Chapter 339: Keep Me Entertained
"Zoran?"
Zoran’s eyes widened as Nikolai’s voice urged him forward. Unfortunately, it didn’t do anything as his spell died right in front of him. Slowly, a gnawing fear began to grow within him as he tried the teleportation spell again. This time, not only did it not work, it didn’t even manage to get started in the first place.
"What’s wrong?" Ezekiel asked.
"The spell died before I could even cast it," Zoran worriedly replied. "Something’s wrong. We might be-"
"Well well... It looks like you all actually had the balls to try and steal things from right under my nose."
The three of them all froze as a foreboding voice echoed from behind them. They all turned around, and sure enough, Devon was sitting on a chair that they didn’t even notice was there prior to their attempted escape.
"Frankly, I honestly thought you would all be smart enough not to take the bait," Devon mocked as he gave them all a slow clap. "Apparently, I was wrong. And you even took Zoran with you. For that, I thank you for removing the hassle of killing him remotely from me."
"Devon," Nikolai growled. "So you knew this whole time?"
"Of course, I did! What do you all think I am? Stupid?" Devon laughed as he stood up from his chair and slowly made his way to them. "I’m not going to leave my castle so blatantly undefended without having an ulterior motive to it. Thankfully, you idiots proved me right. In fact, I was almost tempted to put in fake copies of the books you all currently have with you, but since you’re all not going to escape anyway, why bother with all of that effort?"