A Demon's Journey

Noah had only opened the bandit encampment's entrance for around ten minutes and hundreds of bandits had already stained his blade with their blood.

This was a complete massacre. But it only continued until the two leaders in this bandit encampment revealed themselves.

Both were 3 Star Warriors and were local tyrants. They loved to oppress warriors with a lower rank than themselves and bow down to those with a higher rank than them.

Other than oppressing those weaker than them, they loved women as well. Raping women that is.

The two were utterly shocked when they saw a child massacring their men. Moreover, they felt threatened as they were exposed to his aura.

It was as if a sharp blade was near their necks and they had to be very careful or else they would be killed before they would realize it.

The two glanced at each other and charged at Noah quickly.

One of them was holding chains while the other used his Spear to hit Noah.

Noah blocked his strike but was slightly surprised by the strength used by the leader of the bandits.

He was pushed back by a couple of steps.

Soon, Noah noticed a chain being thrown at him. A blade was tied on one end of this chain. He looked at the man standing a little far away who controlled this chain.

The chain attacked Noah but he merely shook his head to the right and dodged it.

Noah then focused on the man who used his spear and strength to push him back. He jumped back and then used a technique quickly.

"Fleeting Cresent Slash - Diagonal!"

Noah made a diagonal slash from his upper right to his lower left.

His attack was so fast that the warrior using his spear didn't even see it. It was his comrade who was using chains who quickly recalled his chain blade and attacked Noah from another direction.

Noah naturally noticed the attack and knew his attack wouldn't land and he would be injured instead.

He gave up on the attack and jumped instead.

"Wind Burst: Cresent Slash."

Suddenly, the wind congealed on the tip of his sword and he quickly threw a wind slash containing his Sword Qi at the spear warrior.

This attack was something Spear Warrior did see.

But the attack appeared so strong that he had no confidence in dealing with it.

Was there something he could do?

"You idiot, dodge!" The warrior standing in the distance shouted at his comrade as he saw that he remained immobile due to confusion.

The warrior heard his comrades' voice and immediately jumped out of the way.

Noah saw that warrior jumping to the side and looked disappointed as he muttered, "…To think you wouldn't even pose a challenge."

The sword slash immediately changed its direction and continued to target the spear warrior.

The man was forced to block that slash with his spear. However, the slash easily went past his spear and also split off his arm.

Noah didn't look impressed. He changed his targets after that man's arm was sliced off.

Seeing how that man was lying on the ground, squealing in pain, it clearly indicated he was of no threat now.

"Phantom Step."

Noah dashed towards the chain warrior.

The warrior used another chain to attack Noah.

In the next moment, a spark occurred and the chain was deflected away. Noah had raised his sword to parry that chain.

The chain warrior hadn't given up though. He recalled his first chain to attack Noah from another direction.

Since Noah's sword had just been moved ahead of his body, then he couldn't counter this attack.

But what the chain warrior didn't understand was that Noah had no need to even move his arm to deflect the chain.

He could easily do so by using his Sword Qi.

Another moment later, Noah had closed a lot of distance between them and the chain had once again been deflected.

"Hell Thrust," Noah muttered the name of his technique as his sword began to glow slightly with his Ardor inside of it.

The Chain Warrior used his own technique "Rock Solid Body."

This turned his skin brown as some parts of rocks could be seen on his body.

Noah noticed that the enemy had used an elemental technique and prepared his Wind Ardor as well.

While using the Hell Thrust technique, he was only using his Sword Qi along with his Ardor. He thought that if his speed was quick enough, he could strike the enemy before he could react.

But it seemed that the enemy could still react to his speed.

Since the enemy had used a defensive skill, Noah wasn't very sure whether his technique would be enough to pierce his enemy's defenses.

For that reason, he was sensing the wind and enhance this technique with his element.

But before Noah realized it, his sword pierced that chain warrior's chest.

Even though that chain warrior had already used a defensive skill to make his body turn rock-solid, Noah's sword pierced it like a hot knife through butter.

There was no resistance at all. And this was all because of his Sword Qi.

It was much more powerful than Noah thought it to be. He had in reality only fought against himself at his full potential.

Noah still wasn't able to correctly estimate his strength compared to others right now so he had thought he required wind to deal with a defense of this level.

Right now, his sword had already pierced the chain warrior's heart. But… The chain warrior was still very much alive.

There was a crazy look on that man's face as he shouted, "DIE!"

He pulled out short knives from his pockets and stab Noah with them.

Noah didn't even move his body. As the man was about to stab Noah with those knives, he felt as if he had encountered a mysterious force and his hand was unable to move any further.

When Noah looked into the man's eyes, he saw a strong will to live in them.

Suddenly, the chains were recalled back to attack Noah. The man had infused them with a lot of Earth Ardor. He was confident that they should be able to break that invisible wall protecting Noah.

Noah suddenly began to move his sword horizontally.

The chain warrior felt this sword would pierce his defenses, no matter how much Ardor he used in it.

Soon, his heart was sliced off and his body took its last breaths.

The Chains that were returning suddenly fell in mid-way.

Noah then turned towards the other leader and began to walk towards him with a cold expression.

He remembered that his master had ordered him to kill all the bandits. So, he was going to kill that Spear Warrior and then the other bandits as well.

It didn't take Noah very long to accomplish this.

The Spear Warrior was already squealing in pain. He couldn't concentrate and gather his strength to fight against Noah equally.

Unlike his comrade, he had a weak will. The other bandits began to run out of the encampment.

They knew that staying here meant death.

Noah released his Sword Qi and dealt with the ones he could. He then found some people in the cages. These cages were created using special wood and material so that even warriors would find it difficult to break them.

However, this was not an issue for Noah's sword qi.

Once he freed the people, Noah spoke, "Take me to your village."

His voice was gentle that entered the people's ears. They looked at Noah whose clothes were stained with blood.

They had seen it with their own eyes. How this child had slaughtered all the bandits in this camp.

And since Noah was requesting them something, none of them dared to reject him.

In reality, there were many villagers from different villages. Noah couldn't visit them at the same time.

So Noah decided to visit the one nearest to their position then visit the next village and so on.

The villagers didn't mind it. They took him along towards their village.

While walking, Noah informed them of his identity. He told them how it was his master who gave him this mission to save them.

These villagers were shocked to hear that it was Kloras Town's new mayor who had sent the order to protect them.

When their local lord hadn't raised his hand to protect them, they had lost all hopes of any assistance. Especially from a Noble Family.

After all, the third leader of this Phantom Tribe was an exiled son of Baron Wallace. His name is Angus Wallace.

Even though he was banished by his family, the local lords didn't dare to make an enemy out of him.

It was said that Angus Wallace had good relations with his brothers so if he was in trouble, he could summon them and deal with it.

Azaroth had known about this man's identity when he sent Noah. He didn't fear this Angus Wallace, whether it was his own power of the background.

Currently, Azaroth was also an heir of a Marquis Ranked Family.

Even if he slapped this guy, Angus would have to show a smile and say that he deserved to be slapped.

However, as a 5 Star Warrior, Azaroth disdained to deal with a man so much weaker than himself. That was why he sent Noah.

This was the disparity between the two.

Anyway, as the people heard Noah's words, they were lost in deep thought.

According to what they heard, the mayor was granting them free land, and even constructing houses and provided people food. His only condition was for them to work and not sit free.

This was fine for most of the villagers as well.

They were used to working even when they wouldn't receive anything. To them, shelter, food, and protection from bandits were a luxury they couldn't afford.

If someone was providing it to them just to do the same amount of work, they didn't mind it in the slightest.