681 Strong hunting grounds (1/2)

'Is this what the parasites were planning on doing? This was their way of getting revenge for making them lose their little game?'

It seemed so small in the grand scheme of things, factions such as this one. If they were putting such emphasis on things like this, they would never be something that Quinn needed to worry about.

Usually, kill stealing wasn't something people had to worry about too much. In the first place, all of the crystals would be going back to the faction. Unless one desperately needed money or was hoping to rank up. However, this was a joint outing session.

Honestly, Quinn couldn't even get upset about the kill stealing. It wasn't even annoying. There was the reason why he didn't bother to participate in the first place. If he were to kill these beasts, they would grant him so little exp it wasn't worth the effort. To level up, he would probably have to kill a million of these beasts.

Besides, how could he complain when he had done one of the biggest kill steals himself, and that was to the Crow's who were currently under him.

'It's a valid tactic.' Quinn thought, nodding to himself.

It wasn't personal, but it was the principal that was making him act. He couldn't just allow people to steal in front of him and his group. In a way, it felt like an insult.

'I guess I can show you guys a thing or two about kill stealing,' Quinn thought.

”Fex! Nate,” Quinn shouted, and letting go of a beast he had held with his string, Fex went over to Quinn side, and so did Nate. Both Sil and Dennis were faring well; they hadn't even been hurt due to the strong wings created from Dennis's ability.

”Arghh!” Dennis shouted in frustration, seeing another one of his kills get taken. If one more kill was stolen from him by those Parasites, he was going to knock them into the ground. He had to remind himself this is probably what they wanted, and he would just be falling into their hands.

”What's up Quinn? are you going to join us?” Fex asked.

”No, but I am going to help you guys,” Quinn replied. ”Attack when I say so, and to which one, trust me, it will be quite easy.”

Fex didn't understand but trusted Quinn; he had this air of confidence around him. The two of them waited. Quinn pointed towards one of the beasts. It was one that had just been whacked away by Sil's wing.

”That one,” Quinn said.

Moving fast, Fex went over, and with a single strike with just his hands, the beast was dead. One could tell when a beast died because the beast's skin colour would slightly change as the crystal power no longer powered through it.

If Fex wasn't ready, then he would call Nate to help as well.

”I didn't notice that one,” Wevil said, waiting and watching carefully.

Every single time, Wevil was ready to move, being a step ahead of them, the two would get there beforehand, and defeat the beast in a single hit. Wevil was starting to wonder if Fex and Nate were just naturally strong.

It was hard to sometimes gauge when the last hit would be that would kill the beast. Sometimes even Wevil would have to give it a few more hits, but Fex somehow knew the exact time to attack each one of them.

Looking at Quinn, he understood the reason why.

”There faction leader is just full of mysteries,”

The reason why Quinn was able to determine when to give the last hit, was due to his system. With the upgraded inspect skill, he could tell which beast was in a weak or critical condition. With Fex's and Nate's strength, they were able to kill the beast in the weak condition with a single hit.

Eventually, they had cleared the beasts in the area, and Dennis couldn't be more pleased. As the groups collected the crystals, only seeing a few in the Parasite's hands put a great smile on his face.

”Good one, kid!' Dennis said, slapping Fex on the back, but Fex knew he had nothing to do with it; it was all Quinn.

'Could any of the vampire leaders do what he just did?' Fex started to think. Although it was hard for him to even answer that question. He had never seen the vampire leaders even fight at full strength. There had never been a need for them too.

”And you.” Dennis said, ”What's your name?”

”Erh, Sil sir,” Sil replied, twiddling his fingers.

”Your wings are great; they're nearly as good as mine!' Dennis spoke loudly, unaware it was because they were the same as his.

”It's good to see them all get along,” Quinn said, heading back into the van.

'Yeah, I wonder if everyone knew what happened to me, if they would still get along that well.' Linda thought.

Travelling in the van, they continued onward to their destination. Hana was surprised that the van hadn't turned around. She thought that they had already arrived at the hunting grounds and were done for the day.

”Aren't we heading back?” She asked.

'Why would we?” Linda replied. ”We haven't started to hunt yet.”

Not sure what she meant by that, she decided to just sit back down and wait. After all, if they were going to show them more hunting grounds, then the better for them in the end.

Eventually, they had reached the large mountain they had before. It brought back some tough memories for a lot of them.

”Haha, finally, I guess I can see how much I improved from the last fight,” Nate said.

The van was parked at the foot of the mountain. From here, they would be travelling on foot. They knew the area was cleared from last time and based on the information their scouts would give them.

Weaker beasts didn't try to get close to the new lands, apart from the king tier and demon tier they had already dealt with. Climbing up the mountain, they had no encounters, and finally, when they were halfway up, they stepped onto the new land that stretched as far as their eyes could see.

It was a mixture of many sights in just one view. They could see sandy areas that looked like a desert and abandoned wasteland, like what they currently stood on, forest and jungle areas to the other sides and large fields and mountains.