Chapter 21 - An Exotic Team
Our plan was simple. Create a diversion, take so of them out, incapacitate the others and then torture them into doing our bidding.
My main purpose was to make my family believe that I had died today.
Wouldn't want ghosts of my past to co looking for now, would I?
"Ready?" I asked in a whisper.
Azell and Noelle nodded.
"I'm asking you one last ti!" The leader shouted while his n took stances to attack us. "Drop the monster and leave!"
"Do it."
Within the blink of an eye, Noelle dashed from her position. I couldn't see what she did, but I did hear the surprised and painful gasps of the 2 n diagonally behind us.
"Wha!? Attack!" The leader acted more quickly than I expcted him to, but Azell was faster.
Using their brief mont of confusion as his window, Azell shot forward, passed through the 2 n diagonally in front of us and kicked the leader right in his gut.
"Guh!" He groaned as he was sent flying back.
"He's not a monster." Azell murmured.
Damn, he's making blush.
As I expected, since the last two swordsn were beside the leader, he hit the two magicians in the back, thus interrupting their casting.
Noelle had finished the other two by then and had co forward to protect Azell from a potential arrow, but it never ca.
anwhile, Azell finished off the other two n.
Hmm, the last mber either died or…
"Noelle! There should be one more man! Search for him and don't let him escape!"
I almost coughed out blood while shouting but managed to hold on.
"On it!"
With that, she leaped towards the forest and vanished into its darkness.
With everyone taken care of (except the last guy, of course), I finally got the chance to look around.
The scene was, for a lack of better term, quite grim. Noelle had cleanly sliced off the necks of the 4 n surrounding us.
Azell's kick was so powerful that the leader was choking on his own blood while the magicians had been knocked unconscious. The last two n also had most of their bones broken.
Jeez, these guys are ruthless, but God they're efficient.
"Bring to the leader."
"We don't have ti. Your treatnt cos first."
"And risk losing what we worked for till now?"
What's the point of working so hard to keep them alive if we're going to just leave them here? That won't be the most tactical decision, chief.
"Your life is more important."
Bruh. I seriously need to do sothing about their attachnt.
But before I could think of good cobacks, Noelle called out to from behind.
"Is this the man you were talking about?"
"Yes- hmm?" Azell turned around to face Noelle, and since I was on his back, so did I.
However, my expectations were betrayed when instead of finding Noelle with a probably dead man, I saw an entire group of people.
"Y-you're here!" Azell's tone imdiately brightened up.
Looks like these guys are allies.
And by these guys, I an this group of three won. So yea, I should probably call them gals.
"But what are you doing here?" Azell asked while Noelle threw the archer to the side.
"I sensed a disturbance in the Force." One of them, with azure hairs and azure eyes with both a crossbow and a longsword hanging on her back (wut?), replied.
"…"
"We were worried for you, okay? So we decided to take a look."
They should be court-martialled for insubordination.
"Oh. Anyway, I'm glad you're here."
"Right. But where did you find this malnourished orphan?" She asked while looking at .
What the actual fuck? Bruh. The audacity of this woman.
It's not my fault that I'm so scrawny. You could have just kept this thought to yourself instead of insulting in front of all these people. It's called 'respecting others'.
How about I lock you into a basent while giving you only the necessary amount of food and water to stay alive, then release you and call you a malnourished orphan in front of everyone? Would you like that, huh?
Hot damn, if I wasn't in this condition, I would have personally strangled her.
"Are you thinking sothing rude about ?" She asked.
And needless to say, that was all a joke. I wouldn't have strangled her just for this obviously; I'm a normal person with normal ways of handling my emotions.
I would have just spit at her.
"That malnourished orphan saved my life, so have so damn respect!" Noelle smacked the other woman on her head.
Wow, she managed to hurt and praise simultaneously. Noelle deserves respect.
"R-reallly?" The woman rubbed her head.
"We don't have ti for this. Neia, take a look at him." Azell brushed them off and took to the woman with silver hair and black eyes.
So more colours and we'll have the entire visible spectrum with us.
"Why is his condition so bad?" Neia's gentle voice had a strange calming effect.
Noelle took off the strap and Azell gently put down on the ground, except this ti, I was forced to lie down with my head on Noelle's lap.
"You don't have to worry now." She gently stroked my head. "Neia is a Dragon; she can heal you with a snap of her fingers."
Huh? Co again? A dragon?
As if noticing the confusion on my face, Noelle smiled.
"And that woman is an Ancient Vampire." She pointed to the third woman who had flowing silver hairs and crimson eyes.
She was actually staring at with a piercing gaze, as if saying I didn't belong here.
"What an… exotic team."
A Regressor, a Dragon, and an Ancient Vampire. I'm going to be greatly disappointed if Noelle and the blue-haired-woman turn out to be just normal humans.
"Sorry to say this, but this won't be as easy as snapping my fingers." Neie's voice trembled as she revealed that fact.
"Eh?" Noelle's hand stopped.
"What do you an by that?" Azell asked in a grim tone.
"Just, just what have you done?" Neia ignored them and looked straight into my eyes.
"What do you an, Neia?"
"You don't know?" She looked up at him. "He's a complete ss. His Mana Circuits have been poisoned and destroyed. His internal organs are badly damaged. The bones of his arms have been shattered into several pieces while the muscles have been torn asunder."
"Wha!?"
"His blood vessels heading to his arms have also been blocked or rerouted, while his life forced also seems depleted. I don't understand, just how could this happen?" She looked back at . "What exactly did you do?"
I wonder how I should answer her question.
"It would seem that I went a bit… overboard."
"You- *hic*- just why did you do this?" Tears once again stread down Noelle's face. "We weren't even that close, so just why?"
Wait, now that she ntioned it, I had done the exact sa thing I had been cursing Azell and Noelle for; I sacrificed my life for them even though I had t them only a few hours ago.
Yikes. I beca the very thing I swore to destroy.
"Well, I just considered your life more valuable than mine."
Even if I die today, I'll just move on to my next life, but the sa cannot be said for Noelle.
She must have her own ideals, reasons, people she loved et cetera. So putting my life on the line for hers was the logical thing to do.
I an, I wasn't exactly planning to sacrifice myself for her, but this World was just too shitty and I had to improvise.
And as I say, I don't work well under pressure.
"You cannot place a value on life; no one is more valuable than soone else." Azell said solemnly.
"Is that what you believe?"
"Yes."
Well, unfortunately for you, you're wrong.
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