Chapter 103 - Traitors! (2/2)

”Let's stay around here for a while and see if we can catch some other teams.”

That was the plan to start with, so they immediately began to act. There are still two weeks remaining for the end of the first phase, which is more than enough for them to arrive at Ravil City. It turns out that their plan worked, they really found a lot more teams that were making their way to the final line. Unfortunately, they got another problem now.

”The majority of the teams we encountered are forming alliances of four or more groups. We can't deal with so many top contestants like this. Not to mention that they all seemed to know about us already. There is always someone in their group keeping Divine Sense active, so approaching then without being noticed is also hard.”

It was true. The main problem was that continuing alone would be too dangerous due to the teams without tokens. That's why so many alliances were made after more than half of the time passed.

Also, the Shield and Sword freaks tag was weighting a lot now. Usually, if such an alliance saw a group with only three and noticed that they have tokens through using their own, they would immediately attack. But because they are known now, no one wants to risk getting separated while pursuing those three individually.

As for Lofa, she usually stays behind before they start an attack against another group. That was the best solution to deal with her lack of combat prowess compared to them. Not to mention that the luring plan that they tried to use before needs speed as it's base, and she couldn't keep up with their pace since she isn't a wind or lightning specialized cultivator.

Krune and the others pondered a bit decided to give up team hunting for now.

”I don't think we are behind in tokens gathering, but to be sure, let's try to catch some Core Formation Realm bosses spatial rings. Considering that they usually have a lot of subordinates, there is a good chance of finding one or two with more than a single black token. After all, they could simply overwhelm those alliances with their companions.”

Arlan and Ao nodded. It was their best course of action at the moment. Not to mention that they are confident in escaping in case things go south. Krune opened the map for everyone to see and looked at the areas controlled by Core Formation Realm cultivators and demon beasts.

”The closest one is the shadow leopard territory. Want to try this one?”

Ao shook his head.

”Let's choose the sky tribe instead. It's been a while since we fought cultivators. Demon beasts aren't as good for swordplay training like humans.”

Arlan immediately nodded, because of the alliances, they hadn't fought many cultivators lately.

”Very well, the sky tribe it is.”

Lofa also heard their conversation and asked them expectantly.

”Is there something you need my help this time? I'm sure there is something. Right?”

Other than help Krune with cooking, she hasn't been able to do anything else for them. Lofa couldn't help but feel like a useless person. It was an unbearable feeling for her who always thought to be a genius back in the Makui Planet.

Ao and Arlan immediately turned their heads away. She then looked at Krune with shining eyes. Krune saw that and felt helpless. He then gave Ao and Arlan a side glance as if asking for help.

”Isn't it a beautiful day outside, Arlan?”

”It certainly is, Ao.”

”Then, let's go take a look!”

”That's a great idea!”

The two of them gave a mocking smile to Krune and left right after.

Krune saw that and almost fainted.

'Traitors!'

He looked back at Lofa and started to think hard. Usually, he would have rejected her just like before, but Krune couldn't help but feel that he is treating her like people treat the wisps. Useless for anything else than cultivation. It made him struggle with his decision.

Suddenly, Krunes eyes lit up! He then looked at Lofa as if she was some kind of treasure.

”I know exactly what you can help us with!”

For some reason, Lofa felt like she made a mistake by asking him.