Is this really a Game?!

Four figures slowly crept out of their apartments in the middle of the night. Even though there was virtually no chance for the monsters to get into the safe zone or for someone to cause trouble, guards were still assigned to patrol the streets and be posted at some higher buildings.

None of the guards, which were a mix of players and those summoned by Eldar and Jack managed to notice the four figures. They wore cloaks that seemingly made them blend in the environment, unfortunately for them, Reign's [ All Seeing Eye ] could see through most illusions and if he wished, it could also allow him to peak through buildings, people's clothes, and more.

What made Reign interested in this was the fact that the four figures all left through the windows of their respective apartments at the same time. Not to mention the fact that they were all moving toward the same area, the green forest that was right next to the grasslands.

"Hmmm, interesting." Reign suddenly said as he stopped using the skill and got up from his bed. He opened the window before jumping through it and following the four mysterious figures. He could use the skill even when moving as he could divide his attention between the eye and himself. Even though that made it harder to control the eye and observe carefully, he didn't need that right now as he was only following the movement of the four people.

Reign quickly took out a couple of items and put them on. The items were partly those that he got from his battles back in Riplas or those that were given to him by Lios and Ilas after he asked them. All they did was hide his presence and make him harder to spot, which was perfect for the current situation.

Reign didn't need long to reach the four and spent the following 30 mins trailing them. His speed was much greater than theirs and even though the four were barely visible thanks to their cloaks, by focusing his mana on his eyes, Reign was able to see their faint outline and follow them. That became a bit more difficult once the four had entered the forest, but luckily Reign didn't lose their trail and was successful at trailing them without being noticed.

The items he had gotten from Riplas were actually quite effective and Reign was glad he brought some back home, even though he could get Adrian or the elves to make them some, why spend money when you can get them for free?

Of course, one important thing to point out is the fact that these items didn't boost any stats or had any other bonuses except for making it harder to sense and see the wearer. For battles, they were god awful, but for something like this, they were incredibly good.

Reign continued trailing the four who were now together. They moved with ease inside the forest which meant that this wasn't their first time inside as they clearly had a path that they followed. Soon the four came to a giant rock before stopping and looking around. Upon seeing that nothing was nearby, one of the four knocked on the rock in a pattern before the soil a couple of meters away from them moved. A man suddenly appeared from the ground, Reign was shocked as he was unable to feel his presence previously at all, of course, he wasn't even trying to sense anything, but it was an incredible feat to stay hidden in front of him after he had managed to go through the first evolution.

Of course, that was about it, Reign could feel that the man wasn't that powerful, it seemed that his ability was one that focused on stealth, similar to how Shadow's ability was in the beginning.

"What have you learned?" The man suddenly asked the four who nodded their heads before they started narrating. They told the man everything that had happened during the day, Reign returning and going to help Elijah and the others. How he returned back with them with a boss-ranked monster over his shoulder.

The fact that he left the prison with Loreno and the others was another thing they talked about, they talked about it in quite a detailed manner.

"Hmmm, we have managed to uncover that it was them that manipulated all those people and sent them there, they probably wanted to see how powerful the ogre was, as for the others, they probably knew that they were gone as well." The man suddenly spoke.

"As for the prisoners, we can safely assume they told that man everything they knew, which is a good thing for us, we're weak and have to resort to being invisible for now, the boss is close to evolving and only after that will we be able to show our faces and start the plan, let the leader of Doncaster and those bastards fight if all of them are truly that powerful then there is nothing to worry about as those bastards will have no chance of winning, hmmm, maybe we should try out helping the people of Doncaster, leave some information that can help them out." The man spoke as the four listened obediently, nobody said a word as the man was seemingly having a conversation with himself.

Reign on the other hand was surprised, it turns out these people did not belong to the group that sent Loreno and all of the others to Doncaster. From the way he was talking about them, it was clear that they were enemies.

Reign continued listening to them, actively keeping his mana in check in order for no one to find him out. But after a couple of minutes, it seemed like that was about it, they only talked about what the four would continue doing, which was pretty much the same as they did before, blend in and just gather more information.

There were talks of whether or not their group should try and join the territory and join Reign, but the man was seemingly not interested in that at the moment as it seemed that something important was about to happen for their group, whether that was the fact that their leader was close to going through the first evolution or something else, Reign didn't know.

One thing was certain, however, Reign wasn't going to let them leave just like this. He stood up and changed his items before using his lightning and appearing in front of them.

"You know, spying on someone's territory is not really nice." He said with a smile as the five people stared at him, the four spies had horrified looks on their faces while the man, although calm on the outside, was shocked inside.

'When did he get here?' The man thought as he looked at Reign, the smile on his face sent chills down the man's back as he knew that they were in trouble. The power of a Tier I fighter was not something any of them could stand up against, hell, even if the leader of his group managed to go through the first evolution, it would be almost impossible to defeat Reign since they knew how powerful the man was before the evolution.

"H-how did you-"

"Well, I was quite interested after seeing four people moving so covertly through my territory, and so late at night as well, so I decided to follow you," Reign told them in an innocent manner, his words however made the four pale as they now knew that Reign being here wasn't a coincidence or anything like that, they were followed for so long and yet neither one of them had any idea of it.

"Soooooooo…" Reign said with a bright smile on his face.

"Whacha doing?" Reign's weird behavior made the five even tenser, they knew that he had definitely listened to their conversation and knew exactly what they were talking about.

"Umm, uh, we-" One of them tried to talk, but his words were simply struck in his throat, with Reign standing right in front of them, even though he wasn't releasing any mana, he was still pressuring them greatly.

"Youu, what, what you wanna say?" Reign asked the man as he stepped closer to them. In their eyes, Reign was currently taller than even the trees around them, his frame seemingly blocked out the sky itself as he looked down on them like they were ants. Of course, that was just in their heads as Reign's mana was slowly starting to leak outside and had started putting more pressure on them.

"I- well, we, um-"

"Damn man, you're really bad at this, I mean I know spies are not supposed to say anything, but do you really have to look like such a nervous wreck, calm down, I'm not gonna kill you guys or anything like that, or maybe I am?" Reign suddenly asked himself as his mana was released.

The grass around them bent back as the incredible mana pressure made even the trees shake. The man who the four had met with stared at Reign nervously as he now had trouble even standing, as for the four, they were already down on the ground.

"So, are you guys going to talk, or do I have to force you?" Reign suddenly said seriously as he stared at the five people in front of him.