EPISODE 11: KING
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Eunice’s POV
“Baby, how are you? Did you miss me?” A baleful whisper rang beside my ears.
I turned and gave him a round house kick.
“Woa! Calm down, baby!” He smiled frostily.
“The king is here.” I whispered back in disdain. Those few thugs that has been fighting a while ago stopped for a while and look in our direction. This guy’s killing aura really attracts the attention of others.
He tossed a key to me. “Hollywood.” He then briskly ran outside and rode his bike.
My eyes bulged outside its socket before I reacted to ride this bike. “This is V Speed E6 495.6 mph, the latest innovation of Vehicle Company under Verwunderlich Corporation! They only produced two and are not available in the market. s**t! This guy never fails to surprise me!” I exclaimed and speed up to Hollywood.
He is sitting atop the letter O the time I narrowed the way atop the hill. Swish! I banked to my right as two daggers fly fast beside my head cutting off some hair. Swoosh! Now it’s boomerang! I lift the front of motorcycle off the ground and turned the motorcycle in a perfect three hundred and sixty degrees.
“You can’t kill me with that!” At full tilt, I stopped the bike with a screeching burnout sending dirt flying.
I jumped up his way. Three daggers was release one after another to me. I shifted my body sideward to avoid his toys then I smoothly landed my feet on top of where he is sitting.
"Your toys are useless!" I smirked and flicked my fingers.
He shot me a lancet. BOOM!
"The beauty of fireworks really amazes me! "I smiled widely looking at the sparks made from the collision. BOOM! BOOM!
Blast after blast came. It's actually not a simple firework! I released micro-bombs and he countered it with his lancets. I innovated recently micro-nuclear bombs with thermal radiation and gamma rays in different effect ranges. Today I just used simple blasting micro-bombs with no after effects. These are some toys I like to play.
"You're getting more cruel than cruel." Devily, he said.
"Learning from you." I sat beside him and looked up the sky. Cool breeze, star constellation above the dark skies, greenery below the mountain, it's so peaceful here. We always hang out here when we don't have training. King and I met when Sensei rescued and me from the verge of life and death.
"How's my grandfather?" He looked at me.
"He's doing well. Why don't you visit him yourself?" I rolled my eyes. In this hidden world, we may interact with each other but the number two rule is to never tell anyone your real identity. Name, residence and everything must be hidden. Everyone should wear mask and use pen names. The one beside me is King, the king of this hidden world and the grandson of Sensei.
"All he did when we meet is train, train, train... I don't want to spar with him." He said bitterly.
"It's his gesture of love! He wants you to be the strongest among strong and be thankful you have a family member looking out for you! Don't be a bastard!" I hit his head yet he docked instinctively. In my case, I can't feel fear towards him either. He seems like an ordinary man for me.
"Why do you look gloomy? Want to spar with me?"
"You don't want to spar with Sensei yet you want to with me?!"
"I think a beauty like you is worth sparring with! Hahaha!"
"Stop it or I'll kick your ass! Where have you been this past weeks? I haven't seen you make ruckus."
"You missed me, right, right, right? Hahaha! Don't deny it anymore! Baby, I've been-" His phone suddenly rings.
"Hello, king? Section 25 has caught the traitors. Are we going to dispose them?" His underlings on the phone said. Every places has a corresponding section number assigned.
"Wait for me there, I'll handle them myself." He hung up and carried me down the ground. He put me at the seat of his bike.
"What are you doing?! I can jump on my own!" I said angrily.
"Too late, baby." He grinned and started his bike.
"No! Don't leave the bike behind! I really like this latest model!" I exclaimed dispirited.
"Shut up! Let the underlings handle that!" Cold wave was emitted from his body.
"s**t!" I was nearly left with the sudden movement of his bike. All I can do is wrap my hands around his waist.
It took 10 minutes before we arrived at section 25. His underlings in black were standing in two rows and bowed. In our empire, underlings are not allowed to look at their lord's eyes. If they dare, they will be killed but with King, nobody will dare to do so. His aura is enough to render his underlings speechless and soften their knees. Some weaklings even faint.
He led us to the underground and presented five people. "King, these are the five people who has betrayed our empire." As he speak, he did not dare to look up and meet King's eyes.
I was here before... and this place speaks only a word. DEATH. This is the torture ground of the empire. All traitors that are brought here are tortured to near death and will be treated. After their recovery, they will be tortured again and again. punishment depends on how severe their sins are.
There are five people in the chairs. Their hands are tied up behind them, blindfolded, their mouth are taped, naked and there is shower above their heads. It feels like they are under the shower for a day because they are shivering from cold and fear as our footsteps approach. They are whining like a captured wild pig, skin had become pale from the cold water.
"How dare you!" King kicked the biggest one of them.
The guy wanted shouted in agony but can't open his mouth. His teeth can be heard tattering.
He circled around and give all of them a series of slaps!
"How dare all of you!" He shouted and his eyes are beaming with anger.
The underlings in the corner had visible fear in their faces.
"Hey, go easy with them!" I said to king.
"No need, baby. I'll kill them myself." A menacing look flashed his eyes.
"What's their case?"
"Attempted kidnapping." He said calmly but wrath is sure to come. It's the calm before the storm.
"Their sin is not that severe. Why punish them this much? Just kill them immediately." I suggested. "Who did they attempt to kidnap?"
"Sweet Heart."
- Writer
