Gael is now standing in front of Hance and Manny with his thick killing intent and bloodlust, the kneeling Manny and Hance are on the verge of death since they cannot breathe anymore.
" do-do-do-don't ki-kill us, ple-please " Hance said with great difficulty and tears in his eyes, he is clutching his neck with his left hand while his right holding Gael's right leg.
Manny on the other hand cannot move and speak anymore but one can see the fear in his eyes, despite being a mercenary for a long time and fighting and killing, Manny and Hance are still afraid of dying, while Hance is begging for his and Manny's lives Gael was just standing in front of them as if he cannot hear anything.
Gael looked down and saw Hance's hand on his leg, he turn his head a little as if he was confused then he raised his sword to cut Hance down when a blur went past Hance and Manny then hit Gael directly, the impact threw Gael a few meters back and he hit tents along the way. The thing that hit Gael and made him fly back a few meters is none other than Hannibal, while he was inside his tent having fun with several women he felt something was wrong and when he went out he saw that the camp is in chaos, there are dead bodies scattered around, and the land is dyed in blood his brows furrowed because he never once thought that there is someone stupid enough to attack his bandit group on their own territory.
" shit! What was that? " Gael asked as he stood up from being buried under a pile of tents that got destroyed when he got hit.
Gael dusted his shoulder and picked up the sword he looked forward to seeing what or who attacked him.
" Are you the fool who did all of this!? " Hannibal asked gritting his teeth from anger, veins started to bulge in his forehead.
" oh!? This? Yeah, it's me" Gael answered carelessly as he looked around at the bloodshed and destruction he caused.
" is that so!? " Hannibal grew angrier because of Gael's aloof and careless way of talking.
Wielding a huge steel hammer, Hannibal dashes toward Gael, despite his fat body his speed is decent, he raised his hammer as he quickly approaches Gael then he slammed it with the intent to kill Gael by smashing his head into a meat paste.
With one look you will be able to see that the big war hammer that Hannibal wield is extremely heavy, Gael didn't dodge instead he used his slim one-handed sword to block the big and heavy war hammer.
The war hammer and the sword met, it made a loud clashing sound and sent shockwaves through a two-meter radius making Hance and Manny lose consciousness.
Gael was having a hard time blocking the hammer its weight paired with Hannibal's speed made it more destructive.
' This bandit is extremely strong! ' Gael thought to himself as he was trying to push back Hannibal's war hammer.
" die you bastard!" Hannibal said as he put more strength into his hammer pushing Gael further.
Gael felt that he cannot beat Hannibal in a full-on and straightforward contest of strength, that is why he retreated using his full speed.
' this bastard is tough ' Gael thought.
Seeing that Gael decided to retreat Hannibal's confidence grew stronger, he now thinks that Gael is scared of his strength and he chose not to fight him directly since he has no chance of winning.
" hahahahahaha no one can beat me, the great Mad Hammer Hannibal! " Hannibal happily said as he saw Gael's panting figure holding a slim one-handed sword.
Gael's face grew ugly when he heard Hannibal's words, the fat and bald bandit leader thinks of him as a weakling, and Gael hates it when others underestimate him, although he can use it to his advantage and make his enemies lower their guard he will rather die than use such method to win. Gael will resort to traps and trickeries from time to time but what he enjoys the most when it comes to fighting is fighting with everything they have.
" you pig! " Gael used to dash and attacked Hannibal, he is using his grey wind sword dance to launch continuous sword strike towards Hannibal but the fat bandit leader is blocking every strike, he also has many years of fighting experience, though the current Gael is hell-bent on eradicating him and is still releasing a thick killing intent and bloodlust, Hannibal is no normal bandit he can still move normally around such heavy killing intent because he too has developed a thick killing intent and bloodlust as a bandit even before he took over command of the Twin Sword Mercenaries, his killing intent and bloodlust is also one of the reasons why the pair Manny and Hance cannot do anything to him.
" hahahahahaha is this everything you got boy? " Hannibal laughed and insulted Gael as he easily dodge and block Gael's every sword strike.
Gael did not respond to Hannibal's insults instead he puts more of his focus on his senses, his eyes can see much clearer and wider, his nose can smell stronger, and his ears can now heal louder, although being Fortis' Tamer gave Gael the benefits of enhanced sense, which greatly increase the capabilities of his sense but if he puts more of his focus and attention towards his already enhanced senses it became stronger and just like what Fortis did before.
Gael's movements are still graceful and continuous as he uses Grey Wind Sword Dance but if someone is watching his fight with Hannibal they will realize that Gael is moving in a weird manner as if his body is automatically moving as he dodges before some of Hannibal's counter-attack came, he is now easily exchanging move after move and strike after strike with Hannibal. As the fight between the two became longer Hannibal is starting to feel that something was wrong, his enemy can now keep up with his moves.
' this bastard is starting to catch up with my movements' thinking about how Gael is slowly keeping up with him Hannibal started to put more force and strength into each of his attacks and it is a great decision for him since the sudden increase in the weight of every strike disturbed Gael's focus and concentration making him lose the state where his sense are performing at their maximum capacity.
" shit! " Gael for the second time got thrown away because of Hannibal's great strength.
" hahahahahaha you cannot beat me, just go home," Hannibal said.
' are the rumors about this bandit being a Tamer sponsored by the nobles true, because if that is true it will explain how this lowly bandit reached great strength that the Crown Prince has to send me a Tamer to deal with a lowly bandit that the Kingdom's soldiers or the Silver Dragon Corps' Gael thought.
While thinking of ways how to beat Hannibal Gael saw a small green creature hiding nearby. ' Nice! Fortis ' Gael praised the familiar in his mind when he saw that Fortis is quietly hiding and waiting for the chance to land a strike on Hannibal behind his back.
Fortis saw Gael looking at him and he nodded.
He turned into a green blur and appeared closer but Hannibal still haven't noticed his presence yet which made Gael smile.
Hannibal swung his war hammer towards Gael's head, but Gael stayed unmoving, he was just standing holding the one-handed sword that the Crown Prince rewarded him with, his unusual actions made Hannibal wonder for a few seconds then he discarded the idea that Gael is up to something.
Hannibal's war hammer gets closer and closer to Gael and when the big and heavy war hammer was just about a few inches away, Hannibal felt an ominous feeling behind him, he turned around in a split second which is surprising despite the fact that he is so fat that his neck is not visible. Hannibal saw Fortis in the air a few inches away from him as well with a sword in hand wearing a wicked smile.
Fortis used the sword in his hand and slashed at Hannibal's face, Hannibal stopped his attack which made it difficult for him since he is using his full force but with great difficulty, he managed to pull back his war hammer and turn around to block Fortis' sword but he is a few seconds late and Fortis managed to graze his face.
" Agh! You bastard, I will kill you! " Hannibal said gritting his teeth, there is now a long diagonal sword wound stretched along his wide and plump face.
" Good job " Gael pets Fortis who is now standing beside him looking at the angry Hannibal.
Seeing that Gael and Fortis are happily conversing with each other made Hannibal more angry, he lifted his hammer yet again to attack Gael but this time he intends to take the small Goblin's life as well, he is rarely wounded when he fights and this is one of those rare times but what made him angry is the fact that he was wounded by a measly Goblin.