NOVEL NEXT Chapter 97: No Rest
'Huh? That was quick" Tim muttered to himself. He had not expected his summons to clear the dungeon at a terrifying speed.
When he woke up from his sleep, he had noticed that the summons were in the boss monster arena. He had not expected them to clear the dungeon so quickly.
Looking at the name of the boss monster, he frowned. 'Why is the boss monster of a winter theme dungeon a Mystic Lion? It does not make sense.
It has the complete opposite affinity to the dungeon.' Tim thought as he prepared himself to exit the dungeon.
Tim waited patiently for the dungeon to expel him out of it since it has been cleared, but the dungeon did not expel him immediately. It started to shrink, and shrink.
Tim could feel himself move towards the location of his summons. It was a surprising phenomenon, because he felt himself moving towards his summons that was well far from his location in the dungeon.
After about 5 minutes of shrinking, he finally met up with his summons. In that brief moment of encounter with his summons, he recalled all of them back into himself.
He had no way to explain the swarm of monsters that he had to the common man, so the best thing was to hide the monsters in the first place to avoid suspicion.
After successfully hiding his summons, the next thing that he knew was that he was outside the dungeon.
He did not even catch how he was expelled. It happened so fast, but Tim did not really care about stuff like that.
Just like that, Tim alone was expelled from the dungeon, right back to where he entered the dungeon from.
It was a disorientating experience for him, but he cleared his head when he heard the voice that greeted him.
"Hoho. So, I was right. You are really a royal elf." Ixar said. He had set up camp in front of the dungeon's entrance and had been waiting for Tim to arrive, if he survived the dungeon.
Jaw's squad that was also camping in front of the dungeon entrance, came to meet Tim.
Now, it was 7 people that was in front of Tim, and the only person that he recognized in the group of people that were standing in front of him was the guard that he had to bribe before he entered the city.
"To what do I owe this visit? I don't remember ever crossing your path." Tim said, as he massaged his forehead. He really did not have the mental energy to enter another conflict.
He had spent 4 days in a dungeon, with terrible weather conditions. What he needed now was a lot of peace and calm.
Italo stepped forward to probe Tim. "Did you actually clear the dungeon? Or was it that you backstabbed the people that cleared the dungeon for you? How did you come out unscathed?
Where is Idah?"
Tim frowned. He had not mentioned that Idah was with him, but if they were asking about Idah then it must have meant that he was sighted with Idah.
'Was it the guard that told them about me and Idah?' Tim thought, he also had a lot of questions to ask, so he decided to reply Italo's question with his own question.
"How did you know that I was with Idah? How do you know Idah?" Tim asked, he needed to know the relationship that Idah had with the mysterious people that were in front of him.
"Hey kid! We asked you a question. How dare you reply our question with another question. Do you not fear for your life?" Ixar responded aggressively to Tim's question.
"Hmm." Tim was already establishing the probable relationship that Idah had with the group that was in front of him.
"Are You guys' part of Idah's previous gang?" Tim asked, totally ignoring the partially obese man that yelled at him.
When Tim asked for that affiliation, he noticed a slight change in the expression of some of the group members that were in front of him.
He had struck gold. Noticing that he hit the right spot, he decided to probe more. "I can tell you where or what Idah and his gang members have been up to.
If that is what you want."
Ixar a business man to the core had a change in his facial expression which Tim noticed immediately.
They had initially wanted to kill Idah and kidnap the elf to use for trafficking, but if the elf knew about the location of Idah's gang and the other trafficked beings then it would make things better.
After all, he would be able to make profit from the sale of the trafficked beings and the possible sale of the royal elf.
Ixar nodded to Italo who in that brief moment also had the same thought that Ixar had.
Forcing a fake smile onto his face, Italo stepped closer to Tim. "Boy, do you mind telling us where Idah and his gang his. We initially thought that they ran into trouble, but it seems like you are suggesting that they are alive and healthy.
Why don't you guide us to where they are and we will settle you handsomely." Italo said, as he brought out a pouch that contained silver coins.
It was the perfect deal for someone that was as cruel as they were.
As Tim was about to reply to their offer.
The guard that welcomed Tim and Idah to the city interrupted them.
"There is no way that he knows where the gang his. He came together with Idah to the city. They did not come with any carriage; they did not come with any gang members.
They came alone. I personally think that the elf is affiliated with their gang."
Tim frowned once more, but he did not let it show. He ensured that he kept a neutral and unreadable facial expression.
'That guard definitely told them about me. Are they here because I am a royal elf? What do they want to do to me? Are they part of the trafficking ring?'