70 A Raging Troll (1/2)
Trying his best to keep calm, Jack carefully followed the troll from behind.
As the troll neared Slivia's cell, she backed away to the dark corners of the cell. Slivia tried to hide Jack's black cloak in the darkness behind her. She didn't need to act scared; Slivia was already plenty frightened.
The troll saw the fear in her eyes and chuckled in Common. ”I guess your friends are busy storming the city, did you know that?”
Slivia looked down, not answering anything with sound or change of expression. She was avoiding eye contact at all costs.
”Why so quiet? Is that any way to treat your benefactor? We were nice and gave you a day to think about your options. Have you decided yet?” asked the troll, still not getting any kind of response from Slivia. ”I've been kind enough; I think I deserve a response. Do I need to come in and ask nicely?”
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”What are they doing?” Slivia kept averting her eyes, but she immediately answered after the troll's friendly threat.
”Those samurai have charged the city gate. I'm sure they've killed dozens of gobbies by now, but they'll find it hard to face that idiot Torbun. At least Torbun is finally up and doing something instead of lazing around all day. From what I've heard, the strongest samurai was barely able to stand after facing so many enemies.” The Troll showed a delighted expression as he verbally painted a picture of the battlefield.
”How do you know?” Slivia asked with a shaky voice.
”I heard from the queen herself and heard the captain's report,” chuckled the troll. ”There's also someone that infiltrated the castle and killed a few guards. The gobbies upstairs are all running like chickens with their heads cut off, scrambling to find their mysterious killer. That's probably just your stealthy captain trying to assassinate the queen; am I right?”
Slivia didn't respond immediately, taking a moment to digest the situation outside the dungeon. She verified that a lot of killing had happened by checking her level and noticing her advancement to lv. 14. After a few seconds, she blinked and asked, ”Then why aren't you out there helping them? Aren't you the strongest?”
Laughing heartily at Slivia's terror driven compliment, the troll continued, ”That's very true, but something much worse has presented itself. Right now, out of nowhere, a Hell-flame Fox has appeared inside the city walls. It may be a child fox according to reports about its size, but I'm not taking any chances. I'll be leaving shortly, and I don't plan to come back.”
Hearing that, Slivia felt noticeably better. The troll was confused to see that Slivia was calmer after his mention of the Hell-flame Fox. ”Don't worry, I'm here to protect you so the fox can't get you.”
The muscles in Slivia's body turned to ice when she heard the troll's comment. ”What-what do mean? You said you're leaving.”
”We are leaving,” laughed the troll. ”I'll be taking you and another lucky pet with me. I've worked too hard to leave here empty-handed and you're in much better hands with me that those devilish hell flames.”
Shivers of fear crept into Slivia's motionless body. ”But-but I have twenty-four hours to decide. What would the queen say?”
”The queen?” laughed the troll. ”What can the queen do to me? She's only lv. 34, besides, she'll be busy facing her assassin to stop us from fleeing. Come on, we need to hurry out of here.” The troll motioned for Slivia to step forward with his hand.
She remained frozen place, unable to even turn her head. When no response came, the troll sighed, ”Hurry up and get over here; there's not much time left.”
Slivia stayed in her place, remembering everything she witnessed this same troll did to her former party member just hours earlier. Unwilling to accept such a fate, she instinctively shrunk back further into the dark corner, as if trying to escape into the darkness.
”Come on now, it's not that bad. I'll take care of you and protect you like a good master would, my pet. I can't have you dying on me. You're not like the other's here, you're more valuable than that,” stated the troll who was leaning into the wooden bars of Slivia's cell.
The troll's comments only urged her to further into the dark corner of the cell. Seeing the ineffectiveness of his words, the troll sighed again, ”Do I need to come in and get you, or are you going to be obedient to your master? You know full well how we train disobedient pets.”
It was then that true terror struck Slivia's heart. The very fiber of her being was trembling at the thought of the trolls' special training methods.
Suddenly, a third weak, yet confident voice called out from down the hall, ”Oh, so the might troll captain is scared?”
The troll's playful attitude instantly burned away into embers of rage. ”What did you say!?”
”You heard me,” replied the weak voice, coming from a cell eight doors down. ”You act so high and mighty, but you turn tail and run the moment a real threat appears. Some captain you are.”