"Yo~ Look who's finally awake."
Laughter broke out throughout the room but Rohan only felt his heart beat louder by the second. He didn't want to be there!
He wanted to get out of here!
A sinister smile broke out in one of the men's faces who was acting as the leader. Playfully dragging the metal bat in his hands, he walked forward.
Seeing his figure come closer to himself, Rohan tried to back away as much as he could, but the pole behind him didn't allow him to do so. Tears started to stream down his eyes, blurring his vision as he shook his side to side. His legs moved back and forth as though to move back.
"Mmph... ngh... mmmhmmm!!!!"
The cloth tying gagging his mouth didn't allow his words to come out.
The men all heard his anxious muffled voice and couldn't help but want to tease him further.
The leader who had laughed was now the closest to Rohan, picked up his metal bat and lightly nudged Rohan's leg. The cool feeling caught him off guard and startled Rohan even more. His muffled screams became even more frantic.
He tried rocking his body to the sides in an attempt to free himself. His efforts were in vain as the ropes bound him rather tightly to the pole, leaving him very little space to move around.
The leader was apparently miffed with his actions so the very next second, he picked up his bat and jabbed it right at Rohan's stomach!
"Gaahhhh!!!"
Rohan bent his head forward as though trying to crouch down and relieve the pain in his stomach.
The leader moved a step back and signed for his men to untie Rohan. It wasn't fun to beat someone up when they showed little to no reactions. He wanted to see this twig's reactions to the fullest.
Once the ropes were loosened, Rohan fell to his side, landing a hard blow on his shoulders. However, he didn't bother about that and just pulled his leg together to form a fetus position. His freed hands weakly came forth to cover his stomach and his face. However, his tears never stopped flowing.
"Boys! Beat him up!" With the orders from the leader, the other five men were more than happy to comply with them hence with cheery voices, they started moving towards Rohan.
"This little twig sure has some life."
"Hahaha"
"It's always fun to beat him up! The last time he even tried to kick me, so I punched the shit outta him. Hahaha."
Different voices spoke one after the other, each one was mocking Rohan. As all five of these bulky men surrounded Rohan and started to beat him up, a black blur passed by the back.
The leader seemed to have noticed something so he looked around the big garage that was filled with all sorts of weapons and tools and zero farming tools or items.
When he looked around, he didn't see anything suspicious so he turned his gaze back towards the crowd in front of him where Rohan was getting beat up.
Bats and poles of different sizes and specialties struck Rohan's body one by one. The cloth inside his mouth was removed so every time something stuck his body, ear-piercing screams filled the barn followed by the laughter of the men that took pleasure in beating him up.
Sophia gritted her teeth tighter each time Rohan's pain-filled screams reached her ears over and over again.
The mission was a sudden one and her body was still weak as ever. The men she had to go against this time were much stronger than the ones she had encountered before and there was no herbs that she could use against them either. As much as she wanted to, she could only wait for the right moment to strike.
Her only weapon was her knowledge and the weapons that these men had inside the barn. However, they were only blunt objects like steel pipes or strong bats. The most lethal one amongst the pile would be that one black pipe that had a sharp point, however, it had a rather rounded point.
Just as she was thinking that she had to make do with these non-sharp weapons, a bright glint caught her eye. Looking over, she saw the leader pull up a sharp steel dagger.
The other men didn't stop what they were doing and instead, they slowed down their attack rate but each hit was still stronger than ever. Though they did restrain quite a bit of strength so as not to kill him.
However, if they kept this going, he would die very soon!
Sophia narrowed her eyes down at the dagger that flew out of the leader's hand and landed right next to Rohan's side. It was a narrow call and the leader's precision was on point. The dagger landed right next to Rohan's waist. The sharp side of the dagger was pointing towards his waist hence, even if the dagger didn't go too close, it still dug a centimeter into his waist.
Bright red blood gushed out followed by more loud screaming from Rohan. It was way too painful!
Even after he got cut, the other men were still hitting him! So every time he moved, the open blade would jab at his wound and the area around it. Blood started pooling on the floor. His soft whimpers and sharp screams still continued.
Sophia forcefully repressed the murderous intent within her and decided to just wait for the right time. She wasn't strong enough so revealing herself would be the biggest mistake she could ever make.
Grabbing a steel pipe, Sophia stealthily made her way towards the group of men. Their loud chatters and big bulky bodies helped cover her. Once she was directly behind the leader, she picked up the steel pipe and aimed straight for his neck.
The pipe was quite long so when she raised it was noticeable. One of the bulky men saw it and yelled out, "Boss, watch out!"
However, no matter how fast the leader's reaction was, Sophia's hands had already swung the steel pipe, there was no stopping now. The leader had only managed to budge a little bit before the pipe landed on his neck and his vision blacked out.
The effects weren't as good as she had hoped. These men were pure beasts!
The strength she had used to hit the leader was enough to knock down a 200-pound man even if the aim was off by a bit and yet this man only staggered in his steps for a few seconds before stabilizing his footing! What kind of monstrosity was this?!
Sophia had taken the time that he was stabilizing his footing to move back a few steps. At this point, one of the men had picked up the dagger and handed it to the leader, after which all of the six men faced her with utter rage written all over their faces.
"Hey girlie, what do you think you're doing?"