From No Body To Hero
Episode 14

A day went by and there was no sign the rain would stop. No one knows it's night or day. Everything is dark and damp.

Bern glanced around looking for the big man.

'Where did he go? Dare he plug something in my mouth. You're at least 2 decades younger!'

Bern hates to swallow things by force. What more if there's a garlic taste.

'Why do all magic herbs have garlic in them? Swallow blood 100 times better than garlic.'

Bern hates the taste of garlic.

'I want to puke.....'

The taste of the herb like garlic was still attached to his throat.

Come 3 people in robes emblem of the devil's skull.

"As we've already talked, let's take those 3 guys."

The men they took were Bern, Zion and Thomas. They were told to stand up and their hands were tied tightly to the back.

Uen gritted his teeth and got up.

"Don't touch my sister!"

Uen threw himself forward in vain.

Buk.

"Ugh..."

Uen just kicked in and ended up hitting the wall.

"Money!"

"Quick motion."

"Egh.."

Zion is forced to pull and walk to where she is being pulled.

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The cave was again adorned with silence. Anton bit his lower lip.

"Damn! You think this iron cross will stop me!? The dream!"

Anton got up and spat out both of his palms.

"Aaaaarrr!!!"

Anton pulled the iron with great zeal. He was bluffing his teeth so that it might make his gums bleed. But the iron bars were not a few pounds moving.

The guards only held their laughter. It's funny to see Anton putting his power on the iron bars in which the devil coated.

"I won't let my friend be a victim!!! You hear!? I'm gonna smash this iron bars!"

Anton did not give up either. Ailen who saw him sighed.

He wakes up with a 'hup' sound and holds the bars as well.

"The Duke's responsibility is to ensure the safety of the royal family. His highness Zion is one of the royal families."

All in the cave and even the guard gasped to hear Ailen say the royal family. There is only one meaning. Zion is a prince.

"Ugh....."

Ailen as a knight who might use oura a sword master in the future, he could sense the demon mana in the iron. It stabbed his hand. He looked at Anton who was pulling the bars with his spirit and all his strength and felt ashamed.

The iron bar felt like a sharp thorn piercing the hand even tighter and stronger it was in the grasp. But Anton ignored the pain and pulled it with all his strength.

'I cannot lose to commoners.'

Ailen always felt he was strong enough and proud of what he achieved. He was always praised in his residence and fought with the soldiers for training. He always wins and makes him satisfied.

However the last time battle made him come to his senses, which he only blinded himself. He almost lost his leg. If Bern doesn't come on time, he'll die, no, all of them, including all the beginner class students will die.

'I should at least try too.'

Ailen was bluffing her teeth and pulling those iron bars with all her strength.

Anton closed his eyes in pain. But the grip of his hand did not weaken. So did Ailen. All those in Goa could only watch them.

Lewis and Uen were silent. They are not the power from the beginning. Lewis is someone who fights from afar, while Uen fights in hiding.

They want to help. However it was extremely impossible for them to pull the iron bars that even Ailen-class knights could not.

Uen's eyes suddenly saw a key hanging on the belt of the goa guard.

He got the idea.

He took out a stone and wrapped the thread from his clothes stealthily. Then he gave it to Lewis.

'Take the key with this. Anton and Ailen are a source of attention. I'll open the door.'

Lewis gasped at Uen's whisper. If they fail, they all die.

Yet.....

'It's not wrong to try.'

Lewis's eyes were filled with determination. He grasped the stone wrapped in thread and wrapped the thread on his finger. The length of the thread was at least 3 meters. Enough to reach the key in the goa guard belt.

'Ha..... Huhhhhh.....'

Lewis tried to focus his attention on the throw. Just one chance. He drew and breathed a calming breath.

Swush.....

The soft wind sound rang out with a throw. The pebble passed the key handle and Lewis pulled the thread. The stone stopped and fell and wrapped around the handle of the key.

'Huh.....'

Lewis breathed a sigh of relief internally.

Grn, deg, deg.

But his heart was racing unlike his who breathed a sigh of relief.

Sir!

"Arm!!!!!"

The handle of the key was broken but with a strong Anton groan, the crack was not heard.

Tang!

But the bad luck showed up. The key even hit the iron bars to produce a buzzing sound.

Lewis quickly pulled the key again. The key immediately flew into Uen's grasp.

"They took the key!"

Buk up!

Uen fell down the person whose key was taken and another ran away to report.

Ailen, Anton and Lewis are quickly out. They took their own weapons under unguarded weapons.

Uen took 2 daggers, Ailen took a sword, Anton took a sword and a spear, Lewis took as many bows and arrows as he could.

But quickly, they were surrounded by Satan's organization.

"Catch 'em!"

Someone shouted giving orders.

"Let's run first! We need to find the others first!"

They nodded. The reason they came out was to help Bern and Zion. Lewis took Zion's stolen wand and the biggest wand there that was just along Bern's waist.

Lewis recalls that Bern used a large magic wand.

They begin to split up to find the whereabouts of their other friends.

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The three of them walked obediently and quietly. Thomas was bowed while Zion was agitated. Bern simply walked upright as if he were a knight carrying out duties instead of a prisoner who was on his way to death. He is calm and stoic.

After being quite far away from the cave prison, Bern finally lowered his head. Zion who saw that felt something hurt in her chest. Bern who is always stoic arrives down? He can't take it.

But it didn't last long.

"[Destroyed.]"

Bern did not have time to cast a long and complicated spell. The ties in their hands were instantly shattered into nothing but dust. Blood gathered in his throat. He swallowed it like it was water and pulled the sword on the belt of the person carrying it.

Swish.

Even before that person could make a reaction, Bern had already decapitated his head. Bern was not a man of compassion for his enemies.

Zion gasped stiffly at the scene while Thomas wanted to vomit. Yet they also did not want to feel sorry for the person who had killed perhaps hundreds of innocent people before they arrived.

The other two men took out their weapons as well. One held a dagger in his hand while another held a magic wand.

"Damn! Why do you keep bothering us!?"

The witch swore and started pouring mana into her magic wand. Demonic anergy can also be felt along with the flow of mana.

The person holding the dagger started attacking. Bern nimbly dodged his attack like playing with water.

"[Shield.]"

A circle appeared under the feet of Zion and Thomas. The transparent dome-shaped shield appears as if it is confining Zion and Thomas.

Tang! Tang! Tang!

His shield was hit by a witch magic attack. The witch was bluffing her teeth in annoyance.

Bern knew that the person in front of him must be looking for his weakness. So, he only needed to eliminate it before it appeared. It's also good if Zion and Thomas just keep quiet from wandering around and Bern loses track of them.

"Too slow."

Bern scoffed. It was the first time Zion heard Bern mock. He never said they were too slow and just followed their pace. Also, actually even Zion and Thomas could not see the movements of the man with the dagger.

Bern doesn't like to make fun of. But if they are indeed from the beginning is the enemy, why do you need to maintain your manners?

Swish, swish, swish.

Now the magic attack was on him. And just as he handled the dagger user, he was like playing with water dodging all attacks.

The magician and dagger user were bluffing their teeth in annoyance.

Bern was a man who would not show any courtesy towards the enemy unless their enemy was a child. Bern is pretty sensitive about that.

So, the person in front of him should at least be already mid-30 years looking from their faces. They were no longer children in his eyes. They are almost his age. Why spend time talking to a fool who only knows to take shortcuts?

Tusk.

Bern easily pierced the heart of the dagger user without any problems. Even without moans accept the prick. Bern drew his sword and the man fell to the ground helplessly losing his life.

"What's your problem!? Talented people like you won't understand how we feel!"

The witch was furious and shot out magic that was like fireworks into the sky like a relief signal.

"Thomas Zeke's! You're part of us too! Take the power of the devil and you'll be strong!"

Really like a demon. His work seduces someone into a bad path.

Thomas covered his ears. She's weak. He wants to be strong. His voice was the voice of temptation with the help of the devil. Thomas could only cover his ears.

"Talented people don't seem to understand you! Only we who have the same problem understand what it's like to be insulted and harassed! Ayoh go with us!"

Zion even felt depressed by that sentence. Feel useless and always in comparison. He was the weakest of the five princes. So did Thomas. He was very weak in his sister's appeal. How embarrassing was she when a girl younger than her, could be stronger than her?

'Killing 2 birds with 1 stone. I'm great.'

The witch licked her upper lip feeling satisfied. Such temptations can only occur when one feels they are weak or hit one's weak spot.

Bern ignored that. It's not because he's strong. Bern was only as strong as ordinary people in general. He's not as strong as Anton or Ailen. He's not as agile as Uen or can shoot well.

"Talented?"

Bern mengebir.

The reason he could become strong was when he was only the level of an ordinary person.

"There is no such thing as talent. As long as you try hard, as long as you're not afraid of pain...."

Bern stopped swallowing his blood. The blood flowed out of his mouth like water rushing from a pipe. So much so that the witch frowned.

Yes, Bern is a man who is not afraid of pain.

"How?...."

The witch stepped back several times with shivering legs.

'The monster! He's monster! How could one possibly still stand with all that blood!!?'

Fear permeated the witch's eyes.

But Bern just stood stoic as if blood was not flowing from his mouth. But his body seemed to be chopped hundreds of times. Even so, the shield on Zion and Thomas was still as firm as he who stood firm on two legs.

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...**Connected**...