I left the room to return to the army.

“Nice stunt you pulled in there”

Behind me is Sir Jerome who caught up to me.

“It was really entertaining and the thing you did *ehem* kissing a princess in front of her knight gahahahahaha really you can say goodbye to your head in a normal situation”

“I know Sir but “

“Drop the sir and just call me Jerome from now on”

“As you wish”

“Now let’s head back and rest”

We walked out of the open field, now soldiers are working to strengthen the defence of the fort and some are putting up some tent. When they spotted us they averted their gaze and continue to work.

Jerome and I part ways and I head towards the cook, with all of those commotions and pain in the ass conversations, its lunch time now.

“Sir is there anything to eat” I asked

“Well well if it isn’t the monster kid”

“Pardon?”

“You know the stunt you pulled earlier”

“Ah that one”

“Everybody is talking about a young swords master within the army”

I place my hand on my face (face palm). ‘Damn I forgot about it’ the fact that I’m the center of attention now means the more eyes focused on me. ‘It will be harder to investigate at this rate’

The cook then gave me the food with two slices of bread and a huge bowl of boiled meat and vegetables.

“Isn’t this too much?” I said

“Just think about it as a sign to motivate you later”

“Geez I don’t care anymore”

I finished my food then look for a good tree climb it find a good spot and slept. I don’t want to be the center of their attention and be unable to rest.

Sunset came and I woke up from the sound of the horn.

Everybody gathered up and started to man their positions. As of now the soldiers and warriors that came with us know what kind of enemy we are facing and some of their faces have the emotions of disbelief some are trembling and some are so lax as if they fear nothing.

Darkness began to cover the horizon and the soldiers lit up the torches. In the dark several small red lights began to appear and start to approach the fort.

“The demons are coming man your positions everybody do not attack stay on defense if you want to survive” the one shouting is Princess Luna.

“Huh how can we win if we don’t attack” said some soldiers from our side

“Just follow her orders if you don’t want to die” said another soldier

As the red lights approach us the figure of each demon became visible. The soldiers faces became pale as for some they will face the same horrors again and the rest fear struck them from what they see before them.

*RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWRR*

The single roar that gave the signal to the demons to attack.

The demons rush towards the fort and the soldiers stand on guard, some flee but the others steeled their resolve.

At this moment a single man jumps down the fort towards the demons side and when he landed, he rushed charging against the demons.

“OI OI that one wants to die first” said one of the soldiers

“What an idiot” the other one said

But those comments change when he beheaded five demons in mere seconds and continued his rush.

At this moment Frau summoned his black sword, he can’t afford to hold back, if he did it might kill him.

With the black color of his sword and the dark night no one can tell that he is using a black weapon.

“WHAT IN THE WORLD” one soldier said

“THE F**K AM I DREAMING DID HE JUST KILLED THOSE DAMNED BASTARDS AS IF IT WAS NOTHING?” one shouted

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“10…15…..30” counting each demon he kill.

“50………..100………….180……..Damn its almost endless” he became impatient, no matter how strong he is, he is still a human so killing more than hundreds of the demons drains his stamina.

[Note: he is not holding a machine gun but the feeling of killing multiple targets feels the same at least for me like *die* *die bastards* that kind of feeling i guess]

“200…….300….350…” he continued as he slashes his way.

“Wait this feeling, killing them feels like something is retreating upon their death, hmm if I guessed it right then I might end this before I collapse”

As he made his way against the army of demons, he felt something is strange. When the demons perished, some kind of dark energy escapes and rushes towards the same direction.

He followed the flow and after several hours and countless kills he found a black hooded robed man sitting cross legged on a small hill. The dark energy seems to flow back to him after a demon is killed.

“For a mere human to come this far against my army, I’m impressed but I can’t let you live”

“Who are you? It seems you’re the one behind this attack, surrender now or die” I said

“Die? The one who’s going to die here is you”

Then the ground began to glow and the soil around him began to rise.

A ten meter skeleton of a giant man appeared before me. Holding giant swords on both hands he started to swing against me.

I dodge and temporarily increased the distance between the giant skeleton and me.

*BAM*

A loud noise can be heard. The solid ground blew upwards, just like a huge explosion leaving a crater on the ground.

The skeletons movement is quite slow but its strength is really high. I use my speed and close the gap between us and I strike the skeletons shin.

*TINGGGGGGGG*

“The heck just how hard this thing is” I retreated at full speed knowing that my sword can’t get through

“kekekeke I don’t cake on how sharp your weapon is, cutting through my demons which skin is harder than steel. But this one is different nothing can cut this creation of mine kekekekekeke”

The skeleton began to chase me and attack me. Thinking of what I should do, I keep dodging from its strikes.

“What where is that courage of yours little mouse, kekekeke won’t you try to attack me? go on kekekekeke”

[Note: i know it does not match but the thought is the same]

‘What an annoying fellow, he should just burn to death like he deserves’ I muttered “huh?”

“Wait that’s it, mwahahahahaha im really a genius” I said

“What going insane little rat? By now you should have understood that no physical attack can damage my creation, you’re only wasting your time so be a good little cornered rat and just die”

I increased our distance even further and concentrate on channeling elemental energy into my sword, the element I chose, IS FIRE!

The red lines on my sword began to glow intense and the blade began to produce fire.

*whoop* *whoop* *whoop*

The sound you can hear in the air as I swing my sword covered in flames.

Seeing what I did, the robed man ordered the skeleton to kill me immediately. I exert more energy and covered my whole body, enhancing my strength.

I exchange blows with the skeleton but after a few swing one sword of the skeleton broke. I took advantage of it and cut off the other arm of the skeleton holding a sword.

The arm fell down; I manage to cut it down. Cold sweats began to drop from the robed man when he saw the arm of his minion fall.

Before he could even react, I started to slice the skeleton down to the ground. I amputate its legs causing it to fall. I rushed towards the head and crushed it. The skeleton now began to burn in deep blue flames as it vanish leaving scorched marks in the ground.

But the robed man cannot be found.

“kekekeke impressive to think someone like you exist”

I turn around and saw him, floating in the air standing on a flying demon, like a mount.

“We will meet again and when that time comes you’re the one who will be defeated and die”

“When that time comes it won’t be mine but your head will serve as my trophy”

“kekekekeke soon we will find out”

He then flew away into the darkness.

The demons began to disappear and I make my way towards the fort.

Sunrise came, exhausted both physically and mentally. Several wounds can be found on my body but not fatal enough to kill me. I draw my other sword on my waist applied some ‘Ki’ to break it as an alibi to not reveal my black weapon.

Walking towards the fort took some time. I stand in front of the fort holding a broken sword in my right hand covered in wounds.

As the soldiers look at me in awe, shouts of joy rang on the whole fort.

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When I opened my eyes I can see a wooden ceiling, wondering what happened “oh right after I arrived at the fort I lost consciousness”

The fight totally burned him out but luckily he survived.

I tried to move my body and noticed that I’m covered in bandage “yeah I’m hurt”. I tried to channel water elemental ‘Ki’ on my body to heal my wounds but I’m still weak I only manage to close all of my wounds.

*Sigh* I will deal with the scars later when I regained my strength.

I look around and found a woman beside me. It’s a white haired noble woman. Seating on the floor and her head leans on the bed. Sleeping beside me in this position will make some part of her body stiff.

I tried to move slowly out of the bed so I won’t wake her up.

*Mhmmm*

A sound came from her while I left the bed.

I lift her up and place her on the bed in a slow gentle manner and then kissed her forehead.

I move around my body and it seems that there is nothing wrong except from the stiffness which is the result from the fight.

I left the room and head towards the dining area. It’s already mid-day and time for lunch, says my stomach begging me to fill up.

It seems that the soldiers are drinking inside the fort. Celebrating like we already won the war.

When I entered the area everybody became silent. Their stares are like daggers trying to pierce and slice me apart.

“Ooh the hero has arrived”

I looked at the source of the voice. It’s one of the three idiots.

“Come here brother and eat we have a lot of things to talk about”

“Yeah yeah come here”

I don’t have any choice, to recover from this awkwardness I moved towards their direction.

I sat at their table and the kitchen staffs serve me some food. I give my thanks and started eating.

“Hey brother I never knew you were that strong. To charge towards hundreds of demons and came back alive. I’m speechless it’s just too amazing”

“Yeah brother when you jump down and rushed ahead all of them thought your rushing to meet the maker but after you killed one demon after another they began to panic like idiots hahahaha”

I continue eating and ignored them.

“So any more surprises you have under your sleeve?” Beatrice the annoying female warrior spoke to me.

“Why don’t you look for yourself” I said while presenting my self, gesturing towards her. like i want her to undress me.

She blushed a bit while saying “wha- what are you saying”

“What? Well the only thing you will see is a body covered in wounds and bandages. Nothing special what so ever” I said

Her face become beet red and said “DO- DO- DO- DON’T SAY SUCH MISLEADING WORDS IDIOT” as she flees the area.

“What is with her?” I ask

“You’re a very sinful man brother” one of the idiots said

“Yeah too bad she might take it and this brother of us just wasted the opportunity”

The three of them nod at the same time.

“The hell are you guys saying”

“Nah its better if you figure it out yourself, right brothers?”

“”Right””

The other two said in unison.

“Well whatever” I finished my food and prepared to leave the area.

“Where are you going?” one of the idiots asked

“Back to rest I’m still tired from last night”

I left the area and noises came back.

I head towards the camp to look for a nice and a quiet place to sleep.

And then I found a good spot, a tree on a grassy hill and a soft breeze of wind flowing around.

“A perfect place for a perfect afternoon nap”

Laid down and tried to sleep.

“When I wake up, it’s time to start the investigation. If I’m not mistaken the place should be near here”

Falling into a deep sleep, unknown to him are the people planning to dispose him.

“Should we eliminate him?” one ask

“No, the situation does not call for it, and if he suddenly died within the fort it will cause a huge chaos. If that happens they might search the whole area and if they found that room were in deep trouble. We can’t kill every single one of them. They are too many for us five to handle” the second one said

“Let’s just wait for now and see what happens then we decide later” the third one suggest

All of them agreed.

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Hello HalfSpicy here

so this concludes the second encounter quite short? do not blame me I'm bad at creating a loooooong battle scene in the field [note: someone made a comment to me before i just want to clarify i'm talking about battle in the fields not battle in bed ok]

*some spoilers added*

and i just want to say that sorry if the flow is not to your liking but can you consider this chapter a blood bath?

its a common scenario in some old RPG games I've played. Meeting the final boss at the beginning, having a small encounter then at the end when both are powerful enough create an epic scene. something along the lines. but sometimes i'm thinking of an epic fail scenario just for the fun of it.

this concludes it so until the next chapter Buh Bye