Second Rate

"…I'll make you regret getting in my way," He would make sure to use everything to make this happen.

"Even though you try to be smart, you are actually stupid to let me see your group after hiding it so well, It would've been better if you didn't behave like a second-rate villain trying to be show off, I'll be well prepared next time,"

Haru laughed at hearing this, The way this guy spoke was really amusing to him.

"See you are even laughing like a second-rate villain, You probably think that my confidence is amusing, right? Typical, cliché," Seeing Haru laugh was actually just pissing the First apostle even more.

"I actually find your stupidity to be more amusing though,"

Haru shook his head as the First apostle's face froze.

"Hah?" And an ugly frown came on his face.

"What I mean is, I thought you'd have learned your lesson to not trust what you see after what happened, but I guess not," Haru said as he looked at the unchanging face of this guy.

It was like he wasn't scared or he thought what Haru said was all bullshit.

"You don't know anything about me, you don't even know what I truly look like, and you know nothing about my capabilities," The First Apostle smirked since Haru was still underestimating him.

"Are you talking about the fact that you know the future?" Haru of course knew why this guy was being so smug.

"That is correct, That is why I am saying you'll regret getting in my way," The First apostle spoke looking at Haru.

"...Do I look like an idiot to you?" Haru asked an unexpected question, but he got a fast response.

"Yes, A big one at that," The first apostle almost sounded smug while saying that.

"…"

"…So, what I meant was how does someone who knows the future didn't see this happening?" Haru closed one eye while asking that, it was almost like Haru was mocking him who had ended up in this situation despite talking a big game.

"See this is why you are stupid, This situation was also part of my plan, otherwise why would I send my clone here?" The First apostle said with a smirk, and really this person didn't lose anything here at least in his eyes.

"Because you're too weak on your own," Haru said and the first Apostle didn't look amused at all as he answered.

"That arrogance will come back to bite you,"

"Are you done with your sales pitch?" Haru asked much to the Apostle's confusion.

"You are trying to make a case for yourself a little too hard, so when you are caught you can be spared based on the fact that you know the future or the fact that you are a capable person that will be helpful if kept around as a subordinate," Haru shook his head as the first apostle stayed silent for a second before saying.

"Spout that nonsense after you catch me,"

"Don't worry we'll meet soon, we can see if your abilities match your words," Haru smiled as the first apostle frowned.

"Spoken like a true third-rate villain," The first apostle scoffed as Haru answered back.

"Right back at you,"

After hearing that, the First apostle's head dissolved into a substance like mud and then disappeared.

"Well, that's half of the stuff taken care of," Haru stood up from the chair and walked out of the tent.

"You finally came out, How was the talk?" Hee-won who was standing outside asked, pretending like she didn't hear anything.

"It was ok," Haru just shrugged since it was time to move to the second part. He looked in the front and the remaining three remaining apostles were standing there.

"The one Nam-woon was fighting died from excessive bleeding," Queresha said Haru walked up to her, the made Haru look at Nam-woon who was standing a little distance away from them.

'It is not my fault he was so weak,' Nam-woon looked away while whistling. He was pretending like he didn't notice Haru.

This actually made Ji-hye laugh seeing Nam-woon's panic because felt like he might get punished.

"Well, it is alright, is that why you healed them all," Haru asked Queresha seeing that she had healed the other apostles.

Queresha nodded as Dok-ja came near them…

"I heard there was an attack so I came back quickly," Dok-ja rushed back after he heard that Chung-muro came under attack by the apostles, he thought this would happen since from the way Haru went back it was clear he had figured it out.

Of Course, it was only possible because he defeated the dragon Igneel that came out in An-guk.

'It was so bad, I literally died,' Dok-ja wasn't joking when he said that he had died, he actually did and came back to life after using his King attribute.

'By the time I came back the first Apostle was already killed or more like his clone was,' Dok-ja was a little vexed that he wasn't able to meet this guy who was pretending to be him.

Min-seob and Sung-kook also met the first apostle and that guy claimed to have read the entire revelation(TWSA), But Dok-ja knew that he was the only one who had read it to the end, so this guy was full of bullshit.

'And he is still alive out there,' Dok-ja thought, This first apostle had an avatar skill that allowed him to make clones of himself, they can even change the gender, and physical features of the clones.

This was how the First apostle was able to go to different stations and recruit the prophets all across Seoul at the same time. Dok-ja had also seen the First Apostle's headless body that wasn't bleeding, this only strengthened his deduction.

"We took care of this without any problem, did you finish the task you had to do?" Haru asked with a smile making it seem that it wasn't a big deal.

"Ah, yes," Dok-ja nodded and Haru looked at the remaining apostles who stiffened at his gaze, the scene of him killing the First Apostle was still fresh in their mind, aside from the fat guy since he wasn't around when that happened.

"So, you guys have two choices right now," Haru said as complete silence reigned over the area until a voice was heard.

"That many? Oh, Sorry," It was Hee-won who realized she spoke out loud.

"Well, You either join my group or you die, Which one is it going to be?" Haru looked at the three and they all…

"Please let us join your group," They said bowing, they only wanted to survive, and that was pretty much the only reason they joined with the other Apostles and came under the First Apostle.

"Will that be alright?" Min-seob whispered to Dok-ja, since who knew if the apostles backstab them?

"Don't talk," Dok-ja said and Min-seob covered his mouth.

'There shouldn't be any problem with that,' Dok-ja thought since…

"So, let me ask you a question," Haru paused making them look at him.

"Do you have any plans of backstabbing my group?" Haru asked, Min-seob and Sung-kook could understand why Dok-ja told him to be quiet.

'He is using that skill,' Min-seob thought looking at Haru since this was something he had been through it with Sung-kook, it still makes him shudder at how close he was to death before.

"No sir we would never," And the three people actually had no such plans, they were getting to join such a strong group, so, they surely didn't mind being loyal as long as they can make it through.

And from the looks of it, there was no sign of Jung-hyuk in Chung-muro, and the leader was also someone else entirely, a person respected by Kim Nam-woon of all people, and then there were Lee Ji-hye and Lee Hyun-sung, they were also respectful to him.

It showed a lot about Haru as a leader of the group and also made them not want to go against him in any way.

"Well, alright then welcome to the group," Haru said and Queresha took them away, she had many questions to ask these guys regarding the things she had heard from Haru, but...

'I need to let them know what they are dealing with now,' Queresha thought as she saw Haru going back into the tent.

As he left everyone else went to do their tasks or to rest depending on their schedule since it was still early in the morning.

***

"So, what are we going to do now?" Min-seob asked Dok-ja since this was the biggest concern they had.

"Well, we can't go off on our own this time, that's for sure," Dok-ja was also thinking about how he should deal with this situation. Things have gotten more complicated now.

There was Yu Jung-hyuk, The Tyrant King, The First Apostle, and the most important one Haru himself, Dok-ja had to make a move now while keeping these guys in his mind.

"Why? I don't think Haru-ssi was mad at all," Sung-kook said and Dok-ja looked at him.

"Even then, it won't be good to do something like that again, everyone as their boundaries," Dok-ja knew that Haru wasn't the one he needed to fear in this group.

Haru didn't ask him anything, But Queresha…

'Yeah, it would be better to be careful now,'

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Yo, I need more powerstones,

Thanks...