As the group rests and prepares for the next attack, the reputation of Cleo and his mute friend Leon spreads around the stronghold. They might not be supernatural gene warriors, but their strength is just below them.
There are multiple famous people in Iron Stronghold; additionally, the other warriors and elites from other strongholds that had been destroyed also gathered here. Some of them went to other strongholds, but the majority of them went here as this was considered the next target of the genetic creatures.
In a certain location, a group of females wearing similar silver and white armor are talking to the army, or more accurately, the prideful female soldier that Cleo had met earlier. Their group seems to be discussing something important.
One of the females was talking to a soldier when she heard something surprising. She raised her eyebrow and asked.
"What do you mean, a mute warrior?"
"Yes, he is quite strong; he is friends with Cleo Oriend, the younger brother of the great prodigy of the Oriend Family, Margaret. That mute warrior fights like he has no regard for his life; you should have seen them fight against a mutant Advanced Army Ant," excitedly states the soldier.
The girl nods her head and ignores the excited soldier. She knows that most of them want to be close to her because of her looks and the reputation of her sister.
"Big sister, I think I found the liars from before, you know, the naked guy and the mute person." She excitedly shares this news with her sister.
"Oh? Then, how did you manage to find their whereabouts?" The girl actually does not care about the liars her younger sister is vehement on finding; she is trying to find suitable allies for the upcoming battle.
"I heard from the soldier that the two are actually members of the Oriend Family, or at least one of them; shockingly, I think the pervert naked guy was called the younger brother of the prodigy of the Oriend Family!" She says with some dramatic hand actions.
"Prodigy of the Oriend Family? You mean Margaret? How can that be!? That person that we had met was so weak that you can easily kill him with just one hand!" The girl wearing the more sophisticated armor shakes her head, thinking that her sister was tricked.
"I am not lying! This news is quite popular in this stronghold! If you do not believe me, I will start crying! Come on! Let us go meet them; those liars told us that we would trade soul blessings, and yet they did not go to our stronghold!" Her eyes become watery.
The girl wearing the sophisticated armor chuckles.
"It is your fault for collecting those trash Soul Blessings, but considering that he was the one that proposed the trade, he is definitely one of the culprits; why don't we go find out if he truly is the person that tricked you?"
"Yay! You are the best big sister!" She gives her sister a big hug as the two of them start walking in the direction of the Oriend Family.
The proud female soldier frowns; she knows that the one leading these girls with the silver and white armor is actually the one wearing the more sophisticated armor; the one she is talking with is just the vice captain.
"Ahem, may I ask where you want to go, Miss Chrystal?" Leaving her vice captain to deal with the rest, she chases after the female wearing the more sophisticated armor.
"Oh, Miss Ersha, have you finished discussing with my vice captain about our station?" She asks, not caring if this person has much higher authority than her in this stronghold.
"It is mostly complete; I left my vice captain to deal with the rest. I think it is better for the two of us to know each other much better." She smiles, not caring if the person in front of her does not want to socialize.
Both are proud daughters of heaven, prodigies of this generation. They might be working with each other to ensure the safety of people outside of this realm, but this does not mean that they have stopped competing with each other.
"I think that is great, big sister. With Miss Ersha's help, we can definitely corner that liar; I do not know if I can capture him." She clenches her fist tightly, very angry that she was tricked.
"Oh, but I thought that he was not that strong." From her recollection, the person that they had met in the past was so weak that her little sister was capable of defeating the two of them with just one hand.
"That was before, from what I had heard from the soldier, he seemed to have defeated a mutant Advanced Grade Army Ant." She is actually a bit afraid after hearing this bombshell of news.
"Defeated a mutant Advanced Grade Army Ant? You mean Cleo and his friend; do the two of you know each other?" She asks, knowing that there is no information regarding Cleo going to another stronghold.
"Hmph! He is just a pervert liar who runs around naked and lies to little girls! I will never forgive him for tricking me!" She bawled her hand into a fist and started punching the air.
"He tricked you? Naked? Going around without clothes?" This piece of information is just too shocking for Ersha.
Chrystal chuckles.
"There are multiple pieces of missing information in your words; if others heard you, they would definitely misunderstand what you meant."
She turns to Ersha and explains.
"He did not take advantage of my little sister in a sexual manner; that foolish person actually experienced a body cleansing and tried to get rid of the impurities on his body, but Pearl spotted him, and since he was bathing in a lake, he does not have any clothes on, hence the nickname the pervert person that runs around naked. As for the tricking part, he proposed a trade with my little sister, where she can trade pet-type Soul Blessings with other types of Soul Blessings in the same grade."