Arran did not have a lot of time on hand so he could not waste it.
Arran squatted down and quickly started to search through the belongings of the twenty Aeth who he had knocked unconscious.
Arran was searching to see if there were any tokens on any of them so that he could take them away with him. Even if Arran was planning on playing the long game with these alliance members he still wanted to try his luck and see if any of them had hidden any tokens on their person.
Arran was not really expecting much as he had already guessed that because of fairness all the tokens that the alliance members get their hands on will be concentrated and gathered in the hands of a few select people.
It had to be said that Arran had his tokens on him at the moment so if any of these twenty Aeth was hiding a token on them then they would have sensed him from the very beginning. since they did not it meant that none of these people had any tokens with them.
Still, as
The unremarkable-looking captain of the second team looked at the captain of the first team for a moment before turning away as he continued to observe the scene.While doing this, the captain of the second team said, "I should be asking you instead. Why are you here instead of joining your team to capture the culprit who attacked our people? Are you really that timid that you would rather stay behind and let your team face all the risks on their own?"There was pure disdain dripping from the mouth of the captain of the second team and it was clear that he did not want to have anything to do with the captain of the first team."Haha, don't be like that, after all, we are comrades who are in the same boat so we should get along well with each other."The captain of the first team laughed off the words of the second team's captain.His skin was sufficiently thick and it was like nothing could penetrate it at all.The first team's captain conti
The chase was on and Arran was fleeing from pursuit while at the same time steadily luring his pursuers to follow behind his tail.Arran's pace was very steady and he fled in a way that was not too fast but at the same time, it was not too slow at all.Arran kept just the right amount of distance between himself and his pursuers where they would not be able to catch up to him quickly but at the same time he would they would still see the hope of eventually capturing him.The way to lure the enemy into chasing you was an art style in itself that had been perfected countless times by various war veterans.The trick of the trade was to give just the right amount of hope to your pursuers where they would not be able to capture you but at the same time, they would be too reluctant to give up on you because you had created the illusion that with just a little bit of time and effort they would still eventually catch up to you.Arran had learned this art f
Thirty minutes later...This was exactly how much time had passed ever since Arran and Brianna started their operation to confront the alliance while searching for the tokens he needed to advance to the next round.In these thirty minutes, Arran's location had been broadcasted to all the participants two more times but despite that nobody had managed to capture him instead Arran had been very slippery like an eel as he evaded the pursuit of his enemies while also taking the time to knock some of them out of commission.During this time, Arran had come across a number of close shaves where he was almost caught and defeated but with the help of Brianna and the various preparations in the form of different formations and traps that Arran had set up in the beginning, he was able to get out of danger where at times he would instead of being captured and eliminated, Arran would instead eliminate his opponents.It was like Arran was playing a game of tag with th
There was a flash of blue lightning followed by the loud clap of thunder that resounded in the enclosed space of the tunnel... deafening the ears of all within ear's reach.Apart from the thunder and lightning, there were also the sounds of an explosion and the screams of people that formed a symphony of pain and suffering in the tunnels.The dust finally settled and from it appeared Arran who was covered in dirt and sand and he held his sword in front of him.Arran was had just straightened his posture from adopting an attacking pose and all around him were the unconscious bodies of a few participants who were members of the alliance of defeated participants.Directly in front of Arran was a single member of the alliance who had his leg pierced by Arran's sword with blood flowing in a steady stream from the blade of the sword, down to the tip until finally, it dropped onto the ground below.This participant was the only conscious person among the
Hearing Brianna's urgent message, Arran frowned as he digested the implication of what he had just heard.After thinking for a moment, Arran simply sighed in resignation.Arran thought to himself, 'Indeed, what is meant to happen will definitely happen! Although I expected to be found sooner or later, I never thought that it would be this soon. I had thought that I would still have a bit of time to cause some chaos and reduce the combat strength of the alliance. Now that I'm already found out, I guess there is no need to stall any longer. I should end this now while I'm still ahead.'With these thoughts in his mind, Arran quickly raised his Holowatch and contacted Brianna who immediately picked up the call.From the other end of the Holowatch, Arran could make out Brianna's word coming out in a hurry as she didn't let him speak before she started asking."Hello Arran, can you hear me? Thank god you finally contacted me.""Where are you right
While Brianna was contacting Arran...Outside the cave, crowds of participants gathered together to siege the cave.These people belonged to the alliance and they were the first batch of alliance members to have arrived after the discovery of the cave was made.As the alliance members arrived, they immediately joined the siege on the cave launching different attacks of various kinds at the cave one after the other in a bid to exhaust the defenses of the cave.Most of the alliance members did not dare to get close to the cave because of the various kinds of traps and formations that had been set up outside the cave.It was not like the traps were too much for the alliance members to handle... at most it would only be a little troublesome and would require a lot of time before they could fully deal with them... but that was where the issue lay.The traps and formations outside the cave were just too numerous and they were closely packed togeth
"Ah, if it isn't Mister Reed. Come, come and join us and let us have a look at you."As soon as the temporary leaders of the alliance saw Reed Truman coming over to them, they immediately generated smiles on their faces and called out to him jovially.With the way they were responding to reed's presence, it was like they were facing an important dignitary, one whose standing was not one bit inferior to them.If people saw this scene right now, they would think that the ten temporary leaders of the alliance were meeting with a foreign supervisor and not one who was technically their subordinate.Reed's expression was unchanging and he had a straight poker face plastered for all to see.His expression was unreadable and nobody could pry into the thoughts in his head.Reed finally reached the ten temporary leaders and he bowed nodded slightly to the ten of them as a basic show of respect.Since all of them were peers of the same generati
Indeed, just as Reed Truman had predicted, it didn't take long before all the traps and formations outside the cave were completely disabled and rendered useless.Two minutes later, with a single attack from an alliance member, the final formation that was used to create a barrier outside the cave, preventing others from entering finally collapsed, and the green shimmer that covered the entrance slowly dissipated and disappeared.This formation barrier had been the last obstacle guarding the entrance of the cave and it had been unbelievably tough to destroy it.The formation barrier had been able to withstand a lot of attacks that would have seen other barriers destroyed a long time ago. From this, it could be seen that this barrier had not been ordinary and it could serve as a trump card in normal families to guard their important treasures.t was only by being bombarded by the attacks of almost one thousand participants that the energy supplying the for