Chapter 28: Fighting the bandits (2)

Lucius saw the three bandits charging towards him, he tightened the grip on his sword.

"I will first deal with the guy who attacked me first," Lucius thought to himself.

Lucius was just about to charge toward the bandits who were holding a spear. However, before he charged towards them, he gave a new order to the summons.

"Follow me and attack any enemies that are in range. You must not get more than 25 meters away from me as you follow me. Also, try to maintain the defensive formation as you move forward." Lucius gave orders to his summons using his connection with them

The summons nodded his head, Lucius charged towards the bandits after he saw his summons nod.

"It's good that you have accepted your death" The bandits who had a spear shouted.

Lucius ignored him and kept charging forward without any intention of stopping. He scanned the area around him, he spotted that the three bandits were not too far apart from one another.

"I can't deal with the three of them together. I need to distract the other two bandits. I know how to distract them" Lucius mumbled.

Lucius gave new orders to his summons and kept charging towards them. The summons left the 25-meter radius when they heard the order but the bandits didn't notice them since they were too focused on Lucius.

A few seconds later, he was just a few cm away from the bandits.

The bandit who was holding a spear pointed his spear towards his heart, his eyes were focused on the spear that was getting closer and closer. A second later, he heard the laughter of the other two bandits behind Lucius.

"It looks like you have forgotten about the two of us." The two bandits holding swords shouted.

The two of them were on the left and right respectively.

"No, I have already prepared to take you two down, look in front of you," Lucius exclaimed with a smile on his face.

The two bandits frowned slightly when they saw the smile on his face. They looked behind him, they were stunned by what they saw behind them.

They were four skeletons with a sword moving towards them at an incredible speed.

"Damn it!" One of them cursed as they realized that it was too late to dodge.

They were so focused on Lucius, that they had neglected his summons thinking they were too weak. Even the bandit who was holding Lincoln's capture had neglected them.

The bandit who was holding Lincoln captive had a strong desire to go and help. However, he couldn't leave Lincoln since he would escape if left unsupervised.

The four skeletons slashed their backs simultaneously. The bandits let out roars of pain.

"Ahahahaha" The two bandits with a sword roared in pain.

Blood dripped from their backs due to the slash. The robe that they were wearing was torn up.

A powerful voice resounded through the entire place that gave hope to the bandits with a sword.

"These summons are very weak, you should be able to destroy them in a few blows" The powerful voice of the bandit who was holding Lincoln captive shouted.

Hearing this, the bandits nodded their heads, then they created distance between themselves and the summons

They began to fight his summons.

Lucius ignored them and focused on the target in front of him.

"The summons will be defeated in a minute or less, so I must finish this off as quickly as possible," Lucius thought to himself.

He kept charging towards the target without any intention of stopping.

He was about to swing his sword by

"You may have got rid of the two of them but do you think that you can defeat me!" The bandit with the spear roared.

The bandit started to rotate his spear at an incredible speed, he rotated his spear at such a speed that strong gales of wind were produced.

The gales of winds were so strong that they caused the weapons that were on a table to fall simultaneously.

The spear was moving so fast that he couldn't even see the spear. After trying very hard to see the spears, he saw the spear was just a few cm away from him from his left chest

"This.." Lucius exclaimed as he looked in front of him.

Lucius knew that he must do something or else, his heart would be surely pierced by the sword, hence claiming his life.

A sense of terror could be seen on his face as he saw the spear getting closer and closer.

"I must do something, I can't die like this" Lucius exclaimed.

He began to think of a way to survive, and as he was thinking of a way to survive, he realized that he was forgetting about one thing.

"The book of creation might be able to change the trajectory of the attack, hence saving my life," Lucius thought to himself as he looked at the book of creation floating in the air.

Lucius quickly gave commands to the Book of Creation, it closed up and charged toward the spear.

"The spear will pierce my heart within the next 4 seconds, hopefully, the book of creation can collide with the blade, hence changing the trajectory of the sword." Lucius thought to himself, terror was visible on his face.

Seconds felt like an hour to Lucius as the spear charged towards Lucius. A few seconds later, the Book of Creation collided with the spear, and the trajectory of the spear was changed.

The bandit widened his eyes in surprise when the book collided with it. The spear was now charging towards his thigh.

"Even though he is going to strike my leg, there will be an opening to launch a devastating strike on him when his spear is stuck to my leg.

I must take advantage of that opportunity, '' Lucius exclaimed, his voice carrying seriousness.

"Even though you have saved your heart you are still not safe" The bandit exclaimed, his voice carrying mockery.

A second later, the spear struck Lucius's left thigh, blood started to pour out from his leg like water coming out from a broken dam.

Lucius felt enormous pain. He tried to grit his teeth and tolerate the pain but he couldn't help but scream.

"AHAH!!!" Lucius shouted in pain.

A series of notifications flashed in his retina.

(You have suffered serious damage)

(You have lost 67 HP)

(You are suffering from severe bleeding. You will lose 5 HP every 30 seconds until the wound is closed up)

(You have suffered a serious leg injury. Your agility has decreased by 10 percent temporarily)

Lucius ignored them as he gritted his teeth in pain.

"I must tolerate the pain," Lucius muttered under his breath.

He began to channel the mana in his body in a unique way. Lucius swung his sword 180 degrees when he felt strength overflowing throughout his body.

"Greatsword art, First movement, Great Sword Strikes" Lucius roared.

The bandit quickly took out his spear from Lucius' thigh when he realized what Lucius was trying to do. He didn't expect Lucius to be able to execute this attack in such pain

However, it was too late to do anything, the bandit could neither block nor dodge Lucius' attack.

Lucius successfully struck his right chest, however, it wasn't over yet, Lucius retracted his sword and kept striking him. Dozens of notifications flashed in Lucius retina but he ignored them.

(You have dealt 20 damage to the target.)

(Due to the passive skill, Lifesteal 50 percent of the damage dealt has been converted to your HP)

(You have gained 10 HP)

The same notification flashed in Lucius retina for the third time but he ignored them and focused on slashing the target.

The bandits with a sword roared when they saw their friends being brutally beaten but they couldn't do anything since they were too busy dealing with Lucius' summons who were enhanced by the summoner's enchantment.

"Leave him alone!" A bandit shouted.

However, Lucius' advantage didn't last for long. He successfully landed four hits, however, things didn't go well on his fifth hit. The bandit successfully blocked the fifth strike, as blood dripped down from his chest.

However, Lucius didn't stop his attacks, he kept launching devastating strikes at him but his attacks were blocked every time. Slowly but surely, the bandit was being pushed back due to Lucius' overwhelming strikes.

However, Lucius knew that if help didn't come soon, then he would ultimately die.

Just as he was thinking about this, deadly ice spikes came flying towards them and struck the guy whom Lucius was fighting.

"Ahaha" The guy let out a roar of agony and fell to the ground.

"Lucius I am here" A calm yet cold voice resounded through the entire place.

Lucius turned his head towards the source of the voice, and a sense of relief washed over him