~~~ 5 years later ~~~

Omega once again found himself spinning round and round in his drawing room. He still didn't know why exactly he kept doing this but since his motivation was going down, he issued himself a challenge. The official challenge was to spin around as many times as he could before falling over and possible unconsciousness from extreme dizziness. He checked his last record which was 1453 and now he was at 1605 ... 1606 ... 1607 ... Clump!

Omega saw a swirling ceiling as his now new position provided him such an exquisite view. He thought straight boards were so half a century ago anyway and actually kind of liked the curved look. It almost looked like a completely solid piece of wood.

He groaned as he clumsily got up and semi-propped himself on a chair facing towards the barely distinguishable map. He threw the dart as straight as he could but couldn't stop his momentum and once again found himself on the floor.

He allowed himself a couple minutes like that until he grudgingly got up to sit in a chair. He sat there for ten more minutes rubbing the sides of his head hopping a headache wasn't coming. He must have spun for at least 30 minutes and his head was throbbing. At least any torturers who decided to try to spin him to death would get bored before that happened.

When the world stopped spinning, he slightly stumbled over to the map and looked for the dart. He found it on the bottom right corner barely standing on it. He really needed to work on his aim.

That area of the map wasn't near any big stars so he was a dark planet with minimal light. If he looked closely he could see two moons orbiting around it so at least had some light might be reflected onto the planet. He had to focus twice as hard to read the barely legible name.

Apparently it was called Shadov ... so Shadov the shadow planet ... people needed to give more creative names to planets. Just because it's in a dark place that's most likely not going to be seen didn't mean it shouldn't have an awesome name! He was so going to find a way to change planet names and go on a campaign to fix the universe. Saving people can go back on his list for a time. This was a dire need.

He debated at looking up the description of the planet but decided against it. It liked being surprised and if there was a chance, which would most likely be a big chance, then it would be a bad description and he would dread going before he even got there. Anyway, adventures were always more entertaining when you had no idea what to suspect.

Since Vinesta was near the center of the many galaxies that have been explored, he had to travel planet to planet for over a month to finally reach Shadov. Omega wasn't too happy at losing so much time but he quickly got over it since there wasn't anything he could do about it.

However, as he looked upon the dark and desolate chunk of rock from its neighboring planet, he almost wished it took him longer to reach it. He couldn't see any city lights so there either were very small towns or it really was a desolate planet.

It would have been the exact same place as Danar if it wasn't for the two moon orbiting around the planet. One was white like Earth's moon but the other had a yellowish tint to it giving off an eerie presence.

Since he couldn't see any landmarks, he decided to just mist travel randomly on the planet hoping to pop up near a city or at least not a dangerous situation, which happened to him more than he could count.

As he landed on the hard ground, his first impression was exactly how he thought it would be ... boring. He could faintly see the horizon across the many miles of flatlands since the white moon shined bright enough. The air had enough moisture in it to make a small item with it but it definitely wasn't much. Also, the planet had a cold chill to it which would have bugged Omega if his core wasn't made of fire. However, he did feel the cold presence of being watched and it almost made a shiver run up his spine. IT had been a long time since he felt that way.

Omega wondered around for the next few hours and did some exercises and stretches to keep active. He also warmed up his arms because as the white moon descended, that cold chill only increased. When the yellow moon finally crested the horizon, Omega stopped in his tracks he felt the familiar tingling sensation he had come to learn as a warning sign of an impending attack.

He looked around with his hand on the pommel of his sword but didn't see anything. He didn't let down his guard though knowing that not seeing anything didn't mean it wasn't there. He unscrewed the cap to his water bottle and turned the water to mist so he could see if there were any physical manifestations in the area.

He didn't sense anything at the moment but when the yellow moon in its entirety rose into view, the sensation seemed to hit its peak. Omega pulled out one of his swords for the almost guaranteed fight about to happen.

He sensed something 20 feet behind him start to form out of thin air and he whirled around to see some grotesque creature that would make any other person start throwing up. However, Omega had seen and been through worse so it didn't affect him too much. Still, it unnerved him because it was an unknown factor capable of who knows what.

When it done forming, it stood there looking at Omega with a surprised, confused, and joyful face all combined into one. Its body was misshapen and jutted out in many different directions with sharp points. Its body was a mix between black, grey, and dark purple which didn't help with seeing it very well in the dark environment.

It now just stood there smirking at Omega as if waiting for something. Soon, Omega felt what he was waiting for. More beings started to just appear or rise out of the ground, circling Omega. Evil chuckling could be heard all around him with some hissing noises which was probably their way of communicating.

Omega got into a defensive stance so he could assess his opponents while fighting and stood ready for anything they could throw at him. They all stayed there for a minute assessing each other before a pompous enemy, judging by his smirking face and the stance he had, walked towards Omega with a weird looking sword Omega had never seen before. Omega faced towards the attacker but kept an eye on the others.

Apparently, this was going to be a one on one duel judging by the lack of motion from the viewers. The thing stopped 10 feet in front of Omega and just stood there looking proud and invincible. At least, that was what Omega thought he was trying to look like. He honestly thought he looked a little ridiculous with his chest puffed out even though parts of it was pointing back inside him like the other parts of his body.

Omega decided to try the route of talking it out instead of fighting first. "Hello there strange being. I guess I crashed your, umm, monster party. Soooo, I guess I should be going." Before Omega could even take a step away, the thing charged at him with a slice at neck level that Omega easily blocked.

Of course, he could have easily mist traveled away but what was the point? He came to this planet to have an adventure and increase his knowledge of the universe. What better way was there to learn about others than by fighting them?

Omega was solely on defense for the moment to get the feel of his attacker's strike patterns. He saw many openings available to him. It looked like the thing used a mix between brute strength then added a few quick slashes to try and confuse his opponents. However, what Omega was waiting for was to see if he had any abilities.

Omega inwardly laughed at the thing's obvious frustration at not slashing him to little bits and its swordplay only grew sloppier. All of the sudden the sword did a phase shift from solid to vapor back to solid past Omega's sword and Omega fell flat on his back to dodge it. He followed through with a back roll and kicked up to hit him in the face.

Luckily Omega was waiting for something like that to happen so he was prepared for anything. That was a neat trick and he would have to practice with an ice sword. It would be a shock for any of his opponents.

Now that Omega learned something from his attacker, he decided that it was time to end it. It may have more abilities but Omega guessed the others wouldn't be as cool if he did.

All the things around him had a shocked look on their face and Omega guessed that was its signature move. He watched as his opponent collected himself but stepped back in fear once their eyes locked.

"Before I kill you, I would like to know if you can understand me and if so what race are you? I highly doubt this planet is uninhabited so I will find out sooner or later. I would of course like to find out sooner than later but, hey, I guess it doesn't really matter." Omega swept his eyes over the silent crowd and back to the terrified thin in front of him just giving him a look without emotion. It wasn't anywhere even close to a slight glare.

The being straightened its back and gained a confident expression. Omega wondered for a quick second where the false confidence came from because he wouldn't have been scared in the beginning if whatever he is thinking right now was already with him. "We are a small unit of the shadow clan." He said this with pride as if the shadow clan is the top agency of the world. You know ... Omega didn't doubt that it was at least up there since the planet was pretty much uninhabited.

The being continued unaware of Omega's wandering thoughts. "We strike fear into the hearts of the puny people on this planet and kill anyone who tried to leave outside their walls." He smirked at Omega. "Just like we are about to do to you for leaving the walls safety."

Well that was helpful information. Apparently there was regular people around here somewhere that stayed within walls for safety. Then the fact that this weird spiky creature spoke English sunk in and really surprised Omega. "You speak English!" Omega was hopping it did but he didn't really suspect.

He knew Chaos, for some reason, made English a main language of the universe. Honestly, Omega thought there were much better languages out there but he didn't question it since it made his life easier.

Omega looked around all the apparently happy faces and almost shook his head at how cocky they were. He thought it was pretty obvious he was toying with the guy the whole time. He almost just threw a knife in the things head when he had the audacity to smirk at him. He was definitely going to die first.

"You can stop pretending with is child. We know you're scared out of your wits and are just trying to suppress it behind laughing." Omega didn't like the smug tone either but Omega just chuckled to get a rise out of it.

"I'm not scared of you guys. I have tougher people in much bigger numbers and came out without a scratch. What makes you think you could beat me? You tried with all your might to just scratch me and yet I wasn't even trying. I recommend you leave now with your lives or die by my hand." Omega was actually looking forward to the fight. New enemies, new fighting styles and the thrill of fighting were all things Omega looked forward to when visiting a new planet.

The warrior growled and hissed some type of command to his companions which most likely meant charge judging by the now charging enemies. Omega just smirked and pulled out his other sword under his cloak. He positioned himself slightly sideways into an unbreakable stance waiting for his first attacker to reach him.

He started the battle with a quick decapitation much to the surprise of the warriors who didn't even see the sword move. Second thoughts passed through their heads but the battle had already started and they were determined to finish it.

~~~ Two minutes and 20 seconds later ~~~

30 dead, deformed bodies were lying on the ground around Omega who looked on dispassionately. He shrugged his shoulders being a little disappointed at the skill these things had. He decided to set up camp on the old battlefield to hopefully ward off any others that wanted to test their luck. And even though Omega's luck like to mess up his life, he was usually pretty lucky on the battlefield.

He hunkered down in his tent and had some homemade Macaroni and Cheese. The desolate landscape was mostly free of sound with the occasional growls and screeches off in the distance. He went into his meditative sleep and waited for the white moon to rise.

He woke up ten hours later and guessed the day cycle was around the same as Earth's if not a little less. He walked out of his tent and stretched a little before continuing on his journey. He snacked a little as he walked through the bleak area.

However, two minutes into his journey he ran into a small group of monsters. After dispatching them, he ran into some more not five minutes later. This continued for about an hour and Omega assumed the yellow moon was like a spawning time for these monsters while the white moon just didn't affect them.

To avoid fighting every few steps he started mist traveling miles at a time. It was around mid-yellow sun when he saw small lights on the horizon. With renewed spirits, he quickly made his way over to them and came about grand walls and a solid wooden gate.

He saw a couple of guards patrolling on top and guessed they didn't see him pop up near the gates. From afar, they had a similar body structure to humans except for all of them being around five feet tall and broader than usual which reminded him of dwarves.

Now that he was closer, he could tell the guards weren't really looking outside the gates except for a few quick glances and wondered if they were just cocky of their strength or if some magic literally prevented things from entering. If magic was involved, then it would make sense as to why that thing made the reference of being outside the walls and now free game.

Omega started to sense the being reforming and knew in a few minutes he would be fighting the shadow clan again. He quickly ran up to the gate and shouted up at the guards, "Hello! Can you open the gates!?" Omega could have easily mist traveled inside but he didn't want to have to go incognito the entire time.

Omega chuckled when the guards jumped five feet into the air ... literally ... and landed on their bums. They looked over the edge and had surprised looks to see someone below them with a cloak and mask.

Of course, the guards were already skeptical of the guy but the yellow moon was out and with it a being of unimaginable power was out too. It was known by the people to lure others into a false sense of security when they left the walls and had tried a few times to get them to open up the gates.

"Ha!" One of the guards yelled. "You're not tricking us to open the gates, beast!" Omega didn't really think he looked like a beast and didn't really appreciate being called one. He debated mist traveling up there and knocking some sense into them but calmed himself before he did something he would later on regret. He need to gain their trust not make them fear him.

"Umm, I can assure you I'm not a beast!" He yelled up to the guards. He sensed he had about a minute before the recently killed shadow beasts came out to play. "Hey! So a shadow clan group is about to reform so could you please let me in before they try to get their revenge." Omega really hoped they would let him in. He just killed a quite large group and they had these weird bird things that were extremely fast and a pain in the ass.

Apparently the guards weren't satisfied with his reasoning. "We will not be deceived by your lies dusk shade! I bet there are plenty of shadow clan warriors ready to barrel in here should we open the gates!" Omega sighed and felt the shadow clan warriors already complete reform and surround him.

The guards along the wall snickered when they saw the easily read sneak attack the dusk shade tried to initiate. They must have given up and plan on trying to barrel their way through since they were gathering around their leader. They were even pulling out their weapons to hack away at the wall.

They grew amused when the dusk shade sighed and pulled out its swords. They weren't worried since the wall was protected by the magic of the people and as long as the gates stayed closed, nothing could get through, above, or below into the city.

The guards just rolled their eyes as they watched the clan completely surround their leader preparing to attack the wall. However, they stood up a little straighter when one of the warriors charged the dusk shade. They were surprised to see the shade dodge out of the way and follow through with an upward slash cutting the vile thing in half.

All at once the monsters attacked the ... well, apparently not the dusk shade ... and the guards lowered their heads in shame of condemning this cloaked figure to be torn apart by the shadow clan. However, they were surprised to see him hanging on.

"A little help guys!" The cloak figured yelled up at them, knocking them out of their shock. They quickly grabbed their bows and started fire at the surrounding monsters. After two minutes, the shadow warriors were gone leaving a heavily breathing cloaked figure outside the gates.

"Now will you let me in!? I only have several minutes before they reappear!"

"How do we know that wasn't an act to trick us into opening the gates!?" One guard called out with the others nodding their head in agreement. The top of the wall now hosted around 20 guards with most coming over to see what the commotion was.

"For the love of ... I'm not a dusk shade or whatever that is!" Omega was about to just leave because it was pretty obvious they didn't want to open their doors. He paused when he saw the guards huddle together and crossed his arms impatiently as they talked.

"So, not much is known about the dusk shade but I heard he can't lie, only trick." One guard said with most others agreeing. Another guard spoke up and said, "That isn't a guaranteed fact. However, the wall's magic repels any monster, shadow warrior, and even the dusk shade. So, if he puts his hand on it, then we could tell if he is one of them." More heads nodded to this.

One guard spoke up, "Also, we can learn more about what has been going on in the universe since we can't leave. The ship he used to get here was probably destroyed by their aerial monsters and now he is stranded. I couldn't rest easy if he was a stranded person and we turned him away." All of the guards nodded their heads at that one.

Even though most would expect the people trapped on the dark, desolate planet in constant danger of monsters to be bitter, they were actually one of the kindest society since they knew the hardships of life and didn't wish them upon others. The soldiers were brought out of their thoughts when they heard a lot of screeching coming towards them and they knew they took too long to decide.

They quickly went to the edge of the wall and saw the cloaked figure sheath his swords and take out small knives. The guards looked on in horror at the small little birds that looked harmless as long as you didn't count their sharp beaks with serrated teeth on the inside. The people call them the Carnic Birds since they were carnivorous birds who eat the flesh of their prey in under a second.

It would only take just 10 of them to tear someone apart and pretty much instantly kill them. However, there were at least 50 of these birds swooping down to attack Omega. The guards looked down sadly at Omega now feeling even guiltier. Even if he was a great swordsmen to kill the warriors, these birds could easily get around his defenses and tear him apart. They did admire his courage though and the spirit to not give up until the end.

Omega got into a ready stance with his throwing knives in hand. He calculated his options and surveyed his surroundings. To his back was the wall but everything else was open wasteland that didn't provide any cover. He looked towards the birds and guessed he could kill at least 10 of them with his throwing knives before they got to him.

He then could run just out of their reach and slowly start to kill off the birds. The running and sprinting challenges he issued to himself would really start to pay off. Right when the birds got into range, he was able to kill 12 birds before he had to turn and run along the wall. He jogged at first allowing the birds to catch up but then matched their speed when they got within 5 feet from him. They were a little faster than he thought and had to equip his ice exoskeleton.

Several decades ago he willed the water to form lines going across his body, tracing his bones on the outside of his skin. He then would run as fast as he could to reach his top speed. After that, he would will the water to give him a greater push off the ground and also bring his legs forward much quicker. It took him a whole year of constant practice to master it since the timing had to be perfect. All he had to do was miss a step or overstep and he would immediately slam into the ground, greatly injuring himself.

Now that he matched their speed, he kept throwing his knives at the birds and one by one their numbers started to fall. After killing the last one, he had run for about 5 minutes back to the guards and was amazed at how far the birds chased him. He wondered what the guards on the wall thought happened to him.

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The guards watched in awe and sympathy as they watched the cloak figure skillfully kill a fifth of the birds but soon ran off being chased by the rest. He was outside the torches' light just 10 seconds after running and he hadn't come back in 10 minutes. They knew they weren't going to see the mysterious man again and they slowly took up their stations wishing they just opened the door for him.

"HEY!!!!" All the guards jumped in surprise recognizing the voice and instantly went back to the gates to see the mysterious cloak guy just waving up at them. He started in a sweet tone, "Can you please OPEN THE DAMN DOORS!!!" but ended in a very frustrated tone. "I would like to not have to worry about other monsters attacking me and I'm quite surprised the shadow clan hasn't attacked me. So could you please open the doors so I can finally get some rest!?"

The guards still stared in shock at how this man was still alive and without even a scratch (also in confusion of the word damn which was new to them). They were still definitely suspicious of this character but they pretty much decided that this guy was trapped in this hostile world and needed someplace to stay.

The guards gave each other a nod and some split off to open the gates that have stayed closed for over 100 years. The chains of the door squeaked as they were pulled on and rubbed up against the other chains. The great, dark wood doors opened and Omega instantly sprinted inside and pushed the doors closed.

The guards were a little startled when the guy just sprinted inside and for a second they thought they made a mistake until the guy started to try and push the doors closed. They were actually dumbstruck that this guy was pushing the doors closed all by himself when it took 6 of their strongest guards to pull it open.

Once the doors closed, Omega slumped on the inside of the walls against the doors and sighed still pretending to be tired. The guards walked up to him and pointed some weird looking weapons at him which almost made Omega laugh at how strange the sight looked ... not including the people.

The guards without armor were around 5 feet tall and very stocky. They were definitely strong judging by their bulging muscles and chiseled facial features. They had small horns growing on the tops of their heads which reminded Omega of satyrs. Their skin looked like grey ash without any sunlight. Omega wondered how different his tan skin would be compared to them. It almost made him want to take off his cloak ... almost.

"Hey guys," Omega fake panted and tiredly smiled. "Thanks for opening the doors. By the sound of it they haven't opened for quite some time." Omega looked at the guards' faces and was at least happy not to see any hostility, only wariness and curiosity.

One of the guards with armor stepped up and looked Omega over. He seemed like the man in charge based on his stance and official looking emblems on his armor. "Welcome to the city of Hawlo, young one. You are correct that the door hasn't opened for quite some time. I think it's been a little over 100 years since they've been opened."

Omega just looked shocked. He could tell it had been a while but he would have only guessed like one or two years. Not a 100!!! He didn't like to show how strong he actually was. Even though he did harden some water under his palms which helped him close the doors.

His silence must have shown that he was shocked and the guards gave a hearty laugh at the boy. They wished they could see his face but the mask and hood hid every part of his body. Even his arms and legs were wrapped in a cloth. He didn't have any external differences that could give away his race like pincers, antennae, or horns.

There was a silence between the soldiers and Omega as each looked over each other and gathered their thoughts. Omega was in their city so he didn't want to just get up and roam while the guards were trying to think of what to do with this mysterious boy who could survive an entire shadow clan attack plus those mean ass birds.

Omega broke the silence, "Soooo, what now? I thank you for opening the doors and allowing me into the city but I don't know your customs or way around the area." Omega, of course, would love to be allowed to wander around but the guards were kind of blocking his way forward and he sure as hell wasn't going to go backwards into the desolate plains.

The head guard said, "I guess we can take you to the village in the center and tell you about this place on our way. Do you know anything about this planet?" The guard was curious as to what this kid knew about the planet. He couldn't think of any possible sane person coming here with the knowledge of what would be waiting for them.

Omega simply said, "No. I was just going to random planets looking for adventure and my dart landed on this planet. I just got onto this planet yesterday a few hours before the white moon set so I haven't been here long. I'm glad I found you guys. I probably would have wandered aimlessly for a long time." The guards looked at this kid in shock. This kid survived a full night of a yellow moon when just an hour outside was considered impossible.

The guards watched Omega walk beside them in silence. He seemed like a good kid but there was something that was affecting his mood. His people were known for their emotion reading skills which was unknown to most of the universe because no one ever visited. Not that they blame them.

The guard asked in a questioning tone, "How far out were you when your ship was destroyed?" The guard rose an eyebrow at the kid who put a finger under his chin thinking.

Omega didn't know why he would think his ship would be destroyed so he decided to play along without giving solid answers. "What made you assume my ship was destroyed?" He hadn't seen any docking stations yet but he just assumed that they were in the city.

The guard was baffled. If this kid didn't know why they would ask that question, then he may have been able to land safely and would be able to leave. The looks on the other guards showed that they had the same idea with their hopeful expressions.

Omega thought he must have said something to give away how abnormal he is compared to them judging by their hopeful expressions but he didn't know why.

The guard ask a little curiously trying to hide his hopeful tone, "You really don't know why your ship would have been destroyed?" Omega just shrugged his shoulders. The guard continued, "There are aerial monsters preventing ships from entering or leaving the planet. Anybody who survives the crash of their ship either finds their way to a village or dies when they run across monsters. So, what happened to your ship?"

Omega was caught. He couldn't really tell them he just teleported here and he didn't want to outright lie about a monster destroying his ship. "I was able to land my ship a good distance away from here." He sighed inwardly. He didn't like to lie to these kind people but he couldn't say he had special powers that could wipe them all out. "Only thing is that when I left, monsters charged at the ship and I think are now making it a base or something. I didn't stay around long enough to find out." He hoped this would be a good enough explanation for the guards and was relieved that the guards got a saddened look meaning they believed him and escape was yet again taken away from them.

The guard sighed and said, "Ah, oh well. We're glad you made it out safe and sound. We are happy to gain such a skilled fighter. Of course, you will have to find some type of work here so you can pay for food and other services." He looked the kid over but the cloak just hid everything but the dual swords on his back. However, when he looked at them, they looked like they had a clear coating around them preventing them from being drawn. He also knew that two swords were under his cloak with knives.

One thing he noticed when the kid was fighting the birds was that the knives he used disappeared once they fell to the ground. He had a suspicion that the kid used magic on the knives and if this kid could perform magic, then village life could greatly benefit with his help. They pretty much needed all the help they could get in any form they could whether it was food all the way to weapons.

It took them about an hour to reach the stables and three more hours to finally reach the village on horseback. By the end of the ride Omega was really missing Sylvia because riding on horseback sucked!

The guard told Omega that the wall stretched all around hundreds of miles of land where they were able to grow crops, build shelters, schools, and other much needed buildings. The population was about 2000 which surprised Omega at how few there were in such a big area even if it was a desolate planet.

Omega could see a few scattered buildings here and there on the farms but the land mostly contained crops that Omega had never seen before. When they finally got to the center, Omega was surprised to see an old style town, not even close to looking like a city. Even with few people, you would think they would still advance enough to build taller buildings.

As they walked into the city towards wherever the guards were taking Omega, people started to notice that there was a new person among them and the whispers started. "Who is he?" "I can't believe we have a visitor." "Now he's trapped like us." Stuff like that.

The guard led Omega to the center building which was the tallest at 3 stories high. It was made out of the same rocky material as the walls and had two windows on each wall and basically looked like a standard house. Definitely nothing fancy.

The inside wasn't much different. There was plain wood and stone furniture. However, you could tell wood furniture was rarer because only the couch was wood and pretty much everything else was stone. Luckily there were small cushions to make sitting at least a little more comfortable.

"Jerough! We have a visitor!" The guard shouted up the stairs. There was a muffled 'coming' from probably the third floor and they waited. Judging by the sound of the footsteps coming down the stairs, Omega was expecting for this Jerough to be one of the biggest of these people. However, he was yet again surprised.

Jerough was about average height and had an average build for the people. What was making him sound so loud was his stone foot ... Wait ... stone foot! Omega took a closer look thankful for the mask so the guy wouldn't be able to tell if he was staring. However, Jerough must have been able to tell and just chuckled saying, "Nice feet, huh. Names Jerough." Jerough held out his hand.

Omega inwardly flinched with surprise that he was caught but he didn't let any of that show on the outside and shook his hand. "My name is Omega. Yes, I have never seen someone with stone feet before. By the way, thank you for your kindness of sheltering me. If there is anything you wish of me just ask." Omega did a slight bow and waited for his response.

Jerough was a little surprised that Omega's voice sounded like a young adult. "I'm surprised you were able to convince my guards to open the gate. Alright, what skills do you have so we can see what you would be best suited at doing since, I'm sorry, but you're stuck here." The guy sighed because the last visitor he had almost freaked out and took years to come to peace that he was stuck. However, this young man just nodded his head and said, "Umm, I don't really specialize in anything so I can't say what skills I have."

The guards behind them started coughing and the word 'fighting' could be heard between them. Jerough raised an eyebrow and said, "So you're skilled at fighting. May I ask how the guards came to know you were skilled at fighting?" He hoped that they didn't find out by them fighting but he quickly crossed out that option judging by he wasn't in handcuffs and the guards weren't injured.

Omega shrugged, "Nothing much. I just fought some of those shadow warrior guys and birds." Jerough gave a questioning look to his guards and they added a little more detail. "He slew about 30 shadow warriors and 50 Carnic Birds. He also apparently survived a night under the yellow moon." Jerough looked incredulously at Omega. Just the warriors alone was impossible. Omega was definitely a mystery man with skilled abilities and having a cloak and mask didn't help his mysteriousness at all.

Jerough spoke up, "Well I don't know what 'nothing much' is where you come from but here that is beyond imaginable. We actually have a barracks that anyone is allowed to train in but no one knows any proper fighting routines or anything. They just practice and make up their own moves. If you could instruct them then that could earn your keep here." Jerough was quite happy with this news. They had never had a skilled fighter to be able to teach them anything so this could be a great help with fighting against those warriors.

Omega thought about it. He would still leave in a little more than 10 months and the rest of the planet seemed to be the same desolate place he had to go through. Also, he could help out all these people by sharing his knowledge. "Sure, I'd be glad to teach you guys." The guards were struck silent at the opportunity to learn how to properly fight. Cheers rose up from the five guards and they gave Omega clasps on the back and handshakes saying they couldn't wait for tomorrow. Omega's apparent young age didn't even cross their minds.

Omega didn't really like the attention he was getting since he hadn't really been in a crowd in so long but he was happy that they were so excited to learn. He could have some fun teaching them and probably do some watered down training with them.

Jerough smiled at his guards' excitement and said to the head guard, "Klock, would you please give Omega a tour around the town and show him the barracks." He then turned towards Omega. "Would you be able to start teaching tomorrow or do you want to take a break after fighting so many of those monsters?" He must have been exhausted after fighting that many of them, however, Jerough couldn't really see any tired features about Omega.

"Nah, I can start tomorrow." Omega said. He turned around and the guards led him outside into the city. A small crowd was gathered around the town hall waiting to get a good look at the stranger. They were a little relieved to see the guards laughing with the masked man which hopefully meant he was no threat. Although, the mask and cloak still made the people a little nervous.

Klock announced to the crowd, "This is Omega! He is an incredibly skilled fighter and has agreed to become our instructor!" The crowd let out a burst of cheers. Even the non-fighters knew the guards had no official training so someone who could give them proper instruction was worth cheering about. They quickly forgot about their nervousness about the cloaked man and now saw hope and safety he could provide. 

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Another Chapter is up! Thanks for being patient with me and as a late Thanksgiving gift I spent my trip home finishing up this chapter and some of the next. So, hope you liked it and stay tuned for next the chapter.

Also, we breached 100K words! Woop Woop! The next question is when we'll breach the 200K word count?!?!?!

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