The group didn’t ask many questions about what a Wight was, or what they did. It didn’t seem appropriate for some reason, they didn’t even ask what vampires were capable of either.Because there was just something that felt intrusive. Maybe if they were all just curious humans, they wouldn’t mind, but it was hard to not see the two as, well, mortal enemies.Maybe it was the annoying twitch they felt in their nose, that made Gary still feel a little off, but he was thankful that at least Blackjack was there.“I didn’t know you were part of the Altered hunters?” Gary asked. “Is that why you were locked up in the first place?”“Precisely.” Blackjack groaned as he slapped the top of his head. It was clear he was thinking about the past events.“We settlement members have ways of getting out of situations using our ways. Let’s just say our persuasion techniques and words go a long way,” Blackjack stated. “I was perhaps too confident in this and used it on the wrong individual. After that,

Although Blackjack had already warned the group of the mistreatment they might get, and Kai had explained why it might be the case, what Gary and the others didn’t quite expect was for Blackjack to get the same treatment.Although, Gary didn’t notice it before, but when getting changed just before arriving, he had noticed five stars that were tattooed near the bottom of his ankle.He hadn’t seen it when they were in prison together, so it was either something that was added on whenever he went to these meetings, or something that was covered up while in the underground prisons.He couldn’t imagine a bunch of Altereds taking too well that there would be an Altered hunter in there with them.So seeing that Blackjack must have been treated as a five-star hunter, one of the top-ranked hunters, he thought he would have had more respect, instead it looked as if they were also a little unfriendly to him as well.“You were informed about this from the other head Altered hunters that I would b

Gary was feeling nervous as he saw Austin step up into the center. The fighting area wasn’t extremely large as there wasn’t much open space in the woods.Maybe it was the same size as a boxing ring, but not so constrained by having four corners. So it would force them to fight.It wasn’t that Gary was worried that Austin would lose, even against a five-star hunter he believed Austin would come out on top, it was if they were to get caught out for being what they really were.‘Limit your strength Austin, don’t show them that you’re an Altered, and at the same time, be skillful enough for them to consider you.’Pluto stood opposite, drawing out his single sword, and held it in front of him.While Austin wasted no time as he started to swing his chain in his arms. The swings were heavy, blowing the leaves around him, and just skimming the ground.Austin was the first to act, as he swung it out from the chain form the side.Pluto raised his sword, and hit the chain in the center. The conc

The worries that Kai had, they were warranted. He could tell that Gary wasn’t struggling with the fight, but with just how much strength to use.He couldn’t beat his opponent, that would be too much for apprentices, but at the same time, he needed to show something.In a lot of ways, Gary was probably already showing enough by how well he was blocking against Pluto’s attacks.The issue was, there seemed to be some stupid grudge between Blackjack and Saiber that was getting in the way, and Saiber was trying to use this as an opportunity to get at Blackjack.‘These stupid fools, and they’re meant to be veteran adults,’ Kai thought.Once again, Pluto had charged in just like before. This time, he looked to go for a thrust instead of a swing.It would be hard to block such a strike with the handle of the warhammer.Noticing this, on instinct, Gary had choked up on the handle, placing his hands near the top, and then moved the head of the Hammer to stop the strike.Gary was being pushed ba

Kai entered the fighting area, placing himself in the same spot as Kai and Austin had done. He immediately raised both of his daggers and got into a fighting stance.Pluto mirrored his actions, placing the sword across from him. He could feel something was different about this individual compared to the rest of them.“Gary…I’m not too sure that’s a good look in Kai’s eyes,” Austin commented.“What do you mean, he seems to just be focused,” Gary replied.“No, that’s not it,” Austin said. “I think, maybe it’s because I felt the same way when I watched that guy spit in your eye. But I think Kai might do something that he’s going to regret.”“What, Kai do that? You know he’s the most sensible out of all of us, he wouldn’t do something like that, would he?” Gary questioned, and then he remembered the last words that he had heard from Kai, stating that he was sorry, and now Austin questioning Kai like this?The fight had started and it was Kai who had charged in first. In doing so, he rushe