keeper of the realms

A young good looking boy of about sixteen years of age was walking down a path that led to a small village .This was William, a lot had changed in the past sixteen years .Now William had an impressive physique that most boys his age lacked ,this was due to the effort he made on his own .

Even though William was in better shape than most boys his age, he was still weak compared to them since he lacked an ability .

The abilities that people possessed modified their bodies and made them stronger naturally so that there bodies can be able to handle the power hence the more powerful a person's ability the stronger their bodies .

William on the other hand solely relied on physical exercises to train his body and he was yet to embark on his journey with a weapon so he was still pretty weak compared to his age mates .

Moreover his lack of an ability made him the eye of scorn in the village since no one wanted to associated with a weak fellow like him .

The only thing that gave him hope was the unconditional support his parents always give him . Without his parents he would have been in dark places.

" Here he comes the powerless idiot "

"He thinks that training his body would compensate for his lack of an ability"

"Accept what you are,scum! You will never amount to anything "

William heard a lot of insults as he passed across the village ,he was used to this type of people since they always insulted him whenever they got the chance .Still he had plans of changing this when he became strong .

After a short while William had passed rhe the village and was now entering the Black abyssal forest ..this was the a very dangerous forest that had claimed the lives of many adventurers ;it had many poisonous plant, bugs and creatures

But this was the only place that William could train peacefully without interference from others .He only made sure that he did not venture too deeply into the forest since he would die without even knowing it.

William's routine was simple it consisted of push ups, sit ups and some other physical activities .If the village residents were to witness this they would laugh themselves upside down.This exercises that William was doing had no effect whatsoever other than shaping the body .

Arthur had told William that he should continue to do this simple exercises even if people laugh and discourage him ,he will one day becom stronger .

" Ha ! Its now time to be heading home "

William had been working out the whole day and now he felt the fatigue really catching up to him .

It was almost night fall and there weren't as many people outside as there were in the morning so the journey back was rather peaceful.

CREAK

William entered the house and he could see his mother inside , it seems that she was waiting for him .He was already used to this

"Hello mother "William greeted her mother .

"You know you shouldn't push yourself to hard look you are hurting yourself and it's just training "Grace was concerned about her son but she was also proud that despite her son not have an ability he was not discouraged and instead was determined to get strong like Arthur.

"Come let me heal those bruises for you " Grace proposed and William did not refuse ,he was so happy that his parents always supported him.

Grace had an ability of healing and she would always heal William whenever he got home since he would always be hurt ; maybe from training or some kids his age would bully him since he was weaker than them.

Suddenly Arthur enters with loud clumsy footsteps.He always patrols the village at this time . Arthur was one of the strongest people in the village so takes that it is his duty to ensure that the village is peaceful .

Not that there has ever been an instance that the village has faced danger , infact the village was shielded from the outside by the Black abyssal forest and a vast sea .

This made life generally peaceful here in the village.

"William I need to have a word with you lad" it was now time that William embarked on serious training with Essex ,a true master of fighting .

"Tomorrow you will accompany Essex to the Black abyssal forest here take this spatial ring .It was once mine and now it is yours "

William could not believe it ,very few poeple in the village possessed a spatial ring since they were really rare and expensive to acquire.

"Thank you father I will always honour this gift " William said .

"Tch why so formal .. it's just a spatial ring ,now go prepare everything you need is in that spatial ring "Arthur wondered how his son was always so formal .He acted really mature fo his age

When William reached his room the first thing he did was to check the content of the spatial ring .Since it was unbound he could easily check the content inside .If someone wanted to check a n owned spatial ring the owner must unbound the ring to themselves or die.

"What!" William was surprised by what he saw ." A rusty sword .Ah ..maybe its on of those swords that requires it to be activated first before having to reveal its true appearance "

William kept his hopes up and started examining the sword but he was quickly disappointed when he found out that it was just a regular rusty sword.

William checked the spatial ring again but he could not find anything else inside .

That was Arthur for you ,what he was implying was that William only needed a sword.

The next morning Essex arrived really early "kiddo are you ready to go "

Essex was very huge and muscular with a lot of scars on his face and the gigantic axe strapped on his back really scared William.

This was a normal reaction since Essex released a battle aura involuntarily that scared even toughest of warriors.

"I am " William replied

" Then let's go"

William waved goodbye to his mother and followed Essex closely.