His eyes went wide, as he suddenly stopped. I saw in real ti, his jaw dropping open. This reacquired my imdiate reaction.
- Co, guys, co! - I shouted to them. - It's ti to move on! No need to delay!
This made him hide his emotions under a quite tense mask, as he resud his march.
He was carrying the sa halberd, with the dragon on the other side of the long pole. His armor though wasn't fancy. He didn't have it on at all. Instead just a T-shirt with a bulletproof vest.
Then Hesiodos introduced both of them, with a cheeky smug on his face, like he wanted to show dominance with this unexpected move of bringing sobody like John to the table.
- So we et again - I pointed out to my, now, friend.
- You know each other - Sonja imdiately jumped on my words.
She wasn't even hiding her surprise.
- Yes. We t once... Or twice - I said.
John just nodded.
- So, how is the app going? I'm kinda out of the loop with other things, which keep busy - I asked, not letting my eyes off the prey.
I needed to make sure he wouldn't freak out, because that would ruin my plans of making the rest of Celestine's crew shit themselves when I was about to show them what I can do. This guy was a walking spoiler, though, and I do hate spoilers!
- It's right around the corner - he tried to smile. - Maybe next month it should be introduced. With so of the planned functionalities. they are still working on proper infrastructure.
- Good. It will make things better for people - I said. - Ok... Let's not delay, and just go.
I didn't really wait for anybody, just began walking. They still were in a little bit of shock, as they didn't expect the two of us to know each other. They really wanted to give Celestine a flick in the nose.
Bunch of wealthy young brats.
"I'm gonna show you where your place is, you dicks", I thought to myself, as an evil smile erged on my lips.
The first person, to move, after , was Celestine. The rest followed shortly after. I could hear the whispers behind , even despite the overall noise. Having such keen ears was really a good thing in such monts. Sadly I couldn't tell what they were speaking, just the fact that they did. The the was obvious, though. It was about and John.
Maybe they tried to fish for so information about who I was from the kid, but he seed to not really be answering anything since the whispers died soon.
Our group wasn't the only one to begin moving. There were few others, who headed in the sa direction. So were clearly goblin chasers, and others seed to go further, to hunt orcs, but I didn't catch on anybody who would be looking like they were going further than that.
The walk was rather quiet until we passed the city gate, and entered the forest.
- So... - The Leonard was first to speak. - What's the plan? You probably already have been in that cave, but we just heard about what we should expect there.
I guess the question was directed toward John, because he was the one to answer.
- Ask him.
,m I don't know if he was pointing at , but the effect was that Sonja started moving a little bit faster, and soon appeared on my left. The spot on my right was already taken by Celestine.
- What's the plan, boss? - asked miss archer.
- Plan? - I raised one eyebrow. - We don't need a plan.
- Are you sure? - Ethan showed up next to Sonja and asked.
- Yeah. I'm your plan - I assured them.
- We don't really know you - said Leonard, as he joined the two others. - So you have to understand, that we are not that confident in your ability to deal with everything down there. And we definitely won't be able to.
I sighed.
- Then how about a little presentation, before we enter the cave? - I proposed.
- And how that presentation would supposedly look like? - asked Sonja.
I narrowed my eyes, as I looked at her.
- No spoilers - I said.
This made her roll her eyes. The two guys smiled in response. Then the talk kinda died, and we continued our walk through the woods more or less in silence.
There were short conversations, but I didn't engage in any of them. Like that we arrived at our destination.
- Ok, show us, boss - said Sonja.
I turned to the group and gestured to them to step back. The first to follow my instruction was John, then Celestine. The rest wasn't too fast, but they also ended up stepping a little bit back.
For a mont I wondered what I should do. Poke the goblins, and slaughter them as they would co out of the gate? Or maybe send my army of shadows to run there and kill everything? I could also blow it open with a swarm of firebirds...
There were just too many options, and I couldn't decide which one I should pick.
There was also a different option, which would allow to remain mysterious. The skill, I acquired during preparing for the battle with Ixa, which allowed to disintegrate the enemies who were much weaker than . Sothing perfect against goblins.
A nasty smirk appeared on my face, and I summoned a single shadow who crawled from the ground, surprising the won, who reacted by stepping back with fear painted over their faces. The guys were more curious.
Even John, who surprised , as I was suspecting he would get scared.
- Go - I said to my minion, who obediently ran into the cave.
- I-is that enough? - asked Sonja.
- The shadow? - I asked, and then explained. - No. He will die, but the goblins will co out.
- That's quite a bad idea - Leonard pointed out, but he was too late, as the horde inside the cave could already be heard outside.
The noise made everybody take a few additional steps back, except John, who weirdly seed to be confident in my skills. I ignored that and turned my face toward the incoming enemies.
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