It takes two days to reach the mountain of Calamity from the town of hell. Because of closing into the mountain, the ground was starting to become rocky and the dusty wind was not flowing anymore. But the heat was as hot as ever.
The expressions of the saleman and the crowd still bothered Noah. All those things made Noah miss his grandfather more and tear up.
If only gramp was here..
"No, he is dead and I am all alone now. I have to face the reality and keep moving forward instead of pondering on the past" Noah murmured to himself.
"Kyaa!!!"
A girl's sharp scream from the front.
Noah ran to there without delay.
A robbery.
A group of bandits had surrounded two wagons full of food and clothes on the road. This is the only road which goes through the desert of Infernal. Most of the merchants do not do business in this area.
An old man, a girl around 13 years old and an old lady who was in maid outfit were the victims. They seemed to be the owners of these wagons and were sticking together while crying in the first wagon. There were a group of armed people who were fighting back the bandits.
"Mira!!"
A guy in a scarlet platemail which covered the whole body shouted and swang the enormous sword upward. He has a middle part hair style and a tough and warrior face. The sword in the hand was about 15 inches long and he was swinging it effortlessly. The deep and charismatic voice made him looks like the hero from the bed stories.
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She has long blonde hair which reaches the shoulders. She was tying her hairs at the back and the bangs on the forehead were being pulled up by the silver headband with a blue jewelery embedded in the middle. Every times she speaks, it sounds like she was singing because of the sweet voice she has. And a cute and childlike face is supporting the beauty of her voice. She was in a pearl white robe and the magic staff in the hands makes her appearance more like a cute magician girl.
Whoosh.Whoosh.
A guy who seemed to be an ally got on top of the wagon and released arrows one after another.
He has long dark hair which was pony-tailed on the head and a string of two of the hairs were falling on the forehead. He has a thin and sharp face which gives off the vibe of a hunter aiming the arrow at the prey. He was in a black leather long robe which reached until his legs and the black arrow sheath which was attached at the back fit very well with his appearance.
"Ack!"
A scream from the first wagon.
Some of the bandits were trying to get into the wagon to capture the merchant family.
Boom.
They were suddenly hit by a strong force and flew away.
"W-what was that?"
The bandits were confused.
It was a man holding an enormous iron shield which seemed like Hercules would have a hard time if he were to hold it. He has a rough and sunburnt face which symbolized the experiences of a veteran warrior. There are black and thin facial hairs on his face and chin which make the face more intimidating and respectful. On the head, he was wearing an silver helmet which fitted so well with the sparkling silver armour he was wearing to cover his large body.
"Grr!!"
He roared and hit the ground with his shield.
The bumps appeared one after another from the ground and hit the bandits.
Noah was observing the battle from a rocky hill beside the road.
"Kill everyone except women, guys"
A new guy suddenly appeared out of no where and ordered. He has a big scar which crossed horizonally on his face. The sword on his waist is giving off the green light from the cross-guard. The green crystal which was embedded was giving off bad feelings.
He is the leader.
They are strong but they are outnumbered too much. It is a matter of time until they lose.
"Ack!"
Mira, the magician girl, was attacked by two of the bandits while she was casting a spell.
"Mira!" the sword man screamed and rushed toward her to help.
"Arthur, look out!"
The archer shouted and warned but it was too late.
He was cut by the leader of the bandit from his back and collapsed.
"Ha ha ha, kill them".
The tank rushed toward the leader like the bull attacking red color. However, the leader dodged easily the way a bullfighter dodged the bull.
Swish.
An arrow came to him with the speed of the sniper's bullet.
"Tsk"
He swang the sword to cover it.
Clank.
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The archer shot an arrow which was covered in enormous flames in the shape of a bird. The fire arrow was too fast that the leader could only block it with his sword.
Boom.
The arrow exploded.
"Ahh!"
The leader got injuries all over his body because of the explosion.
"Now! Grot!" the archer shouted.
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The ground around the leader peeled out and formed the sphere shape which locked him inside.
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Inside the sphere, countless numbers of sharp needles made of earth came from the ground and flied toward the leader with tremendous speed to stab him.
The screams and cries coming from the inside can be heard.
After about 10 second, the sphere returned to the earth and disppeared. A body which could not even be identified male or female because of the stabbing injuries was all it left. Some of the limbs fell apart and all the insides were hanging from the stomach. It was like seeing a body which was hunted down by thousands of tigers.
"We got him"
Mira screamed with enthusiastic voice.
The merchant family came out of the wagon they were hiding.
"What are you doing? The leader is dead but there are still some of them left"
Grot shouted as he rushed to them.
However, the leader who should have been dead came out of the wagon while pointing the sword at the girl's neck.
"W-what?"
"The one you killed was not me. It was one of my surbodinates. My sword
"That does not explain why your friend died instead of you" Grot said.
"Haha, do you think I would reveal my trumph card to the enemy? I will kill her if you move a single muscle, Mr.Archer"
He warned the archer who was sneakily planning to shoot the arrow.
"Let go of me!"
The girl struggled and bit the hand which was holding her.
"This bitch"
The leader prepared to stab the girl.
Boom.
A sudden explosion can be heard from the hill beside the road.
A boy came running toward the robbery. Behind him, the ground was exploding one after another with enormous dust storm while chasing after the boy.
The bandits were stunned because of that and looking at that strange scene.
"Huff-huff"
Noah stopped near the bandits.
"Hey kid, who are you?" the leader asked.
Noah ignored the leader and looked at the way he came.
The explosions are getting closer.
It was a huge rabbit running toward them.
The sand rabbit mother. She came after the one who killed her kids. She has the same characteristics as her kids but about six meters tall. The explosions were occurring whenever she took a step to run with her enormous and strong legs.
"Grr!" she roared and attacked Noah with her right hand.
Noah dodged it swiftly but some of the bandits were hit by it and cut into pieces.
The mother rabbit attacked Noah repeatedly with her hands with great speed but Noah ran around the bandits and dodged one after another to get the attacks hit them.
"Kill him first" the leader ordered in a furious tone.
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Noah froze some of the men who were aiming their weapons at him.
Swish.
The archer shot an arrow at the leader who was distracted by all that.
"Tsk"
The leader released the girl and covered the arrow. But suddenly something hit him with immense force which sent him flying to a distance. It was Grot who charged toward him and hit him with the shield.
"We will run while they are distracted, help Arthur and Mira get into the wagon, Ezral" Grot said to the archer.
"Ok" Ezral replied while helping Mira get up.
"What do we do about him?" he asked and pointed at Noah who was running around being chased by the rabbit.
"We don't know that guy, our comrades' safety comes first" Grot replied after carrying Arthur into the wagon.
"Grot, look out!" Ezral screamed.
Slash.
Grot crouched down because of the scream and managed to dodge the attack which cut the wagon in half horizontally.
"You! how are you here?" Ezral shouted while getting his bow ready.
It was the leader of the bandits. His left hand was broken and blood were coming out of his nose and mouth. The whole body is in a state of mess and looked like he was about to die any minute.
He glared at Grot and Ezral in rage.
"It is the same as before. He was sent flying just now but he is here" Grot thought.
"How can you still move with a body like that?"
"You guys are dead. I will make sure to give you the most painful death"
The leader said while stabbing his own chest with his "
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