5: Unexpected Outcome.

A week later Harry was walking along a paved road, he looked around him and saw many people walking around, there were stores by the side and noise created from the chatter of people filled the area.

" It's a month until the academies start recruiting new students, the recruitment fee is five gold dragon coins and all I have is thirty silver and three bronze dragon coins." He thought, looking around the place.

His strides were totally rumpled and slightly tattered, he was wearing a wool woven coat that had a hood that he was using to cover his face and it also gave him a shady appearance.

When he looked further to his left, he saw a fruit shop and slowly walked towards it. When he got there, he saw a man wearing a red shirt standing in front of the store.

The man's face stiffened the moment he saw the shady boy and he said, You don't come into my store smelling like that, go get yourself a good shower and perhaps I'll consider even looking at your face."

Harry didn't say anything and simply left, after a few steps he came to a gap between two houses and sat on the pavement a little bit into the tight road which was barely four meters wide.

He stared at the floor and slowly shifted to one of the houses and leaned unto the wall with one thought in mind, " I can't remember the last time I slept, or ate it's like she's standing right next to me just waiting for the moment I close my eyes and not to mention the thieves roaming around the capital."

" Hey you, just stay there and hand us all your money." He heard a voice come from in front of him.

He looked up and saw three men who seemed to be in their early twenties walking toward him, one of them who was standing up front was armed with a sword.

He moved his right leg and just as he placed his hand on the floor to help himself up he felt a grip on his shoulder and a curved dagger came pointing right at the side of his neck.

" This dagger is coated with poison from a vale beast, a single graze should be able to kill you in less than ten minutes." A whisper came right from behind his ear.

With no hope left for him, he slowly raised his hands and they all immediately got to work by searching every inch of what he was wearing.

He felt hopeless and angry and bit his lower lip as the men let go of him with all the money he had managed to make in the past week.

The one holding the dagger kicked him hard on the head and the impact caused him to hit his head on the wall he was sitting next to, he slumped to the ground and they all immediately began to walk away after spitting on him.

He folded his right hand into a fist and as he pulled himself from the ground said, You guys are lucky I wasn't in my best shape when you met me, but regardless it doesn't I won't be able to beat up losers like you."

The one holding the dagger turned to him and said, " I'm not a fan of killing people, but I guess I can make a difference with you, people like should just die anyway."

He gripped the dagger and charged straight towards him with great agility, Harry's eyes widened as he charged straight towards him and he immediately backed away in fear.

He tripped on the pavement and fell down, that was when the man came close to him and slashed across his face with the dagger.

They all gasped as Harry watched his blood spilling away, he gripped his chest with his right hand expecting a huge amount of pain but to his greatest surprise, nothing happened.

He removed his hand from his chest and looked up at the man in confusion, a smirk immediately crept up his face and he gripped the man's right left leg before pulling him down.

The man groaned in pain as his head hit the paved ground and that was when Harry immediately got up and rushed towards him to take possession of the dagger he was holding.

As Harry bent over to grab a hold of the dagger, a kick was sent straight towards his abdomen and he went crashing to the wall.

" He's able to utilize Qi." He thought as he went crashing onto the wall.

He looked up and saw the man towering over him with a huge frown on his face.

Two others in their gang ran straight towards him and they each grabbed one of his hands, the man towering over him then dipped his hand into his pocket and brought out a small glass container filled with a strange purple liquid.

" You sure are tough, I should have just given you a load of this from the very start." He said, with a slight sinister chuckle.

Harry's gaze dropped to the man's legs and a mischievous smile appeared on his face as he stared a little below the man's waist.

" I see how it is, so you guys are nothing but his mere pawns," he said, turning towards the man holding his left hand, " stop trying to put it up with that face, I can clearly hear your heartbeat racing with guilt from this distance."

He felt the man's hand begin to tremble and the moment his grip on his hand loosened he pulled out his left hand and sent a punch straight towards his balls.

He groaned loudly and the purple liquid fell out from his hand as he gripped the area where Harry had just punched.

He immediately turned towards the boy holding his right hand and with his left hand, he slammed the boy's head on the wall as hard as he could.

The third boy immediately stood up and began to back away in fear. That was when Harry got around their leader and gripped him by the neck.

" Take one more step backward and I'll kill him." He threatened.

He stopped immediately and so did the one behind him then reached into the boy's trousers and brought out the dagger before punching him hard on the head.

With the weapon held tightly in his hand, he slowly staggered towards the boys with his eyes dulled out and a mischievous smirk on his face.

They began to tremble and staring straight into the eyes of the boy in front of him he said, " strip."

" What do you mean strip, I can't go naked right here."

" You can keep your underwear, I just need the clothes." He said with a slight evil chuckle.

" Get up your feet you idiot, we outnumber him so we can easily win against him, let's hurry up and get out of here before the knights arrive."

The boy who had said that was standing next to the one with the money they had stolen and just as he took a fighting stance the dagger went flying by right next to his face.

" I was lucky the blade didn't hit him, even more, if I'm this tired my marksmanship hasn't reduced much." He thought, slowly walking towards, These guys are nothing but cowards without their so-called leader."

They all began to tremble and instantly got to their knees, the one closest to him immediately took off his shirt and tossed it towards him.

" Please just take it, it's all I have, we were only trying to get some money so that we would be able to get into the academy."

After hearing that an emotion surged through him but he didn't have any single amount of sympathy for them rather he was filled with rage.

He quickly walked towards the boy as fast as he could and when he got close to him he kicked him as hard as he could on the face.

" That's the best excuse you have!" He said, walking towards them.

It was a while and he was now wearing a new pair of black trousers and a long blue shirt with a bag filled with clothes lying on the floor right next to his legs.

He looked at the boys and they all had nothing on but their underwear and their faces were black and swollen.

He spat on the boy closest to him and walked out of the alleyway with a smile on his face.

" That was an unexpected outcome, I should go rent a room and find a job which I can earn a living until next month." He thought as he walked away.

*****

" Joel, are you sure this is where they're hiding?" A girl asked, turning towards a boy standing behind her.

" I'm sure of it elder sister, they ran in between those houses." He said, pointing towards a building.

She heaved a sigh and slowly walked towards the place where her younger brother had shown and when she got there, her lips were left separated by what she saw next.