The sun finally arose after a long night of heavy battle

Michael had finished all the ammo he had on him and fought the last few battles with only his knife, which was now broken!

As for the others Roland, Achilles, Cuchulain and Temujin, they seemed to have endless strength and stamina, powered by their chi, aura or whatever energy they could absorb from this realm. 

They could even heal their own wounds, leaving them as strong and fast as when they first started fighting 

As for Michael, his left arm was in a bandage and he had nicks and cuts all over his body, but nothing too serious.

They entered back into the throne room of King Edward and reported of their success

"Well done, noble heroes. I am glad we didn't make the wrong choice" he said

"What do you mean?" Roland asked

"Hahaha. For the ceremony, we summoned 6 heroes instead of just 1. Many mages had to deplete their manna reserves, and now have to rest for at least a year" King Edward said

"And as we hoped, you were able to adept to the manna of this world" Brand the Court Mage said

"You knew that we could do it? Why didn't you tell us?" Achilles asked

"We wanted to. All top class fighters in this world can use manna. But their manna only extended to their weapon. But you.... you all can do it to energize your whole body!" Brand the court mage said

"Except you" King Edward said, pointing at Michael

"No your Majesty. Unlike the others, my power is not in myself, but my ability to maximize any weapon in my hand" Michael said

"We are sorry. That will not be enough to stop the Demon Lord" Brand said

"If you give me more ammo, I can still be of help" Michael said

"That is not possible. Getting all of you here is a one time thing. It would be impossible to bring objects at a whim" Brand said

"Then send me back. Choose someone with manna instead of me" Michael responded

"We can't do that too. You are stuck here to live the rest of your lives here" Brand said

"Rest of our lives? How dare you!" Temujin repeated Brand's statement angrily

"Please... remember. We took you from your death to live another life. After killing the Demon Lord, you are free to live another whole life here. But we are unable to send you back!" Princess Amanda suddenly said

"Fine! After we kill the demon lord, this land will be at peace. Perhaps we can live peaceful lives then" Roland said

"Yes... good. You will be richly rewarded, of course" King Edward said

"Hero Frank Castle. If you cannot use manna, I am afraid you might not be much use in this mission to kill the Demon Lord" King Edwards said

"I think he's right. You saw how ineffective we were without aura. Without your "ammo" I am afraid you won't be of much help in the mission. You saw what happened to Nerbie. Unless you can discover how to use it, you would be a hindrance on this mission" Roland said as he turned to pat Michael on his shoulder

Michael sighed. He wasn't of much use to the real heroes now, and he was weaker that a typical manna warrior, and much weaker than these heroes

And after what happened to Nerbie, the other heroes were reluctant to bring someone who they considered a burden.

But they didn't give up on him just yet. At least everyone tried to help him, as he had proven that he was very capable as a human warrior.

After all, he was a summoned hero like the rest. If he could activate it, he could be a great help

The problem is, unlike the others, he never used such a concept of manna, chi or whatever.

Temujin told him to meditate and focus the energy in his "dantian", a organ that supposedly existed below one's navel. Michael wanted to believe him, but he knew such an organ did not exist. 

Achilles thought him a breathing technique which warms the body and radiates through every muscle, bone and sinew. But Michael felt nothing after trying for two days

Cuchulain tried to teach him how to get so enraged that he would get into a state of heightened madness, which Michael did not get at all

Roland thought him to focus his aura into his heart and spread it outwards through his body and into his sword, which sounded great but was mumbo jumbo to Michael. 

He tried them all to no avail as these people have probably mastered these techniques their whole lives. If anything, perhaps Michael could be said to lack faith in any of these methods. 

At the end, the heroes had to leave without him. There were too many attacks frequently by the demon forces and the King decreed that they should start the mission immediately

Rather than a big farewell that would give the Demon Lord a warning that a hero would be after his head, the King sent the four heroes under the cover of night, heading to the Demon Realm

Michael left the castle at the same time, to find his own path in the world. 

At least the King gave him a healing potion for his injuries and a small amount of gold. 

This was all he had to start his life anew in the Kingdom of Evalonia

This was his home now, wherever this is. It definitely wasn't Earth. 

Unbeknownst to Michael, the King let the word out that a Hero, with Michael's description was heading to the Demon Realm to kill the Demon King. He was the unwitting decoy, to take the attention away from the "real" heroes, to facilitate their better chance of success!

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Several days later, he was walking down a path, leaving the city and through the Greenwilde Forest, which covered thousands of square kilometers surrounding the city and the empire.

He was warned to stay on the established paths as there were dangerous creatures like griffins and manticores, unicorns and goblins living in the forest.  

He didn't know if he believed them, but he was going to be cautious anyway, living a new way in a new life. 

He had sold his clothes and his weapons and replaced them with normal clothes of this place

He wore a leather armor with a sword by his side and a dagger in his belt, as well as a crossbow on his back. He also carried a pouch in his belt to carry his money and a bag containing food. 

He didn't want to stay in the capital city of Edwardia because it was expensive, and his gold wouldn't last very long if he remained

There were many medium and small sized towns several kilometers away from Edwardia, so he decided to check them out. 

He had no plans or destination anyway, so he decided to take his time to explore and see what kind of life was available for him. 

Suddenly, he heard a scuffle up ahead, with a man screaming what sounded like his dying breath!

He withdrew his crossbow and armed it with a bolt, crouching as he ran quickly towards the sound

He saw an overturned carriage, with it's two horses dead and 8 goblins surrounding the carriage!

 Goblins stood around 5 feet tall, were as strong as an average man, but they were incredibly vicious and acted on pure malice and hatred. 

They wore only cloth lioncloths and carried daggers and swords that looked like they were looted from their previous kills. One of the goblins carried a club!

Two of them had killed a man, and was stabbing him in his face even though he was already dead!

Another 3 surrounded a man who was wounded and backed into the carriage, his right arm hanging loosely by his side as he swung a sword with his left trying to keep the goblins away

It was clear that he was right handed, as his left hand was awkward and looked like he couldn't really fight with it

A goblin surprised him by sneaking from the back and jumping on him from the overturned carriage, stabbing him in the neck from behind

"Aaah" he screamed in pain as the other 3 goblins pounced on him

Michael rushed in firing a bolt that pierced the skull of one goblin as he withdrew his sword in his right hand and a dagger with his left hand, slashing the body of another goblin, cutting it from the neck to the waist diagonally. 

But 2 other goblins stabbed the man ruthlessly before looking at the threat of Michael slashing at them. 

The other 4 goblins charged at him from his sides as Michael parried a blow from the goblin with the club and stabbed it with his dagger, as he quickly rolled to cause the other goblin to miss his sword slash from the side

He threw his dagger at the 4th goblin in mid roll, stabbing it in the face as he picked up another dagger from the earlier fallen goblin

As he got up, threw his sword at the goblin stabbing the man as he simultaneously armed his crossbow. 

The sword cut the goblin in twain as another bolt from his crossbow hit the other goblin stabbing the man between the eyes!

There were now 2 goblins left as he looked at the one that was slashing at him with it's sword with an overhead strike

Michael rushed it, moving too closely for the sword to hit and took it to the ground, slamming it into the hard earth and grabbing the sword from the winded goblin!

He rolled out of the way again as the other goblin stabbed at him, managing to stab it's goblin companion!

At the same time, Michael's sword strike lopped the goblin's head off!

Without stopping the movement of the sword, he smoothly stabbed the already dying goblin on the ground right in the neck, making sure that it was dead!

He retrieved his sword and dagger, as those used by the goblins were rusty and not well taken care of, before rushing to the man who was stabbed on the ground, to see if he could help

But he was already dying and on his last breath as he looked at Michael with pleading eyes. 

"Please.... they took... my daughter.... please save...." he said before he died with his eyes open.

He really didn't want to get further involved in this. 

He couldn't not help a fellow human being attacked by goblins, but to hunt for this man's daughter? 

"Damn!" Michael cursed as he started hunting for the trail of the goblins.