The Moon Thief

"Hey, who do you think will win?" A female voice came from Heinald's right side, and when he turned to his right he saw a young lady with long black hair and dark blue eyes. As understood from the energy she radiated, she was also an Apprentice Ainsar.

She was looking directly at Heinald.

"I vote for the skinny. What about you?" Heinald was silent for a while.

"I'm not sure. The old man's gestures are not like a frightened person. He could be a trump card he had." The young lady began to look carefully into the cage.

"Start!" The fat man started the fight.

Arna quickly dashed forward, raised his ax and lowered it toward the old man.The old man dodged the attack by taking step to the left and waved his thin sword from bottom to top and cut Arna's arm. He immediately jumped backward so that a second before Arna was swinging his axe, he was out of the impact area.Arna roared and dashed at the old man and swung his axe from right to left, but something happened that no one expected. The old man rolled over to Arna and dodged the axe blow. He then severed Arna's left leg with a violent sword blow. Then,he severed Arna's left leg with a violent sword blow. Arna lost his balance and began to fall to the ground. At that time, the old man made a quick slit in Arna's throat.

All of this happened within seconds, and no one expected such a thing, so not a single voice came around.The sand inside the cage was completely soaked with Arna's blood, and people started to clap wildly when they took the shock off.

"Old people are really dangerous." The young lady overcame her astonishment and said.

"Indeed." Heinald nodded.

"It is very sad that they put their lives on for a few Arkana Stones." The young lady shook her head.

"How many Arkana Stones do they get?" Heinald wondered.

"It should be about five or six, depending on the bet." Young lady shrugged.

Heinald knew he would be pretty weak until he became a Level 1 Ainsar, so he at least wanted to learn how to use a weapon.He loved the old man's style,it was a really good style to move quickly to finish off the opponent.Thanks to the Moon Thief's Eyes, his reflexes had become quite fast, so a quick style would suit him.

Heinald soon left that place like everyone else and went to a shop called Aynor's Blade. Everything sold in this shop was about weapons.An attendant who saw Heinald enter the shop greeted him.

"Welcome. How can I help you?"

"I'm looking for a nice sword." Heinald looked around.

"What kind of sword are you looking at, sir?"

"It is enough to be thin and tough" Heinald answered.

"Then follow me please, I think you can find the kind of sword you are looking for upstairs."

When they came upstairs, the attendant showed Heinald the thin swords they had. A sword in particular caught his attention.When he got to the sword that caught his attention,the attendant began to inform him about the sword.

The sword was not a thin sword;it was a long sword, but due to the material it was made, its weight was less than a thin sword. Moreover, the steel it was made of was known as one of the strongest steels.Heinald liked this sword very much.

"What's the price?" Heinald asked.

"15 Arkana Stones."

"What? Too expensive ..." Heinald liked this sword very much, but thought it was too expensive. However, he still bought it. He would never have thought of buying such a sword if he had not made a big profit by selling potions, but his earnings were quite good, he relied on it.

Heinald sent his sword into the dimensional pocket of his robe with only one thought and started his travel to the mansion. He had spent enough free time today, it was time to get to work, a busy schedule awaited him. He would put the bodybuilding path he created into practice. Besides that,he had to analyze in detail how the old man fought. So he could begin his sword training himself, and finally, he had to produce a Low-Level Healing Potion every day.

The next day his first job was to make potions, after all, he had spent a lot of money and had to make a profit again. Later, he started to train with various weights. The main factor for strengthening his body was of course training with weights. Later, he went to the city's most famous restaurant to eat the Meham Duck.Meham Duck was the fastest food to strengthen the body as a result of his research. But it was quite expensive,3 of them worth 10 Arkana Stone. Heinald had to eat three of them every day.

Days continued to pass by repeating each other. Heinald had a hard times in training. Weight training was really hellish and specifically lifted until he had no strength to increase the endurance limit. Then he had to run until he was out of breath. Finally, he was practicing sword and foot play by repeating the movements he saw from the old man.

He had envisioned the war between the old man and Arna dozens of times throughout. Thanks to his eyes, he could remember every moment precisely, which enabled him to notice the details. He realized that the reason the old man was able to dodge the attacks easily and quickly attack was due to his foot plays. The feet must always be in position before the sword so that the necessary move can be made quickly and evenly.

In fact, the reason he hurried so much was to strengthen his body as much as he could in a short time. He had decided to join the Starfall Group because he recently visited various shops in the city but could not find Messoy Mushroom.

Heinald had worked with all his will for a month. Brewing the Low-Level Healing Potion was getting more and more easy for him. So it didn't take him too hard, he managed to make 20 Low-Level Healing Potions in a month.  His sword and foot play training was also very good. After all his aim was not to be a supreme warrior, he just wanted to protect himself.  After working for hours every day, his sword and footplay skills had improved.

Body strength training was the most challenging for him.  Since the goal of the workout was to push the limits, he had to go until he got over his limits.  However, his hard work had paid off.  His body was incomparably stronger than before. His muscles became clearly visible and his endurance increased. The Meham Duck's role in this result was huge. It was expensive but it was really effective.

Heinald left the mansion to sell the potions and went to Rinemoth's Claw. After selling all the potions he had, he went to the Lich Hand to talk to Henra. When he entered,he could not see Henra around but saw someone he did not expect. He made eye contact with the woman he was talking to while watching the fight between the old man and Arna.

"I seem to remember you. Ah, yes. You are the one I spoke to in that cage fight." The young lady walked over to Heinald.

"I remind you too. Hello again." Heinald smiled slightly.

"Did you join the Starfall Group too?"

"No, not yet. Do you know Henra? I need to talk to him." Heinald had come here to join the group, or rather to join the group's expedition to the caves. Participation in interest groups was mostly on expeditions.

"It should be upstairs, follow me." The young lady pointed to the upper floor with her head.

"By the way, I haven't learned your name yet." Heinald looked at the young lady.

"My name is Leina. What's yours?"

"Heinald."

When they got upstairs,Henra was talking to someone. When he saw Heinald,he asked the man in front of his for permission and started walking towards Leina and Heinald.

"Count me on the expedition to the Subdawn Caves." Heinald smiled slightly.

"Good! Each participant means more safety. Let me give you detailed information about the expedition." Henra smiled and nodded.

Henra told everything about the travel and expedition. They would go to the Subdawn Caves with 6 groups because the caves are quite large. There would be 5 people in each group. Each group would have a leader, and each group would control a certain part of the caves. The aim of the expedition was to hunt spiders in Subdawn Cave and seize their venom, teeth, and eggs. Anything obtained would be equally distributed within the group. On the way to the caves, they first had to pass through the Yellowleaf Forest.

"I am the leader of the second group. Would you like to join my group?" Leina asked.

"Of course." Heinald nodded.

Heinald left the inn after learning the information he needed to learn. The expedition to the Subdawn Caves was to begin two days later. Heinald would complete his various preparations in these two days.