"What do you mean explore the city before dark?" Mickey asked as the three of them walked.
"I have good reasons to believe that there might be more Orbs of Eldara somewhere on this isle. So, I plan to search the city, to find clues or even an orb." Xavier said
"Why would you think that though?" Maria asked
"Do you remember what that grey orb, Zelda of the Ashari, said to us on the first day? She said the Grey Sanctuary was one of the few safe places on this isle. I'm willing to bet that there are more Sanctuaries on this isle somewhere, and we just need to find them." Xavier said
"Ok, so let's say that there are other sanctuaries somewhere out there, what makes you think they aren't occupied by people from other prisons?" Mickey asked
"Or even monsters. I remember the grey orb saying that the Grey Sanctuary was safe from 'most' creatures that wonder the isle." Maria said and Xavier groaned as he realized how many holes his idea had.
"I can only hope, not sure about you guys, but I don't intend to be the Warden's monster stone collector for the rest of my life. Running across the isle blindly and hoping that we find a Sanctuary doesn't sound much worse than what we're doing." Xavier said and Mickey nodded his head, as he felt the same. They continued walking in silence, only stopping to pick some fruits to cover up the extra nine monster stones they had in their bag.
"Shit." Mickey said, as they could see a group of five prisoners, a mixture of men and women, standing leaning against some trees, twirling their weapons in their hands. They were only about twenty meters away from the sanctuary, which means they were blocking their only route. Just looking at them, the three of them could tell they were trouble.
"'If I were going to rob a few prisoners of their hard earned monster stones, that's definitely where I'd be. Considering that most people would be injured after fighting eight goblins, they are probably confident enough to be out in the open." Mickey said, and Xavier nodded his head
"Maria, cover us from the back with your arrows." Xavier said, dropping his bag on the ground beside her.
"B-but, I-I don't....I don't want to kill anyone." Maria said, as even she could predict what they would have to do, especially after seeing that female prisoner and what she and her gang did to those four guys back over in the north side of the forest.
'Neither do I.' Xavier thought and memories of what happened the last time he stabbed a human came flooding back to his mind. His hands trembled and he quickly calmed himself down before speaking.
"Relax, you don't have to kill them, just mame them for us. And guard my bag." Xavier said, and both he and Mickey walked forward, allowing the group of prisoners to see them, and they quickly got to their feet, with grins on their faces. Ignoring this, both Xavier and Mickey walked forward, and two of the men in the group walked forward and stopped them.
"Hey there fellas, you mind stopping their for a second." The last man in the group said, as he rest his sword on his shoulder.
"What for?" Xavier asked, deciding to play oblivious and they all laughed
"You see, the Vipers gang now owns this road. If you wanna pass, then you will have to pay a toll." The man said and Mickey became irritated and was ready to attack, but Xavier stopped him.
"And per chance, how much is the toll?" Xavier asked
"40 goblin monster stones." The man said with a glint in his eyes and Xavier made a gesture like he was thinking about it, but Mickey was done playing around. He kneed the man infront of him in the groin, before taking out the dagger on the man's waist and stabbing him in the neck. Surprise was evident in Mickey's eyes, which prevented him from capitalizing on everyone else's surprise, luckily Xavier didn't make that mistake.
He quickly kneed the man in the groin just like Mickey and punched him in the jaw. Unlike he hoped, the man wasn't knocked out, and he had no choice but to dodge a spear attack from one of the girls. He took out his daggers as both girls attacked him, one wielding a spear and the other a sword. Luckily, neither was very fast and their coordination was terrible. Mickey was fighting the guy who was talking to them, presumed to be the leader. The other man soon got up as well, and rushed towards him angrily, forcing Xavier to fight all three.
"Xavier, what the fuck are you doing?!! Hurry up and kill them!!!" Mickey shouted angrily as he kicked the leader away from him and went on the offensive once more. Xavier gritted his teeth, as a spear left a shallow wound on his abdomen. Suddenly, an arrow came flying and struck one of the girls in the leg, forcing her to fall on the ground.
"Toby, go and get rid of that archer!!" The leader shouted as an arrow grazed his cheek. The man that was attacking Xavier snorted before rushing towards where Maria was, while she desperately fired at him, but he managed to block them with his axe.
"Xavier!!" Mickey shouted
'Damn it.' Xavier thought and kicked the girl and threw his dagger towards the man named Toby. The dagger pierced into his chest, and into his heart, killing him in moments.
[You have slain a member of your own species. 60 points have been transferred.]
'What?' Xavier thought when he saw the notification. Just then, he heard a body fall to the ground, and saw that the leader was dead. Mickey then came over and killed both women, before glaring at him.