章節 8: To 'The Halls'
Walking a little behind Atlas, I look all around, taking in the sights of the town. due to the mountain we're on I wonder if it goes all the way to the peak. However, looking in the distance it seems to be getting steeper and steeper, so I doubt that would be the case.
Looking around the street I realized everyone was walking closer to the sides of the buildings, no one was walking in the center, Atlas and I are the only two who were… wait where did Atlas go, he's not in front of me. Where did he go?
*stomp… stomp… stomp*
*crunch… BUMP…. Crunch*
"GET OFF THE ROAD!"
"Huh? AHH!"
Turning around I'm face to face with a horse, with what looked to be just a single carriage in tow. Not wanting to be hit I quickly jump out of the way…
*SMASH! CRASH!*
"Ow! What the hell was that?"
"Haha! Shit, here I was trying ta embarrass you yet… instead, now I'm impressed. how did ya move that fast?"
After I jumped I seemed to have rolled straight into a group of big empty metal buckets… I stand back up and stand the buckets back up, don't want to bother whoever owns these.
"Sorry, what was that?"
"Tch! doesn't matter, just keep moving, we're still a fair distance away."
"Ah okay."
Well now that I know why no one walks in the middle of the street. it's because they have those in towns as well… catching back up to Atlas I ask him.
"So they have those carriages in towns as well?"
Looking at him, I notice he's giving me a look of disgust.
"Were you born and raised out in a forest or something."
Well, I mean, he's not wrong. I was living out in a forest alone for seven years. I wish he would be a little nicer to me though… but I don't know anything about him yet, who knows what he's been through.
"But yes, people use them if they need ta get somewhere far, they run at set times."
"I see"
So he can be considerate… however, I keep noticing him covering the right side of his face, using his whole arm to hide his scar. I wonder why.
"What's up with you… why are you covering your scar?"
"Heh, that's funny coming from the one wearing an oversized cloak… unless ya tell me why you're hiding your appearance, I won't be telling you mine."
I guess he's got a point there. I can't ask him for his secrets when I have multiple of my own… so I guess I'll just drop it then.
*sigh* "Well personally I think it looks pretty cool."
"Hmph"
Atlas stopped walking.
"You alright? What happened?"
There was a pause.
"Nothing, happened!"
"Okay…"
With that, we continue walking along the street. It takes only about ten more minutes until we made it.
"Just around the corner are The Halls."
Turning the corner we come face to face with a wall of people.
"Well shit."
Atlas said in response to the situation.
"What's going on here?"
"Why would I know."
Looking around, there was nowhere we would be able to pass through. It seemed something big is happening… looking around this time, I'm trying to find a place where I would be able to see better, as right now I can not see what was going on. I notice that Atlas had already made his way a little bit closer, as he was standing on some stuff that was piled up next to a building… I walk over and climb onto the one next to him.
"Could of told me about this you know."
"Could of, but didn't"
*sigh* eh whatever, nothing I can do about it…
"Arrogant, useless piece of SHIT! Acting like you're so much better than me—us!"
After getting a better view of the scene, I hear someone yell.
"That big guy needs to calm down."
Hearing Atlas my attention switches to the biggest in the group. He seemed to be carrying things… that looked like little mini wood doors. There were multiple covering parts of his arms and legs. Other than that there were seven people at the center of everyone's attention. However, one of them was separated, and with the other six being close together this person wasn't.
"Arrogant… Nah, I'm just confident, idiot. Also, how am I useless, you asked me to do YOUR job because YOU were too lazy."
It seemed the big guy had said that to the person who was alone. While they were talking I noticed them shrugging, in a way that brushes the prior comment off immediately.
"What is your problem!"
That came from someone else in the group, but I couldn't tell who it was.
"Since you joined, you've caused nothing but problems!"
A different person said that one… the next couple minutes consisted of insults being thrown toward the one person. However, to me it looked like they were not fazed at all, as a matter of fact, they just seemed bored.
…
"You done yet?"
After the insults stopped that was the one thing the other person said… and that seemed to have done it.
"You Bitch!"
The big guy stomps over toward the person and grabs them by the shirt and lifts them completely off the ground with zero effort, and gets ready to throw a punch.
"Hey uh, Atlas, should we do someth…
*THWUMP!*
*SWISH*
"Wha…?"
As I turn to ask that question to Atlas, I see that he had already drawn his bow back. The arrow flew straight past me and over the heads of the crowd at an incredible speed. 'Where's he aiming?' the arrow then slows down tremendously and lodges itself into the big guy's wrist of the hand that was holding onto the person's shirt.
*thwock!*
"Ah! What the hell!"
The big guy throws the person to the ground and stares directly at both me and Atlas, along with everyone else who was in the crowd.
Atlas jumps down from where we were standing and forces his bow and quiver into my arms… the people in front of us then moved aside to let him pass. I follow closely behind until I'm at the front, with Atlas getting closer to the group.
Now that I'm closer I'm able to see everything clearer. The person who was thrown had long jet black messy hair, they also seemed to be covered in bruises and scratches, but however, they were wearing clothes I'd never seen before. They looked similar to what I've seen but, they look like they have been made from higher quality material and perhaps by someone whos' extremely skilled.
"Shit… guess my hand slipped."
Atlas says that as he walks up and yanks the arrow out of the guy. However, before he pulled it out, I saw that it had hit directly in the middle of that weird guard on the guy's wrist.
"The hell is your problem!"
Knowing that was directed to him, Atlas turns around and begins to walk back.
"HEY!"
The big guy grabbed Atlas' shoulder, and zero reaction was shown on Atlas' face. It was still that dead, empty expression he always had since I first met him.
"Quiet down, ya voice is annoying."
While saying that, Atlas didn't even bother to look into the guy's eyes, which from what I can see, seemed to have pissed him off. The big guy was gritting his teeth, and I could even see his veins all over him.
"AH! You've done it now!"
Saying that the big guy gripped Atlas' shoulder tighter, in an attempt to stop him from moving. He then raised his other arm and prepared to slam his elbow right down onto Atlas' skull. All while he wasn't facing him… would he even know what was about to hit him.
"Hey uh Atlas, watch… out!"
As I started to warn him, the big guy immediately started his attack…
*SMACK!, CRUNCH!*
"AHHH! HOW THE HELL!"
Can… can he use Sense Type Magic, because he… he dodged that attack without even looking. And… and that crunch sound came from the big guy himself. He put so much force into that, so that when Atlas dodged, he slammed down onto his own hand… did… did he break his own hand with that. What the hell.
As he was groaning in pain, Atlas started walking away again but…
"You are not getting away after what just happened!"
After he said that, the big guy ran to him raising his other arm and preparing another punch. Hopefully, Atlas can avoid this attack as well…
*fhwoo"
Atlas avoided the punch by crouching down, causing the big guy to miss, which led to him stumbling. Atlas then proceeded to swing his leg around taking out the back of his legs, leading to the big guy flipping backward and hitting his head on the gravel road.
*SMACK!*
After hitting the ground the guy didn't move at all, did he get knocked out from that? Atlas stood back up and looked down at him on the ground, then looked back up at the other five. They looked nervous… they all stood there not doing anything until some one from the crowd stepped out.
"Sorry about these six, I'll take care of them now."
"Who is that?"
"It's the Knight Commander of Voltin."
The person next to me answered my question. But the Commander, what does that mean, it does sound important though.
"Oh and you there."
The Commander looks at Atlas.
"You have my thanks... For stepping up to help that is."
Atlas finally turns around.
"Get here earlier next time."
This guy really does have a serious problem. He could have just said 'You're welcome' or 'No problem' I don't see why he needed to be rude. Well with that done though, I guess we'll be continuing to The Halls… but looking back at the person who was thrown to the ground. it seems they're leaving as well, seeing they were already walking in the opposite direction.
"Ah. Well, I guess that's tha—ACCCH!"
"Alright hurry it up Auric let's go."
What the hell, why did he yank my shirt collar like that. Is he trying to choke me to death?
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?"
"You looked out of it, and I'm not wasting anymore time."
He could have just talked to me instead of using force. this is going to be tough… but besides that, why did he step in. From what I've seen, he doesn't look like the type that helps someone.
"So Atlas"
"What"
"Why did you help that person?"
He shot me a disgusted look.
"Like I said before! My hand slipped!"
"Yeah right."
Yeah, you tell yourself that Atlas, you don't have to be embarrassed about it. I now know you're not as much of an asshole as I thought.
"What the hell is with that face!"
"What face?"
"You annoy me!"
… ...
"Hurry up and gimme my shit back!"
"Okay fine, fine. Calm down."
Haha. This is going to be fun, I think I'm slowly starting to understand Atlas now…
"You're really interesting you know!"
"TCH!"
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Baitozz
Baitozz quite a short chapter this time, but i believe this helps with putting a little break in after the longer chapters.
i've planned out chapter 9 and it might be similar in length. good news with that though is that it'll be out quicker, haha.
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