Lumen stared at the humanoid figures intensely as Qu Quan had only just reacted to the sudden situation and had a nervous and shocked look on her face. She didn't expect that they would be attacked on their first night!
Lumen had managed to make his way closer to the camp, where he could now make out the attacker's figures enough to identify them.
He got a proper look at the assailants and saw that they were all human, with 6 of them surrounding the vigilant Qu Quan and Lumen. There seemed to be a leader of the group, a middle aged man with a scruffy unshaven face, and a short buzzcut. He wore an outfit identical to that of Jake, a suit of crudely made iron armour for heavy warriors.
The attackers didn't give the duo a chance to speak as they continued on with their surprise attack, with the leader going for Lumen and two other younger members going for Qu Quan, licking their lips as they clearly didn't plan on just killing her.
The other three attackers went in the direction of the makeshift tents towards the other three members of Lumen's group, still asleep from the long exhausting day.
The warrior swung his short sword at Lumen as different in regard to Jake, he had decided to go for a sword and shield combo, instead of a two handed sword or a tower shield. He was met with the resistance of Lumen's spear combined with his high strength and agility stats, not allowing him to get within reach of his body.
However the leader seemed to be quite strong himself, maybe even possessing a talent similar to Jake as he managed to hold his own against Lumen.
Lumen knew this situation was very unfavourable to their group, as not only were they outnumbered, their attackers seemed stronger than your average human.
The only happiness Lumen could feel in this situation was that he managed to kill one of them before they had launched their attack or they would have been at even more of a disadvantage.
Seeing the disadvantageous situation they were in, Lumen did the first thing he thought of that could give them some time to fight back.
"WILL! SHIVI! JAKE! WAKE THE FUCK UP RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE UNWELCOME COMPANY!"
He shouted to the top of his lungs, his voice reverberating throughout the surrounding forest as it was the only sound other than the clashing of metal and quiet grunts from the men that could be heard for kilometres.
With his loud shout, the three people mentioned woke up in a daze at first but upon first sight of the attacking party, they jolted up from their sleeping positions and equipped all of their gear in an instant thanks to their inventory.
Lumen, noticing the nervous look on Will's face, took command of the fight and issued orders to the others, still maintaining his stalemate with the leader of the enemies.
"Will, you stay at the flank and cast heal to who ever needs it! Shivi, you stay near Will to protect him and shoot any openings you can see in the enemies! Jake, you go over and help Qu Quan, do your best to lead her over to Shivi and Will where she can add to the barrage of arrows!" Lumen issued his commands while keeping his entire concentration on the fight in front of him.
While he may have lost his knowledge and domination in the digital domain, his countless years of experience in multi-tasking and issuing countless commands and orders throughout the whole human race were still ingrained into his very soul.
His experience showed now as he managed to take control of the situation surrounding his groupmates while perfectly defending against the enemy leader's attacks.
However the enemies wouldn't just sit there and watch while Lumen slowly got his group in order, and they did their best to stop it.
The enemy group also consisted of a mix between warriors and archers, thankfully not having a mage with them to bombard them with mana bolts or heal any injuries.
Once his orders were issued, he focused all of his attention back on the leader in front of him while keeping watch on his group every now and then.
He felt a sense of danger coming from the middle aged man in front of him, the first he felt since coming to the tutorial.
The heavy warrior was bombarding him with a powerful strike, but Lumen managed to block this with his spear. The warrior took a step back and swung his sword once again, relentless in his desire to strike Lumen down here and now. This time there seemed to be a faint glean of light surrounding the sword that was barely noticeable but with his intense state of concentration, Lumen had taken notice of it.
His attempt to block this attack was met with the first feeling of pain he had received from another human. He didn't let the slight surprise get to him as he kept his defence up, looking for an opportunity to snake his way past the warrior's shield with his spear and land a deadly strike.
Before he could do this, he felt another sense of danger coming from behind him. He could head the wind rushing and splitting behind him with his heightened senses. This came along with a shout from Qu Quan who now stood beside Will and Shivi.
"Look out lume-" Before she could even finish her sentence, Lumen had already used his agility to the max and shifted his head to the side.
The arrow shot by one of the enemy archers missed his head by a narrow few millimetres and out of a sheer miracle or coincidence, managed to slit itself in a gap in his leader's armour where his arm holding the shield stood.
With a surprise of shock from the archer and a grunt of pain from the leader, Lumen didn't fail to take advantage of the sudden change in the situation and with a swift jab of his spear he penetrated the leader's other arm through another slit in his armour, causing him to also drop his sword.
The situation had quickly turned around for the warrior as he now stood in front of the enemy without a weapon in hand, and shouted for assistance from one of the other warriors in his attacking group.
But before help could arrive, Lumen with his much more agile and flexible movements made a swiping motion at the warrior.
Silence ensued between the two as Lumen had halted his attacks and focused his attention elsewhere, while the leader had a confused look in his eyes before it soon turned to horror.
The silence was soon drowned out by a gurgling from the warrior's now slit throat as he dropped to the ground, lifeless within seconds.