I walked down the mountain feeling down. I don't know what it was that I was feeling. Was it related to the dream that I had. Why was I dreaming of random moments in my past all of a sudden? It did not make sense at all.
I thought that since I had gained most of Damien's memories that I would be less of Atlas. Or is this just my body telling me to not forget where I came from.
"Hey you there! Trespasser!" I heard a voice. A man dressed like a white ninja with heavy metal shoulder pads stood in my way. He wore a long banana that waved in the wind like a flag of freedom. What was interesting to me was the fact that despite being dressed like a ninja, he wore white clothing and a pair of trainers. What surprised me was the fact that the trainers he was rocking were actually Shaq basketball shoes.
"How can I help you? You weird looking motherfucker." I replied. Just from the few words he spoke I already knew that this guy had a huge ego and I was not going to stroke it by being civil.
His entire face was covered in a mask and the only thing that I could see were his eyes and I could tell that he was surprised as he had not been expecting a reply like that.
"What are you doing here in these gardens? Where is the gardener?" he asked.
The gardener? Oh fuck! Was it that lady that I had killed for attacking me? If so she definitely had a right to attack me as I had eaten her fruits and was trespassing. But still too attack me just for trespassing was a bit over the top.
"Garden? I don't see a garden. If this was a garden, then where are the fences? You say I am a trespasser and yet I do not see a no trespassing sign."
The ninja stared at me for a while and nodded before saying. "You can go."
"I can go, how arrogant of you! I only spoke to you as to not be rude and yet you give me orders despite you and I not knowing each other." I continued walking and stopped suddenly.
"I suggest you do not draw your sword." I said. "I'm going through an existential crisis and have no intention of fighting but that does not mean that I won't." I waited for a few seconds before I heard the sound of a sword being removed from its sheath.
"I smell blood on you."
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Damien turned and as soon as he did a sword was thrusted into his chest directly at his heart. A small shockwave was formed and Damien flew several metres back and came to a stop after crashing into a tree.
"May your victims find peace." The ninja said as he placed his palms together.
"Oh fuck!" Damien's voice came from under the tree. He reached into his breast pocket and pulled out his phone which did not have a single scratch.
His phone had protected him from that ridiculously strong attack.
Damien removed Thomas of his body and placed him down on the floor on top of his hoodie. Damien wore only a vest. He raised his hand and provoked the ninja who was shocked that his attack had not worked.
However, despite his attack not working the ninja did not attack. He only glared from a distance while keeping a firm handle on his sword.
Damien charged forward and swung his foot aiming for the ninja's calf. The ninja swung his sword but missed when Damien changed his trajectory mid swing and instead kicked him in the neck.
For the past few days Damien had been watching martial arts videos. Due to his monkey eyes he was able to copy it with great proficiency. Considering the amount of videos he had watched it was safe to say that he had mastered Taekwondo, Judo, grappling, boxing, kung Fu, Karate, Muay Thai, Jiu jitsu and even Kyokushin Karate.
The ninja raised his sword and swung again but this time he swung at Damiens right. Damien tightened his muscle and the sword broke upon contact with his limb. The current Damien had increased in power and strength ever since he had eaten the Mallet crow. His iron like body was now similar to high quality solid titanium and not many things could damage him.
Damien grabbed the ninja by the collar and performed a judo throw. It was a simple move that caused a lot of damage. Smashing into the solid rocky ground of a mountain could lead to severe injuries especially when your opponent was Damien who made sure to slam his opponents to the ground with extra force.
THHWAAACK!
CRAACKK!
Despite the heavy shockwaves rippling through the air the sound of bone breaking was even louder. Damien grabbed the ninja and encircled his arm around the ninjas neck and grabbed his bicep performing a rear naked choke.
The ninja struggled for a while but in the end his hands fell to the floor completely unconscious.
Damien stood up and held his forehead while staring at the ninja. "I'll let you live, I'm not in the mood to kill anyone." He said as he picked Thomas up and walked of.
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The ninja was not really that strong compared to my initial impressions of him. I thought that he would be stronger but I did not expect him to be so weak that I could defeat him with simple martial arts.
Usually I would have killed him as he had made an attempt on my life but I did not this time. There was no special reason. I just did not feel like killing him. I just took his shoes of him.
As soon as I made my way down the mountain i headed south. I needed to get my stronger and i was going to do that as long as I met a certain individual by the name of the soul collector.
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