
The sun was softly greeting this world as a crowd of people flocked into the stands of the arena of life and death. The arena is as large as a football stadium but refers more to a gladiatorial arena. The audience seats were crowded by spectators. Meanwhile, above the arena was an elite magician who was preparing to wait for his rival.
The clouds appear to move slowly following the direction of the wind. It seems they are just following fate. Like me, I'm going to take this exam.
When the clouds began to cover the sunlight in the arena. I slowly entered the arena. I'm not sure what I'm doing here. Right or wrong, I don't know.
My current tandem opponent is the Wind Dagger. A wind-elemental witch who once went on a mission for the kingdom. He was notoriously ruthless and somewhat arrogant. In addition, she also has a younger sister who always looks forward to her presence at home.
Like the proverb 'Fruit fell not far from the tree', the wind dagger sister also behaved rather badly. Only bully those who are weak, glorify his brother who is quite great and feel that his brother is the strongest among the generation of his age. Even her brother often gets dangerous missions with almost perfect success. That was why he was similarly arrogant.
I don't understand how people think here. For the sake of proving he is the strongest they dare to take risks without thinking long. This challenge is real evidence. Only because he was envious of what I had obtained lately did he dare to take careless decisions.
"Finally you came, loser" he greeted me kindly. That sharp word is quite friendly, right?
I replied with a smile.
"If you're scared, you can give up now!"
Well, stupid words. Fighting to death or giving up at the beginning is the same as the result. The end will die too.
I smile.
"You're a good brother. So, I give up"
The noise disappeared for a moment. The sound of the wind blowing loudly sounded very loud.
"WHATAAA?!"
Everyone cheered in shock at my decision. Sloppy memamng. But I've been researching this arena since I came.
In this arena there is a powerful magic. Probably as tall as a legend. And it will destroy my body in an instant.
Hani and Kalya who I previously commemorated will not panic. They just sat quietly with anxious expressions. But I say it's not without preparation. My plan this time was very mature.
The regulation of this arena was that when both sides had entered the arena, they were entitled to an impromptu attack. It was not counted cheating or anything, but rather it was counted as a tactic of war.
"Yes, I give up if you guys want me to fight at full strength. It's dangerous" I said as I stepped out of the arena.
"Hakhg" the wind dagger fell.
All speechless. I left the arena unhindered.
A moment later, everyone expressed their opinions. All wonder. No one knows what really happened in the arena. Suddenly I said surrender for a moment I stopped in the middle of the arena. Also a moment after the wind dagger spoke to me. Now his body is lying down and split into two parts. Meanwhile, the barrier was torn apart.
Actually I did a shadowless slash. The slash would not be visible to the naked eye. The movement is fast and the cut is very thin. It's a technique of my own creation. It was this style that gave me the nickname red thread or thread of blood.
....
After the death of the wind dagger rumors that monsters without a shadow spread throughout the city. This news is a hot topic that is often discussed this week. Even local newspapers contain exaggerated opinions. I can't write it all down, the point is I'm a monter without that shadow.
"Bother" I said.
"It's not so, Han. I thought with this they'd get a mission from the kingdom, but instead they're trying to hunt me down right now"
Hani smiles.
"By the way, your clothes are nice"
I breathed deeply. I honestly don't like this. For the sake of protecting from the crowd Hani dressed me with this kind of makeup. Using a mini skirt with a slightly loose shirt and giving this thick powder. It's like a woman in a dim house.
"You look beautiful" and then she laughed.
"Your bald beauty"
.....
At the inn where I live Kalya is shopping for dinner later. He was forced to leave because he was too conspicuous to wander outside with me.
In the space where shopping (a kind of mini market) Kalya near a crowd of people. They asked about me. Starting from, how I did the technique, what kind of magic I am, how old I am, and even other insignificant questions.
"Then I decided to run away" said Kalya.
"For the time being, don't go out, Modo"
"But, Han"
"Hani's right. You better think about the next step in this mission"
Hani nodded in agreement.
That's right what Kalya said. For the time being I will remain silent in the room while thinking about how to overthrow the king now and unmask him.
It's gonna be easy. Just wait a few days and everything will be back to normal. But after a few weeks...
"Akhs! until when will it end?" my shout.
It was already a month after the wind dagger died. But the women are getting more and more. This inn was almost full of girls shouting my name. In no way this problem deliberately raises a new problem that the hatred of men is increasing.
What's my fault trying? I just swung the sword faster than the light of the doang and killed the wind dagger. In theory you think yourself. You kill or you kill. If I'd rather kill than be killed. Still a virgin man. Never felt the warmth.
If the suffering of the weak is to be bullied more strongly. Is this the suffering of the greatest man in the world? I swear not strong. Coy inner pressure.
Okay, back to the topic.
In short I was driven out by the innkeeper and became a vagabond. We hung around for days not clearly where we wanted to live. While the mission is there we are prohibited from taking it because our success is perfect. But it didn't last long.
We got an S-level mission call. It was reported that the Lower Valley was being attacked by a raging dragon and troubled the citizens. According to the information, we had to get rid of the dragon which was reportedly controlled by a witch whose purpose was unclear.
It is actually the duty of the kingdom to handle this case. The elite-level magicians upwards had intervened and they were pronounced dead there. The kingdom had lost most of their elite-level troops. This is an opportunity for us and we agree on it. Looks like luck is on our side.