Chapter 152 Oddballs (1/2)
CHAPTER 152
ODDBALLS
Lino spread his arms wide, angled slightly toward the sky from which sun shone its blistering rays over the hilly dunes of the desert. It has been a long time since he felt the warmth of the sun, the fresh air of the outside world, and lack of darkness everywhere he'd look. It was a refreshing feeling to say the least, as he'd nearly forgotten the pure joy of something as simple as constant light.
Standing not far behind him, Felix and Lucky were staring at him strangely, as he completely lacked disposition of someone who'd just recently beaten back the strongest cultivators of the strongest Empire on the continent.
”Uh... do you... do you mind if I ask you a question?” Felix spoke up meekly; the newly joined member was somewhat odd, he mused. The two had known each other for almost a week, yet had barely spoken a word between one another.
”I do.” Lucky replied.
”... I'll ask anyway.” Felix said.
”Then why ask if I mind?” Lucky asked, glancing at him.
”Courtesy? Common decency?”
”... yeah, keep telling yourself that.”
”Anyway... was Master... always like this?” Felix asked, gently nudging his eyes toward Lino who still remained embodying the same pose.
”Why do you call him 'Master' anyway?” Lucky asked.
”Because he's my Master.”
”Just because nobody else wanted to take you in as a Disciple doesn't mean you should settle for literal horseshit.”
”Are you insinuating my Master is horseshit?”
”I'm not insinuating anything.”
”Good.”
”I'm telling you he is.” Lucky said with a slight grin.
”She's right, you know?” without either of the two noticing, Lino suddenly appeared right in front of them, startling both for a second. ”My dad accidentally fucked a horse when he was drunk, and here I am.”
”You do realize that makes no sense, right?” Lucky added.
”It does if you ignore everything you've learned about the world.” Lino said, grinning. ”Anyway, what are you two doing, standing around here? We should be on the move.”
”... you feel like punching him?” Lucky asked Felix who merely nodded and sighed. ”Every day?”
”Sometimes more than once.”
”I think I like you.” Lucky said as she suddenly wrapped her arm around Felix's shoulder and dragged him forward. ”You know what they say? Enemy of my enemy is my friend. You're my friend from now on Flex.”
”It's Felix.”
”Yeah, I don't care.”
Lino stared at the two's back for a moment with an amusing grin before following. He'd already located where Freya and the other girls were at, and couldn't help but laugh for a moment as his Divine Sense scouted them.
”Anyway, where are we going now? You didn't tell me anything.” Lucky suddenly turned around and asked Lino.
”We're going to pick some girls up.” Lino replied casually.
”...” Lucky stopped walking as Felix sighed and wondered why his Master always seemed to intentionally misuse words or phrases just to stir trouble. ”Really? We're not going to, I don't know, find me a cultivation method, or try to get some money to survive or - or even just go out for a fucking drink, but go and watch you try to find someone desperate enough to fuck you?”
”He... he means literally pick them up,” Felix quickly butted in before Lino had a chance to stir the trouble further. ”We had prior arrangement with them, but they stayed outside when we went into the ruins.”
”... khm, what he said.” Lino added, barely holding himself back from laughter.
”Ha ha. Funny. Asshole.”
”Ah, they're coming toward us,” Lino said, glancing into distance. ”They're all quite hot. Don't get too self-conscious about it.”
”Who are they?” choosing to completely ignore Lino, Lucky asked Felix instead.
”Members of the Kvalend Tribe,” Felix replied, smiling bitterly. ”Well, ex-members technically.”