The Master of Uradan

Rohan was walking under the sun with a spear in his hands. Before he could reach the area he had in his mind to refine his skills, a large and robust man appeared in front of him. His imposing shadow was cast onto him.

"Ah, Rohan, good day to you! Are you planning to go hunt today? You can tag along with any team, I'm sure they would love it!"

"Hello, Barulf." Rohan nodded back at this powerful but kind man. "I'm not planning to go today, I'll just improve my spearmanship, nothing more."

"That's a pity! I still don't know what to do with your skins you had brought back, it would be ridiculous to make banal clothes with it." Barulf stroked his chin, before lowering his gaze with a great smile. "By the way, I saw you this morning playing with the children, aren't they lovely?"

Rohan always felt strange when hearing this giant man, with his throaty voice, talking and acting this way. But this professional in the way of the meat and skin of the beast was one of the few who didn't mind that Rohan was coming from the north.

"Well it was more these children playing with me than the other way around, but I guess they are… kind." His monotonous voice reached the ears of Barulf, and this one laughed with his powerful voice.

"I'm sure it was fun for you! Anyway, I need to go, have fun with your spear!"

Rohan stared at the back of the burly man as he moved with giant steps toward his tent at the east of the camp. The young warrior then continued to walk around the tents standing on the grass.

But not only a few steps later, he was also stopped by someone else.

"Ho Rohan, going to train I see! Hahaha, when I was younger I was also training every time I could! Sadly now, I have too many things to attend to, I don't have the slightest time to myself."

It was Dairas, supposedly the chief clan. Rohan couldn't help but wonder about what this man was talking about. He was obviously just strolling around with a lazy face!

Since Rohan had met this man, he didn't understand how this clan was still somewhat standing until this day.

He had more the appearance of a kind middle-aged man playing the role of a neighbor that being the chief as well as a powerful rank 3 Beginner Warrior. Maybe all his tasks were thrown onto his two advisors. 'Let's pray for them I guess.'

"By the way, Deidros had said to me that you are enjoying being with the clan lately, that's great! You can even think about following us forever if you want to, hahaha."

"I'll think about it later then, thank you for the offer." Rohan was feeling somewhat sorry. After all, he would have to enter their sacred mountain at the end of this trip, without a doubt becoming an enemy from all the clans.

In any case, this leader was far too easygoing about that. They had only encountered Rohan a few weeks ago, and he was already offering him to rest here. Of course, it could be said as being nothing more than words. Rohan doubted that anyone would be this easy with a stranger coming from the other side, even more from the chief clan.

"No problem! I'll let you go then. If you need anything, I'll be resting inside our tents." With a big smile on his face, he patted Rohan's shoulder before getting away at a slow pace.

'Weren't you supposed to have no time at all for yourself?' Rohan asked himself as he was puzzled. This clan chief was far different from the nobles he had encountered until today.

Rohan squeezed the spear he had in his hands. It was time to train.

Unfortunately, not even a minute later, as he was reaching the area he had thought about, another shadow stopped him. It was a man walking leisurely with a little girl at his side.

"Warrior Rohan, hello!" He bowed his head politely with a slight smile.

Rohan didn't know his name, but it wasn't the first time he had seen him. There were only so many people inside this clan, so Rohan was sure to already have seen everyone at least once. However, it was the first time he had seen this person saying hello to him.

"Hello." He felt uncomfortable for a short time not knowing his name, so he only nodded back with a light salutation. It was the little girl at the side who chased the tension easily. Replacing it with another kind of pressure.

"Warrior Rohan! It was fun this morning! Let's play more next time!" Her clear and joyful voice filled the area, and Rohan could only awkwardly smile back at her.

"The children were all enthusiastic after playing with you, now almost all the others are jealous. You should take more time if you can, everyone will find it kind of you."

The man softly spoke to the young warrior in front of him. When his daughter had reported to him earlier how she had played with this stranger, he had nearly suffered deadly damage. But now that he thought about it, there should be no problem about this well-behaved young man playing with a few children.

"I'll make sure to take some time for them in this case."

Rohan weakly smiled back. Playing with the children, no, these demons had emptied him of all his rank 5 Beginner Warrior energy he had. And now he should play with more of them? What a fearful thought. And for an unknown reason, he couldn't even find the strength to say no.

"Great! Come, Elena, let's not disturbed the warrior more. See you later, Warrior Rohan."

"Later Warrior Rohan!"

Rohan watched as the man walked away with his daughter jumping around him. He looked at the sun hanging in the sky. With all these interruptions, he had nearly believed it would soon be night. Finally, he could continue his way.

"Hi, Rohan! How are you?" Rohan nearly snapped his spear in halves with his grip. He turned his face and looked at Deidros who was standing on his left, with a devious smile. Rohan felt like practicing how to throw a spear on a moving target.

"So, was it fun with the children? I'm sure they have liked it! They always seem to talk about you since you were a stranger coming from the north, you know? So I didn't have the choice but to send them to you."

His smile grew larger the more he was talking. Just seeing the expression of the warrior in front of him was enough to make him burst into laughter. He truly enjoyed this warrior, as his answers were always funny.

This warrior, Rohan, always appeared with the same emotionless face, with a transcendent calm almost. But in the end, it was really easy to guess what he was thinking. And that made Deidros want to play with this young man some more.

Rohan sighed.

"Well, if they want to play some more, I'm fine with it I guess." Even he himself didn't know why he answered this. The smile of the young man in front of him was now fully showing his teeth.

'Can I go training now?' Rohan could only plead inside his mind.