Chapter 5 - Fist of Judgment

"Hey, stop that." Jin said as he approached.

"?!!" The three bully behind the leader looking bully, turned in the direction of the voice.

Seeing that it was just a kid and a commoner at that, they began to act haughty and looked at him with threatening eyes.

"Huh?! What did you say, you commoner bastard?!"

"Are you looking for a fight?!"

"What do you mean by that? Do you have a death wish?! If not then scram!"

Jin stopped and looked at them with a questioning face.

"Wait, why would I fight if all I want is to stop you from messing with him?" Jin said indifferently.

"This arrogant bastard. So you really want to die so badly, huh?!"

Jin sighed in frustration and lowered his head before saying,

"Can't you understand the word that I'm saying?"

'What is the problem with these dudes? Why are they agitating so much?'

"For your information, I am not here to fig--

Jin stopped before finishing his words and thought,

'Right, come to think of it, they are nobles from a big city while I am from the countryside. So it just means that we're having a hard time understanding each other because of the language barrier. Is it that hard to understand my dialect and tone?'

"I. Not. Here. To fight." Jin said as he interpreted every word that comes out of his mouth. "Okay."

Jin glanced over their shoulders and looked at the leader-looking bully pinning the helpless boy against the wall, and again, he did what he thought was right.

"You. Strong guy. Let go. The boy. Now."

'I hope that's enough for them to understand.'

Jin knew that poking his nose into their business wouldn't do him any good, so he wanted to solve the problem the easiest way he knew how.

Fortunately, the leader seemed to understand what he said and was considerate enough to do as he was told.

*Cough, cough...!*

The boy fell on his butt coughing after he was freed.

Seeing that the boy was no longer choking, Jin looked at the leader and gave him a thumbs up while nodding.

"Good. Good. You guys are strong so don't bully the weak."

After saying that, Jin walked over to the boy and held out his hand to help him stand thinking that the situation was settled.

"Are you okay?"

Instead of accepting the offer, the boy slapped his hand and looked away as if he didn't care that that young man had saved him. In an instant, Jin looked like a pushover in front of everyone.

"Tsk. Pathetic bastard."

"W-what?"

For a moment, Jin wondered why he was acting like that, but when he looked at his rough and dirty hands, he came to his own conclusion.

'He really is a noble after all.'

As Jin retracted his hand with so much disappointment inside at the harsh judgment, one of the bully grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Hey, are you going to ignore us until the end?!" He said in an angry voice.

Jin looked at him with a cold eyes and asked, "What do you want?"

The bully was stunned when he saw his eyes and backed away. He put on his fighting stance and continued.

"Do you know who you're messing with right now? If you do, then you'd better bow down and apologize right now."

As he continued to explain about a topic that only he could understand, Jin ignored him and walked away to get out of there. Embarrassed by helping the wrong person, he was eager to get out of the place.

"This guy, do you know who this is?" The bully that doesn't stop blabbering asked with a grin. He presented their leader and bragged about him to Jin.

"No. And I don't care." Jin walked past them. "Keep doing what you're doing, I don't care anymore."

"Right, right, he's the Lord's son here--

"What?!"

"What!?!"

They were surprised by his indifference.

Hearing him say that, the leader finally made his move and blocked the path of Jin.

"What are you doing?"

"You think you can just leave after all you've done?"

"Why not? If you think I'm wrong for stopping you, then I apologize."

Jin turned a little to the left and stepped to pass him, but the leader deliberately opened his hand and blocked him again.

"What's the big idea?"

"This is the big idea!!"

"Wha--

As Jin looked at him, he saw the incoming fist aimed at his face.

'Received my fist of judgment, insolent bastard.' The leader of the bullies thought while smiling. He thought that if he threw a fist at an unguarded kid in front of him, he could easily hit him. If that happens, he will be able to show why he is the boss.

However, what he expected was far from what really happened.

"??!"

"H-how?"

"He evaded the 'Fist of Judgement' of Moby!"

Everyone was surprised because the 'Fist of Judgment' which they thought was absolute, was easily dodged by the unknown young man. From what they saw, they began to wonder what to believe.

Is the unknown young man really that good at fighting or is their leader just suppressing his true strength?

And after some time, they still believe in their leader.

"Don't get too cocky. Moby was just holding back his strength earlier that's why you dodged his 'Fist of Judgement'!"

"Right, the next attack will be different so be careful."

"Kill him, Moby!"

Moby looked at them with a confident look and answered, "O-of course."

However, even though he said that, he wasn't sure if he could win over his opponent right now.

'I'm sure I put my all in that punch, so how?'

His so-called 'Fist of Judgment' was clearly a cowardly attack. He used it in every fight to win easily.

'If I mess up here, my followers won't listen to me. Although I am a child of the Lord here, I don't want to use my father's name just to boss them around.'

Moby knew that if he wanted to have a decent fight, he would have to use all his tricks at his disposal.

With the fierce determination that could be seen on his face and the trust of his subordinates from the sidelines, Jin held back and gave Moby a fight befitting his abilities.

Jin acted like he was struggling and received some of Moby's punch.

'Consider this my gift because I am to blame for meddling in your business.'

Thwack!

Pucnh!

Slam!

"Go, Moby!"

"Don't let him rest!"

'Great! This is great. I thought he was a good fighter but it was just all a fluke.' Moby thought as he continued to strike Jin.

"Kekeke. What are you going to do now?!"

As Moby thinks he has the upper hand in the fight, he then unleashes his strongest punch.

"I'm gonna end you now!"

Seeing that Moby was enjoying the lead, Jin finally took action.

'Forgive me but I will not let myself be defeated.'

Jin wrapped his hand around Moby's arm like a snake and used Moby's strength against his own.

"??! Why did my vision turn upside down?" Moby wondered when he felt himself in the air.

Slam!

"Ugh-!"

And after that, the next thing he felt, he fell to the ground.

'What the hell just happened? I'm sure, I'm the one leading the fight, so how?' While lying down wondering, his opponent led him.

'Shit. I'm done.' Moby thought as he saw a fist equivalent to death approaching. Knowing there was nothing he could do about the situation, Moby just smiled before completely passing out.