Book 4 | Agent 34 and the Last Gem

Chapter 32 | The Giant and the Human

Ben backed away from the door. He had eavesdropped on their entire conversation.

"We have to save Calvin," Ben said to himself.

"Where's Calvin?" A child from behind Ben asked.

He turned around to spot his young brother, Carter, standing behind him in confusion.

"Calvin's in trouble," Ben stated. He picked up his sibling and left the bedroom. He knocked on the door in front of theirs and Cathy opened it, revealing the room to them.

"Calvin is in trouble," Ben repeated.

"What?" The nurse asked.

"He has to fight a giant skeleton for his freedom," The teenager explained. "Come on,"

Cathy grabbed Rose out of the room quickly as Ben led them all outside.

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Calvin threw his foot down heavily in the dirt outside the Zena to alert the giant skeleton. The skeleton's attention was immediately given to his target once he was spotted.

Sir Paor pushes himself off of the tree he was leaning against at the edge of the jungle and made his way to Calvin. He extended his bony hand towards the human, who clasped it and shook it slowly.

"Sir Paor," The giant introduced himself.

"Calvin Evilslayer," Calvin told him.

"No need to introduce yourself," Paor told him. "I already know who you 're," He said with a menacing smile, letting go of Calvin's hand.

"Let's get to the point," The human told him. "Why does Braunick need me?"

"Why," Paor said. "Not too entirely sure myself. I'm just the bounty hunter 'ya know. I don't know nothin',"

"You know I'm not going with you, right?"

"We will see about that," The skeleton said, stepping backwards and raising both fists.

The Ar'guals gathered around the pair, forcing a large circle. The battle was about to commence.

Paor clasped his hands together, laughing to himself. "Should be pretty easy," He said.

Calvin raised his sword and gripped the hilt with both hands. He knew the outcome of this battle already and didn't want to rush it. He refused to make the first attack.

Sir Paor instead rushed him. He ran at Calvin with two thick-boned fists raised. He swung at Calvin's head, the human just barely ducking in time. The skeleton's attacks went right over his head, barely brushing the human's hairs on his head.

Calvin rolled to the right quickly and jumped back up, running behind Paor. Before the skeleton could turn around, Calvin jumped into his back and tried to climb up his spine. He raised his sword and prepared to disconnect the skull from the spine, but stopped when his opponent started laughing.

"What's so funny?" Calvin asked quickly.

"I'm laughin' 'cus of how foolish you are," He said.

Sir Paor quickly reached behind his back and grabbed ahold of Calvin. Instead of taking him off his back, he held him there and made sure he stayed on. The skeleton jumped backwards onto his back, Calvin getting the breath knocked out of him while being smashed between the grass and the foe's rough spine.

Paor pushed himself off the ground and left Calvin behind. The giant skeleton whipped around with a fist coming straight for the human who was pressed against the soft grass.

Calvin saw the attack and rolled to the left. The skeleton's fist hit the dirt and sprang back up again only to shoot back after the human in another attempt of attack.

This time, Calvin picked himself up and rolled backwards before springing up from the ground and running.

The Ar'guals closed them in. Calvin couldn't find a way to escape Sir Paor. He was not afraid of Paor himself. Calvin was afraid of losing. If he lost, them he lost his reputation he had built up.

Calvin glanced among the crowd of Ar'guals and spotted Grari standing among them. He nodded to him, signaling Marque and Arenia standing beside him. The gray human assumed that must've been his backup plan.

The human felt a punch slam into his back. His body twisted as it flew to the ground and broke the dirt upon impact. Paor threw several more punches at him. Calvin somehow managed to roll himself over his back and tried to cover his body from getting hurt. He raised his arms in front of his face and chest, the skeleton still throwing punches regardless. One punch collided with Calvin's left arm and a loud snap was heard. The bone had split in half.

Pain erupted throughout Calvin. He shoved Paor away with his feet and grasped his now deformed arm with his opposite hand. Paor took this as a signal of surrender.

"I'll just be going on my way," He said, reaching towards Calvin and preparing to take him to Braunick.

Calvin shot a glance at Grari, who was no longer in the same position he once was. Grari was on the opposite side of Calvin, Marque and Arenia disappeared from the leader's sides.

The gray human let go of his broken bone and reached his hand out of the skeleton to take him to Braunick.