Chapter 68: Hero
"Sounds like things have gotten pretty crazy over there." Kevin sighed.
"Yeah. Sounds like it." Money Tree took a swig from the bottle of whiskey. "I'm not worried, though. Cinder is a member of Pantheon. My best friend would never take on someone who would lose." He tossed the bottle over to Kevin, who caught it.
Kevin finished the whiskey off and walked over to a shelf, placing the empty bottle back on it. "Want me to grab another one? There's still a bunch left." He asked his enemy.
"Nah." Money Tree shook his head. "That was plenty. Can't feel the pain in my arm anymore. Thanks for that."
They were far from the portal now. When the villain split himself in two, one of the Kevins had chased Money Tree away from it. They went even further when Cinder decided to turn the entire battlefield into an active volcano. Far in the distance, the remains of the Pallet Boys castle were slowly melting away.
They were at a different section of the realm. One which had a large stone building that had been mostly torn down in all the shaking. It had seemingly served as a sort of wine cellar for the Pallet Boys, though it wasn't underground. A single shelf had survived the rumbling, and it allowed the two of them to take a much-needed break.
"Won't your mistress get mad when she learns you stopped fighting me?" Money Tree snorted.
"Maybe." Kevin cracked his neck, and his flesh bubbled. "You just looked uncomfortable. I'm not one to pick on someone who just lost their limb, so I figured you could use the break. Besides, you've been fighting all day, right? Got to be pretty tired now."
"You can say that again." He muttered. It was hard to think that they had been in this realm for less than an hour now. So much stuff had seemingly happened, and they were still nowhere near done. This break was very much needed. It allowed Destiny to go and back up Cinder as well. "So be honest. Do you have the thing in your head? The one Wish told us to break."
Kevin gave a lazy shrug. "Nope."
"Got it. Well, I'll be seeing you, then. I need to go and help Snowdawn destroy that thing the psycho lord mentioned."