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Chapter 2 - Someone creeping up

"Man… where is he?! The bandit boss?!

"I know I didn't run that far? No way?! Am I lost?!"

Ancelin sees something in the distance in front of him, it's the bandit boss. "Whew… so I didn't get lost, huh! Ancelin said while panting. He catches his breath and walks up to the bandit boss menacingly.

"Hey, big guy! I've got some questions for you and I want you to answer them honestly." Said Ancelin in a serious manner.

"Ohh! You came back! You realized that you couldn't run away from us! Good! Very good!" Said the bandit boss very happily. "But why did you come alone though? Shouldn't those guys have brought you with them? Why are they not here? Where are they?" The bandit boss said in a confused tone while looking at me.

Ancelin raised his fist covered in blood and looked at the bandit boss "Ohh, those guys? I only just beat them to near death but they'll still live if you take them to a doctor, that is. I'm not a murderer, y'know" Ancelin said with an expressionless smile.

"You… you… I'LL KILL YOU!" The bandit boss said with an expression filled with rage and charges towards Ancelin with his rough sword that he took out of it's sheath which was hanging over his left waist.

Ancelin sees the rough sword swinging down on him and dodges to the right, tightens his right fist and strikes on the bandit boss's left cheek with enough froce to keep him awake and not knock him out. After getting hit in the face the bandit boss falls to the ground, but surprisingly he gets back up and starts swinging the rough sword at Ancelin relentlessly. Ancelin dodges every swing of the rough sword continuously, "Hey, listen! I just wanna ask you some questions! And it was you guys who tried to capture me first, so I'm just defending myself, this is self defense. Don't blame me for what happened to your men!

While still dodging, Ancelin looks at the bandit boss and realizes his words aren't getting through to him. Ancelin knocks out the rough sword from the bandit boss's hands and tightens his fist, he feels a strange energy flowing through his entire body and takes a glow of crimson which he then slams his fist in the bandit boss's gut and as soon as he hunched over Ancelin strikes the bandit boss's face which he is then send flying and crashes to a tree, Ancelin just stands there staring at his hands "What was that? I felt this energy surge through my body… I've never felt this before… it was so powerful… it was… incredible! Ancelin said to himself silently.

"Is it also because of the voice in my head that give me this cool ability to fight" Ancelin thought to himself internally.

" The danger has been eliminated! The Host is now safe! All combat abilities will now be taken back!" The voice said inside Ancelin's head.

"Hey! Wait, how will I defend myself if you take my abilities back!" Ancelin said with an expression that says something precious was taken away from him.

"The Host's current body cannot handle the drawbacks of the abilities! You must make your body strong and only then will you be able to unlock all the abilities! Your current body is very weak and cannot handle the consequences of being exposed to the abilities that are beyond your current strength!" The voice said inside Ancelin's head.

"Owwwww! Is this why my body hurts right now?!" Ancelin said in a painful voice.

"Yes! That is correct!" Said the voice inside Ancelin's head.

"I see. If I want to get my combat abilities back, I have to train my body first, so that my body can handle those extreme abilities!"

"But… owww! It still hurts! Ancelin said in a sad expression filled with pain.

"But, now what? What do I do? I wanted to get out of this forest, but, looks like I'm stuck here again." Ancelin said with eyes filled with tears.

"Rustle" Ancelin gets shocked after hearing the rustling sound from a tree. He looks up at the tree and squints his eyes. A silhouette can be seen standing on the tree branch, it jumps out of the tree's shadow and lands in front of Ancelin.