Volume 3 Chapter 11: Bandits
<span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 3 Chapter 11: Bandits
<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, I spy with my little eye something white!" Fira''s body swayed back and forth,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm? Is it Aria?" Keith answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ding! Ding! Ding!" Fira nodded, "You''re turn!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"I spy with my little eye something red," Keith stated. As they continued to travel to the royal capital, Keith and Fira decided to y a game to pass the time. They were ahead of schedule.
<span style="font-weight:400">It was only a few hours before they arrived at the royal capital.
<span style="font-weight:400">It was a peaceful and rxing atmosphere. Keith had taken off all the warm equipment and stored it.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mir continued to rest on top of his shoulder with a happy expression. The group ate some fruit to pass the time. As they traveled,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Kwak!" Aria flew back down,
<span style="font-weight:400">"What''s the matter, Aria?" Keith looked up at Aria. She continued to screech.
<span style="font-weight:400">"There are people around here?" Keith questioned.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ho,"
<span style="font-weight:400">"They''re being attacked too? Let''s go help them out!" Keith didn''t hesitate as he told Barton, "Barton! I need you to go faster!"
<span style="font-weight:400">Without a thought, Barton started to ride even faster than before!
<span style="font-weight:400">It didn''t take long before the group arrived at the scene. What Keith saw was a carriage being attacked by a group of bandits.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Take all the loot!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Take the women as well!"
<span style="font-weight:400">The bandits continued to scream out as they attacked the carriage. The guards frowned as they blocked the attacksing their way.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Darn it! There are too many of them!" They were hired to protect the carriage. But there were only 10 of them and 50 bandits!
<span style="font-weight:400">"How can we deal with them?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Thank goodness we have him on our side," One of the adventurers stated as he stared at someone. He was dealing with 10 bandits alone.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Boss! This kid is good!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"We need more people on him!"
<span style="font-weight:400">This person wasn''t going down. He had the advantage when facing those bandits. But the person knew he couldn''t push them back. He couldn''t strike.
<span style="font-weight:400">The moment he did, the bandits would take the chance to attack the carriage. The horses. They were the key. If they lost it, then they were stuck there.
<span style="font-weight:400">The only thing he could do was to block them from getting close to the carriage.
<span style="font-weight:400">While they continued to fight, the oue became obvious,
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s over!" One of the bandits got close to the carriage! The bandit raised his sword, ready to slice the people in it! Before he could,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ugh!" The bandit''s movement halted as he dropped to the floor.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What?" Everyone turned his head to see someoneing from a horse! Keith could care less about them staring at him. He had used wind magic to take out the bandit.
<span style="font-weight:400">I need to help the person in the front. He saw the person protecting the horses was at a standstill. He was able to fend off more than 10.
<span style="font-weight:400">But that was the only thing he could do.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Barton, I''m going to jump!" Keith quickly got into position. Barton didn''t hesitate andunched Keith towards the front! Keith went flying through the air. But his target was the front.
<span style="font-weight:400">As he dropped, he kicked two bandits!
<span style="font-weight:400">"I got your back," Keith stated to the person. And when he heard that, the guy smiled,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Thank you," Without a thought, the two started their attack.
<span style="font-weight:400">"We got a strong backup!" The guards brightened up when they saw Keith''s actions. This man came to help. And this person was strong!
<span style="font-weight:400">Two weren''t enough as Keith continued to take them down!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Thank goodness." One of the people screamed out as they sighed in relief.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Get them!" The bandits screamed. Seeing how they were going to lose, the bandits'' leader shouted. Their target was the carriage. Before they could attack it,
<span style="font-weight:400">Woosh! A wall of earth came from the ground, covering the entire carriage. Keith scoffed, "You''re not getting near this carriage.
<span style="font-weight:400">"We can go all out! There''s no need to worry about the carriage." The protection of the carriage was important to the guards.
<span style="font-weight:400">That would always be on their minds.
<span style="font-weight:400">The guards brightened when they heard that.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Attack this brat!" The bandits shifted their target to Keith. He was the one who caused all of this! But they forgot about someone. Rather, something.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ho!" Aria came down, defeating two bandits!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Thanks, Aria!" Keith smiled as he went back to defeat the bandits. It took a few minutes, but it waspleted.
<span style="font-weight:400">"We did it!" The guards shouted as they looked at the defeated bandits. But they knew the two people in the front were the reason they won.
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith ced the earth wall down and shouted, "Tend to the wounded."