CURE

"EVERYBODY RUNAWAY THE BEAST HORDE IS ABOUT TO REACH OUR VILLAGE BY EVENING TIME!!" A foreman of spreading the news endlessly roamed the village street screaming. "LEAVE WHILE There's STILL TIME"

The chaos it caused made all the people in the village relentless, some already packed their things and left but for some whose life had been all about the village, they assembled all available young fighters who could hopefully defend the village.

"ALL THOSE WHO CAN FIGHT let's PROTECT THE VILLAGE!!" A man in farmer's clothing holding a pitchfork shouted.

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"Oh. A beast horde... " Sei said calmly.

"You don't seem to be scared? Do I need to repeat what I said THERE IS A BEAST HORDE IS COMING RUN!!" The village chief yelled and literally left running as he spread the news and created more chaos.

The village chief had left and coincidentally the grandfather came back carrying a basket of herbs on his back, he looked at Rustain as he dropped the basket of herbs he then pulled something out of it a small vial with a golden liquid.

"Ain, here drink it, this should cure your mana deficiency" the old man tossed the vials toward Rustain and Rustain caught it like a pro.

The vial gives a warm expression to Rustain it's captivating appearances captured Rustain's interest.

"What is this?" Rustain asked and obediently he opened and drank the golden liquid.

Rustain felt a slightly burnt feeling as the liquid pass-through his throat, the sensation made Rustain frown and the feeling only got worse as time went by.

*Whoah! This is what you call an intense aftertaste, but what is this feeling it's like something wants to burst inside me* Rustain impressions to the thing he just drunk

"By the way, it's better if you endured this," the old man said, which confused Rustain who is already feeling it.

"What -- AHHH!!" Rustain screamed.

A sudden powerful pump of feeling originating from his heart started to flow throughout Rustain's body, vividly his veins started to flow a golden color and a surge of energy engulfed Rustain.

"AHHHH!! HA!~ HA!~ AHHHH!!!" Rustain fell flat on his back on the floor, his bone can be heard cracking, his body is releasing steam, and his muscles weirdly throb. "I~~it hu~~rts" Rustain fainted.

The process didn't last long and soon the golden veins started to subside, the grandfather checked on Rustain who is still in the group after examining his body the old man smirked.

"For how long would you be staying on the floor?" The old man sneered. "Stop acting, we still need to fortify the village, it's a good show to see how my potion affected your body. We'll be protecting this God damn village against that beast horde."

Rustain slowly opened his eyes and looked at the old man, he then frowned while staring at him.

"Seriously old-man!! do you know how painful that was, I felt like dying!!" Rustain stood up as he yelled at the old man, it was then when he realized something. "Did you shrink, old man?"

After saying that the old man immediately hit Rustain by the head,

"Is this how you repay me by yelling and cursing me, you should be thankful for the medicine I gave you, can't you see what I did look at yourself in the mirror" the old man pointed his hand across the room and at the opposite side Rustain saw his reflection. "And I told you to call me grandfather"

Rustain stared at the opposite part of the room where a body size mirror is located, the moment Rustain looked at it, at first he was confused at the hot looking guy in the mirror but bit by bit everything started to sink in into his head.

"Huh? My shoulders become wider and my muscles are now more defined" Rustain began to worship himself in the mirror. This godly figure in front of him was majestic and Rustain can't seem to be getting full of his body. "Wow!! I feel so amazing, I think I will never run out of energy again, this is the most robust feeling I felt in my entire life, so does this mean it also solved my mana deficiency?"

Rustain moves wildly in his body, he is bobbing then punching and with each punch, the light strong wind pressure is released.

"Stop waiting for your energy, use it when we fight against the beast horde." The grandfather said.

"Huh? Wait we won't leave? Isn't the situation right now really bad, I don't even have formal training yet" Rustain said giving excuses?

"Don't give me that, I know your lying, and when we first met I felt your hand calluses can't be hidden I know you learned a thing or two about swords'' the old man said confidently with his eyes looking directly at Rustain observing his every move. "And don't you wanna know about your parents more, if you survive this I'll tell you, think of it as a test"

"Sorry but I know everything already about my mom," Rustain said.

"Stop being a wimp, don't you want to avenge your mother? Cowards can't do anything in this world. Rustain you better buff up and stand on your own feet... Sigh. Then how about this I'll tell you something about your father so--" the old man said bargain.

*How did he know about my mother's death, is it really his insight or can he read minds, he also mentioned something about my father he knows a lot more than I think who is this man? But be got a point I can't forever live like this sooner or later I need to stand and fight, then I better start now this will be my first step in becoming stronger* Rustain clenched his fist and looked straight into the old man's eyes.

"Fine I'll fight, but there's a problem," Rustain said with a serious tone.

"Hmmm. What is it?" The old man replied.

"I don't have a sword," Rustain said bluntly.

"NANI!!" Old man.