Child of Destiny

Chapter 251: Hunting

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After battling the werewolf boss for more than 30 minutes, the trio of Shin, Simba and Cloe was able to rush its health bar down to 35%.

Even if they exhausted more than half of their most powerful skills, that was still worth it since they were finally about to take down this annoying monster boss for as fast as they could.

The only current problem that had now, was the arrival of these ʼpestsʼ that were sent by the leading groups of the Holy City, also arrived on this place when they were about to finish off this monster boss.

Shin became really annoyed at them as they arrived at the scene at the very unfortunate time for his group.

He clicked his tongue the moment he saw that and said. ”Looks like we need to take care of these guys too. So, how do you want to divide this work?”

Simba raised one of his eyebrows before asking. ”Are you sure that it is needed? Canʼt we just hasten our attacks and take down this dog as soon as possible?”

Shin smirked after hearing that not because it was not possible, actually they could do it if they wanted too, but he didnʼt want to do that because he was preventing to show more cards from their side; or at least not from Simba and Cloeʼs side since it might risked exposing the identities of the two, especially the latter.

And if that happened, more trouble might come on their way. Sure, they could scare some guilds and other organizations by doing that. But that would also attract some unwanted attention from the real lunatics of the game.

From what he heard from Simba, aside from Haowin and Immortal, there were even more troublesome lunatics on the opposing functions that were unknown to the public. Those guys were just able to hide from the eyes of the people because they were too cautious.

But whenever they found a Godlike Player that they could target, they were going to appear right in front of whoever that person was, without getting exposed.

These groups of guys were the real top-class assassins of the game. And not only they were strong and mysterious, but they also had their own powerful organization called ʼPandemonium Descendantsʼ.

Aside from the name of their organization, three of their ʼAssassinsʼ were also been exposed to the eyes of some information merchants because they tried to assassinate ʼZeroʼ and ʼSiegfriedʼ and failing both of those assassination. Other than that, there was no other information that was available regarding them.

That was also one of the reasons why most of the Godlike Players were quite cautious and chose to either join a strong guild of their liking or form a small but elite team of themselves.

Of course, if they were confident enough of their strengths, those Godlike Play didnʼt have to do it and became a solo player just like the players on the top of the Godlike Player Ranking List. Or, just like Simba for example.

So, Shin didnʼt have to worry about Simba much. But it was different when it came to Cloe. She might be strong and powerful, but her class still limits her from too much battle. No matter what, support-related class would always be inferior to combat-focused classes.

Even if there were some cases where support-related classes were able to defeat a combat-focused class, it was still a given fact that the latter was superior when it came to battle.

With this, Shin couldnʼt afford risking her identity. Even if she just used some rare and quite powerful skills earlier, that was still at the level of a Peak-Titled Ranker at the very most, which would also be overlooked by the members of ʼPandemonium Descendantsʼ since they were only targeting real Godlike Players and some Maverick Gods at the very least.

Having all of these to consider in his mind, Shin could only think that he was the only one that could show most of his cards on this identity.

He could afford to do it since he was still ʼquite weakʼ compared to the real top players of the game and still had a lot of room to grow. Whatʼs more, his current items might be strong but just like what Black Hammer had said, these items might become outdated when he reached level-110 and above. So, he still could change most of his items.

Moreover, he had a double identity. So, hiding with his other identity could work if he attracted too much attention with either of his identity. Or he could just create another with the help of his ʼmaskʼ and the ʼDuplicatorʼs Eyesʼ Legacy Skill.

After having that long train of thought, Shin finally came to a decision. He gave Simba a quick look before saying. ”You go take the job of killing this dog. I will take care of the guys that are planning to interrupt us. Just lend me a couple of ʼPardon Cardsʼ.”

Simba just shrugged his shoulders a little before replying. ”Up to you. But just make sure that you are going to be careful at dealing with them. I can spot a couple of Titled Rankers among them. There were even some Peak ones trying to hide from the crowd.”

Shin suddenly grinned after hearing that and said. ”Then that is even better. I am quite itching to look for some fight against them to measure how much I improve. You, on the other hand, need to make sure that you will handle this dog properly while I am gone.”

Simba suddenly laughed hearing that and said. ”What do you think of me? Some random amateur just like you? I am more than enough to handle this, just make sure to come back early for the last hit,” while tossing a stack of Pardon Cards.

”Sure~!” After catching the stack of Pardon Cards, Shin quickly disengaged from the monster with the werewolf boss before using one of his stealth skills to disappear from the sight of everyone.

Seeing that, Simba coordinated with Shin as he pushed the werewolf boss away from the incoming groups of players.

And when that opposing side saw that, they quickly understood what Simba was currently planning and quickly ordered the others to speed up at clearing the werewolves that were blocking their way.

Since Simba was pushing the werewolf boss away from the incoming groups, their awkward position earlier became a little better. If they were being flanked on the both sides earlier, then it was now neutralized as he made the groups chase after them in a single direction.

The leaders of each group became even more desperate as they knew that they had a lot of competitors too. And if things went for the worst, this already chaotic battlefield would further escalate on another level, especially when all of the sides started fighting each other.

Having those thoughts in their minds, the leaders seemed to have a silent agreement as they simultaneously ordered everyone to hasten their progress even more. But as more time passed, these leaders discovered that they were not making any real progress. Instead, their target was getting farther and farther away from them.

Realizing that, the leaders of these groups came up with another decision, and that was having all of their most skilled players form a single group before rushing towards Simba and the Werewolf Boss in full speed.

They were dropping their numbers and having their most elite players a small unit to increase their speed. This was the most basic but also the most effective strategy that they could come up with, given their current situation.

And the result was immediately shown the moment these groups started making their moves. They were able to move more freely together with an obvious faster speed.

But what they didnʼt know, this was also the exact outcome that Shin and Simba were expecting. And the moment that those scattered units managed to close the gap between them and their current target, their distance away from their respective mother groups was also widened.

And when that happened, the hidden predator that was patiently waiting earlier, finally made its move to hunt its prey.

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Earlier, when Shin was hiding with his stealth, he was also executing his ʼMystic Movementsʼ Combat Technique to do some dodging maneuvers as he skillfully avoided the aggro range of the other werewolves around him.

And when the moment that he was waiting for finally arrived, he quickly made his move without having any hesitation in his eyes.

Due to his continuous execution of the ʼMystic Movementsʼ Combat Technique since earlier, the bonus speed that he got from it finally reached its peak and made him reach his first target in no time.

And that poor target had no idea that Shin was already beside him. And before he could even notice anything strange, a consecutive gust of wind assaulted his body without him knowing.

A few seconds later, that poor guy realized that he was unable to move at all. And before he could even say anything to his comrades, his vision was already turning dark as he died with full of confusion. ʼWhat happened?ʼ

His teammates, on the other hand, were completely clueless what had happened. They only realized that one of them died when the system informed them. And that unexpected system notification had gotten them off-guard, causing their formation to crumble almost immediately and made them to fall in chaos.

A moment later, all of them were slaughtered by the swarming werewolves.

This was Shinʼs current plan. He didnʼt need to kill all of them, all he needed to do was to mess with their formation and the attacking werewolves would do the rest for him.

And these guys had no idea that the werewolves became Shinʼs ally.

This way, he could kill more groups with a little effort but with maximum efficiency. At the same time, he could also reserve more of his hidden cards in the long run.

Meanwhile, a guy from the other group nearby saw that their ʼneighborsʼ were devoured by the swarm of werewolves. And that sight made him laugh as he killed the werewolf in front of him. ”Hahaha… Look at those guys! They messed up-…”

But he suddenly stopped talking midway and made the guy beside him look at his direction to see what was wrong. Unfortunately, before he could even learn what had happened, his vision was suddenly covered by darkness, indicating that he had died.

And just like what happened to the previous group, this unit also fell on the assault of the surging werewolves due to the destruction of their formation.

A moment later, more and more units of these players started to fall one by one and made some of the ʼsharpedʼ individuals to notice that there was something wrong. And it didnʼt take them too long to realize what it was.

– ”There is a group of thieves sabotaging and ambushing us! Make sure to put your guards up! Archers, try to locate them!” –

Though their conclusion was a little bit off the mark.

Suspecting a single person as a group.

Well, they were not entirely wrong about it either. Especially that Shin could really become ʼmanyʼ, even though he was not summoning them yet.

And when Shin saw that his targets became a little cautious of him, he immediately adjusted then his strategy. ”Heh! If I canʼt get near you, then I will just switch to range attacks.”

Then he sheathed the [Dawn Blade] and [Dusk Blade] on each side of his waist before taking out the flying daggers from the slot of [Tomiʼs Belt].

Immediately after that, he circled around one of the advancing groups before throwing the [Spiritual Executioners] at that group while guiding them to target the supports with the use of his ʼTelekinesisʼ Special Elemental Skill.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Due to the sizes of these flying daggers being quite small, they were able to travel unnoticed as Shin controlled them to travel along the werewolves sneakily. Whatʼs more, these special hidden weapons had a passive skill that increased their flighting speeds, so they became an even more deadly tool of assassination.

And given that the Archers were too focused at pinpointing the ʼlocationsʼ of their ʼassailantsʼ, they failed to notice these sneaking daggers flying at their supports before it was already too late.

Their support players started screaming that they were being attacked, but their teams couldnʼt locate their enemies. And as expected they fell into chaos, resulting in their miserable deaths.

In the middle of those chaos, Shinʼs flying dagger sneakily flew away from them before Shin controlled the towards his next target.

And just like, these groups fell once again as they fell from Shinʼs schemes one by one.

Shin became a little bored when this happened repeatedly. Killing a bunch of elite and expert groups had no trill on it. What he needed now was some skilled Rankers that he could battle so that he was able to measure the limits of his current strength.

And as if the heavens were smiling at him, he finally stumbled upon a group that was entirely composed of Rankers.

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