Chapter 377 - A gem for a beauty (1/2)

It was a tough scale down the wall. It was tricky to control not only Jack's own body weight but that of the kids holding on to him. There were times when he wanted to jump down, but was afraid the kids would be hurt in the process.

While going down the wall, the kids constantly nagged at him.

”Come on, you're so slow.” one of them said.

”We won't even have much time to explore the city at this rate.” Another complained.

”Don't be too hard on him, he's trying his best.” Rachel said.

Below, Jack could see that the two teenagers had already made more progress than him and we're scaling it with ease. When taking a closer look, he noticed that their hands were covered in fur. They had been digging their claws into the stone, making it easier to find a hold and grip.

Trying to do the same, Jack closed his eyes.

”Come on, you can do it!” Jack said.

”Hey, why did we stop. Is he tired already.” the kid complained.

Suddenly, the muscles all over Jack's body started to grow in size. Fur began to appear along his arms.

”Is he transforming?”

Once again though, Jack had done the opposite of what he had intended. Instead of tuning just his hands, he had transformed his whole body, apart from his hands.

Looking below, they were now not too far off from the bottom, and soon it looked like the teenagers would reach it too.

”Harold worn” Jack snarled out, the kids unable to tell what he had said.

”What did he say?”

At that moment, Jack grabbed the three kids tightly and pulled them towards his chest. They soon realized, if Jack was no longer holding onto the wall, that meant one thing.

”We're falling! Whoahh!” they shouted and cheered.

It was a strange reaction, as Jack thought they might be scared. Instead, it was as if they were having a good time. Bracing himself, at the right time, he bent his knees, softening the blow and landing nicely. He had reached the bottom before any of the others.

”See, I knew uncle Jack could do it.” Rachel said as she gave a wink and a thumbs up towards him.

”Yeah, but it was still a lot slower than Steve.” The other kid complained.

Each of them made sure their masks wholly covered their faces, while Rachel gave a little spin making sure her backpack was still on her. It needed to cover every bit of her tail.

Although Jack was the one tasked with looking after the kids, because he still hasn't had much time to explore or look around the place, both Zinc and Claire were the ones who took the lead as they entered the city.

The group didn't stand out at all as it seemed like there really were many other people walking around on the street wearing masks. The only people that didn't seem to bother too much about hiding their identity, were the adventures. They walked around the city with a bit of pride and even had their crest displaying quite proudly.

That's when Jack spotted a group of Adventures who were bearing the crest of something he had seen before. It was the Black rings.

”I wonder what they are doing here?' Jack thought.

The kids were taking their time exploring the place, and they had entered a few shops. Both of the teenagers had been given some money by Steve to control. If the children wanted something, they would go up to either Steve or Claire to ask for funds.

It didn't look like they had much money, it must have been hard for them to even obtain any money, Jack thought. Luckily, they were just children after all, so the items they wanted to buy were only sweets in the end, which were not too expensive.

After buying the sweets, the kids were happily skipping around. They were also delighted to be out in the open.

'Maybe Ray won't mind if we take them back to Avrion with us, I'll need to speak to Steve about it when I get back.' Jack thought.