Skill Creation in the Fantasy World

"Bzzzz"

The static noise of a broken radio played for a few seconds after Felix used flashback skill on the street pole.

After that, he could hear the sound of the nearby scene in the town, especially the neighs of many horses.

"Bwhahaha, look at all of them running back to their homes. Are we that scary?", a thick voice laughed evilly amid many horse's rapid footsteps.

"Yehehe, Leader, that's because you told them if anyone was found on the streets, then we'll sell them off to the dark guilds."

A sneaky voice muttered, trying to please his superior.

"Damn right! But now that everyone's hiding, there's no fun here. Come on, let's go deeper into the town. Who knows, we may come across something fun....like a curvy and hot mother of two. Kekeke."

Bellowed the first man who seemed to be the leader of the group.

Following his orders, the group riding the many horses made their way into the town in a hurry, catching up to their leader, who seemed a bit impatient.

All the sounds and voices quietened down as Felix opened his eyes and frowned.

'They must be those bandits.....and it seems they're in some kind of a deal with those fuckers from the dark guilds.'

He thought with his fists clenched in hatred.

As far as he knows, no matter what thing it was, as long as the dark guilds were involved in it then that meant it wasn't something pleasant.

"Hey Felix, aren't you finished yet?", Steve called out to him from the carriage.

Turning around, Felix walked back and climbed right onto the carriage.

Steve looked at him strangely and said.

"You should've just told us, you know. There was no need to keep quiet about it."

"Hmm?", Felix raised his brow and stopped breathing for a moment, wondering whether his actions made him look suspicious just now.

Steve shrugged and subtly pointed at the street pole.

"You were trying to hold back your pee, right? We're just going to check in an inn, so you didn't have to take a leak there."

Felix's face froze for a second before he realised what the boy was implying.

He twisted his lips frustratingly and shook his head before replying.

"You're wrong, Steve. I wasn't taking a piss there, I went there to find some clues about those horse footprints."

Steve simply nodded not minding such an excuse, but Roven on the other hand raised his brow and asked curiously.

"You found some clues, huh? What did you find?"

Felix put his finger on his chin and responded with a frown.

"I think this was caused by the bandits. Only they would be barbaric enough to ride so many horses into the town and cause such a mess. Also, the people around here are acting in a feared manner, which only goes to prove it more."

Roven and Eric had a face of realisation as they connected the dots.

They should've also thought about the same beforehand, but Steve's random guess made them distracted from thinking of it.

"That's right, how could we not realise this sooner? It must have been those bandits who caused all of this.", Roven replied with his eyes lit up, and Eric also nodded.

Steve was the only one who frowned and muttered.

"Wait, you guys don't think it was the butcher who was going after the horses any more...."

This time, the other didn't listen to him and instead started the carriage to move on.

A few minutes later, they reached a small inn, parked their carriage beside the stables and then entered inside.

"This inn is under our guild's control, and they are the ones who requested this mission.", Roven stated to Felix as they walked in.

There weren't many people here either, except for some who were sitting around the corners and silently doing their business.

The four of them walked to the counter of the inn and Roven handed the worker their mission scroll.

"We're from the Twilight Chaos Guild. Take us to your boss."

The worker had his eyes lit up at their presence as he quickly nodded and showed them the way respectfully.

"Yes yes, the boss is upstairs. Please follow me."

The boys followed the worker upstairs to the first floor and reached a room at the farthest corner.

The worker opened the door and walked inside with a hopeful voice.

"Boss, they're here. The ones we requested from the guild are here."

A middle-aged man with a goatee stood up from his desk as the four of them entered inside, and hurriedly welcomed them with a tired smile.

"Good good, you guys are finally here. I've been waiting for you."

He pointed at the chairs for them to sit, but Roven raised his hand in rejection.

"It's okay, we'll be leaving in a moment after you give us all the details regarding the mission."

They didn't have time to waste here being entertained by the client as time was pressing, and they had yet to deal with the bandits.

The middle-aged man nodded and remained standing as he briefed them on the mission's details.

"It all started a week ago. Before we knew it, a band of bandits freely entered the town without any resistance. The small guilds in the town didn't fight them as they should have and instead left the town without doing their duties.", the man said with a dark look and continued.

"Even the Marquess and the other nobles are silent as if they're scared of something. Once in a while, the bandits make a round in the whole town with many horses, killing innocent people and capturing women as they desire."

The faces of the four boys turned dark as they listened, finding it hard to believe such a tragedy was happening a couple of miles from their city.

"A wanderer staying in the inn was bold enough to accept my request to deliver the mission scroll to your guild, who had to jump out from the walls of the town and run to the city as the guards were keeping everyone in check."

"This is all the information I could gather from my people and connections. With the bandits running amok, the whole town is mere moments before ruin."

Saying so, the boss of the inn slumped back on his chair while wiping his sweat with a cloth.

It seemed his business was greatly affected by the trouble in the town, which led to the loss of his weight and hair.

Meanwhile, the four boys looked at each other with heavy expressions on their faces.

It seemed that the matter was more serious than they had thought.

Roven gave the boss a nod and assured him.

"Don't worry. Now that we're here, we'll solve the problem. Then excuse us, we'll be leaving to deal with the mission."

The boss gave them a tired nod and waved his hand to the worker to lead them out.

Out of the room, the four of them remained silent until they exited the inn and stepped out onto the streets.

Walking randomly on the streets, they looked around and wandered with lots of thought in their minds.

"Roven, I don't think we're strong enough to handle this mission. As the boss said, even the local guilds of this town couldn't do anything when faced against these bandits. I think they must have some powerful background to instil such fear towards even the nobles.", Eric suddenly broke the silence and said rapidly as he waved his hands around to convince them.

Roven nodded as what Eric said was the same thing he was thinking of.

He replied with a serious look on his face.

"You're entirely right, this mission should be handled by the stronger members of the guild and us being here will only put ourselves in danger."

Steve didn't like what they were talking about as he retorted in a grim tone.

"Huh? Does that mean we're retreating? Don't you see how these people are suffering under the bandit's threat? And you want us to go back without doing anything....."

Felix walked towards him and patted the boy's shoulder.

"Roven doesn't mean it in that way, Steve. Even he is angry at the bandits for doing such atrocities. But there's more to it that'll put us in a dangerous position."

Felix tried to reason with the boy as he was the only one who knew that the background these bandits had were the dreadful dark guilds.

Roven gave him an appreciated nod and gave his reply.

"Yes, Steve. Even I feel like just walking right into those bandit's hideouts and knock them all senseless, but what if they turned out to be way stronger than me. Then our whole team will be in danger, and as the team leader, I do not wish for it to happen."

His words calmed down Steve for a few seconds before his eyes lit up as he said.

"Right! Instead of going to their hideout, why don't we bait them out one by one and then deal with them?"

Eric shook his head and rebuked with a sigh.

"That wouldn't work either. These bandits are a large group, and taking them out one by one wouldn't be possible for us. Sooner or later, they'll find out and catch us."

Steve frowned deeply hearing his plan wouldn't work out and lowered his head in frustration.

Roven looked at everyone and saw that they were all feeling hopeless about it.

He didn't want to press them further but he had to do his duty as the team leader.

"Alright, it's decided. We'll travel back to the city and inform the guild about this mission's difficulty. That is the best way to deal with this matter."

The other three forced their heads to nod while clenching their fists.

Roven gave them a strained smile and waved.

"Come on, let's get out of here. The guild will know a better way to solve this problem."

The boys turned around dejectedly to go back at the inn where they had parked their carriage.

Suddenly, the ground started to tremble a bit which they quickly noticed.

"Neighh!!!"

The sound of many horses stomping on the road could be heard from afar as figures riding horses appeared in their sight.

"Wait- they are....", Felix widened his eyes in shock as barbaric-looking men with twisted smiles on their faces came riding on horses towards them.

"Everyone, prepare for combat. The enemies are in sight.", Roven ordered in a frenzy as the bandits almost reached them.

The horses slowed down when they arrived near the boys, and a man leading them came forward on his horse and ordered while pointing his sword at the boys.

"Kneel....or die."

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Ps:

100 chapters done I guess.....

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