The Another World Grimoire

Chapter 1.10: Knight Dara Vandr, Rhea (III)

"What did you say?!"

Rhea was a little angry when the young man said that he was actually not incapable, but he was carried away by the flow of his revenge.

"As I said, you are vengeful" said the young man who began to slow down his tone. "The adventurers are from Rehobot, and your territory is under threat to them."

"Curtain!"

Then, Rhea pulled out her sword that glittered in the light, and pointed it at the young man's neck.

"If I'm vengeful is that your business?!" said firmly.

The young man stared intently back at Rhea. The threat of swords and other weapons did not affect him.

"Today, in my place, Dynoseus..."

A surprised and curious expression appeared on his white face. While the young man continued speaking.

"...there is news that says that there is a noble who has risen the level and bears the title of Duke" the young man continued.

"A—do you know anything about him?" ask Rhea curiously.

Then, the young man held onto Rhea's sword blade fiercely. Like holding the hand of a royal fugitive.

"A—what are you doing? L—leash your hands from there! B—dangerous to know!.." said Rhea after seeing the young man grasping his sword blade.

Rhea's gaze was extended to the young man's hands that did not bleed or hurt by the blade of his sword. He was surprised again because of that.

"I'll answer your question if you want to come with me to fight the Demi-Beast" said the young man.

Rhea then lowered her sword. In his heart he wanted to say "Seriously?" or "REally?". But with the blade, the young man did not get injured or bleed in the slightest.

Rhea's sword had a skill that could detect lies. If someone says something dishonest, the sword reacts and cuts off the lying hand.

"Well, I accepted your offer" said Rhea.

— This guy, can detect lies with that sword, huh?

At least those were the words that flashed through the young man's mind. He chose not to say it. The young man then devised a strategy with Rhea.

Seen paper brought by the young man, a papyrus — old paper of the classical century to the medieval — whose contents are info about the Demi-Beast.

[ Monster : Liondia

Level 1: 1

Type: Demi-Beast

Origin: Nivuerde Ruins, Rehobot, Narcius]

Rhea seemed confused about where the paper came from.

"Where did you get it?" ask Rhea slowly.

"Someone" said the young man. "Listen, you just need to slash his chest and in the end you can kill him."

"I understand. All I need to do is kill him, right?"

"Yes." Yeah."

The young man seemed to be an expert in strategy. He was good at explaining what they both had to do to finish off the monster.

"By the way, what's your level?" rhea asked spontaneously, returning the tense atmosphere to be casual and casual.

"Ep..Levelku—"

"Aakhs!" one man shouted from a distance interrupting the young man's response to Rhea.

"What's that?!" ask the young man.

The two of them then peeked out from behind the ruins and saw the shattered-looking Favost Guild exhausted when fighting against that Demi-Beast. Guild Leader — Bethel, seen being together with the remains of the existing Guild officials.

"They're all down?"

The young man seemed to sigh as if he had known everything. While the monsters they were fighting were still roaring thunderously.

"of course. That Favost Guild, despite being in the ranks of the biggest Guilds, but the average level of its members was only four to five, even the highest was him (Bethel) who was level like you." the young man explained.

"They just won the amount?" said Rhea.

"We better hurry!" said the young man running towards the place of the monster.

"Eh?"

The young man ran quickly leaving Rhea who was just about to get out of the rubble.

"He should have at least waited for me before running." said Rhea.

Rhea followed the young man and dashed quickly towards the battle area between that Demi-Beast and the Favost Guild.

***

At the place where Demi-Beast was still looking ferocious.

A field.

"It's impossible...."

The entire Favost Guild army had all fallen and it seemed that they could not stand up anymore. At least only Guild leaders remained.

"Our whole army is down?" asked Grendem, the guild official.

Favost did not twitch, even his eyes widened to see his guild that had fallen all over it.

His sword did not he pull out of its sheath. They don't know how or what to do.

With that situation, it seemed that he was actually just a coward who posed cool to all his guild followers.

".. Leave them alone." he said slowly.

" ? "

The entire remaining army was confused.

"You serious? Our priority is the safety of citizens and adventurers—"

"Mighty caring! I just don't want to die!"

Favost's statement lowered the spirits for all remaining guild members, as well as those who had been exhausted and fallen, with their wounds at risk.

Some of its members were reluctant to follow his orders. They cannot ignore the others.

"You didn't hear, did you? Let's go!"

"I'm— I won't let these people be left to die! I'm against you, Favost!"

The man — Alwin, drew his sword and pointed it at Favost.

"P—traitors! He's traitor! Quickly finish him!"

Favost forcibly ordered his members to kill the other members, who defected.

On their own, their members even seem reluctant to do so.

A young man with his friend, Rhea, who happened to see the incident while walking towards their position.

"Snakes."

The young man appeared before the guild members, and behind Favost. They immediately raised their eyes to the young man.

"S—who are you?" ask one of them, Alwin.

"Would you like to be here? And anyway, what the fuck did you say? You just said that I'm a coward—"

"You better shut up than I kill you" said the young man coldly interrupting.

A slight expression of fear mixed with annoyance was on Favost's face.

"Come, Rhea!" said the young man.

"Good!"

Rhea ran quickly towards that Demi-Beast without hesitation. The road was fast like Usain Bolt, and with that, he cast a spell.

"Well sword, show me your way—"

— Don't pick up first, Rhea.

The young man and himself chatted to each other despite the different distances. They appear to be using telepathy, only connecting between the two of them.

"What's wrong?" ask Rhea.

— If we attack him too quickly, that Demi-Beast will go crazy. His consciousness is stable.

"Is that so? There's no other way?"

— I'll use my magic. I'll make the monster hallucinate.

"Magic? Can you use it?" rhea asked back while holding on keeping her distance from the Demi-Beast.

— Not too great, but at least still be able to buy time.

"All right! I'm waiting for your cue!" said Rhea step aside.

Back to the young man. He then took out a book from his dark robe.

Everyone there was surprised. There was a Bookmagus who fought with them, not least Rhea who was surprised to see him.

The reason, his residence, Hillus Village, Vandr, had just been protected by a Bookmagus when the Rehobot Army attacked — and Bookmagus was right in that place — that young man, who was with Rhea.

A glittering magic circle appeared right in front of the monster that was still violently piercing.

"Grraaah!"

" ! "

The monster's roar grew stronger and more ferocious, to the point that everyone who was there covered himself with ears.

"Billionaire Paradixum! "

"Graaah!!"

The monster's eyes then turned into a violet-colored glow accompanied by its loud roar. The Demi-Beast fell into an infinite illusion, causing it to unfocus and attack in the wrong direction.

"Now is the time, Rhea!" said the young man.

Rhea then showed her sword horses, and after that she ran towards the monster after having a chance to keep her distance.

"Well sword, show me your way! "

While chanting, he again pulled out his sparkling sword illuminated by the dim light that crossed the cloud over there.

"Turning the laws of nature, your fame is absolute,"

He remembered where a strong man trained him like a good teacher.

A land across the river.

The water moves and grinds fast, rushing too.

The trainer (teacher) pulls out his little dagger stuck in the tree, while his pupil (Rhea) gets behind him and follows him.

— Listen, Rhea. This technique I will teach you.

— New technique?

— Techniques that can slash monsters with sword throw,

Back to the present moment, where Rhea was already a short distance away from that Demi-Beast. His sword lit up violently with a bluish light that wiped the darkness overcast.

The young man observed from a distance, along with the members of the Favost guild who were still lying around looking at his abilities.

"Is this the Knight Vandr I met yesterday? He's pretty good for now." he muttered in his mind.

Rhea prepared to throw her sword.

— This technique is...

"SPEARSWORDS! "

The sword managed to be thrown powerfully, and it hit the monster's forehead strongly, to the point of making it roar loudly.

"RAOPER!!"

Penetrating the body and splitting it in half, is immense and far from damage.

The monster then split into two, and spewed out an awful lot of blood.

It was seen that the sword was right about the core of the monster, located about thirty inches from his head.

And at the same time, the monster disappeared like a chaff blown by the wind.

While Rhea was exhausted and sitting on the vast expanse of grassland where they fought.

"I'm exhausted.."

"Good job."

The young man approached her and helped her up.

"Ah, thank you.."

While the Favost Guild cheered saying "Successful!", there were even those lying in relief after fighting the monster. They themselves did not succeed in fighting it.

***

The young man then left, and Rhea quickly approached the young man.

"I'm sorry." said Rhea.

" ? "

"..Thank you." she said slowly.

The young man raised his gaze to Rhea who approached him as he was about to return home.

"Not to think about. I just do what I want" said the young man.

Rhea, in the look on her face was a small smiling expression.

"Then I go first" said the young man.

Then, the young man began to walk leaving Rhea there.

Rhea chose to follow him.

"I'm coming with you."

"Eh?"

The young man was confused, as there was someone who wanted to come with him to go towards Rehobot.

"You want to come with me?" ask the young man.

"Yes. It just so happens that our goals are the same."

The young man then closed his eyes for a moment, but was invisible because the young man was wearing a hood that made him invisible.

".. All right, you can come along" he said.

A happy expression returned to the look on his face and then the two of them walked towards Rehobot, past the Nivuerde Ruins.

The sun at that time was already in the western horizon, the sky was orange. Guild Favost, looked exhausted and even some of them could no longer walk.

***

— Fort Maureville, Dynoseus, Rehobot, 1000 HB

A magnificent place surrounded by concrete walls that look difficult to penetrate by ordinary soldiers.

It is located in Chevailon District, an elite district where most of the nobles and officials are located.

The day at that time was still very hot, the incident was when Rhea was finishing Demi-Beast at the Ruins of Nivuerde.

While in the fort, there was a man, with neat and clean clothes. There is no possibility, that he is a noble.

In a very luxurious room, he sat and was seen in an urn, various parchments and papyrus papers, as well as some books on the shelf, the lights were not lit.

While the man, with his long mustache, and the look of his face that looks an evil man. He was a storied noble of Duke — Verdum Calpallis Hobart, who ruled Rehobot.

In accordance with his last name, Hobart, he was a nobleman associated with the House of Hobart, a noble family that ruled the western part of Narcius.

Then, a subordinate soldier came into his room.

"Mr Verdum!" said the soldier gasping.

"Oh, are you? What was? What about our attack on Vandr?" verdum asked politely.

".. G—gagal total, Sir!"

Verdum was surprised. The drinking cup spilled accidentally.

"Show did you say?!" ask in a loud tone.

"Yes.. A Bookmagus was on their side and defeated our army.."

"B—Bookmagus? You mean, a Bookmagus?"

The soldier just nodded and gave no information about anything.

Verdum sat back in his chair in a state of fret, and the soldier was still in the room, waiting for his next order.

".. Order the Military Order to search for Bookmagus's whereabouts throughout Rehobot County."

"Are you sure, sir?"

"Yes" she answered briefly. "And one more, command Count Barthimeus Slots to examine all the adventurers who enter Dynoseus."

"The count who ruled Dynoseus?" ask the soldier.

Verdum nodded.

"Good!" answer the soldier. Then he left the room.

The room only left Verdum who was there. The Maureville Fortress was in a very quiet atmosphere, and was guarded only by ten soldiers.

".. I'll get that Bookmagus, no matter what. I won't let you take my territory" he said with a chuckle.

(TO BE CONTINUED)

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STORY BY: JOHN GEVAR

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