The carriage stopped, relatively fat yet luxuriously dressed man with weird hat walked out, staring at the monster obstructing his way with unyielding... no, uncaring expression

- Human, kuhahaha, look how fat he is, I wonder is he as delicious as he looks?

The monsters laughed in glee

The leading ettin tried inspecting him but was met with couple of question marks, it hesitated, the human was strong enough that they could not appraise him, or he possessed some tool that concealed his level, either way, someone like that would undoubtedly be dangerous

The monster had second thoughts but its pride would not allow to back down when he was the one leading the crowd

- Human, give up your possessions and I'll think about sparing your pitiful life

- That's right human, I've heard your species are intelligent, show us your wisdom and take a step back wisely

The man had his hands behind his back, even though they barely met each other

- Done? Move

Seems the man was of few words, his dismissive attitude offended monsters that gathered such huge army to scare off a human, instead they received the response they did not like

- Are you tired of living? I'll show you who is the boss here!!!

The leading ettin yelled and prepared his club, he wanted to smash him to bloody meat, despite his reckless attitude he was fully vigilant as he thought that human was not simple at all, but it doubted, would he be able to withstand his brute force? He thought it was impossible

With wind whistling sound a huge club bashed on the place where human stood, the carriage was blown away from impact, the monster smiled in delight, seems he was worrying for nothing

- Hmm?

The monster was shocked as he realized that attack never really hurt the human, his club was stopped by bare hands

- Strength? Useless

The meatball said from under the club and chilly aura swept across monsters

The monsters sensing the change screeched in discomfort but did not flee

The ice was spreading on club that hit the human

Ettin seeing this quickly tried taking the club away, but seems it was connected to the human in some way, the ice spread on the club as human's clothes emitted silver light, seems he was full of treasures

- Break!

A small almost unnoticeable sound was heard as ice that covered the club in thin layer merged into club and with wood breaking sounds it turned into icy peaces of useless wood

- You!!!

Angered by outcome the monster did not care about face anymore and growled in anger

- Everyone attack, bring the mischievous human down, the one that kills him will receive one of his possessions

The monsters roared in greed and surrounded the man, his expression did not change a bit, even his eyebrow did not even lift by a millimeter

- Not cool

He said and he spread his two hands in opposite direction, each of his fingers were bejeweled by some kind of ring, even his neck, clothes, he was a walking treasure himself

The green small ring that had gem on top of it glowed in green light and sharp wind blades were created out of thin air, the monsters that were too close got a huge wounds, some low leveled ones were even split in half

It did not stop here, the wind gathered around the man, creating mini whirlwind and monsters near him became disoriented, their balance was shaken, of course ettins were not included due to their huge bodies, they did not want to risk fighting, they wanted to test the human and if he used up his trump cards they could easily kill him

They were not afraid of him, they were afraid of his possessions but if they succeeded his possessions would belong to them, so they did not show a single bit of regret as their ''soldiers'' were butchered by wind

Another ring lit up in dim black light and a creature came out of monster's shadows, creatures had the body that mimicked their structure, merely, these creatures born from monster's bodies rose and merged in them, in an instant their shadows disappeared and everyone blanked out

This time the brown ring lit up, the earth deformed under their feet and a huge crater was created, entrapping the monsters inside, another green ring lit up and he was lifted in the air, after red ring lit up the fire was created out of thin air, another green light, the nearby tree fell in the crater, the tree caught fire, fire started burning monsters, the pitiful whimpering and screeching sounds were created and burnt smell of roasted monsters permeated through air

Ettins watched with stupefied expressions

The man who coolly stepped on air a seconds ago started dropping down in the fire ungufled pit that he had created

Ettins were delighted, they thought his luck has run out

Unfortunately the man had his black ring lit up and he disappeared, appearing between two heads of nearby level 15 ettin

Man did not utter a single word and his silk clothes showed a silver light, before ettins could react and the one in trouble himself lifted his hands to get rid of annoying human, the ice already spread around both of his heads and froze them, the ettin had his expression frozen and his reaction speed reached zero, it dropped down lifelessly, ice did not dissolve around its head, it merely started merging in his head and eating away at both of his faces

Ettins no longer possessed any fighting will and started running after level 17 one ordered them to flee in frightened tone

The man looked at them with same expression, not caring about pursuing them and before dropping in his own carriage that was thrown away he said calmly without looking back

- You're free now

3 people dropped on the ground, they seemed to be held in the air for quite some time, they dropped on their knees, they did not dare believe what happened

Liana mustered her courage and asked him

- Sire, who might you be? Thanks for saving us, we will always remember and will do anything to repay i...

- No need

The man cut her words short and was about to walk away when he stopped his steps, his necklace lit up and for the first time his expression changed into surprised one, he turned around and looked at Liana directly

- What's your name?

' It's rude to ask someone's name when you haven't introduced yourself yet ' Silicia thought silently but did not refute since he was their savior, their fate would be wretched if they did not encounter him by lucky chance, she was happy that her friend and Roy were fine, she was also curious about the man but did not know what to say

Looking at the fatty whose face was devoid of facial hair, she had a complicated feeling, she knew that man was some kind of royalty, he was full of treasures, most likely what he displayed was not his true power at all, she hated them, but somehow the man seemed different, he was even more mysterious and greatly differed from the nobles she have seen

He was not haughty and he did not seem stuck up, she did not know what other expressions was this man capable of but she knew that they were insignificant for someone like him, and there should not be many that got his attention, it seemed to be his nature, but surprisingly now he seemed curious? She was doubtful, why the change of attitude before departure? Did he need something from them?

- My name is Liana, forgive me for lacking ettiqquete, I am a commoner and...

She was about to prostrate herself but voice interrupted him

- No need

And there was silence

The atmosphere turned awkward, the man was not willing to talk and merely stared at her for unknown reason, Roy and Silicia also wanted to express their gratitude but they did not want to interrupt man, they thought it would be rude

- How curious

The man mumbled and his expression turned into amiable smile, his next words greatly surprised everyone

- Want to work under me?

Another awkward silence and weak wind howling, the screeching of monsters have already dyed down, seems the fire created from ring was a lot stronger than usual fire

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