chapter 8: Bandits

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All of them were out of the guilt house including Greck and Heleth to give there fair well to Alice and the others.

At that moment Raven asked Alice, who is nearest to her. "So, we're is your carriage?"

Alice hearing her, answer nervously.

"That we kind of don't have the budget so we rent a cart with horses, we will be traveling through that."

"Oh... " After thinking for a moment Raven suggested " Let's do this then, girls in my carriage, Eldic will drive it. Ludoff and you, Author will be on the cart guard your own luggage. My items are already with Eldric so you are only guarding your friends luggage."

Raven was brutal, she didn't like Auther after he insulted Eldic a while ago. so, she used the 'helping of a friend' card to locked author in guarding luggage on a separate vehicle.

"That's ok with me but why is he allowed on your carriage?" ask Auther knowing he can't join the girls so he wants to drag Eldic with him. Auther also didn't like Eldric when he first meet him he doesn't know why but he expected it to be because of his face. Being more handsome than his.

Auther when he was a child he was praised by the church as a chosen one that why his hometown, a small village were grateful for him because of his existence the village got many benefits, that why villagers treated him like god. Offering everything they have to Auther. so, he didn't like people saying no to him and he can't take someone having more than him.

Because of this, he targets Eldic as Eldric have a supirior beauty than him and a angel by his side.

"No, Eldric is my personal bodyguard as well as my brother. so, can't do. We can't be separated." Said Raven which made eldric heard skip and author a little happy thinking he got a chance. if eldic is her bodyguard and not a love interest then his mission to get her in his bed will be easy.

So he reluctantly backed down."Ok.. ok.. I will guard the luggage. Also we will be behind your carriage so don't worry even if bandits come I will protect you beauties." said Auther and went to the cart fallowd by Ludoff after bowing to Raven.

"Idiot who needs your protection?" but there was one girl who felt happy on the inside while cursing on the outside in author direction. Alice following her tsundere traits she was happy just by hearing Author calling her beautiful and swearing to protect her this was her dream her dream of being snow white a beautiful princess and her knight.

"Hmmff" puffing she also went toward the carriage as Raven has offered before. As they were girls even if they want to travel together with auther they don't want to travel bathing in sunlight and open wind.

As Eldic climbed on the driving seat Raven came near him and asked " ne el.. do you know how to drive. I did say you will drive on impulse but if you can't you can..." Before she could say another word her head was petted.

"Don't worry sis, i had trained yesterday. how to drive so leave everything to me." said eldric still patting her head.

"What are you doing!! i am older than you how can you casually pat you sister like that .... " Exclaimed Raven flustered taking Eldic hand off her head.

"Do I look idiot sis? I asked queen adella and she told me your age. turn out I am a bit older than you so it me being your older brother and you my younger sister."

"I don't know anything about that you are my younger bro. I am your sis, age doesn't matter. We already have an agreement before." Said Raven pouting and cursing her mother for leaking such information about her.

"Haha ok.. ok my~ dear~sister ~raven." eldric whispered near her earlope seductively making her quiver in excitement.

' Nono no what am I excited for!!! I can't.. I don't want to have any intimate relationship in this life anymore. My objective is to change my future. yes that it !! ' Raven convince herself thinking about her past and the unpredictable future of her. She need to fight her fate first, then think about her love life in those free times.

"Ok, done playing with me? I am leaving. carefull on driving." saying that raven went to Alice and others. After some chit- chat they climb the carriage and Eldic start driving, followed by Auther and Ludoff while both Greak and Heleth wave goodbye to them.

After driving for half a day they had some afternoon food in the wild. The girls were having fun talking including Nina although she can't speak she listens attentively to understand the other.

She has been a quiet girl for a long time that people started calling her 'silent beauty' but inside she wants to make friends but everytime she tried they run away. When she first met her cousin Auther, she was happy that he didn't run away. So, she joined his journey and now she found many friends. As she was listening she looked at Eldic she had heard him proposing to her friend Marin before but she also has seen him flirting with her new friend raven.

'Is he playing with my friends? I haven't talked to him but if he is playing with my friends then I will kill him.' though Nina.

On here, Eldric shivered all of a sudden. He was just sitting silently watching Raven back thinking about his previous conversation with Adella and Daniel. That's when he started feeling chill out of the blue.

He looked at the direction where it came from and he found the source. Nina was looking intensely at him when she saw him looking and she turned back but Eldic had already seen it.

"Why is she giving me that death stare?"

This!!!!?? Suddenly, Eldic became serious. He held his sword, went near Raven and sat down between her and Alice.

"Hah" Raven was surprised , Alice was angry, Marina became shy and Nina got scared thinking he is here for her previous behaviour.

Not only Eldic but after few seconds Ludoft relize it and was amazed by Eldric Instinct. He also dragged Author, who was eating to join the girls. Surrounding them. Eldric by Raven and Alice side , Ludoft near Raven but close to Nina and Marin while Author next to Ludoft.

"Hey..!! this is a girl talk. Why are grown men also joining here ?? I am going" Saying so Alice stand up and tried to walk away but Eldric grab her hand and pull her down to sit.

Getting angry by aldric behaviour Alice breaks free from Eldric grip and slap him, Cursing him and running off saying. "Disgusting!! how dare you grab my hand and try to force yourself on me? And Raven what with your bodyguard? try to educate him properly."

Saying all of that she angrily went off to the forest trying to release her frustration.

Raven shock by what just happened look at Alice departing back and eldric in dazed not know what to say.

If she was given an option to choose whether Alice or eldric she would without hesitatingly sides with eldric, but she want to know what happened between them.

Author seeing eldric behaviour tried to show his heroism but he also realized the danger now he has an option whether to chase Alice and die together. or try protecting Nina, Marin and also Raven to earn their love and trust. three is better than one and here his survival rate is high as there already were two man with them.

As for Ludoft his priority is Raven and Raven only. He knows Eldric must be stronger than him even though he is younger than him. So there is no need to protect him as for others they are but just an extra.

In just minutes people's riding a beast that look like dinosaur around the sizes of there carriage surround them.

"We are surrounded!!" said Raven making Marin and Nina stick together holding their respective weapon, Nina using a bow, while Marin with two saddle axes on her hand.

Even if they had done quests in adventure guilt. What they do were only collection herbs or hunting small animal. But now they are facing real life thread. Also they were worried about Alice right now.

"There's around ten of them." said Auther.

No.., it's 14 of them look up, 7 on the trees specialized in long range, 2 Calvary like heavy arm aerial Rider's.

5 on the ground that specialized in closed combat." said Eldric standing up unshilding his sword.

"You are quite an observant one aren't you" said a man sitting on the beast "But sorry, we have to kill you. Brother's kill the strong dragged the weak alive." Saying so he turned back, thinking that they already won.

"Eldric" called raven worriedly while Ludoff and Author were ready to face them.

"Don't worry sis stay with Marin and Nina over there this won't take long." saying so he raised his sword.

"Oh .. interesting let's see, How long do you struggle?" saying so the man that spoke to Eldric a while ago left.

6 arrow rain down with illusion cast on it, Make them look like a shower of arrows. Author tried to dodge while Ludoff was ready to cut thousands of those but Eldric shot an arrow that really became a thousands of arrow distroying the illusion as well the arrows. While the other arrow follows the trail of those shotters. Some dodge but 3 of them got killed with that immediately.

"How?"shout someone. Everyone was confused about how he did that? no more importantly where is his sword and how did it turn into a vow!!"

Raven was equally confused she hasn't witnessed any powers of Eldic or used her appraisal skill for a while.

'I have only seen him training only. but not his practice let's see how much you have grown-up.

Name— Eldric

Occupation— Bodyguard

Class — ?

Level —4→7

Mana — ∞

Ability - flash step, snap insight , exchange, Manifestation.

Skill— weapon mastery.

'What the hell!! he is an overpowered character?am i not the protagonist is he really the main character of my show? Or is he just those op side characters that stand by the protagonist side!! yes it must be it!!'

'But dame I know flash step and future Sigh but.

(exchange - giving one thing and taking another equivalent to each other.)

"That's why!" though Raven and look at Nina who has a Confused face becomes she is holding a sword and her bow got disappeared.

Returning to Eldric stat Raven look at the other ability.

(Manifestation —the act of bringing something into existence or making it visible and tangible.)

"He is a weapon freak!" though Raven.

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