At one side, Arkhen, Meya, Yeezy, Farin, Gereld, Baloth, and Jeizy were floating.
On the other side, those five people were floating.
The atmosphere was tense as both groups were looking at each other.
"The treasure chest belongs to us, and we will split the beast cores evenly," Meya said.
"How about we split everything fifty-fifty, even the content inside the treasure chest?" the elf man suggested with a smile.
"We obviously contributed more in the fight. Without us, you would be dead," Farin said with a snort.
"Well, you would've also died without us," the human girl with brown twin ponytails said with a snort.
Gereld—, 'What do we do?'
Meya—, 'We obviously contributed more. Without brother Arkhen's dragon avatar, that Wraith would've become a pain in the ass.'
Yeezy—, 'I agree. It doesn't feel good that they can take half of the things despite not working for such a deal.'
Baloth—, 'I also don't want to go with the fifty-fifty option.'
Jeizy—, 'Same.'
"We will not go with the fifty-fifty option," Gereld said as he looked at the other group with a stern expression. "How about this? We will leave one item for you from the treasure chest and split the beast cores half half."
Arkhen—, 'If they don't agree, then we fight.'
In the fight against Wraith, Arkhen had filled up his Oblivion Gauge once again so he could use the Oblivion Slash from his Dragon Blade any time he wanted.
———> Oblivion Gauge: [1000/1000], Oblivion Slash: A slash of any size you will (maximum size: 10,000 meters wide, either horizontally or vertically.) This slash will ignore all obstacles for 5 seconds and pass through them or until it reaches the target you locked on to deal damage according to your EP. This slash will also ignore all forms of defense of the opponent.
"We want fifty-fifty in everything," the elf man said with a wry smile. "Also, it's not wise to fight us over this. You are more in number, but the number of 3rd class powerhouses is the same as us. Even if you have higher overall power than us, your side will also suffer drastic loss even if you managed to kill all of us in the end."
Gereld—, 'If possible, we need to avoid the fight. All five of them are 3rd class powerhouses. If we fight seriously, both sides will have a loss of lives.'
Gereld was worried about Meya more. She was a 1st class powerhouse just like Arkhen. The chances of them dying in the fight were high.
Farin—, 'The fight is indeed dangerous, but we still need to suppress them and negotiate.'
Arkhen—, 'Leave things to me. Let me talk.'
A cold glint passed through Arkhen's eyes as he slowly flew towards the treasure chest on the ground.
Seeing him, the faces of the other group changed.
"Stop, or we will attack you!"
Arkhen stopped and turned to look at them before inwardly grinning. 'Trashes. That elf man indeed put up a brave front. They also don't want to fight us. Duh, who wants to die?'
Arkhen—, 'You all saw that, right? I doubt they will take initiative to attack us. Just observe, and you will know when to attack them.'
"We agree with your proposal. Let's split fifty-fifty everything. Since I am a first-class warrior and can be killed easily, I'll do the splitting while Meya collects the beast cores," Arkhen said with a smile.
Meya flew towards Arkhen and seeing that she was also a 1st class warrior, the elf man and his group nodded.
"Thank you. Although your group indeed contributed more, but we couldn't have survived without one other," the human man looking in his late twenties said with a smile.
As such, Gereld and others just eyed the other group, while the other group eyed Arkhen and Meya.
Meya started collecting beast cores and gathered them near the treasure chest while Arkhen just stood beside the treasure chest with his eyes closed.
"When are you opening it?" the elf woman asked.
"I am doing ritual prayers to increase the luck of getting good things from the chest," Arkhen said after opening his eyes, a faint smile on his face.
In reality, he was talking with others via the telepathy network to make a plan to finish off the enemy group quickly.
Arkhen—, 'Understand? I will use my both control cards right after opening the treasure chest because when I open it, it will involuntarily make them focus their gaze there.'
"Alright, beast cores gathered," Meya said as she gathered all beast cores by using a big leaf that she created to sweep all beast cores in one place and made a large pile.
"I am opening the treasure chest," Arkhen said as he looked at the elf man and his group with a smile for a second before turning his head towards the treasure chest and breaking the lock.
The treasure chest glowed as it turned into motes, leaving many things on the ground.
Right when the treasure chest disappeared and things appeared on the ground with glowing sparks, two cards shot out from Arkhen.
One card directly went toward the other group.
All of them were startled to see a sudden icy spark in front of them. Before they could use defense skills, the spark burst with icy power and froze all of them into a big ice cube as they fell down.
Right below them, the second card was used on the ground to create a sand dune, and the big icy cube fell on it. Naturally, the icy cube dispersed because the frozen status of the card lost its effect.
"You!" the elf me and the others became angry as they were now trapped in the sand dune. But that didn't stop them from using their powers.
Alas, Gereld and others also unleashed powers and attacked them, along with an Oblivion Slash from Arkhen.
*BOOOM….*
Multiple blasts occurred as smoke gathered at the place. The sand dune effect on the ground also vanished.
"Cough… Arrghhh! If only we were high in number!" Everyone heard the sound of the elf man shouting in rage.
The dust settled as they saw the mangled bodies of all of them except for the elf man. He was also seriously injured but was the only one alive.
"Greed is not a good thing, and using false bravado for it is even more stupid," Arkhen said with a grin. "Have a safe trip to hell."
'Piercing Rain Blades!'
[38 reality motes gained]
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