The moment he landed on the branch, everyone stopped in their tracks.
A few of the others, whom he did not even know, pointed their weapons at him. It looked like they already knew about his shapeshifting ability.
He switched to human form and asked in a relaxed tone, "You guys enjoyed your time while leaving all the hard work for me?"
After a moment of silence, Cion asked him with a smile, "What are you talking about, Forsyx?"
Forsyx just smiled, pulled out the Hibiki eye, and said, "I have one, and"—he pointed in front of him—"she has the second eye."
Everyone there looked at the empty tree in shock.
They didn't see anyone, but just then, Lucami stepped out from behind the trunk and stared at him.
He could see the anger in her eyes.
He just waved his wet hair and said to her, "Hey, don't be like that now. It was you who snatched those eyes from me."
Lucami just huffed and said nothing.
Cion smiled. "Oh, thank goodness you guys completed the task. Well, why don't you submit them first?"
Forsyx smiled at Cion. "Oh, don't be like that. None of us are idiots, are we?"
As he said that, Cion raised his eyebrows and asked while pointing to the Radiant trio, "So you're going to help them?"
Forsyx rolled his eyes. "Dude, I won't interfere with you guys. All I'm saying is I did my task; you do yours, and we'll share the loot among ourselves."
Elish smiled at this. "You greedy bastards. You think we're such easy prey?"
Forsyx just ignored her and asked Rodium, "Did these three get those eggs?"
Rodium looked at his team for a moment and then nodded. "Yeah, many of us saw them walking out of an empty underground cave."
Both Zanarc and Cion gave Rodium a look.
Luka shouted at this, "How many times do I have to tell you we don't have eggs? That was the stone snakes' nest, not the Hibiki nest!"
Forsyx could see those three were trying to stall for time, but it didn't matter.
Actually, it would be better if they took a few guys with them.
In Apex Online, every time you died, you would enter a cooldown period of one real-life day.
So if most of these guys died right now, they wouldn't be present during his monster awakening cycle.
He decided to give them a bit more time, so he glanced at Lucami and then said to Cion, "Well, how about this: if these guys really drop those eggs, we will do an auction among ourselves?"
Zanarc shouted, "Why would we do all that nonsense?"
Forsyx sighed. "Come on, I'm suggesting a good way to distribute the eggs. I mean, those would be unique-grade monster eggs. It would be bad for everyone if something happened to them during our fight."
"We're all going to be elite players around this side. Don't you guys think it would be better if we ended this on a friendly note?"
Zanarc once again shouted at him, "Why should we listen to you, bird man?"
At this moment, a guy next to Cion whispered something in his ear.
Forsyx sensed both of them looking at his badge, and even Rodium started discussing it with his team.
Zanarc stared wide-eyed at this development and shouted, "Why are you guys thinking so much?"
Rodium clicked his tongue and said, "Idiot, you may not recognize it, but that's a Kiyon badge."
Forsyx smiled at this development. Well, having a powerful backing really came in handy in situations like this.
Zanarc tilted his head and asked his teammates, "You guys know about Kiyon?"
All of them shook their heads.
At this, Cion sighed and said, "Kiyon is a branch guild of the Akinu guild."
Zanarc's mouth dropped at this, and even Lucami looked wide-eyed.
Rodium shook his head like he knew beforehand.
Well, all these guys were resetting their characters, and there was a high chance they would choose the beginner village in the area they were active in before.
If not for those gems, he was planning to do the same. So he wasn't that surprised that many among them knew about the Kiyon connection.
After a few minutes of discussion, Cion smiled. "Well, let's do the auction then. The winner of the auction will get the egg, but they'll have to distribute the remaining resources to the others."
Forsyx smiled. "Well, nice to work with you, partners."
The others also nodded their heads, and at this time, even Drakim came out of his hiding.
A few people found this surprising.
Drakim just said, "I'll help you kill them. Just make sure to give me my share at the end."
Before the others could refuse, Forsyx started clapping. "Haha, great! The more hands, the better—after all, we are dealing with monsters."
He looked at them and said, "Guys, be careful. Those three were the ones who triggered this entire quest. I believe they have a few more important items than just those eggs."
"I'll help you keep an eye on them. You guys must do your best."
With that, he took on the piper bird form and flew up into the sky.
Whether they managed to kill the Radiant members or not, he had already decided to take part in the mess.
He was too weak to take part in the battle. These guys were far more difficult than those skill-less monsters.
The moment he flew away, it was like a signal, and one after another, different magic skills poured down on the Radiant trio.
A few idiots already started to celebrate, but the next moment, Elish jumped out of the dust cloud and, in one slash, cut off two players' heads.
Behind her, Luck jumped high into the air and smashed his massive hammer on the ground.
The shockwave was so strong that it caused the ground to crack.
Not even ten seconds passed, and their formation had already started to crumble.
This time, Danish moved in to target the last two guys.
But the next moment, a massive red arm slashed toward Danish.
Boom!
Danish managed to block the strike at the last moment, but the power behind the attack sent him flying toward the other two.
Forsyx just cursed when he saw that scene.
Finally, he got to see another overpowered class.
It was Drakim who stopped Radiant's attempt all by himself.
Others around the battlefield also had their mouths drop as they saw Drakim's new form.
A red-scaled massive beast form.