“Wh-what will we do?” I stuttered, taking a look at Luke after which normal Zhang. I used to be about to search for normal Emilio, somebody who might assume rationally and who could lead on, however he wasn’t right here.

“What’s flawed?” Luke requested, grabbing my shoulder to achieve my consideration.

“The smoke is purple, huge bro. Ought to we go there? Ah, however, the hostages…” I paused, attempting my finest to brainstorm.

“So what if the smoke is purple?” He continued asking, clearly bewildered.

“Ah, proper. You were not there throughout our briefing,” I piped up, lastly realizing that he should’ve had no clue about this, “you see, we had a previous settlement to make use of smoke alerts.

I defined to him whereas I opened my pouch that was strapped to my waist, letting him see our group’s sign gun and the smoke balls that got here with it.

“Every color represents a distinct factor, and in brief, purple implies that they want pressing assist,” I rapidly defined, skipping over the opposite totally different colors as a result of we had been pressed for time, “and now they’re utilizing it. Ought to we go over there to assist them?”

“Hmm, I dunno. Ought to we?” Common Zhang tilted his head whereas smirking.

“Cease speaking cryptic or I will smack you laborious.” I shot a glare in direction of this funky normal.

“Alright, we should not, then.” He giggled.

“… Dude, are you positive?” I stared at him with a frown.

“Yeah. Don’t be concerned, I am veeery sure that they’d be positive.” He stated with a wink.

“… Uh. Okay.” Though I wasn’t positive if that was the suitable selection or not, I complied regardless and shifted my focus to the issue in entrance of us. We could not afford to be distracted right here. Focus, Chae. That was what teammates are for. Gotta belief in them, yep.

“Proper, let’s bust by this door, then. What do you recommend, little cub?” He eyed me with a creepy smirk, “or would you like me to assist?”

“Assist? Dude, you are the overall right here, it is your job,” I sighed, “I’ll must blast by this, I suppose.” I stated whereas I readied my gun. Did not assume I might have to make use of this so quickly, however right here goes.

“Ooh, you are going to blow the door off?” Common Zhang requested, ruffling my hair, “good, good. Let’s examine you do it.”

“No, I feel you misunderstood,” I scratched my head in frustration whereas I ready for one charged mana bullet, the highly effective form, “I feel they’ve made this enormous ass door thicker than the wall, and what’s extra, they do not have hinges. I do not even understand how they function, which is form of annoying.”

As I defined my thought course of, I pointed on the wall beside it, “let’s simply blow this wall off. It is nonetheless very thick and durable, however with a few photographs, I ought to have the ability to.”

“Okay, little cub, everytime you’re rea—”

‘BANG!’

“Oh? I solely wanted one shot? That is stunning.” I raised one eyebrow upon seeing the massive, gaping gap in entrance of us. With one bullet, I managed to place one kid-sized gap on the infamously thick and durable wall. Fairly dang candy. I ought to examine my stats quickly.

“Your development is suspicious generally, you understand?” Common Zhang chuckled and stepped ahead.

‘BOOM!’

“There, now it is large enough for us to stroll by.” He giggled and winked at me.

“Displaying off, aren’t you?” With a smirk, I adopted him by our newly-made gap.

Though he stated that my development was suspicious, he was additionally equally suspicious. How might he break that wall with just one easy punch? If I keep in mind appropriately, that should not be doable along with his stats, proper? Possibly he had a much bigger secret than mine, and that was okay.

“Huh, this will probably be my first time seeing their village up shut.” Luke stated whereas he stepped in entrance of me, as if to protect us from something which may come our approach, since our imaginative and prescient was principally like an previous man with cataract now, with all of the mud puffing within the air.

“So even you’ve by no means stepped inside.” I’m wondering what awaited us, then? This could be unhealthy since we had waaaay much less information than we did with the elves.

“Hey, eyes forward.”

‘Fwoosh!’

‘Faucet!’

“Virtually misplaced your thoughts there, did not you? Actually.” Common Zhang snickered as he grabbed a flying axe that was heading straight to my head.

“And your legs, apparently.” Luke sighed as he confirmed me an arrow that he already snapped into two.

“Thanks, I used to be busy taking them out that I did not discover.” I grinned and gestured my head in direction of the supply of the weapons, and there, on the bottom, had been two minotaurs bleeding throughout their face from slashed eyes and throat.

“Whoo, fairly spectacular, little cub.” Common Zhang praised me whereas whistling.

“Psychokinesis positive is beneficial.” I responded whereas catching my new dagger that I had launched in opposition to these minotaurs.

“… Did you steal that?” The white-haired normal requested whereas pointing at my stunning dagger with inexperienced engravings on it.

“Yup, positive did. Mine now.” I giggled and ran ahead, fully out of the smoke.

Upon stepping my foot on the laborious, dusty floor, my eyes widened in shock once I noticed the state their ‘village’ was in.

“Dude, how did they reside on this place…?” I muttered to myself as I eyed my environment.

Though a couple of minotaurs had observed our presence and had been now closing in on us, they did not shock or alarm me as a lot as their village did. It was completely, completely dysfunctional. What was up with this world and its barely functioning societies!? They wanted to get their shit collectively, man.

How might their village simply consists of… Nothing? So far as my imaginative and prescient was in a position to see, there wasn’t even any home. Random bushes stood right here and there with none patterns in any respect, and trashes had been scattered in every single place. What the heck?

“Oi, cease having that disgusted look in your face. We’re actually surrounded.” Luke groaned whereas tapping my shoulder, as if attempting to snap me out of it.

“However… However how? What is that this place?” I stated as I struggled to seek out the suitable phrases to say.

“It is not stunning, for the reason that minotaurs do not really want to eat to outlive.” He replied with a straight face whereas he pointed his newly-stolen spear in direction of the minotaurs that had been slowly approaching.

“They do not? So that they’re like, prawns?” I exclaimed with shock.

“Ugh, you discuss an excessive amount of, child. Save the speaking for later. We’ve to wash them up first.” Luke sighed for just like the tenth time at the moment, most likely.

“Yay, killing time!” Common Zhang threw his arms up within the air in pleasure, after which licked the blood off of his finger that obtained a slight minimize from the axe.

“Positive sounds prefer it,” I charged one other mana bullet and aimed in direction of the gang of minotaurs, “wanna race?”

“Race?” Luke raised an eyebrow.

“Ooh, the one with essentially the most kills will get to be the winner?” Common Zhang gleefully exclaimed.

“Yeap. Winner will get one favour from the loser?” I smiled.

“Hmm, kinda sounds enjoyable. I will not be getting the final place, although, child.” Luke smirked.

“Agreed. Identical right here.” Common Zhang additionally grinned maliciously.

“Then… Begin!”

‘BANG!’

——–

“Phew, that ought to be ok, proper? Ah~ That was enjoyable~” Common Zhang stretched his physique as he dropped one other lifeless minotaur on prime of his pile.

“… That wasn’t enjoyable.” I grumbled.

“Huh? Do not blame us to your rookie mistake.” Luke chuckled whereas he, too, piled one other physique on prime of his already enormous pile of minotaurs. Lifeless minotaurs.

“I—That is so painful. You guys are imply to me.” I pouted and stomped my ft whereas strolling in direction of them.

“Hey, it ought to be apparent that in the event you needed to depend our bodies, it’s a must to, you understand, really depend it,” Luke chuckled and tapped my again a couple of instances, teasing me, “what do you assume that is? Some type of recreation the place your kill will get counted mechanically?”

“Ack! I get it, I get it, I made a mistake! Effectively, you guys nonetheless have an unfair benefit! You guys can kill them with out pulverizing their our bodies.” I huffed in frustration.

Ahhh, this was tragic. I used to be fairly positive that I worn out a great quantity of them since I used each my gun and my fireplace magic concurrently. I figured that there was no level in saving mana if we had been going to flatten this kingdom to the bottom anyway, proper?

However thennnnn, by the point I observed that each of them had been killing the minotaurs whereas preserving and piling up their our bodies, it was already too late. There was no approach I might recount all these dismembered physique elements and charred stays that I left scattered in every single place.

“Effectively, since you may’t present us with a kill depend, you are disqualified. Woo-hoo!” Common Zhang giggled proudly.

“That… Ughhhhh.” I rolled my eyes. I needed to protest, however then, they had been proper. I ought to’ve counted. Effectively, we had by no means accomplished one thing like that earlier than again in my days. We solely depend confirmed kills after we had a mission to assassinate a sure group, however the depend was by no means increased than 100 or so, since we had been a specialised squad who solely focused a selected group of individuals.

“Too unhealthy, child. Possibly subsequent time,” Luke smiled, “though I am pissed that one way or the other that slippery eel managed to collect a pile that is twice as huge as mine, a minimum of I am not within the final place.” He snickered.

“You rattling huge brother, I believed you had been comforting me.” I groaned and pinched his cheek in annoyance.

“Effectively, you owe me a favour now, little cub~” Common Zhang jumped down from his pile of physique and landed beside me, whispering into my ears, “let’s have a look at now, what ought to I ask for, hmm?”

“Too shut. Not good for youths.” Luke immediately pulled me away from that eel, identical to an old-schooled grandma.

“I swear, in the event you guys get into one other argu—”

“Wait.”

“Huh?” I ended mid-sentence when normal Zhang instantly raised his hand, signaling us to cease speaking. His cheeky smile was changed with a shocked expression in a break up second, and his physique tensed up, shedding his earlier relaxed posture.

“Little cub, we obtained a bit downside.” He rapidly advised me whereas he began to run, to which I reflexively adopted.

“Huh? Wait, what? Why are we operating?” I requested again with a bit yell, as a result of we had been now operating and it was getting more durable to pay attention to one another’s voice.

“There’s somebody.”

“Whaaaat?” I yelled, not with the ability to totally hear what he stated.

“I stated there’s somebody with Owen and porcupine proper now. And from his mana, I am fairly positive it is your previous pal.” He repeated, this time a bit louder.

“… Eli?” My eyes widened in shock.