A Princess?

Looking at the four guards that stood in front of the entrance of the lair, Vance prepared to make his move. He used Sound Magic to create an area of silence in which no sound would escape. After doing this he proceeded to knock them out one by one while using Illusion Magic to guarantee that none of them saw the others being put to sleep. After knocking them all out Vance tied them together and put them in the bushes.

"And that's the rest of the guards. Time to check out what's really in here."

Vance then slowly walked into the Bandit Lair with the girls following behind him. As they went further into the lair, from time to time, they would see one or two bandits walking. Vance would quietly knock them out and partially bury them into the walls with Earth Magic to silence them.

"Man magic makes everything soooo much easier. I can't wait for that Creation Coin."

Eventually they came across a large chamber in the cave. Once they got into the chamber they overheard five bandits talking about their latest haul.

"I can't believe we managed to do it."

"I know right. The guards were so strong. It's a wonder that we succeeded."

"They may have been strong but they were no match for us."

"You're damn right bro."

"I mean honestly, who would expect a princess to have such a small group of guards protecting her."

"Well I hear that she's a willful one."

"Man I wish I could get a taste of her."

"In your dreams. The boss would kill us if we damaged the merchandise."

"That's true. I mean have you even considered the amount of money we can get for selling an actual princess as a slave?"

"Hehe, the amount of nobles and creepy guys that would be willing to spend any and everything for such a beauty to be theirs is astonishing."

"Hm. Well whatever suits their taste will be what gets us paid. So lets get back to work before the boss finds us slacking and reduces our cut."

"Good idea dude."

After hearing this conversation, Vance began to attack the five who hadn't noticed him. But as he did so he couldn't help but think to himself.

(Did they say they kidnapped a princess? How did they even manage to do that. Guess I'll find out for myself soon.)

Vance then knocked out the five bandits in quick succession. After knocking them out and putting them in the wall like the rest Vance returned to Celine and Alice.

"You girls heard that too right? About the princess?"

"Indeed I did Master. It seems these bandits are quite competent."

"I can't believe they managed to do such a thing. Mr. Vance are we going to save her?"

Hearing Alice ask this question, Vance began to think. After a brief moment he came to a conclusion and opened his mouth to speak.

"Honestly... Yes. Since we're here we might as well save her anyway."

After finishing their conversation Vance and his party began to head further into the cave.