Infinite Realm

Chapter 391 - 385 : Dropping Pretenses

"It's you!!!"

Yukino raised her voice in shock.

Even Chesces had his eyes widened as Kylian and the rest who had fought alongside Sato before were all shocked at his presence.

"It's been a while." Sato greeted calmly. Since his identity was revealed now, there was no use acting as if he was some mysterious character.

"I never expected you to be this strong." Yukino said with a bit of dissatisfaction in her tone.

Sato didn't reply to her as he scanned the various teams.

"Do you know who he is?" Black Tempest asked Yukino who seemed angry at Sato's silence.

"Yeah. We could be said to be former comrade-in-arms. We fought alongside each other during the goblin raid, together with Kylian, Chesces, and the rest. Back then, he wasn't this strong." Yukino said with a bitter expression.

"A black horse?" Azure Dragon thought out loud. Yukino didn't lower her voice and she wasn't too far from them so he easily overheard her.

'This is getting interesting.' Silver Wolf thought.

"Hey kid, what do you think about joining us? I mean joining my guild, Battle Wolves."

"Silver!" Azure Dragon roared.

"What? He only worked alongside your guild before but no one ever said he was a part of you guys. Now I want him in mine, why are you overreacting?" Silver Wolf smiled.

From what both sides had already seen, Sato's strength and level weren't ordinary. Having him would be somewhat equivalent to having a 'king' in their ranks, hence Silver Wolf didn't hesitate to show his attitude.

Even though Yukino had said they had once worked together before, anyone with a bit of sense would notice there was some dissatisfaction between the two. Sato had ignored her while she had an irritated look on her face. This didn't seem like much but it would affect Sato's choice for a guild; at least, Emperor's Might was out of the question.

As for why Silver Wolf thought that Sato was 'guildless', it was simply because someone with a strong enough backing wouldn't need to hide his face. This meant that either Sato's guild was a low-rank one or that he didn't have a guild and was probably in a small club or party. Comparing that to a top rank 1st tier guild that dares to go head-to-head with a super guild's branch, that was nothing. The chances would even get higher considering that Sato seemed to have a bit of beef against them.

With Sato's help, Silver Wolf wouldn't need to use his ultimate trump card and they could take on Emperor's Might right here without suffering a disadvantage. They might even be able to suppress them. Azure Dragon knew this and that was why he had barked at Silver Wolf.

"What happened to taking him down together? He almost ruined our raid." Azure Dragon said seriously, almost as if he was barking.

"Stop making things sound so serious." Silver Wolf waved him off.

"The Kobold King isn't dead and we should also thank him for weakening it, turning it into a simple kill. At the very least, we should thank him for that."

While these were the words that came out from his mouth, deep within, Silver Wolf was sneering at Azure Dragon.

'Trying to antagonize him. Not with me.'

Azure Dragon knew that since he couldn't get Sato on his side and that would end up tipping the current power structure, he decided to make Sato more cautious against the opposing side. This was the utter replication of the phrase 'If I can't have him, no one can'.

"Are you all done?" Sato suddenly said.

"Huh?" Both sides glanced at him with confused expressions.

"If you are then let's get this over with. I'm tired of listening to all these farts." Sato scratched the back of his head with his left hand, which still happened to wield [Drakken].

"Huh? Kid, what do you mean?" Silver Wolf asked, still bewildered about what was happening here.

"Want me to spell it out for you?" Sato looked him in the eye.

"I'm tired of listening to your farts."

"Why you...!!!"

Before Silver Wolf could finish his words, Sato had already made his move on them. In a flash, he has appeared beside Iron Bear.

Closing an eye to the fact that they were trying to make peace with him now, Sato couldn't ignore the fact that they had tried to kill him just a few seconds ago. If not for the Kobold King's sudden disappearance, they wouldn't have paused till his corpse disintegrated to starlight. As a result, his first target was the team led by Iron Bear, which, though wasn't the closest to him, was the one that has offended him the most as well as the weakest of them all.

"Stop him!" Iron Bear roared as he watched Sato's silhouette close in on him.

"[Block]!"

Iron Bear steadied his shield before himself as he prepared to meet Sato's attack head-on. He knew that Sato was quite strong and possibly even stronger than him since he had clashed head-to-head with the Kobold King.

As a [Swordsman], Sato's attribute points would mostly be focused on [Strength], [Agility], and [Dexterity], therefore trying to take on Sato directly would be foolish. The best move would e to hold him down while the others converge and surround him, and that was exactly what Iron Bear wanted to do; tank the first attack and give the others more time to react.

Sadly, Iron Bear underestimated the [Strength] difference between him and Sato, and this mistake cost him.

*Bang*

When Sato's sword came in contact with Iron Bear's shield, the sound produced from the collision wasn't like that of two metals clanging. It was more like a thin metal sheet being smashed in the middle by a 30 pound(13.6 kg) steel hammer.

The shield dented at the point of collision as Iron Bear's arms behind it felt burdened by the force. A vibrating force passed through the shield, wreaking havoc in his arms before going into his body and shaking his organs.

"Puah." Iron Bear puked out blood instantly as his body was shot into the air due to the abrupt force from the impact from the collision.

*Boom*

Like a streaming meteor, Iron Bear flew through the air before crashing a couple metres away by the side of Silver Wolf, forming a small crater at the spot. His current status, unknown.

"Im, Impossible." One of the players that stood behind Iron Bear muttered with disbelief.

"That was an Upper-tier Mortal Rank shield! A player shouldn't be this strong! You're a bug!" The player yelled in fear.

Sato didn't bother to reply to the comment as he brandished [Drakken] at the player. Being at close range, the advantage of his superior [Dexterity] was easily noticeable as the sword had already made 3 slashes on the player before he had noticed anything.

"He's a bug. Run!"