"Ugh..." Ves groaned as she finally regained consciousness.
Her eyes fluttered open to Leo and everyone standing around her with a smile of relief on their faces.
"Hey," she smiled, and tried to push herself up, but was hit by a brief splitting headache, forcing her to hold her head as she collapsed back to the floor.
"Don't stress yourself too much, Ms Ves," Leo said, with a worried expression on her face.
"Yes, Ms Ves. Just lay down and rest. You don't have to move," Mia added, and Miguel also nodded in agreent.
Ves couldn't help but smile at their words. She could sense the worry in their voices and she felt warm inside. It felt good to have people caring and worrying about her.
"Please, help sit up," she said, and Mia quickly rushed towards her, pushing Leo who was kneeling beside her away.
Leo was surprised by Mia's actions but he decided to not say anything about it. He stood up and walked towards Tatiana, and Elda who were standing at a corner of the lobby.
"Don't worry. She will be fine. All she needs is a few minutes of rest," Tatiana said, with a smile on her face.
"I know she will be fine and I trust you. If that wasn't the case, I would had attacked you the mont she lost consciousness," Leo said, and turned to look at Ves.
She was now in a sitting position and resting her back against a pillar.
"Hehe... You say that like you will even be able to touch my shadow. You don't really seem to understand sothing. Though you're strong, that much I can't deny but you can't fight across rank. Especially fighting against soone two whole ranks above you. That's beyond impossible," Tatiana said with a laugh.
The reason why she was saying this is because she wants Leo to choose his battles wisely, as she doesn't want him to just jump into any fight.
But she was aware that considering Leo's character and with how much be cares for Ves, if sothing is to happen to her, he would fight whoever is responsible, no matter how strong the culprit is.
Leo nodded in understanding at Tatiana's words. There was actually no way that he will go seeking a fight with soone two whole ranks above him. He doesn't have to death wish.
Besides, he rembered his how battered he was in his last major battle with an opponent that was two tis his level.
"I understand and will always keep that in mind. Though, I'm curious. Aren't you going to give sothing for joining your group," he looked at her with a knowing smile on his face.
"You already got your benefits, you joining is you keeping your end of the deal we made," Tatiana said, with an equally knowing smile on her face.
"You scamd . You said that we are friends with benefits, but I didn't get anything of benefit from you," Leo said, with a playful frown on his face.
Tatiana rolled her eyes at Leo's words. At the mont, she wanted nothing more than to pin Leo to the ground and give him a good beating for continuously teasing her.
But when she rembered how she teased when they first t, she knew that this was just him taking his revenge.
"Enough playing around. You all have to start increasing your strength. Just like I told Leo, everyone of you have to strive to at least attain the Evolved Rank before the tournant begins. It's the only way you guys can have a shot at survival," Tatiana said, walking to the middle of the lobby.
"I know that for most of you, especially those of you that aren't at level 10 yet, attaining the Evolved Rank will be very difficult but don't worry.
Though I can't fight your battles for you as you fighting them yourselves is the only way you can grow and protect yourselves, but I will help by giving you the locations of the monsters around you. That should make things easier for all of us. The faster you all get to the Evolved Rank, the easier things will be for all of us moving forward," Tatiana said, and everyone nodded.
Leo walked towards Ms Ves who was now standing on her feet and looking like she was about to go hunting with them.
"Ms Ves..." Leo opened his mouth to speak, but paused when he saw the smile on Ves' face.
Even without word, he understood what she was trying to say through the smile. He knew that she was telling him not to stop her.
"Be safe," he said with a smile, and Ves nodded, smiling.
"Another thing. I rember that you stocked the at of a monster and are yet to touch it. It's ti you all start eating it to increase your strength.
Eating the at of mutant creatures will give you stat points. Though it won't be much but at your current level, you will need every bit of stat points you can get," Tatiana added, eliciting a nod of agreent from everyone.
Tatiana's words caused Leo to look at Fiona. He has no idea why but he felt that sothing in his evolution requirents will involve her.
As soone who has always listened to his instincts, he decided to start actively increasing Fiona's strength. He understands that it would be of more benefit to him if he increases her strength and that of the pack's, than to leave them weak and have them beco liabilities.
With this thought in mind, Leo walked towards Tatiana and hold her to give him the location of monsters that moves in groups.
The next mont, he got what he wanted and nodded at Tatiana, and Ves before leaving the building with Fiona, and the wolves following behind him.
After Leo had left, Tatiana looked at Ves, Mia and Miguel, and they nodded at her. Words didn't need to be said as they all knew what needs to be done.
Tatiana smiled and gave them the location of a group of monsters, before disappearing with Elda.
"Let's go. We have so monsters to kill," Ves said, and started walking towards the door.
Miguel and Mia nodded, and followed behind her. The zombified Ryan also followed, snarling silently as he walked behind them.
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