Arman was about spit a few mouthfuls of hot blood.
But, as he tilted his head to do so, he found someone.
It was Arina.
Just as always, she had a stoic expression.
She was the kind of a boring anime character.
Judging by the situation, she was waiting for the other teammates to arrive.
To save his face, Arman sprang up and tried to look as if he was perfectly fine.
"Hello there, my name..."
But Arina didn't even bother to listen to Arman's words. Instead, she plucked a flower from a shrub next to her.
This kind of treatment meant that for her, Arman was nothing more than a nuisance.
So, Arman too didn't bother talking to her.
He had a good look at himself.
"Honestly speaking, no part of me looks like a human."
Though many of Arman's bones were broken, not much had happened to other parts of the body.
But, the armour was covered in dents and scratches.
The way folds had formed in the armour set made Arman look like a deformed box of tin.
Then, within a few seconds, the armour got restored to what it looked like.
"Another benefit of being myth rated."
But again, Arman was being kept away from the true myth class.
As Arman's level was low, the full potential of Arman's myth rated class wasn't unleashed yet.
Meaning that in terms of functions, the armour set was like an epic rated armour set.
As Arman would grow, his class and weapons would also grow.
For now, Arman focused on the raid.
Within a few seconds of the fall, Dai Ito appeared on the ground.
Ofcourse, he had used his powers to fly, but Arman hadn't noticed him before Dai Ito spoke, so Arman thought that Dai Ito had teleported.
"You are still alive?"
Dai Ito sounded more happy than surprised and interrogative.
Arman then rubbed the back of his head.
"Guess I will stick around for a bit longer."
And it took Dai Ito about ten minutes to bring every raid member down the mountain.
And after that, everyone was surprised.
They were left in awe.
Though Arman wasn't the weakest in the team, there were quite a few members stronger than him.
Yet, they were confident of their doom had they jumped off the mountain.
Arman then regaled them with his heroic experience during the fall, which ofcourse, he had made up.
"That is how you do it.."
And in no time, Arman gained popularity within the squad. His position was now comparable to Dai Ito.
But yeah, it was still lower than Dai Ito.
Around three hours and thirty minutes had passed since the raid started.
Yet, there wasn't the kind of action Arman seeked.
"Now that we have reached the destination, we should get to work."
Said Arina.
"Yes."
"Right."
"But where is the enemy?"
Asked a team member.
Arina pointed towards her left.
And everyone turned their heads towards that direction.
At first, nobody noticed anything.
But at a closer looks, there was actually a fortress.
Though the bushes made it hard to see, they were confirmed that it was a fortress.
"We are here to penetrate and incapacitate the fortress."
Arman had his jaw dropped.
Penetrating a fortress meant a full scale war.
And a war couldn't be done with only twenty six soldiers.
That was what was going on in the brains of all the team members.
Atleast that was true for Arman.
And it seemed that Dai Ito somehow knew what Arman was thinking.
As all the team members came closer to discuss the strategy to be used, Dai Ito stood behind and patted Arman.
"I once shared your concern. But trust me, they are completely baseless."
"How?"
"Even if we exclude Arina from the team, we still have enough fighting power to destroy the fort."
"So why did the Killers' Association deploy her to this raid?"
"Dunno, but she for sure isn't meant for raids of this level."
"Doesn't that mean she is the most useless person here?"
Said Arman, who still hadn't forgotten the humiliation from earlier. Though there was no one to witness it, but still, Arman's ego was hurt.
Dai Ito gave a chuckle and shifted his gaze towards Arman. The eyeball slowly turned to the left, making the pupil visible to Arman.
"Quite the contrary. Even if our entire squad gangs up on her, she would win unconditionally."
"Wha—t? For real?"
"It's quite obvious. To defeat one of the average Deathbringers, ten reaper level Killers are required. But for those of her level, atleast eighty. She is said to be unbeatable in the Deathbringer level. Meaning that there is no Killer of the same rank who can beat her."
Arman didn't want to humiliate himself further by reacting. He silently clenched his fist.
'If a Deathbringer is this strong, the ranks of Absolute Emperors should be able to kill me with the shockwave produced by a snap! No wonder that girl treats me as if I don't even exist.'
"Hey you two, are you coming or not?"
"Yes."
"Coming."
"So, what is the plan guys?"
"First, the assassins will sneak into the fort and kill all the artillerymen and the archers. This will pave way for the tanking class to enter. But we won't send them yet. The assassins will then scout into the fort, bringing us information about the number of troops stationed and other defensive measures.Then, the other members will go in. But we will leave the healers out with a few tankers to protect them. Fighting all the troops at once can be very hard. It might result in casualties. So, we will split into two teams. First team will strike at the gate of the fort, Not only will this cause a confusion among the soldiers, it will draw all the attention at the gate.
Meanwhile, the other team will secure an area in the fort, where they would face little or no retaliation. And only after successfully claiming a part of the fort will the healers enter the fort. Then, the first team will retreat. The exhausted enemy soldiers will return back. Right at that moment, the other team will catch the enemy off guard. And with the combined effect of the two teams and backup provided by the healers, we will be able to easily defeat the enemy."
"So, which member will be in which team?"
"We need the most skilled ones in the first team, as they will experience the full burst of the enemy troops."
"But in case of emergency, the other two teams can't be too lacking."
And hence, one team was formed with Arina as leader.
Another team had Dai Ito as the leader.
The old man again took Arman in his team.
Obviously, he would restrict his movement because Arman was the son of the 'King Of Heaven'. If anything happened to him, King Of Heaven would blame it all on the Killers' Association.
"F***!"
Arman was completely frustrated.
Everyone started to take their positions.
Arman tailed Dai Ito with the other members who were under Dai Ito.
Earlier, Arman couldn't get a clear view of the fort. But now, it was clearly visible. The fort had an astronomical size. Despite the presence of such a big fort, what attracted attention was not the fort, but a flag on a spire. And even more, the design embroided on the flag was quite a catchy one. It was so beautiful that it made Arman's brain stop working for a second. It was almost like an illusion. But at the same time, the neat but crude strokes symbolised power and destruction. To the centre of the fort, was a tower. It seemed that the entire fortress was built to protect that one tower.
The flag was so enchanting that even Dai Ito and Arina couldn't resist its call.
Taking his eyes away from the flag, Arman hid behind a boulder.
Now that all things had been taken care of, the assassins came to the play.
And in no time, the main team striked the front gate.
"Let's go!"