Plundering in the Apocalypse

Soon Jake leads Shin and the others to the open space further inside the forest followed by Inaka and her secretary Sophia.

Jake send a message that he arrived at the location. He got a reply telling him that they will be there in 5 minutes.

Jake smiled. 'Everything is going perfectly.'

'Now I just have to play with this level 14 and enjoy my time. I won't kill him though. Steven would like him alive.'

Shin who was following behind him used his predator's eyes to find if it was a trap or ambush set here. To his surprise, there weren't any people waiting for the ambush. Although two people were following them. They weren't his enemies. Predator's eyes skill also helps him determine enemies and friends after the upgrade.

The two that followed them were just here to observe.

"It's fine here right," Shim said to Jake in a cold voice. He couldn't control his anger anymore.

Jake heard Shin's voice and laughed.

"Hahaha, why are you so excited? Are you that eager to die? I am fine with it. Come on let's fight."

Both of them stood in front of each other while the others were a little at distance.

Shin was still a little uneasy by the people who were tailing them. He thought it would be better if they are in sight rather than a sneak attack.

"Can you two come out? If you want to observe just stand with them." Shin said in a cold voice while looking in the direction two people were hiding.

Inaka and Sophia were surprised, they didn't expect Shin to locate them.

"What was his level again?" Inaka asked Sophia.

"Level 14 and the opponent is 22, Mam," Sophia replied. She had already used the level detector on these people.

"Interesting," Inaka murmured.

"We are not your enemies. Just here to watch. You don't mind a little more audience, do you?" Inaka said to Shin while coming in front of everyone followed by Sophia.

Everyone was surprised. But the one most surprised was Jake.

'What is she doing here?'

If the lady from the Shidou clan is here. His plan may not go so smoothly. There's no way for Mark corporations to offend the Shidou clan. Shidou clan was far more powerful and more influential than Mark corporations.

Jake immediately messaged a help request to Steven's goons.

[Help needed ASAP! Lady from the Shidou Clan is here.]

Instead of replying to Inaka, Shin just nodded and turned to Jake. Seeing his rudeness towards her boss Sophia frowned. She didn't like that.

But Inaka was amused. She can see clearly that Shin is burning with rage. He is barely holding it. So she didn't mind. Instead, she was now interested in the reason behind his rage. She started walking towards Alice and the others.

"Is she going to interfere?" Jake asked this question while glancing at Inaka.

"No, she won't," Shin said.

Hearing Shin's words Jake sighed in relief. He doesn't dare to take on her after all.

....

"This feels like those ancient duels. I wish an arena was there too." Alice said while thinking how dashing Shin was.

Hearing her words Inaka's ears perked up.

"Aren't you worried about him?" Inaka already got the gist of the situation from Selene. Jake was the bad guy here.

So now when Inaka heard Alice's words she was curious why is Alice not worried about Shin. He is level 14 and the opponent is level 22.

"Why should I worry though?" Alice asked while tilting her head. She was confused.

Seeing her genuinely confused face Inaka was dumbfounded.

"The opponent is higher leveled than him. How will he defeat someone stronger than him?" Inaka explained very patiently.

"Who is powerful? That pest? Hehe." Alice laughed and shook her head.

"Hehehe." She was barely holding her laughter.

Inaka who saw Alice's action thought she was weird. But surprisingly not even others were worried.

'Maybe there's something more to it.' Inaka thought and stopped asking questions.

...

"Let's start this shall we," Jake said as he took out his dagger.

"Hehehehahahaha." He started laughing creepily.

He snapped and said.

"Shadow veil"

Suddenly his figure started merging with shadows as he vanished in front of everyone's sight.

"Did he just vanish?" Sophia uttered.

"Amazing," Inaka said.

Jake was laughing inwardly thinking that Shin can't see him and it was an easy win for him.

The closer he got to Shin the more confident he got. But as soon as he reached 5 meters away from Shin.

A heavy pressure bore on him. His ability was disabled.

"Ughh"

A large amount of killing intent was focused on him. Fear started taking over his confidence.

He heard the sound of someone walking closer to him.

As the steps came closer to him. The pressure increased and so did his fear.

"So you were saying something." It was Shin's voice but his words were not calm anymore. They were very threatening. All his rage with the killing intent and the effect of Gravity control made Jake extremely helpless.

Shin crouched down in front of him and asked. "You said something about Alice right? How dare you." His eyes were red.

Jake gulped in fear. This was not what he expected. The device was a total failure. There's no way this monster is level 14.

"You said something about touching her right? Let's see how you will do that." Shin said as he held Jake's trembling arms. Which were holding daggers.

Shin toom out his six knives from his back. Jake's eyes widened in shock.

"Let's start with this arm," Shin said as he thrust the knife right through his hands.

"AAAAHHHH"

"Oh, you are screaming a lot. Whatever." Shin just took out his knife and cut off one of Jake's palms.

"AAAAAAHHHH"

Jake screamed. He gritted his teeth and activated his ability again. He wanted to escape from here. This monster was too much for him. He managed to escape from Shin's range of pressure.

He was glad. He is alive. But.

'Where the hell are they?' Jake shouted inwardly when he thought of Steven's goons.

What he didn't know was. They were already here watching all of this in fear. They were so afraid that they didn't dare take action. They were already cautious of Shidou Clan's Lady but this monster was too terrifying.

If Jake manages to escape from there they will help him escape but if he couldn't they would retreat.

Finding no chances of winning and support Jake thought of running away.

"Shadow veil." He activated it again and got a few meters away from Shin.

He kept the Shadow veil activated so he could get as far away as he can. The benefit of Shadow Veil is that detecting the user is almost impossible.

But the problem is Jake can't keep it for long. It will deactivate any moment now.

'At least I am far enough. With my speed, he can't catch up.' Jake thought as he was more than 60 meters away from Shin.

As soon as he appeared again Shin didn't waste any time. He used extreme speed and chased after him. He also used gravity control to lighten his weight. Further increasing his speed. All of this happened in a moment.

Jake who saw Shin appear in front of him in a flash was shocked. His confidence in his speed was crushed right at this moment. But that is not important.

He was going to die for sure. Just what kind of monster did Steven mess with? He was far more dangerous than Inaka Shidou.

'That Level detector was trash. If he is level 14. Then I am a pig.' Jake cursed himself for all his actions.

"I know I shouldn't have said those words. My bad. Let me go. I won't disturb you anymore. I was doing it on Steven's orders. It's not reason enough to kill me. You can forgive me right?"

"Listen-" before Jake could continue. Shin had tied him with Arcane webs.

"Wh-What is this? Let me go." Jake shouted in fear.

*Slap*

Shin slapped Jake making him turn quiet.

"Did I ask you anything? How dare you think such bad things about Alice? She is such a sweet girl. People like you shouldn't exist." Shin said with a cold voice. Although Jake had said a lot of things. He was really angry when Jake cursed Alice.

"You bastard made her cry. I'll fucking kill you."

Jake stopped panicking as he heard Shin's words. He thought maybe he heard wrong.

"Is that why you are angry at me?" He asked. He didn't want to believe that he will die because of messing with a couple.

"That's enough of a reason." Shin's cold voice and serious face made him gulp down.

"Then why aren't you killing me already?" Jake asked. Although his fate was sealed. He still had some hopes thinking that Shin still didn't kill him. Maybe he has a chance to survive.

Shin's words ignited that hope more.

"I was waiting for those pests to come after us and try to rescue you."

Jake knew who they were. 'They are from Steven's team. Maybe I can survive. With their help, I can kill him.'

But Shin's next words made him shudder in fear.

"As they are not moving. It seems I shouldn't waste time anymore and go after them."

Shin said and slashed Jake's neck with his sword. His sword moved in a flash and Jake was Dead.

[You have killed Awakened 'Jake Anthony'.]

[You have gained experience.]

[Plunder activated.]

[You have absorbed a new ability 'Shadow Veil(C)']

[You have absorbed 15 Stat points.]

[You have plundered a 'Memory cube'.]