The morning sun slowly rose and shed light on everyone!
Especially Teras's eyes while he was sleeping
"It's already morning?" Teras wondered out loud, the noise of people walking around and talking also was a reason he woke up
The town looked lively even though it was relatively small, just by the way they acted Teras could tell that this place was safe, safer than any place he could be, and that's why he felt comfortable sleeping on the street
Some people who passed by him had left some coins, and another left a bowl of water, Teras drank the water and took the coins before getting up, all that he had was a rather blood-washed sword, thankfully it was inside a case so it wouldn't cause any confusion
'I wonder if Tokkou is around here? Should I look around?' Teras wondered as he started walking around the town. Everyone stared at him and talked, they were saying how he was new around here
Eventually, an older woman asked him "How did you come here, kid?"
"Hmm? From the forest over there!" Teras said as he pointed toward the direction of the forest, surprisingly he could see the big tree he was in
"From the forest? What were you doing there? You wouldn't happen to be an adventurer, right?" The lady asked him
"Me? No, I don't even know how I ended up here, a guy helped me get here, I am looking for him" Teras explained
The lady looked appalled
"I see! So who is this person you are searching for? Do you happen to know his name?"
"His name? Tokkou, that's what he told me his name was!"
As soon as Teras said that she and some other people who were hearing the conversation smiled
"Is that it? Then you must be a good person! If you want to find Tokkou you can go to the arena! He is hosting a fight in there today! It's between Clair and Potinko! You shouldn't miss it! People are already gathering so I suggest you go there too!" The lady explained to Teras as she pointed in the direction he had to go
'Potinko? Isn't that the guy I...' Teras thought as memories of his fight flooded his mind, the terrible sight of his body once again haunted him
Teras thanked her before following her lead, in no time he was able to find the arena but the problem was that two guards were standing in front of the entrance
"E-Excuse me, can I get in?" Teras asked them
"You? Are you an adventurer? If yes then show us your bracelet!" One of the guards asked
"I'm not, I'm just looking for Tokkou... "
Before he could say another word the guards laughed
"Another newbie wanting to see the Grand Jack, how typical, is that the only reason you came? Tokkou doesn't like to be interrupted while watching his fights so move on!" The taller guard said
"B-But I have to give him his sword back, if it wasn't for this I would have been dead!" Teras said as he showed them his sword
They both looked amazed
"The God's Fang? How were you able to get ahold of this?" The now confused guard asked
"I told you! Tokkou gave it to me. Can I go in so I can return it to him?" Teras asked annoyed
After that, the guards quickly let Teras enter the arena and also apologized
Teras walked up some stairs before he was introduced to the open arena, many people were also sitting and talking with each other while waiting for the fight to start. It was then that Teras saw him, it was Tokkou
He was surrounded by people at the seats above and below his, he was talking with them with a smile on his face, and the others were smiling and laughing too, a sudden image of shadow people together flashed in Teras's mind, he didn't recognize any face but it was a similar situation to what he was watching
He wanted to wave at Tokkou but he got bumped by a group of girls that were holding a bunch of violets
"S-Sorry!" One of the girls said before running after the group
The group of girls surrounded Tokkou and showered him with compliments and praise, the guys sitting next to Tokkou were annoyed, not because they were jealous, but because they disturbed their and Tokkou's great time
While Tokkou was dealing with the girls he noticed Teras standing there, as soon as he noticed he got up and dashed toward him, Teras barely saw him get that close to him
"You made it!" Tokkou said surprised with a smile on his face
"I-I did! This is yours!" Teras said as he handed Tokkou's sword to him
"Have you figured out who you are or what are you going to do?" Tokkou asked while not grabbing the sword
"I haven't... There is no way I could..." Teras said as he got sad
Tokkou noticed it so with his hand raised Teras's lowered head
"Chin up! The fight will start soon so sit with us!" Tokkou told him with a smile
A cheer was heard from the girls when they saw what Tokkou did wishing it was them instead of Teras
"Pipe down girls, if you didn't come here for the fight then don't ruin it for those that came for it!" Tokkou said as he started to walk toward the group of people, he stopped and turned his head when he noticed Teras wasn't following "Come on kid!" He said with his hand extended
Teras smiled before following
Time passed and it was finally the time everyone was waiting for, loud drums could be heard, and a big cage preventing the fighters from getting out of the area fell, the gates of each fighter opened too
"WELCOME EVERYONE! In today's fight, we will be seeing two incredible fighters, Clair and Potinko, sadly Potinko had escaped and was put down by Tokkou so instead of him Halter the murderer will take his place, on the other side of the arena we have Clair, the traitor! Get ready to witness an incredible display of power, Clair uses two cards, the 5th card and the 3rd! and Halter uses the 4th and 6th! Both use a very powerful combo of cards so the result will be unpredictable!" The announcer said with excitement as the gates of each fighter opened revealing them
They both walked and were met with screams, degrading at that
Confused about the screams he asked Tokkou
"Why? Both of them are criminals, I run this arena and have them fight each other for entertainment, make sure to watch, or else you are going to miss it" Tokkou said as he pointed at the arena
Teras stared at the arena but before he could even notice the battle had started, Clair was nowhere to be seen and Halter was sitting in the middle with fire around him, also a loud noise of something clashing on metal and the cage keeping the prisoners in the arena shake
"She's fast, isn't she?" Tokkou asked Teras with a smile
"What?" Teras wondered
"The constant bangs, it's Clair, she is hopping around with her speed card!" Tokkou explained
"Card?" Teras exclaimed even more confused than before
"God tell me you didn't forget about cards too..." Tokkou said as he face-palmed himself
Suddenly a huge wave of electricity hit Halter before he got beheaded, Clair won in an instant
"AAAAAND IT'S OVER! Clair is the winner!!!!" The announcer yelled as Clair walked into her cage on her own
Teras was speechless she killed someone without feeling a thing and at such speed, people in this world are way more threatening than he originally thought
What surprised Teras, even more, was the crowd, they were cheering even though they witnessed a man die
"Surprised? This is common here, criminals like them can't become normal again so instead of killing them we make them kill each other" Tokkou said with an unexpected coldness in his eyes
"You people are crazy" Teras said before throwing the sword at Tokkou and leaving
"Kid wait!" Tokkou said but it was futile
Teras wouldn't stand for this, he valued human lives, and seeing them die for fun like that made him mad, so mad that he tried to leave the town but a sudden storm changed his plans, instead of leaving he sat under an abandoned building in the town, he simply sat there as he got cold
'I thought he was a nice person... Why is he okay with killing people like that? Does it mean that if I wasn't a good person he would have left me to die from the wolf?' Teras wondered as he stared at his hands
He tried to not think about stuff like that and sleep in a tucked potion under the roof of the abandoned house, but something disturbed his rest
It was a group of three people, one tall, one fat, and one buff, they all looked intimidating to Teras who was just resting
"What are you doing here kid? Do you know what this place is used for?" The fat man asked Teras
"I was just trying to sleep, I have no place to stay... Sorry if I took your spot!" Teras said as he began walking out of the house, but before he could step outside the buff man grabbed his hair and pulled Teras into the house throwing him down
"How can we be sure you won't say shit to anyone kid?" The buff man asked with his deep voice
"Say anything about what?" Teras asked confused as he got up
It was clear now what they wanted to hide, they had blood on their hands, and after what he saw Teras could tell it was a human's. Even though he was unarmed he got into a fighting position, the one he saw Halter get in when he fought in the arena
"What? You aren't going to be a good boy? It's three against one kid! Don't act like a fool" The buff man said as he grabbed the handle of his dagger
"There's no sorting things out with murderers" Teras said as he glared into the buff man's eyes
Suddenly the tall man rushed at Teras unarmed, he threw a right hook but Teras dodged it by ducking under it, Teras then hopped away, while taking steps away from the tall dude, the fat one charged toward him with his big frame
Without thinking about it too much Teras jumped and with his hands, he used the man's shoulder like the ground to push himself over the man, Teras managed to land without problem but the impact of his landing triggered the pain in his sides from the battle he had before
The buff man then attempted to stab Teras but failed because Teras jumped back dodging the attack and with the momentum of the jump rotated before kicking with the back of his foot the buff man's chin
That was it, Teras opening was clear so he made a run for it, he ran away in the rain but it wasn't hard for the other to catch up to him
'How are they so much faster!' He wondered as he ran with all his might, but the pain in his sides didn't allow him to keep this speed for a long time
The intense pain even made him slip into the mud of the alleyways he was running in. Eventually the other caught up to Teras and surrounded him
"I can't believe we got played by a shrimp that used no mana, pathetic!" The buff man said as he kicked Teras at his damaged ribs
Teras was facing the sky, watching the three guys look at his weak body like a pot of gold, he slowly closed his eyes but before he fully closed them he spotted the same ominous aura he saw in the forest
"Boss do you feel-" Before the tall man could finish talking he was smashed into the wall next to them without seeing or hearing anything
"It him-" The fat man said before getting crushed into the ground in the same way the tall man was
"Screw this shit-" The buff guy said as he started to run away but to his surprise, he was now flying above the houses of the town while facing the ground
"Trash..." He heard from above, it was Tokkou
He was standing on top of his floating body before pushing him into the ground with his right leg
The buff man started to fall from this big height but before he could meet the ground and splash like all the drops of water around him he stopped on top of a puddle
Tokkou then slowly floated down on their level
"What are criminals like you doing in my town? Are you looking to die?" Tokkou said as he gathered the three together
Teras was confused as to why everyone was floating and was being pushed together without seeing anything
"It's my power, I have the power of Telekinesis" Tokkou said with a smile as he saw the shocked Teras
"Powers... I want them too, I want the power to survive like you! And with those powers, I will find out who I really am!" Teras said as he stared at Tokkou from the mud
Tokkou saw the D E T E R M I N A T I O N in Teras's eyes and couldn't dismiss it
"Tomorrow find me, I will show you what humans are capable of!" Tokkou said with a smile as he flew taking everyone with him with his power of telekinesis