Chapter 71: Get Strong
Tulland did look, watching as the rogue he previously met on the third floor emerged from behind a building, standing in the shadow of a huge, leather-armored woman holding a double-sided axe. Both of them were fresh, and very ready to fight.
“Ah. There you are.” The rogue grinned. The usual insanity was there, maybe stronger than it had been before. The leather-clad woman didn’t appear to be crazy, at least not in the same way. She was just amused, not needing to try to be intimidating to succeed at it. “We could only keep up our guard about half the time, you know. I wondered if you might slip through. Looks like not.”
“Why do this?” Tulland glanced down at the notifications he had received from taking down the archer previously. It was experience, enough that he had gained another level, but not some insane amount. “Just the experience?”
“Hey, every little bit helps.” The rogue scratched his cheek with the point of his dagger, then appeared to notice he was cutting himself and stopped. “But really it’s because you stole from me. And then got away. I don’t like it when people get away, you know. I was known for that, back on my world. They called me The Chaser for that.”
“They really did.” The leather-clad axe-wielding woman nodded. “I had heard of him.”
“And that’s why you help him? Same world? That’s enough?” Tulland was scared, but deeply disgusted at the same time. He was probably going to die here, and none of the reasons why even made sense. “That’s all it takes to start killing other people?”
“Oh, that. And that if he’s who he says he is, and he is, then he’ll kill me if I don’t. He’s kind of crazy.”
After saying this, the woman winced and looked over at the chaser, who glared for a split second before he cracked up laughing.
“Worried? You don’t think I know that I’m crazy?” The rogue laughed himself into a cough, then banged on his own chest with his first as he laughed his way out of it. “If I’m crazy, then I like being crazy. It’s a compliment, as far as I’m concerned.” The rogue waved his arm at the trio standing in front of him. “In fact, just go ahead. Take the experience for yourself. It shouldn’t be too hard, right?”