Chapter 92

Chapter 92: The Hunter’s Island (8)

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma

The fight had finally come to an end . The sledgehammer exuded an invisible pressure that enhanced its lethal power and the affected area . The hound didn’t even have time to groan as it had already been smashed into two pieces .

Not Afraid’s skill was called [Elephant Hoof Jumping Strike] . As a consumption skill, it required Fighting Specialty grade D and above . Anyway, its power was formidable .

One Sword, of course, didn’t know this information . He only knew that such a monster, whose capacity wasn’t less than his, got killed in just a strike by Not Afraid, a player who looked fragile .

One Sword had just reached level 15, and he had played the ‘Killing Game’ for a while . Now, he understood that if they were playing ‘Killing Game’ mode, facing an opponent like Not Afraid, as long as he had a small flaw, his fate wouldn’t be too different from that dog’s .

Seeing One Sword’s look, Not Afraid felt she didn’t need to pretend anymore as her naive and innocent visage had gone away, leaving no trace of the tender, cute voice . When she spoke up, her tone was like that of a bad girl . "Ah, I have no choice . I’ve thought that I didn’t need to do anything by myself . " She dragged the sledge-hammer with only one hand . As she was moving forward, the noise of the hammer head rubbing on the ground gave people a feeling of how heavy this sledgehammer was .

"Didn’t think you boy was so fragile that annoys people . " She was standing next to the dog on the ground, forcefully swinging one arm which drew the hammer half a circle in the air before it heavily pounded down . The hunting dog had been cut into halves, but its upper body was still shivering and trembling on the ground . However, this time, the dog’s head got smashed into a messy pulp .

This cruel last hit had splashed dog blood all over One Sword’s face . He now wore a terrified countenance as he stood dumbfounded on the spot .

"Yeah . . . " One Sword was still displaying his posture of ‘Ge will protect you’, however, at this moment, he didn’t even dare to use a loud voice to speak up . With a very cautious manner, he said, "Ah… ha, ha… Turns… turns out that… you are… so cool… . Why when… we… met… the tiger and the boar…"

One Sword’s remaining words were: "You were hiding all the time and showed that you were very scared . " However, he was intervened before he could finish them .

"What did you say?" Her tone was exactly the same with a gangster’s voice . "Hey, boy, do you look down on me?" She tilted her head and ferociously stared at him . Then, she rose up her big sledgehammer . "Dare to talk to your mama like that…"—an invisible pressure slapped his face—"… will get ya killed . "

"Da-Jie (1)… Jie, Jie… I was wrong!" One Sword was leaning against a tree trunk while sweat started to bead all over his face . Although players couldn’t attack their teammates, from his spirit, he was not much different from the dead now . "It’s… with my… capacity… I… I could only deal with some fish or trash mobs only . Da-Jie, you let me clear the path for you, it’s my honor… Ha… ha, ha…" His forced smile looked like he was crying .

"That’s almost the same . " Not Afraid put the sledgehammer into her bag, crossed her arms in front of her chest and said with the posture of a Da-Jie . "Spit it out . That ‘Unidentified Mental Disorder’ (Feng Bujue) boy seems to be good . We haven’t heard him dead yet, which means he had finished the dog only by himself . Well, he’s stronger than you…"

"How do you know he got the hound chasing after him too?"

"Nonsense! Didn’t you see the number of the dogs in the castle? I assumed the number of dogs Zaroff would release depends on the number of teams players that have split up, or even more than that . "

"Argh, in fact, I could reluctantly deal with that dog alone…" One Sword said with a soft manner of a yes-man .

He hadn’t finished, yet Not Afraid’s shout had interrupted him, "Don’t be lengthy! Bald head!"

"Bald… bald…" One Sword appeared as a long-haired knight, and now he was inexplicably called bald .

"You have the attribute boosts from your Union . Moreover, you are levels higher than him . He could do whatever you couldn’t, which means he is relatively stronger . " Not Afraid didn’t intend to mess up with him as her words were reasonable . "Stop here . If I’ve known it earlier, I would have followed him . Wrong move . "

One Sword’s mood was down; he lowered his head and muttered, "Yeah, I’m so sorry . My weak capacity has troubled you . "

"Ah, forget it . Bald will forever be bald . " Not Afraid- Jie was so generous to ‘forgive’ him like that .

If the game had the animated emoticons, One Sword would definitely have a gloomy shadow over his head now .

"Good . Now is not the time to be dispirited," Not Afraid pointed, "the North-West is that way . Continue to clear the path . "

"Ouch, it’s… I know it’s the north—"

"What do keep blabbering for!"

"Oh, yeah…"

. . .

The jungle was still pretty dense in front of Feng Bujue that he couldn’t even see the sunlight . The terrain was bobbing up and down . Sometimes, it was the rock stand; sometimes, it was just mud under his feet; and the other times, it was the curved, twisted gravel trails .

While he was trekking, the discomfort on his body gradually turned into numbness . This numbness then replaced his relaxed mind as the fatigue stuck on his body like a burden he couldn’t brush off . Under this continuous walking condition, his Survival Value didn’t recover, while his Physical Value was decreasing, causing him no ends of worries . Although he didn’t need to use his proactive skill [Perfunctory Maintenance] since there was no mechanical equipment to be fixed in this scenario, he still had two times using the [Lower Side Kick of a Brat], which required 200 points of his Physical Value . However, if his Physical Value decreased to a certain point, in the case of a sudden event, it would be his dead point .

[153 minutes before sunrise]

At this moment, Zaroff had departed for half an hour . In papers, from the time they had received the Quest, players had been running away for 146 minutes .

Of course, Feng Bujue didn’t have the full 146 minutes since he had spent some minutes on explaining the situation to his teammates and returning to the castle to ask for items . All had consumed his time . Anyway, certainly, he had departed 40 minutes before General Zaroff .

Killing the dog didn’t take much time because Feng Bujue had used high speed to run away for a while . Later, he had met the python hunting down the boar two or three times . Fortunately, he was alert enough each time to ignore it and run away while trying not to draw its attention .

The period of five hours they had to survive had passed by half . Even if Feng Bujue could put aside the fact that Zaroff had a faster speed but didn’t use his fastest speed to chase after him, at this time, no matter what, he should be on his way .

In the next 20 minutes, if Zaroff didn’t show up here, there was only one possibility, in which he didn’t aim for the South-East direction, but instead chased after the other two players .

Thus, from the bottom of his heart, Feng Bujue couldn’t wait to hear the system announcement that some members of his party died…

It wasn’t that he disliked his teammates; however, it was how the plot developed as someone had to die . To each team, it would be 50% . Feng Bujue believed that the other team now had the same feeling .

10 minutes later, Feng Bujue simply stopped and rested on a big, flat stone . He then massaged his swollen calves and enjoyed this moment of resting .

Apparently, up to now, his plan of using space to exchange for time had worked well . Even if the general could show up here and kill Feng Bujue or the other two people on the spot, he couldn’t make it on time chasing the other survivors who were in the opposite location on this island .

At this moment, Feng Bujue’s plan was considered to enter the second phase—protecting his life and slowing down the pace . Anyway, this phase wasn’t related to the other two players . The reason was simple; they had two players, but Feng Bujue was just alone . If General Zaroff appeared here and killed him, he had nothing to say more . But if he came to the North-West direction, from now on, Feng Bujue had to be more alert . In case the General didn’t pursue him but he got killed by something else, which meant the last member of the party got killed eventually, it would result in a big tragedy .

"Party’s member One Sword To Conquer The City, dead," the system’s voice suddenly echoed .

At the moment, Feng Bujue heard this notification as he shamefully revealed a smile . However, seconds later, his smile was frozen on his face . "Why only one died?"

He was still waiting for the news that announced Not Afraid was also dead . Only by knowing both of them were dead could his mind be at ease . Since Feng Bujue believed that with Zaroff’s competence, no matter what kind of skills that [Peekaboo] Mei-mei had, they could only help her live a little bit longer .

However, if the announcement of the death of Not Afraid didn’t come after a long while, there were many variations for this situation . The chance she could escape from the general was so small, and possibly, the death of One Sword To Conquer The City wasn’t related to Zaroff . He had died because of some mobs or some other events .

With this thought, the worst situation would be Zaroff was still chasing after Feng Bujue indeed! And, One Sword and Not Afraid had encountered something else leading to one dying, and one running away . In the next two hours, Not Afraid had to work alone and face the fatal threats alone . And, Feng Bujue himself…

When he came up to this thought, Feng Bujue’s pressure returned again . He bit his lower lips, then blew a lock of hair in front of his forehead . "Too bad… Now, I have no way to guess where the general will go . "

"Party’s member Not Afraid, dead . " The system’s notification arose .

"Eh?!" Feng Bujue was dazed then exhaled in relief . "Phew… I can ease my mind now . It’s true that they have encountered Zaroff . "

With this conclusion, Feng Bujue was relieved . Now, what he wanted to do was to ensure his safety while continuing to the South-East direction .

In fact, staying here was also an option . In such scenarios, staying at one spot wouldn’t be considered ‘Passive Playing’ . However, Feng Bujue was still wary of Zaroff . In a sudden case that Zaroff took his henchmen and sped up to reach him, his current distance and space weren’t enough to assure his own safety .

So, after taking roughly 10 minutes for resting, Feng Bujue departed again .

However, this time, after he had walked for around 300 meters, he suddenly stopped . When he was crossing a small saddle section between the mountains, he found something—a human skeleton .

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(1) Da-jie: Chinese way to address older sister, especially gang girls .