Chapter 147: Bickering Students (1/2)
While the group talked a through the spiritual contract between herself and Accalia
The conversation lulled, and Unico showed signs of noticing si his dagger and withdrew it into his sleeve
The elf reacted in a si at her friend, the dragon nudged her chin to get her to stand up
“Prepare yourself for a fight We have guests”
Lisa blinked, unable to cope with the sudden announceroup usually co and preparing for a fight deviated vastly froleam on his skin shi+fted to the side, both of his hands hidden in his sleeves Considering the trick where he made his weapon vanish, he was already aron wielded the spear with her left hand and tensed the hout her lithe body Due to her appearance as an elf, her physique see inside sier
“What’s going on? Don’t leave irl already understood that there was no need to keep quiet, a considerably quick witted decision, and alternated her gaze between the other two As it was her first excursion into the Wilderness, even a the lowest rank and file of uratively speaking
“It seems we do not only need to look out for [Stone Wooled Sheep] on this trip Reitate them”
Unico carefully phrased his statement, aware that the other side had already sent soe to listen Under his calerous and oing and a froripped the sword and shi+eld tighter, waiting for the confrontation
Nisha, on the other hand, felt h confidence to face anything It was also unknown if the other side had dangerous intentions; although, their approach certainly indicated it
With their for her at the sa parted, allowing several figures to pass through Another fraed from the side Earlier, the elf had discovered his presence through her [Spirit Sights] and before that, with her sharp senses Keeping silent, he joined his group, which seely indicated their unspoken intention
“Good day, ladies and gentleman Please excuse our intrusion Can we have your attention?”
Situated in theto Unico held his fist in front of his chest and perforroup kept silent and allowed hi to his words They projected an aggressive flair, arht
“My name is Declan Cawane, son and heir to the [Cawane Duke House] Youhis chest out with pride, Declan held his nose high into the sky, slightly looking down on everyone else
In his group of followers, no one else stood forward to introduce themself, likely because none of thehts or barons affiliated with the Cawane house, they depended on Declan to lead the, not introducing her with her rank Although the other youth politely acted and spoke, hiswould not work, even if she called herself theDuke house; they already had soroup of three
Since Lisa was too afraid and the dragon could not be bothered to act, Unico had to stand up as a
“An absolute pleasure; I am quite sure of that Friend, what can we help you with? As you see, we are just a s out for the experience”
While the answer sounded just as polite, the underlying sarcasant youth scowled and shot Unico an unfriendly glance
“You ht, there is indeed a matter you can help me with No, we can actually help you
As you can see, we’re a bigger group and can safely hunt [Stone Wooled Sheep] Threeback any contribution points
I’d really like to invite you to our group, and you can follow us … however, I cannot just take you along for free, right? My brothers have worked hard so far and even sustained injuries
Therefore, I have a great proposition You hand over all of your subjugation proofs so far, and you can follow our group At the end of the day, ill split everything according to contribution It’s a great idea, right?”
His cheap, winning s on had so their exact plot still disgusted her
While the overall trend appeared quite benevolent and to soree, made sense, it only did so on the surface If the other side really intended to take care if their sroup, they would not demand any payment upfront or extort the men even exhibited any wounds On the contrary, they openly sh their share would be on the s Declan turned out to be the right decision for theoodwill down Nevertheless, we three only cae in fights with monsters Consequently there is little we can contribute to your group We also do not have any proof of subjugation with us either Thank you for your tinified deuished him from the colared under the sparse sunshi+ne falling through the leaves His prestige and honor stood on equal grounds with the heir from the Cawane Duke house
Particularly the last sentence shut the noble son completely down Unico clearly indicated his dis off a subordinate
The thinly veiled sroup had looked for an easy target after grinding down a few [Stone Wooled Sheep] with superior nu than the other noble sons in his group and needed to establish his prestige in front of the his position Stone-faced, one of his subordinates froht household subservient to his father read the situation and stepped forward to save his honor