Chapter 12: Peace and Order

“Sir Boro, thank you for keeping me safe the entire journey!”

“No it’s nothing Grae, I promised to keep you safe besides I’m your new family now”

“Ah yes, I have a very strong uncle now” I spoke cheerfully with sir Boro. Sometimes I can’t prevent my stoic face on surfacing and it would freak out sir Boro but I just ignored him. On our way we encountered bandits and monsters, both died in the hands of sir Boro and their bloods were sucked by his lance. I noticed that his stronger than before, I can’t see his aura but I can feel that he had become strong since that incident in Tulan, he did not also reveal what happened inside the city. I think he does not yet trust me or maybe things that had happened there were confidential and I also did not bother to ask him.

“Grae, look outside!” sir Boro announced gleefully on the reign where he had been driving the carriage since we have departed from Tulan.

‘Wow!’ I mumbled inwardly as I saw a marvelous display at the window of the carriage. I know my expression was like a little kid with big eyes seeing the environment for the first time but I am certain that my face is displaying the opposite. Outside, there were mythical beasts laying in the ground sleeping blissfully, different kinds of them. And there were this group of people with a banner that display a sheep and a staff. As far as I can remember groups like these are called guilds.

“That is the Shepherds Guild Grae” sir Boro answered my curiosity.

“Are they all Beast Tamers sir?” I asked him without looking at him as I was mesmerized by the display.

“Not all, but mainly Beast Tamers occupy the guild. Oh by the way, I heard you have chosen your profession last week”

“How did you know of it sir?” I asked him curiously. I got my profession the day my family were massacred and sir Durwin was not there last time so how could he possibly know something that my family only knows that time.

“Master Durwin gave your father a special sword. It is not only for combat but also for communication between the two of them and it was only special for them. From what I learned about it, they used codes by tapping the sword and master instructed him that if you, his disciple have chosen a profession your father would immediately report it to him and that is why my master and I hurriedly return to Tulan, but sadly it was…….”

‘hmmm’ I agreed inwardly as I also noticed this when father brought the unsheathed sword, I think he taps the hilt four times. Then I keep in silence to give condolences to those people especially my family that lost their lives during that day, sir Boro was doing the same.

Shortly thereafter, we have arrived at the south side entrance of the city of Dalen and there were two huge statues and both of it having greatswords and behind them was these great massive wall that covers the area infinitely. Then I felt the eyes of the statues as the carriage were nearing the entrance and then instantaneously the feeling just vanished the moment we have entered the gates, maybe I was just hallucinating from my fight of that golem. After entering the gate, we come across an outpost with 10 soldiers on it and we stopped momentarily for inspection.

“Good day sir Boro! Is Master Durwin going to visit the city again?” the leader of the soldiers in the outpost greeted sir Boro

“Umm…I can’t say..can I have an audience with the king today?” sir Boro was reluctant to answer the question and tries to evade it as much as possible

“The city right now is turmoil, different adventurers were fighting against each other some even proclaimed that they want to dethrone the king”

“I guess it is because of that Message”

“I think so sir” the soldier firmly agreed with sir Boro

“Is it possible to see the king? I have an important statement for him”

“Ah certainly, Billah and Rashid escort sir Boro to the palace! Please excuse my rudeness sir, I know that sir Boro is strong and could take these newly hatched adventurers that is causing havocs inside the city but it is the standing order of the king”

“I don’t mind it” sir Boro then gave respect to the captain

-The Throne Room of the Palace-

Inside the room was this glorious display of banners of different guilds that were knitted with gold and each of the banners display a different symbol of each guild and there was one banner that stands out from the rest.

King’s Guild

The symbol in their banner was this black dragon with deep purple eyes that was in a side view and above its head was this crown goldish in color. The guild is obviously under the King of the city of Dalen and its members were surprisingly low in number. But, the lack in quantity makes it up for an extremely high quality, each member is SSS class or beyond and they are only 14 excluding the King. And there achievements were all legendary. Some people made it a book and made a huge profit of it as the people in the city of Dalen revered them so. All the members were not always seen, and people say that you are a lucky individual if you meet them in person, and there feats were only told in stories. Only guild masters have seen them and they described the elite group as a Continental Force.

Legendary Guild

This guild is unlike the mysterious King’s Guild, they are a famous group of people who also accomplished legendary achievements and there numbers were 5000 adventurers excluding the guild master. They truly have vast number of members and the master of the guild is capable of handling them in order, they are like an army!

Living Guild

Now this guild is has a non-combatant members due to their professions as supports and healers. They earn their achievements differently to that of the attack force but their effect on the battle is greatly significant so different guilds would hire members from Living Guild and in this return the guild can maintain its position.

Assassins Guild

This group has the same homogeneous members, all of them were assassins. They accept jobs from those people that want materials but are not capable of acquiring it, and their services are in demand as they execute the tasks flawlessly and faster than a party of adventurers in a raid. They are also a mysterious guild and some even accused them assassinating other adventurers as per instruction of their employer.

Hero’s Guild

This newly built guild was mainly for the summoned heroes and the goal was to make them stronger that could be in par with the King’s Guild. Little information was still known and the members were always inside the king’s castle. Some people even suspect that the 14 Pillars under the King’s Guild were gone and they planned on replacing them with these summoned heroes, but those were only gossips made by the new generations of adventurers.

The king made entered the room alone and he went to the throne and comfortly seat on it. He wears decent clothes but not like the expectations of those kings with luxurious dresses. There were even no advisers around and only one individual, guards the entrance of the room. You could say the security is greatly lacking and the king could be assassinated any time but centuries have passed and no even dared to touch the door knob.

“My king, Boro has come to visit you” the voice of the guard was loud and clear

“Let him in, Seoras” the king approved the consent and then a man holding a lance had entered he seems to be in his late twenties but with a matured body and his face is in distress and deep sorrow.

“My king” Boro kneeled on his left knee and place his right hand on his chest and bowed deeply

“You seemed to be troubled Boro” a calm and kind voice yet filled with death echoed the room

“Yes I am my King, and this message that I brought to you is of private matters that concern the guild”

‘Swooooosh’ a dark void covered the entire room and the three of them were inside, it was a skill Bottomless Pit which does not allow light and sound to enter or escape from it. The two knew who casted it and remained calm.

“Please specify in details Boro” the king was in a 200% of attention to Boro’s words

“Your brother Faheem and master Durwin had clashed in the city of Tulan and both of the valued member of the King’s Guild had perished, I was also in the clash and I was certain of my death when I went against Faheem but master had invoke the ancient skill and made me returned back to life”

“…………….” The king was in deep thoughts his eyebrows wrinkled as he put his right hand to his face

‘Swaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh’

A burst of immense aura envelops the whole void and it trembled, it’s as if the surrounding area would shatter just by the presence of the deathly aura. Faheem and Seoras were almost blown away but they both kneeled hardly, and the two of them were sweating profusely, their hands and legs were trembling but they tried not to show their weakness on their king.

“Tell me Boro, how did my brother defeated the Crimson Reaper?” The voice was kind but full of murderous intent.

“He had the Elemental Five Rings my King” Boro replied nervously

“My brother went that far just to get revenge, what a Fool!” the king was frustrated.

The revenge that the king was talking about was when Durwin defeated Faheem several times and King Nafari viewed the battle in the Grand Arena of the King’s castle. This arena is exclusive only for the King’s Guild member

“My king I have awaken” a sudden announcement halted the king’s murderous aura

“When did you awaken Boro?” the king asked inquisitively

“Last week my king, it was when I died and master Durwin poured his blood on me and revived me thus achieving the Blood of the Awakened”

“Can I see your stats Boro?”

“Yes my king, Share Stat!”

Hp: 69432/69432 Mp: 5808/5808

Stamina: 52788

Physical Attack: 11280 Magical Attack: 7260

Name: Boro Okonjo

Race: Human

Profession: Ultimate Lance (Awakened SSS Class)

Strenght: 2256 Agility: 2557

Intelligence: 1452 Vitality: 3156

Defense: 5127

Critical Hit Chance: 25.57%

Defense Penetration: 90.24%

Hp Recovery: Recovers 5% hp every 30 minutes Mp Recovery: Recovers 5% mp every 10 minutes

Magic Resistance: 20% Poison Resistance: 30% Light Resistance: 5% Dark Resistance: 5%

Critical Hit Resistance: 45%

Active Skill:

Whirling Dance- performs a defensive stance that reduces 10% of the incoming damage using the spear as it spin

Cooldown- 20 seconds Mp Consumption- 200 mp

Trust of the Lance- when active the user can perform attacks even he is not using the spear and will last for one minute

Cooldown- 7 minutes Mp Consumption- 850 mp

Thrust- perform an attack with the spear

Cooldown- 5 seconds Mp Consumption- 20 mp

Overpowering Lance (Awakened Class)- when active the user is able to control the lance with 200% mastery thus greatly increasing the damage and speed by 25% and will last for 20 minutes

Cooldown- 25 minutes Mp Consumption- 1200 mp

Passive Skill:

Class Mastery III- able to perform 20% potential of the class

Hunter’s Blessing- physical attack is increased by 5%

Crimson Blood- if your hp goes down below 20% your attack power is greatly increased by 150%

“……………” the king was analyzing the numbers and the word written beside his class.

“Certainly you have awakened Boro, even though your intelligence did not reach above 2000, which an awakened being should have all his basic stats reach beyond 2000 not less” the king spoke after he had ordered his thoughts and concluded that Boro did awaken.

“Thank you my King” Boro bowed humbly as he knew that his stats were still lacking compared to the person in front of him

“Boro, join the guild” the king offered him straight away

“That is one of the reason I have come to visit your kingdom my king, it would be an honor to become one of the 14 pillars and I hoped that the support of the king will help me rebuild the city of Tulan as per my master’s last order”

“hahahaha! Just like Durwin huh? I will allow it, Seoras gather the remaining twelve and tell them to meet at the Grand Arena”

“Disperse” the King then cancels the dark void and it shattered immediately

“Yes my King” Seoras replied earnestly and leaves the room instantaneously

“Boro, come with me, I have to teach some adventurers about peace and order”

“Was it due to the notice of the ‘The Messengers’?

“Yes” the king smiled deviously

A few moments earlier

An adventurer with muscular body is shouting and attacking other people. He is leading a 20 people and was laughing maniacally as they thrashed other weak adventurers.

“I Jukk Antson, will deliver all of you from your weak king! You have been deceived for centuries about how great he is but not me! I will not allow suck weaklings to rule you, instead I will ascend myself and make this city a more powerful nation!”

“hihihi” the people following him were laughing and some of them were still choking an adventurer, no matter how many times they stab him to death his hp won’t go down below zero thus making it more enjoyable for them torturing the guy.

Then the group proceeds in the plaza and continued to wreak havoc. Oddly, the other guild members were not paying attention to them and only those new adventurers with sense of justice confronts the group.

“You see! Even the mighty guilds that you speak of were not in the vicinity because they were afraid of me hahahahahaha!”

Suddenly people were starting to gather at the plaza that situated eastward of the city and the man shouting increasingly becoming haughtier.

“Hahahahaha come you people and witness the power of your new king!” the leader boasted again

“Summon: Ignis” he casted a skill and then there was a vortex of fire in the middle of the plaza and then it gradually formed two hands and a fearsome fiery face it has no legs. The summoned being was enveloped with bright yellow fire as it stretches its arms.

“Oh how great our new king is!” one of his followers shouted.

“All hail the new king!” then all twenty of them shouted synchronically.

The people around starts to kneel after the shouts ceased. The group felt that they have conquered Dalen. They never knew it was this easy, several weeks ago they just got their profession and then this guy Jukk Antson offered them how to become stronger. They were trained and received and evolution of their professions and they felt they were invincible. They were brainwashed thoroughly.

‘Swaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh’

A guy with a particulary long hair that reaches his waist with a young looking face, a dark abyss-like robe was floating along with a guy who looked older than the first guy and is holding a lance. The long haired guy was emitting a dark aura that almost covers the entire area, and then both of them landed majestically in front of the group. The people around were still kneeling not even raising their heads to peak a little bit.

“Oh the weak king has arrived, good timing I can perform a more glorious show befitting of your new king!” he manages to utter arrogant words even his whole body is shaking violently.

“hiiiiii” the followers were also scared others tried to flee but stumbled some were starting to pee on their pants

“Don’t be afraid for I am here, Jukk Antson!” he tried to calm his followers but to no avail.

“Arrrrggghh kill him Ignis!” he ordered his summoned being

“……………” Ignis was also trembling. Its fire did not glowed like earlier it was like a fire that is starting to be extinguished.

“Useless idiot!” he shouted at his summon and then he charged towards the two

“Baaaaaaaam”

The haughty guy was struck to the ground by the index finger of the king. The ground trembled violently and the indestructible pavement almost cracked! The hp of the guy drop zero instantly and the Safe Zone Effect tried to save the life of Jukk Antson it persistently raised its hp bar above zero percent but was overcome by an overwhelming damage. He was still alive but his skull was splattered and blood was flowing from the not moving body. The guy with the lance tried to move but halted by the king.

“hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii” the followers trembled more violently and most of them fainted from the scene.

“Raise your heads” the king ordered the people and they complied

“I have gathered you around here to make an example to those who destroy the peace in this city. Even your hp does not drop beyond zero, I can still turn you into a cold corpse by not allowing the recovery effect to heal you. And you would lie there and will not be able to awake again. There are some ways, I could drag you outside the city and simply kill you. Remember this, the peace and order of the city of Dalen must be preserved and if you really want to try your skills or want to have revenge then I invite you all to the Grand Arena as we will held a tournament for the aspiring adventurers. The rewards are a set of legendary item, mythical mount and the chance to become a member of my guild”

The king finished his statements and the two leaved the vicinity. The people divided, some were honored and some were extremely scared but one thing they do know, they have a chance to acquire items that are extremely rare.