บท 284: The impassable river (3)

Even if they had some doubt, the six Dreamers got to know who was running towards them when Meuric let out a blood-curdling shout.

The ground quaked under Meuric's feet, and the vibrations reached the Dreamers, turning their faces graver with every step. The Level 12 Dreamer didn't move after seeing this insolence. His hairs were dark green, and his eyes had a shade even darker than those.

The two Dreamers unaffiliated to any House took two steps back as if showing they had nothing to do with it. But the lead Dreamer snapped his head back and rebuked them, "Humph! Cowards, now go on! Your future will depend on how quickly you can do away with this nuisance."

But he's one of the…

My Lord, we can't…

The two Level 10 Common Ranked Dreamers resisted and gave out excuses, but their voice couldn't rise under the lead-Dreamer's squinted eyes. Meuric was almost upon them. It was now or never.