?: "Wake up!"
"MMMM!" The sudden wake up call jolted him up in fear, but that fear was soon met with a splitting headache. But right now he'll need to power through it for the time being. It was gaia who told him to wake up in a hurry, then he took a look around for the moment.
The place he was in was darkened with little sunlight coming, all around lay empty cages large and smell, but all of them empty but his own. The floor was wooden, but looked degraded a little from the iron hitting on metal when going through rough terrain maybe.
His own cage looked sort-of new, it had no rust on it from what he could see. But the cage was large enough for him to stand up, not not fully. He still had to bend his knees, which killed his back so he decided to sit. When he was moving around to see his surroundings, he would feel a light rumbling...like wheels hitting roc- he's on a wagon."Oh fuck a wagon...oh fuck" As the wagon was moving around, with Evan himself moving around. Motion sickness of course settled into his body, feeling the nasua sink into his stomach. Goddamnit it felt bad, to a point where he needed to sit down and just stay still as to let it subside.
Gaia: "Evan, are you awake. Stay quiet, ok"
Hearing Gaia's voice was something he liked, but right now he was just sitting in a cage. The light she gave off didn't help at all. But he couldn't speak right now or even more his hands for her to rest on..because he was gagged and tied up. Like sure he can move around but the rope they used was really pointy...which hurt.
Gaia: "Child, listen to me ok. Do you remember what happened? You got hit in the head pretty hard on the head"Thinking back to...he doesn't know what day it is..so he'll say yesterday? Maybe. He does remember getting fired on, net being around him and someone on his arm and then black.
So he would nod slowly, he looked around. No one was in the back of the wagon, most of them were outside maybe?
Gaia: "I think you already know what's going on dear child. All of them are outside, right now you're alone. So let's think about what to do"
All of them were outside, a little sunlight could come into the back of the wagon as well. So maybe it was a good idea to call the spirits to help him. Then again? Could someone with magic sense that or something. Evan just didn't know what to do, his cage was near the back of of the wagon, so he couldn't hear what was going up in front
Evan sort of plan...but...I'll need to wait until the dark of the night. That is when he will strike, but as he was thinking about his plan...he heard something. It wasn't gaia's voice, it was on of the guys who captured him
?: "Oi! You awake back there you brat" The tarp that was covering the wagon, the light flooded into the wagon as someone walked in. This man was tall, but not as tall as himself. He wore warm colors, brown and oranges, he was covered in this cloak that went to the shoulder down, it had a hoodie but he didn't put it on.
Since he was wearing his cloak, he couldn't see what he was actually wearing. But he did see something similar to a dagger under the cloak whenever he moved, but the man would climb into the back of the wagon, moving the tarp to the side a little to let in the sunshine. The light would reveal his face, it was a neutral face really, not too light not too dark. It was just normal, the average Joe as some people would say, but he had this look in his eyes, the eye's that could feed off misery. They were so weird. This guy was enjoying seeing him like this, that freaked him out even more. But he would just look away, the guy talked again
Evan, would just look away from the man. His face was just a neutral expression on it, hiding his fear was actually one of his strong suits. Then the man would hit the side of his cell's bars, scarring Evan a little?: "Make sure to not die from a heart stroke...we'll be getting to our location in about…..3 days. Depending. Also, if you try anything funny...we'll be forced to..well..you can figure it out"
The last part would shake his soul a little, Evan didn't want to die again...none of that. Sure he has only died once, better than subaru. So he would nod slowly, the man would smirk once more as he got out of the back of the wagon, leaving him alone one more
Gaia: "That guy is….ooooo. I want to put him in the sand"Evan would agree with Gaia, but right now he couldn't risk anything weird for now. So he just waited for the time being. He was talking to Gaia most of the time, seeing the different guy's watching him. There were four of them, three humans and 1 demi-human lizard. A weird bunch, but they were kidnappers so of course they were going to be weird. After some time of sitting there in the cage, the wagon stopped. It was almost night time so it made sense for them to stop for the day of course. As he was just sitting there, he could sort of hear them building their around in general, about money and such other things. But while they were talking and such. Evan would put his plan into motion, this was maybe going to work but who knows. Since his hands were bound around the wrist, that doesn't mean that he can't move his hands. With the gag around his mouth, maybe he would move it. So He would move his arms around his arms, turning his head so the hands could touch the gag. With his hands, he would start to slowly start to un-tie the gag. It was only some simple cloth, but damn was it hard to un-tie. Then Foot-steps, slowly they got closer and closer. Evan would stop trying to untie the knot. The Driver would check up on Evan himself just to make sure he isn't doing anything, pulling something out from the pocket, the driver pulled out a few little strips of some sort of meat. The Driver would throw it into his cage and went away Each moment was used to untie it the gag, he wasn't going to become a slave, no freaking way. Then after some time of untying the gag, he just lifted it so it looked like it was good but from only one tug it came off. Since it was loose, he could actually talk now but in whispers The guys outside were still talking but it was getting late. All of them one by one were leaving their tents, but he noticed something. Only one of them was at the fireplace keeping watch. It wasn't the driver, Foot guy, or the lizardman, it was their leader.
Gaia: "Child, most of them are asleep, it's their leader"
"Alright….phase two of the plan has started"
The second phase of the plan has started, this was going to be very dangerous to do. Since their leader could use magic...maybe he could sense it or something, Evan doesn't know.
So pulling off his gag fully, he would look at gaia and nod. Gaia herself would fly between his hands, then he spoke in a whisper"El Dona" (mistake from the last chapter, it's actually El-Dona)
From between his hands, the spirit would glow brightly. Touching the rope with his fingers a little, it would make earth mana start growing from inside of the rope. It would start cutting the rope from the inside. As it was growing and growing, the spikes would appear from the outside as they would shoot out a little. The shards would fly everywhere, but they were blocked by Evan's own body. They weren't that large so it didn't hurt that much, but once the rope was cut, he would move his arms around to get them loose. The rope would fall off from his wrist, Evan would rub his wrists a little. They were red and sort of purple, he could still move them so that was good. But he would check once again Once again, spikes would spread out from the iron bars shooting out once more. The jacket would catch the spikes as they flew out, The bars were now loose, but how was he going to bend them. Evan was strong, so maybe he'll try it. He would grip the loose bard and started to bend them outward and to the sides. As he was trying to move them, unsubconsciously he would start letting mana flow into his arms. With the mana going into his arms, he would bend the bars outward slowly with some effort. But when he was finished, he looked at his arms and wiggled them around, he remembers being strong….but not that strong? But that didn't matter at all, he ws fucking free!. Crawling out from the wagon, he would slowly get off from the wagon, he looked around once more.
It was the dead of night, the stars were out, the embers of the fire were glowing a little. There were about 4 tents, all of them were closed...but it never was to say to check around. Tip toeing around the campsite, he would start stealing some of their supplies. He would come around some clothing: Shoes, a really larvae scarf, a large cloak they used to capture him and last but not least was some gloves"Don't mind if I do," Evan would of course, take the clothing. His clothes right now just weren't cutting it for the environment. First putting on the Large cloak on him, wrapping it around his whole body, it also had a hood which was good. It was a good fit, but some of it dragged on the floor, with the scar he would wrap it around his face, covering his mouth and forward, it was long enough here could cover his front. Next to the glove, those were pretty easy as well. It seems he was all ready...but...he wanted to look around some more Walking around the camp slowly, this time he would walk close to the actual tents. As he was walking around, he found boxes full of some sort of smoked meat, vegetables and some sort of alcoholic drink. Evan wanted to get some revenge so he would take as much as he could. Then he heard a noise. That noise would make his whole body go cold in a second , fear over took his body slowly. Evan would just run and hide somewhere, so behind the wagon he did. It was the driver, he walked out of the tent. Rubbing his eyes from waking up, Evan noticed that he was walking away from the campsite? Why was he? So Evan naturally had a plan, he followed the dude. Making sure he didn't even move a grain of sand, as he followed this guy to a dune...then he stopped. Evan was ready to cast a spell, then he heard a noise?. It was similar to something….pouring wat- Oh he was taking a piss. Evan would be kind of weirded out, but anything is better than his. So Evan would walk towards him slowly. Putting his arms up, Evan was tall as this guy, maybe a little taller. Being 5'10 and in a fantasy world...poor don't eat much right? As he was right behind him, with one fast motion. He would wrap his left arm around his neck, making sure it gets close, with his other he would cover the man's mouth to keep him from yelling. As he held right on his neck and mouth, he was thrashing around like a mad man. Which made sense, but Evan would just be holding on for dear life. The dude was slowly and slowly going to sleep. His arms were bashing onto his sides, in which he responded with a kneel to his left side of his back. That hit seemed to have worked somewhat, as the dude's face became read slowly..his eyes started to close….slowly he went limp. K.O
Evan noticing the change, he would let go of his throat and mouth. The body would fall onto the ground. Looking over the body, he would kneel down to search the body: Nothing.
But Since one of them was taken out, that means he could go into one of them tents. Again, making his way to the tents, this time he walked normally since they might think it's the driver who's walking and not himself. Walking around, he would actually look around the tents, hearing he guys snore gave it away, so he figured out which was the guy's who he knocked out by deduction.
Walking over to the tent, moving the tart that covered the entrance, there was a shit ton of stuff. A Map, water jug, some sort of lamp, a small bag, and a weapon. The weapon itself was a sword, it's hilt was made from leather of some sort, brown in color, the cross guard was steel with small engravings of flowers. The blade itself was average size, maybe similar to a straight sword. But the Blade's end was pointing upward, in his world it would be similar to a scimitar, but who knows what they call it here. But he took everything with him, putting the water jug which was half full and the map...but he was forgetting something. His Bike. Evan looked around the campsite, as he looked around he would see that it was near one of the ground dragons. Evan would slowly move towards it, as he walked over to it. One of the ground dragons would move around, closer to his bike, still he moved towards the bike. He got it close, he would grab its handle and start to move it. Slowly and slowly he would move it away from the dragon until it was safe to move.
HE WAS HOME FREE, he didn't waste time again. He would move his bike away from the campsite as fast as he can, once at a good distance, Evan got on his bike and started to ride away into the night as long as he can….just like that...he was gone.