Plundering in the Apocalypse

Elena and the others easily eliminated all the monsters very efficiently. By the time Shin and Alice arrived, they were dealing the final blow.

'But this speed was not enough.' Their purpose was to level up.

As per Shin's knowledge, the further they went inside the dungeon the stronger the monsters they would face.

For now, they didn't encounter many monsters above the strength of level 40. Also, they still haven't encountered any elite monsters.

Alice commanded her servants to collect the materials, just like before.

'Letting them work together for the small number of monsters seems a waste. I think it's time for me to step in. I already have a general idea about their abilities.'

Shin closed his eyes and used <Magic eyes (S)>. He felt his consciousness suck out of him for a moment. It happened because he used <Magic eyes> to scan the entirety of the dungeon. 'I'm still not used to this.'

Using Magic eyes on such a large scale gave off a weird feeling to him.

He opened his eyes as he got the information he needed. The location of monsters and their strength level. there are some stronger ones in the central region but they are nothing much.

"Okay everyone, I think our growth is pretty slow with the shared experience and you all are pretty strong compared to the monsters. So, let's start a little competition. We will divide into two teams and hunt monsters only in the inner region. The team with the higher kill count will get rewarded." Hearing Shin's words their eyes shone in excitement. To be honest, they were also bored from just killing the monsters. Now a little competition was exciting and there's a reward too. So there was no objection and everyone agreed.

It was decided to select the team with a random draw. Shin had prepared for this beforehand.

The team was divided like this:-

[Team A]

Elena, Jenny, and Marine.

Observed by Shin.

[Team B]

Alex, Simon, James, Selene.

Observed by Alice.

At first, Alice was confused about which team to observe.

'That bitch will try to seduce Shin.' Alice thought as she glanced at Elena.

'But,-'

Alice thought as she glanced at Alex. 'He is more dangerous than her.'

For some reason, Alice thought to not follow Elena.

Alice thought back to the time when Elena was crying.

'I also want to know how our future will be.' Alice snapped out of her thoughts as Shin started speaking.

"Okay, everyone the time limit will be 3 hours then we will meet up. Alice and I will keep the counts and collect materials so you can just focus on killing."

Excluding the team composition, no one had any qualms about it.

"Your time starts now."

[179 minutes left.]

***

After being separated team A was led by Elena. Being the strongest member (Shin won't fight). Team A's team composition was two magic attack dealers and one support.

As both Elena and Marine were magic attack users. Their physical defense was weak. So they would be very dependent on Jenny's barrier.

So the battles were going to be long-ranged. Jenny would take to blows with her barrier, and Elena and Marine would attack from a distance.

They came across 15 Sting bees. Shin already knew about them beforehand. The others didn't panic. Jenny stopped forward and prepared a barrier.

Marine used plants to bind those monsters. She perfectly bound all 15 of them at the same time.

'Her control is pretty amazing. As we are inside a forest-type dungeon. Marine has a territorial advantage. So I believe she can show off her ability better.'

Elena didn't waste the opportunity presented by Marine. She created many Ice lances and killed them. They were all critical hits.

'It seems her aim has improved a lot. Even the power behind those lances was great. The advancement must have benefited her a lot.' Shin got into thinking as he saw Elena display her abilities.

"Shin, aren't you collecting the materials? We have to move on. Time is ticking." Elena said to Shin.

Shin smiled and replied, "Don't worry about that."

He raised his hand and activated gravity control. All the corpses started flying in his direction. He channeled his mana and the 'Formless' took the form of a sword immediately. He used Magic eyes and Sharpshooter. With precision, he cut the useful materials with his sword.

The speed at which he moved was like a blur for the girls. His stats were very high and now with practice, he was able to control his body better.

'I still can't exert the full strength of my stats.' During his practice with Alfred, Shin understood that he was wasting his powerful stats. Even during his fight with the Gray Wyvern, he wasn't able to bring out his true strength.

What he needed was proper techniques to use his stat's true power, so he needed to sync with his body. His increase in stats was too fast. His mind and his body weren't coordinated properly.

Like he was not even familiar with his own body. So he needed practice.

Shin immediately stored the materials inside the soul space and walked toward the stunned ladies.

'So powerful.'

They snapped out of it when Shin flicked his fingers.

"Okay Ladies, let's move on. Don't forget time is ticking." Shin reminded them they were still in a contest.

They nodded with determination and started searching for monsters.

***

Elena was very happy she found out Shin was going to observe them. This was her chance when Shin was away from Alice.

'I should at least say something.'

She tried but couldn't talk with him. She was giving her usual cold look to him.

'Uhhh, *sob* why can't I talk to him? It's so obvious why Alice was able to get close to Shin.'

'I can't miss this chance.' Elena was determined to get close to Shin.

'Here goes nothing-'

"Shi-"

*Buzz*

'Why are the monsters here now of all times?'

'I'll talk with him after dealing with them.'

'Wow, Shin is so amazing. Just how powerful did he get in the time we haven't met?'

'I should say something now.'