Chapter 183

[Event Quest: Defend the city, kill the Methuselahs.]

[Rewards: ???]

A voice of a young girl reverberated.

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The crimson sky shone over the city, the sun was glimmering yet the scarlet atmosphere won, dread wrapped the place as red represents blood. Kyle looked at the sky. The sky was visible on his window, he was actually having his lonely time in the VIP room drinking wine. 

"Hm? They are a bit early, they should come around two or three days later… Well, my predictions are not precise anymore, I know it. I guess the Queen is busy fighting the Protector now…"

Kyle's face had a scrunched expression as he was disappointed, his prediction was not completely right. He sipped the last wine and stood up, he walked out of the room. He was surprised to see that Christian was waiting for him to come out.

"Kuku, Christian I didn't know that I will see you here."

Christian sighed, touching his forehead massaging the frustration away, Kyle was really secretive. It was a good thing that he knew Kyle's thinking pattern, if not, even he would be in a state of confusion right now. 

"Is this one of your predictions too?"

Christian wanted to punch him but he decided to postpone it, he could punch him later, saving this city was the first priority for now. Kyle chuckled and opened his mouth.

"Not exactly, it's a bit early. I thought they will come around three days." 

Christian's face was twitching, Kyle's casual attitude was tickling him in the wrong place. He wanted to punch his face, he clenched his fist and but loosened it immediately. He must control his emotions.

"… I know that I should not be asking this but… if you know that this thing will happen, why did you not try to stop it?"

Christian narrowed his eyes waiting for his answer, his mind kept tugging him about this. Since Kyle knew the future, why didn't he try to stop it? The presence that he felt outside was dreadful and dangerous. Hundreds of thousands of Methuselah commenced the will of their Queen. Christian wanted to know the reason why things happened like this.

Kyle was cackling when he heard his question, it was the funniest question that Christian asked. Kyle gasped because of too much laughing, he didn't know that Christian had a talent for making someone laugh. He squeezed his voice as he was having a hard time controlling his laugh.

"Kuku, because I cannot, no matter how many times or how much time I spent, I know that I will never find the Shadow Demon. That Demon is the most elusive Demon that you can come by. He is impossible to find, I'm not even sure if he has an accomplice or something." 

Kyle glanced at the serious man, his eyes were determined. He was the only one who knew what would happen to the world, he created many simulations in his head of how to save the Earth, it was the same with finding the Shadow Demon. He kept thinking about how he could stop this devastation, however, he couldn't find a solution. A futile fret. That's why instead of finding prevention, he decided to face it head-on and end it all at once. 

Christian didn't know how to deny his words, all of the things that Kyle said come from his heart. He was actually shocked to see the emotions in Kyle's eyes, normally he was devoid of it. 

"… Then what is your plan? You know that fighting this new species or something will be hard. I feel a bad aura coming from them compared to the Beastmen."

Kyle changed and started wearing his equipment, he didn't listen to his blabbering, his six packs abs looked majestic, it was unfortunate that nobody could see and appreciate the beauty of his body. Kyle turned around and grinned at him, showing his curling lips. 

"Kuku, what do you think is the reason why I created this tournament?"

Christian narrowed his eyes, he already knew the idea but he decided to play with him. 

"I don't know, you want to find talented Hunters?"

Kyle snickered. 

"No, the reason I made this tournament is because of this moment, I control where the venue will be held. I put it on Rio, Brazil because I know that this is the place where the Methuselah will come out." 

Kyle touched his armor and squeezed his hands after. He was getting ready to fight, excited with blood boiling. 

"I see, now I get the reason why the venue is in Brazil… many high-rank Hunters and Elders are in Rio right now because of the tournament, so you want them to join this battle."

"Exactly, whether they like it or not, they are already part of this battle."

Kyle smirked, the existences of strong warriors, Hunters, and Elders, who stayed in Rio were moving too. All of them understood that this was going to be a dangerous fight, but they were ready to fight and protect their planet. 

Christian was baffled looking at the man who did this without anyone knowing. Kyle was a good yet bad man, his intentions were true but sometimes his execution was wrong. Christian sighed watching the lonely back of the savior. Kyle was suffering and because of it, his surroundings were suffering too. 

'It's frustrating why you keep hiding this... Perhaps this is the reason why the others hate you, you don't trust them or rather, you don't want to put them in danger... Miriam you should start shackling this man, make him wake up, please.'

Christian sighed, being a Vice-Leader was hard especially if the Leader was stupid.

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Miriam watched the man who put his everything to salvage the always unsavable situation. She had mixed feelings about Kyle, she massaged her forehead, anxious about reality. 

"Another problem arises…"

As time passed, Miriam realized that the world was not getting better. It was the opposite, the world was getting worse. No matter how much they save the world, new enemies would come and they were stronger. Sometimes she was getting tired of this, this was one of the reasons why she retired. 

However, she knew that no matter how much she tried to escape the path of being a Hunter, the occupation would be the one to hunt her. Miriam decided to take the challenge, why? The answer was simple…

"Mama~"

Lemar's voice was calling her, the child was eating his favorite pudding and he wanted to give half of it to Miriam. He loved pudding and wanted to eat all of it by himself but he decided not to. He loved his mother more than this pudding, he wanted to give Miriam a taste because he wanted to make her happy. Lately, his mother was depressed closing her eyes, sighing every minute. 

The maids said that his mother was doing this to protect him, that's why Lemar wanted to ease her depression.

"Mama~ pudding, want some~~?"

The child said with love, Miriam patted his head, she couldn't help but smile seeing the cute appearance of her baby boy. She wanted to be stronger because of him. She wanted to give Lemar a peaceful world where he could play all he wants. 

"Thank you~ my baby!!!"

She said and rubbed her face on Lemar's cheek.

"Mama no, Lemar's cheek always red because of you!!"

The child fought back.

"Okay, okay. I will eat this pudding. And because you gave me this pudding, Mama will give you a present!"

Miriam pinched his cheeks.

"Weally? A pwesent for me?"

Lemar couldn't speak because his cheeks were getting pinched. 

"Yes, it's in the next room, you can ask Yaya Ineng to take you there."

Miriam only said this to make Lemar go to the other room. Miriam had to fight and she didn't want to show Lemar how she was taking lives. 

"Love you, mama!"

She must help her family to defeat this crisis, Miriam smiled and kissed his forehead.

"Yey!!"

Lemar happily shrieked as he strolled just like a toddler.

(I didn't write the story about the other demihumans invasion *I may put them in the Side-Story* so I give you the Methuselah's invasion instead.)