Ring

Early in the morning, a helicopter flew over the desolate Montalcino region, after a few hours of flight, the aircraft landed in the most open area of ​​a valley.

"Thank old Don for me, if everything goes as planned, we'll be back before dusk".

"As you wish." The pilot politely consented and left.

"The old man saved us a long time, and this region is isolated, are you sure it is around here?"

For Shin's question, Alexa nodded and pointed in a particular direction "This way".

"What is the name of this ruin?" Shin asked in a tone of curiosity.

"She doesn't have a precise name, all the information I have is that she belonged to a powerful wizard, probably above the 6th circle, the relic is also unknown".

It took them a few minutes of walking before they reached a small hill hidden by the high forest, after using a research spell in the area, the entrance to the ruin was detected, it was small and barely allowed the passage of an adult.

"There are people ahead…. The illusion spell that would prevent invaders from entering has been broken, but there are still traces of mana in the air, let's hurry up they are still inside" Alexa. She had more experience soon noticed that there were some abnormalities.

The couple entered the ruin, the overpasses were empty, using the magic detection spell again Shin did not find any trap, so the two proceeded quickly through the place whose shape resembled a maze.

"BANG !!!"

The loud sound of the impact went through the corridors of the ruin; the source of the impact was not far away, so Shin wanted to go and check what had caused it.

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Lina Owen, the princess of a renowned and noble family of knights, receiving a rigorous education since childhood and possessing exceptional talent she won her place in the world by being the youngest Grand Knight. Still, it was not enough for her, her heart cried out for adventures, but it was this same outcry that left her in her current situation.

"Damn, you bastards, how can they fool me like that ...?"

In front of Lina was the guardian of the ruin, a vast metal golem, his appearance resembled that of a medieval knight, full-body armour wielding a two-handed sword, his bearing, however, went far beyond an ordinary knight, with a height bordering on the 3 meters, its body made of an ultra-resistant alloy, capable of not succumbing to time, let alone invaders.

The sword in Lina's hands was worn out, no matter how much or how she attacked, it would cause nothing more than scratches, the strength and pride she had cultivated since childhood, broke at this moment, facing such an enemy her fencing, the height of her pride of no avail, tears of sadness and desolation filled the edge of her eyes.

Step by step the Golem slowly walked towards Lina, raising his sword to the skies and cutting down in one stroke, a relentless execution, in the face of such an oppressive attack, Lina's small body was trembling in a desperate attempt to defend herself. he raised the chipped sword above her head, closed her eyes and remembered her beloved parents. "Father, Mother, I failed you, if there is a next life, I hope that I can be your daughter again.

A few moments later, she felt no pain, her mind began to question if her fragile body had been cut in such a way that she had not felt any pain, her vague thoughts, however, did not last, a few steps ahead of the sound a huge impact occurred, Lina slowly opened her eyes, and in front of her was a shocking scene. This scene would be engraved in the depths of her heart; it was the beginning of her fairy tale.

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Shin and Alexa went cautiously towards the sound they once heard, to their surprise, however, that that had made the considerable shock of a young woman, who wore clothes and equipment that reminded them of the figure of the knights in the films, with bravery she he had fought the massive Golem, the strength of his body. Still, it did not seem to be equivalent to his courage, falling on his knees, she raised her sword in an attempt to defend herself and murmured a few words.

With a quick judgment, Shin determined that that Golem was the guardian of ruin, and it was better to destroy it. "Well, two birds with one stone".

The Golem raised its two-handed sword into the sky, intended to crush the knight, and did so.

With no time to lose, Shin closed the distance between the two in a few moments, using the ground shrink spell whose usefulness was like a short distance teleport he imposed himself between the Golem and the knight, gathering mana in his right hand. Sword was falling towards him with overwhelming power, the moment the seemingly small fist found the giant blade something unexpected happened, the vast sword had been reduced to fine dust and the Golem that wielded it forced a few meters back.

Shin had made the substantially full mana, and his fist vibrates at a specific frequency at the moment of impact, the effect was so extraordinary that the two women present forgot their manners and are unable to close their mouths.

Without missing such an opportunity, using the ground shrink spell again Shin accelerated quickly, using the force of acceleration and the principle of mana vibration, he kicked the Golem's chest that could not withstand the power of the impact and was thrown against the ruined wall.

"It was easier than I expected", Shin thought, and after that, he looked briefly at the knight who was bewildered with a smile. "Are you alright?"

Lina at that moment was in shock, the Golem that appeared to be invincible to her was so quickly shattered by a young man whose age did not seem very different from hers "I, I'm fine, thanks for the help".

Upon hearing the thanks from the girl Jiang Chen did not think much and soon left with Alexa leaving only a few words "You better go out to get treated, we will take care of the rest."

Lina was unable to refute, her body had some internal wounds and needed to be treated quickly which would take some time, and she also knew that even if she were in good condition, she would not be able to fight someone who could smash a Golem with one punch, and so withdrew.

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The room where Shin defeated the Golem was not far from the centre of the ruin, and after a few moments, the two reached their destination.

"That brat must have been shattered by that Golem, tch, and shame, and she had a good body".

"Haha, so cute, did you see her angry face?"

"We need to hurry, even if that brat is strong it won't last long against that golem".

The voices belonged to a group of three men dressed in adventurous clothes, the group was gathered around a pulpit located right in the centre of the ruin, on the pulpit was a ring glowing slightly in silver, it had a somewhat more refined appearance, in addition to emitting a powerful atmosphere."

"Haha, we nailed it this time, the boss will pay us well for it", said Bandit A in joy

"Are you sure about that?"

The sudden voice startled the group of cheaters, the three turned their heads slowly like rusty tin men, and what they saw were just an attractive-looking young man and a nice-looking beautiful woman.

"Who?" The three tried not to panic; they were experienced in the business of stealing ruins. Still, they had never been in this situation, where a couple suddenly appeared on their backs without any of the three being able to notice.

"A group of dead men doesn't need to know who I am," the arrogant voice sounded, quickly infuriating the group.

The intention to kill the three exploded, but the moment they tried to attack they found that their bodies did not obey their thoughts, it was as if several chains were holding them, all they could do was look at the boy in front of them with hatred and rage.

"How do you feel now, the despair before death, are you not making that look of fury that you appreciate so much?" Shin smiled and continued. "well, you are just three worms that were easily caught in a basic restraining spell, I thought you would be worth something for having managed to deceive that knight, but it seems that I overestimated them"

At the end of his words he activated one of the spells present in the knowledge he received from Xiao Yan, it was forbidden at that time, but it would be advantageous now, it would allow him to increase his strength.

Shin walked towards the three, held out his hand and soon a suction force was formed, at this moment the three began to feel the force that they are so proud to fade slowly, a despair filled their eyes, their bodies, however, were like statues and not they moved, and all they could do was watch their strength gradually reduce.

The spell that Shin activated was able to extract the mana strength of an enemy wizard, allowing to quickly increase the concentration of mana and power of those using it, having a name as simple as its function, "devour ".

But not everything is flowers. The spell is powerful. Still, it has its limitations, and a first circle magician would not be able to deal with the mana of a two circle magician, besides that the stolen mana would not always have a good purity, making it necessary that the refine it to suit use.

"This spell is potent and can help me a lot, but these three are useless, is their mana made of shit?" Shin was furious with the three low cheaters

"I really must be careful when devouring other people's mana, if it's as bad as these guys, the time spent refining and compressing won't even be worth it" At that moment having completely devoured the thieves' mana, he sighed in regret "Forget it, I can only spend some time refining this garbage, there must be something left" He tried to perk up.

As for the cheaters who had their mana stolen by force, their bodies lost a great deal of vitality, and their lives swayed over the gates of death.

"If you had decent mana I could consider you letting go, um, I'm a good person, but you trash just gave me trouble" In your hands the basic flame spell "burn" burned, the fire quickly devoured the bodies transforming them nothing but a few ashes.

Shin walked to the pulpit and held the ring in his hands, there was a considerable amount of mana stored "with that I could have almost enough mana for a second circle, I can't even imagine how much power I would get, but Alexa's life is more important, yes, I must take care of my little maid! "Extending his arm towards her, Shin gently placed the ring in his small hand.

"From now on, my Alexa doesn't have to worry about anything else!"

It was just a few words, but it was enough to touch Alexa's heart, who was unable to do anything but smile and shed tears of joy.

Shin swears that it was probably the most beautiful smile he has ever seen; it was such that even the sun in the sky seemed dazzled.