EX-SOLDIER: In Another World
Degrees and Tasks - Part 3
Amid the heat of the battle, Vincent turns his attention to one of the bandits clapping at him as Vincent kills his bandit colleagues.
"Hoo... So this is the power of the 'Hero' who has saved Angelbarrow City." The bandit said with a crooked smile behind the silver mask he wore as the eyes of the two men met. Unlike the other bandits, he wore better equipment with a chest protector made of iron on top of his leather armor, which he wore, some metal protectors were protecting him in the joints with the four daggers he had hidden under his robe.
THE BANG!!
Without further ado Vincent shot towards the bandits. But Vincent was shocked by the incident he had just seen. The bandit managed to dodge by stepping aside to dodge the scattered shotgun bullets, making Vincent widen his eyes in disbelief.
"really rude. Is that your way of greeting someone you just met?" The bandit said as he walked leisurely towards Vincent, as if he was in the park for a walk and not in a battle zone.
Vincent who had cocked his weapon carefully observed the bandits, both of his weapons pointed forward where the bandits were, while the Knight of Rose Order was still fighting the remaining bandits behind him.
"Who are you?!" Vincent asked as he and the bandit watched each other, facing off within ten meters, keeping a safe distance while walking around each other, waiting for an answer or an impending attack.
"Who am I? Isn't it a courtesy to introduce yourself first before you ask for mine?" The bandit said as he took out two daggers and held them with an inverted grip.
THE BANG!! THE BANG!!
Two bullets were fired and the bandit avoided both shots. The bandit uses the gap to attack as Vincent cocks his weapon. Vincent quickly reacted by lifting one of his shotguns to protect his neck from the slash of a dagger aimed at him, cocked another free weapon before shooting the bandit who managed to avoid the bandit by jumping far back.
"Ck."
Vincent clicked his tongue, annoyed by what happened and a little frustrated that his shot did not hit the bandit even though he was wearing a shotgun.
changing his tactics, Vincent saves back the two shotguns he wears into his scabbard. Vincent took out the Colt M1911A1 with the Combat Knife, holding the knife in his left hand with the handle turned upside down.
Seeing that the bandit raised one of his eyebrows before smiling crookedly behind his mask.
"Hoo... Change tactics? Let me have the honor to play around with you, hero~." The bandit said with a chant at the end of the sentence as he dashed towards Vincent to make an attack.
The bandit's attack is intercepted by Vincent's Combat Knife with Vincent attempting to lock in the attack. The bandit swung the dagger free to attack only for Vincent who managed to first shoot the bandit in the thigh with his handgun.
The bandit leapt back to avoid another attack from Vincent, making a distance of about ten meters with eyes that radiated madness towards Vincent.
"Hooo's... Nice attack there, Pahlawan~" said the bandit as he readied his two daggers. His posture was now more serious than before by raising two daggers for defense and emitting an aura that shouted murder around him. "Are you getting serious? Then let me repay you."
"Accelerators." The bandit's whisper as he lunged forward, was practically like jumping with a single leap to close the distance between the two, ignoring the wound he received on his thigh as if it had never happened.
The sudden burst of speed left Vincent shocked back in haste to lift his Combat Knife to block the incoming attack. The two Kombatan knives were pitted against each other when, Vincent on his side tried to shoot the bandit with his handgun. Unfortunately, the bandit was faster than Vincent and he attacked with a side slash, making Vincent dodge by rolling over at the last moment.
Fortunately, the bandit's attack fails to kill Vincent, but manages to injure Vincent's right cheek with a shallow incision. Vincent raised his hand that was holding the Combat Knife to wipe the blood flowing down his cheek with the back of his hand.
'What was that?' Vincent thought as he recalled the burst of speed carried out by the bandits earlier. This was the first time he had faced such a difficult opponent since he had come to this world, putting aside the witches who were attacking the city of Angelbarrow which was akin to live artillery. The witches had relatively low defense and with proper attacks with their weapons, they were, Vincent was able to finish off the witches during the attack on Angelbarrow with relative ease by keeping a safe distance from the witches.
"Done with your daydream, hero~?"
THE BANG!! THE BANG!! THE BANG!! THE BANG!!
The bandit's question was answered with consecutive shots from Vincent until the bullet inside was empty. But all the bullets that Vincent shot managed to avoid. Seeing Vincent no longer shoot the bandit crashing back towards Vincent.
Vincent, who had run out of bullets, blocked the bandits' attack with the Combat Knife and carried out a follow-up attack when their weapons were locked by trying to hit the Handgun in the other hand.
Both of them fought with great intensity as both of them tried to land a net blow on their opponent. With Vincent having an empty weapon in his hand, it was practically unable to land a clean blow with just the Combat Knife as his enemy was superior in close combat.
Each resulting clash slowly opens Vincent to numb his hands.
'It's gonna end badly!' Think of Vincent when the two are still fighting, where Vincent is currently cornered and only able to survive without making a definite attack.
"FIREBALL!"
Fortunately, Vincent's deadlock is saved by a fireball that shoots towards his enemy, causing the bandits to retreat and allowing Vincent time to recharge his weapons.
"Vincent! You all right?" Ask a girl's voice. Vincent didn't need to see who the voice came from because he knew who was asking.
"I'm fine, Lisa." Vincent replied as he re-routed his weapon to aim at the enemy in front of him, just then Gill stepped up and stood beside him.
"Be careful, he has an inhumane speed." Vincent whispers to Gill who is aiming at the bandit.
"Inhumane speed?" Gill asked, a little confused by Vincent's statement.
"I don't know, I don't know for sure, but at that moment he whispered something that I couldn't hear clearly and the speed increased." Vincent is obviously on Gill.
"Martial Art." Reply Gill.
"What's that?"
"Let me explain later, we better focus on our current enemy." Said Gill who got the nod of approval from Vincent.
On the other hand the bandit sheathed back his two weapons and took something under his cloak.
"Looks like our game's over, hero. Time to go." The bandit said as he threw something on the ground and made a thick smoke, blocking everyone's view and making them wary of surprise attacks.
After a while, the smoke started to subside and they all could not see the bandit anywhere.
"Damn, he's running away."