Chapter 1101: Leaving for the Frontlines
"Hey, Valyr. Where are you?"
"Edward and I are about to leave."
Reading the couple of messages he'd gotten from Wells, Valyr did not take long to understand what was going on, making him fall into a slight panic all of a sudden.
'Oh shit, I forgot,' thought the young man to himself, whirring his thoughts into motion as he briefly calculated how long the two had been staying in the kingdom since their return.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Coming to the conclusion that they've extended their stay in the kingdom by over a day, Valyr immediately had a feeling that he was the cause for their delay, causing him to feel guilty for doing so.
Taking in a deep breath to regain his composure, Valyr briefly looked at Julian before
returning his attention to Wells' message. "Sorry. I'm still at the Blacksmith Guild. Could you two wait at the kingdom for just a little bit longer?"
As he sent this message to Wells, Julian noticed the sudden shift in his expression before asking in concern. "Did something bad happen?"
"I almost ended up forgetting the promise I made to Wells and Edward," said Valyr as he looked at Julian with a bitter smile, giving him a brief explanation of what he planned on doing.
"But think about it a bit more, will you?"
"And just now he said that he wasn't persuading me to stay here," said Valyr in response with a slight chuckle. "If I won't head to the frontlines now, then when? When the war already has the elves joining in? When the war is in an even worse state than now?"
"I'm not mad, just so you know," the young man clarified himself. "I'm just telling you... and I think this is the first time I'm telling you directly, that you're underestimating what I'm capable of."
For a while after that, Julian looked at Valyr in silence, the expressions on his face making it more than obvious to the latter that many thoughts were going through his mind at that moment.
Yet, in the end, the man let out a sigh before looking back at him with a wry smile. "It kind of hurts when you put it that way... but I guess you're right. I might have been underestimating you all this time."
"I guess it just sank in that you've been achieving all of these feats that a normal person would take years, if not decades to do... which made me remember."
"Even if it may not seem like it at times, you are undoubtedly a Zeihardt," said Julian, his expression showing the young man that he'd come to a decision. "And I don't mean this in a mocking way. Almost everyone knows that Zeihardts sometimes make the impossible possible."
"With that being said, I guess I shouldn't hold you up here any longer." At those words, Julian began to leave the workshop, bringing up a screen of his own as he began to send messages to some people he knew. "I'll give the guild a heads-up that you're heading to the frontlines." "Plus, I'll also ask some of the people I know to help you out in the frontlines," continued the man with a grin. "Call it another gift for your contributions to the guild thus far." Seeing the man's attitude take a 180 degree shift, the young man was stunned for a bit before letting out a bit of laughter in response.
'Who knew being straightforward and direct would help make things better?'
After talking with Julian for a bit more regarding a couple of things, Valyr soon made his way out of the Blacksmith Guild as he headed to the gates where Edward and Wells were staying. For now, it was time for him to head to the frontlines.