Noah stood there in a mixture of apprehension, confusion, and curiosity. Lord Thanses sounded both like a child and an aged man.
"Your stare ruins your image." The pubescent boy spoke, causing Noah to wonder whether he should find him cute or creepy. His eyes really were something. Thankfully the old man had his eyes closed.
"What did you do with my friends?" Noah asked, gripping Cudgel tighter, even if a sense of helplessness tried to crush his resolve. Not even a hint of aura came out of those vessels, but knowing whom he was facing, Noah knew he stood no chance.
Still.
Raising his weapon at them offensively, he watched both of them look at each other in obvious perplexion before bursting into laughter.
Noah frowned, stepping forward with his staff, but felt shocked to realize that there was now a great distance between him and the vessels. He did not know when he or they had moved, but now there was a five-hundred-meter distance between them now.
