Felix Let Loose (The Slayer Book 2)

Chapter 1

Chapter One

Convenient Farewells

'Ok bye!' Waltz waved back at the cat as the rest of the guild walked away. 'We won't miss you at all!'

They headed down a pleasant country road, with a golden wheat field on one side and a plain dirt field that had already been cultivated on the other. Waltz, Sumaey, Graham and Spirit walked away together, leaving behind the freaky looking cat. Loxus, the mechanical spider-scorpion thing, walked ahead of them, his metallic feet clinking as he walked slowly forwards.

Spirit and Graham didn't care much for the cat, and hardly noticed it whether it was there or not.

Waltz dared to glance back at the cat, feeling a chill down its spine when he noticed that it was still watching him. He had dumped the cat in a random location as soon as he decided he didn't want it around anymore. He needed six members to form a guild, and had grabbed the cat from a stranger to get registered as an official guild. But once the paperwork was complete, he couldn't find the man he intended to return the cat to. Holding onto it for a few days in case he found the man again, he eventually decided to leave it in the wilderness.

'Uhg' Waltz grimaced, turning away from the cat and looking ahead again. 'Creepy. I hate the way it never blinks.'

'Hm' Sumaey replied. 'Aren't we one member in our guild short now? I thought a guild needed at least six members.

'To become a registered guild' Waltz agreed. 'It does. But once you're registered, things become a lot more flexible.'

Waltz dared to glance back again, but this time the cat creature was gone.

He breathed a sigh of relief, facing ahead again.

'...I hate cats.'

'So what's our first mission as a newly registered guild?' Sumaey asked him curtly, getting straight to the point.

'Our first mission' Waltz began dramatically, 'is to go to the local tavern and search for a quest that is suitable to our level of skill' he said, '...and we can get a drink while we're there' he added hastily with a self-satisfied grin.

'Why don't we find a place to live first?' Sumaey suggested.

'Live?' Waltz scoffed as they walked along the dry dirt road, the ever-silent Spirit and Graham and Loxus walking a little ahead. 'I've never really lived anywhere.'

'Not even when you were young?'

'That's an exception.'

'Well shouldn't we have a headquarters of some kind?' Sumaey suggested.

'Hm?' Waltz said. 'Hey I've just had a great idea! We should find somewhere to live and make it our headquarters!'

'Indeed' Sumaey droned. 'Convenient then, that I already found a place.'

'You did?' Waltz was totally surprised. 'Waw really?'

'Yup' Sumaey nodded. 'We're going there now...that is unless...you would rather get drunk at the local tavern.'

'As tempting as that sounds' Waltz spoke slowly, 'let's go visit our new home! I want to see where we will live.'

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Luckily it was pretty close to where they happened to be at that time, and the journey was pleasant.

Waltz stood in the sparsely growing forest with his new and awesome guild, the small woodland was set on the open plains and away from any main route or road. This little cottage they had found before them was cosy and peaceful, with its little windows, thatched roof and winding cobbled stone path (surrounded by overflowing flower beds) that led to a red painted front door, with a little window shaped like a heart set in the wood at head-height.