Chapter - 71 [ Tragedy! ]

The Four horses were running towards the village of Guja. On one of them, Raiser was riding with a scared Jesda hugging him. On another Jeke and Quon was leading them. Adam and Theo was riding seperate horses. The reason for this was Jesda and Jeke didn't know how to ride the horse.

As the village was near the capital, they weren't that far from the destination. But all of their expression changed when they saw smoke rising from the middle of the forest where the village is situated.

"Oh no! It seems we are going to be late!"

Theo said in a fluster. Knowing he has to do something, Adam surprised everyone by jumping off the horse and disappearing into the depths of the forest after announcing,

"Sorry guys! I will leave first! We won't make it in time if we went with this speed. I will go and take a look. Come fast!"

Although they were surprised, they understood why Adam did this. Thus not feeling any discomfort for his behavior, they rode the horse at full speed.

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In the village, no....it can't be called a village anymore. There was dead bodies of people lying there and here. Destroyed houses. Killed animals. Bloodied pond at the center. The houses all were burning. In the middle of the destroyed village, there stood a young boy. Intimidating him, a man with spiky hair and shabby clothes laughed like a madman.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA..!"

"You said, your brother will come and defeat me! Where is he now..!? Tell me..!"

Although he is scared, but not showing this to the enemy, the child glared at the man with a death galre and said, "I believe in him! Even if this is the end, He will take revenge for us..!"

Feeling his anger raising a lot, the man felt his patience has run out as he said, "Very well! I shall kill you as well, and offer it for my master..!"

He raised his hand and made a huge ball in the size of a football with darkness and threw it at the boy. Although the boy felt death creeping upon him with each seconds, he could only curse his weak self for his inability to save those who he wished to protect. He closed his eyes welcoming death.

A loud and flashy explosion broke out, which surprised even the man. He was sure he held back quite a bit. After all, he didn't want to use his strength for this mere village boy. But he was now doubting if he became even more stronger.

Laughing at his own performance, he looked at where the boy stood. To his surprise, he couldn't see dead body. But there was a red and black glow making his skin feel as if something is crawling on him. On a closer look, he saw something.

From the top, there was a sword with black hilt. It's blade was truly a unique design he ever seen. It was a mix of red and black. Red was on the underside or sharp end while black was on its upper side. It had the design of a traditional katana, but a little different. There was a name near it's hilt too.

But making him feel nervous, he saw the unconscious body of the boy behind the sword. Knowing someone is protecting the boy, he screamed,

"Who is it..!? Come out and fight me head-on..!"

Although he was cautious, he wasn't a coward. He hated cowards the most. This feeling very angry at the other party, he called out.

Not making him wait anymore, Adam appeared out of nowhere and took his sword, 'Tizona', out of the ground. He was now however using disguise. He transformed into a random looking young man and asked, "Who are you..? Why did you do this..?"

Like a cliche that is, the man laughed like a evil creature and exclaimed, "Hahahaha...! To think, a hero would come and save them at the last second...! It's just like 'that person' said..! But..!"

Glaring at Adam, he asked, "Did you seriously thought I would accept that it is my fate to die in the hands of a hero..!? No..! I shall be your demise..!" Saying so, the man hold out his hand and said after showing a wierd pose, "Summon! Fuku..!"

Showing a surprise on his face, Adam had a lot of questions. But sensing the dark element and low level space element combining to form a purple magic circle in front of them, Adam waited till the smoke of black fog to clear.

On the ground, standing straight, he saw a monster, wearing breastplate and loose boxer. That's right! It looked exactly like the boxer from his previous life! And it was a monster who's wearing it!

"A...a goblin chief wearing chest piece and boxer....?" Adam asked with a cramped face. The man was shocked by this however.

"How do you know about it..!? Could it be...You are a traitor amongst against our organization..!?"

Shaking his head in mockery, Adam said in a provocative tone, "Traitor..? If I were in such a crappy organization, I would have called myself retard and committed suicide. Shameful people..."

His words worked exactly as he expected as the man was fuming with anger. He ordered the goblin to attack Adam.

A goblin was a weak monster. At least to the strong. But a goblin chief is a strong monster which can threaten a C-B rank Adventurers.

Seeing the goblin running at him like a thug, Adam carried the unconscious boy with him and placed him away from the fight. Returning to the fight, Adam pointed Tizona at the goblin and moved faster than the goblin could react and slashed apart it's limbs. Adam didn't want to torture any creatures, including monsters. But he could feel, a faint odour of death and aura of cruelty. Thus he know, that it was used as a weapon for slaughter. And it enjoyed the onslaught.

Seeing the impossible sight in front of him, the man felt heavy pressure on every side of his body. He chose his strongest card, knowing an unknown enemy could forcibly change the tide of a battleground if he let his guard down.

But he never expected his strongest monster would be defeated so easily. As he was about to try and escape, Adam locked him in place by applying gravity on him. Then looking afar to the depths of forest, he sent a chilling glare and asked, "You are hiding well in there. But unfortunately, you met me today!"

Saying this, he tried to capture this person, who is watching everything. But before he can do this, he felt another space elemental fluctuation. After that, the presence was not found.

Feeling very frustrated due to his unexpected defeat and mishaps, Adam tried using his ability to read the man's memories. But unfortunately, there wasn't anything other than a shadow giving him orders. Only one information was found. Their organization was called 'Truth Sanctuary'.

After knowing everything, he killed the man and burned his body. Sensing the boys reach him, he glanced around and found something else.

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At the same time Adam defeated the goblin, the others boys was riding their horses at full speed. As they reached the entrance to the village, Quon who saw everything felt his legs go weak as he fell to the ground with lifeless look.

Tear overflowed his eyes. He screamed. Seeing this, the others were feeling very sad as well. But when Theo turned his head away, he saw a figure lying on the ground a few distance away from them.

"Look! Somebody there..!" Everyone including Quon looked at where he pointed and ran towards the figure when they saw it.

Reaching near the body, Quon suddenly took the boy into his arms and called out.

"Billy..! Billy..!? Wake up..!"

He was not waking up. Then startling them, Adam appeared like a phantom and said, "Sorry guys.. It seems I was late too... I could only save a few of them. Some of them were near death situation. But I was able to heal them. So they are alive. Here.. This little girl is also a survivor..."

Taking the girl from his hands, Quon cried even more when he saw her face.

"Thank you Adam..! It's my sister...!"

Then he pointed to where he placed the saved survivors and asked Jeke to try and heal them. After a few hours of hardworking, they were able to heal them fully. But this tragedy was too much for Quon. His entire family excluding his little sister, and some villagers were killed. Adam decided to let them rest for some time, while he explained everything happened to the others.