“Aram! Why are there only a few of you?!”

Darisay quickly noticed his brother and the few others, but when he saw his good for nothing son with them, he couldn’t help but yell in anger while he threw his fist towards the face of an enemy aswang that tried to pounce at him from the side.

Rakin and the others stopped in their tracks in stupefaction when they saw the scene before their eyes, but all of them except for Rakin quickly regained their wits as they pulled out ther Kampilan and charged forward and immediately joined the fray.

While on the other hand, Rakin is standing still like an idiot with his eyes widened in shock! Especially when he saw the devilish looking people beside his tribesmen!

“A-aswang! F*ck! Sh*t! I knew that something bad had happened, b-but not this! It’s too early for my heart! This revelation is too shocking!”

On the other hand, when the two opposing sides noticed the people who had just arrived, all of them had different reactions.

“That’s our reinforcements?!” Agani yelled in anger.

While Mergo on the other hand laughed disdainfully, “That’s their reinforcements!?”

Following after, Mergo heard what Rakin had yelled earlier, and quickly turned to one of the aswangs and said, “Hey you! Capture that boy and bring him to me! Immediately!”

One of the aswangs quickly disengaged from his opponent saying, “Yes chief!”

When Darisay heard that, he quickly turned to Agani and yelled, “Tang ina, Agani! Help my son!”

When the latter heard him, he quickly flared up in anger, but he still obeyed and immediately turned around and chased after the aswang who was charging towards the deadweight Rakin with the intention of venting his anger on the creature.

“Stop him!” Mergo bellowed when he saw Agani chasing after his underling and also started running after the aswang along with a couple of subordinates!

It was because both sides knew that if Rakin were to be captured by Mergo and his men, then he would certainly hold him hostage and force Darisay to stand down, and worse of all, maybe even switch sides!.

Agani is also aware of this fact as he quickly tries to frantically close the gap between him and the aswang in front of him.

“Aww shit! Here we go again~” Rakin tried to make light of his current situation, but he couldn't hide the tremble in his voice along with his body slightly shaking from maybe either fear or excitement!

Rakin calms himself down as he knows that his current situation doesn’t permit him to be a cowardly p*ssy, so he slowly pulled his right leg back, his left slightly bent forward, his left fist stretched forward just above his left knee with his right fist pulled back ready to throw a strike.

A stance that would be very familiar among karate practitioners, the Zenkutsu Dachi.

“L-let’s do this! Uraa!!”

“What are you doing!? Run, you stupid creature!”

He was amazed at first when Agani saw that Rakin was planning to fight the aswang head on instead of running away, but when he saw that he didn’t even draw his sword and instead did something weird with his arms and legs, he finally couldn’t help but yell at him in anger!

Because in his eyes, trying to fight an aswang barehanded is utter stupidity!

“Hahaha, you are one ignorant creature brat!” the enemy aswang laughed mockingly as he stretched its demonic hands towards Rakin.

“Karyū no…Tekken!”

With emotions running high, Rakin couldn’t help but suddenly grin like a crazy person and bellowed a very familiar phrase from a popular anime!

“No! Run, you stupid son!” Darisay could only yell in anger when he saw his son trying to punch the aswang like a dumbass!

He wanted to immediately run over and save him, but the damned aswangs around him are pinning him down!

The aswang immediately came to a stop in his tracks and caught Rakin’s fist on his palm and laughed with disdain.

“Is that i-”

POW!

But his laugh was cut short when a sudden pain struck his chest and forced him to reel backwards for a couple of steps.

“You didn’t think of that, did you?!” Rakin couldn’t help but suddenly laugh arrogantly while lowering his leg that kicked the monstrous monsters of the night.

The people who saw that were flabbergasted as they couldn’t help but stop and stare between the aswang and Rakin.

“F*ck! What are you still staring at? Help me!” Rakin yelled at Agani as he quickly ran towards him with a frantic look on his face.

Agani is starting to get irritated because he felt like Rakin was treating the current situation like a joke as one second ago, he was acting so confident and arrogant like the he was the king of the land, then one second later, he was screaming like a little girl because he just realized that what he did barely did anything to improve his dire situation!

Actually, what happened was just Rakin’s chuni personality flaring up, but when it was doused with the cold reality, he immediately realized the predicaments he was in and was slightly amazed at himself that he did such an absurd thing!

After all, he had barely fought anyone in his previous life, as the last time he fought someone was only during his teenage years, in high school! Much less now that he’s facing a group of aswang that could literally kill him in a moment of carelessness!

“What are you bastards still standing there for?! Move and capture him!”

Mergo yelled in anger, which quickly brought his subordinates back from their stupor, as they immediately charged towards Rakin who was running towards Agani, who on the other hand, was also running towards the former, along with a few of Rakin’s tribesmen running behind Agani.

“This good for nothing! If you can’t fight with your sword, then use your buntot pagi instead of running away!” Agani could already feel his blood pressure going loco ever since this ignorant guy made his appearance!

He had never seen someone as stupid, ignorant and cowardly from person that hails from a tribe known for their bravery and courage!

While running frantically, Rakin looked at him with a frown and said, “Oh f*ck you~!”

Agani stopped in his tracks as Rakin ran past him, and wore a confused look on his face, “What f*ck? What does that even mean?!”

“Damn! You Aswangs are ugly as hell!”

Finally feeling slightly safe, Rakin’s courage suddenly came running back as he started insulting their enemies, and the insults became worse when he finally got a clear look at the appearance of the Aswangs while he clumsily grabbed the buntot pagi attached to his waist.

“Batang to! You’re lucky that I’m friends with your father or I would gladly let them feast on you right now!”

Agani angrily yelled as he kicked on the Aswang that tried to pounced on him, and while that was happening, Rakin’s fellow tribesmen also arrived and immediately engaged the hostile Aswangs, elevating the pressure from Agani who was about to get ganged up.

On the other hand, Rakin just stood behind them, suddenly not knowing what to do after venting his emotions.

His reaction right now was similar to someone who had never fought in any life and death battles before, and finally registering the blood and gore happening around him was like being shell shocked!

But of course, it only happened momentarily as he quickly brandished his buntot pagi and whipped an Aswang who managed to get past the warriors and tried to get a taste of him!

Because he’s not someone who’s just gonna stand there and get killed because of what’s happening around him, he already expected this much when he decided to tag along with his uncle which helped his mind to quickly regulate his emotions and reduce the stress on both of his mind and body.

Sometimes, just expecting the worst helps.

“Good going, Rakin! Now, you’re finally becoming a man! Hahaha!” laughed his neighbor when he saw that Rakin actually didn’t cower and instead went on the offensive even when the word nervous is plastered all over his face.

“Shut up, man! I’m trying to concentrate here! I still don’t want to die yet!” replied Rakin in anger because he knows that any distraction right now could cost him his life, and doesn’t want anyone bothering him right now!

After all, this is his first time putting his life on the line, and he’s even fighting a group of Aswangs!

If this was the modern world, then no one, absolutely no one would even believe him!

Because they would just treat him like he's some kind of a lunatic for telling stupid stories!

“Goddammit! Why do you guys keep coming at me?! Don’t you guys have at least one Aswang woman?! Oh god, this is going to give me second degree nightmares, I’ve never been this popular, especially among men!”

After all, if he dies, he’d at least not want to die like this!

“I’d rather die under the hands of a beautiful woman, not from a group of uglies like you bastards! Ahhh, f*ck! Your blood went into my mouth! I’m not gonna become ugly like you, right?!”

Rakin was spouting so much nonsense, that everyone, like literally everyone is starting to get annoyed by him.

Heck! Even his father who was fighting on another corner of the forest was starting to get annoyed with every nonsense that came out of his son’s mouth!

Much less the Aswangs who kept getting called ugly!

Can’t you at least be serious at least once?! We’re fighting with our lives on the line here!

If Rakin were to hear their thoughts, then he would certainly rebuke them and say.

This is already me getting serious! Can’t handle me calling you ugly?! Then beat it!

Meanwhile, Megro who still hasn’t joined the fray finally couldn’t take it anymore after his inner self continued getting shot by an emotional arrow from someone who keeps calling them ugly!

“Yot ninam! You’re the one who’s ugly! Your father is ugly! Your mother is ugly! Everyone in your family is ugly!”

His sudden outburst of curses made the people on both sides halt in their tracks as they looked at him with dumbfounded looks on their faces as they weren’t expecting that, but the aswangs from both sides could also understand him, they were also getting annoyed by the man who keeps calling them ugly!

Megro saw the eyes directed at him, and glared at them and yelled, “What are you looking at?! Kill, kill them all! Leave no one alive! But leave that bastard to me, I will personally take his life!” before pointing at Rakin, who doubtfully pointed at himself as he was also dumbfounded!

“DIE!”

Megro yelled as he rushed out from the trees towards Rakin with a murderous arura reaching far to the skies, and when the latter saw the big boss coming at him, he could only utter the words…

“Ohh, fuuuuck!”

But then Rakin remembered the self training he had endured during the couple of weeks that he had trained day and night, the hardest thing he had ever done since he came into existence!

It was the shittiest and monotonous thing he had ever done!

Anyone would have grown tired and gone crazy from doing the same thing over and over again everyday!

But he didn’t have any choice but to press on because this is a world where it doesn’t give a fuck about the laws of the modern era!

“F*ck! I didn’t endure those lonely and monotonous days only to cower like this! Bring it on, you fugly! I ain’t backing down now! I may not be your opponent, but I will make sure to bring you down with me! Hahaha!”

Pulling out his sword, Rakin seemed to have gone loco as he suddenly started laughing like a maniac, and from out of nowhere, he suddenly broke off from the group and rushed out to meet Megro under the dumbfounded gazes of the people around him!

“W-what?! Hey, stop!”