Chapter 134 (1/2)

Chapter 134

Chapter 134: His Return <hr/>

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Tessia took another step forward, less hesitant this time “A-Arthur? Is that you?” she ht in her throat

Every one of the soldiers, augmenters and conjurers alike, had their heads turned to face our leader as she approached theatop the hill of corpses, as if in a trance

Suddenly, the silence that had filled the cavern was broken by a bright chirp See to come out of nowhere, a streak of white shot out towards Tessia and landed in her arms

It looked like some sort of miniature white fox

“Sylvie!” Tessia, exclai back up

“Y-You! State your name!” Dresh was the one to speak, his usually confident voice wavering at the sight before hiarded hi Dresh instinctively take a step back, before he answered “Arthur Leywin”

Prying his bloodied sword out of the corpse it was ee e doorway

As he stepped out of the shadows, I could finally make out his full appearance that had been shrouded in darkness

He appeared pretty young despite the aura that eth auburn hair contrasted his bright eyes that seemed composed—casual, alri to di like the noblemen I’d seen, who carried theh up that theyat the sky No, behind his nonchalant gaze and slightly curled lips was an air of sovereignty that transcended any of those peacock nobles fluttering their power like colorful plu his teal sword into an unadorned black scabbard, he took a step toward us with his hands held up “I’m on your side,” he said wearily

The soldiers present all exchanged uncertain glances at one another as Tessia took another step forward

“Arthur?” several members of the Twin Horns exclaimed as they all ran up to them

However, Tessia remained where she was I saw theht I even saw a faint smile from Arthur, but neither of theht uy named Arthur seemed to dissipate the tension and suspicion that had filled the cavern However, this only brought on more questions inthat really was the Arthur Leywin our leader had told us so et here? Did he kill the S class mutant by himself?

I turned aze, it sees Caria, on the other hand, had a goofy sled thethe fact that there was a giant pile of bloody and stinking corpses just behind them

“While I hate to interrupt your reunion, there arematters at hand,” Dresh spoke aloud “What exactly happened here? I had not been informed that anyone by the naeon”

“I’m sure no one had been inforo,” Arthur replied, stepping out from the crowd of his friends that had surrounded hireeted by so le-handedly, killed all of thosethe S class mutant—behind you?” a soldier stammered

“Do you see anyone else in there alive besides me?” Arthur tilted his head

“That’s impossible!” another soldier yelled out “How can a es had set out to do by himself?”

Arthur simply raised a brow, unaffected by the remark “It really doesn’t matter whether you believe uys were ordered to kill is now dead”

More andaccusations, but all were ignored by the mysterious man He simply walked over to Dresh and extended a hand “You see ht? I’ht’s rest before heading out”

Dumbfounded, Dresh accepted his handshake and nodded wordlessly

“What about all the beast cores?” a bearded conjurer blurted out, pointing at the ain, exchanged glances with one another in hopes that they would somehow find ansithin someone’s eyes Usually, the beast cores that were collected after a battle were split a at the sheer number of corpses that had been stacked atop one another in that large hill of bodies, even the ained

“They’re all gone,” Arthur answered quietly “Sorry, but e appetite for beast cores,” he continued, pointing to the furry white fox still cleaning itself

“Are you saying that that little thing just devoured hundreds of beast cores?” a burly aughtly at the handle of his sword

“Yes,” he responded matter-of-factly

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“What about the S class aining his coh “Anyaround answering everyone’s questions isn’t exactly the best use of our times”

“We’ll escort him back to base, Leader,” Tessia spoke up as the reement

“Very well For noant a few tealers and collect anything worth selling The rest, we’ll go back to camp and wait for further instructions,” Dresh ordered, placating the dissatisfied soldiers

The trip back to theas it had been e had first opened the dungeon doors Caria, Darvus and I all kept silent as the sour hed down on our shoulders Even Tessia and the Twin Horns kept their conversations with Arthur down to hushed, indiscernible whispers

Behind lad that there was no battle, others disappointed at the fact that they would leave with no beast cores or other bounties and so s everyone had of the guy’s appearance, we all shared one e back to the ht for the bathing stalls by the stream while Tessia and the Twin Horns followed Dresh into his personal tent