NOVPUB"Hmmmm what happened?" Outside the canteen/Inn Leon asked Arian who was currently dragging the horse carrige over.
"Nothing, just some randoms bug" Arian responded nonchalantly, as if what had just happened was of no consequence to her.
"I see..." Leon smiled bitterly while his eyes panned to the side of a building not too far away. There was a massive crack in the side of the building, a crack the size of muscular man.
Right before Leon, a bear chested man slowly emerged from the crack with a painful look on his face. He had been flung into a building by Arian when he tried to collect what he was owed. It was very annoying.
"Ahh? That’s bad isn’t that Zane? The brother of the Blackwater mountains gangs 4th division captain?"
"Those new comers are in big trouble now"
"F*ck this is troublesome if they Blackwater gang memebers come here it’ll be tax day all over again"
"There’s only one way to salvage this situation.....we have to capture them"
The guy Arian had thrown through the side of the building was Zane Miller. He was an orphan....Him and his brother, before now they were essentially just the children of the town, they would be taken care of by anyone who had the time.
That was until Zanes younger brother Aron got a lucky encounter and joined the blackriver mountain gang. When that happened everything changed.....they became more overbearing.
"You f*cking slut, you wait until I get my brother, we’ll fix you up!!!" Pointing furiously at Arian, Zane got onto a horse and rode out of the Area.
He had tried to sell her over priced water and food as he would every member of the town. In fact he made it much worse in Arians case seeing that she wasn’t from around here. But She wasn’t having it, Arian negotiated with him but he refused to budge so she turned to leave, and during his attempts to stop her, he was flung away.
It was humiliating for him.
"Sigh...." Leon shook his head and walked back into the canteen/Inn, He was putting the whole matter at the back of his mind. He was here to rest his head and enjoy food.
"We want everything here brought up to our room" Leon went to the counter and requested.
From the way the villagers reacted, it seemed like they wouldn’t even let them leave if they wanted to. So Leon thought it wise to use this opportunity to rest up and regain his strength.
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Meanwhile
Zane made his way out of the town and into a forest region not too far away. He rode deeper and deeper, crossing a variety of terrain. Bushes, mountainous formations and trees. Lots of trees. Until finally, he game to a slow halt infront of a camp.
"Hmp!!" Zane Miller got down from the horse and proceeded to walk towards the camp with absolute confidence.
"Haga, give me more booze!!!"
"Juicy"
"Haha, brothers let’s feast"
The camp was filled with brutish men and women. They didn’t wear amour nor did they carry the air of nobility. The stench of blood though.....it was very present.
"Leave the way, I’m here to see Aron"
Soon Zane appeared infront of a tent and said to the guards in a mencing tone. Staring them deep in their eyes.
"Sigh," having no choice one of the guards stepped aside for Zane to come through. They all knew Zane, this wasn’t his first, second, third, fourth...or fifth time here....he was a bully that would often use his brothers men to cause trouble for whomever crossed him.b
—woop
The sound of curtains parting waya resounded following which Zane walked into the tent and scanned his immediate surroundings.
"Shit, can’t you knock you shithead bastard?!!!"
Soon his gaze landed on a bed where a young man with a scar running from the top of his head to his chin Could be seen.
"F*cking womaniser" Zane sneered. On the bed were several beautiful ladies with awesome curves and ample chests. Plus they were completely naked.
"Fuck you man, at least I don’t go around having wet dreams about money!!" The young man on the bed retorted. This little bastard of a brother of his was a greedy bastard that loved money more than his life. So what that he wanted several women? At least he couldn’t die for them unlike Zane.
"You guys can leave, I need to speak to my little brother" Zane said to the ladies on the side of his brother with a look of annoyance.
"Nope, they’ll stay right here. Mind your own business" Aron dismissed the command as if it was nothing.
After all, it really was nothing. He was the powerful brother here, a being at the peak of level 2. No one could dare him in this entire region....he was like a lord.
"You’re my little brother, you’ll do what I say or else I’ll tell dad" with widened eyes filled with a brutish blaze Zane said to Aron.
This wording of Zane’s was strange. They were orphans this was a well known fact, so why was he threatening him with a none existent Father?
"You’re just annoying, but whatever, I’ll give you some men so you do whatever makes you happy" Aron sneered before giving in.
The old man was a stiff neck, if he Zane was to report him it would be very bad for both of him.
"Hmm, better." Zane nodded before turning around to leave. But before that he remembered something.
"They should be powerful though, I think these guys are magic users at least the lady would be at level 2"
Zane himself was a level 1 mage even though no one knew about it. So for Arian to perform such a feat with his strength he had to be something else.
"Ah? Level 2? Thats interesting." In a back water place like this, there weren’t alot of elite fighters. Most were level 0 and only a few were level 1.
A group of level 2 mages was strange.
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"That’s was nice" sighing in satisfaction, Leon stepped out of the bath room with nothing but a towel.
He couldn’t remember the last time he had such a relaxing bath....with hot water even. If suddenly seemed like a luxury.
"Hm?" To the corner of the room, Leon noticed Arian and Ember conveniently facing the wall trying to avoid looking at him.
After all, he was basically half naked.
"Why did we have to get one room by the way? We can afford thw whole Inn if we wanted to" all of a sudden Ember sneered at Leon’s tactics of seduction.
Of course, Leon didn’t have this in mind, he was just enjoying himself
"Uhhh....why should we waste money lime that? Its only a couple days" Leon said causally.
Before they left duan city, they had robbed the dalriss family and amassed some wealth selling herbs from the faystone mansion. So it was normal to say they were filthy rich.
But Leon didn’t believe in spending money in a very open manner. He had to be very calculating about it. In other words, he was a miser.
"Sighhhhh" Ember sighed in annoyance meanwhile Arian feigned ignorance of the whole matter and just stared at the wall playfully.
She had dreamed on leaving elodria for a long time with her brother, but unfortunately, alot of things happened and her dreams were put on hold..she couldn’t be anymore greatful to Leon for giving her this opportunity.
"I need to go for a stroll" Seeing the behaviour of Leon and Arian, Ember stood up and walked out of the room.
She grabbed a cloak and made a bee line going down the stairs of the old Inn.
—squekkk
—squekkk
The Inn was quite old so even a single move would be noticed due to the decaying wood all around.
But Ember wasn’t trying to sneak out, she just wanted some fresh her from Leon’s and Arians sexual tension.
If they wanted to f*ck why couldn’t they just get it over with? They were making the whole thing weird. At least that was what Ember thought. In truth she was envious of how close Leon and Arian were. They were both tied to Leon by fate and sin.
So for someone with the nature of envy, it was normal for her to feel this way.
—cling
She soon exited the canteen/Inn and began walking down an empty road side before taking a U-turn to the back of the building
She wanted to see what was going to happen in her absence. She wanted to spy on Leon and Arian.
But
"Hm? Who’s the retard?" Before she could even get there she noticed someone following her.
Figures in the dark lurked around at this time of night....for a young lady like Ember to be out at this time was not save..
