My Life Jumping Worlds

Chapter 9 - Bandits. Kill mission.

It's been Four years and a quarter since we became knight Pages, I've become a Knight apprentice, along with Rem, Ram is slightly lagging behind as a Knight Squire, but she'll be a Knight apprentice soon. I am being made to go on a mission with Rem and Reinhardt to fight a bunch of bandits who have been harassing local villages. We are meant to kill all of them and leave only one alive to interrogate for any possible backing.

"Hey Will, do you think we can do it?" Reinhardt asks me, I just tilt my head and ask. "What do you mean? Of course, we can, they're just bandits. I've been on two missions before this. All kill missions"

"Killing someone who hasn't quite done anything specifically to me. Can I do it?"

I just look at him like he's an idiot and say, "You didn't honestly think we'd keep our hands clean being knights did you? We have to kill evil bastards where they stand or they'll spread like a disease until they aren't just robbing, but pillaging and worse."

Reinhardt just looks at me, and asks "You've killed someone before being a knight apprentice, right?"

I respond. "Yes. They destroyed my village before we escaped. So they died." I bite my cheek in anger and continue. "The bastards thought it was okay to just go around murdering people in cold blood for their misguided love for some witch. You'll understand when you see the bandits probably." Rem flicks my forehead and says "You're being ins.e.n.s.i.t.i.v.e will. Stop scaring him."

I frown "He needs to be prepared." I say, looking forward.

I then notice there are no birds chirping outside and its dead silent. "Stop the carriage. I think we're here." The carriage slows to a crawl and Rem jumps off of the carriage and we get out Just in time for the carriage to be blasted into smithereens and ice chunks by a mage using huma.

"Good children." We hear a voice from outside the forested area. "Come and be our dinner partners, you're the dinner, by the way." A madman comes out of the treeline and onto the road. I draw my sword Rem following suit. Reinhardt pulling out a secondary sword from his heirloom.

I convinced him a few weeks ago, that carrying only one sword that he will never use due to it being too powerful isn't smart. He agreed after some coaxing, but it took too long in my opinion. I notice the hand on Reinhardt's hilt is trembling. Not in fear of what the weak mage can do, but in the power that he holds, the ability to end his life instantly.

Multiple bandits come out of the woodwork, after him and the mage starts monologing "The blood god needs offerings of meat. HUMAN meat. and some kiddies will do just fine. I've been doing this for some time, you see and the blessings we get from the blood god enrich our bodies and mana and--"

I interrupt him, "This sounds super dumb. No such thing as a blood god, you just sound like you are using a bunch of evil arts and mistaking them for blessings."

Reinhardt looks furious at this point. But is still hesitating to kill him. Guess I'll have to put on a show to make him want to kill this guy. I charge forward. Being pretty mad that this guy has been killing people to use evil arts is a crime I don't like to exist. But Reinhardt needs the experience so I'm just gonna launch myself into a tree and pretend to be hurt.

He as expected casts Huma at me, and I pretend to be launched back. Rem seems to get what I'm doing and runs over to me. "Reinhardt he's unconscious, It's up to you, I have to heal him!" She then turns around and winks at me, Grinning. "You owe me a cheerra danish... or maybe Appa flavor."

"YOU BASTARD!" I hear Reinhardt shout and then I hear a bunch of squelches and screams.

I even hear one of the stupid bandits shout, "YOU! You're not a kid! YOU'RE A MONSTER!" I get up, and brush myself off.

I grin at the mage who seems to be shocked at my quick recovery.

I wag my finger "Sucker punching someone with a huma-spell is bad form. Now, as the leader of the expedition to eliminate the bandits..." I quickly rush in front of him and punch him lightly in the diaphragm. "Where are the rest of you?"

Then the adrenaline stops flowing for Reinhardt and he starts vomiting.

"Rem, Interrogate him. I'll go help Reinhardt get back in top form."

She pulls a knife out of her boot. "Right."

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