As the flames burned Milo's body. They left nothing behind. Not even ashes were left.
'The fuck… was that Amaterasu?'
Rohan and Agnes both look at the place where Milo was sitting just a few seconds ago before they look at each other. Both lost of words.
As they were pondering what to do next, they hear a very familiar sound.
Neigh… gallop, gallop…
The bandits are back.
'But shouldn't they come tomorrow?'
Rohan looks at Agnes as he says "Let's go back to the village first."
Rohan nods and they both start running towards the village.
…
As the two of them come out of the forest they see the bandits entering the village. But something was wrong…
'There are more of them and...'
The bandits were not led by Gideon this time.
"So that's the bandit leader"
The bandits follow their leader as they enter the village and the villagers gather around.
Gideon comes out of the bandit group and shouts "All villagers, you are all very lucky because you all are going to be sent as slaves for the Vorant family"
…
"What? What the fuck does that mean" Agnes was the first to shout.
"Are you bastards out of your mind?" Agnes was ready to clash with them at any time.
"Yes, we have already paid the protection fees"
"You can't go back on your words"
"Yeah, we can fight again if that's what you want"
All the villagers start raising their voices as well.
Amid all these chaos Colton only sees one thing. He sees that man, that bastard who had incited these villagers to fight against the bandits. If not for him, where would these villagers get the courage to stand up in front of him. They would all have been cowering in their huts waiting for him to take them as his slaves.
Colton pushes his horse to move forward.
…
The villagers stop shouting as they see Colton moving on his horse. Fear was clear on their faces. Even though they talk like they can fight anytime, they still fear death. Especially now that the strongest man in their village, Harry was no more.
When the bandits had first attacked. The villagers could fend of against them because Harry was able to keep the bandit leader in check and the villagers were prepared while the bandits were taken in by surprise.
But this time it was the opposite. Harry was dead, the bandits came out of nowhere and the villagers were unprepared.
"You trashes have grown some guts I see."
"So, you want to fight huh. You fuckers really think you can fight us huh." Colton shouts as he looks at the villagers angrily.
The villagers tremble a little as they listen to him speak.
"Very well then. Men kill all these bastards; we are leaving none alive."
"But boss…" Before Gideon could finish, Colton shouts
"I said kill them all, we will take slaves from other villages" this time his rage was at its all time high as he gives another shout
"Kill…"
"Wait…"
Before Colton could give the command, he was interrupted by a voice coming from behind.
As he looks behind him, he sees a young man standing next to Agnes.
"You bastard, I am Harry's son; I dare you fight me right here" Rohan shouts at the top of his lungs.
'What?'
Colton could not believe what he heard.
When the bandits had first attacked the village. The old Rohan was seriously ill and could not get up from his bed. Harry would take care of him all the time, but he never told other villagers about it, saying it's just a minor illness. Because of his illness Rohan did not participate in the clash against the bandits. At the end of the fight Harry was killed and the bandits had to leave in hurry because Colton was seriously injured. Amidst all this chaos, the bandits did not notice that Harry also had a son. If they did, they would have definitely killed him at all costs.
But now,
As Colton looks at Rohan, he can clearly tell the similarities. And suddenly he feels very happy.
"Good you bastard let me kill you to relish the humiliation that bastard father of yours had caused me."
'Got him'
Because the villagers did not know how serious old Rohan's illness was, they did not pay much attention to his condition. Added to the fact that he lost his father, old Rohan got into depression and lost his life to the illness. At the last moment of his life old Rohan had only one regret, and that was that he could not avenge his father.
And somehow that feeling was transferred to the current Rohan.
'I will kill this bastard for sure.'