Infinite Realm

"Uh...I just sensed something ahead of us." The player hesitated before speaking.

"I think there are a few players ahead."

It should be known that Black Tempest's strength was roughly the same as a 'false king' and the same could be said about his aura. Once his murderous intent, which was honed after countless battles -both real and virtual-, was released, an average player would find it difficult to move. Even for these guys, while they could still move, they couldn't resist.

"Sensed something? What?" Black Tempest dissipated the murderous intent as he asked.

Sensing that dreadful feeling dispersing, the player continued.

"It seems that there's an ongoing battle ahead of us. It's between a bunch of monsters and a team of players. I can't ascertain their numbers correctly but I'm sure of this fact."

Black Tempest frowned but didn't say a word. It should be known that the player who spoke up was a [Druid], and while they were slightly beneath [Elementalists] in sensing mana, they could function better as a scout than the opposite party. This was because their natural inclination was towards nature-type mana and life mana so sensing lifeforms was much easier for these guys. Added with the fact that they were natural healers with a few crowd control and buff spells, [Druids] were a must-have for field battles and even dungeon raids.

"It might be those ambushers. Maybe they were trying to head to the next floor and lay another ambush for us or someone else. "It's also possible that it might not be them." The [Ranger] whispered to Black Tempest.

Black Tempest grimaced as he pondered on the team's next set of actions.

"Where did you say they were?" Black Tempest asked the [Druid].

"Up ahead. They should be in the direction of the Exit gate." The [Druid] player closed his eyes for a bit before opening them and replying.

"In that case, we move forward. If they happen to be in the way, we kill them." Black Tempest said.

"What if they aren't?" Blue Sky carefully asked.

"If they aren't our allies, we kill them." Black Tempest said with a murderous tone.

"We have suffered a lot today because we weren't suspicious about the activities around us. But that's gonna change starting now. Once we encounter any team that doesn't belong to a 2nd tier guild or above, we force them out of the way or eliminate them. It's best we take the risk and offend these small parties, than for us to suffer another ambush because of our lax attitudes towards them."

"Understood." Blue Sky responded. However, he knew that Black Tempest's words were nothing more than a way to vent his anger.

Randomly attacking every non-guild party they encounter would lead to them gaining more enemies as time passes. The individual strength of the enemies might be weak but if they were to team up, their collective strength couldn't be ignored, not even by a super guild. Hence, even if Black Tempest was angered, he won't go killing off everybody. However, that didn't mean that he couldn't kill them either.

Black Tempest's original intention would be to pressure these third parties into stepping away, but if these players didn't cooperate with him, then Black Tempest wouldn't mind killing them. He didn't reach his position in Emperor's Might by being a lenient fellow and he wouldn't mind spilling blood if his authority was ever challenged.

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While the [Druid] on the other side could sense Sato and the others, Fudo wasn't capable of doing the same. This wasn't to say that his ability to sense manner was weaker than the other party. On the contrary, it was better, after all, Fudo was a level 9 [Elementalist] while the other was a level 7 [Druid].

The reason why Fudo wasn't able to sense them though was that Black Tempest's team had used a stealth scroll on themselves after that ambush so sensing their mana signatures becomes more difficult. Apart from that, the other party was a [Druid], which was a class skilled in sensing lifeforms when compared to the other classes. In other words, he had a superior advantage over Fudo in this regard even though his level was lower.

All these factors added together made it such that Black Tempest's team had discovered the existence of Sato and the others but Sato's team hadn't sniffed a trail of them.

"Growl!!"

"Be quiet." Sato brandished his sword as he split the monster into two parts.

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Against these monsters, every one of Sato's attacks seemed to deal unimaginable damage and these were such values that Sato wouldn't see against an opponent of his caliber.

With the strength he possessed, it should be said that anyone would feel intoxicated when confronting weak monsters like these, and Sato himself wasn't free of this emotion. It was like the feeling of being the lord above all. With one slash, he could end a life and with another, he could end multiple lives.

'Hai~ this is indeed bullying.' Sato sighed internally.

In the neighbouring areas of the 3 towns, no monster could be said to be Sato's match, except for the Kobold King, but this was only just a possibility. The problem associated with this discovery meant that Sato's strength wouldn't increase since he won't get any Experience points for killing weaker monsters even if he cleared out the entire Stone Creek Forest and Black Grill's Cave two regions.

'After all this, I should head over to the city. I will sell off the weapons I've forged and the useless ones too. This town has nothing to offer to me again but I can still make a few bucks before I leave.' Sato decided on his next series of actions as approached the Inner circle.

With his impeccable skills and stunning strength, even if Sato was surrounded by 200 of these monsters, he still wouldn't find himself to be a difficult situation. So, a mere number of a few dozen wasn't an issue.

It didn't take long for Sato to break into the encirclement and charge straight at the elite forces on the inner circle. Once he was on there, Sato didn't hesitate to attack the monsters there, drawing the aggro of the entire mob towards himself.

"Growl!!!"

"Hiss!"

"Roar!!!"

Seeing that his plan was successful, Sato immediately retreated through the same path he had arrived from. He made sure not to run too fast nor too slow but at an appropriate pace that kept the monsters at a safe distance but still left him in their active range.

'The rest depends on you.'

Once the monsters had chased after Sato, Lu Zhen, who was hiding close by, dashed towards the wooden house just as planned.