Chapter 4: The might of the lets players

Chaos was erupting inside the tiny village as buildings burned and people fled from the bandits, the giant unkempt thugs broke down doors dragging out men, women and children before throwing them into wooden cages as they were hauled off to god knows where. "CAPTURE THEM ALL THE MASTER NEEDS PEOPLE" a tall gruff looking man standing at the centre of the village roared while a giant battleaxe was slung over his back. His giant calloused hands ran through his long brown beard as he watched his men get to work dragging away the captives, of course there were men who tried to fight back but all that resulted in was an axe to the head or back as their lifeless corpses were left to rot on the ground.

"This is pathetic we're supposed to loot gold, food and women not capture people for this guy" one of his men said to the right of him as the leader whacked him over the head "Are you an idiot do you want to piss him off". "But Garlan we are bandits we don't listen to anyone" another said as he sighed "Do you recall what he did to Goz who decided to stand up to him" Garlan said as the men remembered their comrade lying headless on the ground he never stood a chance against that man. They both shuddered before walking off towards the last building in the village to be searched.

Kicking open the door they spotted the family huddled in the corner as a man was standing in front of them holding a pitch fork glaring at them "I won't let you get my family". Despite his bravery the bandits could see he was quivering and petrified as they both burst into laughter pulling out their axes as they slowly lumbered towards him "What are you going to do with that puny weapon poke us to death?" one said as the other howled with laughter swatting the pitch fork out of his hands and onto the ground. Grabbing the villager's wrist the bandits hurled him across the room as he smashed into the wooden table which collapsed under his weight while he groaned blood trickling from his forehead.

"Time to die worthless peasant" a bandit said raising his axe up before a shadowy blur burst through the window and rushed past the bandit who stood there stunned. Looking up he saw a ninja claded in black gear wielding a ninjato as the man turned to face the bandit he watched the burly man's hand slowly drop onto the floor as blood sprayed everywhere. Roaring in pain the bandit stumbled backwards tripping on a chair and collapsing to the floor clutching at his stump while the other one lunged forward swinging his axe towards the ninja who parried the blow away and leapt forward his ninjato slicing across the bandits throat.

"Is everyone alright in here" a voice came from the window as Chugga climbed in through the window followed by NCS as they spotted to bandit lying on the floor in a pool of blood and the other screaming in agony clutching a bloodied stump. "Wow Jon you really did a number on them" NCS said whistling at the damage caused while Jon sheathed his bloodied ninjato and walked over towards the bandit who had slowly clambered to his feet glaring at the three men "You're all dead" he spat at them as Chugga unsheathed his sword plunging it through the man's stomach as he collapsed to the ground.

"Sir are you alright" NCS asked bending down to help the male villager out as he slowly stood up shocked at the untimely arrival of these three men. "Thank you my family and I owe you our lives" he said bowing as his wife and son ran over hugging him while tears streamed down their eyes. "No worries it's part of a heroes duty to protect the weak" Chugga said grinning as he slapped his breast plate "If you're heroes would you help our village the bandits are capturing villagers and taking them away for who knows what reason" the man said as the three let's players peered out the door spotting the bandits chasing the villagers around and dragging them towards the prisons.

"What monsters doing something like this" NCS said gritting his teeth as Chugga was about to charge recklessly out but Jon placed a hand on his shoulder "Hold on hero boy there are far too many for us to handle, if we want to win this fight we'll need to use stealth and strategy". Leaning back into the village the three of them knelt down as Jon began to discuss his intended strategy for defeating the bandits.

Later the three of them were seen sneaking from house to house ducking behind the walls as they crept ever closer to the centre of the village where the bandits were mostly congregated. One just happened to be passing by them as Jon lunged out grabbing the man in a chokehold as he was pulled behind the house where he thrashed about for a few seconds before going completely limp. "Alright I spot at least 5 bandits in the towns square along with their commander" Chugga said as NCS spotted a few dragging the cages off into the distance "It would seem most of their forces have left with the villagers" he said as they saw another cage about to be dragged off with 10 children trapped inside while the mother was screaming after her kids.

"Hey shut up lady" one of the men gruffly said kicking her in the stomach as she toppled over while her husband was tied up against a rock his face bloody and bruised as he was half conscious.

"We have to save those kids" Chugga said his hands balled into fists as Jon looked around the square trying to find an appropriate ambush spot. "Alright look if you go out Emile and distract them Tim and I will sneak in from either side and catch them off guard" nodding his head in agreement Chugga unsheathed his sword and shield "Finally we do some action". Stepping out from behind the wall Chugga pointed his sword at the bandits "Hey scum why don't you try picking on someone that fights back" "Huh where did that little runt come from" one of the men said as the boss grunted "Who cares just take care of him".

Three of the bandits picked up their axes as they lumbered towards Emile who raised his shield up ready to counter their attacks before a throwing knife came whistling out of the shadows lodging itself in one of the men's throats as they collapsed to the ground. Straight away Tim came barrelling through his body slamming into another man as he was sent crashing into the wall where he crumpled, distracted by the commotion the final man took his eyes off Chugga as he leapt forward plunging his blade through the man's chest before extracting it as he dropped to the dirt floor.

"Where the hell did these guys come from" Garlan grunted as the remaining two bandits took a step back from the fact their comrades had been killed so easily. "Bah damned cowards get to work" he roared pushing them forward as the men picked up their swords and lunged towards Jon and Chugga who both parried their attackers swords away. Tim without an opponent stood face to face with Garlan who held his giant battleaxe in both hands while Tim wielded his Iron axe "Do you think that pathetic one sided axe can defeat mine" Garlan said laughing while Tim laughed as well "Only one way to find out".