Escape

Holding the knife in his closed hand so that the guards wouldn't notice him, he began to think, " I must first get rid of the guard across from me in one move so that he can't stop me when I try to escape from the carriage. Then I'll mutilate that prick on my left, jump out of the carriage and dive into the river." - he wondered as he looked at the river and discovered that they were already almost halfway across the bridge.

In an instant he gave a dive forward with his hand cutting the throat of the guard who was sitting across from him. This was his first kill, time slowed down for him he could see the guard's face exactly. At first his expression showed surprise, then terror and at the end sadness. For a 12 year old boy even though his psyche was strong it was a shock. Fortunately, the adrenaline did its job and Yangyou did what he planned.

"Fuck!!!"- shouted the guard as he watched the child kill his friend and then the boy's gaze fell on him. As the knife approached his neck he automatically shielded himself with his hand and the knife made a deep scar down to the bone.

The veteran seeing what was happening thought he was dreaming, he never thought that a mere mortal at the age of 12 whom he called a girl would kill his subordinate and injure another. He quickly got up from the bench and started running towards the boy. Yangyou knew that after eliminating the two threats as soon as possible, he had to escape from the moving carriage and jump into the river as he planned. Out of the corner of his eye he saw movement behind him and knew that the third guard was already chasing him. He quickly ran to the end of the carriage and jumped off, rolling vigorously.

When he stood up and looked around he saw that the guard had also jumped down and that he was about 7 meters behind him. Even though it was only 10 meters to the river, he was all battered up and old wounds had opened up after jumping from the speeding cart. He did not even think for a moment and started rushing towards the river like a wild creature. Behind him he could feel a presence chasing him and getting closer every second.

Just as he was about to jump into the current of the wild river, he suddenly felt something grab him by the collar and lift him hard, and he did it as easily as if he were picking up trash to throw away.

"Let go!"-he shouted and turning his head he saw that the veteran was looking at him as if he wanted to crush him. With eyes full of determination he cut the hand of the man that was holding him with the knife and his 2 fingers of the guard fell off and he threw himself into the water. As he fell he had only one thought of survival. He saw that if he fell from this height onto a stone he would die on the spot.

"You miserable piece of shit! You'll pay for this!" he shouted, holding up his hand that was missing two fingers. Then he looked and saw the boy jumping down and disappearing into the water like a stone going to the bottom.

When he fell into the water he sank about five meters into the depths and waved his arms and legs to get to the surface, but the current was so strong that it was no easy task. He swam with the current and after a minute managed to get to the surface. He turned around wanting to see the bridge but the scenery had already changed and there was no bridge anywhere.

"Alert the slave owner that this slave has escaped killing one of the guards and injuring two, we need to find this bastard" - he shouted to the other guard

In the meantime Yangyou finally managed to grab a large log of wood floating on the surface. He wasn't sure how far they would be looking for him so he decided to swim as far as he could. "Trhhh" a thump was heard and the voice of a bone breaking. "ahhh!!! Fucking fucking rocks!" he exclaimed angrily. After a few minutes, although he was careful, he hit the rock again, this time with his foot, and after a few minutes he saw that the river ended and only the cliff (waterfall) was visible.

"It couldn't have been better"- he smiled at his fate and after a short while he started to fall down along with the water.

Ma Xianmei went out early in the morning to collect medicinal herbs needed for healing and making alchemy pills. She walked through the dense forest and came to the riverbank as that is where the herbs needed usually grow. Unfortunately she could not find anything today, so she decided to walk along the riverbank hoping to find something. Looking around she suddenly saw something strange lying on the riverbank.

"What could it be?" - she wondered as she walked closer and closer. When she was about 20 meters away she recognized that what she thought was something strange was a person, a child to be exact. When she got closer to get a closer look, she saw the beautiful face of a child with silver hair and filet eyes. She had never seen a more beautiful person in her entire life and quite a few different people pass through her family's village. There were many wounds all over his body and his legs looked broken. There were many bruises and scratches on his body. There were heavy looking shackles on his hands. When she saw this, she immediately ran to him and put a healing pill in his mouth, then ran to the village to ask for help, because it would be difficult for her to transport the boy home alone, since she was only at the first level of body-hardening and her strength did not very different from that of an adult mortal.

She ran through the woods faster than ever when after a while she could see her village in the distance, which was surrounded by wooden palisades with a single turret used to keep an eye on the surroundings around the village. She ran into the village through the gate and ran straight home.

"Father! Father!" - she called out entering the house. "What has happened my daughter? - He asked with a displeased look on his face. "I found the boy on the shore of the lake all in wounds, please father let us save him!" - she exclaimed hastily waiting for her father's reply. "Didn't I tell you daughter that this world is not as good as you think it is? When will you learn that you can't help everyone you meet" he replied angrily. "I beg you this one last time do this for your daughter" she begged and tears were running down her cheeks.

"It's okay now." - he replied with a sigh. He took a simple push cart with him and told his daughter to drive it.

When they reached the boy and Ma Fang saw him until he furrowed his brow at the sight of his wounds. He went up to him and examined him and being an alchemist and at the same time a doctor in the village he realized what this boy must have gone through because the body was like a book about a person to him and the book about this boy was long and very sad. Then he realized that the boy actually had shackles on his hands, and not just any shackles, but military shackles. He was frightened at the very thought of the amount of trouble this young man could cause. Nevertheless, his curiosity and his daughter's request made him load the boy onto the cart and they started to head towards the village.

- Father, how is it? Do you think you will be able to heal him? - she asked

- Your father will be able to do it, after all I am the best alchemist in the region - he answered proudly with a smile.

- I know, Father, after all you are the best - she answered smiling

When the village could be seen in the distance he put the black cloth on the boy so as not to arouse the interest of the other villagers. After they passed through the village gates they went straight to the house. He called some servants to help him carry the boy into the house and then took some ointments and pills and started the treatment. He gave him some special pills to heal the internal injuries and then stitched up the many wounds. Then he lubricated his legs with a special ointment to speed up regeneration so that the broken bones could heal faster.

At this moment, Yanyou dreamed of a beautiful woman whose long silver hair blew in the wind as she fled from numerous soldiers. She was fleeing through the forest flying on a sword and occasionally fighting with the soldiers. The strangest thing was that the image was blurred and he felt as if he was actually there. At this point he woke up and felt something pierce his skin in multiple places he opened his eyes to see a middle aged man above him and then passed out again.