Those words were made to put fear in Eric concerning going back, but instead of fear, it started up in him the kind of courage and boldness which he was yet to confirm was really in him due to the doubts of his ability. In place of what the orc was expecting to hear. He said with so much boldness. “Now you think those are going to make me scared and refuse to go back? But I want to make it clear to you that we are going back to get Zach no matter the cost. And you are the one to lead me to him. You have led me through safe passage though I can’t see the paths we have taken to get to this point, but for you to have led me through a safe route you are going to lead me back again to Zach through safe routes and mind you, you have no say in this. So let’s get going.” The orc then burst into a brief laughter before giving him a response, “I wished this time was the same as before. It is time I told you that I have my say and the will to do whatever I want in whatever way I want it to be do

As he walked some distance into the direction which he had taken, he was not having the thoughts to change direction again because he had come before several turns yet had not taken any. Thus he felt it was time he took one. But he was confused on which direction to take since his heart began to play games on him again. He would take a few steps left, yet would stop and turn to the opposite direction, taking some steps leftwards again. He continued like this in confusion for a good time to the point that he even thought of going backwards. Through all the thoughts coming into his mind on where to continue, the only direction that was not coming into his mind was to proceed with the direction which he had been walking towards for the past two hours. And for the fact that this direction was not an option coming into his mind, he knew of a surety that he needed to change paths, but which direction was the problem.. Due to the deliberation in his heart all to no avail, he thought maybe w

Coming some distance away from the spot where he encountered those troubles, he came before a parting in the route of the cave of which from his experience so far and the little he observed from the looks of the cave, that there was going to be a lot more diversions and parting in the two routes before him. So it was another difficult choice that had been placed before him, of which he had to think critically and logically, considering every possible outcome that he could come across in each of the paths which he must definitely choose one out of them. He was really angry that he had to face such a situation again as he said to himself. “Not again…!” Though he was fucking worried about where to follow, but he it did not take long before he did the needful which was to call out the name of Zachary, facing both directions that he had to pick from, at least Zach should hear him calling this time around and answer him because without a doubt he was closer to him than the first time sinc

Back inside the cave where Eric was still searching for Zach with the lamp in his hands, but at this point he had stopped calling out his name since no one was answering his call and he was quite tired of shouting Zach’s name. While he continued with this search, the orc who had run away from Zach a few minutes ago and was still running thinking that Zach had pursued it to catch it, came to cross paths with Eric as they both hit themselves and fell to the ground in the opposite direction. Seeing that it was Eric that it had come to hit again, it hurriedly got to its feet to run away from him since it knew that it was also in danger of meeting Eric again. But Eric would not make that mistake again, though he did not get up immediately, he failed to let that be the reason why he should allow that creature to escape again. As it jumped on its feet to run off again, he instantly said with a commanding tone as he stretched his staff. “Come back here!!” Instantly, at the sound of his com

Eric did not understand what it said so he asked in a very curious manner. "What do you mean by that? What is that supposed to mean?!" He blurted out with anger and in a haste, thus he did not know when he repeated the same question in two different sentences. It was even as though he was going to use another phrase to repeat the question once again. But the orc had to start talking, thereby causing him to pause. "This was the stop where I last saw him." Hearing this response from the orc, what to say was not lacking in his mouth, he immediately said again. "And how is that supposed to be any of my business? I asked you to take me to Zachary and not to bring me to the last place where you saw him. Is that understood?" "I ran away from him when we crossed paths without one another here, so how am I supposed to know where he had gone?" The orc was now asking him. But that's none of Eric's business, "Are you going to do as I said or you will have me slay you and continue with the jou