"Well, it is actually good that you guys are so reliable and even doubting your superiors. I don't resent you, I respect you all. Because of you, my own suspicions on Michael is confirmed. He is good at hiding from me." said Issac.
"So you are telling me that the reason you were seen at the guild before the victim went missing was because you were checking on Michael? And Michael somehow got out of your sight cleverly?" asked Willy.
"Exactly...well he is good at hiding evidence and I guess it is also simple for him to hide himself. You see, SSS- Ranked Adventurers aren't necessarily strong in terms of combat but can exceed in other professional fields." explained Issac.
"Oh right, I nearly forgotten. But still I assume they are still high tier fighters as it is a basic requirement too. But I get what you are trying to say. So he can eradicate evidence with near perfect skills." said Willy.
"I have seen another solo adventurer ranked as D, I have seen Michael keeping an on eye on them. But as always he got away from my sight as if he already knows about my actions or probably it is the case." said Issac.
"It means you lost him...But!" exclaimed Noel.
Issac began to speak.
"Not this time. I have pretended to ask Michael to meet me under one hour. He got perplexed and wanted to avoid it, but I asked him that it is official order. Yes, it's just a lie but that should mean he can't deny." said Issac.
"So what you are trying to say is..." said Willy.
"He has only one hour to eliminate the solo adventurer, he will surely make mistakes as he has less time. He will make errors into his decisions, and might not be able to perfectly manipulate the outcome. Even if he does elimination him, he will still have to struggle hiding evidence on time." said Issac.
"Sorry, that's all I could do. I trusted you guys on this since I knew you will all succeed. Which is why I took the responsibility to lie everything about the orders or stuff. I will take any responsibility later if it gets revealed but I had only ths option." continued Issac.
"The lie you made is a heavy responsibilty to take, you might even be fired or at worst get imprisoned. You broke some rules for our sake and trusted us...so we are sorry we ever doubted you..." said Willy, bowing his head deep.
"No, you don't need to do this. Let's go and stop Michael. That's all I want, I don't want fellow guild members and guild itself to suffer any longer. Let's find Michael." said Issac.
Kael silently observed them exchange informations as they agree to work together to stop Michael.
"But how do we find them?" asked Willy.
"Don't worry, the guild member Michael targeted this time is a bit different." said Issac.
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At the mountain side area outside H-Type city, a D- Ranked Adventurer got heavily injured by the incoming slash from dagger.
"Damn it!" D- Ranked Adventurer groaned in pain as he looked at Michael with such distrust expression.
"Bloody fool! You won't get away from this! Damn it, so it was you all along working for The Saints!" exclaimed D- Ranked Adventurer.
"Look at you! Instead of pleading for your life, you are just badmouthing your fellow guildmate?" said Michael, preparing his dagger as he proceeded further.
"But you made a mistake Michael...I have a skill which allows the user to summon anything or anyone they touched last. The person I have touched last time was...." said D- Ranked Adventurer as he summoned a certain someone.
Michael got extremely shocked at the person who was summoned right besides the adventurer.
It was Kael.
Kael remembers the conversation on how a D- Ranked Adventurer ended up touching Kael as the last person. Issac was probably confident because of this fact.
Kael was given a flare gun to signal the whereabouts of the location. Kael shot it at the sky, signalling the location.
Since Michael doesn't have much time, he had no choice but to confront Kael.
"Damn it, I don't have time to play around with you. I will just get rid of you both!" exclaimed Michael as he made the first reckless move.
Kael knew how desperate Michael got just because he had a time limit and Michael hardly had ten minutes to spend at most.
With incoming sloppy attack, Kael easily dodged the slash and he launched a front kick on Michael.
Michael was thrown back onto the ground.
He got up again, preparing to attack but he wasn't able to think straight as he can't waste his time.
Michael got alarmed even more because Kael had shot the flare gun at the sky, which led Michael to know that someone must be coming here.
Even a mere lie was heavy on Michael, the lie Issac had made before.
With all the burden, Michael can't fight comfortably. He can't even use full power to prevent the leakage of more evidence.
Issac had made a right decision and he probably was the one who made sure the D- Ranked Adventurer touched Kael or one of his party member.
"Damn it..." said Michael as he grit his teeth.
Kael understood one fact about Issac, the fact that Issac knows everyone's details.
Issac might be too responsible that he knows every single member and their potential.
"Hey, let's end this fast, shall we?" said Michael, unable to hide his impatient behaviour.
Michael launched cross slash with his dagger to target Kael's legs, trying to immobilize him.
However, Kael already Michael's intentions to immobilize.
Kael jumped at the correct timing as he simultaneously performed three sixty degree tornado kick on Michael's head.
The technique was fluid, faster, stronger, and perfect that it dealt some decent damage.
However Michael was SSS- Ranked and easily recovered his position.
Before Kael could land onto the ground from his last attack, Michael interrupted the posture and grabbed Kael's right leg.
Michael threw Kael toward the huge rock with extreme force and speed.
"Heh, so you are really planning to just buy the time for your comrades to appear?" asked Michael, smirking even at disadvantage and looking at Kael.
Kael appeared as standing just fine when the dust was cleared, his eyes locked onto Michal.
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To be continued...