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129: March

Author: Random_writer Word Count: 10456 Updated: 2025-06-09 14:43:56

March

The crowd went silent after Jackal's savage act. Daniel's mangled body was carried away. "Jackal wins!" Alexander announced, his previous enthusiasm gone. Some people had shocked expressions. Some people managed to make it out of the Colosseum before vomiting. Some people were going faint. All were staring at Jackal's bloody mouth and broken fangs.2

In the room where all three generals sat, Doevm saw a lot of movement and fast hand gestures behind the bracket's image. Even though Doevm enhanced his hearing with life essence and the Colosseum was silent, he still couldn't hear their yells.

'The glass uses sound suppressing spells. I guess the knights' academy uses more artifacts than I thought. Maybe I should make some of my own, after I learn how to fight as a master. I might have reformed my soul, but I know that once I start making artifacts, I won't stop until I have an entire arsenal. Remember why I'm here, to learn how to do cool flips and stuff. Everything else can come later.' He glanced back down at the burnt stage and the ashes of Daniel's molted skin. 'but what was that? Judging from the crowd's reactions when Jackal breathed fire, it was impressive and difficult to pull off, but common knowledge. Something isn't right here. This…it isn't what I want.'

Frey winced at the sight of Oliver tying Jackal down and carrying him away like a rabid animal: "That was horrible, but how did Jackal do all of that? He could practically control fire." He was leaning forward more than Doevm at Elero's performance.

"How did Daniel counter it with just his body? Imagine how much stronger we can get, what we can do once we graduate. I can't wait to start lessons. Don't you think the same, Doevm?" He turned to Doevm, who was emitting large amounts of bloodlust. A chill ran down his spine. 'Has he always been this terrifying?' he thought. 'No, it's just that I've never seen him this mad before.'

Doevm's jaw and white knuckled fist clenched. His eyes stared at the stage and at a far-off place, deep in thought. "Doevm," Frey said. "Can you retract your bloodlust," he asked and pointed to the people unconscious behind them.

"It's just like magic," Doevm said, more to himself than Frey. "Just like fucking magic. What the hell?" He stormed through the rows of seats, stepping on unlucky people's feet and belongings. When they stood up to complain, a glare sharper than a spear point sat them back down.

Doevm wasn't the only one who was upset. The majority of the audience stood up too and walked away from their seats. Doevm disappeared in the crowd.

"What's with him?" Wade asked.

 "I don't know," Frey leaned back in his seat, trying to spot Doevm in the crowd moving to the top of the Colosseum. "Say, why didn't anyone ever tell us we could do these kinds of things with life essence?"

Wade sighed. "We all train under Jameson who, even though he graduated, never learned anything other than techniques with life essence to better his spearmanship. His master, Alexander Finlish, doesn't use them, so he never taught them to Jameson. Jameson, in turn, couldn't teach anything other than spearmanship and using life essence to improve spearmanship to us. He doesn't know how to. Why do you ask? Did you want to breath fire?" Before Frey could respond, Wade chuckled: "Of course you want to breath fire, everyone does. Those kinds of techniques are only taught at the academy, which we just never got into because of the age limit, but you two," He put a hand on Frey's shoulder. "You two will be able to teach the Virility guards everything you learned after you graduate. I wonder why though, Doevm got mad after he saw the match."

"He's been acting weird." Wade raised an eyebrow and Frey sighed: "Even weirder than usual. He's been shaking, hadn't been smiling as much, and tired. Ever since Hopi passed away, it's like he's isolated himself in his own world. Do you think I should go after him?"

"Give it a bit," Wade said. "He probably has some things to work out. Just make sure to be there when he needs you. Even if he yells at you like before, even if he tries to push you away, be there. He is someone who always relies on himself more than others, but everyone needs external support or else they wouldn't be human."

'How,' Doevm thought. 'How was Jackal able to breathe fire? How did Daniel shed his skin? I've never seen anything like that. Is that what I'm going to learn at the knights' academy, a pale imitation of magic? If that's true, why the hell am I here? Why did I come so far if it was all for nothing? Fifteen years I've waited, and now this is what I get?' He took deep breaths.

'Calm down. I don't need to be angry right now. Push it down like everything else.' As he took more breaths, he loosened his clenched jaw and fist. The world went in and out of color.

'Just keep walking,' he told himself. His heartbeat was loud enough to hear its rhythmic beating. 'I can't take this out here. One wrong move and I might kill someone right about now.' He kept blindly pushing his way through the dense crowd, but he must have made a wrong turn somewhere because he ended up at the top of the Colosseum with a view over the wall. He tried to turn around, but the flow of the crowd went against him. Doevm glanced over at the exit, which was void of people. Moving his gaze back to the crowd, he found that they were all looking outside of the Colosseum.

Now that Doevm collected himself, he felt his heart, the beating of which did not match the rhythmic beating he was hearing. He focused on the source of the noise, finding it to be not a single repetition of beats, but a large number that happened all at once, followed by another beat, followed by another.

It wasn't how loud the noise was that caused Doevm's ears perk up, but the rhythm, the intensity, the familiarity. He had ignored it because he had gotten so used to it as a background noise that he had forgotten the rhythmic beating, the sound of marching, wasn't normal outside of the front lines.

He looked out over the balcony again only to find that, around all the piles of food and blankets, the people who had gone missing were now marching in a circle around the Colosseum.

As he and the rest of the crowd gazed at the strange phenomenon, curiosity took hold of other members of the audience, who joined in the mass. Even some of the nobles were strolling over, yelling at people to make way for them, only to discover when they got to the edge that there was a large number of commoners walking in a straight line with slips of paper in their grasp.

Doevm used life essence around his eyes and focused on the pieces of paper: "The king may rule the country, but he does not rule your hearts. March and see what he will do. This is not an act of defiance, but an innocent march. Reward for participation is ten coppers." Below the pieces of paper were symbols of a broken cage.

Doevm furrowed his brows as a hundred guards swarmed out of the bottom of the Colosseum and approached at the line with their weapons drawn. The commoners screamed and ran as they were tackled to the ground and bound with rope. Some still marched but most had retreated back to their homes. The weapons weren't used for bloodshed, but more for intimidation, for control.

The king marched from behind the guards and pointed at the line. Sir marble's and his own men moved in and continued the arrests. It didn't matter if they were children, adults, or the elderly, all were bound and taken away. Soon the line had diminished to nothing but a memory. The king turned his men back to the Colosseum and the men went back to their stations. All of this, the audience saw.

They whispered to each other, all thoughts about Jackal's match forgotten. 'Why would the king arrest people for marching?' Doevm thought as he dispersed his life essence and listened to the crowd.

"The king has always been a little harsh, but I didn't think he would stop just a little march." One said. "They weren't even doing anything wrong. Do you know why that happened, because I do not?"

"No," Another random person said. "During my inspection, one of the guards let it slip that they were looking for members of the resistance here. Maybe those people were them. That might be the reason they have increased the patrols lately."

"Ssshh, you can't say the name of that group you idiot. The king banned it. Anyone who acknowledges the group is hung in front of the entire capital. After, their body is sent to the magic academy for experimentation. Don't look at those people or else the king might think you're a part of it too. I've heard about his men breaking into people's homes just for being accused, and that they're the source of the missing people. I don't know what happened but the king sure hated it."

"I think I saw people I knew though, and they weren't part of that group. They were just normal folks from the middle-class district. They couldn't hurt a fly. Maybe the king is losing it."

'So that's what's going on,' Doevm thought as he went back to his seat. 'Humans will always whisper, always judge, no matter how little information they have. Like the man who talked about me and the creature in the Underground, people will just make assertions without any basis. This was the Resistance's plan. Frey told me about them back at the front lines, but I didn't think that they would actually exist.'

'The royalty hasn't been overthrown for centuries, which is also the reason they can get away with their strict policies. When the demon king and his army resurrects, the royalty has always formed an army through the knights' and magic academies to resist. The authority was necessary for survival. I don't know if the resistance is same group that attacked me, but I need to find out.

'The key is Jackal. He has a necklace like Frank. He most likely knows about whatever a "gun" is, the group, and most importantly, that necklace, which was the same one as mine. I was too angry to notice, but I did feel a little soul mana come from him when he was knocked down. I need to get down to the medical wing and interrogate him. After all, what if this group goes after the academy? What if they know about soul magic? I've gathered enough information. It's time to act.' He pushed everyone out of the way and headed down the stairs.

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1: Prologue 2: Pawn 3: Abuse 4: Rose Thorn 5: A Mother Worries 6: War Monk 7: Virility Mansion 8: Coming war 9: Cleaning books 10: Frey 11: Strength vs. Skill 12: A day in Jameson's Shoes 13: Investigation 14: Lava Boar (Part 1) 15: Lava Boar (part 2) 16: Lava Boar (part 3) 17: Analysis 18: The Past 19: Frey's Challenge 20: Life Essence Training 21: Unhappy Birthday 22: The Truth 23: Leaving 24: Numbskull and Goon 25: Emma 26: Double Date 27: Blacksmith 28: Double Date (Part 2) 29: Mummified Arm 30: Prophecy 31: A Single Cut 32: Inheritance 33: Blasphemy 34: The Rat 35: Twisted Bone 36: Old Addiction 37: Caught 38: Interrogation 39: Welcome to Squad Six 40: Friendly Spar With Squad Six 41: Throwing Knives 42: Calm Before the Storm 43: Manticore 44: Aftermath of The First Battle 45: Promotion 46: New Rivalry 47: Light and Healing Magic 48: Second Mission 49: Wade's Bad Call 50: Outnumbered and Isolated 151: Divine Intervention 152: Final Push 153: Reaper 154: Report 155: Light at the End of the Tunnel 156: Rest 157: Letter 158: Shopping (Part 1/2) 159: Shopping (Part 2/2) 160: Initiation 161: Group of Four 162: Amphiboards 163: The Paddle 164: Start! 165: Bullfrog 166: Noble 167: Underwater 168: Tongue 169: Distant Gaze 170: Trak 171: Doubt 172: Liar 173: Fang 174: Cerberus 175: Teamwork 176: Tired 177: Spear Throwing 178: Breakdown 179: Team 180: Payback 181: Civil Discussion 182: Chains and Anger 183: Mistakes 184: Slight tug 185: Growing pain 186: The Winning Plan 187: Corpse 188: Miss Vessa 189: Old Ways 190: Infectious Determination 191: Numbed Pain 192: Hues 193: Inexperienced (Part 1/2) 194: Inexperienced (Part 2/2) 195: Maddening Rage (Part 1) 196: Maddening Rage (Part 2) 197: The Other Half 198: Lich Talk 199: Demonic Weapon 200: Worst of the Worst 251: Piece of an Origin Story 252: Regret 253: Decisions Decisions 254: Sparring Session 255: Overwhelming Defeat 256: Discovery 257: Suspicion 258: The Broken Statue 259: Gossip 260: The Reach 261: Elero's Return 262: Mr. Lich's true identity 263: Breaking a Habit 264: The Notemaker 265: Beatings, Deadlines, and a Voice in Her Head 266: Unfinished Product 267: The "Jet" Property 268: Inspiration 269: Rough First Day 270: Frustrating Stagnation 271: Visitor 272: Price of Resurrection 273: Becoming Doevm 274: Room of Jars 275: Familiar Smile 276: Dark Magic and Shadows 277: Red and Blue 278: Punishment 279: Sneaking Out 280: The Old Puppet 281: Shattered 282: Assembling the Pieces 283: Timeline 284: Sticks and Stones 285: Initiative, Insults, and Interrogation 286: Thomas and Elero discover the power and the secret then they go and discover the ruins. Man how long can these titles be? I 287: Regret 288: Revamped Story and a Crowded Room 289: Attack 290: Changing Nightmare 291: Another Crack in the Seal 292: Physical descriptions are important 293: Backyard 294: Pale complexion 295: Costly Resurrection 296: Rabbid Rabbit Thomas 297: Cramped Coffin 298: Advanced Spellcraft 299: Gradual Return 300: Larque's Warning 51: Elven Techniques 52: Hopi's Rage 53: Bottled Slimes 54: Three Men of the Von Trike Household 55: Hooks and Vines 56: The Nest 57: Ancient Ruins 58: Legacy (Part 1) 59: Legacy (Part 2) 60: Easter Egg Hunt: Ghoul Edition 61: Regrouping 62: Carnage 63: Reckless and Stupid 64: Self Doubt 65: DID YOU WANT ME TO BE QUIET!? 66: Meeting With Marcus 67: New Men 68: Internal Battle 69: The Plan 70: "Honorable" Duel (Part 1) 71: "Honorable" Duel (Part 2) 72: You're Invited 73: Praise the Goddess 74: A Lich That Hates Magic 75: Ten Months Later 76: Doevm vs. Oliver 77: A Weird Lich 78: Final Battle (Part 1) 79: Final Battle (Part 2) 80: Final Battle (Part 3) 81: General 82: Aftermath 83: No Longer Human. No Longer Lich. 84: Blinded By Greed 85: The Spider 86: Back On Track! 87: Dark World 88: Return to the Virility Household 89: Old Man's Story 90: Meeting The Family 91: Dummy Brigade 92: Weak 93: New Weapons 94: First Mission 95: Sheltered Boy 96: No Graves 97: Severed Head 98: Specimen No. 12 99: Storm Brewing 100: Departure 201: Distrust 202: Spear and Shield 203: Winner 204: Karma 205: Training Complete 206: Ruined Church 207: The Scene of Slaughter 208: Giant's Rage 209: Bottled Emotions 210: Gregen's Blade 211: Inhumane 212: Just My Luck 213: The Demon's Prey 214: Fallen (Part 1/2) 215: Fallen (Part 2/2) 216: Losing Control 217: Nightmare 218: Lich 219: Final Secrets Revealed 220: Twisted Mind 221: Glossary, NOT A CHAPTER 222: Coming to A Close 223: Jackal's Deal 224: Swaying the Crowd 225: Away With You 226: New Recruit 227: Jar of Memories 228: Two Blue Flames 229: Cerlius 230: The Knight's Academy 231: Meeting (1/3) 232: Meeting (2/3) 233: Meeting (3/3) 234: Entering the Academy (1/4) 235: Entering the Academy (2/4) 236: Entering the Academy (3/4) 237: Entering the Academy (4/4) 238: Cerlius's First Day of School 239: Three Concepts of Magic 240: Picking up the Pieces 241: Third Concept 242: Fish Slap 243: My name is Cerlius! 244: Thomas's Natural Charisma 245: New Disciples 246: Consequences of Strength 247: Old Wheelchair 248: Judgement 249: Natural Evil Cannot Be Forgotten 250: Deal with a Demon 101: Scrap City (Part 1) 102: Scrap City (Part 2) 103: Curiosity Killed the Cat 104: Draken Capital 105: Flash of Light 106: Separation 107: Slow Recovery 108: Jackal Von Trike 109: Alexander Finlish 110: Place Your Bets 111: Catch 112: Kill Him 113: Fear 114: Depths of the Capital 115: Missing 116: Meeting of the Nobles 117: Creature (Part 1) 118: Creature (Part 2) 119: Creature (Part 3) 120: Later 121: Braces 122: Abandoned Food 123: Elero Mech 124: Masochist 125: Poisonous 126: Halfbreed 127: Jackal vs. Daniel (Part 1) 128: Jackal vs Daniel (Part 2) 129: March 130: Lord Brandon Von Trike 131: Raid (Part 1) 132: Raid (Part 2) 133: Raid (Part 3) 134: Raid (Part 4) 135: Raid (Part 5) 136: Raid (Part 6) 137: Sore Loser 138: Human Suffering 139: Broken (Part 1) 140: Broken (Part 2) 141: Dark Magician 142: The Plan 143: Unmoving 144: Action Reaction 145: Going Deeper 146: Unknown Voice 147: Gunshots 148: Illusion Spell 149: A Girl 150: Anger Management Issues 301: Alliance 302: Shattered Jar 303: Tricks up the Tyrant's Sleeve 304: Battlefield 305: Deep Scars 306: Pull 307: Tormentor 308: Heretic 309: Incoming Storm Cloud 310: Ominous Birth 311: To Take on an Army 312: Green Gemstone 313: Place of Origin 314: Birth of the Lich 315: You Either Die a Hero or... 316: Tired of Hiding 317: Demon King's Power 318: Different Magics 319: Guidance 320: Birth of a Berserker 321: Targets 322: The Survivors 323: Long Awaited Contact 324: The Final Cliffhanger (part 1/2) 325: The Final Cliffhanger (part 1.5/2) Yes, I know I f***ed up 326: Final Final Cliffhanger, an apology 327: Quiet Arrival 328: Wizard Kick 329: Dead Silence 330: Dwindling Defenses 331: Positions Everyone, for the Show Begins 332: Imminent demise 333: Dud Part 1/2 (but let's be real here it'll probably be out of 3 because I underestimate stuff) 334: Dud Part 2 (Thanks to Logician for the suggestion) 335: Dud Part 3 336: Refusal to Submit 337: Hungry for a Fight 338: Lich Unleashed Part 1 339: Lich Unleashed Part 2 340: Lich Unleashed Part 3 341: The Western Hallway: Part 1 342: The Western Hallway: Part 2 343: The Mess Hall: Part 1 344: The Forbidden One's Arrival 345: Two Kings, a Rook, a Queen, a Priest, and a Whole lot of Pawns 346: Exception to the Rule 347: Fellow Pawn 348: Divine Savior 349: The Aftermath 350: The Shadox's Lament 351: Elero's Operation 352: Fall Down Seven Times. Get Up Eight Times. 353: PMI: Passive Magical Income 354: Hurried Goodbye 355: Graduation 356: Undead Shambling Through the Streets 357: Can I come with you? 358: Graduation 359: Sparring Session 360: Liar Liar 361: Washed Up Demi 362: Just a corpse 363: Into the Ruin 364: A Hero's Hesitation 365: Losing Control 366: Paying the Price 367: To Rely on Oneself 368: Kin 369: Deal 370: Come With Me 371: When It's Painful, Cry, Then Get Back Up. 372: Thomas's Choice 373: Bloodtrail 374: Plan B 375: Fighting to Die 376: Past the Breaking Point 377: Captain Fisher 378: Prologue 379: Prologue (Part 2) 380: Prologue (Part 3) 381: Prologue (Part 4) 382: Prologue (Part 5) 383: Last Day in a Long Journey 384: Frowning Frey 385: Mercenaries 386: Distracted 387: Lord Jameson 388: Disarming Sincerity 389: Search For Arte 390: Friendly Fire 391: Anger and Gentleness of a Giant 392: Safe Haven 393: The legend of Arthur Botoman 394: Old Foe 395: Wear and Tear 396: Compliments to the Chef (Part 1) 397: Compliments to the Chef (Part 2) 398: My Only Family (Part 1) 399: My Only Family (Part 2) 400: Wake up! 401: Whispers Underground 402: Why a chef? 403: Hostage Situation 404: Radiant Burst 405: Left Alive? 406: The Slap 407: The Right Choice (Part 1/2) 408: The Right Choice (Part 2/2) 409: Report from the Capital 410: Owen's Warning 411: Patron 412: Goodbye Petal Town 413: Old Friend in the Bloodwood 414: Boiling Toad 415: Full Alert 416: Relying on Magic 417: Gutless Cur 418: Doevm's paranoia 419: A Letter From Elero 420: Takeoff 421: Destination: Polyglint Mines 422: Good Old Reverse Psychology 423: Got any better ideas? 424: Blending in 425: Sir Wilhelm 426: Passing on a Message 427: Let's Play a Game 428: Kilot's Infectious Laughter 429: Descent into the Darkest Darkness...which is Dark (Part 1/2) 430: Descent into the Darkest Darkness...which is Dark (Part 2/2) 431: EEEWWWWWWWWWWWW 432: Firing up the Forge 433: The Second Legacy 434: Hit the Books 435: Welcome to the Game, Doevm 436: The Players 437: The Hollow Stone 438: The Lich's Blessing 439: Stupid Frey 440: Dragon Hoard 441: The Source of the Mana and the Unconscious Ally 442: The Classic Old Dwarvish Bait 443: Chronomancy, an Assassin, and a Theory 444: The Assassin's Execution 445: Jumping at Shadows 446: Whole again 447: An Old Dwarf has his Tricks 448: Food, Shelter, and Privacy 449: Maker's Punishment 450: New Image 451: The Troop's Morale 452: Divide and Conquer 453: Custom Order Tool 454: The Beginning of the Last Crucade 455: Recurring Dream or Nightmare? 456: Instigating a Fight 457: The Arrogance of the Strong 458: The Hunt Begins 459: Edgy Tendencies and a Pure-Hearted Smile 460: Reward: Ascention 461: Multi-layered Trap 462: Percieved Threat 463: Rise of the False Hope 464: Questionable Alliance 465: A Reason to Fight 466: When an Unstoppable Force Meets an Unmovable Object 467: Lesson One Complete
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