Chương 8: 8 Attacked 2

"...Haha, what the hell Olaf. You can't even catch a single game? Oh man you missed like hell I tell ya. Yesterday I got a very big black furred blue-eye rabbit." Jimmy laughed at his friend's misfortune after a long day of getting only a small rodent with his 'Big trap'.

"Laugh all you want Jimmy, but I tell you, I saw a Green Tailed Deer and I'm gonna get it with this trap my daddy gave me." Olaf said with a determined face and a resolute heart.

"Oh please Olaf, that thing couldn't even get anything bigger than that rodent goddammit, I've told ya, go get a better trap. That piece of shit is gonna be the end of you. "Jimmy berated his friend

"Hoho, you looking down on this divine item Jimmy. Worry not lad, for its going to be the greates... what's that's noise I hear?" asked Olaf pausing in his tracks.

"What noise man? It must be the age catching in on ya haha..."Jimmy laughs with a shrug.

"Sshhhh!..." Olaf strained his ears to listen better then puts a hand on the ground to feel the surroundings. Jimmy knew that whenever his friend does this they are about to get a game, and a big one at that. "...Come on, let's get closer, I think there's a fight or something up front." Olaf said smiling brightly. By the way the ground was vibrating after using the special skill there must be a large beast ahead.

The two hunters were only trying to earn a living by catching petty games in the nearby forest and selling it to butchers and restaurants.

Through Olaf's skill they could tell it would be a large beast. The closer they got the deeper the frown on Olaf's face got. The more grounds they covered the more of the action they hear, but the more of the action that hear, the more confused they got. As they got closer they started hearing clashing clanks of metal. Olaf stood about four or five feet ahead of Jimmy in order to concentrate more without his friend distracting him. They came to a stop when they were 300 to 400 metres away.

"Those doesn't sound like two beasts fighting, Olaf..." said Jimmy, they dared not go any further.

"Aye, that must be some bloody gangs in a fight. Those mongrel bandits, let's go... urgh" Olaf grunted in between his words. Jimmy who was directly behind him had no idea what happened to his friends.

"Come on lad, let's get our of here... Olaf this isn't funny, we need to go back and repor... Ahh!" at first he was annoyed when Olaf wasn't saying something, until the latter fell like a log of wood with an arrow stuck to his chest when the former tried getting closer.

It was a good thing he was an experienced hunter able to muffle his scream midway. However, it was a bad thing he had screamed at all. Like a trigger an arrow was shot at him from afar, but since it was a hasty shot it missed, only piercing his right chest missing his heart and leaving him with a punctured lung.

Jimmy knew there was an experienced archer as a scout among the two bandit gangs. Considering the distance the fight was taking place, the archer shouldn't be too far from his own position. Jimmy with his injured chest struggled as he ran for his life towards the nearest patrol post. Two more arrows came through but missed.

***

Ben had taken down the big guy due to his slow reflexes, bad ankle and further damaging the ankle as the fight prolonged. The other figure didn't stay ideal all along but was getting at Ben's blind spot. Luckily he got help from Lucy to be dodging any lethal attacks that came.

Well, now the big guy's down he can now concentrate on the second person. To his surprise when he turned around he found out that the next person he has to take on was a fine lady draped in black leather tight combat suit that unsurprisingly shows off her very alluring body. If it had been any other time the previous Ben would have definitely started flirting with her the very moment he sets his eyes on her. Now? Even if it was indeed that useless Ben, how could he when his life was very much at stake?

"Jump left now..." Lucy's robotic voice gave another order which Ben followed instantly.

Swoosh Swoosh

Two streaks of light landed on the floor he was at a moment ago, creating sparks that cut through rocks on the floor clean.

"You may have some special skill and ability, that, however, will all go to waste..." Ben frowned at her words. He didn't know why, or what he may have done to anyone to have hitmen on his neck. The woman had covered half her face with a black piece of cloth. It would have made Ben admire her beauty if she wasn't an assassin sent for his head. She approached him slowly, swaying her ass from side to side as though she was just talking to an ordinary man and she... the seductress. "...you are mine." She said in a low voice, almost a whisper. Her killing intent were spewing out relentlessly as she charged towards Ben with great speed.

"...Right figure: 5 foot 7. Strength: can lift approximately 140lb. Medical status: Healthy. Disability: Non. Weakness: Non. " Lucy's voice came again and it stumped Ben.

"No weakness?! How should I beat that? And isn't her strength a little bit insane? What the f*ck!?" Ben was lost for words. If she didn't have some sort of weakness, how then is he meant to defeat her?

He was able to defeat those burly guys mainly because of their flaws and misfortune. To fight a perfectly healthy and stable person was a whole different story. Despite talking to himself Lucy still answered.

"From the very little data I have gathered from both yours and your opponents body, you both have the same level in strength with your opponents agility higher than yours. However, when putting your opponents experience and skills in combat with yours, you can be called a novice. This makes your position in the fight completely unfavorable and put in a disadvantage. Do you wish to activate Combat Mode? " It was like Ben was struck by lightning. What else does Lucy have in her... uh, in it? Ben thought.

Without waiting Ben activated the combat mode "Activate Combat Mode." Ben immediately felt his body move as though he was a puppet with probably, Lucy, as the puppeteer, pulling his strings from... inside him?

Ben could even hear clearer now as the other four people were thinking of a stronger strategic plan to take down their target. he had so much energy he felt like his muscles were about to explode. His body also charged forward not minding the four in the bushes.

Ben (Lucy) charged on fearlessly empty handed while his opponent brought with her two crimson daggers. Their shine flashing eerily under the moonlight.

A few inches.

A few inches was all it could have taken for the dagger-lady to have left a deep cut on Ben's throat. When Ben (Lucy) got a few inches close he saw the way the woman smiled triumphantly as she brought her daggers to give a clean cut. Ben saw his body suddenly dropped to the ground sliding (since he wasn't the one controlling his body at the moment).

There was no way the woman could have known. Her arms were high up to have to bring them back down. Even with her high agility the most she could do was to either change directions or stab backwards. The former would work but it meant that she missed and failed on her first attempt, the latter... useless. The momentum in which the two ran was just great, giving gap only to stab at empty air.

Bypassing the woman, Ben slid underneath her. His target wasn't the woman but the sword of his second attacker that laid not far away. Picking up the sword Ben did a front flip then stood, turning immediately afterwards as he used the flat side of his sword to block the dagger aiming for his lower back.

Ben's body controlled by Lucy continuously blocked her attacks without any landing on him. The force his body put to just block the attacks were enough to knock a person unconscious.

After continuous blocking the sound of something cracking rang out in everyone's ear. The woman no longer had her evil smile on her face, it was contorted with pain. She took a few steps back and saw her opponent standing there like nothing had just happened.

The woman clearly knew that the fighting style her opponent had used during his fight with her partner was that of a melee hand to hand combatant. For someone his age he shouldn't know another type of combat style even if he should be a genius.

Fighting different combat styles isn't something that could be mastered in a day or week, but months sometimes taking years to bring it to perfection. Luckily she has a fairly good knowledge of the sword, going as far traveling to other countries to learn.

She couldn't understand why a spoilt country kid who hasn't seen anything in the world was able to use his blocks to counterattack her strikes. Worse yet she just got her left arm cracked by the sheer force he was using.

Noticing that the brute force Lucy had done a great deal of damage to her arm Ben (Lucy) stopped staying on the passive side and went for an attack. Not giving her a chance to escape, Ben pressed on without him being the pilot. The assassin, seeing that her target was charging towards her while dodging arrow after arrow seemingly with ease, she began to fear for her life, she thought of escaping but saw it was a futile attempt. Her opponent was already a few steps away from her.

Knowing her life was on the line she shouted for her other friends hiding for help. Everyone that has been hiding in the bush had to come out knowing their partner was not in a favorable situation.

Now that her friends joined the fun her evil smile came back. She felt confident that being outnumbered in a fight is s very unfavorable position to be in. That however, wasn't a problem to Ben or rather Lucy. Ben had Lucy aiding him and predicting their moves allowing him to dodge every of their attacks continuously, even though he wasn't the one doing any of it.

***

"Where are they...?" bellowed a deep voice in black armor, he asked the young runner that was running opposite their way. Beside him were about over a dozen armored soldiers, they were chasing after a hound that was running in full speed towards a certain direction.

"It should be about 1 or 2 kilometres from our spot, captain. " the young runner scout said with ragged breath.

"...We better be quick, don't let those useless mongrel bandits get away. They are really asking for it." said the captain. The anger in his heart was even further tripled because the bandits were so daring to be so close to their patrol station and the edge of the Lords estate.

***

Despite having the advantage in numbers they still couldn't take a single person down and worse, they were losing stamina, while their single opponent stood gallant like an ox.

In truth, even though Ben wasn't the one consciously fending off four or five people at once his body started to get exhausted. However, ever since he awoke into this world with his Universal Plane, or allowed him to draw energy from it to be able to execute more than twenty martial arts provided by Lucy, it allowed him to fight unpredictably and tirelessly.

Ben's attackers were totally confused and lost. At one point Ben would fight like a nobleman, then the next dirty. They noticed that even with a sword in his hands he would fight wrestling. The fight was disorderly and bizarre.

While the six of them were still engaged in their battle, the archer noticed that company was coming. He failed in the most important task at hand - Watch man. Looking back at the battlefield he did a quick evaluation and knew with the current state of his men they won't be able to make an escape much less leave this place alive even with external help.