Chapter 8: Jaxor
"We'll reach him soon," Raya spoke, leading me through the dense forest, "He's the weakest of the four generals, excluding Raeren, but he's still a general. His strength in particular is well known throughout our kind."
"Thanks for the heads up, but..." I trailed off, trying not to sound too cocky, "I'm not all that worried."
I was never a very cocky or arrogant type of person, but it was hard to not feel confident. I had beaten down Raeren like it was nothing, and I'd only grown stronger since then.
But, I shouldn't get too comfortable. This is still the world of Highschool DxD after all - a world where supernatural beings strong enough to kill me with the snap of their fingers existed, and, more importantly, where magic was prevalent.
I doubted that this dire wolf, who was practically a starter mob, knew any crazy magic, but I should still be at least a little bit cautious. It wouldn't be good if I went in confidently and then had some crazy ass spell used on me.
"This is where he and his subordinates live," Raya finally said, and the large forest trees suddenly became filled with even more branches and leaves. A huge shadow appeared, darkening the ground under me.
"A cave," I muttered, staring at the shadow-covered enclosure in front of me.
A small amount of doubt crept into me as I looked into the dark cave, the corner of my eye looked analytically at Raya.
I had been the one to suggest taking down the generals first, and that was only partially because they would be an obstacle in my conquest.
The other reason was to ensure Raya wasn't trying to lead me into a trap - if I chose the objective, then I wouldn't be blindly following her.
Granted, I still had kinda been blindly following her. She could've led me anywhere - I had no way of knowing if we were really heading towards a general. If she wanted to betray me, this would be where she would do it.