Chapter 14 : day 2, new 'teammates'

When the light disappeared, Luke opened his eyes. He saw other people, roughly 50 all around him looking at him in wonder. They must not have expected that someone would come over before the quest. After all, people only come for 5 minutes in advance, not 6 hours. Currently, the day's quests begin at 4 PM. As they were looking at each other, the leader, presumably, approached him and began to talk/interrogate him.

" Well, who are you? And how come you are here this early by yourself? " Leader asked with a little bit of skepticism and Luke answered " ... Luke. I'm the only one alive from my group. "

" Short answers and to the point huh? I'm Stevenson, nice to meet you I guess. You said that you're the only one alive from your CHG, why so? "

As Stevenson said his name, Luke had a hard time keeping his emotionless cold face. That kind of coincidence was just too much but he still responded by telling the truth, part of it that is.

" The others had a leader who doomed them all. His name was Carl. He was a greedy, avaricious guy who just sought death and brought it to everyone else. "

" Hmmm, I see, I'm sorry for your companions who died but, you just said others? You were an independent guy? " Stevenson only asked about this part suspiciously.

Someone had a lie detecting ability and this someone kept nodding his face at Stevenson as Luke talked.

Talking about him, Luke's face which was expressionless began contorting from hatred as he replied " I only listened to another guy, his name was Steven. He... was a kind-hearted leader but this b*stard provoked his death! Since then, I just stayed by myself. "

As he finished, the person who had the lie detecting ability once again nodded and Stevenson did the same and sighed. " Well, I can understand why you are by yourself then. You had quite the horrendous experience at your CHG. Whatever, since you came here, I welcome you to our base. As we are all in the same boat, I will ask you to at least cooperate for now and when you have more trust towards us, to integrate with the group. " As he finished, he patted his shoulder and left to do his own things, and the others dispersed.

When he left, Luke just got to a spot far from the camp, set a tent he just bought and got into it. Nobody bothered him, not because they were estranging him but because of his cold face.

.....

When the time for lunch came, a beautiful black-haired woman who looked to be in her early 30s came to invite him to join them.

" Hey, hello young man, wanna come to eat with us? Great, let's go !" She plainly didn't let him decide and tried to drag him out.

He obviously didn't let himself be and coldly looked at her and said in a freezing tone while trying to escape her grasp " leave me alone " But it seemed like she was way stronger than him and still dragged him out without him being able to do anything. He was ' shocked '. He didn't try to free himself from her grasp anymore but took out his daggers and repeated coldly with narrowed eyes " leave me alone ". Then she stopped dragging him, now 2 meters outside of the tent and turned towards him with a smile.

" You should drop that thing if you don't want to get hurt " This enraged him and as he was about to stab her, Stevenson came from the side and restrained his raising arm while shaking his head " Believe me you don't want to anger her, she can beat the crap out of everyone here, me included for just going against her words. " Luke frowned but still didn't let the matter go. He was quite obstinate and he REALLY began to get annoyed. He repeated a last time with killing intent lacing his words " Leave me alone "

This didn't deter the woman whose smile kept growing but Stevenson who didn't want Luke to get beaten up just after experiencing an overbearing leader intervened " Sigh Isabella, let him go please, he has... circumstances " She rose an eyebrow at him but still let go.

But she looked straight into Luke's eyes and said " Alright, but listen, my friend, the next time you direct killing intent towards me I break all the bones inside your body. " After she said her part, she left and regrouped with the others.

Stevenson who was at his side the entire time sighed and gave him a last warning " Luke, don't go against her out of all people, you will regret it. You see, she is a very nice person but she likes to do whatever she wants and she hates it when her good intentions meet denying. Also, try to get to know the others better, it will be helpful.

Ah right, that aside, I came here to ask you what your ability was and if you bought any useful skill. "

Luke frowned and stayed silent while looking at Stevenson. He really began to get annoyed with these people. He played the cold card to be left alone yet they just threw their weights around. He really began thinking of killing them all but decided against it after some thinking. He can't just go and kill anyone he didn't like, that's not something he would want to do, he needs better reasons to kill like money, a great hatred or just benefits. ( great reasons indeed )

He shrugged Stevenson's hand off his arm and got back inside his tent. Stevenson seeing this shook his head and still pressed on the matter. " Listen, Luke, for our group's wellbeing, I just can't let off loose hands you know. You either tell me what your ability is or you just don't participate in the next fight. "

After he said that, he left.

Luke greatly liked this idea. Like this, he could see if any one of them would make a good pawn as he had the feeling that the boss will be exceptionally strong because of him.

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Meanwhile, Isabella and Stevenson were discussing Luke's case.

Isabella started with a frown " I don't like that Luke. You said earlier he had circumstances but what about them? "

Stevenson replied " His CHG was led by a greedy, power-seeking leader who killed indirectly or not everyone else. He seemed to be particularly touched by the death of another leader before whom he was subordinated to. That's why I think you should let him be for a while. "

" I see... so that's how it is. Err, now I almost feel bad Steve, maybe I should go and apologize? " She was quite troubled now. She thought he was just an antisocial kid that needed help and got to him and then she found him hateful since he was ready to kill her for a small reason.

" Nah, he should be left alone. Tony ( lie detector man ) was there when I interrogated him but I have the feeling that he hides something. Furthermore, he didn't want to talk about his ability. He has too much pride and should be humbled. He most likely won't participate in the fight, so this should be the perfect chance to do so. "

" Okay, but, why are you so adamant in integrating him? It should be me who have that role. " She asked with an incomprehensible expression.

"..."

"..."

"... I fell in love..." Stevenson replied with a blush.

"... I understand, don't say anything more, almost forgot that you're gay... Though prepare yourself for fierce competition, his cold, violet eyes didn't leave me indifferent..."

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5 minutes before the day's battle the system prompt resounded.