Apocalypse After

Deadlines

Alexander closed his eyes then sighed lightly.

“Is something wrong?” ask Melissa.

“Nothing, Miss Melissa. It's just, I feel a little surprised.”

Alexander opened his eyes then looked right into Melissa's eyes.

“Why don't you look sad after seeing your two sisters die, Miss? Whereas Claude is worried about you.”

At the time of hearing his name being mentioned, Claude immediately protested in embarrassment. But Melissa's own expression changed. The smile on the woman's face was replaced by a surprised expression.

“You're a little overdone, Mr. Alexander.

Of course, we, all of Mama's children were sad when our brother died. If you say sad, we are sad. However, on the other hand, we actually felt a little relieved as well.

Maybe a little inappropriately. However, if you can be honest, actually the children of Mama was not so harmonious. Many of us split up into small groups.

As a smart person, you should know. Mama is old .. so many people have contested her position as the head of the family.”

Melissa's voice was very slow and soft. Claude and his three subordinates did not hear as they were busy dismissing Alexander's earlier remark timidly. Meanwhile Alexander who listened to the whisper of the woman immediately changed his expression.

“So you've guessed something like this will happen?” ask Alexander.

“Many guess this kind of thing will happen. However, actually everyone (son of Aunt Ma) has agreed that it will not use this kind of method to inherit the position of the head of the family. That means, there are two possibilities.” Melissa looked at Alexander.

“There are breaches of the agreement or there are outsiders trying to make trouble after knowing this,” muttered the young man.

“You are very smart. Even though you just met, you really interest me, Alexander.”

Melissa whispered softly. He looked towards Alexander with a bright smile on his face. Merely, the young man felt that he was being stared at by a viper that was so poisonous and dangerous.

“How about working under me? With your help, it should be easier to climb into that position. Besides, I also won't treat you badly.”

Seeing Melissa blink her eyes at him, Alexander felt a little cold. The young man felt, if to follow the woman ...

He definitely won't be able to get out of his trap.

“Sorry, I am a person who loves freedom. I don't like getting involved with issues like this,” whispered Alexander in a flat tone.

“Oh. That's really very unfortunate.”

Melissa shook her head lightly, looking a little disappointed.

Meanwhile, Alexander stared at Claude who was outside as he inspected the room. Seeing his friend who was misbehaving and looking shy, Alexander felt a bit complicated. He felt unworthy to interfere in his affairs, but also felt uncomfortable seeing his friend being taken advantage of.

The main reason Melissa was near Claude was definitely not love, but other personal reasons. Since the soldiers were directly under the Blood Cross, it meant that it could not be used to help the children of Aunt Ma fight for power. That means ...

They deliberately seek out and recruit outsiders (free hunters) as their followers!

 

Meanwhile, far to the north, outside the Blood Cross realm.

In a small, dilapidated temple, there appeared a man sitting in a row. He had a very handsome face, long white hair tied back, and had a calm expression on his face.

In front of him, there was a small cup and a wine jug.

The man put his hands together while closing his eyes in a position like he was praying.

‘Sorry because I haven't been able to catch up with you guys in nature. This may be my last visit. I hope you guys can calm down there and not hate me.’

The man poured the wine into the cup then sipped it quietly.

After drinking, he got up while carrying a jug filled with wine and then poured it into the stone pillar. A pillar that if noticed looks a lot of carving names.

‘Other times I will accompany you drinking. Yes ... next time.’

Just coming out of the temple, he saw a man sitting under a tree in front of the temple.

The man had short blond hair that looked taper like a porcupine. He had a scar on his left eye that left him closed and a topaz-colored iris in his right eye. His eyes looked sharp, and a grin was imprinted on his face.

The man only wears black trousers with a belt and wears shoes, featuring a slightly slim upper body but full of solid muscles. In addition, there were many scars all over his body.

Looking at the man who had just come out of the temple, he said, “I thought you were here, Mr. Julius.”

In contrast to his ferocious-looking appearance, the man seemed to treat Julius very politely.

“What's up to you, the man dubbed as the ‘strongest man’ is looking for me, Kaiser?”

“HAHAHAHA!”

Hearing Julius' flat speech, Kaiser got up while laughing out loud. With both hands folded, he shook his head as if he was listening to the funniest joke.

“Stop making fun of me, Mr. Julius. The Chairman is stronger than me, and you are stronger than the Chairman.” Kaiser stretched out both his hands. “I wonder, why aren't you the chairman, Mr Julius?”

“Because the Chairman is more worthy to be the chairman. Being the chairman is not only about strength, but also wisdom.” Julius said in a calm tone.

“That's a boring answer, Mr. Julius.”

Kaiser shook his head lightly. He looked at the man in black noble-like clothes with silver thread embroidery matching his hair color. A long jet-black katana appeared on the left side of his waist. Even though he was still in his place did not even open his eyes, but a terrifying aura seemed to continue to be around him.

Seeing that Julius was silent, Kaiser asked, “Didn't you feel bored coming to this place, Mr Julius?”

Kaiser looked around. In addition to the small temple that almost collapsed, there are several houses that have collapsed. This place was supposed to be a small village before it was destroyed for unknown reasons.

“Does the Chairman give the task?” Instead of answering, Julius asked in a flat tone.

“I don't know what the Chairman means. He said that the deadline had come, and the monsters had started to make a mess.

The western part could not bear it anymore, so it should be that the monsters would move eastward. We are given the task of going to the Blood Cross's domain to give them a warning. They are fools who live in the middle region, seem too satisfied with their lives and forget about the real enemy.”

Looking at the disgruntled looking Kaiser, Julius nodded lightly.

Kaiser started to grumble again with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

“Not only Blood Cross, but others have also loosened their vigilance. The reason why the western part could not survive was because they had also weakened after so many years.

If not for that matter, the Chairman would definitely not have formed this group. But I am satisfied with our group. Its members are not many, but the strength of all the members is indeed real.”

“Intya, we are both assigned to go to the Blood Cross region?” sela Julius's.

“Iya!” Kaiser nodded with an excited expression. “Tell me, one out of three level 5 hunters is the head of Blood Cross right? I want to fight him. Supposedly that fight would be very festive.”

“We don't go there to make a mess ..”

Julius slightly opened his eyes, displaying blood-red irises that reflected a cold light.

Just then, a semi-transparent energy appeared around his body. Making the air around feel stagnant due to the very heavy pressure.

“Our task is to prevent destruction, Kaiser.”

Hearing that cold voice, Kaiser felt his hair sitting up. Cold sweat washed his back.

She was a little scared, but she was also very excited.

‘Strong! Worthy of being a swordsman who killed one of the level 5 hunters!’

‘The man who is said to be able to make a storm with a wave of his sword!’

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