosphere, Roding took them to tour the several unique places, the girls fell in love with the commercial district with the many shops, beautiful clothes and jewelry were abundant, the boys also were shocked when they entered a tavern it was like a game with the old men drinking beer and bards playing music, the wooden tables and chairs they were excited , the teacher also relaxed with the students , miss Chen often inquired about many things and debated with Rodin , she was interested in the traditions and history of this kingdom .

XuLong was also quite bothered by the many advances of the princess apparently she fell in love with him at first sight which triggered the jealousy of Meifeng, likewise the class rep Lixiu was courted by the prince but she always rejected his advances politely which made the prince further infatuated, he always thought that no women could resist his charm but this black haired girl always carefully traced a line between them.

Also during these two months they also trained hard with Rodin and learned theoretical knowledge about magic, all of them successfully increased a rank, some of them were apt to train in the warrior way like Xulong and some were perfect only for magic, Rodin was impressed by the rate of their improvement.

Meanwhile inside the royal palace

“Where are the travellers?” king Aden asked his subjects.

“Your majesty they are like usual training their magic with Rodin in the training grounds “a minister said, the person had short stature and quite a shrewd face, he had a thin moustache and he was bald.

The king was seated on his throne, on each side of the room stood many people all of them are ministers of the kingdom.

“Good, they are steadily improving its an advantage for us “said king Aden.

“Your majesty concerning the lost traveller we searched everywhere but we couldn’t find him, I fear that the travellers will be displeased “

“hmmm, what a headache that girl always inquired about his whereabouts , I noticed that the others weren’t too concerned but only her incessantly asked about him , for now just say that we still didn’t find him “ the king as talking about Lixiu

Lixiu always thought of Yefan and didn’t forget him, on the contrary each day that passes she will think of him more, the others even the teacher completely forgot about the classmate they lost, at first they sympathized with her but little by little they became unconcerned.

“Yes your majesty I will heed your words “the minister bowed respectfully.

“Anything else?” the king supported his chin with his hand and asked.

“Yes your majesty! The king of Harania sent us a message “the minister withdrew a letter from his clothes

“Oh a message you say “the king eyes flashed for a moment before returning to normal.

“Yes a letter was delivered to us early this morning by the kingdom of Harania “Explained the minister.

“Proceed to read “ordered King Aden.

“Yes, cough … Dear friend king Aden how are you, I Sirius king of Harania won’t gibber too much, I wanted to inform you our ally that the northern territory began to have some movements, I fear that it is not a good presage, I urge you to help us inquire about the situation by sending some scouting troops seeing that the northern territory is at a nearer distance to your kingdom than ours, we should prepare and be on our guards … That was all your majesty “loudly conveyed the minister.

King Aden hearing the contents made a serious expression and appeared to be deep in thought.

“The northern territory huh …there exists only a kingdom on those frozen lands moreover it’s a strong middle ranked kingdom they haven’t made any movements for decades why now … strange … well send some spies to the northern lands I will help Sirius after all he is an ally “

“Yes your majesty …ah your majesty “the minister appeared to be hesitating about saying something.

“What is it? “King Aden was puzzled.

“Some of the people are surprised by the appearance of the travellers “

“Oh doesn’t matter just say that they are envoys from a distant kingdom, the population will only become restless if they know of the prophesy I don’t wish for panic and disorder and with this message it is all the more needed for the population to not become restless“

“Yes your highness!” bowed the minister before going out of the throne room.

(I hope that it’s not the sign of the peace coming to an end …) thought the king with a worried expression.

Meanwhile XuLong, Lixiu and the others were training with Rodin, after two months their potential began to show itself, their rate of learning and pace of improvement was steady and remarkable.

All of them reached the rank of apprentice magician and began to learn basic and intermediate spells, Xulong showed talent also as a warrior and learned to wield spears , Rodin found that he exceled in wielding a spear and especially called for the strongest spearman in the kingdom to teach him .

Lixiu also showed great talent and had impressive control over her Mana which allowed her to cast spells faster and accurately.

Rodin placed high importance on, Miss Chen, SuRong and LingLing because of their light element, the light element was rare and almost never appeared in the human magicians, it also has a unique advantage and it is the ability to heal so Rodin carefully trained them as to maximize the chance of survival in battles.

MeiFeng was talented in the sword arts so like XuLong she excelled in close combat, she was agile and a quick learner.

As for SuXing he had also the rare dark element perfect for assassins who used surprise attacks, Roding advised him on using daggers and indeed it was adequate for SuXing who didn’t have talent with heavy and long weapons.

The two last people LiuZong and HaoChen were perfect for long range combat, LiuZong wasn’t good with weapons but his long distance spells and high dexterity allowed him to cover for his weakness ,Haochen being in the archery club back in school was already brilliant so he was good with bows .

“Okay youngsters take a break “Clasping his hands Rodin declared.

After stopping the training everyone felt relieved and rushed to rest, the prince and princess were present and always watched them.

“Hey MeiMei your prince charming will be taken at this rate “Teased LingLing.

The prince LingLing was talking about wasn’t the actual prince of the kingdom but MeiFeng childhood friend XuLong, the princess Maria was already happily conversing with him her eyes were full of love , LingLing could even discern a heart shape I her pupils.

“W…what? W…who’s my prince! “MeiFeng blushed.

“Oh come on don’t be shy everyone knows that you like him except him hahaha” Lingling further teased.

“I…i know him he may be kind toward her but he is usually like that with all the girls I’ve never saw him interested “MeiFeng lowered her head and said with a complicated face.

“But this is beautiful true princess we are talking about moreover she is a redhead!”

MeiFeng this time glared at LingLing .

“haha okay… okay I’ll stop the teasing , it seems that LiXiu also is pestered by the prince Aron he’s so handsome!”

“Yeah but I feel that from the time Yefan disappeared she seems to have taken a blow she changed “

“Who? That gloomy boy who never talked in class, I heard his voice for the first time when we arrived in this world, also his hair always covered half his face I don’t even know how he looks I was always afraid of him…”

“Don’t talk about people like that we don’t know him apart from being always silent did he ever do something bad? …and Lixiu appears to be quite concerned it’s like he is someone important to her “

“Oh our MeiMei is always kind hehe “mischievously smiled LingLing.

MeiFeng looked at LiXiu who was talking politely with the prince and made a thoughtful expression.

Not too far SuXing and SuRong were eating together.

“Sister, are you alright?”

“I’m okay brother it was tiring but I’m a strong girl “SuRong made a fist and laughed.

“Sister about what we talked about last night …”

Suddenly the complexion of SuRong turned extremely pale.

“That time you …”continued SuXing.

“Don’t! Don’t talk about that “the body of SuRong was trembling all over.

SuXing held his sister in his arms and patted her on her back to calm her.

“It’s alright sister, your brother is always on your side don’t worry …“SuXing continued to pat her back while whispering gently

SuRong gripped the clothes of her brother and forced herself to calm down before leaving his arms.

“I’m okay now brother”

This small episode didn’t attract the others, and the training continued, at the end Rodin made them line up and was preparing to convey something.

“Youngsters after spending two months and breaking a rank I thought seriously and for you to continue stimulating your potential and have insights I concluded that now what you lack is fighting experience by that I mean true enemies a not simple training partners so I decided that we will go the hunters town near the Haranian Kingdom …don’t worry the road is secured and our two Kingdoms are allies so there will be no problem on the journey , the hunter town is like the name implies it is a town for hunters , its location is near the wilderness so all sorts of beast materials are bought and sold there is also a hunter Guild , you will hone you skills in that place “after explaining Rodin stared at them .

All of them were surprised at first but gradually their expression turned serious.

“Everyone eventually we will have to face enemies I think that mister Rodin is right we need to have fighting experience as to not cower when we truly face dangerous situations”

The one who talked was of course Xulong.

“He is right I also think Mister Rodin is right “surprisingly it wasn’t the usual always supporting Meifeng but Lixiu who exclaimed.

Rodin swept everyone with his gaze, seeing that they are all supporting this decision he nodded pleasantly.

“then its decided we will depart after two days , in those two days you will not train so take some time resting and loosen yourselves “ and like that Rodin ended this session of training his eyes contained expectations.

End.