03. Warlock Chronicles by Alucard Victor

Author:Alucard, Victor [Alucard, Victor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LitRPG
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

THE FOREST FOLK

A morning after four hours of sleep never was a good one. I woke up before dawn and went to join the squad at the campfire, mumbling curses under my breath. The guys were having breakfast when I arrived.

“We’d better take Ronin with us. Unlike Willow’s skill, we know that his works.”

“What are you on about?! And who was it that my Phoenix saved a few days ago, hm?”

I rubbed the bridge of my nose and sighed. Valkyrie was arguing with Willow about who would get the sixth spot in the expedition. The first five places had already been occupied by Ivan, Spider, Amoeba, Valkyrie, and myself, while the sixth still remained vacant.

Having been harboring a dislike toward Willow from the very beginning, Valkyrie wasn’t about to let her join the team, insisting that Ronin should join although he, oblivious that this was going on, was sleeping the day away in his house. Willow seemed to want Valkyrie out of the team as the latter, in her opinion, thought too highly of herself, having suddenly decided that she was the one in charge of team management.

“Young lady, you need to learn how to respect your elders.”

“Respect is earned, not given. Besides, this isn’t your call. Loki’s the one who decides.”

Spider and Amoeba were laughing, not even trying to hide their amazement. Luckily for them, the two ladies didn’t seem to pay attention to them. Ivan, who seemed to have grown more serious and mature in the past week, was chewing a piece of roasted mammoth meat, his thoughts far away.

I froze, looking at Spider. He just spread his arms and shrugged as if saying that I was on my own.

“Valkyrie, with all due respect, but we agreed yesterday that Willow would go with us. Ronin is supposed to go with Chernous’s scouts up north.”

“Told you!” Willow chuckled and fastened her cloak.

“You’re making a mistake Loki,” Valkyrie said. “This is gonna be a long hike.”

***

The last thing I wanted was to sow the seeds of discord in our group.

Willow had powerful skills that really did save our asses back at the Screeching Mountain. Her Phoenix fried a cloud of bugs that were ready to feast on our flesh.

I couldn’t understand how Valkyrie, who was old enough to be a mother to half of us, could dislike someone so much. And without a good reason. Pavel, I understood, he was an asshole. Spider was an eccentric so he’d sometimes get on people’s nerves without realizing. And Amoeba, nerves thinned out by sleepless nights, knew to lose his temper and say things he’d later regret. But not Valkyrie. She wasn’t like that.

We had to leave early, otherwise, we risked getting into the portal around noon and staying in an unfamiliar location till nightfall. Not to mention that we weren’t quite sure where this portal led or even if it was on the same plane of existence as ours. If it wasn’t, God only knew how time functioned there.

This time around,

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