2022-08-23 03:51:44While Toda was back at the Henmer Manor house, he and Gaius were both having discussions on what the objectives of the empire was, Gaius opened up to Toda saying that the empire was in the selective stage, he said they were waiting for the leader of the heroes party to be decided, apparently Gaius was also a hero candidate, "you see my friend, i am one of the selected few heroes candidate, i acquired five spirit and one of the demands of a hero class is that the candidate must have more than four spirits, so i was signed up at the guild by my father."
Gaius explained the demands of a hero to Toda and then suddenly a man walks in, with knights at his side, along with the man came the other two that Toda encountered in the plains with Gaius, they came to Gaius and bowed, apparently they were his personal entourage, Gaius then worded out, "Gil, Elizabeth, i told you not to bow to me, I might be nobility but I'm not royalty, you're my friends get up, welcome father, how was the trip back from the Imperial Kingdom?" The man replied, "Ah, Son, how've you been, the trip went well, the empire is making a move, I've been sent to Elliot, seems like the training and screening of the Heroes is to commence tomorrow, our kingdom Archdale, is where it'll hold, so kingdoms from faraway, the east, west and south have all been sent messages, as the north we are the only defense mankind has against the demons, already, we have received candidates from the Elven kingdom in the south, also the Beast Folks in the west have sent their candidates, then the Dragon men from the East, finally we humans have but two candidates which isn't exactly at the quota, we need two more and fast." Gaius then looked to his father and told him about Toda, "father, this is the young man i told you about, the one that has mastered the lightening strike style, one of the top three strongest sword style in the world, apparently today we went to the guild today to check out his spirit and his vessel has been blessed and can converse with seven sacred beings, this young man might be the one." Toda didn't understand what Gaius meant by the one, the man looked to Toda and spoke, "Young man, Can i meet you?" Toda stood, putting one of his knees, taking a bow and then he spoke, "Forgive my misconduct sir, i am Hisaki Toda, a Traveller on a journey to end world conflict." The man gave out a big laugh and said, "Ah, i see you're well mannered, well its okay, be at ease." Toda sat and Julius ordered his servants to serve them a drink, while the Ale was served, the man spoke, "I'm guessing you already know who i am by now, but I'll still tell you, i am one of the seven prime ministers to the emperor, i am also the head prime minister in the Empire of Khetis, Julius von Henmer." The man paused and gulp down the ale while requesting another, he then spoke again, "i heard you took down a high ranking undead demon without magic, just your skills, and right now the demon race is on the verge of breaking the seal, we want a scenario, where when the seal is broken we already have a force ready to repel them, you see we have tried all possible best to stop this seal from breaking right after they were sealed by the first offspring of the gods after they disappeared, those men gave their life and all to seal the demons after they rampage through the world, but now no other way to seal it because the seal cannot be replicated, so our only hope is to kill the them all even the Arcane god, and now you come in, we don't have enough man power to repel against the demons, so every human strong enough to fight will be needed, seeing as you have skill and your magic is no joke as you have acquired seven spirits blessing, i want you to join us, the grandmaster at the adventurers guild has sent your name to the emperor, join us."Toda closed his eyes, raised up his head and looked to the man, "I'm sorry to disappoint you sir, but i refuse." Julius smiled and replied to Toda, "Very much expected, what is your reason?" Toda looked to him saying, "well to start off, I'm in a foreign land, in as much as i want to end conflict, you can't just bring me into your army and handover a weapon of mass destruction to me, i could be a psychopath even worse a terrorist, i understand you want peace but at what cost, i am a man of my words until a valid reason is stated, i cannot join." Julius laughed and spoke out, "indeed you are worthy, you see first things first, before you can become a hero, you must first be compatible with a sacred arm, most people who wield sacred arms are chosen by the arms they wield, most arms go as far as decapitating those who wield them because they are not compatible, but you see you are different, the arm accepted you, you wield Eros of Lust, or as we call it, the Oathbreaker, that very blade either decapitates the ones who are incompatible or its blade dulls, Liam noticed this when you were at the guild earlier and this was why the emperor sent me to you, join us." Toda froze as he didn't think the sword was truly a sacred arm as his interface told him, he bowed his head and then Julius continued speaking, "we will make arrangements for your trainings and everything, if you still want to refuse after hearing this, rest the night and tomorrow you can leave, I'll also help you with some money tomorrow, just know humanity's faith rest in the hands of all of you and no one else."Toda raised his head, laughed and looked to Julius saying, "Why do you have to make it sound that way, i accept, i will join the fight."
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Second Encounter.
Toda’s party gathers in front of him, ready to hear what Toda had to say, he clears his throat and starts to speak. “You all have felt the immense power all over this forest, yes there is a Demon General around and with the monsters we faced you could say it’s the same one we formerly faced, I would want to take my chances if it were Belial, if we encounter him I’ll go all out, so get as far away from me, I can sense other life forms around so I’ll do this in the slightest, Audrey you come with me, Milara you’re in charge of the rest, I can sense others in this forest, get them out, there’s also a large power I sense in this forest, it’s not as poisonous as the first but still, avoid it”. Toda moved west with Audrey while Milara headed south, the sun was coming down soon and the atmosphere became cold, Toda whispered to himself, “I wouldn’t want this fight extending through the night if I could”. Toda turns to Audrey telling him to pick up the pace, and immediately, he activates an ag
New skill.
Audrey falls to his feet and words out, “master!!”. Toda moves closer asking Audrey the type of skill he used, Audrey on the other hand was almost out of mana, he replied saying that it was a skill he was working on and that it didn’t work perfectly through out his practices, Milara alerts Toda that she senses strange presences all over the forest, today seconded that saying he felt a hero’s presence around but he couldn’t decipher who it was, Toda turned to hunter, “Hunter!, go deep into the forest, just for recon don’t engage any if you find, use your swiftness to your advantage “. Hunter suddenly vanished into the wind, Toda order the others to start up a camp, milara and nana went into the forest to gather woods for fire and shelter Toda on the other hand decided to check out his stats and skill, he knew he gained new skill especially the acres arm skill.He opened his skill interface and selected the new form his blade gained.-----------------------SkillSacred arm Eros seco
All packed .
The morning sun rose and with it came with this pure wind that blew the trees, making them dance, the imperial kingdom was a beautiful sight to behold at that time of the day, Toda and his party was up, Hunter, Milara, Nana, Audrey and Toda all assembled in front of the door to the throne room, the guards at the door announced as they pushed the door open, “the second heroes party to depart has arrived to see his majesty.” Toda and his party walked in and as they got in they were all shocked, even Toda as he didn’t expect to see all noble ranks in the throne room that early, as he walked in the Emperor stood and so did the whole imperial court, “young Baron.” The emperor said as he walked down from his throne, “Today you depart in search of your guardian tower, and also to your domain, Terra deorum, you’ll be with your royal guards and also your sacred arm, the responsibility placed on you is a heavy one and so you’ll be expected to do an even nicer job because the Gods of Khetis d
Eve of Departure。
The Emperor clears his thought and asks, “Do you have any complaints, what can i do for you?” Toda takes to his knees, “your imperial highness, we have come here to inquire more knowledge on the journey tomorrow.” The Emperor gave out a big sigh, “Yes that is true, you’ll be leaving tomorrow, I’ll tell you all you need to know about these sacred arms and their guardian towers after which I’ll tell the rest.” The Emperor stood, “When the gods were vanishing, Chronos, put a spell on each sacred arm to reduce the power they possess, he lock the bigger half in seven different towers, these towers were hand crafted by him, a test awaits any who was selected, if they pass it, they would enter a full covenant with the sacred arm which would unlock its full potential.” Toda and Gaius where shocked hearing this for the first time, the Emperor continues, “After this you’ll all return to khetis to await words from the king of hell himself.” Gaius in a puzzled state asks the Emperor, “Unc
The big three.
Toda walked up to Karma patted him on the shoulder and spoke, “I reject your proposal for a duel, i will not indulge in your childish convictions, you pointed out that i used my sacred arm wrongly and i commend you for being upright but i cannot entertain your boredom, i suppose that is why our knights are giving to us, we depart from Khetis in search of our guardian towers tomorrow, i must be at my best, i cannot allow myself be manipulated by the likes of you, i agree you are royalty, but do not push your luck past it’s threshold.” Karma smirked and walked away saying, “Then i guess I’ll punish you another day.” Toda Turned to Audrey, “Audrey, have Milara and Hunter reported in today?” Audrey took to his knees and worded, “My lord, Hunter reported in early but then left to train, and Milara on the other hand is on the other side of the door.” Toda requested he called her in, when she walked in, she took to her knees, “My lord, how are your injuries?, what are your orders for me
The Truth.
Both boys had collapsed from the fight, they were moved to the infirmary where the Emperor’s doctors worked on them both, when Toda woke up he had pains all over, beside his bed was Audrey, “ughhh.... my head hurts, i guess i passed out, where am i?.” He blurts out, “my lord, you are awake, how did this happen?.” Audrey spoke out; “I don’t remember, all i know is.....” while trying to recollect Toda gave out a big Gasp, “Where is Gaius? Is He dead? Take me to him at once.” Toda tries getting up but he falls back down, showing signs that his healing wasn’t complete yet, “my lord, your recuperation process is still yet to be completed, and the master Gaius is well, he is in another room, you retained much damage than he did for some reason, he has come to check on you twice and will return soon.”Toda wasn’t shocked to hear that he retained much damage, to him Gaius seemed much more refined, he was well calculated even in the face of death, Toda turned to Audrey, “what are you
