Chapter 15: Get Out of My Town

Chapter 15: Chapter 15: Get Out of My Town

The man was already unconscious.

Daniel stood there, holding him by the collar, waiting for an answer that wasn’t coming. The man’s head lolled to the side, his eyes closed, his face a bloody mess. He was out cold.

Daniel’s eye twitched.

"Apologize," he said again, shaking the man. No response. He kicked him in the shin. "Apologize!"

Nothing. The man was completely gone. Dead to the world.

Daniel let go of the collar, and the man crumpled to the ground like a sack of potatoes. Daniel stared down at him, his chest heaving.

"Oh, come on," he muttered. "You fucking pussy."

He looked around at the crowd. They were all staring at him. Silent. Frozen. Their eyes were wide, their mouths slightly open. No one moved. No one spoke.

Daniel pointed at a random guy in the crowd. "You. Bring me a bucket of water."

The man flinched. "W-what?"

"A bucket of water. Now."

The man scrambled away, disappearing into the crowd. Daniel turned back to the unconscious man on the ground.

"Daniel." Lyra’s voice came from behind him. Soft. Pleading. "It’s okay. You don’t have to go that far."

Daniel ignored her. He kept his eyes on the man, his fists still clenched. His blood was still pumping, his heart still racing. The power he felt was intoxicating. He could feel it in every muscle, every nerve. He was stronger. Faster. Better. And this piece of trash had dared to insult Lyra.

The man returned with a wooden bucket, sloshing with water. He set it down hastily and backed away.

Daniel picked it up and dumped the whole thing on the unconscious man’s head.

The man gasped. His eyes flew open. He sputtered, water dripping from his hair, his nose, his chin. He looked up, blinking, confused.

Then he saw Daniel’s face hovering over him.

His eyes went wide. His mouth opened in a silent scream. And then his eyes rolled back, and he fainted again.

Daniel stared at him. "Oh, come on!" he shouted. "You fucking pussy!"

He kicked the man one more time for good measure, then turned away. The crowd was still frozen, still silent. Daniel looked at them. At their pale faces. At their wide eyes.

He straightened up. Then he turned to Lyra.

She was standing where he had left her, her cane in her hand, her head tilted toward the sound of his voice. Her face was worried. Scared. For him.

Daniel walked over to her. He stopped a few feet away, then bowed. A deep, formal bow.

"I apologize on this fucker’s behalf," he said, his voice carrying across the silent street. "The people are just jealous."

Lyra’s lips parted. She didn’t speak. She just stood there, her blind eyes fixed on nothing, her expression unreadable.

The silence stretched on. Then a new sound broke through. Footsteps. Slow and deliberate. The tap of a walking stick against the dirt.

Daniel straightened up and turned.

An old man was walking toward them. He was ancient, with a long white beard and deep wrinkles carved into his face. He wore fine clothes, dark and well-made, and carried a polished walking stick in one gnarled hand. Behind him walked two armored guards, their hands resting on the hilts of their swords.

The old man stopped a few feet away. His eyes, sharp and cold, moved from Daniel to Lyra. Then to the unconscious man on the ground. Then back to Daniel.

His voice was quiet. Controlled. But there was steel underneath it.

"Get out of my town."

Author’s note:

[hey you.. Yes you.. The guy with the cool hair style... I have goals for you, it benefits both of us...all you got to do is give me your power stone... I am currently uploading one Chapter a day, but you can fix that... How? You may ask... Well it’s really simple.... Just give me your power stone... and you get a better upload schedule and bonus Chapter’s... I will be adding the goal in author’s note so I don’t increase the word count and make you pay more if I go premium...but this Chapter,I will send you the goal]

Weakly goal

100 PS = 5 bonus Chapter’s

200 PS = 12 bonus Chapter’s

500 ps = 14 Chapter’s a wk

1000 PS = 21 Chapter’s a wk

for every 100+ power stone +2 bonus Chapter’s.

Also am not calling any one stupid but for those that don’t know... PS means power stone.