113 The true winners (1/2)
Why the hell would he just drop on the ground like that? He was able to withstand this much damage and then the fight comes to such an unsatisfying conclusion? You have to be kidding me. How can I set an example if the fight ends like that?
Even the audience is disappointed with the outcome, they have not made a single sound afterwards. Looking at the body of my opponent, I noticed his soft breathing. This came as no surprise given his ability to receive so many attacks from me.
Kicking his body to turn it around I saw him dozing off without any injuries at his body. The big smile on his face was the icing on the cake. As much as he seemed to have enjoyed our little sparring session, it would be a shame if I did not get something in return.
Some quick slaps to the face should be enough to wake him up, after all, he owes we some answers. Strange, even though I could vent my frustrations none of them was showing any signs of interfering with this matter. Why can't I provoke them after finding out how this stuff works? I need someone to verify my hypothesis.
The magic they used surely is an interesting one I would have killed myself if I had not stopped my eagerness in the later stages of the fight. They are somehow able to conserve the strength of the impact and return it with the next punch. That is why each of his punches felt so weak later on because there was no force behind them anymore.
I have no idea, why the injuries he had amassed on his body have healed already. While the principle behind their magic is to transfer the force and return it, that does not mean that they can nullify the initial impact.
His skin should theoretically be bruised from the first moment when my attack hit. While his organs should be safe, the same can not be said about the surface area. Right now, every punch of mine left a visible trace on his face, though it was not enough to wake him from his deep slumber.
The spectators on the sidelines still had not intervened as I was trying to slap him into the next dimension. It was only a matter of time until they did especially since my current behaviour is not very gentlemen-like.
Conducting myself that way is not something that I should do. Rather than doing something as pointless as this I should have started and questioned those players. But I prefer to vent my frustrations for the time being.
People like them would not run away, they keep their word. Even if they ran away, then they would leave behind one of their own and I still would have someone to pose my questions to. Of course, they would no do something as absurd as this, but human nature is fickle so its better to be safe than sorry.
I must admit slapping him in the face, did not get boring as I had previously expected, it was quite refreshing actually. The clear and crisp sound reverberating through the air was confirming that I was doing a good job.
I made sure to change the rhythm from time to time and tried to imitate many famous songs ranging from we will rock you to pirates fo the Carribean.
But all good things must come to an end, even though none of them had even stepped forward to stop me. Since he did not show any signs of waking up, I decided to focus on his friends for the time being.
Turning around I saw their expressions for the first time, but why in their Gods name were the currently looking like they are drooling just by seeing me? I had expected shock or fear but why would these boars adore me?
For the time being, it would be wise to get Tom out of here, so I can ask my questions without his interference. My questions might sound strange in his eyes and I do not want him to start doubting me.
” Hey Tom, might you gather some more monster corpses for me the old ones are sadly gone.”
Before Tom even had a chance to react, those players started to run outside of the city as if their life depended on it. I should seriously stop trusting my sense of judgement, their common sense is deviating from everything I would consider normal? Am I that much of an alien, that I can not fathom how those people react?
In their eyes. this is a god damn simulation, so their word does not hold any meaning, either way, they just could have logged out and returned to their real-world, why would they run away? What the hell is the thinking process that leads them to that action?
Are they running away from responsibility or trying to lure me into following them out the safety out this town? If they were acting logically they should try to draw my attention before taking away their comrade. They still could commit suicide to respawn somewhere else to easily escape my grasp.
Following this line of thought, their escape meant if I follow them I will have to leave the body of their comrade alone should I not follow them they could easily get out of this town and spread rumours about the things they saw.
Splendidly done Moirai because of your feelings, you have created another superb opportunity for your enemies. Just because you saw your former self in someone in this world does not mean you have to endanger yourself.
But let's face it, while I am in this city I do not even face any real danger. I could stand here all day and not be hurt by any magic, so what do they want to death tickle me to death? So the only downside, that came with it was a minor inconvenience.
If those people want to play mind games I will give them a little help.
” Hey, take him with you.” I lifted the body right in front of me and casually threw it to their left. But instead of a confused expression on their face, they just caught him and nodded before continuing to run off.
After Tom and I watched them running off in the distance it did not take long before Tom broke the silence and began to speak to me.
” What are you planning now? Why would you let them get away without answering your questions?” Tom had a smug grin as he spoke those words.
” I just sent them into the direction you ”girlfriend” has left us before. After eating all of that meat and wasting all the effort into those minions, it would be rude not to leave them a parting gift. ”
” All of these monsters for such a good view, in my eyes I could not have asked for a better trade.” Tom had a very mischievous expression on his face as he spoke about the lifechanging event.