Raven looking at John "you know the plan changed right?"
John smiled trying to copy Madeline's gentle smile. "Did she suggest staying?"
Seeing Raven's face John happily laughed. "I guess I'll be staying also."
Raven's face getting angry. "What do you mean?, we both know she will give you an order to protect those children!"
John shacking his head. "Raven don't lie to yourself." His eyes darting over the sky.
"When we were about to be sold off. They saved us."
Raven clenched his fists to the point they started bleeding. But John still talked.
"If they didn't, who knows where we would be now. Maybe someone's slave or thrown into the arena fighting for our lives."
Raven remembered the ways he was treated.
Getting beaten up daily, their piss being the only thing close to water.
Starving every single day in a cage.
John continued his speech "to this day you still don't let even a single dust on your suit, which Nexi gave you."
Raven looked at his suit.
Ever since he was saved by Nexi and Madeline.
When Nexi gave him this suit he promised to always let it be clean just so she could be proud.
Even his instincts followed it.
"John your right. We both are lucky to survive that."
John smiled getting up he touched Raven shoulders.
Raven's body instantly wanted to attack but Raven forced himself to calm down.
This was the first time Raven let anyone except for Nexi to touch his suit.
Just when Raven finally calmed down the phantom walked towards him.
John was not able to see or sense him, but from their talk he already understood someone was protecting the children.
Seeing Raven's face John tried to give him some space.
Nexi who was hiding behind a corner saw Raven let someone except herself touch his suit.
She was happy, touched and smiled for Raven.
Raven hearing what the phantom said called out to John.
"John wait, bring every citizens who can't or too weak to fight!"
John quickly rallied every single one.
Raven told the citizens the phantom's idea.
Only 10 to 15 people left while others who couldn't fight stayed.
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"Commander we caught up to Greg's battalion."
The commander signaled his soldiers to stop their horses.
The command looked at his most elite soldiers "We will use Greg as bait and kill everything in sight!"
The knights in black armor nodded at the commanders command.
Soon Afternoon arrived. Greg first sent a messenger.
The messenger's helmet was on top of the spear he was holding.
The commander's anger was about to explode as Greg commanded his troop to negotiate with the saint.
That wasn't bad enough as Greg chose an arrogant soldier to talk.
The soldier having the confidence of a tiger walked towards the town.
Few angry citizens holding farming tools as weapons.
The soldier memorized each of their faces after he was done, he promised to himself to kill them.
But he was stopped by a sudden aura.
"How brave of a small dog walk up to a dragons mouth!" It was John with his golden armor.
Just the height difference would intimate anyone but the soldier's arrogance wasn't that shallow as he spit on John's armor.
"Tell your slutty saint to come here. While commander Greg is being merciful."
Seeing John not moving his arrogance reached new heights.
"What are you waiting for?, if you don't give us the girl, after we kill any single person here we will use your saints body as our pleasure toy in front of you."
His mind was imagining all kinds of nasty things.
But when he looked at John not moving anger replaced his lustful thoughts.
"Are hearing me?, I said bring that 'slut' here!" But seeing John not move a muscle his anger exploded.
"A stupid dog can't even follow orders huh?" The soldier threw the helmet from the spear tip.
The commander who saw this was truly disappointed at the soldier even the elite soldiers knew they shouldn't take off the helmet from the tip, it meant the negotiation was off.
Before the helmet could touch the ground John punched the soldier sending him flying.
The soldier flew from where he came from.
He landed near his own camp with a giant fist mark left on his armor.
One of the soldiers checked his pulse but it was already evident the arrogant soldier died.
The soldier didn't need a doctor to know that every single of the ribs were broken.
John picked up the spear and the helmet he had a second of a thought of giving to a citizen.
Shaking his head he placed the helmet on top of the spear and threw it in the direction of the dead soldier.
The spear hit a tree and the helmet shattered like glass from the power.
John walked towards Raven, Who was killing the citizens.
It was a smooth and painless death.
This was the plan of the ghost Sam. Raven understood why the phantom choose this.
If the citizens somehow were alive after the war, most of them would be sold as slaves or used for they're sick desires.
That was why Raven chose to give them a painless happy ending.
Those who wanted to fight left the crowd for that reason.
Mostly women, kids and the elderly who couldn't fight choose this option.
---
Greg hearing the commotion got out of his tent.
When he saw the dead corpses of the soldier he sent to negotiate.
Looking at the tree there were shattered helmet pieces on the ground
Greg instantly punched the tree the spear hit, to relieve his anger.
The tree snapped two from the punch. "Ready your weapons!, we will attack now!"