Child of Destiny

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Shin just came back from the meeting with Mowglee when he noticed that the atmosphere surrounding everyone was a little too gloomy.

He then walked towards Arthur and Lawless who were currently discussing with each other. From the expression that their faces were making, he could tell that the topic of their discussion was very serious.

"What's the matter? Your face is telling me that something is up," greeted Shin at the two as he walked over to them.

Arthur and Lawless turned at him the moment they heard his voice. The former couldn't help but have a sigh of relief as he could tell from the expression that Shin had that the negotiation went well.

Lawless, on the other hand, slightly frowned when he saw that Shin was alone. "You come back alone? Where are Faker and Zero?"

Shin shrugged his shoulders in response. "Faker said that he will be scouting the area after hearing the information that you guys sent us. As for Zero, he said that he wants to check on something and will join us later."

He paused for a moment and turned to Arthur. "Did Big Sis say something?"

Arthur shook his head as he replied. "She still has a lot on her plate, so I doubt that she can lend us a hand right now."

Shin slightly nodded his head and spoke. "Well, that's understandable. Anyway, based on the information that you send me, our biggest problem right now is the Earners Mercenary Group, right?"

He paused for a moment and waited for Arthur to confirm it with a slight nod before continuing. "Then we don't have to care about them for the time being since the Pandemonium Descendants will be dealing with them."

"Actually, we should be thankful to them since they make the negotiation much more favorable for us," he added with a chuckle.

Those words made the two knit their brows in confusion, so Shin had to clarify it for them. "We are currently in the head of discussing with the representatives of the Pandemonium Descendants when something happened."

"Those guys from that mercenary group hit the Pandemonium Descendants too hard to it almost crippled their forces stationed in this area," he couldn't help but laugh out loud when he recalled what happened.

In the meantime, Arthur and Lawless got a rough idea of what happened after hearing those words.

"You mean to say, those guys from Earners launched an attack on Pandemonium Descendants?" repeated Arthur with a weird look on his face.

Meanwhile, Lawless was also wearing a similar expression before feeling a little pity for Pandemonium. "Poor guys, they become the appetizer for those monsters."

As someone who was familiar with some of the members of the Earners Mercenary Group, he could clearly picture what happened to the forces of Pandemonium Descendants.

"We are actually having some issues at how we are going to use those guys from the Pandemonium since they can't directly fight against the Corrupted Cult, but since the Earners volunteered to be their opponents, the negotiations went too well," said Shin as he recounted what happened.

"We can leave them deal with each other and weaken their forces as we conserve our strengths until the final battle," he added.

He then turned to Arthur and continued. "You said that those guys from Earners are at least a Monster Class Player of your previous game, am I right?"

"Then it is obvious that we don't stand a chance against them if they face them head-on given their current numbers."

"But since the forces that the Pandemonium Descendants have is not that weak either, we can assume that they will at least suffer a significant loss before we meet them," he added as he looked at the list of members of the Earners Mercenary Group that Arthur had sent him.

Arthur seemed to have a sigh of relief when he learned that they were not going to meet the Earners for the time being.

Shin didn't notice those actions as he turned to the others and observed their current state before continuing. "For now, our only problem is how we are going to deal with Immortal and those guys from Silent Night."

"Any information from Big Sis about them?" he asked as he turned back to Arthur.

Remember the information about those people, Arthur couldn't help but chuckle. "Ah! About those guys from Silent Night? There is indeed some news about them."

He gave Shin and teasing look and continued. "And most of it is because of you."

Shin knitted his brows when he saw that expression. "What's with that look? Just tell me what is it."

Arthur was still chuckling when he continued. "Remember that guy that you beat during your last Godly Challenge, Justin?"

"He converted to become a Demonic Church believer after losing everything. He is also offered a special class and brand-new race during the process. But everything has a price, so their entire team needed to join that faction before he can get that benefit."

"Obviously, it resulted in some conflict in their team when Justin insisted that he want to get the Class and Race. It then resulted in some of their members leaving their team since they want to stay in the Righteous Faction."

"They lose five of their members but the ones who had the core roles within their team stayed. They managed to find some replacements for the missing slots of their team, but they are not as good as the previous ones."

"Of course, the quality of their members is still high, but they are not as threatening as they used to be. Though, I must say that their new members are as strong as average Titled Rankers."

Shin fell into deep thought when he heard those words before giving his evaluation. "That means that we have an advantage if we fight them with their current strength."

Arthur nodded but also added. "Well, if it is only them, then we will not have a problem. But from the reports that we receive, Immortal also brought a couple of his apostles, so it is still not going to be an easy battle."

Lawless, who remained silent the entire time, finally gave his remark. "At least, it is much better than facing the Earners. Our chance of winning is much higher if we fight Immortal and Silent Night first, instead of going up against that group of monsters straight away."

Shin nodded his head and agreed. "That is right, so we should go look for them as soon as possible while the Pandemonium Descendants are still busy dealing with the Earners."

"If that is the case, then should start moving now?" asked Lawless, clearly showing his desire to fight as soon as possible.

He was already getting used to his new powers and only needed a couple of intense battles before he reached his ideal form.

Moreover, he also wanted to test out his strength when using the 'Reality Manifestation'. He didn't have the right opportunity to properly experience that state since his recent opponents were not up to standards.

If he could get used to this special state before they encountered the Earners, then he was confident that he could hold himself against any of them without a problem.

After all, his strength should be on par with what he could do in the real world based on what Faker had described. If that was really the case, then there was a very small number of players who could face if he managed to perfectly control that state.

They just discovered this state recently through Shin, so they were not that familiar with it. According to the information that Shin had told them, this state still had two stages.

The first stage was granting them the ability to use their real discipline from the real world while the second stage was said to be the unification of their mind and in-game avatar, which would grant them an unlimited possibilities.

Faker and himself were already top-notched prodigies of their continent, so adding Shin, Arthur, Leonard, and Zero to their ranks would make them an unstoppable force.

If they perfected that state and made its power into their own, then even the most powerful forces within the game would fear their combined powers.

Lawless could feel his blood boil when he thought about the possible future that was waiting for them.

Shin shook his head and smile bitterly when he saw the expression that Lawless was making. He could relate to those emotions since he was also thinking the same when he experienced what he could do after entering the Reality Manifestation State.

"Let's start moving now," he said before turning to Chaotic Luck who currently sitting in a lotus position with closed eyes.

It was clear that this hard-working kid was currently in a state of shared vision with summoned undead monsters.

Shin thought for a moment as a plan was starting to form inside his head. He then started smiling due to his thoughts before muttering in a soft voice. "I wonder how the public will react when they learn that there is a summoner who is on par with the 'Lich God'."

Arthur and Lawless were currently having their own thoughts when they suddenly heard those words from Shin. They simultaneously turned at him with odd looks on their faces.

– "What crazy plot is this guy planning to do now?" – this was the thought that was running inside the heads of the two when they saw the evil grin that Shin was wearing.

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