Chapter 19: Ambushed by Bandits II
"Who are you guys?" William asked, stepping forward in front of me and Bob. He gripped his axe with both hands, completely unfazed by the whole stunt Phoenix just pulled.
"Do you guys know him?" Evelyn whispered to us from the side.
"Actually... we kinda accidentally bumped two of them when we first entered the forest," Bob replied, scratching the back of his head.
Phoenix put her curved dagger behind her neck with a tap and a smirk. "We are...Black Eagle."
"So you guys are Black Eagle," Maya said flatly, her cold gaze sweeping over the group like a targeting system. "The ones with a bounty from the palace for stealing from the vault."
"Oooops..." Phoenix said with mock surprise, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Looks like our little shopping trip got leaked."
The crew laughed and grinned like background actors whose only role...well, laughing and grinning.
"Enough chatting," Phoenix said, still smiling. "Now tell us, fat guy and... the other one. Where are our belongings? It's not very polite to steal from others, you know."
"I'm not fat guy! I'm Bob, and this is Alan!" Bob snapped. Ah yes, thanks Bob, for introducing us to the people who literally want our heads.
"And for the record, those items weren't yours to begin with," Bob added, puffing his chest. "We just returned what wasn't yours and plan to bring it back to the palace!"
"So the whole 'we're selling rare items' thing was a lie, huh?" Evelyn said, side-eyeing us so hard it might've left a dent in our pride.