3 Vow

On a small hill, a man stood there; his expression that of utter disappointment..

Strewn about were dead bodies as far as the eyes can see. Like rich fertilizer generously applied, vast amounts of corpses laid in the crystal glow. On closer inspection, even the hill he was standing on top of; was a small mountain of corpses.

The man was huge, human-like, muscular body with deformed facial features; his complexion unnaturally greenish. He held freakishly large sword, an unnatural greenish hue covered the tip of the blade, which may seem natural to him as he was 7-feet tall. The sword had pieces of flesh and fresh blood flowing on it.

"Around ten thousand it seems… But they were flimsy, I didn't even sweat!

Ah,... that guy ten years ago, at least had a little spine on him; albeit dead, he lasted for a few moments.

Hmmm, a guy got away from me huh… Well, let it be... He will die anyway. For the great trial binds us all…"

Feeling the cold wind like that of a chilly winter, Leo woke up from his slumber. He could still smell foul odour permeated through air. His whole body felt like he was thousands of metres deep under an ocean, pressuring him and making him unable to shake a bit. Leo slowly forced his eyes open with every ounce of strength he could muster.

*gasp* *gasp*

Gasping for breath and sweat covering his body almost like he got bathed in a downpour of rain, he glimpsed at those moments a short while ago.

.... it was so intense, blades flying in all directions so fast it looked like there was two. The only sound heard was of a sword meeting flesh. A scraping sound of flesh being cut, armors cut like butter and cheese....

A flash of light that massacred hundreds of men. The Green beast with his large sword, swung it so fast that multiple flashes of light could be seen; hundreds of men being devoured by the abyss at a time.

In a mere moment, there was all bot none survived... except for me.

How….. Why was he the only one who survived?

Because he ran.. Scared that his life would just wither away in a blink of an eye…

Scared that he could not see his love, Rylai ever again.

So when the army fought he ran away...

Without even looking back to see his comrades filled with despair and injustice showed to them by the world, to just die without even raising their sword… their dignity trampled and crushed like bugs, they could do nothing but wait and die just like that.

"I am pathetic…

'sob' 'sob'

To live to tell the tale? What pathetic words of an ignorant fool. Those anguished cries, forsaken feelings and hopelessness…. What can I do to make up for it? Should I just die and end this suffering....?

Then, won't our sacrifice mean nothing?

No!

I will get out of this hellhole, even if the gods want me dead, I will defy them.

Clenching his teeth with so much might, that blood started dripping from his gums, to his armor and shield, coloring it with specks of red

"I, Leo Ferell, hereby swear an oath, to seek vengeance upon all my enemies, devastate them like they did to me, humiliate them like they humiliated me, so that I could look eye to eye with the soul of my dead brothers" saying that, Leo took a solemn vow.

[Ding}

A loud piercing ding came out of nowhere surprising him. Surprising because the sound came directly to his ears... his soul?

[You have overcome a trial... Assessing user's compatibility with the gift....

You have received the following gifts]

Name: Leo Ferell

Level: 1

Race: Human

Class: Templar Knight

Racial ability: Locked

Skills: Crusade of Vengeance-(Filled with vengeance and fury, user's capability has increased. Higher strength, mobility and less prone to mental attacks)

Shield of Abyss-(Your blood filled with the feeling of wrath has reach the shield. Abyssal flame covers the shield, only usable by the owner.)

Swordsmanship-(More skilled with swords)

Spectre field-(Detects presence of living and the dead around 100m)