One of the alchemists said,
"How can you hire bandits to kill us"
Sky said,
"We will make an opening for you to run away "
One of the bandits said,
"You think we will just watch them run away"
The priestess buffed Sky and others,
"Enhance defense... enhance attack... haste... "
A golden light was shining in their bodies with each word of the priestess,
Sky and Rock covered their weapons with aura and Iris manifested mana arrows on her bow while Chris manifested a fireball,
The bandits were surprised and one of them said to the traitor alchemist,
"You didn't tell us about the warriors... this will charge you more"
The traitor alchemist angrily said,
"I am not giving anything extra "
Sky said to the alchemists,
"Don't worry... we will get you out of here "
Sky then turned toward Pete and said,
"We have a high level warrior with us "
Pete was standing with full confidence with a smile while holding the necklace and he said,
"Don't worry I am here "
Iris saw Pete and said inwardly,
'Why is he holding his medicine '
Morsh said,
"The necklace is empty "
Pete smiled vanished and he quickly checked the necklace,
He fell on his knees when he found out that necklace was empty,
Morsh said,
"Why are you kneeling in the midst of battle "
Bandits started running toward them,
Chris quickly made a firewall surrounding the priestess and the alchemists,
Iris shot 3 arrows together killing three bandits,
Sky and Rock attacked the bandits,
Sky's attacks were swift and precise while Rock's attacks were brute,
The five second rate bandits were standing with the alchemist and watching everything,
One of them said to the traitor alchemist,
"You will pay more for my fallen comrades "
The alchemist said,
"No... the pay was already decided "
The bandit puts his sword on the neck of the alchemist and said,
"Either you pay more or I kill you with them "
The alchemist said angrily,
"Who would pay you if I die here "
The bandit said,
"We can kidnap that branch head and ask for the ransom "
The alchemist said in a frustrated manner,
"Ok I will pay you more "
Sky and others were fighting while Pete was standing still with a horrified expression on his face,
Morsh said,
"You have to dirty your hand if you want to be a hero "
Pete closed his eyes and said,
"I can't do it... I can't kill a human "
Morsh was smiling inside his soul space but said with a sad tone,
"I know it's hard to kill someone... but they are bad people and it's the duty of hero to destroy evil "
Pete was still holding the necklace hoping that it would fill up,
"I will not kill anyone "
Morsh said,
"Who said you have to kill... you can just restrain them "
Pete's eyes lit up and he said with a smile,
"You are right... I can always restrain them "
Half of the bandits have already been dealt by Sky and others,
Pete controlled his breathing, looked toward the second rate bandits,
He picked up a stone and threw it toward one of the five second rate bandits,
The bandit saw Pete throwing stone at him and extended his hand forward to catch the stone,
But to his surprise, the stone was so fast that it pierced his palm and his heart after that,
The bandit dropped dead,
Everyone was shocked when they saw a second rate warrior been killed by a stone,
But Pete's hands were trembling with a horrified expression on his face,
The battle was momentarily paused as they all trying to process what just happened,
Sky saw the opportunity and killed the bandits around them before they come back to their senses,
Only the four second rate bandits and the traitor alchemist were standing,
One of the four remaining bandit said,
"How did he do that "
"Is this even possible "
Sky said to Rock,
"Rock they are distracted... let's attack "
Rock nodded and they both ran toward the bandits and swinged their weapons,
One of the bandits shouted as he saw Sky and Rock,
"Dodge!!! "
They dodged but two of them were not able to dodge successfully and their chests were wounded seriously,
Sky and Rock didn't stop and kept attacking with their full force,
Iris and Chris also started attacking from a distance,
The four bandits were not getting any chance to attack due to this,
The traitor alchemist ran away,
Pete was still trembling and was looking at his hand,
Morsh said inwardly,
'This stupid bastard thinks that he can live in a medieval magic world without killing '
Sky and Rock were still fighting, but they were on a stalemate,
The alchemist branch head jumped out from the fire circle with some potion bottles in his hand,
"You think the alchemists can't fight "
He threw the bottles toward the bandits,
The bottles blasted as soon as they hit the bandits and sent them flying backwards,
Sky and Rock killed two of the bandits as soon as they hit the ground,
The remaining two bandits stood up and ran away,
Rock was ready to follow them but was stopped by Sky,
Sky said,
"Don't go after them, they might trap us "
Rock nodded and turned around and saw Pete,
He quickly ran up to Pete and said,
"What happened Pete... are you okay "
Sky and others also ran up to Pete and surrounded him,
The alchemist branch head said,
"What's wrong with him "
Sky said,
"I think it's a trauma attack... but he usually keeps medicine with him "
The alchemist said,
"What kind of medicine does he take, I might be able to help "
No one has any idea about the medicine,
Sky asked Pete,
"Pete what medicine do you take "
Pete was shaking with a horrified expression on his face,
Sky said to the alchemist,
"We don't know about the medicine but we know it's side effects "
The alchemist said while stroking his chin,
"What are the side effects? "
Sky said,
"He goes crazy after taking the medicine and acts like a baby and animal"
The alchemist was surprised by the side effects and said,
"I never heard about any medicine with these side effects... unless it's a narcotic drug"
Sky took out the necklace from Pete's neck and gave it to the alchemist saying,
"He keeps his medicine in this "
The alchemist opened the lid of the necklace and sniffed it cautiously,
He threw the necklace as soon as he sniffed it and took out a potion from his pocket and drank it,
Sky and other were surprised by this,
Sky picked up the necklace and said,
"Why did you throw the necklace "
The alchemist said,
"That necklace had knockout drugs in it "
Everyone was shocked and confused at the same time,
The alchemist then looked at Pete and said,
"I think it's to put him in sleep "
Sky said,
"No that can't be... we have seen him drinking from this necklace just yesterday "
The alchemist turned toward the other alchemists still surrounded by firewall and said,
"Put out the fire, I have to consult with them "
Chris quickly put out the firewall and said,
"I am sorry, I forgot to put it out "
The alchemists were happy to see the dead bodies of the bandits,
The priestess saw Pete's condition and quickly ran up to him and chanted,
"Courage... "
A golden light shone in Pete's body,
He stopped shaking but fell down to his knees and started crying,
The alchemists were surprised when they saw Pet's condition,
The branch head said to the alchemists,
"This boy here is traumatized "
One of the alchemists said,
"How is this possible... warriors usually don't get this much traumatized "
The alchemist branch head said,
"He is also using a strong knockout drug "
One of the alchemists said,
"Was he using the knockout drug to keep him sleep during the trauma attack "
Sky said,
"No, he was not using any knockout drugs... he was fine after drinking whatever in this necklace "
Sky then handed the necklace to the alchemists,
The alchemists sniffed it one by one and all of them quickly drank a potion after that,
One of them said,
"A bottle of this knockout drug can make a troll unconscious for a day"
Iris said,
"How can you be so sure "
The alchemist branch head said,
"We are this sure because we also make this drug "
Sky and others were surprised and Sky said,
"Then how can he be fine after drinking this "
One of the alchemists asked the branch head,
"Branch head, what happened to the traitor "
The branch head replied,
"He ran away "
The alchemist said,
"We should head back, he knows where we are heading and he would definitely ambush us"
The branch head said,
"I know this, but how can we disobey the city lord's orders "
The alchemists clenched their fists and one of them said,
"It's not the city lord that is forcing us... it's that bastard minister "
The branch head said,
"I know it's his scheming but we have to obey the orders"
The branch head took a deep breath and said,
"Let's go investigate and come back before the traitor could find some more bandits "
The alchemists nodded and looked toward Pete,
One of them said,
"I don't think he can walk in this condition "
Pete was still crying and was tucked down,
Sky said,
"We can't leave him behind "
The alchemist nodded and said,
"We have a similar knockout drug with us here and we can use it "
Sky said,
"No, we can't do that... it will be a hassle to carry him unconscious "
Rock said,
"I will carry him... "
Sky sighed and said,
"What if the bandits attacked, what are you going to do then "
Chris said,
"Look at his condition, we have to knock him out otherwise he would be killed first "
Sky sighed and said,
"Ok if you say so... but I will not be responsible if something bad happens "
One of the alchemists took out a small potion bottle filled with a dark blue liquid,
He walked over to Pete and squatted with the drug in his hand,
He then opened the lid of the bottle and said,
"Drink a sip of this and let us handle everything else "
Morsh said,
"Pete drink the potion and get some rest "
Pete looked up, grabbed the bottle and chugged the whole bottle,
The alchemist hurriedly snatched the bottle form Pete's hand but it was already half empty,
Everyone started panicking and the branch head said,
"We have to take him to the city and make sure he doesn't die with this "
Pete lost consciousness as soon as he gulped the drug,
Morsh took over the body.