26 A Glorious Feas (2/2)
After making several turns and walking for a further twenty minutes, James and the others, arrived in front of a humongous mahogany door which had the depiction of a dragon intricately etched on its surface. Although it was only a carving, these youths could felt an overbearing aura as they stared at the door. Whether it was the elegant wings or the spear like claws of the carving, it stirred a myriad of emotions within the youths. Even James who stood at the rear of the group had an awed expression on his face as he stared at the magnificent carving of the beast. Although he did not know why, he felt as if the Mythical Beast–A Dragon, stood before his eyes. He could only take in deep breaths of fresh air while calming his frenzied heart.
Lost in the carving's splendor, they suddenly heard Bronwyn's familiar voice, ”Children, we'll take our leave here. A feast awaits you beyond this door. Don't worry, this time you'll truly get to enjoy yourselves. Hopefully, we'll meet again. Once again, I welcome you to Kynar.”
The moment he finished speaking, Bronwyn and the other five caretakers walked in light steps towards the same direction they trekked earlier. With a few meters separating Bronwyn and James, the former had a brilliant smile on his face as he stared James. With his beady eyes seeming to have an amiable gleam in them. James, on the other hand, smiled faintly as Bronwyn stared at him.
”Hahaha… Come look for me later, kid. I like people smart enough to know when they're out of their depths. You must survive first though…” Bronwyn whispered as he walked ahead of James. Since he controlled his voice, only James heard the content of his words. Meanwhile, James eyebrows became furrowed after he heard Bronwyn's words, while his lips distorted into a faint frown. However, he said nothing in response–only staring at Bronwyn's back and that of the other caretakers.
'It seems that bastard fell for antics, too. But what did he mean by I must survive?' James mused.
”System, can you can the room at the other end of the door?” James asked within his mind.
<Ding! >
Warning! Warning! Warning!
I can execute the request, but there is a 100% certainty the user will be found out.
Will the user like to continue with the request?
<Ding! >
'What?! 100%? Shit… I've to find a way to leave this place,' James mused with his mouth slight opened while his eyes bulged in surprise.
”Cancel the request. That bastard mentioned a feast earlier, who knows if another death match awaits us. System, assuming that slimy weasel is telling the truth, scanning all edibles and any potential danger once I enter the room. Disregard my command if I would be exposed,” James said via his mind, and the system acknowledged his words with a notification in his mind.
For the first time since Bronwyn left, James focused his attention on the other youths and the scene he saw made him to chuckle slightly. From the Demons down to the Slimes, most of them looked agitated and cautiously stared at each other. Apparently, Bronwyn's words activated their already frantic survival instinct. Only a few of them maintained a calm demeanor, but that did not mean they were complacent of potential sneak attacks. Joining the majority, James took cautious steps backwards while his blue eyes darted from one figure to the other. He looked just as apprehensive as the others. Meanwhile, only the crazy redhead remained carefree. In fact, she laughed at how serious the others were behaving while twirling her body like a playful child. However, no one dared to take offence or make fun of her. None of them wanted to offend the little psycho.
”Why are you guys so serious? Didn't you what the Caretaker said, huh?” the crazy redhead said as she stared magnificent dragon carving. However, silence greeted her words. In fact, those who had already distanced themselves from her, increased the already established distance.
Since none of the others answered her question, the crazy redhead shook her head gently while sighing like a dejected maiden. Before anyone could react, she suddenly twirled around and pointed towards a random direction.
Confused and frightened, the Ogre in the direction she pointed hopped to his left, then his right, but the finger of the young Demon still pointed towards him. Scared out of his mind, the Ogre subconsciously pointed towards himself with his index finger, as if asking for confirmation. Without saying a word, the young Demon nodded her head while flashing a brilliant smile at him. Before the Ogre could say anything, he heard a soft voice, ”Congratulations, I've chosen you to open the door. No need to thank me, it is your honor. Hurry now, a feast is waiting for us, and I'm hungry.”
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Author's thoughts.
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Hi guys, Mrdojo here.
Thanks for reading and I'm sorry about the errors. I'm still using my phone to type and it is painful using it to edit. By the way, we have gotten to the half way point of the second book (70k words so far), I know that the book 2 has been slow, but things are about to go crazy from now.
Yeah, I also wanted to let you guys know that I've decided to concentrating on writing NS-B2 until I finish it. Writing both novels at the same time is no longer feasible. Hopefully, I'll be done with the book 2 of NS this month or first week of June, then I'll focus on T7Rs.
P.s. please leave a review of the second book. I love to read your response. Thanks for reading.