Chapter 237: Cut Off
It was finally the next day, the day of the meeting between the Fang hunters and the notorious Iron Fist Guild. And for this meeting, everyone had woken up early while going to the bar to discuss possible strategies in case something goes wrong.
They were all discussing formations and everything to do with the meeting. And for this strategy, Helen and Steve took the lead as they knew the place in and out so they told Jake everything they knew.
"I just realized something." Berg said. "Jake you always wear a mask to conceal your identity therefore adopting the identity of the werewolf slayer, but what about those that follow you?"
"Simple, they wear their own mask. Each core members of the Fang hunters, have their own special masks." Jake said folding his hands.
"That makes sense." Helen said nodding along. "So When are we going to get our own mask?"
"When you get back to the Fang hunter's base." Peter replied.
They kept on discussing possible strategies and all. Then after a long few hours of waiting, it was almost time for the meeting.
And per the Iron Fist Guild's words, they were going to send someone to come pick them up. So before the person would come, Jake quickly decided to pick who he would be taking along.
"Before the representative that would come to get us comes, it would be best I decide who to take along. So the rest of you, if I don't select you, please don't mind because you would have a task as equally important as this." Jake said and everyone kept quiet to listen to Jake while nodding to his words.
Jake then took a deep breath while looking at each of their faces carefully and then he breathed out.
"Alex!" Jake said.
"What!?!!!!?!" Peter shouted.
"Look don't feel bad Peter, I have a reason for picking Alex and it's not because of strength or anything because I know you are also reliable when it comes to fighting." Jake began.
Hearing that Jake didn't pick Alex because of his strength, Peter quickly relaxed back in his seat to listen to Jake's reasons.
"The reason I picked Alex is because he is smart and always keeps a cool head in every single situation which will be helpful in any tough challenge. Whereas you Peter, you are quit hot headed sorry to say." Jake said.
Peter just scoffed and didn't reply anymore as he could see that Jake's reasoning was right.
"The rest of you, when we leave, I want you all to be on standby. Try to get to their base as soon as possible and wait for further information. I want you to remain on standby just in case things go south and then we can hit them hard."
"So are we in? Does everybody understand?" Jake asked placing his hand forward with his palm facing upward.
"In!" Helen said as she quickly placed her hands on Jake's then Berg followed suit, so did Peter, Alex and finally, Steve placed his hand and then they all smiled.
Immediately they disengaged their hands, right on cue, a man was seen walking into the bar. Steve quickly spotted him and could see the level of authority he commanded and the air of authority around him.
"Guys, I think he's here." Steve said.
Jake didn't waste any time as he quickly equipped his mask while Alex hurriedly put on his mask and the rest left the table.
The man finally spotted Jake's table and headed over there. Seeing the ridiculous mask, the man knew that this was the person he was to pick up.
"Werewolf Slayer, I'm here to pick you up for the meeting." The man said with a frown on his face.
"Let's go." Jake said as he stood up and walked towards the door with Alex following closely behind him.
'How arrogant! If it wasn't because I was cautious about the rumour of him going toe to toe with a Beta Werewolf, I would have put him in his place.' The man scoffed as he briskly walked towards the door.
The others that were in another table, on seeing the man leave, they waited a little bit more.
"Alright, let's go." Peter said and they all left the place together.
Immediately Jake and Alex had left the inn, they could see a familiar vehicle in front of them; The Aeroglide.
"That's our ride." The man smiled. "I'm sure the Fang hunters do not have this type of ride back at their base."
Jake and Alex didn't deem it necessary to reply as they walked towards the door and took their seats waiting for the man to start the Aeroglide.
'How arrogant can they be? Can't they just accept that we are better than them?' The man thought in frustration as he went to take his seat.
'I can't believe that a B rank adventurer like me has been reduced to a driver for these arrogant fools.' The man thought as he started the Aeroglide and then it slowly rose up to the air and then in a flash, it took off heading to their destination.
Jake and Alex watched the Aeroglide weave past all the buildings, even the tall ones as it flew at tremendous speed. The journey that would have taken them hours to cover, they were sure they will cover it in a few minutes.
And they were right as ten minutes later, they could see the Aeroglide heading towards a mansion like building that stood tall among the other buildings that surrounded it.
The Aeroglide slowly descended and they all got off. Jake could now see dozens of adventurers each with their different weapons surrounding the whole building.
Jake didn't waste time in casting his inspect skill on each and everyone of the adventurers and he could see their adventurer ranks. The majority of them all were C rank adventurers making Jake breathe a sigh of relief as he and Alex had nothing to worry about.
The B rank adventurer headed towards the gate then the building while signalling for Jake and Alex to follow suit. Entering into the building, they could see that the place was quite huge and grand.
And they also noticed that there were adventurers scattered around either chatting or just walking around.
'How many men do the Iron Fist Guild even have? I could have sworn that I had counted at least fifty men so far.' Jake thought looking at every one of them.
That was when they saw the B rank adventurer take the stairs so they followed suit while ascending higher and higher until they stood in front of a wide hallway with a huge double doors a few feet away from them.
Immediately the B rank adventurer stood in front of the door, he gave it a gentle knock.
"I have brought you your guests sir."
"Let them come in." A loud voice could be heard coming from inside.
And Jake didn't hesitate to push the door open as he and Alex walked in and then the door closed behind them loudly. That was when the whole room lit up and they could see a dozen men standing around with a man sitting down on a throne like chair with a round table in front of him.
Out of the dozen men, six of them were calmly seated on the chairs around the table while two chairs were left empty for the supposed guest.
The room looked big enough to fit at least a mini football pitch in it.
"Isn't this too much for just a meeting?" Jake asked with his voice slightly altered making it sound deeper and menacing.
"Are you nervous? Is the great werewolf slayer nervous?" The man sitting down on the throne like chair who had a bandana on his head with his beard neatly trimmed asked.
This man was the second in command to the Iron Fist Guild leader and he went by the name of Clark. Clark was a strong A rank adventurer who struggled before he could stand beside Blip.
"Ha! Nervous? Why would I be nervous? Let me tell you something, in order to be able to even restrain me, you would need the whole of your guild to put me down." Jake smiled as he took his seat calmly while Alex did the same.
Immediately Jake sat down, he immediately noticed something was off and he decided to communicate with Alex privately with the use of the system.
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{Yeah I did. Immediately we entered, I have been trying to contact them and am unable to.} Alex replied.
{That means they have something that blocks off communication to the outside. Which means we are alone now and we wouldn't be able to ask for help from the rest.}