Jack wiped off the residue of tears from his face as he turned to the door to see the newcomers, Gandalf also opened his eyes and looked.
On looking, they saw 2 familiar faces, 2 faces that Jack already grew to associate Rex with after clashing with them in 2 major occasions already.
"You've both woken up". Aragorn said to lighten the gloomy atmosphere in the prison as he and Elanor made their way closer.
Knowing that these 2 mystic warriors were even more dangerous than Max Fury the conqueror, they made sure to stay on the defensive as they got ready to react to any ambush from the 2 warriors.
As they did, they also observed them. Compared to before, the 2 mystic warriors were clearly shriveled which was probably effects of using such powerful battle techniques in the previous battle.
Gandalf looked better but Scorpion had ugly dark circles around his eyes, he still had a weird resemblance do a zombie despite waking up already.
As they looked, Scorpion suddenly spoke. "No need to stay so tense, if I wanted the both of you dead, you'd have been dead within the first 5 seconds".
"Do you see that glass shard lying a meter to my right?"
Aragorn and Elanor instinctively looked that way while putting their guard up, Scorpion continued. "If I wanted, as soon as the door was pushed open, I could have pushed the limits of the chains to grab the glass shard".
"Mystic energy shackles are great restraints but they are not full-proof".
"With the glass shard, the both of you are dead. Do you know why I was renowned as Scorpion, the Sting Assassin?"
"…" Both warriors were speechless at Scorpion's sudden talkativeness.
Having researched all 3 of their war prisoners extensively, they knew that Scorpion was known as a gloomy and silent warrior. He rarely spoke, the words he just said were already more than he usually said in a day.
Jack did not mind as he continued. "They called me the Sting Assassin because of my sword style, it relies on pushing speed and accuracy to the maximum, making the attack hit the enemy swiftly like a bee sting".
"You barely feel the pain before you die".
"With that glass shard, I can sting you guys to death within the first 5 seconds so relax, I have no intentions to kill you".
"…" Aragorn could feel sweat already pouring down his pores. These were the disadvantages of holding war prisoners far stronger than you were.
"Where is Rex? I want to speak to him". Scorpion said again.
"…" Aragorn paused as he felt a sense of déjà vu. 'The same with Max…'
The next moment, Aragorn gritted his teeth and fought back his fear. "Shut up! You're nothing at this moment but a war prisoner".
"Even if you kill me, you can't escape our army alive, you're trapped".
Aragorn's eyes narrowed as he left Scorpion and glared at Gandalf. "I don't know why you did it, our Berserk Gang never offended your Gang".
"You pushed our Gang leader into making so many drastic decisions".
"I was also puzzled why he left you alive but in the past 2 months, I began to know the reason. With you as a war prisoner, the Gandalf Gang would not dare attack us in fear of indirectly killing you in the process".
"You are nothing but a bargaining chip".
"Are you so sure?" Gandalf smiled, he finally looked Aragorn in the eye and asked. "I woke up a month ago, through the guards, I already know a lot about what happened and exactly where we are held captive".
"All I waited for was my friend to wake up".
"Besides, I know that the Berserk Gang is now extremely powerful but you still have not left my Gandalf Gang in the dust, at best, we are even".
"In terms of technological development though, we are miles better".
"My will is why I have not escaped yet. Do you really think my subordinates have not tracked me down?"
"I told them to stand down and wait for me to handle everything".
Elanor gritted her teeth. "Don't you dare underestimate our technological capabilities, Aragorn is a genius mystic technician who knows…"
"Have you ever felt like you're being watched?" Gandalf cut her off and smiled. "If I wanted, one of my spies here would have poisoned your food and killed you already, I have 3 spies among your prison guards".
"I won't mention the others, I don't want to break you guys so hard".
"For my benevolence, do me a favor, listen to Scorpion".
"My name…, is Jack".
"Oh…" Gandalf smiled. "I always knew you were hiding your real name for me, so even Henry was a bluff, thanks for telling me the truth".
Aragorn for some reason felt goosebumps as the 2 friends spoke, even without confirming, his intuition told him that what Gandalf said was true.
'We have so many spies among us already?'
'I knew it…, integrating such a large army definitely had its shortcomings'.
Aragorn clenched his fists. "What do the both of you want?"
"Not me, like I said, listen to Jack".
Jack took a deep breath. "I want to meet and speak with Rex".
"If he has not recovered yet, I will wait".
"Why do you want to meet him?"
Jack closed his eyes for a few seconds before re-opening them, then he sighed. "I want to stop channeling my fury at the whole world, I have done that for majority of my life and now I regret it".
"I want to atone for my sins while I still can".
"I…, want to channel my hatred and fury at the right people now".
…
'Where am I?'
'Hmmm…, is this heaven?'
'Lol, can I even make heaven as a mystic warrior after all the warriors that I killed? But this doesn't look like hell'.
Rex woke up floating in a world that was filled with white.
All around him, he felt like he was being illuminated by a hundred suns which also prevented his vision from seeing beyond mere inches from his body.
He scratched his head trying to remember what brought him here. 'All I remember is sparing Scorpion's life, then…, then I fainted!'
'Damn, don't tell me that I died!'
'After all that I achieved…, f*ck!'
'So…, is this heaven or hell?'
'Or is this the road that leads to heaven? Maybe that's why its white'.
As Rex blabbered on, the white light suddenly switched off and everything went black and blank again.
After what felt like a few seconds later, he opened his eyes again. This time, he was no longer floating, he was resting inside a cozy king-sized bed.
The only problem was. "Ouch…, my brain f*cking hurts!"
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