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
Of course, it was easier said than done. They had been lucky when they found Bobby before anything bad could happen to him. The chances of them getting lucky a second time weren't high. However, what choice do they have? They couldn't just not try to find Felipe. How were they supposed to explain to the other knights that they didn't try to look for him?It was bad enough they had lost track of Felipe, but they had no way of finding the others outside of simply looking for them and hoping they bumped into them. They didn't even have any clues on how to find the others. They didn't leave any clues behind as to where they had gone. Luke still couldn't figure out how they could lose sight of the other group so fast.While it was true that there was a period of time where they had been separated, it was ridiculous that no one heard anything. The other group should have heard them being attac
Theodore held his sword over his head and swung down as he crashed to the ground on top of a hobgoblin. As the dust cleared, it was clear that the hobgoblin was dead as Theodore pulled his sword free from its corpse. The trio stared, shocked by what they saw. None of them expected to see Theodore appear out of the blue after they had lost sight of him and the rest of his group.Luke was the first to snap out of it as he shouted, "Move."Running out of his hiding spot, he rushed to help Theodore take down the other three hobgoblins. Bobby and Tracy followed after with the former firing his arrow at one of the hobgoblin mages. The bow and arrows he took definitely did more damage than his original ones, as it pierced the hobgoblin's wrist. The fireball it was about to use against Theodore dissipated.It turned to see who had done it, only to get a sword to the face. Theodore grunted as his sword pierced through the back of the demon's mouth. However, it was enough to kill it, as it reac