Mysterious Man

Ijan POV:

Finally, I got what I was looking for. Power. I stared at the small screen in front of me. However, that wasn't what got me excited, nor was it the sentence, 

[The Constellation 'The Best Blacksmith Of All Time' has sponsored you]. 

It was what came after. 

[You have been awarded a piece of the "Armour of God" armour]. 

I was quite confused as to what, or who, this was. But truth be told I didn't care. All I cared about was power. Then it hit me, how do I even use this? It was quite clearly armour and a strong one that, to be named 'god of armour' and all. 

Just as I thought this another screen popped up in front of me. 

[Would you like to equip 'Armour of God'?]

Umm, sure. After I subconsciously said this, some sort of metal emerged from thin air and attached itself to my chest. It started to expand and cover every inch of my torso. 

As it did I didn't try to fight it. Instead, I embraced it. As it was ending I looked down to see the armour cover my whole torso. From my hip to my neck and shoulders. 

[You have equipped a lesser version of the 'Breastplate of Righteousness']

I looked down to see a golden armour with black patterns on it. It looked a bit clunky, but it felt amazing, I felt amazing. However, I didn't have much time to admire this as I had caught the attention of the giant. 

It looked mad for some reason and decided to swing at me again. Out of pure instinct, I curled up into a ball with my hands on my head. 

CLANG

An ear-piercing noise sounded as if a hammer had been slammed against a piece of metal. I looked up to see the giant's hand on my back. It had made contact. But I didn't even feel it. 

Then I noticed my armour slightly humming as if it was ready for battle. And battle I did. With this newfound strength, I lunged at the giant and shoulder-bashed him in his stomach. 

BOOM

A loud boom was heard as the giant was sent flying down the cave, disappearing in the darkness. I was a bit surprised that my attack had been so effective. But that surprise quickly turned into smugness as I turned around to look back at everyone else.

3rd person POV:

Everyone had their mouth wide open at the phenomenon they had just seen. Even the people who were injured couldn't help but get up to see what was going on. Ijan looked back at everyone with a face full of smugness. "See that, that's my true power." He gloated. Trying to take the initiative, Aaron spoke up. 

"Ijan, what just happened?" He said in a demanding voice. He wasn't the least bit afraid of Ijan, he will always be the kid that wants to be listened to in his eyes. 

"Tsk. You still have the gall to speak to me in such a condescending voice." He said, annoyed. 

"Be quiet, Ijan. Don't think we'll be afraid of you just because you made a deal with the devil." Said Sophie, in her natural sassy voice. Some of the others seemed to agree with this.

This devastated Ijan. He had quite a crush on Sophie, most of the things he did were to prove himself to her. He thought with this she would finally fall for him. 

But it was the opposite. They all saw him as some sort of freak. He stared at the ground in despair. "I'll ask you again Ijan, what did you do?" Demanded Aaron. 

Luca was watching this unfold. Truth be told he did think they were being a bit harsh, seeing as he just saved their lives, but even he was curious about this. 

"So be it." As Ijan mumbled this they all saw him lunge from where he was standing, straight towards Sophie. It seemed the armour not only Increased his defence but also his speed. 

He grabbed Sophie by her throat and held her in the air. Her feet quickly left the floor, as she was beginning to fight for her life. Any weapon she had, had fallen to the floor as she tried to pull apart the hand currently taking her life.

Aaron reacted as fast as he could. He stupidly decided that brute force would work better than his bow and arrow. He decided to punch his square in the face. To this, Ijan looked completely unfazed. He didn't even spare him a glance. Aaron, on the other hand, started shouting in pain. He had unexpectedly hit something as hard as bricks. His wrist was most likely broken.

Noa, Johan and the others tried their best to get him off Sophie, as she was starting to become limp. Luca jumped in with his longsword ready to stab at Ijan's head. To this Ijan finally moved out of the way, dropping Sophie who was barely alive and coughing her lungs out. 

"I'm disappointed, Luca. I thought if anyone would hate these guys it would be you. Seeing how these fleas treat you." Ijan stated. 

"Yeah, you're right. I do hate them. But doing this just makes me worse than them." Luca said bravely. 

"Alright then. You can die with them." Saying this, Ijan bolted toward Luca. Being much faster than him, Ijan punched his fist into Luca's stomach. Luca's whole body left the ground, as he vomited out today's lunch. 

As he slammed to the ground and was struggling to breathe, Ijan grabbed him by his head and lifted him off the floor. "I'll give you a quick death since I do not have any quarrel with you." After saying this, Ijan picked up his sword and ran it through Luca's stomach. The others were too scared to help, they were simply petrified and just watched these events unfold.

As Luca coughed up blood, Ijan continued talking. "Look at them, look at how they watch you die, not even lifting a finger to save their companion. Are these the people really worth fighting for?" Ijan asked. And he was right. He had saved Sophie, which the others were incapable of doing. And they didn't even try for him. 

TAK TAK TAK TAK

As Ijan held the sword in his stomach, they all heard something coming from deeper in the cave. Something similar to running, however, it couldn't be, it was way too quick to be someone's feet. Whatever it was it was coming straight towards them.

"HEY!! GET YOUR FRICKIN PAWS OFF OF HIM!!!" They all turned their head to look at the owner of the voice, including Ijan. 

He wanted to see the person brave enough to speak to him in such a manner. Only, to be met with a knee straight to the face. It hit him so hard that it sent him flying into the darkness, the same way he launched the giant. 

Everyone looked in shock as the mysterious man landed on the floor. They hadn't even seen him get there. Was this speed or teleportation?

The mysterious man looked at the dying Luca on the ground. Luca himself, who was close to death, couldn't help but stare at the man. The man bent over and held his head up.

"This is gonna hurt." He said as he pulled out the sword from his abdomen. 

Working quickly as he saw Luca cough up rivers of blood, he took out some sort of green object that had a slight glow and held it upon Luca's wound. After a couple of seconds, Luca started to look less distressed and more comfortable.

The mysterious man stood up and looked at them and they were finally able to get a good look at him. He was wearing a black skin-tight body suit, what looked similar to a bulletproof vest but much less clunky and breathable, black boots and arm guards. 

He also had some sort of dual weapons that looked identical, strapped to his back. What was most eye-catching, however, was the peculiar mask he had on. It was some kind of fox mask, with pointy black ears and red patterns on its cheeks and forehead. It also had a red nose and mouth that had a sort of sinister smile. It didn't help that the eyes were black, crescent-shaped with small white dots as pupils. 

"I've closed his wound. Pick yourselves up and get out of here. Take him too. If he somehow dies while he's with you, I'll kill you all myself." He said before grabbing both the peculiar weapons on his back in both his hands. 

After moving the weapons in a certain way, almost like he was flicking open a butterfly knife, the blade swung out. They were two identical short swords. They had an interesting blue pattern on their handle and the blade looked compelling. 

After this, he made his way to where Ijan was sent flying. Seeing this, they had no intention of staying any longer. They grabbed Luca, who was now unconscious, and the rest of the injured and left to go home.

As they barely got home in one piece, Stacy and Liam ran to help them, as most of them were on the verge of collapsing. The adrenaline that had kept them on their feet had long worn off, they were barely able to walk. 

Liam was the guard whose job was to protect the mansion and Stacy while everyone was away, which he didn't mind very much. He and Stacy had a lot in common and got along well. He helped everyone, especially Luca who he saw was in dire need of medical attention, to the living room. 

Luca was taken to the medical room and the rest of them sat in the living room and got first aid for their injuries. They hadn't spoken a word since they had gotten back, most likely still traumatised.

After a couple of hours, Liam thought it was the right time for him to ask. With all of them, except Luca, in the living room, he started talking. 

"Guys, what happened to you out there? And what happened to Luca? Judging from his injury he was most likely stabbed. But looking at his body, it looks like… well I don't know what it looks like. What did you guys use to close the wound?" He said finally getting it off his chest.

CRASH

Before any of them could answer they heard a CRASH, and then the door zoom past them smashing against the opposite wall, shattering into small pieces. They looked back to see what had happened, only to be met with a weirdly dressed man with a fox mask, lowering his leg, as if he had just thrown a kick.