You're good with words; provoke him!

You look at the bandit trying to figure out a way to free the woman and her When you realize that, given the way the guy acts, He seems to have a very short temper. So if you could press the right buttons maybe you could get him to attack you instead?

"Hey, did your mom make that armor for you? Because it looks like it was made by someone too fat to see their feet!" Just as you predicted he instantly snaps. He shoves the mother to the ground and pulls out a shoddily crafted axe that seems like you'd get several diseases from just looking at it for too long. "What the FUCK did you just say about my momma?" He screams while rushing towards you, every hint of care (if there ever was one) gone for good. You barely manage to dodge under his first strike, while the second actually scrapes some cloth of your sleeve. You then dodge back in order to give yourself some time to plan this through.

You are in a rush, and thus decide to make that your advantage. Your gonna hit him hard and fast and won't give him time to react. You take a deep breath and shortly after a giant Vortex of Dark erupts your mouth as you (somehow) scream "Breath of the Shadow Dragon" at the top of your lungs. The Bandit is hit before he even realized what was happening and flies backward into a nearby rock. You run towards him to check if accidentally killed him but just before you get there he falls out of the crater onto the ground, his body limp. He moans and grunts in pain, but at least he's not dead.

You then turn around in order to check on the girl and her mother who stood a few meters away during the fight. You see the mother tightly hugging her daughter, relieved that the danger is over. She lets her go and tells her to run along to their home. She stands up straight and turns towards you. "Thank you so much good sir, I don't even want to think about what that monster would have done to us if you hadn't come!" You smile, simply happy to be appreciated. She then continues. "I would so love to reward you for your services, but all we had was lost to the raids. Our home is barely standing anymore, at least it wasn't burnt down like some of the others. But as it is I can't offer you anything... "