System's POV
chapter-281

Taiga and Kane were in a sorry state after the two of them had tried to stand up to the Unicorn when he demanded that all the teenage girls should follow him to the First Island.

The Unicorn, Albion, seriously injured them on purpose, wanting to set an example to deter the other Wanderers from fighting against him.

Truth be told, none of the Wanderers dared to fight against a Rank 8 Sovereign to begin with.

Only Taiga and Kane were foolish enough to do such a thing because they didn't want the monster to take Shasha under their noses without a fight.

Fortunately, Albion had no intention of killing them, so once the two of them were neutralized, he stopped attacking.

Poca was injured because she had also attacked the Unicorn at the same time the two teenagers attacked him.

Albion only snorted and unleashed a powerful shock wave, blowing them away and leaving them with internal injuries.

"The two of you are stupid," Thirteen commented as he looked at the two individuals who were lying on their bedrolls inside the cave. "Imagine facing off against a Rank 8 Sovereign? Couldn't be me."

Taiga wanted to argue that the ten-year-old had faced a Majin Prince when he was just seven years old. But since he was in pain, he decided that arguing wasn't worth it.

"Okay, drink up," Thirteen said as he uncorked a vial of healing potion from his storage ring and made the two teenagers drink it.

Although he was saying bad things about the two, he couldn't help but give the two of them some brownie points for trying to protect his sister, despite the Unicorn being several times stronger than them.

But just as he was about to pour the potion into their mouths, the two closed them tightly, making Thirteen frown.

"What are the two of you doing?" Thirteen asked. "I still have to go to the First Island. If you don't drink up now, I'll ask Tiona to bite you so you can't run."

"C-Can't we have some kind of reward or something?" Taiga asked.

"T-That's right," Kane stated. "For example, we would recover faster if it was Shasha who made us drink this potion. Of course, I am happy that you are doing this for me, Brother. But at times like this, a reward should be in order, no?"

Thirteen looked at the two bastards in disdain. He was very tempted to pour the healing potion on their faces to make them understand their current circumstances.

However, a soft and gentle voice spoke beside him, stopping him from executing his plan.

"Let me do it, Brother," Shasha said.

"Are you sure?" Thirteen asked.

"Yes," Shasha replied. "They tried to protect us earlier, so this is the least I can do for them."

"They didn't protect all of you. They just protected you."

"Even if that's true, they still got hurt because of me. So, let me do this, Zion."

Seeing that she was serious, the younger boy sighed and handed the Healing Potions to his sister.

"I'll be outside," Thirteen stood up. "Come out once you're done."

"Mmm." Shasha nodded.

Taiga and Kane were overcome with happiness to the point of being teary-eyed.

Thirteen looked down on the two fools in disdain, but he no longer said anything and walked out of the cave.

A few minutes later, Shasha appeared behind him.

"It's done, Brother," Shasha reported before hugging Thirteen from behind.

"Good job," Thirteen replied. "Those two are such a handful, but I'm glad that they didn't die."

"Mmm." Shasha nodded.

"Shasha, I'll be leaving for the First Island," Thirteen stated. "It might take me a few days to bring everyone here, so tell Uncle Boo that I'll be back as soon as I can be."

"Understood," Shasha replied. "Be safe, Brother."

"Mmm." Thirteen nodded.

After giving his subordinates some healing potions and slathering their injuries with a healing balm, Thirteen left with Blacky to go to the first Island.

Since Poca was still recovering from her injuries, the boy asked Vassago to stay on the Second Island and scout its surroundings for any other possible dangers.

Giga, Rocky, Hercules, the Ogres, and the Trolls also stayed put because they didn't want the same thing to happen again.

The Unicorn appeared after they all left to hunt along the outer edges of the Second Island. This was also like why Rocky took some time to track Albion down, and start their rescue operation.

Fortunately, they managed to find them before the girls were taken to the First Island.

They only managed to stand their ground against a Rank 8 Sovereign due to two reasons.

The first one was the strategy that Thirteen had devised, which ensured that none of his subordinates would die.

For this strategy to take effect, Rocky would remain underground and forcefully teleport his comrades inside his mobile fortress to prevent them from dying.

The Magma Bal-Boa had already upgraded his Mobile Fortress, allowing him to instantly take those whom he deemed as his allies in or out of the space.

After hunting many strong monsters with Thirteen, they had refined this strategy to the extreme, making it seem like Giga, Blacky, Hercules, the Ogres, and the Trolls could teleport in and out of the battlefield.

This was also what gave Albion a hard time.

Unlike his usual battle, he was no longer the only one disappearing in place. His targets were doing the same, making it so he was unable to land a direct hit on their bodies.

The second reason was that they had hunted a Unicorn in the past, so they were already aware of what their enemy was capable of doing.

After undergoing many life and death battles, their fighting abilities had grown greater than normal monsters.

They were the team that Thirteen planned to nurture so that he could bring down stronger opponents and farm Apocalypse Points en masse to unlock the next layers of the Treasury of the Apocalypse.

When he arrived at the First Island, Thirteen went to meet with Raon as fast as he could and told him that the Unicorn wouldn't be returning for a while.

Although Raon was half in doubt, he believed that Zion wouldn't lie about something important.

Because of this, he and a few Wanderers followed the ten-year-

old, who led them to the First Pyramid to share the news to his sister, Rio.

As they were making their way to their destination, Thirteen told them that he planned to bring them all to the Second Island, where all the Wanderers in the Arcadia Archipelago were gathering.

He didn't want to explain the story more than once, so he planned to tell everyone what he knew when all of the Wanderers were gathered in one place.

Rio and the other teenage girls were surprised when Thirteen said that the Unicorn was no longer a threat to any of them.

Of course, they didn't believe him at first, but after some convincing, the younger boy managed to get them to agree to come to the Second Island with him.

His ship was already docked near the beach. This time, only three Troll Shamans were manning it because the rest remained behind to protect Shasha and the others.

The ship was big enough to house everyone, and their journey back was smooth sailing.

Five days later, all the Wanderers from the First and Fourth Islands had gathered, and that was also when Thirteen gave his speech and told everyone the death-defying acts that they would need to perform in order for them to go back home to Pangea.