Chapter 63: Leax.
"Fucking beasts!" Lee cursed in annoyance.
The three attackers with their shouts that sounded like barking, did resemble angry dogs, and their fangs only accentuated the impression.
Lee managed to avoid the first few smacks, but then stumbled over one of the blobs, and had to roll away to not get hit by the metal rods. As the result he was now completely covered in the gray dirt, his waterskin was torn and the disgusting smelling stew began to ooze out.
He was angry, but still had reservations of hurting the children, no matter how beast-like they were.
He needed a new waterskin, though, thus he threw the current one in the face of one of the attackers, and all three stopped in shock. Throwing away food was probably some kind of taboo, but Lee didn't care. In a blink of an eye he kicked two off their feet, punched the tallest girl in the solar plexus, and deftly relieved her of her waterskin. It wasn't as full as his, but at least it wasn't torn.
It took a while for the three to realize what just transpired, similar to the dozens of other kids who ware staring at Lee in disbelief. He didn't notice when exactly the crowd had gathered, but these were bad news.
And his suspicion was immediately proven to be correct.
After noticing her loss, the girl roared in pain as if Lee had cut off her leg. Then she shouted at the others, and while some didn't react and went back to the blob-poking job, over twenty charged at him with their rods raised up high.
To disable the leader was one of the basics when fighting against a group, but as it turned out Lee had been too merciful. And since he only managed to anger the crowd, there were no other options, but to run.
Running was in Lee's list of exercises from the early childhood, and after Prides's training which was borderline an inquisition, he considered himself to be rather proficient in it.
In few breaths it was clear that, despite the shackles he was wearing, he could outrun everyone here, but if he did, most likely he would have to run as long as he remained in this blob farm.