Dragon FUn (III)

"I felt the same way," Agnis replied; she finally entered into the conversation. "There's something here. I know it. I suggest that we stay paired up as much as possible."

"Aren't we already doing that?" Valiant asked, "We have our companions, you know."

"Yes, but I was thinking more of a four-man team."

Zero thought it over, a four-person team was a good idea, but they were one short. Sekka, Leaf, Valiant, and Reed usually teamed up together, while he, Zeraph, and Agnis were on another team. Unfortunately, he needs someone who will work well with them.

"We're still one short," said Zero.

"I've already called someone to take our fourth member spot." Agnis quickly replied, knowing that we were one short. "You met him before, so he won't be that difficult to deal with. Plus, I think he's interesting."

"Wait." Zero had a bad feeling about who Agnis was talking about. "Who exactly did you call?"

"Dragon Lizard!" Jorge shouted, waving his sword over his head as he stomped through as the soldiers split ways. He slung his sword on his back, knocking a few soldiers on their faces as he turned.

"No, you didn't," Zero replied with a half groan and a moan.

"Oh, yes, she did." Zeraph starred in amusement. He turned back and forth from Zero to Jorge and then to Agnis as his eyebrow went up questioningly at Agnis' mentality.

Zero had to wonder why, of all people? He was a bit to battle, hungry for Zero's taste, and a bit too pushy on his thoughts, though he did have a good fighting skill that could be helpful overall. Jorge wasn't deadweight, honestly. He was good with his heavy words. There were times when Jorge would swing his blade once with his bulky muscles and cut down the enemy in half with one swing.

Even the high-level monsters had difficulty blocking his heavy attack, making his attack quite formidable. Not only that, he was quick on his feet with that heavy sword plastered on his back. He at least kept pace with Zero's speed but was slower than an elven warrior. However, that was still highly impressive for a moving tank like Jorge.

"Because he's not a bad guy," said Agnis with a straight face. "Plus, you're being rude, thinking he's all that bad."

"You're right. He's not a bad guy," replied Zero. "He's just way too pushy on his opinions on fighting."

"That's who we need right now. We're going into dangerous territory, and right now, we need every help we can get, especially someone as strong as him." Agnis folded her hands in front of her as she frowned at Zero's opinion. "Plus, right now, the strongest players in this event are only a handful. I haven't met with many, most of whom are at a party with their group. Jorge is alone now, and he'll be a great asset."

Zero wanted to yell out that there was a reason for Jorge being alone; not a lot of people like him.

Still, Zero reeled back his negative thinking and tried to look at it with a more positive outlook. There could always be someone worse like Russ, in which case he would go into danger himself if he had to. The thought of buddying up with Russ infuriated him, making him want to punch the bastard several times for ruining everything.

"Yo~" Jorge slammed his giant sword in front of him. "You called me?" He was excited to be called over to the party.

"Yes, I did," Agnis replied. "I wanted to inform you that I wanted you to join in on our for-man party."

"Sure!" Jorge replied joyfully at the thought of finally joining Zero's team. He leaned forward on his blade, waiting for what to do next. "What are we hunting now?"

"Nothing right at this moment," said Agnis. "We'll stay near each other as we get closer to the destination."

"That's it?" However, Jorge was less pleased with not doing anything at all.

"Yea, that's it for now. We don't want to jump into too much fight right this moment." Agnis walked over towards Zero's side before hoisting herself onto his back and settling comfortably. "We don't want to waste too much energy until we get to the good parts."

Jorge was thinking over what Agnis had said; he nodded a couple of times and hoisted his sword back onto his shoulder. "Fine, with me."

Zero was stunned at how easily Jorge just agreed not to go out and fight like a madman. He had to wonder if Jorge had hit his head on something, but he quickly changed his mind and turned towards Agnis, who was blowing at her fingernails as if what she did was the most natural thing she had ever done.

Zeraph chuckled a couple of times, hiding away his smile. He then ran over and leaped onto Zero's side. Quickly he scaled up on Zero's back and made himself comfortable.

"Come on. What are you doing down there for!" Agnis shouted towards Jorge.

Alarmed, Zero whipped his head towards Agnis, giving her a completely disbelieving expression.

"What?" Agnis raised her eyebrows, blowing one last time on her nails. "He's a teammate. Deal with it."

Zero couldn't even grumble out loud because he was stunned. She was right, but at the same time, he felt like he was some carriage or a bus. At this rate, he wondered if Agnis would call upon numerous random people to climb on his back like nothing was wrong.

"Don't take it to heart." Zeraph patted my back, reassuring me that I wasn't going crazy. "Just let him do this once."

"Fine." Zero sighed, then he turned towards Jorge, who was waiting near me. He stared uncomfortably at him as he wavered back and forth. He wondered why Jorge seemed a bit antsy, but he didn't ask. "Are you getting on or not?" Zero replied sharply.

"Uh…" Jorge gulped as he glanced up. He then took a deep breath and shakily came over. Then, one hand after another, he slowly climbed up. It wasn't until he was halfway up done he stopped for a good minute, unable to move any further.

"Are you alright?" Agnis called out as she leaned over towards the side, watching Jorge tremble from the height.

"Y-y-yea! I'm doing great!" Jorge squeaked; he then pulled himself up again.

"You should hurry it up. Zero's probably going to start moving soon!"

"Okay!" Jorge partially yelled, which sounded close to a gasp.

Zero found it amusing to see a burly-looking troll scared of heights. Agnis fares a lot better on heights these days, making him impressed with how quickly she was able to adapt. He thought it would take a while, but it seemed like she could quickly overcome the fear. Maybe it was because of the many frightening jumps and near-death climbs that Agnis could quickly adapt.

Now that he thought about it, there were many instances where Agnis was screaming at the top of her lungs to stop, but he ignored her like usual and jumped. That was when the screaming started, and all he could think about was the adrenaline-pumping jump, trying to catch his fall. Almost all the time, he can stop the fall; he would only jump if he were sure he would make it.

He didn't just do it once or twice; he did it every chance he got. In which case, at first, it pissed off Agnis, but now she didn't complain. Instead, she urged him forward to go faster at times or pointed at him the best route to get from one spot to another.

When Jorge finally got on, Zero bolted forward, jerking Jorge backward.

"Argh!" Jorge grabbed tightly onto his spine; he was sticking so close to his body that he looked flat. "Slow down!"