A monster of a man
He walked to the side of the door where it was darker and he hid in the shadows, his hand grasping his makeshift bone shiv.
Niels steeled his nerves as he began to shout. "AHHHHHH, Save me! I want my mother!" his wailing was loud, breaking the silence like a pin drop in silence, as his childish high pitched voice rang throughout the house. After a few minutes, silence. He ensured to keep as quiet as possible, hearing only the throbbing of his heart and listening to the footsteps of the burly man.
After a heart-wrenching wait, the faint sound of footsteps can be heard as the door flung open.
"Kid! Are you dead already? Our boss still hasn't had his fun yet… What is this.." The burly man stepped forward confused, as he looked down at the middle finger pointing at him directly in front of the door.
"Crack!" the burly man immediately fell on the hard dirt floor as he felt a huge force hit the back of his knees, he staggered and fell on the dismembered hand on the floor. A thin arm reached around his neck as the sharp bone shiv extended through the base of his mouth piercing through his tongue as it finally gets lodged at the back of his throat. He wanted to scream but all that came out from his death throes were blood and spit.
Standing above the corpse, stood a child with a frightening smile as Niels felt really happy with his first kill in a new world.
"Did you know that in this situation, you came into the room thinking of 2 outcomes, seeing me dead or dying and seeing the room empty. Both of which will lead you to take appropriate actions. Seeing something unexpected will cause you to freeze up and be confused. Of course, there wasn't a hundred per cent certainty, but looking at your dumb mug, you probably won't have enough intelligence to react."
Niels stepped on his throat causing the bone to be lodged further as he positioned his foot to let the burly man suffocate to death.
Niels started to pat down the corpse as he found a crude-looking dagger, it was well maintained and smelled of blood. Both edges were sharp and the balance was good. Feeling happy with his find, he picked it up and started to walk towards the door.
Leaving the door, Niels noticed a flight of stairs that led upwards. Step by step, he walked discreetly up until he finally reached the top. His hands touched the cold rock wall as he peered around the bend and noticed 2 thugs seated facing each other.
The smell of alcohol wafted through the air as he noticed the table and floor littered with jars. The two men, obviously intoxicated paid no attention to their surroundings, they were unguarded and left their daggers on the table, notched into the wood. He surveyed a bit more, making sure that there was no one else in sight. Before he started to stealthily make his move.
Niels stood with his back against the wall, breathing deeply as he started to simulate the scene that will be played out inside his head.
"If I launch a frontal assault, I will probably lose my life directly. It's difficult to directly sneak up behind and take his life as well because they are facing each other. This is such a tough scenario to deal with."
After playing out the multiple scenes and running multiple simulations in his head, he finally decided on the best course of action. By using his superior intellect, he started to force his body to produce adrenaline, heightening his reaction time and increasing his speed. He moved his right foot back as he started to tap the floor gently.
He took a deep breath as his heart started pumping faster than what is humanly possible causing a tight feeling in his chest and an intense numbness in all his limbs. In an instant, he vanished from where he stood.
[The Shukuchi method, used in Japanese martial arts, is a move in which you disappear into an enemy's blindspot and launch an attack]
He appeared directly behind one of the thugs, using the dagger, his hands quick as lightning sliced across the jugular vein of the thug, letting the blood flow out onto the table and onto his colleague who was caught unguarded.
Immediately reacting, the second thug shocked, reached for the dagger on the table, only to have his hand pinned with the dagger in Niels' hand. Pain shot through his mind as his mouth opened, ready to let off a scream, Niels' hand flashed as he grabbed the second dagger from the table and sliced open the throat of the second thug, making sure he was silenced before he could make a single sound.
Everything happened in a fraction of a second and Niels immediately slowed down his heart rate returning to a normal state. He pushed the thug off the chair as he took a seat catching his breath and calming his convulsing body.
"Increasing my adrenaline levels really take a toll on the body, I should never use it willy nilly."
Niels thought to himself as he heaved huge breaths trying to regain his composure.
As he began to calm down, a scream broke out from the upper level. Niels flipped up the dagger in his hands and calmly looked around the room as he found another flight of stairs. Stealthily, he walked up to the stairs and peered into the room as a door was left partially open.
As he peered into the room, his eyes widened in shock as he saw the back view of a monster of a man, the fattest man he had ever seen, even in his past life, having as many fat folds as there were stars, standing completely naked over a naked woman that was obviously being tortured and in pain. Her clothes were ripped, tattered and torn. But she was not weeping, not making a sound and enduring the torture.