Chapter 74
“You thief!” Gladwyn exclaimed, though it was mostly in good humour. Mostly.
Beck was busy eating a plate of pancakes covered in butter and syrup, while Emelia and James just watched the exchange, sipping from their drinks and snacking on stuff Charlie had brought them.
Emelia pointed a carrot stick at Gladwyn. “It’s not Adam’s fault you two touched the painting.”
“How were we supposed to know!?” he replied, but then paused. “Oh right, you told us…”
Beck sighed. “At least three of you survived. My group at the end was just me and this girl who absolutely hates my guts.”
“I told you not to fight the Tower Crawler,” Emelia scolded them.
“It wasn’t the Crawler that screwed my team,” Beck replied. “The Cell Warden took care of that. Lost three people to its first trick. Our fourth death was from the Crawler, but that’s just because the idiot had like 30% Speed or something…”
“We lost a guy to the Warden too,” James added.
Adam frowned. “Yeah. We didn’t even have a chance to save him.”