LucianGrey7971
Epitome of Excellency
Emile
The remaining three highwaymen and their leader stood dumbfounded, how could one man thin their numbers so quickly, in less than five minutes they had gone from a band of 20 frightening, terrorizing men to a mere four. To make matters worse. the villagers they terrorized were looking ono in complete awe, the looks on a few of their faces saying that they could have done it themselves if this was all the marauders presented in terms of a challenge...but that wasn't right at all, their opponent wasn't some ordinary man with a sword. The boy stood across from them with a bored look on his face, forcing the leader to recall what he had said when they first locked eyes...
The band of men strode in on horseback as they normally did, making as much noise as they felt like, the day had come again for them to plunder this village for anything they could get their hands on. As always people frantically shut their doors in futility hoping that the men would just go away if they wished hard enough. What was different about this raid was a young man, no older than 22 sitting in the middle of the village. The leader motioned for the men to surround the boy, "What 'ave we 'ere? Ain't seen yer face round 'ere before!" The boy looked at the leader, his voice like honey that had been poured over gravel, "You are correct, I am not from around here,I happen to hail from Torden...these good folks happened to be fortunate enough for me to cross in my travels...I'm going to ask you nicely to stop your raids on their village~" The men laughed cruelly at that statement, the leader jerked his head and his men dismounted from their horses and stood menacingly though it had no effect on the boy. "Yer jokes are funny boy, shame we got to kill ya! Need an example so that these people learn to give up!" "Oh PLEASE try!" The leader had a look of confusion as the boy stood up to continue speaking "I haven't had a reason to draw my sword in a while, she gets quite lonely~ Try not to bore me~"
"Unfortunately I grow tired of our game, I'd like to make it to Viserp within the next few days...don't worry, your head won't be coming with me~ Now, I suppose it's time to show you how a REAL swordsmen goes on the attack." The boy pointed at each of the three men and said in sequence, "You, you're going to lose your arm before finding my sword in your chest. You, you're going to lose whatever you had to eat today. You...well your death is just going to be flat out embarrassing. And that leaves YOU, boss man...I already told you your head is going to leave your shoulders~ So, let's see how good my predictions really are~" Without another word the boy ran at the three men on their feet, all of which seemed to be scrambling to stop the wild claims he had made. The boy closed the distance, deflecting the first sword blow, letting it slide harmlessly down his sword and almost seemed to float by the man and slash his ally's stomach wide open. The first tried to stab the boy in his back only to find that his target had spun to the side of him and relieved him of his arm. Upon seeing the predictions come to fruition, the third turned to run, screaming as he did so, right into the startled hooves of a horse...his death was virtually painless. The boy finished off the first of the men and looked at the leader, a cruel look in his eyes and a malicious smirk on his face "One."
Horror spread across the leader's face as the last of the men that separated him from the monster in front of him were cut down. This would have been the time for him to run, to cheat. to do anything to save his own life...but it wouldn't work. He could see it in the eyes of the boy that if he tried to run, he wouldn't even extend his life by more than 2 hours. The leader dismounted from his horse and drew his own sword, if this was his final hour, he would face it with honor. "Oi, boy what's yer name?" The boy looked a bit thrown by the question but answered, "My name? Emile Durvhast." "A fine name that, My name be C-" The leader's voice was cut short by the sound of steel puncturing flesh, he looked down in shock to find the boy's blade planted firmly in his chest. He gasped weakly and collapsed to his knees wide eyed as the boy walked up to him from where he had thrown his sword, yanking it free of the man's chest. The leader of the now dead highwaymen looked up, "W...wha-" "I don't give a damn what your name is, in the next life....TRY NOT TO BORE ME." With a final slash, the "battle" was over, the villagers too stunned by the events to celebrate their freedom.