"I can't believe that bastard of a God did this!" Seán yelled in anger, "takes a lot of guts to call a God a bastard" Authur replied, "hey, God or not, it was a dick move" Seán refuted.
While those two were talking I was thinking about what to do, 'we're in the bodies of children. Are in the middle of nowhere with no food, water, or shelter and we don't know of the wildlife here. Could be man-eating rabbits for all we know' I looked at Seán and Authur, "we have to find people. Let's find a river or something and follow it" the two of them nodded and we started looking for a river of some kind.
"It's been a few hours. How have we not even found a stream?" Seán said with a sigh, "doesn't help with the fact we're in the bodies of malnourished children" Authur added while lifting his shirt and feeling his visible ribs.
"Ugh! I wish we could just find someone!" Seán yelled. While Seán was yelling I was looking around with the help of a boulder when I saw something, 'dust?' I thought to myself, "guys, what is that?" The two of them got on the boulder with me to see what I was pointing at, "hey, look closely, it looks like a carriage and some horses" Authur said. As they got closer to us we saw it was a group of bandits attacking a fancy-looking carriage and their escort of three knight looking people, "should we help?" Seán asked, "what could we do? We're children now" Authur replied.
"we could distract them," I said, "let the knights take them out while they're busy with us" Authur stared at me, "we just died. Do you wanna die again?" Seán shook his head, "we have to help them if we can. Think about what the bandits would do to the person inside the carriage if it was a woman" Authur widened his eyes for a moment before returning to normal, "you're both crazy," Authur said with a sigh, "what's the plan?"
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hehehe this will be the biggest haul we get yet! We were very lucky to find the Earl's daughter on the road. We killed most of her guards and made them run off into the wilds. The horses on the carriage will get tired soon enough, when that happens we will kill the rest of the guards and grab her. Hehe, I might even let the boys get a taste of her before ransoming her off to her parents.
"Hey, boss" one of my men said to me, "what do you want?" I answered as my brows got closer together, "is that a group of kids over there?" he said pointing ahead of the carriage. He was right, there was a group of three kids. But, who cares? They look extremely poor and won't make us money, "leave them. If they interfere kill them"
"Hehe, been a while since I have a little boy that young" one of my men said while licking his lips.
hmmm? Why is one of the twerps putting his hands together? Is he praying? Heh, fool. No one will save you.
"Kagemane no Jutsu" His shadow started shooting towards us, "huh?" was all I could mumble.
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*COUGH*
I coughed up some blood, "used too much energy I guess" Seán put his tiny hand on me, "are you alright, man?" I nodded, "yea, I'm good" I lied as naturally as I breathed. It hurt, a lot.
"Did you just use Shikamaru's shadow Jutsu?" Authur asked, "yea, I did. I'm glad it..." I had to stop and breathe before continuing "...worked" 'damn, I'm about to collapse.' Remembering how this Jutsu worked I raised both arms as if holding a sword to my throat and pushed my fists towards my neck. Almost all of the bandits died via them stabbing their own throats.
The way Kagemane no Jutsu worked is by using your own shadow to control someone else's movement. This means if they held a weapon I could make them stab themselves, as I did.
[Ding! Host has awakened the system!]
[Ding! Host has created a new skill!]
[Kagemane no Jutsu
Allows the user to spread their shadow to take control of a target with your own movements]
I looked towards the carriage and saw the guards kill what remained of the bandits, 'heh, leave it to a kid to do most of your job' my eyelids started to get heavy and my legs gave out, "Axel!" I heard someone yell out before my consciousness slipped from my grasp, 'son of a...'
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'Ugh, where am I?' I thought to myself while sitting up on the fluffy bed, 'was it all a dream?' I finished rubbing my eyes and looked around, 'this isn't my room' a door on the other side of the room opened.
"Ah, you are awake," a man in a suit said, "I will fetch master" the man turned and left.
A little while later a different man entered the room then closed the door behind him. When I saw him I unconsciously sat up straighter, he had an air of importance around him, "I am glad to see you are awake. Mana exertion is nothing to laugh at" the man said walking to the edge of the bed.
"I am Earl Harvey Silva, the father of the girl you saved" he put his left hand behind his back and his right hand over his heart and bowed slightly, "and for that, I thank you" he stood straight again, "if you or your brothers need anything, do not be afraid to ask me. I am indebted to you after all" his bearded face curled up into a kind smile before leaving.
'When he said my brothers he must've meant Authur and Seán'
*BAM*
The door got launched open, "so you are awake" a squeaky and energetic voice yelled, "Christ, Seán, it's too early to be this loud" Authur said while sighing, "I am glad you're awake though" I shook my head at them, "how long have I been asleep? a few hours?" Seán put his finger on his chin, "about...three or four days I think" I nodded, "oh, ok-" I stopped myself, "days?"
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