There was long eye contact between the kobold and John. The Kobold didn't move at all but its eyes were all over John, it was trying to find some long claws or sharp teeth but couldn't find anything.
At last, its head looked back at the two kobolds eating the corpse on the ground inside out.
'What the hell...?' Lucas thought and it was the same with John after they witnessed the Kobold's mouth opening only to realize that it was grinning with its long tongue out.
Lucas and John made eye contact and gulped, their plan had already commenced when the Kobold saw them.
*What a weak fleshhh... this hunt will be fun!*
The kobold made some cranky noises from its mouth that went over both the human's head. They didn't care about this development... the only thing on their mind was to defeat this creature silently.
At last, John nodded at Lucas and after a deep breath of panic.
Swish!
He started sprinting to the left which made the Kobold snicker in a sadistic manner as if it was enjoying this.
*Ku ku ku... how amazing!*
The Kobold made some grunts and cranky sounds again yet John was already focused on just running until finally, the Kobold noticed something.
*Are you trying to take me away from my brothers? How splendid!* The Kobold spoke again.
In all the noise of them both running away, the Kobold didn't realize that Lucas too was running behind them and he was surprisingly close to the Kobold.
Yet the Kobold didn't care, for him, this was just free food, and the further the food goes, the more food it will get to eat on its own.
At the grazing area, one of the Kobolds finally moved its head up and looked toward the direction one of its brethren left its food and ran away.
*What do you think brother is hunting?* The Kobold asked the other one with greed evident in its eyes.
The other Kobold didn't even look up and while having some bites here and there, it spoke with the usual grunts and cranky sounds, *Just shut up and eat, whatever that shit is hunting, we are eating better...*
*Kugh... but are you sure?* The other Kobold asked again but saw no change in the other Kobold's appearance until a silhouette came fast toward the guy's head.
BANG!
The Kobold that was eating leisurely whipped it's tail right at the other Kobold's head and gave it the glare that could make many just freeze and faint on the spot.
*If you talk again, then I will rip your throat out...* The Kobold said and looked toward the direction the other Kobold left for the first time.
*That bastard is weak... he won't go after the strong and chunky without our help...*
Just like that, the Kobold that got hit didn't speak a single word thinking that the Kobold that was obviously their leader would really rip its throat out.
Upon careful observation, it was noticed that the Kobold which struck the other Kobold appeared to be larger in size compared to the other two, indicating that it might be the dominant one among them.
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"Hah... hah... I am stopping now!" John said with some heavy breathing, all three of them had been running for a minute and the Kobold still looked like it could go an hour.
All this while, it didn't catch John but looking at its constitution... it was obvious that it could have caught John if it was serious.
'The bastard's playing with us... he doesn't take us seriously...' Lucas had a vein bulging out his forehead. He didn't like to be taken as weak, not after he had killed two predators with his own hands.
Lucas had high confidence whenever he was motivated. After John told him that they had to fight or run. Only one thing came to his mind, the rapacious plant was bigger than this shit, yet he killed it. What was this lizard in front of his brain?
Lucas saw John stopping and so did the Kobold, he was about four meters away from the Kobold.
*So you are going to stop now? Tired you little bitch?* The kobold was talking in its own language that the duo humans did not understand. All the taunts by the Kobold were for naught as they couldn't understand what the Kobold was saying anyway.
Lucas didn't stop and after coming a little close to the Kobold, he thrusted the spear in his hand in a horizontal strike meaning to puncture the Kobold's body.
The Kobold knew that someone was behind it yet it didn't care as the bigger one, John was already in front of it with highly determined eyes. The Kobold was sure that John was the one with the battle intent he sensed before but it was sorely mistaken.
Unfortunately, the Kobold was quite alert and managed to dodge the attack by quickly shifting to its right as though it was experienced in evading.
Lucas couldn't help but stumble a little as the spear keep going ahead with him and the ground was pretty uneven. Before he could retract his body back to get on guard, a small silhouette was speedily coming toward his gut.
Bang!
The kobold had whipped Lucas right at the gut with its tail as it was the nearest weapon it had around Lucas.
THUD!
Lucas went a little above the ground level and landed at a tree's trunk and his back made a loud sound again.
'Deja-vu?'
The same thing had happened to him before with the rapacious plant but Lucas knew the difference altogether.
The rapacious plant was stronger and the force it used to send Lucas flying was higher than that of a Kobold. And on a second note, Lucas had already leveled twice. He placed a lot of points on his strength which in one way or another helped play wonders on his constitution.
*You little meal... how dare you try to sneak up on me?*
The Kobold looked angry from its continuous grinding teeth and eyes that had become very narrow.
All its attention was on Lucas who had a serious and cold expression while he held the spear near his shoulder with both his hands horizontally. The way he was holding it looked like a proper stance and even John was a bit flabbergasted by it until he realized that the plan had to be progressed or else... they both were going to become lizard food.