TA| He's a Summon

"I'm sorry for the death of your teammate, but how does that oblige us to hand over the master core?" Luke asked.

"You expect me to return empty-handed, one man down, and carrying news of the world's destruction? Give me the master core, children. I have greater use for it than you do. Monster cores should be enough for hunters of your level."

"We never got any master core. We only fought a prehistoric beast. The core was what revived it."

Scarlett was shaking her fist.

Fatigue often thinned her patience to the point of being as thin as a piece of paper. But it didn't affect the sublime lie that left her lips.

"Why do you want it so badly anyway?" she asked.

Lucius stayed silent, studying the teenagers with his crimson eyes.

He had underestimated them the first time. They were just rookies still in their second year in the academy, and managed to survive a Sigma manifestation.

What else did he expect from the President's heir?