Skaletta

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Attack on Kadiz

4 hours before Vaan entered the Kadiz Manor,

At the Skargaz Manor

Masaf coughs heavily before grabbing the elegant red coat off from the clothes hanger, he forgot to wear his Skargaz leadership ring on the table which he did not notice mistakenly, he instead turned to his lady butler, "The party, eh?"

The lady butler walks towards him, "Boss Fourth, your horse carriage is ready".

Masaf snaps his finger, "Good", he rushes to the horse carriage outside his house then he turns to his manager, "Why isn't my son home yet?"

The manager shrugs regretfully, "Boss Fourth, unfortunately, he is having a party at his friend's house.", Masaf scoffs before glaring at the manager, "I believe his friend is a human. And humans have a name, don't they?", he gives a tight smile.

His manager stammers while speaking, "N..name is Gross Garson, Boss Fourth".

Masaf went silent at the sound of his name while shortly scrunching his nose.

The manager continued to give inform him, "Garson family is a poor and ordinary family, there is no threat for him, Boss Fourth"

Masaf nods slightly, "Alright, Keep me informed. And reward them with a gold bar as support from me. But, if I catch my son having alcohol there, 100 lashes for Nasaf on his back and burn the Garson family to ashes".

The manager nods, "Sir, yes, sir"

Masaf snaps out, "Splendid!", he enters the horse carriage before he takes the tour to the Kadiz Manor.

After 4 hours of journey

Masaf Skargaz arrives at the gate of Kadiz manor and smirks, "hell yeah, but this manor looks so old. Vaan lost the premium taste of alliance I see", he rolls his eyes before getting out of the horse carriage.

Kadiz guards walk to him and ask, "How may we help, sir?".

Masaf belches while covering his mouth and frowns, "Can't you see the son of the tyrant dead Skargaz Third, eh?"

Kadiz guards look at his finger where his leadership ring was missing, they think he is an imposter before they speak up, "Sir, you must be drunk, please go somewhere else and do the prank."

Masaf eyes them with full anger, "What do you mean? You think I'm pranking?". He punches their nose brutally as one of them gets knocked out and the other two guards aim the guns against him, "Get out of this field, or we will shoot!"

Masaf does not raise his arms, "Kids these days, pulling two guns against a single man", he then swipes his arm downward as the Skargaz henchmen get out of the horse carriage and aim the guns against those guards to defend Masaf.

Kadiz guards sheathe their weapons and make an offensive stance, "Show if you aren't a kid!"

Skargaz henchmen sheathe their guns in return and start running against those guards.

Kadiz guards attempt flying kicks as one of their backs cracks due to their age and all of them fall on the ground and feel pain in their bones.

Skargaz henchmen go silent to those guards and shrug as they turn to Masaf.

Masaf scoffs in disappointment, "Is this what Kadiz got? Old back broken guards? Come on!"

Suddenly, Skargaz henchmen got shot in their feet by some Kadiz archers with mini arrows.

Skargaz henchmen cry out in pain as they drop to the ground and take out those mini arrows but their feet become weak and unable to walk.

Masaf gasps, "What the fish!?", he turns to the roof and jumps on the way to shoot his desert eagle loaded with some reflective bullets.

That bullet shoots aside the sniper and ends up shooting the Kadiz Sniper's butt violently followed by a bounce against the wall.

The main manor door opens with the shields and the elite henchmen of Kadiz takes cover behind it.

Masaf vaults over the short wall beside the gate and takes cover as he shoots another bullet which miss due to his chaotic aims, "Damn it!".

Kadiz elite henchmen keep shooting, spreading where Masaf hides, Vaan comes out of Manor and shouts, "Hey, stop. He is our ally!", his words don't seem to reach those men's ears due to the fire shooting.

Kadiz Second lifts his left arm before the fire shooting stops, "Alright, Imposter. You wanna fight? Then get your head knocked out!"

Masaf grumbles before jumping out of cover, "Sure, novice. As I can assure you, I am the Skargaz Fourth!"

Kadiz Second runs against him and uses his right arm to punch him. As soon as his right arm goes to punch Masaf, Kadiz Second fakes his right arm and raises his left knee which successfully knocks out Masaf's jaw while he falls to the ground and groans in pain.

Vaan gets between them and stops Kadiz Second who was about to kick Masaf for the second time, "Hey, stop! I can assure you that he is the real Skargaz Fourth"

Kadiz Second frowns before glancing over Masaf's right hand where the ring is not there, "So, the Skargaz clan does not wear the leader ring?"

Masaf looks at his hand and pauses deeply in embarrassment.

Vaan sighs deeply before rolling his eyes, "Masaf...come on"

Klethi Gertha comes to Masaf and checks his jaw, "Just a little damage. He might need an injection."

Masaf snaps out but his jaw damage increases his pain while he speaks inaccurately since he can not use his lower jaw, "Heyi Lo! (Hell No!)"

Klethi shakes her head while covering his mouth, "And stop talking, sir"

After half an hour, Masaf is in a stretcher room where he is taking rest while the Kadiz nurse gives him treatment.

Kadiz laughs, "What? You used to defeat him in a bare-knuckle fight?"

Vaan nods confidently, "Yeah, but truth be told, he used to defeat me in a shooting range challenge. He has a good eye for shooting. Also, his family created a reflective gun, which no family could have ever created. He has a bullseye."

Kadiz shrugs before rubbing his temple, "Well, I am not as good as a marksman in my place. When did you know him? He doesn't seem to be cold-minded."

Vaan sighs slightly as he rests back on the sofa, "He used to be a bully in my middle school. His father, Lazaf Skargaz was a tyrant. He never supported Masaf back in his day. Even though I saw him bullying others, I realized there is something in him that I had hoped would change him... His kindness. He never stopped giving charity even if he is a ruthless leader".

Kadiz nods before taking some moments of silence, "And your father?".

Vaan scoffs slightly then eyes him, "My father was good... he was a rival to Lazaf Skargaz. Anyways, tell me about yours, what's your name, Kadiz Third?"

Kadiz nods gently, "Odal Kadiz, yours?"

Vaan offers a handshake to him, "Vaan Skaletta. Heir or Heiress?"

Kareem smiles before accepting his handshake firmly, " Kadiz, my son. He is busy with school, and desired to be the greatest engineer at Noran Collage"

Vaan opens his mouth before closing it, "That's where my son studies, maybe our heirs should meet each other to form next-generation allies."

Kadiz nods, "Not a bad idea, Vaan."

Vaan nods gently, "Alright, I am afraid I have to leave along with Masaf, I made an appointment to meet with the Maskin clan if it's alright with you. I have to form another alliance.", he gets up and salutes him.

Kareem gets up and salutes him back, "Be safe on the road, Vaan. It's been a pleasure being in alliance with the oldest clan of all time."

Vaan smiles, "Likewise, Kaseem", he turns to walk towards the exit where Klethi joins him.

He thinks too much about alliances and politics until Klethi stops him from entering a horse carriage by holding his hand, "Boss, this is Skargaz Carriage". 

He pauses in the utter embarrassment of himself doing the mistake, then turns to her.

She blushes secretly and smiles, "You need rest, Boss. I shall look over the stats of the manor", she looks down at her own feet.

Vaan nods before heading towards Vera as he sits on it before Masaf yells at him, "Hey, stot hor hee, or else I kill you, Haan! (Hey, stop for me, or else I will kill you, Vaan!)".

Vaan holds his laughter by rubbing his temple looking downward, "Masaf, I was waiting for you instead. Come with me."

Klethi smiles at his style of holding back laughter and whispers to Vaan, "Boss, I like the way you keep your toughness. That's what a man should have.", she smiles before walking to Masaf so she can help him get into the carriage.

Vaan frowns slightly in confusion as he speaks to himself about Klethi, "What just happened to her all of a sudden? Is it because of this manor aura?", he glances over the Kadiz manor before he grabs the control rope of Vera.

Masaf brings out his head, "Haan, hoin he in the carriage. I got a hen lan. (Vaan, join me in the carriage. I got a damn plan)"

Vaan shrugs, "Alright, just give a rest to your mouth, Masaf."

A moment later, a Skaletta messenger rushes with a horse towards Vaan before Vaan turns to the messenger.

Skaletta messenger gets out of the horse quickly and gives him the telegraph message out of his pocket with his tense expression, "Boss Fifth, Vito, Wasa and Masaf got kidnapped by a burglar all of a sudden. There was an attack on Rozan field during their tournament.

The Burglar demands 100 million Dahfs within a day to spare them."

Note- Dahfs is a currency used in Bacein nationally.

Vaan is in huge shock as if the whole sky just breaks over his head, making him a speechless leader of Skaletta, "Oh no... Vito....", he quickly gets Vera back again and starts riding around the way, "Follow me! I know some places Burglars shall hide there. They demand money after they get it, they kill and run. God helps me", he pants in tense and rides away.

On the other hand, Masaf is disappointed, "Dang ai son, he just dishonoured ee ai not eing alel to hight hack. Is he really ai son, dammit?! (Damn my son, he just dishonored my family not being able to fight back. Is he really my son, dammit?!) "

Klethi is as tensed as Vaan was, she leaves Masaf and quickly rushes to snatch the horse of the messenger as quickly as possible, "Forgive me, Sir. I cannot leave my Boss behind", she rides the horse the way Vaan rode too fast, her heartbeat as fast as the bullet reaches a thousand miles.

To Be Continued

Next Chaper 4- Kidnapped!