The Random Strangers, Chapter 1: Oh, beloved Narkissa

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Khalia then suddenly stood up as she opened up her eyes and with a shocking tone said, “WE WERE ASLEEP??”

“Wh-what just happened..?” said Catie drowsily.

“W-WHAT HAPPENED?? WHERE’S PATRICK?? IS THE VILLAGE OKAY??” shouted Orwan as he was shocked too.

Everyone then woke up to see Gael standing next to Patrick Willmond as he was bleeding and unconscious.

“W-Woah! Woah! Did that kid just kill him??” puzzled Catie.

Khalia went up to Gael who was standing there and was staring at Patrick very curiously.

“H-hey kid! Are you all alright? And mind filling us in on what the heck was going on when we apparently uh.. fell asleep?” asked Perria as she was confused too.

“Oh, you don’t have to worry! And I dealt with him and no I didn’t kill him! I would never go to that extent. He just couldn’t handle a lot of pain my ‘Spookers’ gave him after that I put him to sleep. I-I wanted to help you guys.  So I couldn’t help but come back here. And the moment I saw something fishy going on between you people, I activated ‘Noches Head’ from my Achilles and dropped it on you guys. I did the exact thing to Patrick too.” responded Gael shyly.

“So you are the one who dealt with this guy huh? Great job little fella!” cheered Orwan as he was healing his and everybody else’s wounds.

“So... How did you knock him off exactly? And on top of that, he is also bleeding a lot. Is this the work of your thing called ‘Achilles’ and your various gadgets you keep talking about?” questioned Khalia.

Gael started searching for something in his controller and responded, “Yes indeed. This is Achilles. None of you can see it now because I activated ’The Disguise’ mode on it right now.”

They were all looking here and there for his ‘Achilles’. And then they were suddenly shocked as the moment Gael deactivated ‘The Disguise’ mode from his controller, they could see a medium-small sized drone which was about 70 m long.

Perria shockingly said, “You can camouflage a drone that big with this gadget of yours!? W-wait is it...”

“Yeah he probably has one too,” said Orwan.

Gael then suddenly thought of a query he wanted to know about and asked them,” Ah yes! I have a doubt… Do you people mind?”

“Nah go ahead!” replied Catie.

“So Mr. Willmond can control people by giving them specific orders. And the moment he does that, I have noticed that the targeted person then comes under his control and obeys whatever Mr. Willmond asks them to do. But once he was beat, he again with his last full strength before falling unconscious, called out for help with the help of his this ability and ordered my entire village and that was including me. For once there I was scared. But then his ability did not affect the villagers nor did I get affected. They were just normal. Was it one of you guys who did that? Or do you know what happened?” asked Gael curiously.

“Oh, that was Eunara. He is one of us too! Or to say a comrade.” responded Andel.

Gael was pretty confused as he didn’t know who Eunara was, but was impressed to see that he could protect the entire village from Patrick’s Engine Form.

Suddenly Patrick started coughing. And he became conscious again. 

Everyone then suddenly started arming themselves. And Catie with a swift turn reached up to her hand next to his wound, not in the intention to kill but to put him in more pain if he made a move.

“You will answer whatever we ask you. And if you refuse to answer, you’ll die in vain,” warned Catie.

Patrick then started grinning and said, “And why the hell would I do that? Trixannia is mine. DO YOU GET IT!? I will with no matter what cost will go achieve that beautiful stone with my own hands. AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME AND-”

Before Patrick could say more Catie started piercing his wound and started inserting her nails deeper inside his wound in his wrist.

“Who sent you? It was Reuter, isn’t it? Where is he right now!?” questioned Catie.

“And exactly why would I tell you amateurs that huh? My loyalty to Lord Reuter remains forever. And even on the edge of me and my passion dying, I will never reveal Lord Reuter. He is my savior. And I WILL NEVER TELL YOU-”

Catie kept piercing his wound more and more giving him an intense amount of pain and shouted, “SCREW YOUR LOYALTY! Now tell us where he is! Or you want to die seeing your wrist being cut off wide open!”

Catie with a lot of anger was about to cut off his wrist. But just before letting that happen, Khalia suddenly ceased Catie’s hand and said, “Catie stop! It’s no use if he still doesn’t give any information about anything. Reuter’s army is just more disappointing than he is.”

“You dare speak ill of Lord Reuter! He will come and kill you all off one by one! Seeing what you have done to me, he will surely avenge this! You’ll see!” yelled Patrick.

“You do know he doesn’t give a damn about any of y’all? He is just using you as mere puppets to achieve whatever he is aiming for. To think you people would just blindly follow him like that. Haha, you people are just wasting your lives on him.” mocked Andel.

“NO! Lord Reuter would never betray his army! He might not come to avenge me, but he will SURELY KILL PEOPLE WHO GET IN HIS WAY! I’ll assure you that with my life! He will soon be aware of this! I already sent him a vulture with my last bit of Engine Form regarding this through perouf code. And you’ll see, he will come now! Be prepared for your funeral services you brats!” wailed Patrick as he was coughing more and more blood.

Perouf code is a language transmitted from an animal to a human. That is when a person who has enough experience in learning perouf code can comprehend what an animal wants to convey. Animals can use any means necessary to use perouf code. Most of the time it’s the tapping of their feet or forwarding the message through the peak of their nose, sniffing, and sometimes even the tail wagging.

“Yeah first let’s see if you survive that long to see that, you fool,” said Catie.

Patrick then started coughing more and more blood and started walking slowly towards the village. Catie was about to go after him, but Khalia stopped and said, “He has no hope. He is in no position to do anything right now. Leave him be.”

Patrick then started stretching out his right hand and spluttered,” I- I will achieve my goal. Tr-trixannia is-mine! And no one can s-stop me! I will- I will have Trxannia in m-my hands... And power! Fame! I will have it all! I will-”

Without saying anything else, Patrick then suddenly collapsed on the ground. 

Orwan then sensed that his pulse had stopped. He then went over to him to re-check whether he was dead or alive. But he had no vital signs or pulse.

“Was it because of me he died?? I- I had no intention to kill him!” panicked Gael as he has never killed anyone before neither his Achilles has done stuff like this.

Andel went up to the kid and said, “Hey chill my dude! Didn’t you notice? The amount of damage Elijah and Orwan have is far greater than what Patrick had. The only reason he died is that he has probably never experienced this much bleeding and pain in his life up till now. Probably it’s because he is the one putting up the experience of pain on others.”

“He has done 78 kills up till now. Somehow without even leaving a trace behind, he has never been caught. As the victims always end up killing themselves. And I am sure that is his doing, his Engine Form.” said Perria.

“78 KILLS? This guy is a monster! And to see that he couldn’t handle that much damage to what my Achilles did, makes me feel even more disgusted by the fact that he could kill 78 people just like that. Makes him a total coward.” frowned Gael.

“Yeah. He is the type of person who likes to see others in pain but hates to see themselves in danger.” sighed Orwan.

Gael then suddenly looked at Elijah who was still lying on the ground when Orwan was treating his injuries.

“He should be up by now! ‘Noches head’ doesn’t work for a long time,” said Gael.

“Well, he’s probably enjoying his long sleep. And he’s not waking up because once he is asleep, it takes more than a day to wake him up.” chuckled  Orwan,” Let him rest. He has been through a lot for now.”

“A day?? Woah this guy is pretty weird,” said Gael.

Catie facepalmed and said, “Now he’ll never wake up! That idiot..”

Everybody started relaxing and giggling with each other.

Whereas Perria was still curious about what happened before and she mused in her head, “I know nobody else noticed, but I saw what I saw. It was a shockwave created by touching Khalia’s sword that caused Elijah to collapse. But what was it?”