Feng Jing and his team were happily eating their meals after they finalized their plan for today. Everyone had enjoyed the meal that was prepared for them by Lin Yven and Wu Liu. After the cleanup everyone had gathered after finishing their preparations for the hunt.
Bai Yuyan said, "Everyone is done with the preparations?"
"It's done."
"According to the plan. We will split into three groups.
I am with Han Ling and Si Shen.
A'Wu with Qu Yul and Wu Liu.
Senior Ran with Yven.
The first two groups would gather the resources and the last one is to check the caves for treasure boxes. We will return before sunset. Do not engage with our teams. Work independently, swift and stealthy. Please protect the campsite Xiao Jing, Vega." said Bai Yuyan.
Solaris Vega innocently nods his head. He knew that when the others are away the one who has to protect their leader is him. After all, Feng Jing is currently playing the role of a salted fish.
"Leave it to me. I will protect Le---... I mean Lord Jing!" declared Solaris Vega and even also slipped his tongue into saying the truth.
Everyone chuckles at Solaris Vega's reaction as they know that this child is seriously planning to protect Feng Jing. It might have slipped his mind that their leader is the strongest among them despite being a guide.
Feng Jing smiled at them and said, "Be careful. Plundering is allowed in this region."
When everyone heard the word plunder, the expression of the team turned a bit serious. If it's plundering then it means ambushes and stealing the resources from the other group is allowed.
Feng Wu asked, "Would you be okay?" He was looking at Solaris Vega as he knew that their boss wouldn't be making his move at all in this region even if their own resources were looted, he wouldn't budge at all.
Solaris Vega understood what Feng Wu and nodded his head.
"We will be okay. I will make some traps around the camp after everyone leaves. Please don't forget to message me before you enter the 30 meters radius of our campsite, so I could deactivate the traps. Else you might step on some traps if you don't inform me of your return." said Solaris Vega.
Everyone nodded at Vega's words. They knew how powerful the devices this pure child had made. They had seen some samples a few days before the competition. His works look simple but the power and effects of it were deadly. Feng jing had to work with Solaris Vega in adjusting the outputs of his works to make them less lethal.
Xue Ran said, "We will be going now."
"Please take care, Senior," said Solaris Vega.
The rest of the team took their leave and separated according to the group plan. The hunting group split into the east and west part of the forest. They would be contacted by Xue Ran and Lin Yven once they've found inventory items to store their resources. While the rest of the team had left the camp only Solaris Vega and Feng Jing were left.
Feng Jing smiled at Vega once the innocent child looked at him with pure eyes. He ruffled his hair gently and said, "I will help you prepare your traps and accompany you when planting them."
Solaris Vega nodded his head like a chick and also smiled as he knew he could spend more time with their leader and learn a few more things with him. The first time he had Feng Jing was when Navi Nash, this stalker, tried to force him to be with him. At the time Solaris Vega as a commoner had no way to fight against a noble from the four great families like the Navi Clan. He was lucky when Feng Jing and Feng Wu bumped into him on their way home.
It was such an unforgettable scene. Feng Jing is an infamous student who is said to love bullying children from a common family like him. At that time Solaris Vega didn't expect that Feng Jing would personally step forward and stop Navi Nash. Since then the person called Lord Jing had become his benefactor. At first, Solaris Vega would be taken advantage of by Feng Jing like what Navi Nash wants to do. But that time, except for bringing him to the infirmary, Feng Jing didn't ask anything in exchange for saving him. Instead, he only heard from the Military doctor that Feng Jing asked the doctor to look after him until he wakes up.
That was their first meeting and there were no other interactions between them after that. Solaris Vega was in disbelief. After all, he still heard bad rumors about Feng Jing being a bully. He tried asking other people about this, from his classmates who are from a common background like he does but the answer he got is completely opposite of what he had expected. The students of the common families said that the one who helped them with their scholarship whenever they were lacking it was Feng Jing.
Whenever a noble son or daughter bullies the commoners as long as the former is wrong, Feng Jing would step in and protect the ordinary students. Later, he had investigated the source of the rumors saying that Feng Jing bullies commoners, Vega was surprised to learn that those nasty rumors were something the other noble clans did and most of it came from the Navi Clan. Only then did Solaris Vega know that he was wrong right from the beginning. Lord Jing doesn't hate people with a common background or ordinary people who aren't able to awaken. He is friendly to anyone unless he hates you.
Then after learning the story of Han Ling and the rest, especially the story of Feng Jing helping them with their problems. Solaris Vega finally accepted the fact that he was wrong about Feng Jing all along. So when the announcement about the competition came about and learned that Feng Jing is joining, he and the rest of them approached Feng Wu, Lord Jing's aide to let them join Feng Jing's team which now leads to the current situation.
While Feng Jing and Solaris Vega were busying themselves with the preparations for the traps. The hunting team had already found some of their targets within the forest.
The situation in the hunting team in the East: [Feng Wu, Wu Yul, and Wu Liu].
As the only Sentinel in the group, Qu Yul took the vanguard position with Feng Wu and Wu Liu following him closely at his back. They were running towards the east with their communicator activating the mapping and search mode.
[Ding! Warning: 15 meters ahead. A big tiger at 3 o'clock.
30 meters ahead. A pair of black bears at 9 o'clock.
10 meters ahead. A human group of 6 at 12 o'clock. They are students that entered this competition. They are surrounded by a wolf pack composed of 20 wolves.]
This announcement was heard by the three in the hunting group. They all frown when they heard First military academy students being surrounded by wolves. The wolves of this forest aren't ordinary. They have mutated ones with speed double the original's capabilities. It is usually more dangerous to meet a wolf pack instead of a single huge bear. There is, after all, a difference in numbers.
Wu Liu worriedly said, "That... aren't they in danger? Why is no one saving them?"
"Rules of the competition. The protectors are only allowed to show themselves if the participants are in life and death situations against zergs. They must have thought that students from the First Military Academy should be able to at least beat a mutated pack of wolves. They won't step in." said Qu Yul.
Feng Wu, "Something is wrong here. Let me check the situation in detail." he said as they halted their movement and controlled the program installed in their communicators.
Ever since Feng Jing had upgraded their mapping program with searching options. They could at least estimate who or what the things the radar picks up. Qu Yul and Wu Liu looked at the holographic map that appeared on Feng Wu's screen. Feng Wu manipulates his screen and focuses the program's target at a 10 meters radius. They saw green, yellow, and red dots on the screen.
Legend for the mapping targets.
Humans: Green. [Injured: Yellow, Dead: White]
Mutated Beast: Red [The darker the shade of red is the higher the rank it is. If dead then the red dot will be crossed out.]
Zerg: Blue [Low rank: Light blue, Mid rank: Blue-green, High rank: Blue-violet, Royal rank: Dark blue with a gold halo. If dead then the dot will be crossed out.]
There are six dots surrounded by 30 red dots and 10 of them are crossed out, at the center one is green and the other five are yellow. In short, the situation of the encircled group is dangerous. Feng Wu frowned and pressed the only green dot on the human side then the profile of that person appeared before them.
---
Name: Qu Yeon
Occupation: Senior Student
Gender: Male [Sentinel: Ranked SS+]
Relationship: Qu Yul's elder brother.
---
Qu Yul and Wu Liu's expressions turned into shock when they saw the name of the only uninjured man in the encircled group by wolves.
Wu Liu's voice trembles in shock, "Big Brother Yeon?!"
Knowing that it is his brother Qu Yul who wanted to run towards the target and save his elder brother only for Feng Wu to grab his arm to stop him. He glared at Feng Wu which showed his panic and fear.
"Let go! That's my elder brother. My family!" said Qu Yul. This is the first Qu Yul had shown that much emotion on his face. He is a well-known composed person after all.
Feng Wu tightened his grip on his arm and said, "If you jump on there without a plan not only you would die. Even your brother would die as well. Calm yourself down."
He scolded Qu Yul for being rash just now. Then he looks at the trembling Wu Liu beside them.
Feng Wu ordered, "Wu Liu. You have his person's contact, right? Send a force-opened message to him. Tell him to hold on for 20 seconds."
Nodding his head while panicking, "O-Okay!" said Wu Liu who immediately manipulated his communicator to send a message to Qu Yeon.
"You open a force call on your brother. We will tell him the plan and do it at the same time. Prepare all the grenades. We should at least get them out of the encirclement. You are the core of this plan. You need to hold back the wolves for 3 minutes with your brother while I and Wu Liu take away the injured ones. Lend him your spare weapons as soon as we arrive." explain Feng Wu to Qu Yul.
Qu Yul who finally calmed down reverted to his neutral face and nodded his head in agreement with Feng Wu's plan.
Feng Wu said, "Calm yourself down. We will all die if you fail to protect our way out."
"I won't fail. Leave it to me," said Qu Yul.
After they've talked about their plan, the three of them immediately head to where Qu Yul's elder and his group are. The situation in that place is not looking good as well. Qu Yeon the only uninjured person in the group had to protect two ordinary people who fainted from injuries, another two sentinels who had a broken leg and arm while covered in scratches, and lastly Qu Yeon's guide, Tang Si is about to faint from spirit qi overuse. The injured guides force themselves awake even if they are losing too much blood. They held an energy gun backing up their boss who was protecting him all on his own.
Qu Yeon's group:
Leader: Qu Yeon [Sentinel: Rank SS+]
Members:
(Injured: Broken Arm) - Tang Yi [Sentinel: Rank B+]
(Injured: Broken Leg) - Tang San [Sentinel: Rank B+]
(Spirit Qi: Overused about to faint) - Tang Si [Guide: Rank B]
(Fainted) Shi Lou [Ordinary Person: Overall rank C] [Logistics]
(Fainted) Shi Wen [Ordinary Person: Overall rank C] [Mechanic]
Tang Yi and Tang San are twins. They are Tang Si's elder brothers. Shi Lou and Shi Wen are siblings. With Shi Wen as eldest and Shi Lou as youngest. They are all Seniors.
The Sentinel twins were covered in blood as they protected the weakest members of their group. Qu Yeon stood in front protecting them alone from all sides. The fainted ones were under Tang Si's care.
Tang Yi cussed out, "Fuck! This is all the fault of that stupid noble! Didn't A'Si already warned them about the wolf pack!"
"If only Yul and Ling didn't leave the team we wouldn't need to ally ourselves to those haughty blue blood!" exclaimed Tang San.
Tang Si spoke, "Big brothers! Enough! This isn't A'Yul and A'Ling's fault. We didn't check the other person's background thoroughly! This is my fault." as he lowered his head in remorse.
After Qu Yul, Wu Liu, Han Ling, and Si Shen asked to leave the team, they had a hard time looking for other teammates. The minimum number of team members is 10. After the four of them left, their team was missing four members which they weren't able to fill up on time and had no other choice but to make a temporary alliance with another group that happened to be led by a small noble family. They didn't expect this team to be evil enough to use their small group as decoys to escape the wolf pack after injuring the ordinary members of their team.
Tang Yi and Tang San's expressions turned helpless seeing their youngest take the blame.
"This... is not your fault. Don't blame yourself, Si'er~" said Tang Yi.
Tang San said, "We are... just talking nonsense! Don't listen to us!"
But this didn't make Tang Si comfortable as they are still in a dire situation as of now.
DING! The sound of a communicator receiving a message.
Qu Yeon scolded them and said, "Keep your guards up. I've received a message from Xiao Liu. Qu Yul and their team are nearby, they would support us. Bare it for 20 more seconds. They will give me a sign when they've arrived!"
The Tang brothers were immediately delighted knowing that Qu Yul and Wu Liu were near. This means they can escape this predicament they are in now. Suddenly as if they were injected with drugs, Tang Yi and Tang San stood up despite their injuries. They stood at the sides and lifted their weapons.
"KAKAKA~ Isn't it only 20 seconds!? We brothers can do it!" declared the twins.
GGRRRROWLS~
In the middle of the battle against the wolves, Qu Yeon who is confronting at the foremost position heard a warning in his communicator.
[PING! Qu Yul's team is asking permission to enter your team's communication channel. Do you agree or disagree?]
A smile appeared at the corner of Qu Yeon's lips and murmured, "Agree!"
Qu Yul: {Dage. We are here.}