A Gunslinger’s System in a World of Magic

It was torture.

"Stop—" Henry tried to say but the Bandit didn't care.

As the pain wracked through him and he spasmed, Henry realized it was only going to get worse because of the moron pulling him away so he summoned every bit of physical ability he had to slam an elbow into the Bandit's face.

"Hmph!" The bandit let out just as Henry took that chance to pull free and leaped closer to where Jonas was.

His legs went weak and he fell to the ground but even then, Henry continued to pull himself close and the closer he got to the Command-Cuff, the easier the jolts were to bear.

"Hey, get back here!" The bandit said after dabbing at his nose as it bled from Henry's elbow strike.

Reaching down, the Bandit grabbed the back of Henry's shirt and made to pull him off the ground. Henry reacted by reaching behind him to grab the bandit's wrist and he used to pull him hard. Once the bandit's head was close, Henry slammed it with a back-handed fist that sent him to the ground.

*Bam!*

While Henry was now starting to neglect his Strength Stat in favor of the Stats he actually used more, it was still at 31, and from the information he had gleaned with <Insight>, that was only a few points lesser than the Bandit trying to grab him.

But of course, even as the Bandit started to pull himself off the ground, Henry could not be bothered. His eyes were on Jonas as he bided his time until he could run and grab the Command cuff from his Captor's dead body.

"You bastard!" The Bandit said now that he had risen off the ground and had checked the damage Henry had done to his face.

The Bandit had a sword in hand and he slammed the pommel of it toward Henry's head. Henry rolled out of the way just in time and made sure he moved toward Jonas and not away from him.

The electrical jolts in his head were almost totally gone now so he got to his feet and begrudgingly faced the Bandit that just won't quit.

"Roran said to take you away from here," the Bandit said, "And that's just what I'm going to do. Don't resist."

Henry scoffed,

"Fat chance," he said and the Bandit lunged at him.

A sword came jabbing at him backed by considerable strength.

Henry's Perception warned him of the coming attack and his Agility aided him in leaning to the side so the sword pierced the air at the spot his body had been only seconds before.

Henry grabbed the Bandit's arm before he could pull it back and he used it to pull the enemy closer before delivering a punch to the spot where the arm met the shoulder.

"Ugh!" The Bandit cried out finally managing to pull his arm back but then his eyes gained an intensity as an aura rose from his body.

Mana mixed with an intent to kill.

"You asshole—!" The Bandit let out.

"Oh, he's mad," Henry realized right before he was at the receiving end of multiple sword swings. Thanks to his agility and Perception, Henry dodged most but was unable to dodge all.

"Ahh!" He cried out when the sword's tip stabbed through his ribs.

[You have lost 20 Hit Points]

[Hit Points: 150/170]

Just as he pulled his sword out of Henry's side, the Bandit struck him with a kick to the side of his head that sent him rolling a few feet away. A few feet away from the fight Jonas was still locked in with his two Bandit opponents.

[You have lost 15 Hit Points]

[Hit Points: 135/170]

"Hnghh!" Henry groaned.

The jolts of electricity were back and striking at his brain.

The Bandit took advantage of Henry's lapse in concentration by slamming a kick into his side and sending him rolling even farther away. Intensifying the pain Henry was already feeling.

[You have lost 15 Hit Points]

[Hit Points: 120/170]

'Ah, fuck it!' Henry thought and pulled a revolver from his Inventory.

If this idiot was insisting on attacking him, Henry felt he had earned some bullets to the head. Another kick came, and Henry managed to avoid it as he raised his gun to fire three shots.

Despite being caught by surprise, the Bandit dodged two of the bullets impressively. Henry had expected that much to be honest but was glad one still hit him in the shoulder.

"Ah!" The Bandit let out, "Gun? Where did you get that? Why do you have that?"

"Why don't you?" Henry asked and it was a genuine question.

The bandits who were lined up across the Mountain Peaks were armed with bows and arrows. A poor alternative to guns.

Of course, while the question was genuine, Henry wasn't foolish enough to wait for an answer. Guns were not all-powerful. Quite the contrary, in fact, his experience with Vykers had taught him that if his Stats were poor, he would hardly get to hit anything with his shots.

Immediately the question left his lips, Henry was firing every bullet left in his Revolver's cylinder.

The Bandit dodged most but incredibly, deflected the others with his sword before charging at Henry hoping to give him barely enough time to shoot again.

Henry simply chuckled to himself.

A leap back followed by quick movements thanks to his Agility had him maintaining their distance. As he moved, he pulled a second gun from his Inventory; 'The Hydra's Sting'. His ever-trusty weapon.

<Reload>

His normal Revolver's cylinder became filled up with bullets again and Henry fired two shots at the Bandit who deflected both only for his eyes to widen when a third bullet, glowing an acidic green traveled faster than the first two and faster than he could react to attempt to deflect.

The best the Bandit could think to do was lean to the side and have the bullet hit somewhere harmless like a shoulder. After all, he already had a shoulder wound and was fine and still pushing.

*Thuck!*

With a dull but powerful impact, the bullet hit and the Bandit's eyes widened as he realized, in that moment how wrong he was.

Horrid veins began to spread from the point of the bullet's contact with his body. His shoulder, and by extension, his arm and entire side began to bubble sickeningly.

The Bandit let out a horrified yell as the bubbling continued until it had swelled to a crescendo and exploded sending bits of acidic bubbling body parts splattered all over. Henry moved out of the way just in time to avoid getting hit by a piece.

[Kill-Reward: 150 Exp]

[You killed a Warrior for the First time]

[You have received 200 Exp]

"Whew," Henry said and smiled.

But then he felt something shift. Something pulled his attention away from the Bandit carcass now missing an entire side and to Roran whose widened eyes were on him. Next, he looked up at the Archers on the mountain peaks and saw them all notch arrows onto their bows and turn them at him.

At that moment, Henry realized he had messed up.

The plan was to use the Bandits to get rid of Jonas, Al, and Eli and not to aggravate them to attack him instead. Alas, he just killed one of their own in a horrifying garish manner and now had their hate and attention.

"Oops," Henry said with the corner of his lips twitching as he saw the Archers prepare to let their arrows fly.

[Grand Quest Updated]

[You have received a Main Quest]

[Quest: Survive

Quest Details: So much for your plan to escape using an outside force. You have antagonized the Bandits and they will not listen to reason.

Survive the attacks to come.

Reward: 1000 Exp

Good luck!]

"Oh… Fuck."