"Look at this pipsqueak! He dresses, looks and smells like a monster!," laughed an adult man towards his two friends.
"I bet he's a vampire! Just look at his fangs and pale colour!," the first goon remarked.
"I hate vampires! Just coping with monsters like pantherines and elves is enough torture already!!" said the second goon.
"But look, he has a gold medallion. I bet it would cost a fortune!" said the leader with greed in his eyes.
"Stop, please! This belongs to my dead mother and it's the only thing that reminds me of her!!" said the young boy before getting struck on the head by the leader.
"Shut up! As if we care about your dead mother!!" he shouted.
"I don't know this boy but I gotta help him!," thought Jason and went to confront the gang.
"Leave him alone, you jerks!," yelled Jason as he approached to intervene.
"Look kid, this doesn't involve you, so back off!" replied the first goon and proceeded to attack Jason but he dodged and tackled the goon.
"Aargh!," cried the goon as he fell hard into a pile of apple crates.
"You brat! Now you're gonna get it!," yelled the second goon as he ran towards Jason but Jason countered with a hard punch and the goon also fell onto a pile of apples, getting knocked unconscious.
"Watch out!," yelled the kid to Jason as the leader of the gang hit Jason hard on the head with a stick.
"I told you it's none of your business!! Now you're dead!," said the leader as he walked towards Jason who had a bleeding head.
"Stop! Please! Just leave! You shouldn't get hurt for my sake!," cried the boy.
"That's exactly why I have to intervene! How can I ever become the strongest Knight to protect others if I can't save a defenseless kid?," replied Jason despite being in serious pain.
"I will make sure these guys learn not to bully people anymore!," he said and slowly rushed towards the leader.
"Now, you're dead, you little brat!," the leader replied and rushed towards Jason as well.
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A few seconds later, the man got knocked out with Jason emerging victorious in the confrontation.
"Oww! My head hurts! I should have been fast enough though," said Jason after the encounter.
Unknowingly to Jason, he no longer had those injuries anymore.
Remembering the young boy, he turned to look for him but he was gone.
He tried looking for the boy until he realized that he was getting late for his orientation.
"Oh shoot! Mom's gonna kill me if she finds out I was late for my first day! I just hope that boy is ok," Jason realized after searching for the young boy and dashed off.
"That kid has potential. But what would happen if he encountered a life-and-death situation? Only one way to find out!," remarked a dark figure standing on top of a cathedral after witnessing all the events and vanished.