After the gate disappeared, things pretty much calmed down in the street. Most civilians simply went back to the safety of their homes as they had no idea what was going to happen next.
The big shots in the city as well quietly retreated back to different places as they were also unsure of many things. The shock at the end, where another beast had surprisingly appeared out of the gate, told them that they knew nothing about this whole ordeal.
All they knew was that this whole event was somehow linked to the mysterious game 'Evolution Online.' The game ended, and the next second, chaos descended.
This couldn't just be a coincidence. No one was foolish enough to think that. However, the question still remained. What were they doing to do now?
Especially after witnessing the tyrannical display of power and strength, no one dared to do anything sneaky or oppose the strongest person in the city at the moment.
So everyone quietly dispersed, wondering what the next day was going to bring them. Were they going to live or die at the end of this day?
Just like the other civilians in the city, coincidentally, the Crimson Abyss guild members and their family members also returned to Liam's apartment complex, which was their main base at the moment.
Their current order was to take rest and relax since they had been continuously fighting for almost an entire day without any break. Though everyone was a bit restless to do this now of all times, the tiredness soon set in and in the end, all those who fought fell asleep like a log.
There were also some soul minions guarding the building, so they did not have to worry about safety.
Meanwhile, five people alone were missing from this group, including the master of the soul minions. After the gate closed, Liam immediately moved on to the next task at hand. He brought along with him Shen Yue, Alex, Mei Mei, Rey and Shin Soo.
Surprisingly, he did not do this because he favoured them. These five had all managed to reach Level 10 while the others were still at Level 7, 8 or 9. While Liam had expected Alex to outperform others, the other four names were actually unexpected.
Shen Yue and Mei Mei possessed legendary items in-game, so he had never really evaluated their actual talent in combat. Rey as well had a late start and was mostly goofing around.
And as for Shin Soo, Liam was, in fact, quite familiar with his skill level, but once again, he was pleasantly surprised. When they had teamed up a long time before, his skills were not at this level, but now he had improved himself by leaps and bounds.
More than anyone else, Liam understood his mentality and his hardworking nature, so naturally, he rewarded him and brought him along as well.
Currently, Liam and the three girls sat on Luna, who had a disgruntled expression on her usual adorable face from being a ride to so many people, and the two guys sat on the condor undead soul minion, freaked out by the weird physical texture of the soul minion.
The group first headed to the nearby gate, where a huge rhinoceros was wreaking havoc. This boss was still too much for any one of them to handle by themselves, so the five of them tackled him together in a group.
Liam did not participate and simply stood on the side, keeping an eye on things, just in case something unexpected happened. However, it was not the first time for these five to coordinate and fight.
Especially with Alex already being able to use a divine strengthening skill all on her own without any skill book or help from the system, the fight proceeded smoothly.
She tanked all the blows while the others did their best to inflict damage, and within a few minutes, the huge beast collapsed on the ground, its body hacked and slashed and its health completely drained.
"Damn it. That was way harder than it should be." Alex grumbled as she watched the portal vanish into nothingness once again.
Standing behind her, Rey chuckled. "That's what she said." He gave Shin Soo a wink, making him as well laugh, but the two immediately shut up as soon as they received a death glare from the redhead.
"Bro, how long are we going to fight without any weapons?" Rey let out a tired sigh and sat on the bloody ground, not caring about the mess. Without his bow and arrow, the weapon he was most familiar with, he was struggling a bit.
He did not feel it as much when fighting against the weaker beasts, but the difference was coming out when fighting against the thick bosses. He could clearly feel his shortcoming.
"Tch. I should have made some arrangements for this beforehand. I didn't think of this at all." Rey tossed the knife he was holding down onto the ground, which fell down with a clinking sound.
As a long-range fighter, he preferred to stay away and not get up close and dirty. He even got smacked by the rhino a bunch of times, only narrowly escaping, and his clothes were completely ruined. He absolutely hated this fighting style.
After ranting a bit, Rey looked at Liam to see if he had some sort of solution, but the other party was silently smiling. Immediately, Rey could tell that something was up. "Bro… what are you not telling me?"
The next second, something appeared in Liam's hand, a glittering golden bow and some arrows.
"What the heck!!!" Rey immediately jumped up in delight, forgetting that he was completely tired out. "Please tell me this is for me! Please! Please! Please! Bro!"
"Heh. Of course. This is for you. I was thinking of giving this to you only later, but since you are a special case, you can have it now." Liam smiled.
Rey lunged forward and accepted the weapon with glee while the others stared at Liam in shock, thinking about the implications of this action. Did this mean…