Conrad peered into the slowly dissipating dust and he could vaguely see the outline of two people wrapped in something that resembled a large cloth.
Remembering the voice that had just spoken, and now seeing this, Conrad put two and two together and realized that Arran and the girl were still alive.
Conrad frowned a little before he gradually calmed down and put on a relaxed smile on his face.
Looking at Arran and the girl as their figures slowly became clearer, Conrad said.
"Well, well, well... it seems you're still alive, I'm impressed. But then again, it is better this way since it would have been too boring and bothersome if you had died from just that."
"But your good luck ends here. I will not be so lenient in my attacks next time so you should not count on your luck to survive my next attack."
Just as Conrad finished speaking, the dust around Arran and the girl finally settled and their figures could now be seen much clearly again.
Arran looked at Brianna Hemsworth incredulously.He did not know what to say...Seeing this small and petite girl express her gratitude towards him so sincerely gave Arran a surreal feeling which made Arran unable to gather his thought in time. He did not know how he was supposed to respond to this girl at all.Although all this was all because of a misunderstanding, and Arran could very well explain things to her so that she could understand, Arran was not able to bring himself to do so since it would embarrass this girl so much.Nobody would be able to handle the embarrassment of having to lower themselves before another person only to find out that everything was all a big misunderstanding. But at the same time, Arran could not let the misunderstanding continue so he could only disappoint this girl by rejecting her sincerity and explaining the misunderstanding to her.Just as Arran was about to step forward to explain, suddenly, loud bursts of l
"It's you?"Conrad exclaimed loudly as he pointed at Arran.His hands were shaking and there was an indescribable expression on his face while looked at Arran, almost as if he had seen a ghost.Conrad was not the only one with such an incredulous expression. His two lackeys also looked like they had just been fed a bowl of steaming hot feces as their faces were twisted into a ferocious frown. As for Brianna, she was looking more confused than shocked as she could not understand what it was about Arran that made Conrad so surprised.At this point, the pressure on Brianna's body had disappeared and she could not move freely but she was still standing in place looking at Arran, Conrad, and his lackeys.She was trying to understand what was happening.Although Brianna could be said to be quite slow, at least she was not stupid. It did not take her much longer to put two and two together and understand who Arran was and why his identity could cau
Conrad collided with his two lackeys and the three of them crashed onto the ground like a couple of bowling pins.They hit the ground hard and skidded backward for a few meters before they were able to stop themselves.Conrad and his two lackeys were in a sorry state as their arms and legs were tangled with each other and their bodies were covered in layers of dirt and dust.As the three of them finally came to a stop, what greeted them after was a terrible amount of pain that racked through their bodies. This pain was as a result of their technique which had been activated that let Conrad borrow the power of his two lackeys being forcefully interrupted.Normally, for a technique that lets three people share their powers with each other, there would generally be quite a few shortcomings to its usage.In the universe, there was no limit to the number of techniques that would have this effect and these techniques usually had a few commonalities. One
"These people are too poor. I completely wasted my time coming to deal with them personally. I should have simply used the formations that I set up here to deal with them so that I wouldn't have wasted all my precious time here.""Damn my shitty luck..."Arran lamented that he was too unlucky to have come across a team that just happened to not have any tokens in their possession. Because of his annoyance at this incredible unluckiness, Arran viciously aimed a few kicks at the body that he was currently searching as he let loose a few heavy kicks to let out his frustrations on.Bang!Bang!Bang!After letting out three heavy kicks on the unconscious body below him, Arran was finally able to calm down his uneasy heart and he reflected on what had happened just now.Thinking about all the time that had passed as well as how much of a ruckus he had caused when dealing with Conrad and his lackeys, Arran's mood was about to spoil once agai
"The reason why we do not have any tokens on us is that we had been robbed of them by the temporary alliance of defeated participants," Richard said."The temporary alliance of defeated participants? what's that? it sounds like a sorry attempt of a formed cult meant for world domination and revolution.""From how bad the name sounds, this temporary alliance doesn't sound like much so how could they have robbed you clean of your tokens?"Arran was very curious about this temporary alliance of defeated participants.From the name of the alliance itself, Arran could guess that it had been formed by a couple of participants who had been defeated during this elimination round and had had their tokens taken from them. but here comes the issue.Although Arran did not know exactly how many participants were here in the second elimination round, from how difficult the first elimination round was, Arran guessed that the number of participants was quite consi
"You want to join me?"Arran asked Brianna in astonishment."Yes, I do," she confirmed.Arran looked at Brianna up and down and he was wondering what had gotten into the girl this time. Before she was thanking him for saving her life and that could be excused since it had been a misunderstanding in the first place, but now that she had brought this up, Arran did not know what she wanted to do.Still, Arran did not have the time to consider this matter so he only asked her."Why? Why do you want to join me and even if I could let you come with me, what purpose would that serve me?""In short, what benefits would having you by my side bring to me?""Frankly speaking, you are not strong enough to be of any use to be, and having you by my side would only be a burden to me. I have time to babysit you so unless you can prove your value to me right now then there is no point in bringing this up again."Arran spoke frankly to Brianna s
At the end of the day, Arran decided to take Richard as well as Conrad and the last lackey whose name was Val along with him and Brianna. Arran did this not because he took pity on them but instead Arran considered the fact that leaving them there for anybody to come across was a security risk. If Arran had just left Richard and the rest of them to their own devices and somebody came along, Richard who knew of the existence of the traps Arran had left scattered in the tunnels was very likely to expose this intelligence to them just to save himself. It would have been especially bad if Richard had exposed this information to the members of the alliance of defeated participants. Arran had already recognized this alliance as a very formidable force that would prove to be especially difficult to deal with. Arran was not confident of being able to come out on top in a confrontation between himself and this alliance without the help of the various traps tha
"My plan is very simple.""I was initially going to use these formations and traps which I set up in the tunnels to deal with the more troublesome enemies I come across but I didn't expect that I would have to use them so early on. Anyway, there is no point thinking about this now. Since I am not able to hide these cards then I may as well use them up all at once."Arran looked at Brianna as he was speaking.He wanted to see if she was listening to him and maybe try to decern what she had in her mind.Brianna's face was calm as she silently listened to Arran explain his plans to her."Take a look at this map."Arran raised one of the formation balls in his hands for Brianna to see.As soon as Brianna's attention was fixed on the formation ball, Arran quickly activated it, and immediately, the formation ball shone with a bright light, and from it a projection formed in the air above the ball.This was a projection showing the di