Chapter 36- arriving at the city of Londa.
When morning came, John woke up feeling very refreshed, he stretched his limbs and found that his body was much lighter than usual, his sonar was sharper too, his affinity with the elements, water and earth, had also increased a little.
- Oni, what happened to me?
From the sea of soul, Oni, replied.
[Your soul is purer due to the pact, the crimson energy also has this purification characteristic]
- so that's it, very well -
[Your soul will become purer as time passes]
- that is good?
[Of course it is, you will soon discover that having a purer soul than normal is a very advantageous thing]
- then I'll leave this matter for later, they must be waiting for me -
John took a shower and went down to the living room, where Fernando and Catarina were waiting for him.
- Good morning, mom and dad.
- Good morning, son - Fernando and Catarina responded to John's energetic greeting.
- How was the night?
- It was a good night, dad.
John sat at the table having his last family meal, as there were no visitors the breakfast pattern returned to normal, in a short time John and his parents finished breakfast.
***
- Take this.
Fernando threw John 7 pitch black spheres, he held them and stored them in his space storage ring, taking one to examine, he felt a shocking power, John felt that the black sphere would have the power to turn him into dust even if he asked for help from the Oni, he would not save him.
- What is it, father?
- These are spheres that save lives.
- Life-saving spheres? - John asked.
- In each of these spheres, my strongest art is stored, if you use your elemental power in one of the spheres, the art will be released, just hit an enemy with it.
- With these spheres you can survive up to 7 attacks from a level 1 superior being, of course this is based on the premise that you are an average being.
- I can only use it when I evolve into an average being? - John asked
- Not exactly, you can use them even at your current evolution, but it would be better to use them when you level up to the Middle Kingdom.
- why not now?
- this is because, as a Primary being, you will be able to use 10 to 15% of the sphere's total power, as a base being, you will be able to use 30 to 40%, as an average being you will use 50 to 70%, and finally as a superior being you will be able to use up to 95% of the sphere's power.
- So it's like this, I understand, dad.
- Junior, even though the ideal is to use the spheres when you evolve into a doctor, you should always use them whenever you feel some kind of danger, don't forget that the most valuable asset is your life.
- Don't worry, I'll keep that in mind.
For John, his life was very precious, he would not hesitate to use the life-saving spheres if he felt any danger, so Fernando's advice was very much appreciated by him.
- Here, take these too, although they are not as powerful as your father's, they will still be useful until the base kingdom.
Catarina took 4 life-saving spheres and passed them to John. They were different from Fernando's, which gave him an oppressive feeling. Instead, these gave him chills. Catarina's spheres were icy cold. When he held them, he felt like he was going to freeze. He quickly stored all the life-saving spheres.
Putting the two sets together, he had 11 life-saving spheres, he was now more confident in venturing out, away from the protection of his parents, he wondered how much money he would have if he sold one or two spheres.
- Junior, you cannot show these spheres to anyone and you should not sell them.
Fernando's words crushed the idea of selling some.
- In any case, no one but you will be able to use these spheres.
- Now let's go, the others are waiting for you - said Fernando.
***
At the exit of Venhorst Castle, on the plains, were Beatriz, Iza, Bárbara Bo and Álex, they were all present waiting for John, Ceto, Alex's father and butler of the Venhorst family, was also among them.
- John, here - Iza waved happily when she saw John approaching.
- How is everyone?
- I'm fine - said Iza with a wide smile on her face.
- Young Lord, Bo Barbarian is ready to go
- I'm fine, young lord - Beatriz replied without a strong expression on her face, but her eyes said something else.
- I'm fine, young lord - Alex replied enthusiastically, but there was a hidden sadness hidden in his eyes.
- You should stop calling me, as a young lord, I believe we will have the same status outside of Venhorst territory.
- What should we call you? - Beatriz asked
- Like Iza, just call me John.
- John - Beatriz murmured softly, she looked into John's eyes for a moment, when the two pairs of eyes met, she looked away, Iza pouted when she saw this scene, she then approached John to be closer.
Ceto and Alex exchanged a few words of comfort, motivation and some advice.
A castle carriage approached.
- You will go to Novo Redondo, with this carriage, there you will separate into two groups, each group will take its own direction from there.
Everyone got into the carriage and left for Novo Redondo, the city of Venhorst territory, but before that John was showered with kisses from Catarina and countless pieces of advice from Fernando.
Catarina, Ceto and Fernando saw the carriage disappearing on the horizon.
- Will they be okay? - Catarina asked.
- Ma'am, you don't need to worry, they will be fine, after all, they are very strong for their age - said Ceto.
- That's right, there's no reason to worry, they'll arrive safely at their respective institutes - Fernando stated.
Catarina joined her hands and said a small prayer, she asked for the goddess's protection for John and the rest, after a long time, they returned to their work.
***
Arriving at the new Redondo, John and his team went to the mercenary guild, there they got information and got a carriage to the city of Londa.
- Alex, our paths will separate here, I hope you do everything you can to become stronger - John said to Alex
- Don't worry, I'll clearly be much stronger when we meet again, you're the one who should be careful.
- John, take good care of Iza - this is the first time Alex has addressed John directly by name in public, it is also the first time he has made a request.
- Don't worry, Iza will be safe with me, I won't let anything bad come near her - Alex nodded at John's words.
-Iza, you must stay strong to protect John - with Alex's words, she threw herself into his arms and said.
- I will do my best to become stronger.
- Beatriz, I will be leaving John and Iza in your care.
- Don't worry, I'll protect them well.
Before leaving, the three retraced the path that had brought them to their destinations, they visited the square again, they walked to the favelas where Iza and her family used to live.
John, Iza and Beatriz got into a carriage, Alex and Bo Bárbaro got into another carriage, the two went in opposite directions.
Looking out the carriage window they drove away into the city of New Round.
***
Somewhere in the Ngola Kingdom
Space twisted several times, like a monster opening its fangs, an opening was opened, from the spatial tear, two people walked out and the spatial tear closed behind them.
This spatial tear, which closed as quickly as it opened, connected the extremes of reality.
The tear connected the material world and hell, that is, the home of demons and various forms of dark life.
The pair that just passed through the spatial tear were not demonic creatures at all.
Dark shadow was a fallen human, a human being who was converted into a half demon.
The girl was an undead, of a subspecies unknown at the time.
- The air up here tastes really good - Dark shadow said as he savored the air of the material world.
- Little sister, are you okay? - Dark shadow asked the girl next to him, she nodded.
- Where are we? Doesn't this look like the Eastern continent? - Dark shadow asked, but the girl didn't answer, it was unknown if it was because she didn't know either, or if she decided not to answer.
A butterfly flapped its wings and flew to a nearby flower, the girl's eyes lit up, like a child, she ran after it, the butterfly flew away as the girl chased curiously.
- Hey, little sister, come back here, we don't know where we are, it could be dangerous here - Dark shadow called his little sister and ran after her and brought her back.
They were in an open field, Dark shadow looked at the surroundings to get a sense of direction.
- Let's look for someone to tell us where we are.
The two walked for two hours, and then they arrived at a village.
- Sir, what place is this? - Dark shadow asked a middle-aged villager, he continued doing what he was doing, he didn't pay attention to Dark shadow.
- Hey, sir, I'm talking to you, how dare you ignore me like that? - Dark shadow growled angrily.
- Get out of here, brat, go bother someone else - middle-aged villager shouted at Dark shadow, and continued with what she was doing.
When Dark shadow was about to growl at the villager once more and teach him what was good, he saw his little sister chasing a flying insect.
- Hey, little sister, come back here, it might be dangerous.
The girl, without realizing it, bumped into a young man of 16 or 17 years of age, along with the young man there were 7 other young people, all of them were armed, with swords at their waists, the girl got up from the ground, shook her clothes to get rid of the dust, she looked briefly at the group of 8 and continued her pursuit of the flying insect.
- Hey, there you go, brat - the muscle-covered mercenary from the group of 8 shouted at the girl, she ignored the muscular guy's warning and continued chasing.
- Hey, brat. Stop right there.
Even so, she didn't stop. Angry, the muscular guy took a few steps and grabbed the girl by the arm. From the physical contact, the muscular mercenary felt something strange. The girl's arm seemed very cold and fragile. He felt as if his arm was going to break just from holding it.
- Hey, you fucking brute, get your paws off my little sister if you value your life.
The mercenaries looked back and saw a boy, who looked like he was 9 years old, threatening them, in unison, they all started laughing at Dark shadow.
- hahaha haha haha aha hah
- Make me if you have the courage - the muscular mercenary still holding the girl said these words laughing.
Beng
Dark shadow accelerated and like a flash he landed a punch on the muscular mercenary, a Beng sound rang out, soon after a crack sound, after the punch connected with the mercenary's chest, he fell to the ground on his knees.
The rest stopped their laughter, the mercenary who seemed to be the leader signaled for two of his men to attack Dark shadow.
When the two approached Dark shadow, a black aura rose and enveloped Dark shadow's body, the dark elements rushed frantically towards him, as a result the two mercenaries who were going to attack Dark shadow fell to the ground in fear, they were trembling.
When Dark Shadow's eye swept over the other mercenaries, they also fell to their knees trembling as if they saw the devil. The boss who had a bit of courage spoke stutteringly.
- P-p-powerful warrior, please calm your anger
The mercenaries were just primitive beings, in a remote village they had a high status, who would have thought that a strange Dark shadow would be a warrior.
The leader had met warriors in his adventures before, he knew that the difference between a Primitive being and an evolved one was as great as that between heaven and earth.
He also knew that in front of powerful people, they were nothing more than mere ants walking on the road, their lives could be taken away at any moment.
- Mighty warrior, we will pay for our lives, please have mercy.
Dark shadow weighed the pros and cons, he was in an unknown place, killing people indiscriminately could be problematic.
Even if these stupid mercenaries were just Primitive beings, he was afraid of offending someone powerful in the village.
Anyway, the idiot who touched your little sister is already dead.
The force field made of dark elements dissipated, the dark aura from the car disappeared, the mercenaries now looked a little better, the two mercenaries near Dark shadow were squeezing blood.
Even so, none of the mercenaries dared to stand up, Dark shadow looked at the leader and asked.
- who are you ?
Trembling with fear the mercenary chief replied.
-I-I am, Afonso, leader of the Saturday Night mercenary group.
- Saturday night, what the hell kind of name is that? - Dark shadow asked as he frowned.
- Don't worry, mighty warrior, if the name displeases you, we can change it right now, right companions.
The chief looked at his men, in response they all shouted in unison.
- That's right, we can change.
Dark shadow sighed and said, - Alright, you guys do whatever you want with your group's name.
- Thank you mighty warrior - said the leader, hesitantly he asked - mighty warrior, could you please spare our lives?
- I will
- Thank you very much, the mighty warrior, your mercy is vast as the sea, boundless as the stars in the sky - the leader began to lingo
- Don't be fooled, I will spare your lives, but you will have to pay for them, hand over your money here - Dark shadow ordered.
- If you dare to refuse, I don't mind taking your money, myself, from your corpses.
Everyone will tremble with fear
- cl-clear - said the leader with a forced smile on his face
- get up
One after another, each one took their money and passed it to Dark shadow.
- That's all, what kind of mercenaries are you? - Dark shadow questioned the group, after counting the 90 silver coins in his hands, without hesitation he placed the coins in his space storage ring.
- Don't worry, mighty warrior, we can get more - for the mercenaries as long as their lives are spared, they don't mind losing their money, because as long as they remain alive they could get more.
- You're in luck, since none of you touched my sister, I'll let you live and give you a bonus, I'll accept you as my servants. - Dark shadow said as if he had just done a thanksgiving.
The mercenaries looked at each other and came to a tacit understanding, serving a 9-year-old child may be shameful, but if that child is a powerful warrior, that was another matter, it was an opportunity to further elevate their status in the village.
- Thank you very much, master, your servants pay respect to the master - all the mercenaries bowed, adopting the role of servants with a smile on their faces.
- Dear master, what is the master's name? The leader of the mercenaries asked.
- My name is, Dark shadow
- Wow, so powerful and imposing, master your powerful name, Dark shadow, had spread throughout the entire kingdom.
- Enough of this, take us somewhere good to rest
- Of course, master, follow us, we will take you to the best inn in the village.
The boss secretly tried to check the muscular mercenary's situation, but he heard Dark shadow's voice.
- Don't worry about this pig, he's dead. Death is the reward for anyone who dares to touch my sister.
The mercenaries shiver in fear, they made a note not to provoke their new master and not to get close to his sister.
The leader took his master and master to the inn, the rest went to bury the corpse and take care of the two who were injured.
***
One week.
John, Iza and Beatriz had already traveled for a whole week, this week a lot happened.
Now Beatriz was a little close to both of them, IZA and John, especially Iza who is very charismatic, now she was able to maintain a pleasant conversation with both of them.
The carriage approached the city gates and stopped, everyone on board got out.
- 5 silver coins per person as entrance fee - said the gate guard
Without complaining, John took the money corresponding to the three and gave it to the guard. At first Beatriz was opposed, she wanted to pay her own entrance fee, but John convinced him otherwise.
The city of Londa was a city of transactions, its main income coming from taxes and trade.
As it was a city that was not linked to a specific territory of the kingdom, the laws were a little more lax, cases of daylight robbery were common.
Unlike Novo Redondo, which was huge, this was a small city.
The city Londa was established by the mercenaries, so it was also known as the home of the mercenaries.
The three made their entry into the city.
- Let's look for a place to spend the night - said John, the girls agreed, they were also tired from the trip.
- Sir, could you please point me in the direction of a local inn? - John asked a good-looking gentleman on the street.
- Sure, follow me, I'm going there too - said the man, after evaluating John and his party.
Continued....