Free Web NovelChapter 46: A Hero Forged by Tragedy
Finally, after half an hour of torture, Aurielle released me, as everyone was also done with the breakfast and was now packing all the things.
Soon everyone arranged all their things and got ready, so we also mounted the carriages while the knight mounted the horse and bound the assassin to its end with ropes.
Aurielle saw all of this from the carriage window, and her expression turned to anger.
Because she remembers how he humiliated her.
"Honey." My voice brings her out of thoughts, as I hugged her while placing her head on my shoulder for rest.
"Neighhh."
Finally, with a sound of a horse’s cry, we start moving, and the assassin gets dragged as his body got scratches from the obstacles.
But after traveling some distance, I asked Aurielle about Count Territory, Stormveil County.
Aurielle, who was looking outside at the moving scenery, paused, then turned toward me, and after thinking for a moment, she started telling me about the origin of Stormveil County.
"Well, some territories are famous for their location or something special like a product they produce in their territory."
"But Stormveil County is not like that; actually, in the start, it was just a barren territory without any special units or high knights."
Genuine admiration appeared on her face as she continued.
"But then Magnus Duvall was born."
"In the start he was nothing, but later he started showing power related to the storm."
She stops for a moment as she is lost in thought because even in the palace she heard news about him.
"Some holy priests came, and they found out that he was born with an origin skill that was highly compatible with Storm."
"Many people become excited after hearing this news and come to recruit him because those who are born with Origin skills are all talented people who always make a name for themselves.
"Even on a lower scale!"
"And they are also way better than average people, as they can progress in realm cultivation faster with low resources."
She paused after this and gave me a look, which I understand.
She is thinking about when I was told I was talentless.
I instantly remember the time when Saintness declared the answer, when I got ridiculed by everyone and was finally forced to marry the five princesses.
After sorting my thoughts, I asked the system if this is all true or not.
[Yes, Luke, only in a natural way do those who get origin skills become talented, but most people of this world have origin inside them it is just some awakened while some not, even with that they can cultivate.]
The system paused to let me digest this info and then added another line.
[As you are given the Origin skill by me and you are not even from this world, that’s why you can’t cultivate at all unless heavy resources are invested.]
I nodded, as I finally understood the reason for my being talentless and why everyone gives me that look.
"What about those previous heroes?" Still, this question suddenly comes into my mind, so they were also talentless?
[No, Luke, whenever a hero was summoned, he or she got the blessing of the Valtharion.]
[Because of that, they become even more talented like a prodigy born in a millennium.]
I got stunned after hearing, "Then why didn’t I get the blessing?"
Sytem saw the confused look, but his voice also came out confused.
[I don’t know the exact reason, but it’s seems you are disconnected by the world itself.]
The system paused after saying this and then added.
[It seems like someone has done something when you were summoned.]
The system finally dropped the bombshell.
"I was targeted, but why? By whom?"
"Are you ok?"
Aurielle’s voice suddenly brings me out of my thoughts, and I shake my head because thinking about those things is now useless.
I can see she is worried and thinking that her word hurts me.
Because climbing each stage is going to be climbing a bigger mountain than before, and no one is stupid enough to waste resources on the hero who doesn’t have much potential.
"So, she is thinking that I am worried about how much I can raise my realm."
"I am fine, honey."
I smiled and said to her, and she nodded with relief and then continued from where she left off.
Nyx and Myrkhal also listen with curiosity, as both of them don’t know anything about this world at all.
"But Magnus said no to everyone and kept practicing on his own, and this very thing makes many nobles or people with power dissatisfied."
"And the result was annihilation..., because one day when he was practicing and his family was watching him happily, their territory got attacked by powerful bandits."
"Lord Duvall instantly found something was wrong, so he instantly gathered the forces and sent the pigeons to ask for help."
"Magnus also heard this, but he didn’t get afraid; instead, he also attacked them and defended his territory, but sadly he was alone, as most soldiers in his territory were iron and bronze knights." freeweɓnøvel.com
"The battle lasts for a few hours, and no one comes to help him. All those who saw him have potential, but he doesn’t want to become theirs, so they turn their eyes away and let him understand the outcome of his arrogance."
"Bloodied and wounded, he saw everyone die: his father, his mother, and even his brother."
"And finally he got tired and broke down; he slumped to the ground with all hope lost because he lost everything and he has nothing anymore, so all he does is look at the sky and wait for his inevitable death."
Aurielle paused as tears formed in her eyes.
I didn’t say anything; I just listened, as did Margaret, even though she had heard this story before, but whenever she heard this, she also got teary-eyed.
Finally, after a moment as she got calm, she continued.
"Then a miracle occurred. First came a single drop, then countless others followed. Within moments, the heavens opened, and a raging storm descended upon the land, destroying everything in its path."
"Houses were ripped apart and reduced to debris. As for the bandits, they were swept away by the storm’s fury and hurled through the air like ragdolls, crashing to the ground with heavy injuries."
"Even after all this, the storm did not calm. Instead, the winds grew fiercer, howling across the land as lightning crackled through the heavens with such terrifying force that even the surrounding regions could hear it clearly. It was as if the heavens themselves were enraged and the end of the world had arrived."
"But one figure remained safe, as though the heavens themselves were protecting him. Yet he still lay on the ground, staring up at the sky with all hope lost."
She paused for a moment and then said it.
"Soon the holy priest of the storm god comes to him and tells him that he is chosen as an apostle for the storm god."
"When this news spread, everyone got jealous, and those who attacked him got terrified."
"But sadly they can’t do anything as the Storm Temple knights themselves descend for him."
"He left the human territory under the gaze of everyone; even the human emperor couldn’t stopped them or he will face the wraith of a god."
"He reached the Storm Temple, situated in the middle of the sea upon a vast island whose size rivaled that of an entire continent."
"There he trained himself and found out the real potential that his original skill holds."
She stopped as her mouth got dry, upon which Margaret gave her a water pouch.
Gulp.
As she satisfied her thirst, she started from where she left off.
"Everyone forgot that a prodigy, Magnus Duvall exists, because for 10 years no one heard about him."
"But—"
"Then the war with demons erupted suddenly; many nations fell because they got too relaxed."
"It was then that he rose, turning the tide of fate itself. By saving hundreds of sea territories, he earned the gratitude of countless people and was honored as a hero across the seas."
Aurielle again paused as she gave me a look; I just smiled at this. freēwebnovel.com
She nodded and then continued.
"After saving so much sea territory, even the demon got afraid because the causality is so high in the area where he was, so the demon retreated as they faced heavy resistance from the sea king as well."
"Then he heard the news that many human nations have already fallen along with his territory as well."
"Magnus got so angry that he finally left the Storm temple and said goodbye to the people he had made friends with over the years and returned to his motherland."
"Even though Magnus wants revenge, he also knows that those innocent shouldn’t suffer, so he charges alone and kills demons like ants."
"After fighting for months he took back his territory from the demons hands along with several territories of his enemies also."
"The demons also stopped attacking his territory because of the heavy losses they had suffered. And finally, after years of war, when the Holy Church of Light and the Emperor’s forces descended upon the battlefield, the demons were forced to retreat completely back to their own lands."
Aurielle paused for a breath and, after a few moments, finally said the last part.
"The human emperor got impressed by Magnus’s bravery and made him a count while also presenting those territories to him."
"His remaining enemies, who had survived the demonic invasion, were filled with anger. Yet they could only swallow their resentment, for they knew that none of them could challenge him anymore. He had grown far too powerful for them to oppose."
Aurielle looked toward me and said it.
"That’s how the original Duvall territory had become Stormveil County."
"That’s amazing!"
This exclamation left my mouth after hearing his legendary story, and I genuinely started admiring this person because his story really looks like some fairy tale.
Aurielle smiled and leaned against my shoulder as she muttered in a low voice.
"For me, you are the one who is amazing."
I got stunned for a moment, but seeing her talking like that makes me want to love her.
So without thinking, my hand reached her bosom, and I felt those soft mounds.
Slap.
But suddenly, Aurielle slapped my hand away. I blinked in confusion, but then I noticed Margaret watching from the side with a red face. Only then did I realize why Aurielle had slapped my hand away.
"But I want to."
I said in a low voice, causing Aurielle’s face to turn red. Then, without warning, she leaned closer, kissed my cheek, and whispered into my ear.
"Wait for Stormveil County; there I will not stop you."
My eyes lit up on this, as I heard her seductive voice, but I controlled myself.
Then both of us lean toward each other and fall asleep, as the destination is still half a day away.
[Chapter End]
