Without further ado, Jake stepped forward and in the next instant reappeared at the foot of the high hill where the enemy HQ was erected. Hephais emerged almost immediately from Jake's shadow, followed swiftly by Lysandra, Lee Yoon, then much later Amy and the other Players. The disparity in their levels was plain to see.
Lysandra's performance was expected, being a Rank 15 Major, but Lee Yoon was faring better than her rank suggested. Amy, however, was the disappointment.
She was only Rank 13, like Will or his cousins Vincent and Kevin, but unlike the former, her specialty was hand-to-hand combat. Yet, the merchant seemed to physically surpass her by a wide margin, while Kevin was definitely much stronger.
'I really hope she hasn't shown all her cards earlier. If Will saw this, he'd surely be disappointed too,' Jake sighed inwardly before finally lowering his expectations and reminding himself that at least she was still alive.
Unlike many others.
Sorry for the long silence. For those who might not have seen my message a few days ago on Discord, I had a computer glitch that caused me to lose several chapters, which completely demotivated me. In the end, I was unable to rewrite exactly the same thing, but I hope it's still as good as the original version. I've resumed full-time writing since last Saturday and managed to write 8 chapters during this period. If I keep up the same motivation in the coming days, I'm hopeful that I can make up for the releases I've missed. It just goes to show that there's always something positive that comes out of a setback. Anyway, I'm back on track.