Netori: Stealing The Hero's Party!

Chapter 516 The False False Heroes And Loaded Disappointment

the chest full of bombs had been hauled inside the hideout, but the leader of the group–the white-furred wolf, had yet to open the box to check its contents. the winged woman had been for a whole day with no signs of her returning, and that fact was making him anxious and his anxiety only soared with the approaching footsteps echoing through the tunnel.

looking across the table at the entrance, he hoped and prayed to see her again–but instead, the person walking out with the raccoon man beside was a rugged horned devil and a crimson-haired demi-human wolf. had the visitors been human, their leader would've been much more alarmed, but his judgment loosened by their skin, he cast gaze to the raccoon and demanded and demanded an explanation.

"t-they–"

"we're here to warn you," said liliyana, cutting the doorman off.

"don't lead your men through those tunnels, the merchant plans to backstab you," added regalia, her hand stretched forward with her finger pointing at the chest lying on top of the table before the wolfman. "just open that box and you'll know what i mean."

'what the hell are these two talking about?' as unsure as everyone else over the visitor's intentions, the leader turned his attention to the box, stared at it for a while before opening it. his eyes widened with horror as he noticed that in place of the bombs that they were promised were a bunch of rocks that weighed nearly the same.

"what is the meaning of this?!" he howled, lifting his head and growling at the visitors, however, already expecting such a response, the girls remained calm and that helped them gain control of the situation a lot better than otherwise.

"we'll tell you everything, our leader is currently talking with the duke of this land but if the negotiation doesn't pan out, you might wanna empty this place before they chase you all the way to your hideout if you don't show up through those tunnels that they expect you to come out of."

hearing that warning, the wolf was baffled, stunned and just simply could not make sense of anything. sure he was doubtful of the merchant but the involvement of these people–these demi-humans and monsters as well as some strange negotiation with their enemy? it was all too much for him to process at once.

staring right back with a smile, regalia walked up close and offered him a hand.

"regalia bloodstorm, raven "phordite–athenia's chosen, i'm one of his companions and eventual wife," nodding at the man, she awaited his response.

"so the false hero that's visiting town?" growing a sharp look in his eyes, he glanced down at regalia's hand. "why is he helping us? and you said something about a negotiation, what's that about?"

"why don't you come to the inn and make that bitch merchant spit the truth to yourself?" regalia responded, and to that, a sinister smile took over the man.

"now that's something i really fucking wanna do," beyond pissed about the stone instead of bombs, the wolf spared no time to shake hands with the woman and finally revealed his name to her.

"i'm raga, the leader of this pack," nudging his head slightly to the back, he added. "that fat guy you'll see soon is bamm, we have another winged girl who's leading this group, harpy but she's currently missing."

tilting her head slightly regalia couldn't help but ask.

"any idea where she could be? we might be able to help." explore more stories at empire

"ohh i'm sure that merchant knows," smiling a toothy smile with his razor teeth apparent, raga pulled his hand away and patted regalia on the side of her arm. "why don't we go there already, i can't wait to make that bitch talk."

smiling at the thought of torture, regalia turned around and began leading the group's leader to the inn. and to the surprise of the merchant who was happily sound asleep, hell was coming and there was little she could do about it. but before the group could make it there, there was something of note also happening within the duke's mansion. for everyone else but the visitors to the cave, had gone over to negotiate only to end up saving the damned duke's life!