Loopbound Death Reversal Chapter 28: Chapter 27: The Guardians

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Henrik was the first to reach the ground and he then walk cautiously. A few steps forward and he could see the crude logs around this pass. Stones piled unevenly, a few broken wooden cart half tilted into the choke point Henrik look at the group in the distance There were only a few feet away. The scene was not so chaotic as he had expected. There is a man shouting orders Henrik and Miklos both look at each other, and they know this man must be the leader of this group This person suddenly looks toward their direction and even without saying anything, everyone around them is ready to fight. There is a kid in the bush looking at them his spear is pointed toward them and Henrik noticed that there is glint of steel in the tree and as his eyes look toward that direction, he saw another kid pointing his arrow toward him “Keep shooting.” The man shouted to one of his archers Then the man come closer. He observed Henrik, looking him up and down and then he makes a gesture with his hand, raising his hand and lowering it and the kid in the bush slink back into the bush and the kid on the tree pointed back the arrow toward the soldiers in the distance. “They notice us even before we came here” this is the conclusion that Henrik and Miklos both reached While this person was observing Henrik, Henrik was also observing this person. There were some things he did not have to learn with books. What he learns are but the method of knowing people. This is something he excels at. He might not be good at science, and he did not know many things like mathematics and some of the knowledge that would have helped in this era, is not something he had in his mind, but there is something that could be applied no matter the era And that is the art of knowing people. It is the art that made him able to turn many problems in his youth into opportunities. Henrik….no Elias, in that other world, always knows how to use people. Use people does not mean manipulate them It is knowing how a person is. Whether they are selfish. Selfless, greedy, or generous. Stay away from the evil, and come closer to the virtuous. But if you could not stay away from evil people, at least learn how to use them so that they would not harm you and instead benefits you. You could learn even from a snake. And now, Henrik is also observing this person. Trying to see whether he is reliable or not This person….he has a rugged face. Maybe around thirty of age. Old in this kind of era, Henrik surmised. War probably also aged him He is of medium height, around five eight. His build is rather lean than broad. Tight muscle and he seem to composed. “Long marches….endurance expert?” Henrik had to make quick judgment about this person. The jaw is sharp, the cheekbones slightly hollow. A faint scar ran from just below his left eye toward his cheek thin, pale, and old. Another cut, less clean, split the edge of his brow, giving that side of his face a permanent tension, as though he were always half-frowning. “Old war wounds? Swords and arrows?” His beard is short and uneven, more from neglect than style, probably His hair is the same, dark, cut roughly to keep it out of his eyes, with no care for appearance beyond function. But it was his eyes that set him apart. Henrik believed the word that said the eyes are the soul to the window. When Henrik observe someone, he looks at the facial expressions. But also, at the eyes. Words are not enough But the eyes always betrayed your words. Only those who are trained at schooling their expression are able to hide from people observation. Most people did not learn such method. Because most people do not go around thinking other people wanted to lie to them However, as you go along in life, you sometimes know that you have to hide a part of yourself. Some people have different desires from you and they wanted something different from you. Ina simple world, with simple people. Such method should not be learned. But not everyone is simple and if you are too