"Where is it!" the man asked. They had just freed Zane from the tree.
"Take me back to the carriage, I hid it there" Zane said as he pretended to clutch his arm in pain.
The men grumbled but then started walking towards Wyatt's carriage. '5 in front and 6 behind' Zane thought as he counted the bandits, including Wyatt.
Zane suddenly started taking deep breaths, the robbers just thought he was nervous or that his lungs where damaged. Zane then listened closely to his surroundings, he could feel the heat of the sun, so it was during the day.
'Come on! come on!' he thought as he pushed his hearing to it's absolute limit.
'Got it!' Zane internally rejoiced and then steeled his resolve.
'NOW!' he immediately dashed in the direction of the sound as fast as he could. His arms threw out 10 point sight grenade after sight grenade as he weaved though the trees.
WHOOSH !
Zane tilted his head to the left.
BANG !
The tree in front of him suddenly exploded as it was hit by a ball of earth. If Zane hadn't moved his head he would not have it atop his shoulders right now. However his hearing was completely focused on the group running after him.
<(-10 Mana)>
<(-10 Mana)>
Zane had never used his mana this fast before and his sight was almost completely blinded by the system notifications.
"Stop telling me!! I know!" He shouted seemingly at no one, and surprisingly the system messages stopped coming but he knew that his mana was still depleting at a quick pace.
After 30 seconds of sprinting at his absolute full speed, Zane was running out of breath. Running at full speed, dodging trees, and throwing his mana grenades really took a lot of stamina.
Suddenly Zane noticed that there where no more trees in front of him and that he could hear the sound he was running after more clearly. Then he noticed his sight grenades hit something solid. 'The wall !' he thought in relief. Zane could throw his sight grenades a distance of 100 meters, which meant that he was now at least 100 meters away from Willow city.
"HELP!" he shouted as loud as he could.
On top the defense wall of Willow city, two guards where playing a game of cards when they heard the feminine scream. They then looked down the wall and saw a man running frantically towards them.
"Let's go check it out" One of them said as he took his spear and jumped down the wall. The wall was easily 50 meters tall but the two guards jumped down like it was nothing.
"Help me ! , I am being chased by bandits!" Zane shouted as soon as he saw the two guards land 20 meters in front of him.
"STOP WHERE YOU ARE!" One of them shouted and Zane stopped.
Zane could tell that the people in front of him where guards because of their outline. They had large bodies and their heads where perfectly square. Which meant that they where wearing helmets, helmets meaning armor, armor meaning guards.
"Guards please help me I have been attacked and robbed!" Zane pointed behind him. He had heard the footsteps of his pursuers and knew they where standing just 50 meters away.
The guards looked at Zane's clothing then shouted "WHAT IS YOUR NAME!?"
"I am Zane" Zane answered 'Why are they asking for my name ?' he wondered.
"ARE YOU BLIND ?"one of them asked.
"YES I AM!" Zane shouted in frustration.
The guards then started walking towards him as Zane released a sigh of relief. Finally he was safe. However...
SLAP!
"HOW DARE YOU!" one of the guards shouted as he slapped Zane. He was wearing full metal armor even on his hands and due to the guards' strength and the force he used, the skin on Zane's left cheek was completely destroyed. His teeth where in the open. Or at least they would have been if they had not been knocked out of his mouth.
Zane's mind was now in utter turmoil 'What's going of what did i do ?' tears started building up on his eyes, he was now crouched on the ground. The force of the slap had made him fall.
"YOU DISTURBED OUR CARD GAME YOU ASSHOLE SON OF A BITCH!!"
BANG! CRACK!
The other guard kicked Zane on the side of his chest with supreme force. Zane flew 50 meters back, and landed right in front of the bandits. The guards then turned around and began walking back to their posts on the wall while laughing at something.
The kick from the guard had successfully punctured Zane's lungs with his own ribs. He was having trouble breathing, which meant also having trouble spreading his mana dust, which made him fully blind once more. However even if his mind was not fully there, his body used his mana to heal his lung, but the damage was too severe, meaning his body might need a few seconds to completely heal.
"Hey Zane buddy how are you feeling are you okay" Zane heard Wyatt's voice. He tried to speak but only coughed up some blood.
Zane felt someone hold his head and pull it up. Without thinking he tried to take his sword from his inventory to stab whoever was holding him. However instead of a sword, he felt himself holding his bow. Due to his fuzzy mental, state he had forgotten that he no longer had his sword.
"Ohh nice bow. I'll take it" And the bow was forcefully ripped from his hand.
"Nooo! that belongs to my father! Please bring it back PLEASE!!" he cried with his tears falling unrestrained.
"Shut the fuck up bitch. You are making noise !" Zane felt someone hold his neck and pull him up until he was kneeling. His lungs where almost fully healed, unfortunately.....
BANG! CRACK!
"ARRRRRRHG!!!"
Zane released a loud scream as his ribs where broken once more. This was the third time in one day!. Luckily they didn't puncture his lungs this time around so he could breathe again.
"I SAID SHUT THE FUCK UP!!"
BOOM! CRACK!
His jaw dislocated as it received a mighty punch. If he was not being held by the neck, he would have had definitely flew a few meters due to the force.
BANG! BANG!
Zane felt his legs breaking, or rather, being crushed. Specifically his shin bone. Since he was kneeling, someone had gone behind him and broke both his legs.
BANG! CRACK!
And his spine.
"Boss we better get out of here it's getting dark" one of the men said to the one holding Zane's throat.
"Yeah let's go. The beasts will take care of this trash" the boss replied as he threw Zane's limp body to the ground and left with the rest of his crew.
Zane just lay there motionless. Both his legs broken, fractured ribs, shattered spinal cord and dislocated jaw, blood flowing from his open mouth.
'Mother , Father I'm sorry....' Those where his last thoughts before his mind slipped into the darkness.