Chapter 159 The Rural Village (1/2)

The kid walked in front of me and said ”Whenever someone visits here, it's supposedly a big event. I hope I get to see this as well. I was very small when someone visited out village, so I don't remember anything”. I didn't reply, I was still shocked that there could be a village in these parts of the forest. 'The elite animals or rather beasts were more present here. People of this village need to be quite strong, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to survive out here' I thought.

As the kid talked away, we arrived at the entrance to the village. When I entered the village, I could feel many gazes on me. I could also feel killing intent coming from all over the place. I instinctively turned my head towards the largest source of the killing intent and saw a middle aged man looking at me. 'This guy is dangerous. Probably as dangerous as the sword woman that severed my arm' I thought.

Whenever I looked at someone old or young, they seemed strong. 'No wonder this village can exist here. They could destroy villages that numbered 200 household easily, with that kind of strength' I thought. The kid in front of me said ”The people in the village are very nice. When you meet them, please don't use those bad words”. I responded absentmindedly ”Sure”.

As we passed the gate and went deeper into the village, I paid extra attention to the guy with strongest killing intent. I noticed him looking at someone and then giving that person some kind of signal with his head. 'I don't know if this is a trap, if everything goes south, I can use this kid to my advantage' I thought and readied myself for a possibility of an ambush.

As we walked towards the centre of the village, another youngster started walking towards us, as if to intercept me and the kid. The kid became quite happy when he saw the that person and shouted while running towards the youngster ”Hey! Ricky! There is a newcomer! He came to visit!”. I was now on my guard. This seemed like a deliberate play and the kid that looked innocent, was supposed to lure me inside.

With this in mind, I stopped walking. Going in any deeper would be foolish. The closer I was to the exit, the better. 'I wouldn't be able to handle all of these people, even if there were two of me' I thought and stood in place. The kid talked to his friend for a while and both of them started walking towards me.

'...Maybe I'm just paranoid? The killing intents are real but who wouldn't try to protect their homes? Let's see how this plays out' I thought and waited for the kid to come back with his friend. It didn't take long and when they arrived in front of me, the kid said ”This is my friend Ricky! He is a bit older than me because he is 16 this year”. He then turned towards his friend Ricky and said ”This is the guy I was talking about. He is a bit slow in his head but he came to visit our village! The big event is going to happen right? I will finally see what it is!”. The Ricky guy smiled at the kid, then turned towards me and said ”So, why did you come to visit?”.

I looked at the youngster and said ”I didn't. I stumbled upon your village as I was travelling through the forest. I must say that, you have some pretty impressive people inside here”. The guy wasn't impressed and asked politely ”Oh? And who could those people be?”. I turned towards the middle aged man and said ”For example that middle age man over there. You can stop with your killing intent, I'm not your opponent”.

When I faced the youngster again, I said ”The same if for you. You are not my opponent”. The guy didn't seem to like my comment and said ”Would you like a try?” to which I responded ”I didn't come here to fight you guys. I'm here for supplies. If you are not willing to trade, I can leave”. The youngster snorted and said ”Are you scared?”.

I looked him in the eyes and said quietly ”Of you? No. I'm not even scared of that guy over there” and pointed at the middle aged man. The youngster couldn't take it anymore and rushed at me. He was strong to be honest. At the age of 16, he was able to accelerate pretty well and he displayed some strength.

I waited for the youngster to arrive. He threw a punch at me. I simply raised my left hand and caught his punch. He seemed to be surprised, when he noticed that nothing happened to me. He was even more surprised, that I had a firm grip on his fist. I said ”I told you, you are not my opponent” and threw him away. I didn't use a lot of strength but he flew through the air anyway. Because this was not an attack on my part, the guy could easily land on the ground and stand up.