3 Bandit's Base

Location: Mt. Esval

The girl that Al and his friends find is caught by the bandits. Currently, Al and his friends tried to rescue the girl and her friend out of the hands of the bandits. They were now in front of the bandits' cave base, preparing a plan to save the girls.

"Do you understand the plan?" asked Al.

"You are good at planning, Al," said Gray.

"Very well. We understand your plan. Then I'll prepare myself," said Marc as he left them.

"Then, Lia. You're the first to go. Be careful," said Al.

"S-sure. Just leave it to me," said Lia, blushing.

In front of the cave, two bandits were guarding the entrance to their base.

"H-hey! Stupid bandits! Look at this! Fire Magic: Ember!" Lia used her magic to attack the bandits.

'Mages, one of the nine Fantasia classes. The Mage class is a long-range fighter who focuses their strength on magic attacks. Their magic power is the strongest compared to other classes. However, this class is very weak in physical attacks and defenses themselves.'

*Burn*

"Urgh! Hot! You damn girl!" said the bandits angrily.

Lia ran away from the cave and was chased by the two bandits.

Flashback...

"First we divert the attention of the two bandits guards. Marc, Lia, your power doesn't match to fight in a small room like a cave. So I leave those bandits to you," Al explained the first task to Marc and Lia.

Flashback Ended...

'(Be careful, Marc, Lia,)' thought Al.

"This is our chance," said Gray as he entered the unattended cave with Al and Leo.

In the cave, they ran to find the girls until they were blocked by Brigit, the bandit who caught the girl they were looking for.

"Assassination: Sandstorm!" Brigit attacks Al, Gray, and Leo from behind with his skill.

*Whoosh*

"Watch out! Ax skill: Stone Wall!" Gray creates a defensive wall of stone to block the sandstorm made by Brigit.

'Guardians. One of the nine Fantasia classes. This class is a middle-range fighter class that focuses on defense. This class has a very high defense beyond any class. However, this class doesn't have any magical abilities.'

"Gray! Watch out!" Al warns Gray about Brigit's whereabouts.

"Assassination: Sand Pin!" Brigit attacks Gray from above with his dagger covered by sand.

"Ax Skill: Sand Guard!" Gray uses his ax covered by sand to block Brigit's attack.

*Shrink*

Gray blocked Brigit's attack.

"You're pretty good too," said Brigit before he jumped away from Gray.

"Go! As planned, I'll take care of it!" Gray told Al and Leo to go first looking for the girls.

"Sure. Be careful, Gray!" Al and Leo went to find the girls.

"I won't let you go any deeper. Assassination: Rock Out!" Brigit threw his shuriken-shuriken.

"Ax Skill: Sand Swing!" Gray used his ax to blow off Brigit's shuriken.

*Clank*

All of the shurikens were blown away by Gray.

"Your opponent is me!" shouted Gray.

Al and Leo were still running to find where the girls were.

"Al, I'll go ahead to find them. Are you okay with going alone?" Leo asked.

"Go, I'll catch up," said Al.

"Assassination: Dispeling Trace," Leo disappeared to find the two girls first.

'Assassins. One of the nine Fantasia classes. This class is a frontline fighter class capable of infiltrating enemy areas to gather information. With its speed, this class can defeat the enemy in just one hit. However, this class is very weak in defense.'

"Be careful, Leo," said Al.

Flashback...

"Among them, there is an assassin like me and he looks pretty dangerous," Leo told friends about Brigit.

"Then, Gray, with your defenses you can withstand his attacks for quite a long time. Would you do it?" asked Al.

"Just leave it to me!" replied Gray.

"If Gray can take care of the assassin, I can freely search for the girls with my skills," said Leo.

"Sure, we have to find them as soon as possible," replied Al.

Flashback Ended...

"(They've all done what they can. That's why I won't lose either)" thought Al.

Outside the cave, Lia was still running from the two bandits who were chasing her.

"That's enough. Fire Magic: Fiery Ring!" Lia made a circle of fire to trap the bandits.

"What? A trap?" the bandits were trapped in the circle of fire.

"Good job, Lia. Now it's my turn. Target, Lock-on! Aero Arrow!" Marc shot his arrow at the bandits at the top of the tree.

'Ranger. One of the nine Fantasia classes. The Ranger is a long-range fighter who has excellent aim. This class requires a large area to carry out attacks and away from enemies because it has poor speed.'

*Bam*

The arrow hit the bandits' heads and knocked them out.

"Thank God," Lia sighed after running quite a distance.

"The rest we leave to you, Al," said Marc, looking towards the cave.

In the cave, Al was still running to find the girls until he found a room. When he was about to peek into the room, he heard a girl's voice from inside. Then suddenly a loud crash sounded from within the room.

*Bam*

Quickly, Al entered the room to see what was happening. In the room, a bandit is seen hurting the girl he found yesterday afternoon. He began to get angry and attack the bandits.

"Stop it! Sword Skill: Wind Slash!" Al raised his sword and attacked the bandits.

"Don't!" shouted the girl.

"How dare you enter my room! Sword Skill: Air Slash!" The bandit blocked Al's attack with almost the same skill as him.

"What?!" Al was surprised by what he saw.

Elsewhere, Leo managed to find Aqua who was being held in the basement alone. Aqua, who saw Leo, started to get scared.

"Calm down. I'm getting you out of here. Assassination: Blaze Cut!" Leo used his skill to cut the lock of the prison.

*Slash*

The prison lock was cut in half and Aqua managed to get out of the prison.

"Thank you," said Aqua.

"Save the thanks until we get out of this place," said Leo.

"Unfortunately you won't leave this place," said a bandit and his friend who approached Leo and Aqua.

"Who are you?" Leo asked.

"I'm the great Ben! And this is my brother Ken who is no less awesome!" the bandit introduced himself and his brother.

"We will beat you up for daring to free our prisoners!" said Ken.

"Don't expect you to get out of here safely!" says Ben.

"You can fight?" Leo asked.

"Of course. I'll support you from behind," Aqua replied.

"Nice. This is going to be an annoying battle," said Leo.

Al and his friends also tried to beat the bandits to save the girls held by them.

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To Be Continued...