The duo ended up coming to an agreement before the next shift. They were going to continue with the former, as Tracy argued that she would be targeted if she revealed the truth at that moment. He could see what she was worried about and didn't protest. After all, he had been the one to offer both options to her. If he had wanted her to reveal her identity right away, he would have just given her one option.
By the time Boyd took over his shift, he was none the wiser as to what had transpired. When morning came the next day, it was obvious that Tracy hadn't gotten any sleep, at least to him. She had probably been agonizing over what happened and perhaps regretful that she had agreed to his demands. Well, there was nothing she could do about it now.
Apparently, he wasn't the only one to notice, as Bobby asked, "Doing okay there, Grace?"
'Grace' flinched a
After some time had passed, the group was beginning to get anxious about why the others still hadn't returned. It shouldn't have taken the other group so long just to inspect nearby buildings. While it was true that searching for food didn't take as long as combing through buildings, the amount of time they were taking was getting ridiculous."Do you think we should go look for them?" Bobby asked as he scanned the other group members.It felt weird being apart from Chris. They were normally never far apart from each other, having lived in the same neighborhood and going to the same school. Of course, the two of them obviously had their own lives and couldn't spend every moment together, but being separated from him made him uneasy. He couldn't remember the last time they had been apart for this long.They spent every moment they could together and seemed to know what the other was thinking, to the point where people wondered if they were actually twins and could reach each other's min
As they were heading back the way they came, they were completely caught off guard when a giant fireball came raining down on them. Everyone managed to dodge the attack as it decimated the spot where they were previously standing. It was a smoldering hole in the ground. Bobby had notched an arrow while he scanned their surroundings to find a target to hit. Luke and Felipe had their swords drawn while 'Grace' stood in the middle.None of them could see who was responsible, but no one dared to let their guard down. Their attacker might still be around, waiting for another chance to catch them off guard. Luke quickly checked the condition of the group and saw no one was hurt before his eyes lingered on 'Grace'. Had she set them up to be attacked? He had been keeping an eye on her, but he hadn't watched her all the time.Last night, he had gone to sleep in his room, as it would be suspicious
'Grace' looked at him like she couldn't believe he would make such a suggestion, and he wasn't sure why she thought he wouldn't use her. They both already knew that she wasn't Grace, so he had no reason to worry about her safety. Of course he wasn't going to purposely hurt her, but if she was going to be pretending to be Grace, then she needed to take responsibility for her actions."Don't worry. We'll cover you," Luke said.She didn't appear to believe him, but it wasn't like she had any other choice. Even though Bobby and Felipe were uncertain about this plan, they didn't have any better ideas and were counting on her to do it. If she refused, then her cover might be blown. She didn't know enough about Grace to know what she would do, but she had a feeling she wasn't the type to refuse when she could help the group."Go," ordered Luke as they were bombarded again.As soon as it was safe enough for her to run, she bolted in the direction they had been heading in. She wasn't sure what
They were hobgoblins. Even if it was hard to tell from where they were hiding, he was certain they were hobgoblins. Out of all the luck they had to be dealing with hobgoblins. While they were bigger and slightly stronger than goblins, they had a higher chance of having mages, archers, and the like. It was unlikely to encounter a regular hobgoblin.Could he really take them on? The only person currently with him was 'Grace', and she wasn't someone he could count on. Even if it was Grace who was with him, he would be hesitant to ask her to fight with him. No matter how well meaning she was, the enemies were beyond her scope. Her stats meant nothing when her class restricted her and made her weak. It was simply too dangerous for them to act."What are you waiting for?" 'Grace' hissed as she pushed his hand away.Luke slapped his hand over her mouth again a
Well, there was nothing he can do about it now. What they needed to do right now was to quickly come up with a plan to save Felipe and Bobby before joining up with the rest of the others. Chris and Theodore seemed to be alive, as he hadn't received any notice from the system that they lost one of their party members. However, he couldn't say the same for the knights. He took a moment to glance at his stats.[Luke Hellwalker][Strength: 34][Intelligence: 22][Stamina: 32][Endurance: 29][Dexterity: 23][Mana: 2]His stats had barely gone up th
The hobgoblins lumbered on as they sought out their prey. They had seen their prey disappear in this direction, but there were no traces of them anywhere. It shouldn't have been hard to sniff them out. As the hobgoblins grew more annoyed, they started picking fights with each other and blaming each other for losing the prey.In the middle of their struggle, they failed to notice one of their members had disappeared. The hobgoblin had seen their prey out of the corner of its eye and had decided to go after them alone. After all, the prey was weak. It had nothing to fear and wanted to seize this opportunity to keep the prey all to itself. That was the last thought it had before Luke decapitated it.Staring at the hobgoblin's corpse, he had to admit he was impressed with Tracy. When he was aiming to pressure her to reveal what she could do, he hadn't expected her to reveal that kind of abil
Before 'Grace' could come to a decision, there was a disturbance. The duo peered around the corner to see a group of goblins looking around. At the sight, Luke physically relax. Goblins and hobgoblins didn't get along. The former picked fights with the latter, and the latter looked down on the former. Then that would mean that since there were goblins here, the hobgoblins wouldn't be around.Luke glanced back at 'Grace' and asked, "Can you at least fight goblins?"She puffed up her chest, and he took that as a sign that she could indeed fight goblins. Without waiting to hear what she had to say, he burst into action and charged at the group of goblins. He could hear her following behind him as he cut down the first goblin before they realized what was happening. Luke was able to kill another one before they retaliated.They came at him with their weapons, hoping to kill them, but they were so lamentably weak that all it took was one hit to kill them. It was pathetic and unsettling. It
Bobby was really not having a good day. The worst part about it was that it was completely normal now to have a lot of bad days. First, they failed their quest. Then they had to live through a bad memory as punishment for their failure. As if that wasn't enough, they then had to face goblins and deal with Grace's temporary kidnapping. The only good thing about it was that they didn't lose her.He couldn't imagine what would have happened if they couldn't save her in time. Of course, then they had to find a place to stay after they found out they had been in an illusion. When they got to said town, it was abandoned. If that wasn't enough, they discovered that there were demons living there. Now everyone was split up, and he was stuck with a bunch of demons after him without any backup.The reminder that he was on his own made him annoyed. He didn't know what Felipe was thinking by running