[ Days Ago. ]
[ After completing the 3rd Floor of the Abyss Tower. ]
"( For to be called the [Abyss Tower], the first floors of monsters we entered are quite weak for to be called a Deviant Army. )" Ragna says to himself while looking at his System as he sees the Map.
On the Map, he can see many items that he could loot as he is also thankful to himself for having a brief time to upgrade the Map to help him advance on his journeys.
"( Thanks to my Map Upgrade, I am able to see where the great items I could loot without anyone noticing. )" Ragna says as he suddenly stops for the Raid Party leader, the A Rank Hunter Adrian Waterson orders them to halt right after all of us enter the 4th Floor.
" HALT! " he says and turns his body back.
" We will split into groups here!!! " Adrian announces to everyone which made everyone go into debate mode for obvious reasons.
" Mr.Adrian, we shouldn't split up here and stay together!!!!! " Ragna suddenly says as he shouts loudly in order to make his protests heard.
" Split up!!! here!!! "
" Shouldn't we stay together in this kind of place!!! "
" No, you idiot, Adrian is right, we should split up in order to clear this Floor as quickly as possible!!! "
" I object to this!!! " Ragna suddenly says as he then asks Adrian to reconsider as he raises his hand among the crowd to make himself seen by the A Rank Hunter.
"( This brat! )" Adrian says in his mind for he grins after seeing Ragna making some of the Hunters onto his favor, including some people like the Inquisitor and also, the Battle Maiden.
" I agree with young Kent!!! " Battle Maiden says.
" We should stay together in order to maintain our party's strength in this place," she adds which made many people begin to reconsider their thought of splitting up.
Seeing this, Adrian then looks at Flolial who looks angry at her cousin, the Battle Maiden, as she also looks back at Adrian which Adrian decided to pull a reply that could make the favor of people back to him.
" I disagree!!! " Adrian says.
" All of you listen to me! " he shouts.
" Our task here is to quickly dispose of the Demons and Monsters inside the tower, time is of the essence!! "
" If we still maintain our numbers and just destroy every section of the Towers' floors one by one, then the Deviant army would have time to prepare for full assault due to our group's slowness in doing the Raid! "
" Think of it, all of you!!! "
" If we don't do this quickly, then who knows how much time we give the Demons on the top floor to prepare for our arrival!! " Adrian says that which suddenly makes a point to some people and suddenly makes a riot as some members become impatient.
" Adrian is right!!!! I don't want to stay in this Tower for long!!! "
" I came here because the Hunter Association Leader offered me and my family many funds of rewards after clearing this Tower!!! "
" You're right, not only the Hunter Association Leader offered wealth but the Inquisitors from the Divine gods themselves said that they will increase the Tier of our Gift Cores if we survive!!! " said the other one who agrees to split up as the Hunter also fells for Adrian's idea and had already think of the rewards given by the ones that ordered him to be here in the first place.
As that Hunter tells his reasons, by reminding the others about the rewards promised to them by the Hunter Association, the High Inquisitors, the Holy Priests, and last of all, the gods themselves who made the decree regarding the Rewards that will be given if the Party succeed dealing the Tower from the inside for them.
As the Hunters begin to remember that, many of them who were originally impatient to be held long inside the Tower decide for them to split up and join Adrian in clearing some sections on the 4th Floor first which made some of the Hunters who still want to be united angry as they angrily barked on those who insist on splitting up at times like this.
" Cowards, weaklings, all of you!!!! "
" If you don't want to split your groups to clear these floors more quicker, then stay with the others as you slowly move inside the Floors... "
" While we the obviously stronger ones will clear this Floor quickly, without even worrying about the numbers at our side. " the B Ranked Hunter who had a Tier 3.5 Gift Core laughs as he leaves with some Hunters who also had the same Rank and Gift Core Tier.
After most of the strong hunters decide to leave due to their arrogance and overconfidence regarding the matter, including those who joined Adrian's group who decide to kill the main monster on the 4th Floor, Ragna then decides to ask some Hunter who still remained on the group as they were all at Lower Ranks, consists of some C Ranks and D Ranks who happen still maintain their mind and did not give it to the temptation of a quick victory.
As Ragna decides to gather the remaining ones who happen to respect him for what he had done earlier before coming into the Tower back then. While conversing with them, Ragna then asks if they see Inquisitor Kara and they all say that the Inquisitor had fled with A Rank Hunter Park Ignis who suddenly gets loose from her sight and decides to go berserk as usual.
" And the Battle Maiden, where is she? " Ragna asks as he also didn't see the Battle Maiden anymore.
" We don't know, we thought she was with us just then. "
" Dammit!!! "
" Even the strongest finally decide to split up!!! " Ragna says.
" This Raid Party's strength has been scattered into pieces!!! " Ragna shouts in front of the remaining ones.
" What should we do now? "
" We know your Rank is below us but based on what we see from your actions against the priestess and the Battle Maiden back then had shown us that you're the strongest among us who remain united. " said one of the C Rank Hunter as she asks Ragna to be the leader which made him kind of nervous since he never leads a group before but suddenly.
" Just do it, Ragna... " Ragna Twelve suddenly shows himself in front of our MC.
" Just lead them. " Ragna Twelve states which Ragna immediately agrees to lead the remaining ones in the group.