The Immortal Player

Chapter 176: You Want It? Come and Get It!

"W-Well!" Village Chief Meerak took a step back in astonishment. He forced out a smile towards Pedro and said, "There are few villagers that I could recommend. B-But... I doubt that they would pass the minimum standards that young sire has, in terms of strength and potential."

"It does not matter!" Pedro said with a frown on his face. "The times have changed! No matter how many qualified people we have on our side, we would not be able to fight the seemingly infinite number of monsters that are scattered all over the continent. If that happened... Countless lives... villages... even Kingdoms might be destroyed. So... In order to avoid that from happening, we must adopt. I have decided to train a couple of people under my force. It would all depend on their performance whether these people--or should I call representatives, would stay in my force after this catastrophe."

"I-I completely understand, young sir!" Village Chief Meerak said, elated. "Then... Shall I show you around the village first, as you requested?"

"Sorry for the trouble, village chief!" Pedro nodded in agreement to Village Chief Meerak. That said, Pedro did not forget about the three village soldiers who tried to extort money from him in exchange for his entry to the village of Axutar. 

Pedro glanced towards them and said to Village Chief Meerak, "Though I am not against the collection of entry fees to the village... I still don't tolerate blunt extorsion. Tell me Village Chief Meerak, are these men collecting fees under your orders?"

"No, sire!"

Pedro simply averted his gaze and entered the village, saying, "Then, you know what to do!"

"Of course, young sir!" Village Chief Meerak said. He glanced towards the three village soldiers and said, "I am going to give the three of you some face. Go to jail, or leave this village and never come back!" 

Unfortunately, there was an increased number of wild monsters because of the Continental Quest. It was definitely dangerous to travel from one stronghold to another, especially for NPCs. Thus, the three village soldiers had no other choice but to surrender themselves and choose to be imprisoned instead. 

This way, they would be safer than traveling in the wild just to reach the nearest village. After all, non-BHO member NPCs were only as strong as ordinary players. Fighting hundreds of wild monsters would be a hazardous task that may cost them their lives. 

That said, they could not help but feel hatred deep inside towards Pedro as they chose to be imprisoned. If not for Pedro, they would not be relieved of their post and they could have continued with their scheme.

Of course, Pedro knew about their hatred towards him. However, he did not think much about it because they were not on his level in the first place. What could they do against him? 

At the same time, the fact that they mocked the BHO was enough for them to be labeled as enemies of the strongest human organization in Bearth. If it was the other leaders or higher-ranking officials from BHO, they would have suffered an unfortunate fate. 

Fortunately, it was Pedro whom they encountered. Thus, they were lucky to survive this time from mocking the organization, and simply just end up being escorted to jail. 

They were locked in a cell together with a man whose body was covered with several bandages--covering his injuries. He reeks of human blood and, at the same time, stains of blood was still attached to his skin. 

'This man... he looks familiar.' Pedro frowned as Village Chief Meerak opened the steel doors of the cell. Unfortunately, the lamp that Village Chief Meerak had was not bright enough to lit the cell, for Pedro to be able to recognize the identity of the heavily injured man. 

However, just as the three village soldiers entered the cell, the man chuckled, saying, "It seems like we are fated to see each other once again. I did not think that I would meet you at this place for the second time."

Pedro could not help but frown in response. That said, before he could say a word, the three village soldiers clenched their fists and surrounded the man and were full of anger. 

"Brothers! It seems like this man did not have enough beating earlier. Why don't we teach him some more lessons."

"Yeah... He would be a great punching bag to vent our anger!" 

The village soldiers said as they were about to attack the injured man. However, in the next second, a fur grew in the injured man's face as his nails turned into sharp claws, which he scratched towards the neck of the three soldiers. 

Their necks were separated from their bodies as blood burst out of it--consequently drenching Village Chief Meerak from their blood. Village Chief Meerak, Aldo, Loren, and Yuson, could only stare and watch the three lifeless bodies fall to the ground.

While Antonio, Aks, and Pedro could only stare towards the furry face of the injured man, who stood from his seat--revealing his face to everyone else.

"Old man... Your daughter's flesh was delicious! Could you provide me more of it?" The hairy injured man chuckled.

At this moment, Antonio was not able to control himself. His eyes were filled with rage as he drew his sword without a second thought and tried to stab the injured man through the gaps between the metal bars separating them.

"TAM!!! YOU BASTARD!" Antonio cried.

However, Ex-Kagat Village Soldier Tam had completely transformed into a werewolf, while his hands had casually grabbed the sword of Antonio--stopping it inches away from reaching his furless chest.

He clenched his fist--crashing the blade of Antonio's sword into pieces. Then, he shook his head and said, "Is this how you great your old friend?" 

Antonio was about to charge into the cell. Fortunately, At this moment, Pedro and Aks nodded towards each other as is saying to each other what to do next. Sabrina could only frown after seeing Pedro and Aks' reaction, and simply draw her sword without hesitation. 

Smoke burst from it, clouding the prison of Axutar Village. That said, Pedro and Sabrina's demonic eyes activated--readying Sabrina for battle and, at the same time, making everyone else lose consciousness.

Pedro grabbed Village Chief Meerak and Antonio out of the prison, while Aks took care of Loren, Aldo, and Yuson. At the same time, Sabrina grabbed Lony and Roval out of the prison, but she handed them over to Aks--the moment that they got out of the establishment. 

Pedro also handed Antonio over to Aks and said, "Go to the teleportation platform! Go back to the coordinates that I told informed all of you of earlier! Tell everyone to retreat back to the ships and maintain full force defense asap. I'll communicate with the rest if I ever needed Paul's help!" 

"What about the two of you, young adventurer?" Aks asked with a frown on his face.

"Don't worry about us! We have our own ways... Besides... We won't die that easily!" Pedro said as he draws his golden Katana, shining bright in the middle of the smoke that was clouding outside the prison.

"Ho, ho... We'll see about that... Young Adventurer!" Werewolf Tam chuckled as a pair of murderous eyes lit in front of Pedro and Sabrina.

"Go!" Pedro shouted as his pen-knife flew out of his overcoat and aimed towards Werewolf Tam's head. 

Sabrina's pen-knives followed his lead but Werewolf Tam was able to dodge them all. That said, Sabrina did not stop attacking. She followed up with several slashes into the air, consequently sending four bright red blood blades towards Werewolf Tam--that was similar to Yojiro's wind blade but only blood-red in color and looked like it was in liquid form.

Sabrina's red blood blades had made Werewolf Tam frown and cross his arms--to shield himself from it. Sabrina's attacks had caused several cuts into Werewolf Tam's hands, making the werewolf grip his paws tightly and howl loudly out of pain. 

Aks used this chance to ran towards the teleportation portal and escape. On the other hand, Pedro laid Village Chief Meerak below four unconscious adventurers inside a nearby establishment. 

Werewolf Tam was about to go after Aks or Pedro but he was forced to take a step back as a black arc almost sliced through his neck and split it into half.

"How annoying!" He cried as he shifted his focus towards Sabrina. He was about to launch a counter punch towards Sabrina but a pen-knife went for his head, forcing him to dodge instead.

That said, it allowed him to see her all red eyes through the clouds of smoke in that area. He can't help but howl in anger and grumble, saying, "Those eyes! They're mine!" 

On the other hand, this gave Sabrina a chance to distance herself and prepare for another attack. Fortunately, at this moment, the teleportation platform of the village lit, indicating that Aks had successfully teleported out of the village.

Thus, Sabrina could not help but smirk and sigh in relief in response. At the same time, she sheathed her black Katana and stared daggers towards Werewolf Tam--but with a smirk on her face. Her image became more clear as the smoke started to dissipate.

"You want it?" She asked, chuckling. Then, she lunged forward to catch two of her high-speed pen-knives on each of her hands and said, "Come and get it!"