"haha, I just broke through recently." Will smiled.
'Damn, it's good that I didnt say I'm Rank G+, else they definitely wouldnt have believed me. Also, it's better if i hide my mana shield. Afterall everyone should have their secrets.'
Nora had a blank expression on her trying to find if Will had given correct information or was hiding his strength.
'I'm sure he is hiding his strength, else I dont think Silver would have been interested in him.' Nora narrowed her eyes.
"Ok, so Ash is the tank so he would be in the front. Me and Alice would be at his flank. Will is a mage so he would be at the back, while Miss Nora would be in the middle of us 4. Any questions ?" Ren looked at his teammates.
"No" said both Ash and Alice.
Nora and Will didnt reply.
'Damn, I understand Miss Nora having this much attitude. But why is this low ranker too showing it ? Maybe it's because he is scared. Once we fight monsters and he sees my strength, I'm pretty sure all his attitude would vanish' Ren thought inside.
"Ok let's go" With this the team got into it's formation and started moving inside the jungle.
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Despite the jungle being full of trees, there was ample space to walk as there was large distance between any two trees.
One could hear the sounds of birds and insects and the ambience of the place made it look like a picnic spot.
Despite this one could see 5 people moving slowly through the forest.
The person at the front and the 2 people at his flank were very tensed, looking at all directions before taking even a step.
The girl in the middle had a normal expression and was moving normally.
While the guy at the back...he had his hands on the back of his head and was regularly yawning because of the snail's pace at which the other's were moving.
"Yaawwwn" Will stretched his arms.
'This guy.....can't he see we are in a dungeon. He is behaving as if we were in a picnic spot.' was the thought that was going through the 3 people's minds at the front.
Suddenly , the team heard a rustling in the bushes in their side.
All of them stopped and looked in that direction.
Out came 3 goblins.
"Kueckkk" "Kueckk"
"Ash go forward. Dont worry Alice and I will cover your back"
The tank moved in the goblin's direction.
A drop of sweat raced down his forehead because of his tension.
All 3 of the goblins started running towards him.
The 1st goblins sword was on him.
With his shield he blocked the goblin's sword.
With his focus completely taken up by the 1st goblin, Ash forgot that there were 2 other monsters.
Both attacked.
"Clack" One of the attack was blocked by Ren.
"Alice, what are you doing. Come attack the 3rd goblin" shouted Ren.
Till now Alice was stupefied. It was only after Ren shouted that she moved forward.
But it was too late. The 3rd goblin's sword was on Ash.
Luckily, he activated a defence spell at the last moment and thus the sword couldnt damage him much. But still a small gash appeared on Ash's waist.
"Aah" a cry escaped from his mouth and blood trickled down.
By this time Alice came to his rescue and started fighting the 3rd goblin.
Normally Ash would have taken out the goblin by now, but the injury was not letting him fight properly.
Suddenly his pain started vanishing. He could see a green light surrounding him and the injury was slowly healing.
Nora had casted her healing spell.
By this time Ren had killed his goblin and rushed to finish the one Ash was fighting.
A few seconds later, Ren had killed the 2nd goblin too, Ash was healed and even Alice had killed the goblin she was fighting.
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The whole team was looking at eachother and one could clearly see on Nora's face that she wasnt pleased.
Ren after seeing that started scolding the team so that he could atleast gain some brownie points from her after their dismal performance.
"Comeon guys it was just 3 goblins"
"Ash, why did you rush so fast ? You should have maintained a fair speed so that you, me and Alice could attack the 3 goblins in triangle formation."
"Alice, why were you just standing in your place ? It is good that we have miss Nora who healed Ash, else we could have been in dire situations"
"Miss Nora, thankyou for your heal at the right time" Ren who had just spoken in a high pitched tone became all soft spoken while talking with Nora.
He then looked at Will.
"And you...why didnt you do anything ? Atleast Alice killed a goblin ? Why were you just standing ?"
All eyes came on Will.