Confinement-2

James's first date with Tamika was turning out to be a full-blown disaster. They started off pretty great. But then things started going south when Tamika's necklace was snatched from her in the middle of the street. James then ran after the thief, and then he tackled him. That thief got away from his body lock and started fighting him.

The self-defense training that James had gotten since his childhood started kicking in. And he started sending powerful jabs toward the wretched thief. And final after some James was able to throw a very powerful punch at him which made him fall on the ground.

But that was not enough to knock the man out. The thief stood up once again and took a short sword. As he witnessed the thief conjuring the sword out of thin air, chills ran down James's spine. He didn't know that the thief was an awakened one. And no awakened one who has a spatial pouch or any other spatial artifact is a thief. That essentially meant that he just assaulted an unknown awakened one.

The spatial artifacts are very costly things. So not every awakened one could afford it. And those who could can afford it, they all are members of influential families. That meant that this little incident could cause an uproar that could bring him into a lot of trouble.

Then the thief started walking towards James with his short sword in his hands. Seeing that, the color drained from James's face. He was down on his knees and couldn't fight any longer. While that man has a weapon as well as his mana reserves are still intact…

Seeing the terrified expression on James's face, the thief smiled. While James on the other hand started praying from The Great Lord Ourobos to save him somehow. And his prayers were soon answered.

"GET AWAY FROM JAMES TO PIECE OF SHIT!" came a girl's voice from his behind. James recognized the voice immediately as this voice belonged to none other than Tamika.

From the sound of it, she was running towards them with great speed. Hearing her coming toward, them James immediately started panicking. She didn't know that the person was an awakened one. And he attacks her, he could easily kill her.

James turned around to warn her, but before he could, she had already run past him. He then turned around once again and saw that the Tamika had a stone in her hand and she was going to use it on an awakened one. And as she came near him, she indeed swung her hand with the stone towards the unknown awakened one.

The thief not only avoided the attack but also retaliated by slamming the hilt of his sword on Tamika's nose.

POW

Tamika fell to the ground while grasping her nose. While on his knees, James saw blood pouring down from her nose. He lost it at that moment. With all of his strength, James tried to stand up. And with his willpower, he was indeed able to stand up. But as soon as he stood up, he fell down again…

***

"Stay down bitch!" David barked at the girl who attacked him with a rock.

He then saw that his assailant tried to get up when he saw that the girl was injured. And coincidently he did get up, but then he fell down again. Seeing this David smiled. The boy away gave his weakness. And that was this girl. He just needs to press this girl and the boy would spill out all the secrets.

Like a boy just about to open his birthday gift, David smiled manically and stood in front of the girl. She was still on the ground and was grasping her nose…

"Who the fuck are you people? And why the hell do you want to kill me?" David asked while stepping on the girl's stomach and pointing his sword at her.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" the boy yelled from the ground.

"Answer the question boy, or not only I would not leave her alone. I would fuck her so hard that her mother won't be able to recognize her." David said.

"STAY YOUR HAND!" then came a voice from behind.

David looked back and saw a bunch of men wearing white color leather armor running towards them. Seeing them, David's smile vanished. As the guards are here, he won't be able to make the boy talk.

"STAY YOUR HAND YOUNG MAN!" the soldier running towards them yelled again.

David then simply threw his short-sword to the ground and raised his good hand in the air, showing that he was unarmed. The soldiers then swiftly came and picked up the boy and girl. When David saw that the soldiers were picking his assailants up, he assumed that someone must have told them that he was attacked by these two fuckers…

When one of the soldiers looked at the girl's face, he looked towards the other comrades and said…

"Found her." He said. Hearing him all the other soldiers started looking at David. It was then one of them asked...

"Did you do this to them?" The soldier asked.

"Yeah! These fuckers attacked me out of nowhere." David said. But it was then something unexpected happened…

The soldier standing nearest to them suddenly punched David in his gut. The punch made him throw up his breakfast and immediately brought him to his knees. Then another one of the soldiers kicked him in his head. And then all the soldiers started beating David up for reasons that were not clear to him…

***

He didn't know whether it has something to do with his old body or he was just beaten very brutally, but every inch of his body ached like hell. This wasn't his first rodeo as he had been beaten to a pulp many times. But this body of his aches a lot if compared to his previous body. The pain was almost unbearable, how much pain that David went through…

At first, when the soldiers came, David didn't have any idea that they would start beating him instead of those two fuckers. But based on how his life was going, he should have assumed the worst.

The soldiers beat the shit out of him in front of the all the market while showing no aggression towards his assailants. Then they carried him to a carriage parked just outside the market and threw him inside. Then they all set off…

The soldiers that beat the shit out of David, did a number on him. He was feeling dizzy and had severe cuts and bruises all over his body. He didn't know what he did to deserve such a thing, but it seems like this world didn't agree with him. While lying on the back of the carriage, he started thinking that maybe he should commit suicide.

But then he remembered that his last save point was on Guda Island. And he didn't want to go all the way there. Plus he didn't want to go through that cleansing process again. But the pain from his bruises was making him think otherwise…

While lying on the carriage he thought that it would be for the best if he sleeps for now. He had a long road ahead of him, and he was really curious about the people that attacked him. He wanted to know why those two targeted him so that he could avoid them in the future. So David decided to sleep for now.

He then closed his eyes and started missing the days when he use to sleep in a comfortable bed in a room that had an air conditioner. He dearly missed his house which didn't smell like urine, had no mosquitos, and was filled with puzzles from all over the world. He missed the earth dearly. David then closed his eyes, thinking about simpler times.

****

David found himself in a simple room. He was sitting on what looked like a dining table. The table had 4 chairs and one of them was occupied by him. It was clear to him that the table was far too big for a normal human being. The height table was so high that he had to stand up on the chair to look at the table.

As he stood up on the chair, he saw that there was a bowl on the table. The bowl had freshly diced green color fruit in it. He picked it up with his hands and started eating it. As he took the first bite, he felt the delicious sweetness of the fruit. He liked the taste of the thing very much.

It was then, that David felt something was wrong. He looked around him and saw that the walls of the room had vanished. Now it was completely surrounded by darkness. He started feeling that his heart was beating faster and faster. He could feel that something was coming for him. Someone very strong and vile is coming from him from the darkness. But due to fear, he was not able to move.

It was then David something terrifying. He saw a red color eye in the darkness. Those eyes resembled that of a cat and they were staring at him from the darkness. Seeing those staring at him, he was terrified. It was then he heard the sound of a sword being pulled out

SHING

The being staring at him from the darkness took out his sword. And before he know it, the being from the darkness lunged at him…