He figured out a way to harm me! I will have to counter his spells before he can complete them.
"Looks like my guess was correct about your weakness. Do you think I want to conquer the world? Hahaha, I am not like the old demon lords. What I want is to conquer the heavens! Those gods have never helped us, they favor all other species but they never helped us. They don't deserve to rule on us." The demon lord says
"Well, I don't care. Do whatever you want."
"I will erase humans who are the favorite of those gods. And you are half-human, I will take my time killing you today."
"This guy's mind is also broken like most evil beings"
"Here is a deal, if you win, I will spare any being related to you. If you lose I kill them in front of you before killing you."
"Oh, this might not be bad."
"Huh? Aren't you going to yell in anger?"
"wh-why would I do that? The deal doesn't sound bad to me."
"But aren't you one of the Heroes of Humans?"
"No. I am just a wanderer. Warzheil is my friend so I came with him to help him get his stuff."
"Anyway, since you are unlucky enough to encounter me, I might as well show you why we demon lords are objects of fear for you."
The demon lord starts to transform and now looks more fiendish and......
"Cool," I say out loud.
"Oh, so you know how to appreciate too, huh? But be honored, I think you are worthy of fighting this form of mine...Now let's get the fight on the way."
The demon lord stabs his blade in the ground extends both his hands and suddenly without even saying an incantation there are hundreds of stone bullets spinning at high speed. This might be bad. I instinctively reach out to my spear and just like I did against Ava I start spinning the staff as the bullets fly at me while running around but unfortunately, my spear which is made of reinforced titanium is breaking with the sheer speed and force of the stone bullets.
"I must admit human, I am utterly impressed. Never have I seen or heard of a being handling a staff with such skill and speed."
He thinks I am using a staff, this can be what defines my victory. With this thought, I rush at the demon lord, thrust the staff's tip into his chest, and activate the plasma blade which shocks the demon lord. I slide the staff down which further slices his chest but the demon lord grabs me by my neck and stabs me in my abdomen with his blade.
"*coughs blood* not bad human, A being as strong as you don't belong with The humans, join hands with me I will treat you well, or else...." He says as he brings me to the edge of the river.
"chose now!"
I...can't breathe! His grip is tightening, he is stronger than I thought. What do I do?... I feel myself fading when I hear a familiar voice It's my Grandpa.
"Shar...Shar! always remember, One's body can be the deadliest weapon or the weakest of the saplings. Turn your hands into your weapon."
"My....Hands?"
I open my eyes barely to see the face of the demon lord full of shock. I look at my left arm which has transformed into a blade and I had cut through his left lower jaw and his upper right skull. The next thing I see is the night sky shining bright as day for a moment then turning back to night. I am falling. I can hear Warzheil, I wonder what he is saying. I am tired, I will take a short nap.
When I open my eyes I find myself in a room. It's like the room is floating. I look around and it is clear that I am on a ship.
I try to get up but my stomach hurts. I see, Warzheil patched me up. He didn't take off my suit. I look around and find the blade that the demon lord used to stab me.
I pick up the blade and gather enough strength to get out of the makeshift bed. I open a door and see no one on the deck.
Warzheil comes in a hurry from a staircase leading to the captain's area.
"Oh thank god you are fine. You see your timing could never have been better. We are abandoning the ship, I have taken everything with me so let's jump our stop is arriving." Warzheil says as he grabs my sword from me and steps on the edge of the ship's right side.
"Hey old man, get away from there that's dangerous!"
"Idiot this river is too fast to park the ship, we need to jump off, there is a cyclone at the center of the the Stream meeting spot," Warzheil says as he jumps off.
I gather courage, my insides are jumping with anxiety but if I don't jump.... I don't wanna see a cyclone up close!
So I gather my strength and make a strong leap. Strong enough to shake the entire ship and tilt it. But I am flying now!!
I make a smooth landing but it hurts my stomach.
"I should have healed a long time ago."
"Oh, that? This is the Ramoon blade which is an enchanted weapon. Drax enchanted it for the moon god's Hero thousands of years ago. You gained a really good weapon, it's the proof you killed the demon lord without getting the Curse of Weakness."
I try to cut with the blade and it cuts my skin like butter, but this time my skin heals instantly.
"That's odd, I Healed this time."
"Huh? How does this work?"
Warzheil says as he takes a closer look and then looks at my left eye.
"Oh, there is a change to your eye. Have a Look." He says taking out the mirror and bringing it in front of my face.
After taking my time it looks like my left eye which previously had only a red T symbol and the rest of the pitch black now has a red circle defining the lens of the eye but instead of being made of it is made up of very tiny characters which are very hard to see until we take a close look.
"I have never seen a language like this except on the ancient tablets of Om's statue," Warzheil says
"Maybe this gives me immunity to enchanted weapons?"
"Well, my guess is as good as yours. Oh look, Baverians, must be Kade! Oii!!!" Warzheil shouts at a strange bird creature in the sky which flies to Warzheil and sits on his hand which he extends as a landing pad.
"Warzheil! It's been 2 Years." The bird Spoke!
"Yes, get us a Greizer Horse, We are two, and one is injured."
"Ok, wait for us, we are Out hunting with Gloria and returning to the village anyway. We have a lot of catching up to do."
"And yeah, Prepare for the God's decent."
"What? No way, that wasn't a story Drax came up with?"
"I have the avatar with me. Send your Baverian to Sil to make arrangements, and make sure others don't get to know any of this. Especially not Gloria."
"O-Ok" the bird flies off
"Woah, what was that?"
"Oh that, was a Baverian, It is a creature said to have been made by Goddess Globe. It cannot speak on its own, but Kade has a blessing that allows him to speak to any creature and he can use baverians to deliver messages using sound magic, It was not the Baverian that was speaking it was being transmitted into the air in form of mana which converts mana to sound."
"That's so complex. I wish I could use some magic."
"Hey, there are things even the mana-less can do," Warzheil says
"Oh!? Like What?" I say with great expectations.
"Don't Get Your Hopes high ok?. First is Enchanter, The enchanter uses blood and mana stones along with different ingredients depending on the desired effect. You have to draw Certain patterns on the weapon to gain the effects. There is much to it but that's for when you choose one thing to learn. Second is a Titled blacksmith, Blacksmiths are common in most places but a Titled blacksmith has a specialty that gives the weapons that they create a small chance of having the natural ability to gather mana and use the same ability as the Titled smith that created it. Those are the ones I know at least."
"Oh, I was thinking of resting for a few days before taking a look at that book and going on the Contract mission I have been given before the workload increases. Teach me both of them."
"I can teach you the first one but for the second one, you need to be a titled smith, something only you have. Like for me I am one of the few lightning users who can summon natural lightning. There have only been around 30000 or so throughout history, the rarer your magic the higher your chance of becoming a titled blacksmith if you decide to get into the profession."
"Oh, I forgot to show you this ability."
I look at the Ramoon sword and the symbol of my Eye gets etched on its blade and the blade emits a light red glow and the glow doesn't seem to fade. Warzheil snatches the blade in shock.
"Idiot! You ruined the weapon it is useless now! Even the enchantments are gone!." He yells as he gives the blade back to me.
"Then teach me Enchanting."
"Fine, I can't say if your blood will work or not."
"That's so mean."
After a while kade and his men arrive. Warzheil gives me a Pink eyepatch to cover my left eye. And tells me this is the only color he had.
"Where is Gloria? I don't see her."
"She said she would get a room ready for her father. Hey there, you must be the avatar, huh? Hahaha, what with the eye patch? I don't see Lord Drax though?"
Warzheil can't look into Kade's eyes and bows his head while shaking his head lightly.
"Zamba will pay for his outrageous act I guarantee you." He says with a voice with a mix of anger and sadness.
"You must be kidding, right? You know we are talking about Drax the Dragon god who has lived for over a hundred thousand years right?"
"You think I am lying, Kade?!!! You think Drax's death is a joke to me!" warzheil snaps at Kade as he pulls him down grabbing his collar but Kade doesn't resist and instead has a sad face.
I take Warzheil away from Kade.
"The old Dwarf I know is more than this, so calm down old man," I say which surprisingly works as he calms down and sits on a greizer.
"Oldzheil, We can deal with this new, just think of what you will tell to Gloria. She might as well kill the Avatar." Kade says.
A sense of guilt hits me, but I know it was Drax's choice, I got dragged here without consent.
On our way to the village, Kade comes close to Our horse.
"What's your name?"
"Call me Ronin."
"I know I don't have a say in this but, Drax had great hopes for you. I hope you prove him right on whatever he summoned you for."
"If You think I am some kind of slave summoned to take orders and live only for that purpose then you are wrong I will live my way. But don't worry I promise I will fulfill the task he has called me upon for."
"Call me whenever you need me."
"Hey cut the kid some slack, He kicked the demon lord's Butt just a couple of hours ago."
Everyone in the hunting party is shocked and starts whispering.
"What? You must be kidding this time, right? He looks so young. He defeated him without being a hero?"
"Yeah, he did. There are things we can't discuss here, so wait until we meet Sil."
"I may look young but my age is 42," I say
"What the hell you look to be in your '20s though!"
We reach the village after a few minutes.
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