Before He Gets Here

As Hermes fell over, the man dragged him by his leg into another room.

"I knew you were some threat!" He snared as he jammed shut the door with them inside.

Nobody could hear them, nobody could see them. Just the two of them.

"Who are you?" He roared loud, advancing towards Hermes.

The latter could not say a word yet as he tried to rise to his feet. Crawling on all four, it seemed as if he was weak and he struggled.

But when he checked to see his attacker right in front of him, he chuckled.

"I am your nemesis."

Like a thunderbolt, his legs swiped over the floor swiftly, taking the legs of his opponent with it. Thus when the loyal bodyguard was falling down on his back, Hermes was rising back to his feet, and the situation was completely reversed.

The man gritted. With a sense of urgency, he tried to stand up again. But Hermes knocked him back to the ground.

As he bent over to knock him unconscious, the man was able to evade the blow somehow, toppling Hermes over and dealing him deadly