-Hey! You! - Kain shouted to get the attention of the guards.
Only two of them turned to see who wanted to bother them, one of them was the one who caressed the face of the woman, who was still trembling with fear. Kain went straight to that man until he was punched by a punch that made him rise from the ground to fall on a wagon full of straw. His mouth was dripping blood as well as his head from the impact. The man fell unconscious to the seconds.
The rest of the guards looked at their partner even in shock at what had just happened. No man was as strong as for a blow of that magnitude. And they weren't so drunk as to imagine that. What kind of beast was it? But soon they regained consciousness and looked directly at Kain.
Even he was still surprised at what he had done. Throughout his life, he and his brother had tried not to attract attention as Grandpa had told them since childhood. And now, he had just used his strength is nothing less than a guard and in front of eleven more. Had he lost his reason? and over by a woman who wore weird.
-what fuck do you think you are ?! - Shouted one of the guards to Kain. - You know what you just did !?
The woman, still held by the guards, breathed fast, panting, out of fear, and did not understand the situation. He looked at Kain without knowing whether to feel grateful or afraid because he completely ignored everything around him and ignored all those men. Then he noticed another man approaching from the back of the one who had just hit the guard. It was a little wider than the other, with his hair pulled up in dragons, and eyes somewhat strange because of their orange colour.
- Excuse my brother, sir. - Eliot said as he approached. - I think he drank more tonight
The guard looks to Eliot and he can saw his orange eyes glowing in the dark. Then his faces chance completely.
-You two are hybrids...That explains where that strength came from... -murmured the guard for himself. - I do not give a fuck what He's drunk or not! He just punches to a guard. Who do you think you are eh !? Fucking hybrids!!
- You know Sir, I give apologise in name of my brother. -Eliot say with calm voice putting his hand on the chest. - I think he only wants to you guys leave the lady alone. - point Eliot.
The guard turned a second to observe the woman who was still held by her men and gasped nervously for release.
- That bitch? - the guard said looking at the brothers again. - It's not your problem, but now that your brother got his nose in the matter, ...- smiled wickedly. - You will be beheaded for that stupid hybrids.
All the guards unsheathed their weapons except for two that still held the woman and dragged her out of the place.
-Come with us pretty, let's have fun for a while ... -said one of the guards who took the woman to cover her mouth when she screamed for help.
Eliot hit his forehead with the palm of his hand and looked at his brother ignoring the menacing guards.
- You saw what you did - Eliot whispered angrily to his brother.
- Agggr, - Kain grumbled. - I know, I know ... But something boiled my blood and I could not contain myself ...
- I do not give a shit, Kain, you messed with us ...
Eliot could not finish the sentence because the sword of a soldier hit his back and it stayed there, stopped, did not traverse the meat or made any scratch. The guard was paralyzed for a second looking at Eliot. The rest did not notice and went to Kain who took two swords to defend.
- What kind of hybrids are you ...- the guard said in a trembling voice.
Eliot grabbed the sword by the edge, squeezing it in his hands and pushing it away from his body. The guard watched as not a single drop of blood came out of his hand as if his skin were lying on rocks.
- Not very normal ... - Eliot replied to the guard with a picaro tone in his words, before throwing the sword away to grab the guard from the neck until strangling him.
Kain was still fighting with the guards easily. He pushed them far away with their strength without any problem and they returned to attack him again more and more exaggerated, and that they were drunk did not help them. Kain easily swung his sword through the bodies of these men. The blood began to run through their bodies but they were still fighting to the end ... Then one of the guards managed to pass the defence of Kain and dunk his sword in the stomach of Kain.
He growled in pain and fell to his knees on the floor. Blood fell through his gut staining his clothes. Kain held the sword in his hand and breathed deeply. Little by little, he pulled her out of her body completely and threw her away. I gasp for a few seconds, enduring the pain. You could see perfectly how the hole crossed almost through his body and let see his insides. But then, to the surprise of the guards, the wound began to close bit a bit itself until not leaving a single feature that had been there.
The guards were stunned to see that.
- W-What are y...- A guard babble.
Then Eliot whistle putting two fingers on his lips to get the attention of the guards. They looked at him and they could see how he was holding a torch that he had taken from the wall of the bar. He put it in front of his face and opened his mouth letting out his breath that could make the flames of the torch multiply a huge burst that reached all the guards burning them. They ran in terror trying to get rid of the flames as possible. But now they could not do anything, they slowly consumed their bodies until they were killed.
Eliot looked at his brother as he stood and walked directly to where the other two men dragged the woman.
- Kain! We have already bundled it enough let it be! - Eliot said as he followed his brother.
- If I've already started it, I'll finish it. - Kain answered without turning around.
- That woman does not concern us! We have already exposed ourselves too much! -Eliot continued to chase his brother but no response. - Arrgg for Galel ... - I mutter under my breath.
Kain found them in the back of the bar, they had cornered the woman against the wall, while one tries to remove those strange clothes, the other licked her neck and squeezed one of her breasts. The woman screamed for help and begged to be left alone, but they only excited their cries of supplication. They did not even notice when Kain walked on his back and grabbed both of them by the armor and lifted them off the ground, forcing them to let go of the woman. The guards did not know very well what was going on until they saw. Kain grabbing them as if they were feathers. He threw them away from the woman. Then he came back to them to take them by the neck and strangle their throats. They tried to free themselves with all their strength, but it was useless, their lives were paid little by little until they did not breathe.
Kain released the inert bodies and took a deep breath. His breathing was still accelerated. What did he just do? For so many years he and his brother had been so careful not to be involved in something like that, and now he had thrown everything to waste. Could it cost them their lives, and why? For a woman who he did not know anything.
He looked at the woman who was still against the wall with her arms crossed as if she were protecting herself, and when she saw that Kain was approaching, she shrank more on herself. He did not care, it was more, he had nothing to do with her, so he simply turned and walked towards his brother who was waiting for him in the corner. The woman followed him with her eyes, she wanted to call him but she did not know if he was a better or worse man than those who had attacked her so her mind was left thinking about it and she could not say anything.
-You'll have been satisfied at least. - Eliot said as his brother walked towards him. - We will have problems with this if the grandfather finds out.
- We won't tell him, we've killed all the witnesses.
- To her, don't. - Eliot pointed.
Kain did not respond to it and simply kept walking ignoring the words of his brother. Then the woman was alone again in that dark place with the corpses of those men who had attacked her. Of course, it was not a good idea to stay there, especially when I did not know where I was. So I made the decision to follow the brothers who had saved him even though it was not a good idea.
-Wait!! - Said the woman running after Kain and Eliot. - Wait, please!
The two brothers turned to the woman, when she reached them, she was paralyzed in front of them. What was I supposed to tell them? The words stuck in his throat.
- A-ah ... Thank you ... Thanks for the help. Amm I'm ... I'm ... - The woman frowned, moving her eyes from side to side. It was strange but I had not thought about it before, I did not remember what it was called.
- Don't worry it's done. - Eliot said, interrupting the woman. - But to be a witch, you should learn to defend yourself.
- Witch? - She didn't know what they were talking about.
-Whatever, Have a good night. -said Eliot, dismissing the scare as important to return to the horses.
- Do not wait, please! I do not know where I am, I have nowhere to go, please help me.
-And tell me you're going to pay us in return? -Kain asked without turning to her, untying the reins of his horse from the pole. - We do not give anything for free, and we just gave you a ransom for the face. So if you have nothing to give ...
-Amm, am, I ... I have ...- said the witch, looking at the bodies and searching through the clothes for whatever it was that she had. Then she noticed that a medallion hung around her neck. It looked like silver and with a curious pendant that shines in the centre. - I have got this! -Exclaimed satisfied by their meeting and showed it to the brothers.
Eliot looked at the pendant with his "eyes" from the back of his horse and it caught his attention.
-Uh .. that can pay much more than the rescue and simple help.- Eliot's words sounded greedy for the medallion. - Give it to me
The witch took it from Eliot's reach and hid it again.
- First the help, I do not ask much, a place to spend the night and an orientation.
-It's not silly ...- Kain mentioned with a laugh. - Come up, let's see what can be done.
Kain reached out to the woman to help her up to her horse. Once settling down, the two brothers pulled the reins of their horses to the road outside the town, towards the mountains.