KOR - Knight of Revenge

"In that hut I had the closest experience of the devil himself, my desire was to escape, some habits never change, but I minimally cared about him, I don't know if it was because he was my uncle, or because of his situation, but nothing helped, as always."

 In 870, the sixteen-year-old Gaius once again saw his uncle drunk, and seemed to be increasingly frustrated than before, but unlike the other times, Gaius did not hide, resulting in a fight between the two, where Dante pulled a knife against him:

-You! You've only been hurting me, not even your fucking father wanted you, why do I have to support you? - says Dante trying to hit Gaius who was now running away.

 Running to her room she found her old friend, the giant sword with her size, and when Dante sees him taking it she says:

- What are you going to do? Kill me? Why don't you kill yourself? It will be less work for others. – says Dante in fury

"If you don't put that knife down, I'll have to..." Gaius said

 And with several flashes, Gaius remembers suffering a cut on his arm, but soon pierced his uncle's chest with his sword, causing him to die instantly, but spits blood in his face.

 At the age of sixteen, Gaius killed one person, his uncle... And now he was desperate to see someone dead for the first time, but he already knew what to do, something he was going to do in the next few days.

 After burying Dante, Gaius bandages his arm, takes Leonor's old robe, and puts on... equip your sword, and walk away:

- I wanted to know, what did he call you? – says Gaius seeing somewhere that had the horse's name

 He sees on the horse's saddle written "Cervero", it was not the name of the horse, but the mark of the saddle, but as he did not know how to read very well, he ends up saying: - Cherry? Hahaha, It's very his own name to give it that name. Gaius says heading somewhere.

 Although everything in his life has been a great disaster, from when he was born until now, he never stopped being a child, in the good sense of the word, being hopeful that something good in life would repay all this loss.

 And in 872, now eighteen years old, now more experienced, Gaius became a bounty hunter, killed for a few bucks, but the cases he received were as simple as possible, because of his age, and this ended up boring him, but in the Southeast region he found an opportunity to earn some extra money, the leader of a well-known band in the region, mutt:

- Come on, is there any case more interesting than the others? – says Gaius

 Asper, the man who distributed the posters says:

- If you have guts, you can try hunting down Castro, leader of the mutts. – says Asper

"Castro..." says Gaius picking up the pamphlet, which reads "C$500 dead or alive"

"But it's not recommended, you need more preparation, maybe a group of twenty people, a suit of armor, a plan..." says Asper speaking to himself

 With no preparation, Gaius reached the base of the band of mutts, despite being considered young, he had a strength above the warriors of his age, this is due to the fact that he always carried a larger sword for his size. But strength alone would not be enough, since there are many against one.

 And one of the great characteristics of the gang of mutts is their savage way of acting, many always fought in the most violent way possible, at the entrance to their base it was possible to find stakes of the victims they made along the way, this and other things made them extremely known in the region, and feared as well.

 Castro looked down on his men training, using the most primitive weapons to strike targets, and despite all the recognition, this band is considerably new. Until a man with a six-foot sword would interrupt his plans.

 But to continue with this story, it is necessary to tell another point of view, this time, the point of view of another gang, a man considered underweight, with blond hair that reached his shoulders, walked to the tavern of his gang.

 When he entered, they were all strong knights compared to him, everyone stopped doing what they were doing when he arrived, a man who was in a different group from the others walked up to him:

- Attention everyone! Captain Henrich is here! – says Baron

- Greetings, comrades. – says Henrich calmly

 He walks to the center of the tavern as he speaks:

- I know that the last few days have not been one of the best, the theft of Cristabel did not end well for us, we lost important people I know, but everything in life is a learning experience, but for now, we need to regain our honor, to climb higher and higher, and for that... - says Henrich placing a Castro poster

 A man who was wearing an overcoat and glasses says:

"Are you sure, Henrich?" This man is not so easy to hunt, we could try something else first. – says Otis

"I know dear Otis, but all we need is a plan, and for now I have one of the good ones..." says Henrich smiling confidently

 Otis, Baron, and nine more as-yet-undisclosed people join Henrich, but he says:

- Some stay, I believe we will need the best, just a madman to go alone in this. – says Henrich

 Gaius manages to break into the mutt's base, but quickly hides, and for the first time, his brain begins to function:

"Maybe, I could avoid a good fight just by creating a distraction, and..." in that tower, there must be Castro... – says Gaius with a serious look

 Entering one of the buildings, he realizes that it is a kitchen, where the food of the gang was prepared, finding some drinks, which can create a distraction:

- You know, after the victory against the Gonzales, I believe that for now, we will have peace. – says one of Castro's henchmen

- Who knows, but I think we are far from that. – says another

"Castro said the next one was Henrich, but until then..." one of Castro's henchmen said until he smelled a burning smell

 And in a few seconds, most of the guards' attention was to the kitchen that suddenly started to catch fire:

- Damn it! Who put the drinks out of storage? –

- And who would do that? –

- It doesn't matter, we have to reduce this fire. –

 Now with more freedom, Gaius entered the tower that was less protected, and invading it that he was listening to a conversation:

-Entities? Have you gone crazy? – says a man

- What differentiates us from the losers is the proximity of nature, with entities, we can destroy entire troops of knights, if we tame one if we want, we would already be at an advantage. – says Castro

-Tame... So are we talking about basic entities? – says a man

- In the beginning, yes, I was thinking of negotiating with entities, with the name we have today, it ends up making things easier. – says Castro

- At least we are feared. – says the man about to leave

 When he opened the door, he came face to face with Gaius, who cut his head off before he wanted to scream, his head rolled to Castro's feet:

- Castro, a primate man who... He uses his brute violence to his advantage. – says Gaius

- And you? A hunter who can't even handle my army? – says Castro going backwards

- You know, I'll leave the best for last. – says Gaius going up to Castro

 Who throws a glass at Gaius, who uses his arm to protect himself, cutting him in the process, and Castro uses this opportunity to try to escape. But Gaius throws his sword through Castro's belly, decreeing his end:

- Look Adrian, being stealthy isn't that bad. – says Gaius

- Hahaha. – says Castro looking out the window

"What are you laughing at?" – says Gaius

"It looks like you have company." – says Castro before dying

 Gaius runs to the window and sees Henrich's men invading the base of the mutts:

- What a shit! – says Gaius

 Clement, one of Henrich's most experienced men, said to Tobias, one of the most sloppy:

"Stay out here to see if Castro won't run away. – says Clement going into battle

- I always have to stay out. Tobias says getting off his horse to look from the outside

 Henrich, who was fighting with his men, realizes that it was now impossible for them to lose, and already with an air of victory says:

- Where is Castro? – says Henrich

 Gabriel, one of the prodigies and one of the most skilled, answered:

- He can only be in that tower, but Leila and Durval have already been there, wait here and soon he... - said Gabriel

- He's running away with another guy! – shouts Tobias from afar

 Galloping like never before, Gaius ran away from them as quickly as possible:

- What a shit! This base is not close to any forest! How am I going to get away? – says Gaius

 He soon realized that he was with a company that fired arrows in his direction, and having a memory of when he and Leonor were chased, and he remembers that the fact that he did not fight back ended up costing Leonor his life, so Gaius stopped the horse abruptly, with Castro's body falling to the ground and got off the horse. He takes his sword and waits for the company to arrive.

 Two of those who were chasing him go straight to attack him, but his sword hits them both squarely, leaving them extremely injured, and seeing from afar some of them arrive, one gets off his horse and prepares his sword, but Gaius soon asks:

- What do you want? – says Gaius

"You are part of this man's gang, so you will die with him." – says Baron

- How stupid you are... I hunted Castro, I got there first so soon the reward is mine! If you and your colleagues insist I won't think twice but to kill you. – says Gaius

 Another knight would come and say:

"You're at a complete disadvantage, if you leave Castro with us you can get out alive..." says Clement

 Gaius wielded his sword and said:

-Good... Who is the first? – says Gaius

- Both of us. – says Baron accompanied by Clement

 Although Gaius was big, Clement and Baron were walls compared to him, but as he didn't have an ounce of fear, he soon began to duel with the two... and he won by a lot.

 Clement and Baron's swordsmanship were a part of Henrich's swordsmanship, which consisted of extreme precision, but Gaius with his strength went further.

 In a few seconds Gaius would break Baron's sword and make an X-shaped cut on his chest, but Baron's armor holds a little, but enough to knock him out of the battle. Clement in turn was one of the most persistent, managing to hold Gaius until the reinforcements arrived, with Gabriel and Tobias going to help him.

 Other knights who were not from the squadron would help but Clement tired ends up saying:

- Only the squad members! This man is not a simple fighter, he is beyond the ordinary! – says Clement

"Clement, rest... We will need you! – says Gabriel holding Gaius' sword with his...

 Despite being someone talented, Gaius knew he could die there, so not giving his maximum was synonymous with being defeated, but his durability stood out compared to the other knights.

 Where they were fighting was far from the base of the mutts, so Henrich would arrive in a few minutes, but Gaius did not show to be tired, unlike the others who by a slip, Tobias ends up being hit in the back, taking him out of the battle, and Gaius laughed:

"Was this Henrich's overrated gang?" – says Gaius

 But Baron the imobilazava from behind, giving gap for Gabriel to finish the fight, but narrowly escapes, but now tired.

- They're fighting an outstanding warrior! We need to help them, before it's too late! – says Leila

 Despite being physically weaker than the other knights, she was considered one of Henrich's best warriors, said by Henrich himself to be the most skilled, beating strong warriors such as Gabriel and Baron.

 Henrich, who seemed more thoughtful, looked at Gaius fighting, and when they arrived, Clement suffered another attack, stronger than the others, also taking him out of the battle, but Gaius was panting, and now with some cuts by his armor, which by itself held nothing.

 Gabriel, who saw Gaius running towards him, trembled completely, but Henrich ends up saying:

- Leila, I want you to fight him. – says Henrich

-I? – says Leila

"Gabriel will clearly die if he continues, go and interfere with it." – says Henrich

 Leila got in front of Gabriel and showed how fast she was, landing a few blows on Gaius, who was surprised with so much skill, but it was still not enough. To get rid of her, Gaius heads Leila's forehead, removing her helmet, causing Gaius to say:

- Haha, a woman being a warrior, but what an amateurism. – says Gaius

 She was irritated to the point of fighting on equal terms against Gaius, who manages to block the attacks, and many seemed hopeful about Gaius' defeat, but soon Gaius lands another attack on Leila, who despite being skilled, was not as resistant as Gaius, but Henrich got off his horse, and taking his sword, I was about to fight.

 At that moment Gaius did a great feat, in addition to defeating some members of Henrich's gang, he would also make the leader himself fight against him, but this would happen if Leila did not stick her sword in Gaius' belly, making him fall to the ground.

 Despite his stubbornness, Leila immobilized him and Gabriel took the sword to kill him...

 For a moment everything seemed very calm, it was as if he was close to finding peace, remembering all his life up to that moment, he was about to die... but he wondered if he would die proud, but... Would you die without a dream, why are you living? All this would end but one man prevents:

-Gabriel! – says Henrich approaching Gaius

 Gabriel pants away his sword

 Leila lets go of Gaius who was almost out of breath, and from bottom to top he observes Henrich, who despite everything he did, he smiled at Gaius, a man who in a way, was just like him:

- You have shown your value, I am interested in you. – says Henrich

- What are you doing? – says Leila

 Henrich looked around:

"I want you to join my pack." – says Henrich

-What? – says Gaius and Leila

 Gaius tried to get up, and Henrich helped him:

- I see that you have a good heart, I want you to be one of my men. – says Henrich

 In this moment of calm, Gaius thought for a moment, and looked at Henrich:

"Henrich..." Gaius said before punching him in the face

- Idiot! – says Leila

 Gaius pulled his sword ready to fight again but this time, he was immobilized by Gabriel, and Leila kicks his face making him faint instantly

 And for a moment, he had a vision of a wolf, in the night climbing some mountain, until he stared back at it.

 Gaius wakes up inside a moving wagon, and feels a strong headache, but hears a voice:

- Have you woken up yet? – says Henrich

 Now that he was awake, he felt very tired, but when he saw the opportunity to attack Henrich who was alone, he did not hesitate twice, as he was without a sword, Gaius began to strike Henrich, reaching the point that the two fell from the wagon, rolling into the forest.

- Leader of a gang... Your head must be worth a handsome amount. – says Gaius

- Oh it's worth it... but unlike Castro, I will not be killed easily. – says Henrich

 But what surprised Gaius was how Henrich dealt with the situation, he always had a smile extended to him, a confident and friendly look:

- I'm going to hit you so hard that I'm going to make your face ugly. – says Gaius going up to Henrich

 As expected, reinforcements were already arriving, but before they could do anything Henrich was already ahead:

-Wait... I finally understood..." says Henrich drawing his sword

 He throws her away:

"I know you want to fight me, so be it, but..." If I win, you'll be mine forever! – says Henrich

 Gaius was much stronger physically, but Henrich's confidence was what made it harder, anyone would use this sword, but why does he seek such a fair duel?

- So be it. Gaius says punching Henrich in the face

 And soon the two began to fight, with a few blows, Henrich's face bled, but in a few movements, Henrich turned around, immobilizing Gaius completely:

- You were defeated... If you try anything else, I'll break your neck. Henrich says in a more serious tone

 Letting go of his pride, Gaius had his first defeat, losing to Henrich, who dropped him:

-Good... It's not as bad as you think, it will still be like your life back in the day, with the difference that it will have a purpose. – says Henrich

 In a few hours, Gaius was completely blindfolded by bandages, he was too weak to do anything, but in the middle of the night, he was already picking up his sword again, but this time reflecting on what happened today: - A purpose? What is my purpose besides killing? Gaius says as he uses his sword

 While thinking about it, he realizes that someone was watching him, when he turns around he realizes that Leila was staring at him:

-What is it? – says Gaius

- How can you be so stubborn? You could barely stand and you're already training. – says Leila going down the stairs

- Leader of a gang... Your head must be worth a handsome amount. – says Gaius

- Oh it's worth it... but unlike Castro, I will not be killed easily. – says Henrich

 But what surprised Gaius was how Henrich dealt with the situation, he always had a smile extended to him, a confident and friendly look:

- I'm going to hit you so hard that I'm going to make your face ugly. – says Gaius going up to Henrich

 As expected, reinforcements were already arriving, but before they could do anything Henrich was already ahead:

-Wait... I finally understood..." says Henrich drawing his sword

 He throws her away:

"I know you want to fight me, so be it, but..." If I win, you'll be mine forever! – says Henrich

 Gaius was much stronger physically, but Henrich's confidence was what made it harder, anyone would use this sword, but why does he seek such a fair duel?

- So be it. Gaius says punching Henrich in the face

 And soon the two began to fight, with a few blows, Henrich's face bled, but in a few movements, Henrich turned around, immobilizing Gaius completely:

- You were defeated... If you try anything else, I'll break your neck. Henrich says in a more serious tone

 Letting go of his pride, Gaius had his first defeat, losing to Henrich, who dropped him:

-Good... It's not as bad as you think, it will still be like your life back in the day, with the difference that it will have a purpose. – says Henrich

 In a few hours, Gaius was completely blindfolded by bandages, he was too weak to do anything, but in the middle of the night, he was already picking up his sword again, but this time reflecting on what happened today: - A purpose? What is my purpose besides killing? Gaius says as he uses his sword

 While thinking about it, he realizes that someone was watching him, when he turns around he realizes that Leila was staring at him:

-What is it? – says Gaius

- How can you be so stubborn? You could barely stand and you're already training. – says Leila going down the stairs

 Gaius entered the room, Henrich was sitting looking at the map of the region, thinking about the possibilities, when he notices the presence of Gaius says:

- Hello Gaius, you have already recovered from your injuries. – says Henrich

- As far as possible, but tomorrow I'll be at my one hundred percent. – says Gaius reaching Henrich

"Great, I'm going to need you." – says Henrich

- Actually, explain to me your plans, how long will I stay here, am I imprisoned forever? – says Gaius

 Henrich ria:

- Let's say that it would be a debt, until you pay us, you will have to fight for my ambition. – says Henrich writing down some things on the map

- What debt? You should thank me for killing Castro. – says Gaius

- But what about those savages, some were climbing the tower, I would probably get out of there almost dying, but despite that don't take it as if you were being forced, but for the greater good. – says Henrich

- A greater good? Will you save the world by killing bad guys? – says Gaius

 Henrich stopped taking notes and leaned back in his chair, and looked into Gaius' eyes: "This is all a means for me to climb higher and higher in the hierarchy, all those men are trusting me to change this country, to make everything as safe as possible. – says Henrich

- You are a great noble then. – says Gaius

- No, I'm a survivor, anyone in my place would do something for their own benefit but I do it for everyone who... suffered by human brutality. – says Henrich

 When Henrich said this, Gaius remembered Leonor's death:

- Getting more recognition I will have more political power, so getting to the top, if I was looking for a purpose, fight for my ambition. – says Henrich