He could hear the arrow zip through the air. But his body did not move as he was only worried about the bottle within his arms. It was only when the arrow sliced the strawhat that was hanging from his neck and impacted into the tree at a distance with such force that it caused the tree to shatter that he refocused and looked over to whom just shot at him
"Hands in the air!" Spoke a deep feminine voice. It was a woman in armor. Made of copper. She wore gauntlets with engravings of what looked to be artistic depictions of Cats. While the breast plate they wore, which exposed their shoulders and neckline. From below the waist, she wore a warskirt that was studded with golden bulbs, leather pants, greaves and partial thigh protection.
Clearly it was meant to give agility in the arms while also having a decorative senseability and even extenuating femininity of the wearer without compromising practicality.
The Woman herself held a full metal crossbows also made of what seems to be the same metal of their armor. Leroy then noticed that it shimmered in a slight pink or light red hue. It wasn't copper…
She was tall. About a head taller than Leroy. Her arms large and muscular. Her hair was long and like a lions mane. A dark blonde and red hair. Eyes painted with a zig zag black pattern under her eyes and connected to her chin. Her face was sharp.
She effortlessly reloaded the Crossbow that seemed to glow in a haze. His eyes squinted as he saw it, rising to his feet.
"Don't move!" Another spoke. There was three in total. They wore the same armor. But the second woman seemed to have a slight nervousness to her. An a bit of a larger chubbier frame. Black hair down her shoulders.
The Third was only an inch shorter than the first fair skinned woman. But opposed to her, had deep dark brown skin and straight black hair. She didn't have as much muscle as the first, but clearly held the same authority as the first. She had a pauldron on her left shoulder with the visage of a snake bearing its fangs on the Red-ish pink gold. She held a soft smile against full lips.
"Boudicca, keep that Bow trained on this man. I sense an immense amount of Vitality from him…" She said with a smile "And if I'm correct in what that wave was. That could have possibly been an immense amount of Prana or even Heka. "
"Heh. Well this is the first new man thats stepped foot on here without permission in decades. Maybe this is Adonis Huh?" She said with a chortle that each of them seemed to understand the inside joke "Well that would require him to have just done Ase which I doubt. The state he's in? No way."
"Who knows! It could've been…that was a very large amount of Melammu, I mean Heka…then it would be possible that this was the Ase event…After all, legends do say that a man would arrive here in a grave time and assert himself…"
"The fuck are you talking about." Leroy said bluntly. His eyes wired onto the women. Causing the woman known as Boudicca to grimace in anger "Such Insolence…As expected. We should take him to Her Matri and see what she has to say about this…"
"Yes. We should." The Second said with that same smile "Now, be a good boy and put down the down the-" Suddenly a woosh of air spread through as the spot where Leroy was shattered! He crossed the distance and utterly blitzed the three women who didn't have their guard up! Leroy still held the bottle in hand, but had the chubby girl up by the neck and strained again a tree behind them! Breath shaking as her gloved hands attempted to reach for her sword!
But Leroys grip tightened! Causing a pained moan to breath through her throat!
"Bibli!" Boudicca yelled as she shot the arrow at Leroy! It was fast! Almost as fast as a punch by Leroy! But his neck craned to the side without looking causing the tree behind Bibli to explode!
"Where…Am I." He said with such authority to his voice that the women stopped. Their eyes squinting as only they could see what looked to be a haze over the body of Leroy! "Tell me now. Or I'll crush every bone in your body…"
"Let her go!" The Darker skinned woman demanded! She unsheathed her blade! A Kukori of the same metal as her armor! Leroy acted quick! Moving his hand to her wrist with force that caused it to fracture as he swung Bibli through the air and smacked the attacking woman with her!
It caused the Second woman to go of kilter and stumbled to the side! Bibli screamed in pain! Boudicca screamed the name of the woman! "Zora!"
Leroy turned and face them with a scowl across his face! Causing all three of them to suddenly come to attention, as his very presence seemed to radiate around them, he breathed through clenched teeth before-!
"I said…WHERE AM I!" He roared! The same pressure washed over them that had alerted them to his position in the first place! Ground cracking! The trees around quaking as there seemed to be a sudden release of energy! It was short! But it was strange! From the perspective of the women the moment he yelled it was as if they could see a crack of energy in the air!
Zora and Boudicca braced themselves! Feeling the pressure wash over them, causing their skin to sweat! Eyes widening as they looked up to him, Leroy still planted in the same spot, having not even moved and inch…
"Hah…Hah…" The women breathed. Eyes glancing to Bibli only to see that she was unconscious… Face down to the ground. "We'll tell you where you are… Just…Come with us…"
Zora Said. Pulling cuffs from behind her, sea stone cuff. The distinct hue of the Sea Prism shimmering as she tossed them to Leroy. "And put those on…Please."