Chapter6: First Day Part V

I put the third shard in my pocket. And started moving towards the starting point again. The sun setting in the west and the sky turned pink.

With each gust of calm breeze comes a sigh of relief that this day would definitely and I could return without any major injuries or so.

I started meandering about various subjects in my mind and I came to a somewhat conclusion that after reading quite good history, I could say with certainty that there are more tyrants than there are gentle rulers.

And the chance of a kingdom falling apart is when a king is gentle or a tyrant is almost the same. I feel like in both cases there is a creation of a power vacuum that could easily destroy a whole power structure.

There is always a balance, a balance of power between the king and his subjects. If that balance is somehow overturned it could lead to the creation of a rift which could then lead to a power vacuum.

I could say with certainty that the current ruler of our empire is a trashy mixture of both a tyrant and a gentle ruler. I mean all he does all year producing more children with his concubines. But even so, the level of incompetency this man can produce is just baffling, I think a non-living rock could be more productive than this walking blob of idiocy. Just thinking about that man makes me ill.

If Emperor Sacreman III could see the state of his empire now he would definitely kill the current Emperor or kill himself instead. I can recall one event when the nearby Karunit Kingdom was asking for help during the time of war he didn't send help.

And when the Vordaranes attacked the Karunit Kingdom was wiped out of existence. Even when we were five times stronger than Vordarane. It was the best time to make Karunit a puppet state and it would make our empire larger than the Vordarane Empire enabling our trade routes much cheaper.

After Karunit fell the inflation in the empire reached new heights.

But that was not enough he led an army himself through the blue Mountains against Vordarne to avenge the Karunits. He was badly defeated and captured. Our empire has to give large hefty payments to get him back. What a waste of taxpayers' money.

I mean what better way is to roam in a forest thinking about various aspects of politics and history. I feel like I am some kind of ancient philosopher wandering in the forest and speaking words of wisdom.

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As I was returning to the base I suddenly noticed that the signs of the fourth shard were coming from somewhere around me.

Now even when I standing the signs were going fainter but as I move forward they become like before.

I started chasing that, it was some kind of moving object or some kind of animal

which had somehow got that shard.

As I came closer I noticed that those signs were coming from a bear and it was barely 25 feet away from me, and it was certain that the bear had the shard.

I was hiding behind the tree trying not to move. I have to some have capture that bears to get that shard. It was certainly a large bear being almost 8 ft in length. I stayed still grabbing my sword so that I could from behind and kill him from behind.

Oh my God... is that bear coming here?

Did he notice me?

Oh my God don't want to get killed being eaten alive.

Even it was best to keep quiet and hidden let the bear go.

I didn't notice when I started running.

And as I noticed the bear was chasing, me.

I certainly can't keep up with the speed of that beast it would be just a matter of seconds we

would kill me. I know couldn't run away but to live in this situation would be killed by that bear.

I took my knife and poured my leftover into started channelling the ice magic. I slowed down a bit and as the bear jumped over me I threw the r holder rod) directly in his mouth.

With his mouth closed and being still in the air I completely freeze his face. And then using my aura rich knife I pierced right through the left side of his face.

It shattered the ice but completely pierced through his left eye. Blood splattered all over the place with the knife still being inside its eyes as he fall.

He threw away the sword and raged like a dragon as he charged towards me, leaning over me.

I tried using my left hand as a defence but his large teeth pierced it through going through the muscles touching the bones. I tried to save my hand but his sheer strength couldn't be matched by someone like me. As I got a chance I grabbed the knife in his eyes and all pour all my strength be it aura and magic into the tip.

With the tip already being inside the knife blew up along with his head, all the muscles nerves exploding and splattering the ground with blood and nerves, along with them was the fourth shard with of his teeth still stuck in my hand.

His brain spilled all over the brain with the stream of blood coming out of his headless neck with high pressure as fell to the ground.

I tried getting up but couldn't. I feel like this is

the end, but still, I tried to get the hands of my fans on the fourth shard. Both my hands were

bleeding but I couldn't feel them. My legs seem paralyzed and my body lifeless. All I could do was lie down seeing the evening sky with few stars.

I couldn't feel anything except to see The headless be bear carcass that was lying on the ground like me.