Now, if you just give me all that's with you, I promise no harm will come to you lot" The weird looking mustache man said with a grin plastered on his lip. In terms of numbers, it wasn't looking good for Erwin and co. Not to talk of the overwhelming confidence that was leaking out of the short mustached man.
"I thought they were meant to be some type of military men or something. What do they want with what we have got?" Blair thought out loud. Hearing this Eiko couldn't help but face palm himself at Blair's innocence.
"Don't you see?. We are being robbed!!" Eiko said. And at that very moment, the thought that crossed Blair's mind was not one of worry or fear but rather of realization.
"Wait, what have we got that they could possibly want. I mean the last time I had something to eat was at the Hunter's. And even then it's been two days without food...wait two days without food?" Blair said with eyes shut wide open. "How am I still standing?" he said with a puzzled look on his face.
"Really dude?" Johan turned to question Blair's train of thought at that moment.
"These aren't just normal robbers" Shaw said with his eyes watching the men that were approaching them.
"Yeah, these are cast aways. Out casted faction members from all sort of factions that have come together for one purpose. To do everything the higher ups see as wrong" Luke explained.
"Now don't be fooled by your guide's strength over there, they are no small fry. I don't know how we will get out of this one" Shaw said. And surprisingly the one they had thought due to his attitude or perhaps mood towards them was barely in their realm and more of in his own was telling them he was worried.
"Fine, have it your way!" The weird mustache looking guy said and immediately shot out what looked like a condensed ball of fire at the kids. But seeing this attack, Eiko had attempted to divert it from their position with his telekinesis but found out just how hard it was. And in that single moment, he realized Shaw was right as the Man's attack was brutally strong. Meaning Yang had to be some kind of monster to perform the feats he displayed. The attack was eventually redirected but ended up moving the wrong way and knocked Corey back as it hit his stomach.
"Ough!!" Corey said with veins popping out of his head as he was in extreme pain. Still in his kneeling position he tried to get up and that's when something else forced him back down.
*Bing*
[-15 HP]
"Huh?" Corey said looking at the notification in front of him. But he didn't stay confused for long as he understood what had just happened. The attack had taken a chunk of his health away from him.
"Just that one attack?" He thought within himself. But slowly he could feel the pain subside and slowly he got up to see his new shirt which he had no idea from where it came from had a large hole in it and his skin burnt to some extent. Yet he could feel some type of cooling effect around that area and every passing moment, the pain was reducing. There wasn't time to worry about his clothing as he too was being attacked. The man on him grabbed him by the collar and demanded that Corey surrendered all he had on him.Corey placed his hands on the man's head and began to plead.
"Please...please, I have nothing" Corey said convincingly.
"Get your hands of me!" The man said knocking Corey's hands off. Then punching Corey in the face causing him to fall to the ground and blood trickling from the side of his lip, the man asked again, but with a fiercer tone to it.
"You better....you better..urgh..." The man held on to his head and shook it violently almost as if he was going to remove it.
"...7.....6....5....4...." Corey sat facing the man and was counting down. And soon enough, the man fell face first to the ground twitching and groaning. And out from his mouth, white foam poured on the ground.
"Corey, i might be needing some help here!!" Johan shouted out for help as he saw Corey was the only one free at the moment. He was having a tough time as he had to focus on blocking stray attacks from hitting Rodney who he had already placed on the ground behind him.
It was also tough for him as he had one man on him who was constantly looking for ways to decapitate him of some sort.
"I'm com.." Corey was about to say but was silenced with a fist. And again, he was forced to the ground. Now seeing he was in a desperate situation, Johan lifted an earth platform blocking the part to himself and Rodney. But this would eventually come to bite him in the face as the man on the attack proved to be quite the skilled fighter and lifted up running on the earth platform. Then spinning and twisting his body in mid air the man came in hot with his sword set to Pierce Johan's head. But Johan was in no mood to die just yet and in the nick of time fired.
[Geoshot]
And instantly a ball of rough edged earthball was hauled at the man nailing him in the stomach and this made his sword fly from his hand. But surprisingly the man wasn't out and instead pounced on Johan hitting him with an elbow that spun his head. Johan hadn't seen this coming as he was too busy worried about another thing all together.
"Noooo" he shouted and was looking else where. And this was where Rodney laid still asleep. The sword falling above him and spinning due to the reckless force of it's owner was due for Rodney's neck. Inches away from contact with Rodney's neck and a black ash instantly emerged from within Rodney's neck and swiftly turning into a hand grabbed the sword.
"What?" Johan said in shock not even minding the fact that he was in danger at the moment as well. Right in front of him it looked like a nightmare at day time as the very reason he had woken up confused was standing not too far away from him. Worst of all, standing close to Rodney.
"Wait, did that thing just emerge from within Rodney?" Johan asked himself.