the second coming of greed / Completed

chapter 16

Kenshin was surprise why was he under arrest, he saw Fang take out her axe, and signed her to stop. They were stronger, but he doubted, that they were strong enough to take multiple knights, besides the battle in the cave, told him one thing,they needed to work on strategy. The wizard training had been great, but they had neglected teamwork training. He was lost in his thought when they were interrupted

-They saved the village, said the girl, they lifted the curse

-Stay out of our way child, said the knight pushing the child on the ground

He knew the knight of Lohan, all too well they were the exact same way with them, he was surprise that they would do this to a kid. Kenshin felt Fang going angry, she went to the child to protect it. He had stop her before, but wasn't sure he could quench her rage. He had to find a solution, if they were arrested it was game over, he had a mission, he was apparently the only one to fix it . He walked to the guard hopping to fix the situation somehow,

-Listen sir, he started

-Zip it elf, said the second one, feel like you have forgotten the punishment of non-obedient elf

This time, he saw Fang grab her weapon, she didn't appreciate that comment he couldn't blame her, guessed this was an opportunity to trained their teamwork

, but then to Kenshin surprise Tingle walked forward

-What if it was a kobold, he said smiling

The guards looked at each other astonished

-You can talk, ask the guard

- Just the one carrying royal blood, he lied, now I'm sure my title gives me certain right, I doubt my father will take kindly to me being arrested

Genius thought Kenshin, Tingle had just saved them, Fang looked at him confused, but he winks, they may had had issue with teamwork but this team had potential, the guards left murmuring swear word.

-Nicely done friend, said Kenshin

-They got lucky I was going to show them what these elves were made off, added Fang

-Think you can show us around, Kenshin asked the girl

She laughed and nodded then she showed them around, it was a small village, they had three farms, a bakery, an inn, no blacksmith (which had made Fang go on a rant), they finally arrive at the biggest house of the town

-Here is my house, I live with my grandpa, he is the mayor, grandpa, grandpa she began screaming

An old man came out

-What is it child, you almost gave me a heart attack, then he stopped and looked at the group

-what do we have here, he said two elves that are wanted by the king and a kobold, you know how much gold I could get if I reported you. Money this town need

-Grandpa, how dare you, they saved us, said the girl

she ran up to him and gave him a kick, the trio laughed they explained the situation to the town elder, after a long while he finally said

-I apologize, the king keeps raising the taxes we can barely pay, thank you for saving the village. We knew about the goblin, but a hobgoblin is a formidable foe we don't have a warrior, if you didn't pass through here

- If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't have been able to help, said Fang pushing the little girl playfully

- We can offer you a reward, said the village elder, but we would love to throw you a town feast

-Don't worry, we just wanted to help no reward needed, said Tingle

-Actually, there is something, you could help us with, said Kenshin

Kenshin took out the map he found in the goblin hideout, and show it to the elder pointing at the mark target

-I believe it's the minotaur tribe location, they are extremely powerful I wouldn't worry about it, said the village elder

And so, the trio left deciding to stay for the feast, Fang was eating all of their ration, and they weren't really good hunter still, yes, they were getting better, but the group was bigger and their needs higher. A feast was the perfect reward. Just before the feast Tingle came to him there you go. worried

-Kenshin, we need to help the minotaur, he said

- What the situation? said Kenshin

- Cerberus told me about the minotaur, there a special case. said the kobold

- What do you mean? ask Fang

- They are neutral in the war, they don't support the celestial nor the infernal, but they have familiar. They get both.

-So, you're afraid that whoever is behind this will not be attacking them but he will try to rallied them, said Sangoku

It made sense to Kenshin, it made a lot of sense, but that would mean it was a race. He didn't know how he could convince the minotaur but he would try his best. The feast was a blast, it was good seeing his friends have fun, it was going to be a hard road and every time they could have a good time they would.

-Excuse me , I heard what you did for the village, thank you , years ago an elf came by the village with a bow very similar to yours

She seemed oddly uncomfortable

-The town was in a rough spot, a very rough spot, he spent a night in my inn, I took a gem out of his bow, out of guilt I never could sell it, please keep it

After an analyze Kenshin, realize it was the gem missing from the bow he inserted it , suddenly the bow felt really cold to the touch, he once again used analyze , he could now freeze small enemy, and slow big enemy, what luck. That night they had loads of mead and ate their fills. Kenshin looked as it friends and realize how lucky he was.

-Don't get comfortable, said Sangoku , war does terrible thing

- There room for improvement but we got a solid group,said Kenshin

-Tell me Sangoku , what do you know , about the minotaur

-They're a tough bunch if you can get them on our side, we have a great chance , they are a mysterious bunch, very set in their way ,but beware elfling , if they side with the infernal , we lost the war

Those last word echoed in his head as he saw his friend laughing