Chapter 12-Life or Death? The Mysterious Baby Inside the Egg Appears Again
Now that the bandit was dead, John's plan to get information went down the drain , now they had to be quick in making a decision, the bandits inside the cabin must have surely noticed that something must be wrong outside.
John had something in mind, first escape as quickly as possible and call someone in the castle to deal with the situation, then enter the cabin launch a surprise attack and rescue the prisoners. In the first case it would not be possible, this is because since one of them is dead as soon as they discovered them they would not wait but, the Bandits would leave immediately, in the second case it would be very dangerous but they had a chance .
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Inside the cabin.
A while passed and the bandit that was sent still hadn't returned, the boss's brow was furrowed, he could feel something strange in the air.
— You three , let's take a look.
The three bandits obeyed and left the cabin, one was holding a sword and the other two each had a spear. The chief gathered the two prisoners, preparing himself for any moment, if an unforeseen event arose he would abandon his bandits and leave with the two women, after all for the chief honor was for idiots.
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John made his decision, they faced the bandits together, even though the two of them failed to win, they were still able to escape relying on their speed, Alex encountered them, but when John reported running away, he made a bad face, but in the end he still found out, Alex did not fear for his life, but the life of his young lord must be preserved no matter what .
John looked around, he knew that going into a fight where the opponents' strength was unknown, it was best to be able to count on the terrain at his disposal, this would be an advantage both in the fight and in the escape. It only took him a moment to familiarize himself with the terrain, he saw some old neighborhoods full of water that were everywhere, he could also see a bald tree, he was able to use his speed and agility to move between the neighborhoods, the tree and also use the alley of the other cabin to restrict his opponent's movement.
John asked Isa to hide in an empty barrel.
— Iza, you stay here and don't leave for anything. Unless I call you, you must not leave. They still don't know where you are, the only one who knew was dead.
Iza nodded, stepped into the barrel and said.
— John, Alex , be careful.
— Don't worry, we'll be careful. John spoke, and almost at the same time Alex spoke too.
— You don't need to worry.
The two hid behind the tree, Alex hiding with the stake, John picking up the old sword of the bandit who was lying dead, they left the bandit's corpse to be discovered at first sight.
John saw the cabin door open and three bandits came out of it, he tightly held the sword in his hand, his heart was beating faster and faster, he forced himself to calm down by taking a deep breath, he looked at Alex and saw the anxiety in his eyes, but there was no fear in them.
John fixed his eyes on the three bandits, they didn't look impressive at all, they just seemed a little stronger than the bandit he killed, the bandits saw the body of their companion lying on the ground, they approached, the bandit holding the sword bent down and felt his companion's pulse and came to the conclusion that he was dead, John heard him saying.
— He's dead, Chip will inform Chief Cancer and I will try to find who did this. If..
The bandit had his back turned to the tree, before the bandit finished his words, Alex with his stake firmly held jumped towards the bandit who was holding the sword, the bandit was crouched, Alex aimed at the bandit's head, he wanted to knock him down with just one blow, just like John did with the previous bandit. Alex didn't hold back anything, he used all his strength in this blow, the bandit felt a cold wind coming from behind, without thinking he raised his sword.
Beng .
The sound of metal clashing rang out. Alex hit the bandit's sword with the stake. Because he received the blow in a half- raised position, the bandit lost his balance and fell backwards, almost dropping his sword. The bandit's hand was numb, the stake was heavy. Alex saw his opportunity and was about to attack again, but the two bandits charged at him with their spears.
Alex blocked a spear with his stake and when the other spear was about to hit him he dodged it and jumped back away from the two, but they didn't want to give Alex room to breathe, they chased and shot again.
The bandit with the sword who was knocked down by Alex got up and tried to join his companions, when again he felt something behind him, he turned quickly and saw a sword coming towards his head, he jumped back. The downward blow with the sword that aimed at the bandit's head only slightly injured his left arm, a light and superficial cut on his shoulder.
— Who the hell are you?
The bandit asked, he couldn't understand why two children were aiming for his head, he had almost been killed twice today, the bandit was angry but, he was also cautious, he had felt the strength of the two children from the previous exchange, no matter the stake or the sword, both of them had strength compared to him, how is this possible? They are just children, how can they be so strong?
John saw that his surprise attack didn't work as it should, he felt discouraged, he tried again, using all his strength John launched two blows aimed at the neck and chest, but both were easily blocked, the bandit was more experienced using the sword compared to John, he saw the bandit smiling coldly.
— Hahaha hahaha , you children will meet your deaths. You must be the children of some nobles preparing for your first evolution, very well since you only have strength and no experience, it will be fitting for you to die in my hands today.
John felt a chill at the bandit's sinister laughter. A v-shaped sword flew towards John, he didn't try to block it, he just dodged to the left and the sword hit a barrel full of water, the bandit's sword got stuck, John saw his chance to take his opponent's life. John struck with the sword towards the bandit's head who struggled to remove his stuck sword, when the sword was about to hit the bandit's neck.
Beng
Jon 's sword hit another sword, he stepped back after the blow and saw another burly bandit, it wasn't any of the three.
— How come you can't deal with mere children.
The bandit chief spoke to his men.
— Boss, these kids are strong.
The bandits who were fighting Alex ran back to stand side by side with their comrades. Alex also stood next to John. The head bandit asked again, but this time to Alex and John.
— Who are you children?
John replied with a smile on his face, although it was four against two he was not worried, after the previous exchanges he could estimate the strength of the opponents.
— Who we are doesn't matter.
John pointed to the wooden cabin.
— I want them. If you give them to us I considered letting you live.
John was still scared, but he felt his adrenaline rising with tension, he was confident that he could take care of the four of them with Alex's help.
— Hahaha , hahahahahahahaha .
— Hahahahahahahaha
— Hahahahahahahaha
Four bursts of laughter sounded at the same time. The bandit leader spoke with a distorted smile on his face.
— You are good seeds, how about you become my servants and who knows, in the future you will be powerful mercenaries under my flag.
John found it a total joke, that he, the son of a lord, had become the servant of a mere mercenary, he pointed his sword and spoke coldly.
—Leave or die, you will not lead the wolf family while I am here. You are not qualified to become my servants, as I could be yours.
- Foolish, arrogant children. I only spoke to you to see if there was anyone else hiding, since there isn't, but no one is going to finish you off and get you out of here any time soon. I don't think I caught the little girl either, but they were satisfied with both of them.
John's heart sank, there was still someone hiding behind the scenes, his smile and confidence disappeared, with a look full of fear apparent on his face, he asked.
— Who are they? Who will be satisfied?
The boss's laughter became even more sinister and a murderous intent filled the air, he must have killed countless people to have such murderous intent. The boss spoke
— Scared now? Arrogant child, since you're going to die anyway, it doesn't matter, I'll tell you everything.
The boss laughed but a bit like a typical villain and spilled the beans.
— We are the right servants of the mercenaries, thick vein. They have two gold mercenaries.
Alex who had been silent the whole time until now finally spoke with a serious look.
— The thick-veined mercenaries were expelled from Novo Redondo. What are they doing here? And what do they want with this werewolf family?
The boss spoke as if he were talking to a corpse.
— Yes, this sector, but they have sent three representatives to deal with these wolves. The wolf family will be sent to the headquarters in Evans territory.
The boss continued his laughter. John looked at Alex and asked softly.
— What's with the thick-veined mercenaries?
Alex replied quietly.
— I'll explain later that we have to get rid of them as soon as possible. If we wait any longer, they'll send a primal being and it will be the end of us .
certainty .
John nodded, he then shouted.
— ISA , run, go help your family, we will take care of them.
Isa, who had been hiding in a barrel the whole time, heard John's words and got out of the barrel and started running towards the cabin. The bandit chief was startled, but when he saw that it was only the girl he had been waiting for, joy welled up in his heart. He quickly tried to run after the girl, but John stopped him by positioning himself in front of him.
— Where do you think you're going? Your opponent is me. John spoke.
- Child , I'm curious, what gives you so much confidence? If even before I joined the battle you couldn't beat my men. Now with me do you think you'd have any chance ?
John and Alex looked at each other and burst out laughing.
— You idiot, do you really think your gang of bandits are equals to us?
The boss and his thugs got into a fight, they clearly had the upper hand, they thought it was a trick, that's right he's bluffing, the boss thought. John continued speaking showing his disdain.
— At first I was worried that you, the boss, wouldn't come out, but now that you're here outside we can fight without worrying about hostages.
John acted like the villain and revealed his entire plan. He was worried about two things in particular. First, if the bandits were much stronger than the two of them, then they would use their speed to escape, so they hid Isa in the barrel, so she would be safe until they returned with reinforcements. Second, if they were similar in strength to the bandits, they had to put themselves in a disadvantageous position in order to lure out the person responsible.
John knew from the beginning that the boss would stay inside the cabin, in his past life he had seen countless bandit bosses use their subordinates to test the waters, if the opponent was weak the boss would appear and take care of the intruders personally, but if the intruder was strong the boss would use his subordinates to buy time so he could escape.
That was why John and Alex used all their strength but did not use their speed and agility, between them and the Bandits they practically had the same level, but because of the difference in race, the iron tails had the senses and innate strength above humans, this was apparent before evolution.
Alex and John had the upper hand, but they stalled until the boss showed up so Isa could go free her family while they defeated the bandits. John was scared and would run away if he wasn't able to handle the bandits, but since he was able to handle these scum he didn't hesitate to attack.
Although this takes a few lines to describe, in reality all of this only took a few moments. ISA had by this time reached the door and successfully entered the cabin. John looked at Alex beside him and spoke.
— Let's finish them off
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Alex smiled and said.
— Let's go.
So the two of them launched a joint attack.
John stayed with the chief and the bandit holding the sword, Alex stayed with the two bandits with spears, the fight resumed again. Now both Alex and John both used everything at their disposal, speed, strength and agility all their strengths were on display. John used his speed to dodge the swords and launched his counterattacks, Alex used his speed to dodge his opponents' attacks, he stayed behind the barrels to shorten the range of the spears so he could approach safely and counterattack.
John parried a sword blow from his opponent and stepped away.
- Where do you think you're going? The boss growled angrily.
After moving away for a while, John closed his eyes and vaguely remembered the mandatory body training from his past life. In Asia, their agents had their own martial arts for defense. Even though he was an agent in intelligence, John was still required to learn it to the basic level.
John opened his eyes just as two swords headed, one towards his neck and the other towards his abdomen.
Woxim
Woxim
With precise yet simple movements John dodged the two swords, the two bandits were stunned, until a moment ago John had not used any technique, he had only relied on his speed to escape the attacks, but now he dodged with such ease that they could not understand. The two attacked a few more times but the result was the same.
In Asia, the art of compound movement was mandatory for all agents and John was no exception. In his view, the bandits' movements were slow, he just needed to move at the right time to be able to dodge their attacks. The trick was in the moment of reaction, which is why he easily dodged the swords that aimed at his life.
The chief, furious at not being able to land a blow, threw his head back and disregarding his defense attacked with the sword towards John's heart. The sword was going towards the heart, but John did not move, he waited when there were only a few centimeters left to pierce his skin, then he moved his body gently to the right, the sword pierced the clothes, but there was no scratch on his skin.
crescent- shaped blow . Jon 's sword made a deep cut from his left shoulder, passed through his chest and only stopped when the sword reached his abdomen. When the other bandit tried to stop John's attack, it was too late. The other bandit's sword almost hit him, but John used his size to his advantage to dodge the attack.
Now John is fighting two wounded men, his advantage has grown even more after their movements have become less fluid as time goes by. John lures them both to the tree, that's where he hid his stake, he runs up to the stake and grabs it with his left hand, he then throws it with all his strength, the bandit chief was behind him he wasn't the target of the stake, the target was the other opponent who 's perfectly wounded in the shoulder.
The bandit saw the stake coming, he used his sword to defend himself, he was going to dodge but as it was coming very fast he preferred to use the sword to block the attack, big mistake John thought, he used all his speed at the exact moment the bandit defended himself from the stake a sword passed through his neck.
Swim
John was so fast that he cut in and stopped behind the bandit.
The bandit turned to look straight at John's back before taking any steps, he grabbed his neck and as if someone had opened a faucet, coagulated blood leaked from the wound, he knelt down and dropped his sword, he sought to cover the wound with both hands, a look of disbelief was on his face
eyes .
To roast
The bandit fell to the ground dead. The chief saw this and tried to run away with all his might, he tried to run, he knew he was no match for the child in front of him. John saw the bandit running, but he did not chase him, he bent down and picked up the sword of his dead opponent and threw it with all his strength, the sword flew and pierced the chief's neck.
Croft
The sword entered from behind and got stuck in his neck, the bandit fell to the ground dead.
Yes, the mournful sigh came out of John, brokenness and remorse.
John was feeling remorse for himself, he had just killed people, he was psychologically depressed, he knew it was kill or be killed, but still, he was feeling bad, he didn't know why he was feeling this way, he had killed before in his past life. He came to the conclusion that it was because of the blood that was gushing from the bodies, in his past life he just pointed and pulled the trigger.
Lex also handled her opponents well, when John saw Alex's opponents dead on the ground he sighed and tried to compose himself, but when he saw Alex John transmitted, this was because Alex was vomiting his face was pale and tears were streaming down his face, John laughed but it didn't bother him for Alex it was his first time.
This world is cruel, here children learn to kill before they even lose their virginity, John felt sorry for him and Alex, although he lost his virginity in his past life this body is still virgin.
After a while Alex calmed down, they wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible. Even before going to see Iza and her family.
Pa pa shovel shovel
Pa pa shovel shovel shovel shovel shovel
Applause echoed, John and Alexam looked around but they couldn't identify where the applause was coming from. Suddenly, beyond the applause, footsteps sounded.
A bandit appeared in front of the two Alex and John, the bandit stopped applauding, looked coldly and asked.
— Did you kill my servants?
With just these words, both Alex and John felt a chill, their hearts started beating faster, sweat dripped down their faces, they trembled with fear, it wasn't cowardice, it was instinctive, it was due to their life status.
The bandit in front of them is an evolved being, a level 2 primary being. John and Alex are normal in front of someone like that, they feel like ants in front of an elephant.
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Not sea of the soul.
In John's soul a calm sea expanded everywhere, a clear sea with waters reflecting the blue sky, there was no sense of direction in this sea, the blue sky was even stranger, there was no sun but it was as if there was. Above the waters a giant egg was floating, looking inside could be seen a baby with closed eyes.
As John's emotions turned into pure instinctive fear, the eyes of the baby inside the egg opened, strangely the baby could see all the surroundings of John's body, but unlike everyone else who could see the colorful world, the baby could only see three colors white, black and gray.
Continued....
In the next chapter Alex and John dancing with death
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