Chapter 412 - 406 : The Confrontation

55 minutes later…

'Finally.'

Sato sighed with relief as he saw the towering walls of Riverdale town.

He was currently at the entrance to the West district, which was the west gate of the town. Since this was the area he was most familiar with, Sato chose it as his entry spot. While it was true that with his image distributed out in wanted posters some players who might have caught of glimpse of him here before might have prepared an ambush for him, Sato didn't care. The best they could do was attack him outside of town but once he came inside, all forms of attacks would seize. 

However, while it was true that the town served as a natural safe-zone, some players were crazy and daring to the extent of still committing murders behind the town's walls. This was especially so with dark players who feared almost nothing. Nonetheless, even if a player were to suddenly go crazy and decide to pull of an attack in the town walls, Sato was still strong enough to end the player like tiger would end a rabbit's life.

'There they are.'

Sato spotted a few players gathered in front of the gate acting as guards. Just by their actions, it was very obvious that they were the players stationed as lookouts in front of the gate just in case Sato were to show up.

'One in the light, then where's the one in the dark.'

Sato was certain that the team of players up ahead weren't the only ones waiting for him. There weer definitely a few dark players keeping an eye out in the dark and some other guild players who might be camouflaged, acting as regular players just to lower his guard.

"Captain, we've found him." A voice sounded in the ears of Black Tempest.

"So that bastard actually dared to show up in my direction." Black Tempest looked ahead with a smile that didn't look like one.

Even though Sato was still almost 300 metres away, there were [Rangers] and scouts who kept a look out for him. Considering the fact that the [Ranger] class boost the natural eyesight of the player in the game, seeing that far out -though difficult- wasn't necessary impossible especially with the aid of certain scouting equipment. Also, there were players scattered all around the area starting from the west gate till 300 metres out. Sato just happened to be within their radar.

"Prepare to surround him. Do it slow and steady, and make sure he doesn't notice. We can't lose this chance." Black Tempest said.

"Captain, should I inform the others?" The [Druid] beside him asked. The [Druid] was Black Tempest's deputy for this mission so he had to remain at his side at all times unless during battle.

The 'others' the [Druid] referred to were the other captains charged with each section of the town. Considering that Sato was able to take on the main team to the point of wiping out almost half their number as well as escaping their encirclement in Black Grill's Cave, the [Druid] felt that their team alone was not enough to hold him back so it was best to call for backup. Also, Azure Dragon had previously informed every captain as well as their deputies to notify the other teams if Sato shows up in their area.

Black Tempest initially didn't want to do so as he wanted to reclaim the honour and glory of the guild by himself. It wasn't that he was selfish but it would be an insult to the guild if a team of super guild experts couldn't take down one unknown player. In his opinion, their dignity was already harmed and having them gank[1] on one player would harm it further. They would eventually be taken as bullies by the player community and while Black Tempest didn't care much about this, it would affect the guild's honour and dignity which he definitely cared about.

But with the [Druid] informing him of Azure Dragon's commands in such a subtle fashion, Black tempest had no other option than to follow them or else if he were to fail here, the punishment he would receive wouldn't be little.

"Inform the others. The south district's team is the closest to us so start with them." Black Tempest said.

"Copy." 

Without wasting any second more, the [Druid] popped up his interface and sent a message to the south district's team which was headed by Yukino.

"You," Black Tempest glanced at another player. " 'leak' the information to those bounty hunters and dark players by the side. Send them the target's location and make it look like a spy in our guild did so. I want them to launch the battle for us. The opponent is strong and unless we have an equally strong player, we can only use numbers. You should know what to do right?" 

"Yes, captain." The player replied.

Despite being a brawny kind of guy, Black Tempest wasn't a 'strong fist but an empty head' kind of person. If he was then there was no way he would become an important member of Emperor's Might. He just preferred the easy way of doing things which was by using one's fist.

While the news of Sato's appearance was slowly released and the other teams in the other districts were making their way over, the centre of all the attention, Sato, was wiping his sword with a cloth.

"They've probably spotted me already and have most likely notified the others. If I dash out immediately, they would use every item and weapon in their arsenal to delay me and prevent me from getting to the town. They've already had a taste of my strength so they will be definitely prepared this time around." Sato sighed with a frown as he concluded his monologue.

"I can't start a slaughter especially this close to town. The developers said to treat it as reality and if that's true, the town's security will definitely notice it. The question is whether or not they will chase after me."

"*sighs. In the end, the only thing I can do is run as fast as possible and get into the town. Once I'm past the gates, this will all be over."

While it looked lie Sato was worried, that was partly true and partly false. Partly true in the sense that he would soon face a team of players lurking both in the dark and in the light, with various equipment and items that may be able to harm him or hold him down. 

Even though the game hadn't been online for month yet, more than 2 weeks had already gone by. This was enough time for the various guilds to raise a lot of capital, farm a lot of items and equipment and improve on their skills while adapting to the game. Therefore, no one really knew how strong they were right now. The team Sato faced before was simply a raid team that consisted of less than 30 men. This time around, he would be facing more than 50 and possibly 100 players. What's worse was that the number will increase over time. There was also the fact that all those players would be equipped with certain trump card items that would be able to stop him even for less than second. 

All of that amounted together would be able to make Sato eat a grievous loss in this situation. Therefore, it was understandable why he was a partly anxious. 

As for why Sato wasn't anxious, it was because in the end, 

'Overwhelming strength triumphs over all.'