Chapter 243: Hunt (2/2)

”Can't we hunt on our own?” Doli asked. ”They shouldn't be that dangerous.”

”There are a few true-monsters, so we'll stick with the squads.” Yurirl turned to the crowd and spotted Arthur. ”Alexie, you should join us.”

”What? Why?” It wasn't Arthur that protested, but Jonah. Yurirl pointed at Arlo's direction discreetly and lowered his voice.

”Do you think he'll forget about what happened to him yesterday?” Yurirl made a point. ”It'll be safer for Alexie to join us for now.”

Arthur looked quietly at Yurirl, not buying what he was saying one bit. Yurirl believed in fair play and not interfering with other people's issues, so it didn't make sense that he wanted to help Arthur now.

'Is he trying to keep an eye on me?' Arthur wondered, feeling slightly upset. After all, being with Yurirl meant pretending he was weaker than he is. Although that applied to everyone, Yurirl's eyes were special.

”If that's the case…” Jonah hesitated.

”Would you keep protecting me for the rest of my years in Jerano?” Arthur said to Yurirl. ”If Arlo wants to come after me, then let him. I don't need protection or babysitting. If you have another reason for including me in your squad, then I'll happily listen to it.”

”Hah,” Yurirl sighed and looked at Arthur quietly. ”Fine, but team up with Alice. As for the rest, make teams in five minutes. We don't have time to arrange a strength-balance, so the arrangement would be as follows.”

A message was sent to all of them.

”Four students per team, the ranking should be as follows. Leader: 1st to 50th. Member: 51th to 100th. Member: 101th to 150th. Member: 151th to 200th.”

Arthur's ranking after yesterday's event was 163th, making him the last ranker on the team. He walked toward Alice who looked at him with a smile.

”I guess I'm lucky today,” Alice said with a smile.

”To be paired with someone as weak as me? Your definition of lucky is abnormal.” Arthur shrugged.

”Don't stand too close to her, Linan.” A voice interrupted their conversation as a man walked over. He had a serious and bowed to Alice. ”Young Miss.”

”Rise, Sebastian.” Alice sighed, clearly helpless. ”I've told you to not call me that in the academy.”

”I serve you everywhere,” Sebastian stood up. He then turned to Arthur with an icy expression. ”Your little stunt yesterday might have worked, but petty games won't last you long.”

”Yeah, sure.” Arthur waved his hand. Before he could say anything, Sebastian grabbed his collar.

”I won't tolerate your disrespectful attitude around the Young Miss.” Sebastian's face had a terrifying frown. ”One more misstep and you'll find yourself swimming in the ocean.”

”Miss Alice,” Arthur didn't respond to him. ”Does your servant have any insurance? I think he'll need to reattach his hand if he doesn't let go.”

”You arrogant...” Sebastian gritted his teeth in anger at Arthur's disregard. Alice pulled his hand away and he let go.

”I'm sorry, Mr. Linan. He's rash, please forgive him.” Alice said with an apologetic expression. ”It'd be best, however, if you didn't threaten him. That wouldn't look so good on me.”

”Very well.” Arthur adjusted his collar. ”We need one more member.”

”Oh, I already have someone in mind. She couldn't participate yesterday because her ability was unstable after the second test. She should be here any minute.”

Arthur frowned when he heard this. He felt someone approach them from behind and turned to see the familiar cold expression.

”Miss Alice, thank you for taking care of me today as well. The healer said that I was healthy enough to participate.” Amelia bowed deeply. ”These gentlemen are...”

Even though her words were polite, she was cold and distant as Arthur remembered her. He knew she was taking the exam with him, but he thought she didn't get accepted when he didn't see her around.

Now, however, it seems that her ability was unstable after the second test. The interview might have been conducted for her separately, making her a little late to show up.

”This is Sebastian Morgman and this is Alexie Linan.”

”Hello, Mr. Morgman.”  Amelia shook his hand before turning to Arthur. Looking at her with a daze, Arthur took her hand as he shook it. ”Hello, Mr. Linan. I've heard about your plan yesterday, brilliant but you might have made an enemy of one of the strongest students around.”