"It's alright, it's alright, neither of them will hurt you."
"Are you sure, imp?"
"HEY!"
In a twist of events, the poor injured man found himself seeking refuge behind the back of the very person who had assaulted him. The ones that came to help ended up being more scary than the first one himself. What had the poor guy done except call an imp an imp? It only led to him being growled at by Claude and Erika.
"Then, now, why don't you tell us why you were being beaten by the imps. Also, doesn't it hurt?"
Elric's words seemed to have shaken off the man's adrenaline high as he suddenly screamed and rolled on the ground.
"AHH!! IT HURTS!"
"Exactly."
Elric grinned and the other two wondered if they should have defended him at all.
The man screamed a bit more.
And then fainted.
"Wait, for real?"
"Goddamn it!" Claude cursed. "Let's go, I am not wasting a potion on this random guy."