Chapter 180: Uninvited Guest

“Harbinger of death a sub-entity that’s not as powerful as the game masters, these guys have a meaningful purpose. In short, they’re equivalent to uber drivers that’ll send you to the afterlife. Due to their ability to learn of the death of anyone before that very moment arrives. These entities guide the souls on a long and boring journey to the afterlife, what is it Kyo you raised your hand,” Whilst Zeke was in the middle of explaining their mission he notices one of their aces raising his hand

“Oh, thank you for stopping for a moment… I know that I’ve asked about the purpose of our mission, but how did it correlate to an entity? Also, what exactly does the soul do when they reach the afterlife?” Though he was uncontrollable and childish at first glance, he wasn’t that oblivious. Kyo min soo was just a person who seeks to earn the praise of his adoptive parent. This is why this little mage on his side was not so fond of his behavior, for the two of them share the same thought

“Oh that’s easy, some Harbingers of deaths are breaking the rules given to them by the gods and the system. One of these pricks was the one that contracted with the infamous Bounty Hunter. And what about the reason why you go to the afterlife? Your soul will either suffer in hell or have a chilling life in heaven. A retirement life for the good and an unpaid internship in the most brutal environment for the evil,” Slowly after his explanations, his team would learn about the true meaning of their mission

’Before I came to be one of the members of Enigma, I was babysat by a reader named Park Hyunsu that monitored my every move. As much as I hate to say it, my time with him wasn’t a waste he didn’t only help me rehabilitate. Basic knowledge, transaction, and other things I need to learn about this world that’s not inside the book. One of them was learning to read the room and know about the behavior of a person. It may sound stupid, but I didn’t think those teachings were so that I can join Enigma,’

Truth be told, this cool-headed person who’s able to easily control and supervise this many players were trained. Morris notices his natural sense of leadership and he came to one of his most trusted people for the job. If he didn’t learn this thing before he joined their team then his nightmares would become a reality. The reality where the words injected into him by his previous guild members would remain. Resulting in his dependent behavior that can’t even stand on his own feet, something that was a shackle for his talent

[Looks like you truly change… I can’t even see the timid and shaking you that I tease in one of the starter cities… I must be fortunate that you got recruited to the player whose aliases was none other than Spell thief]

“Master… He’s doing this for the success of our mission?” Even Quon was confused about the weight of their missions, to think that they held such an important mission

“Good… It seems you guys have an idea of what we’re dealing with! I’ve heard about one of the rumors that are focused on the Bounty hunter and his/her killings. It was said that it was able to escape and create a massacre of more than a hundred without a single help. One of the skills that a Harbinger of death or the ones that run amok and disobeyed their duties was to eat souls,” Whilst he was telling them this information, the others were covering their tracks as they progress to the outpost

“If they took a long time to process the souls they devoured it’s a permanent increase in stats. If it wasn’t processed and just swallowed whole it’ll only be a temporary increase, hence why I called it a buff. While we’re weeding out those players before they get alerted to our leader’s location. Our Vice leader’s mission is of great importance as well, too much so I can’t disclose its information! Well… Would you look at that? It seems we’re surrounded,” Zeke quickly fires a round of ammunition into the air, moments later a few corpses have fallen to the ground

This instance was the reason why he was assigned to be their leader, Kyo min soo had a naturally heightened sense of hearing. But it couldn’t compare to Zeke’s that’s fully developed and able to detect farther than his range. As soon as his squadron caught a glimpse of the corpse they immediately went into their separate position. Where they cover each other’s backs and prepared their spells and some have even transformed a fraction of their body to their true form

“Kind and generous Mr. Ranger im not sure if you remember me but I came to help! Would you mind putting down that weapon of yours?” When the others remained in their position, only Zeke was the one that reacted to this voice

Annoying and quite a bit delusional, he ordered the rest of his team to disengage and the shadowy figure appeared. Revealing his true identity as Quinton the utility mage of Park Hyunsu’s team and as he reveals himself. Another figure came out from the shadows and it was revealed to be every member of their squadron

“H-hyunsu…? Why the hell are you guys here?” The others thought he called for their help after they were ordered to disengage. However, he only acted on his intuition, he remembered that voice like the back of his head. He wasn’t different from the rest who had a lot of questions as to why these people are here

“What’s the big idea Argyle!!? Weren’t we told to monitor them without them ever learning of our presenc~” Yuuko quickly covered her about as soon as she was about to reveal their mission

“I didnt have a choice! Do you want to have your body filled to the brim with bullet holes do you not? You’ve seen it for yourselves when we saw his incredible display of skills. I supposed you wouldn’t believe us if we ever said that we came here by chance?” Quinton smiled at them after he and his teammates would’ve died if he didnt become their representative

“Wow… Way to leave it to Yuuko to reveal every single bit of our mission, you’re loose-mouthed as ever,” Xiao-Fen along with Grey arrived as soon as they fended off the ones that weren’t in the range of Zeke’s heightened senses

[I didn’t think you’ll have the chance to encounter the people that thought you everything you need to know. Is there a chance that Spell thief was able to gauge the power of your squadron? Maybe that’s the reason why this band of players who belongs to the cult had appeared at your front]

He knew that he was lacking in a few things to act as their leader, but after he was guided and personally educated by Jin. He couldn’t have lacked anything in terms of leadership and management in his team. Then why was it that they were being followed by these players whose positions are high in the cult? Their answers were then solved by the time Park Hyunsu appeared and gave Zeke who’s their acting leader a piece of paper

[Dear, Zeke Croft you might not have a good impression of someone of my caliber though I remember you pointing your gun… But im not here to talk about that time in our previous meeting with the topic of the gluttony core

I’m deeply indebted to your leader, I don’t think that this will repay everything that he has ever accomplished. I’m simply giving any kind of support to help you find the greatest result for your mission. The reason why I sent Park Hyunsu out of every people was the fact that you already know of his worth

Im not telling you to rely on him and gave up your position as a leader im hoping that they’ll be able to be of help. Since I can’t personally appear due to my role as the cult leader that manages my people

— (Persevis) Felix Alvarez]

“That’s the reason why we’re monitoring you, though we would’ve done it without our leader’s command if we heard of your crisis. It’s for you to decide if you want the six of us to assist you or not, will gladly hear your thoughts. But I do recommend that you accept, we want to be of help to your group, and we owe you too much,” Hyunsu bowed to him after he request for his team to accompany Zeke’s little squadron

Even though the others didn’t fully know their identities, they in return gave their opinion to their acting leader

“I think I can answer your decision, acting leader! When I came to assist them in the raid against the asura, I was stationed in the subquest. You were there as well along with Mr. Belfast, I think everyone else has the same thought. Would you mind if they assist us in our mission?” Gaust gave him the final push tk decide their cooperation, in response to his opinion. Zeke reaches out for Hyunsu’s hand and shakes it then and there

“Let’s clean up those corpses before we all progress in our route,”

“No need, I’ve already asked Yuuko to burn every single one of them,” With Hyunsu’s confirmation, he and Zeke’s team banded together as they walk towards the outpost. Where they were given the special task of eradicating every player in sight

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep