For three days I kept hunting alone, borrowing Martin just to spawn me the bosses, since he was the one who I know would agree on that without wanting anything back from me.

After that Ki'rai returned, and another fourteen days passed without any trouble. I did my best to cover all the spots and squeeze as many class points as I possibly could.

Then Daniel showed up, early in the morning.

- It happened again. Both rats and goblins were hit he said to me straight away, with a serious expression, as I stopped on my way to meeting with the rest.

- What about the missing people? Did they show up recently?

- They've been showing up through the last two weeks, but nothing happened. I even tailed a few of them, but they led me nowhere. Nothing out of ordinary happened, I swear.

- Does Hatta know?

- Yes. I've talked with him first thing today. He will arrange groups that will camp in the vicinity of every hunting ground's dungeon. Personally, I don't think it's a good idea.

- Why? - I was a bit confused.

- Because those people might be pretty damn strong. I'm afraid those camps might be attacked.

- And Blue is gone, when we need him...

- I thought that maybe you and your crew could help?

- You know what? I have a better idea.

- I'm all ears.

- I can make tokens to communicate with whoever will be camping out there, and make it so I will be able to join them instantly if they will get attacked.

- Amazing - he smiled for a moment. - Let's go and talk with Hatta.historical

I nodded and looked at my friends, who were curiously observing the whole thing. I gestured to them, that I need a moment, and went with Daniel.

We found Hatta in barracks after few minutes of searching, he was assembling groups. One was led by Amit, the other two guys I didn't know personally. Just the faces.

- Don't tell me something happened... - he said as soon as he saw us.

- No, but it might. Maybe tonight or perhaps later, the thing is I'm sure whoever is behind this is not gonna back down easily, and can even fight your men - said Daniel.

- We are prepared - replied Amit.

- Maybe, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared better - Daniel pointed out.

- What do you have in mind? - asked Hatta.

He didn't respond with words, just looked at me, so others followed. I created three coins in my hand and presented them on an open palm.

- You can talk through those to me. I'll drop my anchors at your camps, so you will be able to call me for support if needed.

- That's actually a good idea - said Amit, surprised by his own words.

He then took all three and have them out to the other leaders.

- I'll come by later today. Now I need to do some deliveries...

With those words, I left them and rejoined my crew.

- What was that about? - asked Boris immediately as I showed up.

- Nothing too important. Just some double measures.

- Double measures for what?

- I don't know if you are familiar that some people are clearing the easier dungeons at night, but Hatta intends to put a stop to that, and send some soldiers to camp there, and keep watch. I'm afraid they might be attacked, so I offered my help.

- I'm familiar. We should also help - said Nobuo.

- No need. l took care of it.

- Are you sure, Peter-san? I'm happy to provide my assist.

He seemed genuinely concerned. Probably because some of his men were still hunting in those places.

- I'm sure. Let's go.

He nodded, and the conversation ended. I then brought them to the canyon, and our hunt started. I cleared the giants' dungeon with Ki'rai, moved my friends to a different spot, and quickly returned to the city, just to sprint to all three spots, and drop my anchors. Then I continued farming crystals.

This put me a little behind the schedule, but I wasn't planning on sleeping through that night anyway, since I needed to be ready for the possible intervention.

In the end, nothing happened. I was standing in the middle of the night by the device, as I sold my score for the day, reaching 871 915 000 points in total, for all eighteen days. And also 126 class points.

Originally my plan was to wait and go for 'Shadow champion' but instead I spent a hundred points on 'Weapon grandmaster'. Wich unlocked me the following skills: 'Supreme weapon mastery', 'Peerless technique II', 'Power strike II', 'Increased stamina III', 'Eyes of Duelist II', 'Empowered body II', 'Parry III', 'Hundred cuts', 'Peerless form'.

'Hundred cuts' was allowing me to make a storm of slashes, while 'Peerless form' was further perfecting my movements. Similar to 'Monk' skill, 'Body mastery', yet a bit different, focusing only on the combat.

I slowly invested in the skills, waiting to be contacted, but I didn't. I ended up getting all of the skills to the sixth level and then spent the rest of the night on one of the roofs. Watching the fake stars above me.

They clearly knew what was going on, since they didn't show themselves up, but after today the sneaky overtaking of the dungeon has ended anyway. Hatta was gonna look for the suspicious individuals as soon as they showed up. As long as he had the full list.

I didn't know the details behind his relationship with Daniel, but I was quite sure they were sharing information. Hatta wasn't stupid.

I really wanted to know what was going on. I wasn't expecting to find out too sun though, but I was wrong. At that point, I didn't know that though, and just wondered observing those damn stars, and worrying. I never expected this to unravel as it did, but that happened the next day...

This period of time came to an end with 1 317 949 509 points remaining on my account, and 32 class points.