My Guardian System: The Trader

"Yeah Boy! Come and play with us! Hahaha!" The axe wielder mocked when he noticed Jem rushing towards them. In a matter of seconds, they cut their distance. Seeing the young man in front of him, "You're mine!" The axe wielder shouted as he attacked with a horizontal strike.

In his mind, 'The boy is just a level one ascender. Just this... is already enough to cut him in half.' He meant that his low-tier attack was enough to defeat the boy. He didn't need to use fancy attacks for such an opponent.

He was right to think about it because on Jem's arm there was only one shiny ring. On the other hand, there were two shiny rings on his arm. So, the gap in level was unquestionable.

Assuming that the boy was hiding his real level was out of the question either because of his age. So, considering that his opponent is so young, there is no doubt that he still lacks experience. So he was very confident that he could defeat him with only his weak attack.

That's why his eyes widened in disbelief when his horizontal strike was easily dodged. Jem bent his knees. The sword strike passed a centimeter from his nose.

When the opponent's attack just passed by, Jem didn't waste the opportunity. He attacked quickly, causing a wound to the opponent's arm. It was fortunate for the opponent that he was able to retreat slightly; otherwise, Jem would have cut off his whole arm.

The opponent takes a few steps back when he feels pain in his arm. Blood spat out and dripped. Just then, he noticed he was wounded.

He frowned and angrily turned to the young man. "Y-you—!" But even before he could scold him, the tip of Jem's dagger was already in front of his eyes. 'What!?' The enemy's eyes widened at that moment. His brain could barely process the speed of events. He definitely didn't expect Jem's speed so he couldn't respond rightfully. 

But, before Jem's follow-up attack could stab the enemy's eyes, he suddenly withdrew his attack. Jem suddenly jumped back. After he did it, the area where he was a moment ago exploded. It was not an explosion caused by an explosive mass of energy. The explosion was due to the impact when the large sword failed to hit his target and hit the ground instead.

"If you don't want to die… stop tolerating your opponent as an ignorant boy!" The person with a heavy-looking sword warned his brother. Looking at their slight exchange just a moment ago, he could tell that Jem wasn't an ordinary boy. For some reason, his intuition was screaming.

"Tsk!" His only response to his brother's warning was a click of his tongue. He would make sure to kill this boy! His anger was surging.

From the cloud of dust, two silhouettes were rushing out from it. Jem strengthened his grip on his daggers. He ran horizontally. The two were chasing after him, though they managed to catch up on him in a matter of seconds. Jem dodged and parried their attacks. The high-pitched noise rapidly rang out along with sparks.

Miles and the others were watching the battle with dumbfounded faces. Although they wanted to help Jem, their strength could only drag his fight.

Even the leader of the enemy group widened his eyes as well. He didn't expect that the siblings had yet to finish their task. And wait… who is that boy they were fighting against? The leader asked a question in his mind.

The battle between Jem and the siblings continued for a while. The others could hardly follow their movements.

"No way… is that kid… really a level one only?" Abel, who could not believe what he was seeing, mumbled in disbelief.

While massaging his side, Oldman Barn turned to Abel and asked, "Eh? What do you mean?"

"You see those rings on their arms?" Oldman Barn looked to where Abel pointed out. He saw the rings on Jem and the two opponents' arms. "Those are the indicators of their level."

"Ohh!"

"The more rings they have, the stronger they are," Abel explained.

"I see… so it is like that, huh." Oldman Barn squinted his eyes. He saw that Jem only had one of those rings while the two enemies both had two rings on their arms! "Does it mean those two are stronger than Jem!?" He exclaimed after realizing it.

"That's for sure, but…"

"Eh? What do you mean with... but?" Oldman Barn asked with a frown.

"I mean it is strange that Jem is still alive till now against those two-level 2 ex-humans."

"Now that you say that… hm, y-you're right!" Oldman Barn seemed to realize something. "Wait! Perhaps those bastards are just toying him! Damn it! Let's go, Abel! Let's help him! We can't just sit here and watch while Jem is putting his life on the line just to save us!" Oldman Barn tried to get up by pushing his aching body. He could not let Jem suffer alone. 

But before Oldman Barn could rush forward, "Ah w-w-wait! Oldman!" Abel called out in a hurry.

"What!?"

"I don't think that is the case. Look!" He pointed to the battle. Oldman Barn looked to where he was pointing. "What do you mean Abel?" He asked.

"Those two level 2 seems to be exhausted already. On the contrary, the lad seems to be still breathing normally." Abel's observation was almost right on the mark. At the moment, the siblings seem to be running out of gas while Jem is barely exhausted.

"Eh."

"Damn it!" The axe wielder bellowed under his breath. He was aggravated by the fact that their attacks could not hit the boy. Moreover, the boy looks calm and seems to be still fine. It was unbelievable no matter how he thought about it. Also, it was a big insult to them! Two level 2 against level 1?!!! How the f*ck they were having a hard time in this battle?

While gasping for breath, "Brother!" He shouted. His brother seemed to realize what he meant. "Okay! Let's do that!" The two of them positioned themselves to Jem's sides.

However before they could attack him, Jem leaped to a nearby pillar to escape from the enemy's pincer attack. "Dammit! He knows!" He moaned. But a second later, The axe wielder grinned menacingly. "Hahaha!" He ran towards the pillar and shouted, "Die!" Boom! He smashed the pillar with his axe.

With the strength of a level 2 ex-human, the pillar shook before it broke. Rubbles were flying away.

One of the big debris flew towards Miles and the other's direction. All of them were looking at it.

"Miss Mona watch out!" Oldman Barn and Abel shouted when they estimated that the debris would crash right on Miss Mona.

Fortunately, before the big debris could crash on her, Miles rescued her. The two of them rolled away on the ground. On the other hand, the big chunk of debris crashed right on where Miss Mona was just a second ago. The crash caused a thunderous impact that shook the tunnel.

"Ngh! Miss Mona! Are you okay?!" Miles, who managed to get up first, asked in a hurry.

Mona's body twitched, then she groaned in pain. Seeing it, Miles and the others sighed in relief. Good that she's alive. "Ugh… I, I'm fine... t-thank you…" Miss Mona thanked Miles.

"No, it's nothing…" Miles assisted her in getting up.

Before the whole pillar fell down, Jem had already escaped from it. The axe wielder frowned when he noticed Jem's shadow in the air. "Tsk! He managed to escape," he mumbled.

Jem leaped in mid-air. The wielder of a massive sword stabbed his sword on the ground. Right after Jem's feet touched the ground, "Take this, kiiid!" Multiple chunks of hardened soil were flying in his direction in rapid-fire.

Fwoosh fwoosh fwoosh~