Chapter 188: A Talk
"T—Thanks for helping us out," the older boy said through shivering gasps as they walked up the mountain. They had to go slow due to the downpour, which made the stone slippery. "We would have gotten lost in the dark or attacked by beasts if you hadn't come when you did. You saved my sister's life."
"It's what I do." Hope stayed in the front, keeping a hand on the donkey as she led it forward. The two siblings remained closer to the back of the wagon where the unconscious body of Druid remained. "There's a cave up ahead we can get you all into."
"Thank you, mage!" The girl chirped out.
Hope frowned slightly. "You called me that earlier? What do you mean by mage? Are you talking about Supers?"
The boy shrugged awkwardly. "Soup what? I don't know what that means, miss, but you're a mage, aren't you? Your kind always wears strange clothes and can do things normal people can't."
"Have you seen many mages before?" Hope asked casually, though her mind was a whirlwind of thoughts, trying to process everything she was hearing. There was so much about this that just didn't make sense. Like why were there two normal humans here? They didn't seem to be players. In fact, with the way they were acting, it almost seemed as if they lived here...
The sister was the one to speak up next. "Of course, we've seen some mages. A bunch of your kind have been appearing all over the place recently. We were told you guys are here to help us."
"Who told you that?"
"Another mage did."
"And you just believed him?"
"Well, yeah?" The brother said a bit sheepishly. "We haven't met a bad mage yet? Your people are the ones who helped us build our lands up from nothing. Our queen is a mage as well.