Chapter 3: A Traitor?
Yura:
"Fronnnnnnnnik…" I looked at her in shock as she fell to her knees after the sword embedded in her chest came out.
That made me feel a great loss that appeared in my heart as I looked into her eyes that had turned pale and she finished falling to the ground on her face.
Suddenly anger rose in my chest and my breathing became stronger. I looked at Arthur whose hand was trembling and shock on his face.
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Arthur:
Did I just kill a person? A tremor ran through my whole body in disbelief and denial. No, I'm not guilty, no — she forced me to take that action. I didn't want this. She is a member of the Field family too, won't there be consequences for killing her? What the hell did I do? Wait, let me explain to you: she wanted to kill me, this counts as self-defense. Man, I killed someone. Ughhh… damn it; I'm not guilty here, I won't let anyone dare think of killing me.
[Assistant System]
[You have killed a second-generation ability user - rank of ability D]
[You gained 150 experience points]
[Your level increased]
[Level 1 (100/100) –––> Level 2 (200/50)]
[You gained 5 stat points]
[Learned from sight]
[You have obtained an Ability Book]
[Book: Ability [Blazing Fist]
Skill: Burning Hand
]
[Stop humiliating yourself and let me explain. When you see an ability and its skill, you can learn by sight, but on the condition that you kill the owner of that ability. And a great luck rate.]
[You cannot learn the ability itself but the skill you saw. It is the fruit of his/her work/effort to learn to use their ability.]
[Note pay attention ahead of you]
I looked with startled eyes at the gray screens in front of me, until I noticed an orange sword emitting great heat coming from my right toward my neck.
In a quick reflex I raised my sword vertically to block the strike, to see the orange blade pass through my sword and cut my throat.
Immediately my blood flew and a painful choking appeared in my throat. I grabbed my throat and fell to the ground on my shoulder as I felt suffocation and dizziness.
Suddenly I heard the voice of a masculine character with a tone. "What happened to my beloved Fronik. Ah ah."
An armored figure in full red attractive color appeared above me in my sight because I was facing Fronik's corpse.
He knelt beside her and a sorrowful expression appeared on his face.
"Commander…" I heard Yura say with a voice full of sorrow.
"How sad. But hello, welcome back my young lord. Why didn't you send a message to tell me of your return?" said the man with red hair and eyes showing grief as he placed his hand on Fronik's head.
Suddenly he rose from his knees and headed toward me.
When he approached, I recognized him. He is one of the knight commanders of the Field family, Carlos.
When he arrived, he sat on his knees and looked at my face. "Look at yourself, you poor thing. But all of this is your father's fault."
"Where is your sister? Isn't she with you?" He shifted his gaze to Yura standing beside him.
"No…"
"Hmm.." disappointment showed on his face and he looked back at me while I was in pain and my head spinning and the system screens showed warnings.
"I doubt you know what is happening here, you are the family's spoiled one." Carlos rubbed his head. "Damn your father's intelligence of the smuggling system for you. He didn't put an ounce of trust in me. Hahaha he's right about that."
I looked at him with red eyes as if wanting to know. He did not disappoint me and sent a shock to me.
When he saw my desire he smiled and said: "Don't blame me; blame your father who didn't want to rise in power. I love power. I want authority. But… ah, I joined a great family and my condition to join them was to wipe out the Field family and its resources. You wonder why?"
He clenched his hand into a fist and continued, "I seek power. But power doesn't come with peace. And that's what your father seeks. So I betrayed you and allied with that family."
"Argggggh….." I tried to speak as soon as I heard his words but my vocal cords had been cut and not repaired.
"Hahaha… don't look at me like that. Thanks to the message I received from the gatekeeper. If not for that I wouldn't have known of your presence here. And I'll leave you."
[You do not possess much energy so I will control a skill to force it to accelerate healing of important places like arteries. Be thankful to me]
[You will lose consciousness after seconds due to lack of oxygen in the brain…]
What? Is that David—the cunning one? Did he betray me? Or did he not know what was happening? Why… ah I feel sleepy….
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Carlos:
What an exciting one, pity a flirt; all he knows is spending the family's money on women. It would have been better not to sit with this family. Imagine just having a lord like this.
Hmm? He lost consciousness. His wound will not kill him.
"You two come here." He motioned to two soldiers who came with him randomly.
"Treat him, and sell him as a slave to a very far place I can never see him again."
"But my lord, he has…"
"What?" Did you just dare oppose my decision? Do you want this girl to die? I released a bit of killing intent and looked at her with serious eyes.
Yura immediately lowered her face and tears dripped onto the ground.
Your friend Chieh was just a prostitute I enjoyed at night. That's all that saddens me. Don't be deluded; just soldiers.
"Bind him, Commander" the two soldiers spoke.
Alright, time to move. Damn the family lord — I will drag you out of your hole and finish you.
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[States]
[Character:
– Name and surname: Arthur Field
– Ethnicity: human
– Ability: Learning – Rank S
– Level 2 (200/50)
– Statistics Points: 5
]
[Properties:
– Strength: 3
– Agility: 5
– Defense (Vitality, Resistance): 4 + (5)
– Intelligence (mana): 10
]
[skills :
– [I'm not thirsty (level 1)]
– [Damage Resistance (Level 1)]
– [Sword Art of the Field Family (Level 1)]
– [Cell Evolution (Level 1)]
]