Chapter 16:Beasts

A man viciously kicked a girl that looked much younger than he was, probably in her late teens, the girl grunted as her face showed the expression of pain.

She fell on the rough ground, her hands on her stomach where she had just been viciously kicked.

She gnashed her teeth and raised her head to glare at the man fiercely, if looks could kill, the main infront of her would have died several times.

The man who didn't quite liked the look of defiance in her eyes became much angrier than he had been, the expression of his face on the verge of collapse.

"You little shit!" He kicked the girl straight to the face, the frail girl could only block with her hands.

She just gritted through the pain not being able to do anything else.

The man was quite powerful and each kick contained quite the force that her frail constitution could not quite endure.

She wanted to fight back, she really did, she wouldn't win but she would be able to make a run for it, at least that would mean she tried right? However, the man infront of her wasn't the only thing she had to be mindful of, there were three of them, there were two other men beside him - clearly his underlings.

It would prove to be a bit difficult if she tried to run away from one man but there would still be quite the possibility that she could, but there were three of them, the idea wouldn't even be funny to entertain.

All of them were equipped with weapons, with the leader - the one kicking her right now holding a knife in his hands, and the other two goons holding metal pipes.

"You can't even do one job!" The leader retracted his legs and spat on the woman's short hair, he looked beyond exasperated.

He was angry, really angry.

"Boss...we should go follow after the beast, it looked pretty powerful, for sure we would be able gain a powerful card if we killed it."

"Yess, that right boss, it only managed to escape barely, but I bet with it's wounds, it wouldn't be able to go far and we could kill it."

The other two goons suggested to the other man, their leader, to whom they reffered to as 'boss'.

Their boss still on a bad mad, slapped the underling who suggested the idea first, he hit in the head hard.

"Don't tell me what to do idiot! I was already planning to."

"All this trouble just because another fool couldn't do his job properly!" He glared at the girl on the ground that was trembling and grunting in pain.

"Kill him!" The boss ordered to the underling he had just slapped, the underling who felt humiliated and had nowhere to vent out his feelings glared at the girl on the ground, he licked his lips, his eyes having a savage glint.

The girl felt disgusted as her face scrunched up. Her legs were trembling as she could not move properly, fear gripped her heart and every inch of her body became frozen.

Just then however...an uninvited guest showed up out of nowhere.

"Boss, look!" The other underling pointed his finger ahead wherein a man with black wavy hair was walking towards them, he looked indifferent as if he didn't care about anything.

His grey droopy eyes looked sharp, yet at the same time, menacing. Even though he couldn't be called handsome, he had a certain charm to him, something that differentiated him from other people.

The way he handled himself was like he had been through many encounters, however, in reality, Carter only looked like that cause he was disturbed and felt disgusted by such people.

Even though he didn't need to interfere here as what was happening was none of his business, he had to do something, it wouldn't sit right with his conscience knowing that he had turned a blind eye to a situation and that he could have very well prevented.

"Better stop with what you're doing." Carter threatened, his voice sharp and venomous. The sight infront of him triggered a switch in his personality that made him look at them as anything but human.

"Who are you? This is none of your business." The boss growled, feeling irritated.

First, the wolf managed to run away because a fool couldn't do his job at the most crucial moment, now there was another fool who showed up out of nowhere and was interfering in something he shouldn't.

"Let go of her and this won't be my business anymore." Carter added as he walked towards them with the bloodied bat on his hand.

"You mean him?" The boss glanced at the girl on the ground, his other underling that was etching to do as what his boss ordered him to do stopped.

The boss could only laugh at the situation, however, his voice suddenly became threatening, "You see, he owes us something, thanks to him a beast that we were hunting managed to escape."

The boss' eyes moved from Carter's face towards his bloodied bat, "Perhaps you've seen it?" He said, his voice containing a hint that nuance in them.

Carter didn't even smile as his eyes shone.

"Maybe, maybe not."

He gave an answer vaguely but that was enough for the boss to understand.

"Kill him!" He ordered to the underling that had alerted them of Carter's presence from the start.

Clearly, these three men were no good. They acted and looked as if they had killed several people, Carter didn't intent to show mercy on such people.

The underling bolted from the ground and ran towards Carter with the metal pipe on his hands, a cruel and wicked smile on his eyes, it were the eyes of someone who wouldn't hesitate to kill, the eyes of someone who had killed.

The man was fast, faster than an average man.

From what Carter had heard since earlier, he knew this three men weren't just normal people, they had also encountered and consumed or equipped cards meaning their body was enchanced and for sure they had skills as well.

He didn't intend to show mercy on these 'beasts'.