CHAPTER TWELVE“Did he just say he would kill him?” Elara asked with a whisper, but instead of concern, a sinister smile was on a face.Chris seemed to be doing her a great favor by getting rid of the swine she had been forcefully paired with.“Interesting!” She nodded with both delight and anticipation smeared on her face.“If Chris 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 Alex 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.“Alex 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 Chris will spare his miserable life.”“No…” A young boy with bro

CHAPTER FOURTEENPanic rose through the crowd, eyes wide with shock.“No way Alex was able to do that to Chris.” A tiny voice rose from the back, and it sounded as though the owner had been seized by shivery.Everyone turned to Alex, his eyes moving from one angle to the other.He swallowed hard, unable to deal with the attention he was getting.“I think Alex used sorcery to defeat Chris!” Someone accused, pointing at Alex who gasped at once, turning to defend himself.“I didn’t use any form of magic! I swear!”“Lies!” Chris barked with his remaining strength, pointing at Alex 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.Chris 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 A

CHAPTER SIXTEEN“What?!” Elara gasped, anger brewing inside her.“Chris and Annoid are the partners he was talking about?!” She was livid, glaring at Alex as though he was the reason for her annoyance.“I think you need to calm down, Elara,” Alex said calmly, pretending not to be angrier than she was.“Maybe Julian did it for a reason...”“What reason?!” Elara snapped at him before he could finish, leaving him speechless.Alex 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.Elara grunted in frustration, revealing her annoyance for the umpteenth time.“I wish we didn’t have to go with them, Alex. This mission is going to be very difficult to deal with.” She tutted, anger lining up alongside her veins.“Maybe we should tell Julian that we are no longer interested.” She suggested, looking Alex in the eyes.“What do you think he will say to us?” Alex retort

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN “What do you think you are doing?” Chris asked in a condescending tone, but Alex 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?” Marco asked, but Alex couldn’t tell.“I just felt like doing that…” He retorted in a low tone, taking a deep breath.Just then, Brad was about to go through the portal, but Chris went ahead of him, pushing him down as he marched across.At that moment, Kayla 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, Chris?! Are you crazy?!” Brad yelled, eyes burning with annoyance.Chris grunted both in anger and frustration while he looked at Brad 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 loud thud

CHAPTER TWENTYRealizing that Kayla had a point, Alex quickly ran in front of Brad and spread his arms to stop him from going after Chris who was a few meters away from getting to him.“Out of the way, Human! This is none of your concern!” Brad said to Alex who was not ready to budge as he stood his ground, and made no attempt to leave his way.“Trust me, Brad . 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, Alex! Leave the way! Let me through! Elves are meant to regain their honor! He bruised my ego, and I shall regain my honor! Move!” Brad was not ready to budge, and because she was afraid that he was going to get himself killed, Elara had to cut in at once as she was not ready to lose her brother.“Listen to him, Brad . Just let it go, okay? Let it go!”“Let it go?” Brad angrily turned to look at his sister after he had spoken with a tone laced with so much disappoi