Author Versus Protagonist

Chapter 23: Author Versus Protagonist

What he just said is just a blatant provocation. What in the world it's come into this. Aside from me, both the girl was put in an awkward atmosphere. 

Fang Tongxin take a good distance from him as if trying to get far away from him. And Yu Huiqin stared at MC with frown in her sharp and long brows. As for me, I was pretty much offended by his word. 

But maybe there's a misunderstanding here. I thus asked.

"I'm sorry ..., do you might have some kind of misunderstanding here? And how do you possibly know I got this by plundering, it's not like you've ever seen one before this, right?"

Right, he's talking about the google. And this thing is never seen before in this world. So how could he know I plunder it? It's not like he ever seen this somewhere before.

"Heh, how could I know? Of course, I would immediately know, I can get a whiff of a criminal like you all the way thousand steps from this place." MC smugly said.

Oh whew ..., just what makes him being this confident. It's foolish confident really. I never done anything that's violate this world law, have I? Just what make him think I am some kind of heinous criminal.

"Oh really ..., a criminal, me? Right, tell me then ..., what crime did I have ever commit?" 

"Let's see ..., assaulting helpless citizen, plundering property, threatening and blackmailing citizens, ah, and kidnapping women."

I was befuddled with the list of crime I never did, I asked while feeling a bit helpless. "And where or when in the world I have done all of that ..., really?" 

"Lin Wutang, even if you're the Lordship candidate, I will not let you accuse Mr. Aram like that!? You don't even have a single proof to prove your accusation!" Fang Tongxin stood up and pointed finger at him.

"My word is the truth!? Miss Fang, don't interrupt this ..., I have full authority to deal with the disturbance in the south. And that is bandits band that run rampart in the area. This, Aram here ..., is the leader of the bandits. I will have to detain him or kill him. Now, do you want the soft way or the hard way ..., your choice, Aram!"

"Then, there must be a mistake with your judgement. If I'm really a bandit, why I didn't run away right now? And beside, I've never done such thing before. You're mistaken me for someone else."

"No, you are the leader of the bandit! I'm sure of it! You have committed crime against the Redragia and her citizens. I will have to detain you now ..., or else, taste my wrath and I'll drag your dead body to be hang at the capital city gate!" 

He unsheathed his sword as he pointed the sharp blade to me. I backed off as I feel the danger. 

"Lin Wutang, stop this nonsense right at this instance!" Fang Tongxin shouted. 

Following her was Yu Huiqin, saying, "Lin ..., I don't feel any malice nor lies behind his word. He might be not the bandit leader we're after. And most of the villagers said it was that middle-aged man who was the first to attempting rape on his slave. Why are you so hell-bent on putting him in the bad light?"

"Shut up, you women! I'm conducting official business as the Fifth Candidate for the Dragonbone Throne. This is none of your concern. Don't interfere with official business!" Lin Wutang shouted in agitated manner.

Just ..., did I write him to be like this? Even if he's temperamental and was not born with the brightest mind, he's not reckless like this. I don't understand him ..., I really couldn't understand why he vehemently accused me like this and don't even give me a chance to defense myself. I really don't understand this Lin Wutang.

"When have I ever assaulted citizen? What kind of property have I plunder? And what's with this blackmail and threatening citizen ..., did I ever done such thing? And furthermore, kidnapping women? I have myself a beautiful wife and thirty two female slave ..., and that's way more than enough ..., why I must kidnap women?"

"You've assaulted Shi Yuntao of Blackbirch Village when he's on guard duty. You also plundered horses and carriage from the said village, not only that ..., you told everyone in the village to keep shut and spread your version of the events, stating that Shi Yuntao was the one who attempted rape on the slave or whatnot. And then, you kidnapped these women whom you call 'slave' ..., I really have to wonder, how filthy of you to do such a thing." Lin Wutang listed in details my list of crime.

"What ..., just what!? Hey, I only protected my slave, my women ..., if your woman got assaulted and pushed down by another men, would you not mad and pummel that damned man? I admit that what I did is indeed overboard, but that uncle Shi something is goddamned rapist! And here you are ..., defending a scum like him! And from whom did you hear I plunder those horses! They're mine in the first place, I bought it from Trade Union in Bluebell Town a month ago ..., I even still have the copy of the Purchase Agreement! Just how it become I stole it from someone else, really!? I don't know with this blackmail or threatening the villager, aren't you just conveniently made that up to justify all of your previous wrong accusation? And this kidnap ..., all of the women in this place, aside from my wife and her grandmother is my slave! They are legitimately my slave which I bought from a slaver tent when I visited Bluebell Town!"

I shouted tried to defend myself as I felt pressurized with his imposing built and pushing momentum.

"Your lies are meaningless in front of true justice. I will have you taste the judgement! Now's the time!?!" MC suddenly shouted at the end of his word.

And shortly after that, I heard a scream and weapon clashing from somewhere. It was from behind the log house, in the stable and parking lot for the carriage. I was worried with what happen there, but then the MC suddenly assaulted me with his sword. 

I jumped back and fell down because my foot stepped on the darned shoelace. Somehow, I managed to dodge it. However, MC once again swung that sword with the intention to kill me.

"Wei, stop that lunatic!? Help him!? Quickly!" Fang Tongxian shouted and the person beside her leaped with curved dagger in her hand.

She appeared in front of me instantly and then blocked the sword swing. MC stepped back before attacked Fang Tongxin's bodyguard. I crawled out and was about to get my gun from the bracelet. But Yu Huiqin who since before rooted in that same place, not doing anything suddenly started to lunge attack on me.

I hastily take the gun, aimed it on her whatever it is and pulled the trigger right away. The shot hit on her calf, her attack deviated from it's target which is my head and dislodged into the table. I kicked her on her abdomen and she was flung away.

The loud sound of gunfire startled everyone else and all eyes were on me.

"Damn scum, what did you do to Miss Yu!?" Lin Wutang shouted at me and leaped forward with his sword ready for slashing.

Fuck you, I want to ask, just what the hell is wrong with you to suddenly attack me? I don't fucking care if you're this world's MC, or whatnot. I don't know what makes him become crazy like this ..., but, I didn't write him to be like this.

I aimed my gun to him, and pulled the trigger. It hit his shoulder.

"Arghhkkk ...," he let go of his hand which holding the sword and put another hand to clutch his bleeding hole in his right arm. 

Thanks to that, he stopped that attack just before it hits. 

I don't know how and why he become like this. But it seems there's some misunderstanding happening here. Even if it's like that, he pre-planned his men to attack the other slave is just unforgivable. I really want to torture before killing him for sure. 

For someone like him whom I personally sculpted and raised, to be this disrespectful toward me, the author. The audacity! I shot his left shoulder, and both of his thigh to add additional holes. Fang Tongxin and her bodyguard jumped of fright at the consecutive explosion.

I hastily took a rope and bind Li Wutang and Yu Huiqin with it. I worry about what happen behind the stable, I heard the sound of engine ..., did they use bulldozer or the chainsaw? Oy, didn't I tell you not to show them? Is the situation there really that bad?

Sigh ..., I'm still unable to comprehend why they attacked me in the first place. 

I have some guess. The first is that they know my identity already, and that is Yang Xian identity. They want to get rid of me as soon as possible. 

And the second possible reason was because of Fang Tongxin. If Fang Tongxin told them about the auctioned items were from me, and decided to backstab me by using them to kill me ..., then they would get all of the gold to themselves. But I was puzzled, if they're working together, why Fang Tongxin didn't attack me and even asked her bodyguard to help me?

I glanced coldly at Fang Tongxin, she shuddered and averted her teary eyes from me. So she did feel guilty about this. Did she also has the thought of killing me back then? 

I still doubtful of her motive, but now not the time to think about them. I need to resolve the crisis over there. 

(o)__(o)

Shi Youchan and Chu Hong'er with few odd female slaves were still in the middle of passing flagons and cups to the guests. Some of them gave them indecent look as their dirty hands sometimes stretched to caress and tease their front and back mounds. 

But as their Master's female slave, they are not to be touched by other man ..., and so they retaliated extremely. Though they were guests, and the slaves should be respectful to them ..., this and that are different matter. Some slapped their dirty hand and didn't poured them a cup, but Shi Youchan retaliated extremely, she punched them and kicked their crotch.

This made those ex-thug from the capital city infuriated. They then wanted to use violence against these servant. But the guard from the Fang stopped them from doing something excessive. Then after that, the female servants backed away and were substituted by the male soldiers. 

They were gloomy air lingered around there. And the slave-soldier subconsciously smell air of danger. Go Pang, the canine beastfolk and also the person who shown exceptional strength in combat then gave a command to the other. To make a necessary preparation and to bring the weapon. Some soldier then walked away from the stable to the garage.

"..., now's the time!?!" there's a loud shout in the distance and then two-third of the soldier simultaneously rose from their seat.

"Kill all the bandit scums!"

"We'll gonna taste those busty babes! Kill the bandits!"

"Kill, kill, kill!?!"

They then attacked the slave soldier while activating their battle aura. The strongest were two Silver-rank, he launched a sudden assault on an unexperienced human soldier and slashed him. They just started their Battle Aura cultivation only four days ago, there's no way their pre-Copper-rank battle aura could best a Silver-rank.

"Archer, shot them down! Get the chainsaw and the bulldozer right here, now?!" Go Pang issued a series of command.

Though they know that the heavy-duty equipment are not weapon, they know the lethality of it as a weapon. A carriage without needing horse or beast to pull it. A saw that rotated it's teeth and could cut tree as if it was butter. If those equipment were going to be directed into their enemy, it will be tenacious.

Fortunately, the one-third of the rest of the guard and the three Silver-rank are on their side. They were also confused with the sudden attack of these men. But they then joined the soldiers and even cover up for them. 

"Wha-what the hell is that?"

"Go-golem!!? That dwarf is riding on yellow iron golem!?"

"Aiiiee!!!"

They ran away after seeing the imposing and menacing looking bulldozer. In the rear there stationed two bulldozer, or yellow iron golem like what they said. But in the front there's another nightmare waiting for them. It was the roaring chainsaw ready to chop them into pieces. 

At first, they never know what that weapon was. They just thought it as an annoyingly loud something. But compared to the iron-golem, at least it was not as menacing. And then they just stormed into the chainsaw-wielder, to be easily cut into half by them. There were eight person that become a victim of such serial-killer weapon. Causing their horror and some even peed their pant.

"Surrender now, discard your weapon and put your hands up or we will tear you apart!" Go Pang loudly shouted.

By now, even the Fang clan's guard also did as them told to. The visual impact of a person cut into half vertically, horizontally, and diagonally was quite eerie for them and maybe become the horror for the rest of their life. 

They disarmed themselves and kneeled with hands behind their back.

"Guys, are you alright!?" someone called. It was their master who came running to them.

"Master!? They've surrendered ... but, Bo Mang and Cao Zhao ..., they're, dead."

"..., to those who got injured get treatment and the rest bind them up with this." Aram went silent for a moment before he produced a strong rope and passed it to them.

Go Pang approached Aram and then he said.

"Erm ..., Master, not every one of them attacked us. Some helped us fend for the attacker. What should we do to them."

"Ah right, those who didn't attack must be Fang clan guards. Don't tie them then ...,"

"As your order, Master." he then pointed at some of the kneeling guard and ask them to move out.

"A-aram, are you alright? I heard the screaming when I was inside, just what's happening? Are they your enemies?" 

Mu Ying asked while looking so concerned. For some reason, Aram felt unpleasant feeling arise in his heart seeing her running to him. It was like he senses some foreboding feeling, as if it was a prelude to tragedy. 

"Mu Ying get back inside the house, now!?" 

At that time, one silver rank who was kneeling suddenly took the discarded sword, jumped and mounted a nearby horse. He whipped the rein with the blade and then controlled the horse.

"FUCKING BANDIT, you'll die a horrible death!!?" he shouted on his sprint. 

He then leaned to the side and swung his sword which then beheaded the beautiful face of a woman. Her cyan hair which was like lapis lazuli got cut into numerous strain which then blown by the wind and fell to the ground. 

Aram in his horror saw the scene as if it was in slow motion effect. The head of a person which always make him calm and found a comfort just by looking at her smile. Which always acted coy, pouting and then asking to be pampered. That very head which could made his day brighten by several degrees as she showered him with various emotions and expressions ..., dropped and rolled on the ground. The deep red blood sprayed from her headless neck as her body also fell down to the ground.