Starting Off

My name is Chris Avilon, I am just another one of those gifted persons that were born in this world.

Since hundreds of years ago, demons had begun their invasion on earth. Many people had suffered the consequences of their invasion.

I was one them.

My family was killed when the demons attacked our village. I was able to escape when a group of adventurers came by.

Ever since then, I had been training my whole life to get stronger. I wanted to get revenge. But naturally as a girl, I couldn't do much.

I never gave up, I kept training and training and training until the my limits. Eventually, I became an adventurer.

It has already been a month since I became an adventurer. I spent my days doing quests to earn enough pocket money to take care of my daily life.

"That will be 500 Bytes." Said the waitress as she handed me the bill.

I searched through my purse to find the money and handed her a note of 500 Bytes.

"Thank you coming~"

I exited the restaurant in despair.

"Only 300 left..." I said as I looked into my purse.

The money I earn from being an adventurer is really scarce. As a newbie, I was only allowed to do the easy and low earning quests.

The orders of the adventurer ranks were as follows from the bottom, Stone, Coal, Aluminium, Iron, Titanium, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond. Ten ranks in all. I am only on Stone. The lowest rank.

The rules prohibit the lower ranks to take quests that were recommended for the higher.

"I need to do a quest tomorrow or else I'll have nothing to eat or even sleep on." I muttered.

I could only sleep in a small motel room for the night.

The next day, I went out into the woods. Today I was gonna take down a giant rabbit for a butcher.

Rabbits here are the size of humans, not the particular rabbits that were domesticated. Finding them would be easy enough, especially with my special ability.

Presence detect.

My ability allows me to detect and specify any living things around me. I can pinpoint exact locations of anything that I know that were nearby. Since I know what giant rabbits are, this should be a piece of cake.

I wandered randomly in the forest. After a few minutes, I finally detected a giant rabbit.

I carefully closed in on the rabbit and drew my bow-

By the way, I use a bow and arrows mainly, but I also have a dagger in my back pocket.

-and aimed right for the rabbit's head.

SHIK!

The arrow stuck right into the rabbit's head. It let out a squeeck before collapsing.

I let out a sigh and quickly tied the rabbit with a rope to drag it back.

"There."

I was quite deep in the forest so it would take almost an hour for me to get while dragging this giant rabbit.

After a few minutes, my ability detected movements from my left. It was fast too.

I dropped the rope and quickly drew my bow. I can sense them, but they were moving so it was hard for me to hit. I didn't recognise the signatures so I didn't know what was heading towards me. Until they got to me.

Jumping out of the blue, one went straight for me. Thankful to my ability, I was able to dodge in time. When looked up to see what came, it sent shiver down my body.

"Demons."

They both had the same features, a redish humanoid body, a tail and a pair of stout horns on their foreheads. They were drooling. I could sense that they craved flesh.

Either they smelled the rabbit's blood or they happen to came by, I had to defend myself.

I drew my bow again and fired quickly. Because of my panicked self, the arrow only the demon's leg.

Shrieking, the demon rushed at me,closing the distance. With the distance close in, I hung my bow on my shoulder and took out my dagger.

Slashing it at the incoming demon. I managed to make a small cut on its chest, but it only faltered a little.

I slashed violent from side to side, trying to keep him away. Then suddenly I was pulled from the back and thrown to the ground.

"Aah!" I yelped.

I had forgotten there were two demons. Simultaneously, they charged at me.

My dagger slipped away from my hand, I grabbed bow to hit them but was slapped away by them instantly. I was defenceless.

The demons held me down. One of them bit into my arm and I screamed.

"AAAAHHH!!"

They didn't stop. I cried for help, hoing that some would come.

"Please! Help me! Someone help me please!"

Just then, I sensed something barreling towards here at high speed. A second after that, the demons' heads were no more. Blood splattered on my face.

I sense someone standing in front of the layed down me. I struggled to take a look, restraining the pain in my arm and sat with my legs out.

There I saw a man standing with his back towards me, clad in bright red armour that covered his body except for his upper arms. He wielded a sword that had a red ball on the guard. It was a magnificent sword.

Perhaps noticing my gaze, he turned around and slowly walked to me. Then he stopped midway.

I don't know why until I detected more of the demonic presences.

"There's more incoming!" I yelled.

He almost didn't respond at all, but all he did was looking dead ahead of him.

I could tell their exact locations, so I yelled.

"The left and behind you!"

He only turned to the designated directions, without saying anything.

Soon, two demons emerged from the left and two more from the other. The man stood still.

The demons immediately pounced at him at once.

"Watch out!" I yelled.

But seemed watching out was not needed as he quickly slashed all four of them in an instant. Their heads were severed in mere seconds.

I watched in amazement. He... He is super strong!

After the demons were down, he sheathed his sword. Then he walked towards me.

He stood in front of me, then he threw a bandage at me before kneeling beside me.

Then I detected another demonic presence, "One more from behind-"

Without me even finishing, he threw a knife behind me. A shriek went out and the demon stumbled from the bushes. After that, he looked back at me.

I stared at him who knows how long, until he pointed at my injured arm. I literally forgot that my arm was bitten.

I tried to wrap it up myself but it was hard to do it with just one hand. Hesitantly, I asked the mysterious man.

"U u uhm, could help me? I can't do it with one hand..."

He didn't answer, but he grabbed the bandage from and gestured for me to turn around. I followed. Soon,my arm was bandaged and treated.

"Thank you." I said.

Again,he didn't say anything. Instead he looked at the demon corpse that was close by then looked back at me.

"What?"

I didn't understand what this man wanted. I looked at the corpse and tried to guess what he meant.

"Why did I get attacked?"

He shook his head.

I guessed again, "How I got attacked?"

He shook again.

"Urmm what is it? Can't you speak?"

He didn't answer my question, but instead he pointed to me then his head.

I guessed again, "How I... Know where they were coming from?"

He nodded.

"Oh that... Uhm I have a special ability that tells me the locations of certain things.." I answered my own question.

He gave nod before standing up. Then he held out hand. I took it and stood up with his help.

He pointed at himself with his thumb.

This man, can't you say anything?

"You?" I said.

Then he pointed at me.

"Me?" I tilted my head. I really was not understanding what he is saying.

Them he pressed his finger on my chest.

"Hey!" I covered my chest and backed away.

Then he pressed on his and clapped his hands together.

I was still at a loss, what is he saying. After thinking about it for a couple seconds, I understood.

"You and me, a team?"

He nodded then he held out a hand.

This was an opportunity of a lifetime. Before, none of the adventures wanted me on their team because I was a girl and I was rank lowest.

But now this man is offering me to be in a team with him. I couldn't help but feel happy.

I took the hand and shook it. Even though he wore a helmet, I could tell that he was smiling, maybe, hopefully.

That was where our adventure started.

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