Eye System

The weird robed figure that could make weapons appear and disappear out of thin air and had perfect aim with a bow, was facing off against the dozens of bandits with their leader and the hunter squadron.

They were intimidated slightly by his bow skills, but his bow skills alone weren't enough to defeat them all with their extreme numbers and them being much more powerful, or so they thought.

"You want to work together on him just to be safe" offered the swordsman leader of the hunters that was very cautious and wanted to exploit the bandits' numbers to protect himself and his subordinates in the worst-case scenario.

"Just sit back and watch you, cowards, why would I need your help to defeat a lone man" declined the bandit leader.

Ths swordsman leader shrugged and stepped away with his subordinates who were eager to battle, but he calmed them down as they cautiously watched the battle from the sidelines.

"Attack" roared the bandit leader as he charged towards Lex who still stood on the same spot 50 metres away from them.

His subordinates all with different weapons and armour charged at Lex, causing a stampede by their sheer numbers.

Lex felt the usual adrenaline rush and was bursting with excitement and battle intent ready to battle, but was still calm with the small amount of the Void Mentality that still hadn't completely worn off.

The stampede of bloodthirsty bandits that were charging towards him didn't phase him in the slightest.

Forming another arrow with the Item Creation Skill, he drew back his bowstring and shot the arrow that pierced straight through the head of a bandit and struck the bandit running behind him.

"Double kill" he mumbled to himself as he began to chuckle to himself.

The arrows he formed with the Item Creation Skill were almost weightless yet, with Lex's now much denser and purer energy, were harder than steel and could be comparable to high-quality arrows.

However, the arrows seemed to have a limit of being formed for a few seconds and would dissipate after a few seconds without the consistent energy that is required to continue to be solid and the longer they were formed for the weaker they would become, which is why he kept a close distance between them.

Lex with his incredible speed and energy control continuously formed arrows and aimed for each arrow to deal a fatal one-shot kill strike to a bandit as he continued to jump back and keep a similar distance between them.

Within a minute he had killed almost 30 of the bandits that Lex picked out as the weakest and still kept a distance between them of 50 metres with his superior speed.

"Stop killing my men you bastard" roared the bandit leader as he saw his men drop like flies around him.

"Come here and fight me in close range and don't shoot your bow from a distance like a coward" provoked the bandit leader hoping that Lex might be swayed by his provocation.

His men were beginning to lose hope of winning in the battle and the few that turned to run away were instantly shot down by Lex who saw them as vulnerable, but seeing Lex make the bow disappear and bring out two twin short swords they had regained hope assuming that he wasn't good at close combat.

"Okay, show me what you are capable of in close combat" called out Lex as he stood still waiting for them with two short swords.

Lex wasn't arrogant but felt comfortable with his current ability and used to always being the underdog, wanted to enjoy the feeling of being dominant and more powerful than his opponent.

The two short swords were half a metre long with a short black hilt and Lex felt that, other than daggers and throwing knives, it was one of the weapons most suited his lean and fast body that was still powerful.

"Ha, that will be the death of you" declared the bandit leader who despite his recklessness knew how important the morale of his men was in battle.

Lex had picked off most of the weakest of the bandits as they were the most vulnerable and the easiest to defeat, leaving most of the rest that were alive being quite powerful especially the four that ran next to the bandit leader.

"Boss look at the girl wrapped to his back, isn't that the girl that was worth 10,000 spirit coins as a reward that we sent into the mist ground hoping she was the one that we could steal a treasure from her that she might gain from the mist grounds" pointed out one of the elite bandits to the bandit leader.

Just as they realised who she was, Lex had already dashed towards the bandits that were on the frontlines with the bandit leader being in the centre of the now much smaller group of bandits.

Both his blades flashed with incredible speed and in a single slash took the life of two of the bandits.

Propelling himself into the air, Lex blitzed straight down into the centre of the group of bandits from a height of 100 metres as he fell with extreme force.

He landed with a foot on two bandits heads that stood near each other and with the force he was falling at, snapped their necks and as he landed caused their heads to gruesomely splatter onto the ground as their brains were spread around his feet.

"Feel the despair that you made so many poor young girls and families feel with your wicked and despicable desires" roared Lex.

He was a killing machine as he dodged all kinds of attacks with his Perceptive Eye boosting his reflexes and he would use a single strike to take out the bandits.

Within seconds almost the entire bandit group had been decimated leaving 5 bandits including the bandit leader standing back to back with his closest subordinates that were also the strongest.

"Boss, I think we should try and negotiate otherwise we can't beat this weird robed man" suggested a subordinate to the bandit leader.

The bandit leader despite his arrogance and pride was not willing to die for his pride and as a bandit was all about self-preservation and survival in every situation, which is why he was in the centre of the group for his own protection.

Lex wanting the leader to feel despair in his final moments, intentionally killed most of his men around him leaving him and a few of his men huddled together as he stood in front of them.

Slowly walking towards them with blood all over his body and dripping from his blades, the bandit leader despite all the horrendous things he did, couldn't help but be frightened by the killing machine that was walking towards them.

"Please allow us to leave, we will never try to battle you again or get in your way" pleaded one of the bandit leaders subordinates who didn't mind his pride being stepped on as long as he could survive.

"I can offer you 5000 spirit coins if you let us live" offered the bandit leader, trying to keep a strong front and bluff his way away from Lex.

Lex wasn't fazed by the offer in the slightest as he continued slowly walking towards the few bandits left that were still alive.

"How about you take everything I have, in that tent, there are all my belongings that are worth over 10,000 spirit coins" desperately offered the bandit leader who was beginning to lose hope of survival and couldn't keep up the strong front any longer.

"After I kill you I can take your belongings anyway," remarked Lex as he laughed at the offer.

Seeing that there was no other resort the large 3-metre tall and burly bandit leader knew that there was no way out other than to battle against Lex which he was very unsure of being able to defeat.

He knew that Lex's speed was much faster than his own so didn't even think about attempting to run away and quickly thought of the best way for him to survive in a situation when faced off against Lex who was out to kill him.

"You guys want to join me and help me battle him" called out the bandit leader to the hunters that cautiously stood on standby.

"I thought we were cowards and that you didn't need us to battle with you in the beginning" mimicked the blonde archer who couldn't help but get back at them for the bandit leader underestimating them in the beginning.

"What do I get out of this situation" answered the swordsman who was speaking for his hunter squadron and over the archer, not bearing grudges and always focusing on the situation at hand.

"I bet you Voltacs know who the girl that he has on his back is and she is the main reason why you guys are here, if we work together we can defeat him and you can take the girl for the reward at your guild, and I can leave" offered the bandit leader seeing the badges on their sleeves that showed him that they were D-Rank Voltacs.

"Then we have a deal" accepted the swordsman who looked back at his subordinates that gave him a nod of affirmation.

The hunters and the bandits that were left were all out for their own gain and preservation and didn't care about each other but had one common enemy and target, Lex.