The guards also halted their steps when they heard Lucius curse. They saw the knife flying towards him. A guard rushed towards to help him.
"I won't be able to make it in time" A guard mumbled as he charged towards him.
Lucius tried to take out his sword which was in his waist. However, he knew that he wouldn't be able to make it in time. By the time he takes out his sword, this knife would pass through his skull.
Just as he was thinking what to do, his summons appeared in front of him when the knife was a few away from him. His summon swung his sword and sent the knife flying.
Lucius was greatly surprised by this.
"I didn't even give him any orders yet. I guess it's due to its increased intelligence" Lucius thought to himself.
A few seconds later, Lucius shook his head since he knew that it was not the time to think about all this.
"We have been attacked by enemies" Lucius exclaimed as he stared in the direction where the knife came.
He spotted a tree in the direction and a middle-aged man was standing at the top of the tree. The man was wearing a black robe that had a white dragon on it. He was a member of the bandit.
Surprisingly they aren't able to sense his aura.
"He has concealed his aura" A guard exclaimed.
Lucius and the others just nodded their heads in approval.
The middle-aged man jumped from the and landed on the ground. He had a sword in his hand that was covered in aura.
Seeing this Lucius also hurriedly channeled mana into his sword.
(You have used aura)
(You have consumed 50 mana points
Current Available Mana: 407)
"Don't get more than 25 meters away from me" Lucius gave out orders to his summon.
His summons nodded their heads upon hearing his orders. The other four guards also prepared for a fight.
All of a sudden, Lucius and the others felt 9 aura around them. Lucius and others looked around them and saw 9 individuals covered in black robes surrounding them.
A powerful aura could be sensed from 3 individuals among the 9 individuals.
"Damn it we have been ambushed" The person with the strongest aura exclaimed, his voice carrying nervousness.
The rank of E- grade Bandits were between the lower to the middle stage of E-grade Judging from their aura
Among the dozens of bandits standing around, they also sensed the aura of 3 D rank Divinities.
Lucius' face turned pale as he looked around him, a sense of mortal danger also washed over him.
However, he soon shook his head since he knew that being nervous or getting scared won't help.
"I must try to keep calm. Moreover, I also have four D-grade allies beside me." Lucius thought to himself.
Just as he was comforting himself, a powerful voice resounded throughout the entire place.
"What are you all waiting for? Kill them!" The person who had the strongest aura among the bandits ordered the others.
The moment they heard his orders. The bandits began to charge towards them with eyes full of killing intent.
The three grade-D bandits charged toward the guards whose grades were also D and the grade- E divinities charged toward Lucius, probably the weakest among the battlefield.
"Lucius you will have to take care of the E-grade Divinities," The guard who was the strongest said to Lucius as the guard began to charge towards the D-rank bandits.
The four guards began to fight with the four D-grade bandits. A minor shockwave was produced as they exchanged blows towards one another.
Lucius wanted to refute but he knew that it would be useless to do so in such a situation as he saw the fight between them.
A notification also flashed in his retina when the guards requested him to take care of the E- grade Divinities.
(You have received a subquest of the quest Bandit Hunting.)
(You have received the sub-quest stalling.)
(Stalling Grade: C
Description:
You have been asked to fight the E Grade Bandits by the leader of the guards. There are around 6 E-grade Bandits around here. Try to stall for as much time as possible.
Clear condition: Kill all the E-grade Bandits or stall the battle until the guards have taken care of D-grade Bandits.
Reward
1.You will receive 60K exp as a bonus if you manage to kill the 6 E-grade Divinities.
2. You will receive 10k exps if you manage to stall for 25 minutes.
3. You will receive 25K exps if you manage to stall for 40 minutes.
4. You will receive 40k exp if you manage to stall for an hour.
Penalty: A chance of death or the success of the group of bandits)
(You have accepted the subquest)
Lucius just took a glance at the notification before he shook his head and turned his attention away.
"I should focus on the battle instead of reading the notifications " Lucius muttered as he looked in front of him
He saw that 6 bandits were charging towards him whose grade was around E-rank Judging from their aura.
Out of the 6 bandits, three of them were using a sword while 2 one of them had a Magic Ward in their hand. The bandit with a magic ward was probably mages.Only a single one of them was using an spear.
The bandit's face also couldn't be seen due to the hoodie that they were wearing. Lucius also noticed something quite strange about the mana around them.
The mana around then seems evil and dark.
"I am getting a feeling of evil from the mana around them," Lucius thought to himself.
A second later, Lucius shook his head.
"I should just focus on the battle regardless of what they are
He let go of the book of creation that was in his hand and it began to float in the air.
"Summoner's Enchantment" Lucius shouted as he uniquely channeled his mana.
As he began to channel his mana uniquely. A magic circle appeared around him which was 25 meters in radius with him acting as the center.
(You have used Summoner enchantment.)
(Your mana has decreased by 50 percent.
Current available mana: 203)
(All your summons within the magic circle will have their stats increase by 30 percent and it won't require mana to heal them)
After that Lucius charged towards the group of bandits who were charging towards him. The book of creation followed closely behind him.
He avoided getting near the D-grade Divinities. The D-grade Bandits were taken care of by the guards who were also D-grade.
His summons followed closely behind him. When he was close enough, swung his sword 180 degrees. The blade collided with the blade of three enemies which blocked their attacks.
A loud metallic sound resounded through the entire place when his blade collided with the weapon of the bandit
The other three bandits were taken care of by his summons. A guard took a glance at the battle between his summons and bandits. He couldn't help but admire his summons as he fought with enemies.
"His summon can fight toe to toe with E-grade Divinities despite Lucius also being E grade Divinities" The guard exclaimed in awe.
Lucius summons had the capability to fight with the Bandits toe to toe because they were enchanted by the summoner's enchantment.
If it weren't for the summoner's enchantment then they would never be able to fight with bandits toe to toe.
A few seconds later the guard shook his head and focused on the fight with the D-grade Bandits. Just as he turned his full concentration back to the battle, he didn't find the bandit.
"Where did the bandit go?" The guard exclaimed as he looked around him.
He didn't find the bandit who was fighting with him, he was on his guard since he thought that the enemy must be waiting for a chance to ambush him.
A voice resounded through his ears.
"Hey look there" The guard with the strongest aura exclaimed as he pointed towards a certain direction.
The guards turned their attention to that direction, they saw all D-grade Bandits charging towards the vault.
"Oh no" A guard exclaimed.
"Chase them!! Lucius, we are going to chase the D-grade Bandits. You will have to take care of them alone" The guard with the strongest aura hurriedly shouted.
The guards quickly began to chase them.
"Alright" Lucius replied as he fought the enemies.
He quickly retracted his sword and created distance between himself and his enemies. As he was retracting his sword, he looked for an opening to strike.
He couldn't find any opening. Just as he was looking for an opening, Lucius saw the sword charging towards him that was directed towards his heart.
"Oh shit," Lucius exclaimed.
He hurried and tried to block the attack with his sword, he successfully blocked the attack. A loud metallic sound was produced, the moment their blades collided with one another.
"You are going to die today" The guy whom Lucius was fighting with, spoke for the first time.
"Not today" Lucius exclaimed as he pushed.
Lucius pushed the sword with all his strength and the bandit was sent flying backwards. Lucius saw an opening to land a horizontal strike at the bandit just as he was about to charge towards the bandit, Lucius sensed a strong aura behind him.
He turned around and looked behind him. He saw a spear charging towards him at an incredible speed. Lucius knew that it was too late to dodge.
"Oh no," Lucius exclaimed as he saw the spear charging towards him.