My Guardian System: The Trader

As expected, the monster troll is too strong for Oldman Barn. Before his blow hit the monster, its sharp claws rushed towards his face.

As soon as he was about to be hit in the face, Oldman Barn suddenly felt a force pull at him from behind. "!!" Barn was shocked at those moments. Surprisingly he had no strength to resist the force that pulled at him. But, as a result, he was saved from the monster's attack. The monster's claws did not reach him. Only the wind was hit.

"J-Jem!?" Oldman Barn said in shock as he looked his back and found out that it was the young man who had pulled him. Barn didn't know that Jem didn't follow his instructions to leave the area and take his granddaughter. Jem just stayed in his position until he thought he needed to intervene.

The troll was also confused for a moment when its attack did not hit. But, it rushed again without hesitation. Again, it raised its hands and quickly advanced.

This time, it was Jem himself who confronted it. He caught the monster's hand and pulled it away. He followed its center of gravity and threw it in the direction of another monster.

The monster was thrown and collided with the monster attacking Miles. It happened so quickly that Oldman Barn bȧrėly saw the full detail of how the monster flew.

Miles didn't expect what happened, so she was also a bit shocked for a moment. After the two monsters collided, they rolled to the ground. Jem immediately followed with a Light Wave attack to to each of them. This time, only one ring appeared on his arm.

He was well aware of the weakness of ordinary trolls. And Jem also knows how strong they are. The troll immediately exploded when hit by a Light Wave attack accompanied by a puff of smoke.

No time wasted, Jem rushed to the remaining troll, who attacked the town guard. The troll was unaware when the knife hit the side of its head. The troll's eyes widened when it felt pain. But, it died immediately after releasing a high growl.

Since he also killed the two, he thought of killing them all. This may have caused his ascendance points to advance a little faster.

Everyone looked at Jem almost dumbfounded at the sight. They didn't expect him to finish the three trolls so quickly.

"Y-You're an ex-human?" The town guard said. A little confused as his eyes became round.

Jem's reply to his question was just a slight nod. At any rate, it is obvious that he is an ex-human.

Oldman Barn just sighed. He thought it was the end of his life. 'This boy's strength is real,' Barn thought.

Barn knows nothing about the ranking of monsters, or how weak or strong they are. But he knew that monsters were very dangerous creatures. This time, there was no doubt in the young man's ability.

'What kind of people are ex-humans? Why are they so powerful? And why does something seem to have changed in Jem?' Barn asked questions in his mind.

"Jem…" Miles called softly to him, but the young man did not react. The expression on his face remained calm as he looked around. When he no longer felt the danger in his surroundings, he looked at the dumbfounded town guard.

"Mister, why is this situation like this?" Jem's voice was calm as he asked.

Upon hearing his voice the town guard suddenly awoke from his shock. Holding the aching shoulder, he stepped once closer to Jem before turning around. It glanced at the lying dead comrades.

The redness of his eyes, and the wrinkling of his face, were noticeable. He could not hide his sadness at the loss of his comrades. Oldman Barn and Miles also approached them to hear what the town guard had to say.

"Yes guard, why did these monsters suddenly come out—! W-What happened here? "

"Eh?!"

Barn suddenly stopped and paled at the sight. Only now did he notice the dead people around. Miles, on the other hand, couldn't stop herself from vomiting in a sudden state of discomfort when she saw the corpses around her bathed in their own blood.

"Are you okay Miles?" Concerned, the old man asked his granddaughter. "Y-yes, grandfather." Although she said she was okay, she still couldn't stop herself from vomiting again.

Bleurgh!

The last remaining guard darted his eyes at Jem and Barn and Miles. He saw the young girl trying to wipe her mouth after vomiting. When he noticed the young man's eyes on him, the town guard began to answer their questions. But before that, he asked them questions.

"Are you guys residents of this town?" He asked while knitting his brows. He wasn't certain if he saw them before or not. But he wanted to know if they were truly residents of this area. So he could find out if there were still more people like them who were stranded somewhere.

"We are from the Plateau." It was Oldman Barn who answered the town guard's question.

The town guard looked at them and noticed no lies from their eyes. "...I see," said the town guard. "Could it be that you were under attack by these monsters as well?" Another question coming from the town guard.

The three nodded their heads. The town guard let out a deep sigh before opening his mouth once again.

"I also don't know what happened. All of a sudden these monsters rushed here. As we were patrolling around, we suddenly heard a shout from one of the residents. At first, we thought it was just a couple-fight. However, things are happening too fast. Next, we heard another shout and another. So we decided to check the situation.

But halfway through our steps, we heard a loud ringing of a bell. Everyone stopped and looked at each other's faces. We were suddenly alarmed because this was not the right time for it to sound.

After that, we hurriedly ran towards where we heard a commotion. We did see people running. They were all pale and terrified. It was as if some scary creature was chasing them. When they saw us, some of them immediately reported that monsters had attacked. Of course, we were shocked and couldn't immediately believe it. Even our leader was stunned for a few seconds. But, since they all say the same thing, we can do nothing but believe them.

Our team split up to help. And our group faced these monsters."

Based on the town guard's reply, it was easy to understand that he didn't know more than that.