Bandits

It's been seven hours since they departed for 'Juri'. It's very dark outside. Because of this they stop their carriage and set up tents for the night.

"What about the food?" Mio asks

"Don't worry, we brought food with us." Akemi replies

"PIG." Roy says in a low tone while looking at Mio.

They set up a small fire to cook their food.

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After having their dinner,

"Ok brats, go and take some rest. We have to start moving again in the morning tomorrow." Shira says to Roy, Mio, and Renjii.

"Okay" All of them say at once

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After a few hours,

At midnight, when the whole atmosphere is calm and silent, some people approach their camping spot.

After they come to a certain distance, Shira starts feeling their presence and wakes up.

'Looks like we have some company...' Shira thinks inwardly with a smirk.

"Let's wake the brats up first." Shira thinks out loud

As he was about to call them out he hears Roy saying, "Wake up guys, there are intruders."

As Roy turns his head he sees Shira sitting.

"So, what should we do now Mr. Shira?" Roy asks

"We will of course fight. Wake them up first."Shira says to Roy

Roy nods and tries to wake up Mio and Renjii.

"Oy, wake up." Roy says while shaking their bodies

"What…is it?" Mio says while rubbing her eyes.

"Hmm…? Roy?" Renjii says

"Get ready to fight." Roy says

"Why?" Mio asks in a sleepy tone

"There are bandits." Roy says to them

Mio and Renjii quickly get ready.

"Listen. You guys will be doing the fighting. This is your first mission! Give it your all!" Shira says to them.

"Okay, but what will you do?" Mio asks

"I will be near the merchant's tent to protect them if things get out of hands." Shira replies

"Capture or kill?" Roy asks Shira

"Capture."Shira replies

"Got it." Saying this, Roy gets out of the tent silently without alerting the bandits. Roy then tries to locate the bandits.

Mio and Renjii also get out of the tent with sneak.

"Six in total, three on my right and three on my left." Roy whispers but Mio and Renjii hear it.

"I will take care of these guys." Roy says while pointing to his left

"Okay, we will take out those guys then." Renjii replies

All of them nod and get in their position.

Seeing them, the bandits get out of hiding.

"What do we have here…A couple of brats...Looks like today's job will be really easy." A bandit says

Roy looks at them with an angry glare and says, "So, you think some peony bandit like you can beat me?"

After hearing that the bandits get angry and two of them charge at Roy and both of them have long swords in their hands. And the guy in the back starts to do a spell casting.

'Looks like the two of them are going to fight me in close range and the guy in the back will use his magic to back them up in long-range. Such a predictable strategy' Roy thinks while preparing to fight

The two bandits that charged at Roy swing their sword at him from both side but Roy jumps and easily dodges it. Then the bandits shout at the guy in the back.

"Hey, why aren't you backing us with your wind magic."

'Looks like the two with the swords have body enchantment magic and the one in back has wind magic." Roy thinks inwardly

Then suddenly Roy is hit with a wind gust and gets flown away by it and hits a tree.

"Hehe-hahaha boy you are thinking too highly of yourself just because you are a magic Knight."

At that moment Roy gets up instantly and takes hold of his sword from its scabbard and runs at the wind mage and swings his sword at him but to his surprise, the mage has a defensive armor but still, the bandit receives a huge shock from that attack and gets knocked out.

"Looks like I have underestimated you guys. Till now I was just messing around but now I am going to fight you for real." Roy says with a smirk

Then Roy enchants his sword with magic to make it stronger and more durable. After enchanting his sword he jumps in the air and attacks the bandits with his sword.

The process of Enchantment amounts to the user adding their own Magic onto living or inanimate objects, thereby increasing their natural attributes; Enchanting wood to make it stronger than steel!

"Since your long rage attack dealer is now out, I can concentrate on you guys and not worry about getting hit from the back." Roy says

Then Roy starts to fight the both of them at the same time. Two of them start attacking Roy from all sides and try to create pressure on him. But Roy is not someone who gets pressured so easily. Roy blocks all those attacks like a pro.

"What's with this kid?!" One of the bandits says

"It's getting boring now. Guess I'll have to wrap this up." Roy says

Just after he said that he vanishes into thin air.

"Wh-where is he?" The bandits say

"Aghhh!" one of the bandits screams and falls to the ground.

"HUH?!" The last bandit says and looks back but Roy already pierced his blade through his stomach.

"EASY!!" Roy screams

To Be Continued...