14 chapter 14

Mary has a look of surprise on her face as she is asked about Tenlong.

The old man speaks,"So it true? How could you be so careless with helping strangers. You are not suppose to take in bandits! It is just common sense!"

Mary looked away from the old man.

The old man spoke."It will not be a problem any more!"

Mary looked at the old man with a look of horror.

"What have you done Grimwald! He is just a four year old boy! He is so big because of his ancestry!"

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Tenlong was in the woods cutting firewood when a sense of fear overcomes.

He turns a complete one-hundred and eighty degrees and sees an arrow come flying at him. The arrow seems to flying in slow motion as it comes towards the lad.

At the last second, Tenlong grabs the arrow mere inches from his face with his bare hand. Time returns back to normal. He throws the arrow to ground when he sees a man with an ax come charging at him. Tenlong reacts before he could even ponder anything.

He punches the man in the face and the man hits the ground with a thump. More men come rushing at the young lad.

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Mary is ranting and raving at Grimwald," If you hurt a hair on that boy's head, I will kill you

myself. You have messed up old man and you need to fix it!"

Grimwald speaks," Calm down, that bandit will not take advantage of you anymore! You know that no four year old is seven foot tall as that bandit is! It just does not make sense!"

Mary grabs the old man by the collar and starts to shake him wildly!

The old man speaks," Mary calm yourself, you are acting crazy."

Mary screams," The boy was attacked by a bandit and watched his mother be murdered! His Giganto blood then awaken in him! You miserable fool, you did not think it through! You all had jumped to conclusions! You had known that Gigantos are capable of such rapid growth as children!"

Mary begins to cry uncontrollably and lets go of Grimwald.

The old man yells,"What! I have erred. I am truly sorry!"

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Tenlong is surrounded by nine men with various weapons. He does not know what to do or what reason that he is under attack.

Tenlong spoke," What did I do to make you all desire to kill me? What have I done to you?"

The nine men remained silent and did not answer the lad. No talking would change the men's minds and he would have to battle all of them.

Two men come charging at Tenlong with axes at each side of him.

The lad grabs the two axes with hands and the blades are stopped.

The two men were shocked by the strength of Tenlong as blood begins to flow from the hands of the young boy. During the pause, Tenlong ripped the axes out of the men's hands and throws the weapons to the ground.

Tenlong hammerfisted the two men in the sides of their heads and the two men hit the ground. A man with a spear is angered by the sight of fallen comrade as he rushes at the young lad. The man is

trying to pin the boy to the tree behind him with his large spear.

Tenlong dodged to his right and was laying on his side on the ground while the spear is thrusted into the tree. He jumps to his feet and chops the spear in half with his hand. Tenlong thrusts his right forearm against the remains of the broken spear that is in the attacker's hands. The broken spear handle is thrusted into the chest of the attacker. The man hits the ground and at that same moment Tenlong is attacked from behind.

Six arrows are now pierced in the upper back of the young Giganto.

Tenlong screams out in pain as he turns around to see three archers looking at him, ready to fire again.

Three arrows come flying at him but the lad does not move.

He makes a battle cry.

The three arrows stop mid air and the arrows hit ground. The three men were all frantic and fired all of the remaining arrows at Tenlong.

But the arrows never reach their destination and they are broken midair. The three archers are all frozen in fear. They can't believe what they had just seen. The other three men were prepared to strike but did not know how they were going to stop this strong man. They felt completely helpless against the large Tenlong.

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Mary yells,"We can have got to stop the village hunters from hurting that boy or you are a dead man! That boy has been through so much trauma already."

Grimwald could not look up at Mary, because of all his shame of what he done. He had ordered the death of a four year old, Giganto or not. The old mayor was always helping strangers but he should there motionless when the boy Tenlong came into the village. The poor lad was cover in ragged blankets and did not even have shoes. He had nothing but the clothes on his back but nobody but Mary's family had helped him. It was sad that such a young boy would be so neglected among so many supposed good people.

Grimwald thought,"How could I be so cold and heartless? I have always helped transients that were in need. I guess it all started when Jimmy Sr died. It must have started back then."

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Mary and Jimmy Sr had just gotten married after a long engagement. He was the best hunter in the village by far. He could out hunt the rest of the hunters in the village by just himself. Jimmy was just that skilled as a hunter, but he was a very humble man. The hunter was never a man to brag about his achievements and only used his abilities to help the village to the best that he possibly could. He fed his family with the best of his haul and sold the rest. Jimmy had always sold fur to Mary before they were together and that constant interaction grew into friendship. Jimmy came to Mary's shop everyday it was open.

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Months goes by they become boyfriend and girlfriend.

It was a very good time among the two of them and the village was wondering to me they were getting married. After one year of dating, Jimmy proposes to Mary. The whole village was excited about the news.

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Grimwald comes to Jimmy one day as he is in home. The hunter lived in an old shed that he had

converted into a home. Since, he was always hunting so that was all he needed and he enjoyed the small shack greatly. He could have lived in his parent's inn, but he liked the solitude that the woods had afforded him. Jimmy was very bright and athletic but loved to keep things simple.

Grimwald speaks," When you are two getting married? I can be the official for it. I will even do it for free since you two had done enough for this village already.

Jimmy smiles with a huge grin.

Jimmy speaks," When it is done."

Grimwald had a look of surprise on his face and said," What do you mean by that?"

Jimmy speaks," Follow me and I will show you!"

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The two men go into the home of Jimmy and he points at a huge portrait of house. It was an architect's drawing of a mansion.

Grimwald speaks," So you are going to build a house for the two of you? That will be her wedding gift."

Jimmy speaks," It will be hard for me to build it myself but Mary is worth it. She deserves way more than this humble shed. She is my dream girl in every definition of the word!"

Grimwald speaks,"So be it! I will not say anything! You were always the overachiever!"

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Two years pass by for the village, and Jimmy finishes the huge house. Jimmy takes Mary to his home outside of the village and sees immediately a large mansion. She is shocked by what she saw.

Mary spoke,"What is this place? Why is this mansion next to where you live. I have never been to your house before but I never thought that you lived next to a mansion!"

Jimmy grinned from ear to ear.

Jimmy spoke,"This is our home! I made it for you as your wedding present. It is my gift to you!"

Mary hugged Jimmy and she looked up Jimmy with tears in her eyes. The two were lost in

the moment. It was a beautiful scene among the two of them.

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About a week later they were married. The couple wore elaborate furs as their wedding outfits

and they had the ceremony done outside the village. Mary's wedding dress was made out of fox fur and it stretched down to the ground as a long train style wedding dress. Jimmy had a tuxedo made out of bear fur and had a bear head propped on his right shoulder. It was a beautiful ceremony and the entire village was there.