Chapter 42: Coins

Step. Step. Step.

The man walked slowly past the corpses of the bandits, but despite that, no emotion appeared on his face, as if none of this mattered.

"You seem pretty capable... Killing my guards so easily, damn, that's impressive." The man muttered while shaking his head, then he grinned broadly, "That's great! Then our fight will be interesting, won't it? Try not to die from one hit!"

Zayne flinched at the man's strange reaction. He had expected the bandit leader to be angry, to go into a rage and charge at him, but he looked like a madman.

'Agh...? What's he doing?' Zayne inwardly muttered looking at the man who stopped and began whistling a different method, gradually increasing the volume.

Usually whistling was a pleasant sound, some people were quite skilled at it, but gradually Zayne began to feel a sharp pain in his ears as the small stones on the ground began to shake.