“Hey! Did you say Eli is right here?” I yelled once more, this time with a pounding coronary heart.

“Sure.” He answered concisely as he saved operating and leaping between timber, to which I adopted.

“Who? Oh, that boy again in my lair? Is he excellent news or dangerous information on this case?” This time, Luke was the one who proposed the query.

I instantly checked out basic Zhang, ready for his reply as I nervously gulped. Proper, this time, he was the one who knew the present Eli the most effective, not me anymore. They have been type of, like, contractual one thing? Companions in crime, perhaps.

So, was it good or dangerous…?

“I do not know.” Basic Zhang answered the query whereas he jumped previous a tall bush.

“What!? You do not know?” I hopped over the identical bush, and quickened my tempo, “however you mentioned you had plans to satisfy him, proper? Or one thing like that?”

“Sure, however we do not get in the best way of one another’s enterprise,” he groaned, “and people two, Owen and porcupine, wasn’t a part of our plan. So I am unable to assure something.”

“Significantly? Dude, you have got a wacky relationship with him, I swear—” I frowned, “then, we’re speeding as a result of…?”

“He would possibly kill them, what else?” Basic Zhang replied, sounding slightly aggravated.

“Ah, proper. He is like that now.” I gulped, bowled over that I nonetheless wasn’t very used to this model of Eli. He was once so in opposition to mindless killing. Ugh, fascinated about this hurts my head.

“What’s your plan, then?” Luke all of the sudden requested, which piqued my curiosity.

“Huh?” Basic Zhang answered, sounding clearly aggravated.

“Your plan. You were not capable of defeat him final time, have been you?”

“Hmm, is that the way it appears to be like prefer to you?”

“What?” I frowned, probably not understanding what they argued about this time, “in any case, let’s hurry up! The place are they being saved, precisely?”

“They are not far. Though, there’s one thing slightly bizarre.” Basic Zhang replied with out slowing down his tempo.

“What’s bizarre!?” I yelled, making an attempt my finest to maintain up.

——–

“This. That is bizarre.”

Lastly, after operating round for roughly 5 minutes, we stopped in the midst of nowhere, proper when basic Zhang stopped to announce that one thing was bizarre right here.

“What do you imply?” I began to go searching, looking for one thing off from our environment.

“Ah, sure. Now I perceive what you meant by bizarre.” This time, Luke agreed with him.

I groaned after I could not actually pinpoint what was bizarre about this place… Eh? Wait, they have been all wanting down… Maybe?

“Are they down right here?” I questioned whereas pointing down with a confused face.

“Most definitely. I can clearly really feel their mana down beneath,” basic Zhang nodded whereas tapping his heel on the bottom, “why do you look so stunned, little cub? Underground jail is fairly frequent, proper?”

“I imply, yeah… However actually, I did not anticipate these minotaurs to be good sufficient to construct one thing like that. I suppose this world continues to be so overseas to me, in spite of everything,” I sighed, “ought to I blast by way of this?”

“No want, I am going to do it,” he responded flatly, “Owen, porcupine, you have not been weakened sufficient to not have the ability to defend your self, proper? Be careful~” And with a smirk, he raised his foot excessive above the bottom.

‘BOOM!’

“Ack!” I flinched and instinctively protected my head with my arms when his stomp triggered the bottom to shake and the mud to fly all over the place.

“Massive bro! Get away!” I shouted and jumped backwards just a few meters to keep away from falling into the opening that was starting to kind on the bottom.

“… What?”

“Oh! Is that…?” My head began to go searching once more after I heard a well-known voice that I hadn’t heard for fairly a very long time.

“Yo, Owen, porcupine~ How’s life treating you?”

“Took you lengthy sufficient.”

“Basic Owen!” I rapidly ran and peeked over the opening after I heard his voice for the second time. He was alive! Nice!

“Wait, you are right here? So, the highly effective mana that I sensed belonged to… However, how?” The large basic stared at me with huge eyes.

Ah, proper. I had grown fairly a bit from the final time we met, hadn’t I?

“Why do you look so disillusioned to see me?” I pouted, “anyway, don’t fret, we’ll bail you out!” I yelled and received myself prepared to leap down the opening.

Surprisingly, each of them appeared kinda okay-ish? I imply, this was the primary time I noticed basic Enzo, however he appeared… Virtually precisely the identical as basic Emilio, even right down to his physique language. Very stiff and guarded.

Should not they give the impression of being malnourished and drained as heck, although? The minotaurs did not really want to eat, proper? So… Wait, how did they survive, then? There must be no meals right here, and there was no approach they might survive solely on water for weeks.

“Lastly, you are right here.”

A raspy voice entered my ear, and my entire physique instantly froze. I used to be nearly to step into the opening, however now I felt like I could not transfer a muscle.

“Yo, edgy prince. Thoughts telling me what’s your corporation right here?” Basic Zhang scoffed whereas wanting down the opening.

“I wasn’t speaking to you, however to that factor over there.” The aforementioned man pointed in the direction of me together with his sword, his infamously massive sword that he saved behind his again just some seconds in the past.

I actually needed to name out his title, to ask him questions, however by some means, I felt like my phrases have been caught inside my throat.

“That factor? You imply her?” Basic Zhang frowned, “she’s not a factor.”

“… I do not care both approach. I solely wish to know who she is. She’s undoubtedly suspicious, do not you notice that?” Eli replied coldly whereas throwing an icy glare at us. Ugh, how might his crimson eyes look that menacing? Felt so bizarre to me.

“Nicely, she’s none of your corporation. What would you like from these two?” Basic Zhang hopped down the opening and landed in entrance of the dark-haired man who wore a black leather-based jacket, full with black pants to finish his look.

“I resolve my very own enterprise,” Eli retorted with a growl, “and my enterprise with them is finished. Proper now, the particular person I wish to discuss to is you.” He tilted his head, gesturing in the direction of the white-haired man in entrance of him.

“Completed, you mentioned?” Basic Zhang raised an eyebrow in confusion.

“You possibly can ask them your self, what enterprise I have been doing right here for the previous few weeks.” Eli pointed on the two generals behind him that was seated on the bottom, certain by chains round their wrists.

“Previous few weeks?” Basic Zhang took a step ahead, however all of the sudden appeared again at me and Luke, and in the end shunned doing so, retracting his foot and continued to face between Eli and us.

“Sure… That man, he…” Basic Owen opened his mouth, wanting a bit uncertain, “he had been coming each few days to carry us meals and different primary wants.”

“Sure.” With a brief reply and a easy nod, basic Enzo additionally confirmed the actual fact.

“… Huh. Did not know the heartless edgy prince is able to doing issues like that,” basic Zhang crossed his arms, “properly? Now, spill your reasoning for doing that.”

“Sharp as ever, I see,” Eli replied with out the slightest trace of emotion in his voice, “I got here right here to suggest one thing to you.”

“Oh? A brand new mission? Daring of you to try this since we’ve not even completed—”

“That is for the sake of our aim.”

The second basic Zhang heard that, he rapidly stopped speaking and nodded.

“Earlier than that, I want to discuss to them to verify their well-being. That is okay with you, proper?” Basic Zhang replied coldly, with out transferring from his place.

“… Do what you need.” The opposite man sighed and appeared away for a second, earlier than deciding to stare at me once more.

“Urk.” I flinched slightly, however nonetheless not transferring from my place. What was I presupposed to say on this scenario? What was I presupposed to do? I… What did I even wish to ask or say to him?

“Eyes on me, edgy prince,” basic Zhang reprimanded him and snapped his fingers in entrance of Eli’s face, “you two, come right here. You possibly can stroll, proper?”

Listening to that, basic Owen and basic Enzo stood up, though a bit wobbly, and walked over to basic Zhang. With out the necessity for extra clarification, each of them held their wrists up, as if providing the chains to the goofy basic.

‘Ting!’

By solely clenching his fist, he managed to interrupt the chains into items, releasing the each of them with out transferring even one facial muscle.

… See, he was much more suspicious than I used to be. How on earth might a standard particular person break a series like that prefer it was nothing?

“Hey, you guys alive? Do you continue to have vitality?”

“… Sure. No complaints right here. What do we have to do?” Basic Owen was fast to reply, and instantly requested for the subsequent course of plan. Not lots of people could possibly be that centered, particularly after residing below that situation for fairly a while.

“So, have you ever completed checking?” Eli all of the sudden interrupted their dialog.

“I suppose they’re truly nice. So, what would you like?” Basic Zhang requested whereas he threw the damaged chains apart.

Though I might clearly see that the opposite generals have been shocked that Eli, the person that had been the discuss of the city—in a foul approach, was speaking so casually with basic Zhang, they have been capable of learn the scenario and waited for them to complete their discuss.

So he actually did deal with these generals properly, in spite of everything. No, wait, scratch that. He handled them properly as a result of he needed one thing… Ack, in the long run, these two generals get to dwell. It did not matter if Eli did it with further motive, if it meant that they might survive.

“Let me get this straight,” Eli began, “allow us to be a part of forces for the subsequent mission.”