Just a hunter

'Shit!'

This was the only thought in Alex's head as he lay still in the shallow hole, staring right at the group of mercenaries confusedly observing his body.

"Hi…"

He let out an awkward greeting to break the ice between the two parties, which only led to further confusion among the mercenaries.

Alex had only just absorbed the second soul orb just moments prior to being found, so he had to do his best to buy himself some time before these mercenaries found out what happened here.

But then again, with their level of deductive reasoning, Alex doubted they'd even consider him to be a part of what happened here…

Aside from that, all Alex needed to do was buy himself a minute at most to completely heal his injuries, and then another minute on top of that for his energy to refill.

"Who are you? And how on earth are you still alive?" Carter was the first to wake up from his stupor, and he immediately started asking questions.