Chapter 25: Danger!
Arthur:
The mercenaries' camp, the prison at night.
I looked at the stone wall of my room, I placed the palm of my hand on it and I felt its hardness. Yes yes it is very hard.
I stepped back a little. I stood in an attack stance.
I pulled my hand back with my fingers closed into a fist.
It was time to get to know my special skill "Anger", and time to get out of this filthy place. I enjoyed you very much, my dear room, but it's time to part, goodbye.
When I thought of using the special skill, my skin color changed, I felt a high heat rise from my feet to reach my whole body. Even light smoke began to come out.
The movement of my fist from its place toward the wall, the fist struck the wall with force, shaking the place and raising dust.
This strike made the wall look like a spider's nest with a large hole in the middle.
"Ha? What is happening?"
Because of the earthquake I caused, I alerted everyone around the place, including the guard who was guarding the prison entrance.
Tchih… it did not break, I think I will go to plan B.
I scratched my head in confusion at my failure.
"What??? Did you think of escaping through a wall? You are dreaming, this is an underground prison… hahahaha" shock appeared in his voice, then mockery.
The guard arrived at the crime scene to see the crime I had committed in my poor room.
'Ah… my God, how dare he try to escape. It's your end. I will tell the right deputy Dran. And you will receive the punishment you deserve.'
"Oh… hello, sir guard. Did you say punishment? Hahaha… you must be joking." I moved while laughing toward the door and looked at the guard with a beastly face.
I grabbed the bars of the door with my hands and began pulling them to the sides. They bent.
An opening formed and I exited through it.
"Hey… what are you doing?! Come back or…" the guard grabbed the hilt of his sword and threatened me.
"Oh? What will you do, I'm in front of you." I stood upright "Come on, what are you waiting for?"
The guard ground his teeth. He drew the sword from its sheath and began swinging erratically.
I did not move an inch from my place, yet not a single swing hit me.
"Come closer, what are you afraid of?" I moved closer to the guard and mocked his fear.
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Guard:
What?! What?! Not even a scratch, I can leave scratches on metal using my ability [Aura Enhancement] — it's really a shock.
I stepped back my legs I do not want from extreme fear. ← (literal as in original)
In my fight against the boar, although it was injured with many wounds it did not fall. But I did not even wound him. What will I do.
Okay, he does not possess any offensive skill. As long as I find an idea to make him lose consciousness, everything ends. I tried to find an idea about a way to drop this monster.
I moved my sword toward his neck and I wanted to cut it using his strongest skill which is [Aura Blade] of rank D.
Which grants the sword great power and speed to cut anything.
I did not want to risk using it because it consumes a lot of mana.
In a swing toward him that monster moved his left hand and blocked my sword.
From the strength of the blow the sword embedded deeply in his wrist.
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Arthur:
"Whew… that was very close. Good move." I praised the guard's strength.
I pulled the sword from my left hand.
"I think the joking time is over. It's time to go." My right hand became solid from clenching. I looked at the system window and saw that the cooldown of the special skill "Anger" had ended.
"This is for my precious bread." I said this and moved my right red hand whose all its attributes were increased by 50%.
When the guard saw the fist coming toward him, he tried to avoid it but his efforts were in vain. The fist struck his face, specifically his nose, breaking it.
My fist did not only stop at hitting the guard's face, but I also continued by pushing the guard's face toward the wall. A collision occurred that made the guard's head embedded in the wall.
"Ughghgh… how do you have an attack skill…" that is what the guard said before he lost consciousness.
Okay, his strength is not bad. Ah I forgot to ask about his rank in the mercenaries to gauge my strength.
I headed toward the sword sheath that is on the guard's waist.
At least this will be useful. I carried the sword and put it in its sheath.
It was time to leave here. The guard always comes from here, so the way is through here.
I moved through the dark corridor toward the prison exit.
Wall guard Jack:
And at the same time on the right wall.
"Ughhhh… how cold the weather is. This cold makes me remember my wife hehehe. It has been a year since my last visit to my family. I miss them." Sadness appeared on my face when I remembered my wife and my children.
I took out a necklace from my chest, I began to rub it for a moment then I opened it. I looked at a picture of a young woman with long red hair and two children, one holding his mother's hand and the other the mother carries.
Tomorrow I will ask Lady Dark to let me visit my family. I am sure she is a kind person who will not refuse my request.
Phew… I can blow smoke from my mouth, cold… ah… huh?!
While I was warming my hands, my tiredness changed to blueness and I held my breath. I grabbed my staff with my hand and used a rank F skill [Flame].
What I saw after that made me step back and scream, "We are being invaded… quickly ring the alarm bell, alert everyone…"