System's POV
chapter-453

After receiving a tongue lashing that made every member of the Hero Party's cheeks burn, Thirteen scoffed before asking Rianna to put on a Neuro-Link Helmet, so that the two of them could fight the Three-Horned Minotaur together.

Rianna, who was laughing at everyone earlier, suddenly became pale as if she had been chosen for execution.

"Um, Zion, I don't think…"

"Wear the Neuro-Linker, Rianna. Let's teach these noobs how it's done. We'll show them the power of love and friendship."

"…"

Thirteen shuddered after saying those cringy words, but he needed to convince Rianna to fight alongside him against the Minotaur.

The reason for this was simple.

Rianna still had a lot of room to grow, and the only reason why she wasn't able to utilize her talents was due to the fact that she had not faced a truly powerful opponent with her back against a wall.

Sometimes, a person could only grow stronger if the pressure was enough to crush them.

Those who were able to overcome it would have a completely different world view, and he wanted to teach one of his first friends that he met in Solterra that there are many ways to defeat an opponent that was stronger than them.

"Go on, Sister," Shana, who had also been laughed at by her sister, said with a smile. "You always told me that you're strong, right? This is the perfect opportunity to prove that."

"That's right, Miss Rianna. If we've suffered, it's only normal if everyone else suffers as well, right?" Erica stated.

"It's not like we want you to die a horrible death or something, so don't get the wrong idea, okay, Miss Rianna?" Mildred commented.

"Big Sis, it's time to show your guts!" Derek stated. "We won't mind seeing your guts spill out from your body, you know?"

The corner of Rianna's lips twitched a few times because the bastards were looking at her like a pig that was about to be slaughtered.

Clearly, they wanted Rianna to suffer just like them, which made the entire Hero Party pressure her into wearing the Neuro-Link that Remi had handed to her.

"Fine!" Rianna, who could no longer take their taunts, placed the Neuro-Link on her head. "I'll show you how it's done. Watch and learn, kids. This is how you beat a Rank 5 Overlord."

Rianna then lay down on the yoga mat beside Thirteen, and activated the Neuro-Link.

When he appeared at the battleground, she hurriedly walked towards Thirteen and whispered in his ear, so that the spectators watching them on the screen wouldn't be able to hear what they're saying.

"What's the plan?" Rianna asked.

"There's only one plan," Thirteen replied. "Rianna, all you need to do is…"

Rianna listened seriously to Zion's words.

At first her face was still calm before it was replaced by shock and disbelief.

"Are you serious?" Rianna asked.

"Very serious," Thirteen replied.

"I just have to do that?"

"You just have to do that."

The Hero Party, who was watching on the screen, didn't understand what "do that" means. However, they didn't care.

They just want to see Zion and Rianna get brutally murdered by the Three-Horned Minotaur, which would make them feel a lot better.

Especially after the one-sided nagging that they received from the Supreme Commander of the Alliance.

Remi had complete faith in her brother, but she still asked Uncle Boo and Albion to take Rhia out of the Training Room, so she wouldn't have to see something bloody again.

Rhia obeyed her sister, and went to look for her Mama and Papa, who were currently watching television together in the living room.

The moment the countdown timer started for the Monster Hunting to begin, Derek took out a bag of potato chips from his storage ring and started eating.

He wanted to see how his Master would deal with the Three-Horned Minotaur, especially after everything that he had said.

Although he didn't mind that Thirteen would lose because he was only a Rookie, something was telling him that he should pay close attention to his Master, and see what tricks he had hidden up his sleeves.

When the time reached zero, Rianna immediately charged at the monster and shouted.

"Come at me, you stupid cow!"

Although she was a Ranger, and didn't have any taunting abilities, her words were enough to trigger the Minotaur's anger, making her its first priority.

The monster database was compiled using real monster data.

Because of this, Monsters would react to certain stimulations that were within the acceptable threshold of their personalities.

The Monster attacked Rianna, but the latter had no intention of fighting it.

Thirteen only gave the young lady two orders.

The first one was to get the Monster's attention.

The second was to run and escape using every means necessary.

Yes, Rianna's goal wasn't to fight the monster.

Her main purpose was to only cause a distraction, and make the monster chase her towards Zion.

Thirteen, who had been waiting for the Monster to come to him, pulled back the arrow that was nocked on its bow.

When the Minotaur finally came within striking range, he immediately released the string, sending it flying.

However, as soon as the arrow took flight, Thirteen once again nocked another arrow, and fired it in quick succession.

Mildred, who was the archer of the Hero's Party narrowed her eyes after seeing Thirteen's quick reload and quick release technique.

The first arrow flew low, making Mildred think that Zion had targeted the Monster's chest.

However, the second arrow that Thirteen launched flew faster than the first, and hit the first arrow's tail briefly.

This caused the first arrow's momentum to shift, making it fly upwards, towards the Minotaur's eye.

The monster raised its Axe on instinct to block the arrow, which it did successfully.

Feeling that the threat had been eliminated, it lowered its Axe, and shifted its attention to the teenage boy, who was aiming at him from a distance.

But, the moment the Axe was lowered, an arrow collided with its left eye making it cry out in pain.

A second later, the second arrow pierced the monster's right eye, blinding it completely.

"Impossible!" Mildred, who saw this happen, couldn't believe what she was seeing.

As an Archer, aiming for the eye was something that she also did during the battle.

However, whenever she tried to do it on the Minotaur, the latter would block it completely.

When she saw the Minotaur block Thirteen's first arrow, she felt like saying "Been there, done that", as a way to make herself feel better.

But, what happened next had caught her by surprise.

The two arrows that the teenage boy fired at a later time managed to hit the monster's eyes, which was something that she wasn't able to do.

"I knew it," Derek muttered. "Master is predicting the enemy's next move, and acting accordingly to counter it."

Remi smiled because that was indeed what her brother was doing.

Extremely accurate calculations with extremely rare margin for errors.

That was what her brother was capable of doing.

Even before he became a Rookie, Thirteen was already doing this to his enemies.

Now that he was Rookie, and even had the strength comparable to a Master, the load that his brain could take during these extremely detailed calculations was within tolerable levels.

Despite the monster being blinded, Thirteen didn't hesitate and shoot one arrow after the other.

These arrows flew towards the Monster's mouth, nostrils, and ears, making the members of the Hero Party, especially Mildred, look at the teenage boy as if they was looking at one of those ancient martial arts experts, who first fought against the Jinns and Majins before the first Rookies ever came to being.