"Okay everyone, time to rest!"
The time was already noon. Time to stop the work, rest the tired body, and have lunch.
All loggers and the monitoring team approached the tent.
Elisa and Latifa, assisted by Ars, prepare food for the workers.
Lunch that day is bread with compote broth. Everyone took their portion in line.
Ars is in charge of take care of the compote pans.
When it was the monitoring team's turn, the atmosphere got a little crowded.
"Hey, Sinaga! Don't tell me you cooked this food?!"
"I don't, and don't call my last name as you like, or I'll drown your head in this pot."
Elisa received information about Ars's last name. But she had no idea where that last name came from - country.
All workers have already taken their share. They eat under the tree while talking. Now it's the canteen keeper's turn to eat.
"Hey, handsome, give our share and a little love from you."
"Miss Latifa!?"
Ars poured the broth into the two bread bowls as requested. Then give Latifa and Elisa each of theirs.
"Thank you handsome."
"T - thanks."
Latifa and Elisa ate in their own seats.
Ars sat without eating by pointing to Father Tree's corpse.
"You're not eating, handsome?" asked Latifa.
"I'm not hungry, and my name is Ars."
"Sorry then, handsome."
Latifa's temptation to Ars is part of teasing Elisa, too. That's why Elisa can't stay calm around Ars, with Latifa, who keeps making fun of her.
The lunch that day was peaceful. The peaceful situation surprised not a single person.
However, the peaceful situation split up when a woman fell unconscious.
"Miss Latifa?!"
Jimmy threw away his lunch bowl to run to the tent, picking up his wife, who was suddenly unconscious.
"Latifa, what happened?!"
Jimmy did not understand why this could happen. Even though his wife is a Caster who has the ability to detect danger. But why did she fall unconscious suddenly?
"Wo-wo-wo!"
All of Jimmy's questions answered when they got attacked by another Party Hunter.
"Yo, Jimmy. Finally, we meet again. "
"Zhang!"
White Wood, and Randi's group under arrest by a Black Hunter Party.
The group of Hunters who have been branded as Abyssal Villains.
Those who have been branded as Black Hunters can no longer enter the Guild Area arbitrarily. But only the Hunters themselves can overcome them.
The crimes they committed were robbery outside the Guild, kidnapping, raping , and most commonly murder.
However, the motive for the Black Hunter Party, led by Zhang, was different this time.
White Wood, on the defensive with their queen, Latifa, in the middle. Then Jimmy is in front to confront Zhang.
Randy and four of his men protect Elisa from being taken away. For Ars, he -
"Ars, you!"
Ars stood alone on the outskirts. With a face full of conspiracy and greed.
Since the beginning of the incident, Elisa didn't want to believe what was going on. If Ars sells his friends to the Black Hunter Party, who is a fugitive on the 2nd Floor.
"Why are you mad at him, Jimmy?" Zhang tried to get Jimmy's attention. "His current existence has absolutely nothing to do with the problems we have to solve."
From the side of the Randi's Party, Randi's men wondered:
"H-hey, Randi, say we'll be fine, right?"
"Right. None of this has anything to do with us, right?"
Randi could not answer the questions of his subordinates. He can only be silent and let everything happen.
"Hey, Randi!" call Jimmy. "What does this mean?! Why do you have a traitor in your party?!"
Again, Randi unable to answer. He just lowered his head in regret.
Jimmy regretted his choice. He thought he could trust them because they are talented young Hunters. But who would have thought that there were sneaky traitors who joined their group.
Suddenly a leg kicked Jimmy's face.
"Boss!"
The kick only intended to focus everyone's eyes on Zhang.
"Listen, my old friend. Here only I can speak, I am the moderator. When the moderator orders you to speak, then you must speak. Otherwise you will receive the penalty. So, where are you hiding the Dungeon Token?"
Jimmy chuckled at Zhang's question. "I would rather kill all my family and then myself instead of giving you that precious relic."
Zhang took a step back, then burst out laughing. "Muhaha-hahaha-hahaha! You haven't changed at all! The look in your eyes is so serious that you will definitely do as you say!"
Jimmy really meant what he said. His men even showed expressions of readiness to commit suicide if need be.
But Zhang has other ways of dealing with it.
Zhang walked to Randi's Group, got rid of six men who were trying to protect a girl, then kidnapped the girl from them.
"Kyaa!"
Elisa is in Zhang's hands.
"Ohoho! What a beautiful girl!" Zhang noticed that Elisa was wearing a familiar armband. "It's, an armband of the Saint Arcane Church schoolgirl?"
Ars was indirectly interested. "School children?"
"Yes, there's no mistaking it, this armband belongs to that school, which means this girl is in the family's protection of that bitch Cold Princess!"
Zhang started babbling incoherently. On the other hand, Ars had some questions that made him curious.
Zhang took a knife from somewhere, then pointed the knife at Elisa's neck.
"I am so fortunate to find such a valuable prisoner. But, Jimmy, this prisoner might become the first victim I killed if you didn't obey my orders."
Zhang no doubt will kill Elisa.
Elisa could do nothing but fear and groan for help. "Please, save me."
Jimmy can't - he can't let a girl who has nothing to do with their problem fall victim.
"Keep your knife away from that girl."
Jimmy gave up on the situation. No one protested with that decision.
"Good!" Zhang shouted happily. "If you did this from the start, it wouldn't be this difficult!"
One of Zhang's men takes Jimmy away, forcing Jimmy to move.
But before actually leaving, Jimmy looked at Ars sarcastically, then said: "You better be prepared to accept the consequences, bastard!"
After that Jimmy got beaten to start walking.
Zhang followed closely behind with Elisa as a prisoner.
Henry, you take over the situation. Do whatever you want, but don't overdo it. "
"Yes, Boss!"
Zhang shifted the command to his right hand.
"And one more thing. Watch that red-eyed jerk. Since earlier, I couldn't read his expression. But I believe he will do something stupid."
"Roger, boss."
Zhang finally left after confirming his orders.
From behind, four of Randi's men are in chaos because of their diva being kidnapped by a bad man, and the cause is a traitor in their group.
"You bastard!"
"Evil!"
"Fucker!"
"Just die already!"
Ars did not respond to their insults.
Zhang's men stopped them by beating them.
In front, Elisa who was carried away couldn't stop looking back, looking at the man who she believed was a good person.