Chapter 34: Another Team
Elmo couldn't be sure if the two who had apparently helped Kim were an enemy or potential ally. He saw the way they'd held the bugbear back and could only assume that they had a system, which meant that he should know who they were. Yet, with all that had occurred during the past couple days, he couldn't remember what their names were or what the systems they had were. Although, they could also have been announced after Jonas had been, since he could still remember that he had stopped paying attention to the announcer at that point until the last contestant.
He even wasn't sure what to expect from them. They could be like Patricia and Patrick, accepting of competition for the competition, but they could also be looking for ways to whittle down the competition.
Though, he wasn't sure what happened when Kim collapsed. He quickly rushed over to Kim and was surprised to see a number of small, superficial cuts over her arms, face, and hands. However, there were three significant cuts that were bleeding and looked terrible. One cut was along her entire left arm, down to the muscle. Another of the cuts was over her hip, and Elmo was pretty sure he could see bone jutting out of the blood that was flowing out of the wound. Then the worst cut was one that sliced down across her chest and down to just above her belly button.
Elmo wasn't sure what he should do, but he did see the other two walking towards him and he couldn't be sure if he could trust that Kim would be okay if he left her there to get Elin.
Even if the girls weren't yet saved or if they were still being dressed, he considered helping Kim more important. Especially since he wasn't sure if Kim could die from those wounds. If nothing else, they looked really bad an he couldn't say what the overall effects coul be.
"Who are you?" Elmo asked the two men as they approached.
"I'm Elwin and this is Leon," the red-haired man said, indicating the blond man was Leon.
"What do you intend to do?" Elmo asked, ready to cast spells until his MP ran out if necessary.
"We came to help save the girls, but it seems like your team already did that," Leon said.
"How do you know that's my team?" Elmo returned, not wanting to give an inch of ground to them, in the even they were hostile to him and his team. Even if it was about a minor detail.
"Please," Elwin scoffed. "We recognized Jonas when he was fighting with that gray goblin and we also saw you with him before we left that first room. It isn't that difficult to figure out."