Sci-FI Reload

[gamerboyrony]

Ch-1 The man with the gun​

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Time - Unknown

I was in a trance, when I saw myself inside this unknown wild land for the first time. For a time, I thought I was daydreaming. Then again a few pinches here and there beckoned me back to reality. My reality...

As, for real I was in this jungle and a sturdy rifle layed beside me which was more shocking as a matter of fact.

It was a kar98k bolt action rifle. A pure relic of ww2 era. While equipping it on, a voice inside my head spoke out...

"Welcome host"

A surreal blue screen flashed infront of me with stuffs written in white. Which described things, somewhat like this...

[Host] - Rahul Shikder

[Lvl] - 1

[Health] 500/500

[End] - 4
[Stam] - 2
[Int] - 9
[Dex] - 8
[Charm] - 1
[Mana] -

[Add. attribute points] - (+10)

[Skills]

[Active] - 0
[Passive] - [Basic Firearm Mastery]
(better than an average shooter, you will hit your target 7-8 times out of 10 shots & a slight increase in reload speed)

[Shop] [Exchange] [Store] [Notification]

It was surely, not a fantasy anymore for me. I have thought enough with logic, still I tried to find a sane answer for what was happening and I had failed miserably, again.

There was nothing else to be done rather accepting this reality. Without doing anything else would be a waste of time. I concentrated on my Info pannel, A.I. pannel or Host pannel (anything at that point said by me wouldn't have change this reality).

But the thing is, there were some options that were grey in colour like they were unavailable or unusable at the moment such as the shop and exchange options were totally grey in colour. And on the other hand the mana slot was totally blank!

This means, in this time zone magic was a possibility but the biggest question was where I was and in which timezone. Was it earth or any other place unknow?

All these questions were squeezing my mind like a devious serpent before engulfing it's prey completely.

Hunger accompanied by thirst came knocking at my door, a low growl from my stomach was heard.

Looking here and there made me realize about that minimap. It was just like any other game pannel and a minimap that would guide the player to safety.

Atleast I felt a bit secured as I would be knowing a bit tad in advance about what I was going to face.

While checking out for sometime, helped in discovering a medium blue icon. My instincts and previous gaming experiences suggested me to reach there. Voilà it was truly there, a small pond made from flowing water through the cracks of a small hill. I felt bit happy, knowing my instincts & experiences were not completely wrong...

After drinking to my hearts content next task was about securing a meal. Some green icons were near the pond as well as inside the pond too. It had to be fishes inside and it would be surely a very complicated thing about shooting fishes inside a pond. And it was very noobish in nature too. Fishing tools were needed...

So, opposite of the pond there were some rabbits and hares grazing the ground and one was even drinking water.

Through the crosshair of my rifle another thing that I noticed was, these animals has levels and names visible over their head with some flashy color.
The rabbit was lvl 2... So another thing was clear, that there was a lvl for every living being here on this place.

The rabbit looked cute & innocent, but another stomach growl spoke otherwise. I had given in to my survival instincts & crouched on the ground, to get a better aim...

KLAM

Spewing out lead-hate my rifle roared and the bullet whizzed through the air, a bullseye it was! Blood sprayed the nearby grounds some flesh and bones got blow out by this devastating lead collision. The bullet had made a big and transparent dent in that beings body while it lay lifeless on the ground.

The sound of my rifle had broke the silence of this wild tranquillity. In an unknown fear the birds flipped their wings to get away, ape like beings howled and screamed while jumping trees to trees for a safe zone. A constant whizz of cricket's had also came to a sudden end, like a dead silence. The other rabbits ran a bit far away after listening to this devastating death bugle.

Ping

[First kill 1000exp+2500 soul points]

[Earned 75exp+20 soul points for killing a rabbit]

Nice, actually I am getting experience points for killing. It could really help me in leveling up and for other stuffs too. Plus, I have to explore the whole system and to know what is this soul point.

A small rabbit cannot keep me feed for a whole day. I'll have to kill 2 more for now. And another 3 for night, as in night the real complications are to be faced by me. This jungle may still hold some unknow risk factors, that I'm unknow off...

KLAM KLAM

A dense cloud of fumes oozed out of my kar98k, filling the atmosphere with an unknown, uncommon smell of spent gunpowder as I kept on hunting more rabbits.

Ping

[Earned 75exp+20 soul points for killing a rabbit]

[Earned 75exp...]

I was already en route to earning experience's and leveling up. Next was skining and dressing the hunt before roasting them.

It was not upto the mark, but as a first timer it didn't suck though. Making the roasting zone with sticks and stones was not troublesome. The problem was mainly faced while trying to find some flint stones and then again it took me a very long time to ignite the flames.

After a long hastle, finally roasted hares were there. It didn't taste that good as it would have been with marination, proper stuffing or even some garnishing. At that moment salt & some regular spices were all I had craved. A bland aftertaste was left after the meal.

Still can't complain much, the situation is not reasonable enough.

I was almost full with two hares. To experiment with my inventory, I kept one roasted hare in [Store] to check out it's decay rate.

After having a fulfilling meal and an adequate source of fluid in my body, it was finally time to check out my A.I. interface.

Inside [Notification] there was three unopened messages. One said, "Host welcome to the despair system, hope you do better this time." What is despair system and why it's calling me a host & what is it about doing better this time! It is still mysterious & confusing...

The next one's a [Newbie (lvl 1) ammo pack]...

& the last one [Despair system welcome pack]...

A lot of info's dropped in my A.I. interface when I opened the ammo pack.

Ping

[Host received]

9×19 Parabellum rounds (750)
7.92×57mm Mauser rounds (1k)
9×19mm Parabellum cartridge (2k)
Mk2 grenades (150)
The M24 / steilhandgranate (150)
Panzerschreck rocket-propelled grenade (25)
28 gauge shell (750)
Smi-44 anti-personnel mine (125)
Kar98k (ZF41 optical sight)
Modified combat binoculars

A lot of ammo and stuffs for future.

The last one is [Despair system welcome pack]

Ping

[Host received]

FN Browning GP-35 pistol
Maschinenpistole 40 / Mp40
Panzerschreck rocket launcher
M1912 shotgun
Stainless double edge combat knife

Tactical warfare appareal (2)

Winter
Jungle

Amethyst coins (10)

Skills (2)

Smooth talker (passive)
Assesement (passive)

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[gamerboyrony]

Ch - 2 The point of no return​

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CLINK-CLANK

I pushed the loading bolt of my rifle back & forth to relive it of it's spent shell, while the wild boar layed lifeless on the ground in it's own blood puddle. It took me three 7.92×57mm Mauser rounds from my trusty kar98k to subdue this beast.

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A few moments back...

My first had round wen't through that boar's sturdy jawline rupturing bones and cleaning off it's left tusk which dropped a few meters away, the second shot was a miss, by an inch. Luckily, the third one was a torso hit. I would have to say, this one was a tough sob!

OINKKKKKK

It squealed in pain and agony, sprinted few meters ahead while making a long trail of fresh blood for me to follow...

Ping

[Earned 450exp+120 soul points for killing a wild boar]

The chase and the life of prey had finally came to a bloody dead end.

It was nice seeing those xp's and sp's getting added. But without any xp bar when will I be getting my next lvl up, was still a big question mark!

The boar was a lvl 5 being and it took some time for the kill, it would be variable & different for humans, just a wild guess.

A fun discovery was made while keeping anything inside my [Store] there was no level of decay. The product came out as it was, when it was stored for the first time.

Now killing and storing big animals for food souce wasn't going to be a problem anymore.

Before skinning and storing the boar, up for future uses... A new info flashed from my A.I. interface.

Ping

[Assessment skill]

(User can extract more loots from kill)

2x tusk
Hide of boar

It may be useful in future, so storing them up would be a smart move. This assessment skill was a good one indeed.

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I had been roaming this jungle for some days now, without getting any hint of human civilization or even anything close to human kind.

One fine day while I was slowly fading into the embrace of sleep, to the lands of dream while watching the greatest canvas of this world, the sky. Something unique happened...

It was a full moon night, skies filled with hopes & dreams as they used to be when I was a kid. After a long time, I had seen such a beautiful scenic view in this jungle. Where life could be so beautiful, even for some fraction of second! I myself, had forgotten the dangers that loomed in every corner of this wild land.

I felt alive, as I never knew this feeling while living caged inside my old concrete jungle, my old home.

There were some mild breezes blowing, it was so soothing on the skin while slowly I dozed off to sleep..

Constant chirping of cricket's, hooting of owls accompanied by the swings of lush trees that were swaying their branches on the rhythm of the wind. Bamboo's, banyan's and a lot of underwood plants had contemplated this ambience of the night, on the tranquil face of a water body.

Yes, sleeping near a water body was always a risky move as wild animals came to quench their thirst, even at night. A bullseye was marked on my back, as I knew from the beginning it was a very bad idea to make camp for the night. But, I was too tired to find a new place for the night.

Two torches were lit and were placed, while keeping some distance so that they could illuminate a larger area.

And then it happened...

Ping

[Intruder alert host!] [Imminent Danger] [Enemy at 100 meter approx]
[Intruder alert host!]

With this warning alert, I came back to my senses wiped my eyes clean to see another pair of eyes in darkness, standing still. Shining like a pair of moonstones in this obscurity of the night.

My minimap showed a red dot near me. Hence, there was something dangerous near me. And within any second it would have pounced on me. Without the help of this gaming alert system, I would have been a dead meat in no time.

A rifle, or even taking out the mp40 submachine gun from store would be a risky move. The animal may have faster reflex than me!

While roaming these jungles I have seen wolf like creatures & some wild boars. So it must be either of them, if not then I'll have to gamble on luck.

The best option was my Browning pistol, which was always kept where I place my head. Without pillow or bed I still had adapted to these kind of habits for lowering the risk factor. And today it finally paid off...

In my minimap, I could see the predator approaching me without making any sound. It was at a 60 meters distance from me.

Volleys of pistol rounds sprinted towards the target, as I fired a total of 9 rounds while keeping a millisecond of gap in between, like burst fire. Three shots a time...

A huge growl was heard and my minimap was clean again...

Ping

[Earned 950exp+340 soul points for killing a dire wolf]

[Earned 2500exp+920 soul points first time for killing an opponent 10 times stronger that host]

[Host leveled up]

It was a wolf then and it was a lvl 11 being... Before approaching the dead body, a reload was necessary. Precaution is always better than cure.

From the wolf's corpse I got,

4x Dire wolf teeth.
8x Wolf bones
Dire wolf hide

I could have stored the wolf meat also for later use. But somehow, a part of my old civilized self stopped me from devouring that piece of wolf flesh.

Lvl 2 brought 10 more attribute points totalling it to 20 available attribute points in reserve, plus my hit points/health points increased.

Attribute points are like a game changer, it can help me out from a cornered situation. As for now, spending 10 points will be ok as 10 points would be still in reserve.

[Host] - Rahul Shikder

[Lvl] - 2

[Health] 1165/1165

[End] - 7+3
[Stam] - 4+3
[Int] - 13
[Dex] - 10
[Charm] - 1+4
[Mana] -

[Add. attribute points] - (+10)

[Skills]

[Active] - 0
[Passive] - (Basic Firearm Mastery) (Assessment) (Smooth talker)

[Shop] [Exchange] [Store] [Notification]

After leveling up, all of my attributes got a normal boost.

Plus, adding additional attribute points in [End] helped a lot as my hit points increased a lot and that was a good thing if I was going against sturdy foe's or for those long term combat situations.

Movement also improved a lot. As for dodging, ducking or just normal walking it will be more easy now, after adding points in [Stam].

[Int] [Dex] was okey for now.

[Charm] often helps in situations where guns fail to make the deal. It will be like an additional influence bonus, who knows when it comes handy...

 

[gamerboyrony]

Ch - 3 The babe, the bugger & the bullet​

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It was a daily routine for me now, to search the jungle more and more for a way out.

Everything has it's pros & cons.

Mosquito bites were so rampant, at some point, I got even afraid of malaria.
Sleeping on hard ground was giving me a stiff back in the morning. Plus relieving myself & defecating on the open without a proper bathroom, was kind of awkward and uncomfortable. Then that bland taste of food. All total, it was killing me from inside.

One fine day luck smiled to me, there was one green, yellow and red dots marked on my minimap. First, I thought it was animals. After investigating the minimap one thing that I found out was, these dots were much bigger than compared to animal's.

Was it them? The one's I wanted to meet for a long time. Without any further ado, I started to move towards those dots...

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Revatibala never knew a life of hardship, she was the apple of her parent's eye. But loving Bhandhari Munda of the Onga tribe became a cruse for her.

She eloped from her parent's place and started to live here with him, but one fine morning. Bhandari got killed by an apex predator while hunting.

She became the widow of Bhandari, going back to her parent's place was also an option. But she was a women of perseverance who believed in the goodness of this world. She believed one day everything will be ok.

It was like any other day, she was busy in her daily morning chores & was getting ready to have breakfast with some leftovers from last night, as life was pretty hard for her after Bhandari's demise.

On the dark horse of doom, came Madan Mohan Banerjee knocking on her door.

With a coarse voice and an eye full of deceit, he summoned Revati...

"Where are you my dear, it has been such a long time. Don't hide that sweet face of your. Come out my honeypot..."

Revati got alerted, she took out an old cleaver a hid it her saree... She knew all the habbits & traits of this vulture.

With a slow & steady pace Revati came out of her thatched hut.

It was not Madan's mistake to drool for Revati, as any man with enough estrogen would desire her. A white sari squeezed her curvy body. Those ample bosoms, captivating buttocks and a cute face to die for. Now, they were like a curse for Revati!

Once a month, Madan the accountant of local landlord comes for land tax collection.

Revati's skin complexion were not too fair nor too dusky, they were soothing to the eye. She was in her late twenties or early thirties, probably.

With a shrunken face she said, "these days hunting & foraging of wild fruits, herbs are not going well milord."

Madan with a hope in his eye said, "so you are saying you can't pay the tax, last moth also you couldn't pay the tax. Last time and this time totaling, it is 5 silver coins in total..."

"Merciful lord, I have 25 copper coins now, I'll pay the rest in due time."

Madan laughed hysterically and said, "Do you think, I'm your father's servant.
I'll listen to whatever you say. Is that so!"

Revati wanted to say something but she knew the situation was against her.

"Ok, I'm not cold hearted, give anything worth 1 silver & 75 copper coins. Kind will also do instead of currency, rest you can pay next month..."

Revati frowned, in a disappointing tone she replied, "Milord, I would have paid you that amount, if I had anything of such value."

Madan chuckled while staring lustfully toward Revati's breasts and said, "who said you don't have anything to compensate..."

Her face became red in shame, anger, she tightened her grip on the cleaver that was hidden tactfully inside her saree..

She knew, something wrong may happen at any time. And it did happen,

Madan came with four armed guards of the local landlord. With his slight hint two of them approached Revati with ill intention.

She swinged her cleaver toward those guards, being no match to them she was easily disarmed.

They hold her tight in their grip, and Madan came towards his prey, while Revati tried hard enough to break free.

The saree atop Revati's breast were like a gift wrap for Madan. And he was pretty intrigued to cherish this gift, like a gift for some adult kid.

Revati cried a river, she prayed to thirty three crore gods and goddesses. She even begged Madan, for not staining her honour. But, nothing entered his ear. Today no one can stop him, untill he's satisfied with spreading his black seeds inside Revati.

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Two shots, silenced the moment. One bullet tore through a chest cavity region and the other one wen't through the spinal cords of the target.

One guard fell down like a chopped tree trunk, an instant death. The second footman looked at the lethal hole in his chest region, which sprayed blood like a never ending stream.

He wen't down on his knees, trying to hold on to his mortal wounds while his body slammed on the ground with frozen pupils, filled with unknown terror.

Ping

[Earned 500exp+125 soul points for killing lordship's guard]

[Earned 392exp+97 soul..]

Killing humans were different, they gave different xp points. Obviously due to their lvl differences. These guys who looked like guards, wore leather armour as protection so it was nothing infront of my kar98k slugs.

Metal armours may be different but the answer is only to be known in future.

The women who was being subjected to rape picked up the double barrel shotgun from the blood puddle, created by those guard corpses.

She shot down one guard, who was already stunned after seeing his two men dead by an untraceable foe. The second shot was missed and the pellets from the buckshot round grazed the body of the fourth guard.

Basically the target was that lavishly dressed mid aged fellow who wanted to rape her, but the sly fox used these guards twice as human shield infront of that women's firearm. They were only at twenty to twenty-five meters distance. Anyone could hit the target so it was not a big deal for her.

I couldn't crouch inside the bush anymore. I wanted to help her, but now she was taking all my exp's.

I detained the kar98k on my shoulder with the help of it's intricately designed string, while unholstering my pistol.

The last guard who was bit limping from the shotgun wound, tried to escape this escalating mishap.

My browning pistol roared multiple times, three to four slugs were enough to silence that escaping bugger.

My system again made a sound to notify me of my killing exp. But I was more interested in this situation right now, rather than my system's notification.

The mid aged fellow was in the ground, he was truly baffled to see an average joe like me walking towards him.

He didn't knew what type of firearm I was holding but he knew the level of it's fatality and the skill of it's owner.

He spoke to me in my mother tounge that was Bengali, a regional language of my country, India. So, one thing was confirmed it was India and I was in Bengal, most probably.

"Do you know whose men you have killed? You don't know what will happen to you, you will die a death thousand times worse..."

This dude was for real, some Grade-A classic villain. Now, this was the only thing that I was missing in my life...

I had to put a bullet in one of his leg, to stop his rants.

Now, he was crying in pain. A more suitable situation from before...

Next, step was to make an example.

Pointing my gun, I asked him to strip.

He was hesitant at first but two misplaced shots in the ground near his crotch, made an obedient fellow out of him.

He stood holding a tree trunk semi nude in his underwear while staring furiously at me.

"Now scram, don't even dare to come back. If you do, then it will be your last mistake that you are going to do."

In the land of might, the mightier one makes the law. For now, I am the mightiest and this fellow understood that I meant business.

Before going away, he scoffed at me and the women for one last time.

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[gamerboyrony]

Ch - 4 Revelations​

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While holstering the pistol, I checked out the vicinity. There was one beautiful grey horse tied to a tree trunk, which was pretty shaken up from the current situation. That mid aged guy may have left it here, while cowering away.

Apart from that, there was a palanquin devoid of it's bearers. They have ran away after seeing their master's horrible condition.

The palanquin was filled with pouches, packs of copper & silver coins, without wasting any time I stored all of it inside my storage. Currency is always in demand, the more the merrier.

The leather armour's of the guards were pretty badly damaged, I was unsure of it's future use.

So, rest of the things that I got from the corpses using assessment skills were,

4x sword
2x lance
1x bow (29 arrows)
1x double barrel shotgun (20 buckshot rounds)

From palanquin, corpses and the money pouch of the accountant a total of 97 copper coins, 229 silver coins & 77 gold coins were acquired.

While I was busy checking the loots that I could scrape up, that ravaged women was sitting on the ground with her arms held tight on that semi rusted cleaver & her eyes locked on me. Out of some unknown fear & it was natural for her to be scared of someone who did something unimaginable, at this scale.

On the other hand, these guards had turbans, dhotis & kurtas as apparel & I was wearing jeans, t-shirt. So, it was kind of alien to her knowledge and senses. I was the odd one here...

But someone had to break the ice, so...

"What is your name?"

"Ehh.."

She made a peculiar sound with her blank face & I wouldn't lie, damn it was pretty funny and cute, the way she reacted...

I said again,

"Miss, my name is Rahul. What's your name?"

"I.. I'm Revatibala Munda, widow of Bhandari Munda"

She stuttered a bit, while responding.

"Nice to meet you Mrs. Munda. Please, don't be afraid of me. I am new here so I would be needing some of your assistance, that's all."

Her answer was affirmative in nature.

It took another hour for her to ease up, from the devastation that had been poured on her.

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After so long, I was very happy to interact with another human being. It was like the best feeling in the world.

Revatibala was a simple girl, with beautiful features. So making eye contact was getting troublesome in times.

I asked her about the time and place. She confirmed it was Bengal, but the date or year couldn't be confirmed. The year she told me was from a bengali calendar and they are basically a bit different from normal english/International calendars.

She spoke of some foreigners in inland & on the coastal regions too. The way she described them, they were not the redcoats or company soldiers. But, they were colonists for sure. They had big forts, cannon ships sailing on the sea. Even the king's gazed at awe when they face them.

Moreover I became sure of one thing, I was not in the time of Brits rule in India. It was a different time and I would have to find everything about it, pretty soon.

She identified the guys that I had killed, the one that was injured and also reminded me about the upcoming repercussions from my deed.

After semi confirming the landlord's logistical support, I was bit relieved.
According to her, they had these kinds of weapons mostly.

So I may be outgunned by them at extreme, but will never be outmaneuvered.

Disposing these bodies became an issue, I asked her a place for dumping them.

She said, "Half a klick from here, there's a place to dump these bodies..."

Fuck that's a long hike and a tedious job if I do it on foot, arranging a cart and then taking the corpses to the dumping zone is also a risky factor. Other's may know of it and somehow it's also time consuming.

Revati was not like an npc character of any game, who would be having a blunt personality with some fixed dialogues for the player. No, she was much more than that.

In this place, I had a A.I. interface/gaming system which was helping me out. Still this place felt real, like a breathing world.

Revati was no different to this cause, she may have seen the silhouettes on my forehead about these contradictions.

"There's a..."

She took a pause and looked at my face like a scared kid, who was confused about finishing the sentence or not.

"There's what?"

In a timid tone she said,

"Kalidas Murmu can take care of these bodies, he will even pay for them."

Wow, organ trafficking or necrophilia, what was it? A question ran through my mind. But, organ trafficking can't be done in this era. Necrophilia maybe, who knows.

I thought for a while about these bodies, even if they get defiled after death, let them be. Their wrong doings were infinite while they lived, so now it shouldn't matter much.

"Is it safe?"

I inquired,

"Yes, it's his business to buy dead bodies & all stuffs that are sellable."

"Ok then, call him."

Half an hour later, Kalidas came with Revati.

He was a tall fellow, with fair complexion. An average built, inscribed with some scars on his face and bodies as a memento of those forgotten clashes.

With a suave smile on his face,

"Hello, sir. My name is Kalidas. I buy, sell everything and all thing that is humanly possible."

Nice catchphrase, I chuckled in my mind.

"Ok then, I have these bodies, weapons and that palanquin to sell."

Kalidas caught hold of everything with his eyesight as my fingers were pointed towards the stuffs, that I was about to sell.

"Sure sir, let me estimate them a bit, what about that horse?"

"That's not for sale."

Kalidas's face said, he was a bit
disappointed from my answer.

But, nevertheless as a businessman one should never get demotivated. It's always bad for business. He continued,

"One with chest cavity breached, serious internal organ damage. Second one with a shattered backbone. Another one with a deformed lower section of the face, while wounds in neck and upper chest region so deadly, almost nearing to decapitation of the head. The last one, had holes in it's bodies destroying the blood vessels and even damaging the lung."

Like an expert forensic investigator he was examining the bodies...

"Sir, how did you do these kinds of damages to a human body!"

I was bit annoyed with his question,

"You said, you buy all kinds of stuffs even dead bodies. Have I asked you what are you going to do with them, after you have bought them from me?"

Kalidas, was not a fool. He understood my underlaid meaning, from my cross questioning.

"I beg your pardon for my intrusiveness."

I assured him it's ok, with a hand gesture.

"Sir, 4 silver coins for the bodies, the armour's will need some serious repairs before proper use again, a total of 1 silver coin for all these damaged armour's. 35 silver coins for the palanquin and those weapons are tier 2 weapons. For swords, it'll be 8 silver, 2 silver for the lances. Bow & arrows will be 1 silver and 50 copper coins. The shotgun will be..."

I interrupted him,

"No, that shotgun is not for sale."

"Ohh, then it'll be 53 silver coins & 50 copper coins in total."

"Can you send me one sturdy horse driven cart, I need one for rent."

"Sure, sir. One horse cart normally costs 4 silver coins in market, as one month's rent. But, as a new customer. I'll give you a discount of 50 copper coins."

A whopping amount of 50 silver coins were earned again. The currency system was not so complicated here, 100 copper coins would make 1 silver and it's same for silver and gold coins. Beyond, gold coins there is some other currency that's only used in main kingdom.

This was the outskirt of the kingdom, so basically beyond gold coins no one has even seen anything. Plus, gold coins were also a big thing here.

The place was wiped clean, which reeked of misery and death.

Now it was time to have my plans sorted with Revatibala.

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[gamerboyrony]

Ch - 5 The demon called human​

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Before departing, Kalidas told me about his lackey's in the market as contact for future deals.

Revatibala gave me the directions for the marketplace, it was not far from where she lived.

Basically, on the borders of the jungle & city outskirt, Revatibala's house was situated.

"As you can see, I have came from a far away place. I need a place to stay."

She was listening to me patiently,

"I can rent a place or stay in some inn/hotel. But, I don't know who will try to stab me or what will happen next. Trusting you is a far better option than trusting someone totally unknown. Also, I need to get familiarized with this unknown land. So you can help me out on that too..."

She enquired, about my place of origin. Hey, I'm from the future couldn't be an answer. So, I had to make up an absurd name of my homeland.

A backstory was also necessary, so I had to cook up a story about my arrival here.

Hence, I told her about being an ex-soldier and then how I became a mercenary. About my going to a far away land on an assigned contract. On a stormy night how I had survived a ship wreck. Then, as a sole survivor I had to hike for such a long time to come up to this situation and to luckily meet her here.

I knew, she would belive my story. As she has no way, to verify about those made up places.

Secondly, that soldier & mercenary part was shown in action. The story had a very high percentage of success rate.

She, said "Sir, actually you are my guest, guests are god and you are also my saviour. I can't say no to you if you wan't to stay. But, I would still insist you to find some other place for your lodging."

I was taken aback with her words, why would she say no. Was she thinking that I may try to wrong her, when she's alone. But, she herself had said I was her saviour!

There is one point left, it may be the fear of gossips that can spoil her piousness. Obviously, she's a young & beautiful widow and I was a young man. Staying together under one roof at night may spread stories of debauchery.

"I understand what you mean Mrs, Revati. If I sleep here at night, people may spread slanders on your name. After all I'm a young man, you know me for an hour or so. Trust is also an issue..."

She looked at my face and said, "It is not like that Mr. Rahul. Staying at my place will get you ostracized from your caste."

"Sir, you said you are a warrior so you belong to the kshatriya varna, the upper caste. I belong in the lowest tier of the caste system, I'm an untouchable. My husband's tribe is one of the untouchable Onga tribe."

Her words stirred a ripple effect on my soul. These people have been like this in the ancient times and in my modern India, a ton of them were still harbouring the same hatred in their smart age lives.

Times have changed, Revatibala will become Roshni one day in time. But the hate, the barriers of illiteracy in hearts will remain the same. I knew that future, as once I lived there..

If I told Revatibala, that these things like casteism is still very rampant in future India too, she would have gone into shock and most probably think I'm a lunatic person.

I smiled a bit and said, "I don't have any issue with that. Let, them do what they wan't. I haven't had my breakfast I'll be going to the market for that, wanna join me."

She was again stunned at what I had to say as everything was written on her face.

She affirmatively nodded to my response.

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"Boss, are you thinking about that man..."

BHRR BHRR BHRR BHRR

Making a monotonous sound from his hookah and puffing some tobacco, Kalidas was really intrigued at that man's way of dressing, his haircut, his way of looking.

Everything was out of this world, he even took down four of the armed guards of local landlord. There conditions were so severe, it looked like a devil was playing with them at his pleasure.

This man was so confident in his abilities as he even dared to sold their bodies, weapons and that palanquin was for tax collection. It was empty, so he must have looted all that was within.

This man is really invincible or has a death wish. Else, he wouldn't have gone to such extent!

One thing that had made Kaildas so tensed up was that there was a blood trail going towards the city. So, this fellow has let one the guy go from this group go. He might face an incoming enemy attack, still he let that guy go without any fear.

While speaking to that guy Kalidas has seen no fear or remorse on his face about what has been done, or what may befall.

"Boss, are you listening..."

To interrupting his lackey's constant blabbering from breaking his thought waves, Kalidas replied, "Yes, I..."

And at that moment, another one of his lackey barged into his office room and informed him,

"Boss, about that peculiar man you said earlier, is now in the market. With that untouchable women. That widow..."

With a complex face Kalidas kept the hookah down and asked his lackey,

"What are they doing here?"

"They have entered the Haripada's restaurant to have food."

"Ohh..."

Kalidas scratched his head with his hand, ran his fingers through those curly hair. Why is that man accompanied by such a lowly women. He may be above her satus, that was for sure. Then why was that guy still with her... Everything's getting complicated.

"Boss, should I keep an watch on them?"

"Yes, but don't follow them around. If they came in range of your vision, try to observe what they are doing, where they are going. Don't do anything suspicious, try to get information without informing them. Got it."

"Yes, Boss."

The lackey nodded while responding and then he wen't out, on his duty.

This guy even paid me money for the horse cart in advance and haven't even came to take delivery of his good!

Kalidas again brought his hookah pipe infront of his face and got drowned in his thought.

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While inside, Haripada's restaurant. There were specific zones divided for having food.

Categorised according to affordability, comfort and privacy.

A chubby looking young guy, wearing kurta and dhoti with a turban on his head all intricately designed with golden strings and adorned with flashy colours. A classic look, for the affluent class of old Indian era.

He smiled and said, "Welcome sir, welcome to Haripada's restaurant. I am Mr.Haripada Banik. Fresh foods and comfortable hospitality are our speciality, breakfast menu is available now. Sir, what would you like to have."

I chuckled and said, "I need some privacy and a comfortable place for breakfast."

"That would be the Maharaja cabin sir, a special cabin with privacy in abundance. 2 silver coins for one sitting sir and additional charges for food & beverages."

I gave him 2 silver coins in advance, he was going to ask one of his waiters to take me to the maharaja cabins...

Revatibala was some feets away from me. Almost, outside the shop like she was even afraid to keep her foot inside.

The owner was busy talking to me, so it took him a while to notice Revatibala. He enquired me,

"Sir, is that woman with you?"

"Yes. She is. Any problem?"

It looked like I had put him in a tough situation, in a hesitant tone he replied..

"Sir, you know how it is & how they are..."

If it was old me, I would have smacked that man's face in an instant. But, in a situation like these on an unfamiliar territory one should resort to violence as his last option.

So, I slid him 40 copper coins and asked him again,

"Is it enough to overlook now..."

With a smile on his chubby face he replied, "More than enough, our esteemed guests knows no bound of generosity. Please, take them to maharaja cabin with utmost care."

A waiter took us to the cabin, he really followed every words of his owner in terms of hospitability.

Truly money has no face, it is as unique as it is anonymous in nature. It can be the biggest deal breaker. It can even subdue prejudices.

Eyes filled with excitement and shock Revatibala was checking out the maharaja cabin and was trying to read me.

As starters the waiter served us coconut water and a buttermilk drink which was bit sweet and sour in taste. It, reminded me of grandma and mom as they made them at home. A very pleasant drink to rejuvenate the body durning summer times. For me it was a sip of nostalgia.

I was sipping in to these drinks. While Revatibala dranked her glass of buttermilk, in one take. She was really hungry, but didn't even make a fuss about it. She's truly something!

I guess, after mustering a lot of courage in a timid tone she asked,

"Is it truly necessary to bring me here? I could have had breakfast somewhere else, somewhere less costly. 2 silver coins plus those copper coins! You didn't had to spend so much..."

After drinking buttermilk some of it got stuck, in her upper section of the lips and it looked like a white mustache.

She was saying these things with a serious face and that white mustache made her look so cute and funny. I couldn't control my laughter, I had bursted out in laughter.

She got very annoyed, the way I reacted..

There was clothes for wiping the faces and hands after finishing meals. It was not just a name, it was truly a maharaja cabin.

After easing a bit from my laughter, I took a one piece of cloth, moved forward and wiped her lips from that remaining traces of buttermilk.

She understood what I did and she was red in shame. Moreover everything that was happening here was escalating at a supersonic speed.

We were frozen in that moment of raw exposure towards affection, definitely a director would have copied this situation into his movie scene. But, there was no director for us to say cut, we had our waiter...

With a fake cough, he mentioned his arrival which has been a few seconds ahead. But, he was street smart so he knew how to alert us without waiting anymore.

We both were ashamed at the situation and I wen't back to my seat.

The waiter with a sly grin on his face, came towards me and asked, "Sir, what would you be having for breakfast?"

 

[gamerboyrony]

Basically this is me, first time writing a novel. There might be some mistakes here & there. Hope you all understand.

In a hustle I forgot to add the plot of the story -

The protagonist through a mysterious time warp, lands in 1422 A.D. India. With a sturdy gaming system as his backup and an arsenal of firearms aiding him to confront all threats that looms around.

Leveling up and getting strong is his ultimate motto, to survive in the upcoming journey against unknown adversaries...

(Note)

Gore

lust

romance

supernatural elements

some rated-r adult contents going to be there too.

Please do comment and give your views, so that I can understand if it's worth it.

 

[gamerboyrony]

Ch - 6 Flames of fury​

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Sweet yogurt & syrup filled rolls aka rasgulla's were at the end of our sweet breakfast menu.

Finally, our sumptuous breakfast aligned with my burp at the end.

"Khehehe", Revati giggled.

She, was a pretty fierce women who would defend her honour at one point and on other end she was gentle & sweet like a dove, who would rejoice the simple moments of life.

Maybe, she was getting comfortable around me.

I smiled back at her.

The waiter came in to spoil the moment, " Sir, would you be having anything else?"

I replied back, "No, I would like to pay the bill."

"Sir, it would be 3 silver coins."

"Okey."

Revati & me came down to the billing counter. I payed Mr. Haripada Banik in full.

"Our esteemed guest, please do come back again at Haripada's restaurant."

I chuckled at him and beckoned Revati.


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After strolling a bit, I got a total
estimation of the place. It was like any other market with all the day to day facilities provided for daily life.

There was one fellow, who looked like Kalidas's lackey.

I asked him to take me to Kalidas.

I guess, I was somone who wore an apparel that distinguished me, even in a crowdy place like this.

He took me to Kalidas.

"Welcome back sir. How can I serve you?"

"Actually, I would be taking the delivery of my horse cart."

"Sure sir."

I asked Revati to go select the cart. As, it would be troublesome for me if I get caught, being a layman in this matter.

After a lot of small talks with Kalidas, without letting him know about my true origin.

I came to knew that, things such as horses, armors and weapons are divided in tiers according to their lethality, durability, usability.

The guards that I killed were using t2 weapons and t1 armors.

And the horse of the accountant was a t3 one.

Summed up as -

(Weapons)

T1 - basic grade.
T2 - moderate grade.
T3 - warrior grade.
T4 - lord grade.
T5 - superior grade.

(Horses)

T1 - basic breed.
T2 - medium breed.
T3 - war breed.
T4 - supreme breed.

(Armors)

T1 - basic grade.
T2 - mid grade.
T3 - war grade.
T4 - lord grade.

Even most of the stuffs were graded here in tiers! But, those info's were irrelevant for me.

The farther the conversation wen't, the easier it was for me to know more about this world.

Basically Kalidas hasn't left this place so he couldn't actually tell me about the origin of the colonists. He had came to know about them via people.

And it was true that the colonists would not explore these regions, untill taking complete hold of inlands.

I tried to know more about these tier of weapons and all. But Kalidas couldn't confirm if there was any higher tier of them. He told me about the stuffs & tiers he knew of or about the one's he has seen from his own eyes.

If I had asked him directly he may have lied. But the way I used to enquire was not prominent enough to be understood by anyone, as it had many hidden layers.

While we were having our conversation, Revati came with a horse driven carriage with two sturdy horses attached.

It was time for our departure, I bid my farewell to Kalidas and wen't to the heart of the market.

"Okey, so we got the cart now."

She replied, "Yes."

"As you can see, I would need to visit the barber & some new sets of clothes. Before heading home."

"Yes, that's true." she chuckled.

"So will you wait here or head home."

"I'll head home then."

"Ok, take the cart with you."

Before leaving she once said,

"I have a suggestion, if you don't mind."

I said, "Yes, sure tell me."

"Having foods in restaurant is very costly, why waste money. Plus, you are my guest. I should arrange the meals. But, after all I shouldn't be the one stopping you to spend your own money."

Actually, she has a point. Spending is easy. But, without any proper source of income, surviving here may be problematic.

"Okey, then. If you agree to cook my meals then atleast let me shop the groceries. I wan't to contribute too."

With a gentle smile, I placed my words.

She smiled back and said, "Ok."

Sometimes I forget that storing any stuff in my storage is normal for me but for other's it's like vanishing stuffs in mid air or taking out stuffs from air.

Eyes filled with wonder, Revati and some passerby people in the market glanced at me, while I took out the boar from my storage. The one that I had killed in the jungle.

If someday she asks me how can I do that, again I would have to lie about being a magician who knows a trick or two.

I gave her a gold coin and asked her to buy groceries for today and keep the remaining for upcoming days.

She bought some rice, lentils, veggies and spices, meanwhile I found a barber for having a proper haircut and shave.

The barber was bit confused when I asked him to cut my hair in a particular way which was something anew to him.

It would be perfectly normal in 2022 but in the colonial era Indian males would have long hairs and a specific set of beard, mustaches. It was a sign of manhood.

But, I asked him to give me a proper clean shave. He hesitated at the beginning but finally he did what he was told to do.

Next was proper apparel for maintaining my uniformity in this world.

The cutter & dress maker was showing me a lot of dresses, all traditional ethnic wears.

I asked him if he had sometimes like I was wearing, he scratched his head a bit. And showed me something which was similar to my jeans and t-shirt.

European dress, things which were pretty common for colonists at that time. The dressmaker said he has two of those dresses, the pants were bit different as they had no zippers. It was all buttons down there.

It cost me 50 silver coins for both pair of dresses. I asked him to take a special order & to create 10 sets of dresses almost similar to my t-shirt and jeans.

He ensured that he will try to replicate this dress to the best of his ability. He asked me to come and receive the goods after a day or two. I gave him 50 silver coin more as advance. He was pretty delighted to see such a generous & lavish customer in this sector.

One gold coin was spent on proper soaps & body perfumes. It was summer time & without these things it would be impossible for me to stay now. I was in a time when buying soaps & perfumes were mostly done by rich and the lords. As, I was someone who was from the future, it was normal for me. But, the vendors in the market spoke otherwise. They thought I was some rich lord from a far away place.

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After having a succulent meal of rice, lentil, tasty veggie curries and spicy boar meat a power nap was truly needed.

In the evening, I asked Revati about her shooting skills. She said that she had learned it from her late husband, she also knew to fire bow & arrow. Moreover, she knew the basics of it.

Living in the colonial era could be somehow boring and dull, there was no internet, ott platforms or any other entertainments that was possible in the future.

I asked her if she would go on a hunting trip.

"But, it's almost evening. In some hour we will lose the sunlight then it'll be risky in the jungle..."

With a boastful smile, reloading my kar98k and my trusty pistol, I said

"Don't you think, I'm capable enough to protect you or handle dire situations?"

Her face was red, she knew what I could do with my weapons.

"No, no it's not like that."

"Then, let's hunt some wild animals."

She followed every single word of mine as a sincere devotee.

........

Ping

[First shared kill 2000exp+4750 soul points]

[Shared kill earned 25exp+5 soul points for killing a rabbit]

[Shared kill earned 250exp+105 soul points for killing a deer]

I literally tracked everything using my minimap, even for the wild animals too...

But, Revati tracked them like an hunter.

Now, I was earning exp's via shared killings. This opened a new path for me. If anyone was with me while on the battlefield or hunt, I would even benefit from their kills. I was really overwhelmed with joy, knowing it.

My storage was not stuffed with too many stuffs. Mainly, weapons & ammos were taking some space. The rest of the stuffs didn't took much space.

Within 15-20 minutes we had killed two animals.

Revati got flabbergasted when she saw me skin the wild animals, in fraction of seconds using assessment skill, which she was unaware off.

I got,

Deer hide (1x)
Deer Antler (2x)
Rabit hide (1x)

And the meat was properly stored in my storage.

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[gamerboyrony]

Ch - 7 Flames of fury 2.0​

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After spending a couple of hours in the dense jungle, we killed a lot of animals & I was thoroughly enjoying those shared kill exp points.

She was enjoying this hunt, as the amount of animals killed in one go, was a huge leap towards reaping a generous reward & we both knew that!

I even leveled up once while on the hunt but I didn't had time to look at it, I was in an adrenaline rush.

Everything was going smoothly...

At one point, Revati nervously grabbed my shoulder and whispered in my ears, "we should go now..."

There was a huge beast infront of us. Basically every wild animals or human foe had same red dot on my minimap. So it was bit complicated for me to know the exact difference.

I knew, what she meant was right but that wild bear infront of me was a juicy exp lottery with additional loots included.

I asked her, "can you climb trees?"

For a fraction of second she was surprised to see me ask this sort of question in a grave situation like this.

"What.."

"Can you climb trees?"

I firmly asked her again.

She mumbled,

"Y..yes I can."

"Fine, then go climb a tree tall enough and don't come down till I ask you to."

She paused for a while and then wen't on to climb a tall tree. I guess, she couldn't deny my caliber at the end.

It was an apex predator infront of me!
A vicious sloth bear, huge in stature, almost 6 feet in length. It should be around 300 pounds or so.

I was bit unsure of myself for the first time. If I back out now it would be shameful. For the first time I used my assessment skill before killing a target.

[Apex Predator: Sloth] [Lvl difference huge] [Risk: Hard]

Though the odds were against me, I still have proper firearm to slay something this big. Atleast I was not armed with some old age muskets or bow & arrows.

I crouched & crawled towards the bear while taking out my mp40 and pointing it's barrel towards the target. I rechecked & reloaded my mp40 clip for safety, 32 rounds in the clip and one in chamber. A total of (33) 9×19mm Parabellum cartridges were ready, to be showered upon it's foe with lethal accuracy.

Shooting with my rifle would be deadly as I might miss a shot & the bolt action is obviously slow in firing & reloading, so it would be damn risky. Using explosives or panzerschreck would be a waste because it would be overkill, plus it may damage the carcass beyond recovery.

Still bullet damages would be less compared to explosives, at the end of day.

Due to strenuous recoil MP40 was risky in long range. It was suitable in this mid ranged combat.

The bear was probably munching on some berries or fishes. I fixed my eye on the crosshairs and...

DHUGG-DHUGG-THUSS-THUSS

A repetive rattling sound was made by my submachine gun. Spent shells flew from the loading chamber, while blazes of flames were spewing from the barrel. Smell of gunpowder, lead and smoke consumed the moment.

A deadly notion ran through the minds of less aggressive wild animals. They screamed, howled, screeched in fear. As these jungles were not familiar to this lethal sounds of modern death machines.

While my slugs tore through the skin and flesh of that sloth bear without any restriction, like a knife going through butter. Crunching sounds of bones & blood splatters painted the path of the beasts trackway, fresh hot blood sprayed out of it's face & torso regions.

And in an intense pressure or you could say from my basic survival instinct, I had totally emptied my mp40 magazine into that beast.

TIKK TIKK TIKK

Due to an empty magazine, the firearm made a constant sound while I was pulling the trigger for some more seconds out of reflex, fear.

The animal was stilll charging towards me and it was unstoppable for sure and I was shit scared! I had made a macho move infront of Revati to flex my strength but never knew facing death would be so devastating. After all there's a huge difference in real and virtual.

The beast charged with an indomitable speed & came crashing on me with it's huge paw. The huge nails slashed through me. It hurt like hell, a sharp itch, sting could be felt. If, I could just look at my wound it would surely look like wolverines slash attack.

But, I was flat on the ground and there was an immense pain in my torso region, the animal roared infront of me after hitting me. Maybe it was proving it's superiority or it was shrieking in pain. As, lot of bullet wounds were in it's body too.

Ping

[-297 damage to host]

[Host will lose 10 HP for 45 seconds/ aftereffects damage]

It was a do or die situation for me, I never thought that I would get mowed down so easily. Afterall the a.i. had told me it was a hard target but I was the one, blind in greed.

My visions were bit blurry, while the bear had lost both it's eyes & the face was also riddled with holes from my mp40. But it had it's predatorial senses active. So, I played dead while it was near me.

"Hey, you fat fuck..."

It was Revati, she was cursing to catch the beast's attention.

The bear charged towards the sound.

Revati shot one arrow and fired two rounds at it. But, the beast slammed it's body in the tree and both the gun and bow fell off the tree. Luckily Revati didn't fell down and now she was totally unarmed and couldn't provide me cover.

Though it was a total gamble.

I slowly unholstered and took out the browning pistol. I was in such a pitiful condition that I couldn't stand up, while laying down I emptied my pistol at the beast.

The beast had tried to charge towards it's oppressor once again but this time within few steps it had succumbed to the grim reaper. With a earth shattering roar the bear finally collapsed on the ground.

Ping

[Host leveled up]

[Host leveled up]

[Earned 25000 exp+19920 soul points first time for killing an opponent 23 times stronger that host]

[Earned the title "John Ramgo"]

(Host will inflict 50% more damage to wild beasts in jungle terrain, 20% less chance to get shot from enemy fire on wildland, 10% more agile on jungle terrain)

[Earned 75k exp+40k soul points for slaying a sloth bear]

I was feeling very tired to add or check out any of the other stuffs like my stats or attribute points.

Revati came running towards me from the tree. She wiped her tears & was saying something, everything was inaudible. My eardrums couldn't catch those rambling sentences of her, I was too tired to understand anything at that point.

I was feeling sleepy & couldn't keep my eyes open...

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[Thakur]

Interesting story, sounds like a better Pubg story

 

[gamerboyrony]

Ch - 8 Flames of fury 3.0​

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It was a sunny day, Hridoy, my cousin asked me to wait infront of the Calcutta (Kolkata) Museum. He had a gig in an event & after that we were going to hang out in the evening.

It was saturday eve...

There was still time, so I bought a ticket to the museum. I strolled lazily through the gallery section.

And then it happened!

A huge bang with an enormous light engulfed me and my surroundings.

I couldn't even react to what had just happened!

While I tried to breakfree, I opened my eyes and was still stuck in that godforsaken place...

I was totally dreaming.

Revati came running to me, her hands were all black & blue. Her movements spoke of that sore shoulder made by the firearms butt stock.

Notifications of shared kill was there, I guess I was too deep in sleep. Couldn't hear these notifications.

I tried to stand up, Revati supported me like a crutch. Slowly everything came back to me. The bear, the wound & then going numb. My body was bandaged with Revati's saree, she tore up her attire to dress my wounds. Damn this women is doing so much for an unknown chump like me.

I was moved by that affectionate persona.

"I know, it's tough for you. But, there's no other way. Landlord's men has came to take revenge."

"And it's all my fault, please sir you get away from the back entrance of the hut. I will deal with them."

She tried to steal looks from me, I could clearly see some shiny pearls forming in those gentle and anxious eyes. She tried hard, but emotions are a kind strange typhoon to be subdued. We cannot win against it all the time.

"What is the situation outside?"

She looked at me with a blank face. And this is the most funny part, like a kid caught stealing pastry from kitchen.

"Should I repeat?"

I asked her once more.

"I killed one for sure, some slightly injured.. I.. I don't actually know, they are more in num.. number this time.."

She was again mumbling,

"I am all..all out of ammo, that's why I ran back to you sir, to war..warn you before they reach here."

"Ok."

I thought for a while after checking my minimap. There was only one grey cross mark on the map & that was Revati's kill shot.

Still, there was seven more guys moving towards the hut at a very slow and steady pace. I guess they got pretty shaken up by her suddden intervention.

"Wha..what are you thinking. Make a mo..move now. When there's still ti..time"

I took a deep breath and walked towards her. And gave her a tight and warm hug. And.I wouldn't lie, she felt so good. That soft body, that caressed touch, that skin to skin contact made me more mesmerised.

She wore a saree without a blouse, women's wore saree like this at those time. And I was bare chested due to my bandages. I could feel those mounds of flesh getting squeezed against my own body.

Then, two hands came from my back & locked me up in an embrace of tranquility. After, that the graphs of my joy spiked up a lot more. I was getting back the same treatment in return.

Hormones of joy echoed throughout this mortal body. It was a different time, but this feeling was a first time for me.

"Ahem... Ahem..."

I faked a cough to break free of this embrace, because it was not the time. There will be time for it too...

Revati couldn't look up at me in shame,

I hold on to her face gently, with both of my hands and while our eyes met, I told her,

"There are 7 more outside, I'll go and finish them and if there were 700, I would still fight them. I can't abandon you just like that, can I?"

I ended with a question, and like an obedient babe she nodded no in response.

The wounds were all healed up, while I took of my bandages, the dried up scabs fell down.

Revati's eyes & mouth opened like an "O".

"Magic..."

I winked at her,

Again, she got red in shame. I guess the time was too backdated, even for a wink.

The men were almost near the house, I swiftly moved out with Revati and threw a M24 & one Mk2 grenade towards those approaching men.

The m24 was caught like a baseball/cricket ball by one of the guards, just basic human reflex & the mk2 fell near their feat. It was going to be double the bang, double the fun for me.

Two devastating explosions, wrecked havoc.

One exploded at 4 & half feet, when the soldier who caught that stick kind of stuff in his hand wanted to explore it with his own eyes & the other soldiers flocked to check out, the new thing that they had caught hold of.

Yet, they hadn't noticed the second grenade which lied infront of their foot.

And a second blast happened within a second.

Sharpnels, gunpowder & smoke filled up the whole radius of the explosion.
A small blood shower was visible, while splinters, shrapnels penetrated their metal chest armors with ease.

Cries of angony was heard, throughout,
which clarified that some had survived the blast.

While the rest of the bodies were an open target mostly. Muscle mass spread on the ground, deformed hands & legs, completely blown off.

Blood poured out of those wounds like a hell spring. Cavities opened wide & thorough in some chest regions, one armor even got distorted to such extent that it crushed the owner's body.

It was a bloody horrible scene to look at. Any sane person would vomit at the first sight of such a scene. But, as I was a gamer and I have seen such situations in video games, movies. I was habituated to blood & gore, this was nothing new to me.

Ping

[Earned 980exp+251 soul points for killing lordship's guard]

[Earned 749exp+101 soul points for killing lordship's guard]

[Earned 394exp+490 soul points for killing lordship's guard]

[Earned...]

A lot of notifications came knocking after I had killed theses guards. There were 6 grey icons in the minimap.

Two were still alive, one had injured hand. He would live to see another day, but the other one was not lucky enough. His injuries were more serious, he wouldn't survive without modern medicines and a proper surgeon.

Both of them cowered in front of me, they layed down their arms and surrendered.

Basically, they were trembling in utter shock of what had happened & what was going to happen to them.

I stood firmly infront of them and spoke in a menacing tone,

"After what happened to Madan Mohan you guys are still coming after me, I told him to stay clear from me. This is the last time, I'm giving you guys a chance to mend your wrong doings."

"Take these bodies to your landlord & show him what I had done & tell him what I can do. Don't miss anything from here, tell him everything like you have seen & about what I told him. If you guys make this mistake again, then I'll go to your landlords place and raise hell. And you surely know my capabilities..."

The two guards nodded their heads obediently. They were more than happy to go back alive from all these troubles.

Amid all these problems, I missed out one thing. The grenade explosion had spread some sparkles of flame which caught hold of the thatched roof.

While, tackling these guards we missed this incident and the whole hut was ablaze and got burnt to nothing.

Tears rolled down her cheeks, as it was her house that was burned to the ground.

A house is not just a house, it's a place filled with memories of vivid emotions.

Of stuffs that even live on after our death. So it was not just a house that got burned down, it was Revatibala's memories that wen't to ashes that day!