[Extremely heavy bull's soul has been absorbed.
Experience points +13800.]
[Experience : 163250/204800]
Elliot lifted the heavy bull and put it on his shoulder and ran back towards the village, it had been a long time Elliot didn't feel something so heavy, after his strength had grown everything seemed extremely light to him and he thought that this monster really had a fitting name.
As he couldn't run as fast as usual Elliot arrived back in the village after 6 minutes instead of the promised 5 and the kids already had everything ready in front of the big house.
"Isn't that an extremely heavy bull ?"
One of the kids asked Alex and none of them could believe what they were seeing !
"I told you he's stronger than big brother Rega ! This big brother might be able to save everybody !"
One of the kids suddenly started crying and hugged Elliot, he was so short that he could only hug his leg.
"Big brother please save everybody from the Baron !"
"Careful kid you're gonna make the bull fall over you !"
Elliot threw the bull to the ground and kneeled, he brushed the kid's hair and smiled gently, this scene reminded him of when he left and his little brother hugged him.
"Don't worry, I told you I'm here to save them right ?"
"Will you really ?"
"I promise !"
The kid gave a resplendent smile and finally he had lost every single ounce of doubt he had about Elliot, the other kids also felt the same and even Alex had started feeling the same.
"Alright since everything is ready let's cook ! Tonight we'll eat barbecued cow !"
Elliot pulled out his Scissors claw dagger and started dismembered the bull, he had never done this before on such a huge beast but he knew where the good meat was and in a few minutes it was done, the grill had been heated up and all he had to do was put the meat on top of and let it roast.
"By the way kids, what is hiding inside this building ? You've been protecting it right ?"
The four kids looked at Alex and waited for him to make a decision, they already trusted Elliot but they still left such an important decision to their leader.
Alex sighed and walked inside the house, after a minute a big group of boys younger than the group he knew and girls both younger and older than him walked out cautiously from inside.
'So they were protecting the other kids, how brave.'
Elliot couldn't help but feel awed at how courageous these guys were, he looked at them and couldn't help but imagine Timmy in their place.
'This is why I must become strong and rich, this way the ones close to me wont have to go through such a tragedy.'
Elliot smiled at all the kids and adolescents, there must have been at least 100 or so kids hiding inside there.
"Come out and eat, there is enough for everybody !"
"Alex who's this person ? Can we trust him ?"
A girl around 14 years old whispered to Alex cautiously while being very cautious not to get heard by Elliot. Although he heard her because of his high stats he did as if nothing happened and kept handing out food to all the kids one by one.
"I think so... anyway we need someone's help so we can only count on him. He's also extremely strong, that Extremely heavy bull that the adults usually hunt during weeks was bought here in only 5 minutes."
"Hmm okay... by the way don't you think his attire is really weird ? I have never seen clothes like these, do you think he came from a distant place ?"
"I have never seen clothes like that either, we can ask him later. For now how about you eat too ? We have been eating only tasteless grains for the last days you must be hungry."
"You too come with me ! You're the hungriest one since you've been running around and protecting us for so long !"
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Finally an hour later all the satisfied kids fell asleep outside the house after eating their full and playing around for the first time in awhile. Elliot had a smile on his face during the whole night and enjoyed this calm time, when he was younger Elliot had wanted to be a teacher for kids but his plans had been broken by his mom's sickness and today he felt like this cheerful mood was very similar to one in a classroom.
In the end he lifted all the kids one by one and took them to sleep inside the house, staying all the night in the chilly night would make them sick after all.
After he was done he headed outside and sat next to the only kid still awake : Alex.
"Do you know how strong the baron is ?"
Alex sighed and said
"I don't know for sure, I know that he's quite a skilled warrior and that he used to be a knight of the royal guard before being given his own territory to rule over. I also heard that he got quite a strong army of knights, probably around 1000 men."
"How do you know this much ?"
"Sigh... the mayor is my father too, I'm the brother of the girl who everything happened for."
"I see, it must have been hard for you."
Elliot brushed the kid's hair and told him to go to bed.
'He must have felt responsible towards the other kids and that's why he took the lead and have been trying so hard to help them.'
Elliot decided, tomorrow he would attack the baron's fort. He almost had no doubt anymore that this was the quest he had to fulfill and so there was nothing to hesitate about anymore. If he trusted the old man's words then this should be quite an easy task to do.
Elliot went to the front of the house where all the kids were sleeping and rested his eyes without sleeping, he was decided on protecting this bunch of kids and giving them their innocent lives as soon as he could.