Chapter 245: New Identity
The Raven city was being rebuilt and everything were being set in place while a recruiting barracks was built for new adventurers to come in.
Jake had gone over there to oversee how the recruitment process was going and in the process got into a duel with one of the recruits.
After passing the man, a messenger came to deliver a news to Berg which made them uneasy.
"An army is heading our way and miss Helen asked me to inform you all as this attack is from one of the other guilds." The man said.
"An army?" Jake asked the messenger who looked Jake over from head to toe wondering who he was.
But since Berg didn't say anything, the messenger thought the man was quite important.
"Yes, an army. And it's coming from one of the guilds." The messenger replied.
"Is it from any guild we should worry about?" Steve asked.
"Not really. But considering our current size and strength, it's going to be difficult." The Messenger said.
"Which guild is attacking us?" Berg asked.
"The Viper's nest." The messenger replied.
'Viper's nest?' Jake thought. 'Isn't it the guild which Jack told me were on the number fourth position of the strongest independent Guilds?'
"How many men?" Jake asked.
"About six hundred men."
Steve was seen panicking as he didn't know what to do. The city currently just had two hundred adventurers defending it and they needed more if they were going to defend the city.
Jake calmly looked over at Berg. "Is my mask ready?"
"Yes." Berg replied.
"Where are Alex and Peter?" Jake asked again.
"Working on some things." Steve replied.
Jake then turned towards the messenger again. "Where are the army coming from?"
"From the west."
"Alright." Jake said as he looked at Steve.
"Send Alex and Peter over there now and also out of the two hundred men in the city, send a hundred and leave the rest to defend the city." Jake ordered.
"Got it." Steve replied.
"And also, Steve continue the recruiting process like normal while Berg, you are with me. Let's go!" Jake said as he ran towards where the supposed army were with Berg behind him.
'Who the hell is this guy? He is able to order Berg and Steve around like they are beneath him and they obey him like he is important. Who is he? Is he the werewolf slayer?' The messenger thought as he could see Jake's back off in the distance.
'Nahh! That's absurd.' The messenger chuckled quietly.
Meanwhile, Steve got to work by continuing the recruiting process like normal after sending the messenger to go inform Helen of everything Jake had ordered.
Meanwhile, Jake and Berg were still running to the west where the army were supposed to be with Berg trailing behind him. They passed the city and the people who were happily walking around unaware of the impending danger looming over them.
"Jake, will we be able to do this alone?" Berg asked.
"No! I'm not overconfident to think just the two of us can hold off six hundred men on our own. But I will try my best to delay them as much as possible for Alex and the rest to arrive." Jake said as they passed through a forest like area.
Jake kept running as fast as possible putting his eighty points of agility to good use while Berg had to use his Qi on his feet to even be able to keep up with Jake.
'Not only does he have immense amount of strength, he also has some monstrous speed. He is truly the one who will help us in this perilous war against the werewolves.' Berg thought watching Jake's black curly hair flow in the wind as he ran faster.
They finally passed through the forest area and they were now in a more open area with sand all around like some sort of desert area with no single trees in sight.
Just sand and more sand in the distance.
"This is the west side." Berg said slowly panting as his chest burned in pain from minutes of running.
It wasn't the running that got him tired, it was trying to catch up with Jake that got him tired.
"But I can't see anything." Berg said looking around.
"They are coming, I can hear them off in the distance." Jake said looking straight ahead.
"Really? How? Because I can't hear anything." Berg said.
"Focus your Qi to your ears." Jake said as he stretched a bit.
Berg did as Jake said and he could finally hear the hundreds of footsteps heading their way with a steady pounding rhythm.
"Yup, I can hear them and they are pretty much many." Berg said while gulping loudly.
Finally, the men could be seen slowly matching through the sand with their weapons drawn.
And finally, the men stood several metres away from Jake and Berg as they stared at them weirdly. Then a man who seemingly looked like the leader of the army stepped forward with a stern look on his face.
And he had a mohawk haircut on his head which was tinted color yellow making it shine brightly in the sun. The man wore a leather jacket on his body with black leather gloves on his hand.
The man certainly didn't look like a fighter as he seemed more like a gangster of the old.
"Who are you both?" The man asked.
"I don't think there's any need for introduction." Jake said with his arms folded.
"Oh there is, I want to know who are foolish enough to come out here boldly to try a stop an army of six hundred men all by themselves." The man said.
Jake just sighed and looked at the man. Then he unfolded his arms and laid out his palm towards Berg who handed something over to him then it disappeared from his palm instantly.
"Over the months, I have adapted several identities either from playing games or saving people." Jake said with a smile on his face.
"But there's one identity and name I like the most." He said and a metal mask immediately appeared on his face.
This mask was different from the one Jake always wore as it looked like it was designed from someone's nightmare.
On the body of the mask, it was coloured red and with tints of black while the head of the mask had little horns designed on it with fangs also designed on the bottom part making Jake look like a demon.
"I would call myself the devil that will haunt, torment, torture and finally kill you all!" Jake declared.