Chapter 698: Unexpected Encounters (2/2)
”Then hand them over.” Wollice drew his common-looking sword and raised one eyebrow to his newest foe. ”Or do you dare protect them?”
”But where's Woltin?” Jack asked.
”Good question, too bad I don't know.”
”So it's just you and one teammate yet you're confident enough to challenge me?” Jack joked. ”You're something else, you know that?”
”I can say the same to you, but I'm stronger so too bad.”
White and bright yellow energy gathered around Wollice's blade as he seemingly vanished from Jack's sight. To the hero's startlement, Wollice was directly in front of him with his sword lunging toward Jack's chest. The attack was faster than anything that Jack was expecting, forcing him to teleport away.
”That… You're too fast, Wollice…” Taking a deep breath, Jack reappeared a few meters away and put a hand over his chest. A small stream of blood spread over Jack's fingers as he healed himself.
”Space skills? You're a rare one, indeed,” laughed Wollice. ”Too bad you can't keep up… Will you pass the points over or not?”
”Um… how can he do that?”
Both Jack and Wollice looked to Wollice's teammate, chuckling. Then, Jack raised his hands in innocence with his card visible to all. ”Tell you what. I'll pay you half of my keys and let you go free. I think that's pretty generous, don't you?”
Wollice rubbed his forward as he sighed and laughed at the same time. ”That… You're something special, Jack. I see why Woltin liked you. I'll accept that.”
The two frenemies took their cards and walked casually toward each other. But as they got close, they heard more people incoming. Another team had found them before the exchange could begin.
”Do you mind, Halmut, we're a bit busy?” Jack shouted, acting as if the appearing team was no big deal.
”Hand over your card. Be lucky that I can't kill you for good in here, so I'll allow you to disgracefully withdraw,” stated Halmut, morphing into his hybrid form without wasting time.
”Can I--”
”Wollice, I'll give you all my keys if you leave right now.”
Confused, Wollice looked to Jack with jaw agape. ”... What?”
”I'll give you all of my keys if you move on and leave Halmut's team alone,” Jack repeated. ”I don't want that runt to lose here. It would be more humiliating for me to torment and torture him throughout the keep.”
Taking off his armband, Jack put in on Wollice but never let go of it. His other hand slid Jack's card under Wollice's beginning the transfer immediately.
”How dare you--”
”Can't you see we're busy, Halmut? Go play with someone else your own size. Wait… Rikko didn't come with us this time…”