16 Question (1/2)

”Nah, don't worry about it. It's normal. Now, my real question is, Who are you Ryan to be able to fight at such a high level against me when you have never played the Assassin class before.”

Shesmu's question made both Ryan surprised—Leo, even more so. He looked at his friend with an incredulous face. ”Wait what? You almost beat Shesmu in combat?! How?!!”

Ryan, surprised at the turn of events, just shrugged and said, ”I don't know. I just went with the motion and my body did all the work. Everything felt so natural to me that I didn't even have to think about it.”

Ryan's remark left Leo with an open jaw. ”You cheeky bastard! Just because you got to do something good for once doesn't mean you get to brag and flex like that!”

Shesmu, on the other hand, had a serious look on his face. That's very weird, very suspicious. I would get it for him to be so good if he was a pro player at some other game before, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

In the end, Shesmu just smiled and dropped the train of thought. The only way he could confirm his suspicions of Ryan was for the latter to admit them. And Shesmu wasn't so much of a prick as to force an answer from someone he barely got to know.

”Hahaha, seems like you're a natural at this game. That's great! We could be a really nasty team together.”

”Oy!” Leo exclaimed. ”Don't just throw me off the picture just yet! I too have some nasty parries, just so that you know!”

Ryan raised his eyebrows at Leo's claim. ”Oh really? I don't remember that last time we played Demon Heart. I remember us specifically get team wiped because some idiot tank forgot the boss timings.”

”Ehh, really? Did that happen?” Leo avoided Ryan's judging stare and started whistling away.

”Hahaha, oh, I'm sure you have some nasty parries. A tank is the heart of the team, and you shall be a great one.”

I know you will. Shesmu's toughts were the continuation of his speech. Looking at the current Leo, he could see traces of his future self. Heart of the lion—Leo of Black Moon.

Hearing Shesmu's praise, Ryan clicked his tongue while Leo had a smug look on his face.

”See? Even Shesmu can see my greatness! Hahahaha!”

Shesmu coughed twice to get back the attention of the team. ”Anyway, let's stop idling around. We already lost a lot of time, we can talk while walking.”

The two nodded and followed after Shesmu. As they made their way through the forest, Shesmu heard something move in the bushes. He signaled with his hand for Ryan and Leo the direction in which to go.

The trio made their way through the bushes, their feet tiptoeing the ground. They made sure not to step on any branches so that they didn't alert whatever was behind the bushes.

Finally, they saw the creature that made the noise. A white rabbit, eyes as red as a ruby, hopping around in a patch of grass.

As they did, the trio kept looking at the rabbit hopping around, eating one blade of grass after the other.

Soon enough, what Shesmu was waiting for came. He signaled for Leo and Ryan to look up the tree branches. There was a short green creature stretching a bow and aiming at the rabbit. With a motion of its hand, the arrow bolted from the bow and struck the rabbit.

”Kiri! Kiri!”

Three more goblins went out of the bushes surrounding the area and took hold of the rabbit. That's when Shesmu gave the signal to fight.

Just as the ranger goblin made its way down the tree, Shesmu pounced at it and slashed its neck. A green slash was all it saw before its head rolled on the ground