[Help!!!]
Ace ran towards the direction of the voice, in a few seconds he was behind a huge tree close to the voice. He decided to see what was happening and was shocked by what he saw. He saw forty burly men were attacking a caravan of wagons but they concentrated their attacks on the most luxurious carriage. They had huge blades while some had bows and were killing the guards at a fast pace. Among the guards there those with heavy armour more like knights and the ones in light armor looked like adventurers.
[Hello there guys who asked for help?] Ace asks with a straight face feigning ignorance.
The people fighting are very astonished to find that a young boy was standing this close to them without them realising when he got here.
"Mind your business boy and nobody asked for help scram" one of the burly men with an eye patch bellows.
"Boss should we be leaving witnesses" A bald burly guy questions.
"Now that you mentioned it baldy, boy it's very unfortunate that you will have to die with the rest of them. Sigh... you could have made a nice slave that would fetch a high price with how handsome you are."
"Eww....gross... I haven't seen a man praising another man's looks" one of the guards says feeling disgusted.
Meanwhile Ace is having a conversation with Eve who informs about one of the features of the artifact which is to compare the strength of the user with a target and provide the information on the target. [Let's test this feature on the leader of these burly men] Ace mutter internally as he scans the Boss guy.
Name: Bruce
Race: Human
Age: 47
Level: 50
MP: Null
HP: 1000/1000
Stamina: B
Strength: A
Speed: B
Mentality: A
"Boss look the boy is terrified that he's unable to blink.. hahahaha" A skinny guy speaks. Ace is stunned that he had not noticed this guy. The rest of the men begin laughing and mocking. Ace looks at the guards who have been reduced from about thirty to twelve who have about five heavily injured.
" Boys let's wrap this up before another intruder intervenes" Bruce orders, he also instructs one of his men to kill Ace. As the guards hear this they despair while burly guy grins as he slowly walks to Ace. When the guy gets close to Ace he raises his broad sword high to swing fast to give the boy a painless death. When the sword is a few inches from Ace's neck he disappears from the burly man's vision. The next moment the burly man feels a heavy blow to his guts as he kneels while vomiting a mixture of blood and food and passes out.
[I'm glad I didn't break him] Ace mutters.
The people present are dumbfounded and remain motionless, silence ensues that the breathing and heartbeats of the people is all that can be heard. They regain their minds when Ace breaks the silence.
[ Alright let's finish this quickly i need to get to Alvion by noon, don't worry I won't kill you guys]
As soon as he says this he disappears from their vision and reappears next to the knights with his arms pocketed. The burly men begin to fall down unconscious. The guards are left in awe at how fast the boy delt with these bandits. They are brought out of their reverie when Ace finally speaks.
[Well that was easy, om let's heal the injured shall we]
Ace then uses target healing spell to heal the heavily wounde guards. He then tells them to deal with the bandits as they see fit. He is astonished when they kill all the unconscious bandits leaving the Boss for interrogation since they suspected that it was not just a normal bandit attack. They lock Bruce in a cage with his limbs tied to the cage.
[You guys are brutal!! , well then bye] Ace then begins walking towards the city.
"Wait sir, please allow us to thank you, we are headed to Alvion city we can give you a ride to the city" A guard says as he takes off his helmet revealing the face of a middle aged lady with fine facial features, she looked beautiful with her long red hair, red eyes, chiseled nose and pure white skin. Her figure was hidden underneath the heavy armor. [Beautiful] Ace was mesmerised by her face that he muttered without thinking.
"Oh ho so you think I'm beautiful?" The lady captain asks.
[Yes] Ace instantly answered without thinking since this was the first woman he has ever seen apart from his mother.
"I'm grateful for the compliment, I am Lilian Keith the knight Commander of Alvion city under the Alvion family. We are escorting the only child of the city lord miss Catherine Alvion" As soon as Lilian mentions the city lord's child a girl about the age of sixteen comes from the carriage.
"Catherine Alvion, I'm grateful to you for saving our lives" she says while bowing slightly.
[ Ace Anderson at your service my lady] Ace says as he bows slightly with a smile. Catherine is a young girl with a nice figure and cute face. She is developing at the right places