“I hear barks in the distance!”
“Guys, we have to relocate and fast!”
The sounds of people running and dogs barking started getting louder. Well not all of them, some of them got lost.
“What do we do with those guys over there?” asked George pointing at the little girl, the Teacher and student, and the other adventurer who just followed them from the cave.
“Natalia! Come here” said Bel while he rushed towards the little girl. “Dad, what’s going on?”
“We’re running away again. So keep close.” Turning to George, Bel continued. “Can I ask you to carry my daughter, Natalia? Please! She’s blind from birth and I need to focus on fighting off our pursuers.”
“Fine, I’ll help. I trust you to hold them off.”
The dog, Styx, barked showing its approval, not like anyone asked though.
Just before they set off, the side characters interjected after being oddly quiet this whole time in order to not interrupt the exposition dump.
“Um ano eto, watashi no namae wa—”
“We have no time for introductions! Save your breath for the running we’re about to do! I really don’t want to deal with this nonsense right now, when our lives are at stake!” Bel cut them off.
“But you definitely just spent more time and energy interrupting them?”
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“SHUT UP!”
They started running.
“Ahh!” yelled Quinci.
Sharlan turned around and saw her caught in the jaws of a hound dog. The others were already pretty far ahead and running at full speed. He needed to save her but he had no way of fighting now that his magic was gone. However, he was confident in his abilities as the Divine Healer and his pain tolerance was now at the highest level. He roundhouse kicked the dog in the face, forcing it to open its mouth and Quinci fell to the ground.
The dog quickly retaliated and bit his leg, knocking Sharlan down. He reached for a random stick he saw and managed to smack the dog with it. As soon as it made contact, the dog exploded all over the place.
“Wait! Is this the staff that the Ogre was using? How did it end up all the way over here! Ah doesn’t matter! Quinci are you okay?!”
He ran over to Quinci, who was sitting on the ground bleeding. “Shit! It tore off my wings!”
“Don’t worry! I’ll heal you!”
“No don’t! I don’t need your help!”
“Why not?! You’ll get your wings back and you’ll be able to …”
“NO! I said don’t heal me! I’m fine! Just let me sit in your breast pocket. I’ll be fine!”
“I don’t understand why you don’t want me to heal you? Wait, are you afraid cuz the rock is bigger than you? Don’t worry, I won’t kill you!”
“No! I said no and that’s that. Now, let’s get moving, otherwise they’ll catch up to us. My wings aren’t that important. They’ll grow back.”
Sharlan approached her nonchalantly and looked like he was going to comply with her request. Suddenly, the rock appeared in his hand and he squashed her like a bug.
Her voice is too shaky. She must be lying to try and act strong. She’ll lose too much blood if I don’t do something. I can’t let her pride get in the way at a critical moment like this. I can’t have another person dying on me!
Quinci lay there for a second but then woke up with a new pair of wings.
“See, it wasn’t that bad, now was it?”
Once she realized what had just happened. She started crying.
“Hey! What’s wrong? You’re fine now. There’s nothing to worry about. Let’s go! You can fly now, can’t you?” He turned around and started moving away but when he heard her voice, he stopped and turned around.
*crying noise*
“They say ignorance is bliss. So, I’ll make sure you know. Since I only have about 2 or 3 weeks left, I guess it doesn’t matter anymore if I tell you or not. You’re clearly dense if it still hasn’t crossed your mind by this point. Even though I tried warning you the first time we met.”
“What are you talking about?” Sharlan was confused by the change in the tone of her voice.
“You are the reason why the queen died and that rock will soon claim your life as well. I was working with the king this whole time. Have fun dealing with the weight of all the lives that you took with that carcinogen you fucking retard!” she bit down on a cyanide tooth and committed suicide.