Ancient Empire Calendar Year 1803
While Ricardo continued his training on aura and swordsmanship from his master Richard, he did not neglect his mana training with his mother. At the end of a year of training, he had managed to create his mana heart. Now his mother, Seliarnevre, began to teach him how to create mana veins.
"Listen well Ricardo, take a deep breath and focus on the mana in your breath. Feel the breath you take spread throughout your body. You must watch how the mana in your breath passes through your veins and map the veins in your body. To create mana veins, first learn the locations of the veins in your body."
Ricardo followed his mother's instructions to the letter, watched how the meaning in his breath passed through his veins when he breathed, learned the veins, and at the end of 15 minutes, he visualized the map of the veins in his body
"It's over mom, I learned the veins, now what should I do"
Seliarnevre was surprised, even the most talented magicians would take around 25 to 35 minutes to learn about intravenous lines, he had learned about intravenous lines in 23 minutes, and his son Ricardo had learned about intravenous lines in a record time of 15 minutes. Ricardo was able to surprise his mother Seliarnevre every time with great skill. Seliarnevre looked at her son and started laughing.
"Huh, even if I say I won't be surprised again, you still manage to surprise and shock me every time, Ricardo."
Ricardo was happy, his mother looked at him, smiled, and was proud. He had forgotten these feelings decades ago, but his mother reminded him of these feelings again. Ricardo looked at his mother and said with confidence.
"I will continue to surprise you every time mom"
Seliarnevre stood up. "Did I spoil my son too much? This is not good." She was a little worried because arrogance and spoiledness were the golden rule of dying in this dark Dynasty. Seliarnevre realized that she had to get serious. She wiped the smile off her face and put on a stern expression.
"We've had enough fun, now it's time to create your mana veins Ricardo, once you start you can't stop until you finish, so listen to me carefully before you start and make sure you've learned everything . "
Ricardo didn't understand why his mother suddenly became serious at first, but after thinking about it a little, he understood the reason. Ricardo also realized that he couldn't be a child anymore and decided to become serious and started listening to his mother with all his attention.
"Most sorcerers can complete mana veins in 24 to 25 hours, those who are considered talented in 10 to 15 hours, and those who are considered even in 5 hours. Seliarnevre thought that Ricardo could complete mana paths in 5 hours, and with his talent, it was possible.
"Okay Ricardo, first visualize the veins in your mind, then start spreading the veins to your body by giving the vein shape to the veins in your heart. Slowly and surely create veins of veins. Don't rush. This process is very long, even if it takes hours, don't worry. Clear all thoughts and feelings from your mind and focus on creating veins of veins.
After learning everything he needed to do, Ricardo began to prepare to create the mana veins, but before he did, he decided to ask a question he was curious about
"Mother, what are the uses of mana veins?"
Seliarnevre gave a short but concise answer to Ricardo's question in order to continue the process
"Mana veins carry the mana from your heart to your limbs so that you can cast spells. Without mana veins, you cannot carry your mana to your limbs and cast spells. In addition, mana veins direct the mana in your breath directly to your mana heart without dispersing throughout your body. In short, we can say that mana veins and mana heart are vital organs for a sorcerer.
After Ricardo got the answer to his question, he closed his eyes and drew a map of the veins in his body in his mind and according to the map, he distributed the mana in his heart by giving vein shapes to his body. Slowly and carefully, the mana veins were distributed throughout his body. In 3 hours, it covered his entire body and when he finished his work and opened his eyes, he looked at his mother.
"I finished, mother, and I'm very tired"
Seliarnevre could not hide her surprise. She was talking to herself in a tone that Ricardo could not hear.
"This is beyond your talent now. This is very illogical. No matter how talented he is, it should have taken at least 5 hours, but he finished in 3 hours"
Seliarnevre felt the burden on her back getting heavier. Her son had great potential in both aura and spirit. If he trained both of these skills well, Ricardo would become the greatest swordsman and sorcerer of the age. Seliarnevre saw Ricardo falling asleep on her lap without realizing it. It was obvious that he was very tired. She looked at her son with proud eyes and patted his head. Then she called the servants and ordered them to take Ricardo to his room. That night, everyone was in high spirits. It was past one o'clock at night, but as Seliarnevre and Richard sipped their wine with pleasure, they began to think that it was no longer impossible for Ricardo to become the new Lord of the House. When Richard finished his wine,
"My lady, I am certain that Ricardo will be the next Lord of the House, I say this sincerely, the young lord will have no rivals in both magic and swordplay in years to come when he is in his twenties, perhaps even our lord IV Orsman will not be a rival to young lord Ricardo"
Seliarnevre nodded and agreed with Richard, she was pleased with all this praise, she was proud of her son
"Richard, I didn't even tell Ricardo this, but at first my only goal was to protect him from all assassins until he was 14 and to ensure he left the palace safely, but with this talent, I also think Ricardo can be the next lord, but it won't be easy"
Ricard saw the excitement mixed with fear in his lady's eyes and thought he should relax his lady
"My lady, I understand your concern but there is no need to be afraid, there have been no assassination attempts in the last few years and the other wives are both indebted to you and afraid of you, you even destroyed the zelfhaya that terrorized the palace at the time, you found the killer of the murdered daughter of the lord of the house, yes all these achievements have attracted a lot of attention but everyone is aware that you will not be easily messed with"
Despite Richard's words, Seliarnevre could not calm down but decided not to show it, she straightened up confidently, straightened her back and had a sharp and confident expression on her face
"You are right, Master Richard, I should trust myself more for my son, he swore an oath of loyalty to her for you and all my servants"
Richard was impressed by his lady's confident stance, but there was something strange, even though it was night, the surroundings were very quiet Richard drew his sword silently
"Go to my lady Ricardo, there may be something strange, assassins"
Seliarnevre went to Ricardo and woke him up, Ricardo was sleepy and confused
"Mom, what happened"
Seliarnevre didn't want to scare Ricardo, but realizing something from an early age in this palace could extend his life
"There are assassins Ricardo, calm down, take a deep breath, just like in meditation, clear your mind of thoughts and emotions and focus.
Ricardo quickly realized the seriousness of the situation. He may have been a child on the outside, but he was once an emperor who had sat on the throne for 50 years. Ricardo took the short sword that was hanging next to his bed, added his aura to it and waited ready for a possible attack on him. Seeing this, Seliarnevre was impressed by her son's cool and confident stance and prepared for battle like her son. While holding the ice dagger Silvarist in one hand in case of a close fight, she transferred her mana to the other hand and prepared to cast a spell. Seliarnevre was the most powerful ice mage on the continent. Even though she could not use powerful spells since they were in her bedroom, she had to help Richard. Richard approached the door. He looked at his lady and master whom he was supposed to protect, both of them were worried but ready to fight.
"Even if I die today, I will protect you. Anyone can replace an ordinary guard like me, but no one can replace a genius like Ricardo"
Richard focused all his attention and felt the aura of the assassins outside the door
"There are about 30 assassins, the warriors and servants who are responsible for protecting the hall have been killed, calm down, I must kill at least half of the assassins before I die"
Richard kicked the door down before the assassins did, the assassins stepped back in surprise
"What? What's going on?!"
Before the assassins could come to, Richard attacked the assassins with his sword covered in his aura, he transferred half of his mana to his feet to increase his speed, he transferred the remaining half of his mana to his arms to swing his sword faster, he stabbed the shocked assassin in the throat with a terrific speed
"Guh...argh..."
He then swung his sword to the right, splitting the assassin's stomach in two, the assassin's organs scattered around, then gathered his aura in his fist, broke the other assassin's jaw, swung his sword and cut off the assassin's head, stabbed another assassin's heart with his sword, he died by vomiting blood, another assassin transferred his aura to his dagger and attacked Richard
"Die Bastard"
Richard blocked the attack with his sword, directed his aura to his foot and kicked the assassin, the assassin was thrown back and fell on his back to the ground, Richard jumped on the assassin and stabbed his sword into the assassin's heart
"Aaaaaa"
The assassin's screams of pain were short-lived, Richard began to swing his sword faster, killing one assassin with each swing, one, two, three, and one by one the assassins were dying on Richard's sword, but Richard's stamina was not infinite, he fell to one knee, out of breath!
"Haa haa..."
Richard saw that there were still about 20 assassins in front of him, but he could no longer stand up, he was very old
"Damn, if I was a little younger, this day wouldn't have happened like this"
Richard the Warrior was worried. If he died, what would happen to his lady and young lord that he was supposed to protect? Seliarnevre might be strong. Ricardo might be a genius, but could they fight 20 assassins? At that moment, dozens of ice spears rained down on the assassins from behind. The assassins were running left and right to protect their lives, begging for their lives, screaming in pain.
"Aaaaaa"
"Run"
"Take cover"
"Damn it, no one told me this whore was such a powerful sorceress"
Richard was surprised, his lady, who he was a little worried about, had killed 10 assassins with a single spell
"Maybe the three of us can get out of here"
His morale had risen, he was suddenly filled with energy, he held his sword in both hands
"Come here you bitch bastards, see what this old wolf can do"
The enraged assassins attacked Richard like there was no tomorrow Richard swung his sword diagonally upwards and killed one assassin, but due to old age and fatigue, two assassins cut Richard's vital points with their daggers. Richard swung his sword towards the assassin on his right and made a deep cut from his shoulder to his waist. He caught the other assassin with his hand and broke his neck. He could not continue any longer. The other 6 assassins were attacking Seliarnevre. Unlike Seliarnevre's surprise attack, this time their attacks did not hit. This situation distracted Richard. One of the assassins took advantage of this situation and threw the dagger at a tremendous speed, using all his might. The dagger slit Richard's throat and stuck into the shoulder of the assassin in front of him. Seliarnevre took the opportunity and stabbed the ice dagger Silvaristi into the assassin's heart. When the assassin's body froze and disintegrated, Seliarnevre saw Richard lying on the ground covered in blood and went mad with anger.
"RICHARD YOU DAMNED BASTARDS"
Seliarneva screamed until her throat tore, the meaning she channeled into her vocal cords was so loud that the assassins covered their ears with all their meaning and auras, Ricardo saw his mother going crazy with rage, he couldn't see anything, not even his own son, Richard knew he had to escape the execution
"Giskar"
The contracted spirit Giskar, who responded to Ricardo's call, immediately protected Ricardo's ears with his spiritual energy. The assassins, however, did not have a soul to protect themselves. Their internal organs exploded from the loud noise. Blood gushed from their mouths, ears and noses. They died in pain. The leader of the 29 assassins, except for one, quickly rushed forward. Before Seliarnevre could notice him, he had come to the tip of her nose. Tan was about to cut Seliarnevre's neck with the dagger in his hand. Ricardo transferred his mana to his feet, cast an acceleration spell, went in front of his mother, transferred all his aura to his sword. The aura had increased the size of the sword five times. This was the aura shaping he had been working on for a long time, and he had shaped the giant sword of his dreams. The assassin was horrified and caught off guard.
""Impossible"
Ricardo frowned and clenched his teeth, he swung his sword with all his might
"DIE, CHILD OF A WHORE"
Ricardo's swing was so powerful that it tore through the bedroom and the side rooms, the war was over, he had killed 30 assassins, but the price was heavy, all the soldiers and servants loyal to Seliarnevre were killed, but the greatest loss was their Guard, Warrior, Master and closest friend Richard Kislavein, who was dead, neither of them would forget this day for the rest of their lives. Richard was filled with anger and sadness, he looked at his mother
"Mother, I will avenge my master"
Seliarnevre shared the same feelings
"We will take it together, Ricardo"
This oath would be fulfilled one day and much blood would be shed that day.