Chapter 159

The room was devastated, a dreadful atmosphere suffocated, most of the furniture destroyed and the four people had unusual expressions. 

Mikael decided to listen, he knew what would happen if he tried to kill this man. A lot of people would surely hunt him. Kyle had fanatics who were ready to follow any of his orders. Since he failed with a surprise attack, he decided to let things be, although his image of Kyle crumbled. Kyle was not a friend or a family, he was nothing but a stranger.

Christian released his power, he scanned the room and grimly smiled shaking his head. The place was destroyed and the beautiful blue sky could be seen. With just one swing, Mikael destroyed the VIP room. This room had Runes that protected it from any kinds of attacks but Mikael just swipe his weapon and the room was destroyed. It seemed that even the runes couldn't defend against Mikael's attack.

The guards who were patrolling outside knocked on the door and Christian talked to them for a minute. The guards breathed with relief as they learned that everything was fine, they thought maybe a terrorist attack happened. 

Mikael sat on the chair that some parts were burned. Lane sat too, but she sat on the chair that she created, it was made of plants, she crossed her arms glaring at Kyle. 

"How's the fight?"

Kyle asked him, Mikael shrugged about that, his first experience fighting in the tournament was so-so. He wasn't bad yet not good either, he was expecting a fight that would excite him. Perhaps he would experience it the more they advanced to the finals. 

Kyle saw his reaction, he could understand him. The Hunters these days were lukewarm, some were talented but they still need time to bloom. 

Mikael decided to go straight to the point.

"Why did you invite me here?"

The man chuckled. 

"Kuku, no, don't misunderstand, I didn't invite you. Lane made an appointment with me but she didn't appear so I ordered Christian to take her here. I'm actually surprised to see you here."

Kyle glanced at her and Lane glared at him, their expressions differ, showing their thoughts. 

Kyle didn't seriously treat her domineering attitude, Lane grew up as a strong woman but for him, Lane was still a child. He was happy seeing her healthy and strong. Lane kicked her tongue seeing Kyle staring at her, she felt disgusted.

"Tch, the reason why I'm here is that the higher-ups wanted to make business with you, they sent me here believing that you will accept it."

Lane had an irritated expression, she became a courier to convince Kyle and she was frustrated about it. Those greedy bastards, the higher-ups, believed that Lane could persuade this heartless man. 

"Ah, you're talking about the newly invented Runic Weapons? Yeah, a lot of people wanted to have those weapons, I think thousands are waiting in the line just to get it."

Runic Weapons were the new creation that dwarves and scientists created together (RedTech). They imbued runic symbols on ordinary weapons and these weapons could create supernatural phenomenons. Right now, they could only imbued three kinds of powers, it was Fire, Water, and Wind. However, people were still eager to get it because having a weapon with elemental powers was hard to come by. 

Only Hunters with high-rank could hunt these Items and if they found them, they would sell them at higher prices. The Runic Weapons were cheaper if you compare them to the Items from Dungeon. Still, the stock of these products was close to none and they were still in the process of producing the next batches. The products couldn't keep up with the order, the people were eager to have these weapons. The RedTech decided to stop taking orders, for now, they focused on creating the products.

The higher-ups of Dominators wanted the first seat of buying the Runic Weapons. Kyle touched his chin, thinking, he nodded after a couple of seconds.

"Okay, I will approve it."

He easily accepted it, it was not important anyway, the first reason why he created those weapons was not for money but for increasing the power of humanity. In the past, the Runic Weapons were created because normal people couldn't protect themselves. These weapons were invented around the time Ragnarok started. 

What Kyle did was to create the weapons earlier and he succeeded. There were still a couple of years before the invasion happened. Kyle didn't care who's hands these weapons would go, as long as people could have it then everything was fine. 

"What!? Y- You're saying that you accepted it?"

Lane widened her eyes, unbelieving, she didn't think that Kyle would easily agree. Choco barked and Lane was stun, she was not sure what Kyle was thinking right now. She narrowed her eyes guessing what this man was thinking. Many people were fighting over this invention but Kyle just tossed it like nothing. 

Kyle didn't think that his answer was surprising, he just smirked and asked her. 

"How are you, I heard that you become a Captain now…? Well, I think you should become the Guildleader since your Guildleader is a leveling addict."

Lane didn't know what to say about that, Jake Raynold was a crazy man who didn't care about anything except hunting monsters. Even now, he was inside a Dungeon killing monsters.

"Although it will be hard for you to become the Guildleader, the higher-ups want Jake to remain in his position because he's easy to control and he didn't care about politics."

Kyle extended his hand into the wine bottle, however, he realized that the wine broke and it was empty, perhaps destroyed when Mikael swung his weapon. He decided to take another wine in his Inventories. 

"Mikael wanna have a toast with me, and you too Lane, you can have a drink since I know that you drink even though you are underage- oh wait, you are 18 now so I guess it's fine."

Christian joined them too, Lane was glaring at them but she supposed she would stay. 

Their conversation was none, no one talked and all of them were busy staring at each other while faking drinking wine. Mikael couldn't endure it so he started to talk to break the ice. 

"Kyle do you know that Miriam had a child."

Kyle stopped sipping, he paused comprehending the question, he put the wine on the half-burned table. 

Lane and Christian waited for his answer even though they already knew the answer. When Miriam was pregnant she sent letters to all of her family, so of course, all of them knew it. Lane was frustrated that her sister was impregnated by this crazy corrupted horrible man. 

"Yes, I know it."

"Yeah, I shouldn't have asked."

Mikael guessed it. 

"Then do you know that they are waiting for you?"

"Yes, I know it."

"Then why didn't you visit them?"

Mikael couldn't understand why this man, the great leader of Redemption, was afraid to meet Miriam and his child. 

"I don't care if you are corrupted or not, just go there."

Mikael said with a commanding tone. Kyle was being childish and escaping his responsibility.

"… How many people do you think were dying every day?

"Huh?"

Mikael didn't get it, Kyle just asked him an unrelated topic and he didn't know what to say. 

"I hurt Miriam, I killed people, and I don't feel guilty… Do you think I have the right to be a father?"

Kyle said with a mock, ridiculing himself. 

"This is bullsh*t."

Lane decided to leave since it looked like Kyle was still the same. When she heard these words, Kyle's image became a shit for her. What a coward, afraid to face the things he did, Lane's disappointment further escalated, she couldn't believe that she called him a brother in the past.

She stepped outside, leaving Mikael and the others. The guards saw her walking out, they stiffened when they saw the murderous glint on her eyes.