Cashew: This meat is so disgusting...
Cashew Silently Sobs between each bite.
Cashew: The Meat falls apart from the slightest disturbance *Sob* but the texture is like sandpaper... *Sob* the meat looks good too... *Sobs* like an expensive piece of lamb from my old world, *Sob* but it tastes like expired Pineapples mixed with *Sobs* Onions and Moldy Mayonayise... *Fully bursts into tears*
Even though he is crying while eating the meat, he refuses to stop. He doesn't wanna Waste the meat and the effort spent to get it. Not to mention, he really is hungry.
23 Minutes. It took Cashew 23 Minutes to eat the entire Crystalized Mont carcass. About 462 Kilograms of disgusting meat, if he had to guess. He tried many different ways to eat it, he tried cooking it in a pot, he tried cooking it directly on the fire, he tried eating it raw, he tried eating it in many different forms and all of them were terrible. Funnily enough, eating it Raw tasted the best to him, not to say it was good, it was still terrible, but Raw was the best.
Despite eating over 400 Kilograms of food, (462 Kilograms is around 1,100 pounds.) Cashew was still as small as ever. He didn't look any heavier than before.
Cashew, who was wiping tears away from his eyes, his eyes still puffy from the crying, noticed that he didnt look any heavier than before.
Cashew: Huh... I guess that dragon meat *Deep breath* Did increase my appetite to the point where I can't even gain weight anymore... *Sigh*
Cashew attempted to stand up, almost fell over again before getting up completely, brushing off his pants of any dust that's not there and sighing.
Cashew: Ok, now that the meat is dealt with. Now I got the hide and the crystals. Maybe I could cut the hide that's surrounding the Crystals then-...
As he was talking to himself, he heard footsteps approach. Turning to see who the footsteps belong to, he saw a tall woman he doesn't recognize and a group of guards behind her leading a Donkey pulling a small 4 wheeled cart.
The Woman is... Tall. Not as tall as Bert or the Royal Guards, but if Cashew has to guess, she's probably 2.3 meters tall. She has an Hourglass figure and is wearing small amounts of plate armor on top of leather plants and a nice looking shirt. She has plate armor covering her entire upper torso, her shoulders, her forearms, her outer thighs, and her feet and shins. She has blonde hair that reaches her shoulders and piercing Grey eyes that appear to have an eternally judgemental stare.
Cashew: Oh, Good. Collect your bodies. I'm not a Necromancer, they have no use for me all they will do if you leave them alone is feed the wildlife.
When Cashew finished talking, he turned around to head into the cabin, only for the woman to call out to him.
Tall woman: Boy, Stop.
Cashew Turned around when she spoke and saw her still approaching him, he sighed and Cast 3 Frost Runes on the ground in front of him, Not trusting her or the guards she had with her. he made it obvious that he was planting Runes on the ground, not applying Camouflage or doing it Sneakily, he made it obvious and the Tall woman noticed.
Cashew: Who are you?
Before the woman spoke to Cashew, she ordered the guards to put the deceased guard bodies onto the Donkey Cart before diverting her attention back to Cashew.
Tall Woman: You really should stop resisting arrest. We are dragging you behind bars whether you like it or not.
Cashew: *Sigh* Judging by the fact that you can order those guards around, you are either the Captain, the highest ranking guard in Clorilwood, a head guard at one of the other gates to enter the village, or maybe you are Rognils replacement. My coin is on Rognils replacement or the Captain, though.
Tall Woman: My background doesn't matter for this. I'm here to throw you into a cell.
Cashew: I see... I doubt a Replacement for Rognil showed up so fast, so I assume you're the Captain. I figured you would be smarter than the idiots behind you, but I guess not.
After hearing Cashew call them an idiot, one of the guards, who turned out to be the young blonde, came stomping forward intending to insult Cashew, but was stopped by the Tall Woman putting her hand on his head like a parent acknowledging a child, which made him stop in his tracks and blush slightly.
Tall Woman: Why don't you stop talking and Surrender yourself peacefully while you still have the chance.
Cashew: Oh, sure! Let me get right on that!
Cashew took a step forward in a mocking manner, before stopping immediately and returning to his previous spot
Cashew: Are you really that stupid? Did you really think that asking nicely would work? If that's all it took, you wouldn't be here, the bodies you're collecting wouldn't be dead as 1, they wouldn't have needed to come here, and 2, I would have surrendered the first time someone asked!... No wonder Drembord is invading with how stupid the people here are. By the way, don't you think you should be wasting your time being ready just in case Drembord does come knocking on the other side of the village instead of bothering me?
The Tall Woman closed her eyes and lowered her head, clearly annoyed with Cashew being difficult and his remarks.
Tall Woman: Ok, Firstly, I agree with you. I think it's stupid to waste manpower on a child when we should be prepared for Drembord, but the citizens don't agree. I've received over 10,000 complaint letters about a criminal living near the north gate and those Complaint letters aren't gonna stop coming until they see your body hanging.
The Tall Woman Pinched the bridge of her nose, very annoyed with this.
Tall Woman: and secondly, I figured you wouldn't surrender peacefully, but I was being nice and giving you one last chance... I swear, this is why I hate kids.
Cashew: Seriously? Why is that Village so hostile towards me? I'm a child. 99% of the population could literally punt me across the street yet they are treating me as a bigger threat than a literal army on the other side... Well, Sorry, not interested in dying, so just go back to the village and tell them the house was empty when you got here or something.
Cashew Turned around and started to walk towards the door of his cabin again, not interested in talking, The young Blonde guard was about to go off on Cashew, presumably for being disrespectful to the Tall Woman, but she stopped him and told him to help collect the bodies.
Tall Woman: While that's actually not bad idea I didn't think about... 1, I don't like lying to my people, and 2, even if I did like lying, with these guards here as witnesses, the lie wouldn't work out either way. So you're gonna be dragged to the jail whether you like it or not.
Cashew: Mhmm. Sure. I'm sure you can.
Cashew is not taking her seriously at all, which somewhat Annoys the Tall Woman, but she draws her weapon, holding it ready. Her weapon is a regular looking Mace with a big head.
Tall Woman: Sorry, Kid. I'm not taking "No" for an answer. This is your last chance to surrender peacefully.
Cashew looked at her with bored eyes, let out a big yawn which pissed her off even more, and called his Stone Golem forward.
Tall Woman: Kid, you're Courting Death with not taking me seriously. You think I became the Captain through my parents? No, I reached this gosl on my own and im not to be taken lightly.
Cashew: Wow... What a brag.
Cashew said with bored eyes, which pissed the her off even more.
Cashews Stone Golem had already risen and was approaching her, towering over her. she turned around quickly and swung her mace at thr Stone Golems head, which was caught in its hand. The Mace, however, caused several chunks of Stone to come flying off the Golems hand. Its fingers and palns were still intact though.
Seeing the Golem Catch her Mace, the Stone Golem Raised its hand above its head and swung down, she swiftly dodged the fist, which went crashing into the ground, and she tore her mace out of its other hand and spun her body in a 360, gaining momentum before sending the Mace crashing down onto the back of the Stone Golems head, sending its face crashing into thd ground and even more chunks to come flying off.
Cashew: Huh. I should probably help...
Cashew took a step closer and raised a Magical Barrier around his body, preparing an Ice Spike to launch at her.
The Woman sensing this, waited for Cashew to launch the spell and hid behind the Stone Golem, resulting in the Ice Spike to crash into the Stone Golems arm. The Tall Woman wasted no time in swinging her mace into the part that was hit by ice magic, causing the entire area to shatter and the arm to fall off.
Cashew saw this and had a confused expression.
Cashew: Huh. Didn't expect that.
Cashew proceeds to launch a Poison Ball at the Tall woman instead, which she dodges again and it hits the Stone Golem, the Stone Golem was absolutely unaffected by the poison.
Cashew: ... I know it's called "Having Survival Instincts", but could you perhaps stop using my Golem as a shield?
She doesn't respond, instead she dodges a Spartan kick that was thrown at her by the Stone Golem, who proceeds to throw another punch at her with its remaining arm.
She raised her Mace and blocks the punch, being knocked backwards a few steps from the impact, the Stone Golem takes a few steps back and proceeds to use some of its Mana to rebuild its body via sucking in nearby stone to replace and repair what's broken.
The Tall woman wasn't gonna let the Stone Golem do that, so she charged forward with her mace overhead, aiming to swing down, but was cut off by an Ice Spike whizzing past her face.
Diverting her attention to Cashew, who was still standing by the front door of his cabin, protected by the Runes he planted earlier, she decided to focus on him instead.
She bolted towards Cashew, Leaping into the air and over the runes effective range, aiming to land directly on Cashews head, he looked up at her, backed up a little and started shooting random spells at her in the sky.
Fireball!
She hit it with her mace, breaking the fireball up and disintegrating.
Ice Spike!
She moved her waist and hips to the side, narrowly avoiding the projectile.
Poison Ball!
She moved her head and neck out of the way to avoid it, which caused her to start doing a spin in the air.
Taking advantage of the spin, she prepared her mace and swung down on Cashews magical barrier, using the momentum from the spin to add more force, the barrier shattered instantly and the Mace went straight onto Cashews head, sending him crashing into the ground, his head completely shattered from the impact.
Tall Woman: I'm sorry, kid. It sucks to have to kill a child, but you left us with no choice.
The Young Blonde guard looked like he wanted to run up and spit on Cashews corpse, but couldn't because of the Runes that were still there.
Tall Woman: Huh?... Why haven't the Runes left yet?