A New Foe

We spent the next 30 minutes killing anything that tried to attack us. Fanalis did most of the dirty work, but in that time we got a little more familiar with each other. Slowly we started turning into a two person wrecking crew.

"So what's your favorite genre of music? Or atleast music we will never get to hear again ever because we are in a random world?" I asked making conversation

"Ummm, idk i guess Pop? But I will never tell you artist" she replied

"Cmon you long legged vixen, spill the beans. Its Miley isn't it?" I goaded

"No, dick, I wont tell you, whats yours anyway?" she rolled her eyes and said

"Anything 80s or 90s with a splash of 70s" I said smiling

"Billie jean is not my lover, shes just a girl that says I AM THE ONE" I belted

"Ughhh, are those even the right lyrics?" Fanalis cringed and put her face in her hands

"The KID IS NOT MY SON!" I kept on going

"The KID IS N- oh look a main road"

After wandering we finally found some sort of civilization in the form of a dirt path that had very faint footprints.

"Finally, we might run into other human beings" I said exasperatedly "You're cool but can be kind of annoying" I smugly said

Fanalis just huffed and kept walking down the road

I followed after her and started singing again

"HEY hey hey, what is that ruckus going on in my domain?"

A tall figure walked out of the brush a couple of yards away.

The bandit leader emerged from the brush, his piercing gaze scanning the area with an intensity that betrayed his youth. His eyes were a striking shade of icy blue, almost translucent, but they held a hardness that spoke of countless battles won and lost. He wore a simple leather jerkin and trousers, with two swords crossed at his back but two swords strapped to his back, but his mere presence commanded a sense of danger that kept me on edge but the levity of his voice contrasted the image that stood before us

"Woah you people seem to be a far way from home, I've never seen a lady wear something that short except in a brothel," he said with a wide grin

"Besides that, just drop all of your belongings here with me along with any storage rings, and you can be on your way," He said in a bored tone like this was routine

"Well hi mister blue eyes, we just got on this world/Earth thingy so we don't really have what you want. What you see is what we have" I raised my hands sheepishly and said

The guy had a dangerous aura but nothing close to the blur or literal Ogres I faced in the labyrinth. Plus I feel I can be as nice as possible before a fight.

I should have been more attentive but I felt a lot more hooligans nearby, at least 6, how did they get so close?

Oh well

I peeked at Fanalis and saw an all too familiar look of excitement creeping from her eyes down to her mouth.

"Well as your guide to this wonderful land I need some kind of compensation for my generosity, do you refuse?" He asked sternly as he put his hand on the hilt of one of his swords.

"If you want what we have, why violence?" Fanalis chimed in with a fake coquettish voice

"Please leave us alone please" she continued swaying from side to side

"Your acting skills leave much to be desired, sorry."

He then snapped his fingers as an arrow shot at me even before the snap it felt like

The sleek arrow shot at my leg with vicious accuracy. The only problem was that I could feel the Kinetic energy imbued in the arrow. I could tell it's rough speed with my eyes closed. In response, I lifted my right leg up as if stretching and yawned.

"Hey that was close, if only you ma-"

Two small figures jetted out of the blind, knives out ready to kill and maim

One followed up on the arrow meant for him and another went for Fanalis

Fanalis jumped at her attacker, legs up, ready to meet the knife. Instead of kicking out she allowed the blow to connect. Instead of blood, the knife bounced off her Teflon-like skin. Her attacker looked at his knife in disbelief. She smirked and smacked the bottom of her foot into his face and knocked him out instantly.

My attacker paid no mind to his friend and attacked me with a knife out ready to kill. In the style of Fanalis, I whipped out with my leg and smacked his face without any extra Kinetic energy. I wanted to knock him out, not kill him.

"Goodnight buddy," I said as he fell

No more surprise guests came out of the bushes as we turned to face the leader

"I hope you are better than your little friends, that shit was boring," Fanalis said with a sneer

A stroke of anger came across his face as he unsheathed his swords and leaped at Fanalis.

A joyous grin covered her face as for the first time she waited for the enemy to come to her.

He slashed out with anger aiming for her face. With the grace of a panther, she ducked under the blow and kicked out at his leg. With surprising skill he retracted his foreleg missing the leg sweep. He retaliated quickly with a slash that at first sight looked too short to hit, then suddenly, a brilliant orange flame spouted from the blade. Despite her supernatural reflexes, the blade of fire grazed her hair singing her brown locks.

"Fuck" she muttered as she backflipped away

"Inertia, you better back the fuck off, he's mine" she basically growled