Child of Destiny

Sky Deceiving Valley, inside of a VIP Room in the Mercenary Guild, Lewin was currently having a hard time thinking about how he was going to deal with their current situation.

He was not expecting that the other side would initiate the fight boldly. And since it was quite unexpected, their forces suffered a lot. Especially when they were ambushed by a group of expert players.

He tried to form teams that were composed only of top experts and their sole task was to eliminate the Empyrean Talons who were trying to hunt down their members.

Unfortunately, these groups of experts became the prey of four beasts that were running wild in the region.  And even if they tried to fight back, these monsters would just slaughter them all as if they were some trivial bugs in the forest.

”D*mn it! These when are the messengers going to arrive?” shouted Lewin while slamming his hand on the table.

He already requested some assistance from the headquarters and asked them to send the reinforcements as soon as possible. He even reported their current situation and told them that they were facing the Empyrean Talons. But the promised reinforcement was still way too late.

”Thirio and Maximo may be able to hold themselves, especially that they are with the current most elite group that we currently have. But the other groups will get annihilated if the reinforcements don’t arrive.”

”Moreover, asking them to return here will only increase our losses since they are going to be hunted down by those four once again.”

Lewin was really troubled right now. He was staring intensely at the virtual map in front of him, trying to find a perfect route to sneak inside the valley.

Unfortunately, Shin and Shiella drew a foolproof plan to avoid accidents from happening. The whole map of Sky Deceiving Valley was very huge and it was impossible to cover every corner of the area.

But since Shin and the others from the Empyrean Talons already explored a large portion of it, he knew quite a lot of spots where strong monsters were spawning. And by using that knowledge, he was able to deduct the most optimal route to travel within the valley.

At the same time, he was also able to predict where the forces of their enemies were going to take. And by relying on his instructions, the others were able to always ambush the opposing forces without being noticed.

The fog was no longer a problem for their group since they already spent quite a lot of time in this area. In a sense, it even became their home turf.

The opposing side might be the same, but the difference between their strategists was pretty huge. Shin was clearly better than Lewin at commanding their respective forces.

The guerilla tactics that the other members of the Empyrean Talons were one thing. But the straightforward hunting that Shin and the other three gods were doing was definitely giving Lewin the most headache.

He even tried to focus on eliminating the other members of the Empyrean Talons since they looked easier to deal with in his eyes.

But alas, he was completely wrong about that since Cloe and Alice were on their side. With Cloe’s top-notched healing and Alice’s amazing control over her spells, the enemies that tried to ambush them were all killed instead.

”If only there are people who can hold those four, then I can focus all of my attention to their small group,” muttered Lewin to himself as he massaged his temples.

And his problem didn’t end in there, the members that were resurrected at the nearest City, the Maple Cloud City, couldn’t return to the valley immediately.

It was because they were being blocked by an elite group from the Hand of Midas and Assassin Union.

”This is really getting out of hand,” he mumbled with a tired tone.

Tok! Tok!

A few moments later, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

”Captain Lewin, there are people who want to take to you,” said his subordinate guarding the door.

Tired, Lewin answered nonchalantly. ”Don’t I tell you not to disturb me unless the reinforcement from the headquarters arrives? Do you have a death wish?”

His subordinate hesitated for a moment before responding. ”But-… sir. They are from the Hydra Guild and Blood Carnival. It seems like they want to propose cooperation with us.”

Bang!

Hearing that, Lewin couldn’t help but stand up from his seat and quickly open the door. ”What did you say? The Hydra Guild and Blood Carnival send a representative to propose cooperation?”

His subordinate nodded his head and responded carefully. ”Yes, sir.”

”Let them in!” said Lewin before quickly changing his mind. ”No. I will greet them myself.”

After that, he started walking towards the main lobby of the Mercenary Guild to see the representatives from the Hydra Guild and Blood Carnival.

Not long after, he saw a pair of players sitting across each in an isolated corner. He instantly knew that they were the people looking for him since he knew them pretty well since he had already done business with them before.

”Fatal God Python and Canine God Felon,” said Lewin with a deep tone as if he didn’t want to meet these two.

If they were not in a desperate situation then he was really not planning to meet them. Unfortunately, he didn’t have a choice.

”Heh! What a cold greeting you have there, Lewin. It is as if we haven’t worked together before,” said Python in response.

On the other hand, the guy named Felon suddenly smirked and added. ”Just say if you don’t need us. We can always leave whenever you want.”

The corner of Lewin’s mouth suddenly twitched before turning around. ”Follow me. This is not a good place for private discussion.”

The other two couldn’t help but smirk when they heard those words and stood up to follow him. And not long after, they arrived inside the VIP room where Lewin was staying.

”Hoh~! Such a fancy room for a place in an isolated place,” commented Felon as he swept his eyes around the room.

”Sit down already, so that we can start our discussion. I don’t have much time to bother with you two,” said Lewin as he took his seat in his previous spot.

Hearing that, Python and Felon didn’t say anything any longer since they both knew that they were really running out of time. From the information they received, it seemed like the Titan Guild and Dragon Pavilion were planning to ally themselves with the opposing side. And if they didn’t hurry right now, then everything was going to be too late.

”So, how is the current situation?” asked Python in a nonchalant tone.

When Lewin heard that, his voice suddenly turned even colder before asking. ”Are you asking me that because you don’t know the answer, or is it because you know the answer?”

Python clicked his tongue when saw Lewin’s reactions and commented. ”Tsk! I guess you are still in the right mind. I thought you will lower your guard a little because of the headache that you are getting. But it looks like you are still completely sane.”

”Don’t bother with your cheap tricks and tell me your proposal already. We are all the same type of people, so it will not work on me,” said Lewin as he squinted his eyes.

”Then let me get this straight,” replied Python before raising his and opening three of his fingers before saying. ”Three-way. Let’s divide the profits three-way and we will give you all the support that you need.”

”Forty percent for you, and thirty percent for each of our group,” he clarified while pointing at him and Felon who was sitting beside him.

”Heh! That is quite greedy of you,” commented Lewin before continuing. ”We are the ones who discovered this area first and we are already close at seizing it. How can you say that we can spit it that way?”

”But can you hold your ground at your current situation?” asked Felon with a sneering tone.

”We have reinforcements coming our way, so it shouldn’t be that problematic. The only thing that we need is to buy time until they arrive,” refuted Lewin.

”Hah! And what if your forces get annihilated? What can you do then?” asked Felon back.

”Those four monster gods are quite fierce, you know? I wonder how long can you hold your ground against them?” he added sneeringly.

”Heh! And as if you can give us your full support when you guys need to concern yourselves with your own problems,” responded Lewin with the same sneering tone.

He then paused for a moment and turned to Python before continuing. ”The Dragon Pavilion will not let you do whatever you want, right?”

”And the Titan Guild will surely hunt your members the moment when they appeared in their sight,” he added while turning back to Felon.

Hearing that, the two were silent for a moment as they tried to think of a way on how they were going to respond. In their business, setting up the ranks was important to see who would take the lead in their deal. And right now, Lewin clearly had the upper hand.

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