Nicholas Orpheus[1]-"Young Man"

With such background, There was no doubt that any knew of Remnants.

The hell hounds that hunted down everything that had even the smallest of resemblance to the greatest calamity the planet has ever known...

The Blue-Eyed Demon.

Even with their terrifying history, that did not mean that Albus, one of the greatest magi-casters the kingdom had ever seen would just run like that, this was the reason that everyone was doubting the young Guordon's words, but...

It would hurt no one to check if his words were true.

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Minutes later, One of the soldiers who was previously lined up with the rest, came back barging into the King's hall, his hard breathing sounding loudly as he moved closer to the King's throne.

A while ago, when Guordon had just announced the fleeing of Albus, The King quickly ordered one of the soldiers to check if this was true.

And currently, the one who had barged In was the said guard who was sent to confirm this accusation.

"Y-your Highness... Master Albus is nowhere to be seen, his research, artifacts as well and belongings have all disappeared!" The soldier announced, shortly after bowing down to the king.

As soon as the soldier finished speaking, the throne room fell silent.

This growing silence was a natural response to the shocking news that they all just heard.

Albus, The greatest magi-casters In the Kingdom had run away?

That's impossible!

What were they going to do now, wouldn't the Kingdom be in turmoil after this...

"FIND HIM AT THIS MOMENT!!!"

Before anyone could digest the information they just received, the King roared, ordering them to find Albus.

But even If they were ordered... Where were they supposed to look?

Albus was a High-level Magi-Caster, he could disappear at any moment if he wanted to, so how were they supposed to find him?

Unless he wanted to be found, they were sure that Albus had disappeared from the face of the earth.

Even with such knowledge an order is an order, Immediately after the King's words, except for the two women at his sides, everyone present rushed out of the throne room, looking for Albus.

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Ruthven, the clueless fellow who had caused such a commotion in the Royal Palace, continued on his luck-chosen journey.

He walked with a bright smile on his face, his mind filled with the thoughts of his next action.

Soon, After an uncertain amount of walking, Ruthven saw huge walls in the distance.

Even at a distance, The height of these walls was nothing to joke about, they stood more than 30 meters and stretched from west to east with a length of more than a few kilometers.

With 'special' materials used for bricks, the wall in its light brown color represented sturdiness and great durability.

In a daze, Ruthven continued walking to these walls, thoughts of the kind of species he might find in these walls playing in his mind.

Maybe he might find one of his said 'descendents' inside.

Soon, Ruthven reached his destination. Immediately after he arrived, he took notice of a long line of people.

With more than a hundred people, the group of people stood in wait to enter the city gates.

Seeing this, a sigh couldn't help but leave Ruthven's mouth...

Was he going to have to wait in line as well?

Thinking of this Ruthven slowly shook his head and headed straight for the gate, ignoring the number of people he passed by.

'If they have a problem with me, they can just come and tell it to me straight to my face.' were his thoughts.

But before he was halfway through the line, Ruthven heard complaints from the many people in the line.

Ruthven ignored these people and continued when suddenly...

"Can't you see that there's a line here!?" A big, rough hand pulled him by the shoulder.

Surprised, Ruthven turned to look at the one who had pulled him.

"Huh!?" Ruthven's face should be the slightest of shock while at the same time, his tone let out a disappointed sound.

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Name: Raiz

Level: 21

Race: Human

Age: 34

Status: Angry

Job: Adventurer {Bronze Rank- I Rank }

Occupation: Martial Artist

Health: [ 210/220]

Mana: 00

Strength: 60

Stamina: 31

Agility: 17

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A small yellow status window was above the head of the one who had pulled him, this was the reason for his shocked expression.

As for the disappointment In his tone, It was clear that Raiz's level was higher than Ruthven's, and yet all his stats were trash.

Ruthven calmly stared at the status above Raiz's head, trying to figure out why there was such a difference in their stats while the former was at a higher level than him.

Was it because of their species?

Age maybe?

No... That couldn't be it. Even if Ruthven wasn't familiar with how things worked in this world, for some reason he had this feeling that even if there was a difference in Species or Age, this wouldn't affect their stats that much.

So now the question was Why?!

Was it due to Ruthven being a Reincarnated or maybe, just maybe it was due to him being a 'God Candidate'?

Yeah!! That must be it.

As Ruthven was busy solving this small mystery In his head, Raiz who noticed the suddenly silent young man in front of him thought he was afraid.

"Hey young man, are you about to cry?" Raiz teased and his small remark amused the people waiting in line.

As laughter echoed outside the gate, Ruthven who had now finished solving his fun little mystery heard the words 'Young Man' and his face froze.

"Wh-what did... you just call me?" Ruthven's trembling voice was heard.

"Huh, What do you mean?" Raiz was slightly puzzled by this, "Oh, you mean 'Young Man'?" But after realizing what Ruthven meant, he repeated his words in a sarcastic tone.

The crowd laughed once more, failing to notice the dark expression on Ruthven's twitching face.

"What's a Youn-" just as Raiz was about to mock Ruthven once more when his words were suddenly cut short by a soft yet strong hand around his neck.

"Do you have a death wish?" Lifting Raiz from his feet, Ruthven tightened his hand around his neck.

The crowd fell silent, shocked expressions were visible in all their faces.

'When did the "Young Man's" hand get around Raiz's neck?' they all asked themselves.

Noticing the situation he was in, Raiz showed a shocked expression on his face before it slowly turned into one of fear.

Trying his best to free himself from the small yet unmovable hand, Raiz's gaze was suddenly drawn to Ruthven's eyes.

Ruthven's eyes, like a glitch, change from their normal look to a completely red color without any irises before returning to normal a few times.

Fear slowly crept up Raiz's body as a thought crossed his mind, "True Demon"

Shivering in fear and ready to pee his pants at any moment, Ruthven's cold and merciless tone entered his ears...

"I said, Do you have a Death Wish?"

"Am ..... sorry... please forgive me, I was wrong," Raiz said as tears began to flow down his face and as his breath got shorter and shorter.

*Clack, Clack* Sounds of metal started getting closer to the scene.

Soldiers in iron-clad armor showed up holding spears in their hands pointed at Ruthven.

"Sir, Let go of the man you are holding." One of them said.

Hearing this, Ruthven turned his head to the soldiers and asked a simple question, "Why?"

Stunned by this, the soldiers hesitated for a second before one of them answered... "This is an order by the 'Iron Guards'."

With a scoff, Ruthven returned his gaze to Raiz and started squeezing his neck more and more.

"You hear that, They just ordered me to release you."

Looking at Ruthven's actions, The guards nodded to each other before bravely charging in for the kill.

But before they could even take more than 3 steps...

"Stop your assault!!!"

A young blonde man holding a fist-sized Black Badge with symbolic runes and a red one-eyed pattern at the center suddenly commanded.

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