202: Worth Thousands Of Gold

Worth Thousands Of Gold

0As the broken edge of the bottle moved closer and closer to the girl, the sound of footsteps could be heard. 

*Tap* *Tap* *Tap* 

Right when it about to pierce her, the footsteps stopped, and a yellow flash appeared and it happened it before any of them could see it. 

John was holding on to the boy's hand as he carried the girl on his shoulder. 

"What?" The boy asked as he hastily looked around 

He had no idea what had just happened. He saw a yellow light and felt something pull him back. When he came to it, there was a person standing in front of him. 

On top of that, that person now held on to his friend on his shoulders. He couldn't believe it. 

"Hey little guy, need some help?" John asked as smiled at him while crouching down. 

John's face was covered with a mask, so the boy couldn't see it, but it didn't matter. For a boy who had always been ignored when he asked his help from anyone other than the ones who knew him, he didn't know how to react to John's words. 

"W-What's... when did... Who...?" Asked the girl 

She seemed just as confused, but she suddenly quieted down once she heard her friend start to talk 

Tears poured out of his eyes as he clenched his chest and asked the words 

"Please... Help... Us..." He asked as he bowed 

Hearing this, John gave the boy a headpat before walking towards the man. 

"Hm...? How did you...? A mask...?" The man asked as he looked over at his hand. 

He now held on to air. 

He was surprised for a moment, but didn't look afraid.

"Interesting..." He muttered 

He was able to see John's movement but wasn't able to react. 

Once John stood right in front of him, without trying anything funny, the man asked. 

"Hey, hey, listen to me for a second. That kid is worth thousands of gold coins. People are looking for him all over the continent." Said the man 

Hearing this, John turned towards the kid. He looked nothing more than an ordinary boy and his magic power wasn't anything that big. 

"Interested, right? How about it? We split the rewards between me and you sixty to fort-" 

John interrupted the man as he pulled out a coin from his dimensional ring and asked 

"Heads or tails?" 

"Huh?" 

John let out a sigh and repeated it 

"Heads or tails?" He asked once more 

"What is heads... Or Tails...? Are you messing with me, kid?" The man asked looking slightly angered now 

"Alright, since you're taking too long to decide, I'll pick heads." Said John before throwing the coin into the air. 

As it continued to spin, it suddenly dropped down forming a small crack on the ground. The coin showed no signs of being dented as John picked it up. 

"Looks like I win." Said John as he showed it to the man 

It showed heads. Surprisingly enough, some gold coins are different around the world. The one in Halfaust had a certain face on the coin, while the one in Asteria and the dungeon showed a different one. The one thing they had in common is that they all showed a face. 

"Win...? Are you... Trying to buy time?" The man asked before quickly looking around 

But the moment he turned around, he noticed that John was standing behind him, with his arm moving towards the him. 

Surprised, the man stepped back and began to chant something, but before he could even finish, he suddenly dropped to the ground. 

"Wha-" 

As he laid on the ground, John crouched down next to him. 

"Hey... Do you want to be paralysed?" John asked 

Hearing this, the man now hastily swung his arm at John, only to miss in the last second. He was felt both confused and scared of the kid in front of him. He didn't know what was happening. 

"I'm joking." Said John as he now stood next to the two young kids who were also confused 

A trace of yellow flash was left behind as he disappeared from the man's side 

"Let's go." Said John with a smile as he grabbed on to their hands 

Hearing this they nodded, and followed him while holding his hand. They easily walked past the man who was no longer putting up a fight. 

"W-Wai-" 

The man froze once John turned back to look at him. He never knew it was possible to feel such a sinister aura and bloodlust from a kid. 

"Yes?" John asked 

His voice was calm yet cold enough to send shivers down the mans spine. 

"I-I apologise... I promise I'll never try anything like that again, so please-" 

Without even bothering to listen to the man, John took the kids outside of the alley. 

[W-What the hell... Was that kid...? My hands won't stop shaking..." Said the man as he moved his arm to grab it. 

In that instant, he realised. If he had angered that kid or if the kid decided to go back to finish him off, then he'd definitely die. 

The man got up in fear before quickly running towards the outside of the valley 

When he did, he heard a voice coming from the inside. He turned around and saw the same kid from earlier. 

"Don't try anything funny or you'll regret it." 

Those were the kid's final words before he instantly climbed up the walls with his body clouded in a yellow electric light. 

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"Thank you, Big brother!" Said the girl as she suddenly hugged John 

A young girl with a small figure. Her hair rather short, it reached up to her chin and didn't look like it had been cut. A mixture of light green and yellow, a rather unusual, hair colour. She wore slightly old clothes but they were clean. 

"Thank you for helping us." Said the boy as he bowed 

A young boy with an also small and skinny figure. Short pink spiky hair with an observant look. The clothes he wore were dirty but they were in surprisingly good condition, which was strange for someone homeless. 4

The boy had piqued John's interest. Something about being worth thousands in gold, Just who was he? 

[Well, It's none of my business. That's right... Didn't master tell me to be quick? Crap!] 

Before Dashing away, he needed to get this girl who was now lynched to his legs to get off of him. But before he could, they made a request. 

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