Everyone laughed when they heard Ibra's words. And starting from there, they started to enjoy a peaceful life inside the protective array, without any worry about anything for now.
William was far away from here and didn't know anything about what just happened between his team and that scary spirit master.
That old man started to roam a huge stretch of the forest, looking for William. And when he did, he found him with Sith and others, while he helped them to hunt down monsters as he promised.
"Oh, that kid is surprisingly with people on my side… It seems like fate drove you towards my path kid, one way or another, hahahaha!" when he saw Sith and his team, that dark gold grade spirit master couldn't help but have his eyes shine brightly.
Berry, Sara, Ibra, and others didn't even imagine that William ended up with people from the same force that formidable spirit master belonged to.
And when the old man thought about how William and his team ended up meeting people from his impact, he couldn't help but admire the brilliant and unexpected machinations of fate.
But he didn't try to expose himself, just kept himself on the side, watching what this kid was doing with his people.
"Hmm… So, they met that monster I heard about already and ended up losing four of their team. If I recall things right, this team is one among many who are under the last chance test, a chance to prove their worth and resume their presence inside the impact…"
The old man knew more than what Sith told William about. In reality, Sith's team wasn't just having a normal test right now. They were under the threat of getting expelled from the impact if they failed such a test, like many other teams who were suffering from bad records in recent years.
The old man suddenly lost interest in watching what William was doing for now. He left something to track over the body of William, without the latter even realising it.
And then the gold grade spirit master started to move back towards the direction Sith and others kept referring to during their talk about the monster.
He wanted to go and test that mysterious monster's true strength himself. He didn't trust Sith's team abilities to be enough to test that monster's true might.
Even in the case of losing four of their silver and gold grade members, that old man didn't find it enough. This team, after all, was one of those who got bad records and failed lots of mission for the impact. And that meant their overall strength was under question.
When someone would reach such a stage, he'd get little and rare things to attract his attention and pick up his interest.
Just in this single night, he got two things that succeeded in stirring up his attention and curiosity.
This came as great news for William despite not knowing it. What that dark gold spirit master decided on the spot saved William lots of trouble.
In fact, what the latter feared was true. That cunning Nightmare monster didn't drop its interest to kill William. It just tried to trick him into lowering his guard, while it'd find a way through all the sea of fire and chase after William.
However, and just when that monster finally managed to bypass the landmine zone, and was about to give chase after William, it got terrible news coming towards it.
The dark gold spirit master found that monster in a few hours. When that scary spirit master did, he didn't hold back anymore, started to hit that monster with everything he got.
The Nightmare monster couldn't believe its bad luck. It craved killing and eating the nine tailed fox spirit, dreaming about jumping up in ranks, even to be this close from breaking free from the shackles of this world. And yet when it finally managed to bypass the annoying landmine, it got to meet that scary dude.
Out of options, that monster had to retreat, run for its life, while the scary human kept hunting it down relentlessly.
And like this, the unexpected guest who planned to spy on William got himself busy hunting that monster for days. At the same time, that unexpected guest helped William and Sith's team a lot, forcing that scary monster far away from their path and destination.
William slept for long hours, enjoying a long and deserved rest. As he sat inside his hide spot, stretching his arms in a lazy manner, he was oblivious to any of the deadly battle that was going on between two scary figures, never imagined he'd be the trigger for all this, and much bigger events yet to unfold.
"I now have a mystery that I can't solve… And a team to find…" William started to mutter after having his breakfast, checking the world around, then sitting back inside his hole and deeply considered his next move.
He knew his earlier plans went astray. He planned to go towards Scorching Lands directly, to end up wasting a few days in dealing with the monsters he and his team met.
"The top priority right now is to go and find my team," he decided to put on hold the mystery of the ten scrolls for now. He didn't know where his team was, nor did he know if they were a few tens of kilometres away or much more distance away than that.
William got a map, but he didn't know where he was currently at. Not to mention even if he did, he'd not know his team whereabouts nor direction.
"It was quite a hectic run… I can't even point in any direction at all!" William spread the map on the ground, crouched next to it, and kept looking in a serious way towards it for a long half an hour.
No matter how he tried, he couldn't point to his current location, couldn't recall the directions he went into after getting separated from his team.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺