The Importance of Mastery

There always had to be order in the world, both in ordinary routine things and battles. Commoners fought Commoners, Knights against Knights, and Mages against Mages. It was an unspoken law that everyone who wanted to live followed.

Monsters and beasts were no exception, although monsters were chaotic creatures there was a small chance that a monster would attack a commoner. The battle would be boring, and the reward almost nonexistent because commoners had no mana.

However, in such a vast world it was not uncommon for things to happen that normally should not happen. Just as a commoner might try to go up against a knight, a knight might become brave enough to unleash his full power on a mage.

Well, but even that situation didn't fit the one Gavin was in now.

His eyes were wide open, and his body shuddered from time to time as Evan's scythe clashed with his.