Chapter 69
Chapter 69
*Rustle*Rustle*
Fredrick led the party of slaves and gang members while following the tamer, before suddenly stopping and pulling the shoulders of the tamer.
He looked behind him to see the long line of people that had become disoriented by the sudden stop. Then he looked back at the tamer and asked…
“You know the general location of the cave, don’t you?”
The tamer hurriedly nodded as Fredrick shouted…
“Cabrera!”
The man in question moved neither fast nor slow towards Fredrick, before asking…
“What is it?”
Cabrera knew that Fredrick wasn’t the type to play jokes. Fredrick would only have called him if something serious would happen soon.
So, something was up, and judging by Fredrick’s face, it couldn’t be good.
“Your friends have come looking for you”
“My friends?” Cabrera didn’t get it.
“Yes, your very muscular friends”
Cabrera’s eyes widened with realization and his mouth turned into a happy smile as he hit his knuckles together.
“That’s good. Now I can finally put my fists to good use. Where are they? Just give me the direction and I’ll go-”
Cabrera was pumped about beating those muscles heads into the ground. He had held himself back long enough, and now that they had come into the forest of their own volition and were coming after him…they couldn’t blame him for killing them, now could they?
Unfortunately, he had to reconsider his options when he heard Fredrick’s comment.
“Your friends invited their friends to tag along”
The meaning was simple. They had increased their numbers.
“How many are they?”
“Hmm, let’s see, there’s twenty three of them, each packed with muscle, and…oh, I think their leader decided to tag along…yeah, it’s their guild master, and he’s on your level”
Cabrera’s expression darkened a little. Things might become rough if he was matched.
But, just as he was about to say something, Fredericks’ expression took a sudden turn as he shifted his head a little to the side, and then gazed at Cabrera.
“Do you have another group of friends you didn’t tell me about?”
Like Fredrick, Cabrera’s expression took a turn. This was a bad situation. With Fredrick, they could clean up muscle brains relatively easily, but with another group tagging along, things could get messy.
Cabrera didn’t remember anybody else who he might have acquainted with, so he turned to Fredrick and asked…
“How do they look? And what are they currently doing?”
“Well, these guys are all fit, no muscles, and they’re coming…”
Fredrick’s voice suddenly trailed off for a couple of seconds before speaking again.
“They’re just fifteen, and with the movements I’m picking, they should’ve already arrived in front of us if they actually wanted to kill you. They’re slowly following behind those muscle heads for some reason. Maybe they’re waiting for a chance to ambush them? Hmm, that’s possible…but that doesn’t mean they’ll treat us friendly because we have a common enemy”
“Cabrera, one group of twenty three and another of fifteen, who seem to be enemies. Since they’re not our friends, we’ll have to wipe both teams out”
Fredrick analyzed the situation as he looked at Cabrera, who was ruminating on something.
“There were two people who came to me an hour ago and tried to recruit me in front of the Missionary, but I refused. I can’t be sure…but it might be those guys”
“Hmm, they tried recruiting you, and now they’re tailing after your enemies, who are looking for you…could it be?”
Fredrick instantly thought of something, and judging by the situation, it seemed very likely.
“Hoh” Fredrick breathed out as he turned to Cabrera…
“I have a plan”
Cabrera nodded.
“Let’s hear it while we move. Those beast are almost here”
And so, the party began moving once more as Fredrick explained the plan to Cabrera, whose smile was becoming wider by the minute.
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*Shua!*Shua!*
The sound of leaves and bushes being cut resounded in the atmosphere as a man more muscular than any Cabrera had ever seen was swinging his battle ax and cutting down everything in its path, both trees and beasts alike.
At the moment, his head was bulging with veins as he spoke…
“Damn it, how deep did that son of a b