>>5172313>>5172319>>5172325>>5172340"What's wrong, Benny?" You tilt your head to reach the boy hiding under your bed.
"Th-Th-Th-Guar- Guards!" Didn't take so long to understand him, but the sound of a punch gave away what they were doing before Benny could formulate another sentence.
"Hahaha! That tickles!" Zhafira responds as the men outside take their turns in punching her stomach. Taking a closer look through the hole, you can see a large man testing his armor with an iron morning star in hands, talking down to Bernard as they negotiate their terms.
"I can't make double the amount in this short deadline!"
"Come on, Bernard! After so many years of work, this should be your bread and butter right now. You don't want to see your precious daughter getting the same treatment your wife did, right?"
"You should take a look for yourself, Gorrister! We've been hitting her with the hardest punches, and all this bitch can do to defend herself is laugh!"
"Would you rather see me crying? I won't give you what you want, so I will laugh it off. Hahaha! -OOF!" Even if she can't process negative emotions so well, you can see the damage around her body. Her mad escapism coming off as mockery to her attackers.
So this is the guy that comes to check on Barnham's supplies, huh? You might not have a kill list written down, but he sure makes an effort to be a name on it...
"That's the horse that was stolen yesterday... Which one of you tried to infiltrate the coliseum?"
"Not telling! No amount of bribing would convince us to help you out!" Zhafira says as she cleans the stream of blood coming from her swollen lips.
"Really? If you won't accept bribes, how about betting on which one of us can make that pretty smile of yours turn into a frown, sweet cheeks?" One of the goons chokes her by the throat, lowering her body down to his knees while his partners laugh in anticipation.
>Stop this madness! I am the one you are looking for.>Keep your hands on Zhafira and I'll show you who has the bigger stick.>Bernard won't work for you anymore. If you want more weapons, you'll have them over my dead body.>Look for your spear and impale them on sight.>Write-in. 