The Winston family domain's border was adorned with mother nature's wonders such as rivers, waterfalls, ocean of trees, and grasslands. Until the Winston family's young generation, they were a small noble house under Duke Marvin except now they had become one of the powerful and influential noble families in Pen Town.
Unlike Kingdom Bredia divided into four baronies, Kingdom Kethen was divided into four duchies: Rosegate, Pen Town, Flamefair, and Icefair.
The main reason for the Winston family's ascension to power was the engagement between Noah and Alicia whose family was the most powerful family, in Icefair. The two families allied together against one of the oldest and influential families, House of Bellwatch in Pen Town to destroy them overnight.
House Bellwatch tried to engage Alicia into their family, but Noah ruined their plan, resulting in a full-scale war between the two families. In the end, they were wiped out and their properties were seized by the Winston family which made them rise in power quickly.
The young generation of the Winston family was extremely talented, especially House Head Lord Angus's children. The Eldest daughter, Rowena became the holy maiden of Sky hall, the second one, Noah got into Guardian guild and the last Sabrina became the youngest disciple of Holy Trident Academy in Kingdom Dradel.
At the border of Pen town and Flamefair was divided by Maple Forest, a beauty beyond words. The forest was full of red yellow and white maple trees. The forest was calm, their colors were depleted by the winter and painted with white.
At the moment, a group of riders was galloping through the snow disturbing the silent forest. The leading rider of the group was a young girl in her late teens. Her golden hair danced around her shoulder while her hazel eyes contained a hint of anger and resolution. She was neither too fair nor too dark but she had nicely tanned skin along with the perfect structure.
Her one hand was on the reins while the other was on the sheath hanging on her slender waist. It was adorned with little blue flowers, the iconic blue jasmines of Holy Trident Academy.
She stopped her horse in the middle of the forest staring at her surroundings. In her eyes, there was nothing but snow-covered trees but the usual silence of the forest had become unsettling.
"Young Miss, why did we stop?" Despite Samuel's strong opposition, Sabrina only brought five Body Strengthening stage warriors. She thought a large group of warriors would spook the bandits into hiding.
"I know you're there" Sabrina didn't answer the guard but spoke while aiming her sword at a frozen maple tree thirty meters in front of them.
"No point in hiding, I can sense your presence" the five guards behind Sabrina became agitated as they quickly retrieved their weapons to protect the Young Miss.
"Well well well, I'm surprised" A figure wearing full white robes to blend with the snow stepped aside from the tree Sabrina was aiming her sword.
"Even though I was using a concealment spell to hide my presence, you still found me," the man in white said.
"No spell can hide your presence completely, you should have known this if you went to a school or an academy instead of becoming a bandit" seeing the man was only at the level 2 Body Strengthening stage, the guards behind Sabrina loosened up their bodies a bit. They knew that their young miss could take anyone under Body Strengthening stage level 4 regardless of her cultivation level. She was just a Body Refining level 6 warrior yet the spells she possessed and the training she got from the Holy Trident Academy made her a formidable warrior.
"Where's the rest of your group? If you surrender without resisting, you won't be sentenced to death" Sabrina said as the man shook his head, still smiling.
"What about you and I duel? if you win, I and my men will surrender"
The man said.
"Young Miss, something's not right, we should arrest him and head back to the manor"
"Don't worry Visir, I'll make this duel a quick one" Sabrina waved her hand at Visir, one of the senior guards of the Winston family.
"But if you'll lose, how about make me and my men the protectors of the Maple forest. We like this place"
"I accept, shall we start?" Sabrina asked, jumping down from her horse.
"Miss, please ask your men to put away their weapons, I fear they might interfere if I gain the upper hand in our duel," the man said looking at Sabrina's men.
"Shut up you lowly thief, you can't-"
"Tell your men to put away their weapons, Visir"
"Young Miss, please-"
"It's an order, Visir"
Visir was shut by Sabrina before he could advise her against putting their weapons away because if they were ambushed, mere seconds of drawing their weapons back might cost their lives.
However, they couldn't do anything against their Young Miss's order.
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