After walking for 2 hours, he stumbled upon a small cave in the mountain,it's was just enough for him to live in. Michael put his leather backpack down and walked to the edge and looked down,the mountain was tall around 300 meters,in the distance he could see smoke probably from a villager,whether it was smoke from the villager burning down or from the chimneys, Michael didn't know.
He then got his hunting bow from his leather backpack and went to hunt. He needed food after all, and after walking for a while he spotted a small cave; there were footprints outside it,Michael crouched down to inspect them and muttered.
"Wolve's multiple of them, maybe 6. "Michael looked inside the small cave to see 3 wolf cubs sleeping.
Michael didn't approach them, just simply left. There was enough food for all of us after all,no need to kill them, Michael walked down the mountain; there was a relatively big forest here,a heaven for animals of all kinds,filled with vegetation, trees that sprouted fruits of all kinds,and in the middle of the forest was a big river with clean water,a truly beautiful sight, everything that remained untouched by man was as beautiful as this, perhaps even more.
And there it was, Michael's target,an unaware and relatively big deer. Michael took out his bow and aimed.
Whistle!
Pierce!
Thud!
A shot directly in its heart,instant death.
Michael approached it, tied its legs, picked it up and walked back to his cave.
4 kilometers away, a group of 8 bandits could be seen walking inside the forest searching for a target to rob.
"Wait!Look" said one of the bandits carrying a bow while pointing to the ground.
There were human-sized footprints,leading deeper into the forest,towards the mountain.
The bandits looked at each other with a clear intention,to rob the man or woman.
The bandits started tracking the footsteps until they reeached a path that led towards the mountain.
One of the bandits said while crouching on the ground.
"There's blood too! maybe his wounded"
He looked at the other bandits and said in urgency.
"We need to make haste,this is a great opportunity!"
Inside a cave was Michael, cooking his skinned and butchered deer on a campfire.
But then he heard something,a faint noise that would have normally gone unnoticed due to the campfire's flames,the sound of a branch breaking.
Michael took out his bow and aimed it at the cave's entrance.
Outside were 8 bandits,one of them picked up a rock and threw it at the cave's entrance,but what was expected didn't happen,no noise or reaction from inside the cave, only the sound of the campfire, the bandit with a bow was about to walk towards the entrance of the cave, but was stopped by one bandit who pointed at the entrance walls were a barely visible shadow of a human holding a raised bow was.
The bandit who stopped the man with a bow gestured for the other bandits to temporarily retreat.
Once they were far enough, the bandit with the bow spoke.
"What do we do now?"
The bandit, wielding a sword answered calmly.
"We wait for him to sleep or leave the cave to hunt,he can't possibly stay there forever or he will starve; he has to sleep too."
But then the bandit wielding a sword smirked.
"But he won't,not when his life is clearly in danger,he will get exhausted and desperate, make a mistake,and that's when we strike."
But then one bandit raised his bow, but it was too late.
Pierce!
The bandits turned around only to see a tall man sprinting towards them with a sword raised.
The man with the sword had little time to react,he was caught completely off guard,he raised his sword in a desperate attempt to block the man's slash but.
Unexpectedly, the man, instead of slashing with his sword, pushed the man towards the edge of the mountain, throwing him off it.
Michael spun and slashed his sword towards the shocked bandit with a shortsword, decapitating him,Michael then ducked to dodge a slash aimed at his head and slashed the chest of the bandit, leaving a deep wound.
He then rolled forward and dodged a downward slash, spun again, and slashed with his sword decapitating the bandit.
He then looked at the charging 3 bandits and raised his sword.
Clang! Clang!
BAAAM!
He blocked the first two slashes from the two bandits,and kicked the other in the stomach, knocking him down,he spun, raised his sword and blocked the two rapid slashes from the one bandit and backhanded him across the face stunning him,Michael then slashed with his sword towards his neck killing him,grabbed his body by its bleeding neck and threw it towards the charging bandit in front of him.
Michael turned around and looked at the rising bandit that he had kicked, walked towards him and decapitated him.
He spun and threw a backwards kick, sending the charging bandit flying off the mountain,he then walked towards the bandit with the wounded chest,and plunged his sword into his heart, finishing him.
Michael casually looted their bodies,and threw them off the mountain one by one. After he was done, he walked back into his cave and started eating his now cooked dear,while muttering.
"That was a superb plan indeed,though it cost you life."