Shira glided like he was riding the wind, he came to Zerlan. At that time Zerlan glared in surprise.

“Come on, move my feet!” Zerlan felt his whole body go numb when he saw the arrival of Shira was like a tiger ready to pounce.

The position of the hand holding the sword at 12 o'clock is similar to that of a tiger's claw, then the sword is swung very quickly.

"Uh!"

Bur, Shira had to be surprised. Didn't expect Zerlan to suddenly jump backwards so that his sword attack missed.

“Huh…!” Zerlan took a deep breath. “Barely! This man was indeed that legendary knight. I have to be more careful!” Zerlan confidently believed that Shira's move could be blocked by him. That belief he held firmly in his hand along with his sword.

But, Zerlan was too naive. Shira did come towards him, but the old man's movement speed was more terrifying than Zerlan had imagined.

Shira looked at Zerlan very sharply.

Whoosh!

Shira's back Shira's sword sped up in a stance ready to stab.

In order for Shira's path to be missed, Zerlan tried to ward off the sword. "What?!"

Zerlan was surprised by the movement of Shira's sword which was very fast beyond the movement of his sword.

Shira's sword hit Zerlan's left chest, if it wasn't made of wood, Zerlan's body would have been stabbed.

"Argh!" Even though it's made of wood, Zerlan still has to salivate. Hard wood combined with fast movements, will certainly have a bad effect on the body. Then Zerlan's body must be bounced as far 5 meters.

Immediately Zerlan lay helplessly. Shira felt that it was over, but Zerlan seemed to be trying to get back stand up, this surprised him.

"Huh! Huh! Huh!” His chest ached so much. Zerlan saw a red mark on where Shira's sword hit his chest. “This man is so strong! I'm already too confident to beat him, but I have to surpass him!” Zerlan's tenacity became a burning spear to keep him on his feet.

Shira smiled then slowly his body collapsed.

"Ugh!" Zerlan became surprised. He couldn't understand what made the old man fall, even though he hadn't moved.

Without much thought Zerlan immediately approached Shira. When approached, beads of sweat appeared on his face with a gasping mouth.

“Oi… are you all right?” Zerlan frantically asked Shira. Meanwhile, Shira himself was in a lot of pain from the scratches on he waist.

“Uh! The wound is open!” Zerlan immediately brought him back into the house.

***

Zerlan concocted the same medicine to stop the bleeding, but Shira's body didn't improve either. Of course this made Zerlan even more panicked.

"What should I do? I don't have better herbs to make that old man so much better!” Zerlan felt guilty for taking the practice test with Shira.

"Calm down!" Shira suddenly said in a firm tone, even though his face was very pale. His lips were very dry, even though he was dying the look in Shira's eyes did not lose their ambitious glow.

“Cough! Cough!” Shira coughed up blood, thick blood indicating that the wound was too severe to treat.

"Are you okay!" Zerlan is getting more panicked.

"Zerlan! Please listen to me!” Shira started to say very deeply looking into Zerlan's eyes. “I guess my time is not long! Our meeting was very short!” Shira took something from under his clothes. “You have to go to the location in this letter! You have to hurry, after that you have to be careful because this location contains a very valuable treasure that people are looking for it!”

Zerlan took the letter that Shira was holding. “What kind of treasure is there…!” When Zerlan looked back at Shira, the old man had already breathed his last.

Zerlan bowed his head withered. Before he wanted to learn a lot about how to use the sword, but all of that was no longer able to be done.

***

After that Zerlan gave Shira a proper rest, he buried the man's body not far from his house.

Zerlan began to prepare everything for the trip. He had seen what the contents of the letter Shira gave him. In the letter he had to travel quite far.

Towards the Minai region, that region was far away from where it was now. Of course the journey he will take will not be as easy as turning the palm of the hand, plus Shira's last message saying that the object at the location of the letter is a treasure.

Surely there will be people who are also after the treasure. Zerlan began to understand why Shira came with a cut on his waist, this must have something to do with the treasure in the letter.

Zerlan didn't know what kind of treasure was at the location of the letter, but he couldn't just let the will that Shira had given him be ignored. Actually, he wanted to register as a palace soldier, but he could do that later after he done managed to secure from Shira.

Zerlan didn't even think about using the treasure to become a rich person. He just wanted the treasure back to its owner. He also felt responsible for Shira's death.

“Huh… even if I want to go to the location indicated by this letter, it's still very far away!” The feeling of reluctance in his heart began to affect his mind, but Zerlan didn't want to neglect the obligations and wills of the dead.

***

On the other hand, the people who attacked Shira had carried out a massive search

“Have you guys still not got any news about the old man?”

"Not yet!"

"Hurry up and look for more!" The man snapped at his men, his soul became restless when he heard the news that Shira had still not been found.

Ortus is an Emperor of the Noraneam Kingdom, he is a cruel man who always causes trouble. Ortus is also the holder of the legendary sword named Fury.

Ortus had targeted Shira. He wanted to take Shira's treasure that he had longed for, the treasure would be able to make him stronger and invincible, but for now restlessness swept over his heart.

Shira suddenly disappeared without a trace making Ortus worried that the treasure he was looking for had fallen into the hands of someone else, or Shira had died and the treasure would never be known.

"Damn it, how come he was able to escape at that time I should have anticipated his actions!" Still can't get rid of his annoyance at Shira's face which said that he would not become the strongest in this world. "I'll definitely find that thing at any time!"

***

Zerlan had been traveling for a week, he was really exhausted. The money he had had run out and the last meal he ate was about two days ago.

"So pathetic! I should have been more prepared for this trip!” Zerlan leaned his body under a large tree, the scorching heat of the sun was not at all friendly to him.

Hunger and thirst had drained a lot of energy from Zerlan's body. It was difficult for Zerlan to stand due to the lack of liquid ions. His body felt very weak from head to toe.

"I'm so sleepy! I think a little sleep can restore my strength!”

__To Be Continued___