Last Stand

On the other side of the battlefield, where no one could interrupt them, two of the most powerful people in this battle were fighting.

A lot was on the line here, whoever won this battle will be the ultimate victor. No one can stand up to a level 7 here, even if they are tired, they are enough to wipe the rest alone.

It was Anna and Barnes fighting with each other, no one was exchanging any words.

*slash* *whirr*

A huge grin could be seen on Barnes's face as he sent a flurry of almost invisible wind slashes towards Anna, who was also magnificently showing off her fire techniques.

Anna was a gauntlet user almost all of Anna's attack was close-range fire magic and body strengthening. On the other side, Barnes used daggers and wind magic, for medium-range combat.

Although his body was not at strong as Anna's, he was faster than her, which allowed him to overwhelm his opponents.

Though he was a lowlife bandit now, in the past he was a respectable knight captain, but one day, he disagreed with a noble's request, which got him to lose everything. This incident made him hedonistic and became a bandit who takes from others.

Using his experience as an adventurer, and Anna's building mental pressure regarding her comrades, she was getting pushed, slowly but surely.

*slash*

Barnes sent six slashes from three directions toward Anna.

"Haaah", taking a stance she dodged 4 of them and punched the last two with her flame-clad fists.

"Stop running you coward bandit" she provoked Barnes to close the distance for her, but no reply came.

This situation was really bad for Anna, she can't push aggressively toward Barnes if she did she would be led far away from where Jake is, and the Bandits would kidnap him, her mission is to protect Jake.

"Hahaha, what happened Miss Knight, why don't you aggressively push and kill this pitiful bandit" Barnes provoked, trying to get a reaction.

"You dogs of nobles" he again said

Anna just listened, trying her best to keep her calm.

They were in a rough stalemate, Anna was forced to defend, and no one was getting anywhere, until…

*pharrrk*

A rock bullet flew towards Anna, which she punched and destroyed. Then she saw Enzo running towards where she was. Her face turned pale.

"What happened to Emily???!!" She lost her cool and screamed at him, she was like her little sister.

"I don't know, guess?" Enzo flashed a sinister grin at her.

"You motherfucker!!!" Anna screamed and charged toward Enzo, only to be interrupted by Barnes's wind attacks.

"Uh huh, young lady, am still here"

Anna then had to defend herself from both Enzo's and Barnes's continuous attacks, Anna rushed towards Enzo, but got injured by Barnes.

The stalemate was broken, and Anna was losing.

"Haah~ haah~" Anna was getting tired and was losing her strength, although Barnes and Enzo were also tired, they had their numbers advantage, and they had confidence that if they keep pushing her, she will fall.

Anna made one desperate attempt to attack Enzo, only to be flung up in the air by Enzo's counter.

Tired, and magically drained, a huge wind blade tornado hit her when she was in the air, sending her flying straight onto the carriage in which Jake was.

BAAAM

The whole carriage shook and rolled over 3 times while breaking apart into pieces. A young kid could be seen trying to stand up, being concussed by the impact.

[Jake's POV]

As Anna had instructed me, I was sitting inside the carriage, placing my hopes on the knights that they could win.

Suddenly, a huge impact shook the carriage, hurling me around and the carriage then collided with a huge rock and broke into pieces.

I was sent flying a few meters away from the carriage and was trying to figure out the situation.

I got up to my feet and looked around, but before I could, I saw Anna, filled with cuts and bruises, with a puddle of blood beneath her. It hit me, what happened here, the knights lost…

Still, to confirm the situation I looked around, all the knights were on the ground, dead maybe. I was in denial before, but now it was confirmed.

A thought entered my mind, which I had suspected before, 'was I sent to die here?'

'Robust carriage, more security, and many other things indicate that Baron bastard knew of all this

This enraged me, 'why always me?' 'Fate always plays with me

I tried to hold in my anger, trying to control myself then I heard the voice of a seemingly 35-year-old, "oh look at this, a silver potential with a handsome face, and a cute knight. The raid was worth it"

I looked at that face who looked like the leader of the group, his smile was mocking me, mocking my fate. Seeing him my anger exploded.

I used ice to create a blade and lounged at a nearby bandit, caught off guard by my actions, he couldn't defend himself and I killed him.

*shaaaash*

My whole insides shuddered, after killing a human for the first time. But I didn't care, no, that correct word would be, I couldn't afford to care. I needed to survive, I knew a minute's hesitation will get me killed.

The bandit's leader frowned and said, "Quite energetic eh? Capture him you Bastards, don't take this much time on this stupid shit!!"

Seeing him 3 people rushed towards me, I dodged one of their attacks, but alas before I could counter, I got attacked from behind and passed out.