Chapter 1: The Bandits of Borgo return.
Now they continued on their way. Karla, with her long brown hair and light brown Sword master's robe, had her father's blade, the Dao Katti, a sword made to resemble the Mani Katti. Renault, not ready yet for the Sword of Seals, took his grandfather's sword, the Rapier. Natasha took a Healing and a Mend staff with her for the trip, and a light magic book to study. And Ike, with his short brown hair and lack of armor, took Durban, an Armads a look-a-like axe. Soren had a special tome, written but the Arch sage Athos himself before he died. It has no name but it carries great power and requires great skill and care when using it. They went towards a small town called Lycia, named after the Lycian League. "Can you help me with something Lilina?" asked Natasha.
"Sure, What is it?"
"You said you know light magic right?"
"Yes…"
"I myself am trying to learn it and I was wondering if you could help me learn some spells. That way I can fight and heal as well."
So on their way Lilina was teaching her the basics of light magic. While they were walking they heard a strange voice cry out "Hand over the money and no one gets hurt!" They looked and they saw a small group of people getting attacked be a typical group of Brigands. "Who do you think you are!?!" cried out Renault.
"We are the Bandits of Borgo lead by Matthew of Borgo!" Renault stopped and thought "Matthew… where have I heard that name before?" but there was no time to think. They had to prepare for battle fast. There was only a total of 5 of them, the leader of which was guarding the village meeting place. They prepared for battle.
Ike and Renault went for the two closest to the leader while the others got the other two. Natasha attempted to practice a spell on one of them. "I hope this works…" and she tried to shoot light at one of the bandits but it wasn't powerful enough to do anything. "Come here you little bitch" Said the bandit. He took his axe and jumped in the air as he swung and he began to come down to strike Natasha. "HELP ME!"… and nothing happened. Natasha looked as his axe just dropped and saw a burn mark on his back with Soren standing behind him. "You ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine but… WATCH OUT!" A bandit ran at Soren and Natasha hit his stomach as hard as she could with her staff. He fell over and "Lilina" used a special move to strike him down. It was a light move no one had ever seen before. She began glowing and and then a flash of light, barely slow enough for the human eye to see, pierced through him, leaving a white mark on his chest. Meanwhile Ike was dueling on of the bandits, when the bandits axe slipped from the sword and got stuck in the ground. Ike raised his sword and simply yelled "TAKE THIS YOU BASTARD!" as he struck the bandits neck. He heard the other bandit behind him and quickly turned but the bandit knocked the sword out of his hand. He ran to grab it but tripped. Renault saw and tossed his sword to Ike. He caught it and quickly came up and struck the bandit's chest. All that was left now was the leader of this group. He could not move far from his station or he would lose control of the village so he was a tad vulnerable. Natasha tried to use the light magic again but it failed. Renault tried to attack the bandit but he got hit in is armor and was knocked back. Sorens attacks were blocked, and "Lilina's" attacks needed to gain strength again. So it was up to Ike. Ike ran at him and his sword struck the leader's axe. They dueled for a moment. "You are strong" said the bandit leader.
"As are you" said Ike
"Too bad you aren't strong enough!" and his threw the sword from Ike's hand. Ike was helpless as the leader quickly lifted up his axe "TAKE THIS!" he swung and…
"NO!" cried out Natasha as she clenched her muscles together and threw her hands forward. The leader's axe bounced out of his hand
"HOW DI THAT HAPPEN !?!" Wondered the leader. Ike opened his eyes and noticed a protective barrier around him. "How are you doing that Natasha?"
"I don't know" but she was able to keep it up long enough for Ike to grab his sword. The shield went down and the bandit reached for his axe. Ike Couldn't reach him in time. "YOU CAN'T WIN!" Ike threw his sword at the same time the bandit threw his axe. The axe struck Ike's arm. He looked and saw his sword on the ground by the bandit. "Haha!... you thought… that you… could… stop… m…m…" And he fell. They had finally won.
"Thank you so much" said the elder of the village, "We could not afford much but we offer you this" and he handed Renault a bag of 500 gold.
"It will get us the start we need"
"Everyone, over here!" yelled Ike "Natasha is unconscious"
"Lilina" looked and said "I felt a large amount of power coming from her. Perhaps she over-exerted herself when making that shield" So they lifted her up and carried her to camp where they rested for the night. That night they decided they were going to work their way to Caelin, which has had an increasing number of bandits. But they are gonna need to gather more people if they wish to make it through there…
