The bandit leader walked toward Iris,
Sky and Rock were trying to stand up but couldn't,
The priestess looked at them and said,
"Don't touch any of my friends "
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The leader tuned toward the priestess,
"How brave for a little priestess... but you have to see your friends final moments "
The priestess looked at Pete and raised her hand and chanted,
"Be fearless with the grace of the goddess"
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A golden light shone on Pete's body,
Pete realized his fear has subsided a lot and he can move a little,
Pete moved his right hand to his neck and took out the necklace,
'I can't do anything... Let's Morsh handle this '
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The leader was looking at Pete curiously,
'What is he doing with that necklace '
One of the mercenaries asked the leader,
"Boss, should I kill him? "
The leader said,
"No... I want to enjoy his last struggle"
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Pete opened the lid of the necklace with his thumb and drank the liquid inside,
Pete smiled after drinking the potion as he looked toward the bandit leader,
His pure smile turned sinister as he stood up with lightning speed,
Morsh said to the leader,
"You sure think highly of yourself "
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The leader's hands started shaking and his saber fell from his hand,
The six mercenaries weapons also dropped from their shaking hands,
The leader said,
"This killing intent.... it's too strong "
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Morsh turned over to a mercenary and said,
"My sword "
The mercenary slowly picked Pete's sword and slowly walked up to Morsh and handed him the sword,
Morsh unsheathed the sword and decapitated the mercenary with one neat swing,
The soul of the mercenary was absorbed by the small amount of dark energy on the sword,
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Morsh decapitated the other 5 mercenaries with lightning speed and stood in front of the leader,
The leader jumped back as he saw Morsh suddenly appearing in front of him,
Morsh swinged his sword a couple time cutting the limbs of the leader and he fell backwards on the ground,
The leader screamed in pain as blood gushed out of his decapitated limbs,
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Morsh stepped on his chest and punched him in his face and broke his nose,
Morsh continued punching him until his face was unrecognizable,
He then stabbed his sword on the leader's head and absorbed his soul,
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Morsh took out the sword from the leader's head and swinged it in air clearing the blood out of the sword
He then turned over to Sky and Rock,
The priestess was already healing them,
Iris said,
"Why didn't you fight earlier "
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Morsh turned around and entered the camp without answering,
Iris thought while staring at his back,
'He changed after drinking whatever was in that necklace '
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Morsh entered the camp and saw around 20 bandits,
They were standing with their weapons on the necks of women and girls,
One of the bandits said,
"These women are from the village and if you don't want then dead then let us leave"
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Morsh sighed and said,
"You don't negotiate with death "
The bandit said,
"This is the final warning, and we will kill them after this"
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Morsh disappeared and appeared back to the same spot he was standing before,
Head of the bandit who was talking fell on the floor,
Other bandits were shocked and fear took over their faces,
Morsh pointed toward the women and said,
"Kill them and don't make me repeat myself "
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The bandits dropped their weapons and kneeled down and one of them said,
"Please don't kill us... take the women with you "
Morsh said,
"You might have survived... but you didn't follow my order"
He released dark poison on the women and the girls and then decapitated all of the bandits,
Morsh absorbed all of their souls and walked out of the camp,
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Outside the camp, Sky, Rock, Chris and Iris have already been healed,
Morsh walked up to them and said,
"No one alive in there, let's head back "
Sky said,
"What about the women of the village "
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Morsh said,
"I said no one is alive inside"
Sky sighed and said,
"Ok let's head back, but we will stop by the village first "
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Morsh nodded and they started walking toward the village,
Iris asked Morsh,
"Why didn't you fight before "
Morsh said,
"Keep quiet, I don't like your voice "
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Iris's eyes widened and she angrily said,
"We could have died "
Morsh said,
"Yeah but you are alive"
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Iris stood in front of Morsh and swinged her hand to slap him,
Morsh caught her hand and punched her on face, breaking her nose,
Blood was out of her nose,
Morsh then threw her to side by the hand he was holding and kept walking,
The priestess quickly ran up to Iris and started healing her,
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Sky angrily said,
"Pete stop... why did you hit her "
Morsh stopped, turned around and said,
"It was self defense "
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Sky said,
"This is too much... "
Rock said,
"Don't fight..."
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Iris nose healed and she said while standing up,
"Let's head back to the village for now and think what to do after that "
They then continued to walk toward the village,
After couple of minutes Pete took over the body,
He started shaking as soon as he took over,
Morsh was forcefully pulled back to his soul space,
'He drank every drop from the necklace, and it only gave me fifteen minutes... '
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Sky and other quickly ran up to shaking Pete,
Rock said,
"Pete are you okay.... what happened "
Pete opened his eyes and looked around,
'I am alive... we are alive... it was right decision to let Morsh handle the situation '
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Pete calmed down and stopped shaking after a few seconds,
Sky said,
"Pete what's happening to you "
Pete smiled and said,
"Nothing, I am fine... "
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Iris noticed the sudden change in Pete,
'His way of talking, attitude, everything about him changed again '
Iris then walked up to Pete and slapped him,
'He didn't grab my hand... he didn't retaliate '
‣
Iris then said,
"Let's not quarrel and just head back "
Pete was surprised that he was slapped but didn't say anything,
Rock said,
"Pete why didn't you punched her like last time "
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Pete was shocked when he heard this and said loudly,
"Why did I punch her "
Morsh sighed and said in a sad tone,
"I killed a human, and I can't define how am I feeling right now... at this condition, she walked up to me and tried to slap me and I punched her out of reflex "
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Pete's hands started shaking,
"You killed a human "
Morsh said in even a sadder tone,
"Yes, I had to kill him.... he was going to do bad things to my sister in law "
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Pete's shaking stopped as he heard this and said,
"What do you mean by sister in law "
Morsh smiled sinisterly and said,
"He was going to do the same thing to Iris as you did to the little boy dressed as a girl "
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Pete's face turned pale and he puked,
The priestess quickly used healing on Pete,
After some time Pete said as he calmed down,
"Why did you have to remind me of that "
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Sky said,
"Who are you talking to Pete "
Pete noticed at that moment that everyone was watching him,
"What do I do now "
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Morsh said,
"Act like you have lost your mind "
Pete looked at Iris and said,
"Why... "
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Morsh said,
"Just do it for couple of minutes "
Pete stomped his foot and started jumping around saying,
"I like bananas, I like bananas.... I like bananaaaaaaaas "
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Everyone was shocked to see Pete's behavior,
Sky said,
"Pete are you okay"
Morsh said,
"Lie down and cry like a baby "
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Pete said internally,
'Things I have to do as a hero is too extensive sometimes '
Pete sat on ground and started crying saying,
"Bad uncle.... bad.. bad.... "
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He then showed his tongue and huffed Sky,
They were shocked and confused as they are watching Pete,
After 5 minutes of continues acting like a madman,
Morsh said,
"Pete stop and put your hands on your head "
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Pete puts his hands on his head and stopped moving,
After couple of seconds, he stood up and said,
"Let's head back guys"
Rock asked,
"What was that just now.. "
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Morsh said,
"Tell them it was a Side effect of the medicine you took earlier"
Pete said,
"It was side effect of the medicine that I drank from my necklace "
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Sky said,
"What kind of medicine is that "
Morsh said,
"Tell them it was for your trauma from something "
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Pete nodded and said,
"The medicine was for my trauma from when I was trapped in a life death situation and my friend sacrificed himself "
Iris asked,
"Then why do you become completely different person when you took the medicine "
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Pete said,
"It's probably because the medicine affects my mind "
They nodded and the priestess said,
"Don't worry I will find something for you at the temple, so you don't have to drink that dangerous medicine "
Rock said,
"Let's head back to the village first"
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They continued walking and soon reached the Bason village,
They directly headed to the chief's house,
Sky knocked on the door and said,
"We came back "
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The chief opened the door this time and a smile came up on his face as he saw them,
"I am glad that you came back alive"
Sky said,
"We killed the bandits "
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Emotions overflowed inside the village chief, and he started crying,
He said while sobbing,
"Are you telling the truth "
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Sky nodded,
The village chief said with a smile and tears falling from his eyes,
"Does that mean I can see my wife again "
They bowed down their head and Sky said,
"Unfortunately, they were already dead when we reached there "
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The chief fell on his knees mourning,
The villagers also came out of their homes when they heard chief's mourn,
A villager said,
"What are you doing to our chief "
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Chris said,
"You are misunderstanding.... we are adventurers and we have killed the bandits "
The villager said,
"Then why is the chief crying like that "
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Sky said,
"The women and the girls of the village were dead when we reached there "
The villagers also started crying loudly,
Sky said,
"You can retrieve their bodies from the bandit camp, we will go on our way now "
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They left the village and headed toward the city,
After they left the village, Sky said,
"We should pace up if we don't want to spend the night in the forest "
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Everyone nodded and they increased their speed,
After couple of hours, the sun sets,
Sky said,
"We are close... we just need to pace up a little "
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They reached the city gate after about an hour,
Sky said,
"We finally reached the city "
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Morsh took over the body at that moment,
Iris noticed the change in Pete,
'His posture and way of walking changed just now'
She asked Morsh,
"Pete what are you going to do "
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Morsh said,
"Sleep"
Iris asked,
"Where do you sleep "
Morsh said,
"In bed "
Iris clenched his fists and said,
"Where's the bed "
Morsh said,
"In room "
Iris took a deep breath and asked,
"Where's the room "
Morsh said,
"In a building "
Iris asked,
"Where's the building "
Morsh said,
"Where it was built"
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Iris angrily stomped her foot,
Sky said,
"Pete, why don't you rent a room in the inn we are staying "
Morsh sighed and said,
"I will meet you tomorrow at the guild "
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He then ran toward the city with his full speed,
"It's time to visit to some places "