34 Battling the Bandits - 1

Roughly five minutes earlier, before Leon came to the rescue

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With a horrified look, Leon was about to retreat after seeing so many dead bodies and the bandits. He knew he would die if he tried to do something or stayed any longer.

But Enayet's voice made him halt his steps. Enayet pointed at the bandits and spoke with a wave of anger. "Brother, those are the bandits that did everything to me. They are here again to destroy all of it again."

Enayet's tears started falling, and he spoke with a pleading voice. "Brother, can you please stop them? Please.."

Leon was struck by Enayet's words. He didn't what he should do. He looked at the dead bodies, the bandits wearing evil smiles, the desperate face of the archer girl, and Enayet's request.

'Leon, what are you doing? You should stop being pussy. You said you wanted to enjoy the world, but now you are scared of these mob-like characters in shitty stories. Man up, you IDIOT!' Leon started contemplating himself.

He put down Enayet from his back. He started encouraging himself to get ready for this.

Enayet suddenly said."Brother."

Leon looked at his face.

"Brother, I believe you can do this. Because you are strong." Enayet said it wholeheartedly.

Leon was dumbstruck. He started thinking. 'How am I strong? I just killed small mob monsters in my life. How can I have the guts to kill someone who also has some experience.'

But when he looked at Enayet, who was still looking at him with the belief that he could do it, he let go of his distracting thoughts. 'Come on Leon. Just think of it as impressing your little brother and avenging this village.'

Leon turned back to Enayet. "Enayet, hide in a place not far away." and started walking toward the bandits.

He gave a smile at the bandits, who were not looking at him. 'Ahh don't come out whoever is in me. I know I am angry about what they have done, but it's not your job to solve it. You fuel me to remove this, but don't come out.'

He started sprinting and became serious. 'Just think of it as I am doing something justice and don't panic, Leon.'

'All for Enayet's happiness and his cute smile.'

He prompted his Focus Art and focused on his surroundings first. While focusing, he saw the archer girl shoot something in the air. He then focused his remaining mind on the arrow. The moment the arrow exploded, he stopped in his tracks. 'Fuck I am gonna get caught in it."

He then estimated the range and ran around the range while waiting for all the wind arrows to fall. He knew the move may be good, but he didn't expect it to be this good. When he focused on his surroundings, he counted there were forty bandits. but this move shortened them down to twenty-eight while the rest of them were injured.

'Now is my chance. But first,' Leon didn't miss this moment, so he started running into them again. He also looked at the archer girl who was lying down. 'I should save her.'

He knew he could at most focus on two things at once, so he focused on his surroundings and one bandit at a time. He didn't need to focus on his sword because he is already good enough not to, and this will take them by surprise, so he didn't need to anyway.

He saw the first bandit struggling to get up, and he went to him.

Slash

He didn't stop, then to next.

Slash

Next.

Slash

Then he saw one guy was already close, so he abandoned picking up the weeds. He sheathed his sword and started sliding when he felt that he was close. The blood made the ground slippery, so he slipped through there.

Trissssshhh.

The moment he came in front of the guy, he exerted force on his feet to stop his already slowed-down slide.

He didn't waste any time on unnecessary talk. He immediately drew his sword.

Swish.

With that, that guy's head dropped.

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After all, this happened when he came in front of this archer girl. Then he did the introduction.

Leon said to the archer girl. "Can you move?"

"Yes, I will. Give me roughly fifteen breaths of time." The archer said after some thought.

"Ok, Then hurry up. I don't know I can hold onto that long," Leon held his sword with both hands and readied himself for the battle."Also, May I know your name?"

"My name is Boa. I am a member of the Scrappers Team." Boa introduced herself.

"Okay, Boa I will defend you for a while; be ready to support me." Leon sprinted away after saying that.

He felt someone was already approaching him in his focus range. He focused on the closet one and then ran into him.

The bandits were all set now, despite their injuries. When Leon came to the one guy that he targeted, the guy raised his weapon to attack.

He felt that this little kid took them by surprise, so he can now kill this kid now with ease in a head-on fight. But his attack missed—no, it didn't miss—his attack didn't land. Leon had already dodged, and his sword was already on his neck.

Thud

Another one fell. Leon didn't waste any time here; he went to the next closet. The next guy had a huge club.

The guy swept his club horizontally at Leon. Leon already knew the moment that guy would make a sweep when he was in motion, so he jumped early.

The guy's club missed, and Leon was up above him. The guy didn't have the time to parry or dodge. Leon cut his head easily with the help of the dropping momentum.

Thud.

The moment that guy's body fell, Leon was about to go on to the next one, but he felt something seem to be approaching his focus range fast.

He ducked his head back with no second thought.

Swoosh

An arrow flew past in front of him, and it hit the guy on his right.

Thud

He then dashed past the now-sitting Boa and came behind her.

A guy who was about to swing his sword didn't expect Leon to notice him amidst all these people.

Leon slashed right into his belly, and blood started spurting out of it.

Leon then went on to protect Boa and battle the remaining eighteen bandits.

Amidst the battle, Leon was feeling like some sort of shackle in him had broken. He felt joy and happiness. Not the happiness that he felt in the past times. He was feeling a joy he hadn't felt before.

Leon, after slashing at a guy's heart, smiled.

He went on his rampage and thought. 'This feeling, such a feeling I have never felt. The blood, the scream. Ahhhh....I want this. I want this more.'