I managed to get myself back on my feet and began to run through to the kitchen. I peeked through the window to see what was going on. Kiyui was walking slowly towards the mob with Feiffer by his side. Shit… why does he have one of my daggers in his hand… and why didn’t he put some damn clothes on first… its freezing out there… and it’s raining.

  He can’t possibly plan to fight them. There are like twenty of them… they don’t have real weapons… mostly hay forks and farming equipment… but still… twenty versus one is still not good odds. If I go outside, it will make things worse… shit…, what do I do?

  Lou: “Get out the way, whore. We have no quarrel with you!”

  Kiyui: “On the contrary, if you intend to harm my friend then you most certainly do have quarrel with me.”

  Various voices: “Don’t make us hurt you!”

  Kiyui: “Oh, I wouldn’t do that if I were you! You forget where I used to work. I know exactly what most of you get up to behind closed doors. Most of you are cheating on your wives… five of you with boys. Gregg, you like to fuck goats while somebody sticks hot chillis up your arse. Christoff, I took your son’s virginity less than a year ago. I know shit about all of you. So, I suggest you all calm down and talk to me!”

  Fucking hell. Humans are into some weird shit. I’ve never seen him get angry before… this is weird. I guess working in a whore house does give you some negotiating power. Christoff lowered his pitchfork.

  Christoff: “Nope. I’m out.”

  Lou: “Excuse me?”

  Christoff: “The kid’s right, my boy saved up for months, did loads of odd jobs so that he could afford a night with him. I’d never seen him so happy. I’m not harming him. My son would never speak to me again.”

  Kiyui: “How’s your Leo doing? He’s such a lovely boy.”

  Fuck’s sake Kiyui… now is not the time for familial enquiry.

  Christoff: “He’s good… turned 15 a couple a months back. He were gutted when you left the whore house… he planned to get a big fancy job and sweep you off your feet.”

  Kiyui: “That’s sweet of him. If I make it big as an adventurer maybe I’ll sweep him off his feet one day.”

  Christoff: “I reckon he’d like that.”

  Lou: “Fucking seriously, enough with this bullshit trip down memory lane.”

  Christoff: “Whatever, look, I’m not being involved in this…”

  Gregg: “What the fuck, Christoff? He’s just a whore!”

  Christoff: “Shut up, goat fucker.”

  Gregg: “That isn’t true.”

  Christoff: “That boy is one of the most honest people I know. We all know it’s true, so shut the fuck up. I’m off.”

  Christoff walked away from the group and disappeared behind the bushes and down the road. The others looked at each other, clearly confused.

  Lou: “Don’t any of you even think about leaving! Look what that thing did to me!”

  He pointed at his burns and the mob looked at each other and began mumbling to one another.

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  Kiyui: “Oh, you liar. That wasn’t him. His mum caught you breaking into her house, so she hit you with a fire spell. It was your own fault.”

  Lou: “The whore lies!”

  Gregg: “Fuck this. I’m not letting some naked ponce get in the way!”

  Gregg bent down, picked up a rock and threw it at Kiyui. It hit him just above his left eye. Kiyui fell to the ground. Shit… I need to get out there… I need to do something. The mob began to move forwards.

  Kiyui: “You shouldn’t have done that.”

  Kiyui rubbed the blood off his head with his hand and offered the hand to Feiffer. Feiffer licked at the blood. He then started to speak in a disturbing voice that didn’t sound like him at all… it was deep and gruff and not at all pleasant.

  Kiyui: “Gevaudan!”

  Suddenly the tattoo on Kiyui’s back began to glow. Kiyui’s hair and fur turned jet black, as did Feifer. Feifer started to grow in size… he just kept growing… he started to sprout tentacles from his back and his teeth grew to a horrifying size.

  Lou: “Just kill it and move forwards!”

  The group charged at Feiffer. They couldn’t get close however, the tentacles were smacking them away. Kiyui stood up and stared straight at Lou.

  Kiyui: “You should run now.”

  Lou: “Fuck you!”

  Lou charged at Kiyui but Feiffer had now finished transforming. He dived in between them and batted Lou back with his tentacles. Feiffer was now about eight foot long and a terrifying sight. Kiyui took my dagger and sliced all down the back of his right arm. He threw the dagger down on the ground and reached into his wound with his left hand… as he his hand emerged; it was holding a double glaive.

  He grabbed the centre with both hands and snapped the glaive in two, allowing him to dual wield these horrifying blood red weapons. The tip of his tail shot up and suddenly became as sharp as a knife and the lines from his tattoo spread all across his body, covering him in thick black lines… he turned and glanced in my direction for a second… his eyes had turned bright red and he let out a blood curdling scream.

  Lou: “You see! The goblin has corrupted the boy! Kill them both!”

  The mob began to advance once again. Kiyui spoke again in that disturbing voice. I worked out where I had heard that voice before… It was the voice I heard when I was drifting in and out of consciousness during the lizardman attack.

  Kiyui: “Gevaudan, kill them all!”

  Is Gevaudan that thing that Feiffer turned into? Is this how Kiyui survived after teleporting the girl? What the hell is going on?

  Suddenly Gevaudan lunged forwards and sunk his teeth into Gregg’s neck. Others tried to help him, but it grabbed them with its tentacles and tore them in half.

  Kiyui charged forwards and sliced his way through three of them in one swift movement. He glided through the air, bathed in blood. The ground turned such a disgusting shade of crimson. These men are helpless against these two… monsters.

  One man tried to sneak up behind Kiyui and Kiyui stabbed his tail right through the man’s eye. Gevaudan sank his teeth into person after person, devouring some and simply tearing others to shreds. Kiyui made his way to Lou. He threw his glaives into the two men beside Lou, killing them instantly. He then dived forwards and bit into Lou’s neck. Lou was screaming uncontrollably… Kiyui’s eyes looked full of glee as he tore this man’s throat open. Has he lost control? Is this why he told me to stay inside?