Chapter 185: A Fairy Deal
“Never mind, we found fairies…” Balthazar said, dropping his shell and rolling his eyestalks.
The crab and his companions gathered closer together as the specks of light formed a circle around them. Like small shiny sprites dancing in the air, more and more of the fairies appeared from the darkness of the dense forest.
Blue snarled, displeased and with smoke blowing out of her nostrils, but Balthazar made a calming gesture with his claw in front of her as he cautiously looked around.
“Easy, girl. Let’s not start any trouble if we can avoid it.”
Standing between the two of them, Druma clutched his staff with both hands, eyes darting around as the specks of light continued to grow well into the dozens now.
“Boss has plan, right?” the scared goblin asked in a trembling voice.
“Sure,” said Balthazar. “I always have a plan. My plan is to improvise.”
One of the larger glowing orbs, about the size of an apple, came closer to him. As it approached, the crab’s eyes started to make out the shape of a tiny, vaguely humanoid figure within the bright light. What looked like a miniature version of a woman with rapidly fluttering wings on her back and a body covered in flower petals in place of clothes looked into the merchant's eyes.
The fairy opened her mouth and started speaking. Or so Balthazar assumed. All he was hearing was a kind of high-pitched rhythmic buzzing, like an insect he had never heard before.