Chapter 7: Chapter 7: A mysterious benefactor.
few minutes later Prometheus and Anne arrived in the middle of the garden. In front of them a group of 14-15 year old men were receiving a lesson in the use of the sword. Their instructor was a man with blood-red hair, about six feet tall and with a metis skin.
Ann beckoned to Prometheus to sit on the grass to listen the lesson.
The instructor was explaining the basic techniques of swordplay. Sometimes he stop in his explanations to show the techniques.
"There are two basic sword attacks with which you can kill or injure your opponent. By piercing him with the point of your blade or slashing him with your blade."
Strangely enough, despite the simplicity of the lesson Prometheus found the lesson very instructive. He had never used a sword in his previous life, but listening to this man give advice and explain the basics of sword handling awakened something in him.
'If I learn to fight with a sword now, defeating a person of Troene level might be possible.' Prometheus began to smile.
Without noticing it an hour passed, and Prometheus was still sitting in the grass listening to the lesson. He was memorizing the 3 fundamental points of sword fighting that the teacher had pointed out.
'First of all the positioning, you always had to be well balanced and on your feet.
Secondly the speed, it was always necessary to move as fast as possible and execute his attacks with the maximum speed.
And thirdly, adaptability, you always had to be ready to face an opponent with an atypical fighting style and you had to be able to anticipate his attacks.'
The class was about to end but the teacher made one last remark
"But above all what you need to work the most is your body and your mind. If you don't have these two things then on the battlefield you will get killed."
Prometheus shuddered when he heard the words killed, his defeat against Troene came to his mind.
He closed his fist and turned to Anne, who had strangely disappeared.
Prometheus was a little surprised at first, but then he thought back to what Anne had told him before. 'Our master is a charismatic man'.
Prometheus turned to the instructor and smiled he stood up and walked towards him. Once he was in front of the teacher Prometheus knelt down. "It's an honour to meet you, I owe you my life"
The instructor looked at Prometheus with a small smirk on his face, then he turned around and walked towards a black stone building which seemed to be the master's private apartments.
"Follow me, I imagine you have many questions".
Prometheus looked at the instructor from behind, he was lit by the sun, his long red hair was flying in the wind.
Prometheus thought with amusement, 'It is true that he look charismatic.' Prometheus caught up the instructor and took a face of an innocent child,
"What is your name, sir. "
The master looked benevolently at Prometheus, "Leo, my name is Leo"
Prometheus thought, 'He has no last name and the color of his skin is metis it's almost certain that this person came from the old continent'
The Old Continent was the land where the previous Magus Emperor, Merlin, had lived. It was a very large and flourishing continent that possessed wealth in abundance.
In the frozen north, precious stones and mana crystals were in abundance.
In the south in the living deserts rare metals and pieces of meteorite lay under the sand.
But beware, in order to reach the living deserts they had to be found first. These desert plains were in fact the backs of giant monsters that had been slumbering for millennia.
But sometimes they sleep were agitated and the plains could disappear in a single movement.
In the middle of the old continent forests and prairies were in profusion men and beasts lived in harmony. Legends even told that the ancient city of Dalexendra was hidden in the great red forest and that the city contained incredible knowledge.
The old continent was considered to be paradise on earth. At least during the reign of Merlin, because after his death the inhabitants of the star continent also called the new continent. Decided to attack and plunder the old continent. The people were massacred or turned into slaves.
It was only 800 years later that the inhabitants of the old continent were free people again. But unfortunately it was already too late, the inhabitants of the old continent, also called olddy's, had already suffered too much. Even free discrimination and persecution continued.
It was only a hundred years later that the situation changed when the star empire which extended over the whole new continent was dissolved. This led to the creation of many independent states and many wars.
Now the wars are still raging and to increased their numbers of soldiers in their armies the new states try to recruit the olddy's, since then they are accepted in the society but a certain resentment is still palpable and the fact that it is not uncommon to meet members of the front of extermination of the olddy's only makes the situation worse.
As his skin suggests, Leo was a native of the old continent. But frankly Prometheus didn't care, the only thing that mattered to him was why this man had saved his life.
Unlike some people Prometheus didn't believe in human goodness. He believed that every action was done with an ulterior motive, and he wanted to know Leo's motivation for utilizing him.
Leo who saw Prometheus pensively guessed what he was thinking. He gave him a slap on the back.
"Don't worry if I saved you these for a very clear reason."
Prometheus turned his head and looked at Leo, "Which one? »
Leo stopped, "Do you want to be strong? ». Prometheus also replied early as if by reflex "of course".
Leo smiled, " Do you know how to fight".
Prometheus, who had answered without thinking, tried to answer more carefully, "No...".
Leo smiles. " Do you know how to do magic? "
Prometheus kept silent and thought, 'Did he see me in the restaurant?' But soon he calmed down and answered, "No"
Leo squatted down, his eyes were at the same height as Prometheus'. "I can teach you both, all you have to do is become my apprentice?"
Prometheus, who was supposed to be a beggar, pretended to be shocked, although in reality he was only a little surprised. "Why me?"
Leo got up and walked away. "Give me an answer if you want to know."
No matter how hard Prometheus searched, he didn't know why Leo wanted him as a disciple.
'I have no hidden talents and I'm not a genius. The only thing that makes me special is that I have a mana brain or maybe he saw me use magic in the restaurant.'
Despite his mistrust Prometheus thought he could take advantage of the situation. He decided to believe in is lucky star and got down on one knee he curtseyed "I Prometheus... agree to become your disciple"
Leo looked at Prometheus and said, "I Leo make you my disciple."
Prometheus stood up slowly and looked at Leo, "Why me?"
Leo continued walking and laughed, "I can see that you are persistent, but that's a good thing. A promise is a promise. If I chose you it's for two reasons.
The first because you have a mana brain which is rare and the second reason you don't need to know it."
Prometheus was not surprised by Leo's answer.
'Predictable this Leo must be a rich nobleman who recruits talented people to be his subordinates... that might explain the presence of Brutus and Nicholas here... but Anne is strange with this kind of power she could be anything else but a maid that don't make any sence'.
Prometheus who was thoughtful dispatched some mana to try to observe Leo's mana core, but against all expectation, the mana that Prometheus sent was suppressed and didn't reach his goal.
Prometheus opened his eyes wide and said, "Impossible!" .Leo scratched his beard and thought aloud, "You know how to use your mana brain."
Prometheus looked at Leo in amazement. "You are a mage.." Leo nodded his head before Prometheus finished his sentence.
Prometheus fell silent he had underestimated Leo 'If Leo is able to intercept the mana waves I send he must be at least a mage'.
Prometheus didn't understand who was Leo. The more he saw him, the more impossible it became for him to understand him.
'Why have I never heard of Leo and his subordinates in my previous life. Currently Leo must be about 35-40 years old, and he is a mage, which shows that Leo is extremely talented, with this kind of talent he could reach the archimage rand in the next 18 years...
so why haven't I heard of him? Besides his subordinates are strangely strong especially this Anne and yet I have never heard of them. Who are those people?'
Prometheus tried to reason logically but the situation was too strange. 'Maybe Leo is a temporal anomaly. Maybe becoming his disciple could change the course of time and the future. At least my future?'
Prometheus smiled, 'Playing with the time could be much more fun than I expected'.
Prometheus and Leo started walking again and went to the master's personal apartments. Leo turned to Prometheus and spread his arms, "This is my humble house."
Prometheus who still did not understand Leo was on his guard, was he a good or an evil? Prometheus decided to act like a normal child until he knew what Leo really wanted.
Prometheus pretended to admire the building. "It's a beautiful house."
Leo smiled at Prometheus "And now it' s your home too"
Prometheus refrained from frowning and said to himself 'Act like a poor child who is given a chance'.
Prometheus got down on his knees and pretended to stutter. "I... I... I don't know what to say Mr Leo".
Leo stopped smiling and said coldly, "Now follow me and I'll show you your room. "
Prometheus noticed Leo's change of mood, 'Did he see through my acting?' Prometheus got up and caught up with Leo.
During the next fifteen minutes Leo visited Prometheus' building. He showed him the rooms, the personal training room, the weapons store, the showers and many other rooms.
After this visit Prometheus was sure of one thing: 'This man is extremely rich '. He sincerely asked "What do you do in life Mr. Leo?"
Leo who had almost finished the visit stopped walking. "I told you to call me Leo. And if you want to know, I lead an adventurer's guild."
Leo seemed to be very proud of his work and began tell to Prometheus stories about his adventurer's guild.
Leo accompanied Prometheus to his new room and told him to rest. Prometheus didn't argue and greeted his new bed. It was large and comfortable, which was good for Prometheus who was suffering from leg pain because he had walked too much.
Prometheus lay down for a few seconds in the bed and without realizing it he fell asleep because of fatigue.
In his sleep Prometheus dreamed of his former mentor Kang Lie. In his previous life some people had helped Prometheus and Kang Lie was one of them.
Kang lie was a mage who taught fire magic at the school of the star phoenix. He was a quiet and discreet person who preferred books to war.
Kang lie was not originally from the land of Beerkeley, he came from the north of the new continent. Because of his origins Kang lie had encountered many obstacles throughout his life. And he had made enemies among influential members of the Beerkeley Magic Congress.
But Kang lie was never afraid of anyone, on the contrary throughout his life Kang lie had done his best to "Shit in the face of these congress dogs". That's one of the reasons why he helped Prometheus to join the school of the star phoenix.
At the age of 14 Prometheus tried to join several magic academies as a free candidate, but because of the Landcaster family no school accepted him. Except one, the school of the star phoenix with the help of Kang Lie.
When Kang Lie met Prometheus for the first time he was impressed. Prometheus was not only talented, he was also very mature and determined for his age. Kang Lie then said to himself
'If this kid is well trained in magic he could become a monster and change the system'.
From that moment Prometheus was promoted as a disciple of Professor Kang Lie of the School of the Star Phoenix. The school could not close its doors to him because the regulations stipulated that any teacher's disciple was to be trained in the school.
But throughout his studies the Landcaster family put pressure on Prometheus and the school. So much so that even the teachers hated Prometheus and tried their best to get him to drop out.
But Prometheus never gave up his quest for power and grew stronger day by day, to the point that the Landcaster family was worried about him.
At that time Prometheus was still quite innocent and had no plans for revenge, until his 17th birthday when Prometheus changed forever.
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