Chapter 136 - The Trio (I)

"It seems that you need my help..." That man said towards Sir Esmir. 

Vicar and I look at that man and it was Lord Framer that said that word. I never thought that Lord Framer was here in the front gate right now as I thought he was busy fighting the skeletons in the trade center area. But if Lord Framer was here. 

That means that the skeletons on the trade central area have been eliminated but why I only see Lord Framer here, where were the adventurers that supposed to be fighting alongside Lord Framer at the central area. There were only two reasons why I think the adventurers weren't here with Lord Framer. 

The first reason was that they decided to not join in the battle at the town gate as they were scared or something. The second reason was I think that all of them has been killed by the skeletons in the fight but that wouldn't be possible as they were adventurers, they were much more powerful than skeletons.

Lord Framer charges in with his trusty war hammer and helps in the fight against the skeleton lord. I remember that Lord Framer war hammer also a magical weapon so he could damage the skeleton lord. I don't know why the moment Lord Framer joins in the fight, it's like all of them have a sudden increase in their strength and agility. 

I have just been imagining things as there's no way that that could be true but when I checked all of their stats. I realized that all of their stats do have increased a bit from before. But why does their stats changed right after Lord Framer join this fight? 

It doesn't make sense at all for their stats to change, there must be a reason behind all of this. I couldn't think of any good reason to explain why it happens. I guess I just need to order Vicar to ask them about it as they were the ones that could give me the proper explanation. 

With Lord Framer joining in the battle, the skeleton lord has once again been defeated without any much trouble. Still, Vicar didn't have a big contribution to this current fight again as it was handle by only the three of them. 

In the battle, I could see that their teamwork was good as their ability to fight alongside each other. It looks like they had a history together as well. I begin to ask myself this question, were they friends?

"Good things you here Framer... Ops my mistake, I meant to call Lord Framer." Sir Esmir said that to Lord Framer. 

"You should never forget that Esmir, he was a lord now and must be addressed that way for us the common people..." Captain Callum said that as he let out laughter for a bit.

Lord Framer smile when he heard Captain Callum said, "You know that you guys could call me Framer, it would not be a problem at all." Lord Framer said that. 

"We can't do that, what will the other noble say when they heard we address you without it." Sir Esmir said that to Lord Framer. 

"It's true that it would be bad but right now, there were no one around here but us so feel free to called me just like the old times." Lord Framer said that. 

Judging from their talk, I realize that they were friends as they talk so casually with each other. I don't know how did they become friends but I don't care about that right now as the only thing that I wanted to know about why their stats changed. 

"You forgot that there was one person here that might spread this to the public..." Captain Callum pointed his finger towards Vicar, all of the eyes there was focus on him. 

Lord Framer was kinda surprised to see Vicar here in the trade central. He didn't realize that Vicar was here fighting along with him and his friends. He must not notice Vicar as he doesn't do much against the skeleton lord. 

"Wait a minute! I promise that I will not talk about this. Please don't send me to the dungeon." Vicar was kinda scared as he thought that Lord Framer would punish him because of that. 

All of them laugh when Vicar said that, "Don't worry young man, our lord here would not do that..." Sir Esmir said that as he continues to laugh. 

Lord Framer then looked at Vicar and ask him about something, "Why are you here? I thought I had ordered the adventurers to carry you to the infirmary. How come you could be here..." 

Vicar simply answered the question honestly, "The adventurers didn't do as you say and just leave me on the street but I wasn't hurt as I just need to regain my stamina back. After that, I decided to join in the battle again." Vicar said that. 

"I see, I will make sure that the adventurer will be punished..." Lord Framer said.

Vicar quickly told Lord Framer not to punish the adventurer as they had made the right decision. "I do not have any injuries and they were needed in the trade central area the most as the battle with the skeletons still going on that time," Vicar said that. 

I think that Vicar was simply to nice with those people, I remember that the reason they return back to the trade central area was just to kill the skeletons and get more gold. They were afraid that the other adventurers would kill most of the skeleton and left them with nothing. 

"I will accept your decision on that matter but I will still scold them for disobeying my order." Lord Framer said that as he would not punish the adventurers. 

Vicar then asks Lord Framer about the situation at the trade central area. "Does the trade central area is safe now?"

"It still wasn't safe, the adventurers were still fighting those skeletons as we speak right now." Lord Framer said that the trade central area was still full of skeletons. 

Hearing that answer, Vicar was confused why Lord Framer was here if the fight still happening at the trade central area. "If that so, why are you here Lord Framer?" Vicar asks him as he wanted to know why Lord Framer was in the town gate right now. 

"While we fighting the skeletons, hundreds of them suddenly perish in our eyes. I know that the skeletons wouldn't just perish like that unless the skeleton lord resurrection skill been used." Lord Framer continue to say, "I know that Captain Callum here would need help fighting one of those so I decided to go here myself..." 

That means that Lord Framer also had experience fighting the skeleton lord before as he knows about the resurrection skill that the skeleton lord had. But how come he ever encounter one as a noble like him would never leave town to fight a monster. 

I guess Lord Framer had some history that might be interesting for me to know but this wasn't the time for that right now. 

Vicar then asked another question to Lord Framer, "Lord Framer? that doesn't explain how you know the location of the skeleton lord."

"Are you forgot about the reports, the report did say that there will be a battle in the town gate soon enough..." Lord Framer simply said that to Vicar. 

With those answers, Vicar finally knows the reason for Lord Framer being here right now. After Vicar has done asking, I told him about the thing that I wanted to know the most. That was about the stats of the three of them, how did it increase when Lord Framer join in. 

When Vicar was just about to ask that question of mine, he was interrupted by Captain Callum as he said something that takes everyone's attention. 

"I guess the time to talk is already over.." Captain Callum said that as we all looked at the resurrected skeleton lord once again. It was already the fourth time if I recalled it correctly that the skeleton lord has been resurrected. 

It was kinda annoying that the skeleton lord couldn't stay being just a pile of bones for good. I was just about to know the secret and this skeleton lord interrupts it. I really hope that the next time we defeated the skeleton lord, it wouldn't be able to use the resurrection skill anymore as there were no skeletons left to sacrifice.

"I think it's time for us to end this or we might be defeated by the skeleton lord later if it keeps resurrecting and gaining power..." Sir Esmir said that to all of us here. 

"Lord Framer was already here so I think we could be able to use it and end this for good." Captain Callum also said that the same thing. 

I don't have any idea what was they saying right now, something that could end this once and for all. Were they planning to use some secret skill?