CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“They must’ve snuck up on us as Bailey was dealing with the lock,” Felix whispers, and everyone is too tense to chastise him for stating the blatantly obvious.
Ariel reacts first, her military training kicking in as she leaps forward and punches an orc twice her size in the chest. Her opponent flies back at his comrades, who stagger back before they catch him and shove him back at her.
Before I can see how Ariel fares, I spot a stone flying our way.
It smashes into Felix’s metallic chest. His Neo Golem face shield goes up, and the robotic suit rips into the crowd of our attackers, making disturbing flesh-meets-metal smacking sounds along the way.
If it weren’t for the breeze that would take the gas away too swiftly, I’d consider using my remaining sleeping grenade. As
