Doubts

At first, the other pioneers had their doubts, but they were soon swayed by The Leader's smooth-talking. He wasn't good at assessing situations, but his ability to manipulate people with his words was extraordinary. As a result, all the pioneers followed him into the raid, leading to the deaths of half their group. Even Justin perished, forcing the territory to select a new leader.

"I stayed behind in the territory, so my body was safe. I wasn't a combat class to begin with. But with so many pioneers dead, a new problem arose."

"You were worried about an invasion from another territory, weren't you?"

"Exactly. We'd lost half of our fighting force overnight. At that point, we hadn't made contact with other territories yet, but the system kept giving us warnings, so everyone became paranoid."