Chapter 5 - The First Battle In The New World (1/2)

After fitting the armor, Zak showed Evan his tent and left, leaving the young man alone. The first thing Evan did was to look around his small dwelling.

Inside he saw a simple sleeping bag and a backpack, that`s all. As Evan realized, only Zak's tent was significantly different from everyone else's.

”Well, I don't really need much more for now.” Evan took off his armor and headed straight for the nearest river.

He was dirty, and he didn't smell very nice. After all, he had lived like a slave in a filthy cage before. Moreover, he had slept for three days to the raw. He just needed to wash off all the dirt and dust.

The river was fairly close to the camp, and within ten minutes, Evan had reached the shore. It was the middle of the night, and the moon brightly illuminated all around.

In the reflection of the water, Evan saw a thin young man, with thick black hair and violet eyes like amethyst.

Evan slowly stripped off all of his clothes and gradually plunged into the water.

The water was really icy, but that didn't bother Evan at all. He did not see anything wrong with it. So despite the temperature of the water, he continued washing until his body was completely clean.

About twenty minutes later, Evan got out of the water, changed his clothes and headed back to the camp. Everything was calm and peaceful.

A few people were on duty, and everyone else was either sleeping or resting.

Before going to bed, Evan ate what was in his backpack and went to bed.

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But, unfortunately, for everybody, they failed to sleep well that night. Deep in the night, in the sky above the camp you could see a lot of bright red dots. They were swiftly falling directly on the tents.

They were fire arrows, which caused the camp to be immediately engulfed in raging flames. Then panic and utter chaos came to the camp.

The soldiers did not immediately realize what was happening, and it cost some of them their lives. In addition to the arrows that had already killed several people, the men in silver armor burst into the camp and began killing everyone they saw.

They broke into the tents and killed the soldiers.

The enemies quickly made their way to Evan's tent. But as soon as the man in the silver armor entered Evan's tent, his head fell from his shoulders to the ground.

The young man looked at the man's head and all the chaos going on around him, then smiled brightly, <This world is just some kind of madness. I've been here less than a week, but I've already seen so much fighting and killing. It's just amazing!>

He stepped out of the tent and started fighting with the other soldiers.

A few minutes later, Evan saw a giant column of flame on the other side of the camp, not far from where the squad leader's tent was.

<Hmm, Commander Zak is the magician? Evan still didn't know much about who was in charge of this world or how it was set up. All his knowledge was limited to the fact that there was mana in this world, and that was it for now.

<Okay, that's not really important right now.> Evan continued to chop down his enemies. You could tell that in the eyes of his opponents, he was a true madman and a ruthless killer. Not counting Zak, Evan was the one who had killed the most people, and the number kept growing.

Evan's clothes, armor, and sword were completely covered with blood. His eyes shone under the light of the moon, which was particularly bright that night. He looked like a demon who had come to the earth from the hell itself to spill as much blood as possible.

<Well, I guess I should see a more interesting battle.> Evan had already dealt with quite a few enemies. So there was nothing stopping him from going straight to where the giant pillar of fire erupted.

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A moment later, Evan saw an incredible scene. His commander's sword was enveloped in red flames, and his crimson armor shimmered with the fire.

Opposite Zak, there was a man in a snow-white mantle, with a long, wooden staff in his hand. Several sharp ice crystals were hovering above his head.