Just a few minutes ago, after Kate and the rest couldn''t see Jake and Peter in the location they were supposed to meet up, they decided to look for them by going in the general direction they went to. They walked for about 10 minutes before they came across the Herculean beetles Jake and Peter killed.

    Kate bent down to observe the dead beast then she looked in the carcass to see if the crystals were still inside. "It''s clean, the crystal has been taken out. That means, humans were the one who killed the beasts."

    "But we didn''t see any other person pass through here earlier so it must mean that it was Jake and Peter that killed the beasts." Sophia said.No?v(el)B\\jnn

    "Exactly, so where are they?" Kate asked.

    That was when Jack shouted out. "Over here guys!"

    They all came to Jack''s position and they could see what Jack saw. "How did a huge tree like this fall over?" Vynn asked.

    "Look here." Cindy called out.

    They all came over and they saw what Cindy was pointing to. They saw multiple sword strikes on the base of the tree as if someone wanted the tree to fall over.

    "What''s going on? Who could have done this?" Sophia asked.

    "Well we are about to find out. I just hope they are okay." Kate said, already crossing over the tree to get to the other side.

    Quickly acting fast, he lifted his own axes to block the strike but his stomach was met with a kick again that almost knocked out the air from his mouth. Then Kate quickly went and helped Sophia on her feet.

    "Sorry we took a lot of time to act."

    "Don''t worry, let''s go and teach this son of a b**ch a lesson." Sophia said as she quickly took her sword and dashed forward.

    Currently, Vynn and Cindy were keeping the axe man occupied but it was providing hard with the man''s level of skill. And then finally, Kate and Sophia were here for backup.

    Kate unleashed a flurry of kicks on the man from head to toe. While also using all the skills and techniques she learnt in the academy. While Sophia will come in whenever there''s an opening to strike with her Qi infused sword at awkward places that the man couldn''t block or avoid.

    Therefore he was being riddled with injuries. A stab from Vynn in the man''s stomach pushed him back a bit then Cindy came in with a sword strike to the face that cut perfectly therefore drawing blood. Then Kate came in with a kick that landed on the man''s face sending him crashing on the floor.

    The man slowly stood up with anger written on his face. The person next up was Sophia but before she could move, she felt a sudden pain in her legs. Looking down, she couldn''t see anything that might have caused her any pain.

    And that was because the man had shot out invisible Qi strikes towards her legs to stop her. But baring through the pain, Sophia was determined to help defeat the man.

    With a punch to the gut, Vynn went flying then the man went after Kate next but Cindy was keeping him occupied with sword strikes here and there. That was when Sophia came in with an axe kick that made the man''s legs tremble and stumble then his legs buckled and he fell on his knees with the force of the kick Sophia unleashed on his head.

    And finally, Cindy came in with a hit from the butt of her sword that made the man lose consciousness straight away. With a pant and huff, the whole team sat down with Peter who was sitting down with his back to a tree. They were all sitting in exhaustion while watching Jake''s battle with the swordsman hoping and rooting that he would win.

    Will Jake manage to defeat Kilberg and save he and his friends or will Kilberg take revenge for his Guild''s humiliation by killing Jake?