"John, you go and rescue the citizens inside the cave. Leave the rest to us. If a bandit comes your way and he is too strong for you to handles, then run away from there." Vincent said.

"I understand." John nodded.

Vincent walked out of the hiding to face the bandits while John slipped under the notice of the bandits and began to sneak his way to the cave at the bottom of the mountain.

The voice of a young man suddenly sounded in their ears has shocked a lot as they feared that bandit hunters were hot on their trail, but as they looked towards the source of the voice, and saw Vincent along with a young boy clad in black, their worries lessened.

A moment later, once their shock subsided, the bandits pulled out their weapons as they faced the person in front of them.

''Boss, two preys have come knocking our way. What a lucky day!"

''Ah, you're right, Javier. We're lucky to come across such stupid preys that have offered themselves to us."

Janis didn't doubt that they'll be able to butcher the youngsters as there were several of them compared to the two of them.

"Haha!"

"I haven't moved my muscles in a while, so let me deal with the eye patch guy myself." The leader of the bandits looked at Vincent before he began speaking to his crew members, "You guys take care of the other one."

After saying those words, the ferocious bandit with a head full of red hair began walking towards his opponent with a big sword in his hands.

"As you say, Boss!"

The rest of the bandits immediately responded as they approached Vincent with devilish smiles on their faces.

‹ A new Mission has been issued ›

‹ Mission Description: Slay the Bandits that kidnaps and loot the citizens of the Earth Federation ›

‹ Rewards: +5 attribute points, 500 units of purified life force ›

As Javier rushed towards Vincent, he laughed. "I'm lucky to have run into the students of the military academy. You don't know how much I have wanted to kill you bastards after one of your own killed my only little brother. Get ready to face your death!"

At that very moment, a terrifying sound rang out in the ears of the bandits.

Bang!

A large fireball suddenly surged forth from the magic scroll in Vincent's hands, charging straight towards the group of bandits.

Javier raised his eyebrows when he saw this, but he wasn't caught off guard like the others. He had good instincts and was able to use his ability to manifest a defensive barrier in time.

BAM

A moment later, the Fireball slammed into the barrier, shattering it instantly, and continued forth on to the bandits.

‹ You've slain five bandits between the combatant level of twenty and forty ›

‹ You've received 500 experience points ›

The fireball slammed into a few bandits that weren't fast enough to move out of the way, killing them instantly, and the resulting shockwaves slammed into the figures of the rest of them, causing their eyes to roll into the back of their head as they collapsed to the ground on the spot.

"Goddamn!" Javier cursed at the top of his lungs. "Attack that bastard! There's no way he has another magic scroll in his hand. Guys, attack!"

After passing out his orders to the remaining bandits, Javier moved to kill Vincent.

Vincent's indifferent voice sounded in his ears, "Say goodbye to your life, trash."

"Ugh!"

Javier breath was cut short as a crimson spear pierced through his chest, shattering his bones, rib cage, and heart.

"The same goes for the rest of you!"

"Please don't kill us! We are willing to pay for our crime by serving jail time!"

"You bandits aren't much better than beasts and monsters. Kindness and mercy are wasted on the likes of you. There's no way I will show you mercy and leave you alive."

Right after saying those words, Vincent used the last remaining offensive magic scroll in his possession to deal with the rest of the bandits.

A combatant fighting for the sake of justice should always be merciless towards them.

Otherwise, they are just acting stupid and cruel to themselves and the innocents.

At the same time, several meters away from Vincent, Varth dodged the attacks of Janis with ease, hopping around the area leisurely as he evaded his quick sword slashes.

"You damn brat! Is running around all you can do?" Janis said, feeling frustrated as none of his attacks managed to connect with his opponent.

Varth looked at Janis mockingly as he said, "It's been a while since I last cleaned up the filth of society. So, I didn't know that bandits arrogant have started to blind themselves. It only took a moment for my teammate to clean up your trashy crew. And It won't long for you to meet your end too."

"I dare you to say these words once I chop your head off your body!"

When the bandit realized that he was the only one left alive, he decided to kill Varth as soon as possible, as he feared that he will meet his end without a doubt if they grouped upon him.

Thus, he suddenly took a large step towards him, closing their distance, before brandishing his sword with all his strength.

"Sword Strike!"

A crescent silver arc shoots out towards Varth as Janis swung his heavy sword downwards.

The attack was more strong and faster than the ones before, and Janis was sure that he won't be able to evade his attacks.

The attack was about to chop Varth into two, when in that instant the black-clothed person's figure suddenly disappeared.

The attack of the bandit leader charged straight ahead and chopped off a few trees.

"What?! Where did he disappear to?"

Janis was stunned by this turn of events.

He felt scared to see that his opponent has suddenly disappeared in front of his eyes.

"Could it be an ability like teleportation or something? Damn, I messed with the wrong person!"

At that very moment, a threatening voice sounded in his ears.

"It's too late to regret!"

Vincent saw Varth standing right behind the bandit leader!

By the time Janis noticed that he was behind his back, it was already too late as Varth pulled the demonic trigger and a gunshot sounded in the area.

BAM

Vincent saw with wide-open eyes as Varth easily killed the dangerous bandit leader by blasting his head before he could even make a move.