In the northeast of the continent of Amagedan there is a country called impactsan, the east and south of this empire are surrounded by two main mountain ranges, the Anben Mountains and the Fantet Mountains, which are tall and pose a great challenge to an enemy who wants to invade this country. These two mountain ranges are also named after the two great kings who founded the impactsan empire, Anben Amory and his son, Fantet Amory. The north is covered by the majestic Akazot Sea, and finally, the west is covered by a vast strip of land that is the largest supplier of horses and food in the empire. If you want to invade the impactsan empire, you can only invade in two ways: by ship from the north and by land from the west.
The time of Anben the Great to the time of Aken the Great, the eleventh king of the empire, was the most prosperous period, controlling almost the entire Northeast of the Amagedan continent, but by the time of Athetdam Amory, the twenty-second king of the Impactsan empire, the empire had lost almost all its territory, was constantly attacked by outside forces, the people's lives were miserable because they were exploited to the extreme, the king and the nobles only knew how to enjoy themselves, not caring about the people.
Meanwhile, a red meteor suddenly appeared in the sky, flying towards the Areds family, signaling a person who could change the entire corrupt empire.
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7 years later
Now the boy had grown up and had a name, Setton Areds, today was like any other day for him, he and the other boys of different classes, all woke up early around 6:00 to tidy up the bed and pillows, he and the other children lived in a rather shabby room, many places were damaged and had to be patched with wooden boards, in that room there were many bunk beds but almost no one slept in the upper bunk because it was made of wood but had rotted for a long time and was very easy to collapse, there was an incident where a bed collapsed and took the lives of two people sleeping on the top and bottom, and the beds on the bottom were much better than the top bunk, so from then on the boys sleeping in the upper bunk had to sleep on the bottom bunk or on the floor.
As for Setton, he was lucky to be on the bottom bunk, so he also played with a person named Tosud, he had a pair of chestnut brown eyes and his hair was the same, this person in Setton's memory didn't have many memories, Setton only felt that he was a very talkative, very gentle, and quite funny person, that's all, because Setton knew that in today's training session he would die.
At 6:30, each boy went to the breakfast place. The food there was terrible. There was only a little white rice, a piece of meat, and some vegetables. That was all. It was not enough to fill one's stomach. However, the children there did not know that the food they cooked was leftovers from one or two days ago, just reheated. Many people died of food poisoning, but those children did not know what to do. If they did not eat, they would starve to death.
Today, Setton, like every other day, looked at the food on the table and sighed, not wanting to eat, but he knew that if he didn't eat, he would die here, so he could only close his eyes and eat. While he was eating, Tosud held the food tray and walked over to Setton, saying with a smile:
"Hey can I sit here?"
Hearing that, Setton stopped eating, turned to look at Tosud with a scary gaze and said:
"No, this place is not for you, so go somewhere else, I don't want to talk much"
Seeing Setton's terrifying face, Tosud could only smile awkwardly and say:
"Hey, don't look at me with that fierce face. I'm just sitting here and I didn't do anything to you, so let me sit here."
After hearing that, Setton immediately withdrew his gaze and continued eating, then said:
"Okay then, what do you want to tell me?"
When he saw that Setton had given permission, tosud sat down next to him and said while eating:
"Hey, why do you like to sit alone? Can't you make friends with other people?"
Hearing such a question, Setton felt uncomfortable and said:
"You just came here to ask that, then my answer is because I like it that way, if the question is that classic then shut up and let me eat"
Seeing that, Tosud waved his hand and said:
"Calm down, I'm wondering a little and asking me, if there's anything that makes you angry, I hope..."
Before Tosud could finish his sentence, a shout interrupted him:
"It's time, hurry up and get out of here, or don't blame me for being heavy-handed."
Hearing that voice, everyone in the dining room ran outside, Setton and Tosud were no exception and ran outside, after going outside all the boys lined up in three rows towards the person who had just raised his voice, there was none other than the commander of these boys named Anpen Areds, the man had a pair of red eyes and characteristic white hair, his face had some wrinkles that let us know he was around middle age or older, and there was a scar on his forehead that proved that he was a veteran warrior, with a lot of battlefield experience, he wore a full body armor made of iron, when he saw that they had gathered, he immediately said with a solemn expression:
"For the soldiers of the Areds family, today we will have a special training session inside the blood forest, if anyone has any opinions, please speak up and I will answer them all"
Then an arm was raised, it was none other than Tosud, when he saw that arm, Anpen pointed to that arm and said:
"What is your question?"
After hearing those words, Tosud immediately said what he was wondering:
"Commander, may I ask why that forest is named the blood forest?"
Hearing Tosud's question, Anpen smiled like a devil and said in a threatening voice:
"Good question, if you want to know then I have to say it, it's not for nothing that it's called the blood forest, that forest is home to many dangerous monsters, going in there has only two outcomes, one is to die and become food for the monsters, the other is to fight bravely and return to Glory, but not many people can return, out of a hundred people, only about ten can get out, so you guys should prepare yourself first."
After hearing the answer, almost all the children showed fear on their faces, their hands clenched, their legs trembling. Seeing that, Commander Anpen said in a provocative voice:
"Hey, I just said that, but look at you guys, you're already so scared, like dogs trembling in fear, how pathetic."
Hearing the provocative words from the commander, everyone regained their composure and spoke in unison:
"We are not afraid of any difficulties or challenges because we are the fearless Warriors of the great Areds clan."
When Setton heard that, he just chuckled to himself and thought,
[So immature, now you speak so eloquently and with such enthusiasm, but when you get there you'll be scared and run like a dead dog, it really makes me laugh]
Then Commander Anpen led everyone to a silent and gloomy forest, where Setton started to become a hunting dog of the Areds family and where he left in disgrace, now when he saw the forest in front of him he promised himself that he would change his future and become more beautiful, then Commander Anpen's voice cried out:
"This is the blood forest that I was talking about. Now, your mission is to hunt any monster. I don't care how you use it, but you must capture a monster and bring it here. We will give each of you a sword and some food that can help you survive for three days. We will meet again in exactly three days. Now, you guys should carry out your mission."
When they heard the command from Anpen, everyone went into the blood forest. When they first entered the forest, many different groups appeared to hunt monsters. As for Setton, he decided to go alone because he didn't like going with other people. He had done many missions here so he was very familiar with the terrain and the monsters here. The first monster he wanted to catch was the blood pig, a very weak monster here. It had thick brown fur with two ivory-white horns right at its mouth and blood-red eyes. In addition, this creature often went alone and sniffed for prey by using blood from its prey's wounds. If it had existed in the past, he would have killed it easily, but with a body like this, he couldn't kill it. That's why he had a plan to catch it. So the whole first day, he just dug a deep hole and used sturdy branches to sharpen it. Then he used his sword to cut his palm to make it bleed, then used that blood to draw a long line to catch it. lure into trap
On the afternoon of the second day after many days of waiting, Setton saw a bloody pig rushing towards him from afar. When he saw that, he still sat leisurely watching it rush into the trap. Then it easily fell into his trap. Then the bloody pig screamed miserably, blood continuously flowing out of its stomach. When he saw the bloody pig entering the trap, he held the sword by his side and looked at it, smiled and said:
"I've been waiting so long to see this, now go die quickly"
Then he jumped into the hole and stabbed it straight in the head with his sword, causing blood to splatter all over his clothes and face, and finally he could no longer hear its screams, when he saw the animal that had just died by his own hands, his face showed no emotion, he immediately dragged the body of the animal he had just hunted up to the ground, now it was getting dark, he leaned on the body of the animal he had just hunted, looking towards the tree branch but could not burn it because if he burned it, it would attract many dangerous animals to hunt him, then after a while he stood up and went to a nearby lake to bathe and wash his clothes there, causing the blood to no longer stick to his clothes, thus reducing the possibility of being attacked by demons, then he went back to his old place, sighed and ate the food he was given, he only ate a little dry food and some water to drink.
While he was eating, he heard a noise from his left side. He tried to be alert and grabbed the sword beside him and slowly walked towards the place where the sound came from. When he got there, an image appeared before Setton, making him unable to believe what was happening before him.