Author: M_W Cancer

"Brad, block to your left!" Leo quickly ordered as he slashed his dagger towards the eyes of a Stone Monkey in front of him.

"Okay!" Brad replied as he bashed the shield his holding towards a Stone Monkey charging at his left side.

"Ahmed, go and handle this Stone Monkey for me!" Leo called out as he went towards another Stone Monkey while leaving the former Stone Monkey for Ahmed to handle.

"Okay!" Ahmed replied as he reached for his sword sheath, and the moment he arrived in a perfect position, he powerfully pulled his sword, slashing straight towards the nape of the Stone Monkey.

"Argh!" The Stone Monkey was immediately enraged and quickly turned to look at Ahmed while wearing bloodshot eyes.

"Eh!" Ahmed exclaimed in disbelief. He really thought that he would be able to easily cut through the Stone Monkey's nape. It was really unexpected for him that this Stone Monkey would actually have a stone armor shielding at its nape.

"GuluguluguluGULU!" The Stone Monkey head-butted Ahmed on his stomach, causing him to fly off a few meters of distance.

Right after that, the Stone Monkey didn't wait for Ahmed to stand up as he charged straight directly towards him once again.

"Gulugulugulu!"

*Bang!

Ahmed quickly rolled to the side to dodge, causing the tree behind him to easily break into two.

The Stone Monkey became dizzy due to hitting its head to a tree, hence causing it to be crashed down by the tree it had just destroyed.

Seeing the nearly dying Stone Monkey, Ahmed didn't waste a single time as he stood up from the ground and directly run towards the Stone Monkey to finally end its life.

*Pluck!

"Finally..." Ahmed heaved a sigh of relief as he sat down on the ground.

*Whooosh!

Unexpectedly, a dagger suddenly went past closely to Ahmed's right ear before quickly being followed by a painful shriek of a Stone Monkey behind him.

"Don't let down your guard on the battlefield!" Leo yelled out far in front of Ahmed.

He really can't help believe that Ahmed actually thought of resting just after killing a single Stone Monkey. And that Stone Monkey was even injured in its left eyes to begin with, that's why it didn't easily notice the tree right behind Ahmed.

"Sorry...!" Ahmed replied as he stood up from the ground and quickly went to help Brad, who was currently having a hard time fending off two Stone Monkeys.

Hearing Ahmed's reply, Leo just simply shook his head as he went up front to attract more Stone Monkeys.

At this moment, he was currently training Brad and Ahmed. Of course, in his own ways, which is the ruthless way.

As long as he noticed that Ahmed and Brad still have an ounce of energy left in them, he will keep on sending Stone Monkeys after another batch of Stone Monkeys. He will not stop until these two finally can no longer stand up.

Running up in front, Leo quickly noticed another batch of Stone Monkeys playing up on the tree. He quickly picked up 6 rocks as he added Fire Element Mana in the rocks before powerfully throwing them straight towards the 6 Stone Monkeys above the tree in front of him.

*Whoosh! *Whoosh! *Whoosh!

"Argh!"

"Argh!"

"Argh!"

"Argh!"

"Argh!"

"Argh!"

The 6 Stone Monkeys shriek in pain as they quickly turned their heads towards where the stones came from, causing them to immediately see Leo currently taunting them with his hand.

The 6 Stone Monkeys was immediately enraged as they charged directly straight towards Leo up from the tree.

Seeing that he had finally attracted their attention, Leo swiftly picked up another 6 rocks, added Fire Element Mana in them, and throwing them powerfully straight towards the Stone Monkeys.

*Whooosh! *Whoosh! *Whoosh!

After doing that, he then quickly run back to return to where Ahmed and Brad were currently at.

Moments later, Leo finally saw Ahmed and Brad resting back to back while a Stone Monkey was already laying dead by their side.

Leo really can't help forming a mischievous smile on his face as he quickly called out to them, "Ready yourselves, another batch of Stone Monkeys is coming right up!"

Hearing Leo's voice, Ahmed and Brad can't help thinking of a devil calling at them to enter Satan's castle. It made them quickly stand up and thought of running away.

Unfortunately, Leo knew about what they are thinking, so he threw another 6 rocks towards the 6 Stone Monkeys behind him to further enraged them.

"Ready or not, here they go!" Leo warned, which was quickly followed after by 6 Stone Monkeys falling up on top of them.

"This is so tiringggg!" Brad exclaimed out of helplessness.

"I can definitely do this!" Ahmed said with determination as he tightly holds his sword and prepared himself.

.....

After a few hours and a few more batches of Stone Monkeys, Ahmed and Brad could finally no longer make their feet stand up.

They were sitting back to back with each other, trying to catch their breath while at the same time yearning to return back home.

The time was also already in the late afternoon, and the sun was finally going to set down to the west, clearly indicating that night will be coming soon.

Noticing that, Ahmed and Brad's eyes widen as they turned to look at Leo, "We need to hide!"

"Why?" Leo curiously replied.

"The Vampire race will start their hunt at the night! As long as we are not inside the Eclipse village, then there is a really high risk that we will get ourselves killed!" Ahmed quickly explained.

"And why is that?" Leo asked.

"Because our Chief and the West Fortress Commander of the Crimson Rose Kingdom made a deal. As long as we provide them 1,000 Magical Beast a month, they will not touch anyone, but only if they are inside Eclipse village when the night comes. As for those who are outside the territory of the Eclipse village, they are left on their own!"

Hearing Ahmed's words, Leo's eyes widen in disbelief. Not because he was shocked about the Vampire race hunting during the night, since he was long aware of the fact that the Crimson Rose Kingdom is just a neighbor of Silver Kingdom, specifically located 10,000 kilometers east from the Silver Kingdom Southern region, he was also not shocked after learning about the so-called deal Chief Lago had made to a Commander of Crimson Rose Kingdom, what he was exactly feeling disbelief about is the fact that Ahmed and Brad actually only warned him about this really important information right this moment when the night is now slowly approaching.

"Why did you only warn me about this now?" Leo can't help yelling at the two. He had just arrived here yesterday, hence it was obvious already that he doesn't know a lot of things about the Eclipse village. In fact, he had even made his intention obvious just awhile back at the Eclipse village. So, they should have at least warned him before so that they could have only wandered nearby the Eclipse village.

"We were so preoccupied with killing the Stone Monkeys..." Brad replied while feeling wrong inside.

"Ayst..." Leo put his right hand on his head to express his helplessness. He had really forgotten that these two were still inexperienced. So, he should have expected already that they will not be able to split their attention to two or more different things.

Looking at the direction of the Eclipse village, Leo quickly began estimating the distance they have traveled, "We have traveled for around 8 hours or so, therefore it would definitely take the same amount of time if we want to return.."

"Let's quickly go back!" Brad quickly suggested.

"As long as we arrive nearby the Eclipse village, we should be able to send a signal towards them to ask for help," Ahmed added.

Hearing their words, Leo just simply shook his head in disagreement. Going as near as the Eclipse village might sound safe, but actually, it is the most dangerous and stupidest solution they could ever come up with to solve this problem basing on what Ahmed had just explained awhile ago.

Ahmed had just said awhile ago that the Eclipse village had made a deal to the West Fortress Commander of Crimson Rose Kingdom, which simply means they have already discovered the exact location of Eclipse village.

Moreover, they had also said that as long as the Hybrids are inside the Eclipse village, the Vampires won't touch anyone, which simply meant that they will have Vampires guarding around the Eclipse village, waiting for any Hybrids who is not inside the village.

So, taking all of that into consideration, the most dangerous place right now should be Eclipse village.

And even if they could indeed send out a signal for help, no one, even Chief Lago or any members from the 5 Divisions who are inside the Eclipse village would help them. In fact, by doing that they are actually only sending a signal towards the Vampires hiding around the Eclipse village, making their presence known to all of them.

However, things don't really look that bad, since there is still one solution left for them.

"No, we can't do that!" Leo said, causing Ahmed and Brad to stop in their steps.

"Why?" Ahmed curiously asked.

"Let's talk while we walk back, so as to not waste any time!" Brad added as he continued walking.

"The area around the Eclipse village is the most dangerous place of all, due to the fact that the Vampires already knew of the village location," Leo explained.

Hearing Leo's words, Ahmed quickly pulled Brad back since he quickly understood what Leo really meant about, "Then what should we do?"

"You said that the 5 Divisions are always away from the Eclipse village, so where exactly are they?"

Hearing Leo's question, Brad puff up his chest as he replied, "I know where they should be right now!"

"Where?" Leo and Ahmed both turned to look at Brad.

"I heard from my uncle Jeffrey that they are currently pioneering the west direction of Twilight Forest, so they should be around the territory of the Twilight Bears!" Brad answer.