Chapter 7: The New City
"HANNAHHH!" I leapt onto the horse and charged at the two men. The two men seems to have noticed me chasing after them, one of them casted a Earth wall spell and blocked me of my way. They hoped to try to stall some time but unfortunately they didn't stall not even 5 seconds. Sky has sliced through the wall which shocked one of the men because he is a mage veteran and should have the power to create Earth walls that should not be destructible by Sky.(Sky's true strength is used only when he activates his power of the bloodlines) Sky had easily sliced thru the wall like it's just dirt and charged on , on horseback. Then as if on cue the moment Sky had finished cutting through the wall the two men and Hannah had disappeared…
This is a nostalgic feeling for Sky, ever since he left the tribe he has been lonely and very gloomy, when he had started travelling with Hannah he felt warm, having company. Sky has lost someone he had thought of as a close person in his life even though they have only met for a few days but somehow he felt a strong urge to wanting to protect Hannah.(The main character might have another reason and it might just be because he's perverted XD)
The chase ended up with no reward, Hannah was taken, and his horse has exhausted and it seems like it won't be able to run fast for another 2 days. Sky sat all alone next to his horse wondering what to do next. Originally he had wanted to travel to Arseland with Hannah but she has been taken. Now there is no way to find out where Hannah is…(It's not like Sky doesn't want to go find Hannah, it's just he has no clue) If I could just find out who would go against her family I might have a clue was what Sky came up with after thinking.
Sky had walked in the desert for another 2 days before he has finally reached the city. He had put on a hood to hide himself first; it was one of the things that he treasured since Alice made the hood. From the city gates it says, "Welcome to Flias First Frontier City, Mercredius, Mercenaries wanted for military, the salary will be 300 gold per month and as ranks go higher it will go up exponentially!" Sky thought that was funny, the sign in front of the city gate, he knew why the military needed men; It was two years ago when Auroa had killed most of the royal knights of the empire. Those knights were all soldiers that have survived through hundreds of wars and are at least Champion leveled. Auroa had killed more than 3 thousand elites a third of them were mages at champion level two years ago causing a drop in the royal army.
The front guard had let Sky in after he had checked that Sky didn't pose a threat, but he didn't know that Sky can change his strength appearance if he doesn't activate his bloodline then he appears to be a normal person without any power. Sky had hid his power using his bloodline so he wouldn't be suspected. The City of Mercredius is ruled by Xavier Van Cole, the original owner of this "country city" but ever since the Flias royal family took over, they had conquered his country and placed him as the prime minister of Mercredius, of course he did not like this but he didn't have much of a choice. The Mercredius army was a formidable force, it had pushed back the Flias for 2 years in a row but at the battle of Wall Aquina, a general who was rumored to be a spy of the Flias opened the gates to the downfall of Mercredius. Xavier Van Cole is a man kindness, during the conquest of the Flias he had stood and fought the Flias army to the last men before he gave up. When the country was still in his hands, he had treated everyone as equal and done lots of charity; he was a wise ruler as he had help raised the countries' economies to one of the top five on the continent. The country still flourished after the Flias Conquest.
The city of Mercredius is a beautiful water city, most of the sidewalks had water geysers shooting out and the people all live in sanitation even the poor had decent homes and most had jobs, but still there are some beggars that would appear once in a while. Overall the city is beautiful without corruption. Most of the people here are Mercenaries hoping to join a well known guild in order to have a better life. Of course there are solo mercenaries that exist, but solo mercenaries usually have a reason why to be solo. Mercenaries can also take exams to become the empires soldier but most people here refer to Flias soldiers as "flea dogs" which became a reason why this city is not an ideal place to recruit, most of the citizens here despise the Flias. That adds to why the sign on the gate to its desperateness.
The first thing Sky did was check for his picture on the wanted list, he walked into a pub and surprisingly he found it,but….. "WHAT THE ****! This obviously doesn't look like me at all," Sky looked on the wanted list and thought loudly it almost leaked out of his mouth, then it would be chaos. Sky looked at the picture, the person with the name Sky Bladefield under the picture. It was a kid with a perverted face with an "x" scar across his face. Sky is feeling melancholy, as he looked at the picture, yeah he did look "a bit" perverted when he saw Hannah naked but he was sure the empire did not see that face that time.
In a corner a girl around the age of 15 or 16 stared at Sky. Sky seems to have noticed her stare and looked towards the girl. As he turned around, the girl was looking straight at him; of course he thought that was weird as he looked at the young ladies face he found himself to be… blushing. The girl has azure eyes and long silver hair looks just a little bit shorter than Sky himself, gods this lady has a disastrous beautiful face. This lady has an appearance that can rival Hannah's or even more pretty…