Un-Chain

Grello scoffed at the blond, "Ugh, I should have known it'd be the annoying brat. Of all people to send, they sent you?"

The blond bristled in anger, "You were supposed to be Undel's Link! Why the f.u.c.k did you accept this nobody instead?!"

She looked as if she wanted to continue her rant, however she was interrupted by Harlin's fierce strikes. Harlin had picked up her fallen dagger while the blond was distracted. Against the two blades, Lina was barely able to block them.

"F.u.c.k! You bitch! Get out of my f.u.c.k.i.n.g way!"

Grello folded his arms and sent a different buff at Harlin. Suddenly Uteu could hear the blond grunt at Harlin's blows. They seemed much heavier and stronger than before. Uteu took this as Grello using a strengthening buff of some kind.

"Lina, your mouth is so foul. Does Undel let you talk like this in front of him?" Grello said as he attempted to goad the girl.

"Ah wait, last I heard... you weren't chosen by him, were you?"

That last comment did it. Lina let out a ferocious snarl and ran over to Grello, ignoring Harlin. The maid, with a different buff on her, could not catch up to Lina's current speed.

"What the f.u.c.k do you know, you weak Psyche?! Only knowing how to play mind games!"

Grello laughed mockingly as he buffed himself and moved out of the way. Through their connection, the buff was already automatically amplified. Uteu could feel three different buffs between them. The exact same ones that Grello had used on him earlier for their test run.

While Grello didn't seem upset, Harlin was the one that refuted, "You're the useless Thew! Only knowing to use your muscles without thinking first!"

Uteu felt pretty lost. Were Psyche and Thew referring to titles or categories of some kind?

Grello continued to dodge the furious Lina, dragging her away from Uteu. He took the barest steps to dodge the girl and just as she looked like she'd land a hit, he lifted his hand. A sharp and bright bolt of lightning flew out of his fingertips, aimed straight at Lina's c.h.e.s.t. Uteu was pretty surprised. He didn't think the man had actual offensive spells.

He winked at Uteu, "Thew and Psyche are labeled with a yellow tab in The Links and Their Purpose, one of the books in your room."

While the bolt of lightning had missed Lina, she furiously swung her crowbar blindly in Grello's direction.

"F.u.c.k! This clueless nobody doesn't even know the basics! And why the f.u.c.k aren't you taking me seriously, asshole?!"

She stumbled as Harlin clipped her sides with a thrown dagger. Uteu could see that there weren't any buffs on the maid.

He frowned and while Lina was quite a few feet away from him now, he felt he could now try to form a link with Harlin. Forming a chain in mind, he sent it in Harlin's direction.

"Wait!" Grello had noticed what Uteu was attempting but wasn't able to stop him in time. Harlin gasped and crumpled to the ground at Uteu's chain.

The chain shattered and a splitting headache caused Uteu to groan in pain.

Grello cursed, "Ah... this is what happens when I don't have the time to explain more things to you."

Lina took advantage of the fallen maid and swung out her weapon towards Harlin's head. Grello grunted when he stopped it with his b.a.r.e hands. He shoved her away, making Lina stagger.

"I felt it, you tried to force a Link and accidentally overwhelmed her. Seems she's not compatible with you. Or even at the level to be considered as a Link for that matter." Grello tried to explain in between bolts of lightning aimed at Lina.

The blond jumped away and ended up much further away from them all.

"Just-" Grello was interrupted when someone flickered in between Uteu and Grello, shooting out a fireball towards Uteu.

Grello had been trying to pick up Harlin to relocate her and was unable to interrupt the spell.

"Uteu!" Grello cried out to Uteu, but Uteu had been paying close attention.

Throwing himself down to the ground, Uteu was grateful that a type of speed buff had been linked between the two of them. He watched as the fireball, easily the size of his head, evaporated all the water in the fountain behind him. He gulped at the close call.

"Hah, how is this thing keeping you preoccupied, Lina?"

The other intruder said with a lazy, disgusted tone of voice. Uteu glanced up at the man and took in his pale face and pale blond hair. The man was wearing combat boots and black windbreakers.

"Shut your face! It's Grello that's giving me a hard time not that nob-! Wait!!! Did he call him Uteu?"

Lina and her partner seemed bewildered as they took in Uteu's looks. However Grello quickly slid in front of Uteu to cover him. Unfortunately he was not quick enough.

"It is! This! WHAT!" Lina seemed flabbergasted and could not form words while the other seemed quite taken aback.

"This changes things... for two of the Drelden to be Chained Ones at the same time? This..."

"Hey, shitty Oscar! What the f.u.c.k is this supposed to mean?! I thought we were here to crush him so Undel could have Grello!"

Oscar frowned at Lina's form of address towards him and smacked her over the head with his hand.

"How the hell should I know? I was there with you when we received the orders."

Oscar suddenly swiveled around and threw out another fireball, this time aimed at Grello and Harlin.

Luckily Harlin had awoken by now and had thrown her remaining dagger at the fireball, it bounced off the dagger and hit a ways off to their right.

Uteu suddenly felt a hand on his throat. While they were blinded by the bright fireball, Oscar had made his way over to him.

He choked as he stared into sick looking, droopy, pale green eyes. He could hear Grello yelling out and the crackles of lightning, but he couldn't turn his head. His eyes were glued onto the sadistic look on Oscar's face.