Chapter 11: Twelfth Floor Clashes—2
"Yo! If it isn’t our errand boy. What a surprise to see you here!"
I said sarcastically, watching them emerging from the shadows one after another. It was the party of three whom I—with the help of Zariel, by the way—defeated back in the tenth heaven. They, however, weren’t limited to three this time. There were more, at least eight of them, all clad with armor and caves hiding their faces. They already had surrounded us.
"Pfft! Isn’t that the loser whom I pulverized the last time?" Zariel burst into laughing tears, her smirk ignited the tamer in rage. "So, so. Where’s your big cat, boy? You didn’t bring him this time? Not that bringing him would make any difference anyway, Kya-haa-haa-haa!"
’Whoa!’ I was surprised to see Zariel catching my tone of sarcasm. It was funny, though. Her sarcastic laugh echoed through the forest, making the tamer ferocious more than ever. His other teammates didn’t falter and held their positions.
"Umm, Zanthrix..." Shika called out to me. Seeing my and Zariel’s laughing expressions, she felt somewhat bewildered. "Are they friends of yours?"
"Friends? Probably not. Enemies? Perhaps." I replied, drawing a puzzling gesture as I looked into her eyes. "In any case, you don’t have to worry. They are just a bunch of nobody."
"Yup! Zen’s correct." Continued Zariel, putting a superior act as she flew slightly above her head. "They’re just whiny babies who like to nag people around. They aren’t considered a threat either. Just a snap of my finger and they’ll know their place soon enough!"
She was right. I might struggle a little against him, but not Zariel. She was just too overpowered for them to handle. Speaking of which, adding a few numbers to their team wouldn’t make any difference as she had spoken earlier. I wondered why and how they found us here.
"Hey, errand boy, mind telling me your business here." I called out, putting my grinning smirk, of course."You see, we’re so occupied at the moment that we hardly have any time for your intrusion. If you excuse us..."