Travelling

Umules Kingdom, the Kingdom that's the closest to the Demon Army. It has a fairly average prowess compared to other Kingdoms but it will never stand a chance against Empires. Kingdoms in Arian are usually under the rule of an Empire, Umules is under the rule of Silvia Empire along with 2 other Kingdoms so you could imagine the Empire's power.

Silvia could be said to rival Mapis in prowess, it has an S rank powerhouse along with similar numbers of A ranked powerhouses. B ranked are considered as super soldiers while C ranked are the elites. D ranked and below would be considered as the normal soldiers.

Of Course these statistics applies only to Empires, Kingdoms would usually only have 1 or 2 A ranks. B ranks are powerhouses while C ranks are super soldiers, D ranks are elites while E ranks and below are just normal soldiers. 

They typically have lesser advanced equipment than Empires so ranking is only one reason why they could never beat Empires.

Umules Kingdom has a decent number of cities and strongholds, one such stronghold/city hybrid is Raisaz. It's the border city that Sizuin is planning to hide in while leveling up.

A stronghold/city hybrid is a decent sized city being protected by another stronghold, the city part is mostly used by citizens and nobles while the stronghold part is used by soldiers, generals and adventurous. It is very difficult to siege against since they have their own food source, they can repair their equipment easily and the soldiers have a strong will to protect their families. 

Morale is a very important factor in wars so these kinds of stronghold/city hybrid are usually never successfully sieged in wars.

Currently, Sizuin is sitting inside of a travelling carriage with 9 other passengers. He had been travelling for a week or two and was finally going to arrive in Raisaz soon. Over the week, Sizuin had changed his hair and eye color to match the natives in Zenon which is mostly brown, blonde, and black. He has a black robe with a magician's staff to accompany it, Sizuin has a skinny body so wearing Warrior classed equipment wouldn't fit well with his physique.

Sizuin haven't leveled up nor did he put in his stats points since he was already quite powerful in the Kingdom, he wanted to wait until he is in an unfavorable situation or when he has honed his skills to an acceptable degree.

It may take a longer time to level up but it would be useful against strong beings, he has the abilities to be quite good in magics so he should make full use of it. It was ⅓ of his total stats after all so he had to be adept at it to unleash his full prowess. Plus, using magic is one of Sizuin's fantasies.

Sizuin only needs to get spells and practice his control over mana to be a powerful magician, he already has a good amount of INT and WIS. 

Sizuin had also created a new ability with his title. It is,

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{Refund} LvL 1

You created an ability that can refund the amount of ability points you have spent in a limited time and limited ranking

- (Refunds abilities within a day of creation)

- (Refunds Ranked C abilities and below only)

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It had cost him 3000 Ability points but it was well worth it. It may seem useless but Sizuin can create abilities with his title and then refund them, he could essentially create any ability he can think of within a certain rank.

One moment he could create a powerful fireball spell and the next he could make a waterball with the same power. He pretty much has every spell in a certain rank.

The only downside is that he needs time to refund it and create a new one but it could be solved with a parallel thinking ability which he needs a little more points to create.

Now he only has one obvious problem with using magic which is mana control but it could be solved with time. 

He's prowess as a Warrior is enough and there's no direct problems besides a one versus many situations, he just has to practice his fighting skills more and get used to his Warrior related abilities. All of which could be solved with time. He can also just create or learn a skill to kill many opponents at a time.

His last major combat style would be his Army boosting Ability. It has a lot of problems like not having an army for the first, he's too weak to make his Army be unbeatable for the second, He doesn't have enough Mana to summon or create an Army for the third. 

For the Army combat style, he can use Reo to make monsters for him. Sizuin's class is [Undeath Emperor] after all, Undead things would probably join his army easily. 

He could make an army that can destroy Kingdom cities when enough monsters are in, he wouldn't need to worry about the monsters losing control since he can use his {An Undeath Emperor's Wisdom}. 

His generals would be summoned monsters since they will always be at ⅔ of his level, he wouldn't need to worry about them being to weak.

Of Course he would begin his Army Combat Style in the future since it would bring too much attention for now.

*rustle*

'Hmm? oh it's just bandits, well I'll leave it to the adventurers, it's their job after all.'

Sizuin had sensed the hiding bandits 50 meters away from the carriage, he was sleeping so he couldn't sense them earlier.

The carriage that he is riding in is a travelling agency that transport people from one place to another, there is a total of 6 carriages which has 10 people inside each of them with a coucher guiding the horses. A few dozen guards were guarding them while a group of 5 adventurers patrolled around.

The group has 3 guys and 2 gals. From what Sizuin could see, the two gals are a magician and a cleric while the guys are a swordsman, paladin and assassin.

The magician and swordsman are simple enough to understand.

A cleric is a sub-branch of [Magician] that heals wounds and clear negative effects like curses, a healer in games.

A paladin is a sub-branch of [Warrior] that had more VIT and CON than normal, a tanker in games. 

Assassin is another sub-branch of [Warrior] that invest in AGI and STR, they also have a lot of sneaking and camouflage abilities. They are assassins in games.

"NOW!!"

When the carriage was close to the bandits, the bandit leader shouted out as 100 plus bandits circled around the caravan.

"HAHAHA! Why don't you give up? We already surrounded you!"

"Damnit!"

A chubby big man stepped outside of his personal carriage. He was the agency leader, kelfy.

"I thought you said this path was clear?!" Kelfy shouted towards another man, he was the guard captain Adam.

"It seemed that the information was false. I'm sorry boss!" Adam had a serious expression while he bowed.

"hahhh… fine, go get someone to arrange a meeting with the bandit leader." Kelfy rubbed his forehead in annoyance.

"Yes Boss! Conry! go and arrange a meeting with the bandit leader."

Another guard got on his horse and waved a white flag while moving towards where most of the bandits were.

Sizuin was unperturbed as this happens every so often, the other passengers also just sighs instead of panicking.

Arian is a world that is more realistic compared to those novels that portrayed every bandit as the worst scum that r*pes and kills every time they could. 

The bandits in Arian would surround a caravan and if they completely outnumber the caravan, the caravan would usually surender since if their passengers get killed or hurt in the crossfire, their reputation would crumble down and their business would be ruined.

The bandits would also like to avoid conflict since everyone didn't want to die and most had their own families they wanted to return to.

Of Course not all bandits are like this, very few would do exactly what the bandits in novels do but they would usually be wiped out quickly by the local army.

The guards and adventurers are mostly to intimidate bandits and drive away monsters.