BXBX NOVEL Chapter 118: Fighters And Warriors
With his eyes glowing subtly with the analyzing Magic of the <Insight Skill>, Henry cast a long look at everyone he could see, calling up Status screens. Starting from the trio of Jonas, Al, and Eli.
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[Name: Jonas]
[Race: Human]
[Class: Fighter]
[Job: Mercenary]
[Health: 200]
[Mana: 150]
[Strength: 60]
[Agility: 35]
[Stamina: 40]
*[Remarks: A Fighter who has honed his body with Mana and is capable of letting it out to perform incredible feats. Very capable with the sword and although certainly Killable, must be approached with caution. ]
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[Name: Al]
[Race: Human]
[Class: Fighter]
[Job: Mercenary]
[Health: 180]
[Mana: 140]
[Strength: 50]
[Agility: 34]
[Stamina: 42]
*[Remarks: A Fighter who has honed his body with Mana and is capable of letting it out to perform incredible feats. Capable with a sword and although certainly Killable, should be approached with caution. ]
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[Name: Eli]
[Race: Human]
[Class: Fighter]
[Job: Mercenary]
[Health: 180]
[Mana: 140]
[Strength: 52]
[Agility: 36]
[Stamina: 40]
*[Remarks: A Fighter who has honed his body with Mana and is capable of letting it out to perform incredible feats. Capable with a sword and although certainly Killable, should be approached with caution. ]
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[Class: Fighter
A Martial class that is especially adept in Melee combat, Fighters are capable of causing their Mana to surge, bolstering their physical might and making them capable of unleashing incredible feats far beyond their preconceived stations.
Although lacking the chivalrous oaths of Knights or the Godly Patrons of Paladins, Fighters still follow fairly structured Martial Techniques that set them apart from another Martial Class; Warrior.]
Discovering Jonas was stronger than either Al or Eli did not surprise Henry seeing as the man was clearly the leader of their operations. Also unsurprising were the similarities between the stats of Al and Eli.
Moving on, Henry turned his subtly glowing eyes to the Bandits. Most particularly, Roran.
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[Name: Roran]
[Race: Human]
[Class: Warrior]
[Job: Bandit]
[Health: 220]
[Mana: 160]
[Strength: 70]
[Agility: 40]
[Stamina: 45]
*[Remarks: A Mountain bandit who has spent years honing his body with Mana all to pursue his criminal goals. Exercise caution!]
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[Class: Warrior
A Martial class especially adept at Melee combat, Warriors are capable of causing their Mana to Surge, further boosting their physical abilities. Unlike Fighters, Warriors do not follow 'standard' techniques which can make them very unorthodox.
For Warriors, strength reigns supreme which is why they continue to push to surpass their peaks.
Improvement is never over for a Warrior.]
Henry had guessed as much and wasn't surprised to see the rest of the Bandits were warriors as well even though their stats were very much lacking compared to Roran and Jonas.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Roran asked as he lifted his curved sword off the ground and placed its blunt edge over his shoulder with his hand still stretched toward Jonas,
"Give it to me."
"I'm not going to do that," Jonas said with a steeled look on his face, and with an unsheathing sound, he pulled a sword from a sheathe that was attached to his horse's saddle.
Eli pulled at the sword whose handle he had been touching earlier. He pulled out a second one and tossed it to Al who snatched it out of the air and spun it expertly looking ready for the fight to come.
"Do you have a death wish?" Roran asked with a chuckle,
"You're outnumbered."
Jonas smirked and cast his eyes at the Bandits,
"This bunch?" he asked, "They're nothing."
Roran grabbed Henry's shoulder and pulled him back to slam him into a Bandit standing close by,
"Take him away from here," he said, "We can't have our meal ticket dying accidentally, now can we?"
The Bandit nodded once and with an iron grip on Henry's arms, he started to pull him away.
"Hey hold on," Henry said realizing they were about to put too much distance between him and the Command cuff and if he wasn't close enough, he stood the risk of someone else snatching it up before he could.
Roran didn't hear his objections. The large Bandit Warrior simply called to tie Bandits close to him,
"Get them!"
The Bandit in front of Al swung his sword at him but Al parried the blade aside before retaliating with a powerful kick into the enemy's stomach.
As the Bandit slid away, Al dashed forward, closed the distance between them, and swung down vertically with the clear intent to cleave his enemy's skull in two. The Bandit sidestepped and unleashed Mana that coated his sword arm and by extension, coated his sword, speeding up his swings.
Al smirked as a red haze of Mana surrounded him and boosted his reflexes enough to keep up and soon, the two were locked in a flurry of attacks that had them spinning around and away from the Carriage.
Meanwhile, besides the Bandits charging at them, Jonas and Eli also had the Archers at the Mountain peaks to worry about.
Arrows began to rain down.
With a graceful swing, Jonas cut multiple of them in two but then his horse let out a pained whinny as an arrow hit its backside. It bucked and knocked Jonas off his back before galloping away.
The horses pulling the Carriage carrying Henry's Cage were not exempt from the arrow rains and they also galloped away. Much slower than Jonas' horse due to the load they pulled but fast enough to get them to safety.
After getting tossed off by his horse, Jonas landed on his feet. The Archers paused their arrow shooting now that their fellow bandits had arrived in front of their target. Besides the fact that they trusted in their comrades winning because they outnumbered the enemy two to one, shooting arrows now with the fight becoming so fast-paced put them at risk of striking down an ally instead.
*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*
Jonas and Eli were fending off attacks of two enemies each but while Eli had a look of strain on his face and had already suffered cuts that were quickly making his attacks sluggish, Jonas seemed more than capable against his opponents.
Henry knew why.
Jonas had Strength and Agility greater than that of both his opponents and had a Mana reserve that made him capable of surging for far longer than they could. He was also far better trained than they were. He knew when to parry with just the right amount of strength before going in for a powerful jab.
Already, Jonas had come close to killing both his opponents, and both times, they survived by mere inches but not without his sword drawing blood.
But, even as capable as he was, he couldn't help but give way. And had to take a few steps back to remain capable of fending off the sword strikes that kept jabbing and slashing at him.
At the same time, Henry was being pulled away from the fight by a Bandit. He wanted to stay close so he was in range to grab the Control Cuff once Jonas was dead but, when electricity drove powerfully into his brain, Henry realized there was another reason to stay close.
"ARRGGGHH!!!" Henry yelled and as he spasmed, he remembered the warning Jonas had given him;
"If you get too far away from me, you'll hurt."
Henry, being in pain, lost the ability to properly control his body, and the Bandit took that as an opportunity to pull him even further away from the fight. Away from the Command cuff on Jonas' wrist, worsening his pain to the point where his eyes rolled into the back of his head.