After exiting the twilight forests, Liam and the group traveled back north for a while and then headed to the west where the terrain beca dry and barren.
The land was dotted with several mountains and craters, so of them being in an active volcanic state.
This was the location of the dungeon 'Molten Domain'.
However, just as the group was about to enter the vicinity, suddenly several dozen players started coming out of the adjacent forest.
"Liam, what should we do now? There are about a hundred players surrounding us. Should we run or fight?" Mia asked.
Not that she was afraid, but theirs was a newly ford guild, and without knowing who this enemy was, it wouldn't be wise to engage.
Also, she was no longer the person at the top. When Liam was around, it was best to consult him before acting.
So Mia clutched the staff in her hand and asked him while simultaneously gauging the strength of the people surrounding them.
However, Liam unexpectedly remained silent instead of answering her imdiately. His eyes were fixated on the small emblem on the nearest player's chest.
Jade Mountain!
The emblem of the Gu family guild!
"Heh. You are right. There are indeed a lot of people here." Liam couldn't help but laugh as he looked around.
About a hundred or more people were standing around them, blocking their path.
From the looks of it, they should have prepared so sort of item to keep these many players hidden and suddenly ambush in this way.
"Guild Leader Mia!" A chubby young man sat atop a black panther and shouted, slowly walking out. "Fancy eting you here. This must be fate."
He laughed loudly and walked with confidence in his strides. His two eyes arrogantly looked at the asly 25 players in front of him.
On the other side, Liam was also equally amused. It was definitely fate! He knew it!
Gu family's Jade Mountain was one of the top guilds in the Gresh Kingdom. So as soon as he created a guild of his own, this confrontation was sothing that Liam expected.
But he did not think that it would co this soon!
Mia was about to answer the person when suddenly Liam stopped her by raising his hand.
"Welco, young master. Good to et you. I wonder what business Jade Mountain has with our guild?"
His eyes at the sa ti tried to gauge the strength of the people surrounding them.
Their levels and their stats might be hidden but if one observed closely, these things could always be determined by the worth of the equipnt they were wearing.
From what Liam could see, this was nothing much.
They wanted to take them out with just this much? With these numbers and this equipnt?
Dream on!
"Business? Who said I ca to do business? I am here to give you my first and final warning!"
"Surrender now and sign our guild contract. I will let you all live. If not… your equipnt might not be the only thing you lose today!"
Hmph! He snorted haughtily giving a glance to either side.
The hundred players dressed in dazzling silver equipnt all gave a collective cheer.
They looked as if they were ready to march into battle and tear everything apart at the snap of his finger.
The whole scene might have looked more fear-inducing if not for the fact that the panther under the fat boss currently had a pitiful look on its face.
The guy's weight was clearly too much for the beast to handle, yet the person had black-heartedly forced it to carry him.
"You! How can you be so heartless?" Not able to stand it any longer, i i stepped forward and shouted back.
"He He. Unfortunately, this ga is indeed heartless. You kill or be-"
"What the hell are you talking about? Shut the hell up and get down at once!"
"Huh? What are you talking about? What get down?" Gu Donghai was slightly confused.
Here he was threatening them with death, and this woman was asking him to get down? Who the hell was this crazy woman?
This was not goddess Mia's voice!
"Brother! This guy is too stupid! I don't even want to waste ti talking with him. Let's just kill him and save the panther."
Seeing this, Gu Donghai was now even more confused. What the hell was going on here! Why wasn't anyone treating him seriously!
And what was this about saving the panther? Which panther are they talking about?
Especially hearing the word stupid, he was completely triggered.
Liam on the other side was rubbing his temples.
"Slut! Pay attention when I am talking to you! You dare call soone from the Gu family stupid? I am going to end you today!"
"n Attack!"
"When dealing with idiots, it's better to talk with fists first and words later!"
"We will kill them a few tis, and then we will-"
"Your words. Not mine." Liam did not want to waste any more ti with this bunch of idiots.
Before Gu Donghai could even finish his sentence, the person who was standing in front of him and talking, was no longer there.
Also, his head was already detached and falling to the ground.
AEK!
Gu Donghai screeched before the rest of his dead body also fell to the ground and disintegrated into light dust.
"LEADER!"
"KILL THEM ALL!"
Only the ones at the front realized what happened and shouted. The ones at the back did not even understand what was going on.
There were also so still in a trance, and so took a step back hesitantly.
With the head cut off, the group of hundred suddenly looked extrely unsure of themselves.
Liam smirked. Should he spare them all because they had nothing to do with him in the grand sche of things?
Unfortunately, that was not how the world worked. He did not stop there and swung his sword wildly.
Jumping off of his back, the white fox dashed around and took care of her share of carnage.
Sothing bright and shiny dropped with every person who died, so Luna absolutely did not hold back.
Bright reddish-orange bursts of fla popped up here and there amidst the crumbling army.
There was chaos and uproar everywhere and no one knew what to do. "This is the perfect lesson for having numbers without any structure."
Liam typed in the group chat while killing yet another opponent. The others also did not stand idly.
Derek crushed whoever was in his path. Alex slaughtered her way through. Mia dealt damage seeing that no one needed any sort of healing.
In just a matter of a few minutes, all the hundred players were completely decimated.
A few players at the back tried to escape and run away, but Liam did not allow a single one to leave and took care of every last person.
Only so thieves and assassins probably escaped because of their [Stealth] skill and Liam did not bother chasing after them.
Though even most of these players were exposed to friendly fire because of the complete and utter disorder in the group.
The only being that was still remaining, the last one standing was unexpectedly the pitiful black panther.
i i had saved the beast right from the get-go and protected it all throughout the fight.
When Liam noticed her, she quickly and shalessly brought out her adorable puppy dog eyes. "Please, brother."
Standing next to her, the panther also had the sa expression for so reason.
Watching these two, what else could Liam do? He helplessly shook his head. "Do whatever you want."
"He did not have the heart to break it to her. Beasts once tad and bound to a player cannot be tad again by another player.
It was because the beast's soul was typically branded when a contract was ford. If one tried to forcefully erase this contract, then the beast would only perish.
But Liam knew that i i was probably not going to do anything extre like that. After a few tries, he expected her to give up.
Stretching his hands, he relaxed his body and prepared to watch the show.
However, unexpectedly, i i did not try to ta it?
"Sis Yue, quick, give sothing you cooked. atballs or sothing."
"Huh?" Shen Yue was confused, but she hurriedly took so grub from her inventory and handed it to the young girl.
She, Liam, and also the rest of the group, curiously watched as i i fed the atballs to the panther.
"Do you want to beco my pet cutie?" she lovingly patted the panther.
"Eh?" Liam was shocked. The others were also equally shocked.
But the others quickly recovered as they did not expect anything less from the sister of their genius leader!
Like brother like sister!
Only Shen Yue and Liam who knew the truth watched the little girl in amazent.
They both watched the girl coax the panther. Will this even work?
Several played had tried the sa thod and beasts typically did not submit to niceties like this. They usually eat the food and then still remain hostile.
But… surprisingly… just after a couple of atballs…
The panther was licking i i like a dog?
Just two atballs were enough? It shifted its loyalty so soon? Even i i was surprised.
[Ding. You have obtained a new pet. Do you wish to na this pet?]
"Yayyyy! Yippee!" i i jumped up and down in excitent.
She did not use any skill, did not hatch any egg or use any other contract, and just like that, she received a pet! This was simply too aweso!
"Wait. what happened?" Liam asked.
"Bro, I got my first pet!" i i stuck her tongue out.
Liam opened and closed his mouth speechlessly. "Just what atballs did you give? Give so?" He asked Shen Yue.
"Ah… nothing special." She really did not feed the beast anything special.
Shen Yue embarrassedly showed Liam the atballs and only after he confird it with his own eyes he believed her words.
The atballs were not anything special.
"Did you really manage to ta the beast?" He asked i i again.
"Yes. Yes. See, I nad him Plum!"
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