"Ah, hey there loud screaming boy, need a ride?"

"Huh?"

Suddenly a merchant , bald, some scars, muscular, wearing a shirt with short sleeves, looks like the badass but friendly type of guy in a well looking carriage (The big comfy type with beds and stuff, quite luxurious, but the standard of merchants in this world) spoke to Yato, offering him a ride.

"Uhmm, is that fine? I need to go to a city around 20 Kilometers north from here."

"Ah! You must be talking about Ruria! I am currently heading there as well! And what business do you have there? Hop on and tell me! My name is Goan Fredson, 37 Years old, and you are?"

Was what the friendly merchant told Yato while helping him climbing up onto the front seat, right next to him.

"I am Yato, uhh, Crimsonfield, 16 years old, you see, I am going to register myself as an Adventurer, and an aquiantance told me that Ruria was a good place for doing that."

"OOOH!"

The old merchant became overjoyed upon hearing the words "Adventurer".

"Well, as luck has it, my destination is Ruria as well! Also, I once was an Adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee. and as luck has it, searching for someone to help me protect my carriage from bandits and such, now that I have grown old! If you are going to register yourself as an adventurer, you must be quite good, huh? Wearing that cool Armor and that gigantic axe, you should have quite a lot of power inside your small body!"

"Well, I mean, I've already beaten a Minotaur in the past, so I guess im at least above average!"

Yato loosened up and happily continued his convesation with the friendly old man for a while. And after a while, ss they were about to leave the great great Plains of Etheria, a group of a least 20-30 shady looking people were blocking off they'r path.

"Hey, old man, are those..."

"Bandits? Yeah. You think you can handle them?"

"I will see what I can do, but if I begin fighting, hide yourself inside the carriage and don't come out until I tell you it's safe."

*The old man starts laughing, turning the bandits attention to him*

"You know, this old man was an adventurer once too! If you are going to fight, I will too!"

"Heh, fine by me, but don't complain if you die afterwards."

The Bandits got annoyed by their silent small talk.

"Ey! What's so funny losers? Listen here now, leave this carriage and everything you own behind, and we're letting you alive! Got that?"

The old man promptly answered and walked infront of the Bandits leader.

"Yeah sure, let me give you something in advance, a little extra, you know?"

"Oh, you pick up quickly, huh? And what's that bonu-"

"A GOOD FIST INTO YOUR UGLY FACE!"

*The old man gave the Bandit's Leader a punch that sent him flying several meters away from where he originally stood*

"I hope the rest of you is ready for what comes next! Yato, are you ready?"

"I am! Let's go old man!"

The Bandits got ready to fight and began charging at the duo.

"DIEEEEEEE!"

"Ohoh! Bring it on then!"

The old man sent one man flying after another, but they kept coming on. While at Yatos side...

*Yato picks up the Minotaurs Axe*

"Just to make myself clear, I will not be as merciful as the old man, I will cut everyone into half that attacks me immediately!"

"SHUT UP YOU LITTLE BRAT! HAAAAAAARGH!"

The Bandit' s attacks all got reflected and dodged by Yato, who then proceeded to, quite literally, cut them in half. One good slash was enough to insta-kill them, they were all quite low level after all, probably around LVL 8-11. He hoped that killing one or two would scare the others away, but the opposite happened. Even more began charging at him, full of hate and adrenalin.

"YOU DUMB IDIOTS! I GAVE YOU THE CHANCE TO RUN, NOW I WILL FRICKIN KILL ALL OF YOU IDIOTS!"

*After that dramatic sentence, Yato activated his [Aura of Demise], making most of the Bandits unable to move, due to being terrorized by the Aura Yato spread*

"HIIIIH! WHAT IS THIS? IS THIS SORCERY? BUT I THOUGHT T-THEY DIDN'T HAVE A M-MAGE!"

"Hello there, ready to die~?"

"W-What? Was t-that...you? Who a-are...y-yo- *he then watches into Yato's direction* HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH!"

Before his eyes was a, for a long lived and brutal bandit, unimaginable terrible sight. What he saw wasn't a human. It was the Devil himself. Wearing a huge demonic grin. Coming to collect his soul.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Were his final screams, before brutally dying at Yato's hands. At the same time, the old man finally finished with his side, and turned around to see how Yato was doing, and if he needed a little help, showing him a scene straight out ripped from hell.

"Im finished here Yato, and how are you doi- WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED? YOU ARE COMPLETELY COVERED IN BLOOD!? ARE YOU FINE?"

*As Yato turned around to look at the old man, the man felt like something tried crushing his soul with pure fear, but that feeling instantly vanished due to Yato turning his [Aura of Demise] off*

"Ah sorry! Did I scare you?"

Was what Yato rapidly said, in hope the old man wouldn't be afraid of him.

"Ah, no, just for a moment that terrifying aura got me a bit, but im fine otherwise. You are not an ordinary boy, I can feel that."

"Sorry, I can't tell you anything specific, but I definetly won't harm you! I really need to get to Ruria! So please-"

*The old man interrupted Yato, followed by a long, honest, and happy laugh*

"AHAHAHA! I am in no way thinking of you as a threat boi. Everyone has their secrets, It's fine, so hop on and we can go on! But loot those losers first! Like a good adventurer would do!"

"YES SIR!"

Was what Yato happily and relieved said.

After that they took everything an valuables and weapons from the Bandits they could find. Leaving the corpses behind for monsters to eat and digest.

"Is it really okay to just leave them lying there?"

"Yeah, some monster will find them and be happy. It's their fault for assaulting us, in this kind of business, you always have to be prepared to die a meaningless death."

"Harsch, well, not that I would care. By the way, how long until we reach Ruria?"

As Yato asked, the carriage started moving again, and after some time it would turn dark.

"Well, we definetly wont arrive today anymore, lets go inside the carriage and rest for now. Tomorrow is another day after all. How about it? I still got a grill and some meat inside, along with 3-5 beers and we have some fun tonight!"

"Sounds great! How about we tell some stories while were at it? I have some stories on my repertoire, and you as an Ex-Adventurer surely too have something to tell too, right?"

"Ahaha! Yeah youre right. Let's have some fun tonight! I make the meat and the beer free for you this one night, as thanks for helping with the Bandits! NOW START PUTTING THE MEAT ON THE GRILL AND DRINK YOUR BEER! WE ARE GOING ALL OUT TONIGHT!"

And with that, they told each other stories and jokes all night long, while drinking beer and eating freshly grilled meat for the whole time. There could be heared laughter and tales all night long. This was the first actual night Yato experienced in this new, magical world. Completely letting him forget, that he was on a quest to destroy this very place. Will he change his mind later on and switch sides, or will he lead this peaceful way of life to it's doom? Or will he take a completely opposite path?

And with this, WELCOME TO THE ADVENTURER ARC!

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WUUUUHUUU!

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did, and I really enjoyed writing a chapter where my boy Yato could actually have some fun too.

And this old man instantly became my favourite character of the whole story, I will definetly make him a consistent character in the future, or at least make sure that he will pop up sometimes.

If you have found anything that doesn't make sense or is left unexplained, please tell me! I will immediately correct that part!

Thanks for your time once again,

see ya Fellas!