60 The new guild master (2/2)
”You actually think the city guards care about you? as long as the bribes keep coming they won't care who is in charge, in fact i might just double the bribes and have them butcher you for me.”
The experienced fat man had survived many winters by bullying the weak andpledging allegiance to the strong whilepatiently waiting and serving without judgment of whomever it was that had come to power.
In his former more powerful guild he had done exactly the same before breaking away from the north under disguise and starting his own little band in the south where he could satisfy his lust and greed. This guild was precious to him but he could still play the long strategic game if needs be.
”Ryu Hang” he shouted, ”kill him!” the wily fat man was sending up Ryu as a guinea pig to test the true strength of the stranger, the youth looked mortal but his cautiousness would never allow him to be callous. You don't survive the things he'd survived without wits, if the man had impressive strength he would just pledge his loyalty to the stranger and wait for his chance to stab him in the back and regain rightful control of what he had built up over these years.
The look on the handsome stranger's face darkened as he read the fat man's intention like a book.
”I had planned on letting you live and run the guild as my secretary because I have no interest in running the day to day operations of a guild but I can see your cowardly sinister side, the weeds have to be cut from the roots and so I have changed my mind.”
Ryu Hang, the blonde lanky youth stood there conflicted, if he didn't act and the stranger was defeated by the guild master he would be in forpainful torture at the hands of the guild master in the upcoming days, and if the man could defeat the guild master then he would no doubt be killed in the confrontation. ”Do you know the daily operations of the guild?” the stranger turned to Ryu Hangwho was distracted in thoughts. ”Ye.. Yes sir” he answered while guiltily glancing at the guild master.
Rage...unfiltered rage roiled up in the stomach of the guild master, ”you fucking traitor,” he shouted with froth formingat the sides of his lips as he addressed the youth across the overturned table.. He raised his right hand which now had a dull brown color glowing around it, and attempted to kill the youth with one blow. The youth raised his hands in a futile defense, sensing his end.
Then like a sorcerer, the stranger had multiplied into two, one was in front the lanky blond hair youth and the other was right there still standing at the entrance which then slowly evaporated like plumes of smoke. The wide eyed children had never seen anything like this before, they stared on with their little mouths agape.
A simple punch then effortlessly landed on the helpless fat man's chest which sent him crashing through the wall behind him and without losing any momentum he flew across the bedroom pass dozens of pitiful girls, lying in rags, or naked, most of them likely in the same spot the fat man had molested them that morning on the ground and rifled through the wall which led to the back courtyard of the house where he crashed to a rolling stop on the snow covered pavement cracking three or four of the exquisite concrete tiles laid on the floor, he croaked his last breath and went still.
There was a deafening silence as the children stared at the stranger who looked no older than Ryu Hang. ”Get his space ring” the stranger instructed Ryu Hang, who was brought back to reality.
”Yes sir” he said as he skipped to the first order of the new guild master.