Chapter 100: Trust
Tulland considered the offer for a second before deciding that he wasn’t that desperate for fertilizer. “You know what? I’ll do without this time.”
A clanking in the distance was suddenly audible as an armored, hulking man crested over a nearby hill, looking down in hurried alarm and then sudden relief.
“You got them?” White wasn’t trying to hide his surprise. “Both of them?”
“Yeah!” Tulland waved and yelled. “Hard counter, it turns out.”
A few more bounds brought White down to them, followed closely by Licht and a few more people Tulland had never seen before.
“You both made it? That fast?” Tulland asked.
“What do you mean, fast?” Licht slapped Tulland on the back. “You took forever in the tenth. Anyone who entered when you did would have come out a long time ago. We thought something had happened to you in the floor. We’ve been here for days.”
“You didn’t have to enter when we did though, right?” Necia tilted her head. “You could have waited weeks.”
“I was worried, I guess. Something like that.”