The Riders 2

"A 'Bet', huh? Are you for real? Kiddo do you even know how serious this is?" She shouted at him, she pointed her finger on his forehead, she continues speaking while gritting her teeth, "Do you even know, that not only you, this fortress of yours, and the city near will be drag into the mess, but the whole continent."

Lucas slapped her hand and smirked, "Grandie, of course! I know the consequences. But unlike you, I'm willing to start a war for the people that were abused by the fucking nobles. Now let's make bet.

"If I was able to annihilate all the nobles in the city, you'll do anything I want."

Zuri was taken aback by his bet. She doesn't know whether he was telling the truth or he was bluffing. After a few seconds of silence, the words he said finally sunk into her head. "A-are you insane? Annihilate... Brat, let me tell you something if Neil did not mention this, not every noble are evil, some of them help the people of the city behind the back!"

"Huh?" Lucas asks, he heard what she said, but her words were like invincible and pass through him. After a few seconds, he finally received the message. "You mean, they're good? Well, if that is for real, let me rephrase my bet. Our bet will be 'If I've caught them, you'll do anything I ask."

Zuri gritted her teeth, she wants to say something but decided to hold it back. She flipped her hair and raised her brows. "If that's what you want, then I accept this bet of yours. But since I'm a fine lady, I'll only ask for you to leave this place if you lose."

Lucas nodded his head and left her. He decided to ignore her words and wait for Redford's group. Also, he was interested in the materials they brought. The materials will be the support of the tower, it needs to be hard enough to stand the impact of explosions.

Not long after, Redford and his group finally arrived. The planteros who joined them was the first to leave their trucks and run towards Lucas. Lucas did not ignore them and give them their rewards. Instead of mana water, he gave them mana grains because not only it was convenient, but also the mana is much pure, the commanders also was a second pace planteros, the hardness of the mana grain is nothing to them.

Lucas sends them inside before he joined the rest. When he saw the group of Redford, he could not help but smile. Everyone was smiling, the face that says the group has succeeded. But he also saw that some of them are wounded, full of bruises and bandage.

"Old man, congratulations for the success, " Lucas greet them, "But, what happened to your warriors?"

Redford was stunned, he doesn't know what to say. He tried to reply but no words came out of his mouth, a few seconds has pass hen suddenly, Redford burst into a laugh, "Puhahha! Ahaha! For real!?"

The spectators were puzzled in his sudden laugh, those who are unfamiliar to Lucas were scared. They are afraid that Lucas takes it as an offense.

Lucas scratched his head while smirking, he turned to look at Neil, "Grandpa, he's not autistic right? If he is, please let him take his medicine, he's started to get scary!"

Hearing his reaction to Redford sudden laughter, the adventurers behind Redford hold their stomach, trying to hold their laugh. They stated to have a teary eye and their face turn purple.

Neil smiled evilly and put a serious face, "No Lucas, he's not autistic, he has multiple personalities! You must be careful, sometimes he suddenly put his pants in front of a crowd!"

"Pff Ahaha!"

"Haha! Hilarious! Multiple personalities!? Puhaha!"

'Damn it! Hold your laughter! The guild master will be mad!'

The adventurers who were holding their laughter can't take it anymore and burst into laughter. They hold their stomach as they roll into the ground.

Redford face become red from embarrassment, the redness becomes more intense when he saw her daughter - Rita, burst into laughter. 'Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Lucas, I'll kill you, you bastard!'

Lucas saw Redford glaring at him intensely, "Hey old man, don't put that scary face. Well, can you tell us why did you laugh all of a sudden?"

"Bastard!" Redford curse and look glare at the laughing adventurers behind him. Suddenly the adventurers become quiet and only the sound of Rita's laugh can be heard. He tried to calm himself before he tried to reply, "W-well, you see, the number of people who ask that kind of question when we came back from missions is counted. I was surprised that even though you're a mean bastard, you still have the heart."

"Oh? The last part was because I tease you right? Well, can you please tell me what happened in the expedition for your people to sustain such injuries?" Lucas asks with a serious expression.

Redford sighed before waving his hand. Some adventurers went back to the truck and pull a cage out of wood. There are three cages in total. Inside the cage, there is this furry creature. They are wailing like a puppy. Lucas approached them to observe it's their condition, "Woy, don't tell me, you fought with this puppies? Are you that weak!?"

When he heard his question, Redford slapped his face, holding his anger. He smiled in return and explain what happened, "Lucas, their not the one we fought. When we are about to leave, we saw this three Almond Wolf Puppies, cornered by a group of Cashew Gorillas.

"Cashew Gorillas are not aggressive, they are inhabitants of the forest and protector of a lost child. But when we saw the dead body of baby Cashew Gorillas on the floor mixed into the blood and flesh of the adult Almond Wolves, we already know what happened.

"We want to save the poor puppies, but we know the strength of Cashew Gorillas. Unlike their cousin - Jack Orangutan, these Gorillas have their hand cover with thick bones. So we decided to leave them alone.

"Who would have thought that they will get in the way. They are blinded by rage, attacking everything on their sight. They started to attack my people, a lot of us got injured. We asked your coconut cannon generals to assist us. But when they get ready, an old man stop us. He just whistled and the Cashew Gorillas calm down. That's the story!"

Lucas knitted his brows and took out his slapper. He forced a smile and said emotionlessly, "Haha, you know this thing right? Tell me the whole story. Who's the old man? You sound like you know about him."

"Y-yeah!" Redford replied as he gulped his own saliva, "Y-you see, that old man was part of Gourmet Hunters Organization, you also know them right? He said that we can take this wolf cubs. They are already endangered if we decided to leave them inside the forest. The race of Almond Wolf will be gone forever."

"Oh, great, those GM are still in the country huh? Well, come inside and take some rest." He said and destroyed the cages. He took out the cubs out of their cage and carry them on his arms. "Viola and Violet, can you cook breakfast for the adventurers? Hehe, I'm going to do something, so I can handle it myself."

"Yesh!" The twins said in a chorus and run inside to Neil's truck.

Lucas' eyes were glued on their back, "Now you said it, Grandpa, we are relying on you too much when it comes to food. I will do something about it."

"Haha, no worries!" Neil replied while laughing, "You can just let me handle the foods. I'm not good at fighting anymore. But you can make sure that the quality of foods I harvest is great!"

Lucas smiled when he heard him speak, he nodded cheerfully and said, "If you insist, but I'm still worried. I'll do something to lessen the burden." He bowed his head and about to leave when he remembers something, "Ah! Sis Ranrem, could you fetch me mana milk? I need to feed these puppies!"

Ranrem pouted and murmured, "Why always me?"

Della who was near her heard what she said, she raised her hands and shouted, "Y-yeah! Why is it always Ranrem? You are making ger overwork!"

"Is that so?" Lucas asks puzzled, "Ohh! I remember now. Sorry Ranrem, you can take a rest now. Well, Della fetch me mana milk. I'll slap your ass if you're slow."

"Hik! Pervert!" Della's face turned red as she runs away.

'Buhu! What with that reply? Well, I still have to make a test for the crossbow wielders!' He went to the room where he sleeps to let the puppies live at that place and at the same time, to check if there's any progress to the growth of Blood Orange Eagles.

The Blood Orange Chicks were excited when they saw him enter, they thought that he was their parent. Their Chicks chipping out loud. He spread the leather on the surface and let the cubs sleep.

When they fall asleep, Della arrived with a basin of milk. Lucas told her to put it near them and look at the chicks for the meantime.

He went out of the 'Underworld' and ask Hugo for help. The two of them did their best relocating the baby planteros from the seven other rooms. 'So, in total, there are only 82 blood orange chicks, and 50 baby lychee crocs. But strange, the trees stop bearing fruits. Let's wait for a while and observe them first.'

Inside a single room, there are 82 chicks chipping loudly. Their beaks were red-orange, but the feathers were dark red and it looks like a pulp.

The baby crocs were sure too. They tried to intimidate each other, sign that they are already at the stage of choosing their leader. The crocs only have a feet length, but considering their size, it was big for a baby, which makes him nervous. They always show their pure white fang for intimidation. Their rough red skin with black color on each tip makes them cool.

Lucas left Hugo on tending them, feeding them with mana water. He went to Della who was on the opposite side of the room. Lucas waved his hand and sit down next to her, "Yosh! Moving around is so relaxing! How are they? Are they breathing?"

"Uhmm!" Della nodded and show him an empty basin, "They woke up earlier and empty the milk. After drinking every drop of milk they sleep again like there's nothing happened!"

"Haha! You sure are excited! Well, please look after them for a while. I have to do something, okay?" Lucas told her and left the room.

He went out of the fortress straight to the land of emptiness, he also took few broken carcasses of the pine throwers. He cut them into different sizes and draw a circle on the center. They serve as the target for the test he was going to conduct.

He also makes a sculpture of a horse and an eagle. He made a giant swing for the horse sculpture. The swing was normal, and the horse serves as the sit. While he made a giant zip line for the eagle sculpture. He wants to make sure that they will feel the height, but the pine throwers only seven-meter tall and almost half of it was buried in the ground.

He was forced to dig a pit with hundred meters deep. It sounds impossible, but with the help of his wheelbarrow's effect, which is weightless, he could cut a large chunk of soil and carry it with the wheelbarrow.

Even with the help of the gods' tools, he still took five hours. He peeks into the pit he made and smile. 'The darkness was perfect! if they don't know how deep this pit is... Haha, I can imagine their face! Now, I only have half a day before the test. I have to make a written test for their decision making... But that's difficult.'