"Where did this brat come fro-"
*Slap*
"Call me a brat one more time... I dare you!"
*Grrr*
"Sit you mutt!"
*Whine* *Yowl*
The people standing on the walls and inside the Archer-Towers saw everything that happened and gawked from shock when the kid disappeared then reappeared next to Chief Chadrion and delivered a tight slap on his son's face which threw him off his Dire Wolf!
Afterwards when the Beast attempted to intimidate the boy by exposing its fangs he disappeared again then reappeared behind it and kicked it right in the nuts which made it fall on its belly then twist and turn from the excruciating pain.
The chaos which ensued after he appeared was starting to calm when the unit of Heavy-Cavalry finally calmed their War Horses but the group of women had it better since they didn't have any Beasts to control, however... they couldn't believe what they were seeing at all.
The amount of guts and unbelievable courage needed to do that right under the eyes of not only them but also the father himself who stood less than 2 meters from his son when it all happened.
"Who are you? Why did you attack Kanderion?" Chief Chadrion warily asked while standing in front of his son protectively, seconds earlier he reacted quickly and caught his oldest son before his head hit the ground.
Even now Kanderion is still unconscious from that slap which he received earlier and that side of his face is starting to swell.
'He knocked him out cold with a single slap! This kid is way stronger than he looks, I've been teaching Kanderion to fight and wrestle since he was four years old... I never went easy on him on training and I've put him through hell the past three years, my son isn't weak by any means. The element of surprise and this boy's strength had him beat.' Chadrion thought while watching his men and their Dire Wolves encircle the kid which carelessly looked around him and just sneered.
Aaron retrieved his Sapphire Staff and opened his mouth to say : "You lot better listen well because I hate having to repeat myself! I'm known by the people of this Pine-Breeze Village as young master Ron but that's not important.
"What's important is that you took something which doesn't belong to you.
"What makes it even funny is that you didn't take it and just run away like you were supposed to do if you want to keep your lives.
"You lot dared come here and show your faces to me afterwards while thinking I'm some pushover which you can extort for some more.
"Big... Big mistake there you idiots!
"I'll chase you, your loved ones, and the ones who hates you to the end of time if I have to just to get what's mine.
"The choice is yours, either pay the price in Gold or in Blood.
"If you feel like testing me then... I'm standing right here.
"Come at me if you dare, I don't care if you bring it all-together... I'm confident that I'm the one getting on top in the end." Afterwards Aaron activated Flame Orb and just waited for somebody or some Dire Wolf to do anything stupid.
"Ugh... W-what's going on? W-what happened? Ouch! Who did that to my face? Fang! What happened to you? Why are you acting so timid?" The tense atmosphere in the center of the Wolf-Gang Bandits suddenly eased up when Chief Chadrion's son Kanderion woke up.
In the beginning he was groggy and his feet were unsteady with a blurry vision while asking the people around him but all of them gave him sympathetic looks, it confused him but he ignored the whole thing once he noticed his brown Dire Wolf crouching behind him and nuzzling him as if it's seeking his affection!
Aaron rolled his eyes once the attention shifted from him to this annoying young man, he released the Flame Orbs to the sky and three seconds later they exploded 200 meters or so in the sky.
*Boom*
*Neigh*
*Woof*
Almost every pair of eyes in this area followed the Flame Orbs all the way up until they exploded and the Beasts once again became agitated when the shock-wave washed over the place, even the soldiers on the eastern-walls could feel it swaying back and forth while creaking loudly as if it'll snap!
The kid on the other hand used this opportunity to toss a Pill in his mouth then quickly drink a Potion followed by an Elixir.
Agility Pill Effect Agility-Attribute +50 for a duration of 10 Minutes Maximum Number 100 each per Inventory slot Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Description Enhances your overall Speed Notes None
The Potion he drank on the other hand was a bit similar to the Extreme Blue and the Extreme Red Potions.
Extreme Green Potion Effect Stamina +100 for 30 Minutes Maximum Number 100 each per Inventory slot Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Description A Green Potion made out of Tree Sap Notes None
The Elixir he took in the end wasn't supposed to be for himself since his Magician-Class just isn't suited for it.
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Warrior Elixir Effect Strength-Attribute +70, Vitality-Attribute +50 Maximum Number 100 each per Inventory slot Tradability Tradeable Refunded For 1 Gold Description A special Elixir for Warriors to go Berserk in battle Notes None
"Hey," Aaron walked towards the group of Bandits standing between him and the location in the center between the three groups, "My patience is limited here! Are we going to fight or not?" The members of the Wolf-Gang and their Dire Wolves didn't dare stand in his way after hesitating for a short while and the kid looked towards the old general and his disciplined army before looking towards the tall Axe woman.
Marshal Cesar shifted his serious gaze from the arrogant yet mysterious and extremely formidable boy and looked up at Peter and found him smiling back at him as if to say : "See! I told you to back off and save yourself and your men from facing this humiliating embarrassment plus not getting yourselves in this troublesome issues early on, but you didn't listen... did you?"
"Hey Sen," The kid shouted and looked towards the person standing next to the Chief on the walls, "How much exactly do these fools owe me?" He asked while tilting his head to the side which made him look like some street hoodlum.
The man didn't expect the boy to drag him into the spotlight all of a sudden and didn't like that all eyes were glued to him, once he speaks then it means he's admitting that all three Bandit Leaders are in fact fools which is a direct insult to them!
But if he choose to keep his silence and not say anything... Then he'd be insulting this little devil instead which is something he wouldn't dare do.
Simply because that would be like saying : "Bro, I played you in the palm of my hand and got you here... Now deal with this mess by yourself because I've got nothing to with that shit anymore!"
"Uh... Let's see," The scholarly-looking man paused before continuing to say : "The first load of Mice meat we sent was the smallest and the second one we sent was about double that amount so... my men should've sold the whole shipments for 150,000 Gold Coins."
Aaron rolled his eyes while thinking : 'I'm not letting you wiggle yourself out of this you sly bastard.' And Said : "You better point at every one of them and state the numbers, and tell me about the bones and the fur too."
*Sigh*
Chief Peter shook his head once he heard the kid and understood that his son played his cards wrong from the very beginning because instead of truly distributing the Mice meat within the surrounding markets, Sen asked his men to split into three and concentrate the selling of the Mice meat within Blue-Flower Village which is the Headquarters of Phyllia's Axe-Gang Bandits, Black-Fog Village which is the Headquarters of Chadrion's Wolf-Gang Bandits, and Rotten-Swamp Village which is the Headquarters of Cesar's Head-Reapers Army!
"Well... we kept most of the bones and fur to ourselves since we're going to need it in the days to come, of course we already paid the majority of our dept a-"
"Less nonsense, I don't have all day to watch you dance in circles! This is going to be my last and final warning to you... Teacher Sen." Aaron cut him off with a glare before turning his back to the scholarly-looking man and look at the three Bandit Leaders which started to retreat slowly while moving closer to one another.
The kid just watched them and smiled before crossing his arms.
Meanwhile Sen was listing the numbers and the total amount is around a quarter of a million.
Chadrion and Phyllia each owe the boy 75k while Cesar owes him about a whopping 100K!
"Do you guys have anything to say to me?" Aaron asked.
This time Phyllia and Chadrion both looked towards Marshal Cesar and the old man rolled his eyes at them while thinking : 'These bastards are pushing me to the front with all due respect when the heat is getting too much for them to endure on their own, but when everything is nice and cozy... they just act like I don't exist at all. As expected of bandits, the only thing they truly know is to flee once they meet an enemy which they couldn't fleece!'
*Ehm*
Cesar tugged at the reins of his War Horse to move forward after clearing his throat, "We did take your money." He said.
The kid nodded and replied : "I know!"
"Marshal," One of the members of the Heavy-Cavalry unit called while tugging at his War Horse to follow, "Please allow me to teach him a lesson for disrespecting you!"
The old man almost fell face forward from his War Horse once his First-Lieutenant made that silly request while thinking : 'This fellow is so dull, this isn't the time or place to implement strict military punishment on a civilian for disrespecting his superiors! Didn't you hear the brat calling us all sorts of names earlier? Where the fuck were you when it all happened? You moron better get back in line before things get out of hand here!'
"Stand down Carson!" Marshal Cesar strictly ordered.
"As you command." His First-Lieutenant dropped the visor of his Helmet back to cover his face and led his War Horse back after glaring at the impudent boy one final time.
"Sorry about that young master Ron," Cesar gave a genial grandfatherly smile when the kid gave him a "Meh" reaction as if he doesn't even care about what just happened, "My Village is going through some financial issues right now you see, it's going to be impossible for us to give the money back since we need to fortify our defenses and take care of some issues since our provisions are lacking and winter is fast approaching."
Aaron gawked from shock once he saw this old fellow acting like a beggar and playing this old and antiquated sympathy card on him while thinking : 'Is he really trying to brand me as a heartless villain after stealing my money? Bastards! This Cesar guy is so shameless and sly, my stomach is twisting from disgust at the sight of him approachable-smile.'
"I see," The kid squinted his eyes before adding : "I don't mind lending you guys that money but you need to pass my test first, choose someone to fight me and whoever wins gets to keep and use the Gold Coins however they like and only pay me next Spring."
"General, choose me." Carson shouted immediately once he heard the condition the kid set for Cesar.
"I'm representing our Wolf-Gang." Kanderion who got to hear what really happened to him was more than excited since a chance for revenge represented itself to him.
"I'm in." A woman from Phyllia's group moved forwards and crossed a pair of Axes in front of her chest while smiling charmingly at the boy.
"Be careful Tess, this boy is bad news for all of us here not just yourself." Phyllia warned sternly.
Tess nodded understandingly before answering : "I know, he's so handsome and charismatic!"
*Tsk*
"Go die you child-loving idiot." The tall woman slapped her best-friend's butt then ignored her completely.
Marshal Cesar nodded to agree in letting Carson fight before looking towards Aaron and saying : "Let's make this a hand-to-hand contest to avoid casualties, no Weapons, Horses, or Wolves allowed."
Aaron smirked and retorted : "Yeah, that puts me at a clear advantage." While thinking : 'This bastard is too damn shameless, I'm certainly going to teach you fuckers a valuable lesson. You think that I'm that easy to bully? Alright then... I'm going to bully you all to the afterlife today, I'll make a spectacle of you all in front of the people of the Village, I'll make this memory last for eternity!'