Chapter 13: A Cute Dragon (1/2)

Jake traced the path of the arrow. He saw a large group of men standing close to the exit point. One of them, a fifty-year-old man, was holding a bow, still bent from the arrow he just shot.

”Frank, did u get it?” A young man in the middle of the group said.

”Yes, young master. I never miss my shot, just like sperm.”

....

Upon hearing his attendant's reply, the young master's face twitched. It wasn't helpful when he saw the expressions of those he saved. They were blank.

With a cough, the young master hinted at Frank, ”Cough, Cough. Frank be serious.”

Frank humbly replied, ”Yes, young master.”

Meanwhile, Jake was lamenting his life choices, ”Why am I always saved by idiots?” He sadly sighed, ”It seems like I am a magnet for fools.”

Jaya looked at her savior. He was clothed in what looked like expensive clothes, so she knew he had to be the head of the group of men.

She sincerely thanked him, ”Thank you for saving me. I wouldn't be alive without your men's help.” She bowed as she once again said, ”Thank you.”

Going with the flow the rest of the trio also thanked.

Lola bowed and said, ”Thank you.”

Nico said, ”Thank you, fellow brother.”

Lola sighed at her twin brother. She thought, 'You just met. So, how is he your brother? Don't get all warmly on him'

Sometimes, she just couldn't understand her brother's thought process.

Jake nodded at the young master, indicating his thanks, 'Technically, he didn't save me. He saved them, but whatever.'

Receiving their thanks, the young master swiftly said, ”Save that for later.”

It made the trio and Jake realize that they were still within the forest.

The young master charismatically shouted to his men, ”Attack!”

...And like that the group was saved.

...

Outside the zombie mine, on the field.

It was three minutes after Jake's group met the young master. It took three minutes for his men to clear up the zombie horde.

Jake marveled at the skills of the young master's group. Each of them possessed enough strength to break a zombie's head with just a punch and they were equipped with all types of weapons. Their attacks left holes in the trees. Jake reckoned that they could deliver at least a force of one thousand pounds..... Not to talk of the young master and his attendant.

Those two had exceeded the limits of humans; there had to be a secret behind their strength.

Wielding a broadsword, the young master effortlessly split apart ten zombies in a row. He even split the trees.

Watching their movements, Jake discerned that the attendant was stronger than the young master just by a little. Jake had to admit that the well-aged man could still kick it at such an old age. His arrows were fast and deadly, evidence of proper training and diligence. Every one of his shots marked the death of a zombie. Sometimes, one-shot marked the death of five zombies.

While this prowess was nothing to the previous Jake, the current him was nowhere close to that. The current Jake could not even break apart a zombie's head. He was utterly pathetic. The only comfort he could find was that the trio(Nico, Lola, and Jaya) were as pathetic as him.

There they were in the young master's tent.

After he saved them, his men built tents on the open field outside the barrier.

Inside the tents were the young master, his attendants, and a few warriors, the trio, and Jake. The warriors guarded the tent, while the attendant stood behind his young master. The rest of them were sitting.

After a minute or two of arranging themselves, the young master quickly got to business, ”Allow me to introduce myself. I am the young master of the Elliot family. Gavin Elliot.”

'So he is really a young master,' thought Jake.

As the established leader of the group of three, Jaya said, ”I am Jaya.”

She pointed at the twins, ”This is my friend Lola and her twin brother Nico.”

Pointing at Jake, she said, ”and this is…..” She tried recollecting Jake's name but to no avail.

One minute later, Gavin said, ”This is…...”

Another minute later, Jaya said ”This is….” this time she was hinting at Jake to introduce himself, as she remembered that she didn't know his name.

While this was going on, the reason for the confusion was sleeping soundly and quietly, he had had a rough night.

It was only after Lola who was close to him nudged him that he woke up.

Jake said, ”What? What? Oh, me. I'm Jake.”

Going straight to the point, Gavin asked with a hint of authority, ”Now, with all the introductions gone, can you tell me what you were doing in the zombie mines.”

Lola was confused, she asked, ”Zombie mine? You mean the forest?”