6. StormFront

The village had nearly a hundred people including kids. Everyone wore densely furred attire and waved at us while doing their daily chores.

Jamia and I walked side by side as she guided me around the beautiful snowy village.

She was a simple girl with brown skin and a beautiful smile and of course a cheerful personality. She was talkative and took the initiative to gossip with villagers even as we walked.

It was a different world and indeed It seemed more than a video game. It was real for me, my senses and the people around me, and all of the scenery which was impossible to imagine even in the dreams.

I tried to picture the size of her bosom, it was not too flat but neither it was big but I was not able to guess the perfect size due to her furry coat.

She cleared her throat and then gave me a gentle smile. "Where are you looking, Noah?"

I faltered, the heck she caught me red-handed. Damn it, my dirty mind.

"I... I-"

"Look that's my favorite spot, let's go... Hurry" she ran in front of me.

Fucking god that was a close call, next time I must be cautious.

Her head tilted up to the sky sucking breath in. She looked happy.

We were just in the right corner up ahead of the village, with a few small trees and hard ground beneath us.

Perfect spot for doing that kind of stuff... Ahem... I mean mediation or work out.

We sat there till the sky darkened, I primarily focused on getting information about the new world, and everything as long as it was important but she always dragged some useless things into her conversation, Like Tuni her ship, and the three children of that sheep. I had already forgotten their names.

But here and there were a few crucial pieces of information she did not forget to tell me. She was sixteen and looking for a decent man. While telling me that stuff she intently looked at me.

The village of Stormfront belonged to an Empire, an Empire founded by Emperor Thorin Rizal. He conquered three kingdoms and founded the first Empire in the history of Britania.

I pondered about the fact that why he needed to call it Empire in the first place why not just kingdom but again I was not too knowledgeable in this kind of subject so I decided to ignore it, completely.

He's dead anyway.

Besides the big ass Empire, there were another three kingdoms that co-existed, standing against the empire in unity thus the Empire had yet to spread its legs into kingdom affairs.

The most interesting thing I learned from her was the existence of supreme beings who protect them. The strongest people in Britania and their leader was

Wizard King.

"..."

I know right but let's not talk about it...

The Leader of those supreme beings and the strongest among them. The King of Humanity or her phrased world 'savior of humans.

I wondered how many levels he has to be the strongest in existence in the world of Britania. The simple answer was he could crush me like an ant if he wants...

We went back and after saying goodbye to her went to the inn. It was time to sleep, a cozy bed, and me.

The old man asked me many times if something interesting happened but I pretended to not know what he was saying and he gave up.

We sold the Dragon root to the shopkeeper for 340 gold. He wanted us to wait till he tracks down a good guy who could offer us at least 450 golds but the old man refused and told him to give him his share.

What a great man, he even advised me to take all the money from Dragon's root but I refused. Fuck how could I take it when I was living in his house, eating his food, and even getting pampered by him like a family member.

No one took care of me like that ever, even in my past life.

I lay on the bed facing the ceiling, sadly tomorrow we will head back. I wanted to spend more time with her if possible and probably if we had stayed I would have gained a chance to know her more...

The next morning we bid farewell, she was there to say goodbye to me. She even gave me some kind of necklace which was supposed to protect us on our way home.

[ Necklace of Agania

Defense 2+

Value - 80 gold ]

Plus two... Yeah. I hope it will protect me from harm. I told myself to think positively even after we had a long walk ahead of us.

"What did you do to her?" asked the old man ahead with a chuckle. "I can tell she already likes you"

"What- I didn't do anything," I said to his response, does she like me or is this old man guessing something wrong?

He laughed seeing my reaction and then shook his head.

"don't be like that old man... Just hurry up I wanna go home" I replied.

What if I would have stayed? Was there any possibility of something happening? I shook my head. Dont, think.

"There is always a next time" I mumbled and followed the Old man excitedly.

We took a rest for a while and then again proceeded to walk our path. The more we walked the heavy snow fell and it was getting heavier.

"We should stop somewhere," yelled the old man as I quickly followed him behind.

He was right I did not want to freeze to death, so I hastened my steps. The stony pathway had almost disappeared.

I saw a campfire a few meters ahead near the trees with a manmade shelter of leather. There were three of them stretching sloped against the face of snowfall.

"There is someone" I shouted back at the old man but the storm raged more noisily.

I saw a few people walking our way, I shook the old man's shoulder but he felt like a frozen stone in the middle of the pathway.

The old man stood in front of me and when they approached us he asked, "Fellow travelers, we are lost could you tell us the direction of the north?"

The man with a coarse voice pointed his finger at the campfire. "Going in the storm is not a good idea, my friends why not stop and eat something?"

The old man gave me a side glance and then hesitated.

Why was he hesitating? It was the best option for both of us at this moment, right? And I don't think this fellow who was accompanied by women could be dangerous...

[ Name - Dan Stokworm

Level - 14

Race - Human

- I should have poisoned the food first but no worries I'll do it later ]

[ Name - Cilia libenon

Level - 7

Race - Human

- hope this brat has enough coins or I will slice their balls and feed them to wolves ]

"..."

Bandits?

I pulled the old man back and then summoned my short sword, The old man instinctively brought out his knife still confused by my reaction.

"What happened?" He shouted, backing out with me.

"They are robbers" I shouted back as I pointed my sword at them. I was damn scared.

They both were surprised. The man called out suppressing the noise of the wind with his loud tone.

"What are you saying fellow traveler-"

"Fuck it, I don't have time to play just kill them, Dan" the woman shouted then brought out her two daggers.

Fuck, we have to escape from this, I thought briefly trying to find a way to escape but the damn snowfall made it harder to see, even their moments were partly unreadable.

"You run first, I will take care of them-" The old man got interrupted by the dagger that stuck out of his chest. Red and smeared with his blood.

My eyes widened, The third person who was standing behind me all this time made his move and then kicked an old man to the ground.

I was stunned, no words came from my mouth as I stared at him. Blood began pouring out into the snow as he raised his head slightly.

"Run-"

The woman pushed her dagger into the back of his neck and gave me a wicked smile. I saw her face, that damned look of satisfaction in her eyes.

The fucking bitch killed an old man...

I swung my sword at her but the Dan guy barricaded and struck his shoulder pushing me further back.

"Look at the small puppy" The guy behind me laughed waving his dagger.

"Don't kill him, he's mine" the woman shouted and rushed at me.

She was at level six and I was at one, the outcome was obvious but I did not care, I shouted and ran forward only to get pierced by her daggers.

She laughed as her cold blades went deep inside me. I felt pain but there was something inside me that was begging me to wipe out her smugness.

I switched to a small knife and leaned into her more as if sleeping on her shoulder.

"Look at him, can't even pull his weight" she mumbled and pulled her daggers out.

It was painful as if she pulled out everything inside my stomach forcefully. I lost my strength but still sliced the knife horizontally over her neck.

Her daggers dropped as well as that fucking smile. They both ran over her as she tried to press her bleeding throat...

Serve you right...