The Human's Comeback

-Quickly! Line up! – Aggressively shouted the beastman. A straight line of weakened humans, who were connected to each other with rusted chains on their legs slowly moved forwards. Some of them were coughing from sickness. They wore torn, sewed-on clothes and were as thin as a stick from prolonged hunger. Tragically, there even were children. They were slaves, anxiously waiting to be exploited and sold to abusive masters.   Humans were the cheapest and most popular slaves in the market. Nearly 100 years ago, there was the biggest war in the history of mankind, the Rage Of Hell. Demon lord Desmon was the one to initiate the war. His power was enough to make those around him shiver from fear. His aura was so menacing it made people faint when going near him. Desmon was the definition of the word, “Demon”.   Once the war began, terror was brought to the green lands. Once luscious green fields were now red hellscape. Beastmen and many other races and kingdoms were quickly subdued. Elves, dwarfs, vampires, and many more followed not so long later. After a brutal and fearsome war, only humans were left standing on their two feet. They had the hero on their side! The brave and strong hero, Argera! He was the bright star of the humans. Their one and only hope of winning the gruesome war. He defeated dangerous demons with one swing of his holy sword and took down whole armies on his own. Argera even killed one of the 8 strongest Demon Shoguns, Martha. Desmon finally had enough and snapped. He went out on the harsh battlefield himself and defeated the all-mighty hero with ease in the Battle Of Towhog. This day marked the end of humanity’s independence. As a severe punishment for resisting, Desmon labeled humans as slaves to other races. Humans were already much weaker than others, so they were taken advantage of and exploited without any resistance.   The armored beastmen surrounded the chained-up humans. The young ones were tearing up, and their parent’s hearts were being crushed from looking at their miserable children. They were in some sort of dense forest with tall, green trees. After a tedious walk, they arrived at their base. Wooden logs with sharpened ends were surrounding it, connected to each other, creating a wall. Beastmen with sharp spears and bows were guarding the entrance gate. -1… 2.. 3… 4… - A man in the human row was carefully counting the guards. When they went inside, the humans were painfully whipped and made fun of. It was torture for them. -Hey Woolred! – Shouted one annoyed beastman from the watchtower – They are livestock, not toys for you to play with! -SHUT UP OLD RAG! – Woolred pointed his fist towards him – I can do whatever I want to these peasants, and nobody can stop me! -WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN OLD RAG YOU BRAT!? – He pointed his crossbow towards him and made a menacing face. -Hey, hey! – One beastman stood up – We’re on a mission, remember? To get the livestock to our destination safely. He is right Woolred, you might injure them, and because of that, we all will get in deep trouble, and I’m guessing nobody wants that, am I right? They are precious slaves and we must bring them to the elites unharmed. Woolred sighed, walked off, and angrily spat on the ground. Some humans were relieved but were injured from the whipping. -Now, let’s search them to see if they smuggled anything. -I doubt they had something to smuggle. – Casually laughed one cruel beastman. -9… 10… 11… 12… 13… So there are 13 of them in total. – The man thought and smiled – This will be hard. The beastmen started thoroughly checking the humans. Some even inappropriately touched the terrified women, then grinned at them, knowing they could do nothing to resist. At last, they approached the tall man. -Nice clothes you got there son. – Said the beastman while approaching him. -Thanks. – The man made a kind face. Once the beastman approached him, he looked down at his legs – You have something down there. -What? – The beastman got confused. Right as he looked down, the man hit him in the head with his hard metal shackles, knocking him out right there in a split second. He then kicked his head with his foot and confidently placed it on him, as if he was the master now. -Anyone else!? – The tall man shouted at the top of his lungs and raised his hands. -HEY! – Shouted Woolred – Get him, you useless guards! A bunch of angered beastmen ran at him with weapons at hand. -YOU BASTARD! – Screamed one and swung his sword at him. The man dodged sideways. The beastman was surprised and before he could even look over, he was hit in the head the same way and was knocked out instantly. The man barely grabbed the sword because of the shackles and stood mightily stood his ground. -Come get me you monsters! – He yelled at them. The humans around were shocked, scared, and surprised. They all had the same thought in their mind: if the man dies, they would all be brutally punished.   One beastman with a long spear tried to engage. He poked a couple of times at long range, but the man dodged the attacks without any trouble. Then with a knee strike, while dodging, he broke the spear in half, grabbed the end of the broken wooden rod with his hand, and pulled it towards him with full force. The beastman got pulled with it and wanted to back off, but was punctured with a sword in the chest, through the armor, killing him on the spot. -That’s 3 down, 10 more to go. – The man giggled. He had an excited, yet anxious face. -YOU OLD RAG, - Woolred was beyond furious – WHY ARE YOU UP THERE WITH THE CROSSBOW, SHOOT HIM! The beastman’s arms were shaking. The man noticed this and thought he could dodge easily. The beastman closed his eyes and shot the arrow. -Wait, where is he aiming!? – The man looked at the woman in front of him with terrified eyes – DUCK! – He yelled. The man jumped forwards, trying to save the scared woman, but without any prevail… The arrow hit her in the back. She fell into the man’s arms and started coughing blood. She placed her hand on his face and with a quivering, faint voice, tried to speak. -Please… Save, my… son… - Because she was weakened, she bled out lots of blood, and passed away. The man stared at the dead body in his arms. He carefully laid her down on the rough ground. The crying boy ran towards her beloved mother but tripped and fell in the blood pond. He crawled towards her and started violently shaking her. -MAMA! MAMA! – He desperately shouted, thinking her mother would once more get up and caress his head, telling him that everything would be alright. His painful tears fell on her lifeless, yet pained face. The man stood up but didn’t flinch. He looked down on the miserable boy and clenched his fists. -YOU OLD FART, I KNEW I COULDN’T TRUST YOU WITH THE SIMPLEST TASKS! YOU HIT OUR LIVESTOCK, WE WILL ALL GET IN TROUBLE BECAUSE OF YOU NOW!– Woolred angrily shouted at him. The man then turned around with the face of a fearsome demon. -YOU ALL WILL DIE! – He shouted while throwing his sword at the old beastman with the crossbow. He hit him in the jaw and gruesomely split it in half. The corpse fell over the watchtower and fell on the hard earth. -AAAAAAAAAH! – The mad man shouted. His hands started to glow red, and suddenly he broke out of his hard metal shackles. He then punched the chains attached to his legs, shattering them. Everyone around was shocked, even the humans started trembling from fear. The man grabbed the top of the broken spear and swiftly ran towards the beastmen like a true beast. They all took defensive stances and gulped. The man attacked one, dodging the incoming punch by jumping aside while piercing his face with a spear. The other tried to help his fallen comrade out. -DIE YOU IMB… - He got punched in the jaw and was knocked out. The man jumped on his body and went high up in the air. He landed on one of the beastman’s neck, choked it with his legs, and snapped it. -KILL HIM! – Shouted the beastman soldier while slowly losing hope. 1 by 1, they fell like flies. The angered man brutally murdered anyone he laid his hands on. He stole the weapons of his victims and used them against others. He briskly dodged left and right. Sometimes the beastmen lost sight of him because of his agility. -DIE! The man jumped sideways. The beastman reacted and threw a punch. -I GOT YOU NOW! He got punched in the face and fell over. The humans got startled, they wanted him to win. Blood rapidly drooped from his nose. The man got up, and when he looked over, the beastman was in front of him and was swinging his sword. -NONE OF YOUR LIVES – The man barely dodged it, scaring the beastman – CAN EQUAL THE ONES YOU HAVE TAKEEEEN! He punched the behind of his neck, making him fall to the ground. The beastman rolled over and saw a leg right up to his face. The man bashed his skull inside. Only one beastman was left standing in the dump of corpses and pools of blood, it was Woolred. -GOOD JOB YOU PUNK! – He yelled while grinning – DON’T YOU THINK YOU’RE SOME HOT s**t BECAUSE YOU TOOK DOWN SOME OLD RAGS! – He grabbed two sharp daggers out of their sheathes. They had some sort of symbols on them – I WILL SHOW YOU HOW STRONG IS A REAL SOLDIER! Woolred was a wolfman, about 2 meters tall. His fur was dark red and he mostly wore leather armor. He was well-built and muscular, the leader of this pack. -s**t. – Thought the man after calming down to analyze the dangerous situation – He has a Mythic, I might actually die here. I didn’t think anyone this strong would be present. – He was breathing deeply. His adrenaline rush has ended and exhaustion caught up to him. -HERE I COME! Woolred jumped forwards and instantly appeared in front of the shocked man. The man rolled sideways and noticed he was bleeding from his right arm. He wanted to bandage it, but there was no time. -NOT SO MIGHTY NOW, HUH PUNK!? – Woolred laughed and made fun of him. He ran towards him and started swinging his daggers. The man was only on the defensive. He was barely dodging lethal hits. Cuts appeared on his entire tired body. Woolred shouted and made a single attack with all of his strength. The man jumped away and the beastman hit the ground, making the dagger stuck. -An opening! – He thought while going in for a punch in the back. Woolred slipped from the impact and fell over. The man got on top of him and started to beat him down to a pulp. Punches were thrown left and right, hitting the head. -AH! – Shouted Woolred while getting up. The man moved back to safety. Woolred straightened his back and spat away some blood and even a tooth. He looked mad and deadly. He grabbed the dagger stuck in the ground and crossed them, slightly leaning forwards. -I didn’t think I had to use this ability on a petty human. – Woolred said in a furious, yet serious voice. His face was completely changed – I’m not planning on losing another tooth. – He took a slow and deep breath – ALTER, GATE 1, OPEN!