The Weakest Kobold In The Dungeon Gets A Level [Book 1 Complete] Chapter 33: Chapter 30: To Be Brave Enough

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Chapter 30 To Be Brave Enough Silence. A battle for their lives, and an enemy they’d been told to run from had fallen. In the wake of the battle, in the moment Nik looted that enemy, a faint pop sounded and he felt the air being tugged from his lungs. His feet slid several inches as he was briefly pulled toward the now empty space that the matron's body had filled. A deep breath and then silence fell. Pearl tilted her head at the party notification that informed each of them about the shared space and minimal remaining slots. “Interesting. A shared inventory could be useful,” said the mousey-haired, analytical sprite, bringing the first bit of sound back into the stillness of the tunnel. “That… was… awesome! And that’s a lot of chitin! We’ll need to get an armorsmith in our new burrow,” Kath’s exclamations echoed through the space. Sir BlackDagger's voice came from behind Nik, saying, “Bea, can you tell us what just happened?” “Um, maybe? Nik's group is talking about a shared inventory, and having a lot of chitin. They must have just unlocked it, because they sound just as surprised as we are,” she replied. Nik for his part had moved on to attempting to collect his spear. Climbing atop the chitin, he tried to avoid the spots slicked with insect or adventurer's blood and moved carefully over to find his spear. He gave another look around the battlefield and found one of the goblin spears that had apparently been pressed flat into the ground covering instead of snapping. Both spears vanished into his inventory, and he called out to his people. “Kath, Worik, put the cart into the party inventory, and start gathering any of the torches that are still lit or usable. Pearl, we need to talk.” “What do you need to discuss?” she asked. Nik smiled broadly at her and said, “Teacher, how would you like to learn flame? No, what I mean to ask is, will you let me teach you? Please?” Pearl's eyes looked into his soul as she considered her response. “I only have gotten to hear parts of the conversations you have been having, and only parts of your side of them. Why is it important to you that I have access to flame abilities?” “The king is sending shadow monsters, enemies that can only be hurt by light. I need you and my guards to have a defense against them. I don't want to lose you and I don't want to have to fight your corpse, because the shadows… The king's shadows can puppet the dead,” Nik forced the words out. The adventurers faced that, and they warned me. Maybe they were just delivering the message as ordered, but they could have run. Maybe it was that since they're stuck in Kyraneth they needed to look for answers, and I was the only lead they had? “I really need a day off to just look for shiny rocks,” Nik's eyes went a bit wide at the realization that he'd not only been so deep in his own head that he'd missed Pearl's response, but he'd accidentally interrupted her while giving voice to that last thought. The hardiest and most vibrant laughter he'd ever heard from his friend burst forth from her lips. Once she'd gained a modicum of control over the laughter, she hovered to his chest, ducked to the side of his chin and wrapped her arms around his neck in a sincere hug. “Of course you do buddy, of course you do. I will let you teach me the skill, as well. I would like to have that to use against the shadows, should they come for you,” she said, while trying to contain the chuckling that still escaped her in small fits. Nik let the humor of the moment break a small laugh from him, too, and he felt his shoulders relax. A small, unseen weight lifted from his shoulders. With the invitation sent and accepted, his student slots filled to four out of five. Pearl would be safer with abilities from the flame skill. “I’m going to start with teaching this immediately, and Stics will have to catch up. When the clan arrives, our stoneshapers will get the rubble clear so we can move to the surface. I’ll work with him as much as I can while they wor