CHAPTER TWELVE “Did he just say he would kill him?” Emma asked with a whisper, but instead of concern, a sinister smile was on a face.Harold seemed to be doing her a great favor getting rid of the swine she had been forcefully paired with. “Interesting!” She nodded with both delight and anticipation smeared on her face. “If Harold kills him, then I will be able to find a new partner, or better still…” She paused for a few seconds, nodding while she cupped her jaw with her right hand. “I will do this alone. After all, I never liked doing things with anyone in my life.” She grunted at the thought of having to deal with Rex since they found out that they were partners. But the disdain brewing inside her was not enough to stop her from hearing what people were saying behind her. “Rex is dead meat. There is no way he is going to be able to survive this.”“I think he should get down on his knees and plead for mercy. Maybe Harold will spare his miserable life.”“No…” A young boy with

CHAPTER FOURTEENPanic rose through the crowd, eyes wide with shock.“No way Rex was able to do that to Harold.” A tiny voice rose from the back, and it sounded as though the owner had been seized by shivery.Everyone turned to Rex, his eyes moving from one angle to the other.He swallowed hard, unable to deal with the attention he was getting.“I think Rex used sorcery to defeat Harold!” Someone accused, pointing at Rex who gasped at once, turning to defend himself.“I didn’t use any form of magic! I swear!”“Lies!” Harold barked with his remaining strength, pointing at Rex with his eyes burning with anger.“There is no way he defeated me without making use of evil magic!” He insisted, crawling while he continued to grunt.Harold looked for something to hold onto, but when he couldn’t find any, he was forced to gesture for help.Instantly, two of his closest friends came to his aid, lifting him while he held onto their shoulders.He staggered to a corner, his eyes still glaring at Re

CHAPTER SIXTEEN“What?!” Emma gasped, anger brewing inside her.“Harold and Annoid are the partners he was talking about?!” She was livid, glaring at Rex as though he was the reason for her annoyance.“I think you need to calm down, Emma,” Rex said calmly, pretending not to be angrier than she was.“Maybe Darius did it for a reason...”“What reason?!” Emma snapped at him before he could finish, leaving him speechless.Rex cleared his throat, but for a while, he couldn’t find anything reasonable to say in response to the young lady’s question.So he chose silence, struggling to keep on staring at her.Emma grunted in frustration, revealing her annoyance for the umpteenth time.“I wish we didn’t have to go with them, Rex. This mission is going to be very difficult to deal with.” She tutted, anger lined up alongside her veins.“Maybe we should tell Darius that we are no longer interested.” She suggested, looking Rex in the eyes.“What do you think he will say to us?” Rex retorted, and th

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN “What do you think you are doing?” Harold asked in a condescending tone, but Rex said nothing.He kept moving forward until he finally got close enough before touching the wall.He pushed his thumb forward, causing the portal to open to everyone’s surprise.“How did you do that?” Seth asked, but Rex couldn’t tell.“I just felt like doing that…” He retorted in a low tone, taking a deep breath.Just then, Annoid was about to go through the portal, but Harold went ahead of him, pushing him down as he marched across.At that moment, Patricia who was trying to go through as well was caught up in the motion, forced to stumble on a stone before she crashed on the ground.“Why would you do that, Harold?! Are you crazy?!” Annoid yelled, eyes burning with annoyance.Harold grunted both in anger and frustration while he looked at Annoid who was still struggling to get up on his feet. He clutched his fists angrily, and then he stomped his feet hard on the floor, producing a l

CHAPTER TWENTYRealizing that Patricia had a point, Rex quickly ran in front of Annoid and spread his arms to stop him from going after Harold who was a few meters away from getting to him.“Out of the way, Human! This is none of your concern!” Annoid said to Rex who was not ready to budge as he stood his ground, and made no attempt to leave his way.“Trust me, Annoid . You don’t want to do this! Calm down! I suggest you let go of whatever is going on inside your head and focus on the mission.”“You don’t tell me what to do, Rex! Leave the way! Let me through! Elves are meant to regain their honor! He bruised my ego, and I shall regain my honor! Move!” Annoid was not ready to budge, and because she was afraid that he was going to get himself killed, Emma had to cut in at once as she was not ready to lose her brother.“Listen to him, Annoid . Just let it go, okay? Let it go!”“Let it go?” Annoid angrily turned to look at his sister after he had spoken with a tone laced with so mu