*Huff*
"I, is he dead? Raske?"
"I think so. *huff* He's too powerful. But that is fine now. We had taken care of him successfully."
"Yes... I thought we were goners there."
"You should have been dead there. Atrox."
"..."
"T, that was dangerous. Atrox."
"Hmph! Just shut up. Both of you."
"Wait!"
"What!? He's not dead yet?"
"Ahhh... Your teamwork sure is nice... If I don't have healing capabilities I would have been dead by now."
He said it as he plucked out an arrow on his head.
"You all are talented. It would be a waste to kill you..."
"You are not human!!!"
"I don't think so. I am a human to tell you the truth."
"What the hell!?"
"Now. Sleep for now. The three of you."
At a wave of Takao's hand. All of them fell on the ground.
"Let's take you away now."
They then float and flew away.
While in the air.
"Okay. You scouts. Let me kill you all."
Takao sent a huge lightning strike on the forest.
"Now you all are dead."
Takao flew back to the village after then.
9:00 PM
Tomorrow morning.
"This is them? Master?"
"Yes."
"Hmm... The girl looks cute."
"Why? You like her?"
"Ahh! No! I'm just saying."
"I see."
"They had the guts to kill you huh? Takao?"
"Yeah. Well. I killed hundreds of their soldiers after all."
Atrox then started waking up.
"Huh!? Hey! Where am I? Where are they?"
"They are beside you."
"Huh!? Ah... Hey! Both of you! Wake up!"
The three of them are currently strapped on a wall with metal generated from magic.
"Gah! Let me go!"
"No matter how much you try to get out. You can't."
"Let me go! Let us go!"
"I won't."
"Why are they not waking up! Hey! Both of you! Wake up!"
"They will wake up soon. Don't worry."
"Why do you have to do this? Why not kill us?"
"It's a waste to kill you. So I didn't."
"You!"
"I will grant you your wish based on your decision... Join me. And you will live."
"Why would we join an enemy?"
"Simple... If you don't... I will kill you in the most painful way possible."
"You..."
"Now. I guess you are their leader. What is your decision?"
"Hm? Atrox!? What is happening?"
"Oh... She's awake! Master!"
"Shut up."
"Eh? Sorry."
"Umm... What is happening?"
"I wanted you to join me. I am currently asking your leader. Now. What is your decision?"
"I can't promise their cooperation. But I have my condition. I will join you if you could do my single dream."
"What is it?"
"When I was a child. My parents have found an evidence of the corruption of a certain noble. But that noble found out before they are able to give it to the royal family. So this noble accused them of treason and had them killed. Ever since that day I had sworn that I will kill them. But I was forced to become part of the army. Once I was discovered I had talent in a sword. I was given to a general and that is where I found these two. We are trained by the "mentor" and able to become an elite. But even then. I am not able to touch that noble! If you are able to let me kill that noble. If you promised it and you could do it. I will join you! If you are able to sate my bloodthirst towards his family! I will! So. Tell me! Are you able to bring me to kill his own family and him!? Do you hold the power to do that!?"
"Yes. I am. I will give you his whole family and let you execute them."
"I will join you."
"But! Atrox! That is not... There is the general! He is the other person that could kill us easily! If he found this out he will hunt us! Even this person stand no chance against him!"
"Is he that powerful?"
"Yes... He is... He is the only person who could kill us three in a matter of seconds. He is the right hand of the king. He is one of the most powerful people in our kingdom."
"So... If I brought you his head. Will you join me?"
"What?"
"You fear him right? So if I did. Will you join me?"
"Yes! I will join too if Atrox will. But we fear that man!"
"So I will kill him."
"He is powerful. You might stand no chance even if you use that powers of yours."
"Raske?"
"Raske! You're awake!"
"Atrox. Will you really join?"
"I don't have a choice. My only goal is to kill those people! Once I had done that... I am ready to accept death."
"..."
"Atrox..."
"So. You will join me. Atrox. How about them?"
"We had our family in the kingdom! If they found out we joined. They will kill them."
"Yes. I had my own family there too."
"Can you tell me why are you in this army?"
"Well. I and Presny are friends on the first day we joined the military. We just met Atrox later on when we became a team. I will explain. In Arwana. Every family that has three kids and above. The army will take one or more based on how many children they had. Of course, if they took those kids. They will give that family money. They took kids since they are eight and raise them then in the army. These family could choose who they would give. So it seems legal human trafficking but only in the army. So. Most family has more children. Since they are given a large sum of money when the army took a kid from them."
"I see."
"But we fear that our family might be killed if we didn't. So please. I would rather die than my family die. After all. I volunteered to be sent in the army myself so I didn't regret it."
"Hmm... I will take care of it. I promise."
"Thank you then. Mr?"
"Takao. Takao Suzuki."
Well, their name format is like that so he had to say it in that way.
"Wait. You had a surname? Takao?"
"Yes."
"What!? Master?"
"It is not the big deal right now. I didn't make that up when I announce that I would be a king. I really had a surname in the beginning."
"So. You will take care of our family?"
"Yes."
"But how about the general?"
"I will take care of it. I just had to give you his head to prove that I am powerful, right?"
"Um... Will you really do that? Mister?"
"Of course. Also. I am just sixteen years old."
"Oh! We're the same age! Master!"
"Yeah... It is early in the morning. But I will go now. I am an impatient person. So will take his head now."
All of them could only watch him leave.
"I will tell them that I tortured and killed you. So your family will be safe."
"Ah... Yes!"
"..."
"Bring me the head of that noble. Not the general's"
"I will. But I had to take his first."
"There... Master left."
"Let's do our chores. Mello."