Is this really a Game?!



"Alright, so we have one person that can deal with Ethereon demons, but unfortunately, as strong as you may be, the bastard has probably sent many of them, at least as many demons as I have brought people over," Siggurd said, to which Reign nodded at.

If he used his transformation, he would be able to go against multiple peak Tier IV enemies at once, but his transformation was not available right now since he had used it a day before this. He would need to wait a couple of more days before being able to use it, and in his current state, he could go up against perhaps 3 peak Tier IV beings at once, any more would be a bit too much for him.

"Now, unfortunately, we have no idea what the item is, what it looks like, or what it does, but since the demons are so hell-bent on taking it, it can't be anything good, even if it's not beneficial for us, we need to prevent them from obtaining what they're looking for at all cost," Basred said in a serious expression as he stared at the map.

"Sezmek's monsters have been sent out, they will be looking over this area, for now, we're not going to meddle there, we don't want to clash with them, at least not yet."

"We've had some fights with the monsters, so it's not a big deal, Sezmek doesn't mind it, so if you have to, you are free to engage them in order to retrieve the item, of course, if the item turns out to be useless to us and Sezmek, then we can let him keep it, of course, we should do our best to gain something from that as well, but leave that to me,"  Basred said before pausing as a new group of people entered the hall.

"Ah, you have arrived," Siggurd said as the group of 20 bowed to him and Basred.

"Sir Siggurd, Sir Basred, we are here to help."

"So Alvia decided to send you here as well, Liara," Siggurd said politely to the young girl who was at the front of the party.

"I requested it, something this big is definitely going to impact all of the regions if not handled properly."

While Liara was speaking, Laura was looking at her before suddenly looking to the side.

"Reign, what's wrong?"

Reign's mouth was slightly open as he stared at Liara for a moment before looking away.

"Nothing, it's nothing." Reign said, but his eyes showed a different story.

[ Challenge mission received. ]

[ Bonus mission received. ]

[ Personal mission has been received. ]

[ Challenge mission info :

Find the mysterious artifact that the demon is looking for. ]

[ Bonus mission info:

Obtain the artifact yourself and find out its secrets. ]

[ Personal mission info:

Find out just who Liara is. ]

Reign's shock to Liara was a simple one.

She looked exactly like Lieara, the girl he had spent several nights together with, the one that had gotten possessed by demons and her soul shattered in fragments, and the one that he personally had 'killed'.

'How is this possible?'

"Just calm down boy, weirder things have happened, this might be a coincidence, a little trick the system is playing on you in order to get a reaction out of you."

"It could of course be important, after all, the fragments of her soul are with us, and from what I can sense, her soul is not similar to Lieara's at all," Aethion said with a calm voice.

'I know, I sensed it too, she is definitely not Lieara, but there is no way in hell I will believe that this is a coincidence, that she only looks like her, the system wouldn't have given me a mission otherwise, not to mention that this is the first time I have ever heard of a 'personal' mission.'

"I guess so, the system really does have a way of fcking over someone mentally at times, this challenge will definitely be quite an exciting one, I can feel it."

'Haven't they all been?' Reign said with a sigh as Aethion chuckled at his words.

"Alright,  let's see what we got here, 65 Tier IV combatants and the two of us, this should be enough to create multiple teams that can go against the best the demons have to offer," Siggurd said as he stared at Reign and the others.

"Have you gotten your challenge yet?" Reign asked Laura who nodded at him.

"It's to find the artifact."

"Same here." Reign said as they both smiled.

"We should start with the search right away, the demons and the monsters have an advantage over us as they have been searching for the last two days, we need to get a move on right away," Basred said as he started making multiple teams.

Reign and Laura, just like the other peak Tier IV combatants, were made team leaders.

Reign didn't expect to be placed as one, Laura had already fought side-by-side with these people in the past, so it was natural for her to be one, but he didn't expect them to choose him as well.

He didn't have any prior knowledge about any of them, he is someone that is unknown to everybody here, and he didn't understand how they could trust him enough to put him in such a position.

"Don't worry, here, in our world, strength is the most important, even above intelligence since no matter how good your plan is, when faced against something that is overwhelmingly powerful, all plans become useless."

"You're a peak Tier IV combatant, so don't worry, the men will listen to your orders, not only because of your strength but because we are the ones that have placed you in the position of team leader, insubordination is not something that's looked kindly here, so you shouldn't have problems," Siggurd told Reign as he saw the confused expression the young man had.

It was to be expected, they just met and he was already a team leader, that much was enough to make anybody confused.

Reign's team, just like all the others, had 30 people. Out of the 30, 6 were Tier IV combatants while the rest were Tier III. 

All of the teams were made outside in the large square of the region that was near the wall, and upon being placed in Reign's team, the people that didn't know about him were confused at first, but still obeyed the orders and lined up behind him. 

Upon talking with some of the Tier IV combatants that knew about Reign, they found out that he was not only a peak Tier IV combatant, but an extremely powerful one from a different planet that had come here to help them out.

Upon learning that he had four innate abilities, all of them widened their eyes in shock and disbelief, some even believing that that was a lie.

Siggurd and Basred came to the center and started talking. Since everybody was aware of the demon's actions, nobody was surprised about the search party being created and how large it was. The previous failure of the scouting party was still fresh in their mind, so they knew that having multiple large teams that were made up of powerful combatants was extremely important.

In Reign's opinion, it would be better to just send out the Tier IV combatants.

After all, the Tier IIIs won't be of that much help during a battle against Tier IV demons. Yeah, they could help out and attack from afar, after all, the combined attacks of over 20 Tier III combatants weren't anything to be scoffed at, but when it came to high-grade and peak Tier IV beings, they could wipe out a group of 20+ Tier IIIs with relative ease.

Still, it wasn't his place to be making such requests, and plus, all the people in the group had their own specialties. Some of the Tier IIIs were more helpful than even the Tier IVs since they knew the region better and their abilities were more suited for searching and spotting things from afar.

Everybody had their own part to play during the mission, and there had been some Tier IVs that were actually staying back in the territory as their skills and abilities won't be of help during the mission.

Some were also staying back in case the demons decide to do something. After all, having some men in reserve that you can send out at any time was always a good idea.

Siggurd and Basred were also going to be staying back. If they went out and started searching the region, then the two Tier V demons would definitely do the same, and at that point, mayhem would break out.

Battles between Tier Vs were quite rare, and neither the demons nor the humans wished to go forward and battle since they didn't want to risk death. If a demon that was a Tier V lost, then the humans here would have an upper hand and would be able to push them back, and if a human Tier V lost and died, then defending the regions would become incredibly difficult.