At the same time, Fade, Joey, and Alicia were busy collecting herbs in the field on the island. All three of them were completely oblivious as to what was happening outside.
They finally finished picking all the herbs fifteen minutes later.
Looking around, Saimus had already left. The two heavily injured Jaston and Mina had retreated with their other team members.
"We have collected quite a harvest from this herb farm. I'm sure our final ranking will be pretty high," Alicia said with a laugh.
Fade nodded and replied, "If we push the ranking aside, we'll still be rich after selling these herbs."
Just as the three of them were about to leave the farm and find a safer place to hide...
Out of nowhere, a man's faint voice echoed out from behind them.
"Wait a minute!"
The sound was so sudden and so light that one would think that it was from a supernatural creature. The owner of the voice seemed to have appeared behind them from thin air. It was as if he was only inches away from them, whispering into their ear.
Their bodies trembled slightly from this. They turned around abruptly, and positive energy spilt out from their bodies almost immediately. They were all on defense mode and ready to fight. "Who is it?"
The three people quickly turned behind, only to spot a European man with gray hair and deep, sunken eyes standing before them.
"Balton!" Joey and Alicia instantly called out his name in shock.
This was because he'd been outperforming all the other members in the past few days of the test. He'd been ranked first on all sorts of lists and ranked first in all sorts of trials. He sat firmly in the first place, and that was how almost all the other members could recognize him.
The two of them were shocked. At this moment, Fade's expression darkened, and he looked solemnly at Balton.
The reason why he was not surprised by his appearance was that Fade noticed the way Balton had looked at him in the hotel lobby a day before their test.
Back then, they were yet to be acquainted.
Yet Fade could already sense Balton's hostility towards him through his gaze.
Hence, that was why he wasn't surprised to see him here.
Looking at Balton, he asked calmly, "Can I help you?"
Balton pointed at Fade and nodded, "You and me, we have something to talk about."
"Me?" Fade frowned.
Seeing how serious this entire thing was, Joey became nervous and quickly advised, "Fade, don't say yes."
Alicia glanced nervously yet angrily at Balton and questioned, "Do you also want a share of our herbs too?"
He shook his head and threw a bag onto the ground. He sneered and said with disdain, "I don't need herbs."
Looking at his big bag of herbs and materials, the three of them couldn't hide their surprise.
This was because the materials that Balton had gathered alone were equivalent or even more than what the three of them had.
"What the hell do you want then?" Alicia frowned and looked at him.
Balton responded lightly, "Don't worry. I'm not here to fight for materials with you. I just want to have a private chat with Fade."
After that, his eyes fell on him again.
Looking back at him, Fade asked the question that had been running through his mind, "Do you know me?"
Balton nodded and said, "Yes!"
After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "Bouvier was my uncle."
"Are you referring to the Dark Dominator, Bouvier? The one who was on top of the Dark List of the underground worlds?" Fade asked in astonishment.
Balton replied in a deep voice, "Yes! He's my uncle who treated me very well."
There was no need for more explanation. Fade now knew what this was all about.
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