The beginning 2

Soon the hour had passed, and they reached a cliff-like area where they decided to take a break. They all stopped the carriage to the side, and the carriage driver started feeding the horses. These 5 people came to the side to create a bonfire and also to prepare food. As they were preparing the arrangements, Mia got up, walked a little distance, and called Arthur, "Hey Arthur, can you come here for a second?" Arthur, even though confused, first decided to follow her.As these two were going away, all the other three looked at each other and gave a nod as if they understood something. Mia, after walking for some distance, turned towards Arthur. "Arthur, what did you decide? Will you come with me to Secrosis Kingdom?".Hearing this, Arthur remembered something. The kingdom they live in is called the utopian kingdom and is actually considered one of the strongest among all the kingdoms of the Great West continent.Secrosis is a kingdom bordering the utopian kingdom and is more like a wild land where the law is pretty weak and also the gathering place for the criminals and scum from all around the continent. But it is also a heaven for mercenaries and thiefs because of the nonexistent rules of the place. It also houses the biggest black market on the entire West Continent and is a place where we can find anything for the right price.Seeing Arthur still thinking, she continued, "We also need to find the heaven-grade healing potion to heal your arm and regrow it, and we can find it at a cheap price in the black market there." Hearing this, Arthur looked down at his non-existent hand and thought it was high time he got his hand repaired. Thinking back, even though Uthopia is his birth kingdom, there is nothing tying him down to this place, not his family, which abandoned him in his childhood, nor the people who are closest to him who are not alive anymore.Thinking all this and finally looking at Mia, who was looking at him for his answer, he said, "Yes, I am coming with you. Let's start a new life in the secrosis kingdom." Hearing this a smile blossomed on Mia's face, and she jumped excitedly into Arthur's hands and kissed him. As he kissed her, he suddenly felt something go down his throat, and immediately he separated from her and looked at her smiling face. Looking at her smile, which is actually beautiful, Arthur felt a strange sense of unease, and just as he was going to ask what it was that passed through his throat, his senses, honed from years of fighting with his life on the line, warned him of a danger from his back. Instinctively, he rolled to the side and looked behind to see his party member raider with his two short swords standing in the position he was previously in."Wow, you dodged that, as expected of our captain. Never fails to amuse us." Just as Arthur was going to respond, he suddenly turned his head to see a sword coming in his direction, and immediately Arthur rolled back. Just as Arthur was going to stand, a huge axe came crashing down on him. Looking at the axe coming down at him, he bent his body at a weird angle such that the axe just missed him in a few hairs breadth. Even though the axe hadn't touched him because of its huge force, when it came crashing down, it created a crater at its point of contact with the ground, and Arthur was blown a few feet away. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Arthur immediately tried to recover and took his huge slaughter sword and pointed it at his party members, who had just become his ex-party members because of the attack.Looking at them, Arthur spoke in a low but angry tone, "What the fuck are you guys doing?". Seeing their attack fail, James slowly walked forward and started speaking. "Wow, captain, you are amazing as always. Our sneak attack was amazing, but you just dodged that with little to no injuries. Any other level 3 knight would have definitely died just now."