In the cluttered room, an "orc warrior" and an orc shaman were facing one another.
Josh instantly understood that the pledge ritual failing was terrible news. As the red energy shattered, so did his chances of this event happening without any hiccup.
He had optimistically hoped for the pledge's failure to be more discrete but now had to deal with this issue. The timing of the failure especially made it 100% suspicious.
The orc shaman was now deeply frowning, very close to beating him up.
"You, explain yourself. You're lacking sincerity?! Magic has a price, and it's too late to turn back." He growled.
Josh seemed hesitant but finally mustered the courage to speak.
"This…I think the chant is wrong…." He softly uttered.
"WHAT?!"
How dared he?! The little shit! Did he think that he was a big deal?! The shaman couldn't be wrong. He had done this for way too long to be wrong! How many times had he finalized a pledge without any issue?!
