Land: The Chronicles
Chapter 14: The Assault
An axe flew towards Arion. "Whoah!" Arion immediately rolled to the side dodging the axe, then quickly whipped out his gun and returned the axe throw with a shot.
-DOR!-
One person fell. Once again he fired the rest of the bullets at his barrel, but the shot missed.
Arion clucked dejectedly, he raised his Machete to fend off the bandit attack that lunged towards him. He took out a handful of earth and threw it towards the bandit "Argh!" When the bandit tried to brush off the ground that Arion threw, Arion's slash hit his chest, and the bandit sprawled.
His breathing started to pant, he managed to drop some bandits. Arion took out an empty cartridge from the barrel of his gun, then ran around the bandit camp to avoid attacks from the bandits as well as refilling the bullets in the barrel, several times he almost got shot or threw an axe from a bandit. The barrel of Arion's gun was loaded, he immediately fired two shots.
-DOR! DOR!-
Two people fall down, Arion lifts his machine and slashes it onto the back of the bandit who is unaware of Arion's whereabouts behind him.
"RAAAAHHH!" A screaming bandit lunged towards Arion from the side, before Arion gave a counterattack, a ship floated up and struck at the bandit's head.
The culprit was Ego who then appeared in bloodstained clothes. "You'll die if you daydream". He said while fending off the attack of a bandit and directly stabbed the bandit with his leisure.
"That was my victim". Arion clicked annoyed. "Yes". The ego just assures.
"The situation is a bit dire, right?" Said Ego standing next to Arion. "You're the one who messed things up". Arion's complaint facing the opposite direction of the Ego, he makes use of the situation to replenish his barrel again.
There were at least 30 bandits left, apparently they met in the forest path was only a small part of them, even though Ego had not seen the person he said as the real bandit leader.
"But it seems you've gotten a little used to it, even though I saw you almost die a few times". Ego said, he caught the axe that was thrown at him and threw the axe back.
"So you're just gonna watch me risk my life? So mean". Reply Arion who is still trying to regulate his breath.
"Instead, those who are risking their lives". The lightning-fast ego charged towards the bandits who surrounded the two of them and ransacked their ranks.
"Ah anjir, haven't had a breath yet". Arion's complains are again attacked by the bandits.
The fight was fierce on Arion's side, many times he dodged and fended off the attacks coming towards him. Although he managed to bring down some people, but still he received injuries, plus his stamina was already getting drained.
While on the Ego side, there was no fight, there was only one-sided slaughter, the bandits really did not dwell before him. One bandit attacked from the front, Ego easily resisted his attack, then from behind, the second bandit threw his axe. As if having eyes on the back of the head, Ego dodged the axe, making the first bandit hit by his own partner's axe throw.
In a short period of time, the bandits who surrounded Ego had already fallen. While on the other hand, Arion was getting overwhelmed, his body started to limp as blood continued to pour out from his body, his hands started to numb from being forced to continue attacking and defending, he said, The machetes also began to look slightly damaged because many times used to fend off attacks.
The bandits who had cornered Arion laughed ferociously, they immediately charged at the almost helpless Arion simultaneously. But before they reached Arion, their heads had already separated from each other's bodies before they realized it.
Ego flicked his Scimitar to remove the blood stuck to his blade, then he approached the already fallen Arion kneeling covered in blood.
"Still alive?"
"... You reckon?" Arion's voice rattled and trembled.
"Here, sleep there" Ego poked Arion's forehead and instantly exposed him.
"Well, now you're staying". Ego turned to look at the fake bandit leader lying in pain, Ego slashed both his legs and hands, so that he could not move.
"WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU WANT!? DON'T YOU KNOW WHO OUR REAL LEADER IS!?" The bandit cried out in anger, naturally, as all of his comrades were slaughtered by just two people. Even though one looks dead.
"I want the money you got from that merchant caravan. As for your leader, I'm not interested at all". Ego took the money bag hidden behind the bandit's clothes, then smiled with satisfaction after seeing the contents.
"Nyeh nyeh nyeh". The ego inserts the money bag full of gold plates into the pocket of his robe, then transports Arion's body either dead or unconscious and leaves the forest using a horse.
"Oh yes, I forgot to ask where the original bandit leader had gone. Bodo is very". He spurred his horse until he arrived at the edge of the forest, then he threw Arion's blood-soaked body onto the ground.
"When do you want to pretend to be dead?" Ask Ego. The Arion that was lying on the ground slowly started to move, then he immediately got up and spewed blood from his mouth, after coughing a few times, Arion started to look healthy, even though his clothes were wet with blood.
"It doesn't make any sense, you could just heal all my wounds". Arion gaped after examining his entire body, Ego only laughed at Arion's words.
"How else, I'm too good".
"Yes". Arion stood up and climbed onto his horse that had been tailing Ego's horse since. "Other times don't throw my body recklessly, it could die twice me". Arion's Complaints. But he was a little confused, because his horse did not want to move at all even though he had tried to spur it. He then looked towards the Ego who was seen covering his nose.
"Dress first". Said Ego.
"...."
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"You were here once".
Ego and Arion were standing on the field, in that place, there were several lifeless bodies of bandits lying in various places. Crows started to perch on their bodies.
"There are sixteen". Arion counted the number of corpses of bandits.
The ego inspects the bodies of the bandits one by one to retrieve their valuables. "This is good ... Poor basic ... This is a bracelet made by her grandmother or how ...? Ah, he's quite rich ... Why would he bring a cake ....?"
One by one the bodies of the unfortunate bandits were searched and looted by Ego, Arion just knelt down and cupped his hands together, hoping that no evil spirit would haunt them tonight.
"Oh! He's the bandit leader". Ego exclaimed when he saw a corpse, the corpse was filled with tattoos even to the face. "Jackpot!" Ego took out a bag of several hundred gold plates and a bag full of bullets, he threw the bag of bullets at Arion. "The caliber is the same". Arion said after examining the contents of the bag.
"It looks like the captain of the bodyguard wasn't a fool." Ego said after he finished looting the bandit's corpse." So they looted Alean's caravan after entering the forest?" Ask Arion.
"It's always been that way, people are always greedy". The Ego's timpal is counting the profits from the looting just now.
"Like you".
"Yabeh That".
Arion did not see any bodies on Alean's side of the merchant caravan at all, perhaps there were no casualties on their side or perhaps their bodies were transported onto one of the freight trains.
"It's over, we got it pretty good this time". The ego collects all the money it can in one pocket and puts it in the pocket of its cloak.
"'us'? Just you, I don't want to eat from dead people's money". Sahut Arion who felt disgusted and horrified.
Ego shrugged, "As far as you go".
The two of them rode each other young, returning to continue the journey. While riding a horse, Arion slightly recalled the sensation when he killed someone, it was true what Ego said. When you have mastered fear and strengthen the mental, then the power will flow unconsciously while fighting with the risk of life.
Even Arion recalled several times that he could feel as if time was running a little slow while he was fighting, therefore he could fend off the opponent's attacks or even directly give a counterattack. His senses also grew sharper, he could sense where he was going to be shot, so he could dodge right before the trigger was fired. The axe throw was definitely not a problem for him, even though he had not been able to catch the axe like Ego had done.
Arion stared at his tattered jacket due to the various attacks he received, his armor looked a little dented. The worst is the machine, the machete is already badly damaged with cracks and dents everywhere. "Looks like I have to fix my equipment in the next town."
