Chapter 318: Plots
Arwin’s mind raced even as his body locked in place. Someone knew who he was — someone that wasn’t part of the Menagerie. Thoughts raced through his head, each one replacing the previous before it could even begin to take form.
How is this possible?
What does he want?
Was Art here to threaten me and the Menagerie to try to get us to drop out of the competition? But if that was his goal, wouldn’t he have said something? Was he just waiting to get somewhere safer before he did?
Does he know something about the Adventurer’s Guild? Is he planning to tell them that I’m still alive… or has he already done that?
How could this have happened?
“Arwin!” Rodrick’s voice was like hot steel through butter, ripping Arwin’s attention back to the present to feel the blood pumping in his ears and his heart pounding in his chest.
“What?” Arwin asked, more tersely than he had meant to. “What do we do?”
“Do implies that something hasn’t already been done,” Rodrick said, putting a hand on Arwin’s shoulder. “You don’t think I’m so deeply outmatched by a child, do you? I know how you must be feeling — but take a big breath and get a hold of yourself.”