Chapter 327 - Interconnections (1/2)

Hexo, somewhat understanding what was happening thanks to his sense, gave John a thumbs up, while Shera and Satire both remained clueless.

The tiger went out from it's hiding and walked out of the trees.

Satire's eyes widened when she saw it. It was big, over three times the size of John. It could probably swallow him whole in one bite.

Shera readied her daggers in case of confrontation, but Satire reassured her that it would be better to wait and watch.

John and the tiger panther stared at each other for what felt like hours, before it eventually took the corpse in front of him and left.

”Let's go.” Said John after appearing beside another corpse and picking it up. He froze off the wound so that the blood wouldn't get on him.

”What was that? Am I hallucinating?” Satire asked

”Nope, that was real. More importantly, why does it feel like we've been standing here for a long time? It's kind of sad when I think about it.” Replied Hexo as he noticed a tear flow down the side of his cheek.

”So wait… A Griffin just appeared out of the woods and left without trying to attack us? Did John use mind control on it or something?” Satire asked

”Huh? What're you talking about? That was an earth dragon. There weren't any wings. And didn't you hear what I just said?” Claimed Hexo

”What're you talking about? An hour isn't a long time and that was definitely a Griffin. The body of a lion, feet and the head of an eagle. What part of that was a dragon? Earth dragons don't have wings… More importantly, if it were an earth Dragon, we'd be fighting right now.”

”An hour?! It felt like a month! And How the hell was that a Griffin?! I felt the vibrate with it's every step! If griffins were that heavy, then they might as well put cosmetics on their wings.”

”Month?! We just got here! And I'm telling you, you're the one who saw it wrong!”

While the two argued over what they had seen. Shera looked over at her dagger before placing it back inside of it's sheath on her h.i.p.s.

She then looked over at her hand before clenching it as she gazed into the woods.

”Fox…?” She muttered

”Yeah.” John replied

The sudden movement alerted the two who were arguing, making them quickly raise their guards and draw their weapons.

”What's wrong? Enemy?” Hexo asked

Shera quickly glanced at John before letting out a sigh. She only realized that it was him after drawing her own weapon so now she felt bad.

”N-No… Sorry John, instinct.” Muttered Shera as she placed her dagger back in it's sheathe while she hung her head.

Her purple hair seeped out of her hoodie and covered her clearly troubled face.

”It's fine.” Said John before he turned his head back towards the trees.

He could feel something approaching them.

Once she heard that she was forgiven, she let out a sigh of relief. Truthfully, she wasn't very good at working in teams. Mainly because of her background.

As she raised her head, she felt Hexo approaching.

She stood thinking about how to reply, she didn't necessarily want to hide it but she'd usually have bad experiences whenever someone would find out. Assassins weren't held in a good regard after all.

She gave a slight nod with the same troubled and hollow look.

”Is that so… That's…”

She could already see what he was going to say. It was too dangerous, she was going to be a hindrance to the team. He couldn't fully trust her with it. Such was the norm. After all, Assassins were assassins. They kill people for money. Opposite of Adventurers who save people for money.

”So cool!” Said Hexo

Confused, Shera looked up at Hexo only to see an excited look on his face. She didn't understand.

”What?” Shera asked, surprised.