Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 24: Collecting information

Nix kept his mouth shut as much as possible while the women inside the carriage were enjoying themselves and were deeply indulged in their conversation and Loganathan didn't get himself distracted he purely concentrated on his driving.

The slaves in the back were quiet. Nix got in and sat inside the carriage and took some water to drink. The women stopped their conversation and looked at him.

Trixy opened her mouth.

"Nix, take a seat, why are you sitting outside?"

Nix just replied with a nod and sat there.

Now Anilika opened her mouth.

"You don't seem like you love being an outlaw."

"yeah."

"Don't you feel the advantages we have? ha such a wimp,  Are you really a level 2 warrior?"

Nix grew annoyed from hearing her words and if he desires he could undoubtedly take her down but he constrained himself from doing so.

"Miss, with all due respect I expect a civilized talk and you don't have the proper etiquette to do so. And I hope words didn't offend you plus I don't understand why you are eager to know my level."

Trixy opened her mouth with folded hands.

"oh well... Piss off."

After that, the women started to talk between themselves. Nix felt awkward sitting with a bunch of bitches so he went near the cage where the slaves are at.

And when he got close to the cage the male slaves who were just lying down shot up in a panic and their eyes showed diligence to him while the elf women looked at him like he was sickening. Nix gulped hard when he saw the elf woman who had her body barely covered.

He wanted to speak but he didn't know how to start talking.

"Does anybody need some water to drink?"

" "

Nobody replied, So Nix drank a sip to show that it wasn't anything poisoned or drugged. After that, he placed the bottle inside the cage. One of the young men rushed towards the bottle and drank it whole. Nix smiled at him.

"C-C-Can I get Water?" the elven woman asked stutteringly.

"hmm yes in a minute"Nix replied.

He went in and took a bottle. Seeing that Anilika frowned.

"What now? Oh, you are a benevolent hero now huh?"

Nix didn't care about her. He didn't want to have a conversation with some thots for sure So, trying to gain information from them is out of questions.

He took the water and left. He was seeking the slaves to obtain some knowledge about other races by helping them so, from his point of view he was trying to get into the good side of them and gain some information from them. So, In that sense, he was there for an equal exchange. But, from other's points of view, he was trying to be a hero or acting like a kind-hearted person. 

"Here is your water"

Nix placed the water pouch inside the cage. She drank some and passed it to the other guy.

Nix sat leaning on the cage when he looked at the beautiful elf's bare chest he wasn't able to focus so he put the rugged black cloak inside the cage which he had with him and opened his mouth.

"Here cover yourselves."

The elf gave a slight nod and took the cloak without refusing.

"Thank you human."

"Call me Nix" Nix smiled and said.

"Thank you for the water Nix" The two young men Replied to Nix.

Looking at them close they looked handsome and their age would be lesser or equal to Nix and the elf woman looked older though.

"May I know which race you are from," Nix questioned

"We are Draconians" The two men replied.

"Okay, how did you get caught by humans."

"Some crazy bunch of humans trespassed our boundary and we were guarding that area they surrounded us and we got outnumbered and captured by them. To be honest we are a Disgrace for the Draconians please kill us!"

The mood became dull. Nix wanted some political information, not this random nonsense and begging.

"I am sorry but I can't do that and I want some information about corrupted gods and Empyrean Gods."

"Human We don't worship Corrupted gods and we don't know who are Empyrean gods. We worship dragons. And about the corrupted gods. Corrupted gods are the ones worshipped by the evil ones of Empyrean. They are the representations of all evil."

and continued

"They corrupt and influence evil and they use devils to collect servants and The other gods who you called Gods of Empyrean. They are not called Gods of empyrean they are called Gods of Integrity and If you ask me if they are good or evil to worship I would say they have their own sense of justice so, we don't prefer praying to them."

'Hmm, so the beings here worship different entities? And they have loyalty towards gods even though they could worship others...'

"Okay, and what other races are there in Empyrean?"

"Elves, Draconians, Beastmen, Orcs, and many more we can't mention how many races there are. And there are subraces for some races."

Nix turned his gaze to the elf woman and opened his mouth.

"Okay and you elf woman who do you worship?"

"We worship celestial beings and Nature."The elf woman replied.

'What's up with this world? This is a big vast world and what's the goal of teleporting us here. They can use beings in this world. why would they have to teleport us here?'

"I am sorry I asked too many questions. But one final question is where are we? and is there any war going now and any other important things taking place in the Empyrean."

Elf women started to talk.

"Emp...."

"Stop Your Carriage you Outlaw scums or you will see the consequences!"

Just before they could finish their conversation suddenly a loud voice echoed accompanied by an explosion and a storm of arrows flew towards the Carriage Nix was riding in. The carriage slowed down and stopped at some point. And Nix got into the side of the carriage and covered himself from the storm of arrows.

"Fuck!"

Nix grunted and got up and went near the driver seat and saw Loganathan lying there dead.

"Dammit!"

Nix became restless and frustrated he picked up Loganthan's sword. After that, the women inside the carriage got out.

Hannah, the one who was always quiet, shouted at Nix.

"what the fuck is happening Nix?"

" "

Nix just stood there eyeing straight to the road where almost Six men with weapons were standing, so he didn't have time to chat with her.

She rushed towards Loganathan and picked up his head and placed it on her lap while Loganathan had blood flowing out of his neck from where the arrow was pierced.

Hannah had tears welled up and she started screaming.

"ahhhh Dammit! Those bastards whyyyyyy?"

Nix clasped his sword tightly and he didn't blink his eye even for a second feeling anxious he waited for that man who is opposite him to speak.

"Hello, my Outlaw friends! I will let you go if you leave the carriage and the slaves to us. If you decline to do so. You will face the same fate as your friend" Said the man who stood in front of the carriage mockingly.

And he continued

"Drop your weapons and place your hands behind your head and walk towards us quietly."

'Seriously? Who is this guy?'

He turned to see all the women's faces first he gazed at Hannah who looked like she was blinded by the fury she cleaned her tears and clutched her stave and gazed straight at the man killing intent. On the other hand, Anilika and Trixy had a smile on their faces. Would a person smile during a chaotic situation? maybe they would. They looked like completely mad people in Nix's eyes.

Anilika dropped her weapon and raised her hands behind her head. She walked towards the men.

She shouted in a loud voice while giving a seductive smile.

"Good sir, I surrender"

Following her Trixy, did the same.

'What the hell? He was baffled at that moment.