Luke got help from someone unexpected, as Boyd said, "We don't need to rely on them to search for Grace. We can find her without their help."
The last person Luke had expected to speak up was Boyd, considering his background. Out of the five knights, Luke considered him to be the least reliable because of his womanizing ways and how he hadn't shown any commendable behavior thus far. He had also shown that he was quick to abandon people if he thought it wasn't worth it, so why was he acting so confident they could do it without their archers?
"How do you suggest we do that?" asked Santiago. "This forest is huge. She could be anywhere."
"They couldn't have gone far. The goblins wouldn't be able to carry her unless they had a huge group. It would also have drawn attention," Boyd said.
That wasn't true, which was what Luke
However, Luke didn't get a chance to interrogate Boyd when Felipe shouted. This drew everyone's attention, and they walked over to see what he found. The group stared down at what he was pointing at and saw that it was drag marks. It looked like they were heading in the right direction. If they kept going in this direction, they should be able to find her.Now that they were certain on which path to take, they reorganized their formation. Clayton and Santiago were placed in the middle since we couldn't fight with Bobby and Chris on their backs. Felipe took the lead, as he had been the one to find the tracks and was likely the best person they had for tracking Grace down with Bobby and Chris unconscious. The last two knights took the rear while Theodore and Luke took the sides.The group proceeded as quickly as they could while keeping an eye out for any more demons. While they wanted to track her down as soon as possible, they couldn't run carelessly into danger. They
Bobby pushed forward, resting his entire weight against Luke's back as he said, "We rescued you from a bunch of goblins.""What?" Grace managed to say after staring at them in disbelief.Luke shoved Bobby away as he said, "It's a long story."Then he proceeded to provide a summarized version of what happened while she was unconscious. It was quite short, contrary to what everyone experienced, but it was supposed to be a summary. As he recapped what had happened, his eyes studied her form again to make sure he hadn't missed anything. Nothing seemed out of place, and any scrapes she had were from being dragged.Once he finished, she said, "I'm sorry for being so much trouble. I ended up causing trouble for everyone.""It's not your fault," Bobby said. "It's not like you asked to be kidn
After much arguing and shouting, the group was finally able to come to a consensus. They would make their way to the town while looking for the caravan. That was the best they could come up with that would satisfy both sides. It helped that Chris finally woke up after being unconscious for so long and agreed that they should at least try to find the caravan."I can't believe I was the last one to wake up," Chris said as he crossed his arms."Your punishment must have been really long. What did you have to go through?" Grace asked.Chris gave her a weird look as he said, "What do you mean? Didn't we all get the same punishment?"Theodore and Bobby were looking in their direction as Bobby asked, "What are you guys talking about?""Grace was wondering what my punishment was, as if we did
It was goblins. Of course it was goblins. Luke wasn't sure what he was expecting when he heard the footsteps approaching them. There weren't many options for who it could be. He had momentarily considered whether it was the citizens or the prophets, but he discarded them after thinking about it. If there hadn't been a layer of dust coating the furniture, then he would have really considered them as a possibility.He discarded the possibility that it was the prophets, as they had shown no signs of confronting them face to face. It simply wasn't their style based on everything Luke had seen so far. They had only used magic to capture them in an illusion and allowed the goblins to do the fighting. There was also another reason for it, but he wasn't going to bring it up just yet.Their group was able to easily defeat the small group of five goblins without any difficulty. IT would have been
Everyone instantly rushed over to see what she was looking at. It looked like an inn, which Luke had to admit was the first thing they should have looked for in this town instead of blindly looking through the houses for a place to stay. However, had they passed by the inn? He couldn't remember seeing the place as they walked through the town, but it was possible they hadn't gone down this path earlier.The town's layout wasn't something he was familiar with, as he had only visited the town a few times in the past. Without letting their guard down, they entered one by one as they checked for any signs of demons or anything that might be a threat to them. There didn't seem to be any signs of anything living there, just like all the other houses.Once they were all inside, Cedric declared, "We should split up. Some of us will stay on the bottom floor while the rest inspect the top floor."<
Luke struck as soon as everyone fell asleep. After discussing what they should do, everyone had finally decided to retire for the night. He had been the one designated to take the first shift. Once he was certain that no one would interrupt what he was about to do, he entered 'Grace's' room. The women reacted immediately to his presence and tried to attack him.He easily overpowered her and kept her mouth covered to keep her from waking up the others. It would be bad if anyone else came in and saw what they were doing. They would misunderstand his intentions and think he was trying to take advantage of her, despite how long they had been together. He was going to wait a little bit longer to see what 'Grace' was going to do, but circumstances changed."I think it's about time you stop pretending," Luke said as he kept the woman wearing Grace's face pinned to the floor.
[Quest][Confront the Imposter][You have deduced that your party member 'Grace Hill' has been replaced by an imposter.][Determine their real identity and confront them.][You will be rewarded based on how quickly you can determine their identity and how you confront them.]The quest had appeared as soon as he had determined that the 'Grace' he had been talking to wasn't the real one. It had been a while since the demon's system had given him a quest. He had been planning to complain to the demon king if this had kept up, because then he would have no way to access the other features in the system.Staring at the quest description, he waited to see if
She looked absolutely furious that she admitted this, and he found himself quite interested in this information. It was a pity that the system informed him that she was no longer under his power. Fortunately, it wasn't too hard to deduce the reason why they needed a Healer. They obviously bit off more than they could chew when facing the previous group.Their use of illusions wasn't just because they wanted to make their group take themselves out with as little effort on their part as possible. It was a necessity born from their inability to send anyone out to fight. That was probably why they sent this woman instead of someone older or more experienced. For a dangerous mission like this one, it would be foolish to have someone this young try to fool them.Of course, she had barely fooled the others, but that was only because they didn't have all the information. If they knew about the p