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Chapter 16 - Misunderstanding [2]

Ray bashed his shield on the forehead of the Alpha wolf with all his momentum, knocking it back before it could even use its ability.

The other tanks also followed Ray's lead and knocked the other Alpha, just in time for the dealers and rangers to deal with the ordinary wolves.

The dealer immediately rushed in and started massacring the wolves without batting their eyes. None of them were even concerned about the Alpha, since they were fully confident about the abilities of their teammates.

In just thirty seconds, all the ordinary wolves were killed effortlessly without dropping a sweat.

After dealing with the wolves, they immediately turned their focus on Alpha, who cannot do anything but helplessly howl in grief and anger.

Seeing they would be surrounded and dealt with, both the Alpha used their ability and released their cold aura.

Before even the cold aura could reach Ray and others, a woman near Lana raised her hand like a gun and aimed at the Alpha pair.

A small flame manifested at the tip of her finger, and with a trigger, like a bullet, the flame traveled leaving trails of fire at a high speed.

The flame pierced the cold aura before it could even gather and struck the Alpha Wolf's chest. Instead of piercing through it, it exploded like a military grenade, creating a huge amount of smoke and blasting both the Alpha's away.

The smoke cleared in a few moments because of the snow squall, revealing the Alpha pair. Both of their bodies had a large amount of burns and even some pieces of flesh were also missing, they were severely panting and fear could be seen in their eyes.

Before the Alpha pair could register what was happening, another bullet was shot from that lady and this time, the size of the flame was larger than the previous one.

Nothing could be seen from afar because the explosion was larger than before and the smoke completely concealed their vision.

Dave, who crossed his arms and watched the battle silently, smiled a little.

"Let's go, this battle is over."

Nova looked at him silently, wondering how he could guess the result of the battle from afar.

With Shark Team, he silently followed behind him and arrived at the location of the battlefield.

By the time they arrived, the smoke cleared, revealing a small crater with pieces of Alpha wolf scattered here and there. None of the parts remained intact and blood scattered all around the ground.

Nova sighed in disappointment when he didn't see the cores. But his thoughts suddenly changed after seeing the crater.

'How did she kill a pair of Elite grade monsters effortlessly? Is it because her sorcery affinity directly counters the monster's nature?'

Nova wondered deeply looking at the beautiful blonde lady near Lana. Noticing Nova's gaze, she also looked over.

Then, Rock, who was near him nudged his shoulder gently, "Nova, you can't stare a noble lady like that. It may cause some unnecessary misunderstanding."

"What?!" Nova was bewildered by Rock's sudden voice, but when he looked over, the lady shook her head and turned around.

"Come on! What do you mean by what? How can you stare at a lady's body like that?"

Nova sighed and asked in confusion, "Rock, please explain in detail. I really don't understand what you mean."

Seeing the genuine confusion in Nova's eyes, Rock patted his shoulder.

"Well, I don't know what you were thinking, but your eyes were all on that shooter girl's chest."

'Huh?! What the hell!'

It was only after Rock pointed it out, that Nova understood the reason.

Unlike the others in the team who either wore leather armor or light armor with a winter jacket over, the lady who shot the Alpha pair didn't wear anything like them.

She wore a simple thin tight fit black combat suit that showed her perfect figure.

'Oh no, what should I do if she misunderstands?'

'No need to guess, she really misunderstood!'

Looking at her turning her face in displeasure, Nova shuddered in fear. He never even noticed her presence in the team until now and her first impression of Nova was a disaster.

"Captain, this is all a misunderstanding. The thought of something indecent never even crossed my mind." Nova hurriedly explained himself.

Rock shrugged helplessly.

"It's all good, but what's the point of explaining it to me? You need to explain it to the other party, she seems to have already formed a bad impression towards you."

"I already know that captain," Nova whined softly, "Can you give me some ideas to solve this problem? I don't know if that lady will hold a grudge?"

"What can I do in this situation? I don't know anything about her, not even her name. So, how should I offer you help in this situation? You need to figure it out yourself and now leave me alone, I don't want to become your accomplice in this case."

Instead of leaving, Nova closed the distance between them and pulled his hand.

"Captain, if you don't give me some useful ideas, I will go ahead and tell that lady that you are my boss and it was your idea to begin with."

Rock's eyes widened, "What, are you threatening me?"

Nova shook his head.

"No, I'm just using your earlier statement against yourself. You personally said that you would protect your teammates even if it means offending the noble." In the end, he even grinned a little.

Rock solemnly looked at Nova, hoping that he could get out of this mess quickly.

"Okay, Okay, I will give you one idea. After finishing the battle, just go ahead and confess everything truthfully to that lady."

"Most of the time honesty and sincerity alone would clear all the misunderstanding, at least that's what helped most of the time in my marital life."

Rock said while shaking his hand, "Now, leave me alone before she notices me." He immediately distanced himself a little from Nova.

"What the hell, captain? You cannot leave me alone in this situation."

"No, no, it's your first hurdle as a man and you have to conquer it on your own."

Nova couldn't say anything anymore after seeing Rock wasn't interested in getting involved in this drama. He had to somehow convince the lady on his own.

'At least he gave me an idea. I just hope it works.'

Then Dave, who remained silent till now, opened his mouth. "Everyone, line up."

Immediately Nova and Rock turned silent and went behind the Watson Aristocracy members to join the line.

"I think, this battle is okay and I will watch you carefully in the upcoming battle. I want everyone to perform like this."

"Yes, captain, we will do it."

***

Nova immediately forgot about the lady's matter and focused on the battle. He was mainly concerned about learning everyone's ability and remained as cooperative as possible.

In the first two battles, everything went smoothly and they never had to struggle even if they had to face three or four elite monsters.

Dave's anger was completely anguished and he even began to participate in the upcoming battle.

That, for the rest of the day, they mostly competed with various types of monsters and tested their teamwork and abilities as much as possible.

Dave clapped his hands to get everyone's attention.

"Good job, everyone! You guys performed very well in the battles and I'm very satisfied with it."

"Nighttime is going to arrive soon, so we will do one last battle and end the day."

Everyone nodded and they were also tired from fighting all day even if it wasn't hard.

Also, compared to the start of the day, the climate changed a lot. The small snow squall already became a little bigger and shows signs of becoming larger.

If the trend continues, before the end of seven days, it will soon become a huge snowstorm—that can kill ordinary people in minutes.

They soon spotted a huge group of Wulpers—a species similar to seal lions, but more deadly and ferocious.

Without a word of command, everyone grouped on their own and started the attack.

The large amount of battle during the day was already enough for everyone to know about the basic habits of others and to cooperate without any command.

The battle went very smoothly without any problems, and everyone did their role flawlessly, but as the battle went on, Nova began to feel a slight unease.

'Why is this happening?'

Before he could inform others, Nova felt a chill run down his spine. His danger sense rang heavily.

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