The Degree
Bonus Task Gifts

Ray looks messy with tattered clothes, looks a few tears of hot lead through his vest, his right hand also has a wound from a knife that stuck deep.

From his head blood flowed and his eyes were closed one due to a striping wound on his right eye.

His condition was more miserable than when he first arrived at the Open World. Seeing that made everyone panic and surprise instead of playing.

“What happened to you, Ray?!” Terumi became the first to react and approached him. He quickly grabbed Ray's body and laid him on the side of the room.

“Your condition is really sad. Mona, quickly grab P3K!” Arthur immediately orders Mona.

Mona nods and rushes out hastily while Ray takes a deep breath as Terumi uses her handkerchief to clean Ray's blood-filled face.

“What happened to you ... who— which bastard did this?!” Leo clenched tightly and became really angry over what had befallen Ray.

Either way Leo already considers Ray as his own friend and how could someone just shut up to see his best friend hurt in such a way?

Leo assumes that there appears to be another traitor still in hiding, intent on capturing and dragging him in, but Arthur holds him back.

“What's up? There's no way you said you'd let go, right?!” Leo looked at Arthur unhappily.

While Arthur was still as calm as water and did not get angry because of Leo's late attitude, “Do you think Ray is the one who will be battered with one or two intruders? Even if the number is ten times that of him Ray will not be difficult to escape.”

Leo thought a little for a moment about those words. Although he has not seen Ray's action directly but in fact he has the belief that Ray will not be easily uprooted.

“Arthur correct, Leo.” Ray spoke up and looked directly into his eyes, “If only an ordinary intruder could escape. But unfortunately this is not an intruder, but a more hidden enemy.”

When his face was no longer covered in blood. Ray still did not open his right eye, it does not mean that it has been damaged but the swelling has not disappeared even though Ray has deliberately injured the special part of his eye.

“Hidden? Isn't Virgo and his minions?” erina asked when she could only look at Ray sympathetically.

“I'm not sure but most likely, yes. They are obviously not interested or trying to get the main prize of the bonus task.”

The main prize of the biggest union building bonus task is the target of all parties. Even people who are stupid enough to not be able to complete the accretion will be able to know the benefits of getting this bonus reward.

—Tasks Bonus. Build the largest union in Open World.–

—Major prize; Clue five tasks you will face. Only the owner and with the permission of the owner who can see it.–

Neither Erina nor the Order would ever be able to abandon the gift given the immense benefits. The balance that everyone has will soon disappear when there is one individual who gets this bonus gift.

Even Virgo wouldn't be stupid enough to get through this. Because it can be ascertained that there are other groups that are still hidden and moving in the shadows.

“Then why can you be battered like this?” leo asked with concern.

Ray began to tell the moment where he chose to visit the secret door that was in the waterfall.

The purpose of his arrival was based on a bad premonition and to check the circumstances. So far only the people standing guard there may not get any roles.

“I want to have them destroy that waterfall and bury the door in there. But who would have guessed when I arrived there was only a corpse there.”

The bodies of the men assigned to guard there had been scattered and just as Ray was about to enter the nuclear room but the task of Secret appeared. Along with that someone came out of the waterfall.

“The guy wears tight black clothes but I'm sure he is a woman.”

There is no way a man has big hips and chest that protrude.

Ray explains that not only one person but two others followed him. With a total of three people. One woman and two men.

They show up at the same time. Ray explained that after having a few conversations they finally started arguing and fighting.

“As you can see, the end is that I was beaten to such an extent. Although I managed to give them the wound but it was nothing.”

Successfully getting Ray injured to such an extent is enough to explain that this third-person Degree is not weak. They must also be experts in combat and get used to it.

After a while Mona arrives and carries a P3K box, but Ray's wounds cannot be treated with first aid, so they move him to the medical room.

Mona has medical ability so she will handle it while the rest continue the discussion.

“This is inappropriate but do you not doubt the story?” arthur asked immediately looking at the faces of everyone in turn.

Leo furrowed his brows, “What do you mean? Don't tell me you doubt Ray.”

“I will tell you that I will never doubt my doubts. And, in fact I doubt that Ray's story is a mere creation.”

Hearing that clearly made Leo and Terumi rise in blood. Anyway Ray was so badly injured that it was impossible for him to brag about him. There was no way that anyone would have enough madness to inflict injuries on his own body.

“You think Ray hurt himself to lie? There's a limit to where you can suspect someone, Arthur!” Terumi could not hold back her emotions and stared at Arthur's spite.

Arthur just responded casually without fear, “Honestly, you guys must have felt like helping me in any way. It must be because one of my Degree influences indirectly. It can also be called charisma.”

“Then what?” Erina still did not understand the outline of what Arthur was trying to convey.

“Some cases there are people with a certain Degree or have strong desires that are not affected by this charisma. One of them is Ordo, Erina and Ray.”

Arthur didn't mention anyone else but the three people he mentioned should be pretty clear. Both Erina and the Order had strong desires for her goals and also their Degree might have an effect. But what Arthur can't figure out is Ray..

Is it because he has a strong desire or influence of his Degree.

“Then what? You're not happy because Ray wasn't affected by you?” Leo said coldly, “That's too childish.”

Arthur only let out a long sigh and returned this gaze, “The unaffected people are usually extremely dangerous. Just like Erina and the Order I have always been wary of, Ray is the same as them.”

“We never know if Ray is black or white. It stands in the center line so there is no way for us to ascertain whether it is white or otherwise.”

Arthur also stressed that no one here knew Ray well. No one here has been with Ray in four previous assignments.

“If that's what you want to ensure its position, then say how it is.” Erina tried to remain neutral and impartial even though she wanted to be on Ray's side, “In addition I was also quite interested in Mona. From the information I got, the woman guessed Degree Sebastian in one look.”

Arthur knew that sooner or later there would be a discussion about it. Even though he didn't care about it, this was important.

“It is a pity that at this stage neither my Degree nor Mona can be revealed to the world.”