He yawned and got ready. Arnos awoke way earlier than he was supposed to. He wanted to have a morning jog, which by that he meant a treadmill run.
He went to the gym, like he had suspected. Everyone was asleep.
He turned on the treadmill and started running. As he ran he felt someone near him but ignored it.
"BOO!"
He was caught off guard and miss stepped. He tripped and fell.
"Ouch.." He groaned.
"Hehheh, sorry Silent I couldn't help it." Nitro chuckled cheekily.
"You're awake already?" He asked as Nitro pulled him up.
"Yeah, like you I want to warm up a little. If you know what I mean."
"Oh alright."
They ran together for a short while and moved to the weight section.
"You know." Nitro remarked as he lifted a weight.
"You're stronger than you look. Are you really Standard or are you keeping a low profile?"
"I'm keeping a low profile but that doesn't mean I'm not Standard."
"Uh huh, okay then. Hahaha. I think we should head to the Hall now or we might be late."
They left as they dried off their sweat with a towel. They walked to the Hall while chatting. On the way there they bumped into a girl. It was a brunette haired girl. She looked small and petite.
"Ayeeee, Lucy! Let's head together to the Hall." Nitro said while putting his arm around her shoulder.
"Yeah, okay. Get your arm please Nitro." She rolled her eyes and then noticed Arnos.
"Oh hi. I don't think we've met yet. I'm Lucy, I am 16 and I'm an Elite. I don't fight, I support, heal and put buffs onto you guys." She smiled, she had like a completely different expression when talking to Arnos then with Nitro.
"Oh that's cool-"
"Hey, we should really go now. We might be late."
They sprinted down the hallways. Well obviously Arnos didn't sprint, he kinda was like fast walking. He slowed his speed down to match theirs. They arrived as everyone was eating breakfast already.
They sat down and got some food too and started eating.
"Alright everyone here's the plan.."
Hunter discussed everything and how the battle formation would stand. He also mentioned that they didn't need to worry for Silent's health. That he could take care of himself which was very true.
They boarded a huge carriage like vehicle. They hopped on and they spoke to one another in their own separate groups. Arnos belonging to one himself. Fredrick joined them and he became friends with Fredrick too. He found out that Fredrick was a Mage. A powerful one that is.
They then disembarked on their journey.
The trip was quite long as they were heading to the Forest. Which they suspected the Queen Thorn Ant was.
The vehicle suddenly stopped abruptly.
"Everyone out, we're here." Hunter commanded.
Everyone hopped off and they hid the carriage with a camouflage blanket.
"Okay everyone keep your eyes peeled."
Suddenly the bushes moved and everyone had their guard up. Arnos ready to take his tralent out.
"RARRRRRRRRRAHGHHHH!!!" A horrendous screech flew out. 3 gigantic Thorn Ants jumped out and attacked their group. They quickly went into their formations.
The battle was strong, the Thorn Ants has very tough skin. What they didn't know was, that an earlier Guild group had set them up as bait. A few other ants were coming behind them. Luckily Arnos had a bad feeling in his gut.
He activated Presence Seeker and shouted.
"THERE ARE ANTS COMING FROM BEHIND!"
Hunter immediately listened and sent out some orders of the new formation. Like Arnos had predicted, out leapt a few more ants.
The battle was heated and nearby in the bushes a Guild crept.
"Why aren't they dead yet?"
"Shhh, we just have to wait."
"Yeah cause one of the kids figured out, some how.."
They whispered, they were the Kelpton Guild.
Arnos decided to stop acting weak and activated his Force Blast for a moment. His movement became quicker and BOOM! The blast was so strong that a managed to break 2 out of the 6 ants's skin.
"What was that??? They have a berserker?!"
"No that's not possible I checked before hand!"
Arnos's guild mates looked at him admiration even Landon the one who had though he was weak. They didn't get distracted but only got more motivated. After 25 minutes of hard battling they won.
Hunter cut of their heads and put them in his void pouch. While Scarlet skinned their skin. As it was a good material to use for armor.
They had a short break and drank some water. They had some food too.
"How'd you do that Arnos?" Spyro asked.
"Oh, uh that was just one of my skills. Hehha."
"That was pretty sick dude." Landon remarked.
They had a 15 minute break and also for anyone who needed to go to the bathroom. After the break they set out to find the actual nest.
Meanwhile in the bushes.
"They bet them!!! How?!"
"I don't know. We have to do something."
"Ughhh, so frustrating!"
They walked through the towering trees. Sunlight barely escaping through the leaves. Then out of no where, there was an opening. They walked through and saw it. The Queen Thorn Ant's nest. Unfortunately a Guild group was already battling the Thorn Ant Guards.
They just had to sit and watch. It was illegal to steal another Guild's findings unless the two guilds came to an agreement.
They sat for awhile before realizing that the Guild might lose. So Hunter decided.
"HEY! You guys need help?! We'll help you if you split the rewards with us!!"
No reply came out before Hunter felt a tap on his shoulder. Of course Arnos knew the kid was coming as he had used Presence Seeker.
"Leader said sure. You go and help him now. We agree, we are The Crescent Guild."
For some reason it sounded familiar to Arnos. They arrived at the battle and helped them. They fought hard and finally destroyed the nest. Sadly some people were injured in the process and they didn't have a healer. So Lucy had to heal them.
"Chance. That guy. I'm sure of it, he's the same guy that Apollo and I ran into. When we were chasing the Acidic Horned Deer."
"Oh really?" That piped his interest. The Crescent Guild Leader stood up and pointed at Arnos while speaking to Hunter.
"Who's that guy?"
Hunter frowned and said,
"I'd rather not talk about my mates if they don't want you to know."
"Woah, chill we said we'll split the bounty. I just wanted to know who this kid was because we've seen him before."
That's when Arnos was confused. They'd seen him before?
"Apollo, Vixen you've seen this kid before right?" They both nodded.
Now the name Vixen rung in his head.
"Ahhhh, you guys are the guild I ran into in the forest." He said.
"Yes we are. You know Hunter your companion over here actually stole one of our preys back then. Of course we'll let you off if this kid can beat my High Elite in a battle. How bout that?"
"No that's not fair-" Alexander started.
"Sure. Who will I be versing?" Arnos stood up and stretched his arms.
"Me." A guy appeared behind him and was surprised when Arnos had no reaction.
"Alright let's start."
"Will you be alright?" Hunter asked.
"Yeah I'll be fine."
They all stood there. They couldn't say anything. They didn't know that Arnos had the upper hand. He knew that his opponent was an assassin.
The match began and both players disappeared from view which caused a great commotion between both guilds. Everyone all had one common thought.
'They're both assassins???'
The assassin frowned as he didn't know where Arnos was but of course a Arnos knew where he was. Arnos reappeared and used Brief Cut. In a swift motion he drew the first blood and the opponent frowned as some blood gushed out.
He returned the favor by attacking with his two daggers. Arnos easily deflected the daggers off but they kept coming. It was one of those skills.
Arnos got a few cuts but ignored them and they continued fighting. The match was intense. Hunter was very interested and so was the Crescent Leader, Chance.