"hey, can you help me? I got lost and I do not know how to return to the village." A young voice sounds suddenly.
The smuggler and the city leader, who were sitting and discussing the terms of payments, were surprised by the sudden and voice and both stood up in alert. They both were not prepared to see someone, so it was a natural reaction.
"Who are you? And what did you hear?" The city leader was the first to speak, then he was very cautious and did not want that some boy ruins his plans.
But at the same time, he wanted to know how the boy could approach them without him noticing him, then as a 5th star magician the perception of the surroundings was very powerful. He would also be able to use this sense to cross the borders normally, but it was too risky, and he would rather ask a professional that knows the best ways. Then he was still a 5th star magician and he could cross the border easily, if not for the restriction of the empire like the Anti-Flying spell st in the whole border, that does not let the cultivators fly over the border.
"And how did you get here?"
The young voice sounded again and then the smuggler and the city leader could see the face of a young man.
"I do not know; I was hunting, and I got lost. I am not from here, so I am insecure about my ubication right now. I also did not hear anything; I only saw a moment ago and then I ran here." The young man sounds very innocent and like he did not hear anything, he also seems to be very honest from his looks, and he also seems to be weak. This young man was Noah.
The city leader looked closely at the young man and was very suspicious about the young man, then even if someone gets lost, he would not be so close to the borders, because the hunt terrain was on the other side of their position and was not easy to reach for a normal hunter.
"I can not let you go, I am sorry, but you have to die. Take this encounter as your unluckiest moment and do not blame me." The city leader said after scanning the young man.
"Stop, why should we kill him? We can keep him here and then we can release him after you crossed the border. You will only bring more trouble if you kill him."
"The city could also begin to search for the killer and then I will be blamed if they found out something. I am a smuggler, not a killer."
The smuggler got very nervous; he was not a heartless person. He knew his limits, he could smuggle criminals out and he could be called a bad person for doing this, but he knew when to stop. One of his no go's was to not have any killing while any mission.
The city leader looked at him and closed his eyes. He sighed and then with a hand swing, he knocked off the young man and let him lying on the ground.
"He will sleep for a few hours, when he wakes up, he will have forgotten this moment because of the trauma."
The smuggler sighed too and then placed the unconscious young man on the side and then sat again and waited silently for the 40 minutes to pass as quickly as possible.
Noah was not unconscious, he was awake and very healthy, because he was a 4th star knight, which was the equivalent to a 5th star magician in pure power. It was the most common thing, that knights were stronger than magicians and they had a more explosive power in fights.
While magicians were good at distance fights, they were very weak in corporal fights and they would be knocked off by a knight after a few exchanges, if they were in the same rank number. Therefor the magicians were always compared to a lower rank knight.
And Noah was both, a knight and a magician and he was able to use a lot of spells and corporal attacks at the same time.
While the smuggler was sitting alone and did not speak with the city leader after he convinced him of no killing the young man. Then he realized that the man was more dangerous than he thought.
Noah smiled while his eyes were closed and then with the top of his index finger he signalized to the smuggler and then he released a spell.
"Solidify!���
"Sleep!"
Noah put a sleep spell on the smuggler and he also solidified his body, so that after the smuggler slept, he would not fall and attract the attention of the city leader.
He did not want to kill the smuggler for the simple reason that the man had some moral, even if he had such a bad business and he let criminals to escape the empire.
Then he stood up and sent a fire ball to the back of the city leader. Some people would say that this was very evil, to attack someone from the back, but Noah had another moral. Once you fight with your enemy, you can not show any mercy, because they are worse than animals and he could not use the same morals on them, he had to use the same tricks on the too. And one another thing, once your live is in danger hen no rules could be applicated, anything was allowed.
"I knew you were here for me. Your neck was stronger than from a normal person, with a neck like yours, it was more probable for me to break my hand, than breaking your neck." Said the city leader after forming a protective layer with eh earth element around him.
"Thank you, I thought you were stupid, and this would be easy, but I think you can give me some fun." Replied Noah excited and with full of energy.