Chapter 105 - Realization

While Yuki had his attention directed towards the group of 8 mercenaries, Tanya managed to get up from the ground and leaped back to join the group. It was a group of the best which all 3 kingdoms had to offer. If they couldn't take down Yuki, no one could. 

"So what's the plan?" asked Tanya as she breathed heavily. 

"How about we try something like this," Simeon spoke up.

"Otta the tank of the group goes and holds off Yuki for just about a minute or two. Next, I boost each swordsman or swordswoman's speed here. That would include Tanya and the 2 others from the group that just merged with us. If I remember correctly Porcia is the swordsman that carries the long sword and Jules is the one that wields daggers. Once we have you guys going, Lou can debuff Yuki once again. Lastly, the mage-Erika can support with long ranged attacks and our 2 healers Mare and Rina can help cover for any damage we sustain. That should be all... I think," Simeon explained. 

"Thank goodness we did introductions before. Sorry Tanya, you were still laying on the ground when that happened," said Rina. 

"I don't mind. Just heal me so I can go back to fighting at my peak once more," ordered Tanya. 

"Hey, no need to rush into things. You're not working alone anymore. You have to work together with everyone. Even if the stat boosters and debuffer don't directly fight in the battle, it doesn't mean they aren't contributing. It can be argued that they're working even harder than you since without them, you wouldn't be able to move so fast and kill your opponents with ease," said Otto as he tried to correct the ways of Tanya. 

"Who do you think you're talking to?!" Tanya lashed out at Otto. 

While it had caught everyone off guard, Otto was the most calm about the situation out of everyone. Procia, Jules and Erika had been prepared to kill Tanya at that moment. However, Otto looked at all 3 of them and signaled that everything was alright. Without saying a single word, Otto walked towards Tanya and laid his palm on her fragile shoulders. He leaned his mouth towards her ears and whispered something to her.

"I may try to act nice around you but remember this. At the end of the day, I'm a businessman. Don't try to start a fight within the workplace. I just want my money just like everyone else. So get off your high horse and start acting like you're part of a team or else..." Otto said as he put pressure on his palms which seemed to crush Tanya's shoulder.

Once he had got his point across to Tanya, he let go of her shoulder. Due to Tanya's extremely weakened state, when Otto let go on her shoulder, she instantly fell to her knees. Nevertheless, Otto smiled and began to walk towards Yuki, who was now sitting on the grass of the shallow hill. 

"Are you guys finally done bickering?" asked Yuki. 

"Hey. Tell me something kid. What made you do something so horrific that all these people are after your head?" Otto asked. 

"Well I just killed a couple of people for exp. After that, I was caught and put in prison for my crimes so I escaped. I warned Carmi-the guy which had originally put me in prison that if he came after me that he would die. Now here we are," replied Yuki.

"A kid as young as you managed to kill a person. Not just one but a couple and still talks about it like it's nothing. This generation is messed up," said Otto.

"Well, that's quite a dumb analogy. Blaming a whole group of people for the crimes of one is pure idiocy. It doesn't matter what a person's age, height, gender or anything else. If they commit a crime, they should be solely responsible for it. Why should a whole group of people that did nothing wrong be criticized?" Yuki asked.

Otto was left speechless. He was usually a well spoken person who could get a person to let their guard down with his words but this time, he was the one who was forced to let his guard down. 

"But-" Otto tried to speak while he faced the ground from pure confusion.

However he was cut short by the sight of a small kid underneath him which stared into his eyes. Caught by surprise once more, Otto stubbled a few steps back however it was too late. Yuki jumped upwards until his foot was above Otto's head and within a moment, Yuki kicked Otto in the head-causing him to fall face first into the ground. As the icing on top, Yuki smoothly landed on Otto's back and sat on him as he yawned to symbolize his boredom. 

"You were probably going to say something about how it isn't right to kill people no matter the circumstance. Then you would tell me to go and serve my time and ask for forgiveness," said Yuki.

"But it's true," Otto brought his head out of the group as he gasped for air and advised Yuki. 

"You're acting like you aren't planning to kill me if I refuse. The only reason you're trying to advise me is so that I magically give up and turn myself in. If that fails, you're still buying you comrades enough time to try to attack me when our conversation is over. If that was your plan I have something to tell you. That won't work," said Yuki as he grinned. 

"Come on kid. It's 9 against 1. Even with a 2 or 3 level advantage, you're outmatched in numbers so that we can make up for the strength difference," Otto began to give up hope that Yuki would turn himself in so he started talking like how he would talk to a normal criminal. 

"Wait.. 2 or 3 levels? Ooooh, you probably think I'm still at level 7. No wonder all of you are so overconfident," said Yuki as he smiled with his angelic expression-trying to hold back a laugh. 

"So you're not a level 7 player?" Otto asked as he thought of the worse. 

"No no my dear. I just recently reached level 12. And just like when you reach level 2, once you reach level 10, there's a huge increase in stats," Yuki said as he smiled at Otto.

Yuki watched as the tank's face turned pale as he began to be engulfed in fear. 

"One last thing. I plan on toying with your comrades a bit longer so don't say a word if you want to keep on living," said Yuki