"What? Do you two know each other?" The landlord asked him.

"These are the two people I was talking about! Did I not explain to you what they looked like?!" Chad couldn't help but shout at the landlord.

"Oi… Why are you shouting? Ahh, my ears, I am going deaf." The landlord complained as he covered both of his ears.

"You deserve it! You don't even know these two! And they are at the student age! Yet you don't ask what they're doing on the mountain at night?!" Chad couldn't help but berate the landlord.

"You see, I encountered the monster. It was all bruised up and all, but since it escaped. I thought of two options, 1, it killed your two roommates and left, or two, it still killed your two roommates after they put up a good fight." The landlord said.

"That makes no sense!? What if they beat it senseless and it turned tail? Why didn't you think of that?!" Chad refrained his urge to hit the landlord.

"Because the dispatch team couldn't even annihilate the monster themselves… Who would think two kids could you know…" The landlord said.

"Sigh, fine we'll leave it at that. However, what kind of landlord are you with that little optimism of yours…" Chad muttered to himself.

"Hahaha, well at least I found those two. You guys can talk to each other. I am going back to my room to call off the dispatched team." The landlord said as he said goodbye to them before he disappeared in a flashback to his room. The landlord was already getting goosebumps from talking to Chad.

'That kid is so weak but is so verbally strong. Just what kind of mental pressure can make me submit. Christ.' The landlord thought to himself as he called off the dispatch team and went back to drinking his tea.

…

"You two look roughed up. What happened there? Did you at least find some treasure?" Chad asked the two.

"Nah, we didn't find any treasure. We met a tiger-like monster and nearly had trouble. We beat it in the end though, we trapped it under a collapsed cave." Sam said.

"That must've sucked. Come, you two should take a shower. You are covered in mud and stuff. Your clothing is wet too." Chad said as he let them get their clothing in their bags before he leads them to the bathrooms.

"Yo! This bathroom is really spacious!" Sam exclaimed.

"Yeah, it is. You take a shower first. I'll wait." Lance said as there was only one bathtub.

"Okay," Sam replied as he stepped into the bathroom.

"Make sure u remove the bathwater of yours too," Lance added once more.

"Alright…" Sam replied.

…

"Was the monster that terrifying?" Chad asked Lance.

"Yeah, I could barely parry its claw swipe. I had to use all my strength just to hold against it with my katana." Lance replied.

"But if you held it, surely he could've hit that monster from behind right?" Chad asked him.

"Nope, the monster had shadow step. It allowed it to disappear and appear wherever nearby. So he was able to avoid it quite easily." Lance replied.

"Oh, must've been tough," Chad said.

"Yeah, it was," Lance said.

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Author : im tired

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