In the next week, Philip and Jack really saw what Sam meant.
They were being tailed, ambushed, outnumbered in many circ.u.mstances.
The candidates and the people hired by the candidates, although not dealing them a great amount of damage, started wearing them down.
Apart from that, the attacks on the house also increased.
Many people tried to sneak into the house. Sniping with arrows, even the three people who are trapped inside got terrified.
In the midst of it, Sam gave them the body strengthening manuals.
"Sam, I lost two cards. Damn it, I never thought that this would this hard to deal with. All those wimps ganging upon me, if only I have a chance to get a one on one."
Philip started whining as he came home, while Watt was cultivating the body strengthening and Sam is busy inside the tower.
Jack also came running into the house while panting.
He is completely haggard.
His clothes are almost ripped apart. The bunch of people who are chasing him, left the place as soon as they saw him enter the house safely.
The house was a bane to them as Sam set some serious traps inside. At first some of them entered, but the formation increased the pressure on them as soon as they entered making it hard for them to move.
This made them easy targets.
In fact, even Philip and Jack are having a hard time in this formation, the only thing that is helping them is the body cultivation.
After they started practicing them, they are able to resist the pressure the formation is exerting on them.
The same thing happened to the people who sneaked in. But Sam made sure that they didn't kill anyone, whether they are candidates are not.
But as hard as the matters are, they did score many points. The hiding spots Sam gave them are spot on and while they gain at least one card each per day, Sam somehow without even moving from the house, managed to gather at least three cards a day.
The people who are causing them trouble failed to notice this. If they do know that they can find the hidden cards, the candidates wouldn't even care about the mission or stuff that the big shots assigned them, they would risk everything they have to haul the house and get their hands on the info.
Meanwhile, Sam is very busy for the week, inside the tower. He needs to find a way to properly control the wavelength of the light element and he has to make some playthings.
He is very busy for the past week and finally created the first item.
So, he decided to take a break and came outside.
It is already night and he decided to take a stroll outside.
He is not that afraid of getting caught like Philip and Jack. He has Harbinger and his speed is something they have to worry about.
He decided to go for a round in the nearby woods, so that he can take a break from everything and feel relaxed.
He said the same thing to the rest and went on a ride.
After half an hour, Sam is now floating in the nearby woods outside the city. He found an open space, where he could see the clear sky.
He came down and stood on the ground, feeling the cold and fresh breeze on his face.
He felt refreshed from the peace. Since, he came to this world, he was on a constant hustle. He went From Lava rock village, star wood city, Falcon Cliff, Blue flame and now Imperial Capital of the Orion. He was on a constant move and work.
Even though, he is now in a much bigger and a worst situation he has ever been and he was about to face the biggest storm of enemies, this calm before storm is still a very great feeling.
His exhausted heart has soothed a bit.
He sat on a huge boulder nearby and remembered all the things he has been through in both lives. He remembered all the things he experienced.
His eyes were full of nostalgia and melancholy. No matter, how great this world is, he still missed the previous life.
He took out the flute which reflected the faint moon light with a silvery glare.
He started playing the flute with closed eyes.
Slowly, the music flew along with the breeze.
He recalled his previous life.
His pathetic childhood.
His soul searing torture and abuse from the so-called adoptive parents.
Being betrayed by the most respectful profession of all, his teacher.
Being sold to a most dangerous and darkest of the organisations.
Trained to be a killer, a grim reaper.
His most trusted senior and his death.
His world- shaking battle.
His most loved person and her death, Stella.
The betrayal and the rejection of the human governments.
His revenge.
The faint flute melody was a plethora of emotions.
His music went from his sadness, to his violence and finally despair and finally the death. He started experiencing the whole life all over again and finally when he entered this world.
A second chance, a chance which is nigh impossible to come by.
A chance one could only be met but could never seek.
He forgot all the surroundings as he let himself go in these emotions.
But his peace was disturbed by an explosive sound, which shook him out. As he turned around, he saw a girl running towards him and there was a group of men running behind her.
Both parties are exchanging attacks.
The girl saw Sam and screamed.
"HELP." "HELP."
She yelled on top of her lungs.
Sam didn't show any expressions and looked at the group of young men following the girl. They are the first team of the Imperial capital.
But there are only bottom five, the prince Nathan and Patrick along with the remaining three didn't come.
When they saw Sam, they halted in their tracks and became wary.
The young girl looked at this and immediately felt as if she saw a ray of hope and ran towards Sam and stood behind him.
Sam still didn't show any expression.
He is still nonchalant which made the tears on his face look strange.
The five candidates who are opposite him, seemed to be whispering something.
"Isn't that guy the one boss warned us about?"
"Yeah, what should we do? Should we take him down?"
"Nope, I don't think, we should. Boss said we shouldn't fight him. He is too strong for us. Let us just leave. That bitch won't be able to escape us anyway. It is not like she could stay with him for long."
As they left, they gave a hateful glare to both Sam and the girl and left the place.
The girl immediately knelt on the ground as her legs gave in to the exhaustion.
She sobbed as if it was the end of the world.
Sam was still nonchalant. He is actually displeased by the whole fiasco and wanted to beat the crap out of all of these people. But he restrained himself because they at least didn't flare him up after disturbing his peace, considering that this was a forest, he has no right to stop them from coming here.
So, he just stood up and turned to leave.
"Sir."
The girl called for him, Sam didn't bother to stop.
"Sir, Please. Can I talk to you for a second?"
Sam halted and looked at her.
"Thank you for saving me. My sister is also in the competition and she is the member of the second team from the imperial capital. She went on a mission and these guys are trying to hold me hostage to get her points."
Sam looked at her with a 'what has that got to do with me face?'
She recognized the expression and said.
"They seemed to be afraid of you, so can you please save me for two days?"
She lowered her head and showed an extremely pitiful and helpless expression.
"Why should I?"
Her face froze with a single sentence.
She looked at him with bewilderment.
"I.. I.." She started stuttering.
"I don't even know who you are, so why should I offend all the bigshot kids in the city by saving you?"
"I… Can repay you." She said with a shy face.
Sam smirked and didn't say anything. The girl right now is a classic white lotus.
"Follow me."
As he said that, he walked away followed by the girl.
As soon as the two of them left, the five youngsters who chased the girl came out of their hiding.
Sam walked back followed by the girl.
As they entered the house, Sam looked at the three while the three of them looked at the girl.
"She has some trouble, she would be staying here for two days, Watt you take care of her."
As he spoke, he gestured Watt to come as he walked towards his room. Watt came out after half an hour and looked at Philip and Watt and gave them an eye signal. Both of them left the room.
Watt pointed at an empty room and said. "That is your room, stay there for how many days you want. Ask me anything you want. You are not allowed to enter Boss' room. Every night we will be having dinner here. That's all you have to know."
Saying that Watt left and went towards Philip and Jack.
"Boss, said we would be speeding up our plan. Tomorrow don't go to the card hunt, just cultivate, but there something we have to do."
He took out a copy which looked like the blue print of the house and explained something.
After half an hour of discussion, he finally said.
"Boss said that we don't have to wait for the three weeks to be over and wants to cut the competition short. He said that a week is enough from now."
The three of them confirmed their plans for now and went to do their own things.
