" C..COME OUT!! I KNOW YOU'RE THERE "
....
There was no response but I'm not a fool, well probably a bit of a fool since I chose to fight instead running but they might continue to purse me and catch up in a worse environment so I should move now when I can clearly hear the breathing of those three people ,they are trying to hide but they are definitly behind that corner, so I picked up a decent stone from the ground and gathered strength on my arms
" I said COME OUT "
PSSHIU!!
I threw the stone at the direction of the sounds I heard
Clang
" My my, you're sharp "
A grown man with brown hair wearing a black masquerade mask came out ,he wore leather armour and had a bow and arrow, he walked out of the corner with a confident grin as he continued
" guess you're not that bad kid "
Chhan :" ...{one more on his left and another on his back } (surpressing my fear i replied) Why don't the other 2 come out as well "
The unknow man smiled even more and called out behind him
" C'mon out you 2 ,it seems he's already found you out "
" Aaa already? "
A young girl with brown hair and eyes,she also wore a black masquerade mask as she came out of the corner AAbehind the archer with an annoyed expression while holding what seemed to be a magic staff, she wore what seemed to be a wizard's garments and a witch's hat
" That stone of yours nearly hitted me brat "
A young man with blond hair and green eyes came ,he also wore a black masquerade mask as he came out from the archer's right, a sword was strapped on his waist and he wore light steel armour
Truly this kind of development was not new to me at all, it happened to many times in many stories I've read and watched as a movie ,cartoon , anime you name it, but unlike those—
{ Can I beat them ?}(felt rather unsure)
— I'm not some overpowered protagonist, I could die like a dog with one mistake here
" What do you want ? "
The archer came forward a bit albeit a bit far and our of reach and declared with a look and tone that I was also familiar with
" Drop all your equipments here and scurry off "
....
Arrogance and overconfidence, things that were not new to me even on Earth, but right now I am all but cornered here, if the girl is a mage I can't run as she can shoot me with spells and that swordsman might be faster than me and there's this asshole as well
But
" Do I look like a stripper? " ( With a sharp glare )
" Ahahaha"
The mage laughed and the swordsman chuckled while the one who seems to be their leader looked angry with a big grown on his face
" I see then "
I turned my sword to not use the edges but the flat part to not kill them but bash their heads with it's steel body
The archer
:" Die! "
Swoosh
The swordsamn behind him instantly closed the distance as he prepared his sword for a downward slash
His movements however, did not seemed to be something completely out of my league
However I also could see the mage already preparing her staff to fire a spell that seemed to be fire considering the fireball formed on her staff's tip and the archer he backed off to gain some distance
But... something felt wrong
Chhan planned to parry the sword slash and then slide past the fireball and close in on the mage but something...some sort of instinct screamed at him
JUMP!!
" Huh? "(Lily)
" WHAT? "(Widened his eyes)(Balthan)
Gathering all my strength in my legs i jumped and dodged the downward slash but was now in the air completely vulnerable to the spell as I would not be able to dodge it, I almost cursed my stupid reflexive movements for causing what was gonna be my death ,but for some reason the spell attack never came from the magician girl but rather
THURRKH
{ Owww!! }
?: " Grrrgh!! "
Something.. I jumped up and headbutted something or rather someone
***
Snakeblade was watching on a tree nearby with her skill ⟨Presence 0⟩ active, as the whole thing went on, she wore her black leather skin tight armour with her daggers out ready, her face was covered like a ninja unlike her party members, and from her view the young newbie swordsman seemed to be panicking, even if he tried to hide it such details couldn't escape the eyes of an assassin
{ I feel bad about this, when we get back I'll have to get Balthan to stop this kind of antics or I'm quitting}
From the tree she waited for Chhan's answer when Balthan asked with Richard and Lily on his back
Balthan : " Drop all your equipments here and scurry off "
Snakeblade frowned for a second
{ That expression of his is one thing I can't like }
She then looked to the swordsman waiting for his response and hoped that he would just agree
{ If he's not an idiot he'll agree... it's one v three and he can still start over so please just accept this newb- }
Chhan :" Do I look like a stripper? " (With a sharp glare)
Snakeblade : "{ Ah.. he's an idiot } "
With that she jumped out of the tree with almost no sounds thanks to her skill ⟨ Presence 0 ⟩ and was now just top of Chhan with her dual dagger that were not Infused with man to avoid killing him ,she was only ready to slash Chhan's back apart to make him bleed till he was knocked out
Richard was there to draw his attention to his front and Lily would prevent him from fleeing while Balthan would cover them all with his arrows ,this was their battle formation that helped them reach where they are now from the lowest of low, where they started from
{ I'll use a potion to not kill you so we'll be even with tha- }
But Suddenly
JUMPS
" AH! "
THURRKH!!
The young newbie swordsman jumped and slammed his head on her jaws at close distance, Snakeblade did not know if he was insane or smart considering that Lily could have just blasted him there with a fire spell
{ WHAT THE HELL?? }" GRRRKH !!"
***
Balthan :" {How did things get to this ?}"
(Gritted his teeth)
Richard :(enraged)" You bastard how dare you?!! "
Lily :" Kkh Stupid Snakeblade how could you get caught?!! "
Snakeblade :" Kkh( her mask was ripped off by Chhan ,had her throat against Chhan's mythril blade that could split it like air )shut up you idiots "
Chhan :" Shut up and back off I'm warning you , I'll cut her head clean off if you make a move here! "{ Thank you God for letting me live! I didn't detect her at all ,is she an assassin?Ninja? }
Here's how things developed to this, at the moment Snakeblade had her jaw slammed by Chhan ,she was stunned as her brained was rattled for a whole 4 second that Chhan who has already recovered used to grab her hair and slammed her down , grabbed her up and brought his blade to her throat and threatened her friends with her life
Balthan :" Y..you let her go this instant!!" (had his bow and arrow aimed at Chhan's head which Chhan hid behind Snakeblade's head){ How did he detect her? }(Panicking)
Chhan :" You guys are adventurers of the capital guild too ,right? "
Lily :" Huh ? How did you? "(Aimed her fire spell ready to be discharged at anymoment)
Richard & Balthan :" You fool!! (Shouted)"
CHHAN :" I see " (Sliced a bit of Snakeblade's now while neck causing it to bleed)
Snakeblade :" Aarg haaarkh "
Richard :" SNAKEBLADE!!! (GLARES AT CHHAN)YOU BRAT I'M GONNA KILL YOU FOR THAT!! "
Chhan :{ So they are from the adventurer guild } " (felt very uncomfortable with what he's currently doing to the girl he is currently cutting) T..Take off those masks and drop your adventurer tags all of you ,RIGHT NOW!! ... I'M REPORTING THIS TO GUILD YOU HEAR ME I WILL KILL HER IF YOU DON'T "
Hearing the sentence ' Report this to the guild ' Balthan abrupt shivered as he slowly dropped his bow and arrow
" R.. report us? "(He suddenly shuddered)
Having always succeeding in their rookie crushing and getting away with their identity he never actually considered seriously what would happen in a situation like this ,he started to panick
{ R.. report us ?Are we gonna get caught? Will I have to go back to being a nobody like a slum dweller again? I can't do that ? But he's got Snakeblade on her throat? I can't let her die? But I don't want to get caught !! What should I do? What should I do what should I do? What should I do? What should I do ? What should I do? What should I do? What should I do what should I do? What should I do? What should I do ?What should I do? What should I do? What should I do what should I do? What should I do? What should I do ? What should I do?..}
So he started having a panick attack
" B..Balthan ?"(Lily){he doesn't look good}
" Balthan what the fuck are you doing? Draw your bow! "
Chhan : { He's panicking }
Snakeblade :(afraid, afraid that her friends might get caught because of her and would be sold to slavery for their crimes ){ I'm sorry guys, but don't worry, I won't let you guys suffer because of me }( gritted her teeth )
With that she prepared herself to push her throat through the blade
{ One...two...}(took a deep breath)
Balthan :" Lily ... Discharge your fireball at them both "
Chhan's eye widened with shock and disbelief
" What ? "
Snakeblade's eyes that were filled with resolve completely lost their vibrant red colour infront of what she saw and heard
End of chapter