James started speaking. "It's probably those Silverhawks again. It's a bandit group that raids our village from time to time to fill their bellies and sacks with food, they have about 30 men and our village guard only has like 10 battle ready guards. This is the 3rd time they visited this month... If this continues..." James sighed.

As Connor and James were looking out the window, the village guards led by Matt quickly got out to the open field near the village gates.

The leader of the bandit group "Silverhawk" himself came forward with his men standing guard behind him and started speaking. "Yo... my favourite villagers! How ya' all doin'?" Silverhawk smirked.

Silverhawk looked like a middle-aged man who had small but many scars on his face. He was on top of a horse and had equipment that was definitely outclassing the village guard.

Matt frowned. "Silverhawk, this is the 3rd time you came this month, we don't have any extra foodstuffs to give." he pointed at some of the worried villagers behind him and continued. "These people will starve without the food, there is still sometime before the next harvest."

Bandits behind Silverhawk broke into a burst of laughter.

"You fucking scum! Thank us for not taking your women!" said one of the bandits as he licked his lips with lust.

Village guards who were standing beside Matt were fuming with anger, but unfortunately, it was a lost cause to attack the Silverhawks, they would wipe the floor with the bodies of the guards, not to mention what will happen to the villagers afterwards...

Connor and James stepped out of the barracks and quickly arrived beside Matt.

Matt turned towards James and started speaking. "They are asking for foodstuffs again, what do we do, chief?"

James stepped forward and looked at Silverhawk in the eye. "You should go." he pointed at Connor and continued. "We now have a mage to defend our village, if you want your lives to be spared, leave now."

Connor was shocked.

'What. The. Fuck? Why am I being put into use here?'

Connor quickly turned toward James and opened his mouth to speak.

"Hey old ma-" he couldn't finish his sentence as he was interrupted by Silverhawk laughing out loud.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Mage? This skinny toyboy looking kid? My ass! If he's a mage, then I am the King of Fucking Astragon!"

'Oi, oi, why the fuck are you insulting me, you fuck.'

"Toyboy? What the fuck happened to your face? Did you fuck with a bear or something?"

Silverhawk frowned and pointed at Connor and started yelling at his men. "Tie him up, we need to teach this young one some manners."

Bandits started walking forward with their swords ready to slash at any time. Seeing this, village guards stepped back a couple steps, it was unfortunate, but they knew they had no way to live if they were to fight. That kid just courted death.

As the group of 6 bandits were approaching, Connor quickly unslung his M4 from his left shoulder. And clicked the safety button near the grip.

'You just fucked with the wrong toyboy.'

Connor quickly aimed the rifle at the closest bandit's head and pulled the trigger. Which made the guards, James, Matt and some of the bandits cover their ears as the rifle shot a bullet with a loud bang.

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*BANG*

You have successfully eliminated the enemy. You have gained 10 reputation points.

Connor didn't have time to read the notification he got as he aimed at the other bandits one by one and pulled the trigger of his M4.

You have successfully eliminated the enemy. You have gained 10 reputation points.

You have successfully eliminated the enemy. You have gained 10 reputation points.

You have successfully eliminated the enemy. You have gained 10 reputation points.

.......

After managing the kill all the bandits that were approaching, he glanced at the notifications that almost filled his screen.

'Holy shit, these guys are literally dying to give me some reputation points.' Connor sighed at the miserable pun. 'Well, if I was playing any other game, I'd probably say this is a really good XP farm.' Connor thought as he smirked.

As soon as the other bandits saw that the kid did something to their comrades with his magic wand, they were startled and started shivering.

'He killed Samuel by doing nothing but lifting his wand...'

'Crap... we need to run.'

'Fuck! I don't want to die!'

Bandits were sometimes glancing at their leader and swearing in their minds, this was supposed to be an easy trip to get some fucking food.

After seeing this, Matt stepped forward while unsheathing his sword followed by other village guards doing the same.

'Holy shit, I never thought this guy was so strong.' Matt thought as he sized up Connor, he was standing in a weird pose and his magic wand was exploding every time he moved his finger, he wasn't even chanting anything, this greatly shocked Matt and the other guards.

On the opposite side of the teams, Silverhawk's veins were so blue due to the anger.

"KILL THEM! KILL THEM ALL! BURN THE VILLAGE!" Silverhawk yelled at his men standing behind him.

All the bandits behind started charging towards the guards and Connor's direction while yelling.

The village guards were startled but soon they recovered after seeing their leader fighting one of the bandits, seeing this, they started to charge and attack as well.

In the meanwhile, Connor was enjoying his time by farming reputation shooting the bandits one by one as soon as they attempted to attack him, he had killed more than 15 bandits. From what he could see, there were only 10 or so bandits were left beside the big kahuna, Silverhawk.

Silverhawk watched as his men lied on the ground, blood flowing from their head. He looked towards one of the bandits, as he was about to open his mouth the bandit was shot right in the head, same as others. This greatly shocked Silverhawk.

"RETREAT! RETREAT!" Silverhawk shouted as loud as he can.

The bandits that were attacking the guards and Connor suddenly turned back and started to run. Seeing this, Connor smirked. He had one target that he wanted to take down.

He aimed at Silverhawk's chest as he was trying to gallop his horse towards the outskirts of the village.

Connor pulled the trigger once again. A few seconds later, Silverhawk fell from his horse.

Bandits around Silverhawk were greatly shocked as they glanced at their now dead leader. They continued to run, without stopping even for a breath.

You have successfully eliminated the enemy leader. You have gained 15 reputation points.

A notification showed up in front of Connor's field of vision. It was different than the ones he saw before.

'Huh? Enemy leader? 15 points?' Connor started pondering as another notification suddenly showed up with a fanfare.

Congratulations Connor Ironheart! You have been promoted to Private First Class (PFC)!

Unlocked: Recruitment Quota - You can now recruit 1 soldier from the recruitment menu.

Unlocked: All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) (UNARMED)

Connor was utterly happy seeing this! He could recruit a soldier and ask questions about the event now! He checked is character screen to see if anything was different now that he was promoted.

Name: Connor Ironheart

Rank: Private First Class (PFC)

Reputation Points: 230

Faction: NULL

Available Commands: Equipment, Recruitment, Vehicle Hangar, Inventory

He smiled and looked at his surroundings before he fixed his gaze at James.