This world is called the world Elgion, a world full of magic and various other abilities. It has such magnificent infrastructure, like the modern Middle Ages, its buildings are magnificent with beautiful ornaments on the walls, there are even machines or technology that are very advanced for this Middle Ages, such as steam trains and several other machines.
However, Theo couldn't feel this at all, because in Rey's second life or what is now Theo, when he came to his senses, the first thing he saw was a forest, blood, and several injured people. Theo couldn't see how magnificent and beautiful this world was. But even though this world is beautiful, that beauty will not always be visible, there are times when behind the beauty of this world, there are things that threaten existing living creatures.
As evening approached, all the guard troops began to take turns guarding the surrounding area. Meanwhile, Theo and his family were getting ready to set traps around their hiding area, close to their camping tent. Theo's parents and their troops were preparing to be on standby in case there was an ambush from the enemy troops of other nobles who were chasing him. Theo, who has no talent at all, can only help with his intelligence. However, Theo also helped prepare a trap that was not easy for the enemy to spot. Every point in this forest area has been given a trap that is not easily detected by the enemy.
"All Caerstellar Knights! faster! all traps must be completed before nightfall... and several scout Knights hurry up and watch the surrounding area." Said a Caerstellar Knight Commander who was brave and firm.
It was getting late, and there was still no news of the enemy approaching. Therefore, it is certain that the current situation is still safe for the Caerstellar family and its troops.
But when it's midnight...
The atmosphere, which had previously been calm and alert, suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps. A young Knight, with his armor so dirty with mud and leaves, he burst into the camp, panting from exhaustion, running quickly from the lookout area to the Von Caerstellar family's camp.
"Lord Caerstellar!" Said the young knight loudly and firmly.
Hearing such a firm voice made everyone around them fall silent and turn towards the young knight. Then, Theo's father, Count Lucien Von Caerstellar, rose from his seat proudly and seriously and looked at the soldier with a very sharp gaze.
"Report quickly! Why are you so messy and in a hurry?"
"The enemy forces…. they have approached this forest area, about two hours from now, they will arrive at our hiding place sir."
"The visible enemy forces from the Baron Leonhardt family and two other noble families joined him. In total there were about 1100 forces from the combined families. Then, for the Von Vilerre family— they brought a force of about a hundred Knight forces, and 15 mage forces."
All the troops, even the Von Caerstellar family, could only remain silent when they heard the number of troops and the combination of noble families who wanted to ambush them. The number of troops was about three times that of the Von Caerstellar family, Count Lucien did not hesitate to make the decision to immediately move their hiding place from the ambush of enemy troops. According to Count Lucien, two hours was still enough time to move to a safer location.
"Okay, this is my decision... everyone, immediately pack the necessary items, and immediately move to a safer location. For Knight Caerstellar— immediately prepare for an ambush from the enemy troops."
Then all the troops and the Caerstellar family rushed to move to a safer place in this forbidden forest area, namely the Ardentfall Forest. However, with such a critical and tense situation, Theo's younger brother, Kiel Von Caerstellar, felt scared and cried. He seemed afraid of losing his family and his brother.
"Brother, I...sob...I'm scared, I'm scared...my father, mother,sister and brother left me." Said Kiel, who was crying with his tears continuing to flow freely, as if he felt like he was going to lose something so precious to him.
"It's okay Kiel... big brother will protect everyone, so you stay strong and don't cry, a man shouldn't show his weakness in front of other people." Theo said affectionately, and encouraged Kiel not to be afraid of what Kiel thought.
Then Theo called Myra to look after Kiel, and Theo himself started looking for something, it was a sword. Theo has made up his mind, even though he is not talented, in order to protect his family, he dares to fight the enemy. Even though he is only 12 years old, Theo is a very intelligent young master.
When they rushed to look for another place, it didn't even feel like it had been two hours, and the enemy troops were already approaching.
Suddenly a very loud voice was heard, and it echoed throughout the forest. The voice came from a top level Knight of the Virelle family.
"It's them!! Come on, attack all of Caerstellar's troops and his family! Don't leave a single one alive."
"Knight Virelle's team! attack them!"
Then, on orders from Count Lucien, Knight Caerstellar's troops began to attack Knight Virelle's troops. In that battle, the sound of swords was heard clearly and loudly.
"CLANG"
The two armies began to clash their swords, they relentlessly continued to attack. Without thinking, Knight Caerstellar also put up strong resistance while giving the Caerstellar family time to escape from the enemy ambush.
So many bloody battles took place, almost half of the Virelle Knight troops fell, and the Caerstellar Knights became increasingly hot because they felt they were benefiting from their reduced numbers. However, that enthusiasm was shattered when Baron Leonhardt's troops came to help Knight Virelle. Meanwhile, two other noble families began to pursue the Caerstellar family.
The Caerstellars continued to run, evading their pursuit. However, the two noble families who were chasing him had very strong assassin troops. They ran so fast as if they suddenly disappeared and then appeared again. Quickly, the assassins began to surround the Caerstellar family, and at that moment a light was visible ahead indicating that they were close to the exit from this forbidden forest.
Count Lucien and his remaining troops which only numbered 30 main Knight troops. They started attacking the assassins to get an opening to escape.
Then, the figure of the Knight is so dashing, and has an aura that is so sharp and strong. The knight was Cassian Blackvale who was still very young, around 20 years old. He had become the youngest Knight to have reached 1-star B Rank.
"My lord, let me face all these assassins. Please, leave this area immediately." Cassian said bravely and firmly.
At that moment, the surrounding area, which previously had a gust of wind, became quiet without any wind that could shake the leaves. In an instant, Cassian disappeared as fast as the wind, and immediately got behind one of the assassins and immediately slashed him with Cassian's sword.
"SLASH"
Cassian's sword cut down several assassins quickly, and that made the enemy troops falter. This gave the Caerstellar family a chance to escape again.
"Ugh, everyone be careful! He is Cassian... the youngest Knight with a 1 star B Rank. Be careful with his fast movements!" Said the leader of the enemy assassin squad in surprise and a little worried about the speed of Cassian's attack.
The entire Caerstellar family rushed to run away, Count Lucien ordered not to look back, and continued to run until they were close to the end of the light that appeared before their eyes.
"Keep running, don't look back."
At that time, Theo with the sword he was wielding while running felt a little worried and panicked. He felt like he was completely useless, he felt like a burden to the Caerstellar family.
Theo muttered in his heart and said,
"Ugh damn... damn... why do I... why do I have no talent at all? Am I so sad? Can't I live happily? Can't I live comfortably?"
"Can't I....."
"Ding!"
[Sync Initiated: 5%]
[....]
Suddenly a voice appeared in Theo's mind, and the voice seemed to disturb Theo's focus while running.
"Hah! Why else is this damn thing... Why is something suddenly disturbing my view?
"Oh no, wait! This... this is like a status window?"
"Damn! Why at a critical moment like this, a new status window appears? And why is it still synchronizing? Damn system, why didn't you appear at the beginning when I entered this world!?"
Theo was very annoyed and angry because of the sudden appearance of a status window, making Theo wonder whether he had to be in danger first to make the status window appear?
However, Theo wouldn't have time to wait for the system to synchronize, because the enemy troops chasing him were already visible. On the other hand, the Caerstellar Family and the few remaining forces had reached the end of the light.
But the edge of the light was not a plain area, it was a very deep ravine. The Caerstellar family all looked desperate, they had to prepare for a fight to the end. Then the enemy troops arrived. They took out arrows, and threw them at the Caerstellar family.
"Protect the Count and his family!" Said one of the Caerstellar Knight troops.
Count Lucien without hesitation began to give his all as a top-level swordsman. Count Lucien was a 3-star Rank A Swordsman, and the strongest of all the noble families in the Kaelmar kingdom.
"CLANG"
The sound of fighting between swords continued to be heard, then Count Lucien quickly released his powerful sword aura, alarming the enemy archers, then the enemy troops shot arrows continuously at Count Lucien. However, the Count immediately raised his sword upwards, and the surrounding aura gathered onto the sword, and without hesitation, Count Lucien immediately slashed straight at the enemy.
"BOOM"
The slash was like an explosion, and destroyed the surrounding area. But Count Lucien was also affected by the attack, and was also hit by several arrows that stuck in his arms and legs, making the Count unable to move anymore.
This became an opportunity for the enemy troops, and they immediately threw their arrows back at the Count. But Theo was confident, he immediately ran very fast like a flash of light and headed straight for Count Lucien to help him.
"DING!"
[Sync Initiated:15%]
[Detecting Danger Level: Rank D]
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