1 Prologue

*Heavy breathing*

"Where is he!?"

"He's not here! At all cost, do not let him escape."

Guards were being dispatched from this building, hidden by the tall trees ranging from 170 to 200 feet. There are the ones that entered the Forest of Ytta, the forest in which the building facility is in.

This was all happening in the dead of night, where most of the sound you can hear is the deafening silence of the crickets and all other night animals.

The guards searched accompanied by their mage-sealed dogs. They spread across the forest like water flowing in a sheet. They moved fast, determined to catch the one who escaped from them.

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*Heavy Breathing*

The boy is all injured up. He endured the stinging pain from the open wounds. He seemed like he was in pain.

Despite being a child, he easily understood that if he makes a noise, he'd be dead so he weaved his way through the tall grasses that is scattered all over the forest, slowly.

He moved quietly. Two guards were close to his location so he stopped walking for a brief moment to wait for an opportunity to continue escaping.

Every decision he makes would always adheres to his current goal: escaping.

The guards started to leave along with their magic-sealed dogs. Seeing this, the boy had a replenished look on his face.

Rushing, the boy carelessly ran. The noise of the rattling sounds from the weeds could be heard.

Dogs have a greater ability to smell and especially hear. With that, they could clearly hear the fleeing boy.

"Grrrr...", the dogs growled.

"What is it boy?"

With both the dog and the guard curious, they slowly approached the bush where the boy is in.

"Now, where are you you runt?"

Few distance until contact, the moisture in the dense and wet forest of Ytta started to rise and gather inside the bush.

Witnessing this, the guard called his comrade with him and grabbed his communication device saying:

"Area X=123, Y=-32. We have something here."

He puts his device back in his pouch and held out his palm and creating a ball of fire.

The water gathering became so much stronger.

"What is this!?"

The water accelerated so fast towards the bush.

The guards, with troubled faces, fired towards where the water was gathering. Upon impact, a thick cloud of mist appeared. It was so hard to see.

"Hey, are you there?", the other guard asked with a bothered face.

"Yeah", the other guard answered.

*Swish*

The sound of something cutting through air can be heard.

A silhouette of a boy, with those flaring blue will ' o wisps, is visible. He was maneuvering inside the mist like a primal beast hunting it's prey. From left to right, he changed one place to another tricking the guards and especially their dogs.

Even if dogs have a greater sense, that won't allow them to pinpoint to where the boy's location using speed.

*Squeal*

A long and shard piece of ice started to fly off towards the dogs direction. The ice acted as projectiles, killing them. There, the dogs released a high pitched dying sound.

The two guards knelt before their dying partners. Determined, the two drew close to each other.

The two had each other's backs.

Seconds later, a pulse-like wave traveled throughout the thick cloud of mist.

One guard started flicking his hands to use magic but nothing happened.

"Huh?... W-why can't I use magic?", he cried.

"Yeah, s-same here."

The two had difficulties in using magic while the boy is still within the mist with them. With that thought, they knew they were in a immediate danger. They had no choice but to rely on weapons.

They grabbed their weapons by the hilt and held on to it because their lives depends on it. In this scenario, anything goes as long as it works.

After moving so fast within the mist, the boy decided to finally face them with their troublesome dogs out of the way.

He was approaching them as if a hunter cornering it's prey. Both at the same, the two ran towards his direction.

The two thrust their swords towards the boy direction. It looked like there was no escape and it was the guards' win. But alas, not all expected things happens.

The boy held out the palm of his hands with the right aligned with his head and his left slightly below his right rib.

With this stance, he made a move as if tearing something in thin air. Along with his motion, the blades started to break apart. The two had surprised looks in their face and immediately after he stretched out his arms and manipulate another source of water in this forest.

The body is composed of 60% water. The boy knew this so he teared the flesh of the two. He focused on specific parts of the two. He had the upper hands. Using this, he made the blood of the two as if it was leaving the body.

The two had horrid screams. At some point. they didn't have the chance to scream the pain all away.

The blood exploded as if there was an implanted bombs on the body of the guards. Seconds after dispersing, the blood immediately frozed. It looked like antlers of red were formed from the bodies of the two.

The now dead bodies are still standing along with their frozen blood.

The boy finally have the chance to escape. Before leaving, he took some essentials from the guards and went on his way with his still injured body.

END OF CHAPTER