Leon slowly went to the bathroom, deep in his thoughts and knowing he was being followed.
'I hope Sophie is doing okay... I kinda miss her... she's probably on her way to the Military Academy .' (Leon)
'Those guys are strange, especially the blonde guy and the hooded guy. The other men are average, not all that strong. They can be easily beaten.'
Leon thought as he entered the bathroom. a few minutes later, Leon exited the bathroom, planning to return to his seat... When he stepped out into the corridor and closed the door. Once turning around, he saw a scary-looking red-haired guy bracing against the wall. And standing behind him was his friend who was standing nervously.
The scary-looking guy had red messy hair and hazel-colored narrowed eyes. To anyone else, he looked like a troublemaker. He was wearing the same navy blue blazer, that represents the Military Academy. But his blazer was unbuttoned, revealing his white wrinkled shirt.
'Hmm. His name tag and badge aren't showing... It's kinda hard to identify him.' (Leon)
the other guy, his friend had much softer features, that matched his face. He had black hair with brown eyes, and wearing his Military Academy uniform neatly. But the thing that stood out to Leon was the boy's three stars on his badge.
'He has three stars? Sophie has a four-star count. In the academy, It's quite rare for a student to have more than three stars; The average student in the academy averages from 2-3 stars. How come these two don't have the same amount?' (Leon)
Leon tried to ignore the guys, but it was too interesting for him not to find out what happened.
He stopped and stared at the red-haired guy, smiling smugly. 'Hopefully, I don't get beat up...'
"So, you're just joining the academy too, huh? And you only got one star, that's weak!" The boy said to Leon. Teasing him.
"You can hand over your fee now, hehe!"
"A fee? I don't have any cash on me, so if that's all, I'm going back to my seat." Leon said.
"Why you....!"
He clenched his fist ready to fight, but his friend held him back, not allowing him to do anything stupid. He wasn't going to hit him, it was just a ploy to get Leon's money without using violence. But his friend misunderstood something.
The red-haired boy growled at Leon...
Leon walked away confidently no care in the world back to his seat. Listening to the boys behind him talk.
"Just calm down and relax, Samuel. Don't let him get to your head, he's only playing around with you." The boy said to Samuel, calming him down.
"Yeah, you're probably right."
Samuel and his friend returned to their seat. Leon was already there, enjoying the view from outside and drinking a cup of juice. Seeing that made Samuel's blood boil.
They sat down and the person who was serving the meals came up the their table, pushing a push tray.
"Excuse me, what do you want to eat?"
'About time...' (Leon)
A burst of evil laughter sounded in the train getting everyone's attention. At that moment, a couple of masked individuals stood up from the passengers holding guns and swords. To some, it was four bandits, while to others, they were plentiful.
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"Everybody, put your heads on the tables in front you you! I will urge you to give up your valuables if you don't want to get hurt!" The bandit leader said in a calm but threatening way.
"Please don't hurt me! I have a child!" (Lady)
"Now, you better do as I say, or this woman gets a bullet to her head!" The man threatened as he grabbed a woman.
In fear, and didn't want the lady to die everyone began to throw their valuables in a bag, carried by one of the bandits. Such as their expensive watches, necklaces,s and special items. Hearing panicking from one of the carts, the conductor of the train sent some Imperial guards, who were on the train to check out what was the problem.
"Go check out what's the matter with cart seven. Something isn't right."
"Yes sir!"
The Imperial guards rushed to the cart, trying not to cause the rest of the passengers to panic. When they arrived, they pointed their guns at the masked man.
He smiled evilly and gestured to the woman. Implying that he's got a hostage.
"Drop your guns, soldiers. You don't want a civilian to die."
The soldiers slowly dropped their guns and dropped down onto the floor, fearing that they might harm the civilians by trying to stop the masked men.
"Make your demands! What do you want in exchange for releasing the hostages? Is it free passage, or something else?" One of the Imperial soldiers asked. But the masked men didn't pay attention to him.
Samuel feeling helpless and useless, he grind his teeth clenched his fist, and punched them together. Causing flames to appear, engulfing his fist.
"You will never get away with this! I Samuel promise you that!" Samuel swore as he lunged at one of the men, knocking some out.
He turned his attention to another one holding an AK-47. The man fired the gun a few times, missing all his shots. Samuel, seizing the opportunity jumped and hit him with an uppercut.... Therefore, the rest of the men, sensing that their plans had gone wrong started firing at Samuel disorderly, shooting all over the place.
Luckily for everyone else, the bullets didn't hit them, the men were amateurs probably a bunch of random men. Samuel's friend protected everybody with his [Shield] skill.
Seizing the opportunity once more, he knocked out the rest of the bandits, leaving the leader to be the last man standing. The Masked man threw the woman back in her seat. Throwing away his Pistol. And drawing a sword, and lunges at Samuel.
Samuel was in the right spot for him to use his special sword skill, but his sword was blocked by Leon.
"What the... How did you cancel my skill? Who are you- no what are you?" The man asked in confusion. Nobody hadn't canceled his skill before.
'Wow, did I just block the sword of an adult who is probably on the same level as Brandon or Father?' Leon had to ask himself that question because he was caught off guard by how weak the man's strike was.
"What the... You'll pay for humiliating in such a way!" The man growled.
"Huh... your sword skill needs to be refined. You can't go around with a sword without knowing how to properly use one." Leon said trying to caution the man. "Allow me to teach you how to use a sword properly."
Before the man knew it, the young boy in the Military Academy's uniform had already lunged at him. He barely saw him and couldn't get the chance to block it and was easily defeated by a random student of the Military Academy. He didn't even know if the boy was a student who was enrolled or not.
The man was laid out on the ground as he was tied up along with the other bandits by the soldiers. Leon was left standing there in disbelief that the man was defeated so easily without him putting in enough effort.
"haa haa..."
'I can't believe that he was so weak...' (Leon)
As Leon looked around, he saw the faces of the other passengers and the smiles that they were showing. They thanked the gods of that world and Leon for saving them from being robbed. They then began to collect the items that were stolen from them.
The train continued driving on the rail tracks, until the train arrived at a small city just outside of the Zulanian province, surrounded by mountains and a fort. The train usually stops at this city to deliver foodstuffs to the smaller villages, towns, and settlements in the region.
The city of Leone is a small city-state outside of the Zulanian province. It was a trading hotspot for merchants to trade their goods. This city is one of the wealthiest cities in the empire, third behind Zulanian province and Celestia. It is also known as "The Gateway to East".
After the train stopped the Leone Police Department was already on the scene, at the station. It was very convenient to have the police at the station. The men were taken in by the police and everyone in the cart had to make a statement on what happened.
Samuel his friend Leon booked a hotel for the night, because of something to do with the train. Leon went up to the balcony, he saw the hooded man just chilling on the balcony.
Leon didn't bother him, but he sat down on a bench and got lost in his thoughts.
"Hmmph. That's Leon for ya. No care in the world."
'I hope tomorrow the trip will be smooth. I kinda miss Sophie..... Hopefully, her dream to reunite with her friend come true.' (Leon)