Chapter 20

I sighed as the week went by and now we were going to our deaths, I was scared for my life as the Danger sense kept blaring at me.

I tried reasoning with these idiots but they don't seem to listen to me, Yoru kept convincing me that everything was gonna be alright since everyone will be prepared.

I could only shake my head and go ahead, maybe the only one whose life is going to be forfeited, I am not necessarily weak anymore.

So the moment I see things going to shit, I am going to run so fast that even Flash will be embarrassed, wait! did I say it wrong?

I shook my head as we made our way to the caravan, we were going to be fighting against a heavy caravan that has guards on the level of knights, or so I have heard.

Along with that, there were several simple guards.

If I had to separate them according to rankings,

Seven Rank 7 Mages and even more Rank 8,

Our leader himself is a Rank 7, or at least that's how I feel about it, maybe there is a disparity in ranks , like there being stages.

Who am I kidding? of course the ranks have stages in between them.

I looked at the throne like a broom flying in front that belonged to the bandit boss, His Danger level according to the Danger sense was far higher than that of those below,

"Yoru! take your squad and ambush the Rank 8 guards, I will take mine and deal with the Rank 7 idiots" We heard the boss

I followed Yoru, not like I had any choice as I was literally sitting behind the guy,

"Don't worry kid, this will be over in an instant, Boss has a very good control over his magic, the fight will be over before you can even see it" he said to me in a carefree manner

He opened the grumoire and used a spell, most likely an invisibility spell, I also took out my daggers and felt that I had grown into a ninja, that I could blend in the shadows.

"Hoh! what's this, for a moment I felt like you fell off, must be a new spell,I forgot you still don't have a grimoire, I wonder how strong you will be once you have one." he was unusually talkative today.

though that didn't stop me from being careful of my environment, in seconds we were tailing the caravan from behind, waiting for the leader to start the massacre.

I had my Daggers in hand, and several throwing knives on my body, ready to take several lives at once.

At this moment, Yoru gave us a signal, the other two members of our squad also fired off spells while I threw two knives that dug themselves onto the body of a rank 8 mage,

while my daggers were drenched in the blood of two more dead Rank 8 guards.

"It's an ambush!"

One of the surviving guards from our side, spoke in a loud voice before he died by spikes made of...earth.

"We will go ahead, you loot this one and assist us once you are done, remember not to leave anything behind like last time" he warned me with a serious look, that shocked me, not that he was serious, but the fact that he knew I was being lazy.

I nodded and went inside, not putting the dead bodies to mind, it was either them or my head, and that of my village, the knights weren't gonna put the death of Hage village to mind even if it was raised to the ground.

I took everything this time leaving nothing behind.

I made way to Yoru and Seni who were fighting against a couple of Rank 8 guards.

I noticed the strongest among them, he had Ice magic, the other three had Fire magic, Earth magic and Acid magic respectively.

Deciding that it was better for me to silently take their life, I ran around them and quickly took care of the Acid magic user and gave a big blow to the Earth magic user, he had some kind of spell that covered his whole body in Earth, giving him increased boost in defense.

I began retreating as several earth spikes started sprouting from the ground, just as I was about to be pushed to a corner Yoru suddenly appeared behind the guy and felt a staggering blow, Seni finished him off.

Now only the Ice and Magic-user was left,

"Go ahead, We will deal with him," Yoru said as he pointed at the carriage filled with what looked like jewellery to me.

I nodded and ran towards the carriage, the guards unable to attack as that would be the same as destroying the same thing they were supposed to protect.

Giant explosions and fires spread far and wide as a small battle took place,

Everyone was busy fighting as I kept stealing as much as I could, Going around and helping Yoru deal with Guards while at it.

When I was about to swipe clean my fourth load of goods, I felt an overwhelming sense of danger, before I even registered what was happening, the carriage I was inside was crushed into splinters as I found myself skidding to a stop.

Yoru and the others were also surprised by the unusual progress,

'Fuck,it's a rank 7, and he is strong' I couldn't help but curse.

"Hmm, Kid retreat, we will handle him" Yoru told me.

Although he had helped me a lot these few days, but I would want nothing more then to have all these fuckers die.

I secretly cheered for the guy as he came out of the smoke like some cool ass hero, several spears made out of Steal ready to slice apart anything in their way.

I ran away as I dodged a few of them before Seni raised a wall of earth.

I wasn't able to see past and fled with speed to look for some place to scout, if the bandits somehow end up winning, I don't want to suffer.

As I climbed a tree, I was able to truly see the scale of battle ongoing

I also saw the Bandit leader fight against 3 Rank 7 on his own, while two bodies lay on the ground, headless.