"I'm not speaking about how they got here. They came, and we fell into this trap. You saw them, they got three who could battle Fang and win over him!"
"What do you mean?!" Berry looked in confusion, and what that master said next added another layer of mystery towards what she and the team suffered from in the past twenty-four hours.
"I mean if they wanted, they could have killed all of us! But so far, they just pushed us to this trap area and let us fall into these pits. They didn't do anything else, as if they were watching us from above, as if... They are waiting for something... Or someone..."
"William!" as if the answer was clear in front of her, Berry jumped to this conclusion. Everyone around looked at her in doubt, as it was famous how she held William high in her heart.
"It's William," but unlike what everyone expected, she didn't jump to this conclusion out of her feelings towards him, "this situation, everything... It's similar to how things happen when he is around. Yes, it's him, they are waiting for him, but..."
As she was speaking out of deep experience with William, her heart feelings kicked in and she couldn't continue her words. She saw how Fang, the strongest master she ever saw in her life, struggled and even lost against those masters. And that meant if William came in, a worse fate would happen, something that she couldn't even think about.
This talk happened also at many places around, where William's friends and guild top members were trapped in various holes. No matter how they tried, it was impossible for any to leave these pits.
Few tried to use wind elements and techniques to cross the distance to the top. But whenever they did that, they got immediately attacked by the mysterious masters guarding the area.
"We need to be patient and wait," this was what everyone agreed on. They knew William was far away from here, training and waiting for their return.
But the wait would be over at some point. If he grew impatient and noticed their absence and delay, he'd surely come here and check on things.
"I know you can hear me," even if he felt enraged at the moment, William controlled himself well enough to say these words as if he was squeezing them out of his mouth, "don't hurt her, I'm coming over for you."
"Hmm, let's see if you have the option in the first place to come or not," the lady evilly smirked. Seeing this made William realise what was going on.
In a flash he activated his spirit body. But the next moment, he felt a gust of wind coming at him.
"Damn! This fast? Must be wind and lightning elements together!" he didn't hesitate to retreat, back down and create a distance between him and the attackers.
But the moment he moved, they followed. "This won't work," one of them shouted, and William already realised this.
"Then let me push my path forward with force!" William roared, and the next moment he activated his Hole Sword technique. He flashed fast, as fast as the incoming masters.
"Something seems off!" William used to how he'd outpace his enemies in terms of speed. Yet for a reason, every time he targeted someone, that person moved one beat earlier, evading his incoming attack.
"Are they reading my mind or something?" William didn't think too much about this. He could tell these masters were weirdly familiar with the way he fought with and were quite prepared to welcome his technique.
But overall, this didn't matter. As he kept flashing, the masters finally opened a path for him to pass through and he didn't let such chance escape him.
"We won't let you leave!" one of them roared, and all he got was a loud laugh from William.