Rhis: The Alternative Story 3 I Can't Feel My Arm

"Man you guys really know how to escort someone huh?" s.h.i.+ro asked sarcastically as the mob of goblins continued to carry his cage somewhere.

Looking to the side he notices the goblin who caught his zanpakuto. The green monster noticed the s.h.i.+nigami's gaze and began to wave his spoils as if to taunt him.

'I swear, I am going to kill that little s.h.i.+t the second I get the chance' s.h.i.+ro thought a little annoyed at the goblin's actions

As the foliage began to give way, the s.h.i.+nigami started to see small houses. Well the more correct term would be huts. The place seemed to be a village of sorts. Directing his gaze towards the sound of cries, he tried to keep his face blank as he saw goblins cutting a man up to devour.

To the other side he could hear sounds of slos.h.i.+ng and meat slapping. The groups of goblins were raping a couple of unfortunate girls. Their eyes were vacant, as they didn't react to the multiple d.i.c.ks filling their holes. They were broken. Even if s.h.i.+ro decided to bust out of the cage to rescue them, it wouldn't turn back time.

Shutting his eyes to ignore the scene around him, s.h.i.+ro calmed his head. When the small cage trap was dropped, he re-opened his eyes to see another cage ahead. There were 2 large cages. One filled with men while the other were filled with woman. This village was probobly the home of these people before they were raided. His cage opened as goblins started to direct him towards the men's cage.

s.h.i.+ro made his way to the cage until he was stopped by a large figure. It was the same hobgoblin from before that intercepted him in the forest. Before he could question why he was stopped he grunted as a white-hot blinding pain a.s.saulted his right.

"AAARRRRGH" he yelled as his right arm was now missing. Completely separated from his body as the hobgoblin threw it to the side for a bunch of other goblins to fight over.

It looked like the big one wasn't taking any chances as he kicked the s.h.i.+nigami into the cage. Once s.h.i.+ro hit the ground he didn't even feel it as he was too busy dealing with the agonizing pain of losing an arm. Eventually everything went black when he lost conscience.

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Stirring up from his sleep, the s.h.i.+nigami noticed it was dark. The sun probably went out hours ago.

"Woah, you're still alive. Honestly everyone was surprised when your arm grew back while you were out of it" A voice was heard next to him as he felt someone position him upright.

Looking down to his right, s.h.i.+ro was relieved to see his arm back where it should be. Then he turned his attention to the man beside him. He was an older man that looked to be in his twenties. Like everyone else in the cage, he looked emaciated. The man was s.h.i.+rtless so it wasn't hard to see the bones of his ribs showing. His hair was a little grey, so chances are he must have been through s.h.i.+t.

"Thanks for the help, by the way how long did it take for the arm to grow back?" s.h.i.+ro asked the man

"About 10 minutes, everyone was crowding around you earlier when it happened! The arm just literally grew back from the stub that was your shoulder! By the way, the names Kargon." He introduced himself after describing the eventful show of a man regrowing a limb

"s.h.i.+ro Aversis." the s.h.i.+nigami said as he took in his surroundings. There were no goblins guarding the cages. Were they not worried that they could break out?

"That name sounds foreign. You from the eastern continent?" Kargon asked as s.h.i.+ro checked the area.

"Uh, my heritage might come from there but I wasn't born there." he replied wondering how large the world was

A couple of smaller kids ran up to s.h.i.+ro with stars in their eyes.

"Hey! How did you grow back your arm? Did it hurt? Are you an alien?" they fired off multiple questions at the s.h.i.+nigami making him unsure of how to deal with kids

"Behave you two, s.h.i.+ro is tired enough as it is. Let him rest a bit more." Kargon scolded the kids

"Aww" "Ok" they proceeded to back off from s.h.i.+ro as they went back to the others in the cage

"Well they are surprisingly lively considering were prisoners. Speaking of which, where are the guards?" s.h.i.+ro asked

"Hehe, those brats are made of tougher stuff even in times like these. And there's no point in guards. Were basically surrounded anyway. Even if we were to break out, which we can't. Were outnumbered." Kargon said with a sigh

"There is nothing we can do. They keep us in here as livestock to take out like rations every now and then. They do the same with woman except they have it worst. When those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds get tired of playing with a girl, they just grab a new one to replace." He said bitterly

"I lost my wife... she was one of the first they took." s.h.i.+ro noticed the man's eyes begin to well up as he recalled the past

"But everyone here has lost someone. We aren't strong enough. The highest level among us is 12 and we have no weapons." he said defeatedly as he slumped his back on the bars of the wooden cage.

"So that's it?" was all s.h.i.+ro asked

"What do you mean that's it? Of course that's it. That's just how life is sometimes." This time another man from the crowd spoke up

"He's right, we can't even get out of this cage." Another man's voice rang out

s.h.i.+ro raised a brow to that "So, if you could get out of this cage what would you guys do?" he asked guessing their answer

"We would die fighting. We would die of course, but we were going to die anyway." Kargon answered

s.h.i.+ro smirked as he looked at the rest of the men. There were about 30 of them in this cramped cage. 7 of them were children, the rest were adults or elderly. Looking over to the woman's cage, the situation was roughly the same. "Well, how about you guys a.s.sist me then?" he asked as he stepped closer to the rest of the villagers

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Outside of the prisoner's area stood a couple goblins. Generally there really wasn't a need for guards as none of the humans were dumb enough try and escape. As the goblin with the spear heard a noise coming from his guard partner, he was confused to see his partner wasn't there anymore. Before he could make a sound, a katana pierced his throat as he looked into the glowing turquoise eyes of the s.h.i.+nigami.

Step 1 Take out any guards

Handing the 2 spears towards Kargon and another man he thought was named Imen. They made their way to the female's cage.

Step 2 free the rest of the prisoners

"Kargon, what are you guys doing?" A teenage girl whispered out

"Were going to fight or die trying" He said resolutely until s.h.i.+ro shushed him of his moment

"Oh, right sorry" Kargon apologized remembering stealth was important

Step 3 Silently take out as much goblins as possible to steal their weapons.

This job was mainly for s.h.i.+ro as even though he was only level 2, his attack was apparently the highest of the group.

[DING.... 30 EXP GAINED] [DING.... 35 EXP GAINED] [DING.... 30 EXP GAINED] [LEVEL UP]

The sweet annoying sounds of dinging rang out as he continued to pick off sleeping goblins. Eventually they would notice something wrong but for now he's going to milk this experience and enjoy it. The s.h.i.+nigami creeped in the shadows as he lunged at a couple of patrolling goblins. The first goblin went down instantly, the second one made a small noise as he punched it in the throat. Funny enough instead of a swordsman, s.h.i.+ro seemed to be doing well as a rogue or a.s.sa.s.sin.

[DING.... 40 EXP GAINED] [DING.... 20 EXP GAINED] [DING.... 25 EXP GAINED] [LEVEL UP]

40 goblins and still counting. According to Kargon, there were roughly 150-200 goblins. If he could confiscate and eliminate enough of them, it would even the odds. The main problem would be the hobgoblin that beat him one on one earlier. s.h.i.+ro would have to hope he can level up enough times before taking him on again.

As the s.h.i.+nigami continued his cowardly tactics, the rest of the villagers were steeling their nerves ready to fight. Even the children were given knives and rock slings. When s.h.i.+ro made his 70th kill a cry rang out. He was so busy with keeping himself hidden, that he didn't think of the villagers getting caught. A roar signifying a charge of angry humans was heard as the s.h.i.+nigami ran back towards the prisoner's area.

Name: s.h.i.+ro Aversis

Level: 9 [70/400]exp required

Race: Human / s.h.i.+nigami(?) Cla.s.s: Frost Reaper

Soul Bound items: Hyorinmaru(lvl0) / s.h.i.+nigami clothes (self repairing)

Blessings: None Familiar Contracts: None

STR: 42 (+10) AGI: 40 (+10) END: 32

INT: 30 LUK: 7 RES: 35

Actives: None

Pa.s.sives: Divine Mental Protection / True Regeneration / Cold Immunity