HEIR

"Am I dead?. Maybe I'm in hell?", he silently thought.

A ray of sunlight blinds his eye as he opens them slowly.

He looked around and found out that he was in a little house.

He finds a worn-out sword on the floor with a steel shield. He strapped the shield on his back and sheathed the sword on his belt holster.

He was searching the house then he found a small piece of paper on a table.

He picked it up and it turned out that it was a letter.

"Dear Brother,

I know it's too late now, but do save yourself. Things are unstable at the south in the castle now and everyone is looking to kill you. You're the last heir to the throne brother. Take care

Love, Isa ♥"

(Isa?.....Brother? ), he thought.

(Then I have a family. But where are there. I need to find out what happened.)

Suddenly, he heard rustling of leaves outside. He quickly hid behind the door, and unsheathed the sword and shield.

A shadow fell upon the entrance of the room moving closer and closer until a well-built man holding a longsword came inside stealthily.

Jake quickly rushed out before the man could react and slashed the sword down at his neck. A little wound appear on the neck of the man and blood oozes out slowly.

"Just a small cut. This sword is really useless", Jake growled.

The man thrust his sword towards Jake's abdomen. He quickly blocked with his shield but is still forced to move back a few steps because of the strength the man applied.

He quickly threw his shield at the man (captain america style 😉) with all his might, the man quickly raised his longsword up in defence.

As the man was busy with blocking the shield, Jake sneakily circled the man and slashed him again at the previous spot, this time, even harder. Blood splashed over his face as the man falls to his knees, Jake's sword still embedded in his neck.

He quickly searches the body of the dead man. He found a map, a compass and a pouch of gold coins. He took the longsword and strapped it on his back in exchange for the shield.

He saw a poster in the man's pocket. "WANTED" was largely printed on it. But what caught his attention the most was the name written under it..... "Jake Hart"!!

"Maybe this was what Isa was warning me about.", Jake thought.

He packs some edibles and puts it in the bag he found on the table.

He decided to travel south in the direction of the castle.

He had been traveling for ten minutes now.

**snarl**snarl**

Startled, he looked around and saw too pairs of glowing eyes coming towards him.

He quickly unsheathed the long sword and took a battle stance.

One of them suddenly leaped towards him...

"Shit! It's a wolf"

He made an outward curve with the blade and slashed the wolf in mid-air. The wolf dropped to the ground lifelessly. 8 exp gained.

The other one retreated, Jake was still about to relax for a bit, then **howl**.

He started retreating with his blade set in a defensive stance.

A couple of wolves jumped out of the bushes.

Summoned it's pack eh?", he grunted.

They pounced on him at once. He slashed at all o them at once, the length of the blade made it easier as four wolves fell down.

2 minutes later...

Couple of wolves lay on the floor, dead.

"That was a good sparring session. I've gotten more accustomed to the use of swords.", he thought

"But still, it wasn't an easy fight.", he said looking at the bite marks on his arm.

"Still no signs of human activities. I have to keep moving southwards. I need answers."

He climbed up a tree to grab a fruit. He was about to reach for the fruit when he caught sight of a village a few kilometers away.

He quickly got down and proceeded.

After one and half hours, he came within view of the village. He quickly tore off a part of his cloth and use it to conceal his face because of the bounty on him.