Chapter 92: Save the Children (2/2)

He had thought that it was just a stray, who knew that it had such a harrowing backstory.

“Then you guys run, Terry and I will stay here and buy you guys some time.” Jom offered.

He wasn’t interested in being the bodyguard of these villagers, compared to that, facing off against those mountain bandits was much more suited to his tastes, even dying in the hands of mountain bandits would be better than having to chauffeur these guys.

“You…”

The elder just let out a sigh and shook his head, he figured that the two kids would do what they wanted to regardless of his advice, so he didn’t say anything, turning to lead the villagers back into the village so they could pack.

“Jom, I get where they’re coming from, but this sucks,” Terry said in his frustration, sitting down onto the snowy ground.

“Just kill another bandit later and let it all out,” Jom replied.

“Do you think we’ll be able to beat that giant?” Terry asked, his mood seemed to brighten up while talking about the giant, “I’ve never seen a giant in real life before!”

“I haven’t either, but we probably can’t beat it. After all, we can’t even beat the Black-Robed Bishop in the raids, this giant’s definitely gonna be stronger than that guy.”

Terry scrunched up his face again, letting out a whine, “So I’m gonna have to lose the experience points I’ve just gained?”

“I think it’s a little late to go get reinforcement from town… Oh? Speaking of which, I remember hearing something about a system update…” Jom muttered ‘O Master of Games, grant us new life’ and opened up the system’s menu to check, “Here it is, the new Player Forum!”

“What does it do?”

Terry huddled over, but found that he couldn’t see Jom’s system’s menu.

“I think you can use it to communicate with other players… Hmm? Is this a tutorial from the great deity himself? Let me see, first I need to create a new post… and I have to title it? Terry, what do you think we should name our post looking for help?” Jom asked the opinion of his best friend.

“My Butt’s Cold.”

“My Butt’s… No duh, your hot drink’s effect has worn off and you’re sitting in a pile of snow, of course it’s cold! Give me a serious one!”

“What about ‘Bandit Problem’?”

“It sounds too formal… Plus if there isn’t any reward, people might not come to help.” Jom sat cross-legged in the snow and thought for a moment before a stroke of inspiration hit him. “I’ve got it, we’ll call it ‘Save the Children’! You can upload photos here too, you go lie in that ditch and look like you’ve just been defeated, I’ll take some photos of you.”

“But it’s so cold…”

“After we’re done I’ll treat you to some fish soup.”

“Deal!”