Second World

He turned to his men and gave his command, "everyone only takes the loots from the ones you kill. Do not touch the others."

Radiant Phoebe came to William with discontent. "Are you going to just let him go like this?" She asked.

William looked at her and said, "it's a good thing his attacks had not kill any of our men, it's still salvageable." Then he left without giving further explanation.

The Knight who had stopped her before, whose full alias was Happy Felix, came over and said, "you better drink a recovery potion first. Your health is very low, if something happened suddenly and a stray hit comes your way, it will be a real shame…"

Radiant Phoebe was originally letting his Natural Body Recovery skill did the healing, but after listening to Happy Felix's words, she decided to be prudent and took out a basic healing potion.

William of Wellington walked towards Jack. "What class are you?" He asked. He had tried to Inspect Jack but was met with failure.

"Warrior," Jack replied.

"Then how come you can use magic?" William asked again.

"I was curious about that as well," Silverwing who was still speechless till then added.

Jack shrugged. "I have a second class, a mage," he answered them.

"How is that possible?" Silverwing said.

"I encountered an item that gave me a second class during the tutorial period," Jack answered truthfully. "Don't ask me how I get them. I also don't know. It just happened, it was a lucky encounter."

"So it's not possible for others to get it as well?" William asked.

Jack shrugged again. "If it is possible, I don't know how to," he said.

William of Wellington observed Jack in silence, probably trying to determine if he was telling the truth. He then said, "all right. I am William from Saint Edge, by the way. I hope we can become friends."

"Sure, I like friends," Jack replied. "It's just that some people like to look for troubles."

Jack was uttering the last parts loudly. Radiant Phoebe was gritting her teeth hearing it. William only gave a faint smile and say, "see you around, mister Storm Wind."

"Likewise," Jack replied. He received a friend notification from William of Wellington at the moment, which he accepted.

"Well, it has always been one surprise after another with you," Silverwing said to Jack after William left. "Tell me the truth now, how did these players from the coalition died?"

"I killed them," Jack replied.

"You know you can trust me, right?" Silverwing said.

Jack nodded.

"Then tell me, I can keep a secret."

"… I killed them," Jack said again.

There was a long silence between them.

"He really did," Fierce Flame finally came forward and said, "I know, it's hard to believe. Even we who witnessed it firsthand have difficulty believing it, but he really did."

Silverwing looked between Jack and Fierce Flame back and forth, before finally saying, "okay, I will take your words for it. The coalition's reputation will be ruined if this is the truth. On the other hand, your reputation will skyrocket with it, you have better prepared."

"Prepare? For what?" Jack asked in confusion.

"What do you think those well-known experts will do once they heard about your achievement? Even if it was just a rumor. Some might decide to seek you out and challenge you to find out the truth. It will be even more with those hot-blooded young experts who just came to their fame, they will surely come to use you as a  stepping stone to push their names further into the limelight, even if they don't believe your achievement."

"Ah… I see. Don't worry, I will crush them as they come!"

"I admire your confidence… Well then, please excuse me. I need to talk with Sir William to discuss further on matters regarding the coalition."

"Okay, before you go. Can you tell me why you came here? You said you were not here as my reinforcement."

"I don't even have an idea that you are here, mister Storm Wind. Saint John came to me in private with Saint Edge leader, Sir William. He told me that the coalition will be having a confrontation with a strong force in this Crestfall Plain. He told me that if we are to deal a blow to the coalition, we will need to amass our troops within the hour and headed to this place in a hurry. He even gave me several Group Haste scrolls so we can use them during our travel to increase our speed."

"Like the one that Scarface used when they ran away," Jack said, remembering that he also saw those scrolls when he first visited the Magic Scroll shop. He didn't buy it as he had no need for it since he mostly did things alone.

"I see, that's why you managed to arrive here so soon. Those coalition leaders didn't expect you to arrive for another hour at least," Flame said, she had heard the coalition leaders' discussion when she was a hostage. "Scarface also complained why his spy, which now we know is Grimclaw, did not inform him of it."

"It was thanks to John's advice as well," Silverwing said. "He demanded that I kept the meeting with him and William a secret from my people. He also gave me a tool that jammed messages in my vicinity and asked to use it once we are outside capital walls. He requested to only reveal the Group Haste scrolls once the jamming tool was used. He asked me to keep an eye on my high-rank executives and demanded that none of them should leave my side after the jamming tool was activated. I was skeptical at first, but he stressed out that the success or failure of this sortie will heavily depend on whether I follow his demands to the letter."

"I don't like suspecting my people, but now I am glad I follow his advice… I still can't believe it. Grimclaw, that prick! I wonder how long he had been working for Death Associates."

"Perhaps since when we attempted the dungeon for the Guild Creation Token," Sinreaper offered his opinion. "Remember how he was absent despite knowing the importance of the matter? I bet Scarface asked him to find an excuse to be absent, so as to lower our chance of succeeding."

"Perhaps, never mind now. He is our enemy from now on. We will show no mercy the next we meet," Silverwing declared.

He turned to Jack and said again, "Please excuse me then, let's find some time to hang out later."

"Sure," Jack said. He watched Silverwing's back as he left, he couldn't help but think in his mind, 'that John sure has balls! To blatantly lie to those guild leaders like that.'

"Well, I doubt those guild leaders will come here if not for those lies," Peniel commented.

After Silverwing left, Bowler approached him. "Brother, you certainly are aggressive today," he said. "I don't even have the chance to scold that Saint Edge's bitch."

"You think so? Probably it's the leftover adrenaline from the fight," Jack said, then he remembered about a matter which he had been curious about. "Say, I could not send messages to any of you. I take it someone used a message jammer tool as well on you, right? Why did they do that? Is it so that I won't know their strategy? I don't think they still need to think of a strategy when they are only going up against one person, right?"

"Actually, it's because of this," Bowler said as he showed his necklace. It was the Amulet of Rebirth.

"Ah… So they don't want me to know that you are not in real danger. Even if they kill you, you will only lose 1 level," Jack said.

Bowler nodded. "Yes, they were afraid that you won't come anymore if you find out. And it's really unnecessary for you to put yourself at risk. Don't you remember I show you this amulet a few days ago?"

Jack was annoyed, was that how you talk to a friend who just risked his life to come to your aid? He thought. "How do I know if you still have that Amulet of Rebirth? Perhaps they had killed you one time and then kidnapped you when you were trying to go buy the second amulet. I could not contact you to make sure, did you forget?"

"Actually, I don't wear that Amulet of Rebirth," Fierce Flame informed them.

"Oh? Why don't you?" Bowler asked.

"I think knowing you are safe will make you stop pushing yourself. If I know my life is in danger, I can strive harder. Plus, it took up my necklace equipment slot. I have a good pendant that was really helpful, I would rather equip that pendant than waste a slot for a safety bumper."

"In other words, she is saying that amulet is only for sissy," Jack said, completely distorting Flame's meaning.

The Man who heard, chimed in as well, "yes, such equipment is only for a coward. It's a disgrace to wear it."

"F**k you! You were wearing it as well a moment ago, you changed it just now!" Bowler exclaimed with disgust.