Pride Online

Chapter 485: The Change of War Part III

“What’s happening, Mister Sven? Is there anything I can help you with?”

“It’s fine, thank you. But this doesn’t necessarily trouble you.”

Sven shook his head smilingly, before glancing at Nuchjaree. Then, his rough hand managed to grab her arm boldly.

“Hey, what are you doing?” She scolded.

“I’ll explain later, Nuchjaree. Right now, we have to leave. Quick.”

Sven said in a completely changed tone. It sounded so different that the dashing girl raised her eyebrows in surprise.

“We have to go now, Mister John.”

“Well, I hope we’ll meet again very soon.”

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“What’s happening, Sven? Where are you rushing to?!”

The girl shouted out angrily in a hoarse voice. That was probably because right now, she was getting yanked to walk faster by this man in front of her. And that almost made her, who had shorter legs, trip over and fall many times.

“...”

Sven did not say anything in reply. He just kept walking forward.

Along the way, there were other players walking sparsely with them, too. And by the side of the walk path, a gigantic bird was pulling a cart full of many types of crystals.

In Hown, one of the most well-known mining towns in the game, many players there noticed Sven and were surprised. Some of them started telling the others, “Look, that’s one of the four gods,” and some were curious about who the girl he was pulling along could be.

But something that was for sure, she did not care about those eyes on her at all, she was frustrated that this man suddenly changed his attitude without explaining anything to her at all.

After a while, Sven stopped at a medium-sized building. In the front, there was a sign clearly written, “Ride Rental Service.” And seeing that, Nuchjaree raised her eyebrows.

“Ride rental?” She said, “Where are you going? If we’re going back to Dores, you just need to snap your fingers, and then we’re there, right?”

“No, we’re not going back to Dores.”

“Huh?”

Finally, Sven opened his mouth to speak, but before Nuchjaree could ask anything more, a tall man suddenly rushed out as he struggled to pull something out with him.

“Mister Sven, I apologize for failing to find you the best carriage due to the short notice.”

The man said humbly. His hand was pulling a big monster, which Nuchjaree had noticed was a full-grown blue travel bird.

“I’m terribly sorry. All we have left right now is this one, but it’s the fastest one in our farm, Mister Sven.”

The tall man who seemed to be the rental service’s staff said with an anxious face. But Sven did not mind. He just grabbed the rain in his hand quickly.

“It’s okay.” He said briefly. “And I don’t have time to fill in any rental form right now, so please take care of it for me. Also, about the payment...”

“Please don’t worry about the money, Mister Sven. If Mister John finds out I charge you, I’d probably get fired.”

“Okay, then. You can go now. I can handle this.”

Sven spoke fast. And after his words, the tall man slowly walked back into his office humbly. Meanwhile, Nuchjaree looked back and forth between these two confusedly.

“Why did you rent the bird? Why are we not going back to Dores?” She asked.

“Later, Nuchjaree.”

Sven brushed her off. Then he pulled the massive bird closer, before spreading his hand out to be like a handle for supporting the girl to get on the bird first.

“But there’s only one bird. You want me to...”

“We can ride it together. You’re small. That shouldn’t be a problem.”

“That is the problem!” The girl snapped. “I’m a girl. So, at least treat me like one by not coming so close to me.”

“Please. This is really urgent.”

Sven said in a different voice from usual. He clearly sounded worried that it surprised Nuchjaree. Apart from this guy saying the word ‘Please’ to her, he was also having this frowned, stressed face, too.

“What’s going on?” She asked in a changed tone.

“I’ll tell you on the way.”

After that, Sven did not say anything more. Nuchjaree blinked, before letting out a sigh. She was not usually a pestering type of person, and she knew that the man was in a rush. For these reasons, she held onto his hand as she climbed to sit on the big bird successfully.

Sven followed to sit behind Nuchjaree, and it seemed like the weight of two people was not a problem to the bird at all. Also, this was the first time Nuchjaree actually rode something like this. Back then when she was in the Nemesis’s base, she thought about trying to ride ‘Yellow,’ Wisana’s favorite travel bird just once, but that bird barely let anyone beside him be on its back!

“You’ve ridden a bird like this before, right?” Sven whispered in her ear.

“Y ...yeah, of course.”

That was a huge lie, and now she was blushing. That could be either because she was ashamed or the warm breath that blew against her ear.

“Well, hand on tight, then. This might be uncomfortable at first, but you’ll get used to it eventually,”

“...”

Nuchjaree lost words because it was another time that Sven could read her mind thoroughly. He reached past her waist to control the reins. And to look at them right now, these two probably were like a couple riding the same bicycle, looking cute together and all. In fact, this ride was nothing but soring her butt!

The dashing girl did not get the chance to complain, because she jerked backward harshly, almost falling on her back. But luckily, there was the man’s strong chest to catch her.

The big bird dug its feet in the ground as it ran forward quickly. The people on the street got to move out of the way of this hasty ride. The strong wind blew against her pretty face, making her squint to look before her. At the first second, she felt exactly like she was in the Motocross race.

A moment later, she felt like her guts were shaken up to be in one place.

And the last, ...this was not that bad!

Eventually, this ride started to feel like riding one of those bumper cars. Plus, she did not have to be worried about falling off, because she had this high-quality safety belt which was one of the four gods to support her body on the bird as well!

“Alright, can you now tell me why you had to rush out of Hown like that, Mister Sven?”

Nuchjaree asked with a smiling face.

However, Sven was not delighted by that. He sighed, before leaning closer so they could communicate better.

“My guys called to report to me about the battle,” Sven said.

“And?”

“They said that our force got defeated completely in Tristan.”

Nuchjaree froze a little. She laughed amusedly softly as she tried to put words into sentences in her head.

“Well then, it’s just that your force lost in a battle. I don’t see any reason why the black bullet of the Cataral, “the cold” Sven got to act breathlessly panicked like this. Don’t tell me that you’re always confident that you will win every time? Because if so, you really need to keep your ego in check now.”

Sven froze. He wiped the reins to speed up. The bird rushed through the snow outside fast, making the cold weather back to touch their skin again.

Sven sighed out in white smoke. Then he managed to take a scarf out of his inventory and wrap it around her neck gently. Nuchjaree blushed again. She was caught off guard by his action and by this feeling that suddenly appeared in her, so she became silent.

“It’s not like I think I’ll win every time,” Sven said in a gentle voice, adjusting the scarf for her softly. “I always calculate the lose rate in every fight. It’s just that this time, I didn’t expect it to be absolutely beaten like this.”

“W ...who did you fight against?”