It was time to raid the bandit camp.
Raikou had heard stories and collected information on its location. It was close to where he killed the lions, as they sold their fur for additional income along with their bandit ways.
"A weird group. Bandits don't really have side businesses. They pride themselves on getting all their money from others. That leader must actually have a brain in his head." Raikou thought.
Raikou was impressed when the bandit camp came into sight. It was like a town, as it was surrounded by reinforced stonewalls and a huge metal gate. Archers were stationed on the walls and guards were patrolling the area around the entrance.
"Are they even bandits..." Ghost remarked.
Raikou still couldn't get over Ghost's appearance. He was wearing standard adventurer garb and his face was that of a generic warrior. Covered in scars and a beard, which gave off a manly vibe from his presence. He was quite disappointed that Ghost wasn't in his wolfman form, but he hated it, as it was 'an abomination' and he would rather be a human than something in between.
This looked more difficult than he had thought. He would have to be careful and not create a scene straight away.
At that moment he heard a loud shout, "Hey motherfuckers, we're here for the reward on your heads." Ghost had already ran forward and killed the patrolling guards.
Raikou shook his head. "Ah well, let's get our kill on!" Withdrawing his sword, he scaled the high walls and beheaded the archers.
The inside of the camp was filled with fighters and not a single civilian in sight. He smiled, as it gave him free reign to go on a rampage without any worry for innocent lives getting caught in the crossfire.
A black hilt shone in the light as the blade whizzed through the crowds instantly killing most of them. The stronger bandits were able to avoid being insta-killed, but the second attack was always fatal.
"Where are the strong guys? Is this all you have for your daddy?!" He was trying to goad the higher ranked bandits to come out. Not a single one so far was above the expert level.
Soon enough, 3 men came out. They were wearing black armour that covered their bodies head to toe. It would have been a fear striking situation for anyone else, but they weren't strong enough to cause any reaction to come from Raikou.
"You're only at the early levels of rank 5? It's abit weak. Just come and taste my black stabber!" Using cloud slashes, he killed two of them and spared the last one. He sent him back to his leader to inform him that someone has come for his head. The leader would usually ignore all disturbances, as he didn't believe there was anyone that could threaten him in these parts.
Raikou could hear screams in the distance. "Ghost is a scary foe..." He shuddered at the thought of being on the receiving end of his claws and spear.
His robe was fluttering in the wind and made him look extremely fearsome and cool. Externally he had a stern expression, but inwardly, he was elated with the aura he was giving off right now.
"The third wave is here..." He saw a huge man come out with 3 armoured bandits walking behind him.
Name: Sawcon Cnut
Cultivation: Rank 5 9th Level
Species: Human
He gripped his sword tightly. A worthy adversary had arrived.
His first move was to instantly use cloud steps to get behind them and then he attempted to kill the bandits behind him. To his surprise, only one died under his cloud slashes, with the other two getting away with some injuries.
"They were at the middle level. I checked..." He was in the middle of thinking, when a huge bubble emerged from the Sawcon. That had saved them at the last moment.
"Boy! I would've like to recruit you, but a dead man isn't a good investment, is he?" Sawcon tilted his head and pulled out a battleaxe.
"That bubble isn't going to protect you from your daddy!" He activated void and slashed through the magic. Sawcon's eyes went wide as he couldn't believe his invincible defence magic was destroyed.
He hacked with his battleaxe, but he was too slow for Raikou. As a strength focused warrior, he would have alot of difficulty fighting Raikou.
Raikou zipped behind him and stabbed his sword into his achilles heel. Dropping him to the ground, he grabbed him and snapped his neck. He finished off the other two underlings and wiped the blood from his sword.
Upon killing Sawcon, he heard a cry of shock from the hall that Sawcon had emerged from. He opened the door to be greeted by hundreds of people. They were all huddled together in the hall and didn't have much space to move around, but they had seen the battle completely.
"Thank you might one. Thank you for saving us!" After leaving the hall, they all kowtowed to him and thanked him continuously.
Raikou 'humbly' laughed, "I was just doing my duty. Arise!" With those words, he left to look for the bandit's storehouse to see if there was anything of worth.
The storehouse was behind the hall and when he entered he screamed. "What the shit is this?!" The room was completely empty, except for a podium in the centre.
Walking up to the podium, he saw a box on it and opened it. Within, was a leaf. Inspecting it gave him a joyous surprise.
"Amethyst Chrysanthemum Leaf! This is a 2 birds with 1 stone situation!" Killing the bandits had helped him complete two quests in one go.
Satisfied with the findings, he summoned Ghost.
"I'm going to use this place to breakthrough to rank 4. Protect me. I don't know what is going to happen, especially after seeing what happened to you..." He took and seat and closed his eyes.
(A/N: Going to scale up the stats of any future armaments above the spiritual grade. Someone mentioned that my stat bonuses weren't high enough.)