Disgusted to his core, Kai rapidly retracted his hands and jumped backwards. Of course, he was not used to such acrobatic movements and ended up landing on his back. Yet, he was more focused on trying to get rid of the blood and other liquids off his thumbs and hands.
It was an indescribably disgusting feeling of doing that, and it felt even worse now that Kai thought about it.
"Aaargh!" the first soldier exclaimed in agony.
"How dare a brat like you!"
The other soldier had been waiting by the side. He knew his colleague only wanting to subdue the kid to ask questions was a blatant lie and just an excuse for him to kill more. That was just the personality of that soldier. He always wanted to kill something.
Seeing how the kid who was going to be killed had somehow turned the tables and had likely irreparably injured the soldier's eyes, this second soldier decided to step in and take care of the child before his colleague got injured any further.
Kai looked over and noticed this soldier rushing towards him, however, he had at least 10 seconds even if this soldier ran at full speed before he reached. Therefore, Kai collected himself and asked the system what to do next. It had already been incredibly helpful in keeping him alive thus far, and Kai hoped it would continue to do the same.
'Now what?'
[Establishing Task]
[Time until completion: 1s]
[1]
[0]
[Task complete]
[Reach behind you and grab the dagger, then stand up. Place the dagger in front of you and close your eyes. Then thrust forward after taking a large step in front of you, before pulling back just as hard and turning around. Then turn away from the approaching soldier and run towards the castle. But stop after only 3 steps. Please attempt another task at this point to accurately predict the enemy's next movements]
Kai had already decided to put his full trust in the system and so he followed suit.
As soon as he stabbed forward with his eyes closed, he felt a strong resistance, but the moment he put enough force into his thrust, the resistance vanished as the dagger moved forward with little to no resistance. After pushing, Kai pulled back Just as hard and turned around, and began running. From behind him, he heard a terrible cry.
"Max no!! You brat! I will kill you right here and now!!"
Kai stopped just after taking three steps and asked the system once more. Only this time, what the system said surprised him a bit, not because of what it said, as it was the same as all the times until now, but because he had now had enough adrenalin in his system to allow him to process everything which had just happened, and that he had almost killed a person. And not, what he would be doing would most likely kill him for good.
[Establishing Task]
[Time until completion: 1s]
[1]
[0]
[Task complete]
[Turn back to the dying soldier and pick up his sword before stabbing it backwards. The reach with your hands behind you and pull once you grab something. Once you hear a thud, turn to face the approaching soldier, but do not engage him with the sword. Dodge the first strike by taking two steps to the left once he starts swinging, and then kick his right knee which is facing you. Please attempt another task at this point to accurately predict the enemy's next movements]
However, Kai did not have the luxury of thinking about the morality of the system at this point and he simply followed through, hoping his actions would not lead to what he thought they would.
Unfortunately for Kai, as soon as he stabbed backwards, he felt the familiar resistance which he now understood was likely from the leather armour, of the soldier, before his sword went through. This time however, after moving through, he felt some much tougher resistance, but the sword just shifted to the side by a few millimetres from the force he was putting in and the resistance vanished on its own.
Soon enough, Kai felt the familiar resistance from the leather armour, as he finally stopped, his eyes gradually welling up. However, he did not stop and reached out behind him and grabbed onto the collar of the leather armour before pulling.
The dying soldier fell backwards, and the sword in his back was pushed through all the way until his body hit the hilt of the sword, the body of which was not jutting out of the now dead soldier's chest pointing towards the sky.
Kai wiped his tears which were already burning his eyes due to the cold, as he looked over at the second soldier who was madly rushing at him, before dodging the downward slash, and kicking the soldier's knee causing his stance to falter.
[Establishing Task]
[Time until completion: 1s]
[1]
[0]
[Task complete]
[Drop your weapon and push the soldier with all your force away from you. Your enemies have been taken care of. Emergency combat status will be removed once the soldier is dead. A total of 10 mana were used to speed up processing during this time.]
Kai ignored the latter portion of the message and pushed the soldier, whose balance was already destroyed from the earlier kick. Coincidentally he fell right into the sword pointing at the sky, two soldiers having been killed by their own sword and skewered together like some cannibal kebab.
A really gruesome sight and as soon as Kai's attention was drawn away from having survived, more tears began forming in his eyes and he sat down on the dirt ground not realising that blood had already covered his hands, face, and most of his front that was facing the second soldier as he fell into the sword, while the act of stabbing while facing away from the first soldier had already stained most of his back in fresh blood.
It made for quite the odd scene; a little child covered in fresh blood causing steam to waft off his body crying next to a human skewer of two adult soldiers in leather armour having been stabbed with one sword.