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Chapter 3 - Freaks

Air of despair surrounds the inn.

Guards captivated in fear-yet they stood brave, wanting to strike but a hostage - their captain Bartholomew, the strongest amongst them , caught in the palm of a giant.

A guard besides the barkeeper just a feet away from the entrance of the inn pleads for his captain.

Suddenly a hand reaches out, rough yet soothing, the guard felt at ease in this capable hand, so much so that it tore through his cauldron, through his shirt, like he had a capable role model to depend on, the guard was relieved.

A figure of black, they were all captivated,a curious figure from the dark door, like an entry of an actor, the people they were the curious audience awaiting the 'who' - the naked man who just nullified Hell's fire - it was an awe -inspiring catharsis for them all. And then there - the sun lift up the curtains. He appeared.

"It's the naked man" a girl slowly, silently, totally in fear, she said it while she shivers just from the sight of the horrific giant - Genges the Giant, from what he saw ,he was slightly impressed, he saw the faces of the people slightly changed.

' Like maidens seeing their knight In shining armour' that was his thought. Genges all to well want to shatter their hopes.

The Giant - without a smile, his head sticking out far, far so far it dwarves an average men height(5'5 - in this world), an absurd length from an absurd giant. This simple stance, certainly a normal sight to all, yet to the people it seemed so impossible. Him and Lu were 10 feet apart, yet his simple lean - forward - his head was right at Lu's face, it too was not far from Dwarf-ing Lu's height (5'6).

Then he spoke "Whatcha lookin at Punk!? ".

" Why you wanna know! ?" replied Lu, his eyes staring directly at the giant foe, but it wasn't one that sees a threat, not one that sees regret - in facing the giant foe, not even one of pity.

His eyes wasn't showing any strong - heavy emotions, just plain old laid back - carefree to the max - soothing eyes - the naked man puts on every moment in time.

"You reek of booze! So you're feeling numb" Genges comment was received with jolly Lu picking his ear .. this angers Genges further, the fist that grabbed the captains skull squeezed so hard, like a constriction from a human sized snake.. "Diee!! Bitch" Genges launches a straight right, it was a bomb, massive in size - massive in impact. Horror to the onlookers, the destructive power of that fist, it looked like it could easily blow away the inn and also everyone around it, they were the pigs to Genges's wolf.

The massive impossible fist hits,

weak shockwaves flutters in the air - knocking people down and pushing back the rest, even his gang. The gang and guards were assured that Lu was dead but the people, they weren't exactly quick to announce the result, with what they've experienced before they were in hopes that on the all Holy's name let this event turn into comedy again.

And turnt it did - right before Genges rocket sized fist hits Lu who wasn't even looking - finished picking his ear and he flicks his fore finger from his thumb outside down - this simple flick completely halts the impact in pause, almost negating the shockwaves and area of effect.

Genges shocked "Huh?! " dumbfounded, the giant.

His anger, his shame blended together forming rage -- beyond.

The people catharsis after catharsis felt humour but none dared to let out a loud laughter.

Adding to the Giant's shame Lu wasn't even looking and seeing his small when compared finger, more shame for the giant, more humour to the people. Rage and rage and rage " fuck youuu!? " Genges shout, so loud and the force was a strong as a gust of wind, felt from near. This call - this shout - was followed by two huge piled up rocks, that rose from the ground, and without a wasted moment, he thrust his right arm forward - the rocks flew - high speed at Lu - but Lu as he did before simply flicked them apart - the force so strong that it turned the rocks into dusts, the dusts piled up waist high on the balcony where Lu and the other were standing.

"WAAAIT!!! GORILLAAA" Lu shouted at Genges, "We're making hell for the cleaning lady" they all paused, and Lu turned back they were still covered from the dusts waist down and he pulled out Szlick from behind.

"Fight! you two" said Lu, with a harmless looking yet devilish smile.

"Whaaaaaaat?" Szlick questioned Lu

"Who said I wannaa fight?"

said szlick.

"Me?" said Lu still with the smile.

"Youu? you're not my boss, don't order me around jack-ass" Szlick kind of annoyed but to those around - he didn't give out the vibe that he was in danger, more so his vibe was of full confidence and the sight seen was of him and Lu bickering back and forth. like two friends in a stupid argument.

It was awkward for Genges, he was left out, the curator of this current event made a simple onlooker, one can hear crickets chirping - when looking at him.

'Whhattttthheefuckkk' Genges thought, his rage was only building up still but in that moment he doubted his strength and he was zoned out in what he's just experienced.

'like that time' a slight flashback from when Genges laid fallen in a river and a figure of dark stood in victory "Weakling" the figure said. Right this moment when Genges was in a state of disbelief and reminiscing. A slightly dressed different guard without any armour on, lightning quick and soundless immediately freed Bartholomew from the Giant's grasp.

Genges and the people, except for maybe the two noticed this only a moment after, only when Bartholomew was freed and was laying on the arms of a crowded-determined guards.

Genges - snapped back into reality. "Oh! there's goes gravity"

Said Lu as he suddenly stopped his childish quarrel and looked up at the partly darkened sky, It was Genges who in all his might - jumped - so high it seemed like a lunar eclipse.

"You saw me fight, now show me yours" Lu shouted at Szlick.

"Arrogant lill---oh well!"

"Get into the groove----wooooo" Szlick started his eccentric and extra unnecessary dance moves, hips busting was the main go to.

-as Genges jumps in the air, he attracted stones and small particles of the same material- he was a stone magnet - quickly they formed a made shift rugged stone armour - centered around his knees and it formed an incomplete armour from the waist down and was dropping down fast - like the moon was falling - it darkens and as Szlick dances the people all around thought he was insane but were curious to what he will do. Suddenly Szlick jumped up straight - on a direct route in meeting the Giant stone in the air. Like a tiny scrawny mouse charging at a rampaging rhino.

Next thing people saw was a collision but not to the degree they'd thought it would be but it was instead like shooting a red hot nail at a massive block of marshmallow, Szlick shot right through the massive pile of combined stones, luckily it didn't rained rocks, simply stones and dusts that are too small to harm even a kitten, but in turn the cleaning lady frowns.

The shadow that still partly covered the inn and it's compound, Genges shadow swallowing the sun was slowly getting further away, he was blown away from Szlick's impact. But another shadow tears apart from the main and it was falling right for the inn.

As the people looked up they saw - A long massive rock? a branch from a Gugiri tree? No it was a whole leg - Genges right leg.

Szlick tore through right in the joint - the thigh and the hips - it was a clean bloody dismemberment and it slowly rained red. This was met with panic below.

But in the sky Szlick spinned like an ice skater performing a spin of magnificence - and in a blink he disappeared what follows was hard to fathom - the massive leg of the Giant completely chopped until all the flesh seemingly just disappeared.

Genges was flown way out of sight, his gang immediately retreated, the guards they didn't bother on a chase as they all can tell that Genges wasn't waking up soon or presumably he was more dead than a road kill.

Szlick landed with a pose - straight out of M.J's arsenal - his hand in his head - eyes stared at Lu "Bon appetite". The audience applauds the two. Szlick was feeling it but the red stained rain, oozes the cheers into disgusts.

Thinking about the roof of the inn the cleaning lady cries.

"Wow szlick!" Lu exclaimed, he was amazed.

"Enjoyed the show!? Yeaa - That's the face I wanna see" Szlick confident and proud.

"Soo what's your power?" Lu asked.

"Let's just say - I got killer dance moves --" followed by a slow and gentle "Woo".

" FAAAT-ASSS" Blesinda shouted, it brought back the barkeeper from his flashback of a story telling.

"I want a raise -- please?"

"You know -- you kind of deserve it" he replied.

"Yessss" Blesinda the cleaning lady happy to hear good news.

"Buut clean those first" the bar keeper pointed at the pile of destructions on the compound and the blood stained roof.

"Bwahahahahaaaa -- Living free living large everyone comes down to Hotspurs" he sang as the cleaning lady falls into imagined exhaustion.

In a completely different plane of existence, an entire dimension - no?, it is unknown to all except one.

A smudge of light smiled and spoke "Now you're finally getting tested Nuru"