Anton was thrilled about getting a four-socketed Voulge weapon. He would be able to create an Insight runeword weapon that his mercenary could equip and that meant that he would be able to use a high-level Meditation Aura which was way better than the level nine Prayer Aura that he had been using from his level thirty Mercenary although having both was welcome since according to the Diablo II wikis both auras stack.

He immediately went to his private stash and took the only Sol rune that he had been keeping for a Spirit runeword weapon and with the runes Ral, Tir, Tal, and Sol he made the Insight runeword weapon. He was in luck since the Meditation Aura on the weapon was level fifteen. He didn’t get the maximum level possible which was seventeen but at least it was not the least one which was level twelve.

Even level twelve Meditation Aura was good enough but receiving a level fifteen one would help tremendously. He immediately equipped the weapon to his mercenary and he could see that there were now two aura skills that he could activate and decided to activate both. Surprisingly, the Meditation Aura was able to support the mana consumption of both auras.

Anton tested his new mana regeneration by teleporting around outside the Rogue Encampment and he was pleasantly surprised that he didn’t need to drink too much mana potion. Normally while playing the game in this world, he did not teleport much unlike when he was playing the game back on Earth. First, it was dizzying teleporting too much if you were doing it in real life, second, drinking mana potion was not just clicking the icon if he was playing virtually and not the on-screen option so that meant that using just his Frozen Orb, his new Meditation Aura should be able to support it without any issue and without the need to keep getting a mana potion and drinking it.

Suddenly he heard his father talking loudly through the front window.

“Anton prepare yourself. The village is on fire, it seemed that it was currently under attack.”

Anton minimized the game while he was beside his private stash and felt his party system to check if his family and Lucas and his family were all added to it and they were so he activated the Prayer and Meditation Aura but this time he went to the settings and turned off the visual effect.

“Father who is attacking the village?”

“Bandits!” Anders said contemptuously.

Anton was a bit disappointed. He wanted the attack to be monsters so he could kill indiscriminately but if it were bandits, that meant that they were people but if they were cruel, he would make sure they would pay.

“We will hide Lucas’s family’s cart here. Nermina, Lunelle, and Anna, all of you go inside the carriage. Anton and I will drive the carriage to the village and we will attack any bandits who attack us and Lucas and Devon will guard us,” Anders commanded.

“I activated two high-level healing aura so whatever happens don’t be afraid since you will instantly heal but you can’t be too far away from me,” Anton told Lucas and Devon.

Anders drove the carriage one-handed while he was holding his magic missile wand while Lucas and Devon were riding their horses and were beside them.

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The moment they entered the village, they saw that the largest building was burning. It could be the village leader’s house or the village inn but a lot of people were running around and some of the people who were chasing the villagers looked like the typical bandits you would see in a movie with gruesome faces and dirty bodies and clothing.

The people heard the carriage coming and some of them stopped and pointed at the carriage. A group of bandits ran toward Anton’s carriage and Lucas and Devon unsheathed their swords. They jumped off their horses and prepared to meet the bandits.

Anders surprised everyone by firing his magic wand rapidly without regard to the number of spells stored inside. Lucas and Devon engaged the bandits and somebody shot them with arrows. Devon was hit in the neck which was usually fatal but the bandits were terrified to see that the arrow took itself out from Lucas’s son’s neck to the relief of Lucas and Devon’s wound healed immediately. Devon and Lucas were startled and paused for a bit but they recovered themselves quickly and began attacking the bandits.

Anders kept firing his magic wand and Anton actually just let his father, Lucas, and Devon attack without joining since it seemed like his father and his guards were enjoying themselves.

One of the bandits shouted “There are wizards! Flee for your lives!”

Anton saw that a lot of bandits began fleeing but Anders didn’t want to let go of anyone so he jumped from the carriage driver’s seat and began chasing bandits while firing off his magic wand.

Lucas and Devon were the same. They began chasing off the bandits and since Anton’s father and guards were faster than everyone else since they were not affected by fatigue due to Anton’s Prayer and Meditation Aura, only a few of the bandits escaped. Anders checked the fleeing bandit and counted that there were about only four bandits who escaped.

After a while, Anders and the guards came back from chasing the bandits.

“Thank you son for letting us handle the bandits. It was enjoyable. These old bones can still fight!” Anders said excitedly.

“Let me charge your wand, Father so you can fire more magic missiles in case the four bandits who escaped return,” Anton jokingly said to his father.

Anders and the guards laughed and Anton’s father gave the wand to Anton. He immediately had the blacksmith repair the wand and gave it back to his father.

“Should I start healing the villagers?” He asked his father.

“Oh yes. I almost forgot. I will have everyone who is wounded gathered at the inn’s common room. The inn is the one beside the burning building which was the villager’s chief’s house. Can you put out the fire Anton?”

Anton cast his Blizzard Spell but controlled the mana so the spell would turn into rain instead. He was so glad that he took the time to practice mana manipulation of the Blizzard Spell allowing him to turn it into rain without any problem. After a couple of casting, the fire died. The villagers were looking at Anton in awe and Lucas mentioned that most of them probably had never seen a wizard before.

“Everyone who is wounded or who can help those who are wounded, my son can heal them so please bring them to the inn’s common room, even the most severe wounds will be healed and we will not charge anything for the healing so don’t be afraid!” Anders shouted.

Anton knocked on the carriage door and told the women that the bandits had been settled. Nermina, Lunelle and Anna came down. Nermina asked Lucas to retrieve their cart and the head guard followed his wife’s command.

Anton went to the inn’s common room and saw that a lot of wounded people were already inside. He counted and there were five wounded people already there together with their families. He removed everyone from the party system and added all five wounded people at once. Since the Prayer Aura and the Meditation Aura were still active, the wounded healed immediately which brought gasps to everyone.

“Okay those who are healed please leave the common room so the other wounded and their friends and family can enter without any problem,” Anton said and the people who were healed and their families left after bowing towards Anton.