The bandits!
The reason for them going after Vayve is obvious - that's a young noble right here! He is surely packed with a treasures and even their carriage can be sold for a nice sum. Though it was quite destroyed, so they would rather sell it in a parts.
Even so, the timing was also perfect.
The young nobles are going to the academy and this route was one of known! They had seen a lot of young nobles with a much stricter guards... But Vayve just had a maid which was rather a perfect target.
Of course, the boss of the bandits was well aware what it means.
It's either a maid that is too strong or this is a test for the young noble. There was also a chance that the young noble is the youngest and without much talent, so he got sent to an academy without many people protecting him.
Anyway, no matter what kind of situation, the risk had to be taken.
The boss nodded inwardly, his hand going up to caress that deep skin going through his face! He was the one who looked the most scary out from the bandit group! That scar was also as if alive, brimming with an experience.
Soon enough, his eyes went wide.
The coin going up could be seen by him!
It was an alerting situation, but the coin just floated a little, then fell without any effect. Afterwards, nothing happened and the defenses continued to raise on the carriage instead. This somehow caused the boss to sigh with a relief.
Even so, he continued to be a wary one!
The carriage was slowly losing more of its base. The magic scrolls used for the defense work well with 'an environment' and the pure magic walls out of the scroll surely would fall faster. This also depends on the user, but in this case, it was clear that they had to rely on their carriage.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the midst of the loud sounds, a small hand popped out quickly. It was a hand belonging to a young man ready to fight! It was tightly clenched, but when a hand took a swing, a small coin slipped out from it.
And it went straight to the bandits on the left side!
"Ugh!"
A coin flashed briefly causing no one to truly notice what is going on. It was also a quick and decisive action that couldn't be countered at all! As the coin hit the forehead of the bandit strongly, it bounced to the left and hit an another one!
This continued to last for a few seconds yet a ten bandits fell unconscious!
The coin wasn't mean to kill, at least for now. Vayve had his limits as a young mage, his magic supply was too low. Instead of using more strength to kill the bandit, Vayve just set himself on making them unconsciouss.
He was sensitive to a magic thanks to his passive spell which helped him distribute the magic far easier than one can imagine.
Thanks to that, a ten bandits fell unconsciouss and one side of the carriage could rest! This also allowed Vayve's maid to turn all her attention to protect another side! However, instead of going on the defensive, the lady took out her sword and jumped off from the carriage.
It was time for an attack.
Vayve was all fine and he himself managed to deal with a half of them! If she, an adult, couldn't deal with those trashes, then she would truly be a shame towards Ranria Family!
"Die and find a better job in your next lives!"
Her body was surely strong! In a flash, a maid had closed up a distance, then her sword slashed through the neck of a bandit who barely could react. And even when the had moved accordingly, a maid had that enough training done to deal with all their attempts to kill her.
One by one, the bandits began falling and nothing could be done from their side.
"Ah, shiet."
The bandit boss scratched his bald head as the whole scenario was unfolding before his eyes. It was rather an unlucky situation! His bandit group had found someone too strong and as a bandits, they just couldn't use everything they had within their disposal.
The profit is what makes them move after all.
That's why, the boss slowly approached the fallen 'friends' and began taking their weapons and clothes one by one. He was gathering everything as this group was already meant to be destroyed.
He can just create a new one and aim for another profits.
As an experienced 'boss', it's rather easy for him to find a young and naive people who got treated badly by a life. And if not, then all he has to destroy their life a little from the shadows while pointing their hatred at the nobles.
And so, he gets a valuable and easy to use toys.
"Few weeks on the fucking bread... Tsk."
However, while the boss was slowly gathering up that clothes and weapons, the instincts honed in a thousand battles alerted him of an incoming attack. His body instantly went down and so, the boss ended up laying on the ground like some kind of soldier.
'Who? Can it be that young master?'
The boss knew that the instincts of his ain't lying. The moment he went down, the small explosion, which was caused by something hard hitting the ground, happened relatively fast. It was also not far away, so it was aimed from the high!
They were in that forest, so everyone could climb the trees and attack him.
And if someone was using a magic, then it's even more deadly.
That's why, the boss didn't stay idle and ran to hide in the thick bush! His goal was to escape with gathered loot, so his eyes were looking around for a potential path which would hide him all the way to the safety!
It was a serious situation as that small explosion could shatter his skull!
That's for sure!