"[i][b]SCUM!!![/b][/i]" Shouted the bandit as he struck As'ariiez yet another time.

Tied to a chair in the middle of a dark, grimy room surrounded by four bandits in an abandoned cabin located not too far from a city booming with merchandise and trade due to the harvest season, As'ariiez simply took the hit from the bandit and said nothing, quiet and calm he looked to the floor, waiting for the right moment to strike. He was completely naked other than the cloth covering his waist. The bandit bent down to meet As'ariiez at eye level, and grabbed him by the chin, looking right in his eyes. "[b]Do you find it funny, to mess with one of the most prestigious band of outlaws Vekia has to offer?[/b]" The bandit struck As'ariiez once more. "[b]To trifle with the likes of us you must be as foolish as you are weak[/b]" he boasted. Unbeknownst to them, As'ariiez could break from his hold at any moment, they did a poor job of tying the ropes knot, but to break out would be unwise, as he was surrounded, and they all had their eyes locked on him. The bandits in the room laughed fiendishly. They all wore the same leather armor, one was sitting on a table, filled with As'ariiez's gear, observing the beating. Another leaned on the wall in a corner, the third walked back and forth, spinning As'ariiez's swords. "[b]You die tonight, fool[/b]," claimed the bandit that had been beating As'ariiez. "[b]But first we will make you beg for death.[/b]"

As the words left his mouth, the ground began to tremble. The bandits cautiously looked around. Loud shrieks could suddenly be heard from the other rooms, as the entire cabin began to tremble. As'ariiez looked up to the man in front of him, "[b]It appears fate has other plans[/b]" The bandit began barking orders at the others, "[b]You three, get out there, find out what's going on and t,[/b]" he did not finish his command. The ground beneath him blew open, knocking him towards the wall and As'ariiez back, using the momentum, As'ariiez rolled backwards, stood up and broke from the ropes hold, then slowly backed up to a corner in the room. A large, centipede like creature arose from the ground, and dashed towards the group of bandits. The first began to equip his sword but was too slow, as the creature charged at him headfirst, latching onto his head and ripping it off using its mouth, the other attempted to stab the creature, but the sword was too dull and weak for the chitin plating surrounding parts of the creature, who swung its head at the bandit, launching him into the wall rendering him unconscious. The third bandit that had been holding As'ariiez's swords charged towards the creature using the distraction to his advantage, but as he ran past the door in the room another centipede like creature smashed it's way in immediately grabbing the bandit with its mouth by the legs. He fell to the floor, dropping the swords, and was dragged out of the room, screaming at the top of his lungs. The first creature went over to the bandit that had been taunting As'ariiez, he lay on the floor injured after being launched as the creature rose from the ground. The creature began gnawing on him.

As'ariiez took advantage of the situation and began to silently make his way to his weapons, halfway there the creature turned around and focused on him. He immediately dashed and so did the creature. As'ariiez grabbed the swords and turned around only to be rammed by the creature headfirst, hitting the wall. He remained standing as the creature charged towards him, but ran face first into the wall as As'ariiez rolled out of the way. The creature was momentarily stunned, and he used this time to combine his swords into one blade. He then ran towards the creature and hopped on the tail end, running on its back and launching himself into the air, As'ariiez shouted as he plunged his blade into an exposed body part at the back of the neck. The creature let out a cry and helplessly attempted to throw off As'ariiez. As he pushed the blade further into the neck the creature slowly began to stop moving, and the shriek began to fade away, until eventually the creature lay still. 

As'ariiez pulled the blade out of its neck, and hopped off its back, wiping off the gore and blood his centipede like victim. He then began to study this strange and deadly creature, Taking note of the various parts of the body that were exposed. After his analysis of the creature he began to search the room for his belongings. He collected his equipment and began to put on his steel armor, but parts of it were shattered and broken due to the fight that just occurred. Pondering for a moment, he began to collect leather from the dead bandits bodies and chitin plating from the dead creature. As'ariiez repaired the broken parts of his armor by securing the chitin plating using the leather from the bandits, not only repairing but improving the state of the armor to his advantage, a very noticeable upgrade as he was now more resistant to swords, spears, arrows etc.

There were no windows in the room, so As'ariiez cautiously made his way to the door, and peeked through to the other room which was unfortunately filled with several of the centipede like creatures. He tried sneaking past one already which didn't work out so well. He wouldn't last a minute in there. Turning around, he looked at what seemed to be his only option. The hole in the floor where the creature entered the room. You could see that it was tunnel like, and most likely lead to an alternate way outside, or possibly a lair of some sort. Sneaking out the front door was not an option, but this route could most likely be just as dangerous. "[i][b]May the blessings of my family guide me to their vengeance.[/b][/i]" As'ariiez said to himself, equipping his blade, he made his way into the tunnel.