Child of Destiny

Chapter 1886: The Hunt in the Ruined Concrete Jungle

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The forces that the Lich had summoned were not as powerful as the ones that Chaotic Luck had summoned, but their numbers were decent enough to overwhelm Sheryl and her mechanical torrents.

Sheryl was unable to keep up with their numbers and simultaneous attacks, even with the help of her mechanical goggles.

With both Chaotic Luck and that Lich commanding their respective armies and launching simultaneous attacks at multiple fronts, dealing with them at the same time was quite challenging even for her.

But it was still far from reaching a hopeless situation, especially when this was not her first time dealing with such a situation. This was not her first time dealing with necromancers and their style of fighting.

She had even fought quite a few top-notch necromancers of the virtual world. Even those with pretty high rankings in the Necromancer List were not confident that they would be able to overwhelm her that much.

The God’s Paradise even had a member, who was ranked among the top-ranking necromancers of the game, so she was not that new when it came to dealing with such opponents.

She swiftly adjusted her position in the air before taking out a bunch of metal marbles from the small tactical pouch behind her waist. She then threw those metal marbles, which swiftly exploded one after another and blasted quite a huge portion of the undead army in the process.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions erupted in different places of the battlefield after those scattered metal marbles hit the ground or nearby undead.

This gave Sheryl enough time and space to readjust her position in the air before swiftly resuming her barrage of attacks toward Chaotic Luck.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The battle returned to an intensified state, where both sides were trying their best to gain an advantage over their opponents.

Chaotic Luck was a bit concerned because he knew that his mana consumption was much more intense compared to earlier.

If it were his regular legion, then they could at least sustain such a rapid consumption due to his overall stats. But with the appearance of the Lich, this consumption did not only double but rose at least threefold at the very least.

The Lich might be capable of summoning an independent army of its own, but Chaotic Luck had a portion of its mana consumption, making it harder for it to deal with the current situation.

Regardless of how much he showed everyone how capable he was, there was still a certain limit that prevented him from keeping up with the pace of his opponent.

This showed everyone how great the difference in experience was when handling such situations between the two contenders.

Sheryl was able to keep her calm up until the end, while Chaotic Luck was slowly crumbling under the pressure and exhaustion.

It did not take that long for Sheryl to finally find a way to assassinate Chaotic Luck, albeit sacrificing one of the little tricks that she was saving for the couple of rounds.

Bang!

Sheryl appeared not far from Chaotic Luck’s back with the muzzle of her sniper rifle pointing at the back of the latter’s head.

This shot had instantly killed Chaotic Luck, who was unable to respond in time. His entire head was blasted by the explosion, signifying that Sheryl had never held back her strength in that attack just now.

Even the Death Knight and the Lich were unable to respond in time, failing to stop her unexpected ambush and unable to save their master.

Everyone where caught off guard by the sudden turn of events, making it impossible to react. Even the spectators watching the match could not help but pause their cheers after seeing such a development.

Earlier, they were all shouting and cheering at how fast the pace and how intense the battle between the two sides, but the sudden turn around caught everyone’s tongue and mind, unable to respond to what they were seeing.

Words seemed to get stuck in their throats, unable to say anything, and leaving their mouths agape while watching Chaotic Luck turn into specks of light alongside his undead army that was slowly dissipating into dust.

Sheryl then calmly pulled her rifle, lowering it and labeling its muzzle before her mouth. She blew the smoke that was still coming out of it before resting the rifle over her shoulders, seemingly announcing to everyone the result of the battle.

Looking a bit closer, everyone suddenly noticed a subtle light that was coming underneath her feet.

“A virtual projection?”

“More like a virtual portal that lets her teleport from one place to another.”

“Since when did she set that up?”

In the meantime, on the battlefield, Sheryl could not help but sigh a bit helplessly as she knew that she had spent quite a lot of effort just to set this trap up.

At the same time, she also felt a bit of pity since this trump card was supposed to be used against Akailu and Alucard, planning to catch them by surprise later.

“What a pity. I am supposed to save it for the latter rounds. But it looks like I have spent too much time dealing with him, making it only harder for him in the later stages of the match,” she mumbled to herself while recalling the details of the match.

She had never underestimated Chaotic Luck since the start of the match, giving her all since the round started. But it seemed like she still subconsciously tried to avoid using most of her cards, saving them for the latter.

Instead of finishing the match as fast as she could, she had unknowingly prolonged the match by such a subconscious decision.

Even though Chaotic Luck had also performed quite well and gave everyone multiple surprises during the match, the other factor that led to the prolonged battle was because of how she had overlooked certain details, which could be considered a rookie mistake on her side.

She had overlooked the fact that Chaotic Luck had recovered quite a lot of mana during the final moments of his battle against Keir. She had also forgotten about how the current Chaotic Luck did not possess the usual restrictions of his class, making the situation grow more problematic during the later stages of their battle.

This then led to unexpected situations one after another, forcing her to reveal her cards again and again all the way until she decided to reveal one of her most advanced gadgets that was prepared for the more veteran members of the Empyrean Talons sent for this round.

Sheryl set all these thoughts aside for the time being, wanting to focus on the next round.

The map did not change or recover to its usual state due to the rules they had set for this Group Battle.

The state of the map remained as its current state from her previous match against Chaotic Luck, changing the original terrain that it had before the start of that round.

“Tsk!” She could not help but click her tongue after realizing the current situation.

This map was supposed to be a counter for Akailu, making it hard for the latter to move in such a concrete jungle. The huge buildings and skyscrapers were supposed to restrict the freedom of the latter while giving her enough places to set up her sniping points.

However, after the intense battle earlier, the ruined city had now become even more ruined, causing almost all the surrounding buildings to fully collapse and limiting her choices in finding a good spot for sniping.

Even though the mountains of rubble could still serve the same purpose, it was still far from enough to fit her requirements. It lowered the advantages that she was supposed to have by such a great margin.

But she could not do anything about it since everything had already happened. All she could do right now was to adjust her plans and become contented with what she had.

Fortunately, the earlier battle had also helped her set up more of her traps, hiding them even further from the opposing side.

She was also able to scatter most of her mechanical torrents and gadgets more secretively in such a setting, making it harder for her opponent to move around the map.

After adjusting her mind, she swiftly chose a random direction and headed toward the tallest building from that place.

She still needed to find a good vantage point, where she could see the majority of the map, before looking for the traces of her opponent.

Akailu had most likely been sent to a random location after the system had summoned him, giving him a slight advantage in terms of information. After all, he had seen where Sheryl was located after her final exchange against Chaotic Luck.

Even though Akailu was not familiar with this map and unable to tell how many traps Sheryl had prepared for him, he was still able to tell which direction he had to avoid while trying to hunt her.

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