They stood on the defensive stand for without moving a few more minutes and observed around, but there was no further attack, and they were now confident that they were alone on the battlefield.

Six members of the Sightseers Party and four members of the Origin Party were staring in shock at the bloodstained pieces of the monster on the ground...The functioning of their minds was completely stopped by unanswered questions...

<Why had they faced a real boss tonight when the monsters had been overrated for a long time?...>

<Why had the monster made human-like sounds, although not exactly?...>

<Monsters would never attack each other, so why did this huge monster directly destroy another monster of its own race like an assassin?...>

<Why had it left the battlefield without killing them too?...>

<What was the third entity blocking their skills?...>

<...>

<...>

"I think we need to return now..." As Jianyu continued to stare at the ground thoughtfully, he remembered his leadership responsibility and wanted to relieve himself and his team from this mental exhaustion.

"Sure..." Cem was in the same situation as him.

Jianyu and his team had quietly started to leave the battlefield when they heard Cem's call from behind them.

"Thank you for coming to help...I don't know what would have happened if those things had attacked us tonight...Anyway...You can be sure we'll be the first to come to your aid at your Boss Event in a few days..."

Jianyu nodded with a fake smile as he felt too tired to speak anymore and left with his team...

*** Two days later...Eskisehir...Before the Boss Event ***

Jianyu was making final preparations for the Boss Event battle, which will take place in the evening, together with Murat, Kirana, and Beril, members of the Origin Party, of which he was the leader, and his phone rang. After having a short conversation, he hung the flamboyant non-man-made sword he had acquired thanks to his skills called Vanguard on his back.

Unlike its counterparts, the Vanguard was a slender sword, but its highly precisely machined hilt and finely crafted blade that could cut a piece of paper at a slow speed made it easily usable for all Slashers. Of course, it wasn't just these features that made it superior.

Vanguard had a combined ability that no other sword had. This sword was able to trap all possible superpowers that would be imposed on it from outside within its own cutting metal and could increase the value of its AP accordingly.

All other Swords known to have been used by the Upgraded Humans had their superpowers only imposed on them by the way they were made. Once manufactured, possible superpowers to be imposed on them by other supporters could only strengthen them temporarily, not permanently as in Vanguard.

"Who was that?" Even though Kirana was only a detector-type, she would place man-made weapons such as pistols and kitchen knives in her clothing pockets and waist, in case she needed them due to the enormity of the upcoming war.

"Olcay. He said he and Bardrick would also come to help tonight's war with their parties."

"Vow. Even Bardrick? His King's Eagle Party is the 21st strongest party in the ranking. We are really lucky to have his team coming from Europe for this."

"Yes, Murat. And it's good that Olcay's team is coming. His Feudal Party is in 57th place and they are much stronger than us."

"Hey guys, I checked this Quest's Pool one last time and it looks like 20 parties have booked in total." Kirana had begun to analyze the allies they were going to fight together this evening. "According to the last table, we will attend to war with 2 single-digit Parties, 8 parties that are in the top 100, and 10 parties that are weaker than the 100th rank in the temporary war clan."

"This is too much." Murat was disturbed by the fact that the booties to be won from the war would be dispersed to too many people. "I hope we encounter enough monster bosses to distribute a lot of exp to all of us."

Jianyu abruptly stopped and frowned at Murat as if he had been cursed. "Be careful what you wish for, my dear friend. I didn't like the fact that the Headquarters led such a large and powerful clan into the same war. I think you'd better hope that they're not hiding anything from us instead."

***

Party: ORIGIN

Power Ranking: 154

[Name: JIANYU (Leader) - MURAT - KIRANA - BERIL]

[Type: Slasher - Caster - Detector - Physician]

[Level:  17 - 12 - 11 - 11]

[Weapon: Vanguard Sword - Crossbow - None - Hybrid Touch]

[HP= 350 - 175 - 148 - 148]

[AP= 171 - 84 - 70 - 70]

[MP= 137 - 67 - 56 - 56]

***

*** Midnight, Eskisehir, Gathering Point, 5 km. away from the battlefield ***

Jianyu and his party were sitting on the ground and leaning against the trees in the forest area, the clan gathering point chosen by the headquarters, waiting for hosting the support parties.

The second party to reach the region was the Sightseers Party, led by Cem, due to its location advantage.

"Hello, my friend"

"You and your team are welcome, Cem" Jianyu stood up to pay his respects, shook Cem's hand, and smiled.

"Hi, guys" Olcay stepped into the gathering area with his Feudal Party consisting of five people. Just behind them came the 7-man King's Eagle Party, led by Bardrick.

In the next half hour, 6 more parties of Upgraded Humans arrived, but it was also time to attack. Only half of the summoned clan had arrived, but they had to go, and they were confident that the rest would soon arrive on the battlefield. Therefore, without waiting for the others, they moved toward the battlefield and reached there within ten minutes.

They were at the top of a hill and looked down upon the plain, which was as vast as a desert, where a great war would soon take place.

"What the hell is this!? No monsters in sight down there?" Bardrick was looking suspiciously down into the plain in the night.

"Could it be that we can't see because of the darkness?"

"No, there are about twenty Detector-type Upgraded humans among us and they can't detect any entity...Except for three people sitting on top of their cars chatting there."

"People? Could it be...?"

"No, A monster in human form has never been reported so far. Besides, they look very weak." Bardrick glanced at the detector member of a single-digit party near himself. Since the other person was a member of a party that was much stronger than them, he wouldn't dare to give her an order. Therefore, she politely asked her to examine the three people below with just a glance.

"Nah...All three are beings lower than lvl10 i.e. humans." She gave a short brief.

"They should have appeared by now. Quests were never wrong, something ridiculous is going on here..." Jianyu muttered.

*** At the same time... The Headquarters of the Upgraded Humans...Japan... ***

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?" When the vice principal of the headquarters heard the report sent to him, he had gone crazy and ran ten floors down the stairs without even using the elevator to reach the Technology Department.

"Unfortunately, what you have been told is correct, sir. Someone hacked into the system and set up a Boss Event quest to the Middle East beyond our control, dragging around twenty parties to that region and even masking the software again so that we wouldn't notice."

"How can such a thing happen? You are together with so many technology experts and there are even Upgraded Humans among you!"

"This isn't just a computer software attack, sir. At the same time that the spyware entered our system, our department was also attacked by a superpower at a frequency we could not detect. It was spotted and stopped by a high-ranking Upgraded Human who came to our building five minutes ago, after which we were able to spot the computer attack."

"What is the quest?"

"..."

"Tell me!"

"A Boss Event, sir. Moreover, most of the parties summoned are among the strongest in that region..."

"WHAT!!!" The vice principal was totally pissed off at the response he got, but he paused for a few seconds to take a deep breath, and then continued, just to avoid making a bad decision.

"Have you contacted and stopped the parties going to the Quest point?"

"Unfortunately we can't, sir. After the superpower attack on our department was stopped, they cut off our building's communication with the outside. We seem to be eliminating all attacks now. We will be able to contact all of them in a short time."

"God damn it! They were obviously caught in a huge trap. Immediately send the strongest single-digit party which is available to the Quest point as the system recovers. And I don't think I need to tell you to catch those who attacked our building as soon as possible!"

"Yes, sir..."