Velzard POV:
Looking at the destruction spread out in front of me I felt a little guilty "I'll have to practice this later but for now..."
She turned her gaze to the exit of the forest "I'm getting out of here"
somewhere else
. ???:" What do you think? Is it another playar?"
The voice asked.
???: "That's likely I'll keep an eye on him".
Another answered the question before leaving
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"Well I'm finally out but...where do I go now? I don't even know what part of the world I'm in, what year ago did the anime start or not?"
She said as she looked at the plains spread as far as the eye could see.
"It's night but I see as if it's day. Well that's the real dragon for you."
With that she took a random direction.
"I hope it leads me to some city."
"I've been walking for two hours! When the hell will I arrive?"
She grumbled at the long and boring journey.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of metal and the smell of blood, which made her stand up.
"There's a battle nearby, I have to hurry."
With that, she increased her speed significantly as she readied her sword.
??: I am Albert, a Silver adventurer and the leader of the Slasher Blade squad.
My dream is to become a Mithril El adventer.
I recently accepted a simple mission to protect a wealthy merchant's caravan during his journey to the city of E-Rantel.
The journey was relatively smooth, with only a group of goblins stopping us.
Of course, we defeated them easily. We are now resting in the plains, as the city is still a two-day cart ride away.
I pride myself on having a good sense of danger.
It has saved me from certain death several times and has never let me down.
Today, this sense has gotten the better of me. Adam said with a frown,
"Oh, Albert, why are you looking so grumpy? You'll have a child soon. Cheer up, cheer up! Hahaha",
this is Adam, my childhood friend and a spear expert. We have the same dream about Mithril rank.
Laura: I don't usually agree with this idiot, but he's right.
You should be our happiest.
You'll be a father and maybe even get gold rank after this mission. And this is Laura, a powerful mage who uses 3rd rank magic and is currently the strongest in our team.
Drake: Leave him alone, maybe he drank too much and got a hangover haha.
Laura: Drake, are you drunk again? Stop drinking before you die.
Laura said as she took a drink.
Drake: Hey! Give this back to Manta. This is Drake, our healer, he also
masters 1st level earth magic.
Albert:
Nothing guys, I just have a bad feeling, maybe... boom.
Before he could finish, he heard a noise from the back carriage where the wealthy merchant was.
Albert: We're under attack!! Prepare for battle, at his command the entire team put on their gear and carried their weapons, showing their expertise,
"Laura! Use detection magic to determine the number of enemies, Drake, protect the merchants, Adam, come with me."
Team: Hey!
Laura: Commander! There are 20 people around us! Looks like bandits!
"Damn! 20 people is a lot." I don't know if we'll survive. '
How have we not noticed them yet?' he asked, sweating.
"Come on Adam, Laura support us from behind."
The three of them then ran towards the main carriage to find bandits looting chests with most of the servants dead on the ground.
Seeing them, Albert ran and killed one of the three by slitting his throat.
Adam followed that by piercing the second one's head.
When the third saw that, he ran away in fear, only to be met by Laura with a fireball that burned him to death.
"Good work, both of you."
Albert praised his two companions, who nodded in response.
Laura: "Come on, there's still more, though I don't know how to sneak up on us, but that's for another time."
With that, the three of them walked out of the tent to face seven individuals shooting arrows at them.
Their eyes widened.
Albert: "It's a trap! The barrier, Laura!" On Albert's command, Laura formed a barrier as fast as she could, but it wasn't strong enough and an arrow pierced her shoulder.
Laura: "Aaah, shit!" She pulled the arrow from her shoulder and fired several fireballs, but due to the pain, a few missed, giving the bandits space to escape and providing them with cover from the flames.
Albert: "Laura, are you okay?"
He asked worried about his companion.
Laura: "Yeah, Drake will heal me later,we shol*Argh**
Laura vomited blood at the sight of this. Drake cut open the wound, seeing the purple affected area.
"Damn those bastards, the arrows are poisoned!"
Albert said angrily, clenching his fist.
"Adam, take her to Drake, he'll heal her."
Adam replied with a nod, carrying Laura on his shoulder and leaving.
With Adam and Laura gone, Albert followed the escaping people, killing three of them, but when he was about to cut the fourth, two daggers intercepted him and pushed him back.
??: Wow, a big fish in the net, the masked woman answered sarcastically.
Albert: Who are you? He asked carefully, from their short clash he knew that she was stronger than him.
??: Oh, who am I? You can call me Clementine. She took off her hood, revealing orange hair and a distorted smile.
Clementine: I want to chat, but I have to leave, I got what I want.
Albert: As if I would allow that after you poisoned my companion! He said while attacking her, only for her to easily dodge his attack.
Clementine:" I'm just An ordinary assassin on a mission hihihi"With that said she launched an attack targeting Albert's neck which he barely managed to block
"You're not that bad but you're still weak" she said then disappeared from her place and appeared behind Albert with a deep wound forming on his chest
"You died so quickly you didn't give me any pleasure"
With those words Clementine completely disappeared in the shadows
"Is this really how I'm going to die? I'm sorry Emilia, I won't be able to see you or our child,"
he said with tears in his eyes.
"That's him, boss. He's the one who killed the others!"
Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the one chasing him.
A man about two meters tall, bald, carrying a large axe, was coming towards him, his face filled with anger.
"You bastard, you ruined my plan!"
he said as he kicked him, throwing him onto the edge of the carriage.
"Aaagh!"
Albert screamed in pain, but all that came out of his mouth was blood.
".How could such a weakling kill most of my men?"
the bandit leader said in obvious disgust before grabbing his axe and swinging it towards Albert's neck.
Albert pov
I saw the axe heading towards me. Memories of my life flooded back to me, meeting Adam at ten, training with the sword, starting the adventure, forming the party, meeting and marrying Emilia, all the missions and days of sweat and danger.
"Is this what happens when a person is about to die?"
he said before closing his eyes, waiting for the end. But after a while, nothing happened.
He opened his eyes to be met by the leader of the bandits with ice blocks piercing his body
. "Leader!..."
The bandits screamed only for their voices to be cut off as well by ice columns that killed them in an instant.
"Wow, old man, that was close!"
Albert heard a deep voice followed by a silhouette approaching him, finally revealing a man (he thought) in imposing armor with icicles floating around him.
"Just rest, I'll take care of the rest." The strange man approached Albert, reassuring him only for Albert to fall unconscious.