Is this really a Game?!

"We just can\'t afford to let them catch us off guard, not for a moment."

The mercenary leaders nodded in agreement, understanding the importance of their decision. They would definitely feel more comfortable if they went back to deal with those 5 right away, but they also understood that it could potentially make the following attack more difficult as the enemy might notice that something was out of place.

They quickly formulated a plan, assigning the three who would stay behind and confront the enemy when they returned. Out of the three, two were members of the mercenary leaders and the third person was Greenie.

Greenie would be in charge of attacking the true Tier VI leader while the two leaders would have to deal with the fakes, which shouldn\'t be too difficult since they would be the ones with the element of surprise on their side.

They waited for the tunnel to move, and as it did, they were all tense. They had to quickly get to where the enemy base was before the enemy was able to start with their plan and attack the mercenary camp, causing lives to be lost.

Luckily, they knew that the enemy would only move when the tunnel stopped moving, which was when the passageways would appear.

They got out of the tunnel and then started walking toward the other side of the large chamber while the mercenary leaders were staring around. This chamber was even more advanced than the previous one, and even though they were all on the edge and were in a hurry to get to the base and start the battle, they couldn\'t keep their eyes away from the mechanisms and gears that were present here.

It took them a short couple of minutes to get to the end and reach the wall where the runes were engraved. Laura quickly moved, drawing the runes in front of her and activating the ones that were engraved on the wall to show the passage before doing the same on the other side and closing the entrance so that the 5 who had just left wouldn\'t notice anything.

Upon entering the huge chamber where the enemy base was located, the first thing that they did was create 2 small openings in the walls of the tunnel leading to it.

Greenie would go into one of the openings, while the two mercenary leaders would go to the other opening opposite the one Greenie was in.

That way, the five enemy combatants wouldn\'t be able to see them, and thanks to the fact they would definitely be hurrying back after noticing that there was a battle going on in the base, they would definitely not be expecting someone to attack them in the tunnel, especially since they had already gone through it before crossing the other chamber and passing through the large tunnel.

They would definitely think that whoever was attacking had attacked from some other place, perhaps the enemy had somehow managed to dig their way to their base, or perhaps they found a tunnel that they had not noticed before.

Reign and the others were certain that the enemy wouldn\'t think they had just passed next to them without being noticed and had arrived at their base so easily, which was exactly what happened.

"Alright, we will go closer to the base now." Reign told Greenie and the two mercenaries who nodded their heads and suppressed their auras and presence to their limit while waiting for the enemy to come.

Reign and the others made their way to the base, walking toward the spot of the array that was weaker than the rest in order to attack it and breakthrough as quickly as possible, but first, they would need to send Elijah the signal.

Reign took a piece of paper and wrote something on it before placing it inside the shared inventory so that Elijah could take it.

Elijah saw it almost the same instant it was placed inside and took it out before nodding his head and taking a deep breath. He put on the robe and hood of one of the fake Tier VI combatants that had been killed during the previous battle the group had against the enemy faction and walked forward.

Just as it was in the memories of the fake Tier VI, upon getting close to the base, the guards first got apprehensive when seeing a figure approaching them, but after noticing the robe and hood, they quickly calmed down and merely stood straight, not even daring stare at Elijah.

He easily got inside and made his way toward the portal. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary for the guards and the other people who were present in the base, this kind of thing had happened multiple times in the past.

The hooded people were allowed to enter and exit the base whenever they wished, nobody would even try to stop them for anything.

As Elijah got close to the central building, he got a bit nervous. There were arrays in place around the building, and even though the arrays weren\'t supposed to find anything out of place with him thanks to the core, he was still a bit apprehensive about the entire thing.

What if something went wrong and the arrays do activate upon sensing him?

Would the portal close immediately after that?

Would he have to quickly notify Reign and the others of what happened, and how would it affect their mission?

Would the enemy combatants attack him right away?

Many thoughts were swirling inside his head, and he was clutching a piece of paper that was inside his robes, a piece where it was written that the \'gift\' had been delivered.

He would send that to the shared inventory the instant he threw the gift inside the portal, and that would be a sign for Reign and the others to attack.

As he stepped in the arrays that were placed all around the central building, the tension that Elijah was feeling reached its peak as some sweat dripped down his nose and his body tensed up as he got ready to be attacked and fight back against the enemy combatants.

That, however, didn\'t happen.

Nobody attacked him, the arrays didn\'t activate, and they were still the same as they were before.

Everything was going just as they planned, there was nothing out of place.

Elijah walked forward, his steps seemingly light and calm, but he was still feeling pressure inside of him. After all, even if the enemy was not attacking him right now, even if the arrays were recognizing him as one of the members of the faction, the moment he threw the \'gift\' inside the portal, that would change.

To be more exact, the moment the gift was activated, things would change.

He got near the portal, and upon sensing him, the portal started working while he walked closer and closer to it, the guards who were present not paying any attention to him as they had seen the same sight many times in the past.

Right as Elijah got in front of the portal and was supposed to step inside, he suddenly stopped, and something appeared in his right hand.

It was a large sack, one almost as large as a regular person.

Before the guards could even comprehend what was going on, Elijah suddenly pulled his arm back before throwing the large sack with full force, sending it flying into the portal and disappearing in an instant.

He then placed the piece of paper inside the shared inventory so Reign could know that it was done and bolted out of the central building in order not to be attacked when the arrays activated.

The groups waiting outside of the side base had been observing him, and upon seeing him do what he had done, they all charged at the base, aware that the plan was now in motion.

Reign had gotten the note that Elijah placed in the inventory and nodded at the others. They all grabbed their weapons and started channeling their mana, getting ready to hit the array in front of them with full force and break through it as quickly as possible.

As for the main base of the enemy faction, they were all very surprised by the sack that flew in through the portal, zooming past the people near it.

The reason Elijah threw it with full force was because he had activated it the moment he threw the sack, and the gift would \'activate\' a mere second later. In order to make it as effective as it could be, he had to throw it with such force.