*Thougts*
~Sound effects~
+”Whispers”+
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Chapter 24: Village
„That was great, glad I went along with you!“
„It sure was, but what do you mean with the last part?“
„Nothing, nothing, But damn this will be one hell of a video“
„I hope so, but be sure to make it good!“
„You bet!“
Now their journey continued, and after 5 uneventful days, well if you count some monster ambushes as uneventful. So when they finally exited the mountain range of Willamar they were quite overpowered their skills and stats looking like this:
Status WindowNameKyleLevel52ClassDefenderFame490Infamy50TitleN/ATitle²Slayer of the forgotten archerHealth7488Mana3280Strength237 (+10)Dexterity134 (+10)Wisdom46Intelligence56Vitality151 (+10)Luck3Endurance52Sustenance32Fighting Spirit26Block19 (+10)Base Attack72 (+70 / 80)Defense145 (+20)Magical ResistanceFire5%Water5%Earth6%Air5%Dark5%Holy5%Cold Resistance10%+10 to Vitality, Strength and Dexterity
+20 to Defense
+10 to Block
Mobs attack you before they turn to the group members unless provoked
You may not engage mobs unless they attack you first
+5% to all Magical Resistance
If your Infamy is higher than your fame, you will be wanted
Reward depends on the difference between Fame and Infamy
* Shield Mastery Beginner Lv8
Increases block chance (-80% damage taken when blocking)
Increases Defense while blocking (+24% Defense)
If the attack you blocked is more powerful than you can candle, the damage will be doubled
* War hammer mastery beginner Lv6
Increases attack Damage by 60% (blunt)
Increases attack speed by 18%
+3% Stun chance
* Blacksmith Beginner Lv2
* Repair Beginner Lv5
The amount of Durability lost while repairing is reduced
* Cooking Beginner Lv7
The food you cook will taste better
* Shield bash Beginner Lv6
Deal Damage equal 2x equipped shields Defense
+15% Stun chance
Mana cost: 50
* Digging: beginner Lv6
Enables you to dig faster
You use less stamina while digging
Earth affinity +3%
* Trap triggering Beginner Lv2
Enables you to see traps, and judge their effect
While triggering them you are also able to position yourself so that you won`t get the full impact of the trap you triggered
-6% Damage from Traps
If a enemy gets caught in a trap you triggered it will get 20%more damage from it
Attention
Disarming Traps has become impossible
* Disarm Beginner Lv2
Enables you to Disarm your enemies
+2% Stun chance
Costs 500 Mana
Attention!
Not possible against Bosses or named monster
* Danger Sense Beginner Lv7
AOE 7m
Activates, when hostile creatures enter the AOE of the skill
Mana cost 30
* Mana Coating Beginner Lv7
Coats your weapon or armor with Mana making it endure stronger impacts
Durability +21 while the skill is active
Defense +21 while the skill is active
-70% Damage when blocking
Costs: 10 Mana per second
* Push Beginner Lv4
Make a dash forward with your shield held in the ready,
pushing all enemies that are in the way back
Deals damage equal to shields Defense
+20% Stun Chance
Costs 300 Mana per meter
Max of pushable enemies: 11
* Last Word
When your health drops below 10% you can activate the special class skill:
You get full Health and Mana
Your health and Mana regeneration is doubled
All Class restrictions are Negated
+50% to all stats
You will die after 5min
Status WindowNameNeuronLevel49ClassN/AFame640Infamy150TitleN/ATitle²Slayer of the forgotten archerHealth4480Mana3460Strength155Dexterity253Wisdom33Intelligence62Vitality85Luck40Endurance26Sustenance28Fighting Spirit24Accuracy17Base Attack45Defense18Magical ResistanceFire0%Water0%Earth1%Air0%Dark0%Holy0%Cold Resistance10%
* If your Infamy is higher than your fame, you will be wanted
Reward depends on the difference between Fame and Infamy
* Bow Mastery Beginner Lv8
+80% Attack Damage
+24% accuracy
Raised by Shooting arrows
* Tailoring: Beginner Lv05
You can see, where garments are worn out
This applies to everything, a tailor can make
* Mana connection Intermediate Lv2
You are able to connect yourself to everything you touched
The connection will be invisible until you specify the property
Possible properties: 2
Attention
everything can only be connected in a straight line,
If something is in between, the manifested connection will go right
through it and possibly become stuck
PropertyMana CostThread10 per meter
* You are now able to disconnect/connect the thread from your body
* When the thread is reeled back, the excessive Mana will be stored for 5min
* You are now able to connect different things together
* The Thread has now become unbreakable
Rubber Band190 per meter
* Due to users request the rubber band will exert a tremendous pulling force on both connected subjects when activated
* Stealth: Beginner Lv4
It is harder for people to notice you while this skill is active.
Stamina consumption is doubled
Quick movement and combat cancels the skill.
* Identify Beginner Lv5
Enables you to identify Items
* Jump: Beginner8
Enables you to jump higher and further
Decreases the damage from falling
Enables you to endure strong impacts with your feet
Mana cost: 120
* Shower: Beginner Lv8
Magically split your each projectile into several arrows when they reach their highest altitude.
This skill can only be activated when using a high angle shot.
The power of each projectile is decreased by 30%
Number of projectiles each projectile will split into will increase by +1 for every skill level.
Mana cost will increase per skill level.
Current number of projectiles: 9
Mana cost: 120
* Throwing Weapon Mastery: Beginner8
Increase Attack damage +80%
Increases critical hit chance +21%
Increases accuracy by +21%
Attention:
You are not able to equip close combat weapons
* Pankration Beginner Lv6
Enables you to fight Monsters barehanded
+60%Attack damage
+60% Attack Speed
-18% Damage taken while fighting unarmed
Allows you to force enemies on the ground
When fighting Enemies on the ground you gain
+6% Strength
+60% Damage
Requirements:
Light or Medium armor
* Arrow Creation Beginner Lv3
Possible arrows 2
Current added arrows 1
Arrow Damage MaterialMana cost Bodkin10-20 (Pierce)Iron, Normal arrow50
But now, back to the story:
„Hey Neuron, do you see that smoke, from where is it coming?“
„Its coming from a village with a wooden Palisade which also produces the smoke“ He answered after looking at it with his Hawkeyes
„Do you think it is under attack? “
„Most likely“
„Then what are we waiting for, lets hurry and save the villagers!“
„Alright, Bad People beware, the avengers are coming“
„Neuron, I wondered about that many times, but now I have to ask, Are you really sane?“
„I am, my mother tested me“
After hearing this Kyle could only laugh
„Serious: this is just a game, and I am going to enjoy it!“
„How can you still think about Royal Road as a game? For me it looks quite real, in fact too real to be a game“
„I know that it is a game, isn`t that enough? “
“Is that the reason, why you are so reckless? “
„Yeah, if it is a game, I can do things I wouldn`t do in real Life, like the descent or the theft.“
„But What about PK-ing? This is a game right, and they will be back either way, so would you also PK?“
„Good question, but the answer has to wait till we have ridden this town of Bandits, and I also think this question is void, because there are no players around.“
“True, so would you kill NPC`s?”
“Hell no, only if they attack me first” while saying that he placed his right hand on his chest, as if to vow
While talking they approached the village and now they stood before the city gates.
„Ähm Neuron, how will we do it?“
“First we go separate ways, to test their strength, then if they are too strong we will regroup and fight together.“
„Alright, time for some pounding!“ He said while circling his war hammer around in his hands
And with that Neuron jumped over the gate, while Kyle followed on foot.
When Kyle set his first foot inside the village he had the sensation that the earth rumbled, that something big would happen, but he shoved it onto his Nervousness, because this was their first time to ever fight human enemies, and in a large group nonetheless
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Some Place far away:
„Trouble, the oracle has predicted a big change, the old has to be replaced by e new, but every change won`t happen without calamities she said!”
„What can we do against it?“ asked another voice, this time a female one
„For now?, Nothing, I don`t even know what this big change will be, we can only act when we know what she meant“ answered the male voice
“True, why has the old jackass run away now of all times?” The female asked in a rather angry voice, then she directed her speech towards another person that was in the room: „Go, deliver this prophesy to everyone else
“Right, on it”
*I hate it to be the Mailboy*
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But everything was void; the houses roofed with straw had some windows broken, but nothing indicated a bandit raid, when he looked inside all furniture was in place and no bandits were around anywhere.
+„Hey Kyle all the villagers were transported to the village square“+
+„Where is it?“+
+„Just follow the street you were on when you entered the village, it will lead towards it.“+
+„How many Enemies are there, and where are you?“+ Asked Kyle, while he sprinted back to the road Neuron indicated
+„I am on the roof of the town hall, looking at the village square; the villagers are watched by 20, no 30 Enemies! Kyle I’m going to act now!“+
+„No, wait till I get there“+
+„There is no time, they are about to execute the Village Elder,”+
Seconds later „Do it! I’m there“
Because his last shout wasn`t covered by the whisper function anymore every head jerked in the direction Kyle entered the square from, giving Neuron time to get up and aim at the leader of those bandits. Kyle was the only one who saw him picking up his bow and aiming the arrow.
„Attention, this village is surrounded, I advise you to surrender peacefully“
Bandit leader:“ You think I’m going t believe you? Do you think I`m stupid, you little runt? Just look, that armor doesn`t even suit you, who made that piece of junk?“
„Oh, you shouldn`t have said that, i know someone who will be really angry hearing this, but he isn`t as forgiving as I“
“Do you think i believe you, you obviously are alone and trying to play hero!“
„Well, you should believe the arrow that is sticking out of your head“ said Kyle casually
After hearing that the leader wnet pale and brought his arms up to touch the arrow that penetrated his skull, but while he performed that motion he died.
*Boah, they are really weak!*
All bandits that invaded the village were actually level 30-40 But the fighting in the wilderness especially their fighting with trolls that have a high Hp recovery rate boosted the stat and skill progression of both of them, so now they were equal to a players that were at least 10 Levels higher than them.
But if speaking about combat Prowess both of them could win against a Mob that was at least 15 Levels higher than them, while fighting it alone, of course this didn`t apply to players, but there were, for known reasons, none around.
After that a volley of arrows rained down, without tips, to not hurt the innocent, but the bandits were in shock about their leader dying so quickly and thus they only noticed the arrows and tried to escape. The lucky ones run out the entrances opposite to Kyle and Neuron who jumped down from the RATHAUS when the bandits began trying to escape, the unlucky ones, who tried to escape towards the paths they guarded, met their ends by either being chopped or squashed to death.
After all the bandits finally left, the village elder approached them:
“Thank you, thank you, I would really like to give you something as reward, but we don`t have much, lately many bandits gathered under a leader, and now they are much more organized than ever. The ones you defeated were here to get their taxes, but a huge storm destroyed half of the village and so we had to use the money we had to pay to them for repairs. They told us that this time they would take my live and half of the women from the village, and if we won`t be able to pay the next time, they would wipe out our village….
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Whisper “Hey Kyle this old goon talks for ages, I just wish he would give us the quest to kill them soon if not I’m going to yawn”
Whisper ”I think he will soon get to the point, I believe, that he just wants to get our Mitleid, so that we`ll accept the quest even without many rewards”
While they whispered to each other the Village elder kept talking without noticing that both of them weren`t listening. And really Kyle was right.
“Please, I beg you to help us exterminate those bandits we don`t have much to offer you as reward, but I believe all villages will give you some rewards, and altogether it will be worth your troubles.”
“Don`t worry, we will help you!”
* You have accepted the quest
“Hey Neuron, are you an idiot?”
“Why?”
“First, you haven`t read the Quest description at all, and second, you haven`t listened to the Elder!”
“But you also haven`t”
“There, just take a look at the quest you have accepted for us! I bet this also happened when you accepted the Tailoring quest”
“……”
* Quest: Exterminate the Bandits
Groups of bandits have pillaged the land, but now they have been united by a leader and taken refugee within a supposedly unconquerable Fortress
Rank: D
Reward:
Depends on your actions, and what the villagers can spare to give you
Requierments:
Save a village from the bandits
To complete the quest you have to wipe out most of the bandits, especially their leader
“What, Unconquerable! This can`t be possible!”
“See, I told you to read the quest description first!”
“Ähm, sorry” he said meekly
"There is nothing we can do about that anymore, you already accepted it” Kyle said while glaring towards Neuron.
“I already said that I am sorry!”
“~Sigh~ so now we have to resupply ourselves, do you have a store where we can buy and sell something?”
“Yeah, but you will be disappointed about the wares we can offer you…..and about selling, we can`t buy anything from you”
“Yeah, yeah, I get it, the bandits took everything ~Rolls eyes~ “
“But, do you have some arrows” “ And some cooking utensils” added Kyle
“This we can offer”
“Great, and do you also have a place where we can rest?”
“Yeah, just go straight down this oath and then the second house to the left.”
As soon as they entered “Boah, this is really rundown!”
“Neuron, don`t complain, they had to sell everything they had to please the bandits”
“Yeah true, but after hour long travel I expected at least a bed, and not sacks of straw!”
“Hey, you can sleep inside a bed whenever you log out, so don`t complain about a little inconvenience, just do it for the realism, in the middle age this was the bed all travelers used.”
“Well you know what, I am logging out and catching up on overdue sleep. And I also have some real live issues to attend. So we won`t be able to travel together”
“Good, so when do you suggest we meet up again?”
“How about a week in game later?”
But their plans were disrupted
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Some time later
~RRRRing~
~RRRing~
*Hey what the fuck, who phones me in the middle of the night?*
“Hey Neuron we got problems”
“So it was you!”
“Bandits are attacking the village, hurry log on, we have to defend it!”
*Oh those bandits are so gonna regret attacking at this goddamn hour!*
But when he logged back in the sun was high up, and her gentle rays went inside the room they used as base to log in and out. As soon as he logged in, Kyle greeted him.
“Hey, Kyle what’s the ruckus about?”
“First, follow me, I’ll fill you in, while we head to the gate.” And so they began running “A hunter saw a group of bandits heading towards this town!”
“How many?”
“I Don`t know, I didn`t ask him, I only heard the news from a NPC the village elder sent to me”
“Ok, I`ll see to that” And after saying that he jumped on a nearby house and jumped along the roofs, while Kyle run beneath him. Then they arrived at the gate, well if it can even be called a gate, due to the tempest, most of the palisade was blown away, and the Village people hadn`t time to repair it fully.
“Kyle do you have a plan how to prevent the bandits from entering?”
“Kill them all?”
“Fuck if that’s all. Then I don`t think this will be possible”
“How so, I think they are rather weak”
“Ähm, you really should see what I am seeing right now!”
“Tell me!”
“Ok, there are hundreds of bandits on their way here”
“~Gasp~ You sure?, don`t you think you miscounted, a large group of people can look much larger”
“Sorry to disappoint you, I have already seen such a large group, when that Guild, what was it called, well never mind, attacked Gaber, and they seem to be even more!”
“Then we have no choice but to kill all”
“I don`t think we will be able to”
“We just have to try”
When the bandits finally where near enough so that Kyle could see them too he went as pale as a sheet.
*O shit, Neuron was right, we are doomed*
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After the pillaging inside the Bandits fortress at nightfall:
“We are back, and we brought all the villagers back, there even are some nice women” While saying that the speaker made a really dirty grin, that could even rival the guy who was the culprit of the Rubygate.
“Good, but I noticed that you are fewer, than I sent out, what happened to the rest, are they coming late?”
“Ähm, no sire sadly we encountered some resistance while attacking the town”
“The heroes?” he asked with a sarcastic tone
“Yeah, they were really strong”
“Now give me the report!”
“We began our attack, it wasn`t a coordinated one, of course everyone just had his mind on pillaging and getting the best women, to do you know what ~wink~”
After hearing that the leader hit him and said:” Stay true to the task I gave, and just give me a report of those so called heroes!”
“Yes sire. While we charged, we were hit by a volley of arrows, that managed to slow us down, and even killed some bums, that weren`t worth of being with our might, but we charged ahead ignoring those volleys, we numbered over two hundred, so what about some little arrows!”
While hearing that the bandit leader could just shake his head about such stupidity but the talking one didn`t notice it and continued:”But then it became worse when we tried to enter that rundown dump of a village, their palisades were a joke! It had holes everywhere, but while we charged through them a figure appeared clad in full defensive armor, he even wore a shield that reached from the ground to his shoulders and a heavy war hammer! How he could move with that gear is a mystery. But he swung that hammer around as it was as light as a feather, sending many men flying or crushing them at the spot, but he wasn`t very agile, so we attacked him from behind, but out of nowhere his companion appeared, literally he was just there!” he added after noticing the unbelieving look from his leader, “It was as if he just fell down from heaven. But he was only clad in some kind of leather armor that looked really weak, so we thought he would be an easy game, but he twirled around with his two axes that had a strange shape, sometimes he also threw knives and iron stars so no one could get near him, and if someone managed he would be chopped to little pieces by his most accurate swings, that could even find the smallest gap in our armor! So we kept ourselves away from them throwing everything we had at both of them. The guy with the armor then shouted retreat and dashed forward, right through our men that still tried to enter the village, sending all of those that were in his way either flying or crushing them under his feet. The other one didn`t retreat in such a flashy way, he just jumped and flew over at the palisade, landed and jumped again landing out of my sight.”
“And? Did you follow them?”
“No, we won, so we began looting and hrrm” he cut of his words after noticing the glare he received from his leader
“You Idiots! They followed you here!” While shouting that he drew his sword and cut the head of the reporting guy cleanly off.
*Those fucking idiots, now they know where we have our base, and they will soon come here with reinforcements. If that entire story that idiot said is true, then those two must be some Knights under order of the king! Meh, no one will ever be able to conquer our fortress, but it is too soon, following the plan he promised me they would attack in a month’s time so that we can upgrade our defense, but what if…* And while mumbling he left. While leaving he remembered something and asked another of his underlings, “So how many did they manage to kill?”
The guy he spoke to jerked because he was really shocked about that behavior the leader showed, and thus he stuttered:” A a ab bb bout”
“Stop stuttering!”
“About 68 Sire”
“What! Those damn idiots. Imprison all captives inside the cellar! And don´t touch them till I examined them”
“Yes sir!”
*Gosh I hate bandits, but all brawl no brain, but I need them to wreak havoc in all the villages and towns around here, so that the plan can work, well maybe I will get some women to have fun with*
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“Hey Kyle what now, we abandoned all villagers, the quest is now for naught”
“Nope, we just have to follow them, so that we know, were they are hiding”
“Ok, but first I’m going to sneak back into the village to kill as many as I can while staying on the roof where they can`t get me, hey wait what is going on now?”
A long line composed of the villagers that were bound to each other left the village, if one wouldn`t walk as fast as he should he or she would get hit by one of the bandits that were patrolling around, their mourning and crying was so loud, that even Kyle and Neuron could hear it. They currently where about 100m away from the village hiding inside a crop field
“I think they are being deported to the bandit’s village to work as slaves”
“What the fuck…”
“Do you still think of this as a game? If so, then go inside the village and see for yourself what those bandits did with the ones that they couldn`t use as slaves”
“And you won`t?”
“No, I think I know what you will be seeing”
So now Neuron was sneaking inside the village, it wasn`t easy for him because his sneak skill was low and it was day, but somehow he managed, because he jumped on a still standing part of the palisade and from there on a roof of a house that was made from straw, but luckily didn`t break upon impact. From there he heard a conversation:
Voice 1:”Hey come here, I found a nice woman that hid under her bed!”
Voice 2: “Great, I’ll have her first!”
1”No, I found her, you can be second if you want kehe”
The woman was cornered inside a dead end and could only look at those bandits that were joyfully speaking about raping her with tearful eyes, but she was strangely composed. As soon as the bearded one that reeked like he didn`t knew what water could be for except than drinking came near her she began to panic and trash around. While doing so one of her legs hit the man on the shin, and he wasn´t pleased by that.
“Hey you dirty whore, if you won`t play nice I won`t either!” And after saying that he hit her so hard, that she stumbled back to the wall. Everyone thought the she would bump hart into the wall headfirst, but then a figure appeared holding a longbow in its left hand, stopping her from receiving more injuries.
“What were you going to do?” Asked Neuron in a threatening voice, and without him noticing the Hawkeyes activated
1 “Ah, a Demon!” while shouting that he turned tail and ran as fast as he could, the other bandit just stood there frozen.
As soon as the bandit turned tail Neuron nocked on an arrow and shot it towards him. The arrow he shot flew with a black glowing color on its tip towards the fleeing bandit an hit him straight in the back, instead of falling down due to the impact, he was forced off the ground and flew a few meters, before crashing in the door of the house opposite to this street, breaking the door he hit.
But Neuron wasn`t even paying attention anymore, after he shot the arrow he lowered his bow and focused on the still frozen bandit.
In a split second Neuron was before him and used his momentum to punch him in the solar plexus, lifting the bandit a few centimeters from the ground before he landed coughing for air, before he even landed Neuron brought his arm back to pick a arrow out of his quiver, he nocked it on the string and then shot it at the panting bandit. This time also a black color appeared on the arrow tip, and after he let it loose, it cleanly penetrated the bandits head and hit the ground with a loud bang, leaving a small crater behind, this time Neuron wondered about it, but he dismissed it and turned around towards the woman, which looked at him with thankful eyes, but as soon as she saw his eyes she began screaming like crazy. Even Kyle who was outside the village could hear this high pitched scream of utter terror.
Whisper “Hey Neuron, what happened?”
Whisper “Nothing, I saved a woman, but she then saw my Hawkeyes, so I left her alone, if you want you can calm her.”
“Ok where is she?”
“Just follow the screams”
Due to what he saw at this time Neuron was now patrolling the village to kill all remaining bandits, and looking for villagers that needed help, when he heard a woman voice crying
“Not, my daughter, please nooooooo…..”
Her scream was interrupted, and that gave Neuron a fright but then something happened that pushed all the blood out of his head leaving him completely pale
“Muuuuuuummmmmyyy”
That was the cry of a child. He began to search desperately for the location those voices came from, it had to be somewhere near him, because he heard it quite clearly, but it were still some houses he had to check.
*Please, common cry, so that I can hear you!*
The first house he went to was a dud, the second also, but inside the third he found something that shook his believe that this was a game to the core.
After some time he received a whisper from Kyle
“Hey, I managed to calm her, where are you?”
“Inside the house with yellow flowers on its window boards”
*What happened, I never heard such an emotionless voice from him?*
Now Kyle searched the house Neuron described. When he entered the house he was greeted by a scene that could easily be out of a horror movie, all the furnace was thrown towards the walls forming a pile with only one armchair in place, inside which Neuron was sitting while twirling around a throwing knife, and then throwing it. But that wasn`t the part that shocked Kyle, it was quite normal to see a raid, where all furniture’s were destroyed.
No, it was the man that was hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the room. His Hands were tightly bound with a mana thread and he was hanging so high, that he could barely touch the ground with his feet to sustain himself. He had countless injuries all over his body from which blood dripped towards the growing puddle on the ground. But no Knifes or Shuriken were stuck inside him, and then when Neuron threw another shuriken he knew why. Neuron threw them in a way that only grazed the bandit’s skin to give him pain, while he begged for mercy.
“Neuron what in all nine hells are you doing?!” he shouted really shocked, but Neuron didn`t avert his eyes from the man and just pointed towards a door in the far end of the room.
Because he didn`t receive an answer Kyle was heading towards the room Neuron pointed to and opened the door. While opening the door he could see a dress lying on the ground, indicating that someone died at this spot. Then when he opened the door further he could see a bed, and when he fully entered the room a gasp went out of his mouth. On the bed a girl sat that looked like it was ten years old, with cold emotionless eyes that looked nowhere in particular, she didn`t even notice that Kyle entered the room.
Whisper “Neuron did that guy do what I think he did”
Whisper “Yeah” came the cold emotionless reply
Kyle staggeringly exited the room and asked “Hey Neuron, gimme one of your Knifes”
Kyle caught the knife that Neuron threw at him without looking and went to the still hanging man cutting the thread that was holding him in place. After landing the bandit robbed towards his feet and thanked him many times, but Kyle only kicked him in the stomach so that he would roll on his back. The bandit realizing that from that person wouldn`t come any help began to cry and beg for mercy once more. But Kyle without ever changing his expression equipped his war hammer and brought it down on the left foot of the bandit smashing it in the process, while a high pitched scream left the moth of the bandit. Then Kyle spoke without changing expression
“Tell me where your hideout is located”
Bandit:”I`m never going to tell you!”
But unfazed Kyle turned towards neuron and said:”Bind his foot, so that he won`t lose too many Hp, we don`t want him to die on the spot don`t we?”
While neuron performed his task Kyle pulled out a healing potion and force fed it to the bandit.
“Just so you know, we can go on like this the whole day, there is a whole world of pain with your name on it”
* Sadism
Your love of pain energizes you. While causing pain and damage, and for a short time thereafter, stamina and mana regeneration increases. You are prohibited from distributing stat bonus points to this stat, and it rises spontaneously, depending on the avatar’s action, especially if you cause ongoing damage to monsters, such as with poisons or bleeding attacks, as well as some critical hits.
The bandit could only look with eyes wide open to this person that was standing before him promising him a world of pain with such an emotionless face, he could understand if he saw rage inside his face, rage was something he understood, but such a emotionless attitude scared him more than all the swearing from the other guy. Then this guy appeared in his field of vision
*Maybe if I aggravate him he will kill me quickly* were his hopes
“Hey you with the bow, I did it, and it was quite nice, ah such a yo…” but he halted mid sentence, because Neuron now activated his hawk eyes and looked at him as clinical as the other one.
*Demon, he is a Demon* he thought but the only thing that left his mouth was a squeak.
“So now do you want to comply?” asked Neuron
“Yes, yes, I want, just don`t drag me into hell!”
“That won`t do, but if you comply, I’ll drop you in a less scary place” neuron answered because he thought of that being the right thing to do, and it was, because the bandit began speaking like a waterfall
“Our base is located a five hour walk on foot away from here, it is completely surrounded by cliffs” but he couldn`t resist of also saying “You will never be able to enter, it’s impenetrable!” After hearing this both of them averted their attention from him and began speaking of what left him with utter terror.
“So, what are we going to do with him” asked Kyle
“Don`t know, I haven`t given him nearly as much pain as I wanted to”
“Me too, so what do you suggest”
“Dragging him all the way till we reach their hideout”
“Nice” and with a diabolic grin, that was worsened, because before they didn`t show emotions, and of course because the bandit heard everything they talked about.
“But Neuron, let us gag him beforehand, so that he can`t alarm his peers”
“Nice idea”
And after that was done they again bound his hands and fastened him to Kyle with a mana thread of course, who unequipped all his armor and gear, and gave it to Neuron for safekeeping, so that they could run as fast as possible because they wanted to be at the hideout before the main force arrived.
End Chapter 24