Kapitel 6: Ambush

"Prisoners? Are they criminals or something?" Sigma thought and observed things for a while until one of the people outside took a big guy in chains out of one of the cages and then tied him up to a tree before using their weapons to cut the prisoner's flesh. "Maybe they have some information about where other bandits are…"

Sigma heard the grunts of the prisoner even while he was one hundred meters away, and the man was trying really hard to endure it. The guys with weapons were laughing, but maybe they had a grudge against that guy for one reason or the other. Sigma didn't want to jump to conclusions, so he observed for a while.

Eventually, they got fed up with the big guy for not saying anything, and then they opened the other cages and then took out two women. A black-haired one and a blond one… Sigma was starting to have a bad feeling about that, but again, he couldn't jump to conclusions. If he moves, he will have to kill people, and he would rather kill the right people.

From a distance, Sigma also saw the wicked smiles of the guys while looking at the woman. At first, they only did that to make them feel uncomfortable and to shame the big guy for some reason, but then they began to cut off their clothes with their weapons.

Sigma could see the exasperation and utter despair in the face of the guy that had been tortured. The swords made him feel less pain than what he was seeing now, and despite that, he didn't open his mouth, or perhaps he didn't have the information that the people with weapons wanted.

The man who endured the torture began to cry when the women had no choice but to cover their parts with their hands only. The armed guys laughed, and two of them finally decided to make a move and grabbed the women to behind some trees. The big guy tried to fight, but he got kicked in the stomach many times by the others until he fell to the ground.

"I guess it is time to stop being so denial about this," Sigma thought as he approached the enemy camp from behind.

Even in the darkest parts of the areas behind the trees, Aion could see things very well. Still, he didn't stop even when the guys stopped moving and threw the girls on the ground. Sigma could tell that they were a lot stronger than him, so he had to make things right…

Sigma nocked the first arrow and pulled the string, and waited until they put their swords to the side and then began to pull down their pants.

[You learned the skill Power Shot.]

[Power Shot: increases the power of your shots by one point per level and per second at the cost of one point of stamina per level of the skill and seconds charged.]

It was convenient that Sigma got a skill at such a time, even more so when he needed more firepower. In any case, the arrow pierced the enemy's nape with ease, but it took two good seconds for him to fall. During that time and for a few seconds after seeing that happening, his friend looked at the body without realizing what had happened.

[You got 200 EXP.]

[Level Up]

…

[Status points obtained: 25]

[Skill points obtained: 25

Sigma was left speechless, and he knew that the enemies were stronger than him, but not by that much. It looked like they had a ton of experience fighting… in any case, Sigma quickly increased his strength by fifteen and his speed by ten. When the second target realized what was going on, an arrow pierced his face and completely shattered.

"With my current strength, I will probably break the bow if I try too hard…" Sigma thought while running to the side of the camp. "I need to keep my cool and be sure to only pull the string to the limits and not beyond. In any case, I don't know if I can count on those two, so I should keep doing my own thing instead of going to talk with them."

The enemies soon were going to feel the smell of blood, so Sigma had to act fast. He did that and counted eight more targets to attack… he could hit them from fifty meters away, but once he attacked, they would be able to fight back and protect themselves. So, he had to keep moving faster.

Sigma looked around and saw that the enemies had mostly put their weapons near the campfire. So, he decided to take down those who had weapons first… three of them were guarding the big guy and waiting for him to get up and beat the crap out of him first.

Before shooting the next arrow, Sigma confirmed how fast he could nock and aim the arrow. It was around half a second, and it was enough for him to feel confident in hitting the enemies from that distance. Still, just to be sure, he decided to be more careful.

Sigma memorized the position of his arm and the enemies when he prepared the first shot and then fired. When the first target was grunting with an arrow in his throat, Sigma was already pointing another at the next second. When the target reacted, Sigma fired again.

[You got 180 EXP.]

[Level Up]

[You got 190 EXP.]

[Level Up]

…

The third enemy raised his sword to block the attack, but he didn't even know where the arrow came from and was killed before it could react. However, the other five men heard the sound of their friends falling, and once they found the corpses, they moved toward their weapons. Unfortunately for them, a large Fireball flew in the same direction and exploded, pushing them away.

[The spell Fireball was added to the skill shop.]