He slowly came up on the house which were covered in moss and a field of wheat which had recently been harvested, he rolled the cart up to the door and shouted, and he saw the young man with his powerful blue hue, and he slapped his tail on the ground in intimidation and greeting which was custom. He slapped his tail back in reply and after a moment laughed while unloading the goods.
"Staiks, I have brought the supplies you requested, I still wish you would teach me how to heal our people instead of me traveling down this road everyday, soon winter is coming and i will not be able to do this journey when the snow comes." Nen said.
Staiks laughed and shook his head, he was quite happy with the company, but he never took an apprentice or a wife which was weird in their custom, usually a strong warrior like him would get a wife immediately after spawning to build a clan. Clan less people were not something you would have wanted, Nen had not seen a clan insignia anywhere, and he was the only one willing to deal with Staiks.
They were loading the supplies when Staiks suddenly froze, he looked into the sky and said a single thing to Nen "Nen, You need to leave immediately, a powerful foe is coming." Nen though he was joking at first, but he saw his tail stand at attention and his scales were shifted into battle position, Nen shifted his scales to battle mode also and roared out to warn the intruder.
Nen looked in horror when a metal man appeared in the sky in front of the Howell hovering above the field, He had no idea what was going but Straiks stood still and slowly calmed down. "If they sent you that mean i have broken something? Please tell me what before you kill me and the boy out of boredom?" Staiks said with a smile on his face.
The metal man scoffed and replied "You have played here enough, you were granted this permission to visit and study this planet in return for not upsetting the balance or it's people and fauna. Now i see you done a lot more than just talking but healing and teaching them how to farm properly, Did you come here to play god?"
Staiks laughed, "So? This is nothing in the long term, you all break and bend the rules but i can not? I think you came here to create trouble over nothing, Vanguard seem to forgotten my deeds in the paradise wars!" He transformed into a human and slapped the metal armor into the ground, The metal man was not prepared and groaned in pain.
"Code red! Code red!" the metal man yelled and suddenly Nen felt something was wrong when he saw hundreds of metal men arrive above the cottage, he felt only fear and awe at Straiks and his powerful abilities, he just hoped they would survive and teach him how to fight!
Straiks were teleworking around and punching, kicking wildly driving the metal men down from the sky, Nen yelled out in excitement, but he was ignored, and he was also too scared to join a battle he could not properly see or understand, he knew Straiks was an "outsider" which were taboo to interact with, but he could not look away or forget what he saw. The metal men were struggling against Straiks like he was battling hatch lings.
The metal men were all on the ground and groaned, Straiks were laughing in triumph when he suddenly froze in terror while looking at the new metal man appear which looked a lot slimmer and a lot meaner in the black-gold color.
Straiks smiled and spoke, "Yua, These boys needed to be taught a lesson, I beg for forgiveness for any overstepping of my agreement with the council, but i have not done something to affect this planet or it's people in a major way, the plague was a simple potion of this planets natural fauna to cure, and the farming was needed for them to not starve, how could i watch these people die out of sickness and lack of food when our people had so plenty in that place?"
The metal men rose behind Yua and stood ready to pounce for revenge, but they stood back out of respect for the powerful warrior in front "Straiks or should i say Redmond?, You done too many things to change the path of this planet, Father does not care if you teach them how to reach the stars but the council does, Everyone have to develop on their own pace and have to struggle to gain any meaning to their existence... Do you wish me to beat you in melee combat or the hard stuff?" she said with a smile inside her helmet.
Redmond looked at Nen and threw out a palm imbued with energy and Nen was knocked down to his feet, Yua immediately launched an attack to bring Redmond down and the metal men surrounded the area and opened a barrier to keep them from leaving and anyone peeks into the area. Nen felt a heat inside him, and he watched Straiks getting pummeled like he was now the hatch ling, Straiks struggled to return the blows but eventually he no longer rose from the ground, and he put his hands out while he knelt, The metal man put something on his necks and hands.
"You should not have done that, You know not the trouble you got yourself into." Yua said with a frown, Redmond started to laugh loudly, and he looked Nen into his eyes "Nen! Train yourself everyday, especially your mind! Reach that place and i will teach you! My real name is Redmond, Former Commander of the Vanguard."
Yua rolled her eyes and knocked him out, there was only one gateway to this universe, and she had to bring him back the slow way instead of going directly to paradise since he was locked down with the psychic and material chains designed to keep powerful people like Redmond.
Nen looked at metal men and spoke "Straiks.no! Redmond! I will follow your teaching and learn from you in that place!"
Yua looked at Nen and swiped her hand and the house and the fields vanished.
"Nen, yes? I have removed the memories and any impact "Straiks" did to this planet and it's people, but he imbued you with a gift you are not ready to learn or understand. I would kill you or take you away if could, but he knew the laws and bent them correctly, If you do not wish for your people to think you are crazy, live your life as you intended. Do not speak of Straiks for nobody will remember him but you. Good bye, and that place is called Paradise, I hope i will see you there. For that is the goal of all living beings."
Nen looked at the metal men slowly travel into the sky and vanish from his sights, he roared loudly while staring at the bright sun with his eyes. He would prove himself and join those powerful warriors in the Paradise, for the honor of his clan and people.
The End.
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