Chapter 193: The Guardians End

Well, that was a shit fest, who would’ve thought we were fighting our illustrator this whole time. It’s pretty clear that the three of us aren’t that close, especially Yuri, she hates my guts. At least our reunion isn’t that bad, at the very least she’s not the most hated person I have on my list

“How is she? Did something happen to her condition is she awake?” Jin consulted Blake as soon as he left his post and came back from the other side

He was confronted by Jin who quickly asked him a ton of questions before he was released from his grasp. Morris places his hand on the back of his shoulders and slowly takes away his pent-up stress. He was the only one who could’ve stopped the Bounty hunter but he chose to stay by his side. He didn’t know what he had with their illustrator or if the two have something that they kept a secret from him. In the end, he chooses not to ask since his words might weigh upon his friend

[You had that person in your grasp why did you hesitate? You could’ve killed that person right then and there. Why didn’t you kill that person don’t tell me you got soft?]

’I didn’t!! I told you I was there so I could save Erick’s allies, that’s the only thing that I promised. But the Bounty hunter running wild will become quite a hassle for me to find, but I already have a solution. The first thing I need to do right now is to remain in my post, rather this place is my responsibility. Might I remind you but before I came to be the Radiant Knight I was the leader of the mercenary group enigma,’

The atmosphere was getting heavier as time goes on, and it was going to stay for a very long time. His friend wasn’t in his right mind, with the help of his appraisal he notices that he was mentally and physically exhausted. He realizes that he wasn’t a part of their long and complicated story which he didn’t pry. He walked from the other rooms where he stationed Erick’s group

“Who’s that!?” Sam quickly draws her knife when she got startled by the presence from the other side of the room

Colt and Jenna were badly injured and they were still unconscious if they encountered another ambush. Lastly, their only active ally had left after he said that he’d fetch her something to eat to restore her energy. But as soon as she senses a familiar aura that wells up in front of her door

“It’s you, I thought I heard that your membership is no longer active. Why are you here Zen? No that seems quite disrespectful to say the least, why are you here Spell thief?” Sam lowers her weapon and took a deep breath and sighed before she asked him to enter their rooms

“Yes, it is I the person who you call Zen. I’m just going to have a chat if you’re okay with it, it’s not going to take your time. You might even gain something from our chat, that is if you allow me to enter,” He waited until he heard her voice that agreed to let him pass

“Make it quick! I can’t stand the sight of traitors and liars in my view. If you’re going to enter then you should be more honest and open even if it’s me. The others are unconscious and Erick is fetching me some food,”

She heard the old door make a screeching noise and Morris enters the room without a trace of an illusion. He didn’t bear any mask to hide his face and it was revealed for her to see his natural black hair and his skin that was pale as snow. He took a seat against her bed and offers her a bag that was filled to its brim with a set of valuable jewelry. The amount was enough for the four of them to even upgrade their equipment whilst living their lives

“If it isn’t enough you can ask for more, but im not here for this… If I tell you that I can rid you of all your memories of me and the rest of the members would you agree? It’ll feel like I’ve never existed, you wouldn’t be bothered and to top it all off, I can hook you up with some fake identities. If you don’t want that you can settle for a life being watched by the persevis cult until I kill the Bounty hunter. What will it be?”

“Why are you telling me this? Does Erick have something to do with this?” Sam’s expression was full of joy and at the same time filled with sorrow

She was given a choice for them to forget his existence or become a caged bird. But the most important thing she notice was the fact that her only ally hasn’t come back for a very long time. All of these things seemed to occur in a manner where it perfectly aligns so she could have a chat with this familiar yet mysterious player

“He asked me for one thing, once I helped him rescue the three of you I need to monitor your every move. That fight with the Bounty hunter was the last time I could fight him before im needed to do my part of the contract. If I didn’t adhere to his side of the contract I’ll die without a single warning to appear,” He said whilst his face remained unchanged even after he drop a topic that weighed a ton

’Sam Krestol isn’t the type of person who can easily identify anything once you’ve spoken to her. I may have dropped a few hints here and there, but I think she already knew why I came here. Tell me… What’s going to be your choice? This isn’t that hard, you either chose to have no privacy and remain to know of my betrayal. If not would you choose to live your life however you want once I’ve brainwashed you and your family?’

weeks later

“It seems today is your weekly report, how much has changed after you monitor those players? Order of the mask, the squadron who’s led by core member morris, what do you have to say? Make it quick since I’ll have to visit my sister well, it seems it’s time for her to be discharged from our medical branch,” One of Morris’s man has appeared at his side after he was about to visit his sibling

“I’ll tell you this week’s report it seems that they’ve managed to conquer floors 70 – 90 and the system has postponed the advancement of the trials. Due to this, there aren’t any kinds of changes to be seen on the lower floors and his book seems to have helped the survival of the players. Now back to the main reason why I’m here, my lord has healed from his injuries. He made his decision and would like to tell you that he’s going to visit you as soon as possible,” Apart from the things concerning the trials he was shocked by a single thing. It was the fact that a player he was indebted to was injured

’Injuries…? I thought he managed to hold his ground since his enemy wasn’t that strong. He was even bragging that the Bounty hunter wasn’t a problem due to him lacking a certain item. How interesting, I wonder how he get injured that he needed to wait for a week to recover. Should I ask his subordinate? From the looks of it, he doesn’t seem to be that tense and openly talks about his injuries,’

“Is there something that bothers you, cult leader?” The masked subordinate said whilst his face was full of worry

“Can you tell me about his injuries what did he suffer from? Was it something that he couldn’t reveal or something he doesn’t want anyone to hear? I can help him if his injuries are something that threatens his life, your master is my benefactor. Even if I’m the cult leader I need to be a figure that repays someone that im indebted to,” Persevis says with his expression fueled by his desire to help

“I can tell you but it’s not the least of which you have thought it be. Would you still like to hear about his injuries,” Persevis nods in agreement and his follower was left with no option but to tattle about his leader

“For starters, core member Christoper Morris has suffered from an attack none other than the ones he told us to monitor,” The follower said whilst his face was full of doubt about the things that he said

’What? How did he got injured by such a thing? In any case, I need to learn about the whole thing for myself. I remember him reporting about something that he made a contract with the ones his monitoring,’

“He received a dozen or so punches to his face and a powerful slap that could be heard from afar. This was one of the requirements of the contract they’d made, in short, they beat him to a pulp,”

’Excuse me? He got beaten by the very people he asked them to protect. I don’t understand his position I need to know more,’

“Since it was a part of the contract he wasn’t able to dodge not block their attacks and this resulted in his bruises. Apart from that, he easily killed the Bounty hunter, surprising isn’t it? He did this by himself, it seems that Bounty hunter was heavily reliant on the harbinger of death,”

“How did he beat such a powerful player by himself? I’ve heard that this player killer isn’t that easy to fight. Can you tell me exactly how he fought such a monster?” Persevis was curious to know of his method in dealing with such a foe

“He used a sealing technique that seals away the connection with the entity to the Bounty hunter. As of now, he’s recovering from his injuries, and while im at it I did your earlier request. It seems that your sister is excited to meet her savior. I don’t know if my assumptions are correct I think she’s madly in love. I’ve overheard it in her room, she um, said that she wanted to be held tightly by her prince. She also mentioned him having white hair,”

Once he heard of this he came to be furious and shook in an uncontrollable manner that scares the follower. He couldn’t contain his anger and it rages in his surroundings until the follower could no longer resist. He exited his office whilst Persevis continued his groaning from the information he heard about. Whilst he was being consulted by his members to clear his fit of rage a bright and cheerful girl was fantasizing about her prince

“I can finally meet him, at last, my white-haired prince will finally appear on my doorstep,”

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