10 Extra chapter: The Dream of a Human

(A/N: If you like to listen to music while reading, then i recommend you to listen "Main Theme - Tron: Legacy" on YouTube for this chapter.

More specifically from minute 9:25.

if you are on a phone, then never mind.

Hope you like this chapter.)

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---Extra Chapter: The Dream of a Human---

My name is Harry Magnus.

I'm currently bleeding from my arm, and i have a few broken bones.

Today was supposed to be a normal day, like it has been for decades.

No war, no killing, no battles.

Just a peaceful day in this village.

But the goblins came.

Me and the guards of the town fought, and tried to stop them from entering this place.

However, as the weakest race, we didn't stand a chance against them.

We were rapidly outnumbered and defeated.

I was now laying in the floor, completely defeated, my blood leaked out of my body constantly.

Everyone in the village died, even the swordsmanship i trained all my life couldn't protect them.

I was useless.

That was when i heard an explosion in a house.

*BOOOOOM!*

Who...?

The face of a certain kid appeared in my mind.

Right.

Aspen... he is still alive.

He couldn't die that easily.

"Urgh..."

I managed to stand up despite my injuries and quickly ran towards the place.

Breathing was becoming harder with every step that i took, i could feel even blood leaking from my mouth once in a while.

But i won't surrender.

Not like this.

...

When i arrived i saw him being crushed to death by a goblin.

His face was covered in blood, and some parts on his body were twisted in strange directions.

I couldn't stand still anymore so i talked to him.

"Hey kid, you look awful right now"

He didn't answer me, however i knew he was still alive because i could see his eyes looking at me.

Looking at his pitiful appearance right now just ignited my anger.

I remembered my past.

And my dream.

Since i was a child i dreamt to make a difference. To save humanity from extinction, and to make this world a better place.

However, war showed me the reality.

I understood that we were weak. That no matter how hard we trained, how painful our training was, or how much we developed our abilities, we couldn't win.

My dream changed.

If i couldn't save humanity, i could save the people that was important to me.

However, i failed once again...

My family and every person i knew was killed.

I escaped. I ran as fast as i could without an exact direction. That was when i found this village.

A peaceful small village, protected by its enormous walls, a village in which it's inhabitants received me with their arms open.

I led a peaceful life here since then.

I got married.

My wife gave birth to my little daughter.

I trained the youngsters from this village, so that they could protect it when i was already gone.

And my life continued like that for years.

Until i met him.

Aspen.

A kid with an extraordinary talent for swordsmanship and archery, he managed to reach me in skill with the sword in just 4 years.

His body was not a joke either, even if i was old, i was still stronger than a normal person, still, his strength was still too much for a normal kid, he easily overpowered me using his super strength.

But neither of those characteristics were the one that impressed me the most.

It was his dream.

I saw my past self in him, the old me that wanted to protect everything he cared about, his dreams were the same as mine.

But unlike me, he had potential.

The potential to accomplish what i couldn't.

The dreams that i just abandoned, were still alive in him.

So i couldn't allow him to die.

Even at the cost of my life, i was going to make him survive.

"Kid... why are you surrendering? Do you really want to die?" I told him.

When i mentioned the possibility of dying, i saw the small flame of determination inside his eyes ignite again.

That's it kid.

He lifted his arm and then stabbed the goblin in his eye.

I don't know where did the take that knife from, but i didn't care anymore.

The goblin started screaming like a mad man from pain, and threw Aspen to the ground.

I gave him a potion.

"H...How-?" he asked me.

"I got ones during the war, i saved a lot of them through the years for an important occasion. Now stop talking and drink."

*Gulp gulp*

After drinking it, his wounds finally healed.

His appearance returned to normal, though he was still covered in blood.

I said that i had a lot of them but...

I lied, this one i gave him was the only one i had.

I'm sorry Aspen.

"Kid i want you to listen to me, we don't have much time, the other goblins must have heard the scream of his companion, so you need to escape from here fast"

"B-but what about you, old man?"

"I will stay here, i need to make him scream more, so that i draw all the attention towards me, That way you can escape without being noticed"

"But..." he started to hesitate.

I punched him, i was not going to let him die, not this time.

"Get the hell out of here now!"

He started leaving, but gave me one last look.

"Don't worry kid, i have lived already more than enough, i'm old and weak, however, you have a promising future ahead of you, your talent is something i have never seen before, it's something i can't allow to disappear today." I told him.

He then left.

"Don't disappoint me Aspen." i said to myself in a low voice.

...

I turned to look at the goblin that was still on the floor grabbing his bleeding eye.

Now...

"I must make you scream"

I grabbed my sword and stabbed him in the back.

However, it just left a small wound.

"AAAAAAAAAAAH!!" He screamed in agony, after being pierced by my sword. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU HUMANS, I'M GOING TO TEAR YOU APART!!!"

He got up and tried to punch me

However, i dodged and then i cut off his ear.

He screamed in agony and tried to kick me.

His attacks were rapid, more than i could handle.

However, I dodged and stabbed him with the sword.

Time seemed to be slowing down, I could feel my mind focused every bit of its energy with only one purpose...

To kill him.

His screams of rage and agony just increased with every wound that i inflicted and every attack that i dodged.

However, everything has an ending.

In one of my attacks he managed to dodge.

The grin in his face told me everything.

I was dead.

"DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

He threw a punch at me.

I tried to dodge, however, it still hit me on the shoulder.

*BOOOOM!!!*

I crashed to the wall of the house after being sent flying while spinning on the air.

The bones on my arm pretty much separated from my shoulder, and broke to a thousand pieces.

I tried to contain my scream, however i still leaked some sobs and small grunts.

*Huff puff...*

Breathing was hard because of the blood that leaked every time i opened my mouth. I couldn't move my arm, and i felt that it was being pierced by thousands of needles at the same time.

My consciousness wanted to leave my body every second i blinked.

However, i dragged it back to my body every time.

I endured it.

"You really are gonna regret making me feel pain." The goblin said to me while smiling like a lunatic.

He was approaching slowly, but every time he took a step i could feel his bloodlust intensified.

Hah...

F*ck...

So this is the end.

The story of Harry Magnus ends here.

...

Sigh...

I looked to my hands.

They looked old, the scars from the war were still there.

But for a moment i saw my past self

The hands of a warrior.

My dream...

I looked at my sword that laid beside me.

If this story is coming to an ending

I might as well give it a good one.

I took my sword and launched my self towards him.

The pain i was feeling just moments ago, stopped.

So even if my bones were turning to dust right now, i just continued charging towards him.

Time seemed to have stopped.

I felt it, the way my sword should go.

The place i should attack.

The amount of force i should employ.

Everything...

My body reacted on its own and attacked.

The goblin that didn't expect me to move in my condition reacted too late.

I stabbed the wounded eye and penetrated deep into his skull.

Blood splashed everywhere in the room.

The goblin fell dead to the ground.

*Tuth*

"Heh..."

A human actually won against a goblin.

That's a wonderful ending.

I fell to the ground as well.

My lips curled up, while i saw all my blood leaking out of my body

I began to lose consciousness.

I could hear the voices of many goblins.

Probably they saw me kill their companion.

That's when i heard a certain scream in the distance.

Outside the walls...

"Well, it doesn't matter anymore... KILL HIM!!!"

Heh...

Seems like my student is creating quite the havoc outside.

Go for it Aspen.

Live.

It was then.

The last bit of life force my body had disappeared.

I felt my eyelids closing slowly.

And i fell to an eternal slumber.