My Second Life Is A Heroic Power Fantasy 133 Preparing For Departure Part 9

Seeing Jack appraising the two of them, the gnome grinned impishly and lifted his large crossbow up on his shoulder as he gestured towards Jack with his free hand.

"I fink 'ees interested in us, Rezza." He said to the orc woman, intentionally loud enough for Jack to hear.

The half-orc directed her attention towards Jack for the first time, and gave him an appraising snarl.

"Don' rec'gnoize 'em. Mus' be freelance."

"Forgive me. I don't mean to offend. I've just never encountered a gnome or a half-orc before, and was a.s.sessing the two of you." Jack replied to the two of them.

"You like wha' you see then, humie?" The gnome man asked, staring at Jack as he s.h.i.+fted in his perch on the half-orc's shoulders.

"Well, I'm certainly glad we're on the same side, that's for sure. I imagine you two make quite a pair on the field." Jack replied graciously.

The gnome man laughed.

"Ya d.a.m.n right we do! People don't call us the 'Two-Headed Terror' for nothin'!"

He sprang off of his perch, landing with barely a sound, before walking over and offering Jack his free hand.

"Name's Jemeni. Work for the Circle o' Seven, 'long with Rezza 'ere." The gnome man said, offering his hand up to Jack.

Jack took Jemeni's hand and shook it.
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"Jack. Glad to have you helping me on this little adventure of mine." Jack said.

The gnome's eyes brightened. "Oh, so it's you tha' Farlo's gott'n our merry little army togeth'r for."

He looked Jack up and down in an exaggerated manner, and then added. "Th' way th' old man was talkin' about your 'bilities I thought you'd be more... intimidatin' or somethin'. ...Meanin' no offense, of course."

Jack laughed. "Well, sorry to disappoint. I'm still pretty new to this whole adventuring business, so I haven't quite figured out the whole 'intimidating' thing yet."

The half-orc woman walked over and stood next to Jemeni, staring down at Jack with her corded armed crossed.

"Reza'nek", she said, beating her fist against her chest twice.

Jack looked up at the woman, trying not to show his discomfort as he did so.

"Nice to meet you." He said, nodding. Almost without thinking, he then added "I will definitely be coming to you for intimidation lessons later."

The half-orc glared down at him for a second, before breaking into a low chuckle.

Looking down at Jemeni, she said, "I like 'im."

Somewhere behind Jack, Farlo spoke loudly over the din of the chatter coming from the collected adventurers.

"Now that we're formally introduced, or as close as can be managed in such a short time, let's get started. We don't have much time left, if all of you plan on sleeping at any point tonight." He said, drawing a few chuckles from the older members of their a.s.sembled group.

With a bit of cajoling and a few minutes of effort, the group finally quieted down, and Farlo continued.

"I would like to thank you all for coming. I have to say that I didn't expect this many of you to show up. Consider me pleasantly surprised some of your could find it in you to do charity work for a change."

More chuckles and a few cheers rose out of the group at this remark, and Jack mused to himself that if he didn't know these were supposed to be the good guys, their responses might impress him otherwise. The gathered adventurers, with only a few exceptions, also seemed completely at ease, as if what they were preparing for was as mundane as going on a shopping trip. Those few that didn't, he noted, were all very young compared to the rest. He could relate.

"Now, let's get to business. We've got a lot to do."