Chapter 427 Talks
It turns out that these Dungeon Bosses have been hanging around with each other.
"So, what do you know?" Erend asked curiously.
The gorilla shrugged. "A lot actually. We both talk quite often."
"Where are you talking? Is there some kind of cozy place in Dungeon World to hang out together?"
The gorilla let out a wide grin as if what Erend said made him happy.
"Oh yeah of course. It's an amazing place. A place you won't be able to enter, unfortunately."
The gorilla's words made Erend frown.
The gorilla continued. "We can also do everything without being limited by time like in the real world. Nothing in this world feels like it has passed."
"So, you just live in eternal pleasure?"
However, after Erend said that, the gorilla's expression became gloomy. "If only this place was truly an eternal pleasure. Unfortunately, the reality is not like that."
Erend turned his head, he saw the gorilla's gloomy expression. He felt hit by a sudden feeling of guilt.
"Uhm, sorry," Erend said.
"No. Its fine. You didn't do anything wrong. This place isn't a bad place." The gorilla smiled back. "But, I don't recommend you being here."
"Why?" Erend asked that out of curiosity.
"Because you still have a place in your world."
When he heard the gorilla say that, Erend saw a kind of longing and sadness in the gorilla's eyes.
Something he didn't expect he would see in the eyes of a gorilla.
"Yeah." Erend nodded. "Anyway, thanks. Thanks to you and your monkeys I've been able to level up quite a lot."
The gorilla nodded. "That is our job."
"Then, for now it seems I have to go first." Erend stood up from where he was sitting and patted his pants. "I'll be back soon. Oh, right. I almost forgot, what's your name?"
"John."
Erend blinked a few times in confusion. "What? John?"
"Yeah. Why? You got a problem?"
Erend frowned as if what he heard was the strangest thing since the last few days. "A gorilla named John..."
John the gorilla exhaled. "I was expecting you to react like that."
"Sorry if I offended you. Its just unusual for me to meet a gorilla named John."
John waved his hand as a gesture that it didn't matter. "Yeah, I know."
A portal opens in front of Erend after he talks to Tut.
"I'll go now, John."
Erend instead entered the portal and disappeared from there. Leaving John in the middle of a destroyed forest.
John took a deep breath. "I hope you succeed in saving your world and the people you love in it, Erend."
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That night it felt very cold in the camp set up by the Elves.
Aurdis tightened the silver cloak that covered her body. She was sitting in front of her own campfire, alone.
The other Elves were talking a few steps behind her. Not too far because they must always be at a safe distance from Aurdis.
Aurdis also agreed about that. She didn't want to be completely alone in the middle of a dark forest and she didn't know what danger would come.
All this really bothered her. The Great Calamity comes slowly but surely by influencing many things that she cannot predict or control.
Anomalies occur everywhere. She didn't know what else happened and where exactly it happened.
Aurdis is sure that among all the creatures in this world, only her and her brother know about it. Even the Elves warriors who came with them didn't know.
She heard the sound of footsteps approaching her. Aurdis didn't feel the slightest anxiety for she knew that it was Aerchon's move.
"(What are you thinking?)" Aerchon asked while sitting next to her.
"(You know what I'm thinking,)" Aurdis replied without looking at him. Her gaze remained fixed towards the campfire.
She heard Aerchon sigh next to her.
"(Honestly, this is all too much for me,)" Aerchon said.
His words finally forced Aurdis to turn around. But she didn't say anything yet. She wanted to hear what Aerchon really wanted to say to her.
Her brother almost never felt what was in his heart all this time. He always keeps his feelings from being known by other people, including her.
But now, Aerchon seems to want to express his true feelings about everything that happened.
"(I'm listening,)" Aurdis said while looking at him. Her brother has indeed changed drastically since that incident.
Aerchon took a deep breath before speaking. "(To be honest, I also don't agree with what our father did. But I can't blame him too much after everything he's been through.
"(I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. I don't want to blame him but I can't if I have to lead the palace alone. You know very well that I'm not capable of being a good leader.)"
Aurdis listened carefully to Aerchon's words. Somehow, she also felt the pain and difficulties that Aerchon felt. Their blood ties have proven to be strong, especially in times of difficulty like this.
"(We just try to do what we can,)" Aurdis said while holding Aerchon's shoulder. "(Sometimes that's not enough to solve everything. But, look at us now. In the end we can always overcome everything, right?)"
Aerchon looked at his sister, then smiled faintly. "(You're right. Although most of our success is because of Erend.)"
"(Still, it's still a success.)"
Aerchon, who seemed to feel better, said that he had to check his army first. So he stood up and left Aurdis.
Now that Aurdis was sitting alone again she couldn't help but think about Erend again after what Aerchon said.
"(What is he doing now?)" Aurdis muttered softly while staring at the campfire.
She wants to contact Erend but she is not sure about that. Erend is someone who is probably most preoccupied with what will happen at the moment.
Aurdis didn't know where he actually got the information about the Great Calamity. Or where did he get that much power?
But Aurdis believed in him. She wouldn't ask too many questions about something that Erend didn't seem to want to say.
'It's better now that I focus on doing my part as best as possible.'
Aurdis got up from where she was sitting and headed to her tent to sleep.
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