Do you need a hand?
Green hair, black eyes, curvaceous, and a sexually attractive body with a beautiful face, that made men fall at first glance. Despite such beauty, her situation wasn't so good at the movement.
'Damn it! I messed up.'
Linda cursed herself as she tried to escape from the thick rope that tied her to the tree, but it all seemed in vain as the rope was tied so tight that it was hard for her to even move her muscles.
'I should have been more careful!'
She regretted giving in to her greed and ending up in a situation like this.
Linda was a free-spirited girl who wished to roam free and do things she liked, but for someone like her who had to live a confined life due to poverty and powerlessness, 'Freedom' was just a pipe dream.
Being homeless, She went through all kinds of thick and thin, which made her unable to do things that she would have liked to do. The hard reality thoroughly crushed the dreams of the poor girl. Linda was tired of this and wanted to escape from that confined her life. That was the reason why she chose to climb the Tower despite the risks.
She promised herself before entering the Tower, that she would do anything to get that 'freedom' that the world has taken away from her.
But the little girl back then didn't know that freedom was not something that can be attained easily.
'Freedom' in the Tower just meant strength!
If you are strong, then you can do anything!
That was the law! as simple as that.
'That's right, Strength is everything!'
Being tied to a tree, she once again realized the harsh truth of the world.
'I am so damn weak!!'
No matter where it is, be it outside the Tower or inside the Tower, it all came down to her own power!
Her resolve alone was not enough to fulfill her dreams and wishes.
The truth was often painful, it was like that for her too.
Linda was more mature than the youths of her age. But being mature didn't mean anything.
She was just a weak girl who made her living by stealing outside the Tower!
She always managed to get away without being caught due to her intelligence and ability to think straight in all kinds of situations!
But it seemed like her bad luck shined the brightest today, as she was caught by the pig-like bastard when trying to silently steal his ring!
It was her mistake that she underestimated the enemy and tried to do something that was above her capabilities.
"Don't try to do anything funny, you are not getting away that easily after trying to steal from me"
Said a man standing in front of her with a scoff, He was a man who looked like an overgrown pig with arms and legs as big as logs and a nose exactly similar to that of a pig. He was standing right in front of her, gazing at her young ripened body from up to down.
Even though she was still 18, her body was well developed with perfect proportion and an hourglass figure.
Her tanned skin that shinned under the sun and her curvy sensual body had a natural allure to attract men. She had sharp black eyes, and unkempt green hair running down her shoulders, combined with her well-developed body and fiery personality, it was a feast for eyes.
'tch!' Linda was annoyed at the lustful gaze that the pig was giving her.
The whole thing that was happening, she had only herself to blame for. She was on her seven days survival mission trying to secure food and the things necessary to stay alive till the end of the tutorial when she accidentally saw the ring that the pig bastard had in his hand.
It was a shining Blue colored ring which looked like an artifact!!
'I shouldn't have gotten greedy!'
Her habit of stealing kicked in and she thought of a plan to silently pocket that ring which looked like an artifact!
'I should have been more careful'
But everything went south when she was accidentally spotted by a man on Nigh watch, who screamed mistaking her for a ghost!
'I didn't have gotten this angry if he mistook me for a beast, but to think of me as a ghost??! damn'
well, it was indeed that man's fault for thinking of her as a ghost, I mean what kind of ghost would have busty boobs and plump as...ahem!
Anyway as for artifacts.
They are the unique items that could be found in the Tower, and if you are lucky enough, you can find them in the tutorial too. It was an item that would give a certain boost to climbers, it was like a swordsman who used a wooden sword all his life obtaining an original sword made out of metal. Even though one with a wooden weapon can also perform an attack the difference between the two would be obvious.
And finding an artifact in Tower was like finding a needle in a haystack.
obviously, the pig bastard didn't have that kind of luck, it was likely that some person in his group found that and he forcibly took it away.
"You were quite daring! To think you had the guts to steal from me? "
The pig opened his mouth, his salvia was spreading all over as he talked! The way he talked made Linda who was already quite annoyed, fill with rage!
"Are you a fucking god or something? "
"Huh? "
The pig tilted his head at the girl who was talking back to him without any fear!
"Then why the fuck would I fear you, you overgrown pig!? "
Now that was crossing the line! No matter how much disgusting, ugly, hideous, or unsightly he looked, discrimination based on looks was a punisha....ahem! anyway now he was pissed!
Slap!
A slap resounded as his hands landed on her soft cheeks!
But unlike what he was thinking, Linda didn't shut her mouth.
"tch! You bastard, You are dead if I am released"
Linda had pretty good experiences of being beaten and slapped, so it wasn't that easy to make her shut up!
Slap!
nor was it going to stop the pig man's hand!
blood oozed out of her nose at the slap.
"Thu! Beating a tied-up woman? are you really a man" She said spitting right on his face as blood covered her face.
"How dare you..."
Slap!
But that only made the pig angrier and invited another slap from him.
"Shut the hell up bit*h!"
Questioning a man of his manliness no matter how much of scum he is, was a bit...
"Hehe...I guess you would still be Virgin in your 40s with an ugly face like that"
That big mouth and that attitude of hers were so damn annoying that the pig was now fuming with rage. It was even a wonder that she survived outside the tower with that big mouth of hers.
"I was thinking of releasing you after a day! but you really have a death wish don't you?"
The pig was now pissed! Though he looked like that, he was a good man who knew how to respect others, he initially thought that he would punish her a bit for stealing from him and forgive her since she was still a child. But after hearing her words he erased all thoughts of forgiving her and sheathed out his sword of scabbard!
gulp!
'did I overdid provoking him?'
Now she regretted running her mouth so much! but that didn't stop the sword in his hand.
The sword came down aiming at her neck as she regretted having a big mouth, She closed her eyes shut!
'It was too shameful to die like this.'
That was her last thought...
last thought until she heard a sound of a metal clashing that is!
Tang!
The sword which she thought would take her life! Right before it hit her, was deflected by an arrow that came straight at the sword.
The pig-like man who was now beyond annoyed looked at the source of that arrow.
"Who the hell dares to mess with me??"
A young man wearing a white shirt, black pants, and a red tie was sitting on the tree leisurely with a bow in his hand, his left eye was unusually red in color and he had that carefree smile on his face!
"What!?"
The Pig man's anger went through the roof as he realized that the one who messed with him was just another kid, who was even smiling at him!
"Jees!!! Kids these days! They have no awareness and think of themselves as heroes or something! come down here you damn kid?"
He said as nerves were popping on his forehead!
But the boy on the tree completely ignored the man as he continued looking at the young lady!
"Hi there, I am Michel. Do you need a hand?"
He said looking at Linda who was staring at the boy dumbstruck, she was too stupefied to say anything after seeing all the things that were unfolding!
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