The House of Sins: The Legion: LEVEL ONE

Prologue

"I knew I shouldn't have gone off the trail," I said to myself as I was running full speed through the woods. While I was running, 2 daggers nearly hit me in the back of my head. I quickly ran in the direction of the nearest tree, and then I got behind it for cover.

"I was hoping I could avoid a fight on this job," I sighed as Ilifted my sword and shield from their sheaths. Man, I hate fighting, mostly because I suck at it.

Why can't every job just be a quick and easy hire.

There was a long pause that seemed to have lasted for an eternity. Then I heard a snap of a twig from the other side of the tree, I quickly backed away from it just in time to dodge to dodge a knife that was stabbed through the tree and that's when our met. The man was older than, like way older then me, like by about 50 years based off the gray hairs and wrinkles, he was taller than me by a whole head and armed with multiple throwing knives on his person.

Alright, let me see if I can talk my way out of fighting this guy.

"Listen, I don't know why you are after me, but let's just talk about- oh shi—," I said as I barely managed to get my shield up in time to defend against the knife the Man threw at me.

Alright, it looks like there is no talking to this old man.

I quickly got my footing and prepared for his next assault. The man quickly tried to blitz me by going for a aggressive stab but I managed to guard against the attack with my shield wich caused his dagger to pierce through my shield, nearly hitting my arm due to how far it went through. The man tried to pull his dagger, but it seems his weapon is stuck.

I took that to my advantage and slashed the man across his face. I managed to cut his right eye, but he didn't react at all and just went straight back to attacking without even a hint of pain on his face. He tried to grab me, but I managed to backstep while striking him again. This time the sword went halfway through his left arm, so he won't be using that for a long time.

"Lets stop this and both go home, I heard women love battle scars and there are plenty of healers that can heal that arm, so there's still hope," I said while keeping my guard up. The old man lifted its arm and stared at it for a few seconds, then looked at me with a smile as it grabbed its wounded arm and started ripping it off. I was shocked, scared, and sickened as I was watching it completely rip off his own wounded arm without any signs of pain or concern for what he was doing. After he completely ripped off his arm with a gut-sickening ripping sound like you would hear if you had ripped a chicken thigh apart, he then put his bleeding torn-off arm against his mouth and licked the blood as if he were cleaning it.

"What the h—," I said, but I got interrupted by him randomly roaring at the top of his lungs to the sky and charging at me. I thrust my sword in his chest to stop him, but he still didn't flinch like he couldn't feel pain or something.

The man then swung at me like a wild beast with its left arm and hit me in the shoulder. Somehow, the impact of his swing managed to send me flying backward like a ragdoll. After I landed on the ground, I grasped my arm in pain from the attack that somehow felt like the equivilent of getting hit by a Gorrilla on steroids. I then looked back and quickly rolled out of the way of a log that was thrown at me.

Ah great. He must be a supernatural, I have to out smart him somehow.

I got back up, Scooped some dirt into my shield and charged at him. I quickly flung my shield in the direction of the man, which caused the dirt to come out and hit him in his eyes, and that made the man finally made a reaction.

The man began to rub his eye's trying to get the dirt out and that's when I then quickly charged, and hit him with a thrust right through his stomach.

The Man collapsed on its knees due to the sword most likely severing his spine, while looking down at my hand on the sword that's in his stomach as I pull my sword out. The man then proceeded hit the ground with a soft thud on the forest's grass and finally let out a long breath with his eyes wide open and his lipps forming a wicked smile with tears in his eye's.