Is this really a Game?!

[ Congratulations to the players for reaching the end of the Tier III realm, the system will now choose an evolution challenge for you. ]

Ding!

[ The system has decided to continue the evolution challenge from the first time. ]

[ The players will be teleported back to the worlds they had previously been to and will have to successfully pass the challenges that the system will give them. ]

[ The players will be teleported tomorrow. ]

"Wait, we're going back, back to the worlds from the first evolution?" Shadow asked, but received no reply from the system.

"Seems so, I wonder what they have in store for us there," Wolf said as he rested against a large rock.

"Hmm, I wonder if we will be sent to the same place as before?"

"Maybe, maybe not, after all, those places were there for our first evolution, I guess that it will be way too easy if we are sent there," Wolf said while Reign had a nervous expression on his face.

"Yo, what's wrong?" Shadow asked as he stared at Reign's face with concern.

"I just wonder whether the enemy will use the time we aren't here to attack the territory, maybe that's why you guys weren't there in my vision, maybe I had returned first." Reign said with concern as the others all suddenly stopped and had solemn expressions on their faces.

"That, that could very well be the case," Wolf said solemnly as the others all thought about it.

"But, we don't really have a choice, do we?" Shadow asked the others as they all shook their heads.

The challenges were absolute, the system would not take no for an answer. The only thing that they could do was try their best to finish their evolutions as quickly as possible, otherwise, the enemy might strike and destroy their territory during their leave.

"But still, I don't know if it will be that soon, I did see some pretty powerful creatures in my vision, I just don't know how those guys would take control or manipulate Tier IV monsters before we managed to evolve." Reign said as he looked in front of him.

The vast mountain range continued on for miles. They were deep in demon territory right now, and they had even seen some Tier IV demons previously.

Sometimes they would be there in order to hunt down Reign and the others, while other times they were there simply to observe the situation, or to fight against some grotesque monsters that were seemingly just as powerful as they were.

Reign and the others had interrogated the more powerful of the Tier III demons and they had learned a lot.

The mountain range wasn't completely dominated by the demons, in fact, they were unable to reach the deepest parts of the mountain range thanks to the incredibly powerful monsters that resided there.

Even Tier IV beings would lose their lives if they dared venture too deep, hell, even a group of them would not necessarily survive.

The demons thus created a pact, a sort of agreement between the higher-ups of each demon tribe that resided in the mountain range.

They would continue fighting against each other, it was the best way to foster powerful young demons after all. But the powerful ones wouldn't, any Tier III demons would not initiate an attack, and only in certain cases would they be allowed to do so.

The demons that stood at the peak of Tier III were completely banned from fighting against one another, just like the Tier IV ones were.

It turned out that the most powerful demons inside each of the big tribes were only high-grade Tier IV combatants, none of them had peak Tier IV combatants.

The difference between each of the 'mini tiers', or grades, as they were called, was about 10+ levels.

Levels 0 to 20 were Low-leveled combatants, levels 30 to 50 were Mid-leveled combatants, and so on. To become a peak fighter, one needed to be at least level 90, which meant that Tier III combatants were divided like this:

-  Level 200 – 220  - Low-grade Tier III

-  Level 230 – 250  - Mid-grade Tier III

-  Level 260 – 280  - High-grade Tier III

-  Level 290 – 300  - Peak-grade Tier III

The same went when it came to Tiers II, IV, and so on.

The differences between each grade were not low, and most were unable to fight those of a higher grade compared to themselves. Even somebody that was at the very edge of low grade would probably lose against the weakest of the mid-grades.

Reign and the others were strong enough to contend against higher-tiered fighters, but even they struggled against them.

They knew that if they were to return to the territory, and the demons were attacking them alongside monsters and other humans, they would probably be unable to do much.

Even though the tree strengthened them and any other allies inside the territory, it wouldn't be enough to allow them to fight against high-tiered combatants while being only low-tiered themselves.

Still, it was something that they couldn't run away from, the system would automatically send them away tomorrow, no matter where they were.

"We can't let anybody know of our disappearance, we should only inform the ones we trust, like Elijah, Neil, and the others." Reign said as the others all nodded.

"Aelrinder, what about you, have you received the challenge yet?" Wolf asked as the elf nodded his head.

"It's nothing like yours as I will still be present here, it will take a lot of time and effort, however," Aelrinder said before sitting down.

"But don't worry, I guess that I only need about a month before evolving, Greenie should only take about a week or two, I'm certain that we will be Tier IV beings before anybody was to attack us, we will also try our best to hide your disappearance for as long as we can."

Reign and the others nodded at Aelrinder before getting up. It was time for them to leave, they had created quite a ruckus and it wouldn't be unusual for a Tier IV being to appear soon.

Reign and the others left the area before returning back to Doncaster. They then proceeded to call the leaders of the most powerful groups, and those they trusted the most.

They made sure not to cause too big of a commotion during that time and had informed them all to come at night and to make sure they won't be seen.

They all had cloaks that diminished their presence and figure which was of great help when it comes to that.

They then proceeded to tell them about the challenge they had been given and that they would most likely be gone for quite some time. Upon learning of what would happen, and how Reign and the others speculated that the enemy might strike while they were gone, Elijah and the others all had concerned looks on their faces before suddenly turning serious.

"Don't worry guys, we'll be here, we'll defend the town, no matter what."

"Yeah, we can't always just lean on you guys and expect you to save our assess every time, we have to pick up our slack, even though we're not as powerful as you guys are, we're no pushovers either."

"Just make sure to stay safe on the other planets, don't worry too much about what's happening here, hell, even if we were to die, I know that you guys will take revenge for us."

The response that Reign and the others got was pretty much the same from everybody present.

They didn't fear getting attacked, but not being strong enough to defend the territory. They didn't wish to always rely on Reign and the others to save them every single time something happened.

Nobody even doubted the fact that Reign and the others would always be the strongest people in the territory, but they didn't want to always have them bother to help out. They wanted Reign and the others to be able to focus on doing things they wanted to do and to fight and level up without any issues.

It would be tough, but Elijah and the others now had a new goal set for themselves.

Reach the peak of Tier III before Reign and the others arrive.

They wanted to become more powerful, they wanted to be able to share at least a bit of the burden that was put on the shoulders of Reign and the others.

They wouldn't of course go crazy and just start slaughtering everything in the mountains. That would simply put them in unnecessary danger and perhaps even draw out some of the more powerful demons.

They knew their limits, and they wouldn't cross them simply because they wished to become stronger. They needed to be alive in order to help out, and going too far and trying to fight those above them would spell their doom.

The meeting concluded just like that. The others would all do their best in order to cover up the disappearance of Reign and the others in order not to let the enemy know, while Reign and the others would try to finish the challenges as fast as possible.