Chapter 189 - Bandits (2/2)

”Ready,” Ray said.

”1,2,3, Shoot!”

At the same time, each of them reviled their hand. Gary and Ray chose scissors while Jack had chosen Rock.

”It looks like it's my turn,” Jack said.

”They're wasting our time.” The bandit leader said,” Get them!”

Then from the forest and bushes, ten men appeared including the bandit leader and they had completely surrounded Ray and the others. Each of them had a piece of cloth covering their mouths so only their eyes were visible and they all had a mismatch of gear they had obtained from their other targets.

Jack then stood forward and drew his giant great sword. As he did though one of the bandits rushed in and tried to stab him with the dagger but the dagger immediately bounced straight off Jack's body.

”What the…” Before the bandit could finish his thought, Jack had already swung his sword and knocked the bandit back into the forest.

Jack then went and dealt with a group of four bandits with a single swing and punched and kicked the rest until all that was left was the bandit leader.

”How… you're just a bunch of kids.” The bandit leader said, ”Fine, if I'm going down I'm going to take one of you down with me.”

The bandit leader had made an observation and judged that Jack had to be the strongest out of the three, while Ray looked the weakest. He leaped forward with his dagger in his hand, he had already chosen his target.

”Ouch wrong choice,” Gary said.

Jack and Gary didn't move from their spot because they weren't worried for even a second. The man swung his dagger and Ray stepped to the side causing it to miss. Then Ray swung his fist and hooked the man in the face, the second Ray's fist made impact, the bandit's teeth had shattered.

The punch was also so powerful it caused the man's body to flip.

”That was like the fourth group today,” Gary said.

”Yes, it is indeed a problem. When I can, I'll send Slyvia a message to send guards on this path, no wonder no one wants to do trade with us without the guarantee of protection.”

The three continued on their path and fortunately for them, there were no more run-ins with bandits. They had finally arrived at the town of Gumblow a small-town Ray had been to once before.

It was the town where he had met Candy and Tuffy that one time he had snuck out of the city.

As Ray entered the town, he was wondering how the two kids were doing but he didn't have time to go find and check up on them, after all, there were two things they needed to do while in the town.

The first was to register as Adventures. They needed a way to make money while on the road as the money Slyvia gave them wouldn't last forever.

The second task though was more important to Ray and that was to create their own guild.

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