Joren landed on his shoulder after kicking the bandit in the face. He quickly got up and ran to Glenn and Lenny, taking out two healing potions from his storage ring and feeding it to them. Glenn woke up immediately while it took Lenny a bit longer.
"I understand that you want to take a nap, but now's not the time for that." Joren joked
"Just five more minutes," Lenny asked
"Sure. Just be up by the time I'm back with Arnold." Joren ran to where Arnold was and took out one more healing potion, feeding it to him. He sat up instantly like a springboard wobbling after someone jumped on it.
"Joren, are you okay?"
"I should be asking you that question." He laughed. "Come on, let's regroup with the others."
Standing in a circle, the four of them contemplated on how to defeat their enemy. Not only was he stronger than all of them, but he also had the lightning element, a hard element to fight against if you're not prepared.
"He's faster than me. Even using my wind, I can't keep up with him." Lenny, who was the fastest among them spoke with his head down. He was embarrassed by the bandit as he couldn't even react to being hit.
"Don't worry about that, I have a way to counteract his speed. Sort of." Joren thought back to when he was hit by the lightning attacks. Every time the bandit was about to strike, he felt a tingling sensation around him. He realized that the air around him became electrically charged, and once that happened, lightning would strike.
He explained this to everyone but didn't use terms that they wouldn't understand. He couldn't say anything scientific as they would look at him like he was speaking another language.
"If we can react to the tingly feeling, then we can dodge his attacks. It's not perfect, but it's something."
"Now that you mention it, I did feel something like that. I never bothered to know what it was though. I thought it was just the effect of getting hit by the lightning." Putting his hands on his chin, Lenny thought about the ways he could use this information to his advantage.
"It might not be a true counter to his abilities, but it's the best thing we have right now. That's some good information Joren." He smiled at Joren, resting his hand on his shoulder in gratitude. But before he got a response, they all felt the tingly feeling Joren was talking about and jumped out of the way. The next instant, a large bolt of purple lightning struck the area.
"Seems like you were able to dodge. No matter, I'm done playing around." Arriving from the shadows, the bandit appeared, holding his neck, wringing it around as if he had pain.
"Guys, Derry and I have formulated a plan to stop this guy but it's not complete yet. We need to hold him off until then."
"No problem Joren, I can hold him off as long as you need!" Lenny sprinted at the bandit at high speeds shooting a gust of wind at him.
"I'm going as well." With a burst of fire, Glenn rocketed at the bandit as well, leaving a trail of fire behind.
"Arnold, can you do something for me?" Joren asked
"What is it?"
"I need you to make a large wall of earth around us. Make it as tall as you can without compromising its strength. We need to make sure he doesn't have a way to escape. Can you do that?"
"Easy." Rocks started floating in the air before slamming back into the ground. Arnold got on one knee and slammed his hands into the dirt, and a stone wall that encompasses everyone started rising from the ground.
"Nice. Now since the wall is being created, the rest is up to you Derry." Joren spoke softly before joining Glenn and Lenny.
To the left of the bandit, Lenny attacked, clashing with the lighting blade that was formed in the bandit's hands. From the right, Glenn attacked with a fire sword which also clashed with another lightning blade.
"Working together won't solve anything!" The bandit spoke as he poured more lighting into his blades, slowly overpowering the two.
Just then, five mana arrows whistled through the air approaching the bandit's face. He quickly moved out of the way by jumping in the air, but when he did, twenty more mana arrows rained down on him.
"Dammit!" Blocking, dodging, and slashing the arrows weren't a problem for him. But once he cut them all down, more would come. Joren was standing in the air using his mana force to keep him afloat while raining down mana arrows.
"Lenny! Fireball!" Without explaining any further, Glenn made a fireball that grew in size until it was as big as a carriage. He shot it toward the bandit at full force. Lenny followed up by wrapping the wind around it which made the fire expand in size and power.
Joren stayed where he was and kept raining down mana arrows, distracting the bandit so the fireball could hit.
"You fucking brat! I'm going to kill you first!" Using his lightning, he made a shield around the front side of his body which destroyed every mana arrow in its path. He was about to attack when he felt intense heat on his back. He was about to turn around when his body suddenly froze.
Using his mana force, Joren temporarily froze the bandit in place with a telekinetic-like grip. His mana force usually doesn't work on people stronger than him, but since the bandit was distracted, he was able to hold him in place for a few seconds, long enough for him to get hit at point-blank range with the fireball.
The explosion lit up the area as if the sun had come out of its slumber. Fire danced in the sky as the bandit was engulfed in flames.
"Did we get him?" Lenny asked.
"I don't-" They all felt the tingly feeling again and dodged as a bolt of lightning struck where Joren was standing.
"You son of a bitch!" Lightning bolts rained from the sky in a similar manner to Joren's mana arrows. Everyone moved out of the way as best as they could as getting hit by one of those would be devastating.
"Come back here you little shit!" The bandit charged at Joren as he was the reason why he was hit by the fireball. His back was completely fried to a crisp with third-degree burns. Parts of his head were missing hair as they were burned off.
"No thanks, you can stay over there." Joren dodged all the lightning bolts coming his way. A hand tried to grab his face, but he managed to move out of the way quickly. As he was about to get his footing back, another hand grabbed his shirt and slammed him into the ground.
Joren didn't show any pain, only biting his lip and firing off two mana bullets that the bandit easily dodged.
"You're fucking dead!" His electrically charged hand punched at Jorens face, but he moved his head to the side quickly, forcing the hand to hit the ground. Then, the two mana bullets turned around and implanted themselves in the bandit's back.
"Arghhh!!!" He bellowed in pain
"Joren!" Glenn came out of nowhere like a ball of fire and kicked the bandit off of him.
Lenny wrapped the bandit in a wind funnel, hurtling him into the wall that Arnold had finished making.
"You-!" Arnold punched the bandit before he could finish. He then grabbed his head and smashed it against his knee. He was about to attack again when a hand grabbed his face tightly and a fist of lightning punched him in the chest.
"I'll kill you all!" He raised his hands and lightning crackled everywhere, striking random spots with intense force.
"Joren! What's the plan with Derry? We won't be able to hold him off much longer!" At that moment, a blue glowing energy covered the body of Glenn, Arnold, Lenny, and Joren.
"Everything's done now. Get ready!" Joren spoke as a bright blue light shined in the air above their location. A large Magic formation was hovering in the air around the same size as the wall Arnold constructed around them.
The pressure increased in the area. Trees were splinting, the ground was cracking, and even Arnold's wall was crumbling.
"Wh-What's happening!" The bandit could feel the pressure forcing his body down to the ground. It was as if a whale was lying on his body.
"This is Derry's spell." Glenn recognized the effects of the magic being cast. "But why isn't it affecting us?"
"Later, we need to focus on him" Arnold spoke.
"Let's go!" Not caring about saving his mana, Joren poured out everything he could. A staggering 200 mana arrows were formed around him as he fired them all at the bandit.
"Dammit!" The bandit attempted to evade the mana arrows, but the pressure kept him from moving the way he wanted to. While he was strong enough to not be crushed by the pressure, it still affected him. Mana arrows managed to cut his body all over leaving him bloodied.
Glenn shot fired a beam of fire at his chest but it was countered by a lightning bolt. Lenny appeared from behind and slashed at the bandit's back.
"Arghhh!!!" Staggering forward in pain, the bandit collapsed to his knees only to be kicked by a foot made out of rock.
Once he landed, vines sprouted from the ground, implanting themselves in his arms and legs.
"Aghhhh!" He looked to the side with bloodshot eyes to see a beautiful woman off in the distance holding out her hands, controlling the vines.
"T-That's for kicking me you bitch!" Pantera spoke weakly
"I'll kill all of you! I'll fucking kill you and your families! I'll kill all of them!" Lightning crackled intensely, burning the vines. He was going to break free when spikes of earth stabbed him in the arms and legs.
"Arghhh! Fuck!"
Joren, Glenn, and Lenny all appeared from the air, swords in hand, and landed on the bandit, stabbing him in the process, killing him instantly.