Chapter 38 - Hostile

''Sol Haize, are you okay?'' The old man quietly approached Haize, before asking in a worrying tone. He didn't mean to take advantage of Haize while the man was injured, and instead just started to heal him.

His Mana was as exhausted as Haize's Mana, but he wasn't injured like the man in front of him. Haize had countless injuries on his body, each dripping with blood continuously.

''E-Even... Even in this apocalyptic world, you're still as kind as ever, old man.'' Haize said with great difficulty, stuttering. This was a result of his Spirit and Body being overly tired. It wasn't as bad as not being able to move like when he fought the seven leader-level White-furred Bears, but it wasn't that far from it.

The old man was surprised that Haize's body was actually healing on its own. But it seemed that Haize couldn't stand it much longer, as he fell unconscious. His body started falling from the mountain of corpses, but the old man didn't let him get injured further.

Sighing bitterly, the old man muttered, ''Why must you be so cruel to yourself, as you ever are, Sol Haize? Even while everyone says you're a demon, you still do kind things...''

Around five minutes ago.

In the other areas, the monsters that were originally fighting against the four groups suddenly retreated, going towards the central area of Ottawa. The four groups had an ominous feeling, and Lyse muttered, ''Could it be that something happened...?''

John's group approached Lyse's group, and the former said, ''I think so. I detect very powerful areas not too far away, I think we should go and help Haize.''

Even if he was always calling Haize paranoid, the youngster did think of Haize as his older brother. Principally in this new world, as the man took him in without any thoughts, only caring about his well-being.

'Tch! It's not like I'll ever admit you're like an older brother to me anyway!' The youngster thought to himself cheerfully, before the four groups slowly assembled together and quickly ran towards the central area of Ottawa.

''Hahaha! That Sol Haize is unconscious! Even better, that old man is also exhausted, we can kill both!'' Despite the laughter, a cold voice suddenly came from the buildings around the old man. Then, a man about thirty years old slowly left the building, with around fifty men and women behind him.

All were at least Peak 0-Star, it seemed that the man had a good encounter, allowing his Faction to develop very quickly. His own mana stage was at Peak 2-Star according to the system evaluation.

Three more teams, each with at least 50 members at Peak 0-Star, all came from the buildings around! It was as if a special ability was used, allowing them to hide even from these huge monsters, who avoided destroying the buildings for unknown reasons!

Three of the Top 10 factions actually gathered together, with the single objective of killing Haize!

From the other side, the old man stared coldly at the three faction leaders, before he said indifferently, ''I wonder if you three sirs want to go at war with my God Light Faction and Sol Haize's Covering Sun Faction?''

''HAHAHA! Old man, you sure are funny, eh?'' One of the three faction leaders said while laughing heartily. Then, his eyes showed viciousness, ''Don't worry, after you two die, we will be sure to take good care of your beautiful granddaughter.''

''Don't you dare!'' The old man screamed in anger, he may be kind and gentle to most, but if someone dared to mention their granddaughter, he would become a completely different person. A murderous aura overflowed in his body, and an ominous red shadow appeared behind him, ''I may be old, but even those old bones I have are enough to kill you!''

The Faction Leader unconsciously stepped back, and cold sweat suddenly dripped down his back. Yeah, that old man was very strong, even enough to compete with ordinary 3-Star monsters because of his absolute Light manipulation, not to mention an ordinary Peak 2-Star like him!

However, they weren't like other Faction Leaders, who were members of the underworld. As such, they didn't know that despite being known as a gentle and kind person, the old man still had his own bottom line. As soon as the fear came, it also left in a hurry.

Feeling courage due to the two Faction Leaders and many subordinates with him, the Faction Leader didn't care about it. Just as he was about to order people to attack, Haize's tired eyes opened slightly.

Four silhouettes suddenly appeared around the old man and Haize, one of them burned like the Sun, while other overflowed with the aura of Death. The third silhouette had golden and silver lightning flickering, while the fourth shone with a bright white radiance.

''Brother! Are you okay?!'' Lyse kneeled beside Haize, who stood up tiredly and nodded lightly. Taking out a pill from his Spatial Storage, Haize immediately ate it, this was something that would recover his body immediately. It was something his master left for him, a Celestial Sky-level recovering pill!

What was his main confidence in dealing with the monsters despite suffering countless injuries, and even falling unconscious for a few minutes, with people being free to simply kill him? That pill, it would allow him to get back to his peak state immediately!

Letting out a relieved breath as within the few minutes he was unconscious nothing happened, Haize's eyes became colder than ice. His gaze became as sharp as a sword, and he put the sword in his Spatial Storage. The three Faction Leaders were startled by the sword suddenly disappearing, and they became wary.

''You...'' Haize's voice was so cold that the three Faction Leaders and the many subordinates behind them shivered involuntarily. Then, Haize continued while pointing at them, ''You will pay the price for daring to try to attack me.''

The so-called three chuuni generals and Ziam stared at him with gritted teeth, 'We are still too weak... We can't even help him with this! Dammit!'

Lyse was very frustrated, and so was Edward and John. Ziam was even more than them, being the loyal blade and also Haize's brother by heart. However, their eyes were set on the subordinates, who they could handle.

Haize stared at the three Faction Leaders coldly, before his fingers were put together, and his palm straightened like a sword. He was going to take the three Faction Leaders with his body, instead of his loyal Katana!

As for the chuuni generals and Ziam, their eyes were like that of a snake staring at a poor rat, who became their prey. An aura of the sun, death, lightning and physical might seemed to overtake the land, and these subordinates felt their whole bodies becoming cold.

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