Bandit's hideout

They all stood before Midas, clad in this unusual getup. At first, Midas was confused but then he could feel a connection between all of them and he knew all of their skills. Midas was excited because he knew this was just the beginning as he would be getting more souls soon and his army would be steadily growing.

Midas then waved his hands and the bandits were all sucked back into his soul space. He walked back to Licht and sat down in a lotus position to consolidate his foundation in the basic blue rank.

They sat down in front of the fire for a few hours and when the sun was already going down. Licht stood up, then said "It's time"

Midas also joined him and they rode in the direction that Gabe gave them. After riding for about 30 minutes, they finally got to the mountain, Licht stopped his horse and looked at Midas "Go ahead. They are all yours"

Midas nodded then continued riding forward, while Licht was slowly trotting behind him. The guards on duty heard footsteps getting closer and checked. They were surprised when they only saw a boy on a dracohorse riding towards them but they were guards for a reason, they quickly relayed the information to the people inside to get ready just in case anything unexpected happened.

Midas finally got close enough, before he could even say anything or get down from his horse. One of the bandits shot an arrow aiming for his head, which Midas dodged like it was child's play.

The bandit that shot the arrow was surprised that Midas was not dead, so he pulled another arrow from his quiver and took aim but when he looked again, Midas was nowhere to be found, only his horse stood there.

The bandit saw his point of view change then he saw his body, wait why was he seeing his body without a head, and wasn't that the guy he just shot with his bow, why was he now behind him? Then he stopped thinking, his body and head hit the ground at almost the same interval.

The other guards that were around were confused about where Midas disappeared to, then some of them heard the thud and looked in the direction of the sound. They were surprised that the first person that attacked Midas was just there laying in a pool of his own blood. All of a sudden screaming could be heard, there were ten bandits on guard duty, one was already decapitated by Midas and he wanted to finish this fast. He moved and appeared next to another guard, stabbed right through his stomach with a spear, then swung the spear two times killing two people. In less than five seconds, three more people were dead. Midas spoke "Come out", behind the remaining six bandits, a green mist was seen then they either had a sword pierce right through their bodies or knives slitting their throats. All six bandits dropped to the ground dead, and right in front of Midas stood all fifty bandits that he previously killed, he absorbed the souls of the newly killed bandits and added them to the summons right before him.

"Go forth and cause carnage," Midas said

All the bandits nodded, and in their eyes, you could see a slightly crazy look, like they were definitely going to enjoy what was about to happen.

Midas donned his armor then heard his master approaching on the horse. He saw his master, hover up from the horse and fly rapidly into the cave, leaving Midas dumbstruck. As Licht passed him, he said "Might as well use their leader for some stretches. The others are yours,"

Midas just shook his head at what his master said while chuckling. He walked deeper into the cave. There were sounds of screaming coming from within, and sometimes, Midas would see some souls float toward him. He knew that his summons were causing considerable damage deeper inside the cave. He reached a point in the cave that forked into three paths, his master took the center one, he felt his soul summons at the left side, so he chose to take the right. He walked for about thirty seconds till he reached a place that was brightly lit, but the smell was unbearable. His eyes adjusted to the sight and what he saw almost made him furious and disgusted.

There were bodies sprawled on the ground and in cages, none of them were moving. There were over five hundred bodies here, it looked like they had all been tortured and killed by the bandits, over ninety percent of the bodies here were women, and the other bodies were young boys. Some of the bandits were sitting down in a corner playing a game that looked like poker, the smell did not seem to bother them as they were already used to it. There were fifteen men laughing, drinking, and yelling. They did not even notice when Midas walked in.

Midas walked toward them, and that was when they saw the armor that gave them shivers. They all brought their weapons forward to attack.

"Soul bind"

They noticed they could no longer move, they all had dark green chains around their bodies.

They now had real fear in their eyes as they saw Midas walk towards them like the demon king he was going to be.

"Please spare us"

"I beg you don't kill me"

"I will do anything, I have lots of money"

They all begged but Midas didn't listen, he was now before them. He looked at all of them and said "You all are the scourge of the earth, you do not deserve to breathe the same air as other humans. Burn to ashes, SOUL FLAME"

Within Midas's eyes were literal wisps of flames glowing brightly, as they all stared into the eyes of Midas, they all burst into flames, they were screaming and trying to struggle but Midas didn't release them. After a minute or two, the only thing before Midas were ashes. Their souls floated above the ashes but Midas didn't absorb them. He looked around because he felt the souls of the women and boys that had died here but they were all corrupted because they hung onto resentment so they could not leave, Midas thought for a while then offered the soul of the men he just killed. All the wraiths, phantoms, specters, poltergeists, and ghosts they had become jumped at the souls of the men and started ripping them to shreds, these men were destroyed both in body and soul.