Chapter 7: How I Wished (1/2)

Just from what I could see, there were at least thirty bandits Our current situation was unfavorable at best, as both our path forward and our retreat back were blocked off by bandits wielding swords, spears, and other close ranged weapons On the ht, there were archers positioned atop a cliff, their bows aie of thebeckoned to our left

Jasmine, Durden, and my father seemed to be fine, with no visible injuries, but Helen had an unhealthy pale co froht calf

A baldhis face and a body of a bear carrying a giant battle axe spoke out "Look e have here Pretty good catch boys Leave only the girls and the kid alive Try not to scar theoods will only sell for less," he snorted with a sed goods

I felt er I haven't felt towards so sheltered in the bubble of et that any world has its own share of trash like him

I was ready to rush towards this brute, al the fact that I was now in a four-year-old's body when es and none of them seem to be conjurers! The rest are normal warriors!"

Faint uishable compared to normal humans, only apparent if studied closely As for whether they were an aug an inference based on physical structure and the weapon they were holding gave me a pretty solid idea

I could visible see how quickly my father reverted back to his former adventurer days when he had once led the Twin Horns as his expression held the wisdoauntlets, shouting, "Safeguard Formation!"

Adam quickly arrived behind us as he faced the back of the road, spear pointed, while Jasmine and Helen ca ahead My father and Durden faced thethemselves to protect us froelaanother spell as she kept her wind barrier active

"Gather and guard my allies O' benevolent Earth; do not let theround ruround curving up in front of Durden

Using that uard position against the arroards the eneela finished her spell and unleashed a torrent of wind blades, aimed at the front and back of the path That was apparently the cue as Ada in front of our distraught eneainst the flurry of blades Helen re the tip with ht

It didn't take a genius to realize that this arrangeoods or people With two layers of protection froe ready to snipe anyone who ed to cross the assaults of Adam, Jasmine, and Father into the defense line, it was a standard, yet, well thought out for your way, Helen!" Ada a precise swipe to the jugular of the unfortunate bandit His eyes widened as he dropped his weapon, desperately trying to seal the fatal wound with his treaps between his fingers

Mother was holding me firmly in her bosoore happening around us Fortunately fordown at me so she didn't realize that I could see fairly clearly

Meanwhile, a scruff, ela, hoping to disrupt the spell Although the wind blade spell didn't seem all too powerful, it provided a painful distraction that was keeping us on equal footing, despite our lack in numbers

I tried to free ela, but before I could pull myself away from my mother, it was already over

The fierce sound of the show came only after the arrow had done its job Helen's shot had carried a force powerful enough to pierce through the ar bandit and lift hiround

I took a brief ht not to piss off Helen

Helen's eyes narrowed as she nocked and drew another arrow Focusing, I could faintly see the ht eye as she shut her left Soon, another reinforced arrow streaked through, followed by a sharp hiss, ignoring all opposing air resistance as it closed in on another eneuely reseular of a face His brows furrowing in concentration, his giant sword, which was the his height, had so a sound of a bullet hitting hter slid back, but wasn't har it to balance himself However, before even had the chance to sh his forehead It was a griht drain froed in an intense duel against an aug chain whip It looked like Jasers was lacking She was doing all she could to dodge the erratic movements of the whip

By now, it was evident the ene as he jeered while licking his lips "I'll make sure to treat you real well before we sell you off as a slave, littleyou, you'll be begging to stay with me," he hissed, followed by another lick of his lips

The very thought made me shudder, but, at this point, all I could do was clench ainst an adult aug

It pained me to stay in the protection of everyone while they risked their lives? I tried to come up ays to help, but, so far, none caritthe battle, I saw that the earth as holding strong, none of the arrows being able to penetrate through Focusing on Durden, I watched his left hand that was directed towards the earth wall as heHe forain vision onto run away

"Take heed, Mother Earth, and answer my call Pierce my enemies Let none of them live"

[Rupture Spike]

After a brief delay, a dozen spikes began shooting up froed to dodge,a couple of nizably drained from that spell; his jaw clenched as beads of sweat ran down his pale face

It was at this moment that I noticed ers were fu with it before she shook her head and stuffed it back into her robe In the wand's stead, she held onto hter

There was no one from our side injured besides Helen, who had bound the wound on her calf Fortunately the arroasn't lodged in too deep, thanks to Helen'shad stopped, but throughout this whole time, my mother had a constant look of paranoia, her face pale orry I couldn't help but notice that her hand kept reaching for the wand in her robe until she decided to draw it back, last minute Her eyes never stayed fixed to one place, always turning left and right, trying to look out for anything that could harm us

While a little confused at first, I dis that, since she wasn't an adventurer for too long, unlike my father, she was simply not used to situations like

The battle was coroup had not suspected that every one of our group e Because of that calculation error, all of thethe four es and a couple of scattered archers on the run

Jas trouble with the perverted chain user, but the arrogance on his face iped clean by this ti blood

Ada style reminded me of a snake, with his flexible maneuvers and sudden attacks

He should be considered one of the rare ele the shaft of his spear to be flexible, his attacks were a e of quick thrusts and fluid swipes The battle looked to be in his favor; the dual wielder had wounds that were profusely bleeding as he desperately tried to parry the onslaught of attacks

A thundering crash shi+fted my attention away froainst the debris of as now left of the [Earth Wall] spell and was struggling to pick himself up as blood dribbled down from the side of his lips

"Dad!!" "Honey!"

I rushed out of the wind barrier, kneeling in front of Father,immediately behind I could see the panic written on her face as she nervously contemplated what she could do

I didn't knohy she wasn't healing him, maybe because she was so startled, but just when I was about to suggest it, h! Alice, listen to ht now, they'll realize what you are and try thatto sacrifice a lot more if they know!" he stressed, his voice in a lohisper

After a brief, trean chanting I would've assu her husband injured, but for so herto persuade his wife

"Art, listen carefully After the healing spell activates, they're going to try to capture your age the leader and try to buy more time I think I can beat hiuys Take your mother back down the road and don't stop; Ada with you I can fight! You sawmature eludedlike the four-year-old I was on the outside, but I didn't care I wasn't going to leave behind rown to love and friends who I've bonded with so much this past week and a half