Triiffic-Soul: Can I Be In Control?-Chapter 62 – A Weakened Scuffle

Chapter 62 – A Weakened Scuffle

The gravelly voice yelled out, “HA HA, we got you surrounded!”

This was followed up with someone else yelling, “Don’t try any funny business heh, heh!”

Both their annoying voices were causing Syrus’s anger dial to turn up. With everything going on in their head, her emotions were slightly unstable. So, the big derailment on what was supposed to be a peaceful journey to Arisea Station was enough for her to get straight to the point and knock both of them out.

However, there were many issues.

Anna heard Jack quietly swear, “What’a shits is going on, bandits, we're not even out’a the border.”

The sound of a crack of a bat against the wooden carven rang along with the first bandit who said, “Quiet, just be prepared to offload your trinkets and goodies.”

Jack gave up, “Fine, let me grab them.” He stood up and turned to move into the back of his cart.

Jack whispered, “Stay hidden, and when you get the chance, move under the left board, it’s tight but you should be able to squeeze in.” Anna was under blankets anyway, so the dark corner they were in kept them well hidden.

One of the bandits climbed on the side of the cart, “Hurry up!”

“It’s been two seconds!”

His dad said back, “Jack, no yelling back.”

Jack sighed, grabbed a couple of bags of money in his cart and returned to the front.

[What do we do…?] (Eva)

[Following Jack’s advice would be for the best, there are too many unknown factors in play.] (Luna)

[Agreed to a point, but we have to bite back, there is no telling what these people want. They could easily burn the carts or stab the owners but there’s an opportunity when they wouldn’t be hurt.] (Syrus)

[We don’t know their numbers, all we do know is that there are at least two and we can’t forget the simple fact we are in no state to fight.] (Luna)

The main crucial issues were that they had no idea how many enemies there were and they were still extremely from the aftermath of their transformation. After days of healing, they were nowhere near peak condition. Their body was improving, but very slowly.

The man dragged Jack off the cart, “Now come on, you gotta have more than this.”

He complained loudly, “What’a do you want from me, I’m on the secondary cart.” Anna made an educated guess this was done for them as an opportunity to hide.

The fact that neither Max nor Jack had stood up could mean a few things, a few of the easiest guesses were; one they knew they wouldn’t be harmed in the complied, two the costs of trying to fight back were higher than just giving into the demands, or three

[So what if our physical strength is in a poor state, the deficiency can be made up with clever moves and the right strikes.] (Syrus)

[It’s not just our physical strength Syrus, you know this, mana is flowing slower throughout the body as well, so we will be barely able to reach our standard output.] (Luna)

[Syrus, I’m not sure, I won’t even be able to help, I have no idea how to use Manipulation in combat.] (Eva)

Eva understood that out of three viable ways to fight right now they had Fire, Moonlight, and Manipulation. Space wasn’t an option, the cost was too high and mana output was too much for the body to handle in a short burst. Mana had to flow from the body to be used, and for many, there was a soft limit on how much they could expel at any one time. For most people as long as they weren’t draining all their mana this was just a mental obstacle, but it could be a physical block if there was something wrong with the body. That didn’t mean using an attribute like Space in these conditions was impossible, but the time to cast any technique or spell greatly increased, and one wrong move could stop the process

[Don’t worry Eva, you don’t have to involve yourself in the combat. Me and if Luna wants to, are enough.] (Syrus)

[I still haven't agreed.] (Luna)

[Well, if this makes you feel better, I have been focusing my ears on the outside.] (Syrus)

[I can tell, it has been sounding like footsteps.] Luna replied. When Syrus used her attribute and mana to improve her senses, of course being in the same body, Eva and Luna could feel the changes as well.

[Well you aren’t able to differentiate them yet, two people with thick leather probably damaged boots, and one wearing sandals who we know is Jack, Max hasn’t jumped off the cart yet. So yes, there may be more bandits, but they would have to not move this whole talk.] (Syrus)

[The talk hasn’t even gone on long.] (Luna)

[Yes, but you are underestimating how hard it is to be truly silent. Simple moving, twisting one's foot in the dirt, breathing deeply, or the groans of a hungry stomach are hide to ignore.] (Syrus)

[Speaking like that, you sound like a tracker, rather than a mercenary.] (Luna)

[What can I say, the more skills one has the better, but anyway, are you in?] (Syrus)

[You know if I don’t agree we are going to hide.] Luna replied, in most normal situations one of the trio couldn’t overpower the others for control of the body, so if Luna and Eva agreed to hide, Syrus would be risking by most likely only making some noise while trying to enact her plan.

[I agree.] (Eva)

[Pardon?] But unexpectedly for Luna, Eva wanted to go ahead with Syrus’s plan.

[I trust you.] (Eva)

[Well alright, I got to live up to the expectations.] (Syrus)

[Wait! Think about this.] (Luna)

[I have.] (Eva)

[Calm down and join the ride, we still have time before our true stop.] (Syrus)

Syrus began to enact her plan.

The robbery proceeded like normal. For the safety of all involved, the owners gave in to the demands, but as Syrus expected the first bandit still wasn’t happy and went to search the carts himself.

After scrubbing through the first cart he jumped into Jack’s cart. He quickly scurried right to the back corner looking for something good.

Then right as he did, Syrus jumped up from behind out of a box she hopped into and her hand darted in front of the man’s face.

The man barely had time to react, “Hmm!” A flash of fire burst into life blinding the man and grabbing onto his face.

“Argh!” He tumbled back scratched at his face to remove the flames.

Anna sidestepped and then pushed forward, [Luna! Prim to the face.] (Syrus)

A small cube of Moonlight was generated in their palm. Before the man could even see what was coming, the cube flew and smashed into his face dealing concussive damage.

He fell back further into the cart, but to make sure the job was done. Syrus added an extra kick to be sure.

There was no sneaking up on the other individual, he was too far away, so they simply jumped out of the cart. Making sure to take the sword the bandit was carrying with him. The weight was a bit too much for their exhausted muscles so it was more of a bluff than anything.

Luna sighed, “Well, it’s a three-verse one, but dealing with unknown variables can be difficult.”

[I’m not using Moonlight anymore Syrus, the first attack was hidden in the cart but I’m not using another outside publicly] (Luna)

[That’s fine.] (Syrus)

Syrus looked at her last opponent and thought she wouldn’t need Luna’s help for this.

The second bandit was a few years younger than the first, but clearly aged in their late twenties or early thirties. He held a long beaten-up sword that was still sharp but had a couple of indents and scratches over it.

Jack called out, “Wait’a minute, what’a ya doing?!”

Syrus ignored him and continued strutting forward to the second bandit.

The bandit wasn’t sure what this girl was planning, she wasn’t holding the sword correctly, and her attitude just oozed cockyness. After a moment, he charged at her, no reason to be on the receiving end of an overconfident child who got lucky. He needed to seriously injure and/or capture her, with his companion down, he needed to ensure the other two wouldn’t try anything.

Seconds later they were in striking distance.

He swung down and Syrus raised the blade up to defend. Watching this, the bandit swung even harder, ready to knock back the poor guard.

However, Syrus didn’t even try to push back and simply let go of the blade the moment before they clashed. With the extra moment the man came tumbling forward, he was about to adjust his footing and stay standing, but Syus slipped her foot under his and then pushed his back down and burnt his butt.

Dirt flew up and his face made friends with the earth. Syrus grabbed his sword and walked to the cart.

Syrus turned back to Max and Jack. “Now, can we go?"