Conflict ( Part 1)

Fatty opened his eyes and found himself in his tent. He looked at his body which was fully healed and sighed.

" I must've passed out due to exhaustion."

He got up from his bed and walked outside, there he saw Daisy doing pushups.

" Morning."

" Hey Nile." Daisy looked at him while doing pushups.

" So, are we taking the day off ?" Fatty asked Daisy.

" That would be great." Daisy was skeptical about that.

Fatty looked around for August but couldn't find him.

" Hey, have you seen him this morning ?"

" Nope, I just woke up an hour before. He wasn't here then."

" … "

Fatty sat down on a chair and thought about yesterday's hunting session. He never thought that he could hunt that many beasts, even if he had the best equipment. A strange motivation and determination made him do the thing that was impossible for him a month ago.

The user he wanted to recruit became his mentor and somehow he found the motivation to do these difficult hunts. He remembered the days when he used to be fearful of his brother and the users that tried to go after him. After August came, he had this sense of security that he could stand up against anyone.

" Hey, what about the beast cores ?" fatty suddenly realized that they didn't bring the beast cores from yesterday's hunt.

" I guess he collected it afterward, at least I hope so," Daisy replied casually.

" Don't you want those A rank beast cores ?"

" Don't we have an SS rank beast core? That thing alone is worth more than thousands of A rank beast cores. I doubt he would be interested in those."

" Indeed, they are not important to me but we need them for the guild."

August appeared in front of them. He was wearing a casual t-shirt and blue jeans.

" So you have them right," Fatty asked August.

" Yeah, we will register them with the DoA."

" What about the SS rank beast core ?"

" Yeah, we will register that too." He was hoping for a big response from the DoA.

August was about to take them back to the guild, but he sensed an object approaching the valley. He activated his force field and expanded his senses. An aircraft was flying in their direction and he could sense dozens of users in that aircraft.

' Hmm, we have guests.'

After some time, a sonic boom was heard. Fatty and Daisy looked in the direction of the sound. They saw a black aircraft hovering above the valley. It came down slowly and landed on the open area near them.

After the aircraft landed, a group of users came out, wearing black combat suits and equipped with high-rank artifacts. They looked at August and company, who were standing at their campsite.

One of the users approached and pointed his artifact towards them. It looked like a cannon that was attached to his shoulder.

" Who are you guys ? What are you doing in the red zone ?"

*sigh*

" Oh, we are here just for camping. We didn't know that it was a red zone, right guys?"

August looked at both Daisy and Fatty. They understood what he was implying and they also spoke up.

" Yeah.. we just got here, we were unaware that this area was also inside the red zone."

" That's right," Daisy also nodded.

" See.. we came here just to have some fun."

The user was still suspicious of them, so he opened his comm and called his captain.

" Captain, I found a group of newbie users in the hunting zone."

He heard some instruction from his captain and nodded his head.

" You three come with me. Our captain wants to talk to you."

" Sure " August didn't refuse and agreed to meet the captain.

They followed the user and came to the aircraft.

August heard seven people walking out of the airstair, leading them was a middle-aged man with grey hair, who was also wearing the same black combat suit but his suit had more detailed design and unique parts attached. The man looked at the them and immediately figured out that August was their leader.

" So, you are here for some sightseeing." He directly asked August.

" You could say that."

August looked at the status of the man in front of him.

[ Name : Argus Collin ]

[ Level : 182 ]

[ Species : Homo Sapiens ]

[ Resonance : None ]

[ Strength : 211 ]

[ Agility : 169 ]

[ Vitality : 188 ]

[ Dexterity : 121 ]

[ Intelligence : 22 ]

[ Wisdom : 27 ]

[ Skills : Aura manipulation (S) , Breker Arm(S), Aura shield(A,Slice(A), Arkfist(A)...]

[ Status : Healthy, Curious ]

[ Advanced options » ]

' Hoh, an S rank user.'

August was smiling slightly looking at the other users. They were all S class users but weaker than him. But when he saw a particular user, his eyes stopped.

[ Name : Charlotte Finley ]

[ Level : 199 ]

[ Species : Homo Sapiens ]

[ Resonance : None ]

[ Strength : 213 ]

[ Agility : 221 ]

[ Vitality : 191 ]

[ Dexterity : 166 ]

[ Intelligence : 23 ]

[ Wisdom : 23 ]

[ Skills : Aura manipulation(S) , Ironblade(S), Poison blade(S), Stealth(S), Pierce(S), Slice(A),....]

[ Status : Healthy , Intrigued ]

[ Advanced options » ]

' She's even more powerful than the captain, almost SS class.'

He was really intrigued by her, despite being the strongest she was not the leader of this group.

August wanted to register the SS rank beast core in the DoA to lure some greedy guilds but now that he got such a great chance, he didn't want to waste it.

He won't hurt those who did nothing to him, but he won't show mercy to those who try to harm him. To get the things he wanted, he needed a scapegoat to do something to him first, so that he could unleash his full force, without feeling guilty.

That was why he always tried to trigger a conflict with someone so that the opposite party will do something stupid in a fit of rage, then he could leverage that. Sure, he was now powerful enough to wreak havoc anywhere he wanted. But that was against his morals for now.

He believed whoever was smart enough and understood the situation could avoid great disasters. People who acted on their emotions and discarded reason always fell into a pit in the end, it was just a matter of time.

" We scanned the entire red zone but there is not a single beast in here. We believe some other guild or possibly Setrian troops invaded our land. So we need to search your belongings. We will let you go after confirming that you are not spies."

" But we are Marvian, look.." Fatty showed his user license to the captain.

" Still, we need to search, you might be a spy for Setria."

" Geez, if you want to look through our stuff, why don't you say so? Why accuse us of being spies. We can say the same for you, why don't you give us a tour of your fancy aircraft ? We can't be sure that you are not from Setria." August further provoked them.

" You dare !" A user beside the man yelled out.

" Yes I do" August gave a soft smile.

" Sir, we need to apprehend them now, they might be spies from Setria." another user spoke up.

' Yes.. do it.' August was laughing inside.

" If you don't cooperate with us, we have to use force." The middle-aged man gave him a final chance.

" Ah, I'm looking forward to that." August didn't flinch.

" I will take care of them." The user that spoke earlier cracked his knuckles and approached August.

August looked at his stats, he was a level 106 user with high strength and vitality. As he approached August, he channeled aura around his fist and threw a punch towards August's face. From the energy coming out of that fist, a normal A class wouldn't be able to block it.

*WHOOSH*

But, a moment later everyone was looking at the scene with shock. The user who threw a punch at August was missing his right arm and there was burn marks all around his wound. A burning smell permeated the surrounding area.

'Ooh, let's test out the new skill I got. Hope I don't go overboard with this.'