Chapter 230: Quest (3) (1/2)
Rudra continued to fight the bandits , only enough to cripple them but not to kill , when the leader of the bandit group the level 60 chief , came out to the fight with his axe.
While dodging his first attack , Rudra quickly realized that this guy was trouble , trying to parry him with bare hands was akin to asking for a quick death.
Rudra immediately summoned elven sword , and started to parry the enemies attacks. Sword hit against axe , metal hit against metal as sparks flew everywhere. Rudra was fighting a intense battle as not only did he have to parry the chief at full concentration , but also dodge the other bandits incoming attacks without retaliating or killing them.
Slowly but surely , Rudra was getting frustrated , as this fighting was taking much more time than he expected. Fortunately , the chief made a mistake. He tried to slam the axe to cut into Rudra's legs however Rudra jumped , causing the axe to hit the ground .
Rudra stomped on the chiefs hand as a result , and cut the axe's wooden handle off. Rudra then landed a kick , square to the Bandits face.
BAM! he was sent flying.
The kick caused him to bleed , as blood dripped from his mouth. The chief was hurt , as he staggered to regain balance.
This was exactly the opening Rudra was looking for , running straight in towards the chief , Rudra jumped and hit an elbow straight to the top of his skull , the powerfull hit to the temple caused him to loose consciousness.
The troublesome chief went down!
Rudra then turned towards the rest of the bandits , who were sweating buckets now , most were already battered by Rudra's bare fist attacks by now. With their chief down , they understood that they were hardly a match for the man infront of them , who was not even using his full strength to fight them.
Rudra repeated in a deep voice ” It doesn't have to be this way , surrender , surrender and answer to your crimes , I will personally put in a good word to reduce your sentence. Live a life of honor , where you can hold your heads up high , the way you have chosen is wrong. Pillaging and looting from others will only make you hated and despised”.
One bandit sneered ” YOU DON'T KNOW HOW WE GREW UP ADVENTURER , DO NOT TRY TO PREACH US RIGHT AND WRONG , we steal because we have no food , we pillage because the merchants from whom we steal can afford so , without their family starving. We do no wrong , we provide a stable environment for the kids to grow and the women to live in peace. It is you who is disrupting the peace of our settlement adventurer , go away and WE will let this slide ”.
Rudra shook his head , as he said ” If you have no food then you do hardwork and earn money , stealing to live can be pardoned once if it is the case when you are starving and dying , but it cannot be a way of life , no matter how u place your words bandit , I will never be sympathetic to men like you who have no backbone for hardwork. If you donot want to come by choice , then you will be taken by force! ”.
Rudra sprung into fight again , and the bandits roared to fight him back at full spirits. However they again found out , how they were no match for Rudra , who was absolutely mauling them.
Within 10 minutes all 17 bandits laid on the floor , unable to move.
Rudra removed a large piece of rope from his inventory , and started to bind the bandits .
The women who were silent watching the fight uptill now , now began to scream and cry , at the scene , some fell on their knees and started to beg Rudra to let their husbands go , while some threw kitchen items at him.
It was a difficult position to be in , even for Rudra , even while knowing that this is just a game , the heart-wrenching scene of the women crying for their husbands made him feel like he was the villain here.
The elderly of the village took up swords , as they thought about fighting Rudra too , but Rudra just glanced at them and said ” Please do not sir , you have done no wrong , and I donot wish to hurt you , but try fight , and you will make an enemy out of me ”.