Ever fake your own death? (Alleria)

It was a sizzling summer's day, the sun was up and the fields were dry. This were the conditions when Alleria set out for the Spooky Forest. She recently had taken a job that required her to quote and quote "Get these damn bandits off my back". As if on cue, those words brought back memories on what transpired earlier that day.

It was in a small cabin, just outside of town, in a secluded place that you wouldn't even notice, unless you have a sketch and directions on how to get there. The place looks run down but still habitable. When she knocked on the door, an old man in his sixties opened the door. He was homely yet ragged, a strange combination one would say, but from experience she can tell that he was a person who went trough a lot and tried to change his destiny. And she was dead on spot, as the conversation rolled by the man revealed his past life and the reason that he was in a tight spot. When the man said "I had to leave to protect them. I..I miss my family. I miss my wife and my boy." that's was when she decided that she would give what this man wanted and she would do everything in her powers just to make that a reality.

Just as her flash back ended, the terrain had started to change. Trees and vegetation started to get thicker. With each step bringing her close to the edge, a dark forest was now in front of her, its time to make an old man's wish come true.

From hot and dry, the weather changed to damp and cold. It also didn't help that the undergrowth was wet from the dew that formed from the trapped moisture in the forest and the uncanny cold floor of the forest. Even at midday mists would rise from the ground making the scenery spooky. It seemed like hours since she entered the forest, although she really cant tell with the forest canopy hiding the exact location of the sun. Each step she makes causes fallen twigs to snap, it was like an instant intruder alarm. Although she wasn't just wary of the bandits hiding in the forest, but also of the creatures dwelling inside it. There were rumors of strange and horrific creatures being sighted specially when the sun is down. Another reason to hurry on her way.

Suddenly she hears something. The rustling of leaves in the shrubs to her left. Being not the type to wait then pounce on the enemy, she makes the first move. She grabs a stone and throws it at the shrub. There was a faint thud sound followed by an angry voice.

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"Why did you have to do that? I was going to have fun with you but now that you've done that, I really am gonna have fun with you!" said the man that came of out the vegetation. The man wore tattered rags, the distinct pattern on his bandana marks him as one of the Urlong bandits. This was a good sign, she was close to the bandits hideout. Though she cant really say that out loud, the mad had this menacing look on his face, he had lots of plans for this girl wondering in the forest. From the the drool dripping from his lips and the glazed look on his eyes, he had bad bad things in mind. "Really? Lets see you try hotshot." Alleria said in a sultry voice.

The man riled up, began to charged at her, clueless that the girl in front of her was really a mage. The girl stood her ground, and when he was just meters away, she shouted, "Orb of Saya!" and a crystalline orb appeared that began floating around her.

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Alleria was surprised that the man was able to breach her guard. The tackle brought her down with the bandit on top of her with her orb falling a few feet from where she lay. "It seems I won the wager. Time to collect my prize." said the degenerate bandit as his face stoops lower towards hers. She snapped out of her confusion, she jerked her knee upwards and struck the guy between his legs.
"Urggg!" cringed the man as he toppled in pain.

The girl quickly rolled over, getting as much space as possible. She had to take this seriously, that was a really close and it served as a wake up call.

The man recovering, hunched over and shouted "You little witch! Ill make you pay for that!"

"Dont worry I wont make the same mistake twice." she said with determination. Stretching her left hand towards her orb, the ball levitate and speed towards the still hunched bandit.

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The ball hit the man on the head, dead on. The man dropped on the ground, he was out and down for the count. Sure it was a bit underhanded to attack someone who was still recovering, but he had it coming. He was the first person to ever cross her private proximity barrier, and he even attempted to steal a kiss. "The nerve!" the girl thought. The still fuming mage was now on battle mode and nothing could stop her. She was still annoyed at how close the bandit got to her. Her once cool demeanor was gone. She was royally pissed at her own incompetence, she wont this matter lightly anymore, she had to be at her best to pull off this job.

She was now racing through the forest with her orb constantly hovering closely behind her, it was unbelievable how she sped trough the vegetation without making too much sound. After all, she did employ the aide of her cloak of deceit, she was practically gliding. In just a few shorts strides, she came across a clearing and in the middle was what seemed like a small wooden fortress, complete with spiked barricade, 10 feet high walls and a huge ass gate. She could make out 4 figures guarding by the gate.

"Do I go all out or play it cool? They don't appear to have any bows or rifles, but those spears I dont trust." The girl contemplated for a while, then she started to march straight on towards the gates.

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As Alleria got closer, she saw that two wore the same clothes as the man he encountered in the forest. The other two wore no shirts at all, their thin frame showing for all to see. One of them took notice of her arrival.

"Halt who goes there?" shouted one of the bandit guard when he spotted the Alleria approaching the gates.

Alleria replied "Just a messenger from one of your prospect targets." with a sultry smile gracing her face.

"Whats a fine young thing doing out here in the forest and doing errands for some loser?" the guard shouted. His buddy, got interested in the conversation and shouted as well"Maybe she is the payment!". And all for men began to laugh.

"Perverse pigs." the girl thought. "No, im not payment, im here to collect!" A magic circle appeared beneath her as she stretched her left arm pointing at the group of bandits. "Crystal bombers!"

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A magic circle opened up in front of Alleria and four buzzing birds flew out. They were blue in color, but their hue changed lighter and lighter as they flew closer and closer to the group of bandits. They were absorbing light as they sped through the air. And in just a few seconds, there were consecutive explosions.

Most of the bandits were caught of guard, save for the one who was suspicious her and never let his guard down. He was able to dodge the bird using his bronze shield as a decoy, flinging it at the crystal bird seconds after he made the leap. His allies weren't so lucky, two of the shirtless bandits got hit and the other bandit who wore the same clothes as he. They lay motionless on the ground, they might be dazed from the explosion but he really cant tell. The crystal shards that flew as shrapnel caused a lot of wounds and those wounds are bleeding profusely.

The remaining bandit stood up, looking away from his fallen allies and raised his sword. "You are gonna pay for this!" and just like on cue, the gates behind him opened up and a wave of bandits came rushing out.

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Alleria thought "Great now there are 7 of them. Four wearing tattered rags, two thin shirtless lackeys, and one seemingly menacing bandit who looks capable. Time to bring out the big guns!"

"Crystal armor and Gauntlets, come to me!" Alleria commanded. A magic circle formed above her, slowly descending, changing her clothes to armor and changing her gloves into gauntlets. After the transformation, she was dressed in shining armor made of crystal. It was thin and light, yet very durable. It glistened when light strikes it, causing glare to those who sees it, which was really helpful since crystal is quite transparent and they can almost see the outline of her underclothes.

The bandits weren't fazed or intimidated, it was quite the opposite. The rowdy bunch gained more fighting spirit, their noses bleed at the sight of the crystal armor clad lady before them. The six lower ranked bandits attacked her head while the strong looking bandit wearing a face mask waited for his time waiting to see how the foot soldiers will fare. The group raced at the crystal maiden and simultaneously attacked, a flurry of swords cutting through the air aiming to incapacitate her.

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Alleria was able to block the attacks of the the shirtless bandits, but raiders proved to be a handful. They managed to land hits on her. Too bad she was wearing her armor, their swords vibrated hard and fast, causing them to let go of their weapons.

Alleria looked at the armor and said "Its because of the recoil from the force you exerted when they hit the crystal armor."

Then she followed up with in a mocking tone "You guys didn't even caused a scratch...Oh and nice going falling for my trap."

One of the bandits asked "What trap?"

"This trap." she said as she pointed her lips to her fists.

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The attack was a bust, she wanted to finish off all them with one blow that is why she let them get closer to her, close range means greater accuracy. She however failed to take into consideration the reaction time of her enemies if she gives them even just a quarter of a heads up. Just like now, wise cracking caused her to miss three of her target. The other three got hit and were lying sprawled on the ground, the other three have her surrounded.

Alleria face palmed and thought" Note to self never give quirky line when doing attacks, gives the enemy ample of time to avoid or dodge. Also never do a face palm when wearing crystal gauntlets, it really hurts."

"Hey little girl, no dozing off when your in a fight!" said the bandit with the mask who was suddenly behind her, she turn to look but all she saw was a fist, it was coming straight at her.

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That was close good thing her reaction time didn't fail her this time or she would be spouting blood from her nose. "Another note to self, don't take notes when fighting."

"You cheeky little devil, using your allies as pawns. I must commend you though, that was real close, you almost got me." she said.

"Haven't you learned anything little girl, you ought to keep your trap hole shut when your fighting and keep your eyes on your opponents." she bandit mocked her. The smug look on the bandits gave her the shivers.

"Wait something feels wrong." the girl said almost inaudible.

"Ding Ding Ding! You finally got it." and with a flick of his fingers shadowy figures emerged from the nearby trees. She was surrounded.

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She's began to understand the pattern when she saw the shadows emerging from the woods. These lot are just foot soldiers. The shirtless one are the lowest in rank, the one in rags are the regular raiders and the one wearing mask must be their superiors which explains why he treats the rest like dirt. "But if that were true their boss has still not shown his ugly mug."

"You have to be kidding me! If he want me to play with his toys, then I wont mind showing him my toys!" she finally burst out.

"Her girly didn't I tell you too..." his speech was interrupted when Alleria used her magic.

Two crystal monoliths grew beside her, absorbing in light till it was glowing bright.

"What the heck are those things?" the masked bandit asked.

"These are my toys... oh and you might want to start running." their was mischief in her voice.

The masked man ordered his men to attack, but as soon as they got within 15 meters of the two towers, they were barraged by focused beams of light.

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"Sir we cant get near her, if we try to come close, those things start firing like mad." said one of the three survivors.

"Those things are bound to have a weakness! Find it!" the masked bandit howled.

The three abled bandits tried everything. They threw rock at it, the rocks got zapped, even fast moving projectiles got shot when it got almost 15 meters from the towers. One of the smarter bandits said "I see, the towers range is 15 meters."

"What good would it do us, we still cant get near it." said the pessimistic bandit.

"What if we threw two stones way up, that way it would fire on them, and were free to attack." said bandit number 3.

"It shot us all simultaneously earlier, what makes you think if wont fire on us as soon as charge at it?" said the pessimist bandit

"Its because we didn't attack at the same time, besides there were a few seconds delay. Maybe if we threw dozens of rocks then it would work, besides we three did manage to avoid getting hit." retorted the witty bandit.

"Its worth a shot!" said bandit number 3.

"Ok, on three. One , two, three!" and simultaneously, as counted down, one threw heaps of rocks upwards and three began to make a mad dash towards Alleria.

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