The Protector Of Maran

Chapter 1:

The years passed and all the children grew up, each one of them receiving a different education according to what their parents expected from them, Leanorah, received daily tutoring on different types of magic from many prestigious archmages, some of them had even become a Scholar; Bardisen, received fencing and martial arts classes from his uncle, a soldier who had participated in several wars and had several decorations, on the other hand, both Morgja and Shanex received all possible classes to turn them into formidable warriors, in the case of Shanex paid by the government; the hero excelled in everything they taught him, however, Morgja was not even able to conjure a simple spell or use special skills, and only excelled in being good with weapons, at first his parents thought it was because he was too young, but, the years went by and before they knew it, their son was already 23 years old, and still hadn't been able to do anything they had imagined, while Shanex and Leanorah had graduated from a magic university and Bardisen from a military academy, becoming the best warrior in the history of that academy.

Finally, Shanex, Leanorah and Bardisen decided to embark on the hero's journey together; bringing Morgja's parents' patience to an end.

"You are a disgrace to the family, get out of here and don't come back!" Morgja's father shouted, throwing his son out of the house using force.

"Dad, you can't kick me out!"

"You are no longer my son," said the man, slamming the door before Morgja could say anything to defend himself.

Morgja got up and without showing sadness in his face, began to walk towards the eastern part of the city, in a matter of ten minutes the boy had arrived at the most prestigious tavern of the city, and when he entered he drew a smile on his face and approached the bar, where a blonde girl was drinking a glass of wine.

"Hey pretty girl, are you alone?" asked the boy, approaching the girl's back.

"I'm... Ah, it's you," exclaimed the girl, turning her head with a smile thinking they were trying to flirt with her, and erasing it when her blue eyes contacted with Morgja's.

"Why such a cold attitude towards me?" asked the boy, keeping his smile and sitting down next to Leanorah.
"You know very well why," answered the girl, before looking away to stop Morgja from talking to her.

"Come on, are you still mad? It was a little slip"

"A slip? You cheated on me!" shouted the girl, turning her head back to Morgja to look him in the face as she addressed him.

At that moment, Bardisen and Shanex entered, somewhat hurriedly after hearing the girl's shout.

"Norah Is he bothering you?" asked Shanex, putting herself between Morgja and her friend.

"I was talking to her, Shiny boy" exclaimed Morgja, mocking the armor Shanex was wearing at the time.

"Morgja, you should leave her, you had your chance and you let her get away," commented Bardisen, trying to keep Morgja from getting into trouble and fighting with Shanex.

"Shanex, can you back off? You don't have to worry about me, I can handle this" asked the girl, making the hero turn around and look her in the eyes while placing his hands on her shoulders.

"No, Norah How many times are you going to fall into his arms again before you realize he doesn't love you? First you caught him kissing one of your friends, you left him, he apologized, and you got back together, in a matter of a week you caught him again, this time kissing your little sister, you left him again and shortly after you went to visit him at his house, and you found him with the daughter of a merchant friend of his father," the boy answered, going over all the times Leanorah had been dating Morgja.

"Lea, I'm so sorry about all that, I was a kid and I didn't realize how wonderful you were, please, give me another chance, I swear I'll change" exclaimed Morgja, from behind Shanex; the moment he heard the voice of the merchant's son, the hero frowned and Bardisen turned away not to get involved in what was going to happen between those two.

"Really!?" asked the girl, pulling her friend away so she could look Morgja in the face. "Would you change for me?"

Leanorah was looking with a lovelorn smile at Morgja, if the boy kept talking most likely the mage would forgive him and go out with him again, so that surely the merchant's son would cheat on her again in a matter of weeks, or maybe even days; finally the hero exploded with fury and punched Morgja in the face knocking him out of the seat.

"Shanex what are you doing!?" asked the girl, angry at her friend's behavior.

"I will not stand by and watch you continue to fall into the arms of a guy who does not know how to appreciate you and will hurt you," replied the boy, turning around to look the girl in the face. "Let's go to the street, I'm going to give you what you deserve," he then ordered, turning around and heading towards Morgja.

The two boys walked out of the tavern and positioned themselves in front of each other, Morgja keeping his smile even though he had been beaten recently and the mark of the blow was still on his face, and Shanex with a scowl on his face. People who had heard about what had happened were surrounding the two combatants impatient to see the fight, some were even placing bets at that moment.

"Well shiny boy, shall we start at once or...?

Before Morgja could finish speaking, Shanex had drawn his sword and tried to decapitate the boy, luckily, the merchant's son had been able to react in time and dodge the slash.

"Shanex, what are you doing? you're going to kill him!" shouted his two companions at the same time, despite this, the boy did not pay attention to them and continued trying to attack his opponent with his sword.

"Listen...That...offends...me," exclaimed Morgja, while dodging all the attacks of his rival.

"Morgja take this!" shouted Bardisen, drawing the boy's attention and throwing his sword at him so that he could face the hero.

The fight between the two boys began to lean more towards Morgja, the boy was not wearing armor that slowed him down, and he was good at dodging and counterattacking.

"I'm better than you," Morgja said, putting Shanex on the ropes, and making him even more angry at the arrogance with which he spoke to him.

Shanex gave a horizontal slash aimed at Morgja's stomach, the boy dodged it by moving backwards, moment in which the hero took the opportunity to place his sword vertically and put his hand on it.

"Divine light that reveals all, guide me to put an end to my enemies," said the hero, causing the blade of his sword to begin to glow.

"Sha-Shanex, aren't you taking this a bit far?" asked the merchant's son, frightened by what the hero was about to do.

"Shanex, if you use magic you'll kill him!" shouted Bardisen, trying to make the hero reconsider his actions.

"Pure water that heals everything, help me protect my allies," said Leanorah, conjuring a blue magic circle in front of her.

"Destiny Light Saber!" shouted the hero, charging with all his energy against his rival, and performing a horizontal slash as soon as he reached the range enough to hit him.

"Miraculous Water Armor!" shouted the mage, then, causing a small blue light to come out of the magic circle and hit Morgja's chest just before Shanex hit him with his sword.

The sword Morgja was carrying broke in two, and the boy was thrown into the audience; Leanorah's spell had saved his life.

The girl went running at once to Shanex, the boy was sheathing his sword and looked proudly as his rival was on the ground, on top of a couple of spectators who had been unlucky enough to cushion the blow.

"Norah I..."

The girl slapped the hero's face, and scowled at him as she cried.

"Are you stupid!? You almost killed him!" questioned the girl, before running over to Morgja to check if he was okay.

Bardisen approached Shanex and put her hand on his shoulder while the hero watched with his mouth open as his friend assisted his rival.

"You did your best, buddy," said the warrior, trying to make the hero feel better.

As soon as the girl reached him, Morgja tried to get up, but he couldn't because of the blow and finally fell unconscious.