Jake looked at the corner apprehensively, waiting for soone, or rather, sothing, to co out of the blind spot.
The sound that ca from that side was footsteps. The sound of feet on ground, sothing only a bipedal being could achieve.
"Is the ninth here already? Am I going to have to face the ninth follower right now?" Jake thought to himself.
The sound of the foot steps started increasing, until Jake could see the hint of blue in front of him. A blue robe that fluttered in the wind.
And then, a face that ca along with it.
"Sword Master Ganshin?" Jake was surprised. He didn't expect to co across this person right now.
"You… you are the Baron that ca in a little late. The baron that Father Joseph seems to be a little interested in." Ganshin looked at Jake with surprise.
"How is it that you ca out of the path of saints so early? No. This must be an illusion. No way could soone like you co out so quickly." He shook his head, muttering.
"Then again, why would they choose soone who is so weak? This is so blatantly a trap that it might not even be one." he muttered out loud, for Jake to hear.
"Ummm…. I am here?" Jake said, breaking Ganshin's line of thought.
"Yes, you. Tell sothing that happened outside the Evil Realm. Sothing that the Evil God shouldn't know about." Ganshin said.
"Sothing that the Evil God wouldn't know about? What about the ti when Father Joseph told and Sister Annie that there were ears everywhere, or sothing like that? Sothing about soone always listening to us."
"Hmm. Only a human would give an answer like that." Ganshin nodded.
"Now, it is your turn. As much as you suspect , I can say the exact sa thing about you. Can you tell sothing that can prove that you are indeed, who you claim to be?" Jake asked.
"Caution is indeed, necessary, boy. I will-"
"That's enough, thank you. If it were one of the evil beasts, they would make sothing up, sothing like the fact that they were the leader, and that I wasn't supposed to question their status."
"That is true. You are clever for a noble. I didn't expect you to be so intelligent." Ganshin chuckled.
"Your group has a terrible impression on nobles. I wonder what nobles did in the past, for there to be so much hatred toward them." Jake asked.
"That is not sothing that we would tell a noble, unfortunately. Co, follow . We need to get to the center as fast as we can. All of us seem to be split up." Ganshin said.
"You want to go the way I ca from?" Jake asked, a little hesitant to go back.
"What is the problem? What are you hiding?" Ganshin asked.
"The labyrinth, it moves. And so far, it has made sure that I couldn't retrace my steps. Going back the way that I ca from, I think that it will only lead us further away from the center. I think that we should follow what I have done until now." Jake said.
"And what is it that you have been doing?"
"A coin flip." Jake showed the coin that he had been flipping to get directions.
"Using a silver coin just to flip for heads or tails. Extravagance only a noble could afford." The sword master shook his head, scoffing.
Jake couldn't even respond to that. He was done dealing with the hate that ca from being a Baron.
"Don't worry. I am just ssing with you. A copper coin beca useless after the inflation. A silver is the new copper." Ganshin chuckled.
"That you got so far so fast with only a coin ans that the gods have blessed your luck. I might be able to get to the center faster if I follow you. Follow you, I shall." Ganshin nodded.
Jake nodded back, and now, the duo were together, slowly walking down where Ganshin ca from.
As they passed the corner, Jake asked Ganshin, "By the way, as you entered the labyrinth, did you face any monsters? Did anything try to stop you?"
"No? Did you face any monsters?" Ganshin asked.
"Yes. An evil beast, but the tier wasn't clear since everyone in this realm is suppressed. I was able to take care of the beast because of this suppression, so that is a win." Jake smiled.
"To think that you would face a beast. That only ans that you are coming in the right way. I was right to follow you. To send a beast ans that the labyrinth doesn't want you to keep moving." Ganshin nodded.
The exact sa line of thought had run in Jake's mind when he faced the gorilla.
"These NPCs are so humble and smart. I can't believe that I was forced to work with the stupid ones for ten years. Where were these NPCs when I needed them?" Jake lanted.
As they walked, they were faced with another intersection.
And this ti, it was like the labyrinth knew what they were doing. This ti, they were faced with not two options, but three.
One that went straight, and one that led to either side.
"Let us use the coin to flip between going straight and taking a left. Going right will take us away from the center." Ganshin said.
"That defeats the purpose of using the coin, sword master." Jake shook his head.
"Then what do you want to do?"
"Alright. Heads if we should choose between the sides." Jake muttered as he flipped the coin.
As the coin fell down, it showed tails.
"Heads to choose between forward and left."
Jake flipped the coin again.
Once again, it showed tails.
"Heads to choose between forward and right?"
"Why choose again?" Ganshin asked.
"To make it fair. I have an idea." Jake said as he flipped the coin.
"No. Tails? Where the hell do we go now?" Jake shook his head.
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