An Adventure - Part 2

After thinking about my situation for a few moments,  I thought myself  slightly uncovered. All of the heros of old I ever heard about wore splendid, shining armor. And most importantly perhaps, these armors covered their whole body. The mere fraction armor I currently possessed would not be suffisant to my future endeavors. So, I figured this might as well be my first quest... Get some protection on me.

I kept trudging the path leading me far away from my village, eager to accomplish my first real action as an hero, even as fickle as that one thing might have seemed. I did not want to be known as a barbarian, but as a mighty warrior! 

I, however, did not have time to mull over this any longer. Sounds were to be heard all around me. Not too much no, but enough to arouse suspicion. Branches were cracking left and right, and it was not as disorganized as the sounds animals would make. I put myself in what I thought was a rather fine exemple of a battle stance, and prepared myself for the attack. So obviously, I just had to trip over something.

Then, the attack came over me.

There was 4 of them. Bandits, lowly no life thieves of the road. It was rather odd to attack me however, since the only things I had brought with me was my shield, mace, and ridiculous armor. The thought vanished quickly from my mind though, as I lifted my shield to block a blow from one of them. Quickly, I pushed all of my weight forward on the shield to imbalance the bandit and stun him for a few instants. Then, I quickly spun around , mace extended, to hit another one of my enemies square on the temple, killing him instantly. In another fluid motion, I jabbed at the unprotected stomach of the nearest one, blowing the wind out of him, and then disarmed the last one. Keeping my eye on all of them, I attacked the one I had just disarmed, killing him in a few blows to his skull. I then turned my attention to the first one that had attacked me. However, that vicious scoundrel was nowhere to be found. The coward had abandonned the field of battle, leaving his other bandit commarades alone with me, two of them already dead at that. I slowly turned around to the thief I had knocked the breath out of, to see that he was only getting to his knees. Getting to him, I pulled him by the shirt and told him to leave this here place at once, or suffer the same fate I'd just put his friends into. He nodded, only once, and as soon as I had released him he fled for his life faster than I had seen anyone do before.

I was quite impressed with myself. My first actual real battle, and I managed to get out unscathed... And if the shine I just had caught with my eye was not mere illusion, I also had completed my first quest. One of the bandit I killed had chain mail.

Maybe that adventure didn't start so bad after all.

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Whew, a chapter done. And to answer a question I know will be asked if I don't answer now, no, I didn't follow Hawks idea. Why? Because I know him. He's such a damn fine joker... So his ideas don't count. Because I once followed his ideas, I got killed. It never healed quite right too, so I never do what he says now. Neither should you. Also, comment to tell me what he should do! If it's supposed to be interactive, I need people to interact! And I know people are reading and not commenting. You can't hide from me... I'm watching you all. ALL THE TIME.

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