The child gifted with powerful magic

Arthur and Kian walked through the capital.

"You remember the shapeshifter?"

Kian nodded

"They're taking him in for research."

"Really?!"

Arthur nodded. "But hey, you'll be rewarded as a hero because you were the one that defeated him"

"Wait, Really?!"

"Mhm…" Then Arthur saw something. A person with a mask and a dark cloak pulling a wagon with the body of the shapeshifter.

"Kian, you should head back, I just remembered that class starts up again at this time."

"Oh, uh okay. See ya!" Kian ran back with a wave.

Arthur looked around and leaped down the stairs towards the main roads of the capital. He looked and couldn't find the masked person.

"Now where did you run off to?" He took a deep breath and looked through the people for a path through them then he took one step and stepped through them in one go. Once he was ahead, he looked around again and saw the masked person in a desert path.

He walked towards them and grabbed the person by the shoulder. "Stop no-" The body then turned into dust leaving on clothes. Arthur then heard an unsheathing sound and nearly got his head cut off. He looked and saw the masked person perching on the wagon. They were holding 2 daggers.

Clearly they're an assassin type. He thought as he grabbed his sword, only to almost get slashed again. He jumped back. Very fast too, if I don't pay attention, I will die.

He then dashed towards her with a downward slash, making her jump back, but he followed with an upward slash then an outward strike. The masked person jumped far back, but Arthur was already right next to them.

"Now, I'll kill you" He then uppercuted them with great force, sending their mask off and then flying. He walked up only to see that it was a girl. "You're a girl? Just who the hell are you?" He pointed his sword at her.

"I am subject 93."

"Subject 93? What do you need that body for?"

"I need it, because my master requests it's return"

"Master? Who is it?"

"I won't tell!"

"You sure about that?"

The woman smirked and kicked Arthur in his family jewels. She then stood up and spin kicked him into the wall and gut punched him through it sending him flying.

She walked forward with her daggers. "You got in my way, so now I'll have to kill you." She stepped forward and looked at him with murderous intent. Arthur stood and brushed himself off. "So does that mean, you won't kill anyone else?" He asked

"If no one else gets in my way… yes"

"Well then, I hope I don't kill you too fast, you're making my heart race." Arthur looked into her eyes. "I won't use my blessing, because I won't need it to end your life."

He dashed towards her and drop kicked her, sending her flying, then he dashed and grabbed her leg and leaped up and slammed her down into the ground with a strong kick to her face. He took a deep breath as he looked at her. "I haven't even used my true skills yet, but despite that, here you are on the ground."

He grabbed her by her hair. "Now tell me, who's your master?"

"I'm not TELLING!" She bit his arm and kicked his stomach.

Arthur grinded his teeth and looked at her. "That hurt, you know."

"I won't tell you who he is!"

"Then at least tell me, what your goal is, or his goal. Who is it? Is it Kian?"

"That boy? No, we don't need him. Not that girl either, or the elf. We're here, for someone really special and powerful. A person some call a powerhouse"

"I see… I think I know who you're talking about, however, I'm not gonna let you get to them."

Arthur then looked at her with the same eyes she showed. A murderous intent. Known as the Dragonslayer, Subject 93 would soon understand what he was capable of.

"Dragonslayer mode" Arthur's aura changed as he approached her. She stepped back as her eyes widened.

"SUBJECT 120!"

At her call, a hand grabbed Arthur by his neck. It was the shapeshifter man, Subject 120. Arthur looked and saw that Subject 120's eyes were empty. Necromancy magic. So Subject's 93 and 120 weren't alone.

He looked at Subject 120 who was approaching with her daggers. Arthur took a deep breath and in an instant his hand was around Subject 93's neck. Subject 120's whole arm was cut off.

Arthur squeezed her neck "Tell me!"

"Ack! N-never"

Arthur was about to end her, until he got punched. He turned only to see more Puppets of Necromancy.

"Arthur Blackthorn, The dragonslayer." One puppet said

"Who's the Necromancer?"

"They are hidden, but close"

"Good enough" Arthur grabbed his sword and cut the puppets down, one by one. He grabbed the last one and slammed it to the ground, but he heard gasps, he was in the public area of the capital. He stood and looked around. "Everyone get away, call for the Sorcerers!"

Chaos erupted through the people as everyone ran away. Arthur then heard footsteps behind him. It was another puppet. "You must be really close"

"You'd be right"

"I'll find you an end you"

"Why Arthur? Why? Why? Why?"

Arthur looked at the puppet as its voice sounded familiar. "What do you mean why and why are you saying it like that?"

"Why weren't you born… with mana"

Arthur's eyes widened

***

Arthur was born by a commoner woman and a noble man. His mother was extremely beautiful despite being a Commoner. The thing is, his mother didn't have a lot of mana and his father was the same. Both wanted a kid with loads of mana, to succeed them.

Sadly the parents were told, Arthur had a chance to not be born with mana. Both parents were devastated, but his mother had hope. When Arthur was born, they found he had absolutely no mana. His mother sat in the chair next to her. "Don't worry honey, he is still our son." His mother said with a soft smile, but his father didn't have a hopeful smile at all.

"I don't need a child who cannot even use magic, It is pointless to me. Goodbye woman"

"But he's our child!"

The father didn't listen and walked away never to be seen again. Arthur's mother raised him on her own, she wasn't the strongest, but she sure wasn't the weakest.

When Arthur turned three, his mother found another man, another Noble. She lied to him about Arthur, but soon enough he would learn about Arthur, that he had no mana.

"It's okay, I'll love him as if he were my own son." He said, holding the boy.

When Arthur was 4, his mother would get pregnant.

"Arthur, you're gonna be a big brother, okay? Protect your little sibling and make sure they grow okay?"

"Of course Mommy!"

It wouldn't take long for the little one to be born, but the father had an Idea. Since his father died, the mansion was now his, so the family moved in. The house had maids, butlers and tons of space and a backyard with training equipment.

Arthur decided to ask his stepdad how to use a sword, so he could protect his little sister, who was named Selene.

Of course the stepfather accepted and so they trained every evening.

One day, Arthur was training alone outside when he heard a massive explosion and a chill went up his spine. He heard screams and the sound of the house being ripped apart.

He ran to the sound inside the house, only to see his baby sister in the hands of their mother.

"Mommy what happened?"

"Magic… magic happened" She said cradling the baby.

Arthur, noticing how dangerous his sister was, wanted to protect her even more now and make her grow, to be able to keep herself contained. He trained and trained, getting stronger and stronger. He learned different techniques, plus he got his body to be able to do things only people with mana could.

At the age of six, he went to explore. He saw a group of adventurers and decided to follow them secretly. They went inside of a cave.

"This cave is known to kill many" one said

"I heard it's pretty spacious"

"I heard that dragons live within, hell I even heard that Hellhounds do too!"

"Let's go" The leader groaned.

They walked in and Arthur followed. As they went through the monsters, Arthur analyzed their moves, he practiced and practiced till. Oops, he made a sound. The adventurers caught him.

"Hey kid, you shouldn't be in here!"

"I'll take him back"

But it was too late, they heard a growl and turned. It was a dragon.

The leader stood in front "Take him and run!"

"Flame Arrow!" The arrow struck the Dragons scales, but did nothing.

Everyone ran out, but another dragon got in their way, then another. 3 dragons.

They were surrounded by overpowered beasts said to be able to kill even powerful sorcerers. The leader looked at Arthur and grinded his teeth.

"We'll use him as bait, yeah!"

"What?"

"Wait!" Arthur cried, stepping back as the leader crept forward. Then a Dragon smacked the Leader with its tail to a wall with a crash.

The other hunters looked around, but Arthur had one thing in his mind. He had to get back home, he had to survive, or Selene wouldn't have him. She wouldn't have the big brother she needed. He looked at the leader and dashed towards him.

One dragon followed, but the adventurers used their spells and weapons to distract it. Arthur grabbed the leader's Sword and looked at the Dragon. If it wasn't harmed from its scales, then it has to be something that will harm it.

One of the adventurers shot an arrow at its underside and it roared in pain. Arthur then understood it. He ran up to one of the dragons and dodged its flames jumping on its head.

It ran its head into the wall though and everyone thought he died, but the dragon roared in pain as its underside was split open. Arthur did, he killed one of the 3.

He then ran up to another and stabbed its eye making it roar in pain as he stabbed it through the brain. Next up was the last one. He stabbed its underside and slashed as hard as he could, decapitating it.

Once he got done, he sat near the 3 corpses, while the adventurers looked at him in awe. Soon Arthur would be known as the 6 year old who killed 3 dragons by himself.

***

Arthur looked at the puppet. "I may have not been born with mana, but I don't need it, I'm strong enough to substitute its absence. He cut the puppet in half then walked to another, slicing it as well.

"I am Arthur Blackthorn, Son of Isabelle Blackthorn and Malum Fenerwik and big brother to Selene Ashborne. I am known as the Dragonslayer for killing 3 dragons, plus an Ancient dragon."

He looked behind a bunch of boxes and a wagon and stabbed through it, stabbing the Necromancer.

"You may know that I don't have mana, but you sure don't know what I'm capable of. After all, only 4 people can stand against me and or defeat me. One of those is the princess herself. Princess Seraphina Elisa Valormont.!"

***

A female servant walked through the royal castle, she walked to a certain room and knocked on the door. "Princess!"

"Come in"

The servant walked inside, only to see the princess and a sculpture around her.

"Princess?"

"I'm almost done," The princess said, adding her final touches. "It's a nice statue of myself"

"It truly is marvelous."

"Is something happening in the capital?"

"Um… no nothing except for rebuilding"

"What about Arthur?"

"What if he?"

"I feel something is wrong with him. He's hurt or being hurt… no… HE'S FIGHTING!"

"You truly are a Prodigy, your highness"

"Take me outside"

"I will get your escorts ready"

"Ugh!"

"It is for everyone else's safety, because you are truly dangerous."

The princess pouted. "Fine"

Three royal guards accompanied her along with the servant. As they walked through, Seraphina started to feel uneasy as if someone was watching them.

She went down the path to the Capital area, only to see the guards who were supposed to be taking the shapeshifter man's body for research. Something was off.

"Something is going on," Seraphina said as she looked through the woods. She flicked her hand up and the guards and the servant stepped back.

Seraphina brought her hand up as if forcing something to come up or to exist. Multiple dark Spears appeared around her. She then pointed in the direction ahead of her and all the Spears went directly there.

After a bit of silence a man stepped out, he was big and muscular, but had a few spears in him. The thing about the Spears is that when they attack, they send energy through where they hit in a small area and this can have a poisoning effect.

"Hello princess, my name is Subject 75"

"Is that so? Have you seen a boy about 16, styled hair, knight clothing kinda."

"Yes, I have. He is currently fighting my comrades"

"So I was right, well I have no further use of you"

"Haha! You must not understand, we are here to-"

Subject 75 stopped talking as the poison reached his heart and caused it to beat at chaotic speeds.

"You see, my innate ability is something quite dangerous. It's called Chaos manipulation. I can manipulate chaotic energy and do with it however I please. Also it allows me to attack the body if it enters someone, through impalement, consumption, etc. So, if you are trying to capture me. I'm sorry to say it, but… you already have lost by attacking Arthur."

She then walked towards the capital with the guards and the servant. As she walked she saw the infiltrators around causing chaos among the people.

"Step back. I might use too much of my ability and go out of control" She said to the guards and the servant. She then summoned some dark spikes and began walking. She sent spikes into the infiltrators 1 by one, speaking only words of her power. Implode, Explode, slice and more. The infiltrators were taken down one by one, but that was the problem. The only thing on her mind was destruction and chaos, the price of her chaotic innate ability. When using it for too long, she could go insane or just lose the ability to think correctly. In which she already had.