Kyle heard some screams coming from the other side of the street.
Luckily, none of these screams belonged to Kyle's teammates.
"Are you alright?" Tracy asked, looking at Kyle with fear.
When she saw him, she felt horrible.
Kyle was missing almost his entire left arm, and half of his armor was destroyed.
"Eh, yeah, I guess," Kyle answered. "I'm still alive."
Tracy looked at Kyle with a pained expression.
She couldn't imagine how much pain Kyle had to be in right now.
Sure, she had also been injured before, but not to this extent.
"Does it hurt?" she asked.
"What a dumb question," Kyle answered with annoyance. "Of course it hurts! It hurts like a motherfucker!"
Tracy flinched back, and Kyle was immediately assaulted by a feeling of guilt.
"Sorry, that was uncalled for," he said. "I'm just a bit stressed from the fight. I shouldn't have taken it out on you."
"It's okay," Tracy answered. "I understand. Do you need anything?"
"Some meat would be nice, but I will also recover without it. I will just be quite hungry," Kyle said, waving his stump dismissively.
"Well," Falk said, giving Kyle a playful shove. "At least we succeeded in the mission. You were right on the money with all of your information."
The next moment, Horatio appeared in front of Kyle. "We are missing a Paladin. We killed one earlier, and we killed a second one just now. Where is the third?"
"Oh, I killed that one," Kyle said. "His corpse is in that direction."
The other three looked with surprise at Kyle.
"But weren't you chased by two?" Tracy asked.
"Yeah, and I killed one," Kyle said. "That's the other one."
"You killed one of them?" Falks asked in surprise.
Kyle groaned. "Yes, I just said that! How is it so hard to believe me?"
"I mean… you? As in, you, Kyle, killed one Paladin on a two-versus-one?" Falk asked.
Kyle showed Falk the middle finger.
"See that?" he asked. "There should still be some brain on it."
Falk looked with suspicion at Kyle. "I'm not sure if that's the reason you gave me the middle finger."
"Does it matter?" Kyle asked with a grin.
Falk laughed a bit. "It doesn't. Good job, Kyle! I almost feel bad for calling you weak back then."
"I was weak," Kyle said. "I just worked very hard within the last nine months."
"I can tell," Falk said.
"I'm going to get some meat," Tracy interjected.
"Oh, sure, thanks," Kyle answered. "Speaking of, I should get my hammer back."
At that moment, Bormine appeared on the street. "I dealt with everyone who was left."
Kyle just gave a thumbs-up as he walked back to the battlefield.
Falk followed Kyle to make sure that there were no surprises on the way.
When Falk saw the corpse of the Paladin, he nodded in appreciation.
That madman actually did it!
Kyle grabbed his hammer and lifted it over his shoulder with one arm.
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