Tear A Path 86 I Believe

"How dare you touch me you piece of human filth!!" Urgis said, still retaining his pride and composure. "You're in the presence of the Dracarian council, do you think you can do anything you please!?... now if you bow down and apologize like a dog, I might consider a quick death for you in light..."

As he said this a fist exploded on his kidney. The immense pain made him clench his teeth hard, almost biting off his tongue. He spat out the blood that came out, "You've pa.s.sed the line now I'll make sure they skin you..." he didn't understand the situation, if he'd looked behind Zhao Wei, he'd know that even Jyaha had given up on him after seeing the Guru become so angry.

Another fist exploded on the same kidney, blood rushed to his mouth and spurted out of his clenched teeth, this kidney was fully out of commission. "Pah!! do you think you're so good just because you have some food, where do you think you are!! We can take that food away as easy as taking things from a child."

Zhao Wei's fist was about to land a third time but it stopped mid way. Urgis thought that this was a sign he was scared and tried to pressure him. "Are you finally realizing what you've done? your date is sealed I tell you, attacking a n.o.ble..."

A palm hit his cheek, Urgis was sent spiraling in the air before he landed, sliding on the floor, staining it. "You can go ahead and try." Zhao Wei said. He wasn't just addressing Urgis, he was addressing everyone in the room.

Instantly the many of the n.o.bles and guild leaders broke out into an uproar.

"Do you think you're so strong...."

"We won't tolerate such..."

"We should just end..."

Jyaha spoke above them, "Don't think for a second that just because you're Guru's student we will let you get away with insulting our kingdom. We might not be able to settle you right now but don't think that as long as you are in our kingdom that you'd be safe.

"I believe you," Zhao Wei spoke. Instantly the whole room fell silent, they were throwing threats his way, even the weakest of enemies were defiant and would stand for themselves, laying out how they could trounce the opposition or justify their actions. Only this time have they met a person who received it so calmly.

"I believe that you can take what I have offered in kindness for yourself without leaving me single shred to keep myself alive, I believe that you would kill me if you were given the chance, I believe that you have ways to make my life a living h.e.l.l while I'm here." Zhao Wei addressed the whole crowd. "If you decided to, there's no way I would be able to face your army in your city. I believe you because I know exactly what kind of depraved existences you are, you show no respect or remorse towards your own people, why would you show any to me..."

"Today, I as an outsider buried your people who you've treated with about as much dignity as a dog dying in the street. Today I mourned the people the lot of you had forgotten. Today, I was informed by the dead exactly what kind of people run this country."

"It's exactly because I believe you that I made sure you won't be getting anything from me..."

Everyone was confused, a second ago he was talking about how they were much stronger than him. But now he says they couldn't take anything from him. "What do you mean?..." Jyaha responded.

"Oh, it's simple really. That food you've so callously been discussing over my head is under my control. I think you've at least been informed of the situation with my storage, I've placed a lot of traps all around it." n.o.body was shocked upon hearing this part as they'd already inquired about him, but he wasn't finished "And maybe, considering the way you treat lives you could just keep throwing your men at it until you break through all the traps. So... I've prepared something else, let's just say that if you force your way in there and activate it, you'd have to lick the food I brought from the floor and walls." Their eyes went wide.

"So you can kill me, imprison me, do anything you'd like, but I wouldn't recommend you touch that carriage. Oh I almost forgot, I informed a friend of mine that if I come back to activate it anyway... You should be proud, this is how much I believe in you."

"You're bluffing," Jyaha said, "If we lose the food we lose any reason to keep you alive here."

"No, if I lose my life, I lose any reason to keep the food," Zhao Wei replied as he walked back to Urgis whose face finally contorted in fright.

He dove to bow down at Jyaha's feet. "They... they had a parcel of meat with them, I told them to present it to me but they refused. As a n.o.ble I have the right to punish commoners who do not listen to my orders..."

Zhao Wei stepped on his head, and spoke slowly "As a n.o.ble do you have the right to take anything you want from anyone?"

"Ahh! they were commoners!! dirty little things! they should be proud to be able to present it to me." He screamed as he wriggled under Zhao Wei's increasingly heavy foot.