Although the entry into the hunting ground was random, the Quincy in Candice's area were fairly concentrated.
Under Sergeant Major Lita's initiative, the small team quickly expanded, soon gathering more than ten Quincy.
But as the number of people grew, figuring out how to share the points became a problem.
With everyone's cooperation, Candice cleanly killed a Gillian-class Menos.
Before she could celebrate, a Quincy named Rona, who was usually on good terms with her, came over and whispered:
"Candice, the others have a problem with you."
"Hmm..." Candice glanced around and realized that the others were indeed looking at her with unfriendly eyes.
The way they shared points right now was simple: whoever got the kill got the points.
This was great for Candice.
Her lightning strikes were faster than everyone else's Heilig Pfeil, making it very easy to steal kills.
With so many Quincy, even a Gillian Menos could only be prey.
They had killed a total of thirteen Menos, and she had taken the points for eight of them.
Sergeant Major Lita, who was good at reading people, had long sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, but she pretended not to see. This was because the points for the other four Menos had been taken by her.
The two of them had eaten up most of the share, with only one Menos's points falling into someone else's pocket!
The other Quincy were clearly not going to accept this.
Even after noticing how the group felt, Lita had no plans to change how the points were shared. With Candice — who had the most kills — taking all the attacks, Lita was fine just taking advantage of it.
"I didn't see you trying that hard before, but you're real quick when it's time to grab points, lightning girl!" one of the angry Quincy said, not able to hold it in anymore.
"What did you say!" Candice wasn't good-tempered either and immediately shot back, "When did I not put in any effort! Are you blind?"
"You've taken way too many points! Eight all by yourself!"
"Yeah, we put in the effort too, but we didn't get a single point. It's not fair at all!"
Many people backed up the hot-tempered Quincy, but even more chose to just watch from the side for now.
The Quincy who had chosen to enter in the first batch were mostly confident in their own strength.
Many of them could even defeat a Gillian-class Menos on their own.
But that was only if they were one-on-one.
There were too many Menos in the hunting ground, and their roars would attract even more. Fighting alone was very dangerous, which was why they had gathered.
They were confident in their own strength, so no one had objected when Lita had set the rules. They all thought they would be able to get points.
But the result was that most of the points had fallen into Candice's pocket.
Her lightning ability gave her a huge advantage. A Quincy whose Heilig Pfeil was faster than her lightning wouldn't be in this group. The others simply couldn't compete with her.
Seeing that the team was about to fall apart, Sergeant Major Lita came out to say a few "fair words":
"The current way we're splitting points is indeed a bit unfair. How about this... from now on, we'll take turns getting the points from the Menos we hunt. After all, everyone has contributed."
Lita decided to quit while she was ahead.
She had already gotten a lot of points by riding Candice's coattails. Even if they shared evenly from now on, she would still be one of the top scorers.
According to the rules, the higher your score, the earlier you could leave. With everyone sharing, if others wanted to leave, they would have to give their points to her first.
"Then let's start with this Menos... Candice, you transfer your points from this one to Collins."
Lita looked at Candice, signaling her to give up the points she had just earned to calm everyone down.
Candice's face darkened, and her fists clenched.
The rules were set. She had earned these points with her own ability. And now she was being asked to spit out what she had eaten!
However, she was now the target for everyone. If a fight broke out, she would be the one to lose.
Candice held herself back.
"She really is up to no good!"
Candice was very competitive, but she wasn't stupid. The group's reaction made her realize that Lita was using her to take the heat.
If not for the fact that she couldn't fight alone, she would never have teamed up with this bitch Sergeant Major who was always tripping her up.
Candice was very unwilling. It wasn't about this one point, but the thought of Lita's ugly, hypocritical face made her sick.
"If I just give up the points, the person who gets them will probably just think that bitch got it for them!"
"I get to be the villain, and she gets to be the good guy. How disgusting!"
A thought suddenly flashed through Candice's mind.
She looked around at the group and said to everyone:
"Sharing evenly is fine. But the first rules were agreed upon by everyone. The points I took are mine!"
"However, for the sake of long-term cooperation, I'm not against giving up some points!"
"Sergeant Major Lita also got a lot of points with her 'Gale Arrows'!"
"How about this... however many points Sergeant Major Lita gives up, I'll give up the same amount!"
"Even if she gives up four points, I'm willing to give up four too!"
The corner of Candice's mouth turned up slightly. She chose to drag Lita down with her.
No matter how many points Lita chose to give up, Candice would still have more than the others. In this team, she would still be the one who could leave the hunting ground first.
With the points being shared evenly after this, if others wanted to leave, they would have to boost her score first.
"Yeah, Sergeant Major Lita also took a lot of points. It's only fair if she gives some up..."
"Indeed, she got a lot of points thanks to her spiritual tool!"
Candice's proposal quickly got the support of the others. Many who had previously supported Lita now turned to look at her.
It wasn't that no one had noticed Lita had also taken a lot of points.
But this team had been gathered by her in name. With no one to take the lead, they had all chosen to remain silent.
Now that Candice had brought the matter up, those who were eyeing Lita's points naturally put her on the spot.
"This woman is so nasty!"
Lita's face changed drastically. She saw through Candice's intention, but the fire was already burning her. She had to pay a price to get through this.
"When did this brainless bimbo get so smart..."
Lita felt that Candice was becoming more and more unfamiliar.
In her impression, Candice was not good at using her brain to solve problems.
No matter how shocked or angry Lita was, this problem had to be solved. She forced a stiff smile and said, "Everyone has contributed a lot. I am willing to give up one point to be distributed to everyone. I hope we can continue to work together..."
"One point is too little!"
"You two are so far ahead, and you're only giving up one point?"
When Lita chose to give in, the crowd immediately saw her weakness.
When they realized that her standing in the team was not high, they wanted to press for more.
"Don't forget, I was the one who pulled this team together!"
Lita's face became very ugly. If she hadn't been separated from her subordinates, she wouldn't have had to team up with these people and take this.
"One point is too little. If Sergeant Major Lita is willing to give up three points, I'm willing to give up three too."
Candice continued to fan the flames.
"One point is too little!"
"If that's the case, we'd better just go our separate ways!"
If the two of them gave up six points, then a small half of the people here could get a share. The others quickly backed Candice up.
"Two points! I'll give up two at most!"
Seeing that the crowd would not let it go, Lita had no choice but to give in more.
But this was her limit.
She had to make sure she stayed ahead of the others.
Under the rule that the first to get the most points leaves first, this team would inevitably get smaller. The later one left, the more danger they would have to face.
One less point now meant one more point of danger later.
The Quincy agreed to the new plan.
They didn't push Lita too hard either. After all, besides their small team, there were probably other Quincy teaming up to kill Hollows. Continuing to cooperate was the most important thing.
Candice chose to give her two points to Rona, who was on good terms with her, and to another Quincy who had made Lita look bad.
"Using my brain every once in a while isn't so bad!" Seeing Lita's ugly expression, Candice couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction.
...
The hunting ground designed by Haschwalth had a two-layer structure.
The place where the participants entered was the first layer.
The second layer was actually a Menos prison.
A large number of Menos were imprisoned here.
When the number of Menos on the first layer decreased, the soldiers on standby on the second layer would release more to add to their numbers.
"The number of Menos has decreased by 31. It's time to add more."
"These people are quite strong. It seems many of them will be promoted. Let's release 50 for now."
The soldiers were monitoring the number of Menos in the hunting ground.
All the Menos were marked, and the control room could monitor their status at any time.
"The launcher seems to be not working. I'll go check it."
The soldier pressed the launch button. A cage containing a Menos was supposed to be sent into the hunting ground, but when he pressed it, there was no reaction.
The soldier left the control room and went to the holding area.
There were huge cages here. The floor beneath them was movable. As long as the launch button was pressed in the control room, the floor would open, and the cages would be dropped into the hunting ground.
That was how it was supposed to work.
But the scene before him made his blood run cold.
"The cage... is broken!!!"
However, he soon found that there were no Menos wandering outside the broken cage.
There were, however, some Menos corpses lying on the ground.
Boom—
A firelight flared up ahead. It seemed someone was fighting.
And he could hear conversation, though he couldn't make it out clearly.
"Are those Quincy fighting?" The soldier swallowed, and his curiosity drove him to take a few more steps.
As he got closer, he could hear the conversation.
"You killed Ishida?"
"I just let him rest in a quiet place."
"You must have heard the rumors in the Sternritter... all these things you've done... it's all to let the power return to him... Answer me! Haschwalth!"
"The Grandmaster is here?" The soldier was shocked when he heard the name.
The next moment, a reishi arrow pierced through his head.
The shocked expression on his face froze, and he slowly fell backward.
"No one can stop His Majesty's revival,"
Haschwalth withdrew his hand and said calmly.
"You're becoming more and more cruel."
Bazz-B glanced at the fallen soldier, then quickly turned his head back to glare at Haschwalth.
"If this matter gets out, it will only cause unnecessary worry among the soldiers."
There was not a trace of emotion in Haschwalth's eyes, as if he were just a machine.
"Heh, what's there to worry about when everyone is dead?" Bazz-B mocked.
The Sternritter were the core members of the Wandenreich. They were not completely ignorant of Yhwach's abilities.
Some of the older Quincy had even received his "gift" before.
Therefore, some of them had seen some clues in Haschwalth's actions.
The Quincy who died in the human world, and those who were about to die, would all become the foundation for the king's revival.
Bazz-B was not a particularly kind person, but he couldn't just stand by and watch this inhumane plan to slaughter his own kind.
Therefore, he had made a move.
He would personally stop this massacre.
Bazz-B had destroyed the deployment system here. The trapdoors on the floor were now useless, and the soldier in the control room could not add more Menos.
Next, he only needed to eliminate the Menos here, and Haschwalth's plan would be completely ruined.
Unfortunately, he hadn't been at it for long before Haschwalth had rushed over from Silbern to stop him.
"We don't need to sacrifice all of them. Just a part is enough to awaken His Majesty."
Haschwalth rarely revealed so much inside information to Bazz-B.
"Your expression makes me want to puke up last night's dinner."
Bazz-B found Haschwalth's calm eyes extremely grating. He snapped his right fingers, and fire flowed at his fingertips.
The fire lunged at Haschwalth, but he split it in two with his sword.
"I was just bluffing. I've actually seen Ishida. Why don't you guess where he is now?"
Bazz-B laughed loudly, and the flames in his hands condensed into a pillar and shot towards Haschwalth.
"No one can stop His Majesty's revival."
Haschwalth calmly dodged the flame pillar and answered Bazz-B's question, showing no intention of finding out where Sōken Ishida was.
"Is that all you can say, pointless nonsense?"
Bazz-B was bored by Haschwalth's unresponsiveness, and his desire to question him had faded.
"I still have to speak with my fists. After I beat you to a pulp, let's see if you're still so tight-lipped!"
A great firelight flared from Bazz-B's body, and the surging flames rapidly spread outwards.
The flames in the prison grew stronger and stronger.
Bazz-B, wreathed in flames, was like a god of fire descending.
The space for Haschwalth to dodge was getting smaller and smaller.
"Haschwalth, I am stronger than you now!"
Ever since coming to the Wandenreich, Bazz-B had trained hard every day, just so he could defeat Haschwalth again.
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