Faul: The Reincarnation

Chapter 9: Don't Touch My Family!

Faul, along with his mother and Billie, had been adjusting to their new life in Jura for some time now. Life wasn't as easy as it was in the mountains. In the mountains, they didn't need money to buy anything they needed, as nature had provided everything.

Maria had to get work as a waiter in a small eatery in Jura to provide for Faul. Billie, on the other hand, decided to use his skill to help the family also, so he went and joined a little escort cavalry in the city. With his strength and skills, earning money was not a big deal for him.

In order to live the life of a normal kid, Maria used her unique power of matter manipulation and changed the color of Faul's eyes with a little tint of red in them, making it seem normal, except when he was too excited or angry his eyes would turn bright red like that of a dragon.

Life had been going smoothly until the day the refugee camp was attacked by the Pure Blood, as they called themselves.

Pure Blood was a group of individuals from different cities who didn't like the accommodation given to refugees, especially people from Karaza, after hearing of what happened on the island of Shunga ten years ago.

The city had been divided into two factions: those who supported the Pure Blood and those who supported the refugees.

The Pure Blood believed that the emperor wasn't supposed to give free lands to the refugees of Karaza but should have given them out as slaves to the other cities. So they had been attacking and taking the refugees as slaves from time to time.

The emperor countered them several times, leading to bloodshed, but he came to the conclusion that the refugees had to save themselves because fighting his people during the period of the lingering full-scale war with the Red Death was detrimental to the survival of the nation.

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Billie was out on an escorted journey with his fellow escort cavalry, leaving only Maria and Faul to fend for themselves with the little funds he left for them and what Maria was earning. On the night of the attack, Maria was weak after the day's work and decided to rest for the night after preparing dinner for Faul, who was still out on the field training with other kids.

"Attack! Capture the children and women and kill the men!" said the leader of the Pure Blood raiders.

"Run! The Pure Blood has attacked again!" a man shouted, but before he could take a step, his body fell without a head. The attack continued, and the children in the field training had no idea that an attack was going on in the refugee side of the city.

All of a sudden, Faul froze and said, "My mother is in danger. I have to hurry!"

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Maria, who was very weak, opened her eyes weakly to see what the commotion was all about, only to find out the house was on fire. She used the water magic she had to quench the fire as she ran outside.

"A sorcerer! We need her alive!" shouted the leader of the Pure Blood raiders.

Maria was ready to defend herself, but all of a sudden she lost her balance. She felt dizzy. Not knowing what was going on, she tried so hard to resist, but she heard someone say,

"Oh, don't try too much, ma'am. I know who you are and how to hold you down," a man said, holding his hands out toward Maria.

As Maria looked up to see who said those words, behold, it was Alfonsus, the servant chief of her former household. Before she could say a word, she slumped down, and everything went dark.

"I have been looking for you, ma'am Maria. Now it's time to get rid of your devilish son, who will kill us all," Alfonsus said as he bent down and carried Maria.

Faul was running at his full speed. Although he had the strength that surpassed an average human, he was still a ten-year-old boy. The more his anger rose to another level, the more powerful he felt. His scales were expanding, covering the whole of his back. His red eyes started brightening even more, and his fangs were growing longer and more crystalized.

"Roooooooooar!" Faul roared as he saw someone he didn't recognize carry his mother off the ground and drop her on a horse.

"Stop him. He might be a ten-year-old boy, but don't underestimate him. He's dangerous," said Alfonsus as he climbed the horse and sped off into the darkness with Maria.

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The sword in Billie's scabbard started vibrating and giving out a buzzing sound.

"What's happening? Are they in trouble?" Billie asked, but before he could finish his thought, the sword had already left the scabbard and split into two. One went back into the scabbard while the other flew into the sky and disappeared.

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"Don't touch my family!" Faul roared as a sword appeared from nowhere behind him, shining with a red murderous color.

"Kill him!" shouted one of the Pure Blood raiders.

The refugees hiding were watching how a ten-year-old boy held so much power and aura.

Zoooooom! About twenty men, fully equipped to the toe with the best weapons and skills, fell down with Faul standing at the center of the massacre with a sword in his hand. The red shining sword looked as if it had tiny veins that connected it to Faul's hand. Faul's skin was glowing like a diamond, exuding a powerful aura like that of a dragon.

"Moooooother!!!" Faul let out another roar as he vanished from sight in search of his mother.