There are some situations where a person thinks they can handle the situation, but in reality, 9 out of 10 people who think this way when they are in this situation, die.

Rhax is in one of these situations, he didn’t think it through. He was facing off three people alone, and one of them has a bow, while his only weapon is an axe.

“Oh, you are so confident, One-Eye.” The leader of the bandits smirked at Rhax’s declaration. He turned to the ugly woman. “Matilda, put an arrow in that ‘Direwolf Slayer’s’ body for me.”

Matilda didn’t even hesitate and drew an arrow from the quiver on her back and knocked it in her bow. “Sure thing, Boss.” She said and then released.

Rhax didn’t even have the time to say a word as the interaction happened in a matter of seconds. His body was knocked to the left, intense pain shot through his nerve system making him scream his lungs out. He fell down to his knees, he looked at the wound, it was an ugly thing. The arrow was sticking out of his left shoulder, the tip was embedded inside his shoulder, tender red flesh was visible from the entrance of the wound. There was no blood as the arrow stopped the blood flow.

Rhax calmed himself forcefully. He had to calm himself or he would get killed here and then his journey would end before it even began. He heard the sound of a twig snapping in front of him, he looked up from his wound and saw the ugly woman with the bow. She was smiling in a disgusting way, she crouched in front of him then lifted his chin with one hand until he looked her in the eyes. “This will not be the only scar you will get from me; I’ve been told I’m a rough lover.” She was very close to him, if she moved a little bit forward then she could kiss him.

Rhax was not thinking right at the moment as the shock of him getting shot had jumbled his mind. So, he was running on instinct, thus, it was no surprise when he jumped on the woman, knocking her to the ground. Then using his teeth, biting into her neck while she screaming for him to stop.

His teeth bit into her tender neck flesh, specifically at the windpipe. Matilda was scratching and hitting him, but he was stronger and larger than her. Then like the direwolf he killed he ripped open her throat using his teeth. Blood was pouring like a fountain and it all splashed on his face.

“Matilda!” Shiv and the leader shouted at the scene. Rhax stood up, he was holding his axe in his right hand, his face was colored red with blood and he was chewing on something. He spat it out and it rolled, it was a cylinder thing. It was Matilda’s windpipe.

The arrow’s body was still sticking out of his body, so using his axe, he chopped off the body, leaving only the tip that was inside his body. Even though his mind is jumbled, he still has his basic knowledge, and he was aware that if he took out the arrowhead then he would bleed out before he could get help.

‘Aghhhh’ screams were coming from inside his head, there were no thoughts, it was like he was moving on his own without his brain steering him.

“Fucking hell, Matt, what the hell is wrong with this man?” The man with the warhammer, Shiv, asked. He was holding his warhammer tightly, and there was sweat dripping from his forehead.

Matt, the leader, was looking at Rhax, there was a new light in his eyes, it seems that he has a plan in his pocket. “I don’t know, but I have a plan, so I need you to go and fight him until I’m finished.”

Shiv didn’t question, he took a deep breath and charged at the bloody man. Rhax saw Shiv coming toward him, Shiv was taller and bulkier than him, he was also carrying a warhammer, making him one of the most dangerous combinations of a soldier.

Rhax escaped from his previous place so he could get away from the body and could fight better.

Shiv came at him with the warhammer, he swung sideways trying to hit him in the head. Rhax can’t block the blow with the axe, because the axe would break in a moment. So, he did what he thought was best, he crouched down.

Boom! Came the sound from behind him, he looked and saw that Shiv had hit a tree and there was a big chunk missing from the tree. Shiv looked at him again, and charged.

Rhax was trying to keep aware of his environment as there were a couple of tree trunks around the ground. But he failed to see the little hole underneath his footing and he found his right foot inside the hole making him immobile while there was a man charging at him with the intent of killing him.

Shiv seeing his opportunity swung again, but this time it was at his chest level. Rhax couldn’t move, he thought of taking the blow and then retaliating, but he knew it would be his death. The man had monstrous strength.

So, not caring for his foot, he leaned back. He felt and heard the sound of his muscles tearing themselves. But he didn’t stop from the pain, the adrenaline that was pumping in his system numbed him.

The blow barely touched him, it grazed some skin but it was not serious, only bruises for later. He didn’t have time to think about what had done, because the moment the blow was out of the way, Shiv was completely open.

Rhax smiled showing full teeth, then using the axe in his right hand he chopped at Shiv’s head. Shiv saw the blow coming and couldn’t dodge in time, but he threw himself to the left. Making the axe go through his left shoulder, he sacrificed his shoulder to protect his head.

“Fuck.” Rhax mumbled, his thoughts were becoming clearer, but the adrenaline was interfering with them. He had to get out of the hole and now. Thankfully it seems that the damage he did to Shiv was enough distraction for him to get out of the hole.

After freeing his foot, he held his bloodied axe in his right hand, he looked around for the man with the scimitar. He found him; he was watching the fight with a smirk on. Seeing him looking, the man with the scimitar pointed behind him with a silly smirk.

Rhax immediately turned back and raised his axe, but he didn’t find anyone. “Right here, One-Eye.” Shiv’s voice came from his left side, his blindside!

Rhax felt the air getting heavier around him, he turned his body in an awkward angle and gripped the axe with both hands. He then swung at the warhammer that was coming at him. It was his only option.

Boom! The clash only lasted a second before the wooden shaft of the axe broke and the axe head flew away from the blow.

Rhax felt the vibrations going through his whole body because of the impact. He now only held a pointy shaft in his hand, but he knew what he had to do. Shiv was completely open; he was putting his whole body into the blow which left him open afterward.

“Shiv, Run!” The leader’s voice came from behind Rhax. But Shiv didn’t have the time to run, because Rhax jumped at him holding the wooden shaft in both hands and stabbed in an overhead motion.

“Ahhhh!” Rhax screamed as the wooden shaft went into Shiv’s eye and into his brain. Shiv’s body started to spasm, his hands went limp and dropped the hammer. He then fell toward Rhax, Rhax dodged the body and crouched down to pick the warhammer.

It was a normal warhammer, not very historically accurate as the head of the hammer was bigger than usual. Rhax spat on Shiv’s body. “I’m not the Rhaegar to your Robert Baratheon.”

“You fucker!” The leader’s voice entered Rhax’s ear, he looked at the leader and was shook to see the scimitar in his hand was actually on fire, the fire was coating the scimitar like it was a mother hugging her children. The scimitar looked very intimidating.

“Ser!” The woman who started this sham called him. Rhax turned to her and she pointed at the man and started speaking. “It seems that this man is not a bandit, he is a Knight of Ash. He is an Ashien. The fire on his sword is called the Fire of the Sun! It is a fire granted by the God Shamash himself. Be careful!”

“You got to be fucking kidding me, first we have a Ygritte looking ass, then a Robert Baratheon and now a fucking Azor Ahai.” Rhax sighed, this was ridiculous. It was either he was reading too much into it, or there is someone who is orchestrating this shit.

The ex-bandit, now knight, wore a smirk on his face when he spoke. “Good job in identifying me, let me introduce myself formally. My name is Matthew Ziran, a knight in the service to His Divinity.” He made the Sun Sign. But his was different, he was using the index and the long finger and then touching the forehead, the heart, the eyes and then the mouth.

“So, why are you going after this poor girl, did your God tell you to kill an innocent girl?” Rhax questioned, he was actually curious, why is there a holy knight going after an innocent girl?

The smile was wiped from Matthew’s face. “That ‘innocent’ woman has the blood of Demons; she must be killed for the good of the world. If you walk out now, I will not go after you, these two you killed were actual outlaws I used for my purpose. I liked them, but they were still evil, and Shamash doesn’t forgive evil, I would’ve killed them after we took care of the Lady over there.”

“Demons?” Rhax asked, he then looked at the girl. “She doesn’t look like a demon to me, but a beautiful girl with a promising future.” The girl blushed, which was weird, there were two dead bodies not 15 meters away from her.

“You won’t understand, she may seem like a human, but inside her blood lies a tinge of demonic blood.” Matthew looked like he was done talking as he pointed his scimitar at Rhax and asked. “Now, would you give her to me and be a good boy or fight and die.”

Rhax looked at the woman who was shaking with fear and then looked at his condition. His right foot was a dead weight and it hurt just by stepping on it. He had a disadvantage as he just fought and was kinda tired, he only had one eye making him easy to hit. And had a weapon he never used before in his life, he of course studied how to use a warhammer. His specialty in history was ancient history, medieval and weapon history. But he has never used a warhammer before.

But…. he used a hammer to beat the shit out of metal, and maybe it is not so different, except this time he will beat the shit out of a human being.

Human beings…he killed humans!

‘Stop!’ He shouted in his head stopping his mind from going there, it was not the time.

Preparing himself, he gripped his warhammer with both of his hands, took a deep breath and spoke.

“Again, you forgot the third option. I will use this hammer and cave your chest in, harder than what Robert did to Rhaegar at the Ruby Ford!”