Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Play by the rules

'This scheming bastard!' Keon cursed. He actually forgot that he and Kreon aren't exactly on good terms with each other. In the past months, Kreon was just passively helping him avoid danger

However, now that their body has some ability to fight, this Kreon is fighting for bodily supremacy again

"Asshole, how can you act like this? What if the government really sent those people and I act suspiciously in their eyes ?! You should have warned me!"

They might be able to fight the people silently watching them but if Keon didn't learn about the existence of those people, they might see something fishy with Keon's mission

"Hehehe so what? You are smart, you can just find a way out" Kreon ridiculed causing Keon to clench his fist while seething with anger

Yeah, in some ways Keon is smart but what is intelligence in front of absolute power?

Bastard! Asshole! Jerk!

"Keon, what happened? It can't be that you are that shocked about the rabbit, right? Hahaha"

Keon only returned back to reality because of Nath's voice and he dispelled all his negative emotions before plastering his usual demeanor

"Hahaha no, I'm just thinking about our mission. We got lucky this time but it is hard to say if we will get lucky next time too" Keon replied to divert the attention into another thing but he suddenly saw the flash of embarrassment in Nath's face

"B-but, I think this is really a good training for us. If someday we saw a treasure guarded by a strong monster, we can use this experience to get the treasure without fighting the monster directly"

Fortunately, Nath the simpleton's mood brightened at that. "Right, right, this is also a form of training!"

After successfully cheering the mood of his friend, the four went to the location of their second target

This time, Keon chose a monster that wasn't tampered with. Since there are people watching them, his group needs to perform in a 'normal way'

A bit far from the four, the people watching them were currently arguing. There are three of them with the two hitting the head of the third man that has tears in his eyes

"I-I get it, s-sorry! I was careless and I won't do it again" said the man that accidentally steps on a twig before

"You careless idiot! Why did you get even assigned with this?!"

"You almost blew our cover!"

The two berated and the poor man almost cried on the spot. "B-but why do we even need to follow them? They just help those poor people, why are they getting punished?"

If one looks at the three of them, the poor man was clearly younger than the other two and he also has lesser experience than the two

One of the older men sighs at that question. "Kid, if you want to survive longer learn how to play by the rules. Never disobey the government if not, you would be like those four!"

"That doesn't answer my question!" The younger man insisted before he was hit in his head again

"Idiot, our four realms will collapse if the living space becomes too crowded. Can't you understand it? The government cannot save all the citizens from the monster invasion or else our realms would be overcrowded. If that happens, there would just be more people that will die from starvation! "

"Those four are now on the brink of death. If they don't show exemplary performance, they will be among the people that will die to warn the others not to interfere with the police. If they have enough talent that's good, they will survive. Humanity greatly needed talents and since it was just their first offense and they didn't know the unwritten rules, they won't lose their life. But if they are untalented, they will be used to serve as a warning to prevent more people to do similar things to what they did! "

"You are already this old but you still haven't understood these things. How stupid are you ?!"

Hearing his senior's harsh words, the younger man's eyes teared up even more and he remembered those four innocent and kind people

"T-then ... aren't they too pitiful? T-they just help save people but in the end, their help wasn't appreciated?"

The older man sighs at that. Of course, they felt some pity for those four but orders are orders. They can't disobey it if they don't want to die early

"You punk! Just do as you are told!" The older man said and the younger man can only nod his head weakly

The bodies of the four suddenly turned invisible and they chased after Keon's group of four people

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Keon and the others reached their targets after minutes of walking. This time, the monsters guarding the flowers are a group of eight monkeys. These monkeys' bodies weren't tampered but they are still perfect for the job

The tiger from before has a fast running speed. If its body wasn't tampered then it wouldn't be that hard for it to chase after the humans that angered it

However, these monkeys don't excel in the speed department at all. If it's just to attract and let them be chased, they should still be able to succeed albeit with higher difficulty

"Those eight monkeys are all Level 3 creatures. We should be more careful. How about this, Nath and Mady will attract as many monkeys as they can. After the monkeys lessened, I will try to blind them with my card, and Gabe can make water tentacles and grab those flowers. Is this plan alright? "

The three nodded their heads completely trusting Keon's judgment and plans. In fact, his plan as always was quite a good one and they don't have a reason not to go with it

Without wasting time, Mady shot a ball of fire towards the monkeys. The monkeys were taken aback but they are still not complete helpless

The monkey that the fireball targeted grew a shield made from earth in its arm and blocked Mady's attack easily. Well, Mady didn't really put too much power on that fireball as the only goal is to attract the monkeys

The monsters issued furious sounds and all of them wants to skin Mady alive. However, these monkeys were a bit clever than normal monsters

Instead of all of them chasing the human that dared to attack them, only half of them decided to give chase

This time since the monkeys have superior numbers, it would almost be impossible to use the same tactic that they used before. The tiger was only a single entity while its enemies numbered into three. Throwing rocks at it will cause it to continuously change its target

However, the monkeys this time numbered at four while the humans are only two. The monkeys just split again into two groups and gave chase to Nath and Mady

Keon and Gabe was left near the lair of the monkeys and when the other two runs far enough, Keon conjured three cards

One of the cards shone with a bright light that blinded the eyes of the four monkeys

Keon thought that this is another good and successful plan but he underestimated the monkeys or more like he wasn't completely aware of their strength

The monkeys thought that the card exploded and even while they cannot see, they still managed to raise some form of defense

Two of the monkeys raised earth walls to protect all of them while the other two monkeys covered the fos aster flowers with a protective layer of earth

These monkeys have better cooperation and senses than Keon thought. Even their earth ability was quite good

Gabe's water tentacles slammed at the earth protecting the flowers from the 'explosion' and it barely destroyed the earth defense

After all, Gabe's water tentacles this time focuses on their utility rather than lethality

The whip returned into a formless puddle of water because of the impact before Gabe reformed them. However, that moment of delay gave the monkeys the chance to react

The monkeys were blinded but their ears are still perfectly intact. They heard that something hits the protection they erected for the flowers and that causes them to cover the flowers with more earth that also has higher durability than before

Seeing that kind of protection, Keon knows that it won't be easy to break the earth defense. The monkeys really put the flowers in high regard

Well, that is mostly because it is not just humans that can benefit from cultivation resources. Even the monsters will get stronger if they consumed special plants

Just imagine that most realms are in the monsters' controls, just how many resources are in them? Luckily, they have a lot of resources but they also have a large population

Not to mention, most monsters cannot process their resources just like humans can. It forces them to consume what they have in raw form and they weren't able to unleash an ingredient's fullest potential

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