(Bandit POV)
"Oh, I hope there is going to be some better goods in this town, than those others"
"Ah, There will be don't worry." Some of the bandits walking on foot conversed.
the road was narrow at 5 meters wide, so the 200 of them were practically in a crowded line, with Armoured ones at the very front, and horse riders further at the front.
"Sir, We haven't received a message from Hayden, there is something wrong."
"There's nothing to worry about, these nomadic regions are our best bet, no nations and very little factions exist here, which means no army, plus birds are sometimes slow." The group's commander replied, before he continued
"And as if there is anyone that can be more powerful than Hayden himself, remember That elf and Berserker are his slaves, and Esther is dead."
"But we never received any news from that small force that attacked her, they never came back."
"They might still be busy cleaning up, or they are on there way right now."
"That is really unlikely." The subordinate replied.
"Just shut up, and stop thinking badly. It will ruin our reputation, now come on we need to keep going"
. . .
"I see the town, it's right- Wait... Why does the wall look-" before he could finish he saw the east gate, and eventually ordered his men to stop, several foot bandits eventually crowded the sides from the road, to look on the obstruction
"Wh- What in the name of The Gods is that?"
The subordinate said, as he observed the obstruction. It was the Panzer IV, it was blocking the the east gate. The men are baffled at what they are looking at, it was as large as a horse-drawn carriage but it was entirely covered in metal, it had many wheels that are also covered over by its tracks, and there was a long funnel at the very front.
"I don't recognize the symbols, but it's likely a captured Armoured wagon, it doesn't have a horse meaning it must be stationed there. But I highly believe it's ours."
"What?"
"Hayden will never back down, and he was never defeated. It's only likely this is ours. let's proceed!" He ordered his men to approach and returned into a proper formation.
'Terrible judgement.'
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(Panzer IV POV)
"Alright, they are not running, why?" The gunner asked the commander, with a suspicious tone in his voice as he looks through the gun-sight.
"Well, Sir did say they were filled with pride, so I'm guessing, and this is only a guess... They think this is a captured vehicle which belongs to the primary command... Ohoho— I can't wait to see their reaction when their leader is dead and that we are superior in terms of firepower to them." The commander eventually replied, her last sentence filled with anticipation at showering the true power of the Wehrmacht.
"Should I use a High-Explosive Squash-head?" The loader said, to the gunner and commander.
"Yes." The gunner & commander replied in unison.
"Well I'm glad you three are having fun." The driver said with jealousy in her tone.
"I'm pretty sure you will have a taste when they begin to spread out or approach closer." The radio operator replied, before she looked ahead through the hatch slit.
The loader loaded the HESH around into the gun, and the gunner waited until the right moment to fire.
"Well... Where is your God Now...?" The gunner uttered as his own pupil dilated thirsting for ash-Mixed blood.
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The foremost men of the group and noticed the turret of the Tank moved slightly.
"Did it just move?" One bandit wondered.
In a matter of seconds a bright flash and a resounding Boom tore through the air, the HESH round was toward at the light-armoured personnel, the explosion wasn't directed towards the individuals themselves as per Matthew's Quote "If they are Neutral don't kill, if they are armed stay alert, if they are aggressive Attack." That shot was a warning shot, unfortunately 5 out of the 20 Armoured men were killed, 7 were injured. A total of Ten were knocked down.
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"...And Strike!" The gunner yelled
"10 pins... I would easily lose to you in bowling. no doubt."
"Alright, Step on it... Panzer Vor!" The commander ordered
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"What!? What are they doing!?" The commander yelled.
"Sir, that's not ours!" The subordinate eventually yelled
"How is this possible, that shouldn't be possible! You idiots, Attack!"
With the order, several of the bandits began to dash towards the eats gate, the Panzer IV moved out of the road into the open grass-fields, with a low-number of trees to the left side of the road he obstruction was clear.
Only for several townsfolk wielding muskets (Courtesy of Matthew), to open a single-shot line of fire, which decimated the several of the Approaching bandits, and and 3 Armoured bandits.
"What!? What just happened, are those!?" The subordinate yelled, stopping his horse from proceeding forward. While the commander gritted his teeth.
"No! Keep attacking, use your arrows!"
With that a volley of arrows were fired some were directed to the Panzer IV which was still moving slowly 30 meters from the road, while the rest were aimed directly towards the town's voluntary defenders.
As several arrows approach, several of my remaining men attempt to push the musketeers away, while I also went ahead and distorted the surrounding air particles to disrupt the trajectory of the arrows and miss, unfortunately Three townsfolk were severely injured by arrows straight into different parts of their torso.
"Im sorry..."I said under my breath, I didn't want to kill people, but after everything I've seen their cruelty, thy have tortured, raped, Enslaved, Slowly killed, and Sabotaged others, Instant death is but a mercy, but I still want to prioritize at-least a few remaining ones for interrogation.
"Open Fire!" I finally yelled which made 5 of my remaining ground personnel and Kara to open fire, Kara wielded her two Uzi Submachine guns, while the rest and I were holding our original Bolt-Action rifles.
Kara stood at the very front, as she opened fire with her Uzis. The Submachine Guns, with a rate of fire of approximately 600 rounds per minute, tore through large numbers of unarmored bandits, the closest they could get to Kara was 30 feet at-most
"What is this...?" The subordinate said, as several bullets whiz by him, before his horse too was struck, and he forced down. He didn't care about his own life, he just wanted to find ways to keep his younger brother alive, he remained on his knees, as he observed the massacre, and took a glimpse of Kara.
"A witch...?" He muttered.
"What are you doing! Fight back you idiot!" The commander yelled as he struggled to move forward with his horse, several of our bolt-action bullets began to penetrate the Armoured bandits, And we were only targeting those who have fell to the ground in surrender or petrification.
"We can't..."
"What!? We can't What!? We must send these bastards to the underworld, and achieve victory! Unless you want your brother dead?" He yelled back.
"Commander, we can't-" a Sword was held by his neck, which made him stop his sentence.
"Enough... Go against the leader, you are usele- AAAGH!" The Panzer IV Medium tank shot a shell towards the commander from the distance, which sent the commander back, and threw the subordinate off his feet, and fell to the ground getting knocked out.
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"What would lose in a fight a trusty steed or a tank? This is just like the invasion of Poland." The Driver said.
"Well, not really, polish horses against tanks was just a common misunderstanding of the remains of horses and abandoned tanks, and the proof of the unreliability of News reporters back then." The loader said, as he was loading another shell into the gun.
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The battle was virtually one-sided, for our side of casualties there were only 3 armed, and 5 civilians, whom were injured, most of which were from the volley of arrows, as for the opposing side casualties, they were on the brink bot being annihilated, as my remaining squad proceed into the open land, out of the 200 enemies that attempted to enter the town, only 48 were currently in our sights, several of them were raising their hands.
"Alright, that's enough. No more blood." I said as Me and Kara approach the men who were almost all, in the middle of the road, however as I began to get closer to their location, somebody already appeared in-front of Kara, his face was partially scarred by heat but was still recognizable as the commander, and he drew his sword.
"Kara!" I yelled as I raised my hand, and distorted the particles surrounding her moving her away in quick speed, as the slash was going to land on me. Killing intent filled his eyes
"No!" Esther yelled from a few yards behind me, and His sentence was cut short, as a bright projectile struck him back. A large scorching aperture was located in his upper-torso, as he squirmed on the ground, before his body stopped moving, and Died on the spot.
"You-" attempting to try and continue to say thank you, but I was cut off.
"-Returned the favour" she completed.
"You saved me twice, or rather you saved me once and both me and Kara once."
"Well... From the statistics, we are generally not even, as I saved you twice, and you saved me once."
"Yes." Esther, said before she looked towards the Panzer IV who was reversing from the field, while it's turret was still aimed at the group of surrendered personnel, in precaution.
"So this is your power? I hope to not anger you."
"No not exactly, the effectiveness of that tank comes from the crew themselves, and I won't get angry unless it is something cruel or inhumane."
"Yet you created them, that means they are essentially a piece of you."
"But we are not exactly family, nor do we have similar DNA"
"DNA?"
"Sorry, Another Unknown term." (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
"Hmm... Unknown terms huh? Matthew, May I ask something?" She said abruptly
"Sure, What is it?"
"Can I be your student?"
"heh?"
"Student, I would like try and to be at your level or at-least stronger than now, I don't want to lose my hometown. I'll be coming to your base."
"Don't you need-?"
"I have already gotten permission by both the mayor and my mother."
"...You are one fast individual."