Emperor's Reckoning

*pant

(Was that a kick or a punch? I couldn't even see it.) thought Lyon while rubbing his chest. "H-hey little .. *pant* ... bro?" (Ah he passed out).

*tap

*swoosh

Lyon's eyes were shrunk as sweat poured on his face like crazy. In another centimeter, Karina's leg would have blasted off his face

*Swoosh

*Boom

The wind finally caught up with the kick and actually powerful enough to destroy the wall behind Lyon and also, two walls behind it.

Lyon's knees grew weak and shaking immensely, he had never ever in his life felt this pressure from a woman before. (This woman is dangerous ... I like dangerous ... oh God am I an M?). (C'mon my knees don't give in to the temptation... I mean pressure... straighten up damn it.)

"Oh? not bad," said Karina as she retracted her beautiful leg. "People would have knelt already and pissing their pants. Congratulations you are eligible to enter my training and by eligible, I mean must and you don't have a choice," smiled Karina.

"W-what about your little brother?"

"Oh don't worry about him, this is just his everyday meal."

"I'm jealous," said Lyon in a low voice.

"What?"

"What?

"Did you say something?"

"What? no... I didn't say anything."

"Oh okay then. By the way, the training starts now. Hmm? What are you staring at?"

"Ohh nothing, the training yeah? Okay, what kind of training," said Lyon sweating.

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The forest on the west of Nostria was the perfect place for the youngster to face life and death situation with the demon beast and also to... maybe.... ascend adulthood.

Rumor had it that a mythical beast was residing in the area. However, what kind of mythical beast was it, no one knew.

Thieves or bandits were scattered inside the forest. Some even searching for an expert tomb for riches. So anyone who wanted to go to the Kingdom of Meistas usually hired mercenaries from the local guild.

The forest also contained medical herbs and sometimes a rare one. Many quests were placed because of this.

"Here we are!" said Karina.

"This forest?" said Lyon.

"Yes, first let's hunt 1000 Demon Mammoths and 500 Demon Vines for warm-up"

(This woman is crazy, and she didn't even change her clothes!! YES!!!).

"Let's GO!! Don't lag behind me Lyon or you will face punishment!!" said Karina as she jumped 20 meters forward.

"Ah shit, wait up!" said Lyon following Karina.

The onlookers were shaking their heads.

"Aih another victim." said an old man.

"Oh don't be like that. my business is flourishing." said another old man.

"The fact that your business is flourishing is bad news for us."

"Why is that?" asked a young man curiously.

"He gets paid by the relatives to cremate and bury the deceased."

"Damn." said the young man.

Seven hours later the curtain of night veiled the forest.

*pant

*pant

"Hah-Hah... how many lefts do we have to hunt?" said Lyon.

"About 300 Demon Mammoths left," said Karina.

*gulp

The sweat on Karina's body soaked her tank top clothes and almost revealed the ultimate treasure!!

*drip

*drip

"Oh no it's raining!" said Lyon (YESSSS!!! Thank GOD I LOVE YOU!!).

"It's only raining don't be such a wuss!" reprimanded Karina.

"Sorry," said Lyon as he rubbed his head smiling like a fool.

"Someone's coming, no it's more than one, we are entrapped!!" said Karina as he looked around.

Lyon's face darken.

*shrek

More than twenty people came out of the bushes. "Well well well... Boys looks like we caught a really big fish today, the Golden Demon herself HAHAHA.." said the leader.

The underlings laugh along with their leader... "So what it's gonna be, the boy's life or you become our plaything.. hehehe...".

The leader was actually a level nine elemental realm with water affinity, while his underlings ranged between level one to six elemental realm. This group was one of the famous bandit groups in the forest. Its subsidiary group was uprooted by Luna's expedition which gained her title.

"Run Lyon!! I will hold them back. Report to the guild and bring reinforcement." said Karina as she readied her stance. However Lyon didn't move at all, he just stood there like a wooden block.

"HAHAHA the boy is too scared to move." said one of the underlings.

"Snapped out of it Lyon!!" said Karina.

"HAHA It's useless, my guess is that the boy is a newbie. Truly foolish of you Golden Demon!!"

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"This was supposed to be my day," said Lyon in a low cold voice.

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"Even the gods have given me rain.."

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"Her beauty is not for you to see but for me!!" shouted Lyon, then he clenched both of his hand and: "ALL OF THE WORLD'S ELEMENT HEED MY COMMAND, COME! AND AID ME! BREAKTHROUGH TO ELEMENTAL REALM!!!."

*ZING*

It was like the world itself answered his call, the rain was dropping at a faster rate, the wind howls as if it was welcoming a new ruler, and finally ...

*BOOM

One lightning struck Lyon and enveloped him.

*Zing

Lyon massively absorbed the energy from the ring as he made three consecutive breakthroughs.

"I want that RING!!" shouted the leader as he jumped and approach Lyon.

*Swoosh

*Bang

The leader was blasted off by a kick from Karina.

"You need to get through me first." (Good timing Lyon! now we have a chance to reverse this situation.) Then Karina proceeds to chase the leader.

"YOU LOT DARES TO PRY YOUR EYES ON THE WOMAN I FANCY? FACE DEATH!" shouted Lyon as he wrote two spells at once with both of his hands.

"Saint Magic, Mother Nature's Hug." Huge yellow brand magic covers the ground the underlings stood.

*Grug

A lot of vines were protruding out of the soil as it tangled the underlings.

"Aargh, I can't move!!"

"I can't cut these vines!!"

"Forbidden Magic....

....Abyss Bullets!"

The moment Lyon said it despair covers the men who are tangled. Disbelief and regret filled their minds at the same time

*zing*zing

Nine white-colored brand magic appeared vertically in the air

*Puff

Tiny black spheres with the size of a rice grain came out from the brand magic, however, the speed was so slow that even a baby who can walk could dodge it. The first man who was about to made contact with the sphere didn't know that a gruesome accident was about to happen.

Once the sphere touches his arm, the sphere actually went through it.. just like that.

"ARGHHHH HELP MEEE!!!"

*Zlurrrrp

The man's entire body was absorbed into the black sphere including his tears...

"ARGH!"

"FORGIVE MEE!!!!"

"SPARE MEE!!"

"AHHH NO NO!!"

The worst thing was that the speed of the sphere and the absorption rate were really slow so the feeling of having all your bones and intestines being compressed couldn't be skipped.

Thirty minutes later.

The rain stopped and a light curtain washed the young man standing alone.

"Sorry Lyon the leader had a backup so I took a little more time to take care of them. Huh where are the enemies?." said Karina as she looked around.

*tap

*tap

Then she approached Lyon curiously because he didn't respond to her question.

"You are so beautiful.." said Lyon as he gently touched her cheeks.

Karina was caught off guard by his sentence. Then without warning Lyon's lips locked into Karina's as he embraced her under the curtain of light. Her eyes were in disbelief.

The scenery looked like a beautiful painting.