NOVEL NEXT Chapter 86: Chess Match VI
"They are on to me. Well, they should come. It is getting so boring standing still as the king in this chess match. Return and bring them to me" Tim said, as he sent instructions to the 2 Mystic Lions that were still facing Zou and Faye.
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"I will so kill the being in charge of this assault." Zou said, as he prepared himself to go on the rampage and terminate the lives of the remaining Mystic Lions.
They were a little difficult for him, but that was all that they were to him. Just a little difficult. He was still even holding back, some of his strength.
They were not just worth it.
Suddenly the Mystic Lions turned and started to retreat towards the location that they suspected, as the location of their manipulator.
"It seems as if, the being that is coordinating this assault is already on to us. The being is withdrawing its troops, or is it that it is leading us to it?" Faye said, but Zou had another thing on his mind.
"It might actually be a person or it might be the boss monster of this dungeon. But, if it was the boss monster of this dungeon, would it not have come to battle itself.
"I have never heard of such a thing in this region. That a boss monster starts to manipulate powerful monsters from the shadow.
The presence of those followers that were also following the elf also changes the probability. For what it is worth. It could be that the person that is manipulating the monsters and the battle is that elf that we robbed. "Zou said, stating the possibility that he had been thinking off.
"The elf? I doubt that the elf will be able to control such powerful beasts. Maybe at most he joined forces with the monsters of this dungeon. All sorts of things are possible in this world so we can't really say until we know for sure." Faye said, as the duo started follow the retreating lions cautiously.
"They don't seem to be trying to run away. Now I am sure that they are leading us to something. Zou let us be careful from now henceforth.
For what it is worth. They might be leading us to a larger horde of monsters, or they might be leading us to a trap." Faye said, as she was true to her nature being cautious.
"It does not matter who or what we face. All I need to do is to overwhelm them with my new strength. Faye in this world and in any world. Strength matters.
We have the strength. There is no need for us to be cautious, as long as our strength can crush all foes." Zou assured the worried Faye, as they followed the lions.
'Hmm. They a re almost here. How should I battle them? Should I use all my undead arsenal on them?
No that is just stupid. My collection is weak individually. They can easily dispatch them if I do something like that.
I can face them head on with my sword. No that is just a stupid idea. My sword play is still trash. Even with all the martial class that I had taken in my previous world.
It is not enough to translate into being able to take on Zou. Heck I could not even face Idah with my empowered stats.
Should I call back Idah?
No. I should not want to rely too much on my undead. I want my own power.
Maybe I mix it up this time. If things get to hard then I will recall all my active undead then use Death Embrace on all. * [Ding!]
[One of your Mystic Lions has been revived.] *
Oh great another canon folder to use. With my strength. I should be able to do this, but that Zou is strong. I should be careful. Maybe I will use brute strength and my sword skill. Iron sharpens iron.' Tim thought as he waited for his battle with Zou.
After about a few minutes. Tim's undead successfully led Zou and Faye to Tim.
Tim at this point looked like the boss monster. He was seating on a fallen tree with a big smile on his face. It was a smile that needed no spoken interpretation.
A smile that welcomed them into his presence and their deaths.
The duos heart almost skipped a beat when they saw the monsters that was a dangerous entity within the dungeon, bow to Tim.
Zou initially did not want to belief that Tim was the manipulator in the battle, but after seeing that the monsters had shown respect to Tim. His uncertainty was resolved.
"So it was you! You are the one that sent those wild monsters towards me and my guild." Zou yelled.
"Well, I don't see any other person around here so I am sure that I am the manipulator here. I am the king in this chess game, and I have put all your chess pieces in a dangerous situation." Tim said with the smile still plastered on his face.
He was really happy.
"I see that you are set on getting revenge for what we stole, but that is normal in this city. Everyone steals from everyone. Especially when you are the stronger party.
Things always go well for the stronger party. So why don't we return your money to you, and we put an end to this once and for all." Faye said, as she tried to broker peace between the 2 sides.
"Ugh?" Tim and Zou both responded.
They were honestly shocked that Faye would ask for such, but Faye had her reasons.
"Faye are you crazy. I know that you can be a little too cautious sometimes, but this is too much. We are not going to have mercy on him at all.
We let him go easy by not killing him the moment that we met him. Him following us to the dungeon is a great offense that can not be forgiven. We must kill him." Zou replied at the top of his voice as he pointed his sword towards Tim.