With just a little more pressure, he could've ended him right there.

"Bernard!" Evan yelled, sprinting over, panic all over his face.

Bernard frowned, silent for a moment, then let go and stood up.

"I'll be waiting for you up in the mountains. Come find me when you've toughened up! Now get lost!"

The big guy with the scarred face flushed red, coughing like crazy.

Evan dashed over, anxious. "Hey, are you alright?!"

The scarred man glared at Bernard, his eyes red and wild. He didn't bother wiping the blood off his face, just wiped his tears away roughly, not saying a single word.

He got up, limped off deeper into the woods, heading down the mountain.

a bottle of painkillers into his hand. "Here, take these. They'll

shot him a strange look, but took the bottle and disappeared into the

go for a while, then hurried

"I'm fine," Bernard grunted.

"What about him-?"

Bernard snapped. "With his skills, he's not about to get eaten by a bear or anything. But with that attitude, trying to get revenge? He'll wind up dead, and he won't even know how it

glared down the path after the scarred man, fuming. But beneath the anger, his words were laced

Bernard again. "Bernard,

from something weighing

Evan shouted

too. "You

from

big rock at the top of the hill. Evan fished out some medicine from his backpack— just aspirin, but it was better than nothing-and handed

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