"Look what I found latching onto the wall!? A little hungry rat!"
Thanks to my unique passive, I stick the landing on the main table, crushing it and earning the look of all the present thugs.
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"Hoo, now what brings this little rat to our party!" Yute stood up from where he was sitting and began approaching me with an evil grin on his face.
Feeling a pressence on my right, I take out my dagger and stab a hand that wanted to grab me from behind.
"Aaa!" The bald man cried out as blod started flowing out of his forearm.
"Ha, little rat has some spirit in 'im!"
"Ahahaha, you douche, hahaha!"
"How can you let a kid do you like that!"
The group started laughing at the injured thug.
Right now I'm at a disadvantage.
Before entering here I chanted the incantations for Strong sanstorm, quick and strong wind ram and neutral wind infusion.
When I took out that guy that was peeing, I used quick wind ram. Meaning that I only have three spells reserved, I'll need to chant the incantation for any other spell after those three.
"You look pissed off kid. Gissy, who did you take from today?" The leader asked to te warrior woman.
"A homeless old man and a demi-human prostitute" she said in an unexpressive tone.
"You don't look like the son of a homeless old rat. So you must be related to some used goods"
"Ahaha, maybe I'm your dad kid"
"Be careful, he wants to kill his fater, but who is it?"
They all bursted out laughing.
"Gross, imagine impregnating a demi-human, I feel like throwing up"
"You don't understand man, demi-human girls are top, that's their only use after all"
"Yea, they're made for us to explore our fantasies. Ahah-"
The crowd went silent.
After all, I pierced the throat of one of the thugs, killing him instantly.
"You fucking rat!" Another thug approached me, the fact that was unnarmed, coupled with his slow movements, were enough for me to slice the side of his stomach.
"Tch, he's no mere rat! Everyone, get your weapons!"
I'm not letting you.
"[Sandstorm]"
A big sandstorm formed, engulfing the entirety of this run down house.
I began to cut my way through the now blinded thugs, all of them confused.
But, even if I was slicing them with one of my hands, I used my free hand to pick their pockets. Most of them had nothing, but I did manage to steal a couple coins.
Suddenly.
"Heurk!" Somebody kicked me.
It stopped my advancing, but I managed to see a continuation of the attack.
My dagger clashed with it, creating sparks.
"I saw him!" A thug yelled as an axe struck down to the ground, getting stuck there.
"Just hold on! This sandstorm'll end soon enough!"
I started running to the door, but as I was stopped by a pressence. I saw it attack with a knife.
I barely parried it and stepped back.
"So you can also see here, and your technique. You're like me aren't you?" A scrawny man, to the point that you coild see his ribcage, pointed his knife at me "I even tried to get back what you just stole, but you stopped me"
Thanks to my training with Barret and Khyle, I got to know how to counterattack thieves like you.
But if you're a thief... then
"We're equals here" he said before running at me with an horizontal slash.
I ducked under it, provokimg his slash to cut through one of the blimded thugs.
"Right... here!" I felt an axe beginning to lower itself in an attack.
I quickly moved away from both of them.
"You dumbass, don't announce your attacks"
"But that's how I focus on my targets" a big, burly man began to talk to the skinny thief.
"You know what? As long as you get the job done you're doing no bad. Just follow my orders"
"Aye aye"
The skinny man jumped at me with his knife in front of him.
I manage to step aside to start a counterattack of my own.
But he parried me. We began a back and forth of clashes with our blades.
"I see you're pretty good"
"Better than you at least" I said before stepping outside of our clash, running straight towards the big man.
"Now!" The one I left behind's shout made the big guy swing down his axe.
I quickly dodged it and kept running, passing through his left and stealing some gold, a single bomb and a matchbox from his pockets.
I keep running past the thugs, slashing the body part of any blinded and confused one that was on my path, probably killing them in the way.
I reach a broken wall and jump through it. Falling on the grass outside.
I quickly turn on the match and light up the fuse of the bomb.
"[Wind Ram]"
I decided to use the strong wind ram to push the bomb to the sky, making it explode.
Now if I'm lucky, they see it and quickly come to my aid.
"Oh so that's how he looks like"
"Didn't you see him when he fell on the table?"
"I was looking at sub-boss' boobs, hehe"
"He, then I don't blame you bro"
They both had a perverted look on their faces as they talked about warrior woman's body with no care in the world.
"She has a nice body, doesn't she, rat?" The thief was salivating as he asked that with lustful smile.
"Too bad sub-boss' taken by boss"
"I personally have more important things to care about right now" I took out my second dagger and got ready to face them.
My breath calm and controled, my body is already used to fighting two on one.
But these guys aren't goblins, they're smarter.
Well... not these two, but their boss...
"Like not getting killed by us?"
I won't die on your hands, it's impossible. But i could by fighting against the whole group alone.
The sandstorm is still in full effect inside the house.
I only have a neutral wind infusion reserved.
I run at them, charging with my daggers ready to parry any attack they might do.
But my objective isn't them.
I quickly parry the thief's knife and keep my pressure on him, not letting him rest and making him take a couple of steps back.
The big man charged with his axe, swinging it horizontaly.
While I ducked under it, the other one jumped over it. Seeing him above me, and axe guy dealing with the aftermath of such a big swing.
I started running past them.
I won't win alone on a two on one. My best bet is to fight inside the rundown house, where only the skinny dude can attack me.
I entered the sandstorm, my figure getting lost inside it.
I could see how most bandits were still blinded and didn't move from their spot, they just desperately swung their arms around.
"Arid winds that have been whistling in the eternal scorching desert of the west ever since the beginning. Sing on this battlefield to blind all those who dare to cross you"
Reserved a strong sandstorm.
*clink!*
I parried the scrawny guy's surprise attack.
"I won't leave you alone little rat"
I clicked my tongue at his remark.
"But I probably can't kill you" he took a long and dissapointed sighed "Maybe some guy'll have fun with you" he maniacally laughed
*pow!*
!!
I was sent flying... by a punch...
This thing I feel inside my mouth... my blood.
*ptuh*
"Did I hit 'im Yorolo?" Yute asked, not caring if he hit a friend or a foe.
"Right in the face boss! Truly magnificent" the thief clapped trying to compliment his boss.
"Gissy, why don't you take care of him?"
"But boss! We can take him by ourselves"
"Let her deal with the rat, I don't want you two to waste your energy right now"
"It doesn't matter if my brother Yirili and I somehow took three hours dealing with this rat, we'd never get tired" the skinny thief truly didn't understand why his boss told him that.
"He used a bomb right? Which means that he isn't alone"
A shadow quickly ran past them. Clearly with the intention of attacking me.
I manage to move out of the sword swing, but a punch on my stomach was too much for me at that moment.
"Hurhk..."
That punch wasn't the only one.
She put her sword on her back and started attacking me with a flurry of punches.
A final blow to my face made me end up on the ground.
"Would you look at that? This annoyimg spell finally ended"
"Can I enter now bro?" the axe brother made his way inside the house.
"I don't see any more sand on the air... I guess you can enter"
I struggled to stand up. I truly wasn't expecting that attack.
I hear her sword striking the ground. She didn't fail... she aimed there.
I can see it on her face, she's trying to intimidate me.
"Man did you truly enjoy yourself here" Yute was looking around, all he saw was lots of his thugs either having serious injuries, dead or rubbing their eyes.
"I didn't have fun..."
"It doesn't matter what you think Yirili" the skinny member slapped the back of his brother's head.
*Thump!*
Yute's boot landed a strong hit on my face. The pain was more tolerable than swordwoman's punches.
"I don't know who you want to take revenge on. But I'm tellin' you to give up on that" he kicked me on my left arm, making me fall onto the ground.
"Wait boss! He casted spells. Couldn't he be part of Aurum Academy?" The skinny guy puts his hand on Yute, stopping him from kicking me again.
I could see how swordswoman made a surprised face and looked at the boss.
"Is he right little rat? Do you attend that place?" He grabbed me by the hair, lifting me up to meet his sadistic eyes.
"..."
"You're a tough guy, ain't ya?" he chuckled before punching me in my stomach, making me spew out some of the blood that built up inside my mouth. I made sure to spew it all on his face though.
"Agh! You brat" he violently threw me to the ground "What do you think you gain by doing that?"
I stand up with some difficulty, cleaning some of the blood on my face.
"Yea! You're only gaining more beatdowns from us!" The swordswoman said in a tone that felt different, as if she was worried about me.
"I was just making time..."
I waited for my friends to heroically arrive by taking down the wall in a powerful attack. Sadly, that didn't happen.
"Making time for what, recover and attack us again? Ha, don't make me la-"
Suddenly, an iceball and a bolt of lightning broke through the wall behind the bandit's elite members, causing some members to fly away.
I saw therir shadows form... honestly, they didn't look intimidating at all...
Well... Fran's confident pose was more than enough for me to feel safer.
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