Chapter 18 - 18 – What to do?

Chapter 18: CHAPTER 18 – What to do?

"So, they won't do anything?" Ann asked as she understood everything.

"Well, at least not in public or upfront, they will play dirty, though," Alex said calmly while resting his back on the seat of the car and closing his eyes.

He could feel that they were still being followed as following a car that is driving at the speed of 60km/h is not a big deal for A and B-ranked Raiders.

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When Alex, Alice, and Ann left the Raider Association, they didn't talk till they were some distance away from there and when they found the right spot, they parked the car under the shade and started talking.

It was Alice who asked first, "What should we do?" She knew from what Alex had done, that they were not going to be left alone by the Association and even though the guilds and Association were never on good terms, they still maintained it on the surface.

Neither she nor Ann ever thought of just removing Alex from the guild as even though they had known each other for a while, they grew very close to each other, and abandoning was not something they would do to Alex.

They also knew that what he did was for them and when they remembered what he had said, their heart would beat like a drum while their faces would fire up.

Still, they knew they needed to do something since now, the Association would not even act as if things were fine. but they were surprised when they heard Alex's reply.

"Nothing." This is what he said, and they looked at him in disbelief since to them it meant that they should do nothing and let their guild be destroyed.

Before they could explode, Alex told them to calm down and spoke.

"What do you think the Association would do now?" He asked them curiously.

"They would probably declare war on our guild," Ann replied.

"On what basis?" Alex asked again with a calm smile, though he still looked stunning.

"Huh? x2. Both Alice and Ann had question marks on their heads.

"I mean what would they say? Why do they want to declare war on us?" Alex asked again with the same smile as if he had already thought of how to handle the situation.

"That we attacked them?" Alice asked unsurely.

"Don't." Alex held Alice's hand, stopping her from opening the door.

Alice was about to go down to fight the Assassins but got confused as to why Alex stopped her, Ann also looked at him curiously wondering why he stopped Alice.

"They won't attack us, now for now," Alex said while he had closed his eyes.

He was sensing how many people were following him with his perception and also earth sense.

Earth sense was something he created from his control over Earth Element. It allows him to sense the position and movement of anyone who is moving on the Ground or inside of the Ground, even though perception also does the same.

"Why?" Ann asked since she knew there must be a reason why he stopped Alice and Alex didn't disappoint her.

"There are many people from different guilds from our country and different countries observing me." When Alex said this, they were again surprised, but they listened to Alex continue.

"And the Association probably knows that as well, so, if they don't want our fight to turn public, they won't do it right now, and trust me when I say they don't want this matter to get public," Alex said with a confident smile which somehow caused the girls to smile as well while they also calmed down.

They knew now that nothing much had changed in their relationship with the Association as they were never on good terms. They just had to be ready for Assassination.

Even when the Association had not sent Assassins for them, they still had their rival guilds that would send Assassins from time to time, so, they just needed to live as they did till now.

However, if the Association were to know about Stephan not being able to use his skill, then things would change but Stephan would never reveal that.

It was said that Stephan was very poor before he awakened and that was why it was easy for the Association to win him over, and as some great man had said: Once you taste the riches of the world, it is very hard to live without them. (Author note: If no great man has ever said it, then just think of it as one of my proverbs. ??)

But one thing Alex knew was that Stephan was never going to reveal that he could not use his skill anymore, in fear of losing his authority.

"Do you guys have anything else to ask?" Alex asked the girls, and they shook their heads.

"Then let's not waste our time here." As Alex said that Ann started the car, and they went back while chatting like nothing had happened or nothing had changed.

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