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*Clack*
‘Crap.’ Silas narrowed his eyes as a man wearing a black trenchcoat dropped in front of him, his eyes drilling hole into Silas as he analyzed everything about the boy before him.
“Hey kid. Are you lost?” He smiled warmly, but of course, Silas didn’t trust him.
He’s had enough experience with people who wanted to kill him before. The problem with their plans was the fact that they couldn’t hide their desires from reaching their facial expressions.
The man before him was middle-aged. He was around 40 to 50 years old. He had a black and grey beard and hair. His entire look screamed “retired military,” and his one blind eye only added to that feeling.
He was drenched in rainwater the same way everyone else was. Though, he did also have a few leaves on his coat that told Silas that they probably came out of the forest.
As his trenchcoat billowed behind him as it flapped like the wings of a crow.
“And you are?” Silas asked with narrowed eyes. He could tell that the man before his was powerful. His shoulders were rolled back, his chest was puffed out, and his arms were behind his back. He clearly didn’t see Silas as a threat. Otherwise, he would have actually had a weapon.
Or maybe he was a martial artist too? If he was, then…
“Just a passerby. I happened to stumble upon this town. I can help you if you want. Me, you, your sister… We can be a team. We can help your daddy and mommy out. So how about it?”
“…”
‘YES! HE THINKS I’M A CHILD!’ Silas inwardly screamed out in happiness.
“You will?” Silas looked at the man with a semblance of hope.
“Yes. Just give me your sister. Just be hard to carry someone around the entire time, right?” The man smiled and extended his hand toward Silas. However, beyond his smile, Silas saw the glint of mischief in his eyes.
‘Does he want to sell her like those bastards from before? Or maybe… Maybe there’s more to it.’ Silas narrowed his eyes before replying.
“No!”
His tone was childish. Silas wanted to make the man know that he didn’t trust him without having to say it upfront.
“It’s okay. I wont hurt you two. I am here to help. You know what? How about I save your daddy? He’s out there fighting someone really strong.”
“You can help my daddy?” Silas asked with a complicated yet childish expression.
“Yes. Of course, I can. I’m super strong.” He grinned while touching his bicep and flexing it.
‘Ah… I see now…’
Why didn’t he take Syra by force? Why didn’t he immediately attack them the moment he saw them?
The reason…
They weren’t after the town. No, none of this was about the town.
This man was after them, or he was after children. But it made more sense for him to be after them.
Why would he stop just for them? He was one of the bandits, and he was clearly one of the strongest.
‘He wants us to feel safe around him and to feel like we owe him. He keeps talking about my father. Maybe he knows Lochras is my father? If he does, then it means that they came here for me and Syra.
The priest was a little weird today too. Did the priest put him up to this? Why would they send so many powerful individuals to retrieve two kids… Well, it doesn’t matter right now. How do I get Syra to safety?’ Silas was in a dilemma.
Maybe the safest method was to accept this man and act like he trusted him? That would work, right? It’s not like the man is here to hurt them. There’s a chance they might get sold as slaves, though.
Sure, Silas didn’t know much about the slave market, but all he needed to know what that it existed and that it was banned in the kingdom.
*Bang*
However, before Silas could make the decision, he felt a sense of danger trickle into his spine. Without thinking twice, Silas dropped down to the street while the man before him looked to his right and extended his hand toward the incoming attack.
*BOOM*
‘Thank f*cking god.’ Silas sighed in relief while coursing wind fusion through his body to its maximum output.
Within an instant, Silas was speeding through the streets and alleyways, his body turning into a blur. Within a few seconds, he had halved the distance between his encounter and the town’s square, but…
“You’re a lot faster than I was told.” The man’s voice entered Silas’ ear, causing every hair behind his neck to stand up in fear.
‘Sh*t.’ Silas looked up to see a man shooting through and past him in the blink of an eye.
However, before Silas could create a spell to possibly hold the man off for a little longer, a pillar made of earth tore through the air and slammed into the man with so much speed, power, and weight that he was flung to the other side of the town, slamming into the wall and smashing through through it.
‘I’m really hoping I know who that is.’ Silas thought before using fire fusion, channeling it to his legs before blasting into the air at breakneck speeds.
Silas had made sure his trajectory led him straight toward the church that he could see all the way from where he was due to it being the tallest building in the town.
However, before he could land-
*Clap*
It was loud. No, that would be an understatement.
It was deafening. It was beyond deafening. Silas was pretty sure he had ripped an eardrum or two due to it.
His sister also seemed to have stirred awake due to the sound, and from her screaming, he assumed that she was also feeling the same pain as him.
Of course, he could barely hear her scream over the deafening ring that was ripping through his mind, but that was the least of his problems.
At least his ears and Syra’s could be healed. Hell, Silas’ ears were healing at that very second.
Yet, other things took much longer to heal.
Looking down, Silas’ eyes widened in horror as his eyes stared upon the flattened terrain that spanned out in a straight line reaching the other and of the town.
The line was quite thick. 7-meters-thick to be exact.
All of it has disappeared in less than a second.
He was a monster…
And that monster wanted him.
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