I return to reality and immediately start sleeping. I did hear some stranges moans and something creaking from the room where Excafol and Selene are sleeping but I won't pay mind to those. Must have been my imagination.
The next morning, Selene is the one to wake me up.
"Wake up kid, the sun is already rising."
Selene is wearing a light dress that reaches only up to her knees. Her hair is tied in a horsetail fashion. She is prettier than I thought for an old lady. I look at her, still sleepy but she screams for no reason. "What kind of warrior are you to be sleeping when we have company!" Company? Who would come to… Oh shit, assassins?
"Assassins?!!" I ask Selene while bringing out my raizen and the rest of my equipment from the bracelet.
"Doesn't seems like it. They are not hiding their bloodlust or their presence in any way. Surely bandits." Selene is looking by the window while she talks.
The door of the house is closed and there is a log behind it. She must be the one who put it there. I try to focus and inject physical Angas into my ears. I can hear better now but there are too many noises for me to discern breathings. I should train on that as well.
"Hey! Come out and we won't hurt ya!! We promis!"
"Not too much at least. Ahaha!!!"
"If there is a girl, I call dibs on her!!"
I stand up and look outside, I see five bandits in armor. Two are wearing metal plate armors and the others are wearing leather armors. The two with plate armors have shields. One has a mace and the other a one-hand sword. All the others also have one-hand swords. But I am not sure that all of them. After all, last time, Selene went to the back to attack them. I look through the back window and indeed, there are two bandits. They are not even hiding themselves and both of them have a bow. That makes seven bandits. I look at Selene and try to establish a plan.
"I can see seven bandits in total. Two at the back with bows."
"Nope, there are eight of them. There is the last one hiding on that tree over there."
Selene points at a tree behind the five bandits at the front. Trying to focus, I see a shadowy figure there. she is right; but how?
"How?"
"Experience. Bandits are not smart but they are not complete idiots either. Well, most of the time. They will always try to conceal a trump card just in case. So be careful from now on because next time, I might not be there. Also, use Angas with your ears to hear."
"I did but I only heard noises."
"You did? Well, I will explain you wh-"
"We told ye to come out, didn't we!!! You have until I count to five or else!!!"
Selene sighs and looks at me. "You take care of them, I am tired. I will explain why you heard noises later." Saying so, Selene goes to the bedroom nonchalantly.
So I need to take care of them all by myself? Fine then. I put my equipment on while the bandit outside starts counting.
"Ye won't come out!! Let's start caounnting lads. one..two.. huh, wait, after two which one is it?"
"I don't know boss. Maybe four."
"No, it's six you dumbass!!"
"Who did you call dumbass!!" The bandits start arguing outside. If they could fight and kill themselves, it would save me the trouble but I suppose it won't be that way.
"Stop it, you stupids pricks!! Anyways, that's five right! We are com-"
I open the door before he can finish. His way of speaking is too weird for my ears. They stare at me for a few seconds and start laughing. "Ahahaha!! A child!!! They sent a child to us, lads!! Where is your mommy, huhhh?!!"
They are doing some weird faces while looking at me and laughing, this one makes a babyface crying with snot all over his noses while this one put his hands in front of his eyes and act like he is crying. I don't have to wait for them to be ready, right? There is no need for me to wait, right?
I use Disperse to reach the one who was covering his eyes and stabs his throat with the raizen. That one down. Only seven to go. The two who are wearing plate armor will be the greatest challenge because of their helmet and chest palate which cover their eyes and throat. But surely they should be other vulnerable places. I will use the weakness eyes to spot them. When I stab the first guy, the other all shudder and jump.
"What was th-" I cut the neck of the guy to the right of the one who I just killed, a clean cut. He hadn't unsheathed his sword anyways.
"The fuck is this kid!! Hey, don't let your guard down!!" Too late.
I jump on the third guy, the one who was making the babyface, he slashes with his sword but I use Disperse and land behind me, when I am about to kill him, an arrow comes flying and almost hit me. It came from the direction Selene pointed earlier. The concealed bandit. Oh well, not very important, I jump to the side while launching the chain at the bandit. He was already looking at me so he manages to block it but the chain got attached to his sword. I pull and he is forced to leave it. The sword comes back to me with my chain and I catch it. I launch the sword in the direction of the bandit who is in the tree, he evades it but falls from the tree. He is not wearing any armor, just some green clothes with leaves on them to conceal him. If I jump towards him, surely the others will try to prevent me from killing him.
I go towards the bandit who has fallen and like I thought the others run towards me.
"Don't let him go!! encircle him fast!!" Just what I wanted, I use Disperse and jump a good three meters above one of the two bandits wearing an armor.
I fall on him with my raizen which penetrates his head with great force. I have applied earth Angas to make it harder and heavier. Blood pours like a fountain.
"Kill him! Kill him already!!"
The other bandit who is wearing a plate armor screams while running towards me. Using weakness eyes, I can see that by raising his mace, his armpits have become a weakpoint. He is holding his shield so it's only the left armpit that is a exposed. I think it is time use my script. I take my stance, raising my weapon.
Thankfully, the concealed bandit cannot attack me because he is behind the armored guy who is running to me. When the bandit is about one meter from me, he swings down his mace, I evade to the side and unleash my Titanic slash. But the result is better than I expected. My left and right slash bend the armor on his arms while my stabs pierce his armor and reach deep inside. One of them pierced at the lungs and the other at the armpit. Did I really choose to pierce him there or was it Two? No use thinking about that now. Because I didn't use earth Angas, my attack was not as heavy as when I pierce the guy's head earlier. That four down anyways.
The two remaining bandits try a pincer attack on me. the leather armored one runs towards me while the concealed one goes around, aiming with his bow. Fools. I use Disperse and land right in front of the concealed bandit. When he looks at me, I stab his face through the mouth, the blade comes out on the other side of his head. That's five. The last one becomes red with anger.
"You fucking monster!!!" He runs to me holding his sword with both hands, I parry him and stabs his left eye with the knife mounted on the raizen. He falls while screaming like a beast about to die. He is after all. While he wiggles around like a worm, I stab his stomach, he screams again but I just stick it further, until he screams no more. Then I hear a loud scream coming from the house. But it was neither Excafol nor Selene's voice. Ah, the two last bandits surely. Let's go and see.