AutoTerra: Operating Systems

Chapter 27: The Score Problem

“Finally met you too, Loser...”.

The three hunters were still herds standing in front of Astan, Arni, and Grim who were still sitting in the middle of the forest. Grim looked down, his face pale when faced with these three hunters.

Astan and Arni alone felt like they had seen the faces of these three people. Sontak Arni whispers to Astan.

“Bang, aren't they three hunters looking for other hunters for their Score? The one we're hiding in the bushes?”

“That's them..?” tanya Astan just realized.

“Iya.” For a moment Arni glanced at Grim who was still moody. “It seems that what they are looking for is Grim, deh.”

Astan also had a chance to see the face of Grim. Unlike earlier who looks still friendly although hesitating towards the two of them, now he even looks afraid of the arrival of these three people.

“We are what people have taken a lot of Scores from our game, Miza?” ask one of the hunters.

The other hunter had also just removed his system panel. “He's now leveling up. Just misah from our Squad, has gone up level 15. Now it's level 20. Cepet actually harvest.”

“Truly?! Whoi, Empang! You also stole the Score hunt from other hunters? Of the two cemen hunters is it..?”

“Hah?”

Arni seemed to not accept the words, while Astan was still flat to pay attention to their behavior.

Look first, what they want.

“Quiet, quiet…. Rizu, Panka.” The leader named Miza was again giving a trivial grin. “If he leveled up a little, still can't match us who are already Bronze Rank. He's still an Iron Rank, really. Just like the two hunters there it.”

“Wait a minute.” Rizu seemed to be watching Astan. “He's Instant, right? Our Guild Clown?”

“Badut..?” Astan raises next to an eyebrow, then mutters to himself, “Which caveman gave me the title Clown Guild?”

The three returned to chat with each other, more precisely underestimating Astan's Squad.

“Ooo…. A freak who he said was stronger than his rank now?” ask Miza, cross. “Not visible, tuh. Really, yeah?”

“Know. Even look like a gembel.”

They even laughed at Astan just like that was the funniest joke.

“Ish! Kali—.”

Astan intercepts Arni. The man gave Arni a cue to remain silent, letting the extent to which they continued to babble.

Panka looks to re-examine the system panel. “Oh! Oho! I just peeked into their storage. They harvested a lot after the Mutant Frog.” hunting mission

“Why you—.”

Of course Arni was surprised when he realized their storage could be peeked by Panka. In fact, hunters will not be able to see the storage system of other hunters because it is personal data.

Astan whispered, “I was lazy to check their data. But it seems, that person has the Ultimate Ability of Hack.”

Arni also nodded in understanding. As he recalled, Hack was one of the most troubling Main Abilities. In addition to being able to peek at personal things from people's systems, Hack is also able to eliminate the function of other hunters' weaponry.

They may have to be careful with this one hunter plot, let alone these conspirators are all Bronze-ranked.

“Hack Capability has a great chance to snatch our game from system storage,” further Astan, “So, beware.”

Arni was made even more panicked by this one fact. But, he preferred to remain silent and observe.

“Just the Empang should level up. Many harvests apparently they.”

“Your hunting results are good, especially blue crystals will be very expensive if sold. So, can you leave all that to us? That's also if you want to survive,” threatened Miza.

“Again, Empang has already stolen a lot of Score from us,” timpal Rizu while pointing at Grim. “It's time he paid with the money you have.”

Grim was still bowed, silent not saying a word. Arni bit his lips, fed up with the attitude of the three of them, but still he held it because he was self-conscious that he could not fight them with rank and level as low as now. While Astan was still flat-faced, there was absolutely no expression on the face with the wound in the left eye.

“Heh.”

One brief sound from Astan's mouth accompanied by an annoying grin had made Miza, Rizu, and Panka ride apoplexy. They thought, it could be an Iron Rank hunter with such a paltry tone.

“You call yourself a Bronze-ranked hunter? That's right..?”

Astan twisted and bounced his broken dagger several times casually.

“Which hunter intends to take the hunt of others? That's called looting, not hunting? So, you guys are...” Astan pointed using a dagger fault. “It is not appropriate to be called a hunter, it is suitable to be called a plunder. Isn't looting someone else's property a coward's act?”

“If you want to quickly level up, cepet get money, yes diligently hunt ‘lah. That's it males,” cibir Astan again.

“What's the matter, huh?! We are here in no way intended to loot.” Panka pointed to Grim. “We demand compensation from the results of Score Bonus that has been this madman stole.”

“I told you from the beginning, I didn't mean to steal your Score!”

They were shocked to hear Grim just yelling, not usually they saw Grim screaming this loud.

The three hunters were originally teammates of Squad Grim before meeting Astan and Arni. He came out because he kept being bullied, saying that he stole a lot of their Score. In fact, all the Bonus Score Grim got was indeed because his Type-1 Martial effect was actively erratic, so that the enemies of the Easy Level with a lot of Health Status can still be killed in an instant, let alone he uses the Shotgun known as one of the weapons with high attack power.

“Enough with all this!” firmly Grim. “You all do not bring Chairperson Astan and Arni in our problems! If you want me to compensate you for the Score Bonus I got from you, just take all of my money! You can get my other hunting results from the next missions to pay off my mistakes!”

“When, huh..?” Miza was twirling her gun. “When can you pay it off with the proceeds from the next missions? Even your current hunting results are not enough to replace the Score-Score you have stolen. Mending pay with the results of your hunt alone, let this problem not be longer.”

“Which further magnifies this problem you guys, brain mites!” hina Astan. “It's just a Score, what's the problem? Blonde has also admitted that he did not intend to steal your Score. Oh, ooh! Or the…. Actually you guys are a lot weaker than the blondes. Hence, Score you indirectly much ‘dicuri’.”

The three emotions, especially Miza who seemed to be grinding her teeth were full of anger. This guy named Astan is really very troubling when it comes to insulting others.

“Omong empty.” Rizu returned. “Where can an Iron Rank hunter rival the strength of a Bronze Rank hunter like us? We've deducted a lot of Health Status from all the Easy Level enemies, and he's only one shot away to kill them, automatically he gets more Bonus Scores. It is precisely this person who deserves to be called a coward!”

“Halah~ Stale!” Instant flicked her hand. “What reason is it like enough to justify looting? If so, your school for 12 years must only go back and forth doang.”

Astan also clasped hands, staring in wonder at the three hunters and also Grim alternately.

“Emang why the hell are you guys exaggerating this Score and Score Bonus problem?” ask Astan wonder. “Ngebet really want to level up?”

“Hei! We are different from you who are lazy to level up,” pointed Rizu at Astan. “Our wish is to be the best hunter! Being able to possess the highest rank and level was a great honor for any hunter of the various Guilds.”

Rizu again continued with the pedunya, “We will be given the title of honorable hero. Being the strongest is our desire. We can also get whatever we want if we are already ranked Crystal at the top level. We can get treasures, honor, a flood of praise, and more women that we can make a Harem. It is all a lifestyle that has lately been popular among pem—Agh!!!”

Miza and Panka were shocked, Astan and Grim were dumbfounded. The point is that all the men there were shocked when they realized that Arni was already behind Rizu, hitting her as hard as possible with a rifle until she mentally hit the tree.

It looks like Arni is standing down in that position with gasping breath and raging anger. Both of his hands seemed to tremble holding a sniper rifle, not out of fear, but it was a reaction from his ferocity.

“It's that low you look at women..?”.

Arni's tone shook, suppressing the anger. And when Arni raised her face, a wide grin was seen with a sharp glint of disgust.

“CAN I DESTROY BELALAIMU USING THIS SNIPER RIFLE!!!”

Instantly all the men who were there instantly turned deathly pale.

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