Jeopardy

Without further ado, I harshly(sorry kid) grab the kid by the wrist and carry him on top of my right shoulder and ran away as fast and as far away as I can from being slaughtered by those...hellish looking monstery creatures.

The boy: "Hey! What are you doing? Let go of me!"

Me: "No time to argue with you kid. We only need a place that has an open area, spacious enough for me to get rid of 'em."

The boy: "...."

Me: "...Kid?

The boy: " Turn right...."

He spoke with a slow voice nonchalantly.

Me: "What's that?"

The boy: "I SAID TURN RIGHT, DAMMIT!"

He snapped.

I flopped my ears, wincing at the loud shouting.

Me: "Shit! Don't need to shout, idiot!. I'm right beside you, you know?!"

I complained in my mind as I begrudgingly turn right with haste.

The boy: "Urk..."

Me: "Hey, are you okay, kid? You made a weird sound just now."

The boy: "I'm alright. It's just...my leg. It hurts so much."

I looked at his wounded leg and saw lots of blood bleeding out of the wound and even small specks of blood has already stained my favourite grey jacket.

Me: "Oh shit. Why didn't you tell me sooner? Jeez!... Irenne!."

I let out a stern command, thus my gauntlet briefly made a short beeping sound and responded.

Irenne(AI): "Yes, sir?"

My personal AI quickly responded to my voice.

Me: "Open inventory; Slot 8, Medical."

I firmly commanded the AI to open the Subdimensional Inventory as I struggled a bit to recite because of the heavy panting I made from the running.

Thus a small holographic screen popped up above the gauntlet with an icon of a small syringe on the screen.

There are only two specific ways to get something out of my inventory which is first, by manually putting my hand inside the screen like I did this evening and second, by commanding it with 'voice recognition' and the item will automatically appear in my hand, from particle to particle.

Me: "Loadout, naproxen."

Again, commanding Irenne.

Soon, a syringe loaded with a certain amount of dose of naproxen slowly appeared out of thin air in my left paw straight from my gauntlet.

After it has completely loaded out of the system, I hold the syringe carefully and swiftly inject the medical substance with its sharp needle accurately through the kid's skin on the hip.

The boy: "Ow! The hell was that?"

He whined.

For a kid who looks like a twelve year old, he's certainly got a pouty mouth.

Or for me at least.

Me: "Don't worry, kid. I just settled down your pain a little so you don't feel any pain for a while."

The boy: "Oh...thanks."

Me: "Don't mention it, kid. Anyway, why are we going this way? Do you have any specific reasons for us to go this way? What's the plan, kid? You're not trying to trick me, are you?"

The boy: "Yes, of course, I do! I don't want to lose my life inside of a damn forest so I don't have any particular reason to trick you... Yet. Besides, it seems that you're not trying to kill me so yeah."

He blushes right after he spewed his last sentence but I can barely see it clearly as his face is facing on the backside.

The boy: "And for your question, there's a road leading directly to my village and I heard that you want a lot of space so you can do something about those things, don't you? So, I suppose that the road is relatively wide enough for you to do whatever you want to do with them."

He explained calmly.

The boy: "...It's also because it's the shortest way to get out of the forest, anyway."

He muttered to himself quietly as I nod in acknowledgement and affirmation.

-Moments later-

The chasing game has been going on for 10 minutes straight and there's no sign of those monsters following us anymore.

Maybe they've given up and returned to the hole wherever they crawled out from?

My feet were almost giving in, plus the exhaustion from running around without any rest almost made me fainted.

Thankfully that I've had my dinner before coming here. The food totally saved me from being overly exhausted.

Later, the suffering of the infinite torture I felt suddenly lifted from my body as I saw the gentle moonlight embraces itself at the exit of the forest in front of me.

Almost cried in joy, there I stumbled upon a wide road, stretching from left to right as far as the eyes can see.

Me: "Road! Civilisation! Fuck yes! I'm gonna live, baby! Wooo!"

The boy: "Hey, not bursting your bubble or anything but can you at least put me down like now?"

I cheered as my heart fluttered in happiness, knowing that there's still hope for me to live that I totally forgot about the kid's existence.

Although, the happiness didn't last long as the monsters appeared and leapt out from the forest behind us, passing me and the kid from above, one by one.

The monster: "GRRRAAAHHHH!!!"

The very same roar was thundered towards us by the one I suppose is the leader(?)

To be honest, it's pretty scary the first time I heard it but now it's starting to get really annoying.

I put the kid down as he limps towards the tree nearby and hides himself behind it, peeking his head out mischievously to witness the fight between beast and monsters.

Popping sounds can be heard from my bones as I cracked my neck and fingers to relieve the stiffness of my body, stretching each of my limbs as I'm ready to show those monsters who the real boss is.

Me: "I always introduce myself to my opponent before fighting. My name is Balthazar Brook. And in the name of the United Nation of Heroes and Creatures, I'll end you with my own two hands."

I bowed at them politely, lifting my head to give them a glare from death itself.

The monsters just snarl at me by the taunt.

Me: "I've been saving this move for a long time since I was fighting with someone and restrained myself from killing that person but now?"

I chuckled horrifically.

Me: "You're not a person. And you're a kind of demon that's not listed in my book so...may I proceed with an autopsy? Maybe, I can start with you?"

A sudden chill crawled on the boy's spine, giving him an uneasy coldness while the monsters who were standing in front of me remains unaffected by it.

Me: "So, shall we start the fight?"

I smiled deviously.

As everything around me feels like moving in slow motion, I begin to activate the spell protocol in my head.

The leader(?) charges first by dashing straight into the battlefield towards me growling, showing his teeth, adding the point of intimidation and that's when it did the biggest mistake of its life.

Me: "[Assassin Protocol, Class 5, Cold Web]."

Then, as the moment passes quickly in the blink of an eye, the monster who was attacking me disgustingly got shredded into a pile of red meat.

Blood, unidentifiable organs and limbs splattered everywhere on the ground simultaneously exposing the thin, sharp wire traps made out of nanites with blood dripping from it within the air.

From others perspectives, the wires seemed to be connected randomly within the ground, trees and the bushes nearby but actually, all of those wires were originally connected and controlled by me at the very tip of my fingers.

The boy: "....!"

The kid who was watching the fight behind the tree was speechless and was purely terrified by my sneak attack, covering his mouth with both hands while trying to hold himself from throwing up at the same time.

The other two monsters were petrified, looking at each other and then me from afar where I stand.

It's like they're talking to each other telepathically and that's when both of them moved at the same time but in different directions.

One of them charges itself at me, ignoring the completely visible blood-soaked trap and the other one ran away into the forest.

Me: "Tch! Don't you dare-..."

Before I could even notice, all the wire traps had been cut off by the monster using its razor sharp claws, heading for my head.

Me: "Fuck!"

I chant the spell protocol again hastily whilst summoning my weapon as my eyes emit soft blue light.

Me: "Summon: Nano-Blade."

A high tech ninjato kinda sword with a neon blue laser blade, yet to be drawn out from its sheath has been summoned into my hand.

Then, I continue with the spell.

Me: "[Assassin Protocol, Class 2, Howling Wind]."

The sharp claws of the monsters were being swayed at me but as soon as it realized that it was attacking at nothing, I've already stood right behind it with my blade half exposed from its sheath.

The monster turned his head around, the shocked expression from its hideous face is so clear like a sunny day for me to see, mixed with confusion and anger as it tries to swing its battle axe-tail at me.

But that only makes it worse for itself as I put my sword entirely back in its sheath as thousands of sword slash marks appeared, turning the monster completely into sliced meat, slice and dice.

An abundant blood shower was squirting from the corpse-like an artificial fountain completely made of flesh and blood.

Realizing that there's still one of them who's escaping. I let go of my ninjato sword, falling from my hand as it disperses into small particles of Aura being sipped into nature itself as one.

Me: "Summon: Sunspot."

Yet another weapon has been summoned but this time it's an advanced sniper equipped with an infrared scope attached on top of it and the model is almost like the Blaser 93 Tactical sniper but it's not. I think it's a mix with the AWM model sniper but who cares about the details.

Every bullet from the sniper or any long-ranged weapon acquires 1% of Aura flow and 10% for a special bullet.

So I better be careful with my aura flow usage which means, every next bullet will be counted to not exceed my limit or that will be a problem in battle.

Back to the topic, I knelt down and rested my elbow on one of my knees to support the targeting while I use the infrared scope on my sniper to scope the monster's whereabouts inside the forest metres away.

Soon, I saw a big red silhouette moving at high speed to the southeast. That's gotta be it.

I also wonder if they really thought that they're capable of running away from me.

I smiled to myself, shaking my head sideways at how ridiculous that kind of idea was.

Me: "Tsk tsk tsk. Run my little monster. Run."

I begin to chant a spell protocol.

Me: "[Marksman Protocol, Class 3, Sun Burst]."

My sniper then vibrates as it responds to my spell protocol chanting, charging the energy be receiving the input of my Aura flow from the handle, converting into destructive explosive energy across the gun all the way to the end of the shooting hole.

As the energy's already in full charge, I pulled the trigger thus firing a great energy beam on the designated area where the monster is, destroying everything on its path including the trees inside the forest, leaving nothing behind but a massive burnt terrain of ashes and death.

Me: "Wew. That should do it."

I raised my eyebrow in amusement at how powerful the attack was.

After that, my ears twitched as I heard small footsteps coming from behind me and I know it's the kid walking towards me at a slow pace.

I didn't even mind looking at him as I dispersed my sniper just like the sword.

Before I could even turn around, something big, cold and dull with roughed surface kind of object immediately can be felt at the back of my head above my neck as it hits me hard till I go blank almost instantly as the darkness claims my vision into submission.

Me: "...Ow."

-The next morning-

-Somewhere[Not the forest]-

Murmuring voices can be heard from everywhere.

Voice 1: "What are we going to do with him?"

Voice 2: "What if the King knows about this? He will have our heads!"

Voice 3: "Let's just kill him then."

I moaned in pain and my whole body feels so sore and my head....my head? What happened?

Voice 2: "Hey, he's waking up!"

I tried to open my eyes but the only thing that I can see is light brown linen of sort covering my vision.

And the voice, who's that?

Me: "Wait, is this a potato sack on my head?"

I thought to myself in confusion.

Next, I heard a few heavy footsteps, stepping as the sole of his boots clicking menacingly on the wooden floor towards me.

Shit, he's coming for me!

Voice 1: "Wakey wakey, sunshine."

Me: "Huh? Wha-...?"

I then felt a harsh grip on the potato sack on my head as he proceeded of removing it, leaving me a surprising beam of brightness rushing into my eyes.

I shut my eyes close, wincing.

As my vision returned to its normal state, I saw a huge, kinda hot burly man standing right in front of me who I expected him to be in his late 40s with every edge of his muscle refining every aspect of a strong man.

I mean, damn. Just look at those muscles, dude.

I wanna touch them so bad. ÓwÒ

Besides that, I saw a rather normal looking guy and a woman are standing behind him.

He caught me staring at them and then punched me on the right side of my face.

Me: "GAAHH!"

I yelped in pain in response.

Aight, masculinity: Checked. Gentility: HARD PASS!

I attempt to retaliate but it was utterly futile as I quickly noticed that my whole body has been tied on a fucking wooden chair!

The immoral man then noticed my useless struggle as he man continue to punch me again...

On the fucking same spot!

Me: "UGHH!"

My vision becomes blurry again. Not gonna lie, every punch he launched at me was mean business as if I got hit by a bunch of trucks crashing repeatedly.

Me: "Why..."

I tried to speak but after being horribly chastised by the male the impact of the action have made my voice shaking uncontrollably by extreme exhaustion both from the daze of waking up from a faint and being punched mercilessly by the male.

Me: "Why are you doing this to me?!"

The man grunts in annoyance and spits a small drop of saliva rudely at the side of my seat.

The huge man: "It's not about what we did to you. It's about what you did to us."

Me: "Wha- what are you talking about?"

The huge man gestures his hand into a fist, attempting to punch me again as I winced, readying myself for the crude pain on my face again. But nothing happened.

I open my eyes to see a devilish smile plastered on his face.

The huge man: "Heh, it doesn't matter. The real question is...why? Why did you save my son?"

Me: "Huh? Saved your son? When did I-"

An ugly realisation abruptly hit me after I felt the stinging pain coming from behind of my head.

Me: "THAT BRAT!"

I accidentally cursed out that boy in front of his father which is definitely not the best thing to do in my current situation hence he furiously punches me in the face with all his might.

TWICE!

Me: "Oof!....Ugh!!"

Does this Herculean strength even considered as close to his full strength?!

The huge man: "How dare you say that to my son! In front of his own father no less!"

Me: "I'm...I'm sorry..."

Fuck, I can feel that I'm starting to lose my consciousness with blood dripping out from my muzzle and nose like a bloody faucet.

The huge man: "Let me ask you again. Why did a 'monster' like you save my son from those Devilings at the forest yesterday night? You better explain this to me... Or else!"

Me: "That's because I'm not a monster!"

The huge man: "Lies!"

Me: "It's true! Why don't you believe me?! I am the Balthazar Brook! The number 1 World Wide Hero! I've been known all over the world, for fuck sake!"

The huge man: " Hero?! Pfft, don't make me laugh, mutt! You're nothing more than a demonic werewolf!"

Me: "W-werewolf!? I'M NOT A WEREWOLF! I'M A BEASTMAN, GODDAMIT!"

I snapped.

Me: "AND WEREWOLVES DO NOT EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE! THEY'RE JUST A MYTH!"

I resume to exclaim myself as the ridiculousness of the situation has finally gotten me on edge.

The man looks down at me in disbelief with his tired gaze.

The huge man: "I've never heard of anything such as a beastman."

I gritted my teeth in anger as he just sighs tiredly at my sudden burst of a tantrum.

The huge man: "Haah, this is getting nowhere."

He rubs his fingers at the bridge of his nose simultaneously turns his back at me and walks away, snapping his fingers commanding his other two followers to follow him from behind to the exit.

The huge man: "This conversation, is not over."

He closed the old withered barn door shut as the sound of the door locked made my blood boil.

He seriously left me here....all alone by myself.