Chapter 4 The Children
Snore....snore
Shhhhhh or you will wake him up
Mhh this soup smells so good, hey why don't we eat some of it
'' mh....those voices? ''
No, we can't
'' Are those...children's voices? ''
While I was sleeping, I could sense several children's voices, but was sure they probably meant no harm to me. So, I slowly opened my eyes, only to find that my hands and feet were tied. I first tried to untie them but found out that it was a pretty good knot.
'' Hey, why does he have such a funny mask on? '' Suddenly one of the children asked
'' Mhh? Mask, what did he mean by that? '' I asked myself before Ruri answered me.
While you were sleeping, an unknown person put on this mask and the suit you are wearing right now. And please don't be stupid now and answer me out loud, you and I can also communicate mentally.
'' ahh, that's really convenient, but now back to the person, if you know where the mask came from, why didn't you wake me up when you saw that person? ''
You know I think you're confusing me with someone, just because I'm not a real person doesn't mean I don't want to sleep too. I am able to rewind time, that's how I was able to see this unknown person too.
'' Wait, rewind time, you can do that?! ''
Yes, but of course I can't just rewind time and change it, I can rewind 24 hours and only see what happened in those 24 hours. But right now, I think you better focus on those kids.
'' Good to know, so let's go for it. ''
I then used my super strength, and just ripped the rope apart before i stood up. I expected the kids to panic, but to my surprise they were still busy with my soup.
'' I said no, that would be wrong. '' said one of the children
'' mh, mh, but it smells so good, the man will surely understand. '' I whispered into the child's ear from behind.
'' mhhh...all right but just one- ''
Li-li-lina behind you said one of the children as she noticed me.
The girl turned around and I could see her questionable face turn into an anxious one. What I also noticed were her ears, they looked like those of a dog.
'' RUNNNNNN '' screamed the girl, before everyone fled like headless chickens.
"LET ME GO!
'' oops you're not going anywhere young lady. '' I said and grabbed the girl her shirt.
Then I saw the other children turn around as if they wanted to help the girl.
'' LINA NO, LET HER GO'' shouted one of the boys.
'' GO, RUN AWAY'' screamed Lina.
'' sigh, if you're going to eat something, don't eat it with your hands, here '' I said and gave hers one of my bowls along with a spoon
'' ...uh? ''
The kids all looked at me in confusion before I put Lina back down and re-ignited the wood my pot was on. I waited until it got hot again and poured Lina some in her bowl.
'' Now you can eat it, soups taste better warm so eat before it gets cold again. '' I said to her
But the children were still looking at me with wide open eyes, not knowing quite how to act. I then took a spoon and tasted Lina's soup to show the children that it is not poisonous or anything like that.
'' Look I'm still alive and I'm fine. ''
'' ......slurp. ''
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'' Li-lina? " Asked another girl anxiously.
'' DELICIOUS this is the tastiest soup I have ever eaten. '' yelled Lina
'' uh is...it re-really that yummy Lina? '' asked a boy I didn't even notice at first.
But not only that of the 5 children I saw suddenly became 10, They all hid probably behind the trees and were not as brave as the other 5.
'' haha come I have enough for all. ''
I said and took out 5 soup bowls from my inventory.
EHHHH Mister how did you just do that?
'' mhh ah that i simply took it out of my iven-
you fucking idiot shin you can't just say that to them I said to myself
'' Ah-haha let's just say this is a secret and come on now or are you not hungry? '' I asked the children
And so, one by one they came to me and took a bowl until the last boy finally dared to take a bowl. I poured them all some soup in their bowls and they began to eat as if they were starving.
'' Hey, Ruri, are those beastmen you were talking about? I thought this area belonged to humans, so what are beast men doing here?''
Yes, that's right these are beastmen, I don't know anything for sure myself but if I had to guess I would say they probably come from a village not far from here.
'' I could have guessed that myself, but that still doesn't answer my questions, why are they in the territory of the humans? ''
Oh, that's what you mean, look before the great war almost all the nation were sundering enemies, there were also wars among themselves. But after the war against the demons and after the alliance, all nations finally decided to put aside the hatchet among themselves. Especially the humans and beastmen had a very special relationship. The current king of the humans married a princess from the kingdom of the beastmen. This led to the two kingdoms basically becoming one big one, which allowed the two kingdoms to build villages in the respective kingdoms.
'' understand that's why- ''
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'' Um...excuse me mister, but who are you? '' Lina asked me suddenly
'' I am....Shun and am a simple wanderer, I am on my way to the city of Erdringen. But now to you, what are kids like you doing out here all alone? ''
'' So....that. ''
And so, I learned that the children came from a village not far away. They told me that their village was attacked by bad people last night. These evil people knocked on the village gate last night, claiming to be adventurers who were injured and needed help. The villagers thought nothing of it and let them in. When they realized that it was bandits, the parents of the children called them all together and took them out of the village before they were caught by bandits.
'' Were there a lot of bad people? ''
Yes, there were soooo many,'' said one of the girls.
'' Sigh, there were 25 or 30 bandits. '' said Lina
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'' hey mister is that a sword there, can you fight ? ''
'' yes, of course I can, when you are out here alone you have to know how to defend yourself. ''
'' then couldn't you send those bad people away and help our mom and dad? '' asked Mina
...
''Ok and where is your village? ''
'' Our village is not far away, we can show you the way with pleasure. '' said Lina, with hope written in her eyes.
'' Then I will ask these evil people if they can leave your village. '' I said, raising my mask so high that my smile could be seen.
'' HOURAA. ''
'' Really mister...you will help mom, dad and sister. '' The boy who is probably the shyest of them all asked me. ''
Seeing him, I went down on my knees and stroked his head.
'' I promise, but I can't save them without your help, so you have to show me which way to go. ''
'' Then let's go. ''
And so, we made our way to the village, meanwhile I opened my inventory and saw that just like Ruri said, my energy had replenished 100/100. On our way, the kids also told me that 2 of them got caught by the bandits who were after them and asked me if I couldn't save them too. Shortly after that I used my skill thread detector to anticipate ambushes and indeed, I could see 4 people ahead of me. I then told the kids to wait there for a moment and used my super speed to see if they were the bandits.
'' .... ''
But what I saw was not 4 bandits but 2, the other 2 were the children Lina was talking about. One of the two children, a boy, was lying on the ground while the other, a girl, was pressed against a tree. I saw her mouth moving and increased my hearing power to know what they were talking about.
'' YOU LITTLE FILTHY ANIMALS, TELL US FINALLY WHERE THE OTHERS HAVE GONE, COME ON. '' the man shouted, kicking the boy who was on the ground.
Sigh, forget it, they won't talk...ha-ha-ha just kill the bastard there and let's have fun with this girl here. Although she's still so small, she's already has pretty big tits. Said the man who pressed the girl against the tree with a dirty grin.
'' AH-GH-HA''
'' NO, PLEASE LEAVE HER ALONE. '' shouted the boy who was lying on the ground.
'' SHUT THE FUCK UP DIRTY FREAK '' yelled the man and was about to stomp on the boy's head.
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'' Hey, who are you?" one of the two asked me when he saw me approaching them.
... I could kill the two with my sword, but that would, I think, disturb the two there and the other children seeing 2 torsos without limbs. I guess I used that than i said and approached the two. Thereupon the bandit who had his foot on the boy drew his sword and approached me.
'' Want to play the hero, huh? HAHAH FUCK OFF OR WE'LL KILL YOU '' the bandit shouted ''.
'' hahah wait let's just cut his dick off and watch him bleed to death. '' said the other
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'' tch, DID YOU NOT HEAR ME- '' shouted the bandit who was now standing in front of me before I put my hand on his chest
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'' Instant death. ''
...
'' mhh? Hey, what's going on? ''
So that was it, I just killed a human being right now....no not a human being...a piece of shit that's all that thing was. I said and walked past the bandit until he fell forward on the ground.
'' HEY. WHAT'S THE MATTER HEY COME, GET UP, tsh what did you do. ''
'' .... ''
'' ANSWER ME ASSHOLE '' the bandit yelled before he drew his dagger and ran towards me as well.
'' HAAAAA STIRB '' he shouted and swung his dagger diagonally from bottom to top
Due to time slowing down again, I dodged the sword by leaning back and placed my hand on his chest.
'' Instant death. ''
HIT
The bandit also fell to the ground, I then took both dead bodies and pulled them to a tree before going to the two children. I looked at them and saw that both of them were injured, especially the boy who had deep wounds.
'' Hey, are you two, okay? '' I asked them before I could hear loud screams behind me. ''
'' LINA- LINA '' screamed the girl who was pressed against the tree before running to Lina crying.
'' LINA- LINA. '' she said crying while Lina comforted her.
I thought I told you to wait for me? I said to the others who were also there now.
'' ...yes you did....but... '' said one of the young ones
'' No but, I didn't tell you that as a joke... ok that's not so important now. '' I said and thought about what I should do about the wounds of that boy.
Just use Heal, that's one of the skills I could still give you, but my voice was probably gone for a moment in that moment.
''....well it's partly my fault too I guess I should have taken a closer look at the skills I have. ''
I opened my inventory and read the description of heal and found out that you just have to put your hand on your body and say heal.
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''Heal. ''
And as described, the boy's body glowed green, and his wounds disappeared. I did the same thing with the girl, while the children looked at me in surprise.
'' You're really incredible mister. '' said Lina with a smile
After I had healed the two and explained to the children that the bandits simply got tired and fell asleep, we set off again. We walked for quite a while until, thanks to my Threat detactor, I could feel people again, there were 68 people.
'' Then there were really 30 bandits. '' I said to myself before saying stop.
'' uhh? Is something mister, we are almost there. ''
'' That's exactly why I said stop, you're going to wait right here for me.... And really WAIT this time. ''
Once the kids all said yes to me, I set off on my own, while approaching 2 bandits who were probably standing guard at the village gate, I thought about what I should do. I could sneak in and kill the bandits one by one or...well I was never good at stealth video games I said and showed myself to the two bandits.
'' ah excuse me but no one is allowed in the village for now so we would ask you to leave. '' said one of them
'' .... ''
'' ah-ha-ha I don't think you heard us correctly please leave. '' said the other one, who then approached me.
'' .... ''
Just before the bandit stood in front of me, he drew his sword and ran towards me while the other drew a bow. Since I didn't know what the situation was in the village, I couldn't lose any time, so I used my super speed and surprised the bandit. After that I used super strength and hit the bandit with my right hand against the village gate.
BOOM
'' Now I understand what Ruri meant by weaker. '' because unlike the mobs, the bandit didn't explode, but was getting back up again in pain.
The other bandit tried to hit me with his arrow, but I dodged it before running to them. I decapitated one of them and cut the other one in half, after which the two dead bodies fell to the ground. Due to the bandit flying backwards, the gate opened slightly, so I went to the gate and opened it. Once inside, I saw it.
'' So, the two from earlier are not the only monsters.... ''
'' NO PLEASE STOP WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU. ''
The men and boys were all tied to the ground and guarded by several bandits. The women and girls were all naked in a row on all fours while a handful of bandits stood behind them also naked.
'' tsh, tsh, tch it's not about WHAT you did but WHAT NOT you filthy freaks. '' yelled one of the bandits who must have been the leader.
'' MAMA MAMA I'M SCARED. '' shouted one of the girls who was also naked and considering her size, I would estimate her to be 10 years old.
''It's going to be alright Mommy is here, it's going to be alright. '' said a woman who was next to the child.
'' Yes, don't worry everything will be fine the king's knights will be here soon to save us Numi. '' said another girl
'' huh what knights? '' I asked myself
'' NO PLEASE KILL US BUT LEAVE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN ALONE I BEG YOU. '' said one of the men in tears
'' ahh so you can go on fucking and beget more freaks like you right...huh? ''
To be honest, I had hoped that this would be a world where all creatures and animals love each other and the only thing that exists are mobs. A world where I can just be an adventure, do quest until I don't feel like it anymore and then maybe have a family.
'' HEY WHO ARE YOU! ''
And now I'm here and in front of me a picture like from the anime I just watched the other day what was it called redo? Redo of... oh whatever I said to myself while I was approaching the bandits...
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'' mhhh HEY THERE IS ONE MORE. '' suddenly one of the bandits shouted and pointed at a boy running out of the forest towards the women.
'' Le-LEAVE MOM, DAD AND SISTER ALONE. '' shouted the boy
I couldn't see who it was, but after I increased my vision, I saw that it was this shy boy.
'' To-Tomo? TOMO WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE. '' suddenly shouted a woman
So Tomo was his name I said before I saw him run into the arms of this woman.
'' HAHAH LOOK at that, a single freak, good thing you just came to us, saved us the trouble of looking for you. Now we don't have to worry about you passing on your dirty genes HEY GO KILL HIM. ''
So, one of the bandits went to Tomo while his father begged in vain for mercy.
'' HAAAA '' the bandit, now standing in front of Tomo, took out his sword before swinging it from above while shouting loudly
'' TOMO NO PLEASE DON'T TOMOOOOO '' screamed the father who saw the bandit about to impale Tomo with his sword.