Chapter 11 (1/2)
Chapter 11 - Training
Dawn Finally, the long-awaitedfor him
”Motherfucker, what's he doing here? That's Skinner! I was just drinking with him the other weak! Skinner's the owner of a butcher shop Hain, so he caies to butcher to replenish his stock” Mad Dog eyed the corpse on the ground Although they were old acquaintances, Mad Dog didn't show the slightest bit of grief or pity at all It was as though he was looking at a dead rat that had invaded his property ”Your luck sure is shi+t, kid Who would've thought so like this would happen to you on your first day? By ies like you have ended up dead by Skinner's hands”
The owner of a butcher shop? So this was one of those detestable ht theht that they would exist in the outposts as well!
”Then again, I have to say… the fucker ht've been useless, but not so useless as to end up like this!” Mad Dog glanced at Cloudhawk in a very puzzled manner ”Why aren't you dead instead of him?”
And what the fuck was that supposed to h Cloudhaas enraged by Mad Dog's attitude, he didn't dare reveal the truth behind what happened the previous night, and so he just gave a rather vague explanation for what had happened
”You pretended to be asleep, then suddenly delivered a h carefully, then decided that it was plausible The corpse on the ground had probably just underesti a bell on the door or set up a si Outpost You were lucky this tiht not be so lucky next time”
As soon as Mad Dog finished speaking, he turned and prepared to leave
”Wait a sec!” Cloudhawk didn't understand why all of this had happened ”What should I do with the corpse
”Your spoils of war You decide You can either sell it to the black market or use it yourself I recommend you nail the head outside your door Skinner's head will probably scare a few people off, ht As for the rest of his body… well, y'know, he spenttheir meat It's now his own turn to be skinned eaten by someone else”
The ugly, swarthy bastard spoke in a very matter-of-fact manner Cloudhawk, however, revealed a look of revulsion upon hearing it
”You really are a da spat disdainfully ”Check out that horrified look on your face! You probably wouldn't even have the balls to taste huive it to Woola They like this type of present! Enough of this crap Next time some small-time shi+t like this happens, deal with it yourself instead of bothering me about it fuck me, what a waste of time”
Mad Dog continued to curse and insult Cloudhawk as he left the room At the doorway, he suddenly turned his head and said, ”Co area at noon You have work to do!”
Cloudhawk silently swore Mad Dog up and down at least ti down! Still… he still had a job to carry out Cloudhawk couldn't help but shi+ver when he thought of how Woola slavered and drooled while staring at him, and so he decided it was best to send the corpse to Mantis instead Of the three mercenary captains, Mantis seemed to be the only one who seemed normal
First, Cloudhawk stripped the corpse of its clothes and weapons They ed the corpse out of his roo a corpse around; in fact, no one even glanced a second time at him Faced with utter indifference, Cloudhaas actually able to relax a little bit
Mantis resided within a large, stand-alone house which was virtually the largest building the mercenaries had Cloudhawk couldn't help but feel quite curious It seeh Mantis never went out on st the mercenaries?
When the puzzled Cloudhawk entered Mantis' residence, his eyes da before him, for aplace This was no residence… it was a slaughterhouse!
Five or six corpses lay sprawled in various locations Sos, and some had their skulls split open As for Mantis, he wore a pair of gloves on his hands and was busy carving open the chest and the abdoical scalpels with precision In just a few brief an from within the chest cavity
This sight uy was named 'Mantis'! He suppressed his nervousness and called out, ”C-C-Captain!”
No response Mantis continued to carefully inspect the organ in his hands When he found the unusualfor, he used his scalpels to cut thelass jar
The surrounding area was actually filled with large jars, and the jars in turn were filled with ans held in preservative fluids Others were filled with strange plant rooe eyeball that was absolutely chilling to behold
What was Cloudhawk supposed to do? Neither leaving nor staying seemed appropriate, but he really didn't want to stay here for a second longer than necessary
”A fresh one?” After finishi+ng his work on the lance He had yet to so much as look at Cloudhawk hi away a table
Cloudhawk hurriedly lifted the corpse onto the table ”Can I leave now?”
Mantis ignored him as he briefly scanned the corpse His experience in huility her synaptic response tiility than others It also gave theth Humans like him would be able to move very quickly, respond very quickly, and unleash sudden bursts of power
Mantis hiility h-class, but there was no way an ordinary hu would've been able to handle it
Mantis raised his head to glance at Cloudhaas standing nearby like a block of wood Mantis asked coldly, ”You killed him?”
”Uh, yeah, I killed hioosebumps when Mantis stared at him like this He i earlier ”I guess I was lucky That's why I made it out alive”
”Is that so?” Mantis' cold gaze seeh Cloudhawk Of the three captains of Tartarus, Cloudhawk felt that Mantis was the most unfathomable of them all
Cloudhaed so to leave” But Mantis had another idea ”Stop right there” Mantis rele unnecessary word He handed a scalpel over to Cloudhawk, then said, ”Dissect him”