Gordon clenched his jaw as he stepped back into the cave remembering what Valeria said

When he reached them they had fainted and when he asked what happened all of them said they didn't know

They just suddenly felt as if they would die any second then their world went dark

'He must have done it' they told him they hadn't seen Vice and Gordon suspected it was Vice when he walked past them

"Huff..ha" he stopped walkingvand took a deep breath as he looked at the engorged vains on his arms

After a while the racing pulse stopped and he walked to the lumpy sleeping back, he could sense that someone was inside

He sat next to the bag crossing his legs and shut his eyes

Despite doing his best to focus on his mana circulation the thought of what could have happened to them kept playing in his mind

The recent event with the mice had bothered him but now despite his strength his friends were still in danger

His hands balled into fists as he remembered Scarlet and Freya unconscious figure, he needed to get stronger to protect them yet

He had doubt whether his strength would be enough to protect them as multiple thoughts filled his mind trying to find a solution to his problem he heard a familiar voice

"Hey" he opened his eyes and looked at Vice

"Time to leave" Vice sleeping bag vanished as Gordon stood up

"When are you going to turn the others to ratman like us?" Gordon spoke, the only solution he had found to his problem was this

He knew regardless of how strong he would become he would never be by their side all the time and when he was not around they would be in danger

The only solution was to make thdm strong enough to train themselves

Vice kept stretching despite Gordon waiting for an answer, he walked to Gordon and grabbed his shoulder

"I'll test their strengths soon" a smile appeared on Vice face "and regardless of how they do I'll tjrn them all to ratman like us"

Gordon couldn't help but frown at his words, remembering their training almost killed them all the time

'No I'll be there for them' they reappeared on blackened ground and dark smoke filled the air he could barely see through it then

He vanished and reappeared but before he could process where he was, he vanished and reappeared again

Their figures blurred through the smoke

"Puk"

They finally stopped but Gordon felt a little wobbly then he vomited on the sand as the blue sun peeked behind him

Vice looked at the map as Gordon wiped the vomit on his mouth

"Gordon do you think you can kill a hobgoblin?" The map in Vice hand vanished

He turned to Gordon, who gave him a gentle nood

"What about ogres?" Vice turned to the cacti and withered trees dotting through the landscaped

"I don't know" Gordon remembered the ogres that trained him as the dry wind brushed against his skin

"Ok" Vice walked on the uneven sand and Gordon followed him, with the sun rising behind them

As they walked past the cacti, withered trees and sun bleached bones Vice asked about their time here in the desert and the forest

Although most of the information he found he regarded it as useless the only thing found interesting was the information about the rodents in this place

Theo didn't lie to him simply withheld information from what Gordon told him, the mice live in the desert while the rats live in the cities

The mice would kill any rat that stepped out of the city while the rat did the same to any mice that stepped into the city

They stopped walking as the faint sound of guns rang through the air, Vice turned to Gordon "kill as many as you can"

Gordon raised an eye brow at Vice as he walked toward the sound then

A tall iron wall appeared in their sight, the bullets peppered the ground filling it with dust as the faint sound of people could be heard past the bullets

Vice stopped walking and a portal appeared in front of him, Vice stepped into the portal and Gordon followed then

The hairs on his body stood as he felt a familiar presence, his grip on the sword tightened as sweat ran down his body

"We need to leave" Gordon eyes glowed as he stepped back from the blobs shimmering under the sun then

The blobs turned to blond haired humans with pointy ears in green armour, Gordon turned to every direction but everywhere he looked they were there

His heart raced as he rememberedhow he couldn't touch a single one

"Drip"

His sweat dropped to the ground as some of them kept appearing from behind the tree's

His breathing quickened as they stepped closer but the was still hope with Vice here, all they had to do was reappear in the desert and they would be safe

He grabbed Vice shoulder 'why isn't he leaving' Gordon eyes dotted through the elves hopeful that creature wouldn't be here

"Let leave quick" he spoke in hushed tone as the elves stepped aside

"Drip"

His sweat dropped to the floor as his muscles tightened, he tightened his gripe on Vice shoulder waiting for him to leave before the could die

A pink humanoid with white hair flowing down the back of its white dress, he didn't know why but something told him to run

He stepped away from Vice letting go his shoulder but his body froze as it stepped closer

His breathing quickened while his eyes frantically moved in every direction but every inch of the place was filled with the humanoids

His grip on the sword loosened as it stepped closer, time seemed to slow down at every step it took

Memories filled his mind trying to give his reason to fight but a single memory overwhelmed it all

The memory of a whole forest turning to ash with a single breath filled his mind

"Thud"

'The nagas and bats were not that strong' his sword dropped to the dirt as it stood in front of Vice

At his last moments he had expected to think about Freya the most, yet as he stared at that creature the last ratman he wanted to see was Scarlet

A bitter smile form as he shut his eyes then

"Are you in the next city?" it spoke

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