Chapter 515: Where Are You Going?
Derek ripped open the void and stepped outside. As he did, he quickly used Void Steps to avoid falling. Finally, he looked around. What he saw was a very familiar scene—blue as far as his eyes could see, and a sky just as blue with few clouds. Finally, he turned to his right and saw who he had been looking for.
Marrick was slowly floating towards him on a cloud of sand. The old man had a big grin on his face. Derek couldn’t help but smile as he saw the elf get closer—his apparent joy was contagious. I never thought the old man would be so happy to see me. He must have really missed me, Derek thought.
“Derek!” The old elf shouted as he got close.
“Marrick!” Derek shouted back, then closed the rip in space behind him and took a couple of leaps forward. “It’s been a while,” he said when he was within a few feet of the man. “How have you been? Having fun on your ‘final’ adventure?” he asked.
“I have been having the time of my life,” Marrick said. The man seemed to be in a much different mood that he had been all the previous times they’d met. Like some depression or weight had fallen off his shoulders. It really seemed like adventuring was doing him good.
“I have to say, adventuring looks good on you,” Derek said. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you looked ten years younger.”
“I looked the same ten years ago,” Marrick replied.
“Oh…” Derek muttered. “Twenty-five?”
“Try a hundred,” Marrick replied with a cheeky grin. “Maybe more… I can honestly say that I do not remember what I looked like that many years ago. I probably had more hair.”