Chapter 62

Three days later, Thomas and the other group that broke up from the original squad had been waiting for the entire morning in the spot that they all agreed to meet in but Timothy was nowhere to be seen. From witnessing Timothy's strength first hand, every member of the squad knew that he could possibly even give their squad captain a run for his money if they were to battle it out just because Thomas lacked the level of offensive capabilities that Timothy seemed to have and their speed in battle looked to be roughly equal.

"Leader, do you think we should head into the mountain range and search for him? If we remain here waiting for too long, it is possible that we could be surrounded by many demonic beasts and if that happens we may all end up dead." Alicia told Thomas voicing her concern about remaining in one spot for too long. It was possible that Mark could play the role as a tank and summon now two golems that he could control in battle since he had found himself surpassing his previous bottleneck with the technique he used to summon them, but if something was able to take down Timothy, wouldn't it be better to just avoid said person or creature entirely?

However, as they were beginning to put together all of their options in order to decide as a group which decision would be best for the survival of the squad overall, Timothy was spotted several feet away covered in terrible wounds and soaked in blood as he was limping towards his squad members. Thomas seeing this was the first to act and immediately began healing the worst wounds on Timothy's body which seemed to be numerous. The other three students seeing Timothy in such a state were ordered to be in a defensive formation in case whatever had done this to Timothy would at least have to work hard to do the same to them.

"Do not worry, after these three days this is just what I received from being in countless battles and not wanting to use any medicine to heal my body or wounds. At first I thought that I could achieve more by using the pills you allowed me to borrow, but at a certain point I felt that my physique was slowly becoming stronger and more sturdy the more wounds I received during the life and death struggles throughout this time I was alone."

"Can I ask if your two teams were able to achieve the average of five rank one demonic beast kills per day?" Hearing Timothy question the rest of the squad and understanding that there was no current danger in the area made the entire squad relax slightly. What was shocking, was that if Timothy sustained all of these wounds over the course of an entire three days and nights, just how many demonic beasts did he kill or at least severely damage before escaping with his life?

"At such a time you are actually following your curiosity in asking us such questions before you worry about yourself? If I am not mistaken, all of this blood is not yours, but the blood of many demonic beasts that you have slain over this period of time?" After chuckling, Thomas realized after closing four deep wounds on Timothy's body, that the rest were just normal scrapes and cuts and not life threatening. And so he too had begun to relax as he continued Timothy's treatment in healing.

After ten minutes, Alicia gave Timothy supplies so that he could take a nice and private sponge bath and a towel so that he could dry off afterwards. Once he finished in a small river cleaning off all of the blood, the entire squad had begun asking Timothy about his experience since they had already shared their own with one another and Timothy did not seem like he would be interested in hearing their stories. "Your guess was correct, we were actually able to achieve fifteen kills for each of our groups during the three days but we are all wondering how many did you take down?"

As the captain of the squad and with the other students being somewhat nervous now being around Timothy, Thomas was the first to start inquiring about his experience being alone in a mountain range full of demonic beasts. "In total I have killed thirty demonic beasts, I killed twenty eight rank one demonic beasts who were all mostly in groups of minimum three, and I was able to kill two rank two demonic beasts. You can see the proof by searching through this storage ring."

What Timothy had claimed had frightened the squad and even Thomas was blown away at how casually Timothy had acted by being capable of slaughtering so many demonic beasts alone in the span of only three days and nights. Even if it was him and the three students working tirelessly, would Thomas be comfortable at matching such a wild number of kills during a short period of time? Upon checking, Timothy's claims were in fact truthful but Thomas chose to make an executive decision for the entire group.

"I think it is best for you to keep every single corpse and other items you have found during these three days and nights to yourself. You single handedly killed the same quantity of demonic beasts it took both of our other groups combined to kill. But if you were able to kill two rank two demonic beasts both that seem to be in the upper level concerning the types of demonic beasts they were alone, we should have a fairly easy time working together to complete this mission."

"At first when I heard from General Black Raven that we were tasked to kill fifty rank two demonic beasts and a single rank three demonic beast, that the mission would end in an overall failure but that we at the very least would be paid very well for the time we spent. However, if we all work together, forget about one rank three demonic beast, we could possibly take down up to three over the course of the next six months as long as we spot a certain type that had clear weaknesses that we could expose."

"The only question I have now, as all of your captains, is what should we do now that we cleared this small area of most likely every demonic beast within fifteen kilometers? I think that now that Mark is able to create two golems by himself to act as a shield for the rest of us, Timothy could just focus on being a fully offensive force for our squad while the rest of us make sure to make his job easier by using a support formation with me at the center of it."