Chapter 1 | The fall of a king.
The novel begins in a dense forrest where screams of men was loud and clear.
Our protagonist lucio tightly clenched his decapitated arm
He was severely injured. He could not move his legs and his other eye was cut.
" Fuck. Fuck fuck. " He could only curse as hw watched his allies fall to the woman in black.
Soon all his alies was disposed leaving only him. The woman took her time walking to his direction.
As she walks lucio studied the appearance of the soon his murderer . She only looked at him with a pitiful gaze.
The woman had a silky black hair as dark as the night sky.
Eyes of crimson , she was wearing a black dress and was using two daggers as her weapons.
Lucio clenched his teeth. He hated the feeling of being pitied . " What the hell are you looking at? ".
The woman was amused by his defiant attitude.
" Ehh? not gonna beg for your life ? "
Lucio spat on her feet. " Nah , go ahead kill me " he said accepting his fate.
He felt bad for himself. How weak and stupid he was this world was run by the strong. People who possesed the power of the world " magic " reigned supreme.
He was not one of the chosen ones. But he always held hope and worked hard thinking that would enough to make the difference.
The woman let out giggled , " i feel bad. You should have never took on this quest. " She said bending
down to lucio ' s level.
" You were simply unlucky to take the job of protecting my target. " She said .
Lucio could only glare at her . " yeah. Im aware assasin , im just a casualty . "
The woman looked at him leaning closer to him , " sorry just doing my job " . She stabbed his heart as he let out a groan.
As he fell to the ground. He could feel his life slipping away from his hand.
" Why did i tried so hard again ? ". He asked himself as his life flashed before his eyes.
I always lacked the talent to be adventurer. I was born without single ounce of magic in my viens. I am part of that 70 percent of the population that was not lucky enough.
But despite that my resolve did not falter . I worked hard and pushed my limits eventually reaching and getting stuck in Rank C.
This was my limit. I was forced to accepted that despite my mastery with the sword and my experience in battles it wont help me rank up further.
I could not get stronger anymore...
All he could see was those pair of crimson eyes gazing upon his soul before everything went dark.
[ Regeneration ]
Just then his body was slowly getting healed. He was concious again.
He breath a mouthful of air , clenching the ground from the near death experience .
He opened his eyes and looked up. Only to see a glowing ball of flame. Giving light in the darkness of the sorroundings. It has turned nightime.
" Hello human. " The ball of fire greeted.
He was taken a back. He was healed and was talking to a ball of flame?.
" I dont have much time , but i have heard your thoughts "
The ball of flame explained . It had a very deep voice that was not human he could barely understood it.
" my thoughts? .. what are you? Why did you save me. " Lucio could not help himself and launched a barrage of question to his savior .
" I am the dragon king Zanthos , moments ago i too was killed. My soul is here to find someone to carry out my final wish. And i found you who was in the same boat as me. " The ball of flame spoke .
The dragon king?! Lucio shivered . This was not just a ball of flame but the dragon king? One of the strongest creatures of magic in the world.
" you want me to carry out your will ? " - Lucio.
" Yes. Of course. This will also benefit you , " - TDK
Lucio ' s eyes furrowed. But of course he could not refuse him after all he just saved him from dying.
" very well.. tell me what is your will ? , And how does this benefit me ? ". - lucio.
" I only have one wish. That is for you to find my daughter and keep her safe. She and i got seperated when the humans attacked our settlement. I also blocked her magic to make her undetectable to those who pursue us."
Lucio was expecting something like taking over his body or revenge to those who slayed him but looks like the dragon king had a selfless wish.
" My daughter zana , I promised to meet her in the highest peak of the continent of agartha. But something happened along the way we lost contact. She must have been captured. you will have to search for her on your own.
Lucio nodded. Already creating a plan in his head and taking in every information the dragon king gives.
" As for the benefit i was talking about. i placed a
mana core inside you. With this you should be able to use magic like You always dreamed. "
Lucio ' s eyes widened , He gave him a mana core?! , Not only implanting one of those cost a fortune but if its from the demon king the mana core must be of superb quality.
" I see. Thank you. Sincerely. " He bowed im grattitude. Who knew his near death experience was a blessing in disguise? . He can finally achieve his dream of power.
The ball of flame was slowly fading. As it spoke once more. " My daughter. You will recognize her once you see her. She has taken on the form of a human girl. To identify her just look through her eyes. A dragon eyes can never be decieved. The ball of flame slowly dissapeared.
" Human may i know your name ? " Its voice was barely above as whisper his time was up.
" Lucio "
" Very well.. good luck lucio. Go and make me proud. " It said before dissolving to the air , leaving lucio alone with the bodies of his deceased comrades.
He took a moment to file the information on his head. I can really use magic now? . He asked himself he still could not believe it.
He looked at his hand. Ah looks like his other hand was not restored. Nor was his cutted eye.
Currently. He could return to the city and report. He would get questioned about how he healed fast and how survived the onslaught.
" Right now i have to dissapear for a while " Find a place to camp. And practice his new found ability to use magic.
And maybe get used to his now handicapped state since he lost an arm and an eye.
He quickly grabbed some things , his favorite dagger. A couple of clothes a bag to put it in and the gold of his fallen comrades.
Ill let the others find you . Sorry for leaving you here to rot. But i cant let anyone know what really happened. He apologized to the dead bodies .
He could feel the excitement ran through his veins. He cant wait to get back and prove everyone that doubted him wrong.
He can finally continue his dreams. This will be a be the start of a new leaf . .