
I'm a bit confused to say one versus everyone, but it's the truth!
Mika curled up in fear behind Momo, she is our burden right now. Then the limit of magic that Momo could use was only three times in a day. Right now there was only one more magic he could use.
So it can be said that only I can fight now. Even so, since then I just walked through this building while subverting the bandits we met.
Dor's! Dor's! Dor's!
Up until now it's probably been about six of them I shot. We just want to find a way out, but keep meeting them on the way. That's why we're constantly spinning around in this building.
"Some one came from the right!" Momo.
I pointed my gun to the corner on the right. When I was seen, I fired all my bullets at them.
Quick Change's!
Dor's! Dor's! Dor's! Dor's!
One of them used his shield and held all my fire. But I continued to shower him with bullets to the point of being unprotected by his shield.
The three bandits in front of me fell. Behind them was a door that seemed to lead to an exit.
"To there!" I ran to that door.
Momo and Mika are still following me behind. They both looked exhausted from running from the start. I also feel that way, especially since last night we have not eaten at all. Our energy is lacking for this fight.
"They went to the backyard! Chase Them!" Shouted one of the bandits.
As soon as we came out of the door, in front of us lay a large courtyard with many training facilities. Other than just the headquarters of the bandits, it seemed like they were also training the new members in this place.
"Training ground?" Mika looked around.
"There are swords there. You can wear it for a while." Momo pointed to the place where some weapons were stacked.
"No want! I just want my sword and shield!"
Ehh... Trouble.
"Attack them! Don't let them run away again!"
"Good!"
Bandits started to pop up around us. They come from the inside, or twist past the side of the building.
The three of us are surrounded in this field. Their number was around twenty people, and it seemed like it would continue to grow.
I looked around to find a way to escape. I don't want to leave those who are still in prison, but our current capabilities are not enough to fight them all.
"That's my sword!" Mika pointed to one of the bandits.
Behind the other bandits, there was one person who used Mika's sword and shield. He's too far behind for us to reach. But without her, Mika would not be able to help the fight.
"Hold behind me. I'll try to take your weapon." I told them both to stay away. "You may have to protect yourself in the meantime, okay?"
"I'll help you with my magic."
"Save it for later. I'm gonna hit them, danger if you unleash your magic."
"alright. Be careful." Momo and Mika go to take cover behind a barricade. If things are urgent, Momo I'll tell her to use her magic. But for the time being it's better that they hide first.
Now, I'm dealing with a lot of bandits. They used various types of weapons, but I have not found any archers among them. I have to be careful of those people.
"Light diaa!!"
"YAHYAH!!!"
They all advanced simultaneously. It's a bad thing for a long-range attacker like me, but I need to be able to adjust the fighting conditions.
Think of a strategy to deal with them all. A movement that is short and can surprise them. Do as you often do in the game.
"KABUUURRS!!!"
...
"Don't let him get away!"
"Foot him!"
Jem! Jem!
Ah, crap! Archers!
I looked towards where the arrow came from. Because it's still morning, the light from above doesn't stop me from seeing.
The archers were above the bandit headquarters. Supposedly with this distance, they'll have trouble shooting me.
Dor's! Dor's! Dor's!
While running, I shot at them curiously.
Dor's! Dor's! Dor's!
"Yes!!"
Lothawat!
A bandit appeared in front of me and swung his sword quickly.
Tang!
I used my gun to fend off his attacks. I can't use this gun often to fend off sword attacks.
Dor's! Dor's! Dor's! Dor's!
Jem! Jem!
"Who, whoa!" Some arrows shot back at me. After that they did not give me time and immediately went back to attacking.
"Yes!!"
A slash! A slash!
Tang!
Dor's! Dor's! Dor's! Dor's!
They all swung their swords foolishly. I could easily read their movements and avoid them. If there was a chance, I pulled one of their bodies and pitted it against another bandit. It can also be used as a shield.
Dor's! Dor's!
They are not inexhaustible!
Buk up! Buk up! Tubs!
A slash!
I used the equipment in this place to outwit them. Even though they were all moving at once, it would definitely be difficult to chase after this nimble me.
"Ril! The bandit in front of you!" Mika shouted from far away.
What's he thinking? Now his position has been discovered, and the bandits will go after them.
"My sword and shield!" He continued his words.
Oh, I saw it!
The bandit in front of me carries Mika's sword and shield, but my position is too far if I want to take it. I had to let them off guard and put the sword and shield first.
I need Mika's help. If only I had the Stamina Potion, it was possible that I could handle them all alone. Unfortunately all I have now is a potion for wound recovery.
In front of me were still a dozen bandits, and a few archers above their base. They were circling me to close the escape route, now I'm completely cornered.
"Where else are you going?"
Think something! Make them fooled even if only for a moment. My energy is running out, and I don't know until when I can survive in this situation.
What the bandits always thought...
"Look, the money's flying!"
"Where!?"
I darted behind them, then kicked the bandit holding Mika's weapon.
"Oraa!!!"
Tubs!
The other bandits began to notice my trick, but I quickly picked up Mika's sword and shield.
"Mica!" I threw them both. His sword and shield were not as heavy as I thought, so I could still throw them well even with half the force.
"All right!" Mika jumped out of the barricade, then caught her sword and shield very closely.
I ran behind the barricade and knocked myself down. I no longer have the strength to fight. "Sorry Mika, I've reached my limit."
"It's okay. Rest, let me take care of the rest." Mika responded to me, but with a different style of speech.
His voice still sounded like a girl, but his tone sounded very manly this time. He also stood boldly in front of us, when not long ago he was cowering in fear behind Momo.
"How dare you fool us."
"Stop them!"
The bandits were getting angry. Mika will be ganged up by them all at once!
"YESY!!" They all came forward to attack us.
"Lion's RoaaAAAARRRR!!" Mika shouted using her skill.
The loud shout made the other bandits disturbed and attacked Mika frontally. But with the new ability she showed us, Mika easily resisted and repelled the attacks of all of them.
I know this skill.
This is the type of skill that will give the effect of Taunt to the enemy. Those affected by this skill, will be provoked to attack its users in any way. While being a Paladin, I used the skill often in some battle conditions.
A slash! A slash! A slash!
Tang! Tang!
Mika used her thin sword to deflect the bandits attack, then used her shield to restrain or attack them as well.
I have never seen anyone so agile when they were being ganged by many enemies. From her movements, Mika seemed very trained for these conditions.
"Momo, prepare your magic area." Mika gave orders. He thought of a plan without disturbing his concentration of fighting.
"As I said earlier. Use that magic, I can avoid it."
"alright. I believe in you."
Hmm, since when did they plan it? Momo started chanting the strongest magic she had. I could feel a strong mana flow around him.
Meanwhile, Mika was still dealing with the bandits. He seemed calm despite being attacked blindly, it was because Mika could resist and fend them off all so easily.
A slash! A slash!
Tang!
Mika deflected the arrow that came towards her without looking. His reflexes exceeded that of an adventurer! What is the level now?
"Mica!" Momo finished chanting her spell, and gave a sign to Mika to prepare.
"Now!" Reply Mika.
"Icicle Storm!"
Momo took off her magic and popped three magic circles over her head. Of the three magic circles, spears shaped ice shot with a large number and very fast.
"Ice magic?" I was stunned to see it.
The ice spears rained down on the bandits and Mika. The ice spear that hit the opponent would stick with it and turn bigger, thus locking the opponent's body with ice crystals. If exposed more than twice, he would completely freeze.
Mika fended off all the ice spears that led to her very quickly. Not a single Momo magic attack hit him. He faced the deadly attack with no fear at all.
As a result, all the bandits and their headquarters buildings, until the archers up there froze without a single one remaining. Except for Mika who is still standing upright in Momo's magic attack line.
"Great." I muttered seeing their attack.
I was stunned twice. First, when he found out that Mika can become a knight if she holds a sword and shield. Second, Momo can use many types of magic. That's the third kind of magic I know.
"Huh, hah—" Momo fell beside me.
"Whoaah! What happened to you, Momo?" I caught it and leaned it on my body.
"Huh, hah— I'm out of nowhere." Momo looks like she's got a fever. He forced himself too much.
"Let him rest. His mana will recover over time, but he won't be able to move that long." Mika approached us. She looks like a knight princess, very pretty. His clothes and weaponry also greatly supported his appearance.
"alright. You can rest now, Momo. I'll take you." My speech.
"Thank you, Riel." Momo fell asleep. She is so cute when she is exhausted.
"What are we gonna do next, Riel?" Ask Mika.
"Hmm?" She asked me? He seems to have more of a plan than I do. "The bandits won't be able to move, will they? We'll release the hostages and return to Deedalee City."
"alright. Just let me take Momo, I still have a lot of power."
"Hm! Please, yeah." I picked up Momo, then Mika grabbed her and carried her like a princess.
The princess who carries a princess.
I stood up and put my clothes on. I was just exhausted from now on. The bandits were not as strong as they seemed, I did not receive any injuries from their attacks at all.
We both walked into the building. Now we will rescue the people kidnapped by the bandits, and bring them back to the City.
"Well, whoa."
Mika and I stopped as soon as they heard it.
"There's a group of girls, capable of defeating a lot of my men. Very interesting."
In front of us appeared three people whom I had never seen before.
"Return, Riel! They were not like the other bandits!" Mika quickly stood in front of me. He took Momo down and I'm holding her now.
"Who are they?" My toot.
"I don't know either. What is clear is that their strength is further than the one we fought against earlier." Mika prepared her sword and shield. He was very wary of the three people.
"No need to rush. You must be exhausted after facing them all." The person in the middle was the one who spoke. I can conclude that he is a leader of the bandits, and the two people next to him are his bodyguards.
He wore luxurious clothes like a noble, with a fedora hat. While both of his bodyguards used ordinary robes like an Assassin.
"I was also amazed to see the cat girl using magic, and the lady there using a gun. Then the female knight was also very good at facing many people at once. Are you used to it?" The man spoke again.
"I'm sorry, but I'm a man." Mika denied it coldly.
"Hhhh!" The three people were surprised. "I never imagined before, there was such a beautiful man in this world. Looks like you'll be very interesting when..."
"Enough bases. I won't let my two friends be touched with your dirty hands." Mika mounted her horses steadily.
"Haha! I can't wait to see your face when it's destroyed."
Goddamnit! That guy really looks shitty.
"Mika? What's their level you think?" My whisper.
"People in the middle there I think are level 5. While the two guards were around level 3 or 4."
It was quite high when compared to my current level.
"I'm still level 4. I can face both of his bodyguards, but not the person in the middle. His aura is very dangerous. He probably has a certain artifact he keeps." Mika gave me an explanation.
So Mika is already level 4. I was pretty sure when I saw his power. But the artifact that Mika meant, I still don't know anything about it.
"Listen to me, Riel. Run away!"
As soon as Mika said so, the two bodyguards had charged swiftly towards her.
Tang! Tang!
Mika repelled their attacks accurately.
"Run fast, Riel!"
"But."
"I'll hold them off as long as I can."
"I can't leave you alone!"
"Go quickly!"
Mika won't listen to me. He'll keep telling me to run whatever I tell him.
*tang! Tang!
A slash*!
Mika could withstand both of their attacks, but she looked a bit of trouble offsetting her nimble movements. The two Assassins cornered Mika with their swift attacks.
"Go quickly, Riel!"
I can't do it. I can't let Mika alone face the three of them. She called us two friends, and that was enough to make me feel touched.
Tang! Tang! Tang!
Mika is getting desperate due to the attack of the two of them. I can't help her from far away because I'm holding Momo. What am I supposed to do now?
"Give up, you guys. I'll give you a special service if you want to obey us. I will forgive your actions against all my men, but if you want to obey me." The man over there read back.
"You think we'll agree! Step over my body if you want to touch them both!"
Micas...
Why the hell would you want to protect us?
"Alright then, finish him off."
As per the orders of their leader, the two Assassins took out different knives than before. Their blades this time were pitch-black and cast a purplish shadow.
Mika gasped when she saw their knife. He took a distance like he was very wary of that weapon.
"When you get scratched by that knife, say goodbye to your dream of protecting them."
The two Assassins lunged at Mika using his knife. They move low and want to attack from both directions. If it was this fast, Mika would not be able to avoid them.
Mika would not be able to avoid them!
"Mika, Watch out!" Shouted worried.
Be late. Mika's movements could not keep up with the speed of those two Assassins.
Jem!
"Hhhh!!" I shut my mouth in disbelief. But what I saw in my eyes, the Assassin was instantly killed by something behind him.
"What! Who's that?" Their leader gawked in disbelief.
One of his surviving bodyguards directly returned to his master's side. They were seen to be wary of someone who could subvert his guard with a single strike.
"Your plans are over." Someone came from behind the forest.
"Shim!" I felt like I was dreaming when they came.
"Rieeell!! You okay?"
The clara? He came from a different side to Shin. He immediately arrived in front of me and gave me first aid.
"You all right? Which part was injured? Is there a limb missing?"
I'm okay, really. You better help Momo right now.
"Sister!" Call a girl I don't know. Her clothes were similar to the one Mika was wearing.
"Christa!" Mika answered.
They're both brothers?
I found his sister like a Priest because of the staff she was carrying.
"You all right, Riel?" Shin arrived beside me. "You must be ready for your actions, right?"
Hehehe, it seems like this matter has its second round.
Our reinforcements have arrived, Shin came with Clara in her adventurer mode. He looks cool with the arrows he uses. Then came Mika's younger sister who seemed to be a Priest. We have a healer now.
Get ready bandit leader, we will counterattack.