Chapter 3: Loyalty
Rather incongruous with his burly figure, Darius's footsteps were surprisingly light, perhaps a skill honed in battle, and he quietly placed the silver plate on the table and walked in front of the young man, clenching the handle of the axe in his hand.
Coming here with a plate of hearty food, it was supposed to be to visit the boy, but at this time Darius's expression was not like this at all, unlike his brother's exaggerated smile, coldness and tenacity were the norm for Darius, and now, he was showing his characteristics to the fullest.
The boy still sat quietly in the corner, unaware of the open door and the strangers that followed, as well as the great axe hanging directly above his head......
Clang!
If it had been a little slower, the great axe that Darius had slashed with force would have cut the boy's body in half, but in an instant, the boy suddenly raised the spear in his hand as if sensing danger, and took the axe steadily.
What a strong force! Darius's heart couldn't help but secretly marvel, although he didn't use all his strength with this axe, he still had the strength to cut down five or six strong soldiers, he had seen Vescello's gladiatorial performance, and originally thought that he could win only because of his exquisite fighting skills, but after this axe, he realized that the young man's strength was much stronger than he expected.
The sound of metal scraping against each other sounds uncomfortable, but for a warrior it is the favorite sound of his [a_read] novel xstxt, and a moment of slackness during the battle can lead to death, even if he is surprised by Veszero's strength, Darius's movements do not pause, after the slash is blocked by Vesero, he immediately stretches the giant axe forward, the hook-like design of the axe immediately hooks the young man's spear, he pulls back hard, ready to give him a fatal blow-
He did, and he could feel the boy's body being pulled over by him, and then, somewhat unlike what he expected, the punch he swung out with force didn't hit the boy in the face, instead, some kind of cold object stuck to his throat.
Darius ignored a very important point, that is, the opponent's body type, if you change to an opponent of normal size, when you are hooked by his giant axe, you will definitely lean forward because of the high center of gravity and lose your balance, but this time the opponent Vesero is completely different, his body is very thin, the center of gravity is very low, but he borrowed the power of Darius to lean back, and borrowed his power to slide under his crotch, the spear that was originally held horizontally was erected at the same time, and the head of the spear was pointed directly at Darius's throat.
"Why didn't you kill me? That way you have a chance to escape. Darius, who realized that he had lost, put down the giant axe in his hand and said coldly with a smile.
"You're not my target."
After making sure that Darius had put down the axe, Vescello quickly put down the spear in his hand, and the location of the cell door was only a few meters away from him, and Darius didn't seem to be able to stop him, even so, Vessero only glanced at the scenery outside the door, and still sat down in the corner with his spear.
"Hmph, interesting little ghost, this is what I invited you, eat it."
Although he lost to him, Darius did not show any angry expression, on the contrary, a rare smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and after putting the great axe in his hand aside, he took a small light stone from his pocket and lit it up, while holding a silver plate full of food and placing it in front of Vescello.
Vescello looked up, he looked at the food in front of him, and then at Darius, the man in front of him had just tried to kill him, and now he had brought another dinner, which was a very strange thing to think about anyway...... However, after looking at him expressionlessly for a while, Vescello didn't care about grabbing the food with his hands stained with black mud, stuffing it into his mouth, his calm attitude almost made people feel excessive, and he didn't even forget to take the time to say a clear "thank you" to Darius.
The scene became a little strange for a while, Vesseiro as a prisoner enjoyed a sumptuous dinner without saying a word, while the senior officer Darius stood aside like a guard, not to mention that there was a short but dangerous fight between the two, and the quick change of attitude was unacceptable, but Darius didn't seem to care about this kind of problem, and waited patiently for Vessero to enjoy the perfect meal, then he leaned down and asked, "Hey, what exactly is the 'goal' you just said?" ”
"I'm going to kill someone." Viscello licked his fingers and said with a blank face.
"Kill someone? Who are you going to kill? Darius then asked.
"I don't know." Vescello's answer was crisp, though it didn't make any sense at all.
"Don't know? Do you mean you don't know his name? ”
"I don't know, I just know that I should kill someone."
Is that really the case? Darius touched his chin and recalled that he had been shocked to learn that Viscello had defeated two hundred soldiers, and had asked for some news about the teenager.
Vescello was captured around the city-state of Noxus. Later that day, a group of Noxian soldiers were on their regular patrol duty, and when they were passing through a small road, they spotted a group of robbers trying to rob the caravan, and just as they were about to subdue the group of robbers, Vescello suddenly appeared from the darkness, and he mercilessly used his spear to knock over the group of robbers one by one, leaving not a single person alive.
It was unclear who he was, but since he had easily defeated the bandits, he was valuable to Noxus, and the soldiers cheered loudly for his actions and kindly asked if he wanted to join and serve Noxus.
Things were not quite the same as they had guessed, just as the soldiers put down their weapons and stepped forward, Viscello standing in the dark did not have any friendly meaning, he did not give any answer, just stared coldly at the group of heavily armed strangers, and just after the soldiers who were walking in the front entered the range of his spear, Viscello did not hesitate to stab him in the heart.
Stunned by this move, the soldiers immediately launched a counterattack, but they soon realized that their situation was no different from that of the robbers, and it did not take much time for the group to fall under his gun, and only one of the more astute soldiers fled back to the city and informed the sheriff.
When the sheriff heard this, he immediately set out with three groups of soldiers, and they did not go far, for at the gates of the city Viscello had already begun to engage the guards, and there were about fifty soldiers there, but this number was a little weak in the face of Vescello's guns, and in less than a minute, only half of them remained standing.
…… What kind of monster is this? The sheriff, who was stunned and watching the scene in front of him, immediately ordered his soldiers to attack, and at the same time left one person to let him find some reinforcements, but before the sheriff could finish speaking, the situation seemed to change again, just when the timid soldiers tried to surround Vescelo, he suddenly fainted and fell to the ground, even so, the soldiers present at that time did not dare to step forward at all, until a senior magician who heard the news confirmed that he was really unconscious, and the soldiers rushed to "subdue" him who was already scarred.
According to the magicians' reading of Viscello's memories, he was just a child born in an ordinary marginal family around Noxus, usually learned some marksmanship with his father, about a week ago, the small village where he lived was attacked by a group of robbers, Viscello picked up a spear and fought with the robbers, because the events in the middle were too tragic, this memory became very confusing or even missing, magicians called it "selective amnesia", but from the results afterward, The robbers paid a terrible price for their actions, but on the other hand, he seemed to be the only one left alive in the village of Vescello, after which, he left his hometown aimlessly with his spear in a daze, and the reason why he killed without purpose was only because he was close to a mental breakdown and absorbed too much magical energy uncontrollably, and after a little treatment, he finally partially returned to normal.
When he said "someone who should be killed", he should mean the robber who may have been killed by him, but his memory is confused, so he firmly believes in the existence of "that person...... Why don't you let the magicians repair his memories and recruit him to the army of Noxus, the stupid nobles......
"What about you? Do you have a goal too? ”
When Darius recalled this information, Vesero on the side had already picked up the last bit of meat on the plate, and he didn't understand what the person next to him wanted to do, so he took the initiative to ask.
“…… Me? ”
Darius looked at the young man in front of him thinking about something, his expression returned to coldness, and after staring at each other in silence for a while, he suddenly picked up the giant axe in his hand, stood up sharply, pointed to Vesero's head and said sharply: "I, Darius, can now give you a chance to be pardoned, but on the contrary, I need you to swear allegiance to Noxus, if you accept this condition, then immediately kneel down on one knee to the Noxus symbol on this axe, otherwise, I will execute you here immediately, You don't have much time to think about, say, obedience or death? ”