Lucas was observing the surroundings with a bored face, as lookout, his job was to make sure that n.o.body approaches the camp without been noticed. Although he didn"t look very strong thanks to his previous training in the army he was skilled at his job."Hey Jack, how long until our s.h.i.+ft ends, this is so boring"
"Lucas you better focus on the job, if something happens and the Captain find that it was your fault, you will end up like that kid from the mercenary group that we kill" Says a middle-aged man with a muscle figure and a scarred face, sitting about 10 meters away on top of a tree.
James" face immediately shows fear when the fate of the boy was mentioned and starts to look at his surroundings with attention.
"Come on, I am just kidding, besides it doesn"t matter if someone comes, with the Capitan here even magic creatures can just run."
Jack and Lucas are ex-soldier that due to their habits, they took any opportunity to steal and **** during battles were expulsed from the army and end up like bandits, due to their previous training the Captain give them the job of being the lookouts for the camp. Although they were talking to each other they were constantly a.s.sessing the surroundings.
"Anyway speaking of the boy, is he still alive"
"He was alive the last time I saw him after all the Captain won"t let him go easy after he made him bleed"
"I must say that was impressive, so young a yet so skilled, although it was just a shallow wound he still cut him, well he is doom anyway, who told him to hurt the Captain" Say Lucas indifferently
Lucas was going back to lazily looking his surroundings when he felt something approaching him from the back, he was startled than anyone could have come so close to him and not having notice, but still, as an ex-soldier and a bandit he was used to be in life and death situations so he immediately reached for his sword.
But before he could even take it out a heavy punch landed on the back of his head knocking him out.
....
When Lucas finally wakes up he realizes that he was tied to a tree and together with him was Jack who had wake up just now as well, before he could talk to his partner and try to figure out the situation, someone speaks to them.
"Good you are both awake, I have some questions, as long as you answer them this will not need to get ugly".
Lucas saw the person it was speaking, he was a young man with a strong body a handsome face. Although he was scared at the beginning, the years of living in danger make him calm down and start to think out a way out of this situation.
´This person is strong and I definitely can"t defeat him, but he es very young and I should be able to intimidate him´
If Zatiel could hear his thoughts he would find it hilarious, a mortal human trying to frighten a demon, it should be the first time that happens.
Just as Lucas was about to try and threaten Zatiel, Jack spoke first.
"Listen up you little brat you better release us immediately and cut off a limb as an apology or we will show you how h.e.l.l looks like, we have more than 100 brothers and they will hunt you down and take their sweet time with a pretty boy like you if something happens to us".
Lucas never stops looking at Zatiel so he saw the coldness in his eyes as he hears Jack threat, he was about to talk and try to calm the situation when Zatiel looks at him. He becomes so scared that didn"t dare to speak.
"Which one do you want to me to cut off?"
"Wha.. what"
"I asked which part do you want me to cut off"
Jack could not help but stammer due to the question, after all, he never thought that the opponent would cut a limb just because a threat, he was hoping that he will get scared and run away leaving them tied.
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"The right leg," Although Jack knew something weir was happening he still answers.
Just after speaking he saw how Zatiel hand got a dark glow, Jack dint have time to wonder what was happening when he saw how the hand grab his leg with so much strength that almost breaks it, but the worst just begin, he stars to feels how is muscle stared to rot and his bones begin to break.
"Ahhh!!!!.. Stop, stop I will tell you everything you want to know, please stop"
But no matter how much Jack screamed and beg, Zatiel did not let go, only when the leg was no more than a puddle of blood did he retire his hand. Jack pa.s.s out from the pain and was foaming from his mouth.
Lucas was terrified, after all the psychological pressure of seen such a gruesome scene and knowing that the same could happen to you in the next moment is enough to break most man.
"I hope that you can be more useful than your friend," Zatiel says emotionless as he approached the shaking bandit, like if torturing a person was no different than breathing.
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"107 bandits, most of them a bunch of thief and killers with no formal training, 10 lookout through the periphery of the camp, about 20 ex-soldier with some degree of proficiency in vital energy and that guy they call the Captain should be a Warrior according to the strength he has shown" Zatiel was thinking of ways to attack the camp as he was going through the information the bandit gave him.
A frontal a.s.sault was a hard no unless he had a death wish after all with his current abilities defeating a Warrior will be difficult, much less if another 100 men were attacking from the sidelines.
Of course, things would be different if he has better spells or some magical equipment.
"The source of water of the camp should be the well next to the river in the northwest corner of the camp, there are supposed to be 3 bandits in all times protectin it, if I manage to deposit this in the water it will help tremendously in defeating this group" Zatiel thought as he looks at the powder in a little bag tie to his waist.
As soon as it becomes night Zatiel stealthily close to the well avoiding the bandits, with the A.I chip scanning his surroundings it was pretty easy arriving undetected. Although killing the bandits to alter the well would be easy, unless they where complete idiots, the rest of the camp will realize something was wrong with the well the moment they find the corpse of the man or notice that it was unprotected, so a distraction was necessary.
Picking a rock Zatiel aimed at an alligator that was by the side of the river, and throw it with all his strength shattering the eye of the beast.
The alligator scream in pain and full of anger it charge to the direction of the projectile, throwing more rocks, Zatiel manage to make the beast reach the well, alerting the soldier.
The moment the alligator saw the bandits he directs all of his anger to them and attacks them furiously.
"Boss, an alligator".
"G.o.ddamit what is these beast doing here".
"It is hurt, kill it quickly".
Although the alligator was a strong beast it was no magical creature, plus his injuries, the bandits defeat it easily, and as they were celebrating having defeated the giant foe none of them find out the powder that was dissolving in the well.