Chapter 70: Updates
Looking up at the rays of the sun was difficult when fully subrged under water. Not for Chase however. But when a certain woman ca up to poke him out of his shock, then it beca an issue.
Chase went up from the water to see Jasmine playfully splashing him. "Okay that’s how you wanna do it."
She splashed him and when he retaliated she phased through the water. "Too slow."
They were having a blast, but the sun began to dim, and so they headed back. On the way out, they looked towards a shrine on the way back with 5 patches of dirt nearby.
Chase didn’t know these people, but he found it healthy to his spirit to put them in a sowhat peaceful place to rest.
That reminded him. "Why were the habits so eager to attack on an open and popular road? What makes them think they won’t be stomped out?"
Jasmine shrugged her shoulders. "I’m not sure, but one thing is for certain, we must not waver. It seems things are getting more serious."
Chase thought back to the fight with Broggy.
’Have I begun to enjoy playing with my food?’
Thinking about all the tis he could have just killed Broggy instead of letting him fail to kill him, it beca more than just a theory.
When Broggy figured out that his best bet was to not fight at all, two questions flashed in chases mind.
Why do you think you have the right to rcy after what you’ve done?
And
Was it that obvious?
So part of him wanted to see how far he would go to live, seeing him give up wasn’t fully anger for his audacity, It was dissatisfaction with his boring choice.
A few taps to his shoulder made Chase turn around. A sli was following them, making small jumps over and over to their location.
As Jasmine pointed to it, she seed elated.
"We’re keeping him!"
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The next day.
Staring into the sky, Andrew thought about the current situation. He was using art to distract
Himself. A painted a picture of a lake from mory.
The people around him were quite impressed. every other kid around clapped. The problem was that it wasn’t helping.
He could sit and ignore the truth all he wanted to, but everything he had could be taken from him at any mont.
the people looking for him probably weren’t in this town yet, but he had to remain vigilant and more importantly, he had to get stronger.
’I haven’t been able to et with Donny or Chase for a good while. Just always at a bad ti. Perhaps I can settle for Damian. If I could find a place for him, where would it be?"
Eventually, he ca across a bar that seed to be an inn on the side. Those who ca in and left looked like they had a lot of sins to drink away.
Once Andrew swung open the door, his masked appearance graced the bar and he locked on to Damian.
he saw Damian with a bunch of other rowdy rough looking individuals. They were all singing an old wives tale. So were even hugging each other, drunk off their asses.
This was a rather likable part of Damian that Andrew secretly envied. Though he wished to be a knight, a noble position, he had the heart of a commoner.
He could easily navigate certain situations and locations based on lived experience whilst having a heart of gold. Andrew simply didn’t have the heart to tell him that not all knights were so great as he.
He on the other hand was still learning new things from commoners every day. If he wasn’t powerful, there were many tis he would have been shanked in an alleyway.
Damian turned to see him, partly drunk.
"What’s going on man? How are you enjoying yourself?"
" I’ve see better days I won’t lie, but it’s been nice in so regards to not be constantly getting the threat of death, even for a little while."
"So long winded and impactful, but I don’t think that’s why your here is it? Don’t tell
you ca down here to get–"
"Train with . I have to tell you sothing important."
"Well that’s no way to ask." Damian tiled his head.
"I’ll buy you a drink the next ti you co around here. That sound good?"
"Better." Damian began rubbing his chin. "I wonder what it is now. Maybe your struggling making friends?"
"CO ON."
"Alright alright!"
As they walked out, Damian makes unwarranted jokes but they were keeping Him entertained so he allowed them.
Making it to a secluded forest area, Andrew turned around.
Damian Was shortly behind him. "So now you can tell
right?"
"You know I probably co from a wealthy background, but what you probably don’t know is that my parents are lunatics."
Damian shrugged his shoulders. "That’s why you ran from em right?"
"Yeah, well now they want
back and if they manage to take
forcefully, they will also co for you."
"Sounds scary. I’m positive you have more to say. You got a plan to take them down?"
Andrew leaned against a nearby tree, pointing at Damian. "That’s the point my friend. I don’t."
He looked down for a mont before locking eyes with Damian. "Right now everyone isn’t strong enough to take him. Imagine, all the shit we’ve been through just for my incompetent actions to doom us?"
"How strong is this guy?"
"You know what Chase was posessed by that thing? He had at least five people who are as strong if not stronger at his beck and call."
Damian was usually a chill reserved type, but that notion made his heart sink to his feet.
Even Chase himself was near powerless before he let that demon take over.
With five people like that...even one could wipe them out.
A deep breath followed seeing Damian beginning to sober up, he hit him with a following question.
"Should I break off from the group?"
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