Later that day, John and his team celebrated the successful rescue. After the celebrations, John, Laura, June, and Amber all sat still in the lounge.
"So, wanna tell what happened?" John asked and looked at the two won.
"The details are still hazy," June answered, looking at Laura, "but I’ll try my best."
"That day, Laura and I went out hunting and left Amber in the house. We ca back just in ti to see Amber being taken away. We fought the masked soldiers, but then we got separated, and that monstrosity attacked the convoy. I don’t even know how to describe it, but it was huge, and we could only flee. I’m sorry, Amber. We should’ve tried harder to save you."
June’s eyes teared up as she looked at Amber.
"I’m just glad you’re safe," Amber said, her voice trembling as she hugged June.
"So, what happened then?" John interjected.
"When the convoy left, the monster began to chase us, and we had to run and hide for days. We were exhausted with no food or water for most days since we had nowhere to stay until those n caught us a few days ago," Laura said.
"Any idea what they wanted?" John asked.
"It’s hard to say, but they seed to want us specifically. I could hear them talking about how much they would earn from turning us in," June replied.
John frowned.
’I should’ve interrogated the soldiers more. Perhaps they were bounty hunters, but sothing doesn’t feel right. I’ll investigate the matter when the ti cos.’
"Anyway, you two should rest," John said as he turned to leave, but Laura’s voice stopped him in his tracks.
"John, I never got a chance to thank you. I was in danger, and you risked your life to save ."
"There’s no need to thank , Laura," John replied, a slight smile on his lips.
Laura approached him, cupped his cheeks, bringing her face closer, and planted a kiss on his lips.
"I’m sorry, we were wrong to leave. None of this would’ve happened if we had just stayed here," Laura apologised.
John chuckled. "Yes, you were wrong."
He took her hands in his and added, "But it doesn’t matter now," John said as he wrapped his arms around her.
June scoffed, "I can’t believe this. Are you gonna beco one of his sluts now?"
"Jealous?" Amber smirked.
"Shut up! What the hell do you know?"
John chuckled. "That was all I needed to know. You girls, get so sleep."
After leaving the lounge, John shut the door to his bedroom, but he could still hear what they were talking about.
"June, didn’t you say you were going to apologise? What’s the matter with you?" Laura scolded her, "Now, you’ll be sleeping on the sofa."
John sighed. ’It seems I’ll have to do sothing about her attitude.’
"Are you listening? Apologise."
June grumbled. "Tch, I’ll do it later."
"No, now."
They continued arguing, but John had enough of it and went back to his bedroom. He closed his eyes to sleep, but then he heard a knock on the door, and Laura entered.
"I’m sorry to disturb you," she said, smiling sheepishly.
John gestured for her to take a seat on the bed, and she did so.
"What happened?" he asked.
"We’ve been quarrelling again," she replied.
John chuckled. "Yeah, I heard so of it."
"I’m sorry, we didn’t an to make a lot of noise."
"That’s not important."
"Laura," John said, "why are you here?"
Laura was stunned by John’s question and then her cheeks flushed.
"I..."
"I see you’re not sure. Why don’t you sleep over it? For now, I want to sleep."
"Sorry," Laura apologised and left the room.
John sighed and closed his eyes.
The next day, John was sitting across a pile of monster corpses sowhere between the base and the university.
"I’m barely getting any stats from these monsters anymore," John said and glanced at his status.
[John Sarack]
[Age: 21]
[Strength: 51.2]
[Vitality: 29.7]
[Agility: 59]
[Energy: 42.3]
[Skills: Quiet Steps (C), Critical Hit (D), Shockwave (D), Appraisal (A), Shadow Claw (D), Haze Veil (C), Dagger Aura (B), No Skills (S)]
[Skill Borrowing: Muscle Strengthening (B), Strength Buff (B), Berserker’s Rage (C), Fire Control (C)]
John sighed and shook his head. There was no point in complaining, he just had to find stronger monsters.
With that in mind, he stood up and sauntered off.
The sound of footsteps alerted John. Soone was approaching, and they weren’t trying to sneak up on him. His eyes narrowed and as he locked his gaze on Celeste. It had been a while since he had seen her, but this ti she wasn’t alone.
Behind the running Celeste, a Cyclops chased her. It was smaller than the 3-star Cyclops John had fought before and it seed weaker as well.
[Cyclops]
[Class: 2-Stars]
[Strength: 43]
[Vitality: 39]
[Agility: 30]
[Energy: 350]
[Kill Reward: 0.5 Strength]
[Description: A Cyclops that has yet to mature...]
John willed the Appraisal away as he read the first few words of the description. He knew all he needed to know, it was just a weaker Cyclops.
"HELP, PLEASE!" Celeste shouted as she noticed John, and ran towards him.
John grinned and appeared in front of the monster. He imdiately plunged his dagger into the cyclops’ eye, and it roared in pain, falling backwards.
"Tsk, it’s so weak," John clicked his tongue and pulled the dagger out of the monster’s eye.
"Celeste, what the hell are you doing here?" John said, turning towards Celeste.
"I-I was taking a walk and this... thing attacked ."
John sighed and shook his head, "let’s go. I’ll walk you back."
The usually snappy Celeste nodded ekly and the two of them walked in silence towards the university. As they stepped into campus, Matt ca running towards Celeste.
"Celeste! Here you are. Where have you been? I’ve been looking all over for you," Matt asked, worried.
Celeste explained the situation and introduced John to her boyfriend.
"Thank you so much, John," Matt thanked, "I would like to thank you, but I’m busy at the mont. Celeste, why don’t you offer him a drink? I have to go now, I will talk to you later."
John turned to Celeste and smirked as Matt hurried off. "So? Aren’t you gonna show your gratitude?"
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