BXBX NOVEL Chapter 1 - The Knight Called Kyros
A knight stood on top of a mountain of corpses. His once magnificent armor had already been broken, and his blood continued to trickle down slowly. Yet even with his pitiful appearance, no one dared to climb the mountain of corpses to fight him. He had slain many warriors from various races. His many enemies employed various means to fight him, and they even tried to shower him with a torrent of arrows. Yet this man would casually use the strong bodies of the fallen to shield himself from the many bows.
As such, the Vampire Kin continued to send more and more soldiers who would ascend the steps and would die. Soon, the warriors began to hesitate on climbing the steps as his unending and unyielding power remained.
The Kingdom of Omega had already fallen, yet this knight did not surrender. He would fight until his death. He held two swords. His shield has already been destroyed from the many heroes he faced.
"So there are no more heroes in this faction of the Vampire Army?" He murmured to himself.
A red-haired vampire with a cowl that signified royalty arrived from the heavens. He was seated in a large four-winged dragon. He gazed at the human who continued on his pitiful attempts to fight.
"It\'s the Vampire Prince of Scarlet Sword!"
"Vampire Prince!" The nearby soldiers began to praise. All who were not of Vampire Kin had already prostrated themselves to the floor.
"Warrior! Your efforts are futile." The Vampire Prince called out to the man on top of the corpses.
"Your kingdom has fallen. Your king is dead. You have shown valiant strength and might in battle! You have even impressed me, Prince Protokon of the Scarlet Sword!" The Vampire called out. His voice boomed across the wrecked walls in the fallen kingdom.
The soldier on the top of the corpses simply stood and looked blankly at the Prince. He looked once at the look of the Prince and simply shook his head and sighed.
The Prince twitched as he saw the carefree expression of the warrior.
"Arrogant! I\'ll show you the power of a-"
The Prince\'s head was sliced off as powerful sword energy slashed through the heavens.
The crowd below was stunned silent. It took a few seconds for the retainers of the Prince to realize what had happened. They didn\'t expect their Prince to be killed in a flash.
"Oh? It looks like I\'ve gotten stronger. I guess this life and death experience allowed me to hone my swords skills to the limits. To think a simple Force Slash could reach that far..." The warrior smiled as he saw the result of his casual strike.
The retainers of the Prince grew wild, and all rushed towards the man, and another battle erupted.
From afar, one of the General\'s who went along with the Prince took out a strange card. The card contained a magical power that allowed its users to activate whatever spell was inside of it.
At that moment, the warrior who was in the middle of slashing and hacking his enemies drew a curious look as he sensed a strange power.
"That must be from an advance Kingdom. To think they have such handy spells at the ready." The warrior sighed.
The Vampire General cast a rather common spell. It was the spell [Gauge]
It is a spell that could gauge the current power, level, and might of the target.
The stats of the warrior was shown after the spell collected and gauged the power of the warrior.
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Kyros Steele
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Race: Human
Bone Age: 37
Job- Celestial Paladin [Spec Job]
Level 99
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Strength- 1914 (2741)
Magic- 344 (870)
Dexterity- 1120 (2302)
Vitality- 1744 (3544)
Second Source- 866
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Active Skills:
[Celestial Guard]
[Holy Strength]
[Precision]
[Marvel Speed]
[Light Regeneration]
[Blood Recovery]
[Over Limit]
[Might Aura]
[Force Manipulation]
[Death Stance]
The General was stunned to see the mighty warrior\'s stats and immediately called the attention of the nearby Generals who were also arriving to observe the last battle happening all over the Omega Kingdom.
"Oh? With those stats, this Paladin can\'t be from the Omega Kingdom. He must be from the Higher Planes and found a job here. Why can\'t your Gauge show the rest of his stats?" A nearby General who was twice as tall as the first General asked.
"This..." The first General was unsure. He only had limited access to the spells from their clan.
"It\'s because of Second Source. That is a powerful ability that only people of certain races or bloodlines possess. Bloodlines like mine." A voice spoke as a figure hovered from the heavens.
The Generals turned and bowed to a beautiful vampiress landed. Her skin was white as snow, her hair was golden, and her lips of deep red.
She glanced at the warrior and could not help but sigh. She did her best to hide her pain and regret after seeing the identity of the mighty warrior.
"My Lady!" The General\'s bowed.
"My queen." The tall General saluted.
"Leave him to me..." The Vampiress spoke as she moved through the skies.
The Generals bowed and slowly followed. Their faces contained worry as they knew that this man was strong enough to threaten the Queen of the Blood Crest clan.
As she moved, the retainers of the Prince of Scarlet Sword had already perished.
Kyros looked at the floating woman and could not help but smirk.
"Finally... Thank the heavens she\'s here." Kyros smiled as he watched the descending beauty from the heavens.
"One last fight?" The woman smiled as she spoke softly to the Kyros.
"I would want that... But... I\'m tired. Just kill me." Kyros laughed.
The woman\'s smile slowly faded.
"Kyros. It doesn\'t have to end that way. Serve us. Many humans have vowed to serve our cause. You can do the same. We have fought and clashed several times, and I know how strong you are. I\'ve always suspected that your true birthright lies beyond the Higher Planes. Your kingdom and family may have fallen, but all is not lost." The beautiful woman pleaded.
"Oh? Why so... generous?" Kyros smiled.
"You have been my enemy and rival even before the Great War of All. I respect your strength. I do not want you to die. I see that you\'ve already activated Death Stance. I will not be shy in admitting that I have grown fond of you. Please. I am offering this sincere proposal. I do not wish to deceive you." The woman explained.
Kyros was stunned at her words. He gave her a charming smile as tears began to fall down his cheeks.
"This the best news that I have heard all my life! To receive the favor of the Fair Maiden of the Dark Alliance would have sent some of your worst enemies to euphoria. How can such beauty taint herself by treasuring a lowly mortal like me." Kyros smiled.
"Kyros. I am serious. Please." The woman continued with an even firmer tone.
"My Queen. I would want to accept that offer. But right under this pile of corpses is a noble of the Eldrich clan. He boasted and harbored ill intent on my bloodline and my strength. Unless you outrank him, which I highly doubt, then my fate will be a resurrected and tortured pawn through Necromancy." Kyros voice trailed off as he said the last sentence.
It was as if lightning struck the beautiful maiden. Her once charming and kind look turned to horror.
"No! No! They can\'t! I will plead on your behalf! They will respect and listen to my authority!" The woman exclaimed.
"It seems that your authority isn\'t high enough... I guess death and curses await me. I beg of thee, fair maiden. If you hold me in any form of regard or care for me... Please strike me down now. Banish my soul before they arrive. I intend to fight them to my last dying breath, but I was also hoping that you would arrive first. Death by your hands is a far sweeter end for me. Please! Time is running out. The Eldrich would have been notified the moment I clashed with that noble. They are coming here as we speak. Please kill me." Kyros pleaded.
The woman was trembling as she heard those words.
"Please. I know that this would be very inconvenient for you. You might even get chastised for doing so. But kill me and drink my blood. I would rather that my life will feed yours. I hope that the Eldrich won\'t kill you for this..." Kyros begged.
The woman wanted to speak, but no words could leave her lips. She knew what cruel fate awaited if the Eldrich takes the body of Kyros. And now that Kyros has slain a noble, there would be no hope for this man to leave peacefully. The experiments of the Eldrich would shackle and bind his soul. His body will be mutilated, feasted, and even be used in several experiments. The Eldrich may even try to cultivate his body and grow a garden out of him.
All these horrifying thoughts filled the woman\'s thoughts. Kyros was right. Death was the best choice for him.
The woman slowly raised her hands, and a dark sword manifested on her hands. She held the sword high, ready to strike.
"Your Majesty! Stop! If that man\'s words are true, you cannot kill him!" The giant General shouted.
"Goodbye... Kyros." The woman ignored the pleading General and readied her strike. Dark energy gathered, and the air around the kingdom trembled.
"This is my most powerful attack." Her expression turned frosty cold as if she was looking at her most hated enemy.
"Thank you..." Kyros smiled.
"Vampire Empress of the Blood Crest... Mechiel Bloodcrest... I know this sounds strange... But now more than ever... I am sure that I loved you." Kyros gazed longingly at the woman before him. [1]
The Vampire Empress slashed down. But suddenly, a strange pale green light shot at the dark slashing sword.
The sword failed to kill Kyros immediately.
"Impudent. The Will of the Eldrich will not be ignored!" A sinister voice could be heard in the distance.
Kyros\'s vision went dark.
"Well, that sucks..." Kyros cursed.