The fierce battle raged on for two more hours and, with the noise of weapons raging and resounding throughout the tunnel, the saint decided to order everyone to take a step back after each win.
“We are taking an hour’s break!”
Right as Viktor sat on the ground to catch a break like others, something weird suddenly happened. A notification appeared in his mind
For a moment, Viktor was taken aback by this notification that seemingly came out of nowhere. In the whole two hours he was training, he didn’t manage to kill any of the orcs and mostly focused on just running away. Receiving one point after all of that was certainly a confusing issue.
<You and everyone around the battlefield would receive a share of the spirit energy earned from killing the creatures. Killing them directly would give you more spirit energy, but even if you do nothing, as long as you’re part of the group, you’ll still get some portion of spirit energy. This is the reason why.>
Now that the battle was over, with everyone sitting, either resting or talking to their friends, Viktor finally had the chance to carefully and closely observe the 250 fighters around him.
𝓲𝚗𝑛r𝗲a𝒅. 𝓬𝗼ｍ
It consisted of 10 high stage sky realm fighters wearing a uniform plated with black armor. What caught his attention was the fact all of them were standing around a particular young man who seemed to have only reached the early stage sky realm.
Albert was one of the annoying pricks who always caused trouble for Viktor.
The young man with short well-combed blond hair and fancy equipment walked at the front of the group as if he owned the entire place. It also didn’t help that the 10 bodyguards surrounding him made him look more intimidating than he actually is.
However, it was blatantly obvious to everyone on the scene that he was trying to show off his power. With a wave of his hand, Albert called out for all 250 of the tired fighters to gather close to him and listen to his speech.
From afar, Viktor just watched as the ten bodyguards started clapping as if to try and increase the spirit of everyone present. Meanwhile, the actual fighters only silently stared at Albert’s group as if they had grown a second head.
Everything Albert did to try and make the situation merrier, only served to leave a bad taste in his mouth.
By this time, Viktor’s interest in continuing to fight had completely evaporated into the air. He had seen what he came here to see, and furthermore, he could not afford for his cover to be blown.
“You!”
However, the next words from his mouth made him sigh in relief. “What the hell is an earth realm doing in my group?! Get the fuck away!”
Antoine was among them.
The man explained that apparently, the young master’s agenda was not just to break level 60 of the pillars, but also increase his realm along the way. The less people fighting in a group, the more spirit energy he would receive passively.
With that, Antoine and the others had learned just what kind of character the Romanov young master had.
“Oh well, his family was the ones funding the campaign anyway, so no one is complaining.” Antoine waved his hand. From his disgusted expression, his opinion of the rich brat was straightforward as it could be.
“Hell no!”
He decided to take Jessie’s suggestion and go into one of the secluded pillars located on the northern Siberian tundra. There, he would fight lower-level creatures to increase his realm while waiting for the mutated leopard seal’s skin finished process into armor in three weeks.
For some reason, Viktor harbored a curiosity to know who the girl is. He couldn’t help but feel there was just something special about the girl.
“Take off your helmet!” He ordered with a haughty voice.
The young master Albert said.
To his surprise, the girl rejected the offer without even letting him finish speaking.
The girl turned around and was about to leave, but then the bodyguards all gathered to stop her.
The girl turned back and coldly asked, “What else do you want?”
The leader of the Golden Roses was indeed fierce and beautiful, however, if only Viktor saw her face, he would recognize that she was actually Anna, his childhood friend, lover, and also the one who broke his heart.