"In the end, you had to use your sword after all…" The Magistrate had to say."Humph." The soldier did."What do you think?" The Magistrate asked."She is all right. She could make it to the ones who don't actually die in the first five minutes. Stand up!" The last two words were directed at Lenny, laying with the back on the grass in front of the man who won against her."STOP!!"Josiah's voice could be heard coming from just a few meters away. The three men had their attention drawn to his direction, from which he showed up, from behind the trees."Leave them alone!"Josiah was visibly tired and sweating. He had to run all the way from his house to the place before something could happen to Lenny."Another one!?" The soldier standing before the fallen girl made a surprise face.Unlike Lenny, Josiah was wearing everything he had: he already carried the sword in one hand, the dagger in the other and he was even wearing the iron leggings he got as a gift from Thomas."This one also see
The Magistrate waited for Josiah to come at him with both arms crossed. The mocking smile on his face exposed his confidence. He hadn't even begun making it easier to draw his weapons out of the huge number of belts and chains they were being held with among the heavy armory the man carried with him. 'Did I really uttered all cockily I'm going to give this guy hell? What the f*ck is wrong with me?' Josiah realized internally.The Magistrate didn't move an inch, even with Josiah stepping closer.'Forget it. Focus. If this dumbass won't start fighting, I will.'He charged trying to reproduce what he learned, but the small worries in the back of his mind may have turned it into a slower assault than he was accustomed to.As soon as Josiah got close, he felt his left shoulder tearing up. When he looked to his left a huge jet of blood splashed on his face. Where did that come from? Josiah didn't see anything until he was cut. All of that happened in mid-air, during his attack. Josiah had
"What's the matter, young boy? Weren't you going to give me hell or something?"The Magistrate kicked some dirt into Josiah's face."Say… What is your name?""Josiah.""I see. So you are 'the' Josiah. No wonder the prodigy farmboy could take one of my soldiers. I want you in my army, little one. We are going to do wonders to someone as talented as you.""N… No…""No…?""This… This fight is not over yet!"Josiah lifted his body out of the grass with the last ounce of strength he had, with what appeared to be a last desperate surprise swing. It actually caught The Magistrate by surprise. He reacted slowly and the swing managed to hit the armor on his chest, causing his body to get bounced a bit back.'Such strength for a young boy. This strength probably comes from the level of his sword' He thought.He watched as Josiah took the opportunity to stand barely once again."You are resilient. I'll give you that. No matter. We just do this again."The Magistrate invoked his weapon to the air
Summer had blessed Couche once again with the pleasant breeze and the giant shiny sun in the sky, helping the crops growing larger and larger in the farmsteads. The smell of fresh grass helped people stay motivated.During three long years, Josiah struggled every day training his wielding skill and battle endurance. He also trained the level of the weapons he had, alternating in sparring with the servant and venturing in the woods to find creatures to strengthen the blood abilities of the weapons he owned.With a lot of responsibilities an adult man can only train so much, but being a kid with a lot of free time, Josiah devoted almost all of his to perfect his combat-related abilities. In a perfect mix of bloodborn talent, knowledge from another world, and perseverance; he was approaching the level of adults when it came to weapon-wielding. "This sword. My mother left it to me when I was born. It's the only thing I have from her. It's now at level 16. Thomas said I'm leveling it up ul
Josiah was carrying four weapons: his favorite sword that Mirild gave him; the level 14 dagger; the short rapier The Magistrate handed him, now almost level 12, and he carried a short level 6 ax on his belt, in case everything else failed.The rapier had the interesting property of accelerating one's bloodstream. Josiah could confirm that by the times he used it against creatures over the years, it always made him feel warmer and hot-headed. In a sense, it could be used to enhance his bloodbound properties with his other weapons. After all, the good blood condition was essential for a good usage of that kind of things."Now I know why people always carry a factory of blades together with them whenever they are going to the battlefield..." He commented as he struggled his path climbing the western mountains. That amount of steel was already starting to get to him."Uff, I'm beaten. I should find a place to rest before I continue…" He said as he was under the scalding sun, after a long c
The massive body of the vurdum occupied almost all of his peripheral sight at that angle, standing straight to him while he had his back to the barricade of tree trunks.'I need to force it to make a big leap and fall itself on the hole it carved.' Josiah thought.He tried a sudden movement. But the beast's eyes just looked at his body, as it kept approaching slowly.The vurdum got close enough and clawed with one of his frontal legs. Josiah tried using the sword to try and parry the arm like it was a gigantic sword. But the animal managed to swipe the arm back just in time.The animal tried helping with the other arm. It knew Josiah wouldn't be able to handle both.Josiah unleashed a random wave of attacks in a desperate manner. With the dagger. With the sword. He didn't even know where he was aiming at."Go away, you piece of sh*!"But the animal would always block the distance bloodbound attacks with the bracelet and resume tormenting Josiah with its claws.'What the hell? Why won't
"You spoiled little brat! Young master, sometimes you just act too carelessly!""Give me a break, Thomas. It's bad enough that I have to lay here and feed on those bitter potions. Don't they have anything better-flavored?""Flavored ones are expensive. And to be honest, the worse they taste the more you are going to act carefully on the future so that you're not going to be forced to taste them again.""Hey, Thomas… How do you expect me to get strong enough to avenge Mirild if I don't get into fights myself?"The old servant couldn't think of a proper answer.'Good. The guy calmed down a bit.' Josiah thought.Josiah was laying in his bed. For the next few days after the fight against the vurdum, Josiah could not move due to the wounds in his chest, especially the one made by the stabbing. Thomas had to take care of him for those days. The potions of that world were far more effective than medicine of his own world, but not even those made instantaneous effects for wounds of that calibe
'Not surprising... I was actually waiting for something like this. Every world is the same… That's why I brought my other weapons with me.'"Stay away! I'll beat you all!" Josiah shouted.The gang laughed even harder.Josiah couldn't blame them. In their view, he was a mere eight-year-old boy shouting desperately with an offended baby voice.'It's time to see if my training amounted to anything…' Josiah thought."Oh, look at him! He has a swoord! Uoooh!" One of the guys with a big curly ball for the hair mocked. "Let me at him."'This guy isn't armed… Or maybe he has a weapon in his pocket that does the effect hidden within, like my rapier…' Josiah considered in a serious expression.The man was less serious about it. He approached and tried to disarm Josiah:"Here. This is dangerous for a baby to hold."The guy wasn't exactly a complete inexperienced bully, the move he made to disarm Josiah before he acted first was a move Thomas had taught him when they were beginning to train. He sa